《A virtual reality game according to a martial artist otaku》Chapter 23
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*Ding* Congratulations! You have reached level 20! Please assign stats. Stat points available: 10
*Ding* Congratulations! You have reached level 21! Please assign stats. Stat points available: 20 #
Please put six into dexterity, four into strength and agility each, two into intelligence and wisdom each and two into stamina."
Kira sat near the cart he had fought for. Corpses surrounded spread around the clearing, sometimes burnt, sometimes fried or in pieces.
"Let's see what Gabumon died protecting."
He entered the cart and inside was a single treasure chest and unfortunately it was locked. It was 1.5 meters long; too heavy to carry. He glanced around the interior. There were no keys inside the cart. Instead, he looked at the person who had hired him; Rin. He walked over to the corpse that had a hole in its chest.
He spied her purse. He tore her purse off, opening it, he saw some money and one key. 'Bingo.' He took the money, which amounted to two silvers. 'Never know where that will be handy.'
He also took Obito's money. However, Obito also carried a key.
He examined the keys. One was golden and had a Ram's horns instead of the teeth. On the underside, written in neat letters, was one name.
Capricorn
'The hell is this?' Kira looked at the strange design. 'Most locks won't accept such a design.'
He looked at the second one. This design was slightly fancier but it was also the same colour. It had something akin to a skull at the start of the neck and a weird, symmetrical design. Underneath this key was also one name.
Leo
Kira then noticed the handles. Capricorn had a weird inverted 'N' whilst Leo had something like a hangman's rope. 'These things are strange. Oh well.' He sighed. 'Lets see if these open the chest.'
He re-entered the cart. Kneeling down, he tried to look for a key opening. He found it. Or, more precisely, twelve of them. 'So I got to find ten more of them so I can open this chest to see what lies inside. Hmmm.' He suddenly had the urge to look if any of the other bandits had a key.
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One hour later...
Kira stood up with a sigh. He had rummaged through most of the corpses, but to no avail. Although he had picked up a total of 7 silvers, he still wasn't happy. He looked at the great axe. 'Last one then.' He looked at the man's corpse, and tried to find the purse. Finally he found it.
Tearing it open, three silver coins fell out, as well as one golden key. 'Huzzah!' Kira jumped in joy. He examined the key. It was a symmetrical key, with as double axe as its teeth.
Taurus
He looked at the handle design; It was an 'o' with horns? 'Oh well. Let's see if I can open the chest at least partially.'
Grimacing, he stood up and pocketed the money. Holding the three keys, he studied the key holes. He found the appropriate key holes. He took Capricorn. He inserted it and turned.
A quiet 'clunk' sounded. He took Taurus, inserted the key and twisted Taurus. Another 'clunk' sound, but this time slightly louder. Kira looked at the final key. He took Leo pushed and twisted. A 'clunk,' the loudest this time, resounded.
Silence. 'Boy that was anticlimactic.' He looked around. "Now what?" A notification answered his question.
*Ding* Congratulations! You have unlocked B rank quest!
"What the fuck?"
Your quest is to find all twelve celestial spirit keys and unlock the treasure within. Rewards: Level up and you keep what is inside the chest. Do you accept?
Kira looked at the notification. "Yes."
*Ding* Congratulations! You have accepted 'Key hunter' quest!
Keys acquired: 3/12
"Well now what. How am I supposed to find the keys?" He had literally no idea where to start. No other players had reported of these Celestial spirit keys... If only he had a map to show where they were... He took the keys out and put them into his inventory.
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"Ah fuck it. I have to meet Lucy in the Magnolia. Let's continue forward and then revive Gabumon. He looked towards the chest. "You're coming with me." Kira put it in his inventory. He looked at the two horses and freed them. He didn't need them.
They neighed as though thanking him and sped off into the distance, finally free. As they galloped off, Kira took out his map.
However he was pleasantly surprised when instead of just the town names, there were also symbols most were stationary but one was moving; slowly, but surely. 'So this is where I find the keys... But why did the system show this to me?' He questioned. Wouldn't it be too easy to find them?'
He stared at it for a few seconds before noticing... The one that was moving was going in his direction. 'Well should I wait for this person or do I flee?' He puzzled over this.
'Ah fuck it. Let's go to see Magnolia. Hopefully I will sufficient level by the time the other key holder so I can put up a decent fight.' With that, he walked straight to Magnolia, going through the forest and not the road.
He didn't even walk 50 meters into the forest when he was noticed he was being stalked by dire wolves. 'Well...' He analysed the situation.
"Shit."
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