Chapter 60 - Episode 60: Ratus Forest.
Chapter 60 – Episode 60: Ratus Forest.
After hours of farming without resting, the sun is rising and I didn't realize that. I immediately go back to the camp while checking my inventory. Now I have 352 Betelgeuse's Coin and I leveled up 4 times, my level is now 155 and I'm pleased with that. I see someone is awake and sitting on the log, it's Valentino that is still sleepy. I approach him.
"Good morning. How's your sleep?"
Valentino looks at me with his eyes barely opens.
"Oh, good morning. It was pleasant, actually. When did you wake up?"
I chuckle and sit beside him while relaxing my hands.
"No, I haven't slept. I was on the lookout last night and hunted monsters around the camp. Are the others are still asleep?"
Valentino looks at the tents.
"Yeah, it looks like they are."
It's gone silent because we don't have any topics to talk about. I check the party tab and look at their levels. Their levels increased by 10. I'm not surprised since they killed monsters that are way stronger than them even though the EXP is shared. Valentino suddenly clears his throat and looks at me.
"So… What is your main weapon?"
I tilt my head.
"Chained sickles, and a scythe. My secondary weapon is daggers."
Valentino is looking at me in awe.
"Whoa… seriously? That's cool!"
Valentino scratches his head and continues.
"I only have my battle axes with me, and my weapon mastery is still level 4. How did you raised your weapon mastery if you have 2 main weapons?"
I chuckle.
"I have my own ways."
There's no way I'm telling him that I killed a hundred thousand players. He looks at me with disappointment.
"Man, you must have found the way to increase weapon mastery faster than anyone. I'm jealous."
We both chuckle and then Ivonna comes out from her tent. We both greet her and she smiles. She looks around and sits with us. She yawns and crossing her arms because it's cold out here. She looks at me.
"How was your night?"
I scoff and tilt my head.
"It was great. I'm ready to farm again today."
Ivonna smiles and stands up.
"Let's wake up the others and make breakfast then we can continue to hunt monsters."
Valentino and I nod. We both go to the guy's tent and Ivonna goes to Cecilia's tent. After everyone is awake, we make breakfast together. Everyone is asking about my night after knowing that I stayed up all night to farm monsters. They're surprised when I told them that I have 352 Betelgeuse's Coin. After we ate our breakfast, we are leaving the camp to hunt monsters.
(4 days have passed)
We hunted hundreds of monsters. They were surprised how fast I was killing the monsters and how I managed to aggro the monsters without taking single damage, but since Ivonna and I were carrying them, I didn't bring a lot of monsters. We both held back to adjust with Kyle and the others. We were resting every 2 hours because they didn't bring that many supplies with them. I only leveled up 10 times because of that, and Ivonna only leveled up 2 times while they leveled up 20 times. We could get more level if we didn't carry them with us but it's not a problem because I'm not in a hurry to increase my level and I had fun playing with them. I have 1464 Betelgeuse's Coin now.
It's nighttime, we return to our camp and having dinner together. Kyle and the others are talking with each other. Then they all suddenly stand up. Kyle clears his throat.
"Miss Ivonna, Mister Trevor. Thank you for carrying us for a week. We feel like we are dragging you guys down. So we think it's time for us to go back to Millen Town and log out. So we are planning to go back after we eat our dinner."
Ivonna tilts her head.
"Don't say that, we are glad that we can help you guys out and we had fun. You said that now that you all think that you're a burden to us because you barely do anything, but someday when you have become a high level player and you see newbies asking for help you will want to help them. It will give you some kind of a joyful feeling when you're helping them. So you don't have to repay us or anything similar. I only hope that you will help other players that are in need someday."
They all nod and smile happily. Cecilia is grinning.
"Yes! We are definitely going to do that! Thank you, Miss Ivonna and Mister Trevor!"
We both nod and smile at them. Then after we are done eating our dinner, they fold their tent and leave Galsadt Plains after they said goodbye to us. The crackling sound from burning woods is making both of us feel at ease. I'm staring at the sky while laying on the ground, and Ivonna is sitting on the log while holding a glass of ale. I look up to see her and she's actually has been looking at me for quite a while. She's surprised but she can still hold her composure. She raises her eyebrows. I scoff.
