“No, seriously, what are you doing here, Kelly?” I asked, stunned as I saw Kelly standing before me. “I thought that you left for the frontlines against the demons?” Kelly smirked, rolling her eyes slightly. “I did. And then the frontlines moved. Now that all these portals are opening up everywhere, the big guys up top decided to divide us …

“What’s this about a raid boss or whatever?” Nora asked, crossing her arms while still holding the pistol. “It is a term that refers to a boss able to fight well above its level. Since that boss is level two hundred and thirty, we can expect it to have the standard combat power anywhere between two hundred and sixty to …

As more and more of the fire spirits began to close in, it was becoming painfully obvious that my previous tactic was just not holding up. Even with my enchantment attempting to proliferate the water as it landed, it was evaporating too fast to cause any real harm. Diane pursed her lips, watching the spirits getting closer. “Nora.” She called …

“Are you sure that you want to go in with us?” I asked cautiously as Nora led us through the forest. “You can’t just respawn if something goes wrong like we can. And we probably will be dying quite a few times to get through this.” “These are my people that are in trouble. I’m not going to leave it …

The chimerae elder, Nora, led us back to her village, the entourage of wolves keeping a close eye on us the entire way. Meanwhile, we explained to her about the system of Players, Chosen, skills, and dungeons. As she listened, her brow furrowed in frustration. “So, you mean to say that those fire bastards are just going to keep coming …

Once I was back on my feet, it was time for us to go. To my surprise, quite a few of the city’s residents were waiting near the southern gate to see us off. Among them, I spotted Sana, happily waving her hands next to a human woman that seemed to be her mother. “I wasn’t really expecting people to …

The three of us followed along with Aetra’s group after the chosen warriors returned with their axes. I was confident that the fires from the Forgewood trees wouldn’t be able to do any immediate harm to the chimerae, given how much damage I had taken. My personal estimation was that the firepower of the trees was just a little shy …

For the rest of the day, I decided to simply make myself useful for the residents of Fallcry. We didn’t have a farm or anything, so our food reserves would rely on trade once we got the funds from Diane. I couldn’t just ask for us to use the farm that Aetra’s village managed, since it wasn’t meant to be …

With Diane’s assurance, the three of us left Nuoda’s manor. Since Hammerhead would likely be coming to deal with the mimic remains, we decided not to sell those for now. Instead, we only sold the completed products that had dropped from the locked chests in the dungeons. Because she had so many things to take care of offline with the …

After we left the dungeon, we made our way back to the city to report our success. Nuoda was already hard at work in her office within the government building that I had set up for her. At her desk was a pile of papers, which I could only assume she ordered from somewhere, much like Diane did whenever she …