Chapitre 33: Chapter 32- Survival Game
Zach and Aurora left the dungeon and stopped at the summoning point— where the players were spawning at a crazy speed. Even though that wasn't the only spawning point of the game.
"So many players are getting transported here, unknown to the fact that their lifeline is hanging on the thin thread which can snap at any moment…" Zach uttered in a solemn voice.
"If it's thin, then it must be sharp too," Aurora remarked. She glanced at Zach and continued, "Sharp enough to survive."
"Sharp enough to cut others' lifelines…" Zach asserted without looking at Aurora.
He gazed in the direction of the town and uttered, "Let's go."
After walking halfway to the town, Aurora sighed while glancing at Zach. Zach was walking ahead of Aurora, so he couldn't see her, but he heard her sigh.
"What's wrong? Why are you sighing?" he asked.
"It's nothing."
"As far as I know, people sigh when they are either bored or frustrated," Zach remarked with a soft chuckle.
"I am both," Aurora retorted. "This sucks. Why do players have to walk all the way to the town from the dungeon? They should have at least created portal points."
"This is just a beginner's realm; more like a tutorial stage," Zach asserted in a solemn voice. "The real game starts on the first realm."
"If that's the case, then this tutorial is too hard," Aurora muttered under her breath.
After walking for a while, they finally reached the town.
"Do you want to join me for lunch, or should I say dinner?" Zach scoffed.
Aurora's face flushed after hearing that. She never expected to be asked out by Zach. However, her expectations were going to be betrayed soon when she realized she had misunderstood his invitation.
"Of course, you have to pay for your food," Zach added nonchalantly.
"Argh!" Aurora groaned loudly as she tried her best not to show her dissatisfaction on her face.
"Was that a growl? Then I will take that as a yes," Zach snorted after looking at Aurora's face.
They went to the restaurant and ordered food. Zach ordered some meat and vegetable dishes. While Aurora ordered crepe and salad.
"How can you eat salad?" Zach asked with a shocked expression on his face.
"With my mouth?"
"Stop with that lame joke. It's not funny." Zach raised his brows and uttered, "You need to eat some healthy food that can give you energy. This is a game, a survival game, and you need to stay as healthy as possible."
"I have to follow my diet schedule as a princess. I am not allowed to eat certain things, especially the ones that can give me a stomach ache…." Aurora said while looking at Zach's dish.
Zach knitted his brows and asked with a puzzled and curious look on his face: "Do you maybe have weak metabolism?"
Aurora nodded in response and said, "My mother said I had many near-death experiences due to my health, so my diet was always strict."
'What about crepes then?!' Zach wanted to ask that to Aurora, but he wanted their conversation to end so they could eat in peace.
DING!
The bell rang as the door of the restaurant opened, and Shay and Kayden walked in. Zach was facing his back at the door, so he couldn't see them, but Kayden recognized him at first glance.
Kayden and Shay approached Zach with a "Yo!"
Zach was chewing the food, so he waved his hand in response.
Kayden placed his hand on Zach's shoulder and said, "Where have you been?"
After swallowing the food, Zach gulped down and replied, "In the dungeon."
"Heh!" Shay smirked and commented, "Well, someone's taken a liking to this game."
Zach shrugged his shoulders in response and gestured to Kayden and Shay to join him for lunch.
"Neh, we just ate," Kayden answered. "How come you are—" Kayden stopped when he saw Aurora.
"What's wrong?" Shay wondered. "Why are you—!"
Shay frowned his face and yelled, "Why is she here?!"
"Oh! It's the creepy boy from yesterday," Aurora uttered while eating a crepe. She then glanced at Zach and asked, "Is he your friend?"
Zach ignored Aurora and turned to Shay. "Shay, don't you have something to say?"
Shay sighed and glanced at Aurora with a nervous look on his face. "I am sorry for yesterday. I was agitated and took out all my anger on you. I shouldn't have done that, and I am truly ashamed of myself."
