The Geomchis were seriously considering changing their names.
“We’ve been wandering here for a month already.”
“Yeah, let us be known as ‘The Lost’1 now. What do you think?”
Clueless beginners who have never before played videogames, they thought that they have already adapted to Royal Road. But they were mistaken.
Geomchis were more or less able to navigate familiar areas, but in the lands to the south of the Rosenheim Kingdom there immediately got lost and were wandering in search of a road. It was then when they heard news of Weeds return to the fortress Serabourg.
Master’s eyes shone coldly.
“Finally I will meet the disciple in-game.”
“Master, we also want to see Weed very much!”
All the students were of the same mind.
“Come on, let’s go see him!”
The Geomchis then left for their long journey back to Seraboug’s Palace.
“I think it’s this way. Master!”
“We’ll get there faster if we go this way.”
“Huh? We passed this place earlier…”
Although the Geomchis started their way back to the moment Weed returned to Serabourg, it took them weeks of wandering to finally reach the capital of Rosenheim.
The first thing they saw upon arrival, where multiple players working in sweat.
Geomchi49 looked at them and laughed.
“That’s not the way to apply strength.”
Geomchi116 Also started laughing.
“To swing a pick-axe like that… That’s science. Science!”
“They are so tired that they wouldn’t even be able to hammer a nail properly.”
“We must help them”
“Whooo OooH!”
Geomchis were completely unaware of the rewards! They just took off their clothes, grabbed picks and started mining stones.
The average level of players who were busy at the construction was higher than that of Geomchis, and many had higher strength, agility and other stats than them. But that didn’t matter to Geomchis as they wasted no time and began working.
“To swing a pick, you need not strength but skill.”
“Let’s show those damn rookies how it’s done.”
“Yeah. Leave it to us.”
***
Weed, Pale, Surka, Irene, Romuna and recently joined Maylon were resting.
It was the 2nd time after Lavias that they got together, the last time they weren’t able to talk much as Weed was dragged away by the soldiers to meet with the King.
The construction of the pyramid got on track, so they finally found the time to get together and talk.
Like the last time, Weed was asked to cook something tasty.
So now he was cooking kimchijeon with lemonade.
At first one would think that they would not fit each other, but Pale, Surka and others were eating so fast that the food Weed was making was disappearing instantly.
Seeing his friends have such an appetite, he could not help but smile.
“Want more?”
“Yes!”
“10 servings please!” Maylon exclaimed and raised her hands with spread fingers in indication.
Pale and Surka looked back at her in surprise, and Maylon replied with a smile.
“After all, no matter how much you eat in Royal Road, you won’t get fat. So i’ll eat as much as i can. It’s hard to watch your weight. But you you are really full of surprises, Weed. Not only you are a skilled sculptor, but also a good cook. You’ll be popular with girls.”
“You bet, Weed is an amazing cook. He already cooked many tasty things for us, Maylon.”
“Aw, Pale…”
Pale and Maylon’s cooing was giving them goosebumps.
‘Didn’t know they’re like that…’
The sugary-sweet voice of Pale… and the responding murmur of Maylon. That’s a really sweet couple of cockroaches.
“I’m gonna be sick.”
“And they’re that way all the time.”
Friends finished kimchijeon2, and got up. They rested well and ate delicious food, but they couldn’t spend more time idling, it was time to do some work at the construction of the pyramid or to hunt monsters.
Recently the four friends, were often sneaking of the construction site to use the benefits of the Lion sculpture and to hunt nearby goblins. Because of that they had to work real hard to keep up with other players.
That made up for a tight schedule, but everyone in the group got almost five levels, and even Irene reached level 225 now. Pale, Surka and Romuna were now at level 232, just 20 levels behind Weed.
Slowly stretching Pale muttered with irony.
“For the last couple of days I had a nosebleed five times.”
“Seven for me” Surka replied.
“But you do not feel dizzy at least,” Irene said, and after some thought added
“The nose i just keep plugged. And in the subway, all the people around me look like goblins… I get confused if I’m in the game or reality.”
“…”
Weed and others looked at Irene, dumbfounded.
‘Good thing she is a priest.’
Surka was a monk so were she to get confused like that, she might attack people with her fists. Thankfully, Irene wasn’t a fighter, she was only supporting other players in the party with holy spells.
