Reba came back after an hour, and we had some sandwiches from the local convenience store. Sitting on the couch, I tell her about the information on the ''Generals'' and told her to be careful about the pink-haired female since she was situated in the South.


    "Will I even see her? I have barely seen any undead. I''m usually fighting against beast-type monsters or goblins and orcs." - Reba


    "Not sure, but I want you to still be careful. It looks like she usuallymands the army of undead, which means you would see theming and have time to escape, but at the same time, it will be hard to escape from the undead." - Ian


    "Why? Don''t I just leave?" - Reba


    "Undead doesn''t need to rest, but humans and demi-humans do. Eventually, you will tire and once that happens they will catch up to you." - Ian


    "Hmm, I see. By the way, have you been sleeping alright?" - Reba


    Reba leans closer to me, looking at me with her clear blue eyes. She ces her hand on my forehead and looks at me with a worrying expression.


    "I-I''m fine. Why do you ask?" - Ian


    I gently pull away from her as she approached me.


    "This morning what happened? You still haven''t told me anything about that." - Reba


    "Oh, umm, I guess I was just tired?" - Ian


    "Don''t. Bullshit me, there was obviously something wrong." - Reba


    I try to calm my rapid heartbeat and slowly take a deep breath.


    "I died in the game protecting my NPCs from a heatwave. I felt my back burn and then my skin melting before I died. When I woke up, I had a splitting headache and my bed was drenched in sweat. Then I fell asleep again until you woke me up." - Ian


    "Was that it?" - Reba


    "Yea. Nothing else." - Ian


    "Hmm, maybe you should rest up during the day and sleep more. The both of us aren''t working at the convenience store anymore, so you can use that time to rx." - Reba


    "I can for a bit, but eventually I''ll need to find a job and get back to work. I need money for food, rent, and bills too." - Ian


    "I can help with money for a bit. After all, I am staying here." - Reba


    "Right, howe you are staying here? I understood for a while after your incident but why are you still here?" - Ian


    "Do you not like me here? Isn''t it fun having a beautiful girl like me living under your roof?" - Reba


    Reba smiles, leaning forward again and climbing on top of me slowly. Her oversized white shirt hung low enough that I could see her ckce bra. I back off slightly, as she gets on top of me, and ces her hand on my cheek.


    "I-I-It''s not like, I don''t like you here. I just didn''t know why." - Ian


    She leans forward and whispers in my ear before getting off me and sitting back on the couch, normally.


    "Just because~" - Reba.


    Smiling at my flushed face, she giggles and continues on her reason.


    "And because I don''t like home. Don''t worry, I have savings as well, so we won''t be broke." - Reba


    "Alright…" - Ian


    "By the way, what''s for dinner?" - Reba


    "You just had lunch, and you are already thinking about dinner?" - Ian


    "A girl can get hungry, you know." - Reba


    "Well, what do you want?" - Ian


    "Spaghetti?" - Reba


    "Sure. We can make some spaghetti." - Ian


    .........…


    "Reba, do you want to sleep together tonight?" - Ian


    "WHAT?" - Reba


    Dropping her fork on the table and spilling some spaghetti sauce everywhere, Reba surprisingly jumps up from her chair. Her face is red as a tomato as she looks at me.


    "Wow, wow, wow, waitttttt. I don''t mean it like that." - Ian


    Noticing the way I spoke, I blush as well, pping my forehead at the way I approached the situation.


    "I mean, sleeping in the same room when we go into the game. In case something happens, we can at least be there for the other person as soon as possible." - Ian


    "Oh, umm, yeah, okay." - Reba


    Reba slowly sits back down on her chair, holding her cheeks in embarrassment. I avoid eye contact with her as I finish up my food and go wash up the te. Reba finishes her food soon after, cleaning up her mess and retreating to the bathroom. I hear the shower water running and attempt to clear my mind by looking at the game forum page.


    The previous post about the ''Generals'' is still the top post, with subsequent smaller posts about potential ''Generals'' popping up right under it. The big 3 guilds were still advertising on the forum, but I could see smaller guilds trying their best to advertise as well, since there are a lot of gamingpanies out there. The only problem is that the game doesn''t have a mary system yet, so there is no way for guilds to earn money from the game.


    Thinking about it now, why hasn''t there been some sort of gold system? What do the guilds get out of hiring yers and making them work for them? Other VR games always used a gold system, where trading real money for in-game cash was always the method guilds used in hiring yers. However, this game doesn''t do that.


    yer interaction is still rtively new, with only small groups of yers finding each other. Posts of yers saying they are just a team of 3 or 4 are the biggest I have seen, and even some Leaders only have seen one other yer while they have been building their vige.


    Travelers in the forum have stated that it was hard finding methods to get stronger with the increase of monsters, but others have said the opposite. More monsters meant more chances to grow stronger from the loot, but stats were stagnated since the game doesn''t have a level system. Instead, Travelers have found items that increased their stats in the game. Some foods have also been found that increase stats as well, but those were rare, and it was moremon to find an item with gives an increase in stats.


    Ancient ruins were also rare, but the yers that have found them were always cheering. Big stats increases or rare weapons or armor have been found and for Leaders the asional special building has been found, increasing the vige''s strength.


    As I was scrolling through the forum, Reba finishes her shower,ing out with a towel wrapped around her head, holding her hair up. The steam emitting off her slightly wet body as well as the slightly transparent white shirt made me look away.


