"So is everyone ready?"
"Hai!"
"Yes"
"Yes yes"
"Then we are moving to the fire ants right now"
...
This was the conversation they had thirty minutes ago. Since, they have moved out of the city and were closing into their target location - the Fire Ants' territory.
They lived in a forest along with other monsters. Since there weren't any dominating species, all of them lived in harmony with each other, creating a balanced food chain.
On the way to the Green Willow forest, they just killed any monsters they encountered. Even if he had shown limited strength, Cylius had been able to surprise the trio.
And since they had each prepared themselves, with Cylius having bought the mana potion he wanted, they hadn't stopped since. They just kept on moving constantly, without being bothered by anything.
After all, they were led by Cold Mountain who was a Tier 1 swordsman. Since they were moving in the lvl. 10 - 15 area, there really wasn't anything that stopped them.
They were surprised by Cylius' high damage dealing power.
So when they asked the reason for his powerful spells, he grabbed the chance and also told them honestly that he had a certain talent that amplified his attack. Of course, he didn't reveal the full potential of his talent, he just said that it allowed him to deal higher damage at the cost of more mana.
Hearing him tell his secret, they also went and revealed their secrets.
"Then, we won't hide as well."
"Yes, yes!" replied Pruse energetically.
After exchanging glances, Cold Mountain went to introduce the two to him once more.
"As Gourmet said before, Pruse is a warlock. She has a certain talent that enables her to achieve a good synchronization between her physical attacks and magical attacks. Due to this, she is able to be a great damage dealer. Along that, she also has another talent that makes her have more stamina at the cost of lesser hp. Just like you, increasing one at the cost of another.
As for Gourmet, he has a hidden class - Shadow Mage. He is able to use shadow magic and summon shadow creatures. You could think of him as a kind of unique necromancer. And lastly, for me, I am not much special except that I can use ice magic a bit well"
That ended Cold Mountain's reintroduction.
'I guess they still chose to hide the more important information.' just as Cylius was thinking, Pruse's voice came out.
"What 'a bit well' ? You are much more than 'a bit well' ! Tell him, Leader!" Pruse immediately said.
"Haha... ok. I am a second-tier in real life and has comprehended the ice magic." after a little laugh, Cold Mountain replied. He tried to look humble, but it was obvious that there was some pride within him.
Not that it was wrong. It was common to have pride. After all, most people aren't able to enter the second-tier. Those who have, could be considered to have entered the higher society.
Their standing in society would really get much higher than it used to be. It was normal for the ordinary mortals to respect and revere them.
"What?!" hearing that, Cylius' almost shouted out aloud as his mouth opened big enough for an egg to fit in.
Seeing this reaction, the others weren't surprised at all as they let out a little laugh.
"Hihi"
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" Cylius said out loud.
For this time, he was going to lay low. No use being high profile and saying that he was a second-tier as well and also studied in the Quintamore academy.
No, he would be one of those average folks who were blinded by the power second-tiers had.
"Come down, calm down" said Cold Mountain.
After hearing this, Cylius' expression finally returned to normal but this time, the way he saw Cold Mountain had changed considerably. Everyone had captured this change but they didn't say anything to it.
After all, they were also like Cylius, revering the strong.
Having become the companions of such a great figure, even if it was a game, it was a fortune thing.
"Ok, so we'll be entering the fire ants' territory right now. We should be prepared for any situation including the attack of the entire ant colony." after ending their conversation, they moved to the more important discussion.
The ants were, as they said, has a queen they obey. Once the queen dies, the entire ant colony follows after her and dies as well.
So the plan they had was to assassinate the queen. However, assassinating it wouldn't be so easy. Not only did it hold magic and was able to attack from long distances, but it also had guards that would protect her at the cost of their own lives.
That made assassinating the queen hard even if one was able to sneak up on it.
What can one do when the queen was protected by its bodyguards all the time from all angles?
Unless one had wings, it would be hard to assassinate it without implicating the bodyguards which in turn would lead to implicating the entire colony.
Therefore, Gourmet and him were assigned to the job of distracting the colony while Pruse would distract the guards. And with the space created by them, Cold Mountain would quickly assassinate the queen.
It sounded simple but it was risky. They were basically risking their life for Cold Mountain to go and finish the queen. But what can Cylius even do.
It would be inappropriate to retaliate and would result in a bad impression of him. This in turn would lead to him not being able to obtain the information about the class of Gourmet.
He can't die here, at least not in this minor situation. He at least gotta get immense gains for him to lose a life. He only had three chances and if he were to fuck up, his future within this game would be gone.
Ever since he guessed that this virtual world might be another part of this genetician world, the value of this world had increased tremendously.
He smelled profit here. A kind of profit he could gain without revealing his real identity in the world.
This profit wasn't small either. It was big.
So he decided that he would immediately escape once he was in danger. He would even sacrifice Gourmet if it meant that he could live. Unknown information about a hidden class that had the possibility to be useless was far less worth than a life of his.