25 Chapter 25 (1/2)
Chapter 25
”You ranked up without me?” Rue was finally awake from her rest, staring at James with her hands on her hips, glaring at him. The pixie had woken up shortly after he finished upgrading his dickens, climbing disheveled from her tent, wiping sleep from her eyes. She went from tired cute to awake angry really quickly when he mentioned he had ranked up
”Well, you snooze you lose.” James couldn't help it. She had left him alone for over 8 hours while she slept. What else was he supposed to do? Count sheep?
Rue opened her mouth, likely ready to launch a string of curses at him, before she stopped herself. She took in a deep breath, and let it out, trying to calm herself. ”So, what did you choose to do?”
”Well, I could tell you.” James was loving this. For the first day, all during the tutorial, Rue had the upper hand. She knew everything, and he had to constantly beg and ask for any and all information. Now though, James knew something she didn't.
”Glyax-” Rue's eyes narrowed. She could hate this all she wanted, but revenge was oh so sweet.
”How about you just sit back, and see what I did?” James pulled up a window, the first new instance since he had ranked up. He could hardly stop himself from breaking out in laughter as he saw the group walking towards the door. The Knights Who Go Ni were back. They were definitely a hardcore group. The only time they weren't in the dungeon, was when they had their cooldown timers on.
”Everyone ready to go storm the castle?” Z was grinning at his friends as they stood before the doorway, once again preparing to dive. The other chuckled and nodded. They were having a good time, even if they had just been defeated an hour ago by Old Man Jenkins for the second time.
”Yeah, we're avoiding the boss for now, right?” Oak's comment made Z wince, but the leader quickly regained his composure, grinning.
”Yup. Let's wait till level 5-”
”-6.” Oak cut Z off. ”We agreed to wait till level 6. That way we all have our level 5 skills, and can get our level 6 gear. Those stat boosts for level 6 gear are bound to be helpful.”
Z raised his hand, smiling sheepishly. ”Right, level 6. We will try again at the boss when we are level 6.” He swiped his hand, a motion James had gotten used to from adventurers, as the guild leader looked at his screen.
”So, 300xp for level 4, and if it follows the trend, 400xp till level 5, and 500 xp to get to level 6. We need 1200 more xp guys.” Z let out a sigh, as he closed the screen. ”Going to be a lot grinding to get there quick.”
The others nodded their heads, and Z led the group into the first floor. As they set off, looking around for clusters of mobs, James was curious just how much experience they had been getting from mobs. He was about to ask Rue, before he bit his tongue. James figured it wouldn't be wise to ask her a question right now, since he was currently keeping her in the dark. So, hopefully Z's group would mention their experience gain instead.
”Alright Oak you know what we gotta do.” Z's voice drew James from his contemplation back to the instance, and he saw the group was approaching their first mob of the instance, a Mad Cow.
”I hate fighting these guys.” Oak drew his sword and shield, and then turned towards Z.
”Yeah, well we know they seem to agro onto guys who are bleeding, and seem to take more damage when they are enraged.” Z drew a dagger from his side, and grinned as he cut a slash across Oak's face, drawing a line of blood. The warrior rubbed the wound, covering the top of his face with the fresh blood.