Beach Vacation

[Atlas:]

[Why did he choose the Bard subclass?]

[Best Store Clerk:]

[I never asked, but I guess he can join the club of odd subclasses run by Ivar.]

[Pepper:]

[LOL]

[Prometheus:]

[Lmao]

[Atlas:]

[HAHAHAHA]

[Ivar:]

[ :| ]

[Best Store Clerk has added CerealKiller to the group chat]

Kenny introduced himself after being added to the group chat and every said hello. They all then got to talking about their plans for when they get back into the game.

They had a 4 hour gap between when they logged back in and when the event started.

Luckily, the game allowed them to party up even without being close to each other so they didn't need to travel back to Stonewall. They still decided to plan things out based on what they know so far.

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Ding!

[1 minute until the Summer Event starts! Make sure you are all partied up with your friends before the timer hits zero if you would like to participate in the first annual Summer Event Dungeon. A party may not contain more than or less than 8 people to participate.]

The group logged back into the game once their headgear was charged. Luckily they all had gold headgear so their charge times were synced up.

Enzo had been creating potions for the last 4 hours, because the Summer Festival had yet to start in the city. He finally started creating stamina potions as well so now his shop had a little bit of variety. He priced them the same as the health potions, but it cost a little bit less to make them so they were more profitable.

He put the last batch of potions into his shop as the timer got closer and closer to zero.

Ding!

[Transporting you and your party into the Event Dungeon]

A bright white light slowly assaulted Enzo's eyes until he had to shut them tight.

When he opened them again, Enzo found himself in a place that reminded him a lot of his home in real life.

They were on the beach. His shoes were sunken into the light brown sand under his feet. The summer breeze contained hints of salt and helped alleviate the heat of the summer sun shining down on him. The sound of the waves crashing down on the shore were loud but peaceful at the same time.

Standing in a circle with Enzo were the party members he grouped up with for this dungeon event.

Juliet stood on his left side with clean leather armor on and many dagger sheaths on her torso and legs.

Vincent stood on his left side with nothing but his pants, shoes, and fur wrapped around his waist. He looked like a true berserker with his outfit and the large battle ax strapped on his back.

Ivan was next to Vincent with a black cloak on. The cloak didn't have a hood, but still managed to make Ivan seem ominous. There was light leather armor under the cloak, but it was hidden well. He bore many daggers across his body as well, but they were much more hidden than Juliet's.

On Ivan's other side stood Hephaestus. Hephaestus wore armor similar to Enzo's and Juliet's. It was just normal leather armor, but his armor had a few metal plates on them. He bore the large assortment of weapons on his body that was normal for Monster Slayers in the game.

Next to Hephaestus was Jane. She wore light leather armor and bore two daggers on her waist, but carried a long staff in her hand.

Next to Jane stood Kenny. Kenny stood out from the rest of the group because of his gear. He wore large metal armor that made him look like a real knight. He carried a large silver broadsword on his back that looked extremely heavy.

Lastly, beside Kenny was Bella. Bella looked like she walked straight out of the latest Assassin's Greed game. Her black cloak, unlike Ivan's, had an actual hood on it. The hood covered almost all of her face and looked like it may be hard to see out of. The only thing visible on her body was her hands. The hooded cloak went all the way down to her knees, and her shins were covered with long black boots.

Enzo couldn't see any weapons on her, but he assumed there were some hidden daggers on her body like the rest of the assassin type classes.

Ding!

[You have entered the first annual Summer Event Dungeon. This year's dungeon is called Pirate's Booty]

[Pirate's Booty:]

[Level Limits: 10-20]

[Dungeon Failure Penalties: None]

[Dungeon Clear Rewards: Unknown]

Enzo assumed the broad level limits were because of the wide range of levels the current player base was at. There were many players joining the game every day, bringing down the average level of the player population which was currently around level 5. The top 1 million players had reached at least level 10, but everyone after that had not yet even left the tutorial area.

The group greeted each other before looking around outside of their circle.

Enzo saw many other parties lining the beach and some even in the jungle behind them. The beach looked like Miami, Florida during spring break. It was hard to see just how many people were on the beach when they all stood on the same elevation, but Enzo could guess the population was at least in the thousands.

'Is the whole Kingdom in this one dungeon???'

"Holy shit." Juliet said.

"Yeah, there's way too many people…" Vincent agreed.

It took less than a minute for the crazy amount of people on this one beach to become a problem.

Some random group started frantically running into the jungle behind them, causing a chain reaction. Almost every single group started to bolt into the jungle. Some assumed the main objective of the dungeon was deeper into the jungle, while others were just following the herd mentality.

Enzo saw Vincent start to move.

"Hold on buddy."

He held out his hand to stop him from running.

"What?" Vincent asked.

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This is one of the last two mini arcs before volume 1 is completed. Volume 2 will probably start sometime within the next 7 days, so get ready to have your socks knocked off soon.

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