The 'Expert'

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In a certain encampment within Murkwood Passage...

Grrrrrrr...

"Shut up you fat piece of s***!" A man wearing an iron armor set shouted furiously at an abnormally fat zombie that was stuck on the ground due to some swords and spears stabbed onto its limbs.

"If we just let you die here... Why did you even bring us to this place?" The man then said depressingly.

"Relax Garvey. We have bigger problems right now." A lady equipped with leather armor and had reddish brown hair said.

"Big sis, do you think the updates are just a trial run? I do not want to spend the rest of my life in this world." A blond haired kid that had a sorcerer's cloak equipped said.

"What world? We. Are. Stuck. In. This. Place." A skinny guy with Afro hair then said as he kept throwing rocks at a nearby tree.

If Jay was here, he will be surprised to see that these people who caused his first death in the game was still here. Deathly Finger, Crimson Lotus, Explosion Explosion, and the other players from the guild 'Meteora Alliance.' As for the fat zombie, it was Bob the adventurer suffering from Frallia's Curse.

Just as these four players were telling a lot of depressing facts about their situation, a random player approached them. He then spoke up.

"Hey guys. We found something interesting. Want to check it out?"

When the four of them heard this, they then agreed to check it out. So they left their encampment and walked for a while.

Then after that, the guy who lead them there signaled them to stop and he started pointing at some trees and some zombies that are deader than dead.

"Look closely. A battle just occurred here recently. It means that there must be somebody who entered this place since most of us in our group are still stuck in that dungeon."

When they did as the guy told them which is to look closely, they agreed with the guy's conclusion that someone indeed just entered Murkwood Passage.

Garvey, the man in the iron armor set then told them "What's the point? So what if someone entered. He or she will be stuck in this place with us. But anyways, good job for finding this. I'm going back to camp."

When Garvey left, Crimson Lotus then decided to look for the player who fought these zombies. As for the rest of them, they also went back to the camp.

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Somewhere else in Murkwood Passage...

"Nuggets, how many of these bastards did we kill already? This is becoming very tedious." Jay said as he looked at some scattered bones and corpses from the undead creatures that he and Nuggets killed.

"I don't know! Shouldn't you be the one who is supposed to count?" Nuggets replied.

"Let's grab some lunch first back at the inn." Jay then grabbed Nuggets and used the fast travel function of the Map.

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Drunken Rooster Inn, 3rd Floor

"Better remove my Chicken Armor Set first..." Jay said to himself as he unequipped the armor since it might cause a lot of trouble for him if a human sized chicken suddenly appeared in the inn.

After storing the armor set in the storage orb, he then equipped some normal clothes and said

"Hurry up Nuggets, we still have a million of those bastards to kill." Jay and Nuggets then rushed to the first floor and ate their lunch.

While they were eating their lunch, Jay's other self, Roasted Boar entered the inn. He then sat beside Jay and talked to him.

"Hey kid. I never got your name from our previous meeting. Mind telling me now?" Roasted Boar asked.

Jay then decided to go with an alias since if he tells his name, it will be very hard to explain why both of them had the same name.

"My name's Jack."

Roasted Boar then ordered some ale and started to talk about something else. "Jack, I wonder if you could help me and some friends of mine since you are the only person I know who is not affected by the changes and all. If you decide to help us, we all decided to give you this."

Roasted Boar then took out an odd-shaped rock that had a reddish glow on it.

When Jay saw the gem, he was surprised "A fire-type magicka stone! With this I can learn spells easier as long as it is a fire type. But..."

Jay wanted the magicka stone since it will save him a lot of time later on but he was still busy with the legendary mission at the moment so he did not know what to do.

Just as he was trying to think about this, Nuggets suddenly spoke to him "Blockhead! Just let them help us with our quest and while doing the quest, slowly guide them. Idiot! Blockhead!"

When Jay heard Nuggets refer to him as an idiot and a blockhead, he wanted to start crying while he thought "Why is a chicken scolding me now... But I suppose her idea is feasible."

Jay then told Roasted Boar that he would agree to teach them on familiarizing themselves with their skills as long as they help him kill some monsters.

"Okay. Deal." Roasted Boar then handed over the fire type magicka stone to Jay.

"Meet me near the entrance of Murkwood Forest together with your team in a few minutes." Jay said to Roasted Boar and he continued eating.

Roasted Boar then grabbed his bottle of ale and walked out of the inn.

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Five minutes later... Near the entrance of Murkwood Forest...

"Boar. Where is that guy? You told us to immediately come over but the 'expert' you called seems to be taking his time." A tall guy in leather armor wearing a green cloak said.

"Just relax Yale. It will be all worth it after this." Roasted Boar said.

Then Hot Buns suddenly shouted "Guys! He's here!"

So all of them then approached the 'expert'. But when they saw how this expert looked like, they did not know if Roasted Boar was just pulling a prank on them.

"Isn't that just a human sized chicken? What the f***?!"

While they were having their own thoughts regarding the chicken, it suddenly spoke.

"Those who wants to get stronger and familiarize themselves in this new world, follow me. As for the rest, good luck."

The human-sized chicken then started walking away from the group.

"BOAR! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?" Yale shouted angrily when he saw the human sized chicken walking away.

But Roasted Boar just decided to ignore him and followed after Jay.

"Well, I do not know what's up with his looks, but see ya guys!" Hot Buns said as he also followed Jay. Then Abyssal Angel and Bloody Harvest also followed afterwards.

"Oi! Wait up! Seriously?" Yale and the rest then decided to follow Jay to see if he is really an expert or not.