"Although I'm used to the environment in the game, it feels different in real life with real scenes. Perhaps it's because there's a taste to it."
Leaving the underground dungeon where Lori was located, Moonless, dressed like a bishop in a church, walked on a path in the wide grassland. He held a seemingly ancient wooden stick in his hand, but at the top of the stick was embedded a transparent gemstone, about the size of Moonless' fist, maybe a little smaller. Wrapped in a white scarf, he wore a hoodie that revealed a silver-white braid of moderate length. His whole body exuded a fresh and holy aura, mixed with a hint of evil. However, only those with great strength could sense the evil aura emanating from Moonless.
Moonless, with an air of mystery, aimlessly strolled on the grassland, not knowing what to do next, where to go, or even where he was at the moment. After all, without a map, the current system was purely for viewing purposes and provided no services. Although Moonless was no longer afraid of starving to death, he would eventually starve, as there were not many food items in his royal treasure. Inside were mostly materials, consumables, equipment, and only a small amount of food.
"I wonder if there are any local residents on this grassland, so I can inquire about the nearby town."
"The first thing to do in the town is to go to the mercenary guild and experience a real adventure in this alternate world."
However, there were indeed several villages near the underground dungeon where Lori was located, but they were all far away. Moonless, on the other hand, was walking away from those villages. Although Moonless did have a bit of a sense of direction problem, he still had a general idea of the world's layout. After all, he was an experienced player, and he had a good memory of the main regions on the game map.
This world had a total of six continents: Europe, Americas, Africa, Arctic, Australia, and Asia. Europe was situated in the angle between Africa and Asia, with a strait as the dividing line between Europe and Africa. Europe and Asia were closely connected, with a continuous mountain range as the border between them. Asia and Africa were separated by a vast ocean, and Asia was the largest continent in terms of land area and the most fertile. Many countries resided in Asia.
"East, east!"
Moonless, with his sense of direction problem, kept walking in what he believed to be the east direction, foolishly thinking that he would soon come across a village and the border between the continents. However, that was not the case.
The sun slowly sank behind the mountains, and only at that moment did Moonless realize something - he had walked in the wrong direction. The sun had set in front of him, not behind him. After all, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
"I... am so stupid..."
Defeated, Moonless knelt on the ground, feeling embarrassed about his foolishness, and forgetting that the sun was a great compass. He relied on his feelings instead, which led him to walk such a long way for nothing.
"Never mind, I'll continue tomorrow. Now, I should prepare for the night."
Moonless stood up, brushed off the dust from his clothes, and in an instant, his papal vestments turned into a set of ordinary, primitive but not shabby clothes. It was the kind of clothes worn by elves living in the Elven Forest. After the change, Moonless underwent a huge transformation in his aura. The holy and evil auras dissipated, replaced by a gentle and peaceful aura that seemed to make everything around him enter a state of tranquility, making people unwilling to disturb it.
Moonless casually set up a tent on the spot, ate a piece of bread, and fell asleep. The gem on his staff emitted a faint light, acting as a night light. He had no self-awareness, considering that he was in the wilderness. What if he encountered wild beasts hunting at night? What if he encountered monstrous creatures hunting for food as well? However, Moonless didn't think about these questions at all. Is it because he is brave or something else?
The night was peaceful, occasionally a breeze swept across the grassland and Moonless' tent. However, it wasn't completely quiet. In the moonlight in the distance, a girl dressed as a peasant hurriedly ran, frequently looking back with fear in her eyes. Sweat dripped down her forehead and cheeks, as if she was being chased by something.There is light ahead, someone must be staying there for the night!
When the girl turned her head and continued running, she saw a light ahead and instinctively thought that there must be someone there. This realization strengthened her will to survive, so she ran as fast as she could, hoping that the person ahead could help her.
"I can't sleep, I want a soft pillow and a comfortable bed!"
Moonless, who couldn't sleep in the tent and tossed and turned, sat up. He was not used to sleeping in tents, so he decided to travel at night. Since he wasn't tired anyway, he might as well continue on, perhaps there was a village not far ahead where he could spend the night and inquire about the direction of the town.
The moment Moonless put away his tent, he sensed something approaching him. However, when he saw a girl running towards him in a disheveled state, he sighed disappointedly.
"Oh, I thought it was a monster attacking. Turns out it's just a person."
"But it's alright, at least I can confirm that there is a village nearby. I can stay there for a night and ask for directions to the town."
Moonless walked towards the girl's direction with his staff. When he was not too far from the girl, she suddenly cried for help.
"Adventurer, please save me!"
Seeing the staff in Moonless's hand, the girl assumed he was an adventurer staying here for the night and begged for his help.
"What's going on? Is this a cliche hero saves the damsel in distress situation?"
Moonless suddenly thought of the plot in novels.
"Please save me, there is a monster chasing me from behind."
"Huh? A monster?"
The girl ran behind Moonless, looking fearful towards the front. Moonless was taken aback. A monster chasing a girl and couldn't catch up? Is this monster intellectually impaired?
However, as Moonless was pondering whether the monster was intellectually impaired, the monster mentioned by the girl appeared not far ahead.
With a lion's head spewing flames, a body resembling a goat, front paws like lion claws, hind limbs like goat hooves, and a tail that of a python, this was the monster described by the girl.
