"Heh, I'm sure you'll be the best healer in this world in no time. You're not entirely right about levelling faster when in a larger party though." Alakai mused, deciding a short explanation was in order. "You can kill monsters faster. But the exp gets shared evenly between everyone. So unless the entire team works together efficiently, things will actually be slower. The two of us are doing great now, but together with people we've never partied with before..." He thought for a few moments and then nodded. "Well, we can party up for a few hours anyway. With a bit of luck it'll mean the dungeon will go faster as well. Which in turn means we can possibly farm the dungeon a few times, which will give more exp than just the two of us together." He would have to change his carefully thought out plan a little, but if they could level faster in the end it would be a good thing. "As for joining the guild, well...I guess we can give it a try. See how things go. Having a guild to call on for group quests and dungeons will speed things up in the future. If the guild becomes too big or if I start getting too much attention I'm leaving again though." Not that he expected to become the center of attention. He just really disliked it when it did happen.

Alakai took another few sips from his drink that had to pass for coffee and sighed again. "Well, I'll go get dressed and we'll go and ask the others if they're up for some partying with me as leader." Since Joan knew about Alakai's exploits in his previous mmo he would probably be all for it. The others probably wouldn't mind. But still, they had to ask first.

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After announcing that they would give the guild a try Alakai and Kali talked to the guild members for a while. Or at least, Kali did. Alakai listened more than talking. Even so there was still a lot of useful information to be gained. Eventually someone asked them a question that had been avoided up until now to be respectful. But the guild was still quite curious. "So I'm sure we're all dying to know, especially now that you're joining the guild, what are your levels anyway?" Someone asked, though it sounded like he didn't really expect a straight answer. For the first time though, Alakai didn't mind answering. They would find out once they created a party for the dungeon anyway. Since the party window showed ones level as well. "We're level 28 and 26." Alakai answered plainly. 

"Whaaat?!" Several of the guild members exclaimed. "You two are both higher than our guild's highest members?!" "H-heh...y-yea..." Alakai muttered, quickly starting to feel nervous again. "Please don't tell this to people outside of the guild though. I'd like to avoid getting too much attention." He didn't even know why he was levelling so diligently, apart from that it was fun for him. To be the strongest, to discover new things first. That's what new mmorpg's were all about after all right? Maybe he didn't need any more reason than that. He wondered if Kali thought the same though. She had followed his guidance without question up until now. But he wondered if she was fine with it all, as they barely ever relaxed. And there was plenty to do outside of levelling in this world.