"Swoshhh" The sound of a slash was heard from this forest. Not only that, the sound of metal clashing and the screams of a monster were also heard from this place.
This voice came from a Zen battle against the plant-shaped monster in front of him. Currently Zen is trying to complete a quest that comes from this village in the east of the forest.
Currently Zen is trying to complete a mission with the gift of a sword called Anneal Blade, a one-handed sword that is strong enough to accompany his adventure.
Zen is fighting a plant monster to get an antidote derived from this plant, to deliver to the villagers who are suffering from a strange disease.
"Damn, why are so many protecting him" said Zen who slashed one by one the monsters that were in his way.
The monster that Zen is looking for is called Little Nepenthes, but this plant has many monsters that protect it.
Zen then took out his sword skill and slashed the 3 enemies in front of him first, but after successfully slashing them, Zen's feet started to get trapped by the part of the plant next to him that was in the form of a rope.
Zen started to be pulled towards the plant which started to open its petals which contained many thorns surrounding it. Seeing this Zen started slashing at the rope-shaped part of the plant.
Once released, Zen began to issue 3 slashes at once to end the creature's life. after the plant died Zen then continued to attack the other monsters that were still protecting the monster that Zen was aiming for.
Zen did tens of slashes vigorously, and finally paid off. All the monster protection monsters he was aiming for were dead and it took a long time to re-emerge. This opportunity was not wasted by Zen and immediately ended the monster and took the antidote that fell from the monster.
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Currently Zen is in a village on a mission to find an antidote. After giving the antidote to the villagers, he finally got a sword.
"Where are we going next?" Zen said. Then he opened the map.
Zen finally decided to return to the city, to supply some of the potions and crystals he needed for his adventure.
After Zen reached the city, he started to go to a shop to buy his necessities. After Zen left the place, from a distance he saw a man wearing a brown robe covering himself from head to toe, buying a loaf of bread.
"That's not it..." Zen muttered then tried to approach the person.
After Zen started to approach, the person he was aiming for started to leave the place. Zen then began to try to chase him, but unfortunately Zen lost track of the person. The person disappeared into the dense crowd filled with players who were in the area.
Zen is still trying to find him, but the result is that he still loses track of him.
"Hah.. maybe we will meet when fighting the boss of the first floor" said Zen starting to give up looking for that person.
"Okay where do we go next" Zen muttered while remembering a good place to level up. After determining a place to go, Zen began to mark the place on his map and began to leave the place.
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It's been a week since the game started, Zen is traveling alone, and now he's trying to get to his next destination to level up.
Zen was currently trying to take a detour towards the dungeon he wanted to go to. Zen took a detour because he thought he might find something interesting.
And sure enough, now Zen found something interesting. From a distance, Zen saw a man wearing a brown robe he had seen three days ago when he stopped by in town to buy his supplies.
Zen tried to come closer and pay attention to the person. That person was desperately fighting the monster in front of him. It was obvious that the person was a beginner, because his movements only slashed here and there without a clear pattern, and did not use sword skills to kill the monsters in front of him.
"I have to be strong, I have to go back to the real world, I have to take the test so mommy admits me"
A woman's voice came from the person in front of her. Zen was currently trying to get as close as possible, but he overheard the woman's muttering.
The woman herself is a student who excels at school. She always studies hard to get recognition from her parents, especially her mother.
However, due to his declining value, various unsavory rumors were heard about him. This gossip finally reached her mother's ears and her mother believed the gossip.
The woman tries to make up for it by promising her mother, to enter a prestigious university entrance exam and she promises not to let her down.
The woman continued to study, untila saw an advertisement about a game that was about to be released. The game was perfect in his eyes. He planned to play the game to relieve his tiredness.
But unfortunately, the game brought him here, an event he didn't expect to happen.
"You will quickly defeat him if you use a sword skill" said Zen who saw the situation of the brown-robed woman.
Hearing this, the woman was immediately taken aback and the monster she was fighting didn't waste this opportunity and attacked her. Seeing this Zen took out his Sword skill and slashed at the monster until it was defeated.
"See, that's how it is" said Zen as he slid his sword sheathed against his back.
"How to do it, please teach me, I want to be strong" the woman said repeatedly.
"Calm down, why do you want to be so strong?" Zen asked.
"To finish this game" replied the woman.
"And you don't think the other players want it?" Zen replied
"It's not like that, I want to finish this game as soon as possible" replied the woman.
"You know, if you do something in a hurry, the results won't be good?" Zen next word
"But... But..." the woman stuttered, because she thought Zen had some truth in it.
"Try to accept the situation you are in now, and try to enjoy the life you are now living" Zen continued.
Hearing this the woman tried to digest Zen's words
"How about this, we form a party and I will teach you to be strong?" Zen said to the woman in front of him who was still trying to digest his words.
The woman tried to think of Zen's words and replied.
"W-Alright, s-please take care of me from now on" The woman agreed to Zen's suggestion.
"Okay, but before that let's get acquainted, my name is Zen" said Zen introducing himself.
"A-Asuna" replied the woman.
Then Zen started to invite Asuna into his party and started their adventure.