As I enter the sewers, I get a whiff of a rotten egg like smell, making me furrow my eyebrows.

"Arghh...what the hell...this place sucks" using my mouth to breath in and breathe out

"*Cough**cough**cough*...definitely a bad idea" regretting my decision immediately

I move on, trying not to step on the puddles of black murky water. I stumble forward as something gets caught on my face. Panicking for a second and swinging my knife haphazardly.

"Huh?"

Looking at it carefuly, I noticed that it was just a giant cobweb. I look around to see that the tunnels were filled with cobwebs covering half of the space of the tunnels.

“Really now, this whole place stinks of disaster. Can’t this day get any better?” I move forward as I talk to myself.

“No one deals with more shit than I do. Heh, shitty puns.” I crack jokes to distract myself from the smell and boredom. It might be silly but cracking jokes and alleviating ones mood will help a person adapt more.

After five minutes of mindlessly walking inside this maze like sewers.

*Tip-tap* *tip-tap*

I then hear a tip-tappy sound coming from the corner a few meters ahead. I peeked and saw a three feet tall spider chewing on a rat that’s been caught on its web. The rat was disfigured with some of its liquefied flesh falling on the ground forming a puddle.

'I need a gigantic boot for this thing' I thought

The giant spider notices me and stops eating, staring at me while moving its black spiny legs along the web.

*Stare*

I ready my knife but it doesn’t attack, still keeping its eight eyes on me.

After a minute of intense staring, it loses interest and continues to eat its meal.

I take out my wet stone to use my Knife Sharpening skill, getting ready to fight. I move closer and activated Butchers Instinct, revealing a few lines on its abdomen and head.

"Quick and easy" whispering under my breadth

When I got close enough, I slash one of the red lines across its abdomen making it turn towards my direction

*Hisssss*

It hisses and then jumps from the cobweb trying to sink its three inch fangs into me. I move back to avoid the arachnid as It lands a few feet away from me.

"Quick and easy!" I dash towards it and swing my knife at its eyes, eliciting another hiss

It then turns around and releases its sticky silk on me while I cover my eyes. I tried to get it off my body using my left hand but it gets stuck on my upper torso.

"The fuck!?"

I try to swing my knife at the web, but the spider releases another round of silk at me, pinning my right arm.

"Shit!"

Unable to move, the spider then jumps towards its newly caught prey as I struggle to get out of its web.

"Uhhh, I know we got off on the wrong foot or feet in your case. But, we can still be frien-!!!" as I was making amends, it suddenly vomits its digestive fluid all over me, melting through my clothes and flesh.

“AHH! You motherfucker! Stop that! We could've been friends!!” It then began chewing at my right shoulder while it sucks at the liquefied parts of my flesh moving down to my chest.

I struggled hard, but the web just won’t give way. fives minutes of screaming and shouting how I’m going to tear its legs apart from its body later, I lost consciousness and died.

I woke up within the familiar darkness with a glowing door a few meters ahead.

"Oh, you better be prepared the next time we meet 'Friend'" talking to the spider who wasn't here

I grumpily get up and walk towards the door, remembering how it chewed at me while smiling. Spiders can’t smile, but I know that one just made a sadistic smile while eating the living hell out of me.

"Let's see you smile the next time we meet"

I walk through the door and what appeared before me was the plaza. I go near the fountain to sit for a moment and forget the horrendous things that happened earlier.

"Hah, cool water's so nice" dipping my handsi into the fountain's water

A window then pops up in front of me as I splash my face with water from the fountain.

Hey, we found Jim! Let’s meet up at the guild lounge in 5 minutes. -Princess Karen

After replying ‘Okay, Coming’, I head for the guild building.

As I entered, I notice a small kid talking to Karen.

"Who?"

I go near them and see that it was a miniaturized version of Jim, like a kid version but with a mature face and a slight mustache on his upper lip, standing at three feet tall.

“Heh, what the hell happened to you?” giving him an amused look

“We met him at the academy with one of the professors there” Said Karen

“I got experimented on by a nutty professor at the academy. She made me drink a bunch of things that i don't want to remember...” making a strained expression while shivering

“Will it wear off? Or are you stuck like that? Oh, I know! You could fool those old ladies that are attracted to young boys into thinking that you're one. Imagine it, a whole flock of mature women at your biding. Waiting for your high pitched voice to order them around...but, your face is going to be a huge problem” imaging an eight year old gigolo.

