Steadfast Village

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Steadfast Village
Year 10882

It was a plain day at the village, leaves rustling, people working, it was not a plain day for Maxwell though.

"Maxwell! Wake up already! Iria is waiting for you outside! She's been there for like 13 minutes! Hurry up!"

"Coming, Ma!"

It was Maxwell's first day of grinding, in the world they live in, grinding means killing certain creatures for XP balls. These XP balls act as a smaller minority of money, and they can be traded in for gold.

The stronger the creature is the more XP balls it will drop, they even drop some items when they are killed.

"Where's my other bag? MA!"

After a little bit of time, Maxwell opened the door, to find Iria standing there, green eyes, red hair.

"Looks like I am your grinding partner!" Iria smiled as she ran to the nearest tree.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

"Let's go see the weaponkeeper!"

The two hurried to the weapons shop, and showed the weaponsmith their entry cards.

"Hmm, proceed to the back door." The smith said, while holding 2 Holder's staffs.

The two were greeted to a large room, three boxes were in front of them. It was a bright cyan room, and there is a person standing infront of them.

"Greetings, you two must be Iria and...Maxveil? Maxshell!"

Iria laughed as the weaponkeeper mispronounced Maxwell's name.

"Sir, its Maxwell. Maxwell Ridges."

"Very well, Maxwell and Iria, you may now choose your starting grinding weapons."

There are three options as the boxes opened, a wooden bow with a few arrows, a stone dagger and a silver katana.

"Alright! I'll pick the bow and arrows!" Iria pointed to her choice.

"Okay, Maxwell, how about you?"

Maxwell cannot decide which one to take, if he takes the dagger, he will look cool but be weak by it, if he chooses the katana, he will look dumb, but be good by it.

"I...I...I pick the dagger!"

"A nice choice, Maxwell, that is a Blink Dagger, it's one of the more aggresive weapons."

"Why did you choose the dagger?" Iria questioned.

"It looked good for me."

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Afternoon,
Steadfast Village
12:56 PM

"Its almost 1, let's go grinding!" Iria said, whilst being excited.

The two ventured among the beautiful palm grass, and tons of unique colored butterflies, lime green grasshoppers and bright oak trees. It is indeed a special day in Steadfast Village.

Suddenly.

The palm grass began to shake, fruits falling from trees.

"YOUR BOW GET IT OUT! ITS A--...."

To Be Continued.

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