Jacob’s ntion of Liberty caused Hiro to imdiately open his friend list full of hope, but that hope only turned into disappointnt when he saw that the friend list he sent her still hadn’t been accepted.
Hiro let out a long sigh and looked back at Jacob.
“What do you an she was looking for ?”
“I don’t know, she didn’t tell . It looked like she was worried about you like I was, bro,” Jacob said very relaxedly.
“Did you fight that badly for you two to avoid each other like this?”
Jacob was a little curious this ti, but Hiro shook his head. They never fought to begin with, so he didn’t correct Jacob.
Hiro forced himself to focus back on his target. He already promised himself to beco stronger.
If possible, he wanted to have beco imnsely powerful when his brother appeared in another unusual way most wouldn’t expect. He believed that WynterRain, who was called a ghost player, a cheater, a ga master, and other nonsensical nas, would definitely show himself sooner or later.
Hiro then told Jacob about his other reason for coming to his house; he asked him how to gain the trust and attention of a dwarf tribal chief to trigger the quest he greatly needed at the mont.
However, according to Jacob, the dwarf tribal chief Hiro ntioned was very fierce and unwilling to accept guests at night. Moreover, Jacob wasn’t sure where he could et the dwarf after day had turned into night.
Hiro had no other choice. Jacob asked him to rest in his house for the night and said that he would accompany him to look for the tribal chief the next morning.
Hiro had no reason to refuse, so he nodded in agreent. Next, he was led to one of the rooms in the building. To his surprise, the building was actually more spacious than he thought. On the corners of the house were nurous partitioned rooms akin to an inn.
When Hiro ntioned the number of rooms as the two walked, Jacob explained that he was indeed intending to also open an inn in the sa building to gain more profits.
Hiro was allowed to sleep there free of charge for the night and was even given the freedom to choose which room he wanted, so he just chose whichever.
Like the inns Hiro often found in the world of gas, the room he just entered on his own only consisted of a wooden table and a single bed, as well as a pillow and a tidily folded blanket on it.
The only light source in the room that wasn’t more than three square ters was an antique kerosene lamp hung in front of a tightly shut wooden window fra, and above it was ventilation that allowed air to normally enter and exit.
‘Not bad. Guess I’ll let my avatar rest while I log off.’
[System Off]
[Logout]
As soon as Hiro completely logged out, a delicious fragrance imdiately greeted his sense of sll. Without a second thought, he quickly took off his VR helt to find the source of the sll that kept calling him.
His legs had moved toward where the delicious fragrance was coming from; a kitchen without a door separating it from the other rooms in the apartnt Alice rented for the two.
“I knew you’d co back soon. You must be starving.” Alice put down a large pan of who-knows-how-many portions of cooked instant noodles onto a rectangular wooden table in the middle of the kitchen. The thick cloud of warm smoke continued to gather above the pan.
Rumble—
Hiro couldn’t control the volu of his stomach’s growl when his eyes were already locked onto the food.
“Sorry, this is all I have at the mont. Let’s eat.”
The two imdiately ate the delicious instant noodle without a word. The next seconds were just filled with the sounds of chopsticks and spoons occasionally touching the small bowl as well as so slurping as they ate.
In just five minutes, the pan quickly beca empty without any leftovers. anwhile, a satisfied expression was on both Alice and Hiro’s faces.
“Thank you, Alice,” Hiro genuinely expressed while gulping the glass of mineral water Alice gave him.
“You do the dishes. Also, it’ll be your turn to cook tomorrow.”
At that mont, Hiro regretted thanking Alice who had quickly stood up and left the dining table to walk toward the long sofa Hiro previously used to ga.
He judged the lady too quickly.
Even so, Hiro still did the house chores he was assigned without a complaint.
…
After everything was cleaned up, Hiro no longer wasted his ti. Even though the old clock on the wall showed that it was already 1 AM, he didn’t imdiately go to sleep.
He was determined to grind when everyone was asleep to catch up on his level and aim for the top 10 of the ga’s opening event in the first month.
He still hadn’t given up on the prize money.
