The electric current still zapped on the ke’s surface while the blue snake moared at the party in hatred.

  If it would be able to fight from the water, the snake would’ve been fident to kill the party members as easy as killing a chi.

  But thanks to Liam’s trick the fight was now in favor of the pyers.

  “Only two thousand HP left, we got this!”

  Cye enced everyone as she swung her wand. In her mind she was already imagining her new css, wielding the might of lighting to decimate her oppos.

  “Hehehe…”

  Balm gazed strangely at her friend as the blond woman ughed evilly.

  “Heal!”

  Radiant Shield’s distressed voice caught Balm’s attention. Fortunately, her skill was already off cooldown. With a swing of her wand a fortable energy enveloped Radiant Shield, allowing the tank to recover.

  But as if to show that it wouldn’t be outdone by a bunch of pyers the boss drew back, putting its tail ier.

  Once again it began to recover a rge amount of HP.

  The party didn’t need Liam’s remihis time. They brought out all their skills, crushing the boss uheir attacks.

  The snake was quickly interrupted in its recovery. It swayed angrily, its eyes full e.

  Unfortunately, the party wasn’t threatened by a mere gaze. They opped pressing on.

  A short while ter the snake smmed its head down like a tieor. While a few of the party members fell, Liam watched his skills ing off cooldown.

  The veteran dished out another round of attacks.

  Boom!

  Five holy marks exploded simultaneously. Finally, the snake couldn’t bear it anymore. It wailed o time before crashing to the floor, stopping all its movements.

  “We did it!”

  Cye was excited as a notification fshed before her eyes, letting her know that she advanced in her quest.

  Now she only back the snake’s head as evidend would be granted a new css.

  “What are we waiting for? Let’s go!”

  Radiant Shield panted heavily, exhaustion written on his face:

  “My friend, have some mer us.”

  “I’m with you, Cy.”, said Balm as she watched her friend reach towards the snake’s corpse.

  A blue shimmer instantly appeared in her hand.

  “Fortune, I guess you’re lucky!”

  Cye had a hint of longing in her eyes while handing over a mage robe to her idol.

  “Reduces cast time? Not bad!”

  Fortu on her new robe with a grin. Suddenly all the boys had strange expressions, some averting their eyes, some taking ara look.

  pared to traditional wide robes, Fortune’s new one didn’t try to hide her feminine charm.

  Cye felt a hint of relief that this robe didn’t nd in her hands.

  Fortune oher hand wasn’t shy, presenting herself proudly. She knew how to use her figure to her advantage as a tent creator.

  “Maybe I have to record less from my own perspective…”

  Liam coughed awkwardly as Fortune murmured to herself.

  “We got what we came for. Let’s go.”

  “Yes, yes!”, agreed Cye joyfully, taking the lead.

  Soon the party was back at the earlier crossing, fag old man Meyhran.

  “Adventurers, you are back! Has the beast been sin?”

  “Old man, we have pleted your quest.”

  “Great. You have done a good deed. The world is a bit saver thanks to you. This old man finally tinue his travels.

  You know I don’t have much to give. Each of you try your lu my tattered, old bag. But I ’t promise you anything.”

  “Don’t worry old man, I will definitely get something good!”

  Cye rubbed her hands before opening the bag wide. A seemingly infinite darkness waited for her.

  “Cy-e! Cy-e!”

  Balm cheered jokingly as her friend rummaged through the bag. When she drew her hand back, a shining yellow light pyed around it.

  The others didn’t immediately prehend the situation, but Liam’s jaed open as he stared at Cye’s hand.

  “Impossible.”

  “What is it, Mirage?”

  “A rare item! That’s the best you get for the foreseeable future!”

  When Cye heard Liam’s expnation she first grinned brightly before quickly putting on a nont facade.

  “It’s only rare. I draw something like this whenever I want.”

  Cye flicked her hair with her hand as she spoke arrogantly.

  “Stop pretending!”

  “Hey!”

  The blond woma Balm, who mischievously poked her waist.

  “e on, show us the item.”

