Really Jon can't believe his luck, just when he worried about a lack of range weapon someone come tumbling over, carrying one.
While it didn't have the range of a bow, a crossbow has more power.
And because of the short range of the weapon, they will stand closer and it would be easier to help each other.
Jon was going to land a strike but froze remembering that he can't attack a person unless threatened.
And the fatty who came over certainly didn't threaten him anyway yet.
"What are you dallying for? Finish him quickly" Mia frowned as she saw Jon stopping mid-attack.
As for why she didn't move to attack the fatty on her own…the bow and arrow are not the only things she forgot, in her desperation, she left her dagger back there as well.
So now she is really armless, but the fatty seems to have a sword, which is better suited for her as a tank.
Jon tried to think of an excuse when the system decided to intervene.
[DING! Please select one of the following…
Do nothing. Reward: Nothing
Party up with the Fatty. Reward: +3 Mushroom
Ask your party member to kill him. Reward: +1 berry]
Seeing this Jon had only one thing to say, 'why are the rewards so pitiful?'
A single berry can heal at most 2 to 3 points of HP. But he is more interested in the 3 mushrooms.
It is the first time the system is introducing to him a new item.
'System, what is a mushroom for? Don't tell it is just for eating' Jon asked suspiciously.
[Host can know what it is once Host uses it]
Hearing the not so really answer, he sighed but thought it is worth it to see what it really is.
'Who knows it might be some kind of fantastic stuff
As for the choice, Jon put on a kind smile.
'Fatty let's team up'
"Hey, bro. you look to be in your last leg" Jon slowly said to the fatty who had long since given up and awaiting the pain.
Hearing Jon speaking to him, he raised his head again, confused.
'Don't tell me he likes to chatter with me before killing me?' Samrex in his years of gaming had seen many kinds of gamers, people who like to talk before killing their enemies are nothing new.
They would constantly spam the chatbox but that was still within a reasonable range as they can't both move and spam at the same time, with technological development and VR they would not need to worry about and can speak as they moved.
'But if he is willing to talk, I might delay it until I get a chance to escape, they both seem to not have any range weapons, so if I ran quick enough they can't easily harm me' Fatty quickly planned.
There are many ways the plan can fail like what if Jon decided to throw his knife at him, or what if one of them is a better runner than him?
But Sam can't predict each and every scenario since he knows nothing about the players.
"We both have partied, as you can see she is a tanker, while I will be rogue cum melee" Jon slowly pointed at Mia who is frowning at Jon's action.
'Just finish him damn, why are you dallying for?' Mia cursed when Jon began to talk about their party.
Sam on the other hand had other thoughts, 'Wait, is he trying to steal my viewers?'
Sam doesn't know how many viewers he had; in fact, he will rate the game only two stars just for this.
There is not even basic steamers interference not to mention options to send rockets.
'Did he know I'm a famous streamer? Is that why he is dallying for? To attract the viewers to his channel?' Sam already started to think that Jon is a rival streamer.
"We are still missing a ranged attacker, since you have a crossbow how about you join our party?" Jon offered sincerely.
Samrex is dumbfounded, and Mia is dumbfounded as well.
'Wasn't fatty an enemy? Wasn't this a Battle Royale-style game? Wait, he did the same for me, asking me to party with him, don't tell me he will add the next person he sees to the party as well'
Mia had this weird feeling that her thought will become reality.
On the one hand, he wanted to continue on and explore this new game, but on the other hand, he wanted to get out of the game and see how the viewers are reacting. Either way, he is eager for both.
'Sigh, what a dilemma!' Samrex thought, but he will choose to continue anytime.
This is a rare chance, after all only very few were admitted for this live beta test.
One can't miss this chance or else there would be eternal regret.
Sam will not think the same for other games, but it is certainly so for this era-breaking game.
'Who knows I will be even recorded in the history of VR'
"Yes! I mean, I like to join your party" SamRex quickly agreed.
Jon nodded smiling, he should get the rewards now…he waited but the reward didn't come.
'System, where is my reward?!'
[Host, the fatty hadn't partied yet, please check the party tab]
And as the system said, Samrex hadn't joined yet.
Samrex is tense as he waited, 'Dammit either kill me or send me the party invite, I'm dying from waiting' Samrex lost patience.
Seeing Sam look at him impatiently, Jon figured Sam is waiting as well.
Then he remembered who the party leader is.
The one who can send the invite is the Party leader so he turned to Mia.
"Why aren't you sending the invite yet?" Jon asked, making Sam realize the matter.
'So he isn't the boss here, then why did you speak first like the leader' Sam complained turning to Mia.
"What are you asking me for? Did you ask me when you decided to add this fatty to the party?" Mia humped turning away.
Realizing it is indeed a mistake to not discuss with Mia his plan beforehand, Jon quickly tried to compromise her.
"Hey, don't be like that, isn't three better than two? Besides, I'm not good at aiming"
Mia didn't argue with him and refused to send the invite.
She didn't plan to do so from the start, she just wanted to argue with Jon for the sake of it.
As for his words, Mia agreed, that three is better than two.
When the time comes and the team breaks, she would not be attacked from the get-to-go as the one would be weary of the other.
Sam got the invite and added himself to the party; Jon got the reward as soon as Sam accepted.
[Choice selection successful. You have received +3 Mushrooms as a reward]
{Congratulations Player 'SamRex' is your teammate now, from now on you can't attack each other, attacking so will lead to immediate elimination. You can check your fellow teammate's status in live}
Jon got two notifications, he quickly
[Do you want to withdraw +1 mushroom?]
Seeing the choice, Jon denied it.
He can't possibly look at it before the two teammates or rather he doesn't wish to disclose its existence.
Even though they are teammates, they had to fight and kill each other in the end.
As he was busy at this, Mia had gone and unceremoniously took the Sword from Sam.
The sword was a claymore style Scottish greatsword, double-edged it will at least weight near 4-5 lb. The sword is near the same height as her.
"If we are finished, we should get going, after all, we need to enter the next zone before one hour is up," Jon said making them both nod.
Since the t-shaped building is on the way, they decided to explore it and see what they have