Chapter 8: The Innocent Gabriel's Rich Imagination
"Worthless Warrior, why are you so early today? Are you addicted to the game?!"
As soon as Kamiya Yu logged into the game, this message popped up in his friend window. He didn't need to guess who it was from, as she was his only true in-game friend.
Previously, after temporarily teaming up with others and adding them as friends, they would immediately kick him from the team and remove him from their friend list after witnessing his skills.
"I don't have anything to do today, so I can log on earlier. Are we still going to fight the boss today?"
Kamiya Yu's fingers flew across the keyboard. Before he could even react, Fallen Angel's message instantly replied.
"We're not going to fight monsters today. Let's level up first and then get some new gear. Don't you think your gear is too old?"
"You're almost level 50, and you're still using that beginner transition equipment. I'm really impressed by you."
Kamiya Yu was a bit confused and opened his in-game equipment tab.
Elite Armor [Blue, Level 35]
Newbie Village's Strongest Sword [Blue, Level 30]
Broken Wind Chime Boots [Blue, Level 25]
Equipment quality levels are: White, Green, Blue, Purple, Epic, Legendary.
Equipment has level restrictions.
Kamiya Yu looked at his own equipment, then at Fallen Angel, who had just arrived. Her equipment had changed again; it seemed to be the Saintess's Redemption, which just came out today, and its quality was purple.
Looking at Fallen Angel, who was surrounded by white light, Kamiya Yu only felt a bit blinded. He quickly switched to the game panel and adjusted the character's glow rendering to the lowest setting.
"Fallen Angel must be quite rich. This fashion set seems to be 50,000 yen, right?"
Kamiya Yu muttered to himself, while also controlling his game character to walk towards Fallen Angel.
"Let's go to the Misty Forest to grind levels first. Both of us are almost level 50, and I can't wait to complete my first job advancement."
[The setting is that the first job advancement is at level 50, the second at level 80, and the third at level 100, which changes the profession's characteristics.]
The two arrived at the Misty Forest through the temple's portal. The visibility in this map was very low, but the monster experience was very high, making it a sacred place for players to grind experience.
This time, before Fallen Angel could even remind him, Kamiya Yu proactively stood in front of her, constantly vigilant for monsters that were about to spawn.
"Sizzle, sizzle."
Countless Goblins ran from a distance. They had a pair of pointed long ears, and their bodies were dark green.
"Gurgle, gurgle."
Kamiya Yu, at the front, quickly engaged in close combat with the Goblin horde. Kamiya Yu used the combo he trained yesterday.
"Taunt", "Shield Block", "Whirlwind Slash"
Red markers continuously appeared above the heads of the Goblins in front, and they quickly rushed towards Kamiya Yu. This was his taunt skill taking effect.
After the Goblin horde was blocked by shields, the next skill was activated. When Whirlwind Slash appeared, a large group of Goblins' health bars dropped to 40%. After that, Kamiya Yu repeated the operation and killed them all.
Fallen Angel walked up from behind, hastily typing a message in the channel.
"You're Worthless Warrior, right? You didn't hire a booster, did you? That's no fun."
"If you ask me, games are only fun when you play them yourself. You shouldn't hire a booster. Most importantly, it makes me look useless, and I'm not a mascot."
Gabriel thought of the words 'noob' and 'mascot', and her heart turned cold.
"No, no, it's just that I played too poorly yesterday, so I wanted to practice my skills more, so I could play with you longer."
Kamiya Yu hastily replied to the message, afraid that Fallen Angel would get angry. After all, he considered her a friend and didn't want to deceive her.
"Is that so...?"
Gabriel typed on the keyboard a bit distractedly, her typing speed a few beats slower. "He wants to play with me longer?" Thinking of this, a smile reappeared on Gabriel's lips.
"Honestly, I wouldn't abandon you. Don't make it sound like I'm bullying you."
"Oh, oh, oh, then let's continue grinding monsters."
Before Kamiya Yu could agree, the public chat instantly flooded with bullet comments.
"So touching! I declare that I ship this CP!"
"Wuwuwu, looking at Worthless Warrior's message, it's as if this child has grown up. After all, I've been watching for half a year."
"When you two get married in the game, I'll send each of you the most expensive fashion set."
"I want to see the married life of these two noob couples, I... I really want to see it."
...Countless bullet comments surged wildly, like a festival, incredibly lively. Kamiya Yu then looked at the dialogue box where he had just chatted with Fallen Angel and realized the message had been sent in the public channel, thus seen by everyone.
Fallen Angel stood motionless beside him, as if AFK, and then Fallen Angel's roar instantly appeared in the public chat.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
"You guys! You didn't even remind me that I sent the wrong message, how hateful!"
"You bunch of jerks, idiots, I wish all your in-game friends are same-sex partners!"
As Fallen Angel's three messages were sent, the public chat was quiet for a moment, then the bullet comments started scrolling again.
Gabriel stared intently at the screen, watching the scrolling bullet comments without blinking, her face constantly flushing, her mind filled with wild thoughts.
"Honestly, I'm fed up with these guys. Don't they feel ashamed saying these things?"
"Who would marry that Worthless Warrior!"
Recalling Worthless Warrior's message just now, "for you." Her fair cheeks became burning hot, and steam seemed to be rising from her head.
"Maybe I should consider it. Anyway, he doesn't know me, and he even thought I was a guy before."
"It seems like there are special buffs after marriage, and the experience gain for two people in a party also increases significantly."
The innocent Gabriel was shocked by her own thoughts and instantly slapped her cheeks to wake herself up.
[I graduated first in my angel school; I am a pure and flawless angel! How could I have such unrealistic thoughts?]
She took off the dark halo on her head and vigorously wiped it with both hands. A lot of black stains stuck to her hands. She sniffed her small nose, "It stinks." She hastily reached for a tissue.
After tidying up, her gaze returned to the in-game party channel, where a message from Worthless Warrior appeared.
"Fallen Angel, do you want to get married in the game? I don't mind."
"You Worthless Warrior, who would marry you?!"
Although Gabriel replied like this in the game, she contradictorily opened the in-game shop.
Shining Ring
Effect: +50% party experience bonus
+60% all attribute bonus
+80% healing spell recovery effect
The innocent Gabriel's eyes lit up, staring intently at the last effect, saliva constantly drooling from the corner of her mouth.
"If it's just a game marriage, then it's not impossible."
...While the innocent Gabriel was daydreaming, a message shattered her fantasy.
"Do you want to continue? I'm almost dead, can you heal me?"
Gabriel closed the shop and looked at Kamiya Yu in the game. At this moment, he was being surrounded by a group of Goblins, many of whom were level 40+ Goblin Warriors.
"Sorry, I'm coming right away."
As the priest's healing spell was successfully cast, the character Kamiya Yu controlled had his health bar restored to normal. After that, Kamiya Yu tanked the monsters at the front, continuously casting skills.
Suddenly, various positive buff effects appeared on the character controlled by Kamiya Yu.
Gabriel's adorably angry expression