《The Binary World》 1 The Embers of Isera I stared into the distant as my eyes became misty as the words she spoke to me reverberated in my mind, "Listen Liam you are cute and even a bit more handsome than most of the boys but the world does not run on them, they run on money Quinn Carr''s father will be joining the prestigious ''Olympus club'', whose one of the criteria is being a billionaire, and Quinn is his father''s only son by being with him my future will be secured with him as my spouse, I know you love me and being with you was fun and all but the reality is different I do not want to waste my time with someone who would spend the rest of his life trying to simply bring bread to the table, I would rather be with someone who would pamper me rather than with someone with whom I have to spend worrying about money and food and what not.", she took a deep breath as she began speaking, "Look I do not wish to sound rude or insulting but it is for the best after all a toad cannot eat a swan''s flesh as such next time try to be with someone befitting your status." Whatever she was going to speak was stopped when an obnoxious voice came to my ears, "Aimee dear let us leave I brought the car my father gifted me last month, you have already wasted a good few minutes of your life talking to this low born trash." I looked towards the person who spoke, it looked as if one of the most ugliest grimiest and fattest toad was trying hard to pose as a human and was failing miserably, and no the person could not be called a toad at all it will be an insult to the amphibians all around the globe. The girl now identified as Aimee, whose full name Aimee Wallace smiled flirtatiously at the toad as she spoke, "I am coming beloved, oh before I leave remember never to approach me, talk with me or think about me anymore or there will be severe consequences." Another voice spoke jovially, "Please Aimee there is no need to be cruel to the poor guy let him dream about you that is the only thing he could achieve in his miserable life." At that a few more people surrounding them laughed out loud at that mocking me, as they left one by one each of them were friends I made during the last couple of years I still could not believe them treating me like that it happened all of a sudden after the toad transferred here, they all left me and flocked around the toad and because of his father''s money, take that away what is he nothing even a street dog will not use him like it uses a lamp post. As they were leaving one of them spoke, "Well it was nice knowing you kid, but did you see the car Quinn brought with him, it is name is ''Ugati Kiron'', it costs more than $3 million, no matter what your ex says I believe that one day you will have enough money to buy it''s worn out tire before your 80th birthday.", the person was barely keeping himself from laughing. The group howled in laughter at that, I watched stunned at their retreating figure specially Aimee Wallace my girlfriend for 2 years who just broke up with me now was passionately kissing the toad, I felt sick at the site but it seemed my misfortune was not over as gruff voice, "You over there you have quite the nerve disturbing other students and as long as I Maurice is here I will not tolerate something as such", with that he grabbed me by my color as he dragged me to serve a detention. Maurice Cantu, how I hate the guy our P.E. teacher, he and some of the faculty of our school literally kisses the ground the toad walks specially this guy just because the father has money, if he were to be ordered Maurice would even sell of his family in order to get a single pat on his head from the toad. It had been more than a few weeks since then and today I was graduating from this place, at the tender age of 15 I was graduating from ''Sacred Heart School'', I would have done earlier but unfortunately the law of the land prevented me. Most of my fellow graduates were between 17 and 18, a ceremony was being held for such but my mind was in chaos my breakup just before the final exams all those moments I shared with her all those memories did they meant nothing to her, I persevered through the whole ordeal, the exams kept me from breaking down but now I was falling apart seeing her snuggling against the toad like that, I was brought from the depressing thoughts by a someone poking me at my ribs bringing me to attention. I looked and saw everyone looking towards me as the Principal was looking towards me with a smile, I blushed in embarrassment as I walked in quick space towards the stage as I was handed the certificate from the Principal''s hands as he spoke in a kind grandfatherly tone, "Mr. Marshall, you do us proud by not only graduating at 15 but by getting the highest score in over a decade. Keep up the good work young man." A couple of pictures were taken ands as I came down the stage I was engulfed in a powerful hug, "Oh I knew you could do it sweetie." A pleasant smell of sweet smell of jasmine enter my nose as the pleasant voice enter my ears a huge grin formed on my face at the sound of one of the few people I love the most in the world, "Mom, you came to my graduation.", I exclaimed in surprise as I returned the hug. A felt a powerful and firm hand slowly pat my back I turned to see the grinning visage of my father, "Why would we miss the graduation of my cute baby boy?" I released myself from my mother''s loving hug before I hugged my old man a hug, "But I thought both of you were busy as such will not be here for the rest of the week, not only that you were half way across the world." The man shrugged as he replied breaking the hug, "So what for my baby boy I will even walk around the globe bare footed without rest this is nothing." "Sir, I think it is time for madam and you along with young master to leave the reporters are already here creating commotion.", a person dressed in black suit with sunglasses came and spoke respectfully. With that the family of three were escorted to an expensive looking limousine from ''Ugati'', as flashed of camera and shouting of questions could be heard from a group of reporters as the entire school of ''Sacred Heart School'' looked with wide eyed as the top graduate of their year being escorted by a group of armed security to an expensive looking limousine which was then followed by a convoy of armored cars as the reporters chased them. Oh it seems to me that I forgot to introduce myself well then listen well for I will not repeat again, My name is Nathanael Henderson, 15 years old, I am 5 foot 2 inches tall, lithe build with blonde hair and blue eyes and according to my mother a rather incredibly cute boy. The person seating directly opposite to me is my father Tristan Henderson, a tall brunette of over 6 feet 5 inches, a 42 year old man with a swimmers build and blue eyes the CEO of ''Solicetems'', a global company with products in various categories from power to rail to ship to cars to oil and most importantly unknown to most weapons. The woman by my side who is none other than my beloved mother a blonde hair and brown eyes Aubrielle Henderson nee Montgomery, a graceful woman of 6 feet in height and please tell no one but even if she looks as if she is in her late twenties and early thirties she is 42 years of age as well the COO of the ''Solicetems''. Aubrielle suddenly spoke with sadness evident in her voice as she gently held my hand, "Son I know what happened a few days ago." My eyes narrowed at that as I asked, "What do you mean by that mother?" This time it was Tristan who spoke, "We know how your ex-girlfriend broke you heart son, and we are partially responsible for that. We thought if we hid your lineage we would protect you from unwanted attention and prevent you from developing an ego as such we raised you in such a humble manner and as such very few people even know of your existence we did not wish you o be harassed by some over enthusiastic paparazzo, but because of that you girlfriend and even a few of your friends left you for that we are sorry." I was silent for a few minutes as I gazed towards the floor of the car before I replied, "No mother there is no need for you to say sorry, they are at fault when Amilee left I felt immense sadness and to tell you the truth I still am sad, I loved her with everything I was planning to introduce her to you both even tell her my real identity but it was a good thing at the end because she never loved me she used me and when she got bored she threw me because of some money, someone like her is simple opportunistic bitch, and I want nothing to do with her.", my eyes turned misty once again. Tristan looked towards me as he frowned before he grabbed the phone adjacent to his sit pressing a single button he gave out an order, "Walkins and Smith Ice cream shop as fast as possible." I turned towards him as he spoke with a grin, "So who wants an ice cream." I grinned back at him before I asked something that has me bugging me for some time, "Dad why did change you your mind and now you are announcing me to the entire world?" It was my mother who replied back, "Actually we believe you are old enough now, we have sheltered you and granted you as much privacy as possible but now it is high time for you to step into the lime light after all you are the heir of our company and it is time for the world to learn more about the future face of ''Solicetems''." Tristan: "Upon saying that the next time you go visit some public bathroom check the place thoroughly who knows someone might be trying to take pictures of you.", I visibly paled at that. A tub of ice cream later we entered our house no palace could be more appropriate spread across a near about a 100 acres, as their car entered though the driveway and as they disembarked near the door of their home they were greeted by a rows of maids and butlers as one of them stood apart the rest she bowed towards the family as she spoke, "Welcome back home, my Lady, Lord and Young master." Katrina Gallagher dressed in as a male butler uniform the housekeeper of ''Osphrey'' my no our family home. Katrina the super housekeeper who knew everything we want even before it left our mouth my very first friend and¡­ Oh did I forget to mention that I once had a crush on her until I started going out with that bitch, well once is a wrong word because I still might have an itsy bitys tiny weeny bit crush on her. As we entered the house my eyes widened as I caught sight of someone I shouted at the top of my voice as I ran towards him, "PIRATE KING!!!!" The one called ''pirate king'' simply stood up as he spread his arms wide as I hugged him, "arrrr how is my little sailor doing." Pirate king, whose real name is Ryle Montgomery, 69 year Ex-Lieutenant General of Us Marine Corps, a Caucasian male with sandy brown hair with white here and there standing at 6 feet 6 inches tall with the most notable feature being a couple of scars on his face and a black eye patch over his left eye, as such I call him ''Pirate King'', my maternal grandfather. "Oh my grandson forgot about his grand pa I will have to cry now.", I turned my attention towards the speaker who was smiling towards me I left ''Pirate King''s'' hug as I went and hugged him, "Gramps, how have you been?" My paternal Grandfather, Dominic Henderson, a 72 year old 6 foot 6 inches tall brunette and a senator from Virginia. "If you two have finished hogging his attention let us speak with him as well." This time I was greeted by none other than Isabella my maternal grandmother, a 6 foot 2 inches tall woman of late sixties and Saniyah, a 6 foot 3 inches tall woman of 70 years of age. They except my grandpa Dominic were members of the board of directors in Solicetem. As we greeted and spoke with each other father came up towards usas he cleared his throat drawing attention towards him as he spoke, "Son go get refreshed and change it is already late and I think it is time for lunch." I nodded and left in order to get dressed, as I left for my room, they began speaking among themselves whose contents I did not hear because I swear I was not eavesdropping on them. I could hear mother''s voice full of disdain as she spoke, "Those little shits advising my baby to work hard so that he may one day able to buy a worn out tire of an ''Ugati'', we own the company oh how I want to turn that little gremlin to ro¡­" A sudden clearing of throat made me turn my back as I was greeted with the sight of Katrina staring at me with clear amusement in her voice, "Young master, I believe your father told you to get changed and refreshed." I gave a nervous smile as I spoke, "Ahahaha, I was just lost in thought yes yes I was simply lost in thought I will be on my way then." Later that evening my father summoned me after I had just finished watching the movie at the private theater inside our house, a movie adaptation of my favorite novel, ''Heavenly Dao Child'', I was so sad at the ending on seeing how his sisters tried to change him from a kind and helpful boy to a merciless and ruthless child. "Ah here you are son, come here and see what I had installed in your room.", he beckoned him to his room where a sleek machine laid with its lid open showing a bed like structure inside it, "Child I present to you the latest version of "FEVR'', a full body emersion virtual reality machine." I watched with child like wonder at the machine, before I looked at the silver white colored machine with purple colored bed and golden trim, the word platinum edition engraved on the lid along with the number 001 engraved in pure gold causing my eyes to widen. "Dad is this, what I think it is." Dad simply nodded at me as he spoke, "Yes, it is a VR machine capable of 100% immersion." I was drooling at the sight of the machine a $4 million worth of machine oh the games I could play in this as I began day dreaming, my dad tapped my shoulder bringing my attention towards him as he spoke, "Well it has the game ''The Embers of Isera'', preinstalled in it and I believe you wanted to play it right." I nodded at that a game that was coveted by millions no billions of fans around the globe a game many called hoax as it claimed to be a gateway to an alternate reality a game I had been dying to play but the recent events made me forget about it, but then I was struck with a sudden epiphany as I shouted out in alarm, "Oh my god I forgot it will be releasing today at 10 o''clock." Dad: "Then what are you waiting for start registering and what not, then you will not have to wait at the last minute to register and from what I have heard you can begin character creation just now." I nodded as I laid inside the machine as the lid closed with a hiss, soon my vision blackened as I heard a mechanical voice came o my ears, "LINK START", before the whole world blinded in a bright display of colors. It was a beginning of a new adventure a new saga not only for me but also the beginning of a legend the legend of the¡­. 2 Birth of Zeus Year 2030, the world has evolved a lot especially in the field of technology, Earth has already begun the initial stages of Mars colonization. The most advancement was in the field of electronics mobiles, tablets even to some extent laptops are mostly obsolete, i-bands are now more in demand a small device worn around the wrist like a watch with holographic display. The gaming industry had changed a lot now a day every games are made to be enjoyed with Virtual Reality technology in mind, even the classics of the late 20th century Mario came in VR and has been a huge hit. Even though the VR technology was invented as early as 1960s but for the next breakthrough in gaming industry came in the form of a VR capsule at 2030, till then no matter what a person did or want the game was just a game but then came the DarkSoft a leading company with VR consoles who suddenly announced the creation of VR capsules which would allow the user not only to play a game but according to them ''LIVE WITHIN THE GAME'', it took the world by a storm some called it a hoax, some were eager and many more called it dangerous they said it will lead to schizophrenia, but amidst all those in the year 2030 it was released along with it came the game ''The Embers of Isera'', a game made for the gaming capsule by the collaboration of some of the major gaming giants such as AE, TeaStain, among others. Nathanael food himself staring at a completely white room devoid of any color, suddenly a grave electronic voice chimed in, "First Time User Detected, Calibration test started." "Move your head to the right, now move your head to the left, look up look down.", as one by one the command came Nathanael moved his head accordingly. "Track the red dot with your eyes only", "Raise your right hand and now raise your left hand", "Start walking¡­. Jump...Run¡­..Read the words appear¡­..". A few minutes of calibration later a sound came to his ears, "Calibration completed scanning user body" Nathanael looked as the a couple of numbers appeared which quickly rose from 00 to 100% as a message chimed in, ''Scanning Completed, Please register the device'', during the calibration process he was having a black outline but now he was having his own body in VR space even the short and t-shirt he wore with their color matching in real life. "Cool", he muttered in amazement so far it was good he raised his finger and bit it before he winced, ''no way I can feel inside the VR space, so far what they have said is true I hope the rest is also true.'' He went and finished registering by putting in his name and this detail and that detail, even his account number. As soon as he finished his registration he found himself standing in front of what appeared to be a library, he entered the room only to see empty selves except one game place on there, ''The Embers of Isera'', he touched it as the option to ''Play'' the game floated in front of him he gulped as he touched the Play option which disappeared in a small spark, his vision blinded again as before he found himself standing on a battlefield, various creatures and beings fought against hordes of nightmarish creatures and undead and what not, each side trying to slaughter the other, mages firing salvos of magic, a dragon fell dead cut by someone only to be raised by its enemy as an undead as it threw itself on the allies, the world seemed as if hell itself has descended on it, and from what it seemed the undead and the abominations of corrupted beings were wining as the other side was being pushed back. A dazzling light looking like the fall of a comet hit the battlefield as a raspy laugh of a hooded figure holding a bleeding head of another by the hair, "The GODDESS of War, Ulene is dead by my hand ahahahah.", Nathanael covered his ears because of the shrill voice as he saw the figure holding the head by the hair spun it as if it was a toy while laughing while the golden blood dripped from it. The morale of the army of the living reached all time low as weapons fell from their hands many openly wept in fear as a large thunder bolt hit the hooded figure who was send flying away while screaming and cursing. A couple of figure came into view from the looks of them some seemed to be hurt and strained the one standing in front looked mournfully at the fallen Goddess''s head as he spoke his voice spoke send shiver down his spine, "So it seems the end is nigh, come my brethren let the dying embers of this world give birth to a new one.", the people following him shone brightly with him being the brightest before everything went white again as the words ''The Embers of Isera'', was lit in flame before he found himself in standing in front of a very beautiful garden. "Welcome Brave Traveler, welcome to the nexus between the Isera and your world, hmmmm Earth was it not.", came a voice from behind him. Nathanael spun around as he was greeted by the smiling visage of a blonde woman dressed in a lime green colored toga, a very beautiful woman indeed he coughed in his hand trying to compose himself as he mumbled, ''stupid puberty'', before he spoke "If I may ask who might you be my lady." The woman gave a dazzling smile causing him to avert his eyes which were traveling towards dangerous location as he scolded himself inwardly, ''Stupid hormones and stupid bits of data''. The Woman spoke without paying heed to Nathanael''s crisis, "My name is Saira, but is it not polite to introduce yourself first before asking someone''s name." Nathanael was about to give his name when he realized something, the A.I. is asking for my in game name, as such he cleared his throat as he spoke, "My name is Zeus fair lady, might I inquire where am I and what am I doing in this place?" Saira: "This place is actually you can say a small stop between the world of Isera and Earth, before venturing into the world of Isera you will have to make a stop here in order to make your body suitable for a life in Isera." Nathanael: "What do you mean suitable and what is wrong with my body?" Saira gave a small smile as she spoke, "People of Earth have enormous possibilities but unfortunately you people cannot use Mana, as such we have to update your body a bit, do not worry it is not only painless but I can even make some changes in your body upon your request nothing outrageous mind you, like changing of your gender, but for better mixing of with other races of Isera you may change into any races of Isera." Nathanael: "May I see what races are available.",as he spoke a holographic projection of a list of race appeared in front of him. A long list of races was given to Nathanael as he browsed through them, Elves: Regarded as one of the most beautiful among all other races as well as the race with one of the longest life span they are fast and agile with larger Mana than others, they have a racial bonus of +5% more of Dex, Int and Wis, as well as +0.5% in Cha. Dwarves: They might be shorter compare to other races like Humans and Elves but their craftsmanship are second to none, normally regarded as only as craftsman''s race but they are strong enough to crush stone with bare hands, they have a racial bonus of +5% more of Str, End and Wis. Humans: Most balance race of all as such having talent in every field as such they do not have any racial bonus, except +1% in Luk and Cha Nathanael or as according to his in game name Zeus, had played a lot of games as such he scrolled down the list he saw many familiar races like Fairies, Lycans and many more but none interested him until he came across ''High Elves'' High Elves(Premium Content): The elite among elite among the elves being a source of reverence and envy among the other elves, they have a racial bonus of +10% more of Dex, Int and Wis, as well as +5% in Cha. High Dwarves(Premium Content): The elite among elite among the dwarves being a source of reverence and envy among the other elves, they have a racial bonus of +10% more of Str, End and Wis, as well as +5% in Luk. High Human(Premium Content): The absolute elite among human with extra +1 per 10 levels in all stats except Cha and Luk which they had a bonus of +5% in Cha and 10% in Luk. Zeus glanced at those as he mused, ''Premium content'' accessed by anyone having VR capsules of Gold level and above which included his machine as well, of the billions of player trying to play this game he knew at least 200 Platinum level capsules were sold and around 10,000 gold level capsules were sold which guaranteed 90% immersion compared to his 100% with a price tagged around $1 million each as for others they were much less with the lowest being the ordinary one set at $5000 with VR immersion of less than 60% but more than any other VR devices. Then his eyes fell on the words Hybrid written in gold words, he turned towards Saria as he asked, "Lady Saria what is this thing?" Saria smiled as she replied, "Sometimes due to interracial breeding hybrids are born, they sometimes shared the racial bonuses of their parents but there were times when they shared none. Also if you were to choose the hybrid option you may choose only one of part that is if you chose Elves the other one will chosen through lottery, this is available to everyone except the special races, you must be special for you to have access to them, but you should be careful once chosen you will have one chance for lottery and no matter what you have to take it and once your body is created it cannot be changed." