Chapter 10: Ambush!

Holy shit that was out of the blue I thought as I turned around to see dozens of elves hiding in the trees. Although I couldn't quite see them vividly I could see their eyes glowing red in the darkness. It was like a pack of lions attacking a single zebra. I had to act quick, even if those adventurers in the back thought I was their enemy I had to protect myself. I looked around for some sort of cover while trying to make out the situation. I found a brush that I could hide in to my right so I dashed into it and waited.

I didn't think that the elves had seen me as I blended in with the dark. I just sort of sat back and watched as this party tried handling this major problem. After all they were hired by that merchant to protect him, so they should be strong enough I thought. Psssh who am I kidding these guys couldn't even hold their own against a pack of goblins.

A single dark elf is a E- Rank monster, so dozens of them would at least rival that of a C- Rank. Ah fuck it I scratched my head while I tried thinking of a strategy to kill them. Suddenly I had a brilliant plan... The closest dark elf to me is about 10 feet, so if I kill them slowly maybe... Just maybe I can help these guys, if all else fails I'll just retreat. This isn't really my battle and I shouldn't be helping these guys, but something about them feels familiar.

While I was trying to pull of my plan I heard a barrage of arrows being fired, I heard someone yelp in pain after. These guys were brutal for sure. I snuck behind the one closest to me, dragged him in the brush, and stabbed him with my dagger through the neck. One down, about 20 more to go, after I killed about 5 more they started noticing that something was up. Of course they weren't dumb, and I had everything under control even now. As one of them slowly approached the brush I sliced his head off with my axe, blood started oozing from its head.

Now all eyes were on me: the elves, the adventurers, heck even the merchant was looking at me. I took my axe and slashed the air with one hand to get the blood off. It was time to hunt! One by one I cut their number until a measly 3 we're left. I had a lot of blood on me but I didn't care, this was really fun. The last 3 were cowering in fear as I walked up to them; the axe being grazed against the ground. I took out 2 more in a flash and left the last one.

The last one was trying to communicate with me and with it's many cries I sort of understood that it wanted to be spared. The system appeared with a notification saying that I can now speak dark elf. The dark elf was saying, "Please spare my life, I could tell you who ordered this attack." Then I said, "I don't need any of that crap just make sure that you don't mess with me next time." I turned my back on him and walked toward the party... I let my guard down in purpose to see what the elf would do and obviously he shot an arrow.

Somebody yelled, "Look out the elf is gonna hit you." I smiled at the thought of that actually working and easily blocked the arrow. With one move I finished the last one off. I did warn him to not mess with me, but I guess he couldn't even understand that. The whole party was in shock when I finally showed myself to them. They all apologized for thinking I was an enemy but I shrugged it off and told them to camp here. I would protect them from other dark elves. They agreed to my proposal in relief and said that they would pay me handsomely for helping them.

Obviously I didn't care about the payment as I had already been paid, by the system that is. I had levelled up quite a bit from that harvest just now, I am now at level 50. Experience points was getting harder and harder to get as I levelled up. I looked for how many ability points I currently held and it said "11!" From 5 levels I gained 11 ability points! But wait there was more, the system started to go crazy, and when it stopped a new message appeared... The user has reached level 50, would you like to unlock your true stats?

What the fuck??? Is this another bug in the game or what, my true stats holy shit. I pressed on the yes but nothing really happened. I checked my stats and to my surprise something huge occured after I pressed that yes button. This was game breaking!!! I had an infinity sign for luck... The final reward given toe by the system was a way back home. Basically all this time I had been playing as an avatar or character in the game. I thought that I was stick in this place for all of eternity, but I guess not.

The sign out feature had finally reappeared and I could go back home now. I learned from this crazy experience that being alone for too long can cause many issues. The next day I left the party and accepted my reward for protecting them. I obtained 5 gold which was about 100 dollars in real life. After that I used the logout button and for the first time I was overjoyed to go back home. Although I wasn't treated very well, it was better than this. I took off the headset and as soon as I did I was back home, not knowing how long it had been since I had left.