Ever since the apocalyptic event that killed more than more than half the world population, a new magical world took its place which was as a result of mana influx, mana is an energy that allows individual to have power, animals to transform and other effects, and the People that can absorb mana are termed as Awakened appeared and others could also become awakened through learning [Skill book] that can be dropped from killed monsters or entering a dungeon and killing monsters that exist there.
Since more than a 80 years since the apocalypse has passed, it became common knowledge that those who are awakened are able to use skills, whether inherently gained or from skill books, to perform amazing feats and vanquish monsters.
Most people become hunters when they turn 18 or 19 right after they enter college. This is because study has shown that younger people tend to have adverse relationship with mana if absorb early.It's pretty normal in society for students to pursue a hunter's career . Over half of the population is, or was a full time hunter at some point in their life. There's good money in selling energy crystals for the energy inside them, and also many other magical items for various reasons.
These awakened beings can increase their strength by killing more monsters and absorbing the energythey drop, which add to the attributes: [Vitality],[Agility][Defense] [mana] and [Strength] which can be view by Opening your status, It's pretty straight forward. All you have to do is kill a monster in a dungeon or use a skill book and your status will be revealed.
If you're not awakened yet it's common practice to go with an experienced party the first time.
I woke up on my 18th birthday and decided to do just that. I walked to a dungeon about 10km from my old apartment and paid a party of five $10,000 each to help me out. Out of pocket it was $50,00 in total. $50,000 is a lot for me, but i thought of it as an investment worth while, I would have opted for the skin book but a [Skill Book] even a very low ranked one like [Fireball], an F ranked spell that only the most unfortunate beginners start with is worth about$100,000and a skill book would have took a majority of my remaining inheritance, and all of my savings which was about $250,000.
In the worst-case scenario, I still have enough funds to last me at least a few months,Other than the money.... I came completely unprepared, thankfully the party leader lent me his old dagger.
I went to a dungeon called the "elsin Square Dungeon", it got the nickname "Starter Dungeon" or the " goblin Dungeon" because it only has goblins. Goblins are some of the weakest monsters. They can be defeated by most normal people without awakened abilities if they have a good weapon.
The team of five lead me and other people who were also looking to awakenthrough the dungeon portal, for an awakener or hunter it was a pretty simple way to make money. It was a big blue glowing circle standing straight up at a perfect 90 degree angle to the ground. As we walked through, I saw a whole new world i had only read about in the news and in comics...
Dungeons aren't always as dark and dreadful as the word itself sounds. "Dungeons" are just the name the government decided to give to the occurrence of "pocket worlds" popping up. The first occurrence was over 80 years ago. The current world and economy is built around the idea of dungeons and hunters as a whole.
This particular dungeon is a grassland dungeon. It has a bright blue sky, minimal trees, and thin light green grass that came up to about my knees. The party leader let me and the others admire the new world for a moment before we ventured in.
We walked in a straight line for about 5 minutes, then I started hearing shuffling and loud grunts.
A small group of creatures that looked something like a deformed children standing about a meter tall started charging towards me. Its skin was dark green with a face similar to a 90 year old man. It was covered in wrinkles and scars from head to toe.
The worst part was that I could smell its stench from over 10meters away. The goblin pack were holding a dark black object that looked like a stone sharpened into some kind of makeshift knife.
"All right boys and girls, we have your back but it's up to you to take down this goblins. Welcome to the dungeon! Hahaha"
They all started laughing a bit, but the leader seemed very supportive so I felt safe. I held the dagger in my right hand and watched the goblin as it charged towards me. I mumbled...
"5 meters... 3 meters.... It's here..."
With my eyes wide I decided to strike the one which look like it was heading for me, poking it's disgusting looking face and quickly lunging towards the opposite side of its knife hand. It let out a loud squeal as my dagger pierced its right eye and the monster started gushing blood. It came at me again without hesitation. The same move, just a simple charge. I went for its face a second time and had a direct hit followed by quickly jumping out of the way.
With two successful attacks I felt confident that I could defeat this goblin without a scratch. I looked at the little green creature as it started sprinting towards me again. To my surprise, this time it grabbed its knife with two hands in the middle of its body. I was thrown off guard so I just jumped out of the way as fast as I could and fell on the ground tripping over my own feet.
The goblin turned and gave a menacing stare. It sprinted towards me again while I had nowhere to go. I couldn't get up in time so I decided to take his attack full on. I braced my left arm and took on his attack while positioning myself to counter.
It was painful, but surprisingly the goblin was not as strong as I expected. It made a small gash in my arm but at the same time I managed to stab it in the neck. It squealed a bit, but within seconds it went limp and fell to the floor.
"Ayeee, nice job kid. 3 hits, that's not bad for your first time!"
He clapped a few times and walked over to me.
I then heard a loud sound ring from inside my head.
[Status Open]
[Name: Logan reed]
[Level:1]
[HP: 7/10]
[MP:∞/∞ ]
[Strength: 10]
[Defense:10]
[Agility:10]
[Trait:-]
[Skill:-]
Looking through my attributes I understand them but I couldn't wrap my head around what the hell my mana read indicates.