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The afternoon dragged on as Albert and Lily continued to follow the transparent arrow in front of them to the direction of the first part of the Acolyte quest. After dealing with the the pack of Yoyos and the alpha monster called Choco, the two had run out of healing items. Fortunately for the two after following the transparent arrow for hours, they came across a man with a brown satchel on his side. Instantly, Albert realized that the transparent arrow pointed towards the man who was just standing there, so he decided to walk up to him and Lily trailed behind him. When Albert met the eyes if the man with the satchel, he instantly greeted them.

"Ah! You two must be the Acolyte applicants! I sincerely welcome the two of you."

"Yes we are."

"Please present your adventurer's card."

"My name is Albert"

"And I'm Lily."

"Let me check my list. Please wait one moment"

The man grabbed his bag and took out a green book and began flipping through the pages. As the man flipped through the pages he mumbled words which Albert and Lily couldn't understand.

"Ah! Here you two are. Since I have confirmed your names, I will now send a message to the Sanctuary confirming that the two of you visited me and completed your penances."

A big smile appeared in both Albert and Lily when they heard that the first part of their quest was finished.

"Now please return to Prontera Sanctuary and speak to Father Thompson. When you return, he should already have received the message. I will pray to the Gods and hope that the two of you will become Acolytes soon."

Energy filled the two heard what the man has just said. But before they returned to Prontera, Albert wants to try to tame a Yoyo. Albert grabbed Lily by the shoulders to get her attention.

"Lily before we return to Prontera, can you help me tame a Yoyo?"

"Tame one? How would I be able help?"

"Help me pick one and I'll do the rest" Albert smiled.

Albert and Lily began to wander around the nearby area in search for some Yoyos. It took them a while but Lily decided that Albert should tame the Yoyo with a heart shape birthmark on her back. Albert took out the Tropical Banana and presented in to the Yoyo that Lily had chosen. Then suddenly a screen in front of Albert appeared.

[Success!]

Immediately after the screen appeared in front of Albert, the Yoyo turned into an egg.

"Yes! We got ourselves a pet Yoyo!"

Albert was ecstatic when the attempt to tame was successful. When a monster is successfully tamed, the monster becomes an egg form. Once the monster egg is hatched by the player, the creature hatched from the egg will identify that player as its master. But to hatch an egg, one would need an incubator which is quite pricey.

Albert took out something from his storage and handed it to Lily.

"This is a Butterfly wing. I want you to use it now and I'll see you in Prontera okay?"

Lily did as Albert has instructed and used the Butterfly wing. In an instant, Lily began to glow then she disappeared in front of Albert. Albert also use the a Butterfly wing and was instantly transported to Prontera.

The two met near the center fountain of Prontera, around the free market where many adventurers would go to buy, sell and trade their items. Immediately after meeting, the two began walking towards Prontera Sanctuary Church. On their way there they noticed that some ceremonies were being held and out of curiosity, Albert inquired what was going on.

"Excuse me sir what's going on here?"

"It's a funeral."

Albert's eyes widened with shock when he heard the words from the man.

"Funeral? How did he die? Wasn't there any Priest that could have revive him?"

The man looked down in despair.

"He was part of the group of Swordsman class adventurers that entered Prontera Culvert, the dungeon located in the western fields of Prontera. His eagerness caused him to be separated from the group and when the group finally found him it was too late. A swarm of Thief Bugs had already been feasting on his carcass. We had a Priest nearby but he was half eaten by the monsters when we got there, so there was no way he could have been revived."

Albert felt cold chill in his spine after hearing the man's story. With the sudden knowledge of death in this world, Albert must now take extra precautions to prevent dying. After all he's still only a junior high student and there is still a lot things he wants to do in life. Then he realized that hours ago he too would have died when facing that Choco monster. Having such a close experience with death, Albert felt relieved that Lily was there to save him.

"Thank you for telling me what happened. Condolences on your friend."

"Oh I didn't the guy. It's a shame though he had just become a Swordsman class adventurer and now they're here burying him."

". . ."

Albert stayed silent and didn't know what to say. Lily was besides him listening to the whole conversation. She looked at Albert who looked a little pale and decided to tug on his sleeve.

"I also had a brother from the orphanage that died because he was reckless. He died because he thought he could take on an orc that was found in the southern field of Prontera."

Albert turned his head toward Lily.

"This is why we need to be stronger Lily. I refuse to die in this world."

"In this world?"

"Let's go meet Father Thompson and tell him that we've finished our quest"

Albert continued his way toward the doors of Sanctuary Church. Lily followed him but was still confused at what Albert meant when he said that 'he refused to die in this world.'