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Will the choices be only from this list or there will be other races in it as well because if I recall correctly Isera should have Dragons yet there is no mention about the said race." Saria''s face had a melancholic look as she spoke, "The honorable Dragons are no more, and if there are some still alive they are deep in hiding moreover you are from Earth which according to my knowledge Earth has only humans as such you who have never knew how to fly will have problem with it on top of that Dragons who have the longest lifespan has an incredibly slow growth rate for a child to grow into an adult it takes about a 3000 of human years and unlike other races who will grow as they work harder gaining levels a dragon''s growth is very slow you will have to work years before you may increase a single level as such it is not available even if they are stronger than most races." Saria then gave a smile as she spoke, "Dragons even if being absurdly powerful have very low rate of fertility even if two dragons are married they may not have a single child for 10,000 years as such Elder Dragons, powerful and mighty dragons who had gained the ability to take the form of other races sometimes procreated with others in order for their lineage to continue, the being born from the union have very small chance of success and even smaller chance of gaining any form qualities from their parents often referred to as a ''Deva'' are one of the most strongest beings on the planet sometimes even surpassing their parents but they are chances of being born are very low in number. Upon saying that if you choose hybrid there is a chance that you might be able to able to get a chance to become a Deva, which some even refer to as the ultimate being, but such a chance is very small one in a million, also remember there are few exotic races like Merman, or a goblin hybrid or kobold hybrid, which as high as 1 in a hundred chance of forming not to mention some are detested to the point they will be hunted down." Zeus gulped at that before he spoke to Saira, "Can you please tell me about the Stats before I choose my race." Saira nodded with a smiling face as she spoke, "Yes of course I would love here if you read this parchment you will understand.", she produced a neatly folded parchment on her hand out of thin air as she handed it to him, "Here please read it." Zeus took the parchment before unfolding it while reading through its contents, Your stats determine your strengths and weaknesses. Currently there are eight basic stats and the most common way for your stats to increase is by leveling up. Doing this may increases them by a small margin, but with each increase in level the rate of stat gain will decrease. Another way to increase your stats is by performing various tasks or quests or through using special items which may give temporary or permanent increase depending on the said item. The basic stats are as follows, Strength (STR): The Strength stat determines the person''s overall physical power. This stat affects the amount of damage a person can inflict on another with martial arts, bladed, or blunt objects. It also affects a person''s ability to reduce damage when blocking and affects the amount of weight they can lift, or throw. It''s very important when one''s fighting style focuses on using heavy weapons or brute force. Vitality (VIT): The Vitality, also known as the Vigor stat, determines the person''s overall health. This stat also affects a person''s ability to regain health in and outside of combat and special types of damage from things such as poison, bleeding, paralysis, burns, etc. 1 VIT = 25 HP 1 VIT = .5 HP REGEN Per Minute (Outside of Combat) 1 VIT = .25 HP REGEN Per Minute (During Combat) Endurance (END): The Endurance stat determines a person''s overall stamina, which affects how long they can fight or perform some form of activity. Similar to Vitality and Strength this stat also plays a role in the person''s health by increasing their natural defense when not armored and when blocking an attack by assuring the blocker''s poise doesn''t break. 1 END = 25 Stamina 1 END = .5 Stamina REGEN Per Minute (Outside of Combat) 1 END = .25 Stamina REGEN Per Minute (During Combat) Dexterity (DEX) The Dexterity stat determines the person''s overall movement. This stat affects a person''s accuracy, evasion, speed, and ability to land critical strikes on an opponent in close, mid, and long-range combat. Dexterity also plays a major role in pick pocking, stealth, use of weaponry and the ability to dual wielding weaponry properly. Intelligence (INT): The Intelligence stat determines the person''s overall ability to learn also this stat determines the ability to properly use their Mana. This stat also affects a person''s ability to regain Mana in and outside of combat and special types of damage occurred from being attacked mages such as illusion, confusion, blindness etc. 1 INT = .5 MP REGEN Per Minute (Outside of Combat) 1 INT = .25 MP REGEN Per Minute (During Combat) Wisdom (WIS): The wisdom stat determines the person''s innovation, and perception. Wisdom, along with Intelligence, also plays an important role in learning certain skills like trap making and runes along with successfully enabling new variations of certain skills to be created. More importantly, it affects how much Man a person has and also how much resistant a person is from damage due to magic based techniques. 1 WIS = 25 Mana Luck (LUK): The Luck stat determines the person''s overall chance. Luck is unique compared to all the other stats along with ''Charisma (CHA)'' as it is capable of influencing anything from finding or looting random items of various rarities, winning money while gambling, to encounters, and even playing a role in landing critical hits. Charisma (CHA): The Charisma stat determines how much a person will be liked by the residents of Isera also known as Iserian. A person with higher Charisma has higher chances of getting more quests and favor much easily than a person of lower charisma, it also helps in case of barter, negotiations or any other times where speaking and interacting with an Iserian is required. Note: All stats among the basic eight except Luck and Charisma can be increased by addition of stat points which can be earned through leveling up or other means, these two stats may increase by performing certain tasks or quests. Special Stats: Attack: STR*N, where N is determined by summation of bonus received because of race and profession. To be noted that this is the base attack of a person without the usage of weapons or any other means, also it should not be confused with magic based attacks. Physical Defense: Every 10 STR Grants 3 Points Every 10 VIT Grants 3 Points Every 10 END Grants 4 Points Total Physical Defense is the sum total of all the points in this case it is 10. Magical Defense: Every 10 INT Grants 5 points Every 10 WIS Grants 5 points Total Magical Defense is the sum total of all the points in this case it is 10. Note: The attack as well as the defense is the base attack and defense stats which depend on the basic stats as mentioned above, a decrease or increase in the above mentioned particular stats will alter the attack and defense stats. Any item or condition used to add defense or attack will simply add to it temporarily as long as the item and conditions are active, but the reverse is possible using certain items or certain conditions will lower the base attack and defense temporarily. Zeus read the entire thing as he asked Saria: "Is it possible for me to take this parchment with me?" Saria: "Yes you may take it with you." Zeus: "Saria if I may ask what about the skill system in Iseria." Saria beamed at Zeus''s question as she spoke with a smile, "My you know about the right question to ask." Saria: "Skills can be learned from your mentor when you take on a profession or sometimes through quests or fulfilling certain conditions such as using some skill tomes. Some skills can be learned by everyone where as some skills are restricted by profession but sometimes a few may be learned if you have managed to fulfill some form of hidden condition for that skill. If you are talented enough you might create a skill and according to its usefulness it will be rated as such. The skills in Isera are divided into three categories such as Active, Passive and Supportive, more of which you will learn during your stay in Isera." Saria spoke with a smile, "So have you decided which race you will be choosing among all the available races." Zeus nodded as he replied, "I chose the hybrid option with High Elves as one of my choice." Saria nodded as she spoke, "This choice is permanent there will be no redo so are you sure Zeus." Zeus puffed up his chest as he spoke, "Of course I am sure." Zeus had a small penchant for gambling he likes testing out his luck a little bit, like the time a very rare figurine of Boku was given as a gift which was hidden inside a select few cereal boxes, in order to obtain it he had bought 10,000 of the cereal boxes a brand which he hates, he opened each of them all were empty yet a kid a few blocks from his house got it. Such was his luck in his life of 15 years he has yet to win a single thing based on luck yet he shamelessly tried the hybrid method. He was greeted with a giant wheel of fortune or in his cases wheel of races, on which various races were mentioned each occupying spaces of various sizes, races like High Human or Dragon had very little space where as Goblins had enormous space, he gulped and pressed the start button. The wheel moved pretty fast as he slammed on the stop button, the rotation slowed as the pointer inched towards a certain choice occupying one of the largest space goblin. As the choice was made his eyes filled up with tears.... 3 Entering the World of Isera As tears of happiness appeared in his eyes Zeus jumped up and gave Saria a bone crushing hug only to be thrown away with huge force but that did not stop him for the first time in his life he has own something based on his luck how could he stay silent anymore he was literally dancing and jumping around. Saria coughed loudly for a couple of times to bring Zeus''s attention but he was busy celebrating himself. Saria shouted out loudly, "ZEUS!!! CALM DOWN AND LISTEN TO ME." Zeus hearing Saria''s shout calmed down a bit as he spoke, "So does that mean I will be a Deva?" Saria: "Yes you will but only after reaching Level 11, as upon reaching the said level you will undergo awakening and as such you will gain your racial bonus not before that." Saria: "As we have already decided your race let us finish with how you look, remember we cannot change more than 20% of your looks." Zeus nodded as a holographic avatar appeared in front of him, looked exactly like him but with pointed ears and small deer like antlers on his head and his cerulean pupils were a bit serpentine like, he looked at his avatar with squinted eyes as he thought, ''Now what should I change.'' He changed the hair color to silver and made the antlers turquoise in color as he thought, ''It will be difficult to find a helmet with horns like that, oh well, but I think I will keep the rest of my looks just as it is.'' Zeus: "Well I hope this much is permissible." Saria nodded as she spoke, "Yes brave traveler, but I will warn you that this is the form you may take after your awakening before which your ears will be slightly pointed and nothing more. If there is not any more changes to be done shall we move to weapon selections?" Zeus: "Yes please I do not wish to make any changes, but what is this weapon selection thing?" Saria: "When I saw the races option you have I understood that you are those blessed beings of your planet, as such you are able to obtain from Goddess of War, Ulene''s personal armory". Saria shed a tear speaking about Ulene and Zeus had the sudden urge to comfort her but he had no wish to be thrown back again. Saria composed herself as she began speaking, "Unfortunately because of the war most are lost and those that are still present only a few could be used by you at your level." Zeus: "Well than I would trouble you to escort me to the armory." Saria nodded as she escorted him to Ulene''s armory, where an awe inspiring statue of Ulene was placed near the entrance, the statue had certain charm on it as it felt that it would move any moment now, the 50 feet tall statue stood with a spear and shield on her hand, ''hmmm not bad at all it seemed to have used Greek goddess Athena as an inspiration.'' As he entered he was greeted by less than hundreds different types weapons and many empty racks meant for weapons, but before he could admire with a puff of smoke many of the weapons disappeared. Zeus asked warily, "Saria, some of those weapons disappeared why?" Saria spoke with a smile, "The number of weapons are limited as such those that have disappeared have already been chosen by another blessed." Panic set in Zeus as he quickly scanned the room as he asked Saria, "Is there a way to determine its stats." Saria, "Just hold a weapon and speak out loudly, ''Stats'' and all will be revealed." Zeus raced down as he was greeted by maces, knuckle dusters, wands, staffs, daggers, none of them were his choice of weapons he would have preferred a katana, or a long sword or any sword for the matter but not this until his eyes fell on a sword staff, he picked it up as he screamed out loudly, "STATS!!!" A blue screen appeared in front of him as the stats appeared to him, SWORD STAFF Profession Restriction: None Tier: Uncommon Level Requirement: Level 1 Physical Attack: +20 Magic Attack: +20 Durability: 100/100 Zeus spun towards Saria thrusting the weapon towards it as he spoke in a commanding tone, "I want it, and I want it now" Saria gave a short bow as she spoke, "As you wish, Zeus." The weapon gave a soft glow as any other copy of it disappeared from armory as it became unavailable to others. Zeus twirled the staff in his hand, as he studied it, the 4 feet 5 inches long staff can be divided into two parts the sword part a little over 2 feet and the staff part of equal length, the sword end was a straight single edged, with the a metal protrusion supporting the spine which was connected to the guard which had sharpened knife like edged jutting at 90degrees to the sharp edge, the pommel had a small round orb like thing which looked as if it was created from an orange glass. Saria: "Is the weapon to your liking." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Yes it is, but what is this tier thing mentioned on it." Saria nodded as she spoke, "Weapons whether it be for warrior, mages, archers or any others, at the end of the day their weapons are categorized in following way.", she produced another parchment as she handed it to Zeus, "This is the list of weapon types and how to identify them." Zeus unfurled the parchment as he read it, Weapons, Armors, Rings, Necklaces or any items which are used by wearing them can be separated in to the following tiers. The tier can be identified by appraising them or by their checking their glow of the item, it is as follows: 1) Ordinary(Not an ordinary items are simple everyday items with no stats in them except low durability.) 2) Common Tier 3) Uncommon Tier (White) 4) Rare (Grey) 5) Unique (Black) 6) Lord (Green) 7) King (Blue) 8) Emperor (Purple) 9) Legendary (Orange) 10) Mythical (Silver) 11) Saint (Gold) 12) God Killer (RED) Zeus: "Cool, may I keep this parchment." Saria shrugged as she spoke, "You may but each of them will occupy a single slot from your inventory." Zeus gawked at her as he spoke, "Excuse me but should it not stack." Saria: "The current stacking limit is 99 for same type of materials and at the beginning you will only have 20 slots available, but you may increase them as you level up." Saria: "Well then shall we finish the avatar creation it is time for you to change into it." Zeus sighed as he nodded as he spoke, "Yes please." Saria then extended her hand as she chanted, "With the guidance and blessings by God King Ynor, I the guide of the blessed brave travelers grant passage to the one in front of me." A bright golden glow fell on Zeus making him to close his eyes, as he opened them he found himself standing in a new form and with the clothes he was already wearing his shorts and t-shirt. Saria on your left hand near the wrist is a black gem imbedded, just raise your left hand and say ''Inventory'' while looking towards it." Zeus did as instructed, as a large rectangular box appeared with small boxes he raised his weapon and placed it one of the box, an icon of the weapon appeared on top of the box. Saria: "You can access your stats page and doing the same way but instead of ''Inventory'' just say ''Stats'', unfortunately the command will activate only on Isera, and if you wish to return to Earth just say ''Menu'', and from there you may return back to Earth." Zeus nodded at that as Saria kept speaking, "Well I have already explained you everything and you are ready to start your adventure but unfortunately the portal will open exactly after 3 Earth hours so if you have anything to ask you may or if you wish you may return back to Earth if you have an unfinished business." Zeus: "Well I have some unfinished business as such I will leave for now, so I can just leave using the method you said." Saria nodded with a kind smile as she spoke, "Yes you may but remember this whatever you have learned is only the basics if you wish to learn more you will have to find out on your own in Isera." Zeus nodded as he raised his left hand as he spoke, "Menu" A bunch of options appeared in front of him as he chose the Log Out menu. The lid of the FEVR opened with a hiss, as he stepped outside it was 3 minutes passed 7 o'' clock in the evening, he felt as if he woke up from a refreshing sleep. ''Hmm, maybe I should have my dinner early.'' he left his room as he heard his Grandfather Dominic laughing loudly. "Evening everyone", he greeted them loudly. Everyone gave him a small smile as his grandmother Saniyah beckoned him to seat near her as she spoke, "So my cute grandson did you have fun playing the game." Zeus or as his real name Nathanael spoke with a small pout, "The game has yet to start and I have just finished registering and learning about various things it will start about three hours from now." Aubrielle, Nathanaels'' mother suddenly asked, "What about their claims of full immersion?" Nathanael, "Well till now I was able to feelings of pain, touch and sounds are there except that I have yet to see anything." Tristan: "If they have managed to do such a thing may be rest is also true, although a few are already calling them liar." Nathanael snorted at that as he spoke, "They are just spreading lies and doing negative publicity." Domince: "So what have you been doing till now." An exited Nathanael began telling the about his adventure till then for a good half of an hour, before Ryle asked him seriously, "It is good child but what are you going to do with Aimee and Quinn fellow also your so called friends.", causing other to glare at him. Nathanael sighed as he pushed his blond hairs back as he spoke while looking towards the ceiling, "I do not know to be true, I loved her with everything and till now a part of me does and everything seems like a bad nightmare to me." Dominic: "If I were in your shoes I would have slugged him hard." Nathanael just chuckled at that as he spoke, "Believe me grandpa I wanted to punch him so hard his great grandchild would have felt it but at the end of the day it would have made the situation worse. Even if the others retaliated I am confident in my martial arts skill that I could have trounced every single one of them including my P.E. teacher who cannot even run 50 meters without kneeling over wheezing for fresh air, but at the end of the day I would have charged with assault on student and teacher, even if the Principal is a fair and just against multiple testimonies he would have charged me guilty and punished me, and I would not be surprised if they painted me as some sort of deviant and then the media would get involved who would then paint me as the Satan himself while showing testimonies of people who never knew me like ever." Isabella snorted as she spoke, "You are not wrong child but since you are not able to decide I hope you do not mind us taking care of it on behalf of you." Nathanael gave a deadpanned expression as he spoke, "Grandma like you all have not started something on behalf already." At that they all cracked a smile as Tristan spoke, "Quinn''s father Cameron Carr had applied for membership for Club ''Olympus'', which was politely declined." Dominic: "An anonymous tip has caused sudden raid in Cameron''s office and many charges like tax evasion, worker harassment and many more will be filled within a couple of days and he will be in jail." Aubrielle: "Some of your ex-friends including your ex-girlfriend had relatives working on some of our companies in various positions internal investigations resulted in evidence pointing towards severe malpractices on their behalf most will be dishonorably fired earning a black mark in their resume getting a new job will be difficult, and the selected few will getting a vacation in Jail." Isabella: "The P.E. teacher and the History teacher were the ones creating for the most part well the feds have found incriminating evidence regarding illegal drugs and possessing illegal animals as pet oh and they might have a few hidden cameras which gives them a good view of girls and boys dressing rooms." Nathanael gawked at them as he raised his hands in a surrendering way as he spoke, "I give up and glad you are my family instead of my enemy." A few hours and a hearty dinner later Nathanael was back inside his capsule as he found himself staring at Saria who spoke with a smile, "Brave traveler, I wish you luck and pray for you success and please save Isera." With that a bright light engulfed Nathanael, meanwhile back home with others, Aubriella, "Hurry up beloved I wish to see my baby boy." Tristan spoke with a smile, "Yes yes I am setting it up love be patient." He raised his wrist as a holographic display showed various options he grabbed one of them and threw it towards the television which began playing everything from Nathanael''s perspective. The smell of meat being roasted entered his nose as he felt gentle breeze caressing his face, he found himself standing in a square along with a few others who were as amazed as him, he gasped as he muttered in a low voice, "They did it, they have really created like they had promised I cannot believe it." A melodious voice came to his voice ears, "Welcome to Renaissance city one of the 10 great cities of the Holy Brivaria Empire, first time starter pack has been deposited in your inventory please open it at your discretion and have fun." Zeus was shocked at what he saw standing inside such a big city as he looked around he saw like him everyone was confused. ''Shouldn''t we be spawning near some started village or something like that? Why are we inside some big city?'' Zeus quickly opened his inventory as he watched others raising their left hands, inside one of his inventory slot was a golden chest with various precious stones on it, the words ''Special Chest for Platinum capsule user''. He opened the chest as it gave a chime and dazzling light as its contents were deposited inside his inventory. Plain course bread (Ordinary) x 10 Small Health potion (Grants 100Hp) x 5 Small Mana potion (Grants 100Mp) x 5 Small Stamina potion (Grants Sta) x 5 Leather Armored Shirt (Common) x 1 Leather Armored Trouser (Common) x 1 Leather Glove (Common) x 1 Leather Boots (Common) x 1 Unknown Skill Book x 1 Zeus quickly took out the Skill book as he cracked it open, it dissolved in dazzling light as it entered him. Skill Learned ''Observe''. 