Chapter 2
This bastard!
I wanted to stab my sword in Ashurs mouth right now, but it was an impossible task . The mans level was 300 and was also a great magician who completed his third class change . His **** knights had an average of level 180 .
On the other hand, I was only at level 73 and didnt even have a chance against the youngest knight who was serving as a bread shuttle . (Bread shuttle – Usually used at school, where one student is picked on and/or bullied to do the errands for people who are higher on the social ladder than the shuttles are . )
But look at the quest clear conditions . I had to kill them .
Plus! Even if I cleared the quest, wasnt the quest compensation garbage?
My intelligence will be minus 50? Fuck, right now I have 30 intelligence, so wont I be an idiot if Im at minus 50? And all of the kingdoms nobles would hate me? So where was my exit route?? Why is there a quest like this? Ahhh!!
There was only one choice . Just die . I would drop two levels, but I couldnt succeed anyway . Besides, what was the point of succeeding with such a nasty quest?
Hu…
I felt resigned . The pressure from the knights wasnt a joke .
This means I wouldve lost eight levels just from this quest… Ashur… One day, I will become high level and take revenge . Definitely .
I stared at Ashur and vowed revenge, then closed my eyes at the menacing swords in the knights hands . Then suddenly, I remembered Pagmas book in my hand .
‘Wait, what about this?
Would it remain in my inventory after I died if I put it in there before my death? This wasnt a general quest item, so I couldnt be assured of the situation .
What was Ashurs purpose in the first place? Pagmas rare book . The reason he wanted to kill me was to take it away . In order for the story to go smoothly, if he killed me, it was likely that Pagmas book would disappear from my inventory and fall into his hands .
Shit!
If I was going to lose Pagmas book anyway, I might as well use it instead of selling! A new option emerged . I could use Pagmas rare book .
However, I hesitated . I hated production-related classes . Wasnt the point of a game to enjoy the thrill of battle? However, if I became a blacksmith, I would have to sweat as I hammered at iron in front of a fire . It might be necessary to carry pickaxes while searching for mines to collect the necessary materials .
It was indeed…
La . bor .
At that moment, a chill went down my spine . I was doing brickwork and shovel work at construction sites in real life, and now I needed to do labor in a game as well! Just imagining it made me feel terribly dizzy .
Kuock…
I wanted to remain as a warrior; it was my dream to swing my sword at enemies and someday become an army general . But now it was time to give up on that dream . An item worth hundreds of millions of won would be taken away by an NPC! By that **** Ashur!
“Its better to use it than to lose it to him!
I tearfully opened Pagmas book . The shocked Ashur hurriedly stretched out a hand and chanted a spell .
“Its too late, you **** .
I ridiculed him before falling silent as I checked the notification windows appearing one by one .
[You have become Pagmas descendant . ]
[Your level has dropped . ]
[You are now level 1 . ]
[All skills and stats have been reset . ]
……?
I couldnt believe my eyes . Werent class changes supposed to help you get stronger by strengthening your existing level, stats, and skills? Therefore, I couldnt understand why my level, stats and skills were reset instead of maintained .
What is this?
As I was confused by the unknown situation, new notification windows emerged .
[Dexterity stat has opened . ]
[Blacksmiths Craftsmanship skill has been created . ]
[Blacksmiths Craftsmanship skill has been mastered . ]
[Blacksmiths Appraisal skill has been created . ]
[Blacksmiths Appraisal skill has been mastered . ]
[Blacksmiths Patience has been created . ]
[Blacksmiths Patience has been mastered . ]
[Blacksmiths Disassembly skill has been created . ]
[Blacksmiths Disassembly skill has been mastered . ]
[Blacksmiths Repair skill has been created . ]
[Blacksmiths Repair skill has been mastered . ]
[All blacksmith skills have been mastered to the level of the Pinnacle and the skills of the legendary blacksmith have been opened . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Craftsmanship skill has been created . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Discernment skill has been created . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Appraisal skill has been created . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Patience skill has been created . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Repair skill has been created . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Disassembly skill has been created . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Breath skill has been created . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Blessing skill has been created . ]
[The Legendary Blacksmiths Creation skill has been created . ]
[Title, One who Became a Legend, has been acquired . ]
[Composure stat has opened . ]
[Indomitable stat has opened . ]
[Dignity stat has opened . ]
[Insight stat has opened . ]
In the case of dexterity, it was a basic stat possessed by all users with a production-related class . However, the Composure, Indomitable, Dignity, and Insight stats were all unfamiliar . Was this a good thing?
