Rangar had already made several trips between the Light Tree and the academy's training grounds, though he probably would not have called it exercise. Whenever someone called out to him, he stopped. He greeted players he had never met, joined conversations that had nothing to do with him, and usually walked away with at least one new friend.
By then, so many new players recognized him that one could honestly say social anxiety itself was afraid of Rangar.
That afternoon was no different. He had just finished explaining the fastest route to one of the beginner facilities when a newbie sprinted past him, stopped abruptly, and nearly tripped while turning around.
"Yo! I got a call from my friend saying there are goddesses in the academy!" the player shouted, pointing toward the central grounds. "Bruda, I'm going to see them!"
Without another word, he abandoned the path leading to the Level One Hidden Dungeon and ran in the opposite direction.