"Stop, please...I already had enough earlier..."

"Ahaha, okay-okay. I'll stop now" releasing one last laugh before I stop teasing my mini-friend

“She said the effects should wear off after four hours” he sat down while sighing

“That’s…reassuring I guess? Wait...She isn't even sure?”

“I don’t know...she said she was...I don't want to talk about it anymore”

“Okay, how about Luc? Did you see him yet?” I asked the three of them

“Yeah, he’s still at the academy helping the Headmaster with some paper work. He said he’ll be done in a few more hours” Said mini Jim.

“Oh, in the meantime, have you gotten a class yet Jim?”

“Yeah, Since Princess Karen here and Lorelei are mostly melee. I went for something that can deal hits from a distance while providing some support"

"Something like an archer? mage?" I inquired

"Nope, I went for Gunner and I was hoping to get Combat Medic as my Subclass for some support later on” he said while making a finger gun with his hands, pointing it my way.

“A subclass? How do you get one of those?”

“It's like a part-time job. There's a more vast selection of it than the normal ones, ranging from shamans to librarians. You should find a class that can support your main one or something that can compensate for what its lacking" pointing towards Princess Karen to the side.

"Look at Karen here as an example. She's tanky and can dish out some form of melee damage, but at the end of the day, she can't do anything if the enemy could out DPS her or if she can't reach them"

"That's why I have you guys!" she shouted from the side

Ignoring the girl besides him, Jim continued on.

"First, you need to do a super long quest at the church to unlock your subclass slot. However, the main problem with getting one is that those mentors/teachers or whatever you want to call them are too spread out throughout the world, and sometimes there might only be one teacher for the specific sub-class that you wanted. So it's better to research the sub-class you wanted before hand, so you could plan your route towards them.” finishing his long explanation with a sigh

“Should we do it now then? While it’s still early in the game I mean?” said Karen

He shakes his head from side to side

“The quests needs you to gather materials from monsters that are at least lvl 50 and requires you to kill a Dungeon boss underground the church's main headquarters in Seyam. We should first get stronger, grind up better equipment, get an outrageous amount of supplies, and make a good party composition. Playing solo will take you longer to advance in this game, lucky for us we know each other”

“That reminds me, how do you identify items? To check if what I found is better than what i currently have?” remembering that i couldn't identify the stats of my knife

“Oh, just say or think of the word 'Description' for miscellaneous items. As for equipment, you can buy appraisal scrolls from the auction house for 10 silver each and use it on the equipemt. it'll show you its stats and effects if there are any. The merchant sub-class also has a skill called ‘Appraisal’ that lets you do the same thing for free”

“Okay-okay, I’ll finish up my request first. I'll meet with you guys here later when Luc finishes his. I still have a grudge match against a spider” as i get up from my seat

“Grudge match? What happened? Did it insult Mrs. Lane?” asked Karen

“Nah, It got a good taste of me and I’m going to demand payment for its meal” I said while grinning

“Hmm, don’t go nuts though. Dying here has a penalty of 30% of the total exp you need to level up”

“Wah!? I died a few times now! Does that mean I’ll lose a level!?” I shouted mortified at the information he just revealed

He put his hands forward, trying to calm me down.

“No, the exp lose stops at 0% so you shouldn’t drop a level for it” releasing a sigh of relief, feeling assured at not losing my hard earned progress.

“Whew, that’s a relief” I stand up

“I should get going then. I have a time limit and I don’t want to pay a fine, also jail is going to be a huge waste of time” waving at them while I move towards the exit

“Okay, goodluck out there. Happy hunting” said Jim

“Try not to get eaten this time” chimmed in Karen

Lorelei gave me a thumbs up and said “Don’t die”

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Leaving my friends behind, I then went outside, going to the market first to get some bottled water, a bowl and supplies to use Mixed Cooking.

"This should be enough" putting everything inside my inventory

"This skill is so handy, I want one in real life too"

I then went to the auction house and bought two appraisal scrolls, putting my money at 23 silver and 45 copper coins left.

