Chapter 17: First Dungeon (2/2)

”Contrary to your friend, you seem more approachable! I also feel like she wants to undress me naked with those eyes.” A mage player with a name tag [Not typical blonde, get it?] spoke about Venomous' eyes.

Of course, Michu had already felt the same, but for him, it felt like a desire to bite him, ”She said she bites and I felt like so... It's different for you, I see.” Michu caressed his chin in the usual way.

The lady burst out laughing!

Michu then added, ”Isn't it weird to play with such a name? If you display it to NPCs, then they might think your parents cursed you.”

”By now, NPCs should realize that we live here with many different goals. If they just kick me away because of it, then I don't have any reason to bother with them. Besides, blame the game designers for making everything too real.”

Those words sounded different in everyone's ears, but Michu found a charm within. It was because of his family situation that many people turned away from them.

Her situation was created on purpose and was vastly different, but Michu found a charm and he genuinely wanted to become closer with the lady, ”What's your name? I am Michu!” He asked with a bright smile that stunned the lady faintly.

She couldn't tell the reason for this sudden introduction and question but extended her hand for a handshake. There was a reason she approached Michu anyway… ”I won't tell you my real name, but feel free to call me Sandra.”

”Yes! Nice to meet you!” Michu smiled, then his gaze went to the falling leaves. His inexperience and curiosity were written on his face, so before Michu voiced out what hid within his mind, Sandra parted her lips.

”There can be a clue within those leaves, so they reach out for every leaf possible.” Sandra also motioned for Michu to turn around.

Here, Venomous was also keeping an eye on those leaves while scouting the area. ”Your friend knows about it. Shouldn't she have told you about it?”

”Haha! I think she wanted me to research on my own! My bad! I was kinda excited to fight and went to sleep early, then jogged in the morning!” Michu sounded like a training freak, but Sandra found no flaw within his excited voice.

She curled her lips up and replied, ”Then, you can expect to fight a lot. It's a big dungeon and though we can start it now, no one wants to begin it before we fill the quota. Can you tell why?”

To her questioning smile, Michu nodded. His hand was already on his chin, though, ”A lot of monsters.” As his answer was positive, Michu nodded a few times with contentment. And as cute as he was, Sandra raised thumbs at him in approval.

Since it was the usual monkey's gesture that he liked, Michu did the same and both of them quickly found their common talk.

”Other than killing monsters, we will have to look out for natural clues. The first is those falling leaves, then we can expect arrows made out of the roots in the dungeon… There should also be fireflies shining for just a second, so reaction time is crucial here! There are many more, but the key is to be perceptive and look out for any minuscule changes.” Sandra explained since Michu didn't do his research.

Our monkey nodded with a big thanks!

It was time to reveal her intentions then, ”Do you guys want to join us? The maze is big and all 22 players will be split into groups to find the boss as fast as possible. Otherwise, the monsters might fall on us like an avalanche and that would be such a waste!” Sandra raised her voice a little, playing with the emotions of the newbie player.

Michu felt like a lot of monsters would be a big disaster and turned his eyes to Venomous.

She just glanced back and said, ”Who are you with?” It was a question!

”I am here with my friend,” Sandra pointed at the archer not too far away from her. It was a male player around twenty years old, so there was a chance they were peers or close acquaintances from real life.

Sandra said, ”He is my childhood friend, so don't worry about anything weird.” She chuckled and winked at Michu who didn't understand her words much. If they were a party, then why would this man be weird or do anything stupid?

Venomous understood the lady, ”I suppose jealousy won't be the issue here.”

”Your friend has an infectious smile.” Sandra responded, ”Sorry for being so close. As for my friend, I basically forced him to play the archer.”

Michu felt like he heard the words Venomous wanted to hear! He turned his eyes to her, but she just had the usual expression that didn't betray what lied within her mind.

He looked so lost that Sandra misunderstood him, ”Why do you look so happy? Care to tell me?”

”Melons.”

”What?”

”...”

Michu went with half-lie half-truth.

And as the knights on white horses to save the lost monkey, the last two players finally stepped into the dungeon! The talks could begin now!