Joan was surprised at how the two of them didn't seem to mind being in this world. At least for Alakai that was definitely true. In fact, he liked being here. Dying from something dangerous didn't seem to be a problem, the world was beautiful with plenty to explore, and if you did what he had been doing for years in mmorpg's, you could become a powerful hero as well. What was there not to like? Plus, there was another reason. "I guess for me it's partially because I didn't leave much of a life behind in the real world. I didn't have any real life friends, and I guess my mother might be worried if she knows. But I hadn't talked to her in a year or so after I moved to a different city. So she might not even realise I'm gone." Alakai mused softly. While he had felt content enough in the real world, thinking back on it now he probably was a bit miserable. Playing games was pretty much all he had. And he wondered if any of that would change if he ever returned there. 

"Anyway, grinding might take long yea. But in the end it will be worth it! And you'll only have to do it once after all." Unlike a real life job which you had to keep on doing year after year to keep up, your level was permanent. And earning enough money to buy a house and live comfortably would be easy once you were level 50 or higher. Grinding monsters one day per week would already be plenty to cover the upkeep of a small villa.

The group arrived in town when it was still quite early. There were a few other players going about their business as well, having probably gone to the inn for the night, rather than returning to Malystare. Judging by their gear they weren't quite as high as their group yet, but it wouldn't take more than another few days for them to reach level 25 as well. Their group, however, would probably be jumping ahead quite a bit now. Dungeons gave tons of exp if you could run them quickly. And the more they learned to work together and the higher their level, the easier and faster the dungeon would become. "Let's go to the dungeon right away. With any luck we can run it at least twice today." He spoke, spurring on his tiger to run to the beach.