"Show less information about the missions I've completed. Or is there an option to show only what's necessary?" he asked, hoping the system would understand his request. Unfortunately, the system didn't even bother to reply to him. Yuji sighed and looked at the notification before him. Still, he felt a spark of happiness just seeing the reward notification – especially the skill 'Blood Resilience'.
At least something good came out of all this, he thought, a faint smile tugging at his lips. Maybe this skill will make things easier from now on. I wonder what it actually does… He focused on the words, anticipation fluttering in his chest.
Without wasting time, he focused on the skill just like the system instructed. And in the next second, a new notification bar popped up before him.
Blood Resilience (Level 1)
Type: Physical, Passive
Skill Tier: Basic/Level 1
Description:
Your body's natural healing response is slightly enhanced. Minor cuts, scrapes, and bruises close up and stop bleeding faster. You recover from minor injuries with less risk of infection, allowing you to stay active and healthy in the wild.
System Notification:
[Skill Acquired: Blood Resilience Lv.1] Minor wounds heal 15% faster. Bleeding from small injuries stops within minutes.
Benefits:
Minor wounds (scratches, nicks, bites) clot quickly and close up within minutes. Reduced risk of infection from minor injuries. You can keep moving and grazing without being slowed by everyday scrapes.
Limitations:
Only effective for minor wounds (does not help with deep cuts, broken bones, or internal injuries). No effect on poison, disease, or magical harm. Overuse (too many injuries at once) can still lead to exhaustion.
Not very useful, still better than nothing, Yuji thought, his frustration simmering beneath the surface. It wasn't as if he wasn't heartbroken; after all, he had hoped for a skill that would let him revive from death, maybe something that would help him fly in the sky. I guess expecting something that powerful was too much, he mused, trying to push aside his disappointment.
After that, he checked the item he had received. A bandage – just a common item, nothing noteworthy. It could help reduce the chance of getting an infection in a wound, but nothing more. So much for a miraculous recovery tool, he sighed silently.
He resumed checking the other notifications, determined not to let his hopes fall any lower. Maybe there's something else here that's actually useful, he told himself, forcing his focus back to the system's messages.
Mission: Unmask the Mastermind
Objective:
Gather information to uncover who ordered the yearling goats to attack you.
Mission Details:
Description: You have survived a brutal attack by several yearling goats who mentioned a reward and an "old man" behind their actions. The system has detected a conspiracy against you. Your task is to investigate and extract information about the mastermind orchestrating these attacks.
Requirements:
Interact with or eavesdrop on the yearling goats to gather clues about their employer. Piece together overheard conversations or interrogate a captured attacker. Survive any further attempts to silence you during your investigation.
Bonus Objectives:
Identify the motive behind the assassination order. Learn the identity or background of the "old man" mentioned by the yearlings. Uncover any additional conspirators within the herd.
Failure Conditions:
You are discovered and silenced before collecting enough information
Rewards: unknown
Huh, a mission for the old man. Yuji curiously read the whole mission for the second time. A question popped up in his mind: What if I don't complete this mission? He didn't ask this question and saved it for later. For now, he needs to focus on the task at hand, and he focused on the next notification.
Mission: Make a Friend
Mission Details:
Description: You've found yourself alone in a strange world. To survive, you'll need someone by your side. That's why you've decided to make a friend.
Objectives:
Find someone willing to be your friend. Stay together for at least two days. Go through a dangerous situation together and come out stronger as friends.
Additional Objectives:
Share a meal or spend time talking with your new friend. Help your friend with a problem or challenge they face. Stand up for your friend if they are in trouble. Learn something personal about your friend and share something about yourself. Make a small promise to each other and keep it.
Reward: unknown
Make a friend? This feels impossible, Yuji thought, a knot of anxiety forming in his stomach as he stared at the mission's title.
Find someone willing to be your friend. Stay together for at least two days. Go through a dangerous situation together and come out stronger as friends.
Yuji stared at the objectives, his mouth twisting into a grimace. "Damn, all of this looks more impossible than a male goat peeping on a female goat while she takes a bath," he muttered, shaking his head in disbelief.
This would have been possible if only I weren't hated, he thought bitterly. Everyone avoids me like the plague. Forget about making friends—they don't even want to see my shadow. Yuji's chest tightened with frustration and confusion. Just what did I do to earn a reputation this bad?
He let out a sigh, feeling the weight of the mission settle over him. If only I could remember… Maybe then I'd know how to fix things. But right now, this just feels hopeless.
With a heavy heart, he told himself, I'll deal with this later, and moved on to the next notification. There are too many missions to check and not enough time to dwell on just one.
Mission: New Life
Mission Details:
Description: You have been reborn as a goat and found yourself on a farm. Explore and experience the life of the farm. Duration: 90 days (countdown will start as soon as you close this notification) Reward: Unknown (rewards are divided into Normal, Epic, and Legendary based on completion percentage: 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% for an extra legendary reward).
Objective:
Daily Missions (repeatable, tied to Main Quest)
Chew grass: 0/20,000 Head-butt: 0/200 Jump: 0/1,500 Step: 0/50,000
Reward: unknown
Yuji stared at the mission screen, eyes wide. "Mission: New Life?" he muttered under his breath, hardly believing what he was seeing. He scrolled down and read the objectives, his jaw dropping a little further with each line. Twenty thousand bites of grass? Two hundred head-butts? Fifteen hundred jumps? Fifty thousand steps a day! And this is just what I have to complete in a single day? Are you kidding me, system?