Axie Online

Chapter 6 - New Weapon

After finishing his special class, Rudy went straight to the ATM to get spare money. He has two bank accounts. One he used freely, the other specifically for money kept in reserve.

"Already?"

"Of course. I'm just taking money, not sending it to someone else's account."

“Tch, I thought you wanted to give me some extra money.”

"Huh? Isn't it the other way around? Aren't you ashamed of the amount of wealth you have?"

"No, I'm also on the verge of bankruptcy this month."

"Take care of yourself, shrimp brain."

"Hah!? Say that one more time if you dare!”

"Pinhead."

"Inviting you to a fight!?"

"You're the one who told me to say it again!"

Rudy was accompanied by Haris to take the money that had just been made from selling Health Potions in the Axie Online game.

After their little quarrel, Rudy started wearing a helmet and climbed into the back seat of Haris' favorite Kawasaki motorcycle. They ended their fight because they became the center of attention by several people around.

In an instant, they slid away from that place.

As a student whose finances are quite bad, Rudy does not have a private vehicle. Even though he has a private vehicle, he will not be able to pay for the fuel which is quite expensive. Indeed, in this day and age, there are many electric-fueled vehicles, but a large amount of electricity is no less expensive than the price of fuel in the era before virtual technology existed.

"Rudy, have you played Axie Online yet?"

"Already."

"How do you feel?"

“Hm… how about that, huh? It's nice to be able to roam freely in another world, but annoyed at having to walk everywhere we're going.”

"Oh, I see."

Haris could only smile wryly behind his helmet. Most people do complain about it when they just enter the world of Axie Online because they are lazy to walk far. He is also one of the players who previously complained about it every day.

"Haris, how much is Byl worth if it is made into the federation's currency?"

“Hm… about 10 federation currency for 1 Byl. But in order to be converted into the federation's currency, you must have at least 5,000 Byl so that it can be converted into 50,000 of the federation's currency."

“I see… One thousand Byl is equivalent to 10,000 of the federation's currency. Pretty easy to get, maybe?'

Rudy couldn't help but sigh softly as he recalled the price of the Steel Longsword he saw in the 'Ten Shop'. Even a sword like that cost 6,000 federation currency if Rudy wanted to buy it with real money.

It's not that far from the price of the sword he was after before, but it seems that making money in Axie Online is not as easy as imagined.

“By the way, what was your first occurrence in that world? Have you been PKed by a veteran player?"

PK stands for a Player kill, a term that refers to killing each other in the game or a term for people who like to PK weak players.

In a virtual game world like Axie Online, it's no wonder that many players PK. If a player kills another player, then that person will get experience points. Not only that, even someone has the possibility to get a drop item dropped by the player.

“My first occurrence in that world? Chased by the Wild Boar to the beginner town.”

"Eh?"

What Rudy said was the truth at that time.

After deciding to end the Herb Leaf picking activity, Rudy in the Axie Online game was chased by a herd of four Wild Boars. Since he didn't have any weapons to fight back, all Rudy could do was dodge every Wild Boar attack and run as fast as he could.

Even so, before being killed, he managed to kill one of the Wild Boars with his bare hands and got one passive skill and two titles. The skill he gets is Martial Arts, a passive skill that increases every barehanded attack or uses weapons such as Gauntlets and Gloves specifically for the hand-to-hand combat class, while the titles Rudy gets are Bare Hand Fighter and Advanced Player.

Bare Hand Fighter is a title that Rudy got for fighting without using any weapons, then the title Advance Player him got from killing Wild Board monsters with his level 0. Of course, this increases the number of status points, but unfortunately, he does not get experience points from killing the Wild Board.

However, the skills and titles that Rudy got from fighting the Wild Boar were not told to Haris. He only told Haris that he was chased by four Wild Boars to the novice town before being killed.

"Hahahahaha! So funny!"

Haris laughed out loud when he heard Rudy's story.

