He made his way out of the dungeon as he stepped back into the jungle. The air was full of pure oxygen, and the buzzing of the birds and other animals was mixed into the air.
His arms stretched up in the air, a loud yawn escaped through his mouth, hand raised up as it covered his mouth. "Man... I'm so tired even in the game world."
"Open Map." He muttered under his breath as a glowing panel appeared in front of his eyes, the blue light of it was getting reflected on his face.
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[Map:]
[Current location: The Jungle of Emerald Wilds.]
[Spawn Point: Graveshallow.]
[Do you want to teleport to the spawn point? :]
[Yes/No]
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A small smile was tucked on his lips as he extended his finger forward and tapped on the option of 'Yes'.
His body started getting surrounded by the white light, and suddenly it disappeared into a thin mist.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the crowded street of Graveshollow. 'Well, that was quick.'
He leaned down a bit as he brushed the dust off his clothes. "Let's go and finish the quest now." He whispered to himself.
But, before he could even start moving, a loud shout fell into his ears.
His head turned instantly towards the direction the sound came from.
'Huh? That seemed like a shout of some lady.'
He raised his hand as he put it under his chin, scratching it slightly. 'Should I go and check or not?'
A small sigh escaped through his lips as he shrugged gently. "Well, fuck it. I'll go and check, maybe I'll get some hidden quest again?"
His eyes started to glimmer, his lips parted slightly as he started walking towards the direction where the sound came from, his steps were slow and deliberate.
Eyes were scanning the surroundings, a lot of players and NPCs were there, some of them were wearing heavy armor, some were arguing within their group about the dungeon loot, and some were selling stuff.
He ignored them all as he made his way there. When he reached there, a loud groan fell into his ears as he took cover and hid behind a wall.
'What the fuck?'
He peeked slightly from the wall as he noticed five men were standing there, circling a little kid.
A bead of sweat formed on his temple as he gulped. 'Child abuse? And in a game? What are the authorities doing?'
He stood there for a while, looking at them with patience.
One of them hit the girl with the elbow, and the elbow hit her on her head as she fell to the ground completely.
And then the other one leaned in and grabbed her by the hair as he said something to her.
Leon accidentally overheard them.
"When are you going to return the money which you took from us, eh?"
He slapped her on the right cheek as he continued. "It's already been over one week of the desired time, and you still haven't paid us."
Her eyes were filled with tears, groans were leaving her mouth, face was fully covered with bruises.
She struggled to talk. "I-.. Gi-give me one more week, please." Her voice came, but it was shaky.
'Oh? She took a loan from those guys, eh? But, isn't it being too aggressive while asking for the money back?'
The guy who was holding her by her hair, slapped her once more, and the grip of his hand loosened as he stood back up. "Only four days, if you don't repay us by then, we'll kill you and take all of your supplies and keep killing you until you reach level 1."
'Aha, she's also a player like us. I thought that she was some NPC.'
The group of men left the area. She was still there, sitting on the ground as her hair was completely ruined, her face was full of bruises, and the tears were now dripping down her cheeks.
A small sigh escaped through Leon's mouth, who was still maintaining the distance between them. 'Let's go.'
He walked towards the girl, his hands were buried inside his pockets, his steps were slow, and his face had a small, warm smile on it.
She heard the footsteps, instantly staggered backward, and she put both of her hands on her face as a loud voice escaped through her mouth. "Ah... I'll repay you, don't hurt me more, pleaseee."
When he reached in front of her, his body leaned in slightly as he extended his palm and touched her head, and rubbed it slightly. "Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you or something."
She slightly opened her fingers, which were covering her face, looking through the gap.
In front of her stood a young handsome mawith n, pitch black eyes and the hair were long, and tied behind with a shade of jet black, jaw was completely chiseled, and a small smile tucked on his lips.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you."
She slowly lowered her guard; her body was completely drenched in sweat, and her teeth were gritting.
A potion appeared in the hand of Le. Hehe extended his hand towards her as he said. "Take it and heal."
Her eyes were fixed on the potion, but she didn't take it.
"You don't have to pay me for that, so just take it and heal."
Her hand instantly shot forward as she took it through Leon's grasp and chugged the whole bottle.
The bruises on her face started to disappear, and the blood on her body started to fade away slowly.
After a while, the wounds weren't there at all.
She looked at him, her eyes were desperate. "Who are you, mister?" She asked, her voice was low, and the tone was a bit scared.
He put his hand on the ground as he pushed himself next to her and sat there. "I'm Ragnar. I also am a player like you."
She looked at him through her side-eye, fingers were trembling slightly.
He looked at her, and his voice came out low but soft. "And you?"
Her body trembled slightly, eyes twitched. "I'm Maya Cross"
A/N
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