Unaware of the schemes going in the shadows of The Oath Kingdom's Promise, Jake casually opened his game system. He maneuvered to the quest log, popping open the red dragon's quest.
[The Red Dragon's Offspring(Legendary)—One of the legendary red dragons, Akaryuu, has sealed his offspring far away from everyone's eyes, including those calling themselves true humans and demons, all because he felt a bad omen hanging above himself and those living in the higher dimension.
To spare his offspring from living in chaotic and turbulent times, Akaryuu sealed the dragon egg in a different dimension.]
[You were chosen by Akaryuu to raise and take care of his offspring in his stead, as he no longer has a physical body, and only his will remains in the world.]
[To receive a key to the different dimension, you must first overcome a set of challenges, which will help you adapt to your new role and the dragon's necessities.]
[Your first challenge is to showcase your strength—defeat five bosses in The Oath Kingdom's territory without help from any oath or external sources.]
"You were right," Jake said aloud.
Ender nodded. "I'm always right."
"Your grammar is not," Jake replied, causing the baby eagle to look at him with the pathetique expression.
Dismissing the baby eagle's expression, Jake sighed and looked up at the skies. "How can I even solo a boss alone?"
"You're strong," Ender said.
Medusa peeked from within her nest, and even Wukong and Odin looked at Jake. All four were confident in Jake's strength and aware that their strength was a part of him. As a team, they could achieve a lot.
Feeling their care, Jake brightly smiled. He reciprocated their feelings with lots of hugs and affection before dispersing their worries.
"It's not that I am concerned about our strength. I know we're powerful and that we can defeat any boss alone. It's just that those dungeons are swarmed by players day and night. You think I can enter the dungeon boss' room and ask wait for my turn? Those guys will try to kill me or ignore my request. I'm so sure of it!"
Ender said, "True."
Jake sighed, "Lawless zones are so common. I can enter a dungeon and try my luck, but things will likely not go my way. It won't hurt to try it first, though."
Because it was already late in the evening, Jake was quite tired. He decided to test his luck tomorrow.
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"Morning," Jake said to his companions.
Now that he no longer had to go to college and could sacrifice everything for his passion, his companions had much more time and could develop their relationships with him and themselves more easily.
He jumped off the roof and stepped onto the thoroughfare.
It was time to leave the capital and go straight to the closest dungeon!
The journey wasn't much of a problem. Jake met a few players with hostile intentions, but getting rid of them was easier than killing monsters because he didn't have any oath.
And while it wasn't a problem, it was true that Jake was severely slowed down because of lack of it.
Soon enough, he was before the lawless zone.
By now, he learned that dungeons were anomalies in the game world, not wanted by anyone. The mist shrouding the dungeon's entrance unrolled in abundance, perhaps to protect the nature around it.
Jake wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that the world protected humans with the mist and that the dungeon didn't create it.
Going through it, Jake spent a few minutes in the wet stillness before emerging on the other side.
"Just so you know guys, I didn't use my player privileges to learn about the lawless zone. We'll go around it to learn who's in charge and what we can expect," Jake said.
"You're so stubborn," Ender replied.
"I think Richard would praise me because I haven't been that stubborn in a while," Jake smiled.
He wondered how Richard was doing and where exactly he was.
His thoughts were disturbed by a pair of players rushing at him from one of the houses.
"I know this guy!"
"It's that Archer!"
"He has a hot girlfriend!"
"I know, but we must steal his pets, not his girlfriend!"
"Why not girlfriend as well?!"
"Because she is not here, you moron!"
Jake and Ender stared at these two with pathetique expressions.