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Chapter 7
The water never felt so refresh as Hack dipped his foot into the spa. Feeling comfortable in his white plush raccoon robe, he looked around and saw he was the only one there along with a female NPC wearing a snowy seal fur of sort as the usher in the spa. He contemplated how this day could have not gone any worse. All he wanted to do as in the past twelve years he had done was to garner more experience points so he can reach the end goal. Perhaps, he should not have eavesdropped as casually as he did early today, a mistake that nearly cost his life in the game. Chewing on a piece of chocolate stick, he opened up his buddy list and pondered for a moment to talk with his newfound acquaintance but as he scroll down his list, he saw her name was inactive. She must have logged out after the incident. He could just hang out in the spa all day long since time in this world moves a thousand times faster than in the real world but even then every second here was still precious. After finishing his chocolate and putting on back his armor gear, he thought what his next action should be. He could still continue back on his track to Monster Tower but with this new revelation that had occurred today, something in his heart advised him to search for answers. For the first time in this game, he had a craving for an adventure.
Since he had no clues to follow, he decided the first stop should be at Belos, the beginning town that every player had come across through once they started their first game. It was a petite city but filled with lots of festivity such as fairs and coliseum fights. The system of LaTale had done sufficiently to explain the basic mechanics of the game to new players in Belos before setting them lose in the dangerous outfield. As Hack materialized in the town's portal, he noticed something that caught his attention immediately. There appeared to be a commotion at Esther's store and as Hack shoved his wave into the crowd, he saw a ragged leaned male screaming,
"THAT GIRL STOLE MY ELY," his hand pointing at the direction where the thief went. "The first to bring her back to me shall get ten million ely!" With this proclamation, the crowd chased after the trail of the girl's shadow. Hack thought this would be an opportunity to earn some ely since he was low at the moment but stopped. He approached the man who quite resembled a raccoon with pointy ears, brown gushy eyes, and a striped tail but his most prominent feature had to be his black mustache.
"Hello Sir. I'm sorry to hear you've been robbed and I would like to participate in this search to help recover your loot back. Can you tell me what she looked like? Said Hack.
With a grumpy looked on his face, he rolled his mustache and said,
"She is a little girl with long red hair with purple eyes. She had like one of those cat mouth smiles and oh she was wearing black outfits with two blades on the back. She had to be that blader class."
"Thank you. I'll make haste. Finally, I want to ask what are you doing to do with her after she's been found?" said Hack
"You want to know? I'm going to torture every last bit of her. I'm going to whip her till she begs for mercy. I'm going to plunge her head in ice water till she begs for air. I'm going to rip her fingernails out one by one till she cries for her mommy. Is that enough for you?" cried the hysterical man.
Hack's clutch on his spear became even more firm. If anything, this man deserved those punishments. With no time to spare, he set aside his objective and began his search for the little. He hoped he was not too late.
