"Ling..."
A white-haired woman paused for a second as she fully heard the name mentioned by the man saved him all of a sudden.
"Don't tell me, he's the guy I'm looking for?"
It appeared Isabella perceived some conversation between Hary and Ling yesterday. To be exact, she heard them that they were going to the Rocky Temple, and out of curiosity to see how was good her classmates in this Virtual Reality Game, that's why she ended up here.
Exactly that day, she went to the Rocky Temple since Ling and Hary were on the court they didn't see each other. Of course, it came to her mind that she must stop pursuing them as Ling and Hary would find out that she was eavesdropping on them.
Yet, when she was about to leave the place someone launched a sneak attack on her. She didn't know if it was because of her items, or if someone making her the main target. Well, she managed to block the attack and inflict high damage to that ranker that seemed like belonged to the assassin class.
After that, the ranker found out that he can't defeat his opponent, so he tried to log out to avoid the worst-case scenario. However, he can't do it as he was in the middle of a quest. Though, he can log out but he must be inside the safe zone, or, no monsters exist within 100 meters radius distance.
In Ling's case, the main reason why he managed to log out was when the rankers were chasing him. It was because no monsters were around back then, plus, the presence of the five rankers coming at him was enough to detect by the system that his character was safe to leave.
There are three options to log out of this game. First, the player must be inside the safe zone or safe place. Second, no monster should exist within a 100-meter radius. Lastly, players should not have ongoing personal quests. Yes, players can log out even if they have a quest, except for the special quest since it had just limited time.
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Meanwhile, Isabella was just simply looking at the area where Ling and Hary disappeared due to Hary's transportation magic skills. Soon, she had an uncomfortable smile on her face after she found out Ling wasn't the one who attack her.
Hmm... No one could blame her to think Ling was that person. Why? Because first of all he bumped into her and Isabella doesn't feel his presence during that time until he touched her. She can't tell if she just focused on the monster, or if the man simply had the ability to conceal his presence. Also, Ling belonged to the rogue class which was the assassin class were concluded, so it was hard to not think in that way.
Moreover, she spun around and glanced in the direction where she could feel the uncontrollable presence. In this time world, once the Ranker enters this game, their senses were doubled than the usual they have in the real world. At the same time, Rankers could enhance by simply attaining a higher level.
"So the fast one is Ling and the other one is Hary. They are quite interesting, but for now, I should find out the person behind this attack."
Swoosh!
[Speed lightning!]
And all of a sudden, Isabella's body was coated with blue-white light that helped to raise her speed in a short period. To describe her, only the light illuminated the only thing they could be seen, not her body.
Swoosh!
[Blade works!]
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On the other hand, Ling and Hary teleported to the top of the cliff. They were surrounded by numerous green trees, rocks, and a long lake not too far away from them.
Bam!
Hary fell to the ground and had a relief expression on his face. "You are quite lucky that arrived at the perfect time, Ling. If not, you are already dead right now and unfortunately spending your monster cores." Hary said, then leaned his back against the rock.
Ling has the same expression on his face as he really thought that he was going to die. "Thank you for saving me from that crazy woman, Hary!" He responded and sat next to him as he would like to calm himself first.
"She's not just a crazy woman, Ling. She's also a dangerous ranker in this world. But first of all, how did you get in touch with Crezania?" He asked, wondering how high-level rankers like her doing in the low-level farming site which was the Rocky temple.
If he remembered correctly, Crezania was a level 60 ranker, so supposedly she must be found inside a mid-level dungeon or high-level dungeon. Also, there was a rumor that the woman was obsessed with duels as of now she has almost 500 battles, and no one was able to defeat her.
Of course, famous and strong guilds were trying to recruit her to increase their manpower and success rate in all their exceptions. However, for some reason, she never tried to join them. Although she was participating in some party, still, she was doing that because of the restrictions implemented in a certain dungeon.
"I don't care who she is," Ling said inwardly, "she tried to attack me just because of a small understanding. How unbelievable."
Based on his expression, Hary could easily tell Ling wanted to take his revenge on that woman. However, even though he possessed great skill, still, Crezania was the type of ranker he can't win.
"If I were you, Ling. I would not continue the thought running inside your mind right now. Just focus on attaining levels and monster cores." Hary suggested, then even clapped his hands. "Okay! Okay! Let's forget about that man, we should just enjoy this game since this is the first time we are going to play together."
Because of his words, the angry expression on Ling's face easily faded away as he realized Hary was quite right. His current level and skill were enough to win against, and if he pursued to take his revenge right, everything would happen again.
'Once we get in touch again, I'll make you regret that you attack me.' He uttered to his mind and took a glance at Hary. "What we are going to do right now?"
Hary stood up and clicked something in front of him. "As you can see, we are going to have an expedition. But first, accept my invitation."
[Hary wants to invite you to a party? Yes/No]
[Party raid. It's a group of rankers that is concluded by 2 or more members. By joining the party, the EXP and ITEMS would be separated into 50%, sometimes it depends on how large the members of your party are.]
Ling wasn't stupid to not understand the context given by the screen, so he immediately clicked the Yes on the screen. "It's finished. What now?"
"Come over here, we are going to the graveyard to boost you?"
"Boost me? What's that?"