Pride Online

Chapter 56: Guidance Part IV

“Three million?!”

Wisana choked on his own saliva as he yelled. He looked at the glove in hand, then he waved it.

This tiny glove cost three million?!

The game is crazy!!

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Grand Cross

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Equipment Accessory Type

Rank: A

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Attack Points: 250

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Ability: Merge any magical element with the attack.

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“If it’s this expensive, I don’t think I should have it.”

“Yes, you should,” Sander said then he forced the glove back in the younger one’s hand. “I’m not giving you for free. You can take it as a reward for bringing me the gems.”

Wisana raised his eyebrows at that.

“Wasn’t the gem for my quest that I needed to find it anyway?”

“Oh, yes, that gem was, but these 4 gems were not.”

After he finished speaking, Sander placed 4 earth gemstones on the table to show them to his guests. And the trio just looked at each other with confusion.

“What’s with these 4 gems? They don’t have anything to do with us,” Maysa asked.

“Yes, they do, because I got them from the Juzsworms that you three escaped from,” Sander said as he grinned. “It seemed like this little one here drew the first blood on these worms. Didn’t she? And that made these gems belong to your party. Does it make sense now?”

The explanation made Maysa’s eyebrows twitch. So, it meant that this uncle already put those worms back to the ground for good.

Poor things. It did not feel like they died so peacefully.

“Yeah, I guess so.”

She said with a sour smile. Sander burst out laughing at that.

“Then we’re even. Also, this glove is just a second-handed giveaway. It’s been damaged a couple of times, so the price might have been a bit dropped. But I’m sure this merchant here will manage to fix it to be as good as new again, won’t you?”

He turned to look at Manoch, and the merchant nodded as the answer to that question. So, Wisana smiled gladly in return in order to thank them.

“Alright!” The young uncle master got up before he gave them a big smile. “The class orientation ends here. It’s not gonna be a long prep talk, but I’ll be looking forward to seeing you as one of the best players, just like your 8 seniors, Wisana. Good luck.”

Wisana stood up, too. He lowered his head.

“Thank you.”

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The soft morning sunlight was shining its golden hues upon the sand, reflecting the sparkles to their eyes. The sun was rising slowly on the east horizon, announcing that a new day had started now. The group of three travelers was sitting on the same small carriage that was being pulled by the huge two birds, two kilometers away from Aeneas town.

“Haaa, the quest finally finished.”

The small voice of Maysa spoke as she was stretching lazily.

“That was exhausting,” Manoch added.

“It was. Why the class quest has to be this troublesome? It was lucky that they let me pass the quests at once. Or else, I had no idea what it would take for me to complete them all.”

Wisana said with a chuckle.

“If you didn’t pass, I wouldn’t make you try again anyway! What kind of office that looked just like a haunted house. We didn’t even see that Lala girl until we left. Do you think she’s actually dead? Brrr, that’s creepy.”

Maysa was acting creeped out, too, and that made Wisana burst into a laugh.

“Guys, it’s almost 6 o’clock in the morning now. Does anyone want to log out yet?”

The hoarse voice of the merchant started the new topic after he checked the time on his information window.

“I do. I have to go to the temple with my aunt this morning.”

“Why? You need to make merit to decrease the bad karma on you?” When they were out of the town, Manoch’s annoying mouth started to function again.

“Yes! The bad karma I have is you being in my party, Ae! Look at these cat ears and the kid’s body. What the hell, I’m about to get offline now but the curse is still active. Damn it!”

The long complaints made an amused smile appear on her rival’s face right away.

“What about you, bro? Are you leaving, too?”

“Yeah, I guess I am. I’m having a guest staying at my place at the moment. So, it’ll look bad if I sleep in today.”

Wisana answered with a smile, making Manoch sigh and hang his head.

“What? You’re logging off, too? So, there’ll be just me, hanging by myself then. Aw, you guys are no fun.”

“Yes, you’ll be playing by yourself today. We have other things to do outside of the game, nerd. Who’d be in the game all day all night like you.”

Maysa got a chance to get back at him, making his eyebrows twitch.

“It’s a summer break, and I already got accepted into the university. Why would I care about having a life outside the game right now?!”

“Aw, are you implying that you don’t have a life, Mister Manoch?”

“Aright, that’s enough, guys.”

That was another time that he had to get in between their fight. He separated them to each corner like a referee did to the boxers.

Currently, he started to get used to these two fight all the time. He even learned the right moment to interrupt their war, now too.

Why would he even learn this kind of thing, though?

“So, you’ll continue playing today?” He turned to ask the younger one.

“Yes, bro.”

“Can you sell items for me?”

“Sure.” Manoch grinned widely. “What do you want to sell? Transfer them to me, and I’ll manage them for you. No commission charged, of course.”

He finished while he was rubbing his hands together in such a fawning manner that made Maysa crease her face.

“Just the gems we dug up today.”

Wisana brought out the said items and gave them to Manoch. The glasses merchant was gratefully offering himself for the job, not even reluctantly. Instead, he looked so happy that he was useful for his bro, Wisana.

“I assure you that there’ll be a huge amount of cash at your feet the next time you are online again,” Manoch said with a grin. “Er... when will you be online again?”

“Not sure. Maybe in the evening.”

“Okay. Contact me when you’re online again, anytime. I’ll be hanging around here all day anyway.”

“Sure, I will.” Wisana smiled.

“How about you, May? Do you want to sell something?” Manoch could not help but ask the girl next to him, too.

“No.”

“Are you sure? Even if I’m not going to charge for the commission just for this time?”

Her pair of grey eyes stared at her rival-friend like she did not believe what she had just heard.

“How is this possible? A greedy man like you doesn’t want a commission like this.”

“You really talk too much.” the young man said, resentfully. “Do you have stuff you want to sell, or not. Say it quickly. Why can’t you just answer a simple question without being on my nerves?”

“No, I don’t have anything I want to sell right now. I’ll tell you later if I do.”

“Whatever suits you.”

He said before turning back to joyfully continue speaking with Wisana.

“I’ll see you in the evening then. Right now, I’m just going to take a nap. I’ve dealt with weird people all game night. I’m so worn out.”

“Whatever suits you.”

He retorted to the younger one with his own words. Manoch was lying down on the carriage floor for a while before he started snoring, proving how exhausted he had been all night like he just said.

His pair of amber eyes caught with his buddy’s with amusement before the little one shrugged.

“Let’s log off here, Wisana,” Maysa said plainly.

“Well, is it okay if we just log off here? I mean, we’re still on the carriage right now. We’re not going to pop up in the middle of the desert when we’re online in the game next time, right?”

“No, we’re not,” she said. “If we’re offline while we’re on the carriage or the air ship, it’ll be counted as transporting log off. So, it’s not going to be a problem. When you log in the game again, you’ll be at the town where your vehicle stops.”

“I see. So, if we have to travel a long way, we just get ourselves on the transportation and then log off?”

“Yup. Playing that way will save us a lot of time.”

Maysa nodded before bringing out her sweet pink information window.

“I’ll see you in the evening.”

“See you in the evening.”