[Checking the connection…]
[Synchronizing player information, please wait…]
[All set]
[System linked]
[Welco to Last Shelter Online]
Hiro’s senses were returned to his avatar, which was lying on the bed in Jacob’s house. Moving sneakily like a thief, he left the building while making as little noise as he could.
The streets of Vul Faldur City were very quiet at this hour. Furthermore, despite it not snowing at all, the air was extrely cold.
Hiro didn’t want to return to Beginner Town just to grind. The transportation fee was considerably expensive, and he didn’t want to pay that amount again for just one trip.
He checked Monster Wiki with his HUD system to obtain information about the monsters he could fight in the areas near the place. And it worked. Information of level 30 monsters had been registered on Monster Wiki.
It seed that nurous players had contributed to gathering various monster information.
Hiro hurriedly headed to the location he had marked on the map. According to Monster Wiki, he would et over 20 of the monsters called [Flying Bats] at that spot.
They were very active and brutal when it ca to attacking. However, the EXP that could be gained from defeating these monsters was also quite significant, so Hiro would most likely be able to reach his target of 3–5 level-ups before the morning ca.
However, when Hiro arrived at the location he correctly marked, the monsters he saw seed different.
Ding!
[New monster information has been unlocked]
[Level 37. Zombie Flying Bat.]
[Race: Demon/Undead/Unholy/Beast]
“Ah…”
‘I forgot so of them change at night.’
The na bar of the flying monsters in front of him was red. This signified that they were too strong for him to fight at his current level.
Even so, Hiro still wanted to defeat those monsters other players hadn’t encountered.
The monsters were in the form of black bats, and they were each the size of a golden-crowned flying fox of the gabat species famous in the Philippines. They all had destroyed, ssy faces covered in blood, emitting a sharp sll.
There were only five of them there, but Hiro was sure that just those five were at least equal to 20 normal [Flying Bat] strength-wise.
“Let’s show those monsters what the real vampiric power looks like,” Hiro spoke to his greatsword.
As if it was responding to his words, the Blood-Eater Vampire glead.
Hiro then readily positioned himself while pointing his blade at one of the nearest zombie Flying Bats to activate his Sword Combo skill.
Whoosh!
Splat! [Critical Hit]
Splat! [2x Critical Hit]
.
.
Splat! [7x Critical Hit]
Hiro’s combo was completely uninterrupted once he swung from one target to another. With his damage continuing to multiply following the combo, he was able to defeat one monster with three slashes at the beginning.
And when his combo reached 5x, he was able to defeat each one of them with just a slash.
Hiro also received bites and scratches, which brought more sharp stinging pain to his bleeding arms than he thought. Fortunately, perhaps it was because the monsters he was going against were normal-type monsters, but he didn’t have to worry about turning into a zombie even after getting scratched and bitten.
Splat! [10x Hit Combo]
Hiro’s combo had to stop and restart every ti he reached the 10x threshold, and this dissatisfied him a little. He really couldn’t wait to activate the Sword Combo Skill awakening he obtained from the CBT version.
Hiro continued to swing his greatsword without a word. When the 10x combo was once again reached, he intentionally swung his blade horizontally, simultaneously slashing five bats and killing them all at once.
Ding!
[Base level up 1x]
[Job class level up 1x]
Hiro managed to eliminate five of them at once for the first ti. He was preparing himself for them to respawn one by one like they previously did when all of a sudden, a unique phenonon occurred.
Hiro reflexively used the back of his hand to cover his face when an exceedingly bright light suddenly shone in front of him. It took a brief mont for the light to dim, but it still didn’t completely disappear.
Ding!
[New monster has been unlocked]
[Level 45. Chiropteran Behemoth (Boss)]
[Race: Demon]
A zombie bat-like creature with torn white mbrane as its skin and wings covered in cuts had appeared on the ground in front of Hiro. The monster was enormous for a bat, its size approximately equal to an adult elephant with a slimr body.
Its entire body was white, and the creature had a flattened head filled with rows of sharp teeth coming out of its jaws.
Screeech!
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