A small smile appeared and disappeared on the Ice Queen’s face from hearing the unexpected compliment, but she quickly adjusted her composure. "I want to do this immediately. As soon as possible. Even right now, if you can give me the time."
"Hmmm?" Damon placed his glass back on the table.
"I wouldn’t be asking if it wasn’t serious. The sooner I stabilize the situation in the clan, the better. Things are deteriorating every second."
"Alright." Damon nodded. "I have some personal things that I need to take care of. So I will meet you and the rest of the team in a couple of hours." Damon stood up to leave when Sylvara quickly hurried after him.
"Wait, are you going to deal with that beast now?"
"Which beast?"
"The one guarding the seventh break point." Sylvara anxiously said.
Damon shook his head. "Oh, that one." He remembered how everyone had been wiped out from taunting that beast and laughed a little. "No. Probably not yet. I should let your family members have a couple more goes at it before I take care of it. Don’t you think so?"
Sylvara bitterly smiled. "Do you think you can really take care of it?"
Damon shrugged. "Who knows? I can’t say anything until I try. Anyways, our focus should now be on the dungeon and not on that black pool. I will see you soon." With that, he disappeared into the streets and appeared in the teleportation portals.
He finally checked his messages, which were now popping up out of control. Yup, his whole family was now online in the game. He only had to read through a couple of messages to know that they had all been teleported together to a small town near Jotar City as their starting point.
He paid the gold coins, took the portal to the city, and from there ran to the small town at a modest pace. Fifteen minutes later, he was standing in front of the motley group who were creating quite a bit of ruckus.
"It would have been better if I were able to adjust my appearance." Damon’s mother pulled her shirt uncomfortably to cover her slightly protruding stomach. His dad rolled his eyes at that comment and did not say much. He busied himself jumping and punching the air, moving his body to see if everything worked.
Meanwhile, Damon’s sister-in-law was scanning her status profile like a hawk, and his brother was simply staring at the passersby, looking a little lost. It was the little munchkin who saw Damon first, charging towards him with an unstoppable force.
"UNCLLEEE! This is amazing! Weeeee!"
Damon braced himself as the little fireball practically tackled him, wrapping her tiny arms around his waist. She was grinning ear to ear, her eyes wide with wonder.
He laughed and ruffled her hair. "Careful there, munchkin. You’ll knock me over at this rate." He glanced over at his family and couldn’t help but smile.
"Alright, alright, calm down, everyone." Damon waved a hand, trying not to grin too widely at the chaos.
His mother finally met his eyes, giving him a soft smile. "We’ve heard so much about this place from you, Damon. I can’t believe we’re actually here."
His father gave him a lopsided grin. "Feels like I’m twenty years younger already. You said this is just a game? Feels real enough to me."
"It’s real enough that you’d better take it seriously." Damon walked over, carrying the little girl.
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