Zen, as Chatura gathered from other students, was as they described. He was like a lamb surrounded by wolves. She knew how Zen recruited the Gorski heir. The cyborg had eyes almost everywhere, and Chatura prepared a double when she knew how the cyborg would do his background checks on her.
Yet, after much contemplation, Chatura decided to reveal herself. Zen was a difficult person to get to. Yet, the most difficult task was understanding the gamer’s game plan. On the surface, Zen appeared to be an optimistic fool with no grand plan except to fawn and survive. Many people claimed he was adopted by those in power who merely wanted to keep him like a cute pet. She could see that. However, their internal dynamic was a little more complex. It was unclear who the true master was, given the way the rest of the people interacted with Zen.As lunch hours approached, Party Freedom’s main members showed up. Charlie had casually struck up a conversation with the new invigiZen, as Chatura gathered from other students, was as they described. He was like a lamb surrounded by wolves. She knew how Zen recruited the Gorski heir. The cyborg had eyes almost everywhere, and Chatura prepared a double when she knew how the cyborg would do his background checks on her.Yet, after much contemplation, Chatura decided to reveal herself. Zen was a difficult person to get to. Yet, the most difficult task was understanding the gamer’s game plan. On the surface, Zen appeared to be an optimistic fool with no grand plan except to fawn and survive. Many people claimed he was adopted by those in power who merely wanted to keep him like a cute pet. She could see that. However, their internal dynamic was a little more complex. It was unclear who the true master was, given the way the rest of the people interacted with Zen.As lunch hours approached, Party Freedom’s main members showed up. Charlie had casually struck up a conversation with the new invigi
The kitchen was as lively as ever. Zen decided to prepare beef for lunch, inspired by the Minotaur. Party Freedom went to catch up on their dirty pile of laundry together, and Zen promised to cook their share as well. Not everyone from Party Godly Food was around. Zen missed the girls. Sasha was training with Oritha and Akiko. Unlike the boys of their party, who were mostly eccentric loners, the girls had better teamwork. Meal time was the only time Zen saw Liu Feng, and dungeon diving was the only time he saw Damian.“And steamed beef chuck was inspired by the deadly sauna spell?”Sheepishly, Zen nodded. The Seer saw through him easily. It was difficult to create a creative menu when he spent most of his time in the dungeon. Back when he was a civilian chef, Zen remembered how hectic kitchen life was. Even after lunch rush, they were always busy. There was always something to do. When the apprentice chefs were busy cleaning up and prepping ingredients, the sen
Shuffling their roles, Zen took a back seat and tossed the halberd aside. Providing assistance as a cleric, he buffed his allies and healed the injuries for front liners. Jessica and Benjamin were doing amazing, and the weakened Minotaur’s health was slowly shaved to the final health bar when everyone received a disturbing notification from the game system.[Minotaur has gained poison resistance. All poison-inflicted damage will be weakened and no longer as effective.]Zen and Jessica clicked their tongue in unison. With the new resistance skill, using the Poison Mist would be useless. They lacked enough combat power to hold the weakened boss in place.“We need to finish this quickly,” Zen announced. “Phase three, now! Lure him to the corner and finish him off with the biggest firepower you have!”Quickly backing off, Jessica acted as a decoy to lead the Minotaur to the corner without any exits. It was supposedly where the portal to
“Ready?” Zen asked over the alliance call.After receiving confirmation from everyone lying in wait, he pinched himself for good luck. The revised plan was simpler but riskier. Although it would work with Benjamin acting as the matador, Zen figured it would be better to have the Berserker act as a backup combatant to jump in only when Zen was in serious trouble.Conventional gaming logic would deem using the healer as the tank and the decoy a terrible idea. However, the party members in their composition had too many non-combatants. Apart from Benjamin holding the front line, everyone else was an easy one-hit kill. Zen was not a complete healer class. He was a jack of all trades, making him the only possible candidate to fill a secondary role for the mission.“Remember, the aim is not to kill. We need to retrieve the key first. Keep him in place, knock him down if we can and snatch that key. Cutting off his horn is more important than stabbing throug
After scouting the Minotaur’s patrol route, Charlie returned to the group with positive news.“I found him,” he grinned cheekily. “Are you ready, Matador?”Unamused, Zen wondered why everyone insisted on dressing him in blood-painted armour. The Minotaur had poor eyesight. He was almost as blind as Liu Feng was. Why on earth did Zen need to role-play with a monster?“Smile at the birdie!” Damian grinned and quickly took a screenshot to share it with the rest of the Godly Food Party members before Zen could protest. Jessica allowed herself a small smirk, and Benjamin chuckled at the gamer’s horrified expression.It did not take long for Party Freedom to become accustomed to adventuring at Zen’s pace. It was a little long-winded, but it was far from boring. If anything, the constant riffs and banters between Damian and Zen made great entertainment in the labyrinth’s doom and gloom. Whatever initial i
The dhampir worked quickly back at his cabin in the kitchen. Damian was allowed to hover near him because he was interested in the crafting process. Although the watcher did not tell him the recipe for the master magic candelabra, he showed the cyborg magician how his infamous watcher lantern was created.Mixing glowing wax with the royal jelly allowed the lamp to absorb mana from the labyrinth to glow eternally. As it did not emit mana, monsters will assume it was a natural source of light. More importantly. The flame that burned in the lantern could be used to relight the common wax candelabras that were put out by monster hoards rushing past it in the labyrinth.According to the watcher, he spotted three candelabras that needed relighting during his patrol. To make the errand easier for the adventurers, he included a more detailed map of the labyrinth, including positions of traps he planted for hunting monsters.“Remember to release the glow bees after you r