After heading into the forest, Max was searching for monsters.
He went on for 5 minutes straight, until he found his first enemy, a rabbit.
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[One-Horned Rabbit]
[Talent:] Increased Speed (F)
[Health Points:] 100
[Mana Points:] 150
[Stamina:] 100
[Speed:] 23
[Attributes:]
Vitality - 10
Strength - 10
Agility - 15
Endurance - 10
Intelligence - 10
Perception - 8
[Skills:]
Swift Dash - Level 1 - Increases speed by 50% of agility for 3 seconds - Consumes 10 mana - 10 second cooldown
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Max found it to be an agility-based monster with a weak perception and no other strong suits.
While it might not be ideal for a mage like Max, it was still workable as long as he stayed far away and didn't go anywhere close to the Rabbit, chipping its health down slowly.
So Max unleashed [Fireball] while staying 10 meters away from the rabbit, making sure it couldn't sense where he was and immediately took cover in the bushes.
-25
The rabbit immediately lost a quarter of its health and tried looking for the attacker to no avail.
Soon, Max's cooldown finished, and he sent another [Fireball] towards the Rabbit.
This time, the Rabbit seemed to sense the [Fireball], and it barely scraped it, causing 15 damage instead of 25.
The rabbit realised where Max was and took after him, using [Swift Dash] and causing Max to panic, almost droping his Staff.
This slowdown caused the Rabbit to easily reach Max and do 15 damage with its horn.
Max fell over, and when the Rabbit came to do more damage, Max instinctively whacked it with his staff, dealing 10 damage.
Max saw the gap and started running away again, sending a [Fireball] towards it as well.
The rabbit took the full force of his attack head-on and anyone watching could see the burnt fur of it too.
While Max was waiting for his [Fireball] cooldown to end, his enemy had recovered and was coming towards Max fast.
Max's cooldown had just finished, but the Rabbit rammed Max's gut.
-25
Max knew that he could end this with just one [Fireball], and took the repeated attacks to just send one out.
-15 -20
-25
Finally, he was able to send his [Fireball] and the Rabbit died.
[You defeated the One-Horned Rabbit]
[+10 Exp]
[Plunderer Activated]
[All effects are activated for defeating your first monster]
[Talent Gained - Increased Speed (F)]
[Skill Gained - Swift Dash]
[ATP Gained - +3 Agi]
"Damn, doesn't this mean that I should've partied and killed a stronger monster?
Oh well, at least I got these rewards, let's check my Status now"
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[ID:] Arcane
[Level:] 1 (10/100)
[Tier:] Tier 0
[Class:] Apprentice Mage
[Talent(s):] Plunderer (SSS) Increased Speed(F)
[Health Points:] 25/100
[Mana Points:] 120/150
[Stamina:] 80/100
[Speed:] 20
[Attributes:]
Vitality - 10
Strength - 10
Agility - 13
Endurance - 10
Intelligence - 15
Perception - 10
[Hidden Attributes:]
Luck - ??
Charisma - ??
[Skills:]
Fireball - Level 1 - Deal 10 points of damage to target + 100% of user Int to target - Consumes 10 mana - 3-second cooldown.
Swift Dash - Level 1 - Increases speed by 50% of agility for 3 seconds - Consumes 10 mana - 10 second cooldown
[Equipment:]
Apprentice Mage Staff
30 copper coins
1 Mana Potion (Restores 30 MP)
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"Now, what does [Increased Speed] do?"
[F Talent - Increased Speed]
[Talent Description]
[While it is one of the weakest talents in the world, it is extremely practical to run away. Don't try and fight strong opponents.]
[Talent Effect]
[1. Increases Speed by 50%]
"Huh, that's it. I fought so hard to kill that Rabbit, only for this?"
Max almost got depressed after looking at his newly gained talent, but it was then that he realised how lucky he was and the disparity between his talent and 40% of the world's talent.
'Okay, even if this talent is weak, it's still perfect for me to farm rabbits. As long as I stay an acceptable distance from them, I can kill them and easily run away, so I don't get trapped in a mess like I just did.'
So Max went on to look for more Rabbits, hoping to increase his stats and gain the ability to effectively deal with them.
Max hunted a few more Rabbits and found out a few things he didn't know before.
Gaining a skill that is a duplicate of what he already had increased its proficiency by his opponent's skill level x 100.
This means that if he kills and plunders a rabbit with a skill level of 1, he gets 100 proficiency points for his [Swift Dash]
Max wondered if getting a talent would do the same thing, but couldn't know until he got another one.
3 hours later, Max had hunted a total of 24 Rabbits, gotten to level 2, gained 20 points in agility, increased his [Firebolt] skill level to 2 and his Swift Dash level to 4.
While not triggering another talent plunder, Max was sure he could get one by the end of the day.
So Max hunted for 5 more hours and finally managed to get the talent plunder after killing his 79th rabbit.
Suddenly, a new notification popped up in front of him.
[2 talents compatible with each other detected]
[Increased Speed (F) is merging with Increased Speed (F)]
[New Talent Gained - Enhanced Speed (E)]
Max pressed on his new talent, eager to find out what he had in store.
[E Talent - Enhanced Speed]
[Talent Description]
[This talent is half decent. It can help you run far away from your opponent or attack faster than they can react. Overall, not too bad of a talent.]
[Talent Effect]
[1. Increases Speed by 100%]