4 First Quest Part-1 Zeus spoke quickly, "Stats!" A holographic image appeared in front of him showing a miniature rotating model of his, along with his stats showing on the right side of the image. ___________________________________________ Name: Zeus Level: 1Next level: 0/100 Title: Equipped None (Available: 01) Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Vagrant Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):250 Mana (MP):250 Stamina (STA):250 Strength (STR): 10 Vitality (VIT):10 Endurance (END):10 Dexterity (DEX):10 Intelligence (INT):10 Wisdom (WIS):10 Luck (LUK): 35 Charisma (CHA): 15 (20-5) Physical Attack: 10 Magical Attack: 10 Physical Defense: 10 Magical Defense: 10 Money: 5B 10C 200T Perks: N/A Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs:Vagrant: People of cities are less likely to like you -25% in CHA. You will not be allowed in certain establishments. Stat Points: 10 Unused Titles:Lucky Fool: +10% LUK, +10% CHA. Every time you win in a game of chance gain +2% LUK & +2% CHA temporarily stackable up to 5 times. ___________________________________________ Zeus sighed as he read his stats from what he heard from other players shouting and complaining their Charisma or CHA was greatly reduced at around 8.5, ''Why do I have such high CHA then?'' His musing was cut short when he heard a loud scream as he turned he saw a woman with her eyes closed screaming at the top of her voice while shouting ''pervert, thief and what not'', while wildly swinging her bag which hit the poor person as he was thrown away as he landed a few feet away and a couple of people in a dark blue uniform arrived hurriedly while try to calm the lady while giving the down person a couple of kicks, soon the word ''DEAD'' floated above him and he shattered like glass leaving behind a dagger, a few coins and a health potion. Seeing the loot a few more players tried to gather them but was at a receiving end of boots and batons, a few more uniformed people arrived as the rest of the player ran away. Another uniformed person arrived who had much more decorations on his uniform as he spoke out in a commanding tone, "What is going on here? Who is trying to riot in the city under my protection?" A uniformed man ran towards him as he spoke, "Lieutenant, a few vagrants tried to disturb the city peace but we dealt with them, but it seemed like they were prophesized fabled bravemen but they were so lawless and even tried to harass the poor woman that we were forced to intervene not only that he was so weak that they could not take proper hit." Hearing the Lieutenant''s face contorted in disgust as he spoke, "tch, and here many people were so eager for their arrival, bravemen should have an aura of a noble yet they are so disgusting on top of that they are vagrants!! Do not tell me they are imposters trying to con." As they were speaking Zeus covertly activated his only skill, "Observe." __________________________________ Name: ????? Title: ????? Job: ????? ________________________________ Zeus sighed at that, ''It seems my skill level is too low oh well I will have to approach and see if I can ask for help.'' "Excuse me brave gentleman may I ask for your help.", a young voice interrupted them the man turned around before frowning as he spoke in a stern tone, "What do you want vagrant make it quick, I am busy." "Greetings powerful just and helpful peacekeepers, I am unfortunately in need of immediate help as such I so audaciously and brazenly intrude upon you and disturb your time." The Lieutenant: "It seems one of the vagrant has good manners, speak what do you want boy.", his tone was more softer than before but still had an edge in it. Zeus spoke putting up a sorrowful face, "Kind Sir I am one of the bravemen, I had awoken a few minutes ago and it seems I have lost most of my strength and even my weapons and clothing was destroyed reducing me to this pitiful state." The Lieutenant was stunned on hearing that as such he asked, "Is it same for others as well?" Zeus nodded somberly as he spoke, "I believe so, the journey to here is perilous for us and I fear many even failed to make it." The lieutenant nodded in deep thought as he spoke, "I see but can I see your wrist young man." Zeus simply showed his wrist as the Lieutenant exclaimed in disbelief as he spoke, "The prophecy is true, you are one of those bravemen who would finally save our world." One of the men who had previously beaten the poor player to death spoke in a panicked tone, "But this is ridiculous if it is true then why did that person harass the poor lady, I know her she I known as the kindest person around this parts." Zeus gave a kind smile as he spoke in a saintly manner, "My good man, you must have met many people in your life can you put your hand over your heart and say with confidence that all the people you have met are good people, can you say they are honest, can you say they will never commit any crime. Let me answer for you my brave sir, no you cannot because if it were true then people like you did not have the need to sacrifice your joy, happiness, pleasure, peace, sleep and risk your life day after day night after night through the heat, through t cold so that others may rest in peace, so that others can sleep in night trusting themselves in the hand of such brave selfless people.", as he spoke his soft voice rose many levels at the end, he took a deep breath as he began speaking mournfully, "Alas we are also plagued by flawed accursed beings who disrupt peace and tranquility, as such my brave friend I believe you did the right thing by stepping bravely and protecting the weak from the unjust and fraud being." Every uniformed person was pumped up by what they heard, people always complain about this and that but no one appreciated them and their work they always try to find flaw in them and blame them yet they do not understand their sacrifice their selflessness. Meanwhile Zeus gave a pat on the back, he delivered a wonderful speech having an influential politician as your Grandfather helps a lot, but he also winced thinking what about the poor players and mentally apologized to them for referring them as such. Lieutenant: "What is your name Young man?" Zeus: "It is Zeus, Sir." Lieutenant spoke with a smile, "Zeus what is it that is causing problem for you speak freely and we will help you." Zeus: "Thank you sir your kind words, I just wish to know how can I change my vagrant status." The lieutenant nodded as he spoke, "Ah about that, it is simple you have to advance your status to that of ''Serf'' at the City Office. Jon, take him to the city office.", he commanded one of the uniformed person who had arrived first to rescue of the ''frightened'' and ''kind'' lady and vanquished the ''evil'' player who was already prone on the floor from the ''kind'' lady''s love taps. Zeus bowed as he spoke, "Thank you Sir, thank you for your kind gesture." Lieutenant: "No need to say thanks as you said before it is our duty to help others also here take this, this are more useful in the hands of someone like you.", he gave all the loots that had dropped from the dead people. Zeus gave an extremely grateful smile as he spoke, "Thank thank you so much kind sir, if more people like you all exist in this world than it would have become a much better place already." With that he left with Jon towards the City Hall, with a few people who had stayed behind stalking them from a distance. As he went towards the City Hall, he quickly checked a few of the notifications that were chiming during the entire event. [Skill Created] As a diligent usage word to inflate other egos and prides, the Skill [Silver Tongue] has been created. [Silver Tongue] (Passive) [Level 1, 00.00 EXP] This skill allows success in haggling, negotiations and diplomacy by +1%, chances of successfully lying to another within 1 level above you increases by 5% additionally it provided +4 in LUK and CHA. He then quickly checked his skill list. Active: N/A Passive: [Silver Tongue] [Level 1, 00.00/100 EXP] This skill allows success in haggling, negotiations and diplomacy by +1%, chances of successfully lying to another within 1 level above you increases by 5% additionally it provided +4 in LUK and CHA. Support: [Observe] [Level 1, 20.00/100 EXP] This skill provides the basic information on people, animal and objects that is this skill is directed upon. The higher the skill is the more information is gathered. Currently this can be used successfully on person/objects/animals 5 levels above. Cost: 10 MP/Use. Zeus closed the skill menu as he turned towards his escort a he questioned him on a few general knowledge related queries. ''hmmm I see so the money system is divided into the following manner, 100 Tin coin = 1Copper coin 50 Copper coin = 1 Bronze coin 50 Bronze coin = 1 Silver coin 10 Silver coin = 1 Gold coin 5 Gold coin = 5 Platinum coin As such currently I have 6 Bronze, 25 Copper and 600 Tin coins, moreover I got a couple of common tier daggers, 4 loaves of coarse bread, and a couple of bottles of health potion anda bottle of mana potion.'' As he reached City Hall Zeus was escorted by a smiling Jon to the Social Hierarchy and Commoner''s Inheritance office as he spoke to the receptionist, "Excuse me Miss, this fine lad here wants to register as ''Serf''" The woman than handed a form to Zeus as she spoke crisply, "1 Bronze per person to become a serf, fill this form first." Zeus took the form and was greeted by a gibberish words as he spoke, "Brother Jon it seems that I cannot read or write in your language." Jon spoke with alarm, "What? Here let me help you." He quickly penned down his details on a paper before handing it to the lady who then ordered Zeus to put his hand on a globe which glowed white as the lady let out a sigh as she took the bronze coin from Zeus as she spoke in a monotone, "Congratulations, you are now a serf, get lost from here go and learn to read and write you illiterate dunce." Jon felt offended at that but Zeus stopped him from making a scene as he spoke, "Let it be brother, there is no need to get angry. But on that matter of illiteracy where do I learn to read and write." Jon: "Well there is public school but you are too old and it is kind of slow so I might suggest visiting a public library, since you are a serf now you many gain a membership for 1 bronze coin, oh also remember to get a map before you leave I will mark a few places since you are new here so that you do not wander and get yourself in trouble." A few minutes later Zeus and spending of 10 copper coins he was proud owner of a common tier city map which was then crudely marked by Jon. 5 First Quest Part-2 As Zeus separated from Jon he looked at the map on his hand. Zeus: ''Observe'' Name: Renaissance City Map Tier: Common Durability: 5/5 Description: A crudely drawn ''Ordinary map'' of Renaissance City which has been modified by City Guard Jon and upgraded to ''Common Tier'' for better help. At least now you will not get lost. As soon as he finished using observe on the item an option appeared on his ''HUD'', [Integrate city map to Map system] [YES / No] He quickly selected the option as the map in his hand turned into light and entered him, as another massage appeared in front of him. [You have successfully integrated the Map into the Map System. Local Regional Map unlocked un-locked. Consult Menu for further Map related objects.] Zeus: ''Menu'' As he opened the menu he saw a couple of help options turned off which included his Health bar,Mana bar and Stamina bar as well as the mini map, which he quickly turned on. AS he closed the menu he smiled as he saw the 3 essential bars proudly on display on the upper left corner with his level 1 in a square box, and on the lower right was the mini-map displayed. Zeus: ''Map'' As a holographic map of the entire city was displayed in front of him he quickly placed a way point on the Public Library before closing it. ''There seems to be 3 different libraries but currently I will be allowed to enter library in the slums, others will not allow me enter because of my low social status.'' "Excuse me brother.", a voice from his side interrupted him as he turned to see a golden haired, mocha colored skin, and red eyed man interrupted him. Zeus: "Yes how may I help you?", while discreetly using ''observe'' on him . Name: TopNIggah HP: 250/250 MP: 250/250 STA: 250/250 The man spoke with a smile, "Brother may I ask what you were doing in that public office." Seeing no harm in telling him as he spoke, "That office there can be used to remove your ''Vagrant'' status for a fee of 1 Bronze coin, the ''Vagrant'' status negatively affects not only your charisma but also causes the City people to dislike you, I would advise you to get rid of it as soon as possible or else it might interfere with your quest." The man frowned at that as he spoke, "That is troubling but this bronze coin is it the ''B'' one showing in the money column?" Zeus: "Yep ''B'' for bronze, ''C'' for copper and ''T'' for tin, with tin being the lowest, then copper, then bronze, oh before I forget they will give you a form the letters of which are completely gibberish as such get some NPC to help you out to fill it." The man looked alarmed at that as he spoke in disbelief, "Really!?" Zeus smirked as he spoke, "Yup after all we are ''Illiterate'', when it comes to the languages of Isera.", while drawing quotation marks with his fingers in the air trying to emphasis on it. The man smirked at that as he spoke, "Well I will be off then, and spend one of the Bronze coin from my pile of 2." As the man was about to leave Zeus suddenly spoke, "Oh and the receptionist is kind of bitch so have fun." The man without turning back just kept on moving as he raised his hand to wave back to him. As Zeus was about to leave he was stopped by a woman with blue hair and purple skin, "Excuse me, how do you get read of the ''Illiterate'' status.", Zeus once again used observe on another person. Name: CoolBeauty HP: 250/250 MP: 250/250 STA: 250/250 Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "I was told to find the library which I will try to do now." The woman nodded as she left, along with a bunch of people, he was sure by the end of the day a huge queue of people trying to upgrade their social status will be formed in front of the City Hall. Following the way point marked on the mini map he decided to run towards the Library, ''hmm maybe I should parkour my way to the library, and there is a chance I might be able to gain the skill.'' As such he ran using parkour the entire way towards the Library and after 30 minutes a worn out building was in sight near the slum area of the city. Zeus stopped with a grown as he thought, ''oy oy what is this ma I panting as from running the entire way, I a real life person panting inside a game, a GAME!!!!!!!!!!, wow just wow I am speechless I just hope I do not develop schizophrenia from all this.'' He approached a dusty badly maintained library and a greasy old man with nasally voice spoke, "What do you want kid, if you want to learn something you may enter otherwise scram." Zeus: "Sir, I am illiterate as such I wish to learn to read and write, with the help of library." The man snorted as he spoke, "An illiterate serf I see, 1 Bronze coin for membership for 6 months." Zeus sighed as he forked out the necessary amount as he thought, ''Bandits, all of them are plain and simple bandits nothing more nothing less.'' The Librarian, "I would suggest you try to learn Inglish before you try to learn the others. It is the most common language known by almost everyone, but still each race has their own like us humans have Icun, and if you wish to learn the language of other races, well you are out of luck only the library for the Nobles has those. Oh before I forget serfs are allowed only on the first floor and if you wish to access the higher floors get a higher social status." Zeus: "Sir, Can you recommend any books to me and where can I get some utensils for writing." The librarian: "The books on the 10th aisle to your left start from the one at the bottom of the shelf at the very end, and you may not take any books with you and I could sell you some for 50 copper coins you get 8 quires of paper and a pencil.", with that he went on with his work. Zeus simply went and took out a old worn out book as he cracked it opened as he deadpanned at what he saw, a children''s picture book and is that English. He sighed as he gathered the necessary things and went on a hunt for table and chair most of them were so dirty he would not want to put his shoes on let alone sit on it. 4 hours later he had already mastered the Inglish language and was already finished learning to read and write, but he was only 25% done with the Icun which seemed like strange mixture of Latin, German, Greek and English. He was done for the day as such he bade the librarian goodbye who simply ignored him as he stepped outside at first thought of checking out his stats only to change his mind, ''Maybe later on I have spend so much time inside the library reading and writing I am bound to get some cool boost if those chiming of notifications were any indications now I have to find a place to train, now where was the dojo again.'' As he neared the dojo he grimaced as he heard a few people cursing and shouting only to be thrown out as he neared the dojo he was greeted by a gruff looking many seating on a stool with a table and a small box on it and a banner behind him which proudly displayed 1Bronze and 50 Copper for 6 months. Zeus grimaced, ''Nope comparing them to bandits is like comparing a poodle to a T-Rex, even bandits are more honorable than them.'' Zeus sighed as he stepped forward as he spoke, "Is there any social hierarchy to use the Dojo?" The man nodded as he spoke, "Serf." Zeus sighed as he produced 2 bronze coins in his hand as he spoke, "I have 2 bronze coins I hope you have change." The man nodded as he extended his left hand on which Zeus placed the 2 coins as he gave him the 50 copper coins as change. As soon as Zeus entered he was hit by full force by heavy sweating smell causing him to gag, it smelled like a gym changing room which has never been cleaned since the day it was opened. ''ugh who is the cleaner he/she should be literally kicked out of the establishment.'' "Ah welcome to the ''Fitness Express Dojo'', and congratulations for being a member.", a fat person spoke in monotone and from the looks of it he would like to be anywhere but here, "So do you need any help with workout or you can take care of yourself?" Zeus: "No I do not need any help but you can have this place cleaned up a bit it smells like a pigsty." The man simply snorted as he wobbled towards the office room as he spoke, "If you want more than go to the other gyms dirty serf." Zeus''s eyes twitched at that he sighed there is nothing else he could do except use menu and to switch off his sense of smell oh well whatever. Zeus got to one side and began his warm up stretches before he hit the bench press, followed by squats, pushups, normally he spends at least a couple of hours inside the gym at his house but even a couple of hours was being difficult to deal with here, which he chalked out to because of stats. He finished his workout with great difficulty, at the end of it is getting difficult for him to even breathe properly, ''I hate how much weak I have become I should try meditating a bit.'' He grimaced as he saw his stamina bar was low at 2/250. As such he meditated for almost an hour before he stood up and stretched, as him resting and meditatinghad made sure his stamina had recovered fully before he hit the practice arena, ''This will not do, the regeneration rate is too poor I had to wait for it to refill everytime, and guzzling down on potion is not worth it, I have to learn to make the potions if I have to survive not to mention I have to learn to cook or at least find a method to earn money for it, a single coarse bread costs around 1copper20tin.'' Zeus in real life had received in various martial arts, he may not be the absolute best but he was no slouch either, and after couple of hours punching the wooden training dummy he was completely spend and his stamina was low again. When he left the Dojo according to his in game watch it was already 5p.m., ''ah what to do now.'' Without anything left to do he began loitering around the slum, while waiting for his stamina to regenerate. '' It was already at around 6 p.m. and his stamina had recovered fully by then when he came across an old woman, near a bit of outskirts of the slum area, the woman was sitting while looking helplessly towards the gate. Zeus: "Is something wrong lady?" The old woman just looked at him as she spoke mournfully, "Nothing lad my old age catching up that is all." Zeus: "Is there any way I could help you lady?" The lady: "Oh and what would you want from providing me with your help." Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Well I am new to this city, and would wish to sleep with something above my head as such a long as you could point me towards something like that I would consider it even." The woman sighed as she spoke, "I can help you with that but provided you bring me some 100 Red blister mushrooms and 100 Sunshine flowers can you do that." Zeus: "Can you show me what they look like." The woman nodded as she produced a red blister mushroom and sunshine flower, Zeus took it as he examined it while using ''observe'' on them. Name: Red Blister Mushroom Tier: Common Description: One of the ingredients to make basic healing potion, can be used directly to gain +30 heath but leaves bad breath status for 30 minutes causing CHA -5% for 30 minutes. Name: Sunshine Flower Tier: Common Description: One of the ingredients for many potions is used mostly as stabilizing agent, purifying agent in potions. Zeus nodded as he spoke, "No problem it will be done." The woman smiled as she spoke, the gate over there is the east gate of the city leave through it, then travel a little about 900 meters straight and you will fight yourself in front of a forest, where you will find the mushrooms and in between them is a grass field, where you can find the ''Sunshine flower'', well its petals will be closedsince it is already in the evening and soon it will be night fall, oh remember to search for mushrooms first the wolves will be present there, and in the grass land there is only single horned rabbits present which are relatively harmless than the wolves. Oh and call me Granny Zoe." _________________________________________________________________ [Quest Alert] Main Quest: Gather 100 Red Blistering mushrooms and 100 Sunshine Flowers for Granny Zoe Main Quest Reward: 200EXP, A place to Sleep, ????? Failure: 0EXP, Sleep outside items may get stolen. Zeus nodded as he made his way towards the gate before he stopped, ''I should probably check my Stats before stepping outside who knows what I might encounter if I know my stats I might help me a lot.'' __________________________________________________________________ Name: Zeus Level: 1 Next level: 0/100 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):1875 (Regen: 41.25/min) Mana (MP):1750 (Regen: 33/min) Stamina (STA):1875 Strength (STR): 75 Vitality (VIT): 75(Regen: 37.5/min) Endurance (END): 75 Dexterity (DEX):72.5 Intelligence (INT):70 Wisdom (WIS):70 Luck (LUK): 42.9 Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 75 Magical Attack: 70 Physical Defense: 75 Magical Defense: 70 Money: 2B 65C 600T Perks: N/A Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 10 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Then he quickly checked his skills. Active: N/A Passive: [Martial Arts] [Level 5, 20/1500 EXP] Hand to hand combat is your forte, the feel of crushing your enemy by your bare hands. Provides +25% Dex, STR, VIT and END [Meditation] [Level 2, 200/300 EXP] An ancient method of relaxation, which enables one to clear his/her mind from various shenanigans of daily life enabling one to achieving peace and calm. Provides +10 WIS & +10 INT and it also provides about +10% increase in regeneration of a person in Health, Mana and Stamina Stats, irrelevant whether the person is inside or outside of battle. [Parkour] [Level 4, 20/1000 EXP] Move like an animal with incredible feats of agility Provides +20% DEX [Silver Tongue] [Level 1, 00.00/100 EXP] This skill allows success in haggling, negotiations and diplomacy by +1%, chances of successfully lying to another within 1 level above you increases by 5% additionally it provided +4 in LUK and CHA. Support: [Observe] [Level 4, 20.00/1000 EXP] This skill provides the basic information on people, animal and objects that is this skill is directed upon. The higher the skill is the more information is gathered. Currently this can be used successfully on person/objects/animals 9 levels above. Cost: 10 MP/Use. ____________________________________________________________________________ He then jogged out of the gate then he was greeted with sights of men and women butchering rabbits like mad men and women, all those poor rabbits. A couple of fights had broken amongst players. ''Damn, it seems people are trying to earn as much as possible so as to increase their class so that they might be able to get some quest.'' "You over there halt.", a gruff voice Zeus stopped causing him to turn around as he was approached by a Guard. City Guard: "Where are you going?" Zeus: "Granny Zoe asked me to gather 100 Red Blistering Mushrooms and 100 Sunshine Flower." City Guard: "It is almost 6:30 at the evening, the gate will close from around that time, and no vagrant will be allowed to enter but are you a serf." Zeus: "Yes Sir I am, Why?" City Guard: "Well you may enter whenever you wish but be careful the wolves are a bit restless as of late." Zeus nodded he avoided the crowd of mad men and woman as he made his way to the forest. As he stepped into the forest he changed his gears into Armor Shits, Trousers, Gloves and Boots as well as equipped his Sword Staff. An hour later it was dark and Zeus had just finished picking the last mushroom, ''Lucky such high luck stat of mine is really helping me out a lot in these situations." He was almost at the edge of the forest when felt a small crunch he gripped his weapon hard, he knew that his sword staff along with his attack provides almost 95damage to the opponent. His body tensed as he turned around his eyes widen as he was greeted with a sight of a big wolf almost twice as big as normal wolves lunging towards him. 6 First Quest Part-3 Zeus''s expression hardened he knew if he dodges he will be flanked on two sides by such large wolves as such with a loud cry he thrust the Sword Staff towards the wolf''s maw as he held it tightly with both his hands, his left leg back and with his right knee bent he stood in such a way so that the center of gravity was lower and the sword staff was in the same line as the left leg. His shook with the impact as he saw the Sword Staff had pierced through the wolf''s head, a large red colored number -800 floated above the wolf''s head, seeing it Zeus smirked he was able to land a critical hit on the wolf, he knew in his heart the only reason he was able to kill the wolf was because he had taken advantage of the momentum of the wolf. An option appeared on his HUD. LOOT! [YES/NO] A loud snarl brought his attention to the second wolf, he grimace his Sword Staff was lodged deeply inside the beast he had to remove it or he would be dead, as the second wolf tried to attack him from his right side, he quickly pressed ''Yes'' and no sooner did pressed the option, he was able to move , he drew his legs in before sending a backward thrust using the staff end of the sword thrust, a whimper was heard as he hit the wolf hard on the jaw causing the wolf to get stunned for a few seconds he did not stop there he began attacking the wolf relentlessly, stabs, cuts and smash was what he rained down on the wolf, various numbers were seen -95, -120,-120 was seen floating up on the wolf, before it suddenly tried to bite him causing him to jump back, before lunged towards the wolf putting his weight behind the attack as another -120 floated and the wolf died, he did not waste any time to loot it. He quickly looted the corpses before left the forest but he only managed to move a couple of meters away from the forest that he was greeted with a couple of howls and soon he found himself surrounded by 4 more