Chapter 6

# 6

There Is No Impossible (1)

You are the embodiment of a miracle, having slain monsters that others thought could not be hunted. Those who envy you for challenging the impossible and turning it into the possible are many, but there is no one who dislikes you.

You are the first to obtain this title.

This title is granted to only one person, the first one to achieve it.

-Your reputation with NPCs in the Union and Neutral camps starts at [Friendly].

-The proficiency required for leveling up your profession skills is reduced by 30%.

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A title of ‘Legend’ rank!

Moreover, the effects of possessing it were almost too good to be true. Starting with [Friendly] reputation with all NPCs except those from hostile camps, and considering the amount of hard work he had to do in his previous life to build up reputation, this alone would have made him feel like it was too good to be true.

Not only did it reduce the proficiency required for leveling up profession skills by 30%, but it also had three additional effects that were yet to be confirmed.

Whether it was due to insufficient level or special conditions that needed to be met for the effects to be unlocked, it was clear that each effect would not be easy to achieve.

‘With this…’

This alone could significantly advance the plans he had in mind, and the benefits were so great that he could even consider revising his plans.

Even Lokan, who was well-versed in The Road, felt his heart tremble, but it was still early in the game. It would be a waste of time to celebrate and delay his progress.

Therefore, he immediately proceeded to open the unknown box.

“Phew, good. Let’s get started. Open, open, open, open!”

First, the iron box.

The box opened, and with a smoke effect, the unknown boxes disappeared, leaving only the randomly generated items.

A pouch of money that someone had dropped. The amount inside is unknown.

A box containing warm food. The type of food is unknown.

A certificate granting the right to use a high-level training ground.

A magic scroll that allows the use of the ‘Curse of Weakness’.

‘Wow’

Two Normal, one Superior, and even a Magic grade item appeared.

It was a magic scroll, a one-time consumable, but it was the highest grade item that could appear.

‘Damn, why is this so unsettling’

Moreover, the items that appeared were exactly what he needed, which made Lokan even more uneasy. He had never been a ‘lucky player’ before, and the appearance of only the items he needed and wanted made him feel a sense of unease.

With a foreboding feeling, he opened the last silver box.

A magic map produced in bulk by the magic tower. It can be expanded to a full continent map by adding maps of different regions.

-You can complete a full continent map by adding maps of different regions.

-Your current location is displayed.

Another Magic grade item!

While the map of the current region would need to be obtained separately, making it not very valuable at this point, the magic map was something that would eventually need to be acquired.

Lokan judged that this was better than intermediate equipment items. While obtaining immediately usable items would have been good, it was meaningless in the early stages according to his plan.

After confirming all the titles and items, Lokan left the starting square.

At this moment, new players who had skipped the tutorial were continuously appearing, and the noise of them shouting to receive quests from NPCs was deafening.

‘Let them wander around.’

Unlike them, who had no idea what to do first, Lokan knew the quest routes well.

The fastest way to level up was to receive the ‘Please Help with the Squirrels!’ quest from the general store.

As the name suggests, it was a quest to hunt a certain number of squirrels and collect acorns. This quest was a real pain from the start.

Players would scoff at the name ‘squirrels’ and head outside, but for players with physical abilities as low as a child’s, catching squirrels was almost impossible.

Squirrels were as agile as players who had left the Pocket City, so blindly rushing in was futile.

The best solution was to buy a set of hunting traps from the weapon shop for 30 copper.

However, most players would first buy weapons like wooden swords, thinking that with a weapon, they could hit or throw to catch the squirrels.

Of course, it didn’t take long for them to realize that this was just a delusion and feel despair.

When they returned to buy hunting traps, they often lacked the money. Especially for players who had skipped the tutorial, they had no money to begin with.

In such a case, they had to take a roundabout way. They had to do odd jobs for the villagers to earn small amounts of money or food until they could afford the hunting traps.

Unfortunately, these odd jobs increased their reputation with NPCs but gave almost no experience points.

Lokan, of course, had gone through the same route in his previous life.

In fact, he had done so many odd jobs to gather money, thinking ‘I’m different’ and ‘I’m confident,’ only to end up buying a weapon and delaying his start even more.

Back then, he had tried everything to escape Pocket City.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve been here.’

