A.N: First of all, thank you so much to Oragie for the review, and to whoever that's still reading this story! I'm really happy to know that at least there's someone that enjoys the story! Anyway, here comes chapter 3!
Disclaimer: I do not own PWI.
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Welcome to Perfect World
*~*Chapter Three: Repaying the Debt*~*
It's been two days since the "lizard incident" and I hadn't been in contact with Ame ever since. After some investigating on my own, I had learned that the incident was actually a high-level-quest-turned-into-a-bug kind of incident. Apparently, those who had died from the lizard's attack had lost quite an amount of both experience and spirit point, almost to the point where they had to rebuild a whole level, causing many complaints pouring down the world chat being directed to the Game Masters.
If that guy hadn't showed up, then maybe I, too…. I shivered at the thought.
Maybe Ame really did die in that accident and had to rebuild her EXP. If that's the case then her disappearing for the past two days was understandable, as she just wasn't the type who'd happily redo all those monsters grinding for EXP. But that blue-haired guy said she was fine, and he didn't seem to lie. There really was no point in lying about such a thing, right?
As my mind began to wonder the private message alert suddenly rang and a private chat box opened. Feeling disturbed, I was just about to close it as I read the sender's name; Ame.
-Ame: Tchet…-
-Tchet: Ame? 'r u okay?- I typed hurriedly.
-Ame: I'm fine. Sorry I just left without saying anything the other day…-
-Tchet: It's okay. So u really didn't die that time, huh? That's great.-
A few seconds passed in silence.
-Tchet: Ame?-
Still no reply. Was she away?
-Ame: Sorry. I was just thinking… never mind.-
-Tchet: Really? Anyway, can you recall what had happened back then? I… couldn't really remember what happened before those guys saved us.-
More like I closed my eyes out of fear of death, but I couldn't really say it like that as it was just too embarrassing
-Ame: You don't remember? Well, I remembered seeing you suddenly being swept away by a red haired guy and flew up before the blue haired guy did the same to me. I didn't see you after that as it looked like you flew pretty high.-
-Tchet: I see… What happened to you then? I heard you logged off right after Raysand saved you without even thanking him….-
-Ame: THAT's what he said?-
-Tchet: Y-yeah. What's wrong? Did something happened before that?-
There was a long pause before she replied.
-Ame: Actually…-
The flare from the lizard's mouth was just inches away from both him and Ame. Just a few seconds late and both of them will add up to the pile of those poor dead players. She looked up at her savior and felt her heart skipped, amazed by how beautifully edited his face is.
"Wait here." He said as he lifted her off on the highest branch of a tree not far from where the lizard was. He soon landed and dashed towards the menacing monster, weapon ready at hand.
The lizard swung its spiky tail and hit him but he didn't seem to be fazed. In fact he calmly chanted a spell, completely ignoring its attacks. A loud roar was heard as he landed what seemed like thousands of fire spears, rendering the monster's HP to no more than its half. He repeated the same attack a few times and the monster shrieked in defeat, its HP finally reached zero. Ame could only stand there and watched in amazement as he ended it in no longer than 10 seconds.
"You can come down now." He called to her, his hand gesturing for her to come down. She did just as he said, still amazed by what had just happened. For a few seconds all she could do was stare at him in awe.
"Did you get hurt, lady? It saddens me to see such pretty cleric like yourself got hurt." He winked at her.
And she blinked. Hard.
"Uh… What?" Confused, clearly. She wasn't used to hear such… compliments.
"Sorry I couldn't come any faster. If there's anything I could do to make up for it, then please just say so." He took her right hand and placed a quick kiss on it. She shivered.
What. The. Hell?
"Uh, sorry, but—whoa!" Ame felt something bumped into her and accidently moved her character forward, bumping herself to his chest.
"My my. No need for the rush, dear." He said as he caught her by her shoulder. "But if you insist then, I won't mind a thank-you kiss…" And with that, he gave her a quick peck on the lips.
Ame froze for a long moment.
"What's wrong?" He smiled sweetly.
"You…"
"Hm?"
"You… You… Freak!" She hit him with her wand, landing a 30-points-worth of damage, and logged off.
