Just as Maggie was going to tease Yumi, she noticed a figure standing in the distance from the corner of her left eye. Maggie slowly turned her eyes as the full figure of the boy who saved them came into her sight.
Maggie was frozen stiff. Link, who was standing in the distance, was also looking at her with a strange expression on his face. This is the first time Link truly saw Maggie's appearance, she was no less beautiful than Yumi. And her figure was also more matured, well she herself knew about it.
But after listening to her stupid rambling, Link didn't know how to react.
Maggie was also aware of her blunder, gears in her mind were rapidly moving as she thought about how to put an end to this awkward atmosphere.
Just as Maggie was feeling sad for not coming up with a solution. Link wasn't a stupid guy, so he turned to Yumi and said "hey desk mate."
Yumi was startled after hearing Link's greeting. She lifted her face and looked towards Link, but all she could see was a guy in a white mask with a red pattern on his left eye.
Yumi tried to think about all the acquaintances but she couldn't recognize him. So she asked, "Do I know you?"
"Hunh." Link felt like he heard something wrong, why would she not recognize him? They met today in the classroom but he found out the reason after a while.
Link removed the mask from his face and greeted with a smile "Hey!"
Just as Link removed the mask from his face, Yumi was astonished.
"Link?"
Of course she knew him, they met just today in the classroom. But if she is not wrong, he should be an average mage. That is why even though Link's voice was familiar to her, she would have never guessed his identity.
But after finding out his identity, she was very surprised. Who knew a seemingly quiet guy would have such a strong talent.
......…
On the other side of Undead hall, all the adventurers, who were retreating, stood rooted in their place. They also witness the miraculous rescue.
When that explosion took place in the middle of the sea of bones, some of them recognized its destructive power.
"That explosion at least reached d-level, right?"
"It was an item not a spell, but destructive power was certainly at d-level." one of the more knowledgeable guys replied.
"Wow, did anyone see his face?, why have we nor heard of him?" asked one of the guys.
"He was wearing a mask," one of the archers said.
"I bet he is very handsome." one of the girls said, while others nodded.
"He looked so cool, does anyone know his name?" another girl shouted.
Other guys felt sour after listening to these girls, they also wanted girls to worship them but their talents can't match those freaks.
Shelby and Zander, who also arrived here, knew about Link more than these guys. So when they found out that others were interested in him, they also shared Link's information with others to get favor from those high rankers.
Soon everyone found out about Link's fight with the boss. And girls became more and more fascinated after hearing his tales.
One thing was certain, the name Zero will become famous in the summer city.
..........
On the other side of the undead plane,
Link was sitting with Yumi and Maggie.
Maggie was looking at both of them with strange eyes.
"I didn't know that you had such a handsome and powerful deskmate." Maggie said to Yumi.
Yumi totally ignored her shameless friend and said "who would have thought that you also awakened a rare profession."
Link was startled after hearing Yumi's statement, but he knew that Yumi was just guessing it based on his current level, after all he is now at level-7 and nothing other than a rare profession can explain such a thing.
Link didn't plan to clear the misunderstanding but he also didn't agree with it.
So he changed the topic "what were you doing there?, and why were you being chased by an undead summoner?"
Yumi and Maggie glance at each-other, Link misunderstood their actions so he hastily said "you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."
Yumi was stunned after hearing that, but soon a smile appeared on her cold face. Yumi shook her head and said "It's not a secret, I went there to look for a mount. As you know, I inherited the Flame dragon knight profession from my family and we knights need a mount to display the full power of our profession."
"I found out the location of a Skeleton warhorse near the undead hall. But we didn't know that an undead summoner was sleeping in the hall."
"I told you that it would be dangerous but you never listen to me, little mimi" Maggie said.
"Stop calling me that, and you were the one who poked that sleeping summoner." Yumi said while looking towards Maggie angrily.
Link also knew that knight class needed a mount but he was confused, why would she put herself in danger when her family is so rich. And a beauty sitting on a skeleton horse would be a strange scene.
So he asked Yumi, "Aren't your family supposed to be rich, why would you take a risk for a low level mount."
Yumi looked embarrassed after hearing Link's doubt. She replied "My family has already prepared a first-order mount for me but I can't use it for now."
Yumi would never admit that she wanted to catch her own mount, so she made a stupid decision to go after a low level mount.
After hearing Yumi's explanation, Link nodded.
"Yes, this is how a second generation rich kid should be treated." Link thought to himself.
Just when Link was thinking about Yumi's situation. Maggie, who was sitting beside Yumi, couldn't take it anymore and asked "Hey Link, why are you so strong?"
Link, who had already expected this question, didn't answer and just smiled. Yumi, who heard her friend's brazen question, didn't know what to say.
So she asked Link if he wanted to hunt more monsters before going back.
Now that Link couldn't visit undead hall so he agreed and all three of them started harvesting monsters in surrounding areas rapidly.
During this time Yumi asked if he wanted something in return for saving them. But Link didn't plan to ask anything, so Yumi and Maggie had a better impression of Link. They have seen many people approach them for benefits.
But Yumi still said that she will give him a D-level item for saving her. She didn't give Link any chance to refuse. Soon they destroyed a skeleton camp, and Link started to pick dropped materials from the camp.
Seeing him manually picking up materials, Yumi asked...