The past few day were difficult for friends, so in the real world, they were all greatly fatigued and in a state of disarray.
There weren’t many people like Weed who are able to sleep for 4 hours a day and play Royal Road the rest of the time. Weed didn’t feel any consequences of playing the game so much.
‘Playing Royal Road is a hundred times better than, say, spend entire year working in a dusty cramped room, sewing doll’s eyes or dyeing clothes.’
Weed was being shaken just by memories of that time. A tiny, dusty to the point that it was hard to breath room, and the dyes used were so dangerous that after working with it for a while red spots appeared on the skin.
Back then he had to quit working and go through a long, expensive treatment at a nearby hospital. It was then, when Weed realized that no matter what, you should always keep your body healthy.
Though most of his time was dedicated to Royal Road, in the gaps he was always doing exercises.
And to sleep well he was chanting in his head before going to sleep:
‘I can sleep well.’
‘I will sleep well.’
‘I’ll sleep for 4 hours and wake up rested.’
‘I’ll have beautiful dreams.’
To an outsider it would seem like a meaningless chatter, but to Lee Hyun these phrases have become some sort of a prayer and had unexpectedly strong effect. He would sleep well, and filled with energy he would rush to new conquests in Royal Road.
To be honest, Lee Hyun was only able to sleep so well since not long ago. More than 10 years he was in constant fear of the loan sharks. In those circumstances there was no place for a good sleep.
Only after paying off the debt he now had the opportunity so save up money for his family. Because of that Lee Hyun was able to let go of his fears and to start enjoying his life.
After dinner, his friends decided to go hunt for monsters. What could be better than hunting with people you can entrust with your life?
But then they were approached by five men. That were Geomchis.
“Take us with you.”
Geomchi and the Four Geomchi’s did not participate in the construction of the tomb.
It wasn’t good for seniors’ reputation to do the work of a student.
So they went to meet Weed and arrived just in time to see them preparing to go to hunt.
“Let us come too.”
“We will not be a burden, believe me.”
Not long ago, Geomchi’s changed their profession to Martial Artists.
Thanks to that, they not only got a significant increase to their attack power, but also the ability to use all kinds of weapons in the game.
Most students were at 180th level, but Teacher with instructors had level over 200. All thanks to the fact that they were not engaged in any business, except for hunting, so they were raising levels at an amazing speed.
Besides, lately they started taking quests, though not very complicated ones, the ones that were easy to figure out. Such tasks mostly required to kill someone or to collect some items.
“Okay. Let’s go together”
Weed, of course, was happy to that they participated. Royal Road was not a game where you could hunt with just anybody.
Unlike older video games that used mouse, virtual reality games were more focused on working together as a group. From the way you move and react to changing situations depend lives of other people in party.
That is why those who fought well in reality in Royal Road had more confidence in battle. Nothing can be done about it. As a smart man can always use their brains to make good decisions, a well trained one could use his good reflexes and fighting skill while hunting monsters.
In some way, virtual reality was closer to life. Because of this, sometimes those who do not know how to fight under difficult and stressful conditions, were considered a burden by party leaders.
Of course, most of players were starting without any knowledge about fighting, but they gradually gained experience and were becoming more and more skilled fighters.
It was during this period of ‘learning’ when it mattered most who your friends were in game and reality. And how they treat you.
But all these problems of newcomers did not belong to the top five Geomchi’s , as they were the best. First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Geomchi! True masters of the blade, in real life and in the game.
Weed had no doubts in their fighting abilities. Moreover, he was very eager to look at the techniques of Martial Artists.
Together with joined Geomchis they were a big and dangerous party.
They decided to rent horses as the hunting ground was pretty far away. It was suggested by Pale, and as his knowledge of Royal Road was vast, Weed had no reason to doubt him.
“Where are we going? What kind of place takes two hour to travel on a horse?”
“We’re going to the gorge of Huntresses. They’re monsters of level 280, they gather in groups of two or three and go hunting. It’s a dangerous place. I only read about them, never actually been there.
After the Pale’s words Weed recalled some information about Huntresses too. They were Amazon warriors, were good with swords, spears and whips!
