Silver Bde took the time to approariel.
“How is yrandfather?”
“Ah, he… I’m afraid he won’t be able to hold on much longer.”
“Could the trident help him?”
Onriel had a troubled look on her face.
“Probably. Grandfather has always been a proud man. He was the guardian of the vilge, proteg it regardless of his health.
But the st time those pirates came he wasn’t even powerful enough to chase them away.
I handed over the trident to protect the vilge.”
Onriel choked, her face fraught with sadness.
Silver Bde felt a pang in her chest. Just as she was about to fort the young woman, Cye dashed towards them.
The mage had a distressed face, her skin taking on a sickly color.
“Onriel, sister. How long until…?”
Cye didn’t mao finish her sentence. She leaned over the railing, letting out ugly sounds.
“Bwaah.”
Silver Bde sched her face. She looked apologetically at Onriel before hastily approag Cye, holding her friend’s hair back.
To her surprise, Onriel helped as well, gently patting Cye’s back. Silver Bde was amazed by this lifelike behavior.
The fishing boat wasn’t big enough for everyoo scatter. Naturally the otion attracted the attention of the rest of the party.
Fortunately, it didn’t take long for the boat to cross the sea.
When Onriel expertly came to a stop before a geous tropical beach, Cye was the first to jump off, gd to have solid ground below her feet.
Silver Bde followed, giggling at her friend now that the situation was over.
“I never knew you get seasick this easily.”
“Well, there isn’t much sea on Falva, so it never came up.”
“What about space travel?”
“It alright as long as I hide in a closed room.”
“Miss Cye, maybe you should train being on boats. This behavior is not very dylike.”, said Radiant Shield.
“You! I show you dylike! Wait, stand still!”
Everyone ughed as Cye raised her fists and chased Radiant Shield around the beach.
Even Liam wore a refreshed smile.
A short while ter the group gathered, waiting for Liam’s arras.
“Ok guys. Here is what we’ll be doing. Silver Bde and Radiant Shield take the lead. Silent Acacia will do the scouting.
Let’s go.”
“What? That’s it?”
“Of course. What were you expeg?”
Cye looked at Liam with furrowed brows.
“What are you pnning? Do you want to watch us make fools of ourselves?”
“Are you training us?”, guessed Sun’s Knight.
“No. He wants us to experiehe challehank you, brother mirage!”
Silent Acacia had a touched expression, prompting his girlfriend to look at him strangely.
“I don’t know if we do this.”
Balm looked somewhat intimidated as her eyes fell on a group of monkeys roaming the beach, a few of them at level 6.
“Don’t wuys. We are so many people. Just pull small groups and fight your way through.”
Liam enced his party while Silver Bde looked at him thoughtfully.
The young woman tried to figure out her new friend.
Obviously, Liam had extremely riowledge about the game. This wasn’t impossible as explorers found information about the virtual world in a ruins.
But in Liam’s case he most likely came from a prestigious family who bought the results of multiple explorers.
However, Silva thought she knew all the higher-css families on Falva Star. None of their young masters matched Liam.
Furthermore, those families wouldn’t happily share their knowledge with others, but rather build up their own powers.
What was Bleary Mirage’s purpose in gathering them and then relinquishing the lead? She couldn’t figure it out!
Meanwhile Radiant Shield didn’t ask too many questions. He puffed out his chest, announg matter-of-factly.
“panions, I won’t betray your trust! As a warrior it is my duty to be the first in every fight ahe party to success.
Follow my lead! Let us punish the pirates arieve the mighty trident!”
Liam recalled the quest information.
[
[Step one: Reach Bone Isnd.]
[Step two: Find the pirate hideout.]
[Optional: Kill 20 Pirates]
[Hint: Don’t uimate the captain.]
Obviously Radiant Shield suggested aplishing the optional goal as well, which Liam strongly agreed with.
Optional goals increased the evaluation and subsequently the rewards as well.
The others didn’t have strong opinions, ready to follow Radiant Shield.
After a short discussioweewo tanks the group got moving.
Silent Acacia separated from the group, closing in on the few palm trees lining the beach.
He took out his bow, attag one of the small, red-furred monkeys.
“Ouh, ouh, ouh.”
The monkeys let out strange sounds as someone dared to interrupt their peaceful lives. A handful of them immediately chased after the intruder, who returo the group.
