bursts as I leaned against the wall of a crumbling stone building. Somewhere

ed at m

still t

. Real, unmistakable, heart-stoppi

't supposed t

classes-mages, battleminds, elementalists. But I had cast a spell, instinctively. That mean

ers. And I ne

ed under it. The rain hadn't let up, but here, at least, I c

atu

l reappeared in

-

Elias

s: Co

vel

45 | MP:

Intelligence: 11 | Vitalit

trike (Lv. 1), M

ks:

les:

: 0/

-

t was-M

day. Somehow, casting that

system. Like a game.

on the s

Bolt –

t:

lligence × 2] arcane damage. Basic spell, typ

head. I had intelligence. I had

ould ca

ade sure no one was watching

d up my forearm. I raised m

ward in a hiss of magic. It slammed into the cru

good.

mething that had

, steadyi

gear. No money. No way to eat, let alone fight mo

question

re. "If you're hungry, go to the sewers. Rats down there are big enough

sting

nce. And if rats gav

-

dden behind a rusted gate near the edge of the sl

d without Guild license. D

d at my

felt like a

creen didn't giv

d. The gate groaned, metal p

ess a

king of shit,

to the wall and landed in ankl

ed stones. The only light came from glowing mushrooms clinging

ged in fron

-

Sewer Cl

1 Sew

EXP | 1 C

ie. Rats are nast

-

ed. "He

curried in

Every breath felt too loud. I'd never fought anything in

I s

ling from a pile

sn't just

s blackened with slime. Its eyes glowed re

his

incts s

red, "Ma

w-but the rat moved fast, darting to

hi

ing inches from my leg. I swung my arm wildly and hit it

ther bolt, this

h

bolt exploded into its

didn'

nged

swung. The impact crunched. Blood sprayed.

d at th

ing. Muscle

e syste

-

Rat D

| +1 Cop

: 1

-

my knees a

irst

It hadn't even been sk

all, sweat mixing with sewe

ing to be m

i

ran on experie

earn mine