My Favorite Game Followed Me!

The next day, Anton and his group left the campground early. The minstrels were still resting and they didn’t want to disturb the traveling musician’s rest so they left quietly. Anton felt that it was too bad since he had managed to establish a good relationship with the traveling musician group.

If the situation was different, he wouldn’t mind living his life as a traveling musician but Anton still preferred to become a powerful wizard instead of a bard or a minstrel since he knew that he could only thrive in this world through power.

During the next three weeks of travel, summer passed and Anton’s favorite season arrived which was Autumn. He loved the season of Autumn so much because the colors of Fall to him were the color of magic, mystery, and romance.

The forest was now starting to dress itself in gorgeous colors of shades of gold, red, and yellow, and everything in between and the breeze was beginning to have a cold bite that brought delicious shiver in Anton’s body.

Anton loved the temperature of the autumn season since he thought that it was perfect. The hot humidity of summer passed and the biting cold of winter hadn’t arrived yet. Some would say that the rain was a bother but he also liked the rain. The smell of wet earth and wet plants had a freshness to it and he thought the autumn rain was better than spring rain which a lot of people disagreed but he didn’t care. He wasn’t a farmer who concerned himself with the plants' growth. He was a romantic who loved watching romance and fantasy movies and for some reason, a lot of them were set up during the autumn season especially the old ones which were his favorites.

During those three weeks of travel, their group managed to collect a massive amount of items from the villages and towns that they passed through and were already repaired by Anton since he made sure to repair them as soon as possible to avoid accumulating broken items in their storage items and Anton’s Private Stash.

A weird phenomenon also happened during their travel. Because the people in their group drank mana water during every meal and bathed in mana water almost every day, the women in their group became very fair and beautiful. Their skin became smooth as silk and their hair became very luxurious. The men also underwent some changes. Anders and Lucas were particularly mind-blowing.

Anton’s father and Lucas were beginning to look like they were in their early thirties instead of being in their late forties and early fifties. Their hair color reversed back to the color they once had when they were in their youth. Anton thought that it was becoming ridiculous that he suggested to everyone that they should stop using mana water.

Of course, everyone vehemently disagreed with him. Even Devon who complained that the scars he earned in battle were disappearing one by one and complained that he was beginning to look like a foppish noble didn’t have the nerve to protest against the women in the group.

Anton also successfully created summoning enchanted items for the spells Summon Spirit Wolves and Summon Raven and even managed to manipulate the mana structure so that the summons would come out as miniature to the delight of the women who were now accompanied by tiny ravens and tiny spirit wolves.

The men scoffed at the miniature summons since they found them useless but the women in the group protested since they could still use the tiny beings for sending and receiving messages as well as for scouting.

The summoning enchanted items were still one-time use items and he still needed to use golden tablets for them. The good thing about the miniature pets was that the golden tablets that he would use for them could be smaller.

At least he was able to gather enough funds for the golden tablets from the towns and large villages that they passed through.

The three weeks of travel also allowed Anton to complete the Hell Difficulty of his Diablo II game system for his druid character and his druid reached level 74.  Now he was focused on leveling up his druid character to the maximum level so he could have another character. He was also grinding for items for his druid and as a bonus, his leveling and item grinding could be done using the on-screen option so the only time he needed to enter the world of Sanctuary was to practice his spells and create enchanted items.

The whole group also continued watching the two fantasy TV series which were Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: The Warrior Princess. The men still laughed at the choreographed fight scenes but the women focused on the romance. They all laughed at the humor the shows presented but what it came down to was, that they were all entertained by the two shows.

Anders relaxed his prohibition of allowing others to watch the shows after a week so those who joined them in their camp were lucky enough to watch the show with them.

After three weeks, they reached a very large town called Vumar and Anders told everyone that they would stay in that town for three days.  Everyone greeted that announcement with enthusiasm since they were beginning to get exhausted from traveling all the time. Not physically of course but mentally and it was also a good chance for them to mingle with others since looking at the same faces for weeks on end was beginning to grate on everyone’s nerves.

Devon and Lunelle felt weirded out by their parents since Lucas and Nemina recently became lovey-dovey with each other so their stay in the town was a good time for them to reenact their honeymoon. Devon mentioned to Anton that their parents becoming enamored with each other was the result of them looking younger because of the mana water.

One funny situation occurred that made everyone amused. When Anders learned that Devon and Frederick invited Anton to visit the town’s brothel, Anton’s father berated the two to no end telling them that Anton was still a young child. When Devon said that his father allowed him to be with a woman when he was sixteen, Nemina glared at his husband.

Anton himself was silent about that and truth to tell, he wasn’t interested in joining Devon and Frederick in relieving their stress in this town’s red light district. Of course, his body was young and interested in women but his mind was focused more on attaining power instead of indulging his carnal desires. 

Besides, his left hand and his access to the Internet were enough for now, and as soon as he was older and found the right woman, he wouldn’t stop himself from having a relationship.

Devon, Frederic, and Colin still went ahead and visited the town’s brothel though. The women roamed the town but they were unbothered since two huge Dire Wolves were following them. Anders had to spend a huge amount of time and coins in the town’s gate to appease the guards there that the Dire Wolves were not true animals but tame creatures by their wizard and used for protection but it was worth it for the peace of mind they would have while roaming the town safely.

Anton told his father that he planned to roam the town alone, and Anders just advised him to take care.