Swordsmen

Dive Deep

The brothers and Scopio travelled they finally found another village that was much bigger than the one other. We entered the village to see almost every inch of it was filled with people.
" This is place is amazing, " Sol said.

" And crowded. Will there be any more room in the hotels for us? " Scopio said a little worried she had to sleep outside.

" We'll see. Let's go. "

They walked to the farthest yet biggest hotel in the village, the pub owner was as kind as the previous one.

" You have come just in time! The top floor room is waiting for the lot of you to sleep in it! Here, lemme take you there! " he said.

How are they doing that? Scopio thought to herself. The owner led them upstairs to the top floor, the room was more than big enough for all of them.

" How much does this cost? " Viento said.

" For you and your friend, it is only 20 gold coins! " the owner said.

" Only 20? Are you sure you don't need us to pay more for this place? " Tierra said in concern.

" Oh, no biggie! This place was made for you after all! " the owner said. The brothers weren't sure, but they had to find a place to rest.

" We'll take it, " Trueno said. His brothers nodded in agreement. Trueno gave the owner the money.

" Thank you for the money! Stay as long as you want! Enjoy your stay! " the owner said. He waved a friendly goodbye at then before going back downstairs.

" Um... " Hoja said.

" That was the second time the pub owner gave us a discount to the room we're staying in, " Hielo said.

" Really? Did you ask them why? " Scopio said.

" Yeah, we have. But they just said that it was made for us, " Fuego said.

That's odd, Scopio thought. But they didn't think highly of it, after a while they went back down to see what quests the hotel had.

" Coral Reef. Why don't we try that? " Hoja said.

" Oh, are you taking that quest? The owner said as he scrubbed the plates.

" We were thinking of it, " Viento said.
" Well, if you are, better listen carefully, " the owner said. " That message is a distress call from the merpeople that live in the waters near here. They say that some unknown creature keeps destroying their reefs, leaving the fish nowhere to live. They need help to identify the creature and stop it from destroying the reefs. "

" And that means going underwater, "
Trueno said. The pub owner nodded.

" Many players have taken the challenge, but ended up failing in the process. And you know what happens when you fail, or in other words, die in this game, " the owner said.

" What happens? " Scopio said.

" It's not confirmed, but they say that if you die in the game, you die in real life as well. That's why we can't just kill ourselves and log out, " Sol said. Scopio nodded in understanding.