70 Chapter 70 (1/2)

Chapter 70

”What the hell is this” Z's tone was echoed across the face of all the other adventurers with him, as they walked into James's dungeon.

His alarms had alerted him to the appearance of Z and his group, so he had instantly switched from the tab he had been watching, to Z's instance. Of course, doing so had cost him the latest bet with Rue, giving the pixie a simple 5 extra resources, however, it was worth it. Besides, he and the pixie were about even on their morning betting on the Dicken Races, and he had a bigger bet in mind coming up, with a much larger payout.

”Gotta give it to the game devs, this game just keeps delivering.” Skar spoke up as he stepped besides Z, taking in the scene before them. It seemed, just as Z had planned, Skar's group had joined the Knights for the raid on the Terminus. Even though their raid party now had 10 members, they weren't actually the first ones in the instance though. Instead, as they walked in, they were greeted with the sight of a party of five taking turns dicken racing.

Another party of five, could be seen a little past the dicken track, where James's pet trainer was located. The two parties had completely forgone clearing the floor, in exchange for the new activities. From what James had seen over the last hour, almost all groups had done exactly that. Like proper gamers, they were instantly, uh…flocking, to the newest activities on the floor. That, and James had seen more than a few groups shy away from the now giant dicken flocks running about his floor. He was watching the reddit page actively, just waiting for someone to find out the new dicken mobs could drop mounts. Part of him almost missed being on the adventurer end of things. Almost.

Z's eleven character brought a youthful hand up to his face, scratching at his chin. James couldn't help but imagine Z's actual form making the motion, and he had to grin. Z was very much himself, both in and out of the game, a fact that James really enjoyed about him.

”Yes, but this likely means our raid just got a bit more difficult.” He continued to scratch at his chin as he glanced around the party, his eyes scanning over his members. James could guess he was inspecting their stats as well, likely trying to get a gauge of their success rate. Was the risk worth the reward?

Skar smashed his fist into his shield, a move that likely was meant to be inspiring. However, the Orc Knight was dressed as a demonic farmer, so he looked goofy instead. He also lacked the upgraded gear that Oak had, so besides the Knight's actual tank, Skar seemed like a beginner.

”We've still got this.” His teammates all let out a cheer, while the Knight's glanced back and forth. Well, almost all of the knights. The afore mentioned tank, Oak, was glancing down at his pet dinosaur, Cera, and the pet trainer. James could tell what Oak was thinking.

After a moment, Z's face showed he made up his mind, and he let out a grin. ”Alright, well let's go storm the castle, shall we?” His comment caused a frown to cross Oak's face, and James could tell the knight was about to speak. However, Z silenced him with a hand.

”Don't worry Oak. We will have plenty of time to IV train our pets after the raid. Besides, if we wipe on terminus, we will be stuck on floor 1 for an hour anyways. Plenty of time. But for now, let's get this raid done, and earn ourselves another first.” His grin seemed to reassure Oak, and the rest of the Knights let out a cheer, along with Skar's group.

Just as they all passed the dicken track, exchanging pleasantries with the group utilizing the NPC, the entire floor seemed to grow dark.