Casey used a healing crystal to recover all of his health, and went over to the marketplace to spend the Cor he earned. He bought a beta map which many were selling, though for a high price. Spending all of his Cor, he looked at the map. There was an early side-quest that provides enough experience to be worthwhile. And more importantly; it can be done solo. Casey was level 4 at this point, and decided to upgrade his agility. His hammer was powerful enough for the time being. He ran off to the side-quest, which was a camp of boars.
As Casey approached the camp, he had a vibration in his body. Opening the menu, there was a new quest to infiltrate the boar camp. Accepting it, he went in position and prepared for the battle. A boar noticed Casey, and alerted the other boars. A level 2 boar charged at him, which he immediately swiped the boar to the side. "Hm, I must of gotten faster." He smirked, which the other boars attacked him. The damage was minimal, as he threw his hammer down, hurting the group. As he attacked, a level 3 boar charged from behind. Thrown down, the others hurt Casey. As he got up, his health was low. He opened the menu and selected another health crystal.
Casey defeated the other boars, causing the leader to battle. The alpha boar was level 5, and could cause a lot of trouble for him. The boar attacked him, though Casey dodged and counter-attacked. Though, the alpha boar had too much health. It was the most powerful enemy in the quest, after all. Continuously attacking didn't help, the boar could charge at any time and it would deal a quarter of his health. After retreating, Casey checked his level. He was level 5, so he could upgrade one more time. He upgraded his proficiency with a hammer, so that he could deal more damage. Though, the boar attacked him before he could close the menu.
Casey used his last healing crystal, and went back into action. The upgrade didn't change anything, the boar still had half of his health left. Though, he had full health, so things could change. After attacking enough, the boar was finally defeated. He barely had enough health, and had to resort to dodging to slowly restore health at one point. Opening the quest menu, Casey received the rewards from the quest. He had now received a large amount of EXP, and had enough Cor to purchase many other items.
As Casey headed back, he saw a player grinding in the grass fields. Wanting to have company, he walked towards the player. "Hey."