"Hello!"
Hearing the voice, Freya who stood reaching towards the boss's room, turned around confused to stare at the girl behind her — short blue hair, ink blue eyes, a curvaceous body complimented by the tight robe she wore, and strange runic engravings on her exposed chest and lower neck.
'There shouldn't be any one except us here!' Freya narrowed her eyes, a frown forming on her lips. Ever since that dumb Bob branched this area, it had been nothing but one hell of a wild ride! It was good to get out of your comfort zone, but this was too much. Freya sighed, "Who are you?"
"I came here from the deeper areas, and you don't need to know anything more. You can call me Leslie, and I will be initiating a hunt for the monster behind that door." Leslie snapped her finger, and a bow and quiver full of arrows fell into her hands, "This is high ranked stuff, please stand back."
"Uh… that's cool and all but my boss went in there to grab his pet." Freya cleared her throat and shifted her eyes to the side, even she could not bear the embarrassment of the words she would say next, "His wolf is high levelled, above the natural limit. As for my boss… He's a Level 9."
Pin. Drop. Silence.
"…" Leslie just, stared. Like she was slapped in the face and threatened not to cry or she'd get hit again, or a bucket of cold water was splashed on her twice. She blinked, "So, you just let him? You're really okay with sending your 'boss' to his death? Why?"
'Frankly, I don't give a fuck…' Freya wore a weary expression, shifting her gaze from the ground to Leslie and boy did the woman look mortified, "But he was my boss! I could not go against orders even if I wanted to. I hoped to check in on him, and that's when you arrived."
"Then, wait here. I'm a Level 30 and I'll be able to handle the monster." Leslie held her weapon, a strange gleam in her eyes as she struggled to still her trembling hands. As Freya watched, she moved towards the door, "What was your name again? I'll tell me I met you outside."
"My name is Freya." Freya answered Leslie with a smile, trying her best to seem like employee of the month, but deep inside her, a demon grinned with a condescending gleam in its eyes, 'If you can talk with a dead body, sure. Hehe.'
Freya stood as Leslie touched the door, and it opened up, revealing a bottomless darkness. In an instant, the darkness sucked her in as Freya remained rooted in place, 'Should I follow them? No. He can die, but would I get a peaceful night's sleep knowing I let him die after everything he did?'
"Yes, I could even kill Bob myself." Freya held her chin, drooping her gaze. Sadly, that was not the type of person she wanted to be! She snapped her finger, and ten daggers shot out of her dress, the edges gleaming as they floated beside her, "But, what makes a hero different from villain is principle."
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"I guess these ones aren't the brightest of the bunch." Bob watched as three wolf lords dashed to attack him, and he smiled, spinning his blade and throwing it forward, using [I Just Glitched] a second later. All the wolf was was a blinding light, felt a gust of wind, and the wetness of blood — its blood.
⦗Killed Level 50 Wolf Lord!⦘
⦗Claimed 5000 XP!⦘
He spun around and dodged as a worm drilled out of the ground and bit towards him, using the skills [Weakness Finder] to target its weakness, then [I Just Glitched] for movement. He was nothing more than a blur and his dagger a flash of light as he appeared behind the wyrm, stabbing it.
⦗Dealt Fatal Damage to Level 50 Wyrm Leader!⦘
He carved down with his blade, then dragged it out, spinning around and dashing forward, using [I Just Glitched] again. As the wyrm behind him fell dead, the wisp in his vision spat out a fireball but with his skill in effect, Bob dodged it effortlessly — swinging his blade with all his might to attack.
⦗Killed Level 50 Wyrm Leader!⦘
⦗Claimed 5000 XP!⦘
In a single burst, Bob decimated the wandering wisp, dodged the tentacle of the supreme wyrm then helped the azure wolf secure its kill. In that bloody instance, Bob felt a rush of pleasure and his eyes shook, searching the room for the nearest monster. Yes! His heart was beating hard.
⦗Killed Level 50 Elite Wandering Wisp!⦘
⦗Claimed 5000 XP!⦘
⦗Demon Lord Killed Level 50 Wyrm Leader!⦘
'This feeling of dominating a game, especially after countless defeats — it is pure bliss!' Bob felt his eyes burning with determination! 'Not even forging one's cultivation foundation in the Taoist art of one handed supremacy could compare to this! I can feel my body growing lighter!'
⦗Killed Level 50 Wolf Lord⦘
⦗Claimed 5000 XP!⦘
Just as they were slaughtering the opposition, Bob heard noises and turned around to the door, and as it lit up in a golden light, his eyes watered! He turned around, abandoning everything, and he ran forward — 'Just to check, of course!'
Bob reached the door with a smile, wondering whether the tentacle dared not attack now that it lost its grip on him! As he stepped forward to escape through the darkness, a head was spat out of it and slammed into his stomach, knocking the air out of Bob's lungs as he staggered back.
⦗Imprisoned Knight Dealt Physical Damage!⦘
⦗Health -5!⦘
Just as he struggled to recover, pushing the groaning woman away from him, another body shot out of the darkness, and as Bob struggled halfway to his feet, then he was headbutted! He saw them: stars… no, he saw the entire universe! Bob staggered back, on the verge of knockout.
⦗Freya Dealt Physical Damage!⦘
⦗Health -75!⦘
⦗Gained Stun Debuff⦘
⦗Negated Bleed Debuff⦘
Watching the two late as fuck clowns struggling to stand to their feet, Bob sighed within himself, knowing deep down that, 'The circus had arrived!'