In the forest near Quizo Town
2 figures both tall and short could be seen running towards a certain direction. They are moving so fast that if a normal person is looking at them it will only take one blink for them to disappear.
"Wow, how are you making us move so fast brother?"
"I control the wind elemental to give us a boost in speed. If you can somehow find a way to be immune to fire I can make us go even faster."
"Wait, you mean you could just make explosions behind us or something? Wasn't that super dangerous? We are in a forest after all."
"No worries. I have enough control not to accidentally burn any trees while making the explosion."
"Where are we going anyway? We are already approaching the area boss territory."
"Area boss?"
"Area boss is the super boss that controls all the monsters in the area. It's like a mayor. A monster can rebel and not follow the order but only if they are strong enough."
"How do you know all of this anyway?"
"You don't check the community forum, don't you? You aren't the only one playing the game you know? I suggest you go check the forum for additional information. The area boss's characteristic is found by a player who wanders off into this territory. He said that the boss is a lich that can control other monsters. Everyone speculates that the lich probably has an army of undead too. But no one knows for sure."
As they are talking, a booming roar comes from their right. They turn to the side and see a humanoid monster with a pig head holding a club running towards them.
[Orc]
Rank:D
Level:25
Adam summons 10 light spears and launches them toward the orc. 5 of the spears hit the orc's head while the others hit its body. The orc's body falls lifeless on the floor just as it's about to reach Adam and Carl. Adam keeps the corpse and continues their journey.
"Brother, how strong are you actually? All those monsters that you have killed so far have strength that is at least 10 levels above you. and there have been like 10 so far."
"Strong enough that even if all the players come at me together, I could still beat all of them."
"Are you sure you're not bragging? Do you have infinite mana and health or what?"
"Well, I don't have infinite of them. But I can regen both of them fast enough that all of you can't even hurt me."
To that answer, Carl looks on the ground as if thinking something. Suddenly both of them got a notification.
[A new function Friends and Team has been unlocked]
At the corner of Adam's vision, a new icon appears. Adam clicks it and a panel appears in front of him. A friend recommendation list appears with his most recent contact being at the top and his real life friends being the next on the list.
Adam sends a friend request to Carl and Allen. The friend requests immediately get accepted and he receives a message in his inbox.
[Hey Adam. What town are you in right now?]
[Hi Allen. I'm at Quizo Town.]
[Damn it. I'm in Powler Town. I guess we shall see each other in the city then.]
[Let's hope so.]
Suddenly, another notification gets into Adam's inbox. It is a team-up request. From Carl. Adam accepts it and suddenly his level changes to level 12. He looks at Carl and realizes that he can see Carl's general information. Carl's level is also level 12 now.
"I guess they take our levels and average it out then. Hmmm"
As Adam frowns at this situation, if it is like this then the exp boost that he gains will be lowered. In the end, Adam just shrugs and ignores it. If the level increases then he just needs to find stronger monsters.
"Brother look."
Adam looks in the direction that Carl pointed out and there he sees a horde of monster bulls that are eating grass in front of a cave.
[ Iron Bull]
Rank: C
Level: 25
Adam looks at the 15 bulls and summons multiple elemental spears. Adam launches them toward the bulls successfully killing them all. Suddenly, Carl's body starts to glow with intense light that lasts for quite some time.
Carl who has just finished leveling up opens his status panel and called to Adam excitedly.
"Brother, I am level 25 now! It's so fast."
"25? That doesn't make sense. I should be more than that. The exp is divided by 2 after all."
Carl looks at his status panel and sees that his exp is over the limit of level 25. He searches around his status panel and sees an exclamation mark at the top right corner of his panel. He clicks it and finally, finds the reason as to his situation.
"Oh, the exp is put on hold because I need to do a class advancement test before I can continue to level up."
" Class advancement test? Are we going to get a class after reaching level 25?"
"Apparently, so."
"What do you need to do to complete the test?"
"It doesn't say what he needs to do specifically. It just says that when I am ready I can click the ready button on the panel."
"Hmmm. If we follow the patterns of other games, then the test is likely a combat test. So just in case you should go back to town and buy a suitable skill book or weapon."
"But I don't have any money."
"Go take those bulls and these corpses and sell them to the butcher. Then you could ask around and find out where to buy weapons. As for skill books, it is in the store near to where we meet. You'll know when you see it."
"Alright. What about you though?"
"I will continue farming some monsters. And also, log out and go have lunch after you finish buying the stuff. It's almost noon now."
"Okay. But when I come back could we play together again."
"Sure."
"I guess this is it then? Bye, see you later."
"Bye."
As Carl leaves for the town, Adam just laughs at Carl for being dramatic. Sometime later a notification pops out.
[As the distance between players is too far, the team has been automatically disassemble]