The next stage was insanely monotonous and if it didn’t happen all inside the game, Marianna would probably fall asleep. Although this opportunity was badly enough, it’s still better than trailing the devil for an hour.
After the end of a light panic after receiving the desired label, the trio gathered to move to the right place. Mages immediately warned that since they are not going to spend money on a teleport, and the girl does not yet have personal transport, they will carry her, which will further slow down their progress.
- Have you been playing for a long time?
- About three years.

She sat on Cara's horse, and now the elf was holding her tightly against her so that she would not fall. A young elf, tightly compressed in the arms of a slender elf, is downright a romantic sketch, if you don’t think that her body is covered with traces of what illness is unclear, they don’t go where, and a couple of her employers are dimming at every step.
- And you know a lot about the game. Here too, about the cloak, - The girl more strongly pulled the hood of the donated cloak.
It turns out that this piece of clothing hid a lot of things from non-writers, her status as a prostitute and her illness. Now passersby reacted to it as before, that is, in any way. Although it was too late, and it was not possible to check it to the proper extent, but the girl made a promise to herself that she would certainly learn more about it.

“We make money on this, as you could see,” Care said from behind.
- Yes, yes, we get money because we know a lot of nuances and most importantly, we know how to use them to our advantage, - Fess came up with them.
“And you chose me because I know nothing?”
“Yes,” the elf didn’t even think to hide it, “an experienced gamer would refuse or request an exorbitant fee.

- As practice has shown, it is easier to get forgiveness than permission, - Fess grinned.

And Marianna felt a grievance, a grievance for having turned out to be such a durra, and in fact more than once. First with this old man and his wife, now with this one with them ...
“And if I start again?” What do you think?
- What do you want to get in the end? What are you here for?

Girl thoughtful, good question. And how to answer it, tell the truth? But even for herself, this very truth sounds ridiculous.
- I saw the broadcast of one girl, she stood there and waved her staff, shouting funny spells. And the audience paid her, and then she said how much she got for winning this fight. And for no reason! So I decided that I could have been like that.
Well, of course they laughed, should have been expected.
- Believe me, the game was created by smart people and allow players to get big money, was not part of their task, rather even on the contrary, - the elf immediately became serious, - Everything is arranged to create the illusion that the wealth will come here. How many newcomers get there in one trip? Seven or eight dollars, but spending on equipment will be the same or almost the same. And over time, nothing changes, to get three hundred, you will need to spend money on preparation for the same amount. And over time, all humble themselves, say something like, "Well, I do not earn, but I visited such places and got a lot of impressions." So for everyone who earns good money, there is an army of those who only spend here.

Not to say that Marianna fully believed, but the words of Cara were forced to think.
- But still, I’ll remove the status of a prostitute, make it smarter.
- And what will you do? You still have to jump over bumps in the marshes or collect cobwebs in the dungeons. And if you want to cheat and do the same, but without consequences, then in any way, unless of course you do not take money for sex, but then the meaning disappears. The game pushes to play the role, no matter what, and wearing outright outfits is not the worst. Warriors get scars, several wounds and you have the status of "seasoned warrior", and a broken nose with other traces of battles on the body.Some people like it, but others take it away, for money, of course. What else is there from the obvious? Mages who begin to receive increased damage from the opposite element, and of course a necromancer.
“What about the necromancer?” - the girl listened without stopping.

- And what could happen to him? - Fess, unlike the elf, was always cheerful, - You will lift a couple of corpses and you will gradually begin to resemble him, so much so that they will not let him in any city. The game made a hermit reluctantly. Probably they are played by those who have a stormy social life in real life, because it will not work here. But then the horde of the dead is very useful, the army itself, and the aura of horror is a powerful thing, with other players the body trembles, as if you are really terrified, fighting is more difficult. By the way, a succubus has an aura of lust, I think the effect needs no explanation. True to the stories, the aura acts on her herself, although not so much.

During these couple of hours, Marianna learned more than in all previous days of the game. These guys turned out to be very knowledgeable in literally all aspects. Over time, the girl herself was involved in the learning process and asked questions about everything in a row.
- Well, where are we going?
- Just a forest, next to which there is a rift of chaos. By the way, this is also a special zone, - Ker pulled off the hood from the girl and turned his face to himself, - Now you are shaking all over, this is due to illness, but you have zero level of sensations. But as soon as we enter this forest, you will feel all the symptoms in full. We will do everything as quickly as possible, but just ... be ready.
The girl looked at his serious face for half a minute and nodded silently. Suddenly, Ker seemed pretty nice to her, and she somehow did not notice this before.
- What if this horse is not there? - she expressed her doubts.
- Devonka, we are going to get our hands on the horse of chaos. Naturally it will not be there, we will fulfill all the necessary conditions, and it will appear. If it could just be found, we would not bother with this trachodrome and other curses.

- All got, get ready, - Elf jumped off the horse and helped Marianne to get down.
The men began to uncover their equipment, lights began to glow above their heads, illuminating the space around them, staffs appeared in their hands, and they were very different from each other. Fess unfastened a massive long stick from the saddle with a red ball at the top, while Cara had something like a graceful baton of white color and a carved nonversion depicting the tip of either a spear or an arrow. When the girl asked, the guys responded that the same rule applies here as with the weapons of warriors. Different staves give different opportunities for spells and they assured that the girl will certainly see them in action.

- Of course, we picked up a route to bypass the monsters, but to avoid a fight at all, will not succeed.
With this farewell, the group moved forward and the closer they came to the forest, which meant it was to the entrance to a special zone, the less Marianne felt that getting involved in all this was a good idea. Coming close, the elf stopped, the magicians did not rush her, but waited patiently for her to decide. She looked at Cara one last time and received a reassuring nod from his head, and she took a step. Immediately before her eyes came a warning that she was there and there, in general, she missed the text and began to listen to the sensations. Fortunately, the game did not dump everything at once, the sensations came gradually. Marianne began to shake even more, sweat appeared on her forehead and weakness came from somewhere. The girl turned to the companions and this action caused much more effort than she could think.

- Well, how am I? - Marianne herself felt that the smile came out languid.
“There is almost no difference,” Fess gave an appreciative glance at the elf, as far as the light source would allow, “Day of bed rest and aunt's broth and everything will pass.”
Marianne smiled a little sincere, I appreciate the magician's joke.
- Just do not look in the mirror.
- Enough with me mirrors for today.

Fess went ahead, and Cair closed the procession, Marianna walked in the center, as the safest place.They walked only ten minutes, but the general condition of the girl and the terrible environment made me imagine the worst. Dark forest, night and some ...