Once Guy had logged in and immediately skipped over the title screen and logged into Nemesis. His surroundings glowed a bright almost violent light before fading into the dark and damp caves that he had logged out in. The cave was very dark, even darker when Nemesis had no one round to make a light.

Nemesis clenched her fists and bravely went forward. That is until she saw several pairs of red eyes in the dark. Immediately she ceased her movement and began to formulate a plan. Any frontal assault was off the table, she lacked the durability to last against several enemies. She pondered several other strategies before settling on one she was convinced would work. In her previous battle, when she cursed a rat with [(Lesser) Weaken I] it pulled almost all aggro towards Her. If the aggro targeting worked how she thought it worked then it would only aggro the targets affected by the attack. If it was AoE aggro effect then she might as well put all her points into Pow.

Speaking of points, she still had points to spend from her level up. Nemesis quickly brought up her status page and began to mull over it.

Name: Nemesis El-degon

Dark Human

Hexigation 1(10/100) Level 2

(HP) 13/13

(Sp) 37/40

Mp 27/27

Agi 2(+4)

Pow 2(+4)

Dex 2(+4)

Wis 11(+4)

Knw 11(+4)

Faith 2(+4)

Create 4(+4)

(+10) Status Points

Armor

-Rookie Robes(White)

-Rookie Leggings(White)

-Rookie Boots(White)

Weapons

-Hex Gauntlets(White)

Skills

-Lesser Weaken Curse I

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

Inventory

-150 Mon

-Rat Hide(x5)

If Nemesis wanted to meta-game she would certainly try to diversify her build ,but this was no longer about becoming as strong as possible. This was all to have fun and piss other players off by not playing to the 'Meta'. She immediately put Half of her points into Knw and the other into Wis. Her status page disappeared for several seconds before reappearing with the new stats.

Name: Nemesis El-degon

Dark Human

Hexigation 1 (10/100)

Level 2

(HP) 13/13

(Sp) 47/47

Mp 34/34

Agi 2(+4)

Pow 2(+4)

Dex 2(+4)

Wis 16(+4)

Knw 16(+4)

Faith 2(+4)

Create 4(+4)

(+0) Status Points

Armor

-Rookie Robes(White)

-Rookie Leggings(White)

-Rookie Boots(White)

Weapons

-Hex Gauntlets(White)

Skills

-Lesser Weaken Curse I

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

Inventory

-150 Mon

-Rat Hide(x5)

She nodded her head in satisfaction. Lifting her hand up, focusing on the Rat to the left, and through the darkness the Rat lightly glowed with a golden color. She then interacted with the spell slot containing Lesser weaken and cast it onto the Rat. Unlike her last battle, this time she targeted its Hp instead of its Sp. The experience from that made Her realize that the Rats had a large amount of stamina and putting a stamina Curse on them did nothing but annoy the Rats.

Cast (Lesser) Weaken I on Rat Lv1! Rat has -4Hp for 13 seconds!

A pair of red eyes immediately began to charge at Nemesis, the darkness didn't hinder it at all as it nimbly moved toward her moving from side to side, hopping around some unseen holes. Preparing herself Nemesis got ready to jump to the side to dodge it as it steadily closed the distance between them. Her hands tightened into balls as time seemingly slowed down and the Rat leaped off the ground straight at her. She moved out of the way just enough that she dodged the Rats bite, but its claws found their mark on her shoulder pushing her down with it as it began to maul her.

Rat Lv1 mauled You! -5Hp

The commotion alerted the other to Rats and they swiftly made their way to her. She knew that defeating all three Rats was not likely so she began punching the Rats that were closest to her with consecutive punches.

You punched Rat Lv1!(x4) Rat has lost 4Hp

The Rat was enraged by her constant struggle and squirming and bit down on her neck. Nemesis immediately went into fight or flight mode and relinquished a flurry of panicked punches. Her hand felt like it was buzzing as she continued with the punching until the rat finally slumped over her.

Rat Lv1 bit You! -7Hp Rat Lv1 was Killed! +10xp Rat Lv1 was Killed! +1xp

Without time for a single breath Nemesis was tackled and killed by the other two Rats. Her screen faded to black and she was met with a single ominously red status board.

You have Died... You lose any Experience points gained. Respawn? Logout?

Nemesis sighed heavily then pressed the respawn option. Her surroundings faded from a black void to the gate out in front of the starting town. Time for a retry... perhaps even sign up for that adventures guild thing for the extra Xp. Nemesis walked back into town through the gate slowly making her way around town. The row of shops she crossed earlier when she went to join Luckas was rather nice looking, not in a gaudy or expensive way but rather homely -At least for the people living there-.

Nemesis walked into a shop with a sign that showed a dagger that would seem to indicate that it was a weapon shop. The shop was cramped, there was a total of seven different weapon types stored in seven different rows, two of which were lined snuggly against the wall of the shop. The NPC shopkeeper stood behind the counter placed next to the door, so at least players didn't have to tip-toe through the cramp walkways. The NPC shop keep was nothing special just your typical weapons keep character; bald, beard, and a mean look to him. If going by normal fantasy tropes he would also have some sick or in danger loved one -probably a girl-.

Nemesis walked out of the shop not too impressed. It seemed the devs skipped out on interesting NPCs at the very beginning of the game. She wasn't too surprised as the customization and sheer amount of classes were impressive enough, but she still hoped that there would be some amount of detail in the everyday NPCs. Then again she had only seen one shop owner, so being that negative was only a precaution. Nemesis made her way over to another shop, this one had a sign with potions and a grindstone carved onto it. She was a little confused at what it was supposed to be, but upon entering the shop Nemesis immediately understood what the shop was selling.

It was an item shop.

The inside of this shop was significantly more lit than in the weapons shop. Even though the shopkeeper was the same model the shopkeeper in the Weapons shop looked more intimidating -it was most likely the light playing trick on her mind though-... She went up to the shopkeeper and began to search for items to buy. Quite a few of them were out of her buying power and there were few items that she could use on a solo adventure. That didn't mean that there were none that caught her eyes though.

Escape Rope (x1)

"All Dungeon explorers need a rope to escape from deadly situations. NO REFUNDS" -Unknown shopkeeper

This is a one-time-use item that can be stacked. Using it will move you to the previous floor you were on.

(Certain rooms prohibit the use of escape rope!)

Cost: 150 G

'The rope would have certainly helped me earlier in escaping the dungeon with the bit of Xp I had built up, but its price is absurd for being a one-time use item.' Nemesis pondered. The next item was much more valuable than the escape rope.

(Lesser) Health Potion(x1)

"I put a bit of alcohol in it, so that should help with the taste. Just don't leave it in the sun, nobody wants to smell like undead..." - Unknown shopkeeper

This is a one time use item that can NOT be stacked. Consuming it will heal you.

+10 Hp

Cost: 100 G

The usefulness of this item was obvious. Nemesis had 13 Hp total so having an immediate recovery of almost all her health would be massive. Though the price was still a big problem as Nemesis still had no clue about making money other than that adventuring might pay a bit...

"I suppose that my current funds call for work? Adventuring would be quite easy, what do you say?" Nemesis stared at the NPC Shopkeeper. Obviously, he did not talk back, but that didn't mean that she wouldn't act like he didn't!

"Yes, I know. They are quite the group of mongrels, but even mongrels have some uses."

Deciding that she was done procrastinating Nemesis made her way over to where the adventure guild was described to be.