"This is for the sake of revenge, It's not a waste of money if I get to kill that thing..." I said to myself

After buying the supplies, I then went to the west side of the city, but before I enter the sewers, I set up my pot.

"It's cooking time...Oh boy, here we go"

Thruth be told, I haven't cooked a single thing in my entire life. Mrs. Lane was doing all the cooking in the house, while I was just there tasting her delicious hand made food.

Using the wolf meat, some spice and vegetables, I put everything in the pot and activated Mixed Cooking hoping that my dish comes out as a success. I hear a *Ding* sound and openned the lid.

"Hoh~ not too bad of a smell" a savory aroma goes through the air as soon as I remove the lid

I put the contents inside the bowl. It seems to be a success, as it tasted fine but not as delicious as what Mageiras made. After eating everything, I check my stats to see that my agi has increased by fifteen points.

"Time to go hunting" putting everything back in my inventory

I then went inside the sewers, tracing my steps from last time.

"Over here I guess"

I made it back to where that eight legged fucker was. I sharpened my knife and activated Butchers Instinct,

"HEY!"

I dash as fast as I could towards it with the additional agi making me move faster. I use julienne twice on the red lines on its abdomen and once at its legs on its right side, separating its limbs from its body. I then kicked it towards the wall and stomped at it while I had a conversation with it

“Honey~ I’m back, did you miss me?” in a sweet tone while grinning.

After the fifteenth stomp, it finally died. Feeling refreshed I gave the now black mess one final kick before moving on.

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An hour and a half later, I see the clog that I needed to remove.

"Well..." looking at the bodies that's in front of me

I killed several giant spiders and rats while I was searching traversing through the tunnels. Some of the spiders and most of the rats applied a poison effect that dealt 5 damage a second or a paralysis when they bit you. I had to use Poison Treatment more than once in a fight and resting for a few minutes each time to restore my MP. It might take longer for someone to clear this place if they didn’t have anything to get rid of the poison or if they’re alone.

'But not me~ it's because I got a class that can cook...' ending my inner monolouge as I get closer to the clog

There were carcasses of dead rats and spiders piled up on one end of the tunnel that’s blocking the muddy water from flowing. I used my hands to move the pile of dead bodies that were blocking the way,

"Gloves, I should've bought gloves!" I shouted while holding onto a dead rats body

It took me a total of five minutes to remove them out of the way.

"I should buy some gloves later, just for emergencies"

Done with the cleaning, I head back the way I came from.

“Wooarrooah” I hear something from behind me where the clog was.

My senses were telling me that I should run away right this instant, but my curiosity got the best of me and I turned around.

“Wooarrooah” it wails one more time before appearing in it's whole creepy form.

I see a gray-cloaked thing with black smoke coming out of the open areas hovering two feet in the air, on top of where the dead bodies where a moment ago.

“Wooarrooah” It wailed once more and this time it went towards me extending nine black bony hands that were coming out of the front of the cloak.

I ran away, but one of the hands graze my back and I suddenly felt more tired by the second

Looking at my HP, it dropped to 42/210.

"Shitshitshitshit!"

Panicking, I ignore the fatigue that was accumulating and dashed without looking back. Going from one corner to the other, trying to lose the malignant being that’s chasing after me.

I stopped for a moment and turned around to look, seeing that it was still right behind me

“Evil spirit be gone! Evil spirit be gone! The power of Christ compels you! I’m sorry I desecrated your corpse or corpses sir!” I shout while I run away again.

It was nearing me each second, but then I see a crack on the floor of the tunnel a few meters away, big enough for me to get through,

"Please don't let it! Please don't let it! I don't want to die again!"

I prayed to whoever developed this game that it can't phase through walls

I jump down the hole and a window appears in front of me. With no time to think, I just instinctively pressed yes.

"Waahhh!" trying to cover my face as cobwebs were getting stuck on me

"Ouch..." falling for a few seconds before landing butt first, decreasing my HP by 30 points.

A window then appeared in front of me …I dont like what I’m seeing. This makes the apparition look like a grumpy old man compared to what I'm seeing right now

You have entered the dungeon ‘Mutatio’s resting ground’ The party will not be able to leave the dungeon until Mutatio is put to rest Save point has been updated: ‘Mutatio’s resting ground’

"FUCK!!!! YOU!!!!" cursing at the ghost that chased me.