Chapter 299 - Sigma And Mr. Teddy

The gang immediately identified Sigma as she is already one of the famous players of Alternate World. If she wasn't defeated by Bladeheart during the duel, her fame would have skyrocketed too much. Still, even though she was defeated, her unconventional playstyle garnered the attention of some players and tried to mimic her style.

However, the person beside her, a muscular player who is clearly a monk is someone they haven't seen, and seeing Sigma who is a solo player most of the time have a party with someone else. Just like Bladeheart, this person has also the same habit of hiding their face. Although Bladeheart's wolf mask looks like a real wolf mask, the monk's mask is a pink teddy bear's head. It doesn't look good at him and he looks ridiculous.

"Sigma-san?" Topaz was the first to call out on Sigma who was approaching the group.

"Oh? Topaz-chan, I didn't think we would meet here, what a coincidence."

"Are you going to a dungeon run right now?" Topaz asked.

"Ah, no. We just finished killing one of the wild bosses in this area and we are looking for a good place to rest and make camp while we eat. You know that Sandurk's random areas have a bit unstable amount of monsters that it is hard to find a good place to stay for a break."

"How about you camp along with us? Your companion is also good to join us of course. There are plenty of us here so even if there is danger, we can immediately respond and our tanks are pretty reliable too so you can say that this place is now much safer compared to other areas," Iron quickly offered.

"Is that okay? I don't think your companions might agree."

"Haha, no worries, Sigma. Don't worry and join us, we are all friends here so you should relax a bit," Dolly happily said. As an extrovert, she is pretty thrilled to see new faces.

"Mr. Teddy, are you fine with this arrangement? We can decline their invitation if you want."

The man with the teddy bear's head called Mr. Teddy shook his head.

"Are you sure? Then let's settle down here and rest."

The muscular monk nodded before he sits down. Although he was so big, he doesn't look threatening at all and he seemed to be too timid for his size.

"Join us, Sigma and Mr. Teddy! We are currently eating so have your fill as well!"

Harmless Sparrow revealed the dishes she have made and it was different dishes of meat from the Giant Desert Bull. With the size of the boss, it was big enough for her to create a variety of meat dishes using the meat of the boss alone.

"Eh? Are you guys sure about this?"

"Aw, c'mon Sigma-chan. Eating together is the first step to becoming friends!" Dolly grinned.

"Oy, Dolly. Stop that clinginess. You shouldn't force your liveliness on others," Hagane frowned.

"Shuddup Hagane and eat. I know you are just hungry so stop blabbering."

"GUH!"

The two continued to bicker for a bit and Harmless Sparrow smiled wryly.

"I apologize for them, Sigma-chan. They are always like that but don't worry, they are all good people."

Sigma hurriedly shake her hands, "No worries, they have a lively vibe and I can say that they are good to be friends with them indeed."

"Anyways, Sigma-chan, I know you always do solo fights most of the time but this is the first time I saw you partner up with someone other than going inside a dungeon."

"Ah, I apologize for not introducing him. This is Mr. Teddy. I just met him yesterday when I went into one dungeon. We casually teamed up and I found out that we have good synergy in fighting together. I could say that he is quite capable to fight alongside me. Not only that but he is also a man with few words."

"Is that so? Is he really capable?"

"Yeah. As a monk class, he is pretty capable of being a DPS and can easily destroy enemies without batting much of an eye. It was like he trained to fight in the real world."

Mr. Teddy is just listening when he suddenly tensed up. He looked around before he looked to the group and signed to keep quiet.

"Guys, keep quiet... it looks like someone else is here beside us," Sigma warned everyone in case no one noticed Mr.Teddy.

Topaz was quick and immediately tore one of the scrolls that Bladeheart made for her, the [Stealth Field]. She didn't hesitate to tear it up and the whole surroundings around them were immediately covered by the [Stealth Field].

"A skill scroll?!" Sigma was taken aback when she saw how Topaz casually used the skill scroll without much care.

"Huh? Sigma-chan, is this your first time seeing a Scroll?" Dolly looked puzzled.

"No, it's not the first time but this... isn't the skill scrolls pretty expensive and rare as drops? How come you casually used it? You can just sell it on the Auction house and earn tons of money for it."

"Ah...this thing? Nah, this is pretty much a common thing for us and we won't sell this unless we no longer needed it. Besides, what are you talking about as rare and expensive? We never have much difficulty getting this thing as we have a supplier who can create this thing."

"Huh? Can you tell me who it was?"

Mr.Teddy grab Sigma's shoulder and he shook his head while his hands is keeping the "keep quiet" sign. A few seconds later, a few players appeared. Looking from their faces, they are clearly there for other reasons than hunting monsters.

"Damn, did we lose them? I am pretty sure the tracks are pointing around here but there is nothing here but rocks and ruins," one of the players looked around as he checked the footprints on the sand.

"I am pretty sure there is someone else around in this area since I heard some voices earlier. But how come they are gone?"

"Perhaps they are on stealth?"

"Nah, I doubt it. If they are in stealth, all of them should have a class of either a ninja or an assassin. I doubt anyone from them is an assassin or a ninja class at all."

"Don't get careless, you rascals. We can't afford to lose them. It seems like they have lots of good gears on them. If we kill them, it will be easy picking."

While listening on the side, Mr.Teddy is already clenching his fist. Dolly pats his back a bit.

"Hey, calm down. I know you wanted to strike them down but we can't afford to mess up. If we want to be efficient, we need to strike them the least they expect it," Dolly then shows an insidious smile.

"For once, I agree with you on that," Hagane also grinned with insidious intent.

Iron scratches his head. "You guys, you guys are really troublesome to handle sometimes."

Everyone continue to observe them and when they were just facing their backs away from them, Harmless Sparrow gives out the signal to attack. The first one to strike is none other than Mr. Teddy. His quick steps were very wide that even Harmless Sparrow who is the fastest player among them were overtaken by him in a few seconds and the player that got unlucky was the first to receive the attack of Mr. Teddy.

CRACK!

The sound of the skull cracking can be heard the moment Mr. Teddy punches both of the sides of the bandit player's head. It's very quick and very much precise that before the guy can react, he fell and died in just those two strikes from the hands of Mr. Teddy.

Although they are surprised, they didn't waste the opportunity and strike the bandits before they can make any unnecessary movements. The screams of the bandits rang in the air as they fell to the ground one by one.

"Wow, that was the first time I have dealt with PK players. I thought we would be getting red names after we killed them but it seems we don't have to suffer that," Iron checked his status.

"No worries, Iron-kun. Killing red players is rewarding as they are being recommended by the system to kill them. Not only do we kill them but we can also gain what they are currently equipped with. We reduce crime, we received rewards!" Dolly explained.

"Damn, then how about we go hunt red players?" Iron happily suggested.

"Although that suggestion is not bad, I strongly suggest not doing it. Some red players are too strong and they are very hard to kill. It's better to not seek them unless they seek you first. Let them come," Harmless Sparrow recommended.

Sigma looked at the group with wonder. She has partnered with many people but for some unknown reason, she seemed to feel at home with these people. It is something the Unmovable Holy Knight has not experienced. 

As for Mr. Teddy, it seems like he is currently hunting the red players.. And it seems like his obsessive streaks on looking for red players will not stop so soon.