2Author's Note: Wow, I think I actually know what I want to do with this chapter o_o AMAZING, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. Here goes nothin'!
Ah, the hunting fields.. my favorite place of all. All the monsters... oh the monsters.. oh the possibilites.. oh the items.. the exp.. the money.. oh I love the hunting fields.
That's what I was thinking as I walked into.. well, I'm sure you know. The hunting fields. Today, I wanted to work on getting as many mats (materials), money, and exp as possible, even though I've already got an almost full inventory and I'm level 12. I hoped to find a mid-level boss to take down, as I've heard of a monster called The Great Boar Lord. It's supposed to be an ultra-rare monster that might spawn when you kill a normal Boar, so I'm assuming that, if I find it, I'll get a lot of good stuff.
It's been two hours, and I still haven't found The Great Boar Lord. But that's okay, since I've got plenty of materials anyway. I managed to find a low-level Black Crystal Golem, though, so I'll just get the Black Crystal Gem that it dropped to someone and have them make me a new sword. So, I walk back to the town in hopes of finding someone with a high enough blacksmithing level to make me something.
I walk around aimlessly for about a half an hour, and then come across someone who directs me to someone who he thinks has a pretty decent blacksmithing level, so I go to him. His username is Koi. So I go to the player market (I know this wasn't in the anime, I'm just adding it for the sake of the story), and then the Services area, where they have people using their skills for money, such as Blacksmithing. Eventually, I manage to find Koi.
"Hello," I say to him. "Your name is Koi, right?"
"Yes," he responded. "Where did you hear about me, and what do you need?"
That was kind of rude.
"Well, somebody told me you were pretty good with the blacksmithing ski-"
He cut me off by grabbing my arm and dragging me off to a corner where nobody else was.
"Don't talk about that stuff where everyone can hear you!" he whispered. I'll admit, I've never been more confused in my life.
"What are you talking about?" I asked. "Isn't blacksmithing kind of.. well, normal?"
"Well, yes, but I'm not," he responded. "You see, I was in the beta test, and somehow, my blacksmithing skill level got transferred over to my new account. Don't ask how or why, because I don't know, but I'm not exactly going to go reporting it to an admin either. And you'd better not either, or I'll rip your heart out and feed it to my battle pets."
"Well, I wasn't planning on it in the first place, but okay, whatever," I said
"So what do you need from me?"
"Well, I found something that seems like it'd make a good weapon, and I was wondering if you could make one for me. How much would it cost?"
"Depends, it really all depends. From size and shape to whether or not it has a scratch on it, it really truly all depends. Show the item to me."
I went into my inventory and clicked on Hold Item. A little special effect showed above my hand, and then the crystal appeared and fell into it.
"It's named Black Crystal Gem. I got it from a level 6 Black Crystal Golem that showed up out of nowhere in the middle of the hunting field." I said.
"This," he said, "Is so weird. Black Crystal Golems aren't supposed to show up until floor five, and their minimum level is supposed to be 20. And even then, they're supposed to be really rare."
"Weird.." I responded. "Anyway, can you make me a weapon out of it?"
"Well, yes, and no." he said. "This can make a really nice shortsword called Blade of the Black Shadows, but you can't make it without another item called Black Necklace. Don't ask, I don't know why. Anyway, it's a quest reward on floor three. What level are you?"
"I'm level 16," I responded. "and a half."
He chuckled. "You sound like a little kid, specifying 'a half.'"
"A half a level makes all the difference in the world in this one."
"True," he said. "Anyway, you should be able to head up to floor three. You know how to do that?"
"No. In fact, I didn't even know we could go up to the next levels until the boss on the current one was defeated."
"Well, that's not true. You can go to any floor in the game at any given time, but you can't fight the boss there until the previous floor's boss has also been defeated."
"So how do I get to the floor in the first place?"
"You need a telportation rune."
"Can you make me one?"
"It can only be made by someone with a good tailoring and blacksmithing skill. Take a look at me. Do I look like a tailor?"
He certainly didn't. He had green eyes and black hair. He was a bit taller than me and had no visible weapon equipped. He was wairing mostly starting equipment; Casual Black Shirt, Casual Jeans, and a Blacksmithing Apron. It was black. Go figure.
"I suppose you don't look like a tailor. Anyway, thanks for the help. I'll be back in a bit when I get the necklace."
"Hey, wait, before you go, accept this trade."
When the trade request came up, I accepted, as he had asked. I automatically pressed Ready to Trade, assuming he meant to give the items to me for free. He didn't even flinch, so I took that as a sign that I was right. He put something that looked like a leather bag up, and pressed the button to finish the trade.
"Enjoy. See you later."
"Thanks. Bye."
I opened the item from my inventory to find 500 Col and a note that said:
It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!
That'll help you pay for your rune. Bye!
Well then. That was nice.
