13 Karma strikes back (1/2)
”haaa.. haaa. haaa...” Pedro tried to catch his breath as he suddenly stopped running in front of the village soldier on duty.
'What's with this adventurer?' The unmoved village soldier stared at the exhausted Pedro but before the village soldier could utter a word Pedro spoke as he pointed to where he came from.
”There are two adventurers being chased by a wild pig and is injured!” Pedro lied hoping that the village soldier would take action immediately and there is a chance that Berting and Starberry would be saved.
'This is the least I can do for them.. I am not that cold hearted person.. But I cannot act personally and risk losing everything I gained! Besides, Though they're just exhausted, they looked like they had been in a furious battle, so I didn't exactly lie...' Pedro slapped his face lightly after feeling guilty of lying to the village soldier.
”Is that so? Then, I have a task for you young adventurer!” The village soldier calmly replied and shocked Pedro.
'This doesn't look good! I might get another quest.. I have four potions left!' He started to become worried when the village soldier continued to speak.
”I, Village soldier Tam Darko, request you to rescue the two adventurers from the wild pig!” Village soldier Tam spoke calmly at the now shocked Pedro
[Quest: Rescue Fellow Player!
Rating: A-rated
Mission: Save adventurers Berting and Starberry and kill the wild pig! Bring the dead body of the pig to village soldier Tam!
Duration: 20 seconds (Timer starts upon issuance of the quest!)
Will you accept?]
'@@@@!!!! I dug my own grave! There goes being a hero!' Before Pedro could even react the duration started to count down.
[Quest: Rescue Fellow Player!
Rating: A-rated
Mission: Save adventurers Berting and Starberry and kill the wild pig! Bring the dead body of the pig to village soldier Tam!
Duration: 19 seconds (Timer starts upon issuance of the quest!)
Will you accept?]
”I accept!!” Pedro hurriedly shouted and left village soldier Tam not even being able to utter a single word. 'It's not like I have a choice!! My reputation with the village might reduce if I don't accept this quest! @@@@!!!'
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Seeing Pedro run towards the two adventurer, village soldier Tam muttered to himself..
”Although, I want to help them, I can't leave my post.. the captain would be angry with me and the safety of the village might be compromised when I leave!!”
”Seeing that adventurer, he doesn't look the same with other adventurers! He looked a bit stronger than other adventurer... he might save them..” Village soldier Tam rub his chin while looking with suspicion to the fading figure of Pedro.
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”.... Nooooooo!” Berting shouted as the pig jumped and was just inches away from him. He closed his eyes as he wait for the system notification that he died..
'Something is wrong!' Seconds passed but the system notification didn't appear, he slowly opened his eyes. A golden light was blinding him when he heard an unfamiliar voice.
”I'm glad, I made it in time!” Pedro sneered as he block the tackle of the wild pig with his Faithpursuer Katana..
*Baaaag!! The impact of the tackle of the wild pig was received by the Faithpursuer Katana but the impact was strong that it send Berting a few meters backward and took damage..
”Ah!!” Pedro became worried that Berting might die and he would fail the quest. He quickly checked the interface to see Berting's remaining HP.
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Name: Berting (Player)
Level: 1
HP: 17/60
MP: 50
Stamina: 0/20
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”D@@@! The impact is enough to even kill a player who had high vitality!” Pedro was still shocked to the power of the wild pig. Though, he had no idea how much power the pig has, since Pedro had the undying cycle when he was hunting wild pigs earlier. It was only at this point that he had saw its true power, thru the other players.
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-200
[~Undying~ skill activated!]
HP: 1
[Player's HP is below 20%... Potion Injector Activated!]
+50
HP: 50
[Player's HP is back to 100%.. ~Undying~ skill has been reset!]
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