“I see. And what kind of pl
The Geomchis were seriously considering changing their names.
“We’ve been wandering here for a month already.”
“Yeah, let us be known as ‘The Lost’1 now. What do you think?”
Clueless beginners who have never before played videogames, they thought that they have already adapted to Royal Road. But they were mistaken.
Geomchis were more or less able to navigate familiar areas, but in the lands to the south of the Rosenheim Kingdom there immediately got lost and were wandering in search of a road. It was then when they heard news of Weeds return to the fortress Serabourg.
Master’s eyes shone coldly.
“Finally I will meet the disciple in-game.”
“Master, we also want to see Weed very much!”
All the students were of the same mind.
“Come on, let’s go see him!”
The Geomchis then left for their long journey back to Seraboug’s Palace.
“I think it’s this way. Master!”
“We’ll get there faster if we go this way.”
“Huh? We passed this place earlier…”
Although the Geomchis started their way back to the moment Weed returned to Serabourg, it took them weeks of wandering to finally reach the capital of Rosenheim.
The first thing they saw upon arrival, where multiple players working in sweat.
Geomchi49 looked at them and laughed.
“That’s not the way to apply strength.”
Geomchi116 Also started laughing.
“To swing a pick-axe like that… That’s science. Science!”
“They are so tired that they wouldn’t even be able to hammer a nail properly.”
“We must help them”
“Whooo OooH!”
Geomchis were completely unaware of the rewards! They just took off their clothes, grabbed picks and started mining stones.
The average level of players who were busy at the construction was higher than that of Geomchis, and many had higher strength, agility and other stats than them. But that didn’t matter to Geomchis as they wasted no time and began working.
“To swing a pick, you need not strength but skill.”
“Let’s show those damn rookies how it’s done.”
“Yeah. Leave it to us.”
***
Weed, Pale, Surka, Irene, Romuna and recently joined Maylon were resting.
It was the 2nd time after Lavias that they got together, the last time they weren’t able to talk much as Weed was dragged away by the soldiers to meet with the King.
The construction of the pyramid got on track, so they finally found the time to get together and talk.
Like the last time, Weed was asked to cook something tasty.
So now he was cooking kimchijeon with lemonade.
At first one would think that they would not fit each other, but Pale, Surka and others were eating so fast that the food Weed was making was disappearing instantly.
Seeing his friends have such an appetite, he could not help but smile.
“Want more?”
“Yes!”
“10 servings please!” Maylon exclaimed and raised her hands with spread fingers in indication.
Pale and Surka looked back at her in surprise, and Maylon replied with a smile.
“After all, no matter how much you eat in Royal Road, you won’t get fat. So i’ll eat as much as i can. It’s hard to watch your weight. But you you are really full of surprises, Weed. Not only you are a skilled sculptor, but also a good cook. You’ll be popular with girls.”
“You bet, Weed is an amazing cook. He already cooked many tasty things for us, Maylon.”
“Aw, Pale…”
Pale and Maylon’s cooing was giving them goosebumps.
‘Didn’t know they’re like that…’
The sugary-sweet voice of Pale… and the responding murmur of Maylon. That’s a really sweet couple of cockroaches.
“I’m gonna be sick.”
“And they’re that way all the time.”
Friends finished kimchijeon2, and got up. They rested well and ate delicious food, but they couldn’t spend more time idling, it was time to do some work at the construction of the pyramid or to hunt monsters.
Recently the four friends, were often sneaking of the construction site to use the benefits of the Lion sculpture and to hunt nearby goblins. Because of that they had to work real hard to keep up with other players.
That made up for a tight schedule, but everyone in the group got almost five levels, and even Irene reached level 225 now. Pale, Surka and Romuna were now at level 232, just 20 levels behind Weed.
Slowly stretching Pale muttered with irony.
“For the last couple of days I had a nosebleed five times.”
“Seven for me” Surka replied.
“But you do not feel dizzy at least,” Irene said, and after some thought added
“The nose i just keep plugged. And in the subway, all the people around me look like goblins… I get confused if I’m in the game or reality.”
“…”
Weed and others looked at Irene, dumbfounded.
‘Good thing she is a priest.’
Surka was a monk so were she to get confused like that, she might attack people with her fists. Thankfully, Irene wasn’t a fighter, she was only supporting other players in the party with holy spells.
