Slash!
“As expected,” Soohyuk thought, swinging his sword at a rabbit.
He’d felt it yesterday, but the sword gifted by the instructor was on another level from the training sword. Unlike the club-like training sword, the gifted sword felt like a real sword. Slash! Rabbits that took three or four hits to die now died in two—no need for words.
[You have caught 100 Oren rabbits.]
[You have acquired the title: Practitioner of Oren.]
[Title information can be checked in the character window.]
Relentlessly swinging his sword at rabbits, gaining experience and collecting hides, Soohyuk saw a message. It was about acquiring the Practitioner of Oren title. He opened his character window again, clicked the title button, and checked the activated title.
Practitioner of Oren (+3 Strength, +3 Agility, +3 Stamina, +3 Wisdom)
Seeing the Practitioner of Oren title in the title window, Soohyuk closed the title window, then the character window, and focused on hunting again.
52 more skins.
He caught 25 rabbits and got 20 hides. But even with yesterday’s hides, it was far short of the 132-skin goal. To reach it, he needed 52 more skins.
Catch about 70 more, and it’ll be fine.
He got 49 hides from 70 rabbits. Catching about 70 more should meet the goal.
“Come on out!” Soohyuk thought, swinging his sword at a rabbit.
Slash.
The rabbit, cut by the sword, fell and stopped moving. A drop window appeared, and Soohyuk smiled.
The dropped item was a rabbit hide. He’d finally reached the 132-skin goal. After collecting it, Soohyuk opened his character window.
Level: 8
Experience: 51%
Health: 2040
Mana: 260
Satiety: 61%
Strength: 13
Agility: 15
Stamina: 38
Wisdom: 13
Bonus Stats: 10
His current level was 8.
“As expected, level 10 is too much,” Soohyuk sighed, looking at his level.
Rabbits were low-level monsters, meant for level 1 users. Naturally, there was a limit to leveling up with rabbits.
“Go down and level up at 2 levels,” he thought.
Of course, experience rose a little. Catching rabbits would eventually get him to level 10.
But he’d caught countless rabbits already, to the point of boredom. Soohyuk didn’t want to hunt anymore.
Catching rabbits to hit level 10 would take more time than going down to hunt other monsters.
Finally, the library.
Soohyuk closed his character window, smiling once more. He had collected 132 rabbit hides. Now, by selling them, he could combine the gold with what he already had to buy the library pass, reaching the 50 gold needed.
He wanted to sell the hides and head to the library quickly. Soohyuk started walking toward the village.
How do they steal like that and still get the title?
“Those trying to get the title, go a bit farther. It’ll be easier that way.”
Soohyuk soon arrived at the village. Unlike the hunting grounds, the village entrance was still bustling with countless users. Passing through them, he entered the town and headed straight for the shop.
Creak.
“Come in,” the shop owner, Tara, greeted as soon as the door opened.
“Hello,” Soohyuk replied, approaching Tara with a greeting.
As he reached the counter, he opened his inventory and began taking out the rabbit hides.
“…!” Tara’s expression was full of surprise as she watched Soohyuk pull out the hides. 132 was no small number, even for her.
“Wow, look at that user.”
“Aren’t those all rabbit hides?”
“How many did he kill?”
It wasn’t just Tara who was surprised. Some users browsing other items nearby started whispering as they saw the pile of rabbit hides Soohyuk was producing.
“I’m selling all of these,” Soohyuk said to Tara, having pulled out all the hides.
“Wait a moment,” Tara replied in a flustered voice, starting to tally the hides.
It didn’t take long, and soon Tara spoke again.
“132 hides. I’ll give you 35 gold.”
Huh? Isn’t it 33 gold?
Soohyuk was puzzled by Tara’s words. After all, rabbit hides were 1 gold per 4 hides. So, 132 hides should be 33 gold. Why was she offering 2 gold more?
A service?
Was she giving extra for selling so many? Noticing Soohyuk’s confusion, Tara continued.