Zach smiled a little and knitted his brows at Aurora, who was focused on eating the crepe and ignored everything Shay said.
'Savage…' Zach and Kayden thought the same thing.
"Anyway!" Shay turned to Zach with a baffled expression on his face and said, "So you were fooling around with this girl?"
"Her name is Aurora."
"That's not the point! Why are you hanging out with a girl when you already have a girlfriend?!" Shay exclaimed.
"Who says I can't hang out with a girl if I have a girlfriend?" Zach uttered casually and added, "And besides, we broke up."
"What?! When?!"
"Last week."
"On your birthday?!"
Zach shrugged his shoulders and continued eating.
Shay was bewildered by the news, but Aurora seemed more affected by the information than anyone else.
'He had a girlfriend?! I never thought he was the type to get a girlfriend. But they broke up…' Aurora smiled inwardly. 'Wait! Why am I happy about it?! This is sad news… for Zach.'
After eating the food, Zach and Aurora went to the garden. Zach wanted to go back to his room and get proper rest, but Aurora said she had something important to talk about, so he had no other choice but to follow her.
"What is it?" Zach asked with an annoyed expression on his face.
"Do you…" Aurora muttered something under her breath.
"Do I, What?"
Aurora took a deep breath and gathered her courage to say: "So I have bought a house and it's big enough for four people to stay. So I was thinking… maybe… you would like to stay at… my… place?"
She continued with a flushed face: "I mean, you are a cheapskate, and you think of saving money, so you can save enough money if you stay at my place. I can even cook for you, so free food."
Aurora insulted Zach as though it was completely normal. She looked at Zach with a curious and anxious expression on her face and waited for Zach's answer.
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Total players in the game 86786.
12535 new players logged in.
2525 players died.
Chapitre 34: Chapter 33- Interesting Conversation
Aurora invited Zach to cohabitate with her for a free stay and free food. It was a golden offer for Zach, and Aurora was aware of it.
"Before I answer, I am amazed how you insulted me like it was a normal thing to do." Zach furrowed his brows at Aurora and uttered, "Sometimes, you are truly rude."
"But I just stated the fact. Am I wrong?" Aurora wondered with an innocent look on her face. "I didn't mean anything bad by it, and if you felt offended, then I apologize."
"Unfortunately, I can't stay at your place." Zach casually denied Aurora's golden offer.
"Why?!" Aurora exclaimed. "Is it because I said all those things?!"
"No." Zach shook his head and said, "I have already paid for the week in advance. So if I check out now, my money will be wasted."
"So, does that mean you will come after six days?!" Aurora asked with a curious and excited look on her face.
"I can't promise. Once I reach level 20, I am ascending to the first realm," Zach answered. He knitted his brows and uttered, "Wait a minute… what will happen to your house if you ascend to the higher realms?"
"According to the information provided, I will still own the house, and I can descend whenever I want. However, suppose that if I am in the first realm, I can't teleport directly to my house in this realm. I will need to descend to this realm, and then only I can enter my house."
"... why would you want to descend…?" Zach asked with a puzzled look on his face. "And you just wasted your money on the house."
"There is also an offer that I can buy houses in any realm,"
"Still, you wasted your money."
"Free of cost," she added.
"Let's talk about it in detail." Zach suddenly changed his way of talking.
"If I buy a similar type or same size house, then I can exchange for free of cost, but I will have to pay extra if I want a bigger one," she asserted.
"That's actually interesting."
"..!" Aurora recalled what Zach said a while ago and uttered, "Wait, you are going to ascend when you reach level 20?!"
"Yup."
"What about that physique requirement?"
"Everything is set. I can ascend now if I want, but I will wait until I reach level 20," Zach stated in a calm voice.
"Why 20?" Aurora wondered with a confused and curious look on her face.
