Orbis Online
138. Alvasts

After the player massacre by Reus and Ikshan, the two became the talk of various media, especially among Gaia's Tree players. Two mysterious masked figures were able to finish off dozens of players easily, that was the hottest topic that was being talked about by Gaia's Tree members and some players in the Orbis Forum.

Since the assault of the Gaia's Tree members at the Galvast gate, Reus and Ikshan's journey has been fairly safe and has not experienced significant problems. At most it was just a monster and beast attack or some bandits and robbers, not so difficult.

   "Finally after a long time through various problems."

   "Yes...."

Reus and Ikshan smiled full of haru as they reached the entrance gate of Alvast, the capital of Lavore Kingdom after a long time.

Because since their first meeting, the two experienced various kinds of problems that ended in delaying their trip. Call it the battle inside the Horen mountain, the attack on the village of Rockfall, as well as training for two months under Randolf's guidance as an example.

Although in the end Reus and Ikshan gained new strength after training at Randolf's place for a month, it still could not eliminate their haru taste after a long time to get to the destination.

Not wanting to linger they immediately stepped towards the entrance gate of Alvast which there were a lot of people in line. This could be said to be reasonable considering Alvast was the capital of Lavore Kingdom.

   "Open your mask, it's a checkpoint."

One of the guards glared at Reus and Ikshan who were still wearing half-face masks until this very second. They took off the mask to obey the guard because they did not want to make a noise.

It took some time for the two to be able to step through the gates entering Alvast given the length of the queue, yet they did not complain.

   "So, what do you want to do now, Ikshan?"

   "Oh, I'm confused myself...."

The main purpose of Ikshan to travel to Alvast is to meet his lover, Mia to play together, but it is precisely in the middle of the journey that his love runs aground and ends in confusion.

Reus himself only made a temporary stop in this city considering that his main goal was Bailendra Kingdom to gather information regarding the seven Arshwind seals, so he did not have to worry about where he would go after this city.

   'If possible I will go to Shadow Mountain to take Whitestar.'

Shown in his mind was a sword that was exactly like Blackstar, but was completely white emitting a pure holy light.

According to the memories Randolf gave, in Shadow Mountain was a Dungeon named Abyss Edge, one of the hardest Dungeons in the entire Plainfest ever discovered by players. He at least wanted to find out what it was like to be inside one of the Five Great Dungeons ever discovered.

Reus did not expect to complete the Dungeon in one try, but at least he could try first before giving up, given the possibility of Whitestar having the same ability as Blackstar.

   "Maybe I'll follow you for clues to free Arshwind and destroy the Order of Chaos."

Confused as to which path he would take after this, Ikshan finally decided to follow along as well as help Reus.

He himself already knew about the existence of the Order of Chaos that was so threatening the world of Orbis Online as well as the truth about Blackstar's dark history, Ikshan felt that he had to participate in stopping the ambition of the Chaos Order that wanted to cover the world with darkness.

Although Ikshan believed that Reus could do it, he still could not bear to let Reus bear the burden alone and knew there were times when Reus could not face the Order of Chaos alone. He will need every help.

Reus smiled slightly in response to Ikshan's reply which surprised him enough, considering that the Order of Chaos was not an organization that could be defeated like the Legion.

   "Alright, I also need a traveling companion to talk to."

   "It's good that way."

The two threw smiles before banging their fists signaled Reus and Ikshan had agreed.

Reus decides to go find lodging and refill supplies for their next trip to Bailendra Kingdom, while Ikshan asks the locals about the nearby gun shops or forges.

   "Well, just in case avoid flashy action."

Before the split Ikshan gave the couple a new robe and mask on Reus to wear. Their identity as a 'mysterious masked player who massacred a group of Gaia's Tree members' can be easily recognized considering the masks both are quite attention-grabbing.

In the end Reus looked for a fairly closed hallway and changed his robe and mask, this time he looked brighter and more unsightly than before. The color of the mask and the previous robe of Reus did give the impression of dark and gripping, it was natural that the views of the people around him became changed.

Reus' first stop was the nearest convenience store intending to buy a lot of supplies.

   "I'm sorry, all the food and drink stock was bought up by someone before."

   "out?"

Reus's eyebrows raised high enough to know this, he really did not think there were people who could spend all the stock in a store.

   'Is it possible that there are noble NPCs who are having a party until they finish stocking the Item?'

Reus shook his head slowly dismissing that thought. He knew that even though it was only NPCs, these nobles must have liked luxurious things, it was impossible for any noble to buy them out of a small shop aimed at commoners like this.

In the end Reus left the convenience store after buying some of his other needs, he stepped into another store but strangely the shops he went to also ran out of supplies like before.

   "What's with this stock vacuum?"

While sitting complaining around the Alvast square, Reus sighed in confusion towards this strange state. He had already visited several convenience stores, but all of them said their merchandise was being bought by someone.

The Region thought that someone the previous shopkeepers meant if not a player of the Legion then a high-powered economic player.

   "But, didn't the Legion not really need this kind of stock? Especially buying it blatantly from such small shops."

Region shook his head slowly considering that most of the members of some Legions were indeed players, but some of them also had NPCs that required three primary needs just like players in the real world, namely food, as well, sandang, and board.

However, if the Legion is of a large size they will not buy the needs from the third hand, but the second hand or even directly from the manufacturer.

   "If it's a small Legion, it's not too thought out, but it's being pushed out of this to more than five stores...."

Once again Reus sighed he was confused what he should do with his stock of supplies that were quite thin.

It was true that he and Ikshan were able to hunt some animals or monsters on his way, but none of the two were able to cook wild ingredients well, especially cooking in the wild.

Although Reus was quite good at cooking he had never cooked in the wild before, considering he belonged to the household. Without the stove and other standard cookware he could not do anything in the presence of foodstuffs.

As Reus pensively thought about the fate of his supplies on the verge of death, his ears caught a rowdy sound from somewhere, he immediately looked at the rowdy voice that was a little curious.

There Reus could see a pair of young men running from a group of people, he could see there was a cursor over their heads, but there was one thing that made Reus widen his eyes, two very familiar figures caught his sight.

   "Dunkies? Kynel?"

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