wolves and another wolf smaller than the other standing behind them. Zeus quickly used ''observe '', on them, and two different types stood up. Name: Feral Wolf Scout Level: 2 Health: 420/420 Mana: 20/20 Stamina: 300/300 Name: Dire Wolf pup Level: 3 Health: 380/380 Mana: 400/400 Stamina: 300/300 Element: ??? Zeus''s eyes widen at the last one, 4 Feral Wolf and one Dire wolf, he clicked his teeth as he tried to formulate a plan inside his mind, ''From what I have seen it is going to be the most dangerous one, staying back and having large mana means it will be a mage type, damn I am so unlucky I have no skill I should have tried practicing using my Sword Staff today I should have tried working with my weapon may be I would have gained something.'' Suddenly without warning the pup spat out a fire ball towards him he managed to dodge it, but it was too close he winced as he felt his skin feel the burn, he took a deep breath and with a war cry he joined the fight. A wolf lunged at him he send a slash at his snout before he stabbed at him, before twirling his staff he gave ita good whacking on its head, a few numbers went uprapidly -95, -95, -95. He then jumped away from it as a jaw came too close to his head. He saw from the corner of his eye that the dire wolf pup instead of joining him was circling around keeping a close eye on him. He looked at the injured wolf which was at the back now as two of the wolf stood in front of him but the third was missing, a few -5 went above the injured wolf''s head meaning he had successfully inflicted some status most probably bleeding. He knew the other was already behind him, he slightly turned his head and saw it coming for the kill by jumping on him, he jumped to the left as he swung his Sword Staff making a cut on its neck and a damage of -190 appear on it as -10 went on it, he did not allowed it to rest he stabbed the injured part in quick succession as -120, -120, -120 appeared and it dropped dead. He knew he had to play safe, if he gets caught it will be game over, he had injured one killed one, so he had two feral and one dire left. He looked at the stamina and grimaced all the fighting had cost him a lot of his stamina, which was around 1250/1875. The three wolves growled as the injured one went for the center and the other two flanked him from the eitherside, and they charged towards him, Zeus decided to attack the one the most injured as he reached him he saw fire sparking from the pup''s mouth. Using his weapon as a guard he maneuvered the injured wolf to be his shield as a fireball hit it wiyh a loud boom, making it howl in pain as a large number of -200 appeared the wolf was dead but it does not mean it does not have any uses he used it as a shield as he bashed the Dire wolf pup, making it stumble without warning he stabbed the wolf through it eye hitting the brain with full force,a red figure 0f -350 appeared Zeus as he kicked it hard with full force getting a damage of -80 appearing killing it. The other two rushed towards him only for him to slay them within a few more minutes. He sighed as he looked at his stamina 700/1875. He looted the wolves and frowned to see only a single slot inside his inventory but what made his eyes go wide was a skill book inside his inventory space. He did not stop walking as he used observe on the skill tome. Name: Fire Ball Damage: 100, area of effect +10% of total damage within 2*2 are. Cost: 150 He quickly opened it as broke into light before it entered his body, he sighed now only 100 for Sunshine flowers. Another hour later a figure was scene jogging toward the city gates, in ragged clothing this figure was none other than Zeus he had just finished collected everything and was now moving towards the city gate, it looked like a carnival outside the city gate with the amount of players sitting outside gossiping it seemed they barred from entrance after the time ran out a such they had to stay awake otherwise there is a chance they might get killed outside of safe zone. As Zeus approached the gate everyone looked at him with amusement in their eye, as he reached the gate a guard stopped him, "Stop right there no vagrants allowed in the city come back tomorrow morning." Zeus: "Sir, I am a serf actually." The Guard snorted as he spoke, "Yes yes you are a serf touch this crystal if you are a serf, but if you are a vagrant, then you die." Zeus nodded as he placed his hand on the crystal, it glowed a pale yellowish color, as the guard moved out his way as he spoke, "You are allowed to enter." Zeus nodded as he entered, a couple of curses which would make even the sailors blush was being uttered behind his back, after he entered the city Zeus went to the spot where he had first met Granny Zoe and low and behold there she was sitting waiting for his return. He sighed it was time to turn in the quest items and then he would check out his stats and he would log out inside the safe zone. 7 Level Up Zeus spoke with a smile as he neared Granny Zoe''s place, "Granny Zoe, I have finished collecting them." Zoe: "Well then let me count them." As soon as she spoke those words, a message appeared in his HUD. [QUEST UPDATE] Main Quest: Gather 100 Red Blistering mushrooms and 100 Sunshine Flowers for Granny Zoe Main Quest Reward: 200EXP, A place to Sleep, ????? Failure: 0EXP, Sleep outside items may get stolen. SUBMIT QUEST: YES/NO Naturally Zeus pressed yes, as the quest items disappeared from his inventory. The old woman nodded as she spoke, "Hmmm not bad not bad, well you certainly earned your place to sleep for the night." A chime was heard as another message was displayed on his HUD. [QUEST COMPLETED] Main Quest: Gather 100 Red Blistering mushrooms and 100 Sunshine Flowers for Granny Zoe Main Quest Reward Earned: 200EXP, A place to Sleep, ????? Zeus, ''huh still a mystery it seems oh well, whatever.'' Zoe: "You seemed a bit worn out, did you have any problem?" Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Nothing much but a few wolves." Zoes looked alarmed as she spoke, "Oh my, I hope you are not hurt." Zeus: "You do not have to worry granny, I was able to defeat them but now I have a few wolf pelts and bones but I do not know what to do with it." Zoe smiled at him as she spoke, "Well we can talk about that tomorrow morning now follow me." As Zeus followed her he had a small talk with her and he learned that she was a potion maker, who helps around the slum area, ''hmmm I can learn something from her.'' Soon they reached in front of a shabby looking hut, "Please come in." Zeus entered as he spoke, "Thank you for having me." As he entered he noticed that even if it was a bit shabby from outside the inside was another matter, it was clean and everything was placed neatly. "Please sit here.", the woman placed a chair for Zeus to sit as she went towards the stove started making something for him. And soon she appeared with some form of soup and bread in her hands which she placed one in front of Zeus and she took another bowl filled with soup and a loaf of bread. Zeus thanked her, he had a sudden urge to check on the soup and bread from the looks of it looked a bit better quality than the one he had in his inventory but he decided against it, it would not look good on him. Zoe: "So Zeus what are you planning to do in the future." Zeus closed his eyes in deep thought as he spoke, "Well I want a grand adventure, make many new people, learn about them, and make new friends with whom I would share new adventures nothing more." Zoe: "Oh and here I thought you ''braveman'' according to the prophecy would have arrived here to save our world." Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Sorry Granny Zoe since I have been here I have heard about is a prophecy and how we would help your world, but here is the thing I do not know what this prophecy is about and what I have to save you from." Zoe sighed hard she spoke while stirring her soup with a piece of bread, "I cannot tell you word to word if wish to know you have to seek out the Archbishop but seeing you are a serf well I doubt even his gardener would see you much less him so I will tell you just the gist of the entire matter, do you know how our world almost met an end." Zeus nodded as he lied to her, "Well before I arrived here I saw visions of how Goddess of war Lady Ulene had perished and then a group of other gods arrived who took down the one who killed Goddess Ulene in a single blow before he spoke something about¡­.." Zoe finished Zeus''s sentence for him as she spoke somberly, "¡­. the dying embers of this world give birth to a new one. The person who spoke was none other than God of Creation, Life and Justice King of Gods, God Ynor, he and his brethren in order to save us sacrificed themselves by creating a barrier which prevented the foreign Gods who were trying to invade our lands from entering, we won that but it was a pyrrhic victory billions perished, even after the events over 3000 years ago, the foreign Gods still try their best to invade us not only that but many of their followers had survived that day who are still present on this world corrupting others and bidding their time waiting for the barrier to fall so that the invasion may begin anew. Before their death the Gods of this world the God of prophecy Maion prophesized the arrival of the ''bravemen '', who will save us from the second invasion." Zeus silently ate the soup as he spoke, "Well I am no saint as to risk my life for complete stranger not only that but I am a bit selfish as such if someone tries to disrupt my adventures and standing in the way of my friends I will mow them down." Zoe gave him a small smile as she spoke, "There is spare bedroom upstairs feel free to use it while staying here provided you help me out every now and then." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "Thank you Granny Zoe." As Zeus laid down on the bed he checked his status. Name: Zeus Level: 3 Next level: 180/600 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):1875 (Regen: 41.25/min) Mana (MP):1750 (Regen: 33/min) Stamina (STA):1875 Strength (STR): 75 Vitality (VIT): 75(Regen: 37.5/min) Endurance (END): 75 Dexterity (DEX):72.5 Intelligence (INT):70 Wisdom (WIS):70 Luck (LUK): 42.9 Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 75 Magical Attack: 70 Physical Defense: 75 Magical Defense: 70 Money: 2B 115C 600T Perks: N/A Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 22 It seems that by each of the wolves gave him 50EXP each and the dire wolf was 80EXP. He decided it was time for him to log out he had been playing for a long time now it was already four a.m. in the morning in real life as such it was time for him to log out. With a hiss the lid open as he stretched himself after getting refreshed he hit the family gym and dojo, and at exactly around 8:00 a.m. he was sitting at the usual position at the table waiting for breakfast to be bought for him. His life was like a clockwork wake up at 4:00 a.m., hit the gym and dojo, and then take a bath before arriving for breakfast. Another habit he gained was reading news from his i-band while eating breakfast something he got from his father and grandfather. As he opened the news section he smirked seeing that Cameron Carr was being arrested for tax evasion, money laundering well the list went on and on. "See something you like son.", came Tristan''s voice who was accompanied by his wife. Nathanael spoke with a grin, "Good morning mom and dad, and thank you for it." Aubrielle asked curiously, "For what my baby?" Nathanael: "Taking revenge on those who insulted me on that day." Aubrielle: "There is no need to thanks child they made the mistake for crossing us and now are paying the price." Nathanael nodded as he spoke, "So true normally I would had let it slide if she had simply broken up with me but she went and insulted my family and me, something I will not tolerate." Tristan: "Well enough about them, do you know your cousin will be arriving today." Nathanael''s eyes lit up as he almost jumped from the chair in excitement at hearing about the arrival of her cousin. 8 Selling of Goods Nathanael''s maternal grandmother Isabella''s grandfather had a younger sister who had married a Russian, and even after so many years their family had connections with each other. Nathanael''s cousin Nikolayeva Maksimovna Ivanova is the only daughter of Yelena Denisovna Ivanova and Maksim Sergeievich Ivanov, otherwise dubbed as the Russian Oil Queen and King around the world, their oil and power related business are second to none in the world even better than ''Solicetem''. Nikolayeva is older than Nathanael by almost 6 years and recently she had graduated from college back home and now she was moving to USA as the branch head of her father''s company ''Ivanov Oil and Power Ltd.'', she and Nathanael had been very close since they were children, they were the closest of friends as well as confidants, as such how can he not be ecstatic when he heard that she was arriving and will be staying at their home for a very long time. Nathanael: "Dad when is she arriving?" Tristan smiled as he spoke, "Well she will be here by today evening." Nathanael was giddy at that. Aubrielle, "So my baby, what kind of adventures did you have inside the game?" Nathanael sighed as he spoke, "Well to tell you the truth the game is so amazing that I fear that the critics might be correct and I might end up suffering from schizophrenia." At that both his parents were alarmed before Nathanael chuckled directly as he spoke, "Well relax mom and dad I will be fine, and as for adventures well the system inside the game is complicated, like the class system which is essentially a social hierarchy system, people start with the lowest class the vagrant and when you are starting at such a class well people do not trust you, they will look down on you and most importantly getting quest is very very difficult, another thing I noticed that if there is any problem, the city guards will suspect the vagrants first.", he took a deep breath as he continued, "This status affects Charisma stat and in a game where it is forcing the development of stats it is difficult, I saw one person getting beaten to death because the vagrant status lowered his charisma stats to the pointwhere his presence scared a woman to the point that the city guards beaten him to death." His parents frowned at that as Tristan asked Nathanael, "What about you? What happened to you?" Nathanael, "Well I was present there and because of me pumping those NPC city guard''s ego I ended being escorted to a public office where I bought the status of serf, it was costly in fact the people of the city are mostly dacoits in disguise, I had to spend most of the bronze coins I had in order to get the serf status, joining a gym where I was able to increase my stats and a library basically if you do not learn to read or write you will be an illiterate, and as for quest I got one it was to collect medicinal herbs but I ended up fighting 6 wolves at the end of the day." Aubrielle: "Seems like you had it rough." Nathanael gave a shrug as he spoke, "Yes I am mom and dad though I want to thank you for the Platinum tiered gaming rig, the bonus prize I got from it helped me a lot with the money issue a lot, if it were not for it I do not know how much time I had to waste trying to gather additional some of the money by doing chores.", he took a deep breath as he spoke, "But what was the worse is the social hierarchy needed for one to get anything, currently I am at the slum area and most of the things are not so good out there, library had seen better days and the gym/dojo,ewww I wanted to through up it was so smelly and gross I felt sick." Tristan: "I heard the exchange function would open within a month from now on then you will be able to use a lot of money if you want to." Nathanael scowled as he spoke, "I do not like to play games spending real life money it would waste the meaning of playing the game itself and I would wish if you tow would join as well the game is wonderful, it would be so much fun." Aubrielle gave a small smile as she spoke, "I am sorry son, but because of our schedule it will be difficult but tell you what we would like to play with you when we are free but may be not regularly." Tristan: "So son do you have any plan on what you want to do next." Nathanael smiled as he spoke, "Well nothing much I just want to have a grand adventure." A few more minutes later Nathanael''s parents left as they had lots of work to do, he stared outside from the window as he frowned, ''Those god forsaken paparazzi, do they have nothing else to do'', he pulled the curtain to prevent some unwanted people from peeking inside. As he made inside his room as his eyes fell on a souvenir his ex-girlfriend had gifted him, he scowled as he went towards a small telephone placed beside his bed, he picked up the receiver as he pressed a number, a couple of ring and click was heard, "Young Master, how may I help you?", came a melodious voice from the other side of the receiver. Nathanael: "There are few objects inside my room that I want to be disposed off so send someone to my room." A few minutes later Katrina accompanied by a couple of maids entered the room, as they found Nathanael piling various items on the floor starting from pictures various souvenirs and what not. Katrina: "Young Master what is that you wish to dispose off." Nathanael: "You see the garbage I am piling up.", he spoke as he searched the drawers for a few more things throwing them in the ever growing pile, "Take all of this and dispose of them, I do not wish to see even the smallest piece from this pile again." They all gave a small bow as they took all the stuff and left, while Nathanael ran his hand through his head as he sighed hard. He then lied inside his capsule which closed with a hiss, as his world went white, and a few minutes later he found himself staring at the ceiling of Zoe''s house. Zeus sighed as he saw it was a little late as he whispered to himself, "Oh well a new day and a new start." He left the bed as he stepped out of his room he was greeted to the sight of an old woman working on those ingredients bought by him as she worked her magic with them creating health potion. Zoe: "It seems you finally decided to wake up." Zeus scratched his head sheepishly as he spoke, "Sorry I overslept a bit." Zoe: "Well here is the deal child as long as you help me I will let you stay here, and by help I mean to gather ingredients fortunately for you I have nothing to give you today so you are free to do whatever you wish to and if I remember from yesterday''s talk, I would recommend you to try the butcher shop 10 houses to the left and if you wish to sell your wolf pelt then a few more houses." Zeus nodded as he spoke,"Thank you Granny Zoe, see you later.", with that he left the house as he began a new day. As instructed Zeus followed the Zoe''s instruction as he made his way to the butcher, ''Calin''s Thirsty Cake Butcher shop'', only to find no one present. A bell was hung near the door, he rang the bell a couple of times before he heard a faint, ''I am coming'', and soon a man and a woman appeared. The woman was a brunette with looks of that of a plump middle aged housewife, where as the man looked like a bear with one of his legs was wooden. The woman spoke with a smile, "Welcome to ''Calin''s Thirsty Cake Butcher shop'', how we may help you?" Zeus: "I had some wolf meat to sell and Granny Zoe pointed me towards your direction." Hearing the name the couple''s eyes widen as the woman spoke, "Granny Zoe send you." Zeus: "Yes I wish to sale the meat I got from killing wolves." The woman nodded as she spoke, "Certainly." Zeus laid the meats from different wolves on top of the counter, the man checked the meat as he grunted while the woman nodded before speaking, "The meat you have provided are all of common tier quality each at 10 copper coins, normally a dire wolf meat fetches a good price but you have brought only a child so the price is only at 15 copper coin, bringing it to a total of 75 copper coins." Zeus nodded as he was paid the requisite amount as he left towards the next building, the armourer''s workshop. 9 Cousin Arrives Selling the skins got him a few more coins although unlike the meat the cost of skin of a Dire Wolf Pup was lower than full fledged grown feral wolves, at the end he got 1 Bronze and 20 Copper coins and only 10 Copper for the Dire wolf Pup skin. He checked his skills the only one offensive skill he seemed to have seemed to be fireball. [Fire Ball] [Level 1, 0/100 EXP] Element: Fire Tier: I Description: A ball of fire which can be thrown at a moderate speed towards an enemy, it provides +75. Costs: 200MP/usage Zeus blanched at that as he murmured, "It is too costly, and even if I use the fireball I can only use it 9 times before exhausting my mana pool, on top of that I will definitely learn an attack or two mana management will be complicated and then comes the tier thing ''Tier: I'' is the lowest that means there is definitely something better how much would they would require." He felt a headache forming, but he had other things to do specially built up his stats and what not but first the smelly gym/dojo he grumbled as he made his way to the gym he noticed that unlike yesterday there were many people present there. As he entered he used observe on the dojo, [Fitness Express Dojo] Tier: Common Description: One of the many Dojos in Renaissance city enables people to train here to increase their more physical oriented stats and skills. Gain +1% increase in EXP gain while training here. Minimum Requirement: Serf ''The description is almost nice but at the same time so wrong they forgot to mention about the smell.'' With that he entered the gym after he finished stretching he went to the practice field where on a rack various weapon was kept an old man was sitting on a chair with a bored look on his face. As Zeus reached the weapon rack the old man suddenly spoke, "What kind of weapon would you need?" Zeus: "A sword staff please." The old man handed him a sword staff as he spoke, "You may use it here only and dif you take it outside without any proper reason your membership will be terminated and no dojo in this country will grant you one for the next 5 years." Zeus nodded as he used observed on his weapon, [SWORD STAFF] Profession Restriction: None Tier: Common Level Requirement: None Physical Attack: 0 Magic Attack: 0 Durability: Infinite Description: Used for training purpose only. Zeus stood in front of a training dummy as he used observe on it, [Fitness Express Dojo Training Dummy] Tier: Common Durability: Infinite. Two hours later Zeus had fallen on his behind as he glanced at the training dummy on which he had rained blows after blows as he gulped in air to calm his breath as he saw the skills screen and smirked he had gained 3 more skills during the period now he just needed to grind them, they were weak currently but he believed over time he would be able to make them grow incredibly stronger. He mediated for a little bit before he made his way to the library where he spent a good amount of time learning not only about new languages but he also learned a lot of new things, he took a glance at the in game watch and saw that had already logged in for a 6 hours in game time, maybe he should poke around some places and see if he could get some more quests, only for a message to pop up. He opened it and was greeted by a message from his mother. [Son we are extremely busy as such please pick up your cousin and that woman when they arrive at Richmond airport at 1 P.M., Flight number BA-234 from Moscow] Zeus checked the clock it was already 11 a.m. , oh well he would get ready, he logged out of the game as he left the capsule with a hiss, he had to get ready soon in order to welcome his cousin and her mother. He never understood why his mother and his aunt could never get along both always had small fights when they were at the same place together but at the same time when it came to them they were both loved by their mothers as their own children. He left his room as he found Katrina dusting the already sparkling windows even more he went towards her causing her to turn at his footsteps as she bowed while speaking "Is there anything you want from me Young Master." Nathanael rolled his eyes as he spoke, "Big sis Kat, how many times did I tell you to call me Nathan when I am alone with you all, I grew up seeing you and the others who work here since I was a baby yet and see you all as my family so please do not treat me as such", he finished with a pout. Causing Katrina to chuckle as she spoke, "Ok little brother so what do you need." Nathanael smiled at that as he spoke, "Cousin Nikola and aunt Yelena are arriving today you I hope you know.", Katrina nodded with a tired sigh at that causing Nathanael to smirk, "They will be arriving at Richmond so I want a transport ready to receive them. Oh and have fun trying to become middleman between two children.", he finished with smirk only to receive a groan in return. Half an hour later a well groomed Zeus stepped was found sitting inside a limousine, which cruised through the city towards the airport, he opened his i-band as he messaged back to his mother, [Going to pickup cousin and aunt.] He yawned as he opened the news section before he was greeted by the news which made him laugh uproariously at seeing the headlines. ''P.E. Teacher to Drug Dealer'' and the most hilarious of all, ''How Safe is Schools: History Teacher who is a Sexual Predator.'' The