The Return Of The God Level Assassin

JUST as Luo Yan expected, after playing for two hours, he only managed to travel three quarters of the way towards the Northern area of Crescent Woodlands. He didnʼt mind since travelling and fighting monsters along the way was also a good way to grind levels. After two hours of playing, he was now at level 8. At this rate, when heʼs done with the task given by the Elder and also the hidden event including Filli, he would, more or less, exceed level 10.

He walked out of his room because itʼs already near dinner time. He was just walking towards the living room when he saw Luo Jin climbing down the stairs. His eyes immediately brightened, especially after he remembered the cute profile picture of his brotherʼs game avatar.

”Ah Jin, are you also done playing?” he asked when his younger brother reached the foot of the stairs. Luo Jin only nodded. ”Did you talk to the NPCs like I told you to?”

”I did.”

In fact, Luo Jin spent most of his time talking with those NPCs. Not because heʼs being meticulous or something. But because of the embarrassing reason that he couldnʼt quite control his game avatar. He kept on tripping on his own feet and continuously bumping into things. One of the reasons he could think of why was because heʼs not used to such a small body. So itʼs messing with his balance perception. The other one was because heʼs simply a giant noob who had no skill whatsoever. Heʼd rather think itʼs the former.

Because if not, then what would that make him? Itʼs already shameful enough that he had to play using this game avatar. Thereʼs so way heʼs going to accept that heʼs no good. Since he already decided to keep playing this game using this game avatar, then he would make sure that he would be good at it. He promised, before summer vacation ended, he would at least be as good as other veteran players.

”Did you get any task yet?”

Luo Jin wanted to wince when he heard the question. ”I havenʼt yet.” How could he, when he spent most of the time falling over? Of course he couldnʼt tell that to Luo Yan. ”I only managed to talk to a few NPCs,” he added.

”I see. Then donʼt forget to talk to all of them. As Iʼve said, you might trigger a hidden event. What level are you in by the way? Iʼm currently level 8.”

Luo Jinʼs eyes widened. ”Youʼre level 8?” he said incredulously.

How could Luo Yan be already at level 8 while he was still at level 1? Didnʼt they start playing at the same time? How come heʼs so ahead of him already? Did that mean that heʼs really just that bad at this?

But wait- if his second brother was now at level 8, it meant that he fought with some monsters in the game. He remembered how life like the game was. Whenever he fell down, he literally could feel the pain.

He looked sharply at Luo Yan. ”Did you get hurt?”

Luo Yan was momentarily stunned by the sudden shift of topic. Then he realized that Luo Jin was probably worried, thinking that he fought with monsters since he leveled up that much. He smiled. ”Iʼm fine, Ah Jin. Even if Iʼm hurt in the game, it wouldnʼt be transfered to real life.”

”I know that. But you would still feel pain, wonʼt you?”

”Donʼt worry, Ah Jin, that wonʼt happen much. Since I discovered that Iʼm really good at this game. But Ah Jin is definitely better than me, right?”

Luo Jin looked at his second brotherʼs big black eyes full of trust and he couldnʼt make himself deny his claim and tell him that heʼs really, really bad at it. ”Of course I am!”

After seeing Luo Jinʼs almost constipated expression when he mentioned his level, Luo Yan knew heʼs probably having some problems playing the game. Who told him to be such a tsundere and not admit it? But thatʼs okay. Heʼd just help him once they both arrive at Olkdale Town.

”The picture of Ah Jinʼs game avatar is so cute. Are you perhaps a gnome?” he asked, all innocent and excited.

Luo Jin, once again, showed a constipated expression. ”Yeah.”

”But the gnomes in Arcadia usually have flaxen hair and amber eyes. How come you have black hair and red eyes?”

”It said on my Character Tab that my race is called ʼchaos gnomeʼ. Not really sure how that differs from ordinary gnomes.”

This time, Luo Yan truly felt excited. ”Could there be a word ʼspecialʼ beside it?”

Luo Jin nodded. ”What does that mean anyway?”

”Itʼs a new type of race division that came along with the new update. You see, races in Arcadia could be divided into three; common, rare, and legendary. But with this new update, thereʼs another one - special. Thatʼs what you got.” From what Luo Jin said about his race, he could now safely assume that ʼspecialʼ pertained to a subrace of an already existing race in the game. ”I also got a special race, itʼs called a moon elf. Arenʼt we both lucky? Just after the day of the release of the new update we both got a special race. Do you know how hard it was to get a race different from the four basic race? But the two of us managed to do it.”

After hearing that, Luo Jin felt a hundred times better. At least now he knew that he wasnʼt just an ordinary gnome. Now, it wouldnʼt be too embarrassing to walk around the game with that game avatar. ”Wait- why do you know so much about that game?”

”I told you, I read the manual.”

Luo Jin almost said that he also read the manual. Then why didnʼt he understand the game as much as he did? Good thing he stopped in time. Because wouldnʼt that make him look like he lacked IQ or something?

Luo Yan stared at his brotherʼs expression and he could almost read what heʼs thinking. He smiled playfully. Then he changed his expression into a worried one. ”Could it be Ah Jin still hasnʼt read the manual?”

”I-- yes, I still havenʼt.”

”Then you should read it quickly. What if Ah Jin didnʼt manage to leave Origin Village because you have no idea what to do? If thatʼs the case, Iʼll be at Olkdale Town while youʼre still stuck there.” He acted sad. ”I donʼt want that.”

Luo Jin looked at his brotherʼs poor appearance. ”I wonʼt be stuck there, okay? Iʼll definitely reach level 10 by tomorrow.”

”Would you?”

”Of course. Arenʼt I better than you?”

”But what if you triggered a hidden event?”

”Then Iʼll extend it by a day.”

Luo Yan looked at his brotherʼs proud look and chuckled. Itʼs really fun teasing this brother of his especially when he didnʼt even notice that heʼs being teased.