Is this really a Game?!

It was already late in the evening when they all got out of the forest, the journey that was supposed to last 1 day was only two-thirds finished after 2 days of traveling. The sneaking, the big amount of battles, and many more things that made them take more time wasn't something unexpected, it only took much longer compared to their plan.

Being on the plain that was situated between the 2 forests was nice, it was exactly the same as the previous one, both aesthetically and size-wise.

As it was already evening everyone took out the supplies they had in the inventory, just to be safe they had packed enough food and water for 10 days, after all, you could never be sure what was going to happen in this world.

They weren't worried about getting attacked, after all, that was determined yesterday after no enemy came to them the whole night, the plains acted as a safe zone of kinds, allowing weary travelers such as them to rest.

Reign and Wolf sit next to each other as they examine their new tattoos, given the description they read about them they should be able to unlock some amazing powers from them, after all a gift given by Zeus would definitely not be something to look down upon, especially one that you had to go through a short trial to get.

Looking back on how Zeus and Miriam conversed it was evident that the dragon lady was someone of the same standing as him, her title echoing in their ears even now. "The Immemorial Dragon", just what kind of being was she, to have such a name was definitely an achievement of its own after all.

"Guys, can you stop acting like lovers already, the food is ready!" Shadow shouts at the two who angrily glare at him, getting up they both get to the campfire they made earlier and start feasting. The food they brought with them was very diverse, many fruits and vegetables were there, and fresh meat could also be found, after all, everything that gets put in the inventory can't be spoiled, a delightful little feature that brought them all joy.

"So, what's the plan for tomorrow, are we going to try and exit the forest quickly or?" Tank takes a huge bite of a big drumstick as he asks, his mouth covered with grease from the meat.

"I think that would be for the best, getting involved in the battle like last time is definitely something that is very rare, and fighting a lvl 20 boss is difficult even for the current us, it's evident from how the vampire and wolf fought that they were above the treant in strength, also eat some veggies as well you big oaf," Wolf tells them with a calm voice before berating Tank's eating habits.

"But I like meat more." Tank shrugs his shoulders and continues with the carnivore-styled eating of his, acting like he didn't hear Wolf who shakes his head in defeat, it wasn't the first time something like this has happened after all and Wolf had given up on trying to correct his teammate's diet.

"Alright so we run through the forests and get to the town as fast as we can, what do we do there though?" Shadow asks while taking some water, the fire next to him illuminating his face and the water that was dripping down his face because he was drinking it like a man that hadn't had any for days. (very thirsty boy.)

"Ahh, we can't just run through the forest, after all, we haven't even seen the blood forest's field boss, if we need to compare it to the lizard then, well it's probably around level 25, something like that can destroy us right now, even the area bosses like the vampire could kill us if we are caught unprepared." Wolf berates Shadow for asking such a dumb question to which the latter simply puts his shoulders up in a relaxed manner, it wasn't his job to strategize after all.

"I'm going to sleep guys, see you all in the morning." Beasts yawns while stretching his arms as he goes to the side, taking out one of their sleeping bags from the inventory. Making himself comfortable he lays down and falls asleep almost immediately.

"I'll never understand people that can fall asleep so quickly, I need a good 30 – 60 minutes before falling asleep, life just isn't fair." Reign shakes his head in disappointment as he looks at the now sleeping Beast.

"I know bro, I know." Shadow comes from behind him and pats his shoulder while faking a tearful expression on his face, Reign chuckles and playfully hits him in the chest before going away.

At the same time, at a place far away from planet Earth, Zeus and Miriam were moving through the void with ease, bending time and space itself with each step they took.

"Mir, you mentioned that this was all someone's plan, who-" Zeus asks Miriam a question before getting stopped by her.

"It's not time, you will know, you will know everything when the time comes, but before that, I cannot tell you anything Z." Miriam gives a loving smile to Zeus that simply chuckles in response before he says.

"Well considering your behavior right now I can guess who it is, but tell me this Mir, is that man truly that powerful, it's a bit hard to believe some of the things he had allegedly done, even by our standards."

Miriam suddenly starts laughing after hearing Zeus's words. "The stories, yes, you shouldn't believe them, his strength, it's actually much higher compared to what they say, I will tell you that much, he was after all my first teacher, so I know a bit more compared to most people.

Zeus stops in his tracks suddenly, how many times was it today, for someone like him to get a shock such as this one was incredibly difficult and yet it happened multiple times today.

"S – stronger you say." Zeus looks down and clenches his fists, he, like many more had heard about the legendary exploits and strength of that person, to hear that he was even stronger than described, was shocking, to say the least.

"Then why-" Zeus stops as Miriam's finger rests on his lips, the beautiful woman simply smiles at him before answering.

"You will get to know all of that one day, but not now, I truly can't say more, teacher might get angry at me if I do." The enchanting vixen turns around and continues walking while Zeus smiles bitterly at her before following.

(Today was definitely a weird freaking day.) He says to himself while following the alluring back of Miriam.

Tomorrow morning everyone got up and started packing all the things they had taken out, they made sure not to leave any trash as there was simply no reason not to, their inventory could store it with ease before they get to a place to discard it.

"Alright, so we will first go a bit carefully in the forest, we don't want to get into a fight with any strong enemies or big groups." Wolf patiently waits for everyone to finish before announcing their plan.

"When we get to the end of the forest is when we will turn the speed up, any enemy tries to stop us we simply kill or maim quickly before moving on, we need to conserve our strength before we get to the town, after all, we have no idea what waits for us there, there is a possibility for the place being empty, and there is a possibility of everyone inside being incredibly bloodthirsty, thus attacking us." He tells everyone as he takes his giant sword out, swinging it a couple of times he caresses it gently before they all slowly make their way towards the forest, eager to finally finish the quest and see more people again, who knows, maybe there were some in the beginner forests as well.