two teachers, who made his life hell during the school, were dealt with by his family what a good way to start a day. He hated them a lot specially the history teacher rumor was around the school that she was sleeping with the toad for some money, she was always finding an excuse to cause trouble for him every now and then like the P.E. teacher but now she will be behind bars for a long time. A bit of wait and he was greeted by a familiar visage of his smiling cousin and his aunt who went and hugged him hard. 10 Money making Schemes Yelena cupped Nathanael''s face lovingly as she spoke, "Nathan let me look at your face, oh how much you have grown, it has been two years since I last saw you, how have you been?", as she gave a small peck on his forehead. Nathanael smiled as he spoke, "I am fine aunty, but how have you been?" Yelena smiled as she spoke, "I am fine child." No sooner than did Yelena release he was hugged by his cousin as she spoke in a giddy manner, "Oh my cuz, I heard you already graduated from school congratulations." Nathanael just smiled sheepishly as he spoke, "Thank you, but I believe you all must be tired let us leave so you two may rest." With that they left the airport as Nathanael with the help of his driver loaded the luggage as he entered the car as he sat opposite to the mother daughter duo. Yelena: "Where is your mother and father, Nathan?" Nathanael shrugged as he spoke, "I do not know, I was playing the ''Embers of Isera'', when I received a message from mom telling me to receive, something important had come up all of sudden as such theyr were unable to arrive." Yelena simply nodded at that, when running such a big business empire something is bound to happen. Nikolayeva: "Nathan, how is the game? I bought a platinum capsule but I have yet to enter the game itself, so how is it." Nathanael smiled as he spoke, "Well calling it a simple game will be injustice you should call it an alternate reality by how amazing the game is." Nikolayeva: "I cannot wait to play." Yelena sighed as she spoke, "You can play it but not before tonight get some rest, and if what brother Tristan has said your capsule will be installed by dinner time then you may join Nathan." Nikolayeva pouted before turning towards Nathanael as she spoke with a grin, "So what level have you reached?" Nathanael: "Currently I am Level 3." Nikolayeva frowned as she spoke, "What only level 3, what blasphemy is this, since when you have been playing." Nathanael sighed as he spoke, "Since the launch of the game, but there are many things in this game which you have to deal fast if you want to get a quest like social hierarchy, everyone starts at the bottom, as long as you are at the bottom let alone get quest people will treat you like animals, on top of that you have to learn this or that, it is very tiresome. But enough of that how was your flight?" Yelena shrugged as she spoke, "Well there was slight turbulence, and you know after the global warming has increased drastically it has caused change in weather as such turbulences are not so uncommon now a day." As they gossiped with each other the time passed by as they reached the ''Osprey'' mansion, where a group of maids led by Katrina appeared as they greeted them. Yelena: "Ah Katrina, how have you been?" Katrina simply bowed as she spoke, "I have been well Ma''am, I hope you been doing fantastic." Yelena spoke while winking at Katrina, "If you ever get tired of working here, you can apply to work for me." Only for Nathanael to squawk in indignation, "What are you saying aunty? Do not poach big sister.", he finished with a pout. Yelena simply stretched Nathanael''s cheeks in return as she spoke with a laugh, "Ok ok I will not poach her no need to get so protective." It was just before the time for dinner that Nathanael''s entire family had gathered as they spoke among each other as their laughter was heard around the big halls of the ''Osprey'' mansion. Saniyah suddenly spoke in a serious tone, "You know Yelena, if you ask me Nikola and Nathan both fit together too well, in fact I would be rather happy if they got together." Yelena adopted a serious face upon hearing that, "You know what aunt Saniyah, you made a wonderful suggestion, if my daughter gets together with Nathan, I can rest easy knowing my daughter has someone as nice as Nathan as her spouse, what do you say Aubrielle." Nathan''s mother smiled brightly at the idea as she spoke, "It is a wonderful idea, Nikola has every quality I would want in my future daughter-in-law." Everyone except the Nathan''s mother and aunt looked a bit surprised normally the duo would not agree with each other and fought a lot amongst them but they readily agreed on this matter. Dominic frowned as he spoke, "As much as I would love to have Nikola as my future granddaughter-in-law, do they share feeling s for each other?" Tristan: "Dad if they get engaged I am sure eventually they would fall in love with each other." Ryle: "Sorry but I have to agree with Dominic on this, you as well as Yelena all of you married the one you have fallen in love with should we not allow the same for them. On top of that Nathanael just went through a bad break up." Yelena raised her eyebrows as she asked, "What happened?" Isabella sighed as she spoke everything to Yelena in great details, as she finished she heard an anger filled voice of Nikola startling them, "How dare they, how dare they treat Nathan like that." Isabella: "How long have you been here Nikola?" Nikola: "Nathan and I just arrived as you began speaking about his breakup and the betrayal.", she turned towards Nathan her grayish eyes boring holes at him causing him to sweat, "How did you punish there insolence, Nathanael." Nathanael sweated a bit under his cousin''s glare as he spoke, "I have yet to do anything with them, I am waiting for the right moment." Nikolayeva sighed as she spoke, "Let me tell you about something that happened with me cousin, during my college years I fell in love with a disgusting pig, a mistake of youth I believe, one day I came across him sleeping with one of my friends, I hired a detective who found some interesting information it seemed that those two were boyfriend and girlfriend even before I met them in fact they were engaged the pig pretended to be in love with me for my money nothing more nothing less. A week later they had suffered a very severe allergic reaction which caused them to be admitted to a hospital, during their stay inside the hospital both had accidently opted for ''penectomy'' and ''hysterectomy''. " At that all the people were stunned at what they heard specially the sadistic gleam in her eyes as Yelena simply sighed in exasperations. Nathanael simply gave a scared laugh as he spoke, "Well then cuz I hope you would not mind lending me a helping hand." Nikola: "Of course why not." After a sumptuous dinner, Nathan and Nikola entered their respective capsule. As Zeus entered the game he found himself standing outside the library, he raced towards the city hall it was already evening when he had entered the game, and he made just in time to purchase from for changing class from ''Vagrant'' to ''Serf'', he knew his cousin had still sometime to enter. "tch, this form are in there language how will we be able to fill them.", came an irritated female voice. As more and more people began to showing their discontent with the form the official on the other hand was incredibly busy drooling and snoring without care in the world. Zeus spotted an empty desk and chair an idea formed in his head, he jumped up on the desk as he spoke loudly, "Attention everyone, I know how hard you have worked in order to gather money for class increase but now you have write in a language which is unknown and the only way to learn the language is through library but unfortunately the only way to use the library is by becoming a serf, what an impasse, but my brother and sisters do not fear for I am here, for a price of 5 Copper coins I will fill those form for you as such those who want to please form a line I will fill those forms for you." One of the people present spoke, "Oh and how would we know you are not lying? What if you simply destroy our forms?" Zeus gave a small smile as he spoke, "That is a risk you have to take my friend so how about this I will do the first person''s form for free you can judge whether I am phony or not, if I am feel free to hand me over to the city guards." Everyone hesitated until a very young looking boy approached him as he spoke, "Excuse big brother, will you fill my form." Zeus simply smiled as he took the form as he asked, "So what is your name?", a few question later he had filled the details on the form before he handed it to the boy who took it to the counter handing it togrumbling official. Zeus saw the boy undergoing a similar procedure before he exclaimed loudly, "I am a serf now." Zeus: "Congratulations, now who else wants to get there form filled up." There was silence for a few minutes before all of them clamored to form a line making Zeus incredibly happy as he thought inwardly, ''Kukuku, my money making scheme succeeded.'' 11 The First Duel As Nikola entered the world of Embers of Isera, she found herself standing on the plaza as more and more people appeared around her, she quickly checked her friends list and found Nathanael or as his in game name Zeus she as such send a message to him. ''Where are you Nathan?'' Zeus who was busy earning money suddenly received a prompt from in his HUD. [1 UNREAD Message from AZI] Zeus opened it and was he read the message. [Where are you Nathan?] Zeus smirked, ''It seems my cousin has entered the game, and ''AZI'' where did she get the inspiration of the name for?'' He quickly sends her a reply, ''I am at the City Hall trying to earn money by filling the forms for people who wish to increase their class, wait for a few minutes I will be arriving soon.'' No sooner did he finished sending the message he received another from Azi, [I will be there soon you wait for me] Zeus shrugged as he began spending time trying to earn little extra money by filling the forms, half an hour later a bluish haired woman with reddish eye and snow white colored skin strolled in she waved lightly to Zeus as she spoke, "Yo, cousin seems like your business is going well", by then a long line had formed of people who were getting their forms filled by Zeus. Zeus smirked as he spoke, "Here take this and deposit the form on that counter.", he handed a form to Azi with a smirk. Azi took the form as she deposited it changing her class from ''Vagrant'' to ''Serf''. As Azi reached near Zeus he took out a map and handed it to her as he spoke, "Visit anyone of the places I have marked for you and start working, I will meet you at the place marked." Azi with the map in her hand Azi left while waving back at Zeus, "See you later cousin." The person standing in front of Zeus suddenly spoke as he winked, "Hey bro, that woman is she your cousin?" Zeus raised one of his eyebrows as he spoke, "Yes, why are you asking?" The person suddenly leaned forward as he spoke, "Hey how about you introduce me to her, I am a very helpful and nice person and I promise you I will help you in this game immensely, just introduce her to me." Zeus shrugged as he spoke while filling up his form, "Well okay I have no problem with that Mr. ''Samurai God'' but do want to learn a few things about her from me." Samurai God spoke with a smile, "Yeah why not?" Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Do you know what ''Penectomy'' and ''Hysterectomy'' is?" Samurai God scratched his chin as he spoke, "No, I do not have a clue." Zeus nodded as he spoke somberly, "Well you see my cousin is a very faithful and loving person, but unfortunately according to her, she became suspicious of her ex-boyfriend to the point she was totally convinced that he was having an affair behind her back and one day she saw him speaking with another woman she got angry and then she arranged ''Penectomy'' and ''Hysterectomy'' for the dup as a break up gift, you know Mr. ''Samurai God'', you are decent person so I will warn you do not make her angry or suspicious or you will suffer, and if you are still wandering about those two words well they means surgical removal of your baby making tools forever.", she finished with an innocent smile. The man paled and before long ran as far away from Zeus, who simply shrugged. "My my what good boy protecting your sister with such lies.", a sultry voice came to Zeus''s ears. Zeus: "Miss please I did not lie, I swear it was the absolute truth" The woman gave a coy smile as she bowed a little while pushing her big breasts using her hands trying to make her cleavage even bigger in an attempt to seduce Zeus. "You big boy needs a reward how about this you fill my form for a ''special'' rate I will let you do ANYTHING-YOU-WANT-FORM-ME.", she spoke the last 5 words in a coy and seductive manner, her clothes were so strained that here twins were about to pop out. Zeus averted his eyes as he spoke shyly, "Well then instead of 5 copper coins,", he shakily rose his hand as if he was trying to show her a special rate, he showed 2 fingers as he spoke, "Just 2 Bronze coin will be enough." The woman''s smile froze as her entire demeanor changed from seductive to enrage as she shouted out, "What is wrong with you? Are you not straight? No hot blooded straight male is immune to my womanly charm." Zeus deadpanned at her as he spoke, "Lady I am a businessman and the only thing I care about now is business and as far as your womanly charm, miss I grew up surrounded by women who could give even the hottest and sexiest of film actress a run for their money. Now if you have nothing else to do leave others are waiting and there is only an hour left before 9 o''clock when the counter closes so hurry up." The woman grumbled and cursed as she forked out 5 copper coins and handed to Zeus who accepted it with a smile on his face as he spoke, "Thank you for the patronage ma''am." An hour later Zeus closed his shop he was happy his pocket was no filled with about 1200 Copper coins if or in other words 12 Bronze Coins. A happy Zeus left the City Hall as he left with a skip on his steps when he was greeted by people he never wanted to see ever again in his life the ''toad'' and his minions, he felt a sudden need to shower with bleach as their eyes landed on him, ''Why does god hate me so much why do I have to meet they the toad and his minions.'' The toad opened his mouth as he spoke, "You over there, are you not the person who is filling all those forms, well you should be honored that I ''Supreme King'' is granting you the permission to fill my form on my behalf.", he finished with a holier than thou look on his face, a face only his mother would love and that horrid voice, ''ugh even if the game allowed 100% alteration I doubt he could make himself presentable. Not only that but that nincompoop did not even bother altering his looks, how is he still alive and not killed by any NPC thinking him as some devil spawn is beyond myself'' Zeus: "Sorry the office is closed and as is my shop for today try again tomorrow." One of his minions suddenly bristled in anger as he shouted out almost foaming from his mouth, "How dare you say no to our glorious leader ''Supreme King''." Zeus simply deadpanned at that as he replied in a nonchalant manner while shrugging as he began walking again. This time a woman voice stopped him, "How dare you whore child, how dare you insult my handsome prince like that.", he turned causing his mood to plummet here was his ex-clinging to the person like a glue. Zeus almost snickered as he heard a few people discussing amongst themselves, ''How did that B-rated horror movie reject get such a beautiful girl as his lover. What does he have that I don''t possess'', a person lamented only to spoken harshly by his friend, ''You idiot that person must be loaded with money, and that girl must be some kind of gold digging hooker, if I were him I would stay away from girls like that who knows what strange disease she might have.'' It took more strength than Atlas himself when he held the sky, for Zeus not to fall on the ground roaring with laughter. Zeus: "Well than I think you could tell your deaf and dumb prince charming that I will NOT fill his form." Supreme Lord had a strange purple look in his face as he shouted out, "Do you know who my father is?" Zeus replied coolly at that, "Seeing your behavior I can hazard a guess that your father is whining an even bigger whining and whimpering mutt." Supreme Lord smirked as he spoke, "Good good, I will make not only your life in game hell, but your real life as well my dad will find out your real life identity then I will make your dad lick my boots and I will force your mother and sister as my personal slut." Zeus was visibly pissed by then as he growled as he spoke, "Listen you prince of toads, since you want to die so much, here is what I propose to you. Since fighting except duels are not allowed inside the city I am challenging you to a duel, terms of the duel is simple the winner takes the losers all possession." Supreme Lord smirked as he spoke, "Hmm you whelp since you want to die I will accept but remember I am level 5, he finished with an arrogant smirk as he took out a common tierbroadsword." Zeus spoke in a false concern tone as he spoke, "Oh my you are so strong I think I should have a handicap right, how about this all of you versus me a pitiful level 3." Zeus had already checked the level on them and he was sure on one thing this people did not grind there stats as their ''Mana Points ''and ''Health Points were much lower than even him while they were on level 5 as such he was sure to defeat them.'' Supreme Lord snorted as he spoke, "Well I agree, but I want a death match not some puny duel." Death match a term used by gamers when a duel ends with the opponents death. The loser of the death match has to suffer the same penalty as any other person who had died in the game. A floating scroll appeared in front of the participants as Zeus initiated the death match by challenging them, with one side being Zeus alone and the other consisting of Supreme Lord and his entire group of 6, after a going acceptance of terms and conditions the countdown for the Death Match began. As soon as the timer hit zero, a buzzer sounded, the Supreme Lord and his lady stayed back as the other four charged forwards with daggers, sword, spear and axe. Zeus because of his superior stats easily dodged as he send a vicious kick towards the manhood of the one with a dagger, causing him to crumple clutching his precious manhood as a huge number [Critical HIT +500 Damage] appeared, he then stabbed the brain of the one with a spear through his eye, causing another number [Critical HIT +900 Damage] appeared as the person broke like glass indicating his death, he then hit the other person with a sword, hard with the blunt end of his Sword staff, [-100] appeared on top of his with red letter on his head, before he suddenly jumped back as he picked up the downed person as a shield as he was hit with an arrow, [-10] appeared on top of that person as he died. The sword wielder and the axe wielder double teamed on him as they were being backed up by his ex with a bow, which Zeus easily dodged before he send blows after lows on them in a blink of an eye as many number floated above them in red. -200, -100, -150, -150 appeared on them as they shattered like a glass dispersing. Zeus turned towards the duo as he smirked while speaking, "Now what to do with you two." Now the duo were scared at the display by Zeus, as they stepped back while the Supreme Lord shouted at him in anger, "You freak leave us or I will make your life hell." Zeus smirked sadistically as he spoke, "Toad Lord, you dare threaten me and now you want me to leave you, you mongrel the moment you threaten my family is your life forfeit.", with that he dashed towards the duo attacking him in an incredible show of speed as he send a number of blows toward his Ex and a few hits later she died. Supreme Lord had fallen on his back at that causing Zeus to scoff, ''If he is frightened by this he should give up, when the real monsters arrive he would simply lose his bowels.'' Supreme Lord tried to stutter out, "I I-gi-giv¡­" Zeus eyes widened in alarm as he spoke, "Oh no, you don''t.", as he dashed towards the fallen foe, ramming the staff end down Supreme Lord''s throat as he spoke in a sadistic glee, "Reduce to ash you mongrel.", for a moment everyone who was watching their world seemed to slow down as he spoke a single word, "FIREBALL." The throat of the toad bulged to an impossible size as a vicious fiery explosion occurred, a word with bright orange light occurred above his head, [WINNER]. 12 Update Part-1 Zeus yawned loudly as he walked lazily away from the place, he checked his inventory and smirked, winning the duel had earned him, "5 daggers, 1 bow and 10 arrows, 20 horned-rabbit meat, 20 horned-rabbit hide, 10 Health Potions, 15 Mana Potions, 6 Coarse Breads and 5 Leather Water bags, and as far as money was concerned 3Bronze, 200Copper and 500Tins coins. Zeus was happy not only now they will not be able to enter for 8RLH (Real Life Hour), but suffering such huge defeat where they lost everything they had with them but where did they get the bow. He took it out of his inventory as he used observe on it. [Simple Wooden Bow] Profession Restriction: None Tier: Common Level Requirement: Level 1 Physical Attack: +5 Durability: 50/50 [Simple Wooden Arrows] Tier: Common Level Requirement: Level 1 Physical Attack: +10 Durability: 50/50 Zeus''s eyes widen as he thought, ''How did she manage to get a bow? Oh well I might sell it but first I have to ask if my cousin wants it.'' As he neared granny Zoe''s hovel, he was greeted by the sight of his cousin chatting happily with granny Zoe. Zeus arrived near them as he spoke, "Yo, it seems that you are having the time of your life, Azi" But before they could speak a system announcement rang through the entire world of Isera, [CONGRATULATIONS ''SoulKing'' FOR BEING THR FIRST PERSON TO REACH LEVEL 11 AND AWAKENING YOUR RACE] [CONGRATULATIONS ''SoulKing'' FOR BEING THR FIRST PERSON TO REACH LEVEL 11 AND AWAKENING YOUR RACE] [CONGRATULATIONS ''SoulKing'' FOR BEING THR FIRST PERSON TO REACH LEVEL 11 AND AWAKENING YOUR RACE] The duo just listened to the announcement as Azi scowled, "Seems like someone managed to reach Level 11 so soon if we do not hurry up we will be left behind." Zeus: "Patience Azi, just because someone bull rushed his way to the top does not mean we have to do the same, we have to build ourselves a nice foundation first before we make a mad dash to the top." Before they could speak another system announcement rang out, [THANK YOU FOR PLAYING EMBERS OF ISERA, FIRST SEVER MAINTAINCE AND PATCH UPDATE WILL BE OCCURING AS SUCH SERVER WILL SHUT DOWN WITHIN 1 MINUTE. UPDATE WILL TAKE 14 HOURS, AS SUCH SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.] Zeus read the announcement as his brow twitched with anger as he shouted out,"14 hours!!!!! What kind of otherworldly updates they are doing!!!" Azi scowled as she spoke, "I do not know what the DEVs are planning but this is ridiculous 14 hours for patch up update, they claimed that the game was totally ''bug'' free." Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Oh well we cannot do anything now can we." Soon they found themselves kicked out of the game and it was only a little past mid night and since they have nothing to do they decided to turn over for the night. Next day when the parents of the duo as well as Nathanael''s grand parents went for breakfast they found the duo with their head lying on top of the table with bored look on their face. Tristan: "Children is there something wrong?" Zeus: "Nothing Dad just totally utterly dying from being bored." Yelena: "Bored why? What happened to your game?" Nikola: "Nothing mama, it is being updated and it would take 14 hours for it to be updated, it began at mid night so there is nothing for us to do but wait till 6 o''clock in the evening." Aubrielle: "Well then Nathan why don''t you take Nikola out for lunch somewhere, I can make reservations for you two." Nathanael turned towards Nikolayeva as he spoke, "Cuz shall we?" Nikola shrugged as she spoke, "I have no problem." Aubrielle simply gave a small clap as she spoke, "Okay I will arrange for reservation at ''The Aegis'', is 1p.m. suitable for you two." Nathanael shrugged as he spoke, "meh I have no problem." Ryle: "So did you two get to do something before the update began." Nikola: "Nothing interesting I just spend the entire time at library learning a new language but Nathan seems to have opened a new business." Isabella: "Really Nathan what kind of business are you talking about?" Nathan spoke lazily, "Nothing much, in order to advance in class you have to fill a certain form, I am accepting a small amount for filling those forms, in fact it is a good business, I have already made about 12Bronze coins by that." Nikola turned towards him her eyes wide open, "Nathan in other words you must be one of the richest person in the game." Nathan shrugged as he spoke with a frown, "I do not think so the person who reached Level 11 first I think he should have earned more than me." Dominic: "Filling so many forms I hope you got to meet some interesting people." Nathan hummed as he spoke, "Well I would not go so far as to say it was interesting but yeah I met the ''Toad'' and his minions he basically ordered me to fill his form for free I refused it escalated to a death match." Nikola: "When did it happen and seeing you were alive I believe you won." Nathan scoffed as he spoke, "Of course I did at the end of the day we bet each others'' belongings and I won in a 6 vs 1 match it was fun, now they have only clothes on their back left." Saniyah: "Did they recognize you like you did them." Nathan: "I doubt it they all kind of lacked in the brain department, also I doubt with only 20% maximum changes one can do with their appearance he will be able to truly change anything, with how ugly he looked and his coarse voice it was easy." Dominic spoke as he sipped from his cup of coffee, "Do have any goals or do you wish to just loiter around inside the game." Nathan was silent for a minute as if he was contemplating something deep before he spoke, "There is something I wish to do inside the game. I do not know but Nikola have you read through the geography of the Isera.", he glanced at Nikola who was busy slaughtering a plate full of pancakes. Nikola: "Sorry but I have yet to read about the geography." