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Chapter 6 - Out Into The World

After reaching level 10 and receiving his new cloak Ian honestly felt done with the tutorial and wanted to move on to bigger things. He's been in the same spot for a week now and not to say he was bored but Ian wanted a challenge.

Not to mention he needed to meet up with Tyson so they could travel together. Making up his mind Ian went to see Ron before leaving Greenville Forest for good.

"Hey Ron, I wanted to talk to you."

He walked up to him in the kitchen.

"You're leavin ain't ya?"

"How'd you know?"

"As a man who adventured once I can see the desire ya have for it. I know ya want to move on now that you're stronger. But before ya leave I have a final thing for ya. My parting gift ya might say."

"Really? You got me more things. Honestly I was happy enough with the cloak."

Ian followed Ron to his room. There on a bookshelf was a book that stood out from the rest. A skill book, Ron reached for it and handed it to Ian.

At that moment Ian saw a window pop up.

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Name: [Arrow Charge]

Description: Allows the user to charge an arrow with their mana. The amount that can be compressed depends on proficiency. At higher levels elemental arrows are possible.

Would you like to learn this skill?

[Yes] [No]

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'YES!!! What a good skill!'

Ian excitedly learnt the technique before looking at Ron and thanking him.

"Really Ron ever since I woke up here you've been a kind and gracious host. Not only did you teach me about loads of stuff. You gave me these gifts I don't know I can repay you for right now. But trust that I'll be back with gifts for you next time we see each other. I'll definitely repay you."

"Really Ian there's no need for this. Ya were fun to have around and your progress has been amazing. Ya would've become this strong anyway. I only helped a little, most of it was your effort."

"Still I want to thank you. I'll see you soon Ron. I'll be back sometime."

Ian officially departed from Ron's house. He walked far enough away that he couldn't see the house and set up a quick shelter to log out quickly. At this point it was like 4 am so Ian went to sleep. Tomorrow he would call Tyson to meet up in the game.

Ian woke up to his sister slapping him awake.

"Get up dumbass! I swear that alarm has been going off for hours. It's 1 pm how are you still sleeping!"

"Bro leave me alone, holy shit. I get it I'll turn it off. God that hurt."

Ian rubbed his cheek, his half awake mind catching up to the pain. Grabbing his phone he checked the time, it was 1:25 pm. He got up in a hurry, showered, brushed his teeth, ate then ran back into his room at around 3.

It was time to hop on. But before that he had a call to make. The phone rang once then Tyson's yelling came through the line.

"Ian! Did you finally finish the tutorial? Where are you in the game?"

"Yeah i finished my tutorial. I'm in the Greenville Forest right now. Where should we meet?"

Freuth was different from most VRMMOs in that you couldn't teleport everywhere. Only major trading hubs and cities had gates. Most players couldn't even get access to them due to the cost. You genuinely had to travel in order to go places. Spending days in a cannon wasn't uncommon.

"Oh thank god. I'm relatively close to Greenville Forest right now. Let's meet at Canopy City. It's a pretty major lumber exporter west of the Greenville Forest.

"Alright west it is then. I'll see you soon buddy. This is gonna be fire. By the way what is your name in game?"

"In Freuth I am the warrior Ty of the Daybreak tribe from the Orc Tribe Alliance"

"I thought you were a knight. Aren't orcs all barbarians?"

"I am a knight. Orc knights exist. Sure most orcs fight in a crude manner and just rely on pure strength but there are the few who truly dedicated themselves to the sword and to battle. Those are the true warriors of the Orc Tribe Allience."

"I see.. didn't know you were passionate about true warriors and such. You're the toughest bro."

"Don't make fun of me Ian. Are we gonna play or not?"

"Yeah dude. I'll meet you at Canopy City. By the way my name in game is Ian Nightgale. I'm playing a ranger character."

After getting of the phone with sir Ty Daybreak of the Orc Tribe Allience Ian put on his headset and went in the game.

As he opened his eyes he saw something he didn't really expect. A hawk was sitting on a brach 20 feet or so away from him. It wasn't doing anything but just staring at Ian. It was a sleek black hawk with a gray underside.

'Huh... Weird'

He got up and stretched hus muscles out purposely ignoring the bird. Trying not to alarm it as he started moving.

Walking throught the forest Ian hunted animals here and there to have something to do while walking. They barely gave xp since he advanced but that was a given. As he moved he left most corpses behind, having no use for the animals byproducts.

The hawk continued to follow and it ate those left behind animals. It seemed to be pretty happy that it didn't have to hunt and could instead just follow Ian and get free food.

Ian looked back at the bird and moved towards it slowly. The hawks eyes sharpened as he came closer. Eventually they were face to face.

It seemed to be cautious of Ian while simultaneously being interested in him. Ian reaxhed out a hand but the bird, frightened by his sudden movement, flew away.

Disappointed Ian kept traveling through the forest.

'Damn. I thought I could tame it since I got that [Animal Friendship] skill. I guess it's not that easy.'

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Chapter 6!! the hawk will be his pet it'll just take a while for it to come around. If y'all have any name recs I'll take them.

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