Lizna's Simmering Drink The sound of boiling lava could be heard at the feet of Sasaraki and company. They were in a dungeon called 'Lava River Cave.' A several meters broad magma river was blocking their path, a stone bridge leading to the other side. At the vicinity of that bridge, a pink-haired girl was squatting down. "Oooh~!" The name of the girl staring at the flow of magma was Lizna. Her job was healer. A guild member of Sasaraki's. "Sasaraki-ku~n! That's deep-red lava, you know?! Boiling magma, you know?!" Lizna shouted while looking at the magma with her eyes sparkling. "Sure is magma, isn't it?" "It looks really hot, doesn't it?!" "'Cause it's magma, isn't it?" "If we go in there, we'll totally die, won't we?!" "That we will for sure, huh?" "......" Lizna spun around to Sasaraki. Her cheeks blushed a bit in a shade of pink and her gaze was full of anticipation. "U-Um, you know, Sasaraki-kun…" "I've a bad feeling already, but what is it?" She pointed at the lava with her gigantic mace and smiled. "Would you go in there with me?" "............You asking me to die together?"
"Yep." An invitation to lovers suicide. It didn't make him happy at all. People certainly did die easily in this virtual world. However, Sasaraki wasn't lacking common sense enough to be eager to kill himself on purpose. "You know, I haven't had the chance to go into magma in real life." "Yeah, the majority of mankind lacks that kind of experience…" "Hey? Please? Just the tips of our toes will do!" "We'll die with the tips of our toes already! Hey, Lizna?"
Sasaraki cleared his throat with a cough. "If we die now and end up at the respawn, someone might beat us to clearing this dungeon, you know?" "Uuh—" "And here we've found a normal dungeon after such a long time again." "Uuuh—" A normal dungeon was one that could actually be cleared. And a large number of dungeons in this game weren't 'normal.' There were entrances buried by landslides, paths cutting off halfway, mob levels being a hundred times one's own - a lot of things. Dungeons that you could clear normally were really scarce. And competing with the other guilds for that scarce number was harsh. "So let's endure until we cleared it." "Uuuuuh..." Lizna glanced at the lava, obviously reluctant to let go. Finally, she shook her head as if dispersing something.
"...I understand, I'll endure." "Well, it's fine as long as you get it." Let's move on, then — he was about to say, when… "Let's do this…" Lizna produced a small glass bottle from her pocket. She fastened a rope to it and lowered it into the lava. "This 'Magical Bottle' should be able to withstand the lava, right…? And done." Lizna pulled up the rope. She took the 'Magical Bottle' filled with lava into her hands. "What are you going to do with that?" "I'll refine it into a 'Simmering Drink!' Let's drink it together later, okay?!" "Heeh… An item like that exists? What's its effect?" "You know, your body will get as hot as magma." "It'll give us fire resistance or what?" "No. About 300 damage." A few seconds passed. "That'll kill us!" "It will." Lizna expressed a sweet smile and hugged her precious 'Magical Bottle' tightly. "You know, once we cleared the dungeon— we won't need to hold back from dying anymore, right?" Sasaraki had no more comebacks. Her name was Lizna the Healer. A girl who loved dying.
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