Ascyaf O Vivid: The VRMMORPG Story

Chapter 27: Hehe

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Thorne shouted, letting the mountain wall reflect her voice as she wailed on fate. Is he fucking? Maybe it's true and the bad luck is very, very big.

Glancing at Akuji whose appearance had changed a lot thanks to the few items he bought, Thorne once again sighed before the curse sound wanted to come out. As Thorne thought before, every time they tried to join a party, they just waited for the time to be kicked.

And how could Akuji, who has a —Cha— man nearby not know that this area has monster levels far above him? He knows and that's why he asks Thorne for help, who can play the role of a healer and semi-tank in his eyes.

"Take the positive side, at least you'll get grimore and new experiences."

"Damn it!" curse Thorne not arrested again. How can it be a substitute for time, a thing that really stands in the way of Vivid?

"Together."

However, Akuji's quick reply was enough to make Thorne speechless since this all came from him.

Does prudence kill you?

Thorne sighed before glancing at an ape-shaped monster that appeared, immediately Akuji attacked with the Fire Arrow.

"What are you doing?!"

"Sure, try to level up."

Thorne gnashed her teeth before advancing and swung the scythe in her hand to hold the monster back.

'If she dies the wasted time will only be longer,’ thought Thorne, not wanting to waste another day since they have been struggling for 6 days of game time.

Thorne's movements may be stiff due to the speed of his reaction. However, thanks to the green light from the healing skill seen repeatedly appearing, he was able to grab the monster's attention from Akuji.

While the young man thought bringing Thorne wasn't that bad. The reaction speed may be slow to make some movements that Akuji can easily do late but not with the accuracy of his reaction.

He handled exactly what should have been done when it happened.

Call it, Thorne has healed herself and protected Akuji with the Holy Barrier to absorb the damage that Akuji might receive amid the resistance he put up. All of that is done deftly so as not to make his health value fall too deep or throw away the Skill and mana for free.

Given that Thorne is not a tanker and his own health values are ordinary. It certainly wasn't as steep as Akuji's since he invested his entire stat all this time into Intelligence and made it seem like the glass would break by a small touch.

That's an amazing thing.

"Fire Arrow" said Akuji. Throwing fire magic arrows after the cooldown time was over, burning the monster which he immediately proceeded with the Magic Flare, increasing the damage further.

Waiting for a while before the cooldown time ended, he finally let out the same move until the monster fell down.

"How easy it is" murmured Akuji. He just needed to be quiet, keep his position, activate the skill and finish.

Akuji felt he just needed to kick the ball that had been thrust smoothly to him, no need to run there and come to pick up the ball.

As for Thorne ... she simply sighed and asked, "How much is your level now?"

"Only at level 26."

Making Thorne just keep repeating that number is like a spell that will increase the speed Akuji levels up once he hears it.

Although on the other hand Thorne was completely amazed by the speed Akuji leveled up. Was it because the level of monsters he killed was far above him or was it because Akuji's participation rate was quite high? Thorne doesn't know because she can't determine which one has a bigger hand.

At first he was indeed somewhat surprised by the speed at which they dropped monsters with just the two of them. It was indeed difficult as Thorne had thought at first, but it was not that long to take down a single monster let alone if he saw Akuji's participation rate that was not small, around 40s %.

Giving him despair that the — contract he himself made to tie his legs— can be completed soon.

"I think you should give the stat to Dexterity and Vitality even more, Akuji."

Thorne's suggestion made Akuji nod his head in agreement and said, "I've. Well, now I'm just handing out the stat to both."

"How much?"

"Twelve for Dexterity and two for Vitality."

'Isn't that barely taking care of your total low-grade health issues at all?!' thought Thorne, feeling it was no different and just feeling that Akuji would not miss the opportunity to increase his attack power.

It did help but since Thorne herself was not a knight (knight), she was unable to make the monster's attention fully focused on her let alone with the increase in Akuji's attack power.

Good or bad.

Although it is undeniable that Thorne is really afraid if the attention of a monster comes off and pounces on Akuji suddenly, it is enough to make Akuji meet death with a paper-thin amount of health.

"I really have to be careful not to let this Demon Case act" Thorne muttered just before Akuji asked.

"What is that cave?"

"Hmm? I don't know. I've never seen him."

"Then, let's go inside," said Akuji as he stepped foot into it. Is the risk of death higher for unknown areas? He doesn't care about that!

However, it did not mean that the person beside him had the same thoughts as him.

"Back!" Pull Thorne, try to get Akuji back but ...

Throwin!

Akuji still had time to take out a basic attack from this position, pulling the ant scorpion-shaped monster out of the cave with ease.

"You ...!" thorne growled before braving the monster bravely.

Thorne may feel better if Akuji is a girl, but seeing Akuji's smiling face only makes a sense of happily waving, saying goodbye as he gets further away from her.

It's just that, seeing that this monster is not that difficult, Thorne's irritation subsided quickly.

Indeed, the scorpion-like claw looked menacing but with his weapon, scythe and Guard skill, Thorne was able to withstand the attacks from the claw effectively. Let alone Akuji's attack, the fire element magic that was the weakness of an insect-type monster only made the monster fall much faster.

[Levels increased]

The sound of notification appeared before Akuji's eyes as his body was covered in a thin golden light. Opening the panel, Akuji's eyes wanted to throw all the stat points he had into Intelligent or Dexterity immediately.

Wh-wh-what for? You can burn yourself immediately! but—

"Give that stat to Vitality!” Thorne warns him harshly, succeeds in making Akuji's sense back and obeys the suggestion. Since they seem to be going through a long time together, maintaining a relationship will certainly be more profitable.

"Wouldn't it be better if leveling here?" ask Akuji.

"That's it," Thorne replied after thinking. Since the insect monster attack was less threatening to him and Akuji's own attack was more effective against them than the monsters outside, he felt that Akuji's suggestion —for the first time— was acceptable.

"Hehe."

... Just to make the red-haired young man laugh before entering once again attacked, attracting the attention of other monsters with ease.

"That's the concept too!"