Chapter 22 - The Dark Knights Guild

Leaving Gray's embrace, Sato felt his heart rate increase dramatically. Why did Gray hug back so desperately?

"Well, clean yourself up and take a rest. You can try using the GamingPod out. Tommorow at 9, we shall depart to your University campus." Gray said, breaking off any awkwardness in the air.

"Alright. Thank you for your hospitality." Sato gave Gray a respectful bow. "Also, what is your in game name, Gray?"

"DK Seven. " Gray left the room while Sato stood there, shocked beyond belief. DK Seven? Did he just say his name was Seven? Gray was part of the legendary guild, The Dark Knights?? Moreover, he is a core member in the guild?

The Dark Knights were part of the Undead race and they were the number 1 guild in country Z and 5th in the world. Even though there are separate races in ROL, the guild rankings are still shared. Thus, the Dark Knights was the guild that any human race would fear. Back then, his small guild encountered one player, Nine, from the Dark Knights. Their group of 10 players had been vanquished within a few short minutes.

The core team in The Dark Knights had numbers for their in game name, numbering from 0 to 10. However, the number is by no means the strength of the players. In fact, the public deems Zero and Four to be the strongest players. They were the Captain and Vice captain respectively. The rest of them were all strong in their own ways.

In terms of the player, Seven, not many have actually seen him as he rarely participates in any of the team missions. Thus, they had always thought that there just a missing player that they had yet to recruit. Now, Sato knew this was not true, for the true Seven was living in same house as he was!

Swiftly, Sato took a fast shower and brushed his teeth. When finished, he moved towards the Gaming Pod and laid in it. The cushioning in the Pod detected Sato's presence and started embracing his whole body slightly. The cushions were filled with sensors of different ranges that help monitor the person's condition. If the person were to enter critical condition, he or she will be forcefully ejected. The machine even had nano technology that will administer nutrients into the player's body if he or she were to play over a long period of time.

"Scanning facial data." The machine spoke robotically. "Detecting player Dawnlore. Proceed into game?"

"Proceed."

As soon as Sato entered the game, he was welcomed by the bright sunlight that shone in game. In ROL, Sato sent the friend request to Gray. He did not accept the request yet, meaning that he probably isn't online yet.

Regardless, Sato continued on with his quest. He first leveled up till LV10. With his current strength, no monsters were able to stop him. In an hour, he leveled up 4 times which would usually take the players at least 5 hours. Running back to the village, Sato found Princess Rayla in the bakery.

"Princess, I have found the void crystal. We can now leave the village." Sato said.

"Okay. Let us leave this instant." Without care for the bakery, the two left the place and headed into the forest. With the void crystal, there was no need to wait till Lv10 before leaving the village, but Sato still waited till then as he did not want to go in unprepared.

"Would you like to leave the Beginner Village with Princess Rayla?" The system prompted.

"Yes."

"Please state a designated spawn point location."

"I choose Greenslate Forest." In the Greenslate Forest, was a spawn point that could be used by players. At any major location, there would always be a spawn point. It is not restricted to just cities so as to make the game easier for others.

For Sato's case, he did not want to spawn in the city area as moving around with an NPC there would be too noticeable.

"Spawning player in Greenslate Forest. 3,2,1..." With that, the scenery changed again. Contradictory to the name, Greenslate forest was actually no longer green. Due to the war between humans and the undead, this Lv15 forest had become a death battleground. All the trees here has died and decayed over time.

When Sato and Princess Rayla spawned, there was very little players here as the bulk of the players are at least LV50. Only the players that chose to restart would know about this place as there are other Lv15 maps available for people to choose from. In the case of Greenslate forest, there were no worthwhile quests that could be done by the players.

Sato immediately called LonelyGhost (Ming) as soon as he spawn in the world.

"Hey Ming, I have reached Lv10!" Sato exclaimed.

"So fast?" Ming questioned. Sato then explained what happened to him, both in and out of game. The Gamingpod had played a huge part in his increase in gaming ability. There was no delay in receptiveness anymore as the sensors used in the pod was the most advanced technology available on the market.

"Are you sure this Gray guy is trustworthy?" Ming frowned.

"Yeah! He is the definitely trustable. Why would he lie to a nobody like me?"

"You just trust people too easily, Sato. You are more than just a nobody." Ming tried correcting his closest friend. "Well anyways I am glad that you can come back to university for classes. I will ask you more about it tommorow. All the best to your quest. I wish I can help you, but Tyron mandated our presence for joint exercise."

"Yeah sure we can talk then. Good luck on the exercise." Since the RoyalKnights Guild was a top 100 guild, the group prioritised dungeon clearings and raids so as to improve their ranking. Ming was part of the core team now and they required his participation in these events.

When their call ended, Sato received a notification from the game.

"DK Seven has accepted your friend request."