Hero's Uprising

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It was a beautiful day outside as the sun-rays gently covered the grassy field. Noises and cries could be heard in the distance where the players tried there best to gain some experience. Most of them formed teams to quickly kill off some foxes or, if they feel lucky, attack a wild boar. You might think that they have the advantage, but the exp is divided within the team so the lvl-up process still takes some time. There were some brave ones who try to solo-fight a fox, however there was no one who even thought of going up alone against a boar. Except for Leon.

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"What the F£%*!!! These boars are way stronger than I thought they would be! Is this what the difference in lvl means?"

Leon has been trying to complete the blacksmith's request for about an hour now. At first, he thought it would be a piece of cake. But after fighting one boar, he realized that this quest is close to being suicidal. Of not for his lie and death experience in the "Asura Den", he might've died not even knowing how. Leon's strategy sounded simple, but required perfect execution. He would use his flexibility to avoid the boars' ramming and, if possible, he'd counter with strikes to the vitals of the beast. Due to not having a weapon, even a wooden sword, the task at hand was time-consuming and exhausting.

"Well, at least I am getting quite a bit of exp from it... Oh, was is that glowing thing next to the corpses?"

Leon walked closer and noticed a shabby looking chest plate lying on the ground. There was a dim-bronze light radiating from it.

!!Notice!!
Item: Rough leather breast plate (Bronze)
Effect: Defence +4

"Oh, nice! At least a I have some sort of armor. This way at least I won't die off that quickly if the boar rams into me."

Leon quietly ate up one of his wheat breads whilst putting on the breast plate. It felt comfortable on him as he stretched out a bit to make sure it fit.

"Nice! Now, let's get back to the quest. I only have 10 hooves and my exp bar is half way filled... Hopefully I'll lvl-up by the end of this grind."

The forest where the boats spawned in ones again got lively. Fortunately for Leon, they were loner my nature, so killing them off was still a plausible task, although quite a risky one. After each fight he would lose chunks of his health, making him eat one of his priceless wheat breads when resting. After getting the breast plate, however, things got a lot easier.
After another hour of grinding and fighting off the boars Leon exclaimed in excitement.

"Great! Just got my nineteenth boar hoof and I'm about to lvl-up! Where are you Mr Boar?... Come here so that I could finish off this quest ASAP..."

Leon started looking through the woods trying to find a lone boar, however for some odd reason he could find any. It was as if they just suddenly all disappeared. Leon was a bit confused, but didn't take this close to heart and blamed it on his bad luck.

Suddenly, cries could be heard right next to him. Leon ran up and saw a group of 3 people  trying to fend off a wild boar. They were struggling as they took damage whilst trying to avoid its attacks.

"I can't take it anymore! Sun, do something about this!"
"F&$@, Katt, you think I am invincible? Why did you go into the woods in the first place?! Now we will all die off and lose all our exp!"

Amidst their shouting the last player "Ironheart" was trying to deal some damage to the boar. After a couple of successful attempts he got smashed by the beast and was tossed towards the two. He shouted with frustration.