Chapter 47: The Azure Lakes Secret (1/2)

”Yakuzan! I want to exchange pointers with you again! You are such a strong opponent! Hehe!” With his HP nearing zero, Michu smiled widely at Yakuzan who wasn't faring better. Both of them were exhausted, but Michu's smile seemed as if forcefully attached.

However, who else, other than the worthy opponent, would be able to tell that this was indeed a genuine smile of mutual respect?

Yakuzan closed his eyes, hit the ground with his knee, then looked at the Azure Lake. The past brimmed his eyes, ”Huhu.” He sighed and hit the lake with his forehead. The whole lake parted and ate both Michu and Yakuzan! They entered the lake's trap under the disbelieving eyes of the whole crowd.

One of the players mindlessly asked the Sword Mistress, ”Sword Mistress. Were you aware of it?” His tone was shaky, so the lady just bluntly answered.

”I wasn't.” She then retracted her eyes and stood up. At this point, she ended one of her adventures to reminisce about her past. This was the stage for a new player and from what she had seen, Sword Mistress was sure she would see Michu yet again.

It was rare to see a player fighting equally with the named monster whose level was two times higher. A first guess was that Michu was the lucky inheritor of epic class, but unfortunately for Michu, her guild was women-only.

Sword Mistress strutted, passed through the player who nearly fainted after she had answered him, then stopped. Her eyes swept through Sandra who had been pretty anxious here.

”He is pretty loud, isn't he?” The blue-haired beauty asked.

”He is...” Sandra faintly answered.

”If we add his class and brutal honesty, he will gather far more attention in the future. If that's what you are scared of, then I advise you to take a step back. If Yakuzan turned out to be a different monster, then the whole battle would've started differently.” For example, another monster would've hacked Michu without waiting for him to speak with his friends.

Sandra tried to hide her face, but nothing was imperceptible before this high-level player, ”I am not that kind of person, though.” A black robe fell onto Sandra's face. It covered her whole top, ”I just said what had to be said. It's up to both of you.” A mesmerizing smile flashed on the Sword Mistress' face before she resumed her steps.

The crowd split up to let her go undisturbed, then many men fell while grinning, looking at her from below.

These stupid fellas got a lot of scornful looks from other ladies.

On the other hand, Sandra whispered, ”It's the same, Jacob... I am the same in both worlds after all.”

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”What is this place?! Is it me?!” Michu roared while looking at the water statue of himself! The water looked like a gel and had blank eyes! However, faced by the original, the statue flinched and raised its staff.

It then hacked on Michu, but the monke took a few steps back!

”Uhuhu!” Yakuzan explained. He said that you would gain an impressive might by defeating the reflections here. There were many reflections and each had its stages. This place would be normally achieved by players whose meditation brought some results.

However, no one has ever satisfied Azure Lake's conditions. It ended up passing a part of its inheritance to Yakuzan who had been enjoying the great muscles. Either fast or tough, those muscles could puff out with those two attributes!

Yakuzan was limited, though, and just one attribute could be used by him at the time.

”Amazing! So can this place give me the same ability?! I love training and patting my muscles after eating,” Michu nodded. Unsurprisingly, Yakuzan shared the same feeling and both of them ended up laughing for a good time.

Thus, Michu had to defeat all reflections here!

[The Azure Lake's Inheritance Quest!]

[Defeat reflections based on your experience and potential.]

[The First Water Reflection. Lv. 10 Michu!]

The quest seemed fairly simple, but Michu soon would face one of the future selves. This reflection would show the true potential of his staff and broaden his view of staff! Tricks and many other styles would flood Michu's mind soon!

But before he began any of the battles, Michu looked at the big monkey boss.

”Thank you for bringing me here! Do you want to become my friend and leave this place with me?” Michu's quest was to find an old monkey so that KongFu's will could materialize. It would summon a partner who would be able to help both of them.

This Azure Lake would soon lose its meaning, so Yakuzan had to make a decision. If he were to stay with his gang after the lake's disappearance, then there was a high chance that all those players would eventually kill him down.

As a named monkey, he would die forever.

And if he respawned by sheer luck, then his memories would be wiped off either way!

”Uh!” It was not a hard decision! Yakuzan nodded and extended his hairy hand.

Michu grinned and shook Yakuzan's hand, then his class quest flashed before his eyes.

[You have found and formed a close relationship with the monkey.]

[The Monkey God's Spiritual Will begins to materialize within Yakuzan's body.]

”Great! You two can speak now! I will begin my training, okay?” Michu asked.