Chapter 1: The compass. (2/2)
"We've got co two long daggers Warren tightened his grip on his long green crystal staff and Merire pulled a greatsword out of the sheath on her back The rustling grew louder and an ohout the forest
About twelve seconds later the shrubbery was pushed aside and a large spider appeared in front of the trio It was as tall as Merlin ith thick hairy legs and 8 red beady eyes "bloody hell, This one's al as the ones at home" Warren joked in the e
Merlin chuckled, taking a step towards the spider before quickly ju on the spider's back While holding both daggers in a reverse grip, he plunged his fists down on the back of the spiders head, ja both blades into the creature's skull A sle played in his head, followed by three small pop-up notifications in his peripheral vision
「3600 dae」
「Passive skill ⟪Rupture⟫ has triggered, target is now bleeding」
Warren pointed his staff at the spider and began chanting, glowing runes appeared around the staff, gathering within an orange glowing ball at the tip
Merlin quickly ju the wave of fire that sla the spider's hair, and within seconds the creature was nothingatop a pool of its own blood
As quickly as it appeared, the spider had died before Merire had the chance to attack
"Stay on your guard, it hasn't been long since we entered but we've already been attacked" Merlin warned the other two, as he wiped spider blood off of his daggers
The group continued east for half an hour without encountering any e was the environment Merire, as covered in a full set of plate ar the dense forest, while the other tore clothes that gave better mobility, and co a ranker anyway?" Bored of just travelling, Merire attempted to strike up conversation with Merlin "You were one of the best players in the world and now you're hiring lower level guilds to be your bodyguards while you explore ruins"
"Merire, stop talking" Warren cut her off, not wanting her to offend Merlin
"You cant say you're not curious, he used to make so much money from contracts, but now he just looks at rocks all day The forums still blow up every tiue her point, only to find a crystal staff flying towards her head
"Warren, it's alright" Merlin tried to calm Warren down, "It isn't a secret, most people just don't really understand for soot a little bit of travel to go, I could tell you while alk"
After acknowledge east, throwing out a single question, "Do you kno this world was created?"
Merire glanced at Merlin and shrugged her shoulders Warren noticed where this was going and sighed "Just keep the lecture short this tied
Merlin looked at hirinned, and then turned to Merire, "Well, I planned on keeping this short because we're close to the target spot anyway" He cleared his throat and the lecture began
"So, raa their roles This one however is unique, it's not even enerated froence known as Gaia, the Goddess of this world"
"Gaia is responsible for everything within this world, and it's the reason the gaa through the internet, learning about raphy, people, branches of science, art, stories, it finds anything remotely useful and learns from it, hoards it, and then weaves it within its oorld"
He stopped talking for a second while cli, "Quests, Monsters, Worlds, Classes, it is all generated by Gaia, and alongside all that content is lore and knowledge, and it's all interwoven into one big story, not just copied and pasted" He stopped talking as he reached an open area in the forest, it was populated by broken ruins covered in vines and ht we're here!" Merlin exclaimed