"It can't be… there's must be a misunderstanding."
Megumi quickly open her friend list screen to call Jay and asking for explanation just to find only 1 name in there, Ren, nothing else. It seems they even unfriend her too. Her chest felt tight. With heavy steps, she tried to at least arrive at the inn where they usually stayed, but her strength seemed to be running out. Can't stand it anymore, she find somewhere to lean in the nearest alley and started crying. When Ren betray her, she doesn't feel this sad. Instead she felt very angry at her. Well, can't help it. She trust Jay so much. You will only feel disappointment if you put your trust in the wrong person. If you don't believe them from the start, you won't feel disappointed no matter what they do to you. She fall asleep there, hoping this is just a dream and when she wake up tomorrow, Her teammates already there to greet her.
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She open her eyes, just to find the cold road and brick wall ahead. She is at lost first, about why the hell she sleep in place like this, like a drunk person. But minutes later, she remembered what just happens yesterday and became gloom again. It's not a dream. But don't call her Megumi if she just give up like that. She slapped her cheeks hard until they turned red and stand up, clenched her fist towards the sky as if challenging the goddess of fortune who just left her.
At the inn…
"Healer? We don't need that in our party. Sorry" an archer said, his teammates can't even look straight at Megumi as they reject her.
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On the road...
"Sorry, we are full" another rejection she get from another party. "Does she never look at the review?" they murmured as they leave Megumi with pity.
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In front of main gate...
"Omg, that's useless job. Just go remake your character. Hopefully you will get another job" they said looking at her pitifully followed by giggling sounds from the others.
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"I. KNOW. IT. ALREADY !!!" Megumi yelling, pouring out all her frustration while smashing the rabbits with her new wands. Yes, you are right! It's not how you use the wand. But what can she do? As a healer, she doesn't have any offensive skill at all.
For months, what she did just smashing rabbits, finding party (but of course get rejected), sleep, again and again. Being treated like that continuously, instead of making Megumi want to change her job, it actually made Megumi determine to become the number one healer and made all the players regret having rejected her.
Notifications: You got the tittle Rabbit Slayer.
She finally got 1 level up and even got the unusual and uncool tittle. It's really a complicated feeling, remembering that the first time she set foot on the training ground she cried because she doesn't want to kill a rabbit. And now she even get the tittle of 'rabbit slayer' for slaying too much rabbit already—or should we say, smashing rabbit.
"Maybe I should move to another place" She murmured.
The next day, she decided to go to Lullaby Forest. The monster in this forest mostly isn't an aggressive type, so it's one of the better place to grinding for newbie who solo leveling. If you have party, especially if you have knight in your party, it's better to go to the place which have an aggressive type monster so the knight can easily kiting it. That's why it's the first time for Megumi to come in this place.
1st monster she tried to attack is Fungi. Fungi is a monster that isn't aggressive like wolf, with the shape of mushroom. It can move, but doesn't bite, doesn't punch, doesn't have sharp claw or sharp teeth, etc. Instead, it's attacking by shot away a poisonous gas to the player. Megumi have cure skills to cure poison, but still the smell is awfull and its kind of disgusting monster. But, again, it gives more experience points than a rabbit.
It's quite taking a much time for Megumi to finish 1 fungi, but the experience points she got is really much better than rabbit. Unfortunately, there are a problem when hunting here—and maybe in the other place as well. Player. Player keep stealing her monster. There are 2 kind of player: first, those who did it because they meant to save her, and second, those jerks who wanna get easy experience points. Experience points system in Celestia is the party who get the last attack is the one who will get the full experience points while the other just get half exp. Fungi is just the lowest monster in the Lullaby Forest. How can they still steal it?
"GO DIE ALREADY!!!" She yell angrily while stomping her foot. She put her hands closer to the campfire to warm her body, still grumble herself. In the middle to cursing those player in her mind, she got herself a really bright idea how to levelling faster.
In the next day, she isn't focusing herself to find a fungi, but instead, she looking for other player. God smile at her, she find her victim in no time. Megumi quickly hid nearby, and wait. The party in front of her is fighting a bear. They're quite skilled. When they are about to launched the final attack, quickly Megumi cast a protection barrier around the bear. "Shield"
"Who is that?!" someone yell startled, reflex looking at Megumi who just interfere with their hunting. But before that, Megumi cast another spells at them. "Barrier".
As the skills name, it create barrier around those party. Barrier will protect anyone inside it, but those inside the barrier can't attack too. And in that precious time she use to strike the last blow, hit the bear with her wand. She got quite experience points compared to killing a rabbit or a fungi. And since she always in a party before, she already fight a greater monster than this. But the experience points is being splitted equally in each member, makes this 1 bear's experience points is greater than that because she got this just for herself. It makes clearer why healer in a party is really just a burden.
"You!! Have you no shame?!" one of them yelling madly at Megumi. But Megumi doesn't care.
"What? Wanna kill me? Just curse the devs that not including pvp feature in this game." Megumi replied lightly with mocking tone before running away from the angry party.
She did it!!! Not only she got a lot exp, she got her revenge to stupid players as well. She can't help but laughed with satisfaction. 'Let's find another victims', she think.
Now, it became her new routine. It seems the more often she does it, the more player decided to stop coming in this Lullaby Forest. It quite hard to find a victim lately. When she about to move to another place for her hunting—ehem—session, finally she find another victim. Solo player. A woman assassin. And the best part is… she is old friend.
Ren!
Megumi can't help but recalling what happened, and anger rose to her head again. 'Good timing!' she smirk. Megumi stalking Ren carefully. Looks like she just came from a fight—great one, that she just gulp a large healing potion to look better again. 'Heh, that's why you got for leaving party and solo levelling instead. Just a bear and you hurt that much'. Megumi mocking her in her mind.
She stalks Ren carefully, but doesn't seems like gonna hunting. The direction they go, is seems like she going back to the city. 'Wha—I haven't steal from you yet! Don't go!' inner Megumi crying. Just as the God see her inner tears, a Bear appear in front of Ren. Bear is an aggressive type monster so Ren must defeat it so she can go back in peace.
Just as usual, Megumi wait in patience. Watching her, she secretly in awe. How can Ren fight it so easily?! Luckily, Megumi got her timing right to steal the monster. "Shield"
Ren startled. That looks on Ren's face really like a drug to cure Megumi's anger a little, she happily gave a big mocking smile to Ren. In the split of second, Megumi's successfully steal the experience points again. But this one is more more moreee satisfying. "Watch your back" Megumi warned, proudly smiling before disappeared in the forest. It's really satisfying!
Megumi did it again and again. She doesn't care about other, but she keep tailing at Ren and stealing her exp. Everytime she did it, Ren will yell angrily, but who cares? That even makes Megumi wanna steal even more. She is like a gum you accidentally step on the way, so hard to clean. Sometimes, Megumi even tease her by blessing the bear instead, until Ren can't handle it and being forced to retreat with a funny looking run.
"Ahahhahahahahaha, this is really fun!!!"