Krista shook her head.  "We can't win that way, Jonas.  We'll NEVER win that way.  Sure, we'll be able to gain level 3 that way, but we can't hit 4 until we fight a regional boss."  She sighed, hooking the javelins back into the harness on her back.  "It's how the game was programmed, to force players to actually engage in SOME combat."  The faint blue glow flickered on and off around her.  She glanced around, and flicked her finger.  "Fuck it," she snapped, the blue light fading completely from around her as she continued to speak.  "But yeah.  We'll have to fight a boss to hit level four.  While I would be more than happy to do a bit of non-combat questing if those haven't been completely shut down with the... with the change in the game, we're going to need to be prepared for a fight at any moment.  Like you said, angry mobs and all."