"Glad to meet you again sob* brother..."
She crying in my hug and so do I.
"Yeah, sob* glad to meet you too." Says me while hugging her tight.
The moment feels like forever. Releasing our emotions in this hug.
Someone touching my back.
We release our hug. She wipes her tier and so do I.
"Didn't you should follow him?" Says Emily while smiling at me.
I grab her shoulder and look at her. Knowing you are safe is enough for me. I don't know what he needs from me. I look at him walking in this hall. The survivors are passed by him give him respect and salute him.
"He is popular."
"He saved almost all of these people." Said her after turning her head behind.
"I will be back after this, Stay safe. Okay?" Says me while releasing my grab on her shoulder.
"You should wipe these tears first." Said her after gently wiping my tears in front of my eyes with her small finger.
I walk passed her. "I'll be back."
I wipe my tears with my hand. I think this should be the room he entered. I open it. There are four people including Renald inside this room. They are sitting on the floor except Renald.
"Oh! Who is this new face?" Said a guy with a bow behind him.
A girl with daggers around her waist, a blonde-haired girl with her staff in her hand. What is this? A cosplayer? Or so I thought, I started to remember what happened while my mind blanked out.
"He will be our new member." Says Renald while walking toward me.
Member? He looks at me with hope. I didn't even know what happened. Even I feel confused. I still accept it.
"Hello, I am Rega Martin. You can call me Rega." Says to me with a low voice.
"I am Rena Macefield, you can call me Rena." Said the one who holding a staff. She looks at me and smiles at me. She wears a white long shirt and black long jeans.
"Oh, introducing time! I am Eka Budiarto, feel free to call me Eka!" Said the one who carrying a bow behind his back. He seems nice to talk to with his carefree attitude. He wears a red hoodie with white clothes inside it and green short pants.
"I am Putri Farmasyah, nice to meet you~" Said the one who carrying two daggers around her waist. She faintly smiled at me after she stared at Eka's direction. She wears a red shirt with white-stripped black clothe and pink long pant.
"Okay, that's all. I will explain it a bit to Rega our situation." Said Renald after looking at them who sitting on the floor.
"Hold on! You said it like we already know each other." Said Eka after looking at Renald.
"Could you shut up a bit Eka?" Says Putri while staring at him.
I don't know but the atmosphere tighten a bit.
"Hah!? Shut up? Look at him! I bet his head is full of flowers now!" Said Eka as his hand crossed while looking at me.
"That's why you should shut up. Okay?"
Putri seems to know Eka before these monsters appear.
"The first thing, could you say "status"?" Renald said persuasively.
"Y-Yeah."
I feel a bit uneasy that his tone changes to that persuasive way. Fine, I do what he said.
"Status."
The moment I said it, the blue transparent window appeared in front of me. I am surprised. It makes me feel excited. Oh my god, is this world really turned into a game?
"Pfft!* Look at his face." Said Eka after laughing a bit.
Putri kicks his leg a bit and Eka shuts his mouth at that second.
In the left side window, there is Body Detail, STR: 69, INT: 121, DEX: 130, DEF: 95. I touch the STR word and it appears the status detail in a new window.
Strength a.k.a. STR is a point that indicates the user's power, agility, and capability to do hard work such as lifting something and hitting power. To be detailed, at each point of STR, you can lift (point) kilograms or punch with (point) kilograms power and (2 : 3 point) kilometers per hour speed.
Intelegence a.k.a. INT is a point that indicates the user's mana and capability to summon magic. To be detailed, ( 2 : 1 point) mana, (100 minus point/200 minus point/400 minus point/-) enchant speed per second. Enchant speed will be increased as the amount of spells you enchant. The spell is immediately summoned if your point exceeds the point that is needed to enchant that spell. There is (1 : 4 point)% extra magical damage.
Dexterity a.k.a. DEX is a point that indicates the user's craftmanship, the ability to train skill, and be used as the condition for some skill. Craftmanship is the ability to create something such as a weapon and armory and alchemist. There is (1 : 2 (point minus point needed to possess skill)% extra effectiveness to train the skill.
Defense a.k.a. DEF is a point that indicates the user's magical and physical defense and sustain capability. There is (3 : 1 point) point to obtain physical and magical defense. There is (2 : 1 point) stamina.
Extra, some special statuses are contained in some of the items and status that can give some special capability. Some weapons and armor need one of the statuses to add extra damage or defense to the user too.
Below the status, there is a light blue bar indicating the mana usage and a yellow bar indicating stamina. The difference from the game is that there is no health bar.
On the right side is the Status Possessed list. It will indicate the user status now whether the user gets poisoned, bleeding, etc.
The second tab is Possessed Skill, I have skills called Vertical Slash and Horizontal Slash.
Vertical Slash, skill used (26% of STR) extra damage to slash vertically with (4% of DEX) meter tall.
Horizontal Slash, skill used (10% of STR) extra damage to slash horizontally with (10% of DEX) meter length.
