“Wild Dog Village, one of the eight newbie villages to the right of Hurricane Main City.”

Hannah Cooper smiled and said, “What a coincidence, I’m in Wild Wolf Village, which is really close to Wild Dog Village~”

Linda Harris nodded, “That’s perfect. The rest of us are in more remote villages. Little Clark, go pick up Hannah and bring her to your village later. Give that intelligence-boosting robe to Hannah so her priest will be safer.”

“Yeah, by the way, what talents did you all get?”

Hannah Cooper widened her eyes, “Talents? I think mine increases mana regeneration speed by 1%.”

Hmm... pretty useless, but better than nothing.

Linda Harris was a bit envious of Hannah Cooper and said angrily, “My talent is just a 1% increase in hit rate. God, I don’t even know what use that 1% is.”

I quickly comforted her, “Don’t say that. All attributes in games add up bit by bit. Even though this 1% doesn’t look like much now, once you add equipment and skill bonuses, the effect might show up pretty quickly.”

Grace nodded in agreement, then said, “My talent is perception—I have a certain chance to sense hidden creatures within 8 yards!”

Damn, that’s definitely the nemesis of my ‘Stealth’! If I run into Grace, my talent is basically useless!

“Little Clark, what’s your talent?” Grace shook my arm as she spoke, her ample chest rubbing against my shoulder.

“Stop sexually harassing me! My talent is Stealth, which means hiding in the darkness…”

Sure enough, Grace laughed wantonly, her snow-white breasts bouncing so much it hurt my eyes. After a while, she finally calmed down, wiped her tears, and said, “See, we really are fated—our talents even counter each other. How about you just give in to me tonight? Sis has been feeling a bit pent up these days…”

“Come on, go find a gigolo on the street, there are plenty!”

“Don’t you have to pay for gigolos?!”

“I’m even more expensive!”

“But I like…”

“……”

While I was left speechless, Linda Harris said to me, “Little Clark, what level are you now?”

“Level 5. Why, what about you guys?”

“Oh my god, level 5? How did you level up so fast? I’m only level 3!”

“It’s probably because of the quests. There are a lot of quests you can take repeatedly with a group. You guys should talk to the NPCs in your village more, you might get something out of it. Anyway, try to get your class as soon as possible. Once you have class skills, leveling will be much faster. By the way, Ms. Harris, how did you train your mage? Don’t tell me you used a stick to whack monsters?”

Linda Harris blinked and said, “No, before getting my class, my physical attack and HP were the same as yours, so of course I used a broken sword to hack monsters just like you.”

I suddenly realized, “Almost forgot, that’s true.”

Then I said to Hannah Cooper, “Wait for me at the village entrance in a bit. I’ll come get you, and then we’ll go level up together in Wild Wolf Valley behind the mountain. There’s basically no one there right now.”

Hannah Cooper nodded, and a blush actually flashed across her fair face. What a shy girl!

Linda Harris pointed at the bread and milk on the table and said, “Alright, everyone eat breakfast quickly. After eating, get back online and keep leveling. If you really can’t stay awake, go to sleep. Next meal is at 7 p.m. If you get too hungry, find something in the fridge.”

“Got it!”

After quickly finishing breakfast and exchanging game IDs, everyone went back to their rooms. Hannah Cooper and I also went to our rooms one after another.

After putting on my helmet, I appeared again on the hillside near Wild Wolf Valley. The gray wolves I killed earlier had already respawned in large numbers. Hannah Cooper should be waiting for me at the entrance to Wild Wolf Village now. Just then, my communicator rang again. I checked and saw it was “Qingcai Keke”: “Evan Clark, I’m waiting for you at the village entrance.”

I replied immediately, “Okay, I’ll be there in ten minutes!”

Hehe, even when sending messages, Hannah Cooper seems so gentle and sweet!

“Beep beep~” Another message came in, this time from someone called “Qingcai Youhuo”: “Little lover, how’s it going with Hannah the little beauty? When are you coming to keep sis company?”

I swear in the name of God, this must be that seductive Grace who looks all delicate and charming!

“Big sis, please stop harassing me! I’m about to go pick up Hannah Cooper!”

Grace wouldn’t let up, “No problem, but after dinner come out for a walk with me, okay? I’m so bored…”

I was stunned. She gets bored too? In my mind, she’d never get bored just playing with her own little kitty.

After thinking about it, I replied, “Okay!”

She sent a smiley face: “:)” and then nothing more.

Chapter 11: Leveling Up

Opening the newbie area map, just as Hannah Cooper said, Wild Wolf Village and Wild Dog Village are right next to each other. It doesn’t even look like it’ll take ten minutes to get there.

I cleared out the monsters blocking my way as I went, and by the time I reached Wild Wolf Village, I had miraculously reached level 6. The experience from level 9 monsters really is something else!

Oh right, there should be a level ranking!