"It's closed?", I asked.
"Seems like it", Barrios answered. "Although I was drooling this morning for a toast", he said as he flooded the streets with tears, and all I can do is smile wryly at him.
Both me and Barrios had the same idea in mind this morning. We wanted to have a brunch at Ridgeview Crest. Apparently it was closed for the day.
"Nothing we can do then", I said as I start walking away. I felt someone tugging my shirt from behind. I thought it was Barrios, but he was right beside me. I looked back and found out the culprit. It was Val.
"Yo!", she greeted in a casual manner. She also smacked Barrios at his back, although she shook her arm after the impact with Barrios' armor.
"Mornin'", Barrios greeted her back.
"Hey", I greeted her back too.
"So what's up? We were looking for toast for a brunch you know", Barrios said as he pulled me towards him, while unaware of him choking me.
"Ooo... I'm taking a break today", Val answered. "I'm visiting someone today".
"Visiting someone?", I asked back to make sure.
"Yep! Since you're here, why not come with me? He's someone I want to introduce to you guys", she said.
"He? Introduce?", Barrios asked. "ARE YOU GETTING MARRIED?!", he suddenly asked in a loud tone. At his stupid question, Val can only give an dry laugh.
"That came out of nowhere, you idiot", I riposted him.
"That came out of nowhere either!", he tried to do a comeback, although that just seemed like he's making a bigger idiot of himself to me.
"Come on guys, stop fighting", Val stepped between us to stop us. "Eitherdfay, I'm not getting married. He's someone I know from the real world.", she said.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!", Barrios said as he start walking. But then he stopped a couple of steps ahead and asked, "Where exactly are we going?".
"Your grave", I riposted him. Barrios could only give an annoyed look while Val was laughing at Barrios' idiocy.
"Come one, I'll show you the way.", Val said as she took the lead.
"Would you stop making me look like a fool?", Barrios whispered to me.
"I thought you're one without even trying.", I replied. Barrios gave me a 'what the heck' look. I smacked his back in a friendly manner.
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"Here we are", Val said as she stopped in front of a tavern. The banner reads "Adventurer's Tavern". Me and Barrios stood quietly as she opened the door. we followed her in after exchanging a glance and I signaled him to go ahead first.
"You're here after all", Val said to a person. He had a moderate build, brown hair, and golden eyes. Judging from his apparel, he seemed like a rogue.
"Look who came up. Been a while Val!", the guy greeted her with a smile just like Val's.
"Sure has been, big bro.", Val answered his greeting.
"Big bro?", I asked.
"Yes. this here is my bigger brother", Val answered me.
"Hi. You must be Extorsion and Barrios. My in-game name is Oxide. Pleased to meet you.", he said.
"Pleased to meet you too.", Barrios replied to him.
"Yeah, pleased to meet you too. By the way, you can simply call me X", I added.
"So. X's the assassin, and Barrios' the defender.", he said.
"Yeap. I'm the defender. And this puny guy is the assassin.", Barrios said pointing at me. I gave him a 'not impressed' look.
"I see.", said. "X, what happened to your other dagger?", Oxide asked me.
"You noticed?", I asked him in surprise.
"Yeah. The dagger you are using belongs to a dual dagger set doesn't it?", he replied.
"It does. But it snapped into two pieces.", I said.
"How exactly?", he asked me again.
"It cracked a bit against Havok's Diamond Slash, and finally it snapped when I attacked him while he activated his Safeguard skill.", I said.
"Havok? So you're the one who won the battle against Havok.", he replied. Some people looked towards me after said that. I probably had raised some notoriety after winning a duel against Havok.
"Are you planning to just use the other one?", he asked me.
"Not exactly, but I am looking for a substitute for this", I said.
"In that case, what about I give you a dagger instead?", he offered me.
"Are you really okay that?", I asked him.
"Of course. A rogue like me wouldn't have any use for a dagger", he said as he opened his inventory list. After searching through a ton of stuff, he summoned the dagger he meant. "Here", he gave me the dagger.
As I took it, a pop-up appeared at my HUD showing details about the dagger. It's called Spyker. It has a decent damage and it's also light in-hand. It has a bleeding effect, an effect that will cause anyone hit by the dagger to receive an amount of damage per second. It's main weakness is it's ability to defend from an attack. Under all of the stats, I noticed something else was written there. It said that the Spyker was crafted by Oxide.
"You crafted this?", I asked him.
"Yes I did", he said.
"How exactly do you craft a weapon?", I asked him.
"My side job's a blacksmith you know", he said while laughing. "Were you interested in being a blacksmith?", he asked me.
"I am sort of interested. But I guess I'm gonna need to think before having a side job.", I replied.
"Planning on being a frontliner?", he asked me again.
"A frontliner?"
"Yes. A frontliner. The guys who fight clearing floors to clear the game", he explained to me.
"Not really I guess", I answered.
"How about if you start by helping me in my workshop? Then you can see if you're interested or not", he said.
"I'll do that", I answered him. And thus I became Oxide's temporary apprentice.
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