Axie Online

Chapter 5 - First Quest

Currently, Rudy is walking down the main street of the starter city, namely Livetuna city. He intends to go to the entrance gate at the end of the road. While walking, He also didn't forget to ask the NPCs and players around him.

Herb Leaf usually often grows under shady trees where there are no weeds. From the information provided by a player he met on the side of the road, Rudy began to walk out of the gate into the forest with a feeling of fear and worry.

Even though the forest in question was not far from the novice city, Rudy was still worried because the players and NPCs had warned him that the outer area contained a lot of small monsters such as slimes, goblins, wolves, and other beasts. Rudy is advised to look for suitable equipment before going outside because at this time he doesn't have anything on his body at all.

Even in his inventory, there was only one wooden weapon for novice players.

Without obeying their words, Rudy still stepped out of the gate.

Despite feeling scared and worried, Rudy was quite confident in his martial arts abilities. It was true that he wasn't a martial arts athlete, but he's fighting ability alone was enough to be called an expert. If Axie Online was created based on reality, then he can also use his body in full combat. Although Rudy wasn't 100% sure whether his martial arts abilities were useful in this game.

After a few minutes, Rudy had arrived in the forest without any problems. Around the entrance of the novice city, he also didn't see a single monster blocking his way. Whether you feel cheated or just want to scare you, it seems that the information given by the players and NPCs who were questioned in the city has missed Rudy's expectations.

Was it just luck, miss-info, or did the monsters in question not appear yet?

Without suspecting any information he got from within the city, Rudy walked through the forest looking for Herb Leaf as requested by Louize. Since he didn't know what the shape of the plant looked like, the only way for Rudy to get the leaf he asked for was simply to focus his eyes on each type of herb leaf he had encountered.

It's quite troublesome, but this is the only way Rudy can do it.

"Ah, finally found it!"

As soon as he saw a leaf called Herb Leaf, Rudy spontaneously shouted and ran to him. Seen there are lots of Herb Leaf plants under the shade of shady trees. He was so enthusiastic to see this and immediately picked as many as possible.

Rudy started pulling out the Herb Leaf plants one by one. From sunrise to sunset, he didn't even realize that the sky had turned dark.

At this moment, a magnetic voice began to sound inside his head.

"[Congratulations, you have earned the title The Harvester]."

"Eh?"

In the middle of the activity He is currently engaged in, a magnetic sound comes from the system. Even Rudy, who was engrossed in picking Herb Leaf, was of course taken aback by the sound.

Was confused for a moment, then he checked the title he just got.

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The Harvester

The title you get for picking 100 plants without stopping until the sun goes down.

Fame +50 Vitality +5 Intelligence +10 Luck +5

Can increase the quality of picked plants by +5%

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[Ding! Congratulations to Player Rudy for getting a side job]

Get Alchemist Side Job

“[Congratulations, you got the title Another Alchemist]”

“[Congratulations, you got the Alchemy skill].”

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Another Alchemist

The title was obtained for successfully obtaining one of the Alchemist Side Jobs.

Fame +20 Intelligence +10

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"Woah!!"

Rudy subconsciously chuckled after seeing what he had just gotten from picking Herb Leaf since he first came out of the novice city. This is of course a satisfaction for him because it is written on the help panel that Side Jobs can only be obtained after completing hidden tasks.

Although Side Jobs were less rare than Class Jobs, they were good things for players. With Side Jobs, they could increase the status points the players had.

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Alchemy (Level 1 - Apprentice)

Can only process certain plants into Health Potions.

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Rudy's eyes started to sparkle after seeing the only skill he had.

Alchemist is one of the few Side Jobs that can make a lot of money. This skill is considered very difficult by the players because very few players have managed to get it.

"Alright alright, let's try this skill!"

With a mood filled with various emotions, Rudy began to sit under a tree and look for ways to use his new skill. Then after a few minutes later, he finally figured out how to use the Alchemy Skill.

Rudy opened his Inventory and started taking out 30 Herb Leafs. He put everything on the grass. Rudy stretched his hand over the pile of Herb Leaf and thought of all the leaves turning into Health Potions.

In an instant, the thirty Herb Leafs turned into six glass bottles filled with a thick red liquid. Seeing this, Rudy raised his hands up and shouted for joy.

“To think I could make my own Health Potion. Even though eating five Herb Leafs for a bottle of low-quality Health Potion, I think it's worth it instead of buying it at the store."

Rudy began to take and put the six bottles of low-quality Health Potion into his inventory. Now Him's Inventory is filled with 472 Herb Leaf and six bottles of low-quality Health Potion.

Better to contain little than nothing.

After successfully making six bottles of Health Potion, Rudy again picked the Herb Leaf until there was nothing left in this part of the forest. The total Herb Leaf that he picked amounted to 3472 pieces. That's the amount that Rudy got from picking Herb Leaf almost all day long.

That means Rudy has been in the world of Axie Online for more than four hours.

In his activities of picking that many Herb Leaf, he has even received an increase in the title of The Harvester to The Harvester II and The Harvester III which he got for picking 1000 and 3000 Herb Leaf without stopping. With these three titles, Rudy gets a fairly large increase in status points and Respect.

In the real world, the time has only increased between four and six hours since Rudy set foot in this artificial world.

True, the time difference between the real world and the world of Axie Online is really felt. In this world, time is running twice as fast as the real world. It was developed by Axie Corporation so that players can feel playing the game longer than they should, even though players don't feel that time has passed too long.

"Alright, I guess I'll head back to town, hand over these 10 Herb Leafs to Louzie, then log out. The real-time must be one o'clock in the evening."

Rudy started to stand up while stretching his body for a while, then walked following the pointers from the transparent map panel available in front of his eyes towards Livetuna Beginner City. He walked at a leisurely pace, feeling that everything was resolved without any problems.

And just as he loosened his guard, there were a few small roars behind him. looked back to confirm the source of the roar. Four large wild boars looked at Rudy with angry eyes. Rudy immediately focused his eyes on one of the wild boars.

There was a glimmer of explanation in his eyes that he read in a flash. The boar was called the Wild Boar and was level 2, two levels higher than Rudy's. He who was being stared at by the four Wild Boars immediately ran as fast as possible towards the direction of the novice city while being chased by a herd of wild boars.