The third tab is Communication, there are four tabs on the left after I open this tab. There is Friend in the top, Guild, and System Record that record what we do in dungeon or raid monsters such as item drops, damage I dealt, etc. The fourth is Global Chat. There is a mini sub-tab in Global Chat which positions are on the top of the window it appears.
The last is the Store tabs. There are two subs tabs on the left side, Buy tabs and Sell tabs. I touch the Buy tabs and still, there is nothing. I touch the sell button and a warning message appears.
The item you sell can't you take back. If you want to take back the item you need the same Cornea to take it back. The item you sell is in public.
So we can't cheat like storing the item and using it as unlimited inventory because if you set the price low, someone will buy it in no time and you can't take it back. I touch the "yes" button below the warning message. Four sub-tabs appear on the Sell window, Appraisal, Advertisement, Trade, and Chat. Below it, there is the text Put your item through the window to sell in a rectangular shape. At the very bottom, there is a text All identity is hidden with a checkbox right of it.
"First thing, we should add friends to each other." Says Renald while walking around looking at each person.
They are all said "status" and four notifications appear on the Friend tabs.
"It's really exciting! I hope we can work together." Said Eka after smiling at us.
Excited huh? I didn't even feel what you called excited. It almost takes my sister from me. I don't feel anything exciting from that.
"So, what's the Giver the soldier talked about?" Asked me after remembering what those soldiers said before.
"Giver is the person who can call the system at the time this Ragnarok happens." Said Renald after sitting on the floor.
"Ragnarok?" Ask me confused.
"Oh, don't worry. It's just us who call it anyway." Say Eka while looking at me.
"The question is, how much is your experience about this game called WEO?" Said Rena after looking at Eka.
"WEO?"
I feel more and more confused. What are they talking about?
"You didn't see the update?" Asked Eka after looking at me.
"No, I am not." Say me still confused.
"The last update. It's called Last Wish." Say Putri.
"And?"
"The content inside is just a sentence. I hope humanity does not perish." Renald said after crossing his hands.
"So, back to her question. I already played it until Arc Five." Said Eka after looking at Rena.
"Same as this creature." Said Putri staring at Eka.
"I just played it until Arc Four." Says Rena while looking down.
"I played it until Arc Seven." Says Renald while looking at me.
"You didn't complete it? I already made four accounts and all of them already complete."
I said it like it was easy for me. They are, except Renald startled at me. I mean, yeah... There are bunch of content inside WEO so...
"Wow? I don't know how to react but, we meet the veteran is lucky for us I think?" Say Eka with a surprised face yet questioned my past.
"That's why, we will need your help." Said Renald after standing up. He looks at me with a serious face. Same as them who sit on the floor.
"Easy Renald, he almost exploded." Say Rena while looking at Renald.
"I win right?" Said Eka after looking at Putri.
"Yeah, yeah, you win." Say Putri a bit annoyed to Eka.
"Help?"
I don't know, he seems more veteran than me in reality. Why should I? What I can do to help?
"Sigh* I think you're right. He started to explode in a second."
"Level up, we are confused about where we should start it." Said Putri after knowing that no one could explain it. She looks away and Eka responds.
"The truth, we are afraid."
Eka seems hesitant to tell me about it. He glances at Renald a bit and closes his eyes for a second.
It sounds serious. I think that's why it's just Renald who walks around in this world full of monsters. So, he is the only one who is brave enough?
"It's not like I am afraid, it just..." Said Putri while disagreeing with what Eka said.
"If we rely only on Renald, we are afraid that he will get stressed." Say Rena while looking at Renald.
"So, that's how you think about me." Said Renald with a sigh.
They keep silent because the truth is spoiled.
"Sigh* that's fine. I know what's your feeling." Say Renald while trying to empathize with others.
"I am here and not can't change anything."
I think that they are overthinking it. I didn't have any weapon for now. How I can help you?
"So what!? We will start it or not!?"
Renald sounds assertive yet persuasive. They keep silent. I look at them, they are not trembling. Is it just what they are thinking at this moment?
"If you look for suggestions, then I will choose the monster before."
Renald looked at me with bright eyes. It looks like he is happy with my suggestion.
"The monster before?" Ask Eka while looking at me.
"Catfish."
I am confident to say that Catfish is the most effective and efficient for us to level up. It didn't have a skill, didn't have a Lord, and couldn't start Raid Area.
"Then, let's do it." Said Renald after smiling at me.
"Sigh* Then, let's do it." Said Eka after standing.
They are standing too and looking at me. After that, they walked passed me.
"We are in your hands veteran." Said Putri after grabbing my shoulder.
Eka winked at me and left.
"Yeah, we are on your hand veteran." Said Renald, Laughing.
"Ah, don't you too Renald."
Renald walks and grabs my shoulder. He leaves so do I. After I almost lost my only family, I continued to level up. It's just why is this happening so fast?

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