Chapter 21: Pro Ranker Ram!!!
Chapter 21: Pro Ranker Ram!!!
Author's notice: I made some slight changes in chapter 20 after discovering some mistakes. Sorry for the inconvenience.
The bus didn't go to Lalitpur directly. Its last route was Kathmandu, capital city of Nepal. So, I needed to take another local bus.
When I entered the bus, it was empty. So, we needed to wait until the bus is filled. I didn't say anything and just got in the bus. I was thinking things when I remembered something strange.
The system had said that there weren't any orange or higher dungeons in Nepal. But I had entered <
The system knew my thoughts and answered before I even asked.
"Actually, there are 2 types of dungeons: normal ones and foxy ones. Normal ones are what you and everyone see or enter while foxy are mysterious dungeons which are only for the system rankers. They serve different purposes from the normal ones.", it replied.
"Is that so? That's alright but don't read my thoughts from next time. If you can't help it, don't make me remember that you can hear my thoughts.", I said angrily.
"You really don't have to worry. No one will hear you. They can't control me actually if you are afraid about that.", it said.
I didn't reply to it and instead close my eyes to take a nap.
While sleeping, I heard a ruckus. I looked outside the window and noticed a huge crowd gathering. And among the crowd I saw a level 12 ranker. My interest piqued as I myself was only level 13.
He was 5 feet and 12 inches tall. It was very tall in our country as guys averaged around 5 ft 5 inches. And with his catchy armor and weaponry, he looked more intense and ferocious.
Gasp
"He must be one of them, huh. They really are awesome.", person one said.
"Yes, he must be. He must be hell lot stronger than us." Person two said.
"Are you talking about that group? Then we are really luck to see one of its members.", another said.
"Then he must be heading towards a dungeon or returning from it, huh?".
"Just look at his armor and the sword. He must be really strong." Another said.
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All the people were discussing about him crazily as if he was Messi or Ronaldo. (They are very popular in Nepal.)
I looked at him. I didn't need to use
Name: Ram Rana
HP:2,100/2,100
I myself was level 13 and being able to almost keep up with me made him special I wonder.
But his demeanor and aura looked different from mine. I was a country bumpkin through and through previously. Though I looked different and maybe handsome and cool with the new suit and the specs, I still didn't have that classy aura.
I was glad that there were able people like him in my country. I didn't know how he reached level 12 that fast but it wasn't surprising if I thought about it. There are so many people and them doing better than me wasn't wrong at all. That was only natural. But still, I hadn't thought that I will meet someone like that so fast. I was thinking about it when "that group" or such topics caught my attention.
I didn't know what it was. But now that I heard about it, I was interested in that group. I wanted to ask the people around me about it when I saw him looking towards me. Initially he just looked at me and he looked surprised next moment. I didn't know what he was thinking. He entered his car while looking at me.
Well… I was really poor. There he was moving in his own car and here I was waiting for the bus to move. I didn't look at him anymore as we seemed to have different destination. While I was thinking so, Ram seemed to have made some decision as he got out of his car and headed towards me.
He came near my seat and looked at me intensely.
He spoke only after what it felt like eternity. I was really feeling awkward when I saw him staring at me so provocatively.
"Whoa!! You must be very strong huh." He said.
I didn't know what to say to that. I smiled and ignored him.
"Hey! Common, don't ignore me bro. I don't have any bad intention towards you", he said flustered when I ignored him.
"Then what do you want me to say huh? I don't know you and you don't know me. So, why should I reply to you?", I said in a single breath. I was getting impatient. I didn't like when others looked at me so intensely.
"Don't be angry at something so small. We are the same age and we can be friends and by the way, I must say you look really cool in that suit.", He said.
"I wasn't angry. Its just that anyone would react like that when stranger stares at you for no reason." I said happily.
"Oh! I am sorry about that. Actually, I am also going to Kathmandu and you also seem to be heading towards it. So, I wanted to give you a ride if you don't mind.", he said.
"That's awesome. Thank you and I will take you up on your offer.", I said and got out of the bus. I didn't know his intention not that I cared. I wanted to find out about that group. And I wasn't afraid or nervous that he would kidnap me or something like that.
Ram was surprised when I said yes. He had thought about it and wanted to make some offers if I had said no. So, he was surprised when I said yes so easily.
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So, I headed to capital with Ram.
"So, I am Shiva. You must be very capable huh to own a car already.", I said.
"I am Ram Rana. Ha-ha. Yes, I am very.", he said happily.
"I heard that you are in some sort of group or something like that. Can you tell me about it what it was?", I asked after making some small talks.
"You don't even know about that. You must have been easy diving into dungeons then. ", he said.
Before I said anything, he spoke again.
"After the appearance of the dungeon, all the leaders from all over the world entered a meeting right away and decided to form a special group. They are troops of soldiers, polices or capable youths from all over the country to clear the dungeons and face this situation. Ours is called Gurkha Force. And I am one of high rankers of the group.", he said proudly.
I was shocked when I heard about it. They reacted fast I thought. it was really hard to imagine that all the leaders joined the meeting and made such decisions so fast. I was thinking about it when Ram spoke again.
"So, you aren't one of Gurkha Force huh. That's the reason I wanted to talk to you actually. When I saw you, I didn't see your level and felt that you must be higher than me. And you aren't even from the Gurkha Force so, I wanted to invite you to join it.", he said.
"Oh! I will think about it.", I said.
"If you decided to join it, contact me. You won't have to take any tests or face problems while entering the force.", he said.
"Ok. I actually wanted to know about the forces. Did every country make such forces and are they clearing the dungeons?", I inquired.
"yes, almost all did. I know its surprising but the situation itself is unreal. Looking at the stats from yesterday, we can clear 75% of the goals. I think we might fail to complete all of them in this week. And there will probably be dungeon breaks. So, we must do our best to prevent it.", he said worriedly.
We talked about it and each other the whole journey.
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After 3 houres,we finally reached Kathmandu. We exchanged contact info and headed to our destinations. He seemed to be regrouping after clearing the Professional level of Anadha dungeon. I didn't say anything on that as he must have already guessed. I liked his personality and we clicked. So, we became friends right away. I was also surprised that we became friends just after the first meeting. I actually didn't make friends pretty easily.
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I finally reached Lalitpur and the dungeon that appeared here.