It is already past midnight when we were able to return to Twilight City. ChickB and Fifty Silver have logged out when we stepped into the city and only three of us were going to the Moonlight Fountain.
We have not forgotten our appointment with our guild leader today which is about the quiz on the guild book. A desperate last-minute review on the content of the book before Richest Asian comes here.No ones like losing their position in the guild just as we got it. Even Aria beside me was praying for later.
All the wait and I must say, Richest Asian is quite late for his standard. We cannot help but yawn this late at night although tomorrow is Saturday, so staying up this late is acceptable.
"Sorry about that. There were some problems outside."
When Aria started snoring at my side, the man in fault showed up. His poker face has some hint of tiredness to it. If his problem was outside New World, we cannot do anything about it. However, it seems like his level progression is still quite fast as he is already level 28.
"It's quite late, isn't it. I won't take much longer and ask any questions for today. I'm just going to thank all of you for finding a village."
"Oh. You're welcome, I guess? It's just something we found on the way and besides, the quest will be impossible without the power of the guild."
"You could have just messaged us zZz~"
"I'm still grateful. That's only it for today, I know you girls are tired. Just leave me your account numbers and I'll send your salaries tomorrow."
"..."
Aria woke up in a glimpse and was very quick sending on sending her information that she said it publicly. She is lucky no one was close enough to be able to hear it. Meanwhile, Michelle and I messaged Richest Asian privately for our information.
Since that was done, we left and slept the night away.
...
During breakfast, I asked my parents if whether I can just stay in my room playing New World for the whole day until tomorrow. It is quite a stretch for parents to let their kids play games 24/7, but my parents are weird. Not only did they allow me, but my Dad woke up by my request like he remembered something.
“Lotti!!!” *Slams the table*
“You surprised me. What’s wrong?”
“Honey, we’re still eating. If you make a mess, you’ll be the one to do the chores for the whole day.”
My mom threatened my dad which forced him to behave. Although it did not stop his desperate plea to me.
“Geh! Sorry about that… Anyway, Lotti can you help your Dad at taking revenge?”
“Revenge? In New World?”
“Yes. Some little kids bullied your dad and stole my equipment when we were fighting monsters with your mom. Don’t worry, I made sure I protected your mom and let her escape alive.”
“Why do you look so proud after asking for a pitiful request. That is just a part of the game.”
*Pitiful gaze* “I can’t believe you will let them just bully your dad—I guess I need to limit your playing time.”
He said something that I cannot take lightly off.
“Ok. Ok. I think I can manage and give you some of my time. I know it may be too late to ask, but I have not added you both to my Friend List yet.”
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“That’s my Lotti! I knew I can count on you. My god, my daughter is an adult now.”
I felt annoyed by my dad’s remarks, but I know he is only being childish like he always is when it comes to games. This is also a good opportunity to play and have fun with my parents.
“My character name is ‘DarkLord EX’ and mom’s name is ‘YouthfulandSexy’.”
Noting their names on my phone, I cannot help but cringe on their names. At this point, I questioned myself if these were really my parents.
“What place did those players killed you. Likely, they are still there.”
“Tanba River”
“??? Where is that?”
“A bit south of Aecor City”
“Goodbye…”
Yup, helping them is impossible—I left my seats now that I finished my breakfast.
“Wha- You’re going to abandon your dad just like that?!”
“It’s impossible. Aecor City might be the adjacent city to ours, but it still takes 30 real-time days non-stop to travel between those cities if I don’t die along the way.”
“I did not raise a child that gives up this easily. You can do it Lot-”
My dad was cut halfway because mom intervened by striking my dad’s head with a hand chop.
“Stop being stupid, Honey. Let our daughter enjoy her time in the game while we enjoy ours.”
“Thank you, Mom… I promise I’ll help both of you later when somehow travelling is not a problem.”
That concludes the noisy breakfast this morning.
...
Now that I am back to New World-- I am the first to be online. Both of them really overslept considering it is already 10 in the morning.
Since they are not here yet, time to roam around the city.
My first destination is the item bank to get some materials before going to the blacksmith. I should check if some of these materials can be used for crafting good gear. Most notably lower and hand armour could use a change because both are awful for my level especially after the set bonus was gone.
I still have 15 levels to go before I can equip the Epic grade Greaves, so maybe I can find cheap yet good enough lower equipment for the meantime.
*Ting Ting*
The sound of hammering steel resounded when I entered the shop while sweating a little bit already. I went to the portion of cloth and light armours to check if anything fancies me.
After looking for a while, I choose a Common Grade light armoured pants that are not so expensive yet not so cheap equipment. This should be enough to last me before I can equip the Sky's Striders Greaves.
While for the other part, since I saw nothing good enough to swap my gloves with, I went to the old man blacksmith to check for any craftable hand armour.
"You want something to be created. Just give me the materials and I'll decide what I can do."
A list of colourful equipment showed up in a window for me to navigate. It was a handful of items I can craft with all the materials I have gathered ever since the beginning, but my focus was on the cloth armour type gloves.
[Craft: Gloves of the Venomous]
Required materials: 10x Vermin's Tooth, 6x Corroded skin, 1x Heart of the Poisonous Vile
Grade: Rare
Durability 300/300
Defence: 15
*Strength +20
*Has the chance to apply Poisoned Status Effect to the enemy (5 seconds)
"Made by a skilled craftsman. Comfortable cloth gloves made to be tough and durable. Embedded with the poisonous materials, wearing these gloves will coat any weapons equipped with poison."
Condition of use: Level 25 – Agility 50 – Strength 50
It was a nice looking pair of gloves with even better effects. Too bad I am 5 strength behind before I can equip it, but it did not stop me from crafting it. The reason being my experience bar is almost filled up and reaching 50 strength will not take me long if I pour all free stat points to strength on my level up.
The crafting process is ten minutes, so I went outside to wait for my gloves to be done. I used this time to return the materials to the item bank before doing my quick maintenance.
While I was on my way to get my gloves after doing everything I need to do, I met a familiar face. To be more exact, she came to me when I was coming out of the general store.
"Cherry Winter am I right?"
"Hm?
"Remember me?"
"Ice Princess"
She is one of Smiling Hound's teammate when I first met them. The last time I remember her even being mentioned was that she was busy with their guild matters. She has a big part in their guild based on what I heard that is why she was not able to go with Smiling Hound last time.
"Don't put you guard up. I know what happened between your group and ours. I apologize for that. Smiling Hound can be hot-tempered most of the times and do crazy things."
"Uhm~"
"But I amazed by the stories about you. You were able to escape Nameless. Now that is really crazy, sister-- I hope our guilds can work out together. Especially when that brat is your leader. "
I got caught off guard her apologizing so suddenly although apologizing will not appease anything. She also seems to have a connection with our Guild Leader that she has the audacity to offer a good relationship.
Nonetheless, it is uncomfortable how she is able very touchy with me even after knowing her guildmates have killed my party. Fortunately, it did not take long for her to leave after excusing herself.
"That's weird... I guess it's time to get my gloves and forget that just happened."