"Ah...it's fine..." Alakai spoke. Though that wasn't exactly true. Once again they would be sleeping in the same room. And he was already nervous about it again. Rather explicit images popped up in his head as he saw Kali get into one of the beds. Swallowing hard he quickly pushed those images away, both for fear of being found out and of not being able to sleep for most of the night again. The man quickly blew out the candles on his side as to not reveal his bright red face to her, then got into the second bed.

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A full week passed rather quickly. Alakai and Kali kept up with their daily routine of leveling as quickly as possible. Sadly, once they got to the next area at the beach, it was already night. And since they had bought camping equipment, they hadn't been able to spend any time at the beach itself. But there would soon be time for that. Even though Alakai wanted to continue leveling as much as possible, he knew there were benefits to taking a break every now and then. So today, they would be going to the beach on a day off.

This was the perfect time as well. He was level 28, and had learned his threat buff. And Kali had learned a new spell and her healing had become quite a bit more powerful as well. His cooking had now reached the level where his food could give temporary buffs like a bit of hp regeneration, or a slight single stat boost. Which he of course used to give him regeneration, and her a bit more intellect. And Kali's tailoring skill had reached the level where she could make green items. They both had an almost fully crafted cloth set, apart from the chest which was still the same item they had gotten from the quest when they just began. And their weapons were now the ones you got from what used to be the pvp vendor. Their chest armour needed replacing as soon as possible though. 

All this had been in preparation for the first dungeon. It was a level 24 to 27 dungeon. So they were ready for it. The problem was finding three other people to join them. Most smaller guilds had been absorbed by the larger guilds by now. 5 huge guilds and 8 fairly large guilds remained, along with a dozen or two small guilds of at most 15 people that kept in the background. The largest guilds had all tried to invite Alakai and Kali, or the wandering duo as people had started to call them. Though all offers had been refused. All those guilds wanted was the duo's reputation. Two people, barely staying in towns and always wandering the lands to train. Not just that, but succeeding in keeping up with the large guilds most likely. To the other adventurers, Alakai and Kali were a kind of prize to show off to others if they decided to join. That, along with Alakai really not feeling comfortable with being part of such a large group, resulted in their current predicament. Either find a guild to join, bet on the very small chance that they could find people for the dungeon without joining one, or giving up on dungeons for now. And Alakai felt that option three wasn't really an option at all.

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As he did every morning, Alakai was meditating on his bed. He had found out that, while meditating didn't seem to give any buffs, it did help his mind keep more calm. Which was rather useful since Kali was still oblivious to him being a guy and her being a girl apparently. At least he had gotten a little bit more used to sleeping in the same room or tent, so he was actually able to get a good night's rest now. Once he finished meditating the man headed downstairs to meet Kali and get breakfast. She was probably already done eating by now though. Alakai had made an arrangement with the inn keeper to share his method for food with actual taste, on the condition that the two of them could eat for free and that it was kept a secret. At least now the whole city could enjoy meals with taste. And the inn had basically become the place to get breakfast and dinner for every adventurer in the city. They had even hired more staff, at the request of adventurers, to open a 'meals to go' section. An idea that was entirely new to the people of the land. So Kali no longer had to wait for him to get breakfast.

Once downstairs he sat at the same table they were always sitting, a bit away from the busy crowd. A special table the owner had reserved just for them as a thank you for sharing Alakai's cooking method. "Morning. Ready for our day off yet?" He asked, looking forward to it himself quite a bit. They always had far too little time to just take in the sights of this magical world. But today it would be different.