Orbis Online
72. New Party

The encounter between Reus and Dunk, which was preceded by a misunderstanding, has developed into a relationship that can be said to be quite strange. Although Dunk is actually a more veteran player than Reus, his level and status are still far below Reus due to a decrease in level by penalty death.

   "Can you stop following me?"

   "No! I decided to follow you, temperature!"

   'Hot your head!'

Reus' face shriveled as soon as he heard the term 'temperature' pinned by the Elf player with yellow blond hair. He does not like to be called by strange names by people who are not or are not well known.

After a cliched encounter between Reus and Dunk resulting from a pair of Zombie Knights, Dunk considers Reus as his savior and protector with eyes and admiration that sparkle like a star in the twilight. That's because Reus always slaughtered the Undead he saw, but Dunk misinterpreted Reus' actions as a form of protection for him.

Reus who was followed by Dunk from behind was beginning to feel uneasy and uneasy. He is not a person who likes to find and attract attention, he prefers to be alone even among his study group in class. Wanting himself to tell Dunk to stop staring at him, it was just that he was too preoccupied by the Undead horde of level 50s without being helped by Dunk. Of course it pisses him off.

While resting his body to restore his stamina, Reus made several HP Potions I that made Dunk increasingly unable to remove his eyes from this shiny silver-haired player.

   "Temperature, how do you gain the ability to make Potions while your fighting ability is truly amazing?"

   "I just got it by accident. One more thing, don't call me temperature."

   "Well, temperature!"

It looked like a vein in Reus' temple, but he let out a heavy sigh in order to maintain the balance of his emotions that culminated in the crown. He was not very fond and comfortable of the presence of Dunk who always watched him with enthusiasm and sparkling eyes.

A moment later Reus sighed again, then looked back at Dunk.

   "Why are you following me? Don't you have a purpose in coming here? And also, why do you call me temperature?"

Dunk was surprised to get a question that really questioned him from Reus, but he immediately answered with high spirit and excited.

   "I follow the temperature because I want to follow the temperature! If my goal here was only to increase level and strength, there would be nothing else! Because temperature is the one I deserve to call temperature!"

   'In the end he answered only one of the three questions I gave him.'

Reus sighed again hearing the answer from Dunk. He inserted all the HP Potion I he had created into the Inventory, then fiddled with the semi-transparent panel that appeared in front of him. In an instant, the same panel appeared in front of Dunk which made his eyes widen.

   "Su-temperature, what is this?"

   "Party invitations, you don't know?"

   "Not that. Why would the temperature want to play in a party with me?"

   "We will be in the same party so you can face several Undead level 80s at once. I've already implemented the 75%-25% Exp Split system in this party."

After saying that Reus took out dozens of HP Potion I and gave it to Dunk for free so as to make the Martial Artist classy player look great. How could a player give away dozens of HP Potions I so easily without saying anything?

   "Su—"

Without waiting for Dunk to finish his sentence, Reus immediately answered a question that was about thrown by a player who was almost penalized for a moment. Dunk could only nod and save all the HP Potion I Reus gave after thanking him.

***

A few minutes after resting to recover his HP and stamina, Reus again moved down Ambora Temple this time he was accompanied by Dunk who walked right behind him. With Dunk his journey through the parts of the temple containing the Undead became easier.

The deeper they entered the temple, the more Undead and traps ambushed them. Fortunately Reus was a little experienced with traps so he was not hit in the slightest. Instead, Dunk whose incident is a muscle brain directly lunges forward regardless of the possibility of traps.

Thanks to his stupidity he was almost killed several times by Reus.

But Dunk did not fall into the trap, he destroyed the trap immediately using the ability of his Elemental Rune that was fire-elemented. Therefore he also always survived dozens of traps that should have killed ordinary players since.

Seeing the great ability of the Elemental Rune Dunk possessed, Reus could only stroke his chest while crying inwardly and saying 'why do I take so much effort to avoid that trap while this guy breaks all the traps with his barbarians once he finds out'.

   "Dunk, may I ask you a question?"

   "What is it, temperature?"

   "Where did you get the Elemental Rune? I rarely see it."

   "Oh, this, huh? I got it in the Limasa Dungeon."

   'Limasa Dungeon?!'

Reus' eyes widened instantly upon hearing the name of Dungeon Limasa. How not? The Limasa Dungeon was one of the Five Great Dungeons whose incidentally were the five hardest Dungeons in the Plainfest continent. How could a weak and low-leveled person like this Dunk be able to enter the Limasa Dungeon? At least that was what Reus was thinking at the moment.

Reus does not seem to care about Dunk, but he often notices Dunk walking behind him. How to fight, his horses, his vigilance, his techniques, and so on. Reus was stunned as he saw powerful and flexible movements coming out of each member of Dunk's body.

In that instant, Reus came to the conclusion that Dunk was not only a player, but also someone who was capable in the real world just like him. Although Reus does not consider himself a highly capable player, at least he still admits that he has a little sword ability that he brings from the real world.

Reus saw the Dunk movement is not just a wild movement like himself, but it is really technical. That shows that Dunk in the real world is a former martial artist.

However, it did not answer the question of how could Dunk reach the Limasa Dungeon at this still low level.

   "W-how did you manage to memeasuki Dungeon Limasa?"

   "Together the party that has dumped me now."

Reus tilted his head for a moment as soon as he heard the words 'party' and 'now'. It made him think, is Dunk a veteran player who has experienced a drastic decrease in level and ability? If so, then it should not be asked of the person concerned.

Wh why? Of course a sensitive issue for him, what else?

Reus who was an ordinary Swordsman against Dunk who was a Martial Artist classy player with Elemental Rune abilities? Even though Reus could escort him, it would still be troublesome if he had to fight in a narrow and dangerous place like this.