Age of Gods - A VRMMO Story

Thomas flipped through the menu for the restaurant and read through it. Needless to say, he was rather shocked when one of the meal options was 'Mermaid & Chips'. In the majority of games he'd played, mermaids were usually one of the intelligent species that lived in the sea and would become a part of the story once players went to the underwater kingdoms. It was practically a trope for that to be the case. Seeing them being served on a menu like common fish was unexpected, to say the least. On the other hand...

When the waitress arrived, Thomas ordered two sets of the 'Mermaid & Chips' along with some appetizers made from common animals such as fried calamari. Not EVERYTHING needed to be made from monster meat. Though... it really was so much tastier than regular animals. Sadly, he had not been able to find an equivalent in vegetables. They all tasted rather normal. Maybe he needed to find rare things to eat like '1,000-year-old ginseng' or something. He didn't really know or care as long as the food ended up tasting good.

Snowlily just sat in her chair wagging her tail as her nose constantly sniffed the aromas permeating the place. Thomas looked over at her and smiled happily. It was good to be reunited with the little ball of fluff. He leaned over the table and gently stroked her head, "I'm going to have to ask Selena about that tracking enchantment so I can make a pair for the two of us. That way we never lose each other again. If I had known that you weren't captured I'd have left the pirates the first day."

Snowlily woofed condescendingly at him as if saying 'As if I would ever be captured!'. Thomas just smiled and leaned back in his seat to relax while he waited for the food. Even if he still wanted to go back and beat the snot out of the pirates, they did teach him an important lesson. As long as he had to take care of Snowlily he needed to be strong enough to protect both of them. It wasn't like before when he was alone and could do whatever he pleased. Now, he needed to be there for someone and he needed to use that as his motivation for the things he did.

Right now his main motivation was 'strength'. He didn't intend to stay in this city long. He wanted to get to Breidset sooner rather than later so he could enter the dungeon and gain more experience. Not just for himself but for Snowlily as well. Speaking of, he'd completely forgotten to check her status ever since they'd reunited. Subconsciously he'd just assumed that she'd stagnated without him around to kill things for her to gain experience. He needed to be sure of her strength before he started diving into the lower floors of a dungeon to hunt stronger monsters.