    "Shower is free, Ian." - Reba


    "I know, I can tell." - Ian


    "What are you looking at?" - Reba


    "Just random stuff on the forum." - Ian


    "Hmm…" - Reba


    Reba walks over towards me, holding up her hair. She bends down beside me to get a better view of the screen, and I could smell the faintvender shampoo that she just used.


    "What''s that post about?" - Reba


    "Huh? Which one?" - Ian


    Following her finger, I see a post that has been buried in between a pile of guild advertisements.


    [ Anyone else experienced extreme heat and earthquakes in the game? - ArchWizardo


    Just posting here to see if anyone else has experienced something simr. Last night in the game, I was roaming around with a fellow NPC as I am a Traveler, and we experienced a major heatwave as well as multiple earthquakes.


    We are currently near a mountainous area with green grasnd beside it. Not sure which territory it is in. The monsters we faced were goblins, orcs, and electric zebras. My NPC has been injured from falling on the mountain, luckily she is okay with about 30% of her HP left. However, we have no way of healing, and I''m not sure what will happen while we are trapped on the mountain.


    The shaking has stopped a little before sunset, but we haven''t been able to move around and are currently stuck in a small cave that outlooks the grasnd.


    If there are any yers nearby, please message me on this forum and I will request a chatroom to discuss the details.


    Thank you, ArchWizardo ]


    "Isn''t that near where you are?" - Reba


    "It''s not just near it, it is exactly at the same ce. The problem is I don''t know whereabouts she is since the mountain range is extremely long. I also don''t know how much the battle affected the surroundings." - Ian


    "At least message them and see what you can do. Maybe she will join your vige." - Reba


    "Of course, maybe they can help me as well." - Ian


    [ Hello there, ArchWizardo, I am currently situated near the area you have described as I also experienced the same phenomena as you have. Please suggest a chatroom to discuss further details, as it would be more private. ] - Ian


    "Okay, just need to wait for-. Oh, they just made a chatroom." - Ian


    [ArchWizardo invites you to a private chatroom. ept/Decline]


    [ept]


    [Ian Enters]


    [ Hello, Ian. I am ArchWizardo, I didn''t expect someone in the top 10 to see my post as well as to be in the same area as I am. ] - ArchWizardo


    [ As you know, I am in a cave that is overlooking the green grasnd. How far away do you think you are? ] - ArchWizardo


    [ Well, it would depend a lot on where you are. I was at the epicenter of the earthquake… I also witness what caused the heatwave and kind of died to it hahaha. ] - Ian


    [ Huh? Wait, WHAT? ] - ArchWizardo


    [ Yeah, umm not much to it, just some big monsters fighting each other, and I happen to be nearby. ] - Ian


    [ Well, I don''t think I was too far away? How do I know if I''m close?] - ArchWizardo


    "Hmm, do I reveal information about the Himmel Festung?" - Ian


    "The floating fortress?" - Reba


    "Yeah. That would be the easiest way to find out how far away they is." - Ian


    [ I did see something in the sky and if you say that you were near the ce where there was a lot ofmotion, I''m assuming you were near the floating mountain?] - ArchWizardo


    "Well, there is your answer." - Reba


    [ Yes, I was at the location of the floating mountain. How far away do you think you are from there?] - Ian


    [ The mountain appeared slightly away from me, but I don''t think it was too far. I can move in that direction with my NPC friend.] - ArchWizardo


    [ Is the grasnd on your right or left? When you go in the direction of the floating mountain?] - Ian


    [ The grasnd would be on my left. ] - ArchWizardo


    [ Okay, once I''m in the game and I make sure all my NPCs are okay, I''ll move in your direction, but keeping the grasnd on my right. We should meet up eventually. Although, I advise you to not move too much since you said that your NPC is hurt.] - Ian


    [ If I don''t move, how would you find me? ] - ArchWizardo


    [ Stay in the cave and once you notice peopleing close,e out. It will be me and my NPCs. ] - Ian


    [ Alright. Thank you so much, Ian!. ] - ArchWizardo


    [ No worries. I can assume you will be helping me out for a while as well, since you are a Traveler.] - Ian


    [ Of course. I''ve been wondering about trying to find a ce to help my NPC friend settle down. I don''t think she is capable of doing long journeys. ] - ArchWizardo


    [ I see, I ask that you will tell me more about what has happened to you previously when we meet up instead of over the chatroom. Is that okay?] - Ian


    [ Yes, I''ll see you soon then. ] - ArchWizardo


    [ArchWizardo Exits]


    [Ian Exits]


    I let out a short breath as I turned toward Reba. She had long since straightened her back and was leaning on my chair as she watched me talk to ArchWizardo.


    "Well, now you are going to meet a new yer." - Reba


    "Yeah, hopefully, they can stay with me and help my vige grow into a city." - Ian


    "It will be a long time before I can even reach you. Where I am in the South is probably too far away from you." - Reba


    "It''s fine, Evan has been walking towards me for a month now I think, and he is still nowhere near, or at least that is what we think. Since we don''t have a map in the game, we can only go offndmarks and biomes." - Ian


    "It would be good to y with other people rather than by myself." - Reba


    I smile at Reba as I look at her pouting face.


    "Eventually, we will be together in the game world as well." - Ian


    "Yeah, it''s just a matter of time." - Reba


    Reba walks away, pulling the towel off and rxing on the couch. We both wait and rx, talking to each other as we wait for midnight. Once it was, I let Reba set up her VR helmet in my bed while I got a separate mattress and set it up next to the bed. I said goodnight to her and have fun before putting on the helmet and diving into the game world.