When Joshua woke up the next day, he saw a black raven perched at his bedside, staring fixedly at him with its pitch-black eyes.
In that instant, the last traces of sleepiness vanished from Joshua's mind. Still, he quickly calmed down and did not wake Ciri, who was sleeping beside him.
"Couldn't you contact me through Text Message?"
Joshua changed into his clothes in front of the mirror. At that moment, he was glad he had the habit of wearing pajamas to bed.
"I sent you a message through Text Message."
The raven flapped its wings and landed on the mirror frame. But after only a short while, she impatiently flew onto Joshua's head and used her claws to smooth down his sticking-up hair.
"Stop! Stop!"
Joshua shook his head and drove the raven away. With his other hand, he opened the magic web. Thousand Faces had sent him a Text Message at six in the morning, then another around eleven. It was already half past twelve.
Today was a rare day off for Joshua and Ciri. The Purple-robed One had not arranged any lessons for Ciri that morning, so Joshua had switched into stay-in-bed mode.
"Ciri is still resting?"
The raven glanced at Ciri, who was still asleep in bed. In Thousand Faces' impression, Ciri did not have any habit of sleeping in.
"Resting, my ass. She's currently chasing over a hundred Alliance players all across Long Blade Highlands."
Joshua casually opened the World Rift section of the Spellcaster Forum. Sure enough, that section had once again been taken over by the Gnoll.
This Gnoll had appeared in Long Blade Highlands at noon today. The Alliance players had experience resisting a Rift Lord Monster once before, so this time, they were tackling it in guild units.
However, the player