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Isera has about 15 continents, and the only continent that is habitable is the one we are on the last bastion of the uncorrupted as it is referred to, my goal is to step into the corrupted land, but such an expedition would take not only a lot of time but tons of money for such an undertaking." Isabella: "Can''t you use real life money inside the game." Nathan frowned as he spoke, "Grandma, I could but it is so boring I would not like doing so." Tristan: "So if you can have another who could play with you and can support you and also help you to earn money, would you take their help." Nathan: "Of course I would love to, and I hope Nikola would also help me." Nikola: "I would love to help you out Nathan." Tristan nodded at that as he called for Katrina who arrived promptly as she simply bowed towards them as she spoke, "How may I help you sir." Tristan: "Katrina is there someone among the household who can shoulder you responsibilities." Katrina was stunned at the question as she spoke, "Yes there is sir, and may I ask what you require of them." Tristan: "Well they will be taking over your duties for the time being while you will be reassigned to a different place, Nathan needs some help in the game and I wish for you to play as his teammates alongside him, by today your capsule will arrive unfortunately there is only 250 Platinum capsules which have already been sold, but I will get you a gold capsule, I hope you have no problem." Katrina simply bowed as she spoke, "It will be my honor to help young master in his endeavor." Tristan: "Well then Nathan I think you solved one of your problems." Nathanael simply nodded with a smile as he spoke, "Thanks dad." At 12 0''clock a well groomed Nathan wearing a suit was waiting for his ''date'' to arrive for lunch, he looked stunned at seeing Nikola in a sleeveless black dress, with matching earrings and red lipstick arriving in front of Nathan, she extended her hand which Nathan took it as he escorted her to his car. ''Ugati La Voiture Blanche'', a special customized car for Nathan himself, gifted to him by his parents on his 15th birthday a few months back, a staggering $45 million dollar car, but unfortunately he is still not of age for driving license as such Nikola will have to drive it. As the duo left Saniyah simply patted Aubrielle''s back as she spoke, "Great idea, o daughter-in-law of mine." Nikola spoke with a smirk, "Nice car you got, I love it but such a shame you are too young to drive." Nathan simply pouted at that, ''It is so unfair I wish I could drive my car.'' As they reached the restaurant the duo stepped out of the car, Nikola handed over the car key to a valet to park the car, as they reached the ma?tre d''h?tel Nathan spoke up, "I had a reservation for two under the name of ''Nathanael Henderson'', at 1p.m. The man checked his register as he spoke with a bow, "Welcome sir, ''a table for two'', this way please. " As they were being escorted to their tables a pair of eyes were glancing at them full with disdain. "How in nine hells did that beggar get a chance to dine in a posh place such as this? And who is that woman?", spoke a male who was looking at the newcomers. "How should I know? May be he trapped some poor woman with his honeyed words, it is nothing outside his strength after all remember how he hired some people to act as someone important after graduation.", spoke a woman. "I hate trashes that pretend to be rich, trashes like them should always know their place and stay within the garbage dump where they belong to." He then beckoned a person who came in as he gave a short bow, "Yes sir, how I may help you." "You see those buffoons who had arrived just now, why did you let such beggars to dine at a posh place it is disgraceful for elite like us to dine with the peons, specially the likes of them, get rid of them." The man looked a bit unsure at that, "But sir they are your guests we cannot be rude to them." The speaker sighed hard as he produced a hundred dollar bill in his hand and he gave it to the person in front of him, who simply smiled as he left. The man turned towards the person with whom he had arrived and spoke lustfully, "Well as much as I wish for the street rat to get beaten I believe we have a schedule to keep", as he kissed the person infront of him while holding her tightly as they left. Meanwhile Nathan and Nikola had reached their table as Nathan helped her to her seat, as a waiter had arrived to take the order only to be interrupted by a smug looking person who arrived with a couple ofstrong looking persons simply told to waiter to leave. Nathan raised one of his eyebrows as he spoke, "Is there any problem gentlemen?" Only to be hosted by his collar by one of the security guards, as the man spoke, "You filthy street rats are not allowed to dine in this place boys throw them out of our fine establishment, tch I have to change everything they have touched now." Nikola: "Hey remove your hands, do not touch me." The man simply ignored her as he tried to grasp her hands only to kneel on the ground with via solid hit on his manhood, as Nikola snarled at him cursing him loudly in Russian, ''Znay svoye mesto, bl**d'', Svin''ya '' (Know your place f**k**g Pig). The man holding Nathan''s collar received the same treatment as the he fell on the floor, as the man who Nathan assumed to be the manager stepped forward as he shouted, "I will hand you over to the police you barb¡­." Only to be silenced by Nathan who had his vein pulsing on his forehead, "Silence you cur, we had prior reservations, not only do you deny us service you had the audacity to insult me and my cousin not only that your men tried to touch her inappropriately." By then Nathan had garnered the attention of all the customers of the hotel as more people of the restaurant arrived by then. Nathan quickly dialed a number in his I-band, and soon a person''s face appeared through holographic projections signifying a video call, by then the people present were all enjoying the drama some even gossiped as they speculated about Nathan even as far as going to record everything using I-band. But what took the cherry on the cake was the face which had appeared on the other end of the call. The person smiled at Nathan and spoke with a smile, "My beloved grandson what do you want?" Someone from the people listening gasped at the implication, as people began to murmur, ''No way, that is Senator Henderson''s grandchild.'' among many things. Nathan: "Grandpa, you remember today I had taken my cousin Nikola to lunch at ''The Chariots'', well the people here are so rude the denied us service even after we had prior reservations going as far as getting few goons to throw us out, not only that one of them tried to take advantage of Nikola." Dominic''s face was thunderous at that he shouted out, "WHAT!!!!!!!!! How dare they? Child I will personally sue the lots of them and make sure they spend the rest of their days in prison, Nikola how is she?" Nikola stood beside Nathan as she spoke with a smile, "Grandpa, do not worry I am fine though I am filing a complaint through the Russian Consulate against this pigs." Dominic simply waved his hands as he spoke, "Please feel free to who knows what these criminals have done to others, and Nathan I will call your Grandma and tell her to suggest you to a new place for lunch it is unbecoming of a Henderson to let their guest starve and have their honor tarnish because of some curs who pollute our county''s good name." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Thank you Grand pa." No sooner did he hung up his call, a few police officers arrived on the scene as Nathan turned towards the stunned manager as he spoke, "Well than shall we mister did you not say you will call the police well here they are let us see what happens next." The man feel as his legs gave away in fear, as both Nikola and Nathan''s fury filled eyes bored down on them. 13 Tarasque "We are hear standing ''LIVE'' in front of new heartthrob restaurant of Virginia, ''The Chariots'', where the management staffs of the said hotel as you see are being taken into custody for charges of apparent harassment, slander, racial remarks, and more importantly on attempting of sexual harassment." "Vicki can you please tell us about the people who are accusing of the restaurant as such." Vicki: "Yes the restaurant was accused by none other than the Heir of the ''Ivanov Oil and Power Ltd.'', Nikolayeva Maksimovna Ivanova and Senator Dominic Henderson''s grandson, Nathanael Henderson who is also the Heir of Solice¡­." The television showing the news was turned off, as Aubrielle looked at the television with anger in her eyes. "Love please calm down, it will be alright the police are already looking into the matter." Aubrielle gave out a frustrated sigh as she spoke, "I planned everything so that Nikola and Nathan could enjoy their time and maybe something would work between them but no some had to be greedy, so tell me how I can not get angry." Yelena: "I agree with Aubrielle, because of them their lunch date was not only ruined but they are returning back that do not wish to visit another restaurant today.", she gripped her wine glass hard for it to develop cracks on it. A few more minutes later Nathan and Nikola arrived back home as they entered the house they were greeted by their parents. Yelena quickly went towards Nikola fussing over, causing her to sigh in annoyance as she spoke, "For the umpteenth time I am fine mother there is no need to fret over me." Nathan tried to calm his aunt down as he spoke, "Aunty you should know about Nikola how strong she is a small time weakling can do nothing to her, but enough of that I am famished and I believe Nikola is as well, I hope there is still something to eat this late." Aubrielle: "Of course there is, now go on get changed into something comfortable for now." The duo just went towards their rooms, as they left Nathan spoke something to Nikola causing her to giggle causing a smile to appear on their parent''s faces seeing their children getting so well. By evening Katrina had her Capsule already placed inside her room which she used to join the game alongside her new teammates. As soon as Zeus had logged in he was greeted with a message in his HUD. [THANK YOU ALL FOR BEARING WITH US DURING THE UPDATE. THE CURRENT UPDATE ENABLE THE COMPLETE TAKEOVER BY ''HELIX'', AND AS SUCH FROM HERE ON NOW THE DEVs WILL NO LONGER BE INVOLVED WITH ANY PART OR FORM FOR HOW THE GAME WORKS, EVERYTHING WILL BE MONITORED BY A.I. ''HELIX'', FROM HERE ON, ANY QUERIES YOU MAY ENCOUNTER ''REGARDING THE GAME'', WILL BE SOLVED BY ''HELIX''. ''HELIX'' HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR BU, HACKER FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL TO ENJOY THE GAME. HAVE A GOOD DAY AND HAPPY GAMING] Zeus whistled at that as he spoke, "Will you look at this, giving an A.I. control is like some novels I read way back, I hope Earth is not getting invaded." Azi and Tarasque (Katrina), simply snorted at that before Zeus spoke well I think it is time for you to increase your social class Tarasque, let us go to the city hall." Azi: "Zeus do you know the social hierarchy of this game." Zeus nodded as he began speaking, "In this game the social hierarchy can be divided into 4 Main types with many sub types beneath them. The four main types in ascending order are, ''COMMONERS'', ''CITIZEN'', ''NOBLES'' and ''ROYALTY''. The ''Vagrant'' status does not have a place amongst them unfortunately. Now as for the subtypes, COMMONERS: 1. SERF 2. COMMONER 3. YEOMAN 4. RESIDENT CITIZENS: 5. CITIZEN 6. FREE CITIZEN 7. PATRICIAN 8. NOBLE MAN NOBLES: 9. SQUIRE 10. CHEVALIER 11. BARON/BARONESS 12. VISCOUNT/VISCOUNTESS 13. EARL/COUNTESS 14. MARQUIS/MARQUISE 15. DUKE/DUCHESS 16. GRAND DUKE/GRAND DUCHESS ROYALTY: 17. PRINCE/PRINCESS 18. ARCHDUKE/ARCHDUCHESS 19. KING/QUEEN 20. KAISER/KAISERIN These are the subtypes known." Tarasque: "Young master do you know how to increase your social class?" Zeus glared at her as she spoke, "First of all Tarasque, do not call me ''Young master'' call me Zeus and treat me as your equal in this game, and secondly of course I do, everything below Chevalier can be done through money or by achievements but anything above requires achievements and as for the ''Royalty'' well I guess you have to create a kingdom or something like that." Azi simply rubbed her forehead in exasperation as she spoke, "What a headache?" Zeus simply snorted at that as he lead them to city hall as they were moving towards the city hall, Zeus pointed towards a road as he spoke, "You see this road it leads towards the Dungeon of this City, you have to be below level 11, for you to enter it." Azi, "I see so you wish to conquer it?" Zeus nodded as he spoke, "As such you are to grind your stats to the point where you are confident about entering the Dungeon your level can be easily increased but the stats are different altogether, and do you know what my first quest was?" The two women nodded negatively at that as Zeus spoke with a smile, "I was given a quest to gather ingredients for potion but I ended up fighting 6 Feral Wolves and 1 Dire wolf both above my level, I won simply because I had high stats." After they finished raising Tarasque''s class, they each went separate way with AZi and Tarasque leaving together whereas left for the Dojo. As he left Zeus decided to check on his stats, Name: Zeus Level: 3 Next level: 180/600 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):1875 (Regen: 41.25/min) Mana (MP):1750 (Regen: 33/min) Stamina (STA):1875(Regen: 37.5/min) Strength (STR): 75 [50+25] Vitality (VIT): 75 [50+25] Endurance (END): 75 [50+25] Dexterity (DEX):72.5 [50+22.5] Intelligence (INT):70 [50+20] Wisdom (WIS):70 [50+20] Luck (LUK): 42.9 [30+12.9] Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 75 Magical Attack: 70 Physical Defense: 75 Magical Defense: 70 Money: 2B 115C 600T Perks: N/A Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 22 ''Interesting it is showing my base stats along with the additional stats I gained from my various skills, cool.'' 14 One-Horned Rabbit King Zeus: "Granny Zoe you look a bit troubled, is there something I can do for you?" Zoe sighed tiredly as she spoke with a smile, "I am too old child, as such I can no longer able to gather any resources any more, and I am an alchemist as well as a herbalist child for me not to be able to gather resources to make various potions is very painful, I am no longer fit to grow various herbs and now it is impossible for me to gather any resource because of my age." Zeus spoke as he puffed his chest with pride, "Granny just tell me whatever you need I along with my friends will bring the in a jiffy." Zoe just giggled at his antics as she spoke, "I need ''Honey'', not some simple honey but it should be from ''Ferocious Bee'', which has its hive deep inside the forest. They are more difficult to deal with wolves so do you still want to." ____________________________________________________ [Quest Alert] Main Quest: Gather 10 bottles of ''Honey'' for Granny Zoe Quest Grade: D Main Quest Reward: 500EXP,????? Failure: 0EXP, You may never receive any quest from Granny Zoe. Zeus hummed in thought, ''This is new, ''quest grade'', I think I have to consult the official pages and game forum later on this matter later, but before let me check my stats and skills.'' With that Zeus opened his stats sheet as he checked it. Name: Zeus Level: 3 Next level: 180/600 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):3150 (Regen: 63/min) Mana (MP):1750 (Regen: 33/min) Stamina (STA):3150(Regen: 63/min) Strength (STR): 126 [90+36] Vitality (VIT): 126 [90+36] Endurance (END): 126 [90+36] Dexterity (DEX):112 [70+42] Intelligence (INT):70 [50+20] Wisdom (WIS):70 [50+20] Luck (LUK): 42.9 [39+3.9] Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 126 Magical Attack: 70 Physical Defense: 126 Magical Defense: 70 Money: 2B 1495C 500T Perks: N/A Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 22 ''Hmm I have been able to increase my stats by visiting the dojo and now for skills'' Active: [Fire Ball] [Level 3, 40/300 EXP] Element: Fire Tier: I Description: A ball of fire which can be thrown at a moderate speed towards an enemy, it provides +225 Magic Attack. Costs: 200MP/usage [Slash] [Level 5, 100/1000 EXP] Tier: I Description: A simple slash done by bladed weapons, it provides +250 Physical Attack. Costs: 50MP/usage [Stab] [Level 5, 10/1000 EXP] Tier: I Description: A simple stab done by piercing weapons, it provides +250 Physical Attack. Costs: 50MP/usage [Power Strike] [Level 5, 05/1000 EXP] Tier: I Description: A simple strike done by blunt weapons, it provides +250 Physical Attack. Costs: 50MP/usage Passive: [Martial Arts] [Level 8, 520/2800 EXP] Hand to hand combat is your forte, the feel of crushing your enemy by your bare hands. Provides +40% Dex, STR, VIT and END [Meditation] [Level 2, 200/300 EXP] An ancient method of relaxation, which enables one to clear his/her mind from various shenanigans of daily life enabling one to achieving peace and calm. Provides +10 WIS & +10 INT and it also provides about +10% increase in regeneration of a person in Health, Mana and Stamina Stats, irrelevant whether the person is inside or outside of battle. [Parkour] [Level 4, 20/1000 EXP] Move like an animal with incredible feats of agility Provides +20% DEX [Silver Tongue] [Level 1, 00.00/100 EXP] This skill allows success in haggling, negotiations and diplomacy by +1%, chances of successfully lying to another within 1 level above you increases by 5% additionally it provided +4 in LUK and CHA. Support: [Observe] [Level 6, 600.00/1500 EXP] This skill provides the basic information on people, animal and objects that is this skill is directed upon. The higher the skill is the more information is gathered. Currently this can be used successfully on person/objects/animals 9 levels above. Cost: 10 MP/Use. Zeus sighed as he finished checking his stats, ''I have to pickup pace otherwise I would be left behind.'' As Zeus accepted the quest he spoke with a kind smile, "Granny can you tell me where I can find the bee hives." Zoe: "The bees are present at the western forest, but unfortunately you are only a serf as such you will have to leave through the eastern gate." Zeus sighed, ''Oh well, it was still afternoon as such I will have no problem at all, hmm I should ask them to follow me.'', as such he quickly send a message to his companions. [Got a new quest, do you want to participate then arrive at Eastern Gate asap.] Zeus left for the Eastern Gate he did not have to wait for too long as both Azi and Tarasque, appeared shortly. As they had arrived Zeus send a party invite and shared his quest with both of them. Zeus: "I hope you do not have any problem accompanying me to this quest." Azi eyed Zeus who had changed from his worn out clothes to armor, "Why would we not we would be able to get increase our Level, and may be one day dominate the leader board." Zeus nodded at that as he began leading them towards their destination. Tarasque, "If I am not wrong but according to the map are we not moving towards the western part of the city." Zeus: "Yup, but unfortunately we serfs are not permitted to use the western gate." As they moved towards their destination Tarasque wrinkled her brows as she spoke, "What is this disgraceful display all these people are forming mobs and trying to kill a single rabbit?" Zeus snorted as he spoke, "You are lucky Tarasque that out group has so much money otherwise we would also be amongst them trying to kill a few rabbits to earn a few coins in order to change our class. But remember we have to stay away from this mobs, I do not wish to get caught in this chaos and killed off." As they neared their destination they caught sight of a group of at least a dozen people trying to run away from something, that something was a black blur, which was slaughtering this people with its superior speed. Zeus quickly used ''observe'' on the blur in order to identify the threat. Zeus licked his lips in anticipation as he read the data that was displayed in front of his eyes loud in order to inform his group. Name: One-Horned Rabbit King* Level: 5 Class: Lord Health: 2498/2500 Mana: 720/800 Stamina: 920/1000 Element: None Attack: 200 Defense: 130 Azi''s eyes shown as she spoke, "Such a rare monster it would be a shame if we do not kill it, is that not right Zeus." Zeus smirked back at them as he spoke, "It seems that I will be the main tank and damage dealer in this fight, and you two try to deal as much damage as possible while I agro it." Zeus speed up in a collision course and just like all the wolves he killed a day prior he hit the Rabbit king but this time he attacked it from the side exactly at the place where its right eye was, not only that he used his skill ''Stab'' on it. A large number appeared on top of it as it creamed in anguish. [Critical Hit +987 Damage] Stunning the creature for a few minutes, Zeus did not waste any time as he used a combination of Power Strike, Slash in rapid successions, which ended with a fireball to its face. [-199], [-189] and [-165] went up as well as couple of de-buffs appeared on it, [Bleeding status: -5HP/minute, Burning Status: -5HP/minute] A single combo took over 1540HP from its health pool leaving around 958 HP, Zeus smirked at that as did his teammates. 15 PKing Part-1 The rabbit''s remaining eye turned red as it gave an enraged scream before as it tried to dash towards Zeus at an incredible speed, only for an arrow to hit his eye remaining eye. [Critical Hit +100 Damage] [-10, -12, -15, -10] Dropping its health to 811, Zeus did not waste his time as he rained the blows after blows on the rabbit. [-199] [-189] [-165] Reducing its health to mere 258, the rabbit gave an enraged scream but this time it was affected by a ''blindness'' as such it charged in a random direction, giving out a reddish aura as it went and slammed head first onto a large boulder very hard causing a large damage of -200 appearing about on top of it as well as stunning it. Azi and Tarasque did not waste any time as they attacked the rabbit immediately. [-20] [-15] [-20] [-10] And the One-horned Rabbit king fell dead, as Zeus dashed up by their side as he spoke, "Wait I have very high luck stat let me loot it." The duo stepped aside as Zeus ''looted'' the prey. One-horned Rabbit king pelt X 1 Rabbit Meat (Grey) X 1 Rabbit King''s Boots X 1 Rabbit King''s Horn X 1 Core (Rare) X 1 Zeus: "There is no time to waste we have to leave now, we can check the loot later on properly, and the last thing I wish for is being hounded by mobs.", he then glanced towards a group of people who were making their way towards his group but were still a distance from them. The trio then once again started moving towards their destination and soon reached the forest. Zeus: "Keep your eyes peeled and ears opened last time when I was attacked by the wolves I was only able to perceive the attack because it stepped on a twig before attacking me." Azi: "The more I see the more I am amazed, it feels as if I am really walking inside a real life forest." Tarasque: "Just as you have said it Azi, it is really amazing and thank you for letting me experience it." Zeus just gave a small a smile at that as he spoke, "There is no need to thank me." The forest was full of life as they heard sound of various creatures chirping, howling, and shouting the cacophony of so many noise looked like a natural orchestra created by various animals. Tarasque: "We should check the outer part of the forest first before moving further inside." Zeus: "Yup so true who knows what level of mobs is present inside this jungle as such if we move without planning we might get killed." They were searching the inside of the forest for quite some time now, when all of a sudden Azi heard a weird sound. Azi spoke with a hiss, "Stop I heard something listen." The others stopped at that as they listened carefully they heard a faint buzzing noise. As they neared the place they were greeted by the sight of a few bees, Zeus smirked as he discreetly used ''Observe'' on them. Name: Worker Bee Level: 3 Health: 380/380 Mana: 400/400 Stamina: 300/300 Zeus smirked as he spoke, "Nice the Rabbit got me a 1000EXP, now I am level 4. Let us hunt these bees down and if I am not wrong than you two should be at the same level." The duo nodded at him, as Zeus spoke, "Azi, fire an arrow and draw its agro." Azi nodded as she let loose an arrow towards it but it missed, "Tch, last time it was really my luck being near the rabbit helped me to hit it accurately but now." Zeus: "Well we can visit the Dojo and help you develop your skill with archery but for now it is enough I think, we were successful in drawing its attention." The bee buzzed angrily as he neared the group trying to stab them, only for the trio to spread apart while Zeus confronted it. He dodged the first as he used slice, stab and power strike at the bee effectively killing it. Zeus frowned as he spoke in distaste, "I only got a measly 10EXP killing it." Azi: "Also it seems we did not share the exp in this case, but why we are a team." Tarasque shrugged as he spoke, "Well it can because we did not actively participate in this fight, or it can be because we are of higher level." Zeus: "Well we have to check it out then. Azi lure another one it will be a group effort." Soon another arrived an effectively they disposed of it, each of them taking turns hitting it. Zeus: "Well this time we each got about 3EXP except me who got 4Exp, must be from my high attack rate, well after this we have to throw ourselves trying to increase our stats." Zeus then looted the bees, as he sighed. Bee Sting X 2 Honey X 1 Zeus: "Well it seemed so far we have only collected one jar of honey, who knows what the drop rate of honey is." Tarasque: "Jar of honey? How did it drop a jar?" Zeus: "Granny Zoe the quest giver gave me 10 empty glass jars to fill, one of them just got filled by honey." As such they started to draw in and kill at least 35 bees, with that they were able to gather the 10 jar of honey. They were resting near a big tree, joking with each other. Suddenly Tarasque jumped moving Zeus out of his way as an arrow hit her hard, causing about 1000 damage to her. Azi and Zeus did not waste any time as they literally sprang up on their feet, while pushing Tarasque behind them as he spoke, "Where are you mongrels come out and face us." "Kekekeke, why should we? Just empty your inventory and I will allow you all to go or else the next attack will not miss.", a voice came mocking from behind a bush. Zeus whispered low enough for his teammates to hear only, "We do not know how many are there, we have to ¡­." Azi stopped him from speaking as she whispered with a smirk, "Zeus you do not have to worry too much let me use my skills." Azi: "Life Aura Eye." Everything in front of her suddenly turned black except a few flicker of reddish fire casing her to smirk, "Zeus, there 5 of them present, one on top of the tree two on left and right and two of them are behind us." