assistirfilmes Chapter 8: Snowstorm
Chapter 8: Snowstorm
Chapter 8: Snowstorm
As the players walked out of the cottage, they started cursing loudly. Fôllôw new stories at novelhall.com
They had a basic tunic shirt, thin pants, and hole-riddled shoes that were clearly not suitable enough to survive in the cold, winter wonderland.
Ron picked up one of the backpacks from the wagon and opened it for everyone to see.
Inside, there were winter clothes, food bags, water bottles, and some other essential items for survival. However, there was also a weapon—in this particular backpack, there was a small knife.
"Everyone gets their own backpack." Ron said. "Each backpack has a different weapon, and there are three backpacks without any weapon at all!"
"Excuse me, sir Ron." Seth raised his hand and asked, "Why? Isn't this basically a lottery?"
"You, Coinfeeders, need to realize one thing." Ron tossed the backpack back into the wagon.
Some players eyed the backpack, as they already knew what weapon it held, and since it was a knife, they wanted to get it themselves, as there might be way worse weapons in other backpacks.
"Luck is important." Ron said. "I ain't lying, saying that only talent matters. No, luck is important to survive in this world. One death gets you zeroed, as we call it here, and puts you straight back to the bottom of the hierarchy."
"Have you ever gotten zeroed?" A player asked curiously.
Ron shook his head. "No."
The players nodded and fixed their gazes on the backpacks.
"Make a single line." Ron said and took one of the backpacks from the wagon. "I'll hand it to you individually."
The players scrambled in the snow and quickly made a somewhat messy single-file line.
"Here." Ron pushed the backpack towards the first player in line.
The player hugged the backpack and looked around the front of the cottage, wondering where he should go next.
"Move!" Ron shouted straight into his ear.
"Y-y-yes, sir!" The player quickly replied and started running towards the forest in the distance that was under the shade of an enormous mountain, with its top seemingly slicing the clouds in half.
Ron then continued to hand the backpacks to the players.
Some checked their weapons immediately on the line—some left with giddy expressions, but few looked disheartened.
After a while, it was Seth's turn. He accepted the backpack and looked behind the line. His brother suggested that he try to find a group as early as possible.
However, because he spent the whole countdown reading the helping manual, he was too late, and most groups had already been formed.
However, there was one person standing at the back of the line—who was alone just like him.
He dragged his feet through the snow and soon arrived at the back of the line.
"H-hey."
"Hello." Adam replied without much volume or emotion in his tone.
"U-uhm..." Seth scratched his head while looking around and asked. "D-do you want to group up with me? We should help each other."
Adam looked at him silently before focusing his gaze on the line in front of him.
[Description: A solid shield that was made of silver metal. It is a versatile and light shield, allowing the user to move quickly and easily]
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'A pretty nice starter weapon,' Adam thought.
'The weapon is only basic rank, just as I expected. I don't think I will find any higher-ranked weapons during the tutorial.'
'Hmm, I wonder how my interface looks currently.'
"Interface..."
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[Name: Adam Palestar]
[Level: 0]
[XP: 0/0]
[HP: 50/50]
[Rank: Coinfeeder]
[Weapon: Round Shield]
[Shinecoin: 0]
[——SKILLS——]
[None]
[Inventory]
[Log Off]
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'Yeah, as expected.' Adam stood up from the couch and started putting on his winter clothes.
As he looked at the interface that hovered in front of him, he felt a little funny about how his interface looked right now compared to his previous one.
'It looks empty.' He thought. 'Well, everyone in here cannot level up, so the most important thing for me is to kill Chaosbeings, sell their Chaos Parts to get better weapons and skills. That is the only way.
'However, with a shield, it might be a little bit different.
'But, in my previous life, I used a sword and shield to fight, so at least I am not with a weapon I have no idea how to use.
'I quite pity those who got the bow and arrows, even though it's quite powerful in the tutorial, but if it landed in the hands of someone who didn't know how to use it, then they might be in trouble.'
Outside the cottage, the snowstorm started to intensify, making it difficult for anyone to venture out. The wind started blowing hard, making the snow fall sideways and even making the windows rattle slightly.
It was clear that the storm was getting worse by the minute.
As he heard the storm raging outside, Adam wryly smiled.
'Last time around, I was outside when the storm hit, and it is still one of the worst experiences I have suffered through. The freezing cold is only one of the troubles—during the snowstorm, the Snow Chaosbeing starts to emerge.'