Second Life: Welcome to Gaia

Chapter 47: Clear Record

Ashardalon led his four teammates to a place not far from where they fought the Goblin Shark. There is a 1-meter length (3.28 feet) wooden chest, half-buried on the seafloor.

The mini-dungeon has its map delimited by seaweed, for players to know where they have to go in the dungeon. People that try to pass through the seaweed would leave die wrapped by them. In this way, players know the exact size of the map and can explore everything.

As the players explored the map, they discovered the wooden chest that only can be accessed after the players defeat the Goblin Shark. If they try to open the chest before killing the boss, it would enter the berserk state and kill the player opening it.

When they got to the chest, they didn't found the starfish that sometimes appear over the chest. The chance of the starfish appearing is one to twenty, so it is normal for them not to find it on the first try.

Ashardalon opened the wooden chest and picked up the items inside.

When My Girl saw the items, his eyes shone a strange light and he started to pump his fist in the air.

In a previous dungeon run with his team, one of the two pieces of the [Wooden Bathing Suit Set] had dropped, and now, the other piece of the set appeared in the chest.

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[Wooden Bathing Pants] (Wood, Armor Set: pants) [1]

Description: A fashion and resistant bathing suit made of wood. This bathing suit is indicated to modest and shy girls.

Def + 6

Level Requirement: 5

Restricted to female and cross-gender (female) players.

Durability: 30/30

Weight: 1kg

(Wooden Bathing Suit Set)

Two-pieces: Increase the duration of the Waterbreathing Pill by 30%.

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When they distributed the items, My Girl got the [Wooden Bathing Pants] and Ye Yan and the others got seashells, which is a material for crafting, and some money.

After they distributed everything, they swam upwards until they reached the boat. When they left the water and entered the boat, they received a system notification.

System: Congratulations for breaking the Oyster Farm Mini-Dungeon clear record. Time: 25:15:16. Rewarding 150 experience points and one wooden box.

The five players were pleasantly surprised by the news. Now, their names are written on the boat floor, showing their achievement to anyone that does this mini-dungeon.

Only the clear records of Hard Mode dungeon and above are shown to players, as well as the first clear party of the Hell Mode Dungeons. These achievements are written on the walls of the City Hall and next to the entrance of the respective dungeons.

Next to the entrance of the White Birch Dungeon Forest that Ye Yan had clear previously, there is a big stone with their achievements carved on it. But the most important is that their names are in the City Hall because there, many players can see, even after they passed the level of the dungeon.

But only the first clear of the Hell Mode dungeon and its fastest clear, also of Hell Mode, are shown on the walls of the City Hall.

The highest difficulty of the first mini-dungeon of the game, which levels go from 5 to 10, is the Hard Mode, then their achievements will only be shown on the boat floor.

The boatman took five wooden boxes from his space bag and handed one to each of them. These boxes contain random items with mainly wood quality, but there is a 0.01% chance of the item be one level above.

Ye Yan opened his box and it was a piece of white coral. The others had similar luck, except by My Girl and Ashardalon that got a starfish and a bag with beach sand respectively.

The luck of My Girl had always been good. He was the first member of the party that got full bronze equipment and got a quest that rewarded him one point in the Luck stat.

My Girl sold the starfish to Ye Yan for 20 silver coins, which is considered a very cheap price because it is normally sold on the Auction House for double this price.

My Girl offered to give the item to Ye Yan but he refused, after all, they are already helping him farming the item and if he just accepts it, he would feel that it would be too much, then he bought it from him.

After this, they plunged into the water again to start another dungeon run.

In the end, they only had to do 23 dungeon runs for Ye Yan to get 3 starfishes. They were super lucky, getting the starfish at runs number 15 and 23. That, plus the one My Girl got in the wooden box, added up to three starfishes, the number that Ye Yan needed. With each starfish, the alchemist can try to do the wonder potion to times, each tries needing only two arms of the five-arms starfish.

While they were doing the dungeon runs, they got to reduce the clear record eighteen times. And every time they break the record, they got experience points and a wooden box. Just the experience from the reward for fast clear, they got 2.700 exp. That, plus the experience they got from the monster, made the other party member level up to level 7, and Ye Yan only needs 900 more experience points to get to level 8.

He thought that doing these dungeons runs would slow down his leveling but he got to level very fast instead. At least now, he doesn't need to feel guilty anymore, thinking that he is hindering his teammates' leveling. Sadly he can't break the record repeatedly.

After their last dungeon run, the sky was getting dark, showing that Ye Yan had stayed in the game for almost 24 game hours.

They went back to the city and stoped at the Bank to store their items.

Ye Yan needs a new bag as soon as possible because the one he has is almost overflowing with things. There isn't even one empty slot in his bag.

The Bank is a special building. When people look from the outside, it looks like any other construction, but the inside is different. It is very big and its walls have details in gold and there are many guardian statues, also made of gold.

To go to his private room, Ye Yan has to ask one of the attendants to take him there. The bank's attendant went inside another room and brought back a magical scroll that he trow in front of Ye Yan. The scroll irradiates a golden light and a door appeared out of thin air.

Ye Yan passed through it to get to his bank storage. There are many shelves, chests, and cabinets for him to store his items inside. Everything is tidy with no item out of place or on the floor.

Ye Yan put each item in its place. Some crafting material he put on chests, others in the cabinet. He stored everything until he was left with only the essential items in his bag.

He got some money from the dungeon runs but he didn't store his money because he might need it soon. He will need money to buy another standard bag in the shop and will look at the Auction House to see if he can find the others quests items, even if the change is minimal.

Players can store their money in the bank. They can enter their storage rooms or simply leave them with the attendants. The important thing is that players shouldn't hold much money with them because they can lose money upon death or can be robed by thieves.

Every player can have a maximum of three bags. If they want more bag space, they will need to change their bags for a higher quality one with more slots.

When Ye Yan left this bank storage room, the others were already waiting for him outside. My Girl was the first to leave the bank because he just how his items inside, not minding organizing them. His bank storage room has a pile of items in a corner that increases every time My Girl enters there.

Ashardalon and Hello Kitty put their items inside the chests but didn't organize them. Harpy, like Ye Yan, put everything in their places but faster than him, showing how efficient she is.

After they left the bank, they went to a shop near it to buy a second storage bag. The other teammates felt the need to buy another one too, and now they finally got enough money to do it.

On the way there, My Girl started to yell, saying someone tried to take advantage of him.

A player with his or her entire body hidden by a long cloak dumped into My Girl while walking and when he started to yell, the players started to run.

Ye Yan soon understood that something was wrong and got on his bike to chase the player.

The cloaked players didn't imagine that he or she would be followed by a player on a bike, so when Ye Yan Jumped from the bicycle on top of the cloaked players, he/she was taken by surprise and let out a cry, which scares Ye Yan, making him become paralyzed on top of the player.

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[1] In 1929, the Spruce veneer bathing suit was created. It was described as simple, cheap, modern, and fashionable.