Countless weapons spanned across my surroundings.
They looked like the typical beginner class weapons.
Most of them didn’t even have accessories and just looked unadorned.
It was no doubt that they were made just for practicality.
Which one should I pick?
First, let’s think about my stats.
Height: 177cm. Weight: 71kg.
Due to the lack of my muscle strength, swinging heavy weapons would be hard.
I was pretty confident when it came to fitness.
However still, I was most confident when it came to playing video games.
I never really practiced martial arts for a long.
And during my time in secondary school I tried a bit of Kendo.
It would be best if I didn’t rely on either Wushu,Kendo or martial arts in general.
Out of all the available weapons, the staff caught my eye.
Well, I didn’t know if it was a real magical staff but it sure looked like one.
If I chose that, would I become a mage or a priest?
I might have to learn skills completely independent of the staff too.
Just as I imagined, melee weapons would be better.
Moreover, if I think about the people I had met in this area, the decision to choose a melee weapon is even more appealing.
It would also probably be wise if I stayed on good terms with the people back in the stone chamber, but I als had to take into account when things could go bad between us.
With the exception of the bow and staff, every other ranged weapon should be disregarded.
With the same reason, I should stay clear from blunt weapons like clubs.
Overall, they were too heavy.
After I took everything into consideration, the only weapons that would be viable for me were the likes of spear, sword and axe, and so on.
There were many variants of the same weapons, except for the axe.
Although there were a few axes that weren’t too heavy, I just didn’t like them.
The only ones left were the sword and spear.
Normally, people would think that the spear had the advantage of reach and would be easier to use effectively, but in reality this was not the case.
Basically, the spear would only be stronger than the sword if the person wielding the spear kept their distance.
Perhaps if I had other spear wielding allies by my side, to form a nice scrum it might make it effective.
I’m only a beginner and an ordinary person too.
Although using a sword is honestly challenging for a beginner, if I continue to doubt my own thoughts I’ll end up hypothesising forever.
I trusted my own decision and began looking for a sword that would fit me.
I lifted a longsword and it was much heavier than I expected.
From this experience, I decided to disregard all two-handed swords.
Once I found a decent sized one-handed sword, I found multiple with a shield, like a set.
Ah, the sword and shield combo.
There were more than twenty sets, however they all had one thing in common.
The swords and shields were in poor condition compared to the swords and shields that were available by themselves. The shields in the sets were much thinner and some were even rusted. The swords were also either shorter or thinner.
Should I give up the sword and choose a shield instead?
Just becoming a tanker from the start could be an option too.
I pondered for a moment but soon disregarded that thought.
I wasn’t sure if I would be able stay with the people back at the stone chamber.
Even if could, I couldn’t trust them just yet.
After scavenging for hours, I finally decided on my weapons.
The sword looked pretty similar to a gladius used in ancient roman times.
Like other swords found in sets, the sword I chose had multiple chips on the blade. Out of anxiety, I chose a sword that was short and sturdy so it wouldn’t break easily.
[Dirty Shield]
Description: Separate from the handle, a leather belt is attached. The belt is more valuable than the shield. Second-hand.
[Thrown away training sword]
Description: A training sword once used by a kid. Second-hand.
These descriptions were absolutely worthless. Why did they have to explain to me that the items are second-hand anyway? Although all the basic weapons here had these types of descriptions, maybe it was the penalty for choosing a set. The condition of these items were really poor.
[Will you choose this?]
A message popped up.
“Yes.”
The next moment I was back in the stone chamber.
“Welcome back. Did you choose your weapon?”
A man that resembled a bear questioned instantly upon my return.
“Yes.”
“I see you’ve chosen a sword and shield set. Nice choice”
“What?!”
“How come you brought two things? What are you?!”
“This sword and shield came in a set. Even though they come together, they lack in quality compared to the swords and shields that were available by themselves.”
The gangster couldn’t accept my explanation and complained for hours.
The bear man confronted him and told the gangster that he himself saw the set weapons, which allowed us to barely calm him down.
The bear man taught me about the inventory and status bars and also how to use the Community feature.
“Inventory.”
As I quietly muttered this, my inventory appeared right in front of my eyes.
At the thought about disarming my sword and shield and storing them in the inventory, the weapons I held in my hands slowly disappeared and appeared in my inventory.
Now this really felt like a game.
“Status.”
Lee Ho Jae (Human)
Strength: 8
Endurance: 10
Intelligence: 21
The status bar was so neat and tidy that it was so insignificant.
Like the main character in a story, I expected some special powers or something of the sort but it seemed like I was the very definition of the word human.
My intelligence could be quite high compared to others though. No wonder the staff was so tempting.
“The inventory and status bars are pretty simple to understand, but what’s this Community feature?”
“Mmm, it’s like a social media network. You can use this to chat to different people in different chat rooms. Other than that I don’t think it has any other feature.”
“Other chat rooms?”
I was so curious about this community feature that I had to open it.
[Difficulty: Easy, Noticeboard (33/61)]
[Difficulty: Hard, Noticeboard (11/16)]
[Difficulty: Hell, Noticeboard (1/4)]
“It’s separated by difficulty.”
“Yeah, and it’s only the four of us that chose the Hell difficulty. Since it’s like this, shouldn’t we combine forces and work together?”
“Right.”
“Lastly, the clock. If you think about wanting to see the time, it will automatically appear in your vision.”
Just like he said, I thought about wanting to see the time.
[Attempt 1, Day 0. 1:13pm]
[Time left until Tutorial: 70 Hours 43 minutes]
“Come here, we should introduce ourselves to each other and have a talk.”