- Chapter Seventeen -

The mornings after being virtually drunk are awesome. Absolutely no hangover and the system basically forces you to like the taste of ale so it's a win/win.

We all gathered outside wearing our collective guild armor sets. I'm still not able to make armor for Sampson so he was sporting his leather armor I managed to buy from an NPC.

I'd also managed to upgrade everyone's weapon but Parks'. He bought a new bow on the third day and I wasn't high enough level to upgrade it yet.

It was only 9 o'clock but we figured we could do some grinding before everyone showed up, so we made our way to the hunting grounds. We also weren't the only ones with that idea.

It was only a 10 minute walk from our house, but less than five minutes after we got there Freya and her guild showed up.

I instantly recognized her walking in front holding her battle axe over her shoulder. She had one guy to her right, an archer. He was almost a spitting image of Ronin without our armor. To her left I guessed was her brother, Dozer. He wasn't much taller than her but he was built…well, like a dozer. She also had 4 women walking behind her, all wearing the same armor as her and her brother. The archer was the only one not wearing matching armor.

We approached them and introduced ourselves to her guild mates.

"This is the guy I was talking about yesterday," she pointed towards the archer. He shook everyone's hand and introduced himself. "Hey, I'm Callisto."

My eyes instantly opened wide. Parks chuckled and said, "Where's the gay ass Aeroguard outfit?"

Callisto laughed and replied, "Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I quit."

My eyes suddenly got even bigger. "Couldn't handle Milo's charm huh?" I asked with a wink.

"FUCK him and his wannabe archer boyfriends." He spat. "They're all mediocre shots at best."

Parks laughed and looked at me, "Told you."

Callisto continued, "Anyways, After I heard about what he pulled at the meeting yesterday, I had enough. I packed my shit and went to Freya's last night to talk about joining up with them and she told me about y'all."

Parks spoke up, "Well, let's see what you can do."

Callisto smiled, then vanished into his own shadow and reappeared into mine not a foot away, absolutely freaking Sampson out.

"Shadow Walk." I said to his face. He smiled again, then pulled his bow out and shot towards a tree. He then vanished again and reappeared in the shadow of the tree he just shot at. Then…HE CAUGHT THE FUCKING ARROW!

"You're in!" We all said in unison.

He smiled and walked back towards us sheathing his arrow. Directly behind him we saw 12 massive figures coming into view which made Firefly start grinning uncontrollably.

Thad held the battle axe I just made for him across his chest as he walked. It looked glorious.

"Hey babygirl." He said as he approached, looking straight at Firefly.

I'm pretty sure if you could blush in this game, her face would be as crimson as his axe. That actually made me really happy. She finally has someone to keep her mind somewhat off of missing her daughter.

I smiled and replied, "Stop, you're making me blush." And turned my head away in mock embarrassment.

We all laughed and I motioned for Callisto to come over. "Thad, this is our new guild member."

Thad interrupted, "Callisto! Finally joined a real guild, huh?"

They shook hands and Callisto nodded.

"Looks like we're all here, then." Thad said. "What do you guys have in mind?"