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Chapter 9 - Forming A Party Of Three

The school graduation didn't take too long only a brief encouragement towards the students and giving medals and diplomas, that's all.

Yulsa's homeroom adviser notified them to come with her to the faculty along with the two more students and their parents.

She said that she enrolled them in the "Future Academy" which brought tears to their parent's eyes.

Future Academy is the elite school where every influential person will be attending, son of dukes, daughters of nobles, or those geniuses, etc.

There was a celebration inside the faculty but when they exited an opposite atmosphere exuded in each other except him. Everyone is hostile to each other.

Everyone knows only the elites could enter the Future Academy, so that means only one of the three has that privileged. There was a hostile glare with each other before parting. Of course, his mother wouldn't back off too. This is for her son's future!

Coming back home, Yulsa immediately picked up his siblings as usual. But the one he was waiting for there is nowhere to be found just like yesterday. He was crestfallen along with the other teenager.

Walk home, eat, and take a crap, he immediately entered the game after all of that.

Teleporting inside the game, he saw an influx of players today comparing yesterday, and all of them are between level 4 to 5! Some others are still level 3.

"Level-up! I need to level-up!!"

He took the road immediately towards Instructor Ryan and pass the quest.

[Congratulations! You're now Lv. 3!!"]

"Now young man," Instructor Ryan started. " Do you want power? A power that normal mortal can't do, do you want it?" He asks seriously.

"Yes, of course."

"Good. But this path is a very treacherous one, with no easy short-cuts, or reset button. If you die, there's no coming back. Are you still sure about this?"

["The Path To Become Strong" Do you want to accept it? Yes/No]

"Absolutely!"

[Quest has been accepted! "The Path To Become Strong"]

Objective: Challenge the "Goblins Cave" and take the "Spirit Orb"

Reward: "Spirit Orb" and Common "Wooden Bow"

Experience Points: 150Exp

"Take this scroll and pass it to the guards outside the village. They're the ones who will guide you to your quest." Instructor Ryan clutches his shoulder and said, "Don't die on me, student!"

Of course, this is only a game. "Yes, Instructor!"

Following Instructor Ryan's instruction, he approaches one of the guards and passes the scroll. The guards thoroughly read it and called a young boy around 10 to escort him towards the location of the Dungeon.

As the two walked towards the dungeons themselves, Yulsa saw many players, either going to complete their task or coming back to the village to pass the completion of the quest.

Yesterday, he didn't see anyone inside the forest due to the reasons that the forest is only for marksman class and off-limits to the others, except if you're dumb to waste your time in there doing nothing.

For this forest, this is the actual questline where everyone would need to take part because of the first dungeon they'd need to accomplish to obtain the "Spirit Orb"

Spirit Orb is an essential tool for every player, and none can't argue that. Due to it being your partner for many purposes. For its many purposes is of being your actual map guider.

The game developer is detailed in each small mistake that can be improved. With this world being an actual world where many places are hidden, there's no way you can memorize your path and routes to go back where you wanted to go. That's where the Spirit Orb enters.

According to the description, this little creature of wisp will be your partners and you're the only one enable to see them as they guide you.

Spirit Wisp has many purposes too but, that's a topic for another day.

Yulsa and the boy arrived at the dungeon entrance where many players are forming a team to challenge the dungeon. The boy left immediately after doing his task leaving him to his own device.

Looking around, he tried to spot a party that's still incomplete in members, so he approached them one by one to try his luck.

...To no avail.

Either all players have already had an agreement with their friends or they just being cocky because of him being poor, which is pretty bullshit!

hOw tHE FuCK THey cAN TeLL If HEs PoOR oR NoT!!?

The players were diminishing in numbers each passing minute and he was lagging in time management. He needs parties right now or else there's no player who will visit this damn place after them completing this!!

Therefore, he became assertive in his approach which concluded on the same outcomes one after another.

Leaving him with a Mage girl who only leveled up her [Heal] instead of damage skills.

"Are you kidding me?"

"Y-yes"

"Sigh... Forget it! Let's go."

Yulsa can only resign on his fate and challenge the dungeon with this Mage.

Her name was IHealYou and she was level 3 like him.

Fortunately for the two of them, the dungeon itself has three different levels of difficulties.

Easy, Normal, and Hard, just like most of the RPG games. Of course, Yulsa would, without a doubt, take the easiest level!

After all, there are only two of them.

Until-

"Guys! Wait for me!!"

A Shield Bearer was running towards them. He was level 3 with uncommon gears.

"Oh brother, Handsome! Thank goodness you've made it!!"

And he'll not let this slide for a higher chance of raiding the boss.

"You know him?" IHealYou ask.

"No."

"Oh?"

"Hey! I don't swing that way!! You green-minded girl!"

Adding another player to their party, they challenge the dungeon... Which was hard mode...

"Fuck..."