"Woo! Young Miss you really know how to scrap!" Mr. Sung congratulates Yin as she decapitates a second zombie. The other men help him use the trash can lid to wrestle the last zombie to the ground. Standing over it, five men just barely manage to hold it down with hands and feet. While it struggles, he quickly talks to Yin. "Hey Miss, it's a bit embarrassing, but do you mind forming a party with us? We're a bit new to the System, so we could use an experienced Hunter such as yourself. How about it?"
"Of course I'll help!" Yin gracefully accepts his invitation and I resist the urge to facepalm. Kneading my temples, I grit my teeth. This...girl...will...be...the...death...of me! Obviously, he just wants to party up so he can share more of the experience with a skilled Hunter! No one in their right mind would party with newbies so readily when they're not high enough level to survive this dungeon themselves. However, there's nothing I can do. I never entered a party with Yin to begin with because I didn't want to accidentally share in her experience. This way when we get a kill only our contributions to damaging the enemy count. But since she's part of their party now, a greater share will be split.
"UGH UGH UGH!" A sour taste erupts in my mouth as I watch Yin dispatch the last zombie for them. "Yin...I swear to the System, I...I'll...make you..." My brain furiously searches for a suitable punishment, but in the dungeon, I don't dare assign anything like brutal military exercise or tough disciplinary punishment for fear of lowering her physical status. "ARGH! Damnit! I'll figure it out after we get out of here!"
"Hot damn! I'm Lvl. 3 already!"
"From Lvl. 1 to Lvl. 3 this is really too awesome!"
"I feel stronger already!"
While Mr. Sung's men marvel at their newfound levels, I just continually roll my eyes in the back. Yin finally remembers I exist and looks my way, only to start jumping up and down and waving frantically. It's obvious she's trying to get my attention.
"Relax...I know already, Dummy." I mutter to myself as I spin around and bend forwards at the waist while kicking backwards. My left heel catches the incoming Daemonic Undead sneaking up on me and throws it into the concrete. Quickly jogging away, I make a half-hearted attempt to appear scared. "H-Help! It's going to eat me! Can someone kill it!"
"Hei?" Yin's shocked expression is almost worth the humiliation of my number one disciple partying up with a bunch of Lvl. 1 noobs. "Are you...okay? What are you doing!"
"I'm scared, can you kill it for me!" I make up some stupid reason for why I'm not hunting zombies and make it seem like the kick was an accident. After staring at me for a while, Yin gets it and dashes off to finish off the undead before it can get back up. A second later, a small bit of experience fills up the bar in the corner of my vision.
Well, at least there's one good thing. Now that Yin's in a party, I get even less experience than before.
I'm not too far off from Lvl. 8 but even the Daemonic Undead which was slain is not enough to push me through the gap. Yin returns, introducing me to her new friends. Of course, most of them already have seen me before outside the city.
"Hi guys, this is Hei! He's my...uh my friend!" She says and I almost choke on nothing as she hides her expression with a hand.
Really? I teach you all that, protect you through multiple painful deaths and that's all I get introduced as? A friend??
Woman we've slept together before! I mean nothing happened but that has to count for more than friends!
"Heh. Y-Yea, I'm Yin's friend! Sorry, it seems we got off on the wrong foot earlier. Anyways, I'm not much of a fighter, so I'll be in your care, everyone!" I greet them, making sure not to expose any signs of the cleaver in my coat. Sighing, I prepare myself for a really annoying time until I can convince Yin to leave these losers behind. I just hope she remembers not to reveal anything she shouldn't. I was worried I scared her too much last night but now she does this. "Maybe I should have told her more..."
