Another Player

Wo Mu had cleaned himself with waters in the swamp. Of course it was not the cleanest, but he had no other choice.

He also unlocked many new items, all that was stored in his bag.

"Meat... Potions.... Iron.... And a forging hammer. I could use this to make weapons myself. Now to think about it, both the axe and the katana were gifted to me. So at least this forging hammer can help me make my own weapons."

He walked around the swamp more. It felt never ending. He was just wandering here and there, no idea of where he was going.

He then decided to climb up a tree and search for exit to the forest maze. He chose a tree and climbed up.

"Hmm, let's see. This is all green here. No sign of exit.... Is that smoke I see?"

In a distance, he could see smoke, as if someone was burning something there.

"I could be wrong, and it could be just a forest fire, but I don't think I should ignore it."

He got down the tree and was about to walk towards that direction, when he stopped and thought -

"Where was the direction again?"

He climbed back up to see.

"Okay, north east."

He got down again, this time facing North East. After getting down again, he started walking towards the sub direction, cutting down everything that comes in his way.

After walking and cutting for roughly 8 minutes, his bag was full again.

"I should not collect much of these things. Just cut and let them be."

On his way, Wo Mu saw a cat.

"A black cat in a forest like this? Pspspsps."

The cat noticed Wo Mu and walked towards him. It purred. Wo Mu petted it lovingly.

"You know it's a bit odd to find someone like you in a dense forest. Oh I just remembered, I was going towards the smoke. See ya, little one."

Wo Mu got up and started walking away. The cat followed.

"You wanna come together? Fine, let's go."

He picked up the cat and continued walking.

After walking for twenty minutes, Wo Mu heard crackling sound of fire.

He slowed down his steps and slowly, but steadily made his way behind the tent that was in front of the fire.

"You rest here for a while, okay?", he said while putting the cat down.

After that, he moved his hand inside his bag and took out the Iron Katana.

"Okay... I don't know who is there, but I can't risk it. If the person or thing is hostile, I will immediately put it down with my Katana."

He got up and walked out of the hiding place. He hold the katana is a position that will allow him to slash quickly and with force.

There was a bonfire in the middle. Wo Mu also inspected the tent from inside. There were wood logs bundled on one side. Beside these things, there was no one. It seemed that the person who stopped here had moved away.

"Well there isn't even something good to eat. But the fire is still here, meaning someone should be here..."

Suddenly, a hand came from behind and pulled Wo Mu back. The person grabbed Wo Mu's neck with one arm, and then positioned a dagger on his face.

"Move, and I'll pull your eye out with this dagger. I promise it hurts good."

"You... Are a girl aren't you?"

"How can you say?"

"Well, men don't have that kind of voice... And they also don't have big and soft boobs you know?"

"What?! Aren't you worried? You are literally next to death!"

"I would love to die this way. Atleast I felt some good stuff on my back."

The girl pushed Wo Mu away. And as soon as he turned around, the girl punched him twice on his face and kicked his balls.

Wo Mu screamed in hellish pain, crouched and fell to the ground, covering his part.

Then in a squeaky voice, he said -

"Why... Would you... Kick a guy in his balls?!"

The girl removed a cloth from her pocket and cleaned her hands. She kept it in her pocket again and went towards her tent.

Wo Mu gathered himself up, then stood up again. Although his legs were all weak and shaky, he said with as manliness as he could -

"I asked why would you kick me in such a vital place?"

"You are here to kill me, aren't you? That would be a reasonable action by me to protect myself."

"Who said I was here to kill you?"

"That katana."

Wo Mu looked at his katana which was lying on the ground. Then he looked at away.

"Okay that wasy fault. But I was not here to kill anyone. I was searching for people in this game."

"You are?"

"Wo Mu."

"I am Mikata."

Wo Mu picked up his katana from the ground. The cat came out from behind, meowing. It walked to Wo Mu.

"Is that your cat?"

Wo Mu was sitting cross legged and cuddling the cat. "Can't say. We just met. But it looks like it trusts me."

Mikata walked towards him and kneeled down. She tried petting the cat too. The cat purred. Makita blushed in joy.

"It really likes humans I guess."

"It's.. Cute."

"I know right."

They played with the cat for a while.

In the evening, Mikata lit the bonfire again. The cat was fast asleep. Wo Mu and her were sitting on the wooden logs placed in front of the bonfire. Their bags were kept inside the tent. They were cooking the meat that was rewarded to Wo Mu for killing the zombies for a whole night.

"Since how long are you here?"

"It's just the second day of mine here. I feel a bit sleepy because of killing a horde of zombies last night."

"Wait, it was you who killed them? I heard many screams the whole time last night."

"Well, I was too fired up. I guess the exhaustion is hitting now.

What about you? How much time have you spent here?"

"Well, it's my fourth day here. I was on a vacation with my family in the Hawaii's. I bought Mine and Forge there. The next thing I remember is sleeping after buying that game. After that, I woke up here."

"Oh..."

"Well, did you visit the Witch's Tent?"

"Witch's Tent?"

"You didn't?"

"I don't even know what it is."

"It's a house somewhere in this swamp where a witch lives. She uses black magic to mess with the villagers beside this forest."

"There is a village beside this forest?!"

"You haven't explored anything here?"

"The only thing I did here is kill zombies and pet a cat, that's it."

"Stupid."

"Why are you looking for the witch?"

"The villagers asked me to. I was spawned in the village, and they requested me to kill the witch. We are adventurers, and they are locals who are not used to fighting. So I couldn't refuse."

"So... You fought the witch?"

"No. I have found her tent, and was preparing to fight her. You see those wood logs there?"

"Yes?"

"I use them as dumbells."

"Wai- those? Those are...!!"

"Hehe."

They talked for a little more. Till late nights, about their lives before they entered this game. The cat woke up, watched them both talking, yawned and went back to sleep.

"So, tell me, Wo Mu. I am going to fight the witch tomorrow. Will you help me."

"Nah."

"What?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

"I am tired."

"That's a weird excuse."

"I have my priorities straight."

"..... Okay then."

"Okay then what?"

"If you help me, and if we win, I will sit on your lap."

"What?!"

Wo Mu looked at her with confusion. She had a good body, so it was hard for him to think.

"I... Okay I am helping you."

"That was easy."

"I can't fight my 'manly' feelings"

After a little talking and laughing, both of them went inside the tent to sleep. The cat woke up. It went inside and slept again between the two.