How I became THE SHADOW MONARCH

Episode 9: Underwater Exploration

-Underground lake-
Void's pov
"We got 45 in total. Do you think this would be enough for your shield?" sally asked "Can we spend one more hour here?" maple asked "Sure!" sally said then both of them looked at me waiting for me to answer. "Sure I dont mind." I answered then both of them smiled at my answer then sally said "Since all of us agreed I want to try something out first." "What is it?" maple and I asked. "I'm going to dive and hunt for fish! You wanna come with void?" sally said "Maybe later I'll join you so for now I'll stay with maple." "Can you really do that here?" maple asked "Of course you can. Real life skills like swimming, climbing trees, or having quick reflexes are reflected during gameplay too. There called player skills. See you guys later!" sally said "Goodluck!" maple said waving her hands "Be careful and dont die!" I shouted to her then she dived into the water. I looked at the water where she dived then looked at maple then said "Shall we get started fishing?" "HAI!" maple said raising her fishing rod.

-10 minutes later-
"It's been 10 minutes already. I hope she's alright done there." maple said "She's really taking here time down there, huh." I said looking at maple.

Not long after sally emerged from the water then taking a deep breath the said "I'm back!" "Welcome back!" Maple and I said then maple added "How many did you get" "Huhuhu!" sally laughed with a grin on her face then proceeded to drop a lot of scales on the ground "Wow! You sure I can have all of these?" maple said "Thats a bit overkill if your asking me." I said to her "Just some extra materials for future items. Sure I dont need them anyway and you can have all of them in exchange for helping me in the future." sally said "Okay! Let me know if you need any help!" maple said then sally said "Oh yeah I also found a dungeon while I was exploring and hunting for fish. I also wanted to ask you guys, did you guys soloed the dungeon to get your gear or not?" "I did, I had to fight knights and mages then defeat the boss of the dungeon there were also two more bosses inside the dungeon but I have to unlock it first. I have the key for that dungeon if I unlocked the requirments to enter the other boss rooms. I also got skills and a job after beating the boss but my gear I got as a quest reward for defeating all the knights and mages." I answered "Me too, but I had to bash monsters and I had to get poison ineffective just to eat the poisonous dragon . I only got my gear and skills after I beat the dragon." maple said "So all your skills and gear you got was by defeating a dungeon solo. Well then I'll just beat the dungeon by myself!" sally said "Are you going to do it now?" maple asked "No I have to level up first and get skills to defeat the boss." sally answered "Dont forget that it might be underwater." I added "Yeah I have to level up my skills for that aswell. Well no time like the present. I'm going to grind then beat the boss!" sally said then shouted "YEAH!" with her fist in the sky. I looked at maple and maple looked at me the both of us shouted "YEAH" with our fists in the air with sally then a moment of silence we all looked at each other then laughed