I set my tent up which took me quite some time, also went in the direction of the stream of water I had heard earlier, which proved to be inside the safe zone, drank some water and filled up my waterskin. I was feeling a bit more comfortable and quite proud of what I had done so far, I had thought things through to a degree and was confident in my survival for a bit.

Checking the time, it all had taken about 4 hours.

I mentalised my Quest Tab as I had got a notification for multiple entries on it as soon as I arrived at the tutorial Zone.

Description

Reward

1. Find

Find other denizens of your zone if possible.

Variable

2. Kill

Kill the Boss: Nuuk Snarl

Path of the Forrest

3. Survive

Survive until the end of the tutorial in 3 months.

3000 Essence

(Skill): Extra Skill Slot

(Title): Extreme Survivor

After having a look through my quests, it made me somehow hopeful about finding other people, it would greatly increase my chances of surviving having someone else but first I would have to leave my safe space… Taking a deep breath and gathering what I would take, I decided to bring a couple of dried rations just in case, water, my spear obviously and my dagger was already attached to me.

As soon as I stepped outside of the clearing, I lost my sense of calm and tranquillity, mind you, I didn’t feel threatened, but I didn’t feel at ease either. I mentally activated ‘Hide Presence’, and I knew a bit better how to walk through the forest making minimal sounds and seemingly how to blend in with the greenery. I was very, very jumpy and I knew the skill wasn’t been as effective as It could have been due to my anxiety, I kept walking close to trees, my spear held with both hands across my chest.

I estimated I walked for about 45 minutes without coming across anything, my ‘Detect Danger’ didn’t alert me at any point which just made me more anxious if anything, not that I wanted to find something, but I was just very wary there would be things out there.

At some point I escalated a tree, drank some water and had two bites of my dried ration, stayed up there for about 10 minutes, I was focusing on ‘Hide Presence’, I was taking controlled breaths and stayed as still as I could, only moving my eyes when something like a bird, or a forest critters would catch my attention….

Using ‘Analyse’ proved a bit useless.

Animal: Turdus bird

Animal: Lazule Wood Mouse

…

I decided not to attempt to kill any of the animals I had come across, as they seemed inoffensive and I assumed they wouldn’t give anything like essence. Although I felt like if I really needed food I could hunt a few mice, how hard could it be?

I got down the tree, walked a bit longer in the same direction I had been walking before, making sure to every now and then carve a little arrow on trees to point me back to the direction I had been walking from. I spent what was another hour and a half walking? Not sure, I felt strange for being in the Extreme tutorial without finding any Monsters, it was odd. Maybe that’s why it was Extreme, cos you wouldn’t come across anything? Nah that couldn’t be it. Once again, I decided to get up on a tree and do the same process. It was getting late; it would be better to start walking back home.

And that’s when I started feeling the ground shaking, and it was getting stronger, confused and scared I stayed very still exactly where I was, and that’s when I saw someone running towards me, he clearly was unaware of my location, I focused on him with ‘Analyse’.

Human: Brandon Nolles

I was slightly confused and realised the absolutely terror on the mans’ face I noticed what fallowed behind him.

Monster: Territorial Wild Boar [Level: 22]