Looting an entire Guild was actually more exhausting than imagined. He moved all the weapons, broken or otherwise, to a corner in the main hall. Next, the wooden furniture was put in a different corner. His idea was to use it as fire wood. Luther had no idea how realistic the game was. Was food a requirement? How dangerous was hypothermia in this game?

  After using a busted sword to carve out the job change crystal, he looked around for anything else useful.

  

  [This crystal can change the occupation of a level 5 player once more before becoming an ornament.]

  The item storage room was extremely disappointing. The herbs and monster parts were so old, rotting and falling apart. He did find two Magic skill books on the lower floors.

  

  [Mana Bullet

  The most basic offensive magic spell.

  Cost :2 Mana]

  

  [Strength Boost

  The most basic magic support spell.

  Cost: 2 Mana

  Lasts 150 seconds]

  His goal of being a mage felt closer now that he had actual skills.

  The Guild Master's office had a book case that only had one Pugilist only skill book. That was annoying, in his opinion. An entire bookcase that only one book in it. and he couldn't even use it.

  [Soul Beast Empowerment

  Class locked: Pugilist

  Manifests beast that matches user's soul

  Passive: Player's body adapts to match beast born in the soul {Beware! this will alter stats}

  Passive 2: Allows player to use skills that would usually be only usable by beast in the wild.]

  Without a second thought, he opened his Friends list. His Father was online, thankfully.

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  Alexander Blackstone Level 62 Pugilist ★★★

  /Hey Dad. Finally started The Game. Found this. you can have it, wanna be a mage.

  He sent it to his Father without a thought. He bought him the $2,800 VR pod, Luther didn't feel right charging him.

  \Holy shit! Kiddo, this is amazing! I owe you one! thanks a bunch! My Spirit Animal is a Grey Wolf! I'll be on the search for good magic tomes for you as thanks!

  Luther let out an exasperated sigh and smiled. His dad always used exclamation points instead of periods when instant messaging. He was about to close the window when he received a 'DING!'

  Alexander Blackstone Level 65 Alpha Warrior★

  "How!? it's not even been 5 minutes!" He closed the window and sat in the old Guild Master's chair. He needed to get as strong as he can, so he looked inward to see the Mana bubbles floating freely. He used his strength and will to gather them all in one place. A bright blue pool formed in the void. He watched as the pool grew even bigger and calmed down.

  He opened his eyes to a new shock. He wasn't the only to try this.

  

  [Self Taught Mana Pool

  You found the well known secret of practicing Mages on your own. The Mana Pool is a basic singular Mana storage point.

  Reward: Mana +5

  Mana Regen + 1.5%

  Spell cooldown -1.5%

  Casting speed +2%]

  Having a 20 Mana stat at level 1 was ludicrous. But what surprised him was the achievement description. "Basic singular Mana storage point" means that there are more complicated ways to store Mana. It also meant that he could figure out ways to create multiple Mana storage points if he leveled up more.

  As he walked to to find a Smith in the village something unexpected happened.

  

  [Eager Magic Scholar

  You created your Mana pool before selecting a class!

  Boon: All Mage primary classes unlocked and available when changing classes.

  Bane: Magicless classes now prohibited from choice when changing classes.

  Reward: Mana +15]

  After the initial shock of gaining even more Mana at level 1, it made sense that he was the first. Most people didn't have high enough stats to even think about things like this. They needed to get stronger.

  After finding the Smithy in pretty good condition, Luther realized he didn't have any way to start the fire. "Why didn't the guild have any practical spell books, like fire?"

  A snap is heard. He ducked back into the building and peeked through the window.

  "Two goblins. Scouts probably, I've been making too much sound. Time to test out the bullet."

  He concentrated on the feeling as the skill activated. A piece of his pool flowed like a river toward his right index finger. No sound was made as a bead of Mana shot through one of the goblin's heads.

  

  

  

  [HP: 600 -> 650

  Strength:8 ->11

  Speed: 6->9]

  "Rah?!" The other goblin let out a screech and ran back to the village gate. Luther wasn't about to let it escape and call for help.

   Another head shot and the goblin fell face first.

  

  A panel floated over the corpses

  This was a mechanic that was never fixed despite complaints heard at the dinner table as well as the forum. Once a being was slain, anyone and everyone could loot a corpse, be it monster, person, or player. your level determined what you could get from the corpse.

  

  [Gained 2 Goblin ears and 2 small monster pearls.]

  Monster pearls are sold to guilds for a pretty penny, no one knows exactly what to do with them other than sell them though.

  

  Kill Goblins 2/ 500

  He was lucky that the smithy was across the dirt road from the guild. Looking at the map, Luther noticed that many red dots on the map changed location. "This map has real time tracking!" he promptly ripped the map off the wall.