The past few day were difficult for friends, so in the real world, they were all greatly fatigued and in a state of disarray.
There weren’t many people like Weed who are able to sleep for 4 hours a day and play Royal Road the rest of the time. Weed didn’t feel any consequences of playing the game so much.
‘Playing Royal Road is a hundred times better than, say, spend entire year working in a dusty cramped room, sewing doll’s eyes or dyeing clothes.’
Weed was being shaken just by memories of that time. A tiny, dusty to the point that it was hard to breath room, and the dyes used were so dangerous that after working with it for a while red spots appeared on the skin.
Back then he had to quit working and go through a long, expensive treatment at a nearby hospital. It was then, when Weed realized that no matter what, you should always keep your body healthy.
Though most of his time was dedicated to Royal Road, in the gaps he was always doing exercises.
And to sleep well he was chanting in his head before going to sleep:
‘I can sleep well.’
‘I will sleep well.’
‘I’ll sleep for 4 hours and wake up rested.’
‘I’ll have beautiful dreams.’
To an outsider it would seem like a meaningless chatter, but to Lee Hyun these phrases have become some sort of a prayer and had unexpectedly strong effect. He would sleep well, and filled with energy he would rush to new conquests in Royal Road.
To be honest, Lee Hyun was only able to sleep so well since not long ago. More than 10 years he was in constant fear of the loan sharks. In those circumstances there was no place for a good sleep.
Only after paying off the debt he now had the opportunity so save up money for his family. Because of that Lee Hyun was able to let go of his fears and to start enjoying his life.
After dinner, his friends decided to go hunt for monsters. What could be better than hunting with people you can entrust with your life?
But then they were approached by five men. That were Geomchis.
“Take us with you.”
Geomchi and the Four Geomchi’s did not participate in the construction of the tomb.
It wasn’t good for seniors’ reputation to do the work of a student.
So they went to meet Weed and arrived just in time to see them preparing to go to hunt.
“Let us come too.”
“We will not be a burden, believe me.”
Not long ago, Geomchi’s changed their profession to Martial Artists.
Thanks to that, they not only got a significant increase to their attack power, but also the ability to use all kinds of weapons in the game.
Most students were at 180th level, but Teacher with instructors had level over 200. All thanks to the fact that they were not engaged in any business, except for hunting, so they were raising levels at an amazing speed.
Besides, lately they started taking quests, though not very complicated ones, the ones that were easy to figure out. Such tasks mostly required to kill someone or to collect some items.
“Okay. Let’s go together”
Weed, of course, was happy to that they participated. Royal Road was not a game where you could hunt with just anybody.
Unlike older video games that used mouse, virtual reality games were more focused on working together as a group. From the way you move and react to changing situations depend lives of other people in party.
That is why those who fought well in reality in Royal Road had more confidence in battle. Nothing can be done about it. As a smart man can always use their brains to make good decisions, a well trained one could use his good reflexes and fighting skill while hunting monsters.
In some way, virtual reality was closer to life. Because of this, sometimes those who do not know how to fight under difficult and stressful conditions, were considered a burden by party leaders.
Of course, most of players were starting without any knowledge about fighting, but they gradually gained experience and were becoming more and more skilled fighters.
It was during this period of ‘learning’ when it mattered most who your friends were in game and reality. And how they treat you.
But all these problems of newcomers did not belong to the top five Geomchi’s , as they were the best. First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Geomchi! True masters of the blade, in real life and in the game.
Weed had no doubts in their fighting abilities. Moreover, he was very eager to look at the techniques of Martial Artists.
Together with joined Geomchis they were a big and dangerous party.
They decided to rent horses as the hunting ground was pretty far away. It was suggested by Pale, and as his knowledge of Royal Road was vast, Weed had no reason to doubt him.
“Where are we going? What kind of place takes two hour to travel on a horse?”
“We’re going to the gorge of Huntresses. They’re monsters of level 280, they gather in groups of two or three and go hunting. It’s a dangerous place. I only read about them, never actually been there.
After the Pale’s words Weed recalled some information about Huntresses too. They were Amazon warriors, were good with swords, spears and whips!
“I see. And what kind of pl
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