The Cursed Paradise (Edentia Online)

Chapter 5

"Hasta pronto, Jotan" I waved my hand.

Jotan silhouette now faded in the night, [Night Time] has come. I still stood in the same place when we say goodbye. The stars came out the sun went down, dark skies hung over the place. Some player went to the inn, others went to the battlefield.

I was so afraid go to battlefield, because I didn't want to get hurt and dead. Otherwise I have a little money, and I can't afford an inn for a night. I decided to sleep under the table of closed fruit stall, hoping that another player wouldn't notice me there.

Okay, I admit I was stupid ! stupid ! I shouldn't say goodbye to Jotan. I shouldn't asked him about that, now I was lonely and can't figured out this.

Things didn't get better, snow started fall so hard that night. I almost got frozen lungs by cold thin air, I shivered and started to breathing heavily. Numbness sipped into my bones. No ! I won't die in this game ! I wanted to survive.. survive untill the end, like Jotan said. I wrapped myself with my red cloak and activated [Heating Aura] my first acquired skill. The warmth radiating through my body, numbness and cold now melted from my body.

The cold didn't bother me now.

△2 Janadia 1656

[Morning] time phase.

[Morning] has came, sun rose from the west. I streched my body, and rubbed my eyes. I feel a fluffy bed rocking here and there, a fragrant blanket soothe me. I guess it's only a meaningless dream, or my feeling.

I opened my eyes and a wide room consists double bed, awooden stool, an animal carving showing it's sharp teeth. I wondered who take me here ? its an expensive inn, however I must thanked who took me here, so I'm not a frozen there.

"So glad you're awake now. I found you so pale and numb." A boy voice heard from behind me. He's a little, as high as my neck. He have a small nose, a pair of ocean blue eyes that match with the gogles and blonde hair. His little boy's look would make people think he's still 18. "By the way, who are you ? I'm Rango."

"Izvatya, nice to meet you. Also, thanks for your help." I wondered this little boy could carry me that particularly bigger than himself. "Are you a [Ranger] ? it sounds similiar."

"Nope, I'm a [Thieves]" Rango spinned his blue dagger with coral decoration, he wear blue gogles. "Tyler wanted to meet you." Rango pointed his dagger to another boy who is sat on his bed. The boy is as tall as me, his face features similiar like Rango, but his hair is green like leaf. Wait a minute they're twins !?

[Rango] and [Tyler] are now added into your contact.

"Hi there ! nice to meet ya, as you know Rango is like to help other people." "You're little but quite heavy." He looked at my appereance. Well said that the red cloak weight is quite heavy, aside with [Heating Aura] effect. "You can join our party if you want to."

"I'd like to." I smiled, knowing that I have a new friends to join in this adventure.

you're now joined [Little] party.

"Hehe, don't think about that weird name, it's more important if we have a great ability." Rango said. "Come on, let's catch some quest, or maybe.." He looked at Tyler.

"We fight the monster in [Door 1] dungeon." Tyler continued Rango words, they facing each other and do a bro fist. I shcoked when hearing Tyler said that. Tyler noticed the fear in my eyes. "How about that Izvatya ? you know it's really chalenging. Besides we will get outa the game faster !" He said enthusiastically.

"Eh~ okay okay, let's do it !" I said with a wry smile, hiding my nervousness.

We stepped out the inn, and cheked the mini map to find dungeon registering booth. The [Little] party ran to the [Door 1] dungeon registering booth. Many players quequed in a long line, they formed some parties. Here we go again.. I hate crowd. The NPC overhelmed by the crowd. I looked around, hoping that I would see Jotan around. Jotan doesn't like the crowd as me. I mentally slapped myself.

The players that were earlier before us transferred into the dungeon.

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Hours passed by, and still we didn't see any player who registered before us came out from the dungeon. I checked 'The cursed paradise' [News forum]. It was shocking when I saw the news, there were reported 2000 death in a night, the number were increasing after the [Door 1] dungeon is opened.

"Eh~are you both sure about this ? I heard it is quite deathly dungeon for beginner. I.. I think we should level up, to make sure we would be more ready facing this."

"Heh ? Iza don't you read the gamers magazine about that ?" Rango asked me, I shook my head. " Okay, I explain it.. there isn't level up system here. First we attack the monster, and then we got some [Skill point] from it, every monster have diffrerent [Skill point]. A dungeon bosses have great [Skill point], Next from the points we could acquire skill, greater skill needs much bigger points. Well if you lucky you can acquire it's skill from the [Empty soul] that the bosses have. Did you get it ?"

"That's why we determined to fight it, to getting stronger. I'm sick when people called us weak.." Tyler's hand gripped his dagger, removed from its seath.

*Jlab* he throwed his dagger, stabbing the ground below him. He took his dagger, and a vine plant growed from the hole, it's root stabbing hard solid ground.

"You see this plant ? that's how I define myself, and that's why I bought this game, I want people know me because of it.. so Iza, why do you fall to this world"

"I..I want to killing time.. with playing games, that's what ordinary gamer do don't they ?"

"If you keep on killing time, time will kill you." Tyler said with his cold tone.

"Tio, stop it ! she's just an ordinary 20 year old girl." Hey ! I'm 22. I rolled my eyes when he said it. Rango put both his hands on Tyler shoulders. "She's afraid and lost ! Last night we found her almost frozen under the table, what would you think about that ?"

◎Transfering to the [Door 1] dungeon

That message popped in each other head in [Little] party gave me a goosebump . Here we go now, I must be brave.. be brave.. Suddenly, we are surrounded by several numerical code moving along and crossed us. The codes faded and a vast meadow field. A big wooden door with a blue gem handle opened slowly, it's screeching sound along with heavy shock on the ground.