Chapter 45: Hours Later

The giant was not a problem. The NPCs who came after were not a problem either. 

Jake could easily deal with these numbskulls who had Common Classes and almost no skill. 

But after the fifth win, that was when the real fight started. That was when he was matched up against his first Rare Class NPC. 

In World Online, NPCs were treated almost the exact same as players. They also had lives, and classes and they tried to do things for their own gain. 

So when a normal-looking NPC with just a sword in his hand and nothing else dropped onto the arena, Jake's arm started tingling. 

This was going to be a proper fight now, and it was a fight that he couldn't afford to lose. From now, every fight that he won would be one step closer to the seven thousand gold coins that he could get if he won. 

And his levels also increased with the last few fights. He was all the way up in level twenty!