"Cerberus? That's Cerberus, right?"
"It's a two-headed Cerberus. I remember its speed wasn't slow. Why can't it catch an ordinary girl? Is it really mentally impaired?"
Moonless looked disdainfully at the Cerberus. Although he had seen Cerberus in the game before, it was terrifying at first, but after seeing it for a long time and killing it multiple times, he didn't find it remarkable anymore.
Cerberus seemed to sense Moonless mocking him and roared before launching a large fireball.
"Holy Light Shield."
As soon as the words fell, a cross-shaped shield of light appeared in front of Moonless, directly blocking the fireball. Although it was blocked, the fireball would still explode.
"Bang!"
The fireball exploded the next moment after hitting the shield, thick smoke billowed, but there was no trace of Moonless and the girl.
"Thank goodness I prepared a flight spell."
In the sky, Moonless held the girl with one hand and floated in the air, looking down at the thick smoke below.
"It's my turn to attack. Divine Judgment."
Moonless raised his staff and pointed it at the ground, a spear made of light flew towards Cerberus.
But Cerberus dodged it.
"You think it's over? Holy Light Blast, fire continuously!"
A series of holy light blasts crazily attacked Cerberus, making it panic and start to flee. But this was the grassland, not the forest. There was nothing to hide around, nor anything to withstand the relentless bombardment of holy light blasts.
"It's over, Celestial Restraints!"
Perhaps getting bored, Moonless finally used Celestial Restraints. Several golden chains emerged from under Cerberus, locking its body and limbs.
Cerberus was completely immobilized by the Celestial Restraints, lying limply on the ground, howling and begging for mercy from Moonless.
"Being trapped by the additional attribute of Celestial Restraints must feel terrible, right?"
Moonless descended from the sky with the girl, landing in front of Cerberus, a mischievous smile on his face.The only response to Moonless was Kemiara's low howl.
"You stay put, I'll handle things first."
"Miss, do you live nearby?"
Moonless briefly said to Kemiara, then turned to the girl and asked.
"Yes, adventurer. Just ahead, not far from here, you can see the village after crossing a creek. If the adventurer doesn't mind, you can stay at my house for a few days."
The girl politely replied to Moonless, although she pretended to be strong in front of him, in fact, every time she saw Kemiara, she felt nervous because Kemiara was terrifying for an ordinary girl.
"Sure, thanks. I'm not used to camping in the wild overnight."
Moonless readily agreed without waiting for the girl to say anything, turned around and kicked Kemiara, giving it two choices.
"I'll give you two choices. First, take me to a place. Second, I'll destroy you right now. You choose."
Kemiara saw the chance to survive and nodded frantically, indicating that it was willing to take them where they wanted to go.
"Great, good boy. Take us to the village."
Moonless put away the Lock of the Heavens, then sat on Kemiara's back. Kemiara involuntarily shuddered.
"Let's go."
Moonless saw the girl hesitating and not approaching Kemiara, so she stayed on high alert and wary of Kemiara.
"It's okay, I'm here. It won't dare to do anything, will it?"
In order to assure the girl that nothing will happen, Moonless lightly patted Kemiara's lion head and jokingly spoke with a threatening tone.
Kemiara understood Moonless's meaning very well and immediately nodded frantically, indicating that it would not do anything to them. After all, Kemiara had fully sensed that the god sitting on its back was quite terrifying, even more terrifying than the most powerful monsters it had encountered. So unless it chose to do something stupid, it would not dare to act recklessly.
"Let's go, it's getting late. It won't be good if bad people come out, so let's go back quickly."
Persuaded earnestly by Moonless, the girl tried to gather her courage and approach Kemiara, but as she took her second step, Moonless immediately pulled her onto Kemiara's back.
Moonless noticed that the girl took a long time to take the first step, so he realized that Kemiara ran over to her side. He then directly lifted her up and made her sit in front of him.
"This should be fine. There won't be any danger from the front or the back. If there is, I'm here!"
Moonless patted his chest confidently and assured the girl.
"Let's go! Trot trot trot!"
Treating Kemiara as a horse, Moonless tapped Kemiara's buttocks with his staff and instantly galloped on the grassland.
"Yeehaw~ Faster, hurry up! Speed boost! Wind blessing!"
Moonless enjoyed the feeling of riding a mount on the grassland. However, he was not satisfied with Kemiara's speed, so he directly cast several speed buff spells on it. But apparently, it still wasn't enough.
"Sprint, Meteor!"
With the last buff, Kemiara suddenly felt a tremendous force rushing into its body and driving it to unleash that power. After being buffed for a few seconds, Kemiara arrived near a creek not far from the village, and finally exhausted, it collapsed on the ground, completely drained of energy by the buff spells.
"So it was a slowpoke, no wonder it couldn't catch up."
Only then did Moonless learn the truth that Kemiara couldn't catch up with the girl. The truth was that Kemiara was a slow-moving and sluggish type. Usually, in games, most of those with this attribute are the front-line vanguards of the team. Although they have high endurance, their speed is pitifully weak. They need some buff spells to run normally in normal situations. For players, they are the existence of front-line tanks, perfect for kiting small monsters.