Chapter 89: Jom and Terry (1/2)

Jom and Terry were walking in a snow-covered forest.

They were friends formed during difficult times. Later in the refugee camp on the outskirts of Wickidor, the two were chosen by Marni to become believers of the God of Games in the Unnamed Town.

“Jom, why are we going this far away…”

The warrior-dressed Terry looked about twelve or thirteen years of age, due to previous malnourishment he hadn’t gotten to hit puberty yet, his thin body looked like a clumsy little kitten.

He waddled uncomfortably through the ankle-high snow and couldn’t help but complain, “Couldn’t we just stay in the town?”

“Of course not!” Wearing a white robe with a crossbow strapped to his back, Jom looked even smaller than Terry, but his eyes gleamed brightly, he reminded people of a mischievous mouse. He said his words boldly and without hesitation, “Right now, the first half of the Valley of the Tragic Dead is always filled with people, it’s a complete mess, we can’t get any exploring done! And we can’t beat the Living Dead Cellar yet, if we keep going on like this, we’re never gonna get to re-class!”

“We could go to the Grey Fjord Point, the Frogmen there make amazing fish soup.” Terry thought back to the taste of the warm fish soup, drooling at the memory.

“Even though the Grey Fjord Point is big and full of fish, the problem is we couldn’t catch any!” Jom let out a sigh. “We might as well go join the crowd at the Valley of the Tragic Dead.”

“I’m seeing a lot of players going to the Underground Hideout of Lancaster, there might be something good there!”

Terry tightened his leather vest around his small torso, but his metal armor was still leeching away his body heat. If not for the couple of warm beverages he packed in his backpack, he would rather die than go out in this sort of weather.

“Those people are going there to complete the ‘The Lord’s Light Illuminates the Land’ quest, it’s that weekly quest to help recruit new followers, people who have completed it say the quest rewards are pretty good,” Jom answered simply, more focused on his surroundings than on the conversation.

Terry’s eyes lit up. “Then how about we…”

“Apparently a lot of players have been reported as cultists by their new recruits, some seven or eight players are already hung outside of Lancaster’s city walls. If you’d like to become a wall decoration too, be my guest,” Jom said with a blank expression.

“I was just joking.” Terry gave a small laugh hoping to gloss over the topic. “But you haven’t told me yet why we’re coming all this way.”

“Previously when I went to get a daily quest from the temporary Overlord Hall, I snuck a look at a map of somewhere near here on the overlord’s desk. If I’m right, straight ahead is the Trinia Forest, also known as the ‘Forest of Monsters’.” This was when Jom finally explained his motives for their trek. “There’s definitely going to be monsters for us to hunt there, we won’t have to worry about promoting anymore!”

“Ohh, nice going!” Terry gave a weak applause.

Suddenly, the two of them felt a chill run down their spines.

The scent of wild beasts permeated through the air, a split second later, a giant beast emerged from among the snowy woods, leaping towards Terry!

The daze had long left Terry’s eyes, rolling away from the beast’s attack with lightning-fast reactions!

If Edward or Eleena were there, they would know that the beast that suddenly appeared before them was the same species as the Dragonfang that attacked their village!