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Well dog then come down here and roll in front of me if you want some treats." As he predicted the person on top of the tree fired an arrow, which he blocked it with his sword staff causing him to grin, if he follows normal gaming rules of PKing then since he was attacked first he is safe. Without turning back he thrust the staff back as he used ''Fireball'', both of the people who were attacking had their eyes widen as a ball of fire raced towards them hitting one of them straight in the face exploding in one of the person''s face while the other felt the brunt of the attack from the explosion. [-300] and [-200], floated above them as Tarasque raced towards the one still alive, while Zeus and Azi made a bee line towards the other two leaving the archer still on top of the tree. 16 PKing Part-2 Zeus knew from what he had seen this people were like present Azi and Tarasque, they had high level but they were held down by their stats, a single fireball killed one of them as such he knew they were easy prey, it would have been incredibly difficult if they were still hiding but Azi''s skill enabled to flush them out. Zeus bit back a curse as he was hit by an arrow from behind although he did not lose any health it was still annoying to him as such he send a fireball to the top of the tree forcing the hidden archer to jump down from his position on top of the tree. Zeus did not stop there he raced towards his target in a very fast speed as he punched him hard causing a red number [-150] to appear on his head as he used slash and stab next as [-200] and [-190] appear in quick succession killing him as he raced toward the archer who had taken aim and was trying to kill Azi who was using her superior skills in martial arts as she dominated over her target dwindling his HP to a dangerous level. ''Zeus once again casted ''Fireball'' towards the archer who although moved out of the way he was still caught within the explosion zone causing him 100 damage. He tried to escape but Tarasque had reached by his side, as she attacked him, Zeus winced seeing her doing only 50 Damage in average with each hit. She managed to get three hit in succession as a few numbers appeared on top of the archers head. [-50], [-48], [-50] The archer tried to use a health potion only for Zeus to reach him as he lunged toward him using stab, his sword staff piercing the brain through the eye in a shower of blood. [Critical Hit +600 Damage] appeared on top of his head as he dropped dead. Azi shortly appeared beside him as she spoke, "I think it is time we return, who knows who else, are lurking here." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "So true just grab the drops we got from killing them and make a run from here, I do not wish to attract any unwanted attention." The end of the fight they got 3 HP Potions, 5 Bread, 5 MP Potions, 3 daggers and 15 Arrows. Zeus quickly checked his stats, Name: Zeus Level: 4 Next level: 895/1000 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):3150 (Regen: 63/min) Mana (MP): 1000/1750 (Regen: 33/min) Stamina (STA): 2750/3150(Regen: 63/min) Strength (STR): 126 [90+36] Vitality (VIT): 126 [90+36] Endurance (END): 126 [90+36] Dexterity (DEX):112 [70+42] Intelligence (INT):70 [50+20] Wisdom (WIS):70 [50+20] Luck (LUK): 42.9 [39+3.9] Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 126 Magical Attack: 70 Physical Defense: 126 Magical Defense: 70 Money: 2B 1495C 500T Perks: N/A Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 28 He sighed, ''It seems that killing those granted me an additional 175EXP not bad after is submit the quest I would be able to reach level 5 nice.'' As they raced towards outside the forest they had to hide from a few very overly enthusiastic parties who were trying to reach the place of their previous battle. Soon they reached outside the forest as Tarasque spoke, "I believe we should change your armor to rags it will draw less attention to us." Her teammates nodded at that as they changed their armor into their rags before they moved towards the City wall as they discreetly moved towards the Eastern Gate. By the time they reached the gate, it was already past 7 in the evening, both Azi and Tarasque had their eyes open wide at the spectacle. Azi: "Zeus what in nine heavens is this?" Zeus simply smirked as he spoke, "That my dear Azi, are people who are still vagrants, after 6:30P.M. No Vagrant is allowed to step inside the city if they are outside, but fortunately we are ''SERFS''.", he spoke the word ''Serf'' while drawing quotation in the air with his fingers. Zeus kept on speaking, "As such these people are all sitting here waiting for dawn, and since this place is not exactly a safe zone if you log out your body might get killed and your items looted. Also they are not allowed to camp on the road leading to the city but by its side. Just follow me and keep your head low." As they approached the gate everyone looked at him with amusement in their eye, as he reached the gate a guard stopped him, "Stop right there no vagrants allowed in the city come back tomorrow morning." Zeus: "Sir, my group and I are a serf actually." The Guard spoke tiredly, "Then form a line and touch this crystal if you are a serf you may enter, but if you are a vagrant, then you die." Zeus nodded as he placed his hand on the crystal, it glowed a pale yellowish color, as the guard moved out his way as he spoke, "You are allowed to enter." The same thing occurred with the other two as they entered the city before they made their way towards Granny Zoe''s place. As they neared her hovel they found Granny Zoe sitting in front of her hut, Zeus stepped forward as he greeted her with a smile, "Granny Zoe we got you your honey." Zoe simply smiled back at him as she spoke, "Well let me see them then." [QUEST UPDATE] Main Quest: Gather 10 bottles of ''Honey'' for Granny Zoe Quest Grade: D Main Quest Reward: 500EXP, ????? Failure: 0EXP, you may never receive any quest from Granny Zoe. SUBMIT QUEST: YES/NO Naturally Zeus pressed yes, as the quest items disappeared from his inventory. Zoe: "Not bad not bad, you have certainly helped this poor old woman a lot. It seems that you have some extra people with you come in come let them inside my small hut." Zeus soon heard the chiming indicating his increase in level, he smiled before his eyes widened at what he saw. Since the beginning of the game whether it is NPCs or the Players he was unable to see their name or title without using his observation skill but as soon he reached Level 5 he was suddenly able to see them. ''hmmm nice so 17 Perks A few hours had passed since Zeus and his group had successfully completed their quest together currently they were working inside the dojo working hard on their physical stats for the last few minutes. Suddenly a lot of chiming was heard indicating a lot of notifications, Zeus quickly opened the log from the menu as he read the notifications. [YOU HAVE REACHED 100 BASE STATS IN STR; YOU MAY SELECT A SINGLE PERK FROM THE LIST BELOW. 1. BOON OF ATLAS: INCREASES YOUR STR TEMPORARILY BY 30%, FOR 1 MINUTE, AT THE COST OF A 10% IN DEX. 2. IRON BODY: INCREASES YOUR STR PERMANENTLY BY 15%, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN 10% IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND MAGICAL DEFENSE 3. GIFT OF AEGIS: INCREASES YOUR BOTH PHYSICAL AND MAGICAL DEFENSE PERMANENTLY BY +2/LEVEL.] [CHOOSE NOW] [YES/NO] Zeus sighed at that a he mused, ''hmmm, I should actually view the entire list before choosing any of them after all so many notifications I might have gained perked in others as well''. As such he chose ''NO'' as he checked on other notifications he had received. [YOU HAVE REACHED 100 BASE STATS IN VIT; YOU MAY SELECT A SINGLE PERK FROM THE LIST BELOW. 1. REHEAL: HEAL YOURSELF BY SACRIFICING YOUR MANA POOL, REGAIN 2HP/5MP 2. HYDRA''S KIN(level 1): INCREASES HEALTH REGENERATION BY 20% 3. FATAL STRIKE: WHEN YOUR HEALTH IS BELOW 3% YOU HAVE 100% DOING CRITICAL STRIKES [CHOOSE NOW] [YES/NO] [YOU HAVE REACHED 100 BASE STATS IN END; YOU MAY SELECT A SINGLE PERK FROM THE LIST BELOW. 1. PUMP UP: FILL UP YOUR STAMINA BY SACRIFING YOUR HEALTH, REGAIN 2STA/5HP 2. UNDEAD''SENVY: INCREASE STAMINA REGENERATION BY 10% 3. FRENZY: WHEN YOUR STAMINA IS BELOW 3% YOUR ATTACKS INCREASES BY 50% [CHOOSE NOW] [YES/NO] [YOU HAVE REACHED 100 BASE STATS IN DEX; YOU MAY SELECT A SINGLE PERK FROM THE LIST BELOW. 1. DEFT HANDS: INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF PICK POKETING, LOCK PICKING AND OTHER SUCH ACTIONS BY 10% 2. BLOOD ESCAPE: INCREASE YOUR SPEED BY 100%, AT THE COST OF YOUR HP, CONSUMES 10HP/SEC 3. QUICK FOOT: INCREASE YOUR DEX PERMANENTLY BY 15% [CHOOSE NOW] [YES/NO] Zeus ran his fingers through his hair as he decided his choices, 1.Iron Body 2. Hydra''s Kin(Level 1) 3. Undead''senvy 4. Quick Foot Azi: "So what was that?" Zeus: "Well it seems that after making it to 100 points in stats, I got some perks." Tarasque: "What kind of perks?" Zeus: "Well it increases strength, regeneration, speed etc." Azi: "I see so you have got a small boost it seems because of them." Zeus: "Well it might seem small but at the end it gives an edge over others, we have worked for a little near half an hour we have much to accomplish let us start training." As he spoke Zeus discreetly he checked his stats after getting his perks. Name: Zeus Level: 5 Next level: 495/1500 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):3150 (Regen: 75.6/min) Mana (MP): 1750 (Regen: 33/min) Stamina (STA): 3150 (Regen: 69.3/min) Strength (STR): 155 [100+40+15] Vitality (VIT): 147 [105+42] Endurance (END): 154 [110+44] Dexterity (DEX):175 [100+60+15] Intelligence (INT):70 [50+20] Wisdom (WIS):70 [50+20] Luck (LUK): 42.9 [39+3.9] Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 178.3 Magical Attack: 70 Physical Defense: 152.2 Magical Defense: 70 Money: 6B 2095C 500T Perks: a) Iron Body b) Hydra''s Kin(Level 1) c) Undead''senvy d) Quick Foot Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 34 At the end of the day Zeus and his group had managed to increase their physical stats by another 100 points before it was time for them to wake up in the morning as such they logged out of the game. After finishing their morning ritual both Nikola and Nathan had appeared for their breakfast. Yelena: "Nikola and Nathan do you have some free time or are busy with the game." Nathan: "Aunty we are simply grinding our stats otherwise I am free." Nikola shrugged as she spoke, "So am I." Yelena clapped in excitement as she spoke, "Well we ladies will be going on some much needed pampering and shopping, so why don''t you two follow us." Nathan glanced at his father and grandfathers who were busy with things other than the current conversation as such he suddenly punched his left palm with his right hand as he spoke, "Oh I remember that I have to increase my stats in wisdom and intelligence as such with heavy heart I have to say I will not be able to escort you." Aubrielle spoke with no nonsense tone in her voice, "I think I misheard something dear, you said you will be happy to escort us right." Nathan looked with helpless eyes at his father and grandfathers who were busy ignoring him, he grumbled at them as his eyes brightened considerably as he spoke with a dazzling smile, "Yes mom but that means it means it will be a family outing right, dad and grandpas are all coming with us right." The reaction was instantaneous as Tristan, Dominic and Riley simply sent a scathing glare at him, before their face took a neutral look as Tristan spoke, "Well we would love to son but we are unfortunately busy as such we will not be able to accompany you ''son''.", he spoke the word ''son'' rather forcefully. Aubrielle sighed as she spoke, "I wish too son but unfortunately they are busy." Riley: "Yes child otherwise we would love to accompany you all it had been so long for a family outing." Nathan: "But ''Pirate King'', ''all work and no play makes Jack a dumb boy'', moreover it has been over a year when we had a proper family outing you all are always so busy so why not today, is it not right granny, grandma.", he whined a bit as he gave a slight red eyed glanced at his grandmothers. His grandmothers simply smiled back at him as Saniyah spoke with a smile, "Of course child, they will be going with us, won''t you dear.", both her and Isabella send a glare at their respective husband who simply cowered under their glare and nodded weakly. Aubrielle, "You do not have to worry your pretty little head over it, your father will definitely come with us." Tristan being the brave person tired to protest, "But dear I¡­", only to be made quiet by a scathing glare from his beloved wife, ''Say yes or couch'', "Yes dear why don''t you all get ready then we will all go together." At that the women were all happy but the happiest person was Nathan who inwardly cackled in glee, ''yes yes I will not be the only one to suffer being the ''pack mule'', you will all be sharing my burden.'' 18 A day out with family Nathan dressed in faded jeans and casual white tee-shirt and black shoes, he wore a wrist chain made of gold on his right hand. He sat on the couch waiting for others to arrive, as he browsed the internet in his i-wrist, he did not wait long as the others arrived shortly after. Tristan: "Well let us leave then there is no need to waste time. But Nathan you are wearing something so formal", he spoke with a small frown. Nathan shrugged as he spoke, "Well it is comfortable." Aubrielle: "Well there is no need to waste any time, why don''t you wear the dark blue blazer got you last month on top." Nathan wanted to protest but gave up as a maid hurriedly brought him the blazer. The group broke in two teams with each occupying a limo, Nathan''s grandparents in one where as the rest occupied the other. Nathan: "The only one missing is Uncle Maksim, I wish he was here now." Nikola sighed as she spoke, "Me too cousin me too, mom wouldn''t be here if the doctor and my dad did not force her to take rest, with her constant rise in blood pressure." Yelena frowned at that as she spoke, "Please dear there is nothing wrong with a little bit of BP rise, I am fine." Nikola glared at her as she spoke, "Da fine, I was not the one who lost consciousness with blood flowing from her nose." Aubrielle may treat her like a bitter enemy but at the end of the day she was her best friend with whom they shared the dream of joining their family as such she gasped at that as she spoke, "When did it happen?" Nikola: "A few days before we arrived at the states." Yelena scoffed at that as she spoke, "There is nothing to worry about I simply had a bad day nothing more nothing less." Tristan: "This is nothing to joke about sister and you were planning on leaving within a couple of days." Nikola looked alarmed at that as she spoke, "When did you decide to leave, you are not going anywhere, the doctor advised for you to take a long holiday." Yelena wanted to protest but she was stopped by Nathan, "Sorry aunty but I will be siding with Nikola in this, you are not leaving like this, and you need some much needed rest as such please spend some time with us then you may once again rejoin your work with fresh mind and body." The whole day was a blur, visiting this shop and that shop buying various clothing items and what being dragged by the women of his household, modeling for them, not to mention the aching of hands carrying the literal mountain load of items. After a shopping spree came the parlor visit, as the men waited for the female to finish their pampering. Tristan spoke lowly, "I blame you for all this, I would busy working but no you had to drag us all in." Dominic: "I would take a hoard of paparazzi but not this.", giving a stink eye towards Nathan. Nathan simply huffed as he spoke, "So what you were all throwing me under the bus, if I go down I will drag you all with me, at least I am still alive if you all were not here I would be the one carrying all this, do you want such a cute and innocent child like me to perish." Riley snorted at that, "Innocent yeah right and the sun will rise in the west, and you manipulated them to drag us with you, so do not call yourself innocent." A few hours of grueling wait the ladies had finally finished their pampering and what not. Aubrielle spoke excitedly at her son, "Nathan, how do we all look." Nathan gave a bright smile as he lied, "You all look absolutely gorgeous mom.", while inwardly was a different matter, ''What did they do for the last couple of hours, they practically look the same, yup completely same there is no difference from before, but what is this $180,000 bill, I pity dad.'', he send a sympathetic look towards his dad who was paying the bill, who simply gave a very pained smile to Nathan. Isabell, "I think it is time for us to leave, it is almost 12 and we have a reservation at 1:30." Aubrielle, "Relax mom there is enough time, and I think it is time for some ice cream after all Nathan being such a sweet heart helping us carrying so much, I think he should get a reward." While Riley muttered lowly enough for his fellow men in suffering could hear, "Damn, what are we empty cans, we also helped carrying the load in fact he carried the least amongst us." Dominic replied back with a scowl, "So true brother so true, sometimes it is good to be young." Tristan sighed as he spoke, "I do not know if I should praise my child or should hate him for manipulating them and dragging us here." The day passed without any problem they had a very sumptuous lunch in a Michelin Star restaurant and then they were back home, a quick freshening up Nathan and his group were back inside the game. Zeus: "Well what will you two do now?" Azi: "I will be looking for some information about ''Jobs'' and may be a quest so as to reach your level, before grinding the stats." Tarasque, "Well I will try learning about potion making from Granny Zoe and if possible cooking, and if Azi goes for a quest I wish to accompany her." Zeus shrugged at that as he spoke, "Well then good luck with that I will be working on grinding my wisdom and intelligence stats then." With that they parted ways as Zeus used opened his ''Status page'', now let see how much I have gained by working out. Name: Zeus Level: 5 Next level: 495/1500 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):7350 (Regen: 169.4/min) Mana (MP): 1750 (Regen: 33/min) Stamina (STA): 7700 (Regen: 159.4/min) Strength (STR): 310 [200+80+30] Vitality (VIT): 294 [210+84] Endurance (END): 308 [220+88] Dexterity (DEX):350 [200+120+30] Intelligence (INT):70 [50+20] Wisdom (WIS):70 [50+20] Luck (LUK): 42.9 [39+3.9] Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 356.5 Magical Attack: 70 Physical Defense: 333.3 Magical Defense: 70 Money: 6B 2095C 500T Perks: a) Iron Body b) Hydra''s Kin(Level 1) c) Undead''s envy d) Quick Foot Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 34 Zeus close the status page as he glanced at the worn out dilapidated Library, which unlike the last few times he had visited had a few more people visiting it, ''oh well better late than never.'' 19 Alfostrog Marblehorn Zeus was completely miffed he was stuck in the first floor, and he had read all the books before and now he was forced to re-read them again and again, he gritted his teeth he wanted to give up many times now, but he had to increase his stats, he suddenly found he could no longer increase his stats anymore. ''hmm may be I cannot because I am reading the same thing over and over again.'', he sighed as he stood up and left the library, let me see what I have gained till now. He glanced at the notifications and just like previously he had gained a few perks as his Intelligence and Wisdom had crossed the100 threshold, although currently he had managed to increase it by a fair amount, he was still confused at what he saw, ''I am above 200, but what is the minimum for another perk. I will have to search for it later on, for now let me see my new perks then.'' [YOU HAVE REACHED 100 BASE STATS IN INT; YOU MAY SELECT A SINGLE PERK FROM THE LIST BELOW. 1. PRODIGY: GAIN 5% MORE EXP WHEN USING ANY SKILL. 2. IMPENETRABLE MIND: GAIN 10% MORE RESISTAANCE FROM ANY MENTAL STATUS. 3. HECATE''S BELOVED (lesser): YOUR BELOVED OF HECATE AS SUCH YOU AND YOUR ALLIES GAIN +1X OVERALL REGENERATION RATE OF MANA.(non stackable0] [CHOOSE NOW] [YES/NO] Zeus quirked his eyebrow at that as he smirked, ''Well I know which one I should choose but first I have check what I gained from wisdom before deciding on something.'' [YOU HAVE REACHED 100 BASE STATS IN WIS; YOU MAY SELECT A SINGLE PERK FROM THE LIST BELOW. 1. GIFT OF FAIRY: GAIN PERMANENTLY +10% IN MANA POINT. 2. SOLOMON''S APPRENTICE(lesser): YOU ARE AN APPRENTICE OF MAGIC GOD, AS SUCH YOU AND YOUR ALLIES GAIN +10% INCREASE IN MAGICAL ATTACK AND DEFENSE.