  “Yes, we want to see the first rare.”

  “Show it into the camera!”

  Uhe party’s urgings Cye finally posted the information into the chat.

  [Boots of SaphraCategory: Rare

  Level requirement: 12

  Movement speed: +15

  Magical Resistance: +4

  Magical Damage: +30

  Effect 1: Reduces stance cost of Fsh Step by half.

  Effect 2: Every time you use Fsh Step lightning will strike a random enemy.

  Skill: Phantom e

  The famous elven mage Saphra personally imbued these boots with her magic for thirty days. They were given to her daughter Maphro, who got rid of everything reminding her of her mother after a fierce argument.]

  “Wow! They even have a skill attached!”

  “S!”

  “What do we do with them?”

  The party discussed for a few seds. Everyone was enticed by the rare item even if it didn’t have any use for them.

  But eventually, Fortune and Balm graciously took a step back, allowing the boots to end up in Cye’s hands.

  After finding a rare item, the subsequent items couldn’t raise the excitement anymore. Even as Radiant Shield retrieved a blue bow it was barely enough to move Silent Acacia.

  Thus, the subsequent looting passed quickly. Soon old man Meyhran took his leave, his magical bag dangling over his shoulder.

  Liam shook his head seeing the hint of greed in Bloody Edge’s eyes:

  “Fet it. You aren’t the first and won’t be st. But no one take the old man’s bag away.”

  “My instincts tell me the old man hides deeply.”

  “Of course. Else he couldn’t casually travel everywhere.”

  “ we trail him and accept all his quests?”, questioned Cye with sparkling eyes, drawing ughter from Liam.

  “Sure. If you mao sti.”

  Cye narrowed her eyes, seemingly p if it was worth a try. But at this moment a deafening screech suddenly echoed through the ge.

  A monstrous hawk with a wingspan of multiple meters swooped down from the air, thirsty for revenge.

  The party members felt their chest tighten. If this monster aimed for them, they could just lie down a kill them. There was no way to fight back.

  But fortunately, the hawk didn’t look at them, rag towards a spot hidden behind a few trees.

  A faint breeze danced around the party members. They didn’t take it to heart until they suddenly found the hawk struggling in the air.

  A sed ter the gigantic beast tumbled. A deafening bang shook the surroundings as the hawk broke the sound barrier shooting into the distance.

  “What… was this?”

  “Wind magic probably.”

  “Eh… you know what? Maybe we shouldn’t follow the old man.”

  “Maybe you’re right…”

  The party members turned around stiffly. This was the first time they saw magic of a high grade being used, leaving a profound impression in their minds.

  But their apprehension quickly turned into longing. Cye was all the more hyped for her new css, urging the group to return to the city quickly.

  However, by now it was already gettihe party decided to separate and do their own thing.

  Liam didn’t feel like starting a new quest, farming some EXP instead.

  An hour ter the gaming time for the day was over, f everyoo log off.

  Liam stretched a his training room. Patting his pocket the young man smiled, feeling the bck credit card with more than 60.000 credits in it.

  He strolled out of the dojo, following a path through the lower city. Liam couldn’t help but sigh as he watched the people who were trying to survive.

  Deep rooted feelings moved in his heart.

  Now that I have a path to success, I might be able to save a few people.

  Many of the homeless here are i, left alone by the world. Yet it was those who don’t have anything themselves, who reached out a helping hand to me and Serena in the past.

  Especially our old unity. I would love to gift Trey a sole, but a poor man be guilty for owning a jewel…

  Random thoughts ran in Liam’s hand when he finally reached his target, entering Ben’s Pawn Shop where he pawned his champi off.

  When the familiar ‘ding’ rang out, Liam furrowed his brows. Looking around, he found many cracked shelves with only a few sparsely pced items.

  With a sinking feeling in his stomach Liam approached the unmanned ter. It took a few seds until Ben came from a door at the back.

  The old man had a bandage around his head, his expression icy. He spoke with a dry voice:

  “Who are you? Are you buying or selling?”

  “Old man, don’t ynize me anymore?”