*Foot-tapping*

A numerous amount of small groups of players are gathered near a forest raid entrance chatting.

"Hey Beom-nim, when is he gonna get here? It's almost time for the raid to start."

"Why are you asking me that man? He's always late for these kinds of things, just get used to it."

"But what's the point of us arriving early here if Sol-nim is always gonna be late?" 

"Just bear with it Jun. At least he does his job in the raid properly, unlike some people."

Beom-Joon glances towards a mage at the back of Jun.

"What do you mean like some people? Man fuck you."

The mage, Min-woong replied and scoffed at Beom-Joon. 

"I'm just saying Min, you should do your job and buff us properly or our raid score will be affected like last time."

Raid score, a number that accumulates throughout the raid depending on factors such as enemies slain, damage taken and damage dealt. The raid score determines the quality and amount of loot

each players gets at the end of the raid, the higher the raid score the better the reward a player receives.

"That wasn't my fault you retard, I said my cat was running around on my desk!"

"Sure..." Replied the others.

A player teleports in from the waystone, wearing a grey cloak and hood covering them with a sword strapped to their back.

"Haiyah, showers really are the best." 

Sol looks around the vicinity of players and finds his friends.

"Oh there they are, guess they must be getting mad waiting for me. Better hurry up."

Beom-Joon and his group look towards Sol who is approaching and all of them breathe a sigh of relief.

"Finally that bastard is here, 3 minutes later and we would have had to cancel the raid right Beom-nim?"

"Yeah its fine though, lets just get ready."

Sol waved at his friends and approached.

"Hey guys, hope I wasn't too late I wanted to shower before our raid haha."

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"Sol-ssi just please try to be earlier next time, you don't have to make us clench our asses waiting for you."

"Yes...yes sorry Beom-nim."

"By the way, you still haven't changed your class from rogue all this time Sol?" The archer Jun asked.

"Oh no Jun, I'm trying to wait and see if any rare class books can pop up on the market or if I can find any while playin."

The group chats away with each other before a message box pops up in front of all of them.

- Raid for the Forest of Woes is open -

"Finally...alright Jun, Sol and Min lets go."

"Alright." Replied the three of them.

- Raid has Begun - 

* Somewhere deep in the Forest of Woes raid *

Sol and his group of friends are walking on a dirt path and surrounded by the towering trees and verdant shrubbery.

The mage Min-woong walks up to the archer Jun's side and pats his shoulder.

"Hey Jun, how's it going with that girl I told you about a few days ago?"

Jun blushes sheepishly at the question.

"Well Min-ssi, I...sh-she's really cute. But I don't know how I'm going to move things forward with her!"

"Oh it's fine Jun, just follow my steps and you'll do grea-"

Jun and Min-woo's conversation is interrupted with Beom-Joon and Sol-Ho coming to a standstill. Beom-Joon looks back behind towards Jun and Min before asking a question.

"Jun, can you detect any mobs near us?" 

Jun nods and closes his eyes for a few moments before opening them again and shaking his head.

"No Beom-nim there doesn't seem to be any mobs...and it's been awhile since we fought any."

Sol-Ho looks around while the others are chatting away.

"I better prepare for that test tomorrow after this raid."

Sol-Ho continues looking around and waits for the others to finish. Then he sees something in the distance, a faint glitter showing off the colors of blue and gold alternatively. 

He looks back and notices his friends aren't finished yet and decides to check it out incase it's loot. Getting closer to the faint glitter makes it shine even brighter and Sol-Ho keeps going.

Beom-Joon pauses and looks around for Sol-Ho and notices he's missing.

"Guys where did Sol-ssi go?" 

The archer and mage both shake their head and look around. They begin looking on their map and see Sol-Ho to the northeast of them. 

"There he is, let's call him back before he dies or something." 

"Alright alright let's go."

The group begins moving towards Sol-Ho who is just a few steps away from the faint glitter he saw. The light itself seems to be emanating from a weathered stump surrounded by piles of rocks.

Sol stops and looks around the strange sight in from him.

"What the fuck is this? I never heard of this from any guides or forums about this raid..."

He moves closer to the stump and reaches out his hand to touch it. Just before he is able to grasp the stump, he hears his friends behind him.

Beom-Joon and the other two get closer to Sol-Ho's dot on the minimap. The archer Jun, runs ahead first and shouts.

"Sol-ssi!! What are you doing?"

Sol-Ho looks behind his shoulder and waves at his friends.

"I saw this earlier and it looked weird. Have you guys ever seen it before?" 

The others walk towards the strange weathered stump and its peculiar pile of stones and investigate it.

The mage Min-woo opens up the in-game forums and looks it up.

"There's nothing on the forums about it..."

While the group is investigating what is in front of them, Sol-Ho gets impatient and touches it.

"Hehe maybe there's a treasure here." 

A system box pops up in front of Sol-Ho after touching the stump.

- TELEPORTATION INITIATED -

The others noticed it and Beom-Joon is the first to call towards Sol-Ho.

"Sol-ssi what did you find?"

A teleportation circle appears on Sol-Ho starting to spin and glow around him.

"Uhm...I don't kno-"

Before he can finish his statement, he is whisked away by the teleportation from his friends.