"Think about it. The players who have already ascended must be stronger than me, so if I ascend now, I might be the weakest one." Zach wasn't considering his skills and Aria's blessing when he said that. He only considered his stats, which were higher than most of the players.
His physique was the biggest advantage for him, plus his unique cultivation and hidden class.
"What level are you at right now?" Aurora asked reluctantly.
"18. What about you?"
"I am also 18…" Aurora replied.
"I thought you would be higher."
"I could have been if a certain someone hadn't obliterated 75 wolf monarchs," Aurora remarked. "Thanks to me," she added.
Zach smirked and asked, "Are you salty about that?"
"Why? In fact, I am glad," Aurora answered honestly.
The smirk on Zach's face vanished, and he furrowed his brows. He moved his hand to Aurora's face and pinched her nose. "Stop that."
Aurora's nose had become red as a beet, but her face was redder because of the embarrassment.
"Well then…" Zach waved to Aurora and said, "See you tomorrow."
"Wait!" Aurora stopped Zach by pulling his clothes.
"What is it?"
"Show me your status menu," Aurora demanded.
"Why?"
"So you still don't trust me even after we survived a life and death situation?" Aurora muttered with a sad and disappointed look on her face.
Zach sighed and flicked his finger on Aurora's face. "This cute face won't work on me. And It's not as though I don't want to show you my stats. Even if I did, you wouldn't understand anything."
Aurora squinted her eyes and said with a confident look on her face: "Try me."
Zach opened his status menu and showed it to Aurora.
10 seconds Later.
"What the hell is this?!" Aurora exclaimed with a baffled expression on her face. Her cute face looked terrible.
"What happened to that 'try me'?" Zach commented with a grin on his face.
Zach's current stats:
Level 18.
HP- 10500/10500
ATK- 363.
Physical Strength- 363.
Mental Strength- 800
Soul Strength- 0
Physical DEF- 340.
Mental DEF- 730
Soul DEF- 0
AGILITY- 469.
MP- 0/∞
EXP- 59850/90000 (to level up.)
Physique- Celestial- Max.
Class- Cultivator. (Maxed)
Secondary class- Healer
Guild- Not joined.
Title- 1) Forbidden Existence. 2) Child of Atrocity. 3) Sign of Impurity. 4) The Last Survivor
Skill- 1) Martial Warrior. 2) Dominator's Touch.
Zach's MP was currently Zero, so Aurora couldn't see the infinity sign.
"There are so many things I don't understand. And what are these titles?" Aurora asked with a surprised and curious look on her face. "What did you do to get such horrible titles?"
"Except the last one," she added.
"You don't need to know, or rather, I can't explain it to you even if I wanted to," Zach replied.
"I don't want to be annoying, so I won't ask any more questions." Aurora opened her status menu and showed it to Zach after saying, "Here. You can look at mine too."
Aurora's stats were:
Name- Aurora Edens.
Level- 18.
HP- 10500/10500
ATK- 390.
Physical Strength- 250.
Physical DEF- 350.
AGILITY- 300.
MP- 0/395
EXP- 14750/90000 (to level up.)
Physique- Mortal- 820/1000 (to evolve.)
Class- Warrior
Secondary class- Healer
Guild- Not joined.
Title- 1) Holy Maiden.
Skill- 1) Lyda Strike. 2) Super Healing
Aurora's stats were incredible too. However, Zach was focused on her physique.
'It was 800 before. Now it's 820.' Zach pondered for a while and uttered, "I guess you can get physique points for training your body since that's what the name means."
After talking with Aurora for a while, Zach went straight to his inn room and slept like a slob for the entire night.
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Total players in the game 109242
30977 new players logged in.
8521 players died.
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[Weekly target.]
«150 power stones- 1 chapter.» (not Reached)
«200 power stones - 2 chapters.» (not Reached)
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Author's Note - The player count in this chapter includes the time passed in the chapter + plus the entire night Zach slept (14 hours).
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