Rudy unconsciously hit Haris' head lightly to end the laughter. He doesn't want to get another fracture if Haris loses control of the motorcycle which he brought with him for laughing too hard. Already injured in a car accident, later you can fall off the motorbike, what tomorrow? Get hit by a truck and go to another world? Not funny jokes.

Arriving at the apartment building where Rudy occupied, he started to get off the motorbike and they separated. Haris immediately drove his motorbike home after dropping off Rudy's friend.

Without wasting any more time, Rudy immediately went to his room and put down all his belongings, then lay down on his bed. He decided to rest for a few minutes before diving into the Virtual Reality world he started playing yesterday, namely Axie Online.

After a few hours, Rudy began to change into a T-shirt and casual shorts and prepared to enter the world of Axie Online. He starts wearing Solid Gear and enters Axie Online.

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Successfully entering the world of Axie Online, Rudy stepped into Toko Ten which was located in a small alley between two fairly large buildings. While walking, He checked his status panel.

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Status

Name: Rudy

Level : 0

Job Class:-

Side Job: Alchemist

Byl: 104

Fame: 126

Strength : 13 Dexterity : 14 Vitality : 20 Intelligence : 50 Luck:11

Skills: Alchemy, Martial Arts I (Passive)

Titles obtained: The Harvester III, Another Alchemist, Bare Hand Fighter, Advance Player

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The Harvester III

A title earned for picking over 3000 plants non-stop for a day.

Fame +70 Vitality +15 Intelligence +30 Luck +8

The quality of harvested plants increased by +30%

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Another Alchemist

The title obtained for studying the Alchemist Job Class

Fame +20 Intelligence +10

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Bare Hand Fighter

A title obtained for fighting without using a weapon.

Fame +10 Strength +3 Dexterity +2

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Advance Player

Title obtained for successfully killing monsters while still level 0.

Fame +40 All status +1 each player's level increase.

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Alchemy (Level 1 - Apprentice)

Can process certain plants into low-quality Health Potions.

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Martial Arts I (Passive)

Increases attack power and speed using punches and kicks by 2%

Vitality +1 Dexterity +1 every level up.

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Rudy smiled with satisfaction seeing the status panel along with an explanation of the skills and titles he got yesterday. Rudy really didn't expect the first day of playing Axie Online to get this many skills and titles. Not only the amount, but the effect is also very satisfying.

Arriving at Ten's shop, Rudy met Louzie, the shop owner and previous quest giver. He started giving 10 Herb Leaf to Louzie and a transparent panel appeared in front of him.

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Quest Giver: Louzie

Quest Type: Material Gathering

Difficulty :D

Since you asked to lower the price of the sword, Louzie asked you to collect 10 Herb Leaf.

Herb Leaf: 3472/10

Reward: Iron Sword +4

[Finished]

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“Fine, since you have completed the quest I asked for, you can take the sword.”

"[Fame increased by 1 point]"

"Thank you!"

After his Quest business was finished, Rudy started walking towards the sword he needed earlier. And focused his eyes on the sword.

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Iron Sword +4

Damage: 25-27

Durability: 140

Rudy tried to hold the sword and took it. He began to weigh the sword, then swung it a few times. That's right, the class he wanted was Swordsman or a Job Class related to a sword.

Rudy has loved swords since childhood and has always practiced using the wooden or iron sticks he found.

However, Rudy's status points didn't really support him taking the Swordsman Class Job. Mage and Enchanter were suitable Job Classes for him because they had very high-status points in the Intelligence attribute. Even so, Rudy still insisted on taking the Swordsman Class Job.

Rudy put his new sword, Iron Sword +4 into his Inventory and immediately left Shop Ten. He wants to go to the class registration area in the starter city of Livetuna while taking the time to make low-quality Health Potions that are planned to be sold to players or NPCs. Having fun while working to make money, one hit by two birds.