A new window opens in front of me:

Inventory

Starter Wooden Sword x 1* Identify Skill Tome (Consumable) x 1*

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After I equipped the basic iron sword I placed my starter wooden sword in my inventory. I’ll keep it as a momento for now. Never know I could sell it later if I become famous. Hey, you never know right?

After that I use the Identify Skill Tome and learn the ability.

Identify has been learned

You are now able to Identify basic items and reveal a hidden options on items on a lower level than your own.

Well this looks like this going to come in handy, it might actually be a rare skill because I fulfilled a hidden part of the quest.

I look around town and try to find the village chief or anyone else I can help, I need to get out of this starter village as soon as possible. After about 10 minutes I approached the village Blacksmith and ask him if there is anything that he needs help with.

The blacksmith just takes a glance up at me, grunts then continues smashing at the piece of metal under him.

I just stand there and look at him dazed, aren’t NPC’s meant to be helpful? Well, i guess I should look at what he has then see if i can find any other quests. I glance around the smiths shop seeing if i can find anything useful. After about a minute of searching my eyes fall upon a set of tools that are on a counter on the far side of the shop. I pick them up and check the shop window that appears, It's a set of weapon modification tools. The description says that it can make basic modifications of basic weapons as it is a low ranking set of tools but the part that catches my eyes is that it allows me to repair my weapons based on a blacksmithing skill. I would imagine that I can learn blacksmithing fairly easily. After I forge items I would be able to enchant them so that I get a bigger advantage over the rest of the playerbase.

The only problem is is that it costs 15 coppers and I only have 14, I say to the old blacksmith man person “Umm I’ve only got 14 coppers could I get a discount?”

He glares at me with a cold tone “ No discounts”

I ask him “could I do some work to make up for the 1 copper, anything at all?”

He exhales”Yeah i suppose so, the mine near by that I used to buy metals from frequently has been overrun with with goblins and I think there hiding in there because a hobgoblin is in there, so if you want to help me clear it out go ahead, You’ll get more than just one copper if you do.”

Quest: Kill the goblins inhabiting the mine

A horde of goblins led by a hobgoblin is terrorising a local mine which is getting in the way of the blacksmiths work. Slay the hobgoblin and bring back its ear to finish the quest.

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“Ah, thank you so much, I guarantee you won't be disappointed!”

“Well I hope not”

I then left towards the direction of the the mine following the directions from a map of the local area the blacksmith gave me.

A small cave enters my view in the distance. Blood and parts of corpses of lizard people are draped over its entrance to serve as a warning to anyone who comes near.

A couple of goblins are standing guard outside. They have basic cloth draped over their bodies, it's very tattered and way too big for them. They also have gnarled branches with sharp stones tied to the top. Let’s see what identify does for me.

Goblin Lv.2

Goblins, bottom of the food chain. The only reason they survive is due to an overwhelmingly high reproduction rate and are quick to evolve though this rarely happens. Comparable to human children and easy to pick off if they are alone.

So this shouldn’t be a problem right? I mean. It’d be embarrassing if I got killed by a couple of children. Meh, im sure I could take care of a couple Goblins. I mean they ARE goblins. Though they are the same level as me so I shouldn’t act stupid. I try and sneak as close as possible and apply an Enchant Weapon in preparation. I suddenly jump up with a shout to catch the two Goblins off guard and slash towards one of them. I get a pop up saying Fatal-hit and Goblin’s head flies of his shoulders before it even knows what happens quickly disappearing in a blue light. The other one growls at me angrily at the death of its friend. Then I slash at it’s face and I hit his eyes, he staggers back clutching its hands on its face and a status pops up over it’s head.

Blinded 2s’ “3” I take this opportunity to slash the Goblin a few more times and it collapses at my feet not able to do anything in the two seconds it can’t see. Again, not dropping anything. All of the Goblins attacks missed me by some simple footwork and dodging their simple spear thrusts. I gained 7% of my XP bar from these two monsters which isn’t bad considering we’re at the same level. I should take this opportunity to get as close to leveling up as I can.

I glance towards the entrance to the cave and the dark abyss within.