(non stackable) 3. BLOOD SACRIFICE: BY SACRIFICING 5 HP & 5 STA YOU GAIN I MP] [CHOOSE NOW] [YES/NO] Zeus as such decided to choose with a smile on his face, Hecate''s Beloved(lesser) and Solomon''s apprentice(lesser). He suddenly felt as if a cold wind suddenly blew over him began him relief like that on a very hot summer day. As such he pulled up his status window to check all the changes that he underwent. Name: Zeus Level: 5 Next level: 495/1500 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: None Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):7350 (Regen: 169.4/min) Mana (MP): 8000 (Regen: 352/min) Stamina (STA): 7700 (Regen: 159.4/min) Strength (STR): 310 [200+80+30] Vitality (VIT): 294 [210+84] Endurance (END): 308 [220+88] Dexterity (DEX):350 [200+120+30] Intelligence (INT):320 [300+20] Wisdom (WIS):320 [300+20] Luck (LUK): 42.9 [39+3.9] Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 356.5 Magical Attack: 352 Physical Defense: 333.3 Magical Defense: 352 Money: 6B 2095C 500T Perks: a) Iron Body b) Hydra''s Kin(Level 1) c) Undead''s envy d) Quick Foot e)Hecate''s Beloved(lesser) f)Solomon''s apprentice(lesser) Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 34 He then quickly checked his skills, Active: [Fire Ball] [Level 4, 4/1000 EXP] Element: Fire Tier: I Description: A ball of fire which can be thrown at a moderate speed towards an enemy, it provides +280 Magic Attack. Costs: 200MP/usage [Slash] [Level 5, 300/1000 EXP] Tier: I Description: A simple slash done by bladed weapons, it provides +250 Physical Attack. Costs: 50MP/usage [Stab] [Level 5, 410/1000 EXP] Tier: I Description: A simple stab done by piercing weapons, it provides +250 Physical Attack. Costs: 50MP/usage [Power Strike] [Level 5, 205/1000 EXP] Tier: I Description: A simple strike done by blunt weapons, it provides +250 Physical Attack. Costs: 50MP/usage Passive: [Martial Arts] [Level 8, 1520/2800 EXP] Hand to hand combat is your forte, the feel of crushing your enemy by your bare hands. Provides +40% Dex, STR, VIT and END [Meditation] [Level 4, 800/1000 EXP] An ancient method of relaxation, which enables one to clear his/her mind from various shenanigans of daily life enabling one to achieving peace and calm. Provides +20 WIS & +20 INT and it also provides about +10% increase in regeneration of a person in Health, Mana and Stamina Stats, irrelevant whether the person is inside or outside of battle. [Parkour] [Level 4, 820/1000 EXP] Move like an animal with incredible feats of agility Provides +20% DEX [Silver Tongue] [Level 1, 00.00/100 EXP] This skill allows success in haggling, negotiations and diplomacy by +1%, chances of successfully lying to another within 1 level above you increases by 5% additionally it provided +4 in LUK and CHA. Support: [Observe] [Level 6, 1356/1500 EXP] This skill provides the basic information on people, animal and objects that is this skill is directed upon. The higher the skill is the more information is gathered. Currently this can be used successfully on person/objects/animals 9 levels above. Cost: 10 MP/Use. Zeus sighed he was happy with his progress, but it was time really tiring and grueling, he wished that he had an alternate method to increase his stats what they are doing is basically wasting time, if it continues like this they will be left in the dust and he refuses to give up like this. As a scowling Zeus moved through the slum area he was greeted with a sight of some people cursing a ''Dwarf'', where did this ''Dwarf'' came from as he neared he heard about the people cursing him like no tomorrow, " You old smelly bastard go die in a ditch, I hope you suffer from herpes, I ¡­." Zeus blushed as the curses became more and more degrading and creative, he literally shoved his fingers in his ears in order to prevent hearing them. A few minutes later, the Dwarf looked at the person with an intense look in his eyes, everyone stopped at that as they watched him tensely as he raised a huge sack, then everyone watched him take out a big bottle with strange reddish liquid out of it, making them tense the situation was so thick it could be done with a knife, everyone waited with their breath held. The person who put up a brave face as he spoke, "Wh-what are you doing? Do you dumb pile of CRAP THINK YOU CAN FRIGHTEN ME DO YOUR WORSE." The dwarf opened the bottle took a swig from it, before belching out loud and then he closed his eyes started to snore leaving a dumbfounded audience Zeus was having hard time trying not to collapse on the ground laughing. The person huffed in anger as he left stomping on the ground towards another blacksmith shop, where a group of people were present talking with a human with a wide smile. Zeus went towards a fellow player as he spoke with him, "Hey man, what was all this commotion about." The person beside glanced at him lazily as he spoke, "That over there is self proclaimed master blacksmith, he placed a challenge that anyone who could move his hammer would be able to become his student in blacksmithing so far none is able to, not only that he is asking for 1 Bronze coin per trail, those who failed will not be allowed to attempt the trail again.'' Zeus raised one of his eyebrows as he neared the shop, as he used ''Observe'' on the hammer, as he read the information his breath hitched. [NAME: ALFOSTROG''s MYTHRIL HAMMER Profession Restriction: None Tier: UNIQUE Level Requirement: Level 5 and below Strength requirement: 280 Physical Attack: N/A Magic Attack: N/A Durability: 1500/1500 Zeus went near the hammer, a box with a coin symbol placed near him, he put a single Bronze coin in it before he lifted the hammer as he inspected it closely. "Not bad not bad a voice came from behind him." Zeus gave a startling squeak, no not a startling squeak but a very many and world shaking warcry in order to intimidate his prey. Zeus coughed at his hands composing himself, the dwarf blacksmith simply had eyes full of mirth as he spoke, "Not bad brat my name is Master Blacksmith Alfostrog Marblehorn, so what is your name brat." Zeus: "My name is Zeus." Alfostrog nodded at that as he spoke, "Not a very nice name but oh well, from today on you are my apprentice here take this sack and follow and no DILLYDALLYIING OR ELSE I WILL BREAK YOUR LEG." [CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING ''MASTER'' BLACKSMITH ALFOSTROG MARBLEHORN''s DISCIPLE. BLACKSMITH REALTED SKILL +25%EXP.] Alfostrog turned towards Zeus as he spoke in a gruff voice, "What are waiting for did you forgot how to use your legs, hurry up now." Zeus quickly ran after him as he replied back, "Yes teacher." 20 Learning from Alfostrog Alfostrog spoke with a smile, "How have you been old friend." The person in question was another dwarf with bald hair and long silver beard smoking from a pipe, "Still kicking but why have you been here for?" Alfostrog pointed toward Zeus as he spoke, "This person you see is my newest apprentice, and I need some iron ore as such I brought him with me." The man nodded as he spoke, "You boy come over here.", as Zeus approached him the man the man pointed towards a pickaxe as he spoke, "Pick that up and start swinging boy." Zeus picked up the hammer as he spoke, "Excuse me senior but as much as I wish to collect the iron ore, how will I identify them from normal rocks?" The old man sighed as he spoke, "The iron is much darker red than normal stones and now go and swing that pickaxe and do not step out until you are told to stop, and if you have some more questions just ask the people inside. Now shoo." Zeus looked at the person incredulously as he entered the mine, he was startled to see no was present in fact the entire mine seemed to be abandoned, but as he went further in he could hear sound of metal striking on stone. Zeus used ''Observe'' on the pickaxe. [NAME: PICKAXE TIER: COMMON LEVEL REQUIREMENT: NONE STRENGTH REQUIREMENT: 50 ATTACK: +5] Zeus used observe on various nodes as he passed them, most of them were only impure and a rare few normal, he went further inside the number of people increased as the heat increased as well, but the normal node had also increased, but he did not stop at that he went even deeper, the heat increased as the number of person fell, until he was alone it was very hot, as he moved his eyes fell on two nodes, as the word [PURE] was on them. Zeus did not venture any further raising his pickaxe he rained blows after blows on the node, as the pickaxe hit the nodes, grey colored words floated above it. [+5 Iron ore] [+5 Iron ore] [+5 Iron ore] . . . . . [+5 Iron ore] Zeus noticed that the node depleted after 20 strikes, ''I see it takes 20 strikes for it to disappear, and each strike gathered ''5'' iron ore as such I got 100 ores in a single sitting.'' He finished the two nodes as he went as he searched for more, but he found none as such he went towards a [NORMAL] node started using his pickaxe on it. [+3 Iron ore], [+2 Soil] [+3 Iron ore], [+2 Soil] [+3 Iron ore], [+2 Soil] . . . . . [+3 Iron ore], [+2 Soil] He frowned at that as he analyzed the situation,'' So I will get ''soil'', with each strike, hmmm also it seems that the number of strikes before it collapses is 30. It seems I need much more testing it.'' As such Zeus did not wait and for the next couple of hours he mined as many nodes as he could get his hands on came to the conclusion, ''[Impure] gives 1Iron ore and 4Soil but allowing for 40 strikes thus gaining at least 40Iron ore in a single sitting, [Normal] gives 3Iron ore and 2Soil but allowing for 90 strikes thus gaining at least 40Iron ore in a single sitting but the Pure gives 5Iron ore and but allowing for 40 strikes thus gaining at least 100Iron ore in a single sitting. Oh well I have all the time let''s start working.'' with that he resumed his job of gathering iron ore. It has been a few hours since he had entered the mine, he was tired and thirsty only for one of the miners approached him as he spoke, "The boss is calling you from outside.'' with that the person left. Zeus simply shrugged as he made his way towards the entrance, the old man as well as his master were both waiting for him patiently, as Zeus approached he spoke with a smile, "I have finished collecting the ''Iron ore'', so what now." The old man spoke with clear mirth in his voice, "Show me what you got lad." Zeus went and removed every piece of Iron Ore he had inside his inventory in front of Alfostrogas he piled them in front of him, over 2000 Iron ore, Alfostrog smirked as he spoke, "Good good, now let us go we other things to do." With that Alfostrog waved his hand as he escorted his student back to the city as he spoke, "Well since we have already got the Iron ore now let me tell you about your duties. From tomorrow onwards you will be gathering Iron Ore, and make sure it is not less than a 50, as well asyou will cut trees and gather wood which will be converted into charcoal. Now follow me I will teach you smelting today." Zeus followed the Dwarven Blacksmith in order to learn how to use smelter to smelt all those Iron ore into Iron Ingots. Zeus watched like a hawk, before he got a chance to use the smelter. Alfostrog: "Take a deep and calm yourself down before you try to help me, it does not matter if you make any mistake, as you will be doing it for the first time as such it is fine if you mess up I will point out your mistakes." Zeus nodded as he watched Alfostrog roasting the iron ore, and then broke them into small pieces, as he ordered Zeus, "Go and stand by the bellow, start pumping the bellow when I order you to." Zeus watched like a hawk as Alfostrog, prepped the smelter with charcoal while Zeus began pumping using the bellow, as the temperature rose Alfostrog used the small pieces of the roasted iron ore and mixed with broken pieces of charcoal before pouring them in the smelter. A long time after, Alfostrog removed a part of the smelter and let the slag flow out before removed a lump of glowing yellowish piece of rock, ''Wrought iron'' which he then placed on an anvil as he spoke, "Child, hold the tongs hard.", as Zeus held the lump of glowing rock hard, Alfostrog hammered it hard shaping it to a big square then he used a axe to split the wrought iron before he hammered it creating five iron ingots. Alfostrog then smiled at Zeus showing his pearly white teeth as he spoke, "Now get start creating ingots while I watch.", with that he stood to the side giving Zeus the command of his smelter. Zeus nodded at that as he sighed tiredly, ''It will be a long day.'' 21 Dungeon Diving Part-1 Aimee sighed as she went through the messages sent by her boyfriend Quinn, as she sighed it seems her boyfriend will not be playing with her today, a couple of days ago the sudden encounter with that white haired person caused their death, specially how he used a magic spell inside his boyfriend''s throat since then he is afraid of entering the game, ''tch such a coward.'' But upon carefully thinking about the person she was able to figure out his identity, it was none other than her EX. To tell the truth if it were not for her boyfriend''s wealth she would have not left her EX, she was everything anyone would wish for but unfortunately he was poor otherwise she would have not left him so early. When Quinn expressed his desire to be her boyfriend how could she say no to him, it was like a lottery after all Quinn''s father was a billionaire, someone her parents would approve in a heartbeat, on top of that which women wouldn''t love to live a life of luxury and comfort which she doubted that Nathan would be able to provide her even if he worked hard and his hair all grew white, but still compare to Quinn he was handsome, maybe even better than any other boys she had met while Quinn was the exact opposite to him again, but this was not in a good way, Quinn knew that and as such he was always jealous of it, his good looks, his good grades he was always jealous plotting and trying to harm Nathaniel that was when she came to realize that he was an idiot as well. Another thought came to her mind as she grimaced, ''ugh, I feel so dirty when kissing him it like kissing an experiment which went wrong. I hope some gold digger whore does not catches his attention it will be so troublesome, I just have to make sure his attention is always focused on me but what if he wants me to pop out some gremlin of his after marriage it will destroy my figure.'' Suddenly an idea struck her, ''hmmm, Nathaniel had always loved me, if I can somehow get him back then I can make him dance in my palm, while Quinn provides me money he will be servicing me, but how to do, idea! Idea!, so many ideas!" Zeus aka Nathaniel who was working on the forge suddenly felt a shiver down his spine as I someone plotting something sinister against him. He brushed it as aside as he went on forging the newest weapon meant for ''Tarasque'', he took the design of a ''tabar'' but changing it a bit as instead of twin axe head he replaced one of the axe head with a hammer head, he used ''Damascus'' steel in order to create it causing a very fine weapon of ''Rare'' tier, he took a look at the reddish colored weapon which he named as ''Devastator'', as he used observe on it. [ DEVASTATOR (Modified TABAR) Profession Restriction: None Tier: RARE Level Requirement: Level 6 Strength Requirement: +400 Wisdom Requirement: +400 Physical Attack: +450 Magic Attack: +450 Spell: Reflection {Returns 30% of overall damage dealt back to the attacker for a period of 10 seconds. Cooldown: 5 minutes} Durability: 2000/2000 ] =================================================================== He was happy with it as he knew his would be ally would love it, as it was exactly as she would want, moreover the after placing of the runes it looks even more more breathtaking as if it was a painting done by a very famous artist. It was a few days in games and they had raised their stats very high to the point that he had reached what was maximum amount allowed for them below level 11, as well as he got a few new perks. He pulled out his stats as he glanced at it. ==================================================================== Name: Zeus Level: 6 Next level: 895/2100 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: Primary:None // Secondary: Arcane Blacksmith (Weapon) Race: Deva (Un-awakened) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):19250 (Regen: 616/min) Mana (MP): 14750 (Regen: 907.5/min) Stamina (STA): 19250 (Regen: 539/min) Strength (STR): 935 [550+220+165] Vitality (VIT): 770 [550+220] Endurance (END): 770 [550+220] Dexterity (DEX):1045 [550+330+165] Intelligence (INT):590 [550+40] Wisdom (WIS):590 [550+40] Luck (LUK): 42.9 [39+3.9] Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 935 Magical Attack: 708 Physical Defense: 900 Magical Defense: 708 Money: 16B 4495C 2500T Perks: a) Steel Body b) Hydra''s Kin(Level 2) c) Unrelenting stamina d) Light Steps e) Hecate''s Beloved(minor) f) Solomon''s apprentice(minor) Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 40 Among his skills the note worthy being, Passive: [Martial Arts] [Level 8, 2820/3600 EXP] Hand to hand combat is your forte, the feel of crushing your enemy by your bare hands. Provides +40% Dex, STR, VIT and END [Meditation] [Level 6, 100/2100 EXP] An ancient method of relaxation, which enables one to clear his/her mind from various shenanigans of daily life enabling one to achieving peace and calm. Provides +30 WIS & +30 INT and it also provides about +20% increase in regeneration of a person in Health, Mana and Stamina Stats, irrelevant whether the person is inside or outside of battle. [Parkour] [Level 6, 920/2100 EXP] Move like an animal with incredible feats of agility Provides +40% DEX [Silver Tongue] [Level 1, 00.00/100 EXP] This skill allows success in haggling, negotiations and diplomacy by +1%, chances of successfully lying to another within 1 level above you increases by 5% additionally it provided +4 in LUK and CHA. [Arcane Weapon smith](Unique) [Level 1, 20/100 EXP] Long ago there was a blacksmith who became a mage and through his hands were born weapons with magical properties. Chances of creating weapon of ''Expert'' level is 10% [Rune] (Rare) [Level 9, 4290/4500 EXP] Success rate of creating a Rune of ''Rare'' level is 90% Support: [Observe] [Level 9, 135/4500 EXP] This skill provides the basic information on people, animal and objects that is this skill is directed upon. The higher the skill is the more information is gathered. Currently this can be used successfully on person/objects/animals 9 levels above. Cost: 5 MP/Use. Overall he was happy, as he left the forge Alfostrog spoke with a grumble, it is a shame you never took Arcane Blacksmithing as your primary profession you are really talented in it. Zeus simply blushed at the praise, Alfostrog was different than what he knew about dwarf people from other fantasy books and what not, this man was patient helpful but extremely serious and loved his profession very much, the only person he loved more than anything was his wife Onaethra, together they own the ''Marblehorn arms'', while Alfostrog created weapons his wife created armor, and coincidently his cousin so happened to take apprenticeship under her. Onaethra: "So child when are you all leaving for dungeon diving?" Zeus: "We are waiting for our third teammate to arrive before we leave." Alfostrog: "Well do not feel depressed if you fail child, you are more than welcome here." Zeus simply smiled as he spoke, "Thank you for your kind words teacher." Soon Tarasque appeared as Azi spoke, "See Tarasque see the armor I made for you.", dragging her along with her towards the mannequin where the armor was placed on top of it. 22 Dungeon Diving Part-2 Zeus looked at the armor created by Azi for him in great detail, it looked really cool, and he checked the stats for the armor. [ IMPERIAL ARMOR Profession Restriction: None Tier: RARE Level Requirement: Level 6 Endurance Requirement: +400 Physical Defense: +10% Magic Defense: +10% Spell: HEAL {Returns 20% of overall health back to the user over a period of 30 seconds. Cooldown: 5 minutes} Durability: 2000/2000 ] Zeus quickly wore it as he smirked, "It is wonderful cousin I love it." Azi smiled at that as she bragged, "Of course you would after all it was I who made it." Causing the other two roll their eyes, Azi and Tarasque both wore armor which accentuated their curves, Azi''s was made of leather where as Tarasque''s was mostly plate armor, but it was designed to bring out their beauty even more. Taraque grinned as she spoke to Zeus: "So how do I look Zeus." Zeus: "You two look devastatingly beautiful." Tarasque then handed each of them a good few Heath potions, Mana potions and Stamina potions, as she spoke "I have some food items with me, so you do not have to worry about our character getting hungry." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "Azi how about your weapon do you like it?" Azi nodded at that as she spoke with a frown, "I like my ''Heavy Bow'' but why did you put Fire rune on it, I asked for lightning rune." Zeus sighed as she spoke, "Did you see the video I send you?" Azi scratched her head in embarrassment as she spoke, "No I was kind of busy as such I¡­" Zeus sighed hard as he spoke, "16 in game hours ago the first dungeon to fall at ''Hard'' mode fell since then 5 more dungeons have fallen, including our city''s each of them are unique like in our city it is a skeleton dungeon which seems to be susceptible to fire." Tarasque spoke, "Zeus if I am not wrong you wish to conquer the tiers above hard mode." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "Of course I wish to but for it to happen we first need to conquer the dungeon in hard mode." Azi looked clueless as she asked, "And why do we need to?" Zeus as well as Tarasque both glared at her as she chuckled sheepishly causing them to shake their head in exasperation as he spoke, "Pretty simple my dear cousin, anyone can play the dungeon in Hard, Normal or Easy mode, but the ones even at higher level than them namely the ''Nightmare'' and the one even above it the ''Hell'' mode in order to access them you have to at least play the ''Hard Mode'' then the ''Nightmare'' only then one can have access to the ''Hell'' mode and I wish to conquer the dungeon in ''Hell mode''." Azi: "So how hard are those modes?" Tarasque: "Firstly this dungeons only allow those of Level 10 and below to enter, secondly the teams which have conquered the dungeon in Hard mode failed to make it even a quarter of that in Nightmare mode, as such we have to be vigilant, also we cannot waste time have you seen the new ''Player Ranking System''?" Azi sighed as she spoke, "of course the person leading is already a Level 15 player named ''Quanshi'', and we have to pick up the pace." Soon they made their way to the Dungeon entrance, as the neared Azi simply whistled in appreciation as she spoke, "It seems like a carnival is going on." A plethora of people were standing there getting ready as they forming parties as they entered the dungeon. Azi: "Hey cousin how many people were present in the party that conquered the Dungeon in hard mode? " Zeus: "Well they had 15 people as is the maximum number of people allowed to form a party." Azi looked at him in disbelief, "15 people were who conquered the dungeon, and we are 3, just 3 and you wish to conquer it with our paltry strength." Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Quality over quantity cousin, they may be numerous but look at our stats." Azi sighed as she spoke, "Well let us get on with it then." As they neared both Tarasque and Azi gained the attention of other players specially the male, who wanted to flex their muscles and what not to garner their attention, even Zeus got quite a few flirty winks and what not from female player. Suddenly a voice called to him from behind, "Nathan is that you.", Zeus turned as well as his party members at the voice after all someone was able to identify him, given that he did not change that much of his looks but still. As Zeus looked at the person his eyes hardened as he let a low growl at that who had spoken to him, because it was none other than ''DragonFairyQueen'', or as he knew in real life ''Aimee'', she approached him with tear in her eyes as she spoke, "My beloved Nathan it is really you, you look as handsome as you in real life, how I missed you." Zeus was taken aback by what he saw a teary eyed Aimee what does she want, he side stepped as he put his hands up to prevent her from hugging him. DragonFairyQueen: "Why are you not letting me hug you? I¡­I see you are angry about why I betrayed you right, you have the right to be angry with me, after all I betrayed you but I never wanted to I was forced by that disgusting pig, please belief.", the anguish shown in her face made everyone to stop talking as they watched the drama unfold. Zeus decided to humor her, "Oh and how did he do such a thing?" DragonFairyQueen then spurned a tale of blackmail and what not, how she had to listen to that toad in order to save her family and what not, she even went as far as to swore to god stating that she was unable to commit anymore sin and would love to get back in his life once again consequence be damned, the tale so mournful that Zeus heard a few sniffling from the audience. Suddenly Zeus got a message from Azi, which he discreetly opened and almost laughed loudly at what he saw. [Oscar worthy performance.] Zeus would have believed at her story if she did not state a few lies about her family was dirt poor and how they were forced to do the toad''s bidding, he had seen her wearing expensive jewelry as well carrying bags from branded companies before so how could her dirt poor family afford such. Zeus suddenly looked as if he was looking at someone behind her as he spoke in panic, "Dude, it was your girl friend who was speaking with me not I." DragonFairyQueen suddenly panicked as she turned before speaking, "My handsome beloved, prince save me from this no good bastard ruffian, he is trying to take advantage of me.", but her eyes widen when no one was there. She turned towards Zeus whose eyes were blazing with fury as he spoke, "My parents were happily married ''Aimee'', as such please do not call me a bastard but although a gold digging whore who could jump from one guy to another because of a few dollars speaks volume about her upbringing. Moreover you say you are poor than why did you have $15000 dollar worth purse from branded company." By then DragonFairyQueen was shaking with intense anger, ''how dare her pet voice against her'', she was livid at Nathan''s behavior, she was passing by and caught a glimpse of her ex and thought to get him to dance at the palm of her hand, as an idea formed in her mind, ''it seems it was high time for her to educate her pet, he should be grateful to her if it were not for her Quinn and his family would have torn Nathan to pieces but now she will tell Quinn about Zeus''s real identity and not even God himself will be able to save him from his wrath. DragonFairyQueen: "How dare you no good beggar, I showed you goodwill and you dare to spit back at my face, I will make your family and your life living hell, I will¡­" She was stopped when the tabar of Tarasque hit the ground in front of her, hard cracking it and causing her to take a step back. It was Azi who spoke, "You do what you cheap ''s**kha'', you make my cousins life hell I will cut out your womb and make you cook and then make you eat it, who do you think you are." Zeus stopped Azi and Tarasque as he spoke, "Just leave her, we have work to do instead of wasting time on some diseased