"Jay, you bring too much monsteeeer!!" Megumi complained while continuing to heal. "My heal can't catch up" she added in panic. Quickly, Jay break some healing potion. Red smoke appeared, circulated languidly and wrapping Jay whole body, healing him. That's adding a few second, enough for the mage to finish their chant of magic.
"Frostbloom!" HanaHana finish her chant first. Flowers of ice blooming, freezing every leg of wolves Jay bring in the range of her magic circle, making them unable to move.
"Fire ball!" orbs of fire were unleashed from Melody's hand continuously. "Melody, HanaHana watch out!" Megumi shouted, warning her two teammates who were focused on attacking the wolves without realizing that some of them were not trapped by HanaHana's magic.
But…
Slash! Slash!
Ren come out from nowhere, already slashing those wolves, returning the cheerful faces of the 3 girl immediately. "That was close. Thanks, Ren" Jay ran towards them.
"Jay, you push it too much earlier" Ren said while sheathing his 2 daggers.
"But we get so much experience points from that, right?" Jay answered lightly without feeling guilty. For this one, Jay isn't wrong. But Ren got a point there too. Seems Ren still not satisfied with the answer—look on her face tell that much without any words. HanaHana and Melody can only tried to calm them down.
"S-sorry. I'm not much of help." Megumi felt bad. Her words makes everyone fall silent. They already fight a lot of monster, and it became clearer that the review were true. In this game, everything you have in your inventory can be summoned in your hand just by imagining the item—no need to even remember the name of the item. System know what you want to take without even to open inventory screen. So, taking a healing potion is easy and faster. And it even give the same amount of heal as the healer do. Usually, in every game, potion need to be drunk, but in this game breaking it can give the same effect too and much faster to use. While heal have a cooling down time and cast time. Just a few second, but still that's feels like forever in battlefield.
"Don't mind it. You did well." Jay try to cheer Megumi up, really a good leader type.
"I will change my job--"
"What are you saying? It's still too fast to say that. Let's wait a little bit. You have us as a party" Jay interrupted, looking so seriously. Megumi can't help but admire him, and get blushing a bit, she need to look away. Melody and HanaHana try to cheer her up too. Megumi is so happy that she doesn't realize there are 1 person that wasn't as happy as they were.
"Rather than that, Jay, you're amazing. The way you were kiting the monster. Are you actually an athlete? How can you aren't look tired after all that fight?" Melody said with eyes full of admiration.
Melody have a point there. Just for reminder, VIEW is Virtual Inter-conscious Emulation World. Everything is just like in the real world. Usually, in game, you just need to move your finger in keyboard or move the mouse you used. Even your character running or fighting, you as a player won't feel tired. Player isn't the one who run or fight after all. But in here, even you know the tactics or techniques, you need to move your whole body and did it yourself.
"No, no. I'm just a salaryman. How about you, Ren? You're so fast." Jay asked
"No, I'm not. It seems stats in here adjusting your body automatically even you don't have any experience like that." Ren replied, picking up gems dropped by the wolves they defeated, followed by the other.
"Is that means I can solve math better in every INT stat I put up?" Megumi starts imagining her being number one in whole school—even though she already graduated. She thinks it's a shame that VIEW just come out now. If it comes out a few year before, maybe she can became the smartest girl in the whole Indonesia?
Everyone laugh hearing that. "Megumi, you're bad at math are you?" HanaHana tried to tease Megumi. Megumi can only laugh helplessly.
"Asking like that prove that you're still dumb even though you put intelligence up." Ren adding while rolling her eyes.
"Ah, Ren! You're so cold. Humph" Megumi mad, that makes the other 3 back to laugh again.
"It's really not makes us became genius in math, but I can understand better when I read the book. I'm not a reader myself in real life" HanaHana said. Megumi and Melody agreed immediately.
"Yeah, I usually fall asleep after reading a few paragraph in real life. But in here, I can read a whole book easily!" Melody added.
"I know right! I can't help thinking, is this what a smart guy in school feeling?" Megumi added too.
After a bit more of exchanging opinions with each other, they seems to meet the conclusion: It seems like this, strength added your power, agility added your speed, dexterity added your focus, intelegence added your understanding in learning a book, and vitality added your stamina. There's still a lot they haven't grasp in this world, but well, they will eventually.
Night is approaching, so they decided to call it a day. They go back to Eden City to sell the gems they got today, and meet in an inn to have a dinner and split the gold. There's something different in this game. It's that the skill they use need to be bought—except for assassin. For knight, they have a headquarter as a base in city's castle. For mage, there are magic academy. For archer, their base is in ranger outposts. And lastly, for healer, their base is in city's church. Those 4 different place, each located in north, east, south and west. There are an NPC (Non-Player Character) in each base that you can buy the skill from. There are 4 level in the skill: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Godly. You can purchase the skill until the advance level, but not godly level. No one know for sure, how can you get it. In fact, until this time, no one ever get it yet. There are some rumor that said it just a hoax, but, no body knows.
