At the Mercenary Guild, it was already nearing midnight, but for mercenaries, nightlife had only just begun.
For the past few years, nights at the Mercenary Guild had been spent amid the scent of alcohol and roasted meat. Today, however, everyone was staring at the magic web interface, constantly clicking their mice and keyboards.
Archer was among them. After downloading World Rift at noon, he had spent nearly half a day reaching level fifteen.
"I'm already level fifteen! Where are you guys?"
Archer controlled his character and ran all the way to the entrance of the Dark Mine instance.
He had fought his way through crowds of people during his entire leveling journey.
There were simply too many players near the beginner village. Even after the officials added two more server channels and allowed multiple players attacking the same monster to receive experience from it...
Archer was still stunned by the spectacle of there being more people in the wilderness than monsters.
Normally, when their mercenary group hunted in dangerous wilderness areas, running into one or two fellow mercenaries was considered good luck. Yet... in this world's wilderness, there were only fellow mercenaries and no monsters!
Of course, that was only a metaphor.
Archer got his wish and joined the party formed by Crimson Serpent.
At present, more than half the members of the Snake of Yevrk Mercenary Group had joined the in-game guild called "Crimson Serpent."
Archer's arrival brought their numbers up to fifteen, so Rona led the members into the Heroic Dark Mine challenge.
"Leska, watch the red circle under your feet!"
Rona once again took up the role of overall commander for the entire team in the game.
"Toran, cast Ice... no... keep your pet from running around!"
As the strategist and commander of the Snake of