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Chapter 2 - Combat Mode

Austin along with some players decided to leave the safe zone and level up. Some formed teams for efficiency while others go solo, believing in themselves and their innate skill. Austin also chose to leave alone. He first needed to find something to conceal his identity. And there are plenty of treasure chests in the forest, though he needs to find them at least. Just then a voice appeared.

[ Nearby Treasure chest is 500 meters in North direction ]

Austin froze, Eye of Wisdom can also be used like this. He quickly turned to the direction and asked," can you tell me if any monsters lurked in the path?", instead of answering, his vision changed. Like a sci-fi movie, some projection like things appeared. His vision also increased he can now see ahead avoiding obstacles to some extent. Maybe to a 100 meters. Windows flashed with monster information.

[ Goblin Ranger ]

[ Level : 2 ]

[ Skills : Dart Shooting Lv 1, Poison Making Lv 1, Enhanced Smell Lv 1 ]

[ Skill drop rate : 1% ]

[ Item drop rate : 5% ]

[ Goblin Archer ]

[ Level : 2 ]

[ Skills : Archery Lv 1, Enhanced Smell Lv 1 ]

[ Skill drop rate : 1% ]

[ Item drop rate : 5% ]

[ Grey Wolf ]

[ Level : 2 ]

[ Skills : Ferocious Bite lv 1, Tearing Claw Lv 1, Enhanced Smell Lv 2 ]

[ Skill drop rate : 1% ]

[ Item drop rate : 5% ]

[ Demon Monkey ]

[ Level : 2 ]

[ Skills : Rage Lv 1, Strong Fist Lv 1, Corrosive Bite Lv 1, Nimble Body Lv 1 ]

[ Skill drop rate : 1% ]

[ Item drop rate : 5% ]

[ Goblin ]

[ Level : 2 ]

[ Skills : Club Arts Lv 1, Enhanced Smell Lv 1 ]

[ Skill drop rate : 1% ]

[ Item drop rate : 5% ]

[ Big Boar ]

[ Level : 2 ]

[ Skills : Charge Lv 1, Sharp Tusk Lv 1, Stab Lv 1 ]

[ Skill drop rate : 2% ]

[ Item drop rate : 7% ]

Austin gripped the dagger and moved towards the single target, Big Boar. The boat also noticed him, it started kicking dust with its back leg seemingly ready to charge at him. Austin vision changed, combat assistance mode, he saw a red shape in his vision, shaped like a boar moving in his direction along with few aim marks.

Austin understood this must be the combat assistance. He quickly gripped the dagger and ready to stab at one of those weak points shown to him. The boat charged with stomps, it's tusks gleamed in sharpness, ready to stab them into his body. Austin waited for the timer shown in the video and then made his move.

He side stepped just before the boat reached to stab him with it's tusks, then he aimed the dagger at the weak point and stabbed it there.

*Screen* *Roar*

The boat screeched and roared loudly in pain before falling.

[ Killed a Big Boar Lv 2 ]

[ Exp +20, Gold Coins +10 ]

[ Achievement : First kill of the server ]

[ Effects : +100 Gold Coins ]

[ Achievement : First Instant kill of the server ]

[ Effects : +5 stat points, +500 Gold Coins ]

[ Achievement : First Boar Slayer ]

[ Effects : +50 Gold coins ]

Austin saw the achievements. Only special achievements like the first instant kill will give stat points, any other ordinary achievement only gives good coins. These achievements can be later used to increase his reputation among the NPCs for good trades. The first instant kill, that's a special achievement. Only one is allowed per server.

Austin asked," are there any achievements like this eye of wisdom? ", this time he received answers, but these special achievements needs him to kill 100s of each type of monster in a certain time period to activate. Austin sighed, for that he is going to need good skills. He opened the status panel and dumped the points in there.

[ Name : Austin Knight ]

[ ID : 062050-SP1008 ]

[ Level : 1 ]

[ Age : 17 ]

[ Gender : Male ]

[ Strength : 5 -> 6 ]

[ Agility : 5 -> 7 ]

[ Endurance : 5 -> 6 ]

[ Constitution : 5 -> 6 ]

[ Mana : 6 ]

[ Additional Stat Points : 5 -> 0 ]

[ Innate Skill : Eye of Wisdom (SSS) ]

[ Skills : None ]

Austin then felt his body changing a little, he then turned to the Demon Monkey. That can give him a common first demon slayer achievement. Few Gold coins. The demon monkey is one of the demonised beasts you can find in the lower floors. First kill of the demon monkey in the server will offer 100 Gold coins. And if you kill 100 of them, then you can get the Uncommon - Demon Slayer achievement that grants 3 stats and 300 Gold coins, along with 5% discount on any trades related to the church.

That's what achievements are important for. You can get good discounts if you have those achievements. And if you have the Rare level Demon Slayer where you hunted down a sentient demon beast, then you will get 5 stats and 500 Gold coins along with 10% additional discount on church.

Like this the list goes on. Austin went straight to the Demon Monkey of course. He threw a rock to provoke the Demon Monkey and then insulted the Demon Monkey by showing his butt to it. The effect is immediate, the monkey activated it's rage and charged towards him.

Austin smirked and started running, though he can't outrun the monkey, he can evade it and with the monkey's losing sanity with the rage skill activated, it will much more easier to kill the beast, since it can't think properly. He evaded it's attacks again and again by changing his direction, using the trees for cover and letting the monkey hit the rocks and trees nearby.

The monkey became even more enraged as the time passed by. Then suddenly it slowed down, it trembled, it took heavy breaths like it's too exhausted. And Austin, how can he let the opportunity go. Rage has two big side effects, one, it reduces the sanity of user continuously, two, it consumes stamina or mana continuously in a exchange for increase in other stats. With a swift strike, he slit the throat of the monkey.

[ Killed Demon Monkey Lv 2 ]

[ Exp +20, Gold Coins +10 ]

[ Achievement : Demon Slayer (common) ]

[ Effects : +100 Gold Coins ]

Then Austin turned to the direction another monster. Drop rate is low, so he didn't get anything even after killing two monsters.

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