Graveyard

"...Yea sure thing."

Vi felt a bit uncomfortable when the other person began talking about justice. Although he was technically protecting the NPCs, it was only for his selfish desires.

As Vi got to his feet he realized something, this person was tiny. They were about 2/3 of his height, but the tall shield they were carrying was the same size as him making them seem kind of silly. Just as he was about to observe them more closely, their opponent interrupted him.

"Hmm, two on one. Whatever, I'll just get more exp when I kill you both!"

The guy, filled with fake confidence from his earlier success, ran towards both of them and slashed at Vi.

Ting!

The person with the tall shield blocked the attack allowing Vi to run toward the other guy and slice his neck off. It was weird, he almost seemed stunned when Vi attacked him. He just ignored it, It didn't matter since he was dead now.

Vi turned towards his savior before sizing them up. After taking a clear look he discovered they are a she. She had snow-white hair that went a bit below her shoulders and dark grey-colored eyes.

"Thank you for saving me, is there anything I could do to repay my debt-"

Right as Vi was about to finish his sentence her eyes glowed and she responded quickly, "25 credits."

Vi's eye twitched, '... It felt like she had no hesitation..."

"Oh, here I'll message you the details of where to put it, just friend me so I can message you."

'She's actually serious!?'

Vi was flabbergasted, he didn't think you could get so shameless as to save someone without them knowing it would cost them.

Vi just sighed and gave up, he did say how could he repay her. When he went to friend her, he finally learned her name: Forset.

He sent her a friend request which was immediately accepted and he also quickly got a message for a way to send credits to her. When he set up the game he also connected his bank account to the game to make it more convenient to trade credits with other players. He sent her the credits through the game making his bank account go down to 30 credits.

"Thank you! Well, we should go and hunt some more people...actually invite me to your party so we share exp.

Vi did as she asked and sent her a party request through the menu and she accepted. When she accepted an interface entered his vision showing her profile and his, signifying them being in the same party.

"Let's go."

They both began to run away and, surprisingly for Vi, Forset was able to keep up with him.

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Meanwhile in Ovum town, inside of a very nice-looking building, a slender man was sitting on a chair looking out of the wall-sized window behind him.

As he slowly sipped his tea, the door to his room busted open ruining the peaceful atmosphere.

He turned around, placed down his tea, and looked at the man in front of him, waiting for him to speak.

"Sir Sirius, Celtic Village has requested backup from us. From what they say the chosen ones have finally woken up and went crazy killing everything in sight."

"...Send the 2nd squad. Their orders are to kill everyone there and capture the chosen ones.

"Yes sir."

The butler-looking man left the room, closing the door on his way out. When he left the room Sirius began looking through the window again before mumbling to himself.

"So the chosen ones have woken up... I'll have to change my plans then."

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"Huph, Huph!"

Vi, Forest, and the woman in front of them were all breathing extremely hard.

"Who would've thought I would have found some good enemies that aren't part of a guild yet."

The woman had long purple hair and bright purple eyes. She also had some equipment on that just seemed rare.

When Vi heard her talk about them not being in a guild he got curious "What, are you from a guild or something?"

"Of course I am. I'm from the silver guild, Green Jellyfish."

"Well send them my regards for us sending you back a level."

Vi launched his exhausted body at her and swung his scythe at her.

Ting!

She was able to block it with her two-handed sword without much trouble. She brought her sword back before jumping backward. She immediately jumped forward again quickly attacking Vi.

Ting!

All of a sudden Forset appeared in front of him and blocked the attack from her making her furrow her brows, 'Whenever I'm about to attack the scythe guy, she is there to defend him. What a great combo they have going on...'

She quickly backed up and began breathing hard again. Vi didn't let his exhausted state get to him and ran up to her again, but he had a plan this time.

He was about to slice at her the same way making her preemptively move her sword to block the attack, but just when Vi was about to hit her sword he moved his scythe downwards attacking her legs.

Shlsh!

"Ugh!"

She stumbled backward while trying to hold on to her leg, Vi took this opportunity to slash at her neck. Her being distracted by the pain made her not able to defend herself in time causing her head to go into the air.

After seeing her die, Vi immediately fell over breathing extremely hard.

After breathing for a couple of seconds he was able to muster up enough breath to speak, "Wow, that was a tough battle! I think she may have dropped a piece of equipment."

Vi got up and went up to her dead body. He poked around a bit before picking up a chestplate that she dropped. He felt its rough leather surface before analyzing its stats.

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{Uncommon Chestplate, Level 6}

Requirements: At Least Level 6

Buffs: +3 Endurance, +2 Vitality, +1 Constitution.

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"Here you can put it on, I already have a chestplate."

Vi threw the chestplate at Forset making her a bit surprised. She didn't want to complain about his generosity, so she just silently equipped it.

"Alright, let's rest before going to fight more-."

As Vi was in the middle of talking he was interrupted by a loud beep and notification.

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Celtic Village Announcement!

The amount of NPC deaths has reached the limit and the biome is changing! This area is being turned into a graveyard dungeon! If you are in the area, good luck!

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As Vi read it he got an intense sense of danger and looked behind him. Nothing was there.

'Why am I so paranoid-.'

This time Vi's thoughts were interrupted by a loud rumbling sound. The ground began to shake and a giant leaf wall exited from the ground in front of him. He began looking around feverishly and more leaf walls busted out of the ground.

Eventually, the ground stopped shaking and he got another notification.

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You have entered an open dungeon!

Defeat the dungeon boss to leave the area. After you kill the boss your contribution will be evaluated and your grade will be determined. You have one death until you get kicked out of the dungeon.

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Vi looked around and when he saw Forset he sighed out a lung full of stress.

"Well, this is a great opportunity. As long as we are together there is nothing that can defeat us!"

Vi, full of confidence, declared their success making Forset's drooped face turn into a smile.

"Yea let's do this! We just need to get through this maze first..."

Vi looked at all the walls around him before sighing, "This is going to take a while."