Chapter 5: Gate 1 - Forest in Kishkindha
Kazi was jostled by a firm hand on his shoulder and forced to face a furious brown-haired lady.
"H-hey, you almost killed me!"
"I saved you," Kazi replied with a good-natured smile. He knitted his brows and showed concern. "Seriously, that monkey could have done a lot of damage. Are you okay?"
The lady huffed and puffed, released him, and dusted herself off. "Yeah, I am." She looked up at the trees and sighed. She eyed him from the corner of her vision and sighed again. "Alright, alright, my bad. I was wrong for yelling at you. Thank you."
She was older than him and was desi too. Specifically, judging by her thick eyebrows, she was Punjabi. A very pretty Punjabi woman at that. Her lashes were curled to perfection and, having replaced the Garbs of Death with an embroidered purple tunic, she put pride and effort in her appearance.
He picked up her long staff and went to hand it to her, noticing she had a name tag and level.
[ Name: Noor Chodhry
Level: 7
Class: Mage ]
'Strange. I didn't see any name tags in the White Abyss. Unless, since it's a neutral state, the system doesn't enforce that.'
He decided to pull away from his theories and thoughts to focus on the young lady. "I'm Kazi, nice to meet you." He held out her staff.