8 Progress

Emile logged back into the game. He decided to look around in the bunnies cave to see if he could spot anything that he might have missed.

He checked around and didn't see anything other than the big pile of food to the very left of the cave.

He wanted to be extra careful in case he missed out on something. He decided to scavenge through the food to see if there was anything that was valuable.

Near the bottom of the food stack, he found coins which were scattered around. He started to grab the coins and put them into his inventory.

He gained 125 more copper coins. The game hasn't released the money transfer option which would allow players to use real-life money and convert it to in-game money. The beginning of the game put everyone on an equal footing.

He crawled out of the bunnies cave and checked his friend's lists.

He gave a friend request to all 3 of his friends.

[Friend request has been sent]

[Friend request has been sent]

[Friend request has been sent]

He also noticed that Flower Queen was online. He chose to message her.

"Hey, I found a cave and cleared it," Emile typed.

"Oh, there you are, I found another cave, now all you have to do is enter the caves to increase the progress of your quest." She responded quickly.

"Here are the snake cave's coordinates," She gave him coordinates to a location.

"Thanks," Emile said before closing the chat.

Emile started to walk in the direction of the coordinates. After about 10-minutes of walking straight past trees and other animals. He saw Flower Queen hunting green snakes.

What level are you," he asked, "I'm level 2 right now."

She replied, "I'm also level 2, you do realize that you can check it if you open the friend's list, that's what the number next to the name means."

Emile was embarrassed as he didn't know what the number meant. Emile was not number 1 on the Local leaderboard anymore. Other players were playing throughout the night causing some to be very close to level 3.

"Can you lead me towards the cave," he asked.

"Sure," she replied and started to walk in a direction.

The trees surrounding this area were much greener than other areas.

The green snakes had a natural advantage at this location since they could camouflage with the tree leaves.

He followed her until they arrived at a small cliff. The cliff went up to 35 meters in the air. Emile was confused as to why she brought him next to a barren cliff.

She started to walk around the cliff and stepped into an area with a lot of bushes.

"Ta-da, the cave is behind the bush. I haven't entered it yet," She quickly said hoping for praise.

"Thanks, you didn't have to do that," He said feeling warm on the inside.

At this moment he received a system notification.

[Flowing Dreams has accepted your friend request]

[Handsomest Crab has accepted your friend request]

[Time Walker has accepted your friend request]

The three of them chose to accept his friend request at the same time. Emile didn't know if this was coincidence or that they were together in the same village.

He put all of them into one group chat so they could discuss things easily.

"Could you guys come to Song Village and help me look for caves, it's for a quest that I got from the Village Chief," Emile quickly asked.

They replied by saying that they would help him out. Emile wanted to finish the quest today.

"Follow an animal, since that's how I found a few caves," He gave them some advice.

After chatting with them, he finally entered the cave.

[You have discovered a new location]

[You have found the Snake's Den]

[You have gained 100 fame]

[You will have the opportunity to earn fame if you clear the location]

Immediately after entering the cave he noticed that it was extremely dark like the Boar's cave. He felt disappointed that he couldn't clear the cave.

Flower Queen noticing his sadness attempted to comfort him.

"Don't worry, didn't I say that I found another cave, maybe that cave will have what you're looking for," she said sympathetically.

He felt slightly better after her reassurance and checked his quest log.

[Unique Quest: Seeking a Cave]

[Objective: Find five caves]

[Difficulty: C]

[Comment: You're almost there, just two more to find]

[Progress: 3/5]

[Reward: Uncommon Helmet of the Overseer, 250 experience points, and Skill Book: Night Vision]

He had to look for two more caves before he could complete the quest and earn some items.

"Follow me." She said as she started to walk away.

Emile started to follow her again. After about 20 minutes of walking and the forest changing its look one more time. The forest had an assortment of colored-leaves.

He noticed that the only animals walking around were mice, which were level 1 and wolves which were level 5. They had to be cautious since the wolves were strong.

They continued to walk around when Flower Queen started to message him in his chat. She didn't want to alert the wolves. Her cautious nature allowed her to have high survivability.

"The cave is about 20 meters in front of us, but there's a wolve blocking the entrance," she typed.

"I'll distract the wolves" she typed.

He felt warm knowing that he wasn't alone for this adventure. He remembered how he used a rock to lure enemies over. He gave her a rock and told her the strategy to lure away the wolf.

He hid in a bush. She hid in a separate bush and threw a rock at the wolf. The wolf was started and started to growl in the direction of where the rock came from.

She stood up and began taunting the wolf. The wolf wasn't smart enough to realize that this was a trap. The wolf ran after her.

Emile took the opportunity to charge into the cave.

[[You have discovered a new location]

[You have found the Wolves Den]

[You have gained 100 fame]

[You will have the opportunity to earn fame if you clear the location]

After he got the system notifications he left the cave to go help out Flower Queen. He noticed that she was running away and messaged her to run towards him.

Her Agility wasn't faster than the wolf which caused the wolf to ram into her. She received knockback which propelled her towards Emile.

"How much health do you have?" Emile asked quickly.

"I'll die in more hit," she responded.

Emile took the chance to identify the stats of the wolf.

Gray Wolf

Normal Monster

Level 5

Hp: 149/158

Atk: 26-42

Agility: 23

An all-rounder. Has decent stats across the board.

Weakness: Attacking the neck will give the stun effect.

"Attack the neck." he quickly ordered. Emile charged forward and threw out a punch. Before the punch landed he got bit by the wolf.

-28

[You are bleeding, you will lose 2% of your health per second]

-62 true damage

The wolf got stunned for half-a-second which allowed Flower Queen to slash her sword at the wolf's neck.

-36 true damage

The stun effect got removed and the wolf attacked Emile once more.

-27

[You are bleeding, you will lose 3% of your health per second]

The bleeding effect stacked. He didn't want to find out how much it stacked by.

He went for another punch at the neck which killed the wolf.

-60 true damage

[The Wolf has been slain]

[You have gained Wolf meat x1]

[You have gained Wolfhide x2]

[You have gained 5 copper coins]

[You have gained 36 experience points (12x3 level gap)]

Emile bleeding effect ended after a few seconds.

Emile just noticed that he wasn't in a party with Flower Queen which meant that she received no experience.

He sent her a party invite. She accepted. She didn't have any sour feelings since she also forgot about the party function. They would receive exp depending on how much they contributed towards a fight.

"We need to find one more cave before the quest is completed," he said.

At this moment he received a message from Flowing Dream.