Haven Online

Chapter 49: Wei's Decision*

Wei was standing in the character creation screen, not knowing what race she wanted to be. Well, actually, she did. She had planned it out months in advance, she was going to play it safe and choose the beastman race because they are light on their feet and good hunters. 

She would hunt small animals and sell the fur she gained to tailors, amass a small fortune and then, in a couple of years, use that money to fund her dreams of becoming an explorer. Once she became an explorer, she would find tons of different kinds of treasures, which she would sell and become super-rich, so rich that she and mom would never have to work for anyone ever again.

That was her plan. But after hearing all of Xinya's adventures in Haven Online, Wei started to doubt if she was choosing the right path. Xinya did what he wanted, Wei knew that he must have researched the game, she could tell by the way he explained things to her while they talked about his adventures. 

But he still chose to be a dryad even though it is the most useless race; he chose to level up cooking and potions even though they are useless skills; he became an artisan that focuses on potion-making and cooking, which everyone steers clear from; he did all the wrong things but already made 9 gold coins.

Wei always told herself that she wanted to be an explorer because it was a safe option. On the forums, it's said that even a complete novice could turn a profit by being an explorer. So, she settled for that since it would be a good way to make money, plus it was similar to what she really wanted to do. Although, after seeing Xinya follow his gut, breaking the rules players set of what not to do, she too wanted to break the rules and follow her dream of becoming a treasure hunter. 

Treasure Hunter, together with the Explorer, are branches from the Adventurer class. Treasure Hunters are different from Explorers, who search for ruins and excavate treasures. Treasure Hunters originate from a mischievous little elf who had a thirst for knowledge and adventure. Upon researching different old tomes, the elf found out there was an abundant amount of hidden dungeons all over the world of Haven. 

Determined to go inside of one of the dungeons, the little elf became proficient in survival skills and threw away his bow and arrows to specialize in dual-wielding guns. He soon became known as the greatest Treasure Hunter.

Treasure Hunters take full advantage of their exceptional instinct, intuition, athleticism, perception, and survival skills, putting them to use as they delve into their dungeon exploration. While a Treasure Hunter stands out in any crowd because of their unique looks, it is almost impossible to track them down due to their nomadic lifestyle and sage-like knowledge of survival. 

Wei knew that to go down the Treasure Hunter branch, she had to make an elf and, from the little information about the class there is on the forums, her appearance will change once she becomes one. It will lose the softness and gracefulness of a normal elf, becoming more hardened and seductive. After thinking about it, Wei decided to take the chance and chose the elf race. For once, she will follow her heart instead of her head. 

After changing the appearance a bit so that it didn't look exactly like her, Wei moved on to her starting stats. She knew that she could just let the fairy choose and perhaps she could get some rare stats, but she felt that she was already going against everything she sought out to become and didn't want to push it. 

Since she only had 20 starting stats points, she decided that, since elves have low defense, she would put ten stat points into health; since the higher a player's health, the higher their defense. For the other ten points, she would split them in half, five into stamina and five into dexterity, as those are the stats needed for using dual guns. If there was anything she got from the 0.3% of players that are playing as a treasure hunter, is that stamina would be her best friend. It seems the skills of the dual guns use up a player's stamina; so the higher it was, the better she will be. 

After checking over her stats once more, Wei decided she was ready to begin her adventure in Haven now. Just as she was about to inform the fairy, she stopped, she started worrying if she was making the right choice. There is no turning back once she goes down this path, but then she thought about Xinya, he went through so much, had nowhere to fall back on, but he wasn't taking the safe road.

Although he said he would make coins through fishing, she didn't believe him, she knew he had something planned and was probably scared to tell her in case it fails, but one thing was for sure he was taking chances and she wanted to take one too. With that in mind, she told the fairy she was finished and, in a flash of light, she appeared in one of the many beginner towns.