Hello! Here is the next installment. I hope you enjoy. And I counted the Saturday's. You guys get three chapters. Here you go.

"We'll have two large omelets and two small black bread buns please. With two waters, three milks, and what did you want Aidan?"

"That dragonfruit drink! It sounds exotic." Aidan said. They laughed at her choice of words.

The bartender didn't crack a smile but wrote down everything on a piece of paper. "Please take a seat anywhere you like. Your food will be ready in a few minutes."

Before they left, Natalie made sure to take care of one thing. "Also, sir? What is the maximum stay at this inn?" she asked, not entirely sure if she said it right.

"Two weeks. Would you like to book your room for two more weeks?"

"Yes please. We are Room #12-"

"Yeah, yeah, I know, now get out of the way. You're holding up the line." he replied rather ominously. Natalie frowned and walked with her friends to a table.

"For an NPC, he was a jerk." said Taylor a little loudly. But this time, Natalie didn't try to shush her.

They were in the main lobby of the inn. They found out that the bar didn't serve many different choices, as far as food went. But, it didn't matter right now. They just had to eat and get out to the fields.

They chose to sit on the couch by the fireplace. As other players sat down at tables around them, none of them looked very happy. Not many were even smiling. Maddy observed one man staring off into space, his eyes glazed over.

"People are probably going to end up killing themselves." said Maddy.

"What?" said Aidan.

"People. Committing suicide in this game." repeated Maddy, starting to feel uncomfortable.

"I don't want you to do that!" Aidan said a little loudly.

"What's going on?" asked Taylor.

"Nevermind. I was just-ugh. Nevermind." Maddy said dismissively.

"No, I agree with you. Ignore Aidan's comment." replied Emily.

"Hey! I was just worried for my friend, alright!" called Aidan.

"Friends, no fighting." Payge said.

"We're not fighting." argued Emily. "Calm down."

Maddy shook her head in a frustrated way. "Just forget it. All I was saying was that a lot of people are going to die in this game, okay? Speaking of which, we need to stick together, as cheesy as it sounds." explained Maddy.

"She's right." said Natalie. "And we cannot take any stupid risks. That's how players die."

They were all silent for a minute or so, staring at the fire

and waiting for the food to come.

Then a servant came up to them with platter of food. "Your food, ladies." he said. Taylor raised her eyebrows. "The total cost is 16 col."

They all split up their coins to pay for the cost. The man left and they ate hungrily.

"I wonder how they make food taste… well, taste?" asked Aidan.

"I don't know. It's amazing." Natalie said.

"And delicious!" added Payge.

It was a beautiful day out in the fields. It was sunny, and a

a light breeze tickled the long green grasses. Some other players were out there as well, tackling some boars.

They were walking along the path led outside the Town of Beginnings. Of course, the Town of Beginnings is so huge and the fields are so vast that they used their teleport crystals to teleport to the gates of the city.

Suddenly, as they were walking through the field towards the mobs, the sound of hooves was heard behind them. They all whipped around. Three large boars were charging towards them, their eyes glinting red.

Aidan and Payge screamed. "Oh my god!" gasped Maddy.

Natalie didn't realize how big they were until they were a few feet away. Before she knew what she was doing, her sword was in her hands and she was standing in front of the group. Once the boars were about to attack, she thrusted the flat part of her blade against their horns, expecting them to get thrown back. But instead they pushed harder, as if they were trying to break through her sword.

Her feet were digging into the dirt as she tried to keep them back. "Help." she said.

Emily took out her sword and kicked one of boars off its feet. Natalie let go and almost fell. "Watch out!" she cried as the two remaining boars charged towards Taylor, Payge, Aidan, and Maddy.

They jumped out of the way and got their swords out.

Emily sooned figured out how to activate a sword skill. She thrust the hilt of the sword into the boar's neck, making it squeal. She mercilessly then stabbed it. Instead of blood, a reddish pixeled cut appeared on the boar's body. Its HP drained to zero. It turned to blue glass, and shattered.

When she turned around to help her other friends, it looked like Natalie had killed a boar. But Aidan was stumbling on her feet. She tripped on a rock and fell down. Everything was happening so fast.

Aidan screamed as the boar charged for her. Taylor ran after it. Payge and Maddy were still collecting loot from the last kill. Before Emily could react, a player she didn't recognize came out of nowhere. Their sword and the boar's horns collided, making an earsplitting PING!

The boar landed on its back and shattered.

They all ran over to the player and Aidan. Emily got there first. She hugged her sister tightly and looked up at the stranger. "Thank you." was all she could say.

It was a young-looking guy around their age. He had brown hair that glinted blond in the sunshine. He looked okay. He also had about the same level of supplies that they did.

"Oh, it was no problem." he said. "For a group of girls, you did just as I expected."

"And what is that supposed to mean?" snapped Natalie, her eyes glinting. Everyone stared at her. Usually, anyone but her would be the one to snap back.

"Well, you did alright. And blackie down there did pretty good, I guess." he said, putting away his sword. "You know that those boars are just as powerful as mid-level slimes in other games." He had a snicker playing around in his mouth.

"Okay. Well, thank you saving my sister." Emily said stiffly with a smile that looked more like a hairline. "But, if you're going to act like that, go. Besides, this is our first day fighting. Don't expect us to be perfect, brownie."

"And you don't mess with us 'ladies', okay?" Taylor added.

"Amen to that." said Payge.

The boy rolled his eyes. "Okay. I'm going now." He raised his hand in a farewell and walked away.

Emily helped Aidan up to her feet. "That guy was a jerk." mumbled Aidan. "But, he did save me."

They all walked with their swords out towards another batch of boars spawning about twenty yards away. This time, they knew what they were doing. For now, Natalie and Emily were the ones excelling at the fighting, but they of course were beginners. Maddy and Taylor were getting the hang of it, while Aidan and Payge still struggled. At one point, a boar charged at Payge without warning. She started to stab it aimlessly, reaching every piece of body she could. Unfortunately, it was trying to do the same thing. They were all laughing uncontrollably, even Payge, until the boar finally died from the stabs.

That was what they were doing for most of the afternoon. While they were leveling up and gaining col, Natalie noticed every now and then something staring at them from the forest in the distance. She decided not to tell her friends about it.

At around 2:00, they were all tired and hungry, so they headed back to the Town of Beginnings. For the rest of the afternoon, they had a small meal and went shopping in the marketplace.