Unlimited Power 03: The Sinful Ruler

7 Cooperation (2)

"Why are we doing this?" Lana asked while she followed Jake from behind and showed an annoyed expression.

"Because it is better to learn from the others than trying to discover everything by ourselves," Jake replied. "It seems players can do the same mission over and over again, but doing a low level mission is supposed to be a waste of time, so those guys might be here for another reason."

Fortunately, the group ahead was too focused on walking and eliminating the fire slimes on their path. That was why Jake and Lana weren't noticed.

Considering that the first missions were supposed to last five hours, it was obvious that each area was supposed to be massive. With that in mind, following that group was probably the fastest way for Jake to learn more about the area. If he finds something interesting, he might do that mission again. The fire slimes are too boring to face them again if he doesn't.

The plan was simple enough, but soon Jake understood that things wouldn't be that easy for them. First of all, that group was fast. Even their walking speed was fifty percent faster than his. It was probably due to the difference in status… Fortunately, they didn't have to follow them for long. After passing through a path where all the vegetation had been burned down by the fire slimes, they found at the base of the nearest mountain a cave where the fire slimes were leaving…. It was a dungeon.

The slimes were leaving the place at a pretty insane pace. Still, the group that consisted of three warriors, one archer, and two priests easily decimated them and entered the dungeon.

"Are you satisfied now?" Lana asked.

"For the time being, yes," Jake replied. "We can't enter the dungeon without risking being spotted and PKed by them."

"PKed?" Lana frowned.

After explaining some gaming terms to her, Jake wondered why they were transported to a village in flames instead of the dungeon. Was it because the number of slimes was too high for newbies? Either way, it seemed that even low-level areas had use for veteran players. Regardless, Jake decided to the monsters around the mountain and check the place now and then. Once the number of slimes increased again, they would confirm that they could use the dungeon.

Although the number of monsters was decreasing, Jake and Lana still had many monsters for themselves. Jake mastered the ring in the blink of an eye, so he gave it to Lana. While she was a clueless gamer, her skills were too useful to ignore. So he decided to give it to her instead of asking for coins. By doing so, she would feel compelled to hunt with him.

"By the way, how is your timer?" Jake asked.

"For the end of the mission? I still have three hours left," Lana replied.

She accepted the mission half an hour earlier than Jake. Still, they had plenty of time to hunt monsters. Much sooner than Jake had predicted, the population of slimes around the mountain began to increase again, and that confirmed that the previous group failed in whatever they came to do. Around that same time, Jake also had another surprise.

You obtained the Ring of Endurance.

Durability: 03/03

Skill: Bronze Skin (0%) master this item to obtain this skill permanently.

Bronze Skin: It passively increases your endurance by one point per level.

"In this system, you will always get the loot first?" Lana asked.

"If you want to tank the hits of the slimes, you can learn the skill first," Jake replied. "Putting that aside, why didn't you Barrier until now? The Fireballs hurt you know."

"I used on myself, but then I lost half of my mana," Lana explained. "I suppose I can use it on you, but then I will be useless after using it just twice."

The bug only worked on healing spells, or perhaps only on Heal… Jake rubbed his chin thoughtfully while he was considering that. It was a pity since Jake was planning to use that to reach the end of the dungeon, but it seems that exploration will have to be done later. After all, even Lana Heal had limits, she could only use it twice per second, and each cast restored 1.2 points of health.

At first, they turned around to check the entrance of the dungeon. Still, then when they began to fight against three slimes in every single fight, they decided to turn around… it was already too much that those groups appeared pretty much every minute.

Congratulations! The skill Hyper Body has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

"Hey… even someone like me can understand that this is just too weird," Lana said when she checked Jake's health again and saw the sudden increase in value.

"It is a bug… it can't be helped," Jake replied while he rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

Class: --/--/--

Race: --/--/--

Fame: --

Health: 30 (0,0048)

Mana: 30 (0,0048)

Stamina: 30 (0,0048)

Strength: 09

Dexterity: 05

Speed: 08

Intelligence: 06

Endurance: 08 + 01