"Litia! " The elf girl called out to the person sitting on the chair of a table.
The two sitting people looked at her.
"Alice, here! " The girl sitting on the table raised her hand and called the elf girl.
Elf girl smiled and caught Ren's hand and said, "let's go" And went towards Litia's table.
"Alice, Sit here. " Litia said.
Ren sat next to the other person, opposite side to litia and Alice.
The other person was a man in his 30's, he was tall and muscular with normal face. He was wearing a light armour and he kept his sword tied on his back whole time.
"Alice is he our new recruit?" Asked the old man.
"Yes, his name is...!..?.. , Umu, I forgot to ask! "
Veins popped on that man's forehead.
*Sigh*
He sighed and introduced himself.
"Hello,I am Darren, Leader of 'team silverleaf', nice to meet you. "
Darren was a polite man.Ren shake hands with him, "I'm Ren. Nice to meet you. " Ren returned his greeting similarly.
"I am Litia, And she's Alice. " Litia introduced herself and clumsy Alice.
Litia was a beastgirl, She was a beautiful lady with cute and fluffy greyish cat ears and tail. From her face one could guess that she was atleast 19 to 20 year old.Her eyes we're beautifully big with almond shaped pupils.
After introductions Darren started telling the details...
"For joining team you must have experience in fighting, which almost everyone have."
"Yes, I have some experience in fighting. "Ren answered.
[30 minutes later. ]
For half an hour they discussed about all details about joining their team. Well, Ren hesistated at first, because he just entered the city and was pulled into some schemes.
They explained him about how it works.
For clearing floors their is requirement of many people because every floor is like on open vast plain.Each floor has its own dangers. And people can't clear them alone. Being in group will have advantages and disadvantages of it's own.
Advantage that you can get someone to back you up and other thing is that rewards.
But their is one problem. Being in group you have to share some of the rewards with your teammates and also when each level of floor is cleared extra rewarded experience points will be distributed among team by worldly system.
Also another advantage is your life safety. This is no game. Life is precious. If we adventure in team then chances of survival increases by manyfolds.
Yes, in a world where each step had dangers, importance of being alive increases. If you want to survive you have to struggle. But if you have your team you can take a little easy as they will be your swords and shields when you are in need.
Coming back to the topic, Darren was leader of the team and their team had 23 members. Yes, even if they say team it was similar to a clan. Their team was new and didn't have any headquarters.
It was normal to have 23 members going on one adventure.
There was even a news that a clan with more than 100 members went to adventure on a certain plain and everyone was massacered by the floor boss.
This was the danger in adventuring.
You may be asking why adventure if you can live normal life in placid city?
The reason is simple, people tend to try find new things. It is nature of intelligent creatures. They didn't like to be chained in cage. They were like eagle. They liked to fly high and hunt more.
The reason for need to adventure? Rewards? Yes,Power? Yes, New Discoveries? Yes.
The true reason for it was fear... Fear of the unknown.. Fear of what will happen if... Fear of God? Yes... The less your level is the less you live.Stronger gets stronger and weaker is stepped-By whom you ask? They will Or will not be stepped by stronger as this city had rules and not a place for unruly brutes.
Onlooker(god) of this place was sadist he liked to make weak suffer more.
Coming to conclusions... Life was pretty fucked up 'if you do not get used to it'.
But other than that, it was really a magical world. Well, for earthlings it may be a surprise but for others it was normal.
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"You can call me Alice~.We are team now no need for honorifics...Ren" Alice's professional attitude which she showed when she met Ren was nowhere to be seen.
'Where did the clumsy recruiter go? Did someone replace her with cheerful Alice? 'Ren thought. Truth was Alice wasn't professional recruitor, she was a normal team member.Their team being new, members themselves were given task to recruit atleast one new member. And new batch of other worlders coming here gave them chance to recruit more people. Recruiting wasn't easy, chances of backstabbing and other cautious things should be seen before accepting new members. As other worlders being newbie they could be shaped before their mentality changes.
"Ren, let's meet others tomorrow, Alice you can help him find a good inn. " Darren said.
"Uh Alice, I will also come! " Said Litia.
Darren just looked at Ren blankly. It looked like he too wanted company of someone.
'Why is he looking at me like that. I didn't steal your girl bro! ' Ren chuckled looking at Darren's face.
'Is he paedophile?Or I am just overthinking. 'Ren thought about it for few second
And left with other two,leaving Darren alone.
Ren, Alice,Litia went other way out of Restaurant.
*Ting*
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(A/N: *sigh* I am not good with writing conversations. I myself am a introvert. ╥﹏╥.
Till now there was not much conversation part so I wrote it faster but now I have to think more about what their conversation should be and what shouldn't.
Any suggestions? Please comment.I appreciate your help.Thanks for support. )