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Chapter 44

”Halfway there.” Following Skar's party wipe, James had pulled up his character sheet, glancing at his data. He had been curious to see just how much experience he had, and how close he was getting to his next rank.

Glyax Tier 2 Rank 1 Dungeon

Mob Type: Random

109,861 xp

10,139 xp to next rank

190,139 xp to next Tier

Resources: 119 of 2500

Currency: 0 copper 0 silver 5 gold 0 platinum

Dungeon Tokens: 2

Other than the experience he had gained from achievements, James realized his experience gain had started to slow. Adventurers were spreading the words of the traps, and people had begun to get into the flow of things, at least on the first floor. James was certain his experience gain would continue to slow, until more players actually managed to make it to his second floor. If he had to guess, he might not even be able to hit Rank 2 before the first day with adventurers in immersion completed. Ah well, he figured he couldn't expect to continue growing as fast as he had for his first floor. After all, in most MMOs, progression began to slow as higher levels were achieved, and James was sure DCO wouldn't be any different.

”Good job Glyax.” The way Rue responded caused James to glance her way, and he realized she wasn't really paying attention to him anymore. Instead, she was staring at a screen of her own, though James couldn't tell what she was looking at. As he floated silently towards her, she waved her hand, and the screen disappeared.

”What was that?”

”You'll find out eventually.” The pixie shot him a grin, and motioned behind him. ”Besides, shouldn't you be paying more attention to your alerts?” Sure enough, one of his alerts was going off, and as James enlarged the instance screen, he couldn't help but smile. Z and his group were back. What's more, the group was making a straight line towards the barn, and if James had to guess, they had not only gotten word of the portal, but were planning to go through it. Since they had just reached level 13, they didn't even have any experience to lose. A perfect time to investigate a new floor.

”Betcha they kill at least three mobs.” James figured if he made the bets before Rue did, he had a higher chance of winning. He also knew, if he hadn't made the bet right there, she would have. She loved betting against him, and James was curious what exactly she was trying to hoard resources for.

”Hmmm. How many resources?” The pixie was checking over the group, and her question caught James off guard. Usually she accepted bets almost instantly.

”Uh.” James glanced at his character sheet and grinned. He was pretty confident Z and his group could defeat three mobs. Especially if the mobs were a single pack of velocity raptors. ”100 resources.”

Rue looked him over, and James could tell she was thinking hard about something. After a moment, she raised her hand, holding up a single finger. ”Fine, but-” She shot James an evil grin. ”Velocity raptor packs count as a single mob.”

”Oh, you caught on heh?” James chuckled, and nodded his orb to her. ”Fine.”

”You're not as tricky as you seem Glyax.” Rue smiled smugly, and they both turned back to Z and his group. After watching Skar's group get decimated, James was really looking forward to seeing how the Knights would do. He was also curious how much experience they would get for felling one of the mobs. Curious, James pulled up Z's character sheet, to check the archer's level information.

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