Glitch

Five! Black Hood

"Really?" I ask my NPG. Although I find it a bit weird, Serena hasn't been talking till now. "Hey, this is this first time you've said anything since I left the forest. What's up with that?"

There's nothing to be alarmed about. I've been doing research. Finding ways to improve your stats and make your survival rate high is also part of my job as a guide.

"Okay. If you say so." I roll over to my side. The pillow depresses so I tilt my head to the left a bit, it gives me a better view of the outside. "Kyle said he sent me a companion request earlier, can you show me?"

Serena displays a list of a person's stats. I assume they belong to Kyle.

Health: full.
Level: 15.
Experience points: 68.
Manpower: hundred.
Survival rate: fifty.
Status: Knight.
Inventory: pocket crystals, 300 rubies, armour, sword and two energy potions, one healing potion.
Food: sandwich, pie, smoked chicken, nectar.
Quests: none.
Status in the system: Registered.

I accept the request then I start to connect the dots. Why is he a registered? How did he level up so fast? Why does he have so much stuff in his inventory? His experience points are high too. Actually I'm unable to connect any dots because I have so much questions but no one to answer them.

Is there something bothering you?

Right, there is Serena. "How did he level up so fast?"

Like I said, adding more things in your inventory makes you level up faster. Your companion has a lot of things in his inventory, I cannot think of another way, besides Knights have more privileges of gaining more experience points.

That makes a lot of sense. Fuck. Why did I have to go and choose common man? Technically, all this is my fault. But I blame it on my ignorance, I wouldn't have chosen to be a common man if this is the price I had to pay. But better a common man than one of those corrupt Knights, right?

I suppose there are other ways of gaining more experience points. Like going on quests.

"Quests?"

Yes. Quests are short missions where you have to do certain things and in exchange you get experience points and money for even bigger quests.

Bingo! Why haven't I heard of this up until now? "Where can I find these quests you speak of?"

You have to reach a certain level to choose a quest. Once you pass level 5 you can participate in quests.

"But I'm not at that level yet." I scratch my head, I've been doing a lot more thinking than usual since I landed in this game. "Is there some way to level up without quests?"

I can't think of one.

Great! I hate this world. I wish I could go back and reverse my choice. Maybe Sword-drawer would have been easier... it doesn't sound easy but it could be.

Although... there are certain quests that could be taken by people with lower levels. They are mostly quests that bandits take up.

"Isn't it dangerous? I mean if bandits take them, aren't they like illegal or something?"

They could be. But they aren't illegal. Most times, these quests come from the higher-ups. The King or his advisors.

Well I know not to trust that King. Anyone who watches his people get stepped all over by Knights is no King, what he is, is nothing but chunks of meat sitting on a throne. "Where do I sign up for it?"

The village square.

"Okay, thanks." The only question I have is the one that glows in the back of my mind in bright neon red... how do I pass the quest? I'm not qualified for the average mission. But I have to take up quests for bandits now? Is it the knife in my inventory I'll scratch the enemy's eye out with? Or the broken pocket watch to reverse time? I'm way in over my head if I think I can pass any quest all by myself.