"That was the plan." Alakai spoke. "Since we're still close to each other in level we can just form a party and share the experience. And I've specifically designed my character for efficient solo leveling. Alone I could probably already make it. Combined with your healing we can definitely take on something higher. I know a perfect level 17 cave. I've been thinking of testing something out once I became level 17 and gained better gear, but together we can go right now. There's a spider cave with a miniboss at the end, and a quest npc that will give you a cloth armor with a +5% damage reduction enchant on it. Most people skipped it in the beta as the cave is a bit away from the normal quest lines. But considering that we don't know if we can die in this world, it would be safe to get extra defences. Especially as two cloth-wearing classes."

Alakai walked towards the gate, though took a left turn just before they reached it. There were stables set up for purchasing or renting mounts. Luckily, he had a voucher. "Hello, sir." He spoke politely. "Welcome adventurer! Care to rent a beast of burden?" Alakai shook his head. "I have this voucher, and was wondering if it's still eligible." The man took the voucher and looked it over, then nodded. "It sure is! You're one lucky guy, to receive such a gift from the Feline elder herself." Alakai raised a brow, but didn't comment. "So what kind of horse do I get for this?" "Any of the ones in the left pen. Go and pick one out. I'll saddle it up for you if you want." Alakar's eyes widened as he saw what kind of mount he would be getting. Those weren't horses, those were friggin' panthers! He had heard rumours of the unlockable epic mount, and he was getting a lesser version of such an awesome beast to ride on? They looked kind of dangerous though... "Is it safe?" He asked cautiously. "Not to worry, I have something for that. This whistle." The man handed Alakai a whistle. "As long as you have this, you can call him from anywhere, and he will listen to you. Though they are a breed of non-aggressive panthers. Taking a deep breath Alakai walked up to the fence, already knowing which one he wanted. A dark brown and light brown spotted one, looking somewhat like a leopard. In the game, he would have gone for the flashiest one. But now he felt like camouflage would do them better.

And as the stable hand said, as soon as Alakai called for the one he wanted, the panther came. It was let out of it's cage, saddled up, and brought back to the two waiting adventurers. "Here you go, good luck on your journey!" It was easy to get up on his new mount, as it wasn't as high as a horse. Then he extended a hand to Kali as well. "Seems there's enough room for two. And this way we'll get there twice as fast." He had seen his tiger's stats already. Speed: 25 mph, Stamina: 350 points. 100 points amounted to an hour in the game, so that probably hadn't changed. The stats were no better than the horse you could buy for 1500 gold, but no one had that kind of cash yet. So that was another advantage they would have over people that didn't pre-order.