Recalling those old memories, Lokan arrived at the training ground, one of the places where many people were tricked after the ‘Please Help with the Squirrels!’ quest.

As he approached, he saw a muscular man attracting a fair number of people.

“Hey, do you want to get stronger? Use this place, and you can become as strong as me!”

Players, having gained levels through training grounds in many other games, naively thought the same would apply in The Road, so they impulsively bought the training ground access.

As a result, the training ground was already filled with people punching dummies.

‘They’ll all leave soon, though.’

However, the training ground boom quickly faded. The experience points gained per hour from hitting dummies were as low as those from doing odd jobs for NPCs.

At first, there was no comparison, so the number of people remained relatively stable, but as stories of other players leveling up began to circulate, everyone would eventually give up.

Doing odd jobs at least earned them some money or food, but the training ground only cost them money for periodic access and food purchases.

Even if they wanted to stay, it was difficult once they had used up the bread and money they received as tutorial rewards.

“I want to use the training ground.”

“Oh, I see great potential in you. I can’t charge the same for a future talent. Alright, just 20 copper!”

When Lokan spoke, the man selling the access rights laughed heartily and took the money.

‘Is this also a title effect? It was originally 30 copper…’

The price was also discounted. It seemed that the ‘There Is No Impossible’ title effect had applied a [Friendly] reputation.

‘Thanks to me.’

Since Lokan planned to stay here for a long time, it was a good thing to save money.

He grabbed the access rights and immediately went to an empty dummy. He changed his gaze and glared fiercely at the dummy.

“Haa!”

Thud!

When he hit the stationary dummy, a heavy impact sensation was transmitted to his fist, along with a slight shock. Since he didn’t have any equipment to protect his fist, he also felt the shock.

After a few hits, his health would slightly decrease. After hitting for a while, he would have to step back and rest to recover his health.

In his previous life, he had given up on leveling up with dummies after two days, considering it a foolish thing to do.

However, there was one reason why Lokan came here.

To increase his stats!

The only advantage of the dummy was the additional stat increase.

‘I’ll max out my stats here.’

By hitting the dummy, or more accurately, by continuously doing tasks that were challenging for his level, related stats would increase. It was similar to how muscles grow from exercise.

Even without hitting the dummy, similar effects could be achieved, but hitting the dummy provided a greater stat increase.

‘Probably because the experience points from the dummy are so low.’

Lokan thought it was due to the extremely low experience points from the dummy. As levels increased and abilities improved, more intense movements were needed to increase stats.

Thud thud thud thud thud!

“Oh, look at that guy. Is he a boxer?”

“No, look, he’s using his feet too. He must be a Muay Thai fighter.”

“Why is he ramming with his shoulder? Is he just showing off?”

As Lokan started hitting the dummy seriously, the training ground became noisy. His movements, treating the dummy as an enemy and acting as if in a real battle, were still unfamiliar to others.

While they had learned to some extent through other virtual reality games, it was still difficult to fully adapt to The Road.

To others, Lokan’s movements seemed only curious. No one realized how deadly the combat sense embedded in his movements was.

After a while, his strength stat finally increased.

By just 1.

Considering that he received five stat points with each level up, this was a lot of hard work, but Lokan looked at the notification with satisfaction.

He knew how this small difference would create a huge gap.

It was only 1 now, but when it became 5, 50, or even more,

Not only strength but also agility, health, and endurance could be increased here. If each of these was increased by just 10, it would be equivalent to gaining 8 levels.

While 8 levels might seem insignificant once players had a sense of the game, it would be a significant gap at higher levels, considering the days or even weeks of hard work required to gain a single level.

This was why Lokan had given up on many ‘first’ titles.

Knowing the optimal growth path and future, he could have easily obtained many ‘first’ titles from the start, but he chose not to.

Being ‘first’ was certainly a great achievement, but being merely fast had no meaning.

No one could be first in everything, and even if he gathered all the title effects, he would soon be caught up.

Therefore, he chose to achieve as many ‘nearly impossible’ achievements as ‘firsts.’ He firmly believed that this hard work would lay the foundation for his future.

“Alright, let’s hit it again.”

After his health decreased and he took a short break, Lokan started hitting the dummy again.

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