NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 2: Mission
Aric needed a meal fast, something light and something easy to make. So he needed to find a recipe that would acomodate his little coins and give him something to eat.
He wasn't as tired as he was a few moments ago, since he drank some water and took some rest, his HP and Stamina rose a bit and so he was able to think clearer and make easy movement.
Health: 16/100]
[Stamina: 8/50]
He didn't know how to navigate the system though, but since the system had asked him to call out shop when he wanted to open shop, maybe if he called out recipes, it would do the same.
"Recipes." He said and like he thought, it changed to s screen of different recipes, someone he knew and many he had no clue as to what they were.
Sadly he didn't have the times for any other thing right now, he had to keep focus and find something to eat.
"Cheapest recipes." He said, and the list changed, showing the cheapest recipes he could afford, and he got one that would make the cut, Boiled Egg soup.
According to the narration, he would only need a hundred coins to make what was jnsode the recipe, but to get the recipe itself woule cost fifty coins.
He was conflicted about doing it, he had never cooked in his former life, as side from cup noodles, quick microwaving of food and other stuff.
He needed this recipe of he didn't want to waste the little coins gbat he had gotten.
"Fine, purchase the recipe." He said, and immediately he did, the information on how to cook the Boiled egg soup opened up for him to see.
For the ingredients, he needed two eggs that cost about 10 gold for both, edible greens that cost 10gold, salt that cost 5gold. water that cost 5gold per litter.
As for what tools he needed, he needed a stove, and a simple one cost 10gold, it ran on dry twigs, and he could find that anywhere around him. He also needed bowl, the cheapest was 5gold, a metal pot for 10gold, and lastly he needed a match at 5 gold.
'I don't need to buy water, i could use the stream, i can't be wasteful here.' Aric thought to himself.
"System, purchase everything in the list as side from the water." He said. Suddenly, a ripple in space happenned and everything he bought appeared right in front of him.
Sure he was expecting it to appear, but actually seeing it now was a while different thing, it was not supposed to be possible, yet here it was happening right in front of him.
He slowly stretched out his hands to touch the items, and they felt real, every last one of them. He took a deep breath and spoke to himself, "don't question it, just take it and use it till you are strong enough time understand what's going on."
The total purchase had cost him 60gold, and he had used 50 to get the recipe, so he was left with only 90gold for now, since he had gotten 200.
He pulled everything near him, then he set the stove up, he stretched his hands around and managed gather some dry sticks, he shoved then into the hole on the small stove, and the took the match box.
He struggled a bit to get it lit, but after a few tries, the fire caught. He immediately took the bowl and scooped up some water from the stream, it was time to get cooking.
From the recipe, he had to boil some water inside the pot, he oured water into a third of the pot and placed it over the fire, watching it burn. When the water started boiling, he followed the next step, and cracked the eggs into the bowl and steerd it.
He finger cut the greens into the wicked egg and kissed it all together before pouring it into the pot and then using a clean stick to start mixing it up. He took out a pinch of salt and poured into the mix she steered it up even more, until it became some sort of broth, soup, or whatever one would call it.
To be honest, it didn't have the makings of a delicious meal, with inky a few things tossed into it. But he had no choice, he had to eat it die.
He rinsged the bowl in the stream and then when the pot was a little less hot, he picked it up and poured the content inti the bowl.
He wasted no time, grabbing the bowl and taking it to his mouth, he started taking large guess of it. Aric could tell that this food was not outstanding it tasteful, but it was edible and he could survive on it now.
Before a minute ran out, he had finished the whole thing, his stomach was almost filled up now.
[Health: 40/100]
He was shocked to see his health go up so much from just eating, it seemed a huge chunk of his problem was hunger.
His stamina also recovered a lot after a while, [Stamina: 24/50]
He could finally breathe as he made it out of the grip of death, he finally stood up without falling and washed his face in the stream.
[You learnt a new skill, Cooking, level 1]
[You gained 50gold for learning a skill]
[You gained 200gold for learning your first skill]
[You have gained 50EXP]
Several messages came after he finished washing his fave, Aric looked at them with a smile. He had finally come to the agreement that he was in a different world, and so now, he needed the help of the system.
"Now what do i do from here?" He asked himself, and the he recalled the stats screen and first messages that he had gotten, he didn't read them since he was struggling for his life.
"Stats." He called, and it appeared.
[Status Screen]
[Host: Aric]
[Race: Half-Elf (Human-Elf Hybrid)]
[Age: 17]
[Title: Exile]
[Class: None]
[Level: 1]
[Exp: 50/100]
[Health: 40/100]
[Stamina: 24/50]
[Mana: 10/50]
[Gold: 340]
[Attributes]
Strength: 6
Agility: 8
Endurance: 5
Intelligence: 12
Charisma: 7
Luck: 2
[Mission Assigned: Build the Greatest Empire in This World]