The door opened, and an exhausted party of five stepped out to the streets of the 8th floor.
"...We did it!"
"...Finally, we are done."
Abigail and Poppy looked exhausted.
They weren’t the only ones, as the rest were also quite exhausted after the boss raid on the 7th floor.
It lasted longer than the raid on the Fallen Knight, as the 7th floor’s boss, Cracked-Skin, just refused to die.
"...This is the 8th floor?"
Fang Raon looked around the city.
They appeared in just some random street of the city that looked like people with decent income would live in.
It was also quite hard to breathe, as if they were currently at a high-altitude place, and the sky seemed much closer for some reason.
"This city is about five kilometers up from the ground. We can only survive here, barely, because we are level 2. You need to be at least level 2 before coming here.
"From here on, we won’t encounter level 1 players anymore."
Machary said.
"What about the locals?"
Fang Raon asked.
"Well, they are the strange ones. I guess the game’s code just makes it so that they’ve adapted into this condition to survive."
Machary shrugged his shoulders and said.
"It’s getting a little late, so shall we meet here tomorrow at around nine in the morning and start heading towards the tower as soon as we find the key?"
Abigail asked.
Everyone was fine with it, and after goodbyes, everybody started logging off, but Fang Raon stayed for a while.
After the raid on the Cracked-Skin, he again received two items from the treasure chest. He got the 3rd and 8th items.
The first item he chose was the Throwing Sword Skill Scroll.
With that, he can throw his sword at enemies, and as a second item, he chose the Return Weapon Ring.
He could summon his weapon back to his hand whenever he wanted, and he wanted to use it alongside the Throwing Sword skill.
’I can throw the sword and then summon it straight back to me. This ring also ensures that I won’t be losing my sword again...’
Looking at the ring, he quickly tested it by tossing his sword away, and then with just a snap of his fingers, it was back in his hand again.
"Excellent~"
With a smile, he pulled out the interface and pressed the [Log Out] button.
...
"You want to sit by the window?"
Chaewon asked curiously at the sudden request by Fang Raon, and he nodded with a smile.
She sat him down on the wheelchair and pulled him towards the window, where he could see the outside world stretching infinitely.
"...I think the world of Black Online is more beautiful. Have you ever been there, Chaewon?"
Fang Raon asked.
"Black Online? That’s the game you’ve been playing?"
Chaewon said in surprise.
She thought that it shouldn’t be possible for someone like him to play that game, but then Fang Raon chuckled.
"I have my ways. Well, have you?"
"No... I never had time to play, and I thought purchasing the Virtual Reality Pod just to play once or twice would be a waste of money."
Chaewon said.
"...It’s really beautiful over there. I can take pictures there with the in-game camera system, and I can take some photographs and show them to you."
Fang Raon said.
"...I’d love that."
Chaewon said with a soft smile, and at that moment, she noticed that there was some sweat trickling down the back of his neck.
"Do you need a bath?"
She asked gently.
"Yeah..."
Fang Raon said with an awkward smile.
It turned awkward in the room, as if they were about to do something wrong, and Chaewon then pushed him gently towards the bathroom.
She lowered him into the bathtub and went out of the bathroom. Her cheeks were dyed pink with a blush.
"..."
Fang Raon sat silently in the warm water, and he tried moving his feet, like he always did during the bath.
They just refused to move.
In that moment, the bathroom door opened, and Fang Raon instinctively looked and saw the shy Chaewon walk in.
She was covering herself with a towel wrapped around her beautiful body, her face blushing a bright shade of red.
"I-I’ll be helping you out now."
She said, carried him out of the bathtub, and lowered him into the plastic stool.
"...The water was a little warm today... It’s not a big deal, but..."
Fang Raon said, trying to start a conversation to get rid of the awkward atmosphere.
"I’ll fix it for tomorrow."
Chaewon said with a smile, and she then reached out for the sponge and started washing off his back.
’His back seems harder... More defined...’
She thought.
It felt like Fang Raon had been training, but that couldn’t be, as he was basically bedridden and couldn’t do any physical activity.
"Tell me what you did in Black Online today. I am really curious what you get into over there."
Chaewon said curiously.
"...I created a party with a friend of mine. There are now five of us. We cleared the 6th and 7th floors, and we are currently on the 8th floor."
Fang Raon said.
"You’ve done the boss raids? Does that mean you can move in the game? How could that be possible? I didn’t think there was technology for that yet."
Chaewon asked in surprise.
"Yes, I can move there. I don’t even know how that works, but maybe the Black Online’s devs added a secret update that makes it possible."
Fang Raon said with a smile.
"I am really happy for you... I’d like to see you standing with my own eyes... It kind of makes me want to play the game now, hehe."
Chaewon said with a smile, but in that moment, she moved to his front as she was done with washing the back.
She looked straight down on his hard thing, gulped audibly, and then shyly asked.
"T-T-Tell me more about those friends of yours..."
She said, and then she gently wrapped her hands around his thing and started slowly washing it with her soapy hands.
"Ahem... yes... There is Machary... Who is co-leading the party with me... Then there is Ragnar, and he looks like a viking pretty much, but he is extremely strong. Strongest in the party, without a doubt.
"A-And then... There is Abigail and Poppy."
Fang Raon took a deep breath, as it was really hard for him to control himself as Chaewon’s soft hands touched him down there.
It felt shockingly good.
"...Abigail and Poppy? Girls? You have girls in the party?"
Chaewon looked into his eyes and accidentally squeezed his thing, making Fang Raon flinch in slight pain.
"Ow, be careful..."
"Oh, I am sorry!"
Chaewon said in embarrassment and quickly let go of his thing, and then washed her hands with the shower hose.
"...Are we done here?"
Fang Raon asked with a wry smile.
Chaewon looked down at the tiled floor, and then shyly, she asked, "Do you want it to be over?" and then looked back into his blue eyes.
Fang Raon pressed his lips together, looked at her alluring breasts, and said.
"No, I don’t..."