“Everyone ready! We got this!”
Silver Bde enced the group as she and Radiant Shield stepped forward, weling the oppos.
[Red-furred violent monkeyRank: on
Level: 5
HP: 150/150]
Silver Bde strike out with her shield. The taunting move drew the attention of four monkeys. Meanwhile Radiant Shield attacked normally with his sword.
[-27!]
The tank looked at his female colleague, surprised.
“You do that?”
Silver Bde wasn’t affected but Cye immediately felt proud as her knowledge as above some veteran gamer’s.
“Cye, attack!”
The woman smiled sheepishly from Silver Bde’s and.
“On it, on it!”
[-33!]
Balm looked at her good friend with admiring eyes.
“Wow, your damage…”
But Cye was unsatisfied.
“What’s going on?! Why is my damage so low? Is this a bug?!”
Liam shook his head.
“Those monkeys have a good defense against magic.”
“Unfair!”
“Hey, stop talking and help!”
Liam inwardly praised Silver Bde for fitting in her new role so quickly. Together with Quickstep he fhe monkeys, raining down normal attacks.
Meanwhile the two tanks raised their shield, defending tinuously, their stance dropping by the sed.
“They are all low, finish them off!”
“On it!”
With Silver Bde’s and everyone was ready to use their skills.
Liam activated [Sidestep], fshing behind the monsters. A quick [Double Ssh] followed.
Several numbers popped up as three monkeys dropped dead at the same time.
Everyone was amazed by Liam’s expert use of his skills, trolled movements allowing him to hit multiple enemies.
“Beautiful!”
Silent Acacia excimed as he activated a skill of his own.
[Flurry (rank 1)
Cost: 6 Fury
Effect: Sent out two attacks in quick suggestion, dealing 120%(PDMG) two times.
be used with bger.
Cooldown: 6 seds]
Two silent arrows shot through the air, hitting a monkey right in its forehead, emptying out its HP.
Only a single primate remaianding, angrily pounding its ow. It was level six, able to take a beating.
[-86!]
A blinding light hit the monkey, burning it to crisps. Everyone was taken aback by the huge number popping up.
“HA! Serves yht!”
Cye ughed proudly. Her equipment effect had triggered, allowing her [Holy Strike] to hit critically.
“Good job!”
“I didn’t know you were s.”
Cye smiled smugly at her friends Silver Bde and Balm.
“Wow, I leveled up!”
Sun’s Knight’s delighted procmation drew everyone’s attention.
“You reached level four?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m not far away, too.”
The party was talking animatedly while Liam checked his own EXP as well.
[EXP: 520/750]
After fighting against zombies, ghosts, and monkeys, together with disc Bone Isnd Liam made a lot of EXP. He would soon be able to advance as well.
Apart from EXP the monkeys naturally had loot as well. Cye insisted on looting, eager to prove her lucky hand.
She received a few s and even a on hood which was slightly better than what Silent Acacia currently had.
Eager for more the group tinued, carefully pulling groups of monkeys. Under Silver Bde’s urgings they didn’t uimate the oppos, advang stably.
Soon they were deep into Bone Isnd, standing before a crossroad.
A shabby wooden sign expiheir options.
“Pirate Vilge or Bone Cliff?”, read Silver Bde.
Cye sched her nose.
“Who put this sign here? Those pirates?”
“Who cares, it’s still a game.”, chuckled Balm.
“Fellow rades, which path should we choose?”
“Our quest should be in pirate vilge.”
“But maybe there is something in Bone Cliff able to help us. Maybe an advantageous position.”
Liam didn’t state his opinion, finding it iing to watch the group figure it out by themselves.
“Let’s take a look at the cliff first.”
“Ok.”
Eventually Silver Bde and Radiant Shield came to a decision. They sent Silent Acacia ahead to scout the way.
But the young thief returned after a few moments with a flicted expression.
“The area ahead is a higher-level zone inhabited by stronger monkeys.
The on ones are still alight but I even saw ae.”
“Ok. I guess the cliff is off limits.”
“But… the elite was guarding a treasure chest. And it wasn’t wooden.”
Instantly everyone’s eyes lit up.
“Treasure chest? Wow, I have never seen one!”
“We o get it!”
“I could use a neon.”