Moments later, Albert and Lily presented them selves to Father Thompson. Albert knelt on the ground in front of the old priest and Lily mimicked what Albert was doing.

"Father we've completed our penances."

The old priest put out his cigarette and took out a pair of clothes from his desks.

"I am proud to say that the two of you are now Acolytes. Congratulations. Please stand up."

Father Thompson handed Albert and Lily their robes. Once the two received the robes, the old priest continued to speak.

"Remember to be thankful to the Gods. Without their sacrifices, we wouldn't be here. Always use your gifts to serve the Gods by helping others. In chaos and in times of difficulties, face your hardship with unwavering faith."

Father Thompson placed his hands over Albert and Lily. The two began to glow and a screen appeared in front of them.

[You have successfully become an Acolyte]

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Albert and Lily came out of Prontera Sanctuary Church wearing the robes that they've received from Father Thomson. Lily can't help but fascinate at the robe that she's wearing. As for Albert, he feels a bit weird because it feels like he's wearing a dress. The two are happy to finally become real adventurers but they both know that they've only begun and are still not capable yet to do much. Lily is more thrilled because they've taken the first step to finding out about her origin. Now that they each both have a Class, Albert decided that they should rest for the day and start a new day tomorrow.

As the sun had begun to set, the two started walking to the Inn. While they walked Lily tugged on Albert's Robe.

"Yes? What is it Lily?"

"Is it okay if we can go to Payon Town tomorrow?"

Albert was surprised because it was the first time Lily had asked to go to a certain place. Its true that the clues of her origin lies in Payon and Albert was thinking of going there to investigate soon, but he feels that they aren't strong enough yet to venture out to where ever they please. Rushing things without any preparation could cause them their lives and Albert wasn't going to risk it. Albert acknowledged that death in this game is very much possible because of the funeral that they had witnessed and the story that he had heard on their way to the Sanctuary. He decided to be honest to Lily because he strongly believe that they really need to get stronger and gain some level first.

"I think were not ready. Maybe when we level up a few more time as Acolytes. Let's rest up for the night and we'll decide what to do for tomorrow in the morning okay?"

"Okay."

Albert checked Lily and himself into the Inn in separate rooms. When Lily entered her room, Albert waited until she had dozed off. When he confirmed that Lily was sleeping, Albert sneaked off to the basement behinds the Item store so that he can return to his world.

When Albert returned to his room, it was pass midnight. He was surprised that only five hours has just passed in this world, after he had spent the entire day in the world of 'Deaths of the Gods'. From Albert's estimation, it would take five earth hours for an entire day in the world of 'Deaths of the Gods'. This information would be very useful for him on day. But since its just still an estimation Albert has to test this theory later on when there is an actual time that he could test it.

Albert took off his helmet and the robe that he was wearing and placed it on his bed. He then decided to go downstairs to eat something.

Downstairs, Albert realized that everyone is already went at work and the house is all to himself. At the moment the house was nice and quiet which is one of the reason why Albert prefer to be awake at night than in the day in this world. Fortunately for him his parents worked night shifts and would be asleep in the morning. After eating the food that was left for him on the table, Albert took a long shower then afterwards he decided to test things out. Albert stood in his room with a towel around his waist.

"Storage!"

Suddenly a transparent screen appeared in front of Albert. Albert's eyes widened from surprised when the command actually worked. He then attempted to do something else. Albert attempted to withdraw some coins from his storage into his hand and to his surprise five silver coins appeared in his hand. When Albert realized that there was valuable silver coins in his hand, his jaws dropped from surprise. He couldn't believe it but it happened right in front of him.

Seeing that he has the ability to open the his dimensional storage ring in this world, Albert thought of so much possibilities. He could sell the silver coins since they are probably made from real silver and in a large amount, it would be worth a lot of money. But since Albert was still pretty much broke as a beginner adventurer, he still wont be able to do much. He also would need a large amount of coins to actually start making money.

Albert deeply sighed.

"It's still not enough yet." He told himself.

"I need to level up to get stronger. Then once I'm stronger I can start hunting stronger monsters to earn more coins!"

Albert looked at the clock and almost thirty minutes had passed. He became panicked because since time moved faster in the world of 'Deaths of the Gods', he has no time to think about anything else in his room. He has to return to back to Prontera or else his absence would make Lily suspicious about where he went. After drying his whole body, Albert put on some new clothes as well as his Acolyte robe and then as well as the rest of his things. Once he was ready he walked inside his closet to go back to the world of 'Deaths of the Gods'.

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