-Tchet: He did WHAT?- I almost yelped on my chair.
-Ame: You're not seriously asking me to repeat myself, are you?- She replied coldly. It was clear that she was still pissed by the incident.
-Tchet: Ahaha… sorry 'bout that.-
And then there was a long silence as I was at loss of words. I knew from my brief talk with the man called Raysand that he was quite a player. But I had no idea he would be that daring, or rather, self-centered.
-Ame: My brother….- Ame suddenly said.
-Tchet: Huh?-
-Ame: My little brother bumped onto my hand. That's why I ACCIDENTALLY bumped onto him. I DIDN'T ask for anything.- She explained. I almost burst into laughter as I see her trying so hard to explain things to me.
-Tchet: I know. You'll never ask such thing. Hell, you won't even ask some random guy's name, let alone a kiss.-
-Ame: Right?- I could almost hear her sighing in relief.
-Tchet: But he wasn't such a bad guy, I think. He did save us, didn't he?-
-Ame: I…guess so…-
-Tchet: Well then, wanna go do some quest?- I offered.
There was a long pause before she replied.
-Ame: Nah, I'll past for today. Connection is kinda bad today, anyway. Bye-
And she logged off before I could even say 'bye'. Though I found her reply kind of strange as she rarely turn off my offer, I decided not to give it too much of a thought as I remembered my own oh-so-long lines of quests.
I looked throughout the long lines and decided to do the quest near the outskirts of Angler Village. I searched for the nearest teleporter, and teleported to the village right away.
I frowned.
When did the grassy field turned into a rocky cliff?
I had been told to search for some difficult-named flower (or was it herbal grass?) and had done so for the past 30 minutes with no luck. Obviously, I would search for such item at the grassy field near Angler Village. And now I had no idea why I was standing around a cliff, with not even a single grass around.
I looked around, trying to figure out how I ended up on such a place, but my view only met huge rocks around a seemed-to-be-bottomless cliff. No players or monsters were around, either.
I checked my map and was surprised to find that Angler Village was already miles away to the south. Talk about getting lost…
I sat under the shade of the biggest rock and sighed; thinking of how flying back would so troublesomely took a lot of time.
"…no problem…"
"Hm?" I looked around as I heard a voice of someone speaking and realized that there were two tideborns flying not far from where I sat. They seemed to be talking to each other, not even noticing me as I was hidden behind the giant rock.
"Are you sure he won't suspect a thing?" One of them said. I was ready to crawl out of my 'hiding' place and walk away as I didn't like the idea of eavesdropping.
"I saw him entered the cave myself. That Vanzard guy was stupid enough to follow a fake order, it seems."
I froze at the mention of a familiar name.
"But really, will that be enough to prevent him from coming? It was just a cave, right?"
"Fool. That cave under this cliff was already "tampered" by him. Believe me, you wouldn't want to come into any place he had messed around with." The other guy warned, his voice sounding dead serious.
"I see... With that Vanzard out of the picture, this territorial war is as good as ours." The other guy laughed cynically.
"Now, hurry. We have to prepare ourselves for the war. I don't wanna miss the look at those Sylveria scums when they lost their territory."
And with that, the two of them flew away.
I released the breath I didn't realized I was holding as the two of them was out of sight. I looked at the cliff and walked to its edge. I was sure they were talking about this cliff and a cave that was supposed to be down there just now.
A tampered cave? Territorial war? Vanzard?
What was that all about, anyway?
I frowned as I didn't understand it a bit. One thing I was sure of: that Vanzard guy was in trouble. "Well, it's probably his own fault for having such a rotten attitude." I told myself. I hesitantly turned around to leave, but the thought of ignoring people whom I knew might need help heaved my step. Not to mention that the person had saved me once back then.
I stopped my step, and turned once again to look at the cliff.
"Tch. I guess I do owe him one."
And without further ado, I jumped off the cliff with a certain crimson-eyed man in mind.
A.A.N: Got nothing to say in particular. Just the usual:critiques are welcomed, reviews are loved, and readers are given virtual cookies! Oh. And if there's something weird about the story then please say so. I didn't give it much thorough re-read and check.
