40 3 Idiots

[Talk to you guys later. Something interesting is happening over here.]

Annera sent her last text whisper to the party chat before closing the prompt. She followed Bob's directives and crouched down.

Unlike the city lights provided by Donut City in its streets, Sunnyside Village does not have any outdoor lanterns shining in the night.

"Hey. Let's follow them closely. But remember, we have to be silent."

The figures nimbly move under the shadows of the night. Their movements were eerily silent and seeing them synchronously move in a group made them look like they were a single entity.

"Quickly. Follow me." Bob said in a hushed tone. Lavanuk jumped down from his shoulder and crept forward.

His eyes were focused on the group as he slowly followed the group's trail. He couldn't move as fast as the group because he was crouched and for another particular reason.

'I hate these tight pants.'

His balls were restricting his movements.

"Alright. But we have to hurry up, they're already turning towards that corner." Annera hurriedly said. She followed Bob in his movements but she thought that he was moving a bit too slow.

She had an easier time moving because she didn't have appendages in the nether regions. Annera went past Bob and turned to the corner.

'They're still there.'

Fortunately, the group of figures was still visible. She waited for Bob to arrive at her side before she continued following.

"Hey. I'll follow them first. You move too slowly." Annera whispered to Bob. She turned her back towards him as she finished speaking and started moving again.

"Ok. I have to take care of something as well." Bob replied softly, but Annera could no longer hear it.

He proceeded to scratch his leather leggings and relieve himself of his worries.

'Where could they be heading off to?'

Annera quietly followed behind the group of figures. She couldn't quite catch their looks because the moonlight only showed their silhouettes.

'Their frames are small. Are they women?'

The silhouettes were smaller than the average man. Although there were figures that were taller than the rest, most of them were petite.

Following their trail, Annera was eventually led towards the backyard of perhaps the largest house within the village. Although the darkness of the night covered the village, it could not cover the grandeur of the house.

Whisper~

Annera could hear whispering but couldn't hear proper details. The figures were heading towards the backdoor and one of them detached from the group.

Whisper~

The detached figure spoke to everyone else in a hushed tone before turning its back and approaching the door.

Knock~

A single knock on the door and the figure walked back to the group.

Creeeeeaaaaakkk~

After a few moments, the door slowly swung open and revealed a person from inside. That person, presumably from the villa, motioned its arms as if inviting everyone else inside.

[Hey, Bob. Head towards the largest house in the village. I'll be following them inside without getting noticed.] Annera sent Bob a whisper.

Annera knew that to get relevant information, they'd have to infiltrate the area without getting caught. And Annera had a plan in mind.

'Slowly, slowly.'

When she got near, her suspicions from earlier were confirmed. They were, in fact, all women. They were wearing casual clothing and that fact made Annera worried.

'Crud, I can't sneak in there when I'm wearing these robes.'

Her outfit was a far cry from the group's fashion. She was wearing holy robes, fitting that of a healer, but her clothing would stand out if she was surrounded by people in casual clothes.

'There's no time. I have to do it. I can log out anytime anyways, so I'm not in real danger.'

The figures were entering the house one-by-one. Annera used that event to sneak into the group, hoping that they wouldn't find her presence weird.

"I have some juicy news about Mr. Gand's new butler. Apparently, he's-"

"Shhh. Just wait until we get inside."

Annera successfully inserted herself into the group. She took the last position as they were forming a line, making it so that she'd have less exposure.

"A young couple has been going around in the middle of the night and doing some-"

"Hush. Inside."

The women could not properly hold their tongues. They wanted to share juicy stories that they heard just recently to all of their friends within the group.

'Nice. At least the darkness is also hindering their perception. The moment I get in is the moment I'll separate from them.'

Annera could not risk exposing herself any longer than that. And when she made it to the door, she encountered a problem.

"Who are you?"

The person who opened the door earlier was still holding the door open noticed Annera. Her voice was loud enough for the group to take notice and look back.

"Uh. Hi?" Annera could not think of a proper reply. She did not dare to greet them with her name but she greeted them at least.

Everyone within the group all stared at Annera. Their eyes glimmered with a scary light as if predators found their lone prey. They surrounded Annera and approached her as a group.

'Shit.' She cursed to herself as she got cornered.

-

And while Annera was busy getting caught by the ladies, Bob was busy scratching his nether regions.

"Damn. I really need to wear underwear."

The friction caused by moving while crouched was too much, it caused him skin irritation.

"She said she'll go ahead. I'll go and call the others in the meantime."

After dealing with his groin, Bob stood up and called his party via party chat.

[Hey, guys. We found something suspicious, I'm waiting for Annera's signal to follow her. Let's meet in the village square in the meantime.]

[Cluck!]

[Oh? Really? That's nice. We're heading there right now.]

The party replied positively to his call, but that meant that the rest of the party did not get anything useful from their search.

Bob walked away from the spot where he scratched himself for quite some time. And when he was nowhere within the area, a voice resounded.

"He's finally gone. That creep was doing it in a public place by himself." A female voice spoke.

"Well, shall we continue?" A male's voice also came out from the shadows.

They were hiding behind a tree that was just behind where Bob and Annera stayed for a while.

The male embraced the female and they continued what they were doing earlier. The awkwardness from almost getting caught made them all the more excited instead.

-

"So? Where is she?" E asked Bob as he stroked Lavanuk's feathers.

'Now that I think about it, did this chicken cause those werewolves to suddenly burn?' He thought.

The only people that knew that Lavanuk had powers were Bob and Annera. Bob explained to Annera when they hunted down some Mother Brogs last night.

"To be honest, I don't know. But she said she'll tell us where they're headed towards." Bob replied. He walked towards E and took Lavanuk from E's hands.

Blight, Enma, and Minion were chilling at the side. E was troubled because of how calm they were acting. He knew that those 3 almost fell for a scam just earlier.

"Hahaha. I can't believe it. Does this game even have that kind of function?" Enma just laughed the experience off.

"Fuck. But they were into us, right?" Minion was still as potty-mouthed as ever.

"No comment." Blight said and turned his head to the side.

E facepalmed himself. He was the person that saved the three of them from their predicament just earlier.

"What seems to be the problem here? Did I miss something?" Bob was confused as to what they were talking about.

E sighed after hearing Bob's query. It was only natural to be curious about something you didn't know after all. So E had no choice but to inform Bob and ask him to cooperate.

"These 3 idiots somehow managed to almost get scammed by other players." E informed Bob.

"But what if they were genuinely interested in us? Enma voiced out his concern.

"No. Think about it, why would people fall in love with people in first sight in an online game?" E asked them.

The 3 idiots lowered their heads in shame. It was a case of falling for people that show interest, which was usual for guys. When a girl shows even a little bit of liking, guys would instantly like them for it.

"You fools, they were obviously going to ask for you to level them up. This village may not be a starting village, but it's filled with low-level players like us." E scrutinized the 3 even more.

'Sigh. What am I going to do with these 3?'

And when E thought that, Bob suddenly exclaimed. He received a highly anticipated message.

[Hey, Bob. Head towards the largest house in the village. I'll be following them inside without getting noticed.]

He informed everyone of this and they all agreed to move towards the building that was most probably what Annera referred to.

[Hey, Annera. Analysis?]

E sent a whisper to Annera.

*Player 'Annera' cannot accept private messages at this time.

-Within a restricted space.

"Oh fuck." E cursed.