"Oh! I think I finally leveled up!"
Zhenzhen was sitting by the river while playing with her cute rabbit when her arm suddenly vibrated again. She checked her forearm and exploded with happiness.
"Yes! We did it boys! I'm level 10!" Zhenzhen announced excitedly, causing the four guys to sigh in relief.
"We can finally move on to the Dungeon, nice. Let's head back to the Newbie Village," the party leader said calmly, not really affected by their deal. The whole group was actually in a good mood as Zhenzhen's presence only boosted their prowess.
"Thank you very much. You are really lifesavers," Zhenzhen acknowledged the help on their way back.
"Don't worry, your presence was enjoyable," the Party Leader assured but then he scratched his head awkwardly. "Listen Little Bunny, we need to find a group for the Dungeon to enter the mainland but there might be a problem. We are fine with you joining us but I'm not sure if other players will be happy about you. After all, the Dungeon is quite hard to complete and we need everyone's effort."
"Oh, I understand," Zhenzhen nodded with a smile. "Please be direct with me. If others don't like me, I'm fine with it. I will just wait for some kind souls to help me."
She wasn't dejected in the slightest since she was asking for a lot. It wouldn't be right to be angry at being rejected.
"Well, I will try my best to find us a team but I can't promise anything," the Party Leader replied with a sigh. "The chances are quite low…"
Zhenzhen was happy to at least have a friend who will stay with her even when she is left alone but when they arrived in the Newbie Village, she was struck with a dilemma.
"Monsters are not allowed in the village," the guards informed as they blocked her entry. "Please leave the Monsters outside if you wish to enter."
"How is that a monster?" Zhenzhen questioned as she hugged her rabbit defensively. "It's so cute and it wouldn't hurt anyone."
"Rules are rules," the guards replied with a shrug, leaving her with no choice.
Oh!
Zhenzhen looked down at the cutie in her arms only to exclaim surprised when it escaped from her arms and hopped onto the grass. It gazed at her and slapped its ears together.
It was their special way of communicating that she used to chat with the rabbit and it couldn't help but make her tear up.
"Wait for me here! I will visit you again once I'm done with the Dungeon!" Zhenzhen called out with a wave and the rabbit slapped its ears together before hopping away.
Zhenzhen didn't know but it would be a while till she can see her friend again.
"Are you the girl that wants to join our Dungeon run but doesn't want to do anything?"
A few moments later, the party Leader came over with multiple guys behind him. They all looked at her funny.
"Yes, that's me. I wish I could help but I don't know how to," Zhenzhen replied honestly, a bit intimidated by so many guys surrounding her. "If I will be an inconvenience then you should go ahead and attend your run. Don't worry about me."
[Black Arrow - Lvl. 11]
The man speaking to her was the scariest, having bright red hair and a tattoo of an arrow on his face.
"No one said you will be an inconvenience," Black Arrow replied with a smile as he approached her. "But it is a fact that our run will be harder if we take you. How are you going to compensate?"
"Compensate?" Zhenzhen repeated with a frown.
"Well, what you are asking for is called boosting and that shit is expensive," Black Arrow explained as he looked up and down at her body. "I am sure you don't have that kind of money so how will you pay us? With your body?"
It was clear that Black Arrow was just playing with her and even if they agreed, Zhenzhen wouldn't join them. She looked around for a possible exit but she was surrounded from all sides and even the four men party from before was nowhere to be seen.
"Let me go. I don't want to join your group anymore," Zhenzhen announced unhappily but Black Arrow only smiled playfully as he walked closer.
"Oh my, first you want to join us and do nothing and now you reject us?" Black Arrow asked while raising his brows. "Aren't we a little bit entitled?"
Zhenzhen took a step back and threatened, "If you come any closer I will scream and call the guards!"
Even though she was innocent, her big bro taught her what to do in such situations. Too bad, Black Arrow wasn't intimidated at all.
"You can scream if you want but we are not doing anything wrong," Black Arrow replied with a shrug. "We are simply standing here in a circle."
It was clear that he came to bother her so Zhenzhen had no choice but to forcefully leave. She opened her profile to log out but then Black Arrow lunged forward and caught her wrist.
"Let go of me!" Zhenzhen cried out as she looked at him in disgust but he only laughed at her. "Haha, why are you in such a hurry to leave? We are just talk—"
"I SAID LET GO OF ME!"
Black Arrow couldn't finish as Zhenzhen cut him off with a bellow. Her eyes were closed as she pushed him away with all her strength when a sudden explosion deafened her ears.
Zhenzhen opened her eyes right after and saw Black Arrow's body in the air, flying away like a kite. Her arms were hurting badly as blue force vibrated around them only to vanish a moment later.
"What did I just do…?" Zhenzhen muttered as she began shivering uncontrollably. It was definitely her but how?
She looked around at the encirclement and realized all of them stared at her as if she was a monster.
"You killed him!"
