This was impossible. Why? Whenever she logged into the game, random players wanting her weapons bombarded her. It was not fun anymore.
What surprised her the most was a friend request from SIG and Doom. And she realized they were outstanding players. Well, they were in an amazing guild, but still; she didn't get how exceptional they were.
They dared to invite her. But Lili declined. She thought she was not good enough to join them. They were top ranking, and she wasn't; she was just playing for fun.
But Doom, which was the one receiving her weapon, was beyond joy. Whenever they met in-game, he would message her to ask her how she made it and say how awesome she was and that he fell in love with it. That boy was funny. Pretty social. And SIG wasn't bad either.
They both told her they want to take advantage of her. There, she finally understood what the language barrier meant. Well, she got scared, but they quickly said that they want her job skills. SIG wanted a new weapon and Doom wanted some for his teammates, too.
Lili was having fun with them most of the afternoon and a bit of a night. Once she even told them she feels like babysitting a horde of kids.
Well. They were younger than her by only a few years. They have been carefree. No school or work. They made her think they were in a professional team, which was probably right.
Lili was never interested in professional gaming. Games were supposed to make you relax, have fun, and not destroy yourself while trying to be the best.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow was the day she was leaving for Hong Kong. So, today she could log into the game for the last time in a long time.
[Group]SIG: Lily, I have Thunder's approval to be with you.
[Group]Blacklily: You wouldn't like me... I look like a 200kg and 50yo cow...
[Group]SIG: That can't be... your voice is too nice for that
[Group]SIG: Well, it wasn't about this at all. Thunder told me I can fool around with you today and help you gather materials for my weapons.
[Group]Blacklily: Hey, tell your boss we had a one-time deal... Why am I becoming your guild's weaponsmith?
[Group]SIG: Because you are fun and you make high-level weapons. We all want a piece of secret equipment... and I'm supposed to learn from you how to do it. I'm a blacksmith.
[Group]Blacklily: Wow... god help me from Thunder... he is using me as a babysitter for your younger players and teacher at the same time...
[Group]SIG: Yup. But he does use everyone. So you are not an exception.
Lili sighed after having this absurd conversation. Even she didn't know how she managed to make a secret-level weapon. It was pure luck and hours spent in-game. But well. It was her last day in the game for a while, so she agreed to SIG accompanying her.
They were running around completing quests. And actually, with his help, she gathered some great materials. But no recipe for guns dropped. Not even for a basic or beginner level. That was frustrating.
When she was about to sign out of the game system made an announcement for everyone.
[System] The Chamber of Secrets is now open. Defeat raid boss, Basilisk, with an unlimited party to get ultra-rare rewards.
What the heck? Did the scriptwriter watch Harry Potter while designing this game? Isn't there like a copyright strike for this or something?
Lili was wondering, but she used SIG and clicked on to follow him, and took a ride while he was running to find The Chamber.
He found it. That guy found it after seven minutes. That was amazing. And his guildmates got into the group immediately. In which they invited her.
A party was usually for five members or fewer, a group was for large raids and legendary dungeons that needed a bigger amount of players.
She ended up with names such as SIG, Doom, Thunder, KILLERtaunt, Zhanshi, YiZhe, MoSHU, HeiaN_YoulinG, and some more. But these were all names from the top of All Asian servers ranking.
There were tunnels underneath the Cain City and there was The Chamber. With a big snake-like creature with a human-looking upper part of the body. Funny-looking boss.
All of them played so well together that she could think they were childhood friends sitting in one room playing. Or... what would be more possible? They were a pro team. Because their teamwork was superb. They were covering and helping each other. And their healer was awesome. He healed them the second the damage was done, as if he knew and was prepared.
Bad things happened when other parties found the boss, too. They could steal him only when her party died out. So, the others started attacking them. And fighting on two front lines wasn't her style. She wanted to retreat. When she saw the message from Thunder.
[Party]Thunder: Lily, use voice chat. One of us will talk.
[Party]Doom: I VOLUNTEER
[Party]SIG: I volunteer
[Party] Blacklily joined voice chat
[Party] Thunder joined voice chat
[Party] Doom joined voice chat
[Party] SIG joined voice chat
After a few gibberish words on the other side of the mic, Doom and SIG left voice chat and only Thunder stayed.