“The 2 gold is a service. You brought so many, so I’m giving a little extra.”
As expected, it was a service.
“Thank you,” Soohyuk said, expressing gratitude as he sold the hides.
Soon, he received a pouch containing 35 gold. As he put it in his inventory, his gold increased. Exactly 35 gold was added, bringing his total to 52 gold. Seeing the hefty sum of 52 gold, a smile crept onto his face.
I’ll buy bread with the 2 gold.
Even if he stayed still, satiety would drop over time. Deciding to buy bread with the 2 gold to prepare for satiety, Soohyuk left the shop.
The bakery…
Leaving the shop, Soohyuk didn’t head straight to the library. The library was his final destination, but first, he planned to stop by the bakery to buy bread. He took out the guidebook to check the map, then started walking toward the bakery.
Wow, the smell is good.
As he got closer to the bakery, a mouthwatering aroma grew stronger. Following the map and the scent, Soohyuk soon arrived at the bakery.
“I’ll take these.”
“Three soft breads? That’s 1 gold!”
Several users were already lined up to buy bread. Soohyuk joined the queue, wandering inside the bakery to check the prices of breads.
They sell hard bread too?
The bakery had countless types of bread, including the hard bread he’d received as a quest reward.
Was it because of its rock-like texture? The number of hard breads available for 1 gold was staggering.
Ten for 1 gold?
No less than ten. With 1 gold, he could buy 10 hard breads.
Soohyuk hesitated briefly. He currently had 2 gold, which could buy 20 hard breads—enough to last a long time.
No, even so…
After a moment’s thought, Soohyuk turned his gaze away from the hard bread. While filling satiety was the goal, he wanted something easier to eat, something that tasted good enough to bring a smile.
Soft bread, then.
Next to the hard bread was soft bread. It was definitely more bread-like, but Soohyuk couldn’t help but hesitate.
Three for 1 gold?
Soft bread was 3 per 1 gold—a huge difference from the 10 hard breads for 1 gold. Soohyuk kept walking, checking other breads.
After inspecting all the breads, Soohyuk found himself back in front of the hard bread.
Sigh…
Looking at it, he let out a deep sigh.
The problem is money. Money.
He checked the other breads. There were five types of bread available, but for Soohyuk, whose goal was satiety, only the hard bread made sense. The next best option was soft bread, but at 3 per 1 gold, the gap was enormous.
In the end, Soohyuk started putting hard breads into a basket provided by the bakery. After filling it with 20 hard breads, he got in line. Users ahead of him, or those leaving after buying bread, flinched when they saw his basket.
He’s buying hard bread?
“Why’s he buying so many? Those rocks?”
The reason they flinched was, of course, the hard bread.
“Excuse me…” one user, unable to hold back curiosity, asked Soohyuk.
“Why are you buying those?”
“For satiety,” Soohyuk replied.
“Want mine too?”
“Huh?” Soohyuk asked, caught off guard by the unexpected offer.
He quickly nodded and said, “If you’re giving them, I’ll take them.”
He didn’t know how many books were in the library, but reading them would take an immense amount of time, and 20 breads might not cover the satiety needed. Getting more bread for free? He couldn’t refuse, even if it was hard bread.
“Here you go.”
The user opened their inventory, took out 6 hard breads, and handed them to Soohyuk.
“Thank you,” Soohyuk said, putting them in his inventory and thanking the user.
“Have fun.”
“Yup! Have fun!”
With that, the user left the bakery.
“I’ll give you some too.”
“Me too!”
“Here!”
Starting with that user, others buying bread and leaving began handing Soohyuk the hard breads from their inventories. As he received them, Soohyuk thought.
This is nice, but something’s…
Seeing the hard breads stack neatly in his inventory warmed his heart. But it wasn’t just warmth—there was a subtle, indescribable feeling creeping in.
Soon, it was Soohyuk’s turn.
“…You’ve received a lot,” said Kara, the bakery owner, who had been watching Soohyuk and the situation with a bewildered expression.