“How long have you known about the existence of side quests?” Charlie threw his arm around Zen’s neck to wrestle him into a light chokehold position.It wasn’t very difficult for the Gambler to give the short gamer a noogie as payback for keeping all the good information to himself while everyone else fumbled like clueless bats in this virtual dungeon game.Zen apologised and begged for mercy when the taller teen offered no reprieve from the chokehold. It did not hurt as much, but it was definitely uncomfortable. Sadly, not even Remi pitied him. If anything, the insomniac might propose doing it himself to take out his obvious frustrations on Zen.Father Clarence gave out the quests like what Zen mentioned, and after receiving their first side quest, Charlie let Zen go.

“Nobody can be certain of the truth from a watered-down source,” Zen told them. “I have reasons to believe that while the claims of the Gorski’s family’s children experimentation and torture are true, there is more than meets the eye.”Liu Feng and Akiko held their breaths as Zen explained his perspective. From analysis, the scientists from the Gorski family fit the criteria as curiosity-driven individuals with a desire to solve many of civilian’s problems. They were one of the Godfather’s most loyal supporters of wanting to do good as guardians of their territory. However, not many people believed them after the truth of their results were leaked.Even so, Zen’s theory was only a theory. Without concrete evidence to clean the Gorsi family’s crimes, knowing the truth was useless.

Unsurprisingly, Zen finished Father Clarence’s quest first. However, Remi and Charlie were still far from reaching their quota. Akiko and Liu Feng did not mind helping Zen to gather a few more slimes when the teen said he wanted to collect a few more green goo for salve crafting practice.More was better than less, and Remi decided he couldn’t go on anymore. For every five slimes he killed, there would only be one or two that dropped goo. Something was strange. Zen killed way lesser slimes than they did, leaving most of the slime horde to them, but he finished his quota first.As Remi and Charlie rested, the tactician observed Zen, who requested smaller groups of slime to be sent his way so that he could conserve his stamina. Swinging a short sword also took a lot of energy, even if his movements with the sword were getting better. He did not see hi

“How are you feeling?”Zen groaned. Honestly, he felt like this was the worst sleep he had so far. Father Clarence was looking at him with eyes of concern, wondering what the boy did to return to the church this soon. Didn’t he mass craft the healing salves?Suffocation and drowning were probably some of the more terrifying ways to die. Honestly, Zen preferred to die from fall damage or get beaten up until his HP dwindled away. It would not be as brutal as smelling slime butts. Even getting shot to death might be slightly better. It was less embarrassing if Zen ignored how he died semi-naked.“Terrible,” Zen groaned as light stabbed his eyes. Reviving in the chapel was a rather odd experience. There was way too much light coming in from the stained glass window beside him, and Father Cl

When Zen woke up in the chapel and groaned. The feeling of dying from a fall was certainly more pleasant than smelling blue slime butts. Thankfully, he never needed to do that again.  “Welcome back,” Father Clarence smiled serenely and helped Zen sit up. The young chef blushed furiously, embarrassed to be a chapel regular. However, he wasn’t the only one in the chapel’s revival station. Remi was also there, but he still hadn’t regained consciousness. Charlie was nowhere to be found in the chapel, and Zen thought that the Gambler must have gotten away from the spider. He was about to leave Charlie a message to meet them back in town when there was a flash of light and a new coffin in the revival station. Zen chuckled. So Charlie didn’t manage to get away from the