Gilliam and Puri began hunting treeters.0

It seemed there had been a misunderstanding yesterday; they had been drunk on the night breeze and got caught up in the ominous mood. The orc and elf turned out to be pretty normal, and all of them shared drinks and treeter meat all night long.1

The elf whom Gilliam and Puri had initially perceived as a psychopath killer was just a player completing a quest, and the orc warrior who had seemed like an indiscriminate butcher was just an NPC hunting treeters to enter Arnin. They were suspicious of him because they had never heard of or seen an orc working on their reputation to enter the elf city, but unlike his frightening appearance, he was actually quite kind.0

Treeters were formidable monsters and often brought about dangerous situations, but the orc rescued the players each time. It was an amusing sight to see the tattoo-covered orc warrior move dynamically and hunt the treeters.0

“Thank you, orc,” said Gilliam.2

The orc grinned and raised his thumb. Although this orc couldn’t speak, he was very adept with his thumb. When he liked something, he raised his thumb to express positive emotion, and if he was angry because of a treeter, he turned his thumb upside down to signal revenge.0

Gilliam raised his thumb in return.0

“It’s a thumbs up for me as well,” he said.0

Once it became daytime, other players and NPCs began arriving at the plains. Arnin’s reputation-building quest was a well-known one, so there were many beginners who attempted it recklessly.0

“Dwarf, what is that orc?” a gnome player who had been hunting treeters around Gilliam asked.0

Gnomes and dwarves were similar, but gnomes were smaller in stature, so they were a species that didn’t have many players like the orcs. However, their sorcery and craftsmanship were exceptional. Normally, people didn’t consider orcs as a non-NPC species, so when people were asked to name a species with the least number of players, the gnome species was always chosen first.0

“He is…” Gilliam began.0

How should he explain?0

Gilliam hesitated before continuing,...0