Chapter 120: ASK, AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE!

"Bleh, another bad drop rate." Emberslag moaned while cutely sticking out her tongue, resulting in Shelure chuckling and saying in warning. “You know how you’ll get reprimanded if your folks see you doing that.”

“So don’t tell them,” Emberslag replied before sticking out her tongue again as John stated. "You really like the whole looting thing, don't you?"

“Oh, she’s the iconic greedy dwarf,” Shelur teased. “She always has to be the one who loots the mobs whenever we team up.”

Emberslag glared at her friend before saying enthusiastically to John, "Of course, it's the best part of Genesis, the whole RNG luck that you might get an amazing drop from just a random NPC or monster."

"Does that happen?" John asked in surprise.

Emberslag nodded eagerly while making her choices and saying, "Very rarely, but it's just the possibility that it 'could' happen."

[You have selected roll on: Dark Leather Tunic]

[The roll will now commence; the results are:]

[Dark Leather Tunic results:]

[Emberslag: 87]

[Black Dragoon: 22

[Vincarna: 2]

[Dream Star: 87]

[Result has ended in a tie between players Emberslag and Dream Star; rerolling.]

[Emberslag: 64]

[Dream Star: 6]

[Emberslag has been awarded: Dark Leather Tunic]

“Wow, a tie. Don’t see them very often,” Black Dragoon said in surprise as Dream Star pouted at her loss while Emberslag smiled at her victory and touched the next corpse.

[Available loot from Hedgal:]

[Skill Tomb: Stunning Strike]

[Stunning Strike: Stun the target, stunning them for 10 seconds, making them incapable of doing any action.]

[Instant Cast]

[Cost: 5% Base MP]

[30 Second Cooldown]

[Quest Item: Bandit Insignia automatically awarded]

[Quest Update]

[Bandit Insignias: 9/25]

"ASK, AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE!" Emberslag cheered while throwing her hands in the air.

"Is that what they call luck?" John asked in amazement.

"Apparently," Black Dragoon said with a sigh as Shelure rolled her eyes while saying. “This girl and her damn luck.”

"See, I told you, this is why I love looting so much for moments like this,” Emberslag said happily before adding. “I bet it's better than sex."

“Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it, girl,” Shelur teased while Mel nodded in agreement and Black Dragoon flushed in embarrassment.

"Bah, whatever,” Emberslag said dismissively. “The day someone takes my virginity and proves to me that sex is better than this moment right here, I’ll take back what I just said.”

Shelur rolled her eyes at her friend's response before thinking of something and glancing at John in amusement while saying, “Sounds like a job for you, handsome; perhaps you can lose your V cards together.”

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John’s head whipped around to Shelur while asking, “Excuse me?” Mel, meanwhile, was giving her a death glare, which only increased Shelur’s amusement.

“Ignore her; she just likes stirring chaos,” Emberslag advised before rubbing her hands and saying. “Anyway, this skill tome doesn’t have a class restriction, so it's a free-for-all."

John groaned as he made his choice and anticipated the predicted outcome, and sure enough.

[You have selected roll on: Skill Tome: Stunning Strike]

[The roll will now commence; the results are:]

[Skill Tome: Stunning Strike results:]

[Emberslag: 57]

[Shelure: 58]

[Black Dragoon: 99]

[Vincarna: 1]

[Dream Star: 87]

[Black Dragoon has won the roll and been awarded: Skill Tome: Stunning Strike]

"HELL YEAH!" Black Dragoon cheered happily while Emberslag smiled at her before turning to John and saying. "I honestly don't think I have ever met anyone with such bad luck on loot rolls before; still not a single score over ten and only a one on the best loot so far."

"Well, my luck has never been good,” John replied before adding. ”Just look what happened to me in Darnscape City."

“And yet you somehow managed to unlock the first true unique class in the game,” Shelur replied while giving John a thoughtful look that Mel didn’t like. {How can she go from distrusting and glaring at us to being so interested in him and practically flirting with him, even offering her friend's virginity to him? Is this girl actually as lustful as Shizu? She didn’t seem like it when I met her in the past.}

Emberslag’s only response to John’s remark was to offer a nod of agreement before she approached the last corpse that belonged to Galan.

