Chapter 10 New Dungeon (2)

Siegfried received a hunting invitation from Salveig, and hastily made his way to the northern gate of the city. Armed only with a few swords, a set of armor, and a handful of remaining healing potions, Siegfried realized it would be a challenge. But he had no other choice, as he hadn't yet accumulated his own wealth.

"In my supplies, there's actually something I could sneak in, but I don't know where to sell it..." murmured Siegfried as he walked towards their destination. "Maybe Salveig knows the right place..."

After a while, Siegfried finally arrived at the location and saw Salveig standing next to someone. In his heart, he wondered about the identity of the person who seemed familiar to Salveig. His gaze remained focused on Salveig until their eyes met, and Salveig waved her hand in greeting.

"You came quickly..."

"Weren't we supposed to meet here at eight in the morning in this game world?"

"Well, don't blame me for being late..."

"Who said that... But if you feel that way... I don't mind..."

A small argument ensued between them, bickering while the other person smiled and observed their antics. Eventually, they both remembered the presence of the other person, halted their argument, and looked at him with awkward smiles.

"It seems like you already have a close friend, Salveig..."

"Not really... It's just that..."

"Hmm..."

"Unfortunately, you don't know this person's nature, maybe if you did... you would also find it a bit challenging to deal with him..."

"..." The person only looked at Siegfried with curiosity and confusion.

"What's wrong with him... he's also a player, just like us, right..."

"Yeah... that's true... It's just that..."

Siegfried realized they were discussing Salveig's shortcomings, and he began to reflect on the mistakes he had made. Siegfried realized that he had only just met Salveig yesterday... and he had dared to pass negative judgment on her.

"Um... if we want to criticize someone, it's better not to let that person know or realize they're being talked about..."

They both could only smile wryly and scratch their heads. They understood the meaning behind Siegfried's sarcastic remark.

The person approached Siegfried and extended his hand. "Allow me to introduce myself... I'm Alvtr... a warrior..."

Of course, Siegfried understood the person's intention, so he quickly returned the greeting and shook hands with Alvtr. "I'm Siegfried... a swordsman... or something like that..."

Siegfried chose to conceal his actual profession, not wanting to reveal that he had a rare and uncommon job. Last night, Siegfried searched for information about various job options in Beyond The Midgards, and he discovered that most players had ordinary or advanced jobs. Rare jobs like Siegfried's were extremely uncommon.

Out of millions of Beyond The Midgards players, only seven hundred had rare jobs in various categories, and if someone concealed their job, the number would likely be less than a thousand.

This meant that the chances of obtaining a rare job were extremely low, less than 1 in 10,000. So Siegfried's job was very rare. He chose not to reveal his true profession because he didn't want to attract problems like being pursued by numerous guilds or facing various combat challenges due to the power of his job.

Their conversation continued, and they asked each other how long Siegfried had been playing the game. Naturally, neither of them believed what Siegfried said, but Siegfried added that he spent most of his time in the forest hunting some monsters there.

"Do you know... a few days ago, there was a battle between the kingdom's forces and the undead forces in the forest where we met yesterday..."

"Yeah... I heard that both sides' forces were completely wiped out... both human and undead forces... and even the commander of the forces fell... Moreover, there was strange news circulating after the battle, that there were no remaining equipment or healing potions after the battle... everything disappeared without a trace..."

"It's not something strange... of course, everything will disappear if it's not taken in a short amount of time..."

"Yes, that's true for all items... at least there should have been some equipment left..."

"Of course, someone took everything..."

"Of course... and yesterday I saw you there first... and you were also wielding a nice sword... Where did you get it from..."

Siegfried felt worried when Salveig mentioned that, he didn't expect news of the kingdom's defeat to have spread so widely, along with the mystery surrounding it. He was impressed with how quickly the information had spread, and he thought hard to find a solution so they wouldn't be caught off guard.

"You know... I got this sword by successfully defeating some approaching undead... Of course, I didn't just kill one or two undead, I defeated about ten Skeleton Warriors before finally obtaining this sword... Initially, I intended to kill more, but my supply of healing potions was running low, and my energy was depleted... so I retreated further into the forest and rested for a while..."

"Hmm..."

"So, it's normal for us... Our strength is not yet enough to face dozens or even dozens of Skeleton Warriors directly..."

Having talked for quite some time, they proceeded into the mentioned Labyrinth and explored the place, leveling up and collecting some dropped items.