The cafeteria in his school was loud, considering there were about 2,000 students at his course meant that would be natural. Today was Monday, meaning the Arithmetics Section would have the same schedule as the Science one.
"CA- WE -O T-- QUE--?!", France's voice was engulfed in the loud cafeteria.
"WHAT!?",
Josh wore blue tinted goggles with France and the both decided to chat with their hologram messeging.
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[Can we do my quest?]
[I haven't done mine yet.]
[Is that a yes or no?]
[Help with mine once I help you do yours, An elder elf gave me a quest at the very start of the game.]
[How tf did you type all of this in a second?!]
[Does that matter?]
[...]
[No...]
[Exactly France. Now can I eat?]
[I have never forbid you.]
[K...]
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The both of them finished their food and started to go back to class. Josh quietly walked whilst France greeted unknown people and talked.
*****
Three hours later,
Both had left and discussed about the project, they soon got bored and France asked, "How many Infusion stones do you have?"
"1 flame infusion stone and 2 extra electric stones", Josh replied.
"Should be enough."
France's Car had arrived and he waved goodbye. "See you later", Josh waved back and said bye.
Josh started wandering around the the Science Department, Buildings with Screens saying [Welcome] were common.
Who they were welcoming isn't known nor are the signs themselves cared for. They were merely a part of the decor.
"Haaaaaaa-", Josh breathed in and yawned.
It would be a while before Josh's car would come to pick him up so Josh headed for a food stand nearby.
"What's your order?", an old lady asked. She was was old if talking about actual age woth hers being about 63, however her appearance seemed no older than the mid 30s.
"A hotdog with... ice tea."
"With lettuce or not?"
"Lettuce with Mayo and Ketchup please."
"Sit by the table over there, I'll just call out to you once they are done."
"Thanks."
Josh sat down and took his phone out, there weren't much apps except for the ones the phone already started with.
He started watching a video about explosions and entertained himself.
His use of explosions in game was mostly because of the amount of hours he entertained himself with. After all, Lothaedan was a game with "freedom", simple manipulation of magic was quite common.
"Advanced Mage" was its title, and only a few people would be using advanced magic in combat as it required too much mana and control for most people.
Josh was exceptional at this, he was quite popular to a few towns, people who saw his use of magic liked it.
[Your order has finished]
Josh turned his phone off and walked towards the lady, he thanked her and almost forgot to pay, and once he payed his car came at the perfect time, and Josh snacked whilst in his way home.
About 10 minutes later,
Josh hopped off and started to skip towards his room and finally went to play.
[Welcome Back]
Josh breathed deeply and looked through his inventory to get a map.
The map was quite accurate, it had locations down and the specific parts of it were drawn quite skillfully.
Maps weren't used only for directions, players who partied up with others could see where each other are, and Josh took a look to France's direction.
'Let's see... If I'm at the town outpost, then that would mean that I'm about 700-800 meters from him.', Josh sighed as he thought about the amount he'll be walking.
Thankfully, Josh didn't single mindedly put his points to Int. France had warned him that such acts would be a target of his regret.
Josh followed his words and had a ratio of 1:3. He didn't put his skill points in atk however, rather he ignored the stat as he was a mage.
He jogged towards France, who was quite far away, in 4 minutes Josh could see the sillhoutte of a swordsman.
He was currently fighting against three wolves, it seems like he had already killed some as the decapitated carcasses of the others scattered about. His sword seemed to elongate, however the swordsman had only slashed and stabbed two of the wolves immidiately killing them.
"How much exp do those guys give, France?"
"Not a lot, They only give 5% of exp meter."
"Yet your sword is almost invisible from the speed.", Josh smiled like France's actions were ludicrous.
"Hehe, that's an exaggeration. ", France stabbed through the last wolf in one smooth move.
"Obviously."
The two of them had been playing for about two weeks, yet thanks to Josh safeguarding the underleveled France he grew quickly. It wouldn't be surprising to call them friends.
"Let's do it.", Josh said.
"Thanks du-"
"However, I need to do mine after this one.", Josh accepted but with a condition.
"Hahaha, of course.", France answered back with a smile. France was the more talkative of the two, however Josh probably said 2 words per sentence France said.
France checked the quest and shared it with Josh and they both accepted the quest.
[Drommul is a famous blacksmith from the dwarven kingdom. Your friend wishes to meet him, maybe try to get on his good side to get a reward.
Penalty for Failure: ???
Rewards for Success:?!?!]
"Dwarven Kingdom?", Josh asked in confusion. How much time would it require to travel to another kingdom.
"It won't take too long.", France elaborated.
"How long exactly?", Josh tried to probe deeper.
"Who cares, you've already accepted.", France said with a playful smirk.
"I hate your expression.", Josh said in slight frustration.
"Doesn't mean it looks bad.", France laughed as he dematerialized his blade.
"Childish bickering aside, It'll take about 2 in game days.", France explained as he started to walk towards the main town.
"No specific measurement of distance?"
"You already know why."
Both picked up pace and started jogging through the forest. They were finally away from that wretched outpost, the atmosphere of the outpost was that of a horror movie.
It was a blanket of magic that kept dangers outside, however it also blocked off the light of the sun. It made it confusing on what time it was, there were also the thick groupings of leaves that made it even harder to properly judge the time.
As they both walked away from the dense central area of the southern forest light went through the cracks of leaves, casting down light on certain parts of the ground.
"It's always cool seeing them", France said.
"Shouldn't the light scatter from the small cracks through the leaves?", Josh asked.
"This isn't our world. Even then, I love these because it ignores the boring confines of our world.", France stated his opinion.
"Your words make it seem like this game is a different world.", Josh said with indifference.
"Said the guy who never played games except for this one.", France said as he sighed from annoyance.
"I've played games before.", Josh expressed.
"Didn't you tell me weeks ago that you didn't?", France replied to what he thought was a lie from Josh.
"I just don't remember, what or when I did. It's a... haze so to speak.", Josh explained, unsure of his own words.
"Your blatant lies aside, We should hurry up. I wanna get this dumb quest over as fast as possible.", France started running
"I wasn't...", Josh ran after him.