Back to topic, basic skill usually just need gold to purchase, intermediate level need gold and some special gems, and advanced level need gold, some special gems and special quest to unlock. After you paid for the skills you want, for knight and archer, there will be another npc who will train you to use it and after you can use it in training, it will show up in your skill screen, complete with the description. For mage and healer, you will get a book that will make you understand how to use it. You can try the spell, and after you can use it, it will show up in your screen, just like for knight and archer.
The one different is assassin. They don't have a base and they just get the skills through fighting. Actually, its quite hard to play assassin, but they still have some reputation unlike healer. They full of surprise. If you're lucky to trigger something—no one knows what is it though, you can even get the advanced skills with its basic skills related to it altogether. Assassin job is like a joker card in this game.
Megumi really feel bad actually, to get the same share as the other while doesn't contribute that much in fight. But everyone is so kind to give it to her. Megumi really feels blessed to meet them all. Especially Jay. She seems starting to see Jay differently.
After the dinner, they go to their room to have a rest. Megumi get room with Ren, HanaHana with Melody, and Jay alone as he is the only boy in the party. Ren is really a quiet type girl. Her answer is always short for everything Megumi said. Even though Megumi was just worried because it look like something bothering Ren, but Ren doesn't talk about that. What a boring girl. Give up, Megumi choose to sleep.
When she open her eyes, Ren isn't in the bed. Megumi can't help but agasp. She goes to bed earlier than Ren, but Ren wakes up earlier than her. Well, this morning they suppose to go to each base to get some new skills, so it's like free time. "It's not like assassin have a base, why so early" Megumi murmured. Megumi wake up, and preparing herself. After getting breakfast, she go to the church.
She comes out full of smile. She get 2 new skill: Accelerate, the skills that increase character's agility and movements greatly, and Vigilance, the skills that increase vitality and defense greatly. She wants to get Insight too actually, the skills that increase intelligence and mana greatly, but sadly, she doesn't have enough gold for that. It's better to invest on short range attacker 1st since they will be the vanguard of this party.
On the way back to inn, their meeting place, someone forcefully pulling her. Megumi swear, she doesn't saw anyone around!
Is it a skill? Come to think of it, am I getting kidnapped?! What should I do?
Even though there's no PvP (Player vs Player) features in Celestia, means you can't kill a player in this world, Megumi can't help for panicking, but she can't shouting for help since the kidnapper covering Megumi's mouth with her hand. In the quiet alley, finally the kidnapper release her.
"Ren!?!!?" Megumi agasp. She wanna start complaining but Ren look at her seriously.
"You better change your job now." She said out of nowhere.
"Why? Healer isn't that bad. I can support you guys. Look, my new skills. Accelerate" Megumi cast it to Ren, but Ren doesn't seems to appreciate that. "Change your job" She demanded again. But for Megumi who fall for Jay, Ren looks like a girl who jealous of her to get Jay's attention. How can she accept it? "No" she refuse it flatly.
Ren still looks at her seriously. Megumi actually feel intimidate, but she brace herself, doesn't want to lose for Jay. "Tch, fine" Ren finally gave in and turned to leave. A triumphant smile bloomed on Megumi's face. She wanna tease Ren for getting jealous of her to get Jay's attention, but in the second, Ren already gone.
Whatever, freak Megumi think, and go back to the inn. On the way, she can't help to being amazed by assassin tho. Can disappear like that, what skill she get? Maybe tonight she will just pester Ren to tell about that and how she get that. Assassin's skill is always be interesting topic after all.
Jay already in the front of the inn when Megumi arrived. Megumi quickened her steps and greeted Jay with a big smile. Not long after Megumi, HanaHana and Melody arrived too. Now, they're waiting for Ren. Megumi remember what just happens and about to tell her teammates, but suddenly a notification appears.
Ren has left the party
Ren... did she leave because I don't listen to her to change my job? Megumi shocked. She can't even heard the other 3 who start questioning why Ren left so suddenly, without even saying goodbye? Looking at Megumi who lost on her mind, Jay asking, "Megumi, is there anything happens between you and Ren last night?"
"Yes, you both sleep in the same room, right? What happens?" Melody added.
Megumi finally wakes up from her shocked phase, and explain what just happens earlier, how Ren demand her to change her job. Everyone fall silent.
"T-that's cruel. I know Ren looks so cold from the start, but I don't know she is this vicious." HanaHana getting angry hearing what happens. Melody aggreed and they starting to trash talk about Ren. Jay quickly calm them down. "It's okay. Let's just start grinding"
Everyone agreed, and they go out from the city to hunting. But Megumi can't help but still feeling down. There's no point to feels sad for that bitch! Let's cheer up for Jay, HanaHana and Melody.