“Not good!
I was desperate . There were 15 passive skills and 22 active skills that I learned as a warrior . However, I completely lost all my abilities as a warrior . Due to the effect of the class change, I had completely become a laborer .
Furthermore, I was level one . The levels that I barely built up over the past year had been completely reset and I needed to start over? I had to restart the **** level-up grind from the beginning?!
Why is there a quest like this? Fuc*… . ~#@…… . ^%$!!
I combined several Korean characters together as a knights sword rapidly headed towards me .
[You have been hit by a blow!]
[You have died . ]
The level 1s low stamina dropped to 0 with a single hit from a level 180 knight .
[Quest failed!]
[You will no longer be able to enter Patrian . ]
[Any Patrian soldiers will kill you on sight . ]
[Your level has dropped by 2 . ]
[You are now level -1 . ]
[There is no registered residence . Do you want to resurrect at the nearest temple?]
……?
I saw my level and lost it .
Negative? My level is negative??
I was certain that I had been cursed by the gods for some fault in a previous life . I barely got here after three months of hardship only to get this result? I didnt want to play the game . I chose to log out instead of resurrecting .
Once I quit the game, I immediately connected to the Internet and searched through all of the Satisfy related forums in Korea to look for information about a negative level . But I couldnt get any information so I wrote my question directly on the forum .
Title: I am currently level -1 .
Contents: I have been doing a quest for three months and received a legendary old book . However, I failed and my level strangely dropped to -1 . Why??? Has this ever happened before???????
I pressed the OK button to post and completely emerged from the capsule . A quick glance in the mirror revealed someone who looked like an emancipated patient with an incurable disease . It was the aftermath of not sleeping for three months while doing the quest . And the only thing I received in return was a loss of hundreds of millions of won and a minus level .
My three months of work have gone flying away… Three months of hard work . Hahaha…
I couldve gone and taken some labor jobs, but I ended up shoveling air . No, it was a loss of time and level . I lost energy and flopped to the ground . I was sad, empty, grumpy, and resentful . All types of negative emotions were pouring in, giving me a tremendous sense of helplessness . If I were weaker person, I was sure that I wouldve committed suicide .
“…I need to take a **** .
I had been connected to the game for a long time, so I headed to the bathroom after receiving a physiological signal . It was three in the morning . All my family members were sleeping . If I woke up my parents then they might curse at me .
I stealthily crossed the living room, quietly did my business in the bathroom, washed up, moved back to the kitchen, and took out a side dish from the fridge . I barely managed to find a spoon in the darkness and returned to my room with a bowl of rice .
“Oh, its sausage fried rice .
The taste of a meat processed product! As I ate delicious food and filled up my stomach, I relaxed and could think soberly .
“How did my level become minus?
I thought about it before sitting in the capsule to check the question I posted on the Internet .
What?
In the meantime, the number of views on my posts had gone over 10,000 . The number of comments was more than 2,000!
D-Dont tell me?
I couldnt find the information, but was the minus level actually famous among users, and the users were excited because it gave tremendous benefits? My dream was destroyed when I checked the comments .
Iksl ** ‘s answer: If there is a minus level, a ghost will appear before me at night .
Eksk ** s answer: Wow ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I am level -5 ^ . ^ We are low-level comrades .
Tutu ** ‘s answer: Did you find a legendary book as well? ㅋㅋ Do you have an attention sickness?
cm3s **s answer: He should be brought to a mental hospital . Take this post down .
7r14 ** s answer: Legendary book… minus level… these days ㄸㄹㅇ really, some people…
jk12 **-1s answer: Wouldnt -1 be last place in the rankings ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I would quit the gameㅋ
Kkks ** ‘s answer: Something this unique that hasnt appeared yet, what nonsense .
Qkr8 ** s answer: Is it excessive drinking?
Gjte ** s answer: Wow, minus level… I pay homage to your imagination . You should be a fiction writer . ㄷ ㄷ
……
There were 2,000 comments like these . I felt like an idiot .
It seems that information about minus level hasnt been revealed at all… am I the first person?
Satisfys system was configured to allow users to discover and develop themselves . There was no such thing as a customer service center like in other more traditional online games . Satisfys two billion users had been developing the world during the past year by pioneering and exchanging information on their own .
But in such a vast world, there was a lot of information that hadnt been revealed, such as the minus level that I was experiencing now .
Swaaah .
It was raining outside the window . According to the weather forecast, it was going to rain all day . It wasnt easy to get a labor job if he went out looking today . I ate the last of the rice and logged into the game again .