"You still haven't found the item for the Godly item quest?"
Ivonna takes a deep breath and exhales deeply.
"No, I just realized this world is bigger than earth. How am I supposed to find a book that I have no idea where it is and without any clues. Even if I'm searching for it for years in real-time, the chance to find the book is still very low. It's literally impossible to find it on my own."
I chuckle mischievously.
"Of course. If it's easy, then it won't be a legendary item, right?"
Ivonna scoffs and shakes her head.
"You're right. But still, it's hard to do."
Ivonna sighs and looks at me.
"So, how many Godly items there are in this game?"
I'm crossing my legs and dangling my foot.
"There are 15 Godly items. 2 types of helmet, 2 types of earrings, a scarf, a cape, 2 types of necklaces, 2 types set of armors, 2 types of rings, boots, greaves, and last one is wings. So basically only 15 players that can get those."
Ivonna is humming with understanding. She crosses her legs.
"Or one person… For example, you."
I scoff and smirk.
"Maybe…"
Ivonna chuckles and then clears her throat.
"Are you tired?"
I look up at her.
"No, want to hunt them some more?"
Ivonna smiles and nods.
"You said that we are only going to spend a week in this place. But since you have only been here for 4 days, I guess we can stay here for the next few days. I don't think this place is not bad to farm Betelgeuse's Coin, and the monster's EXP here is also high enough for me to increase my level. So, yeah. Let's hunt some more."
I stand up and I play with my daggers. She raises her eyebrow and chuckles.
"Are you not tired of holding a dagger all day? Wait, how can you sure that you're holding it while you're asleep if you don't want the timer to goes off?"
I grab the scarf that she gave me. She furrows her forehead and looks at me with confusion. I wrap my right hand with the scarf with the dagger in my hand. She immediately chuckles and shakes her head. I shrug and raise my eyebrows.
"Tadaaa~"
Ivonna laughs so hard and this is the first time I see her laughing like that. I chuckle while unwrapping the scarf. Ivonna clears her throat and stands up.
"Let's go."
I fold my tent and put it in my inventory. Ivonna is confused and then she approaches me.
"Why did you fold your tent? Aren't we going to go back here again to rest?"
I look at her and raise my eyebrow.
"We can set up the tent to a different place so we don't have to go back and forth just to rest because it's a waste of time. "
Ivonna nods with understanding and she agrees with that. She immediately folds her tent and then we leave the area and start to hunt monsters.
(Several days have passed)
We farmed and moved to a different area, and we never went back to the same spot. We ended up far away from Galsadt Plains. I leveled up 23 times, and Ivonna leveled up 14 times. I also got a lot of [Giant Scorpion's Soul Essence] and other monsters' soul essence. I have a total of 6.592 Betelgeuse's Coins, while Ivonna only has 2.122 Betelgeuse's Coins. It was exhausting and we decided to stop farming for today and come back again tomorrow in the morning.
Ivonna looks around, and we are in the middle of a forest with hundred meters tall trees surrounding us. The wind is breezing gently, she's in awe with this place and the birds are chirping making us feel so relaxed. She looks at me.
"So, where are we, exactly? There's nothing else but trees and friendly animals."
I raise my eyebrows and tilt my head while looking at the map
"We are in the Ratus Forest. There are no monsters and anything hostile in this place. There's a village called Loslan. There are NPCs over there and we can change our savepoint there. I Believe we are the first players to reach this place. At least it's what the map showed me."
Ivonna turns around and looks up at the trees.
"You knew about this place?"
I nod.
"Yeah, Becker and I explored the whole Orion. There are so many heavenly places like this. There are even more places that you can't imagine."
Ivonna looks at me and smiles.
"Thank you for showing me this place. So, why are we here? I'm sure you're not leading me here for just sightseeing, right?"
I scoff and smirk.
"You're right. We are here to retrieve, Heugron's diary book."
Ivonna is looking at me with her mouth opens and in disbelief. I scoff and tilt my head toward the small path.
"Let's do that tomorrow first thing in the morning. For now, let's rest and I'll see you tomorrow."
Ivonna nods.
"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow."
We both logged out at the same time.