[Available loot from Galan:]

[Wise Belt]

[Rank: Uncommon (Green)]

[Cloth]

[Waist]

[DEF: 1]

[INT: 5]

[Requires Level: 15]

[Mystic's Leggings]

[Rank: Uncommon (Green)]

[Cloth]

[Legs]

[DEF: 2]

[SPI: 6]

[Requires Level: 15]

[Quest Item: Bandit Insignia automatically awarded]

[Quest Update]

[Bandit Insignias: 10/25]

[You have selected to pass on: Wise Belt]

[You have selected to pass on: Mystic's Leggins]

[Shelur has been awarded: Wise Belt]

[Shelur has been awarded: Mystic's Leggins]

Shelur looked at the result in surprise before asking, “Wait, you all passed on them?”

“You're the only clothy here, so it makes sense they go to you, even if we can wear them,” Emberslag replied while adding. “Also, intellect and spirit aren't our primary stats.”

“And what about you two?” Shelur asked as she turned to John and Mel.

“I want to give John a better chance at winning something,” Mel replied with a slight blush before giving him a pout while saying. “Though my generosity seems to have been wasted.”

John ignored the remark and said, “I want to try resetting my luck, so I purposefully passed this time.”

Emberslag listened to their responses before saying, "Then I guess we’re done with this room; let's move on.” After which, the group of five left that room and returned to the hallway.

They moved along the hallway until they came to the next set of doors, before Emberslag went towards the one on the right and pressed her ear against it. As she listened at the door, she thought she could hear rustling, as if there was movement on the other side, but not much else.

Signalling the other four to keep quiet, Emberslag slowly pushed the door, allowing her to see a bunch of animals in cages on the other side. Only after determining that there were no enemies in the room did Emberslag fully open the door, allowing them to proceed inside.

As soon as they entered, all the animals went on alert and backed up in their cages as far from the door as they were able to. As they did, John looked around and counted six different animals before he took a step forward and spoke to them while indicating Mel.

“Don’t be afraid; we’re here to help. My name is Vincarna, and this is my friend Dream Star, who is a druid. We can both understand the language of the beasts, and we’re here to help you all escape this place.”

The animals looked surprised that a human was speaking to them in the language of the beasts, and so one of the braver animals, a wolf, decided to test the human. “If you really can understand us, then answer my question: what is seven plus three?”

“Ten,” John instantly replied.

“Oh, is it? I didn’t know; it was just a random question to see if you really can understand us.” The wolf replied sheepishly before asking. “How do you plan to help us?”

“We will unlock the cages of each of you before you go and gather around Dream Star, who will teleport you all to safety,” John replied before the group went ahead and unlocked each of the cages.

Mel then stepped off to the side where the animals came and gathered around her before she said, “Teleport: Emerald Enclave”

And after several seconds, she disappeared from the dungeon while they all received quest update notifications.

[Quest Update]

[Number of animals freed and escaped the hideout alive: 13/20]

***

As soon as Mel appeared in the Emerald Enclave, all the animals made happy noises before thanking her and departing. However, as she herself prepared to return to the dungeon, she suddenly heard someone calling out to her, “Druid Dream Star.”

Mel turned to see that the seven council members were all present and had apparently been listening to Bandit’s story when she had arrived with more animals, causing everyone to look at her.

Mel gave a slight bow while saying in greeting, “Council members.”

“This Jackalope here has informed us of the situation and the fact that you are working to free these animals as well as a white tiger.” Tiriana Thezorwyn said with a smile.

“Don’t worry, babe. As my bro’s woman, I made you sound good.” Bandit boasted.

“That’s correct, leader Tiriana,” Mel replied while feeling conflicted about whether to snake the jackalope for calling her babe, or congratulate him on addressing her as John’s woman. In the end, she decided to just ignore the fact while saying. “I really must get back to freeing the other animals and punishing the bandits for their actions.”

“Of course. Just know that we have already informed the White Tiger Empress of the West, Bengal, about this matter, and she is on her way here as we speak. When you find the white tiger, return it to us here so that Lady Bengal can assist in its recovery.”

“Of course,” Mel replied before activating the teleport spell again to return her to her previous location in the dungeon.