Gaburu panicked, thinking that it was him who did it and without a second to spare, stood up and rushed away with the dagger.
What had actually happened was, when Rei shouted the word 'Logging', a screen appeared in front of him.
*Ding*
[Would you like to log in to TLOW?]
[Yes/No]
Apparently, Rei replied with a yes to this question but unfortunately, to Gaburu, it felt as if Rei answered his question about the dagger to which Rei hadn't even paid attention.
Regardless, as Gaburu disappeared from sight, Rei too vanished.
***
Rei appeared in the giant but peaceful forest once again.
This time it was raining.
He was completely dumbfounded yet again, because of two main reasons. One was because he ended up teleporting back into the forest without a moment's lag. And the second was because of the scene that he saw before teleporting.
'Was... Was Gaburu about to stab me?', Rei's eyeballs were visibly shaking.
He remembered the sad and happy times that he spent with Gaburu. The silly jokes that he made in many moments and the criticisms made by him... Everything flashed before his eyes as he realized that Gaburu was ready to kill him.
"Did those times amount to nothing?", he murmured.
As for Lucas, who witnessed this scene along with Rei, he was confused and worReid about something that he realized only now!
-"Bro! Bro! We fucked up."-
"Yea… I should have never trusted that guy.", Rei said in a low voice.
-"That's true, but I am concerned about something else! Something much more important."-
"Let me guess… Are you talking about this rain?", Rei asked, expecting Lucas t speak something stupid again.
-"This fucker! Stop spouting shit and use your brain for once! Just think about it! You…"- before Lucas could finish saying it, Rei started his 'Let me guess' game again.
"Wait, let me guess… Are you talking about that unlucky fish once again?", Rei asked.
-"Yes! That's exactly what I am talking abo-"-
-"Huh…?"-
-"Why the heck would I speak about some random unlucky fish?"-
-"It is something that is much more important than some fish and the shit filled in your brain…"-
-"It is your LIFE!"-
"Then why the fuck are you letting me guess? Can't you just tell me?", Rei asked.
Lucas was once again at a loss for words.
He wanted to scold and shot back at Rei, but he controlled himself as the matter was quite important.
-"Stop the shit talk and listen to me…"-
-"I said before that it might be possible that your body is transferred directly to the VR but there is a greater possibility that only your consciousness is teleported, leaving your body behind. Which means he can kill you!"-
"Huh…?", Rei was surprised by what Lucas said, his mind emptying again.
Literally, if his consciousness did transfer leaving his body behind, then by now, he would have probably been dead!
Imagine the fear and tension that Rei would have felt!
"Where is the exit? Where is the exit?", Rei asked continuously.
-"Exit?"-
"Yes! How to get out!?"
-"…"-
"..."
-"Say status."-
"Status."
*Ding*
[Status (X)]
[???]
[Help]
[Info]
[Log out (X)]
-"Now click on X."-
Lucas mentioned it quite understandably, but Rei just had to fuck up in every situation!
Instead of pressing 'X' beside the Log out option, Rei pressed the (X) beside the Status due to which the screen disappeared.
"…"
"What should I do? I wasn't able to exit!", Rei made a fuss again.
He blinked his eyes forcibly many times, but every time he opened his eyes, he was in the same forest, standing under a tree to avoid rain.
-"Call status!"-
"Ok! Status!"
*Ding*
[Status (X)]
[???]
[Help]
[Info]
[Log out (X)]
Once again the blue screen appeared.
"Now press the X beside Log out!"
"Ah!"
"You should have told me earlier…"
Rei quickly stretched his hand and tapped the X beside the logout.
Suddenly his body started to shine once again and turned into multiple pixels.
The scene for Rei once again changed.
***
Gaburu… an unfortunate and unlucky goblin. He was always jealous of Rei, the Orc Chief Rout's favourite slave.
What did Rei even deserve to get such a high spot? What does he exactly do to remain in that spot?
Simple…
He praises the orc chief in every possible situation. This is what Gaburu sees every time.
Gaburu was very hardworking. He had done many things to be useful for the orc chief but the chief favoured Rei more.
Today he decided to end it for once and for all but out of nowhere, Rei disappeared.
Gaburu's eyes widened in horror as he looked at the blue pixels which soon disappeared into thin air.
Gaburu's hands started to tremble as he rubbed his eyes making sure that he wasn't seeing things wrong, but no matter how many times he rubbed his eyes he couldn't see Rei. In the end, he just sprinted away from there at his full speed.
After a minute, blue-coloured pixels appeared, which soon started to integrate, and after some time, they started to form a body, which was covered in shining blue light but the light was soon absorbed by the back of the neck revealing his face and body.
Rei then looked around with dull eyes as if trying to find someone but he then sighed.
As Rei's eyes were trailing around, they soon paused at the cave which was a few metres away from the exit of the forest. The giant cave was used by the Orc chief. He then slowly started to walk toward the cave, still thinking about the incident that occurred just a moment ago.
He then shook his head and proceeded to enter the cave. As soon as he did he was once again greeted with the warm air of the place. The inside structure of the cave was as luxurious as ever.
At that time Rei looked at the other goblins who were present in the cave and started to look for Gaburu but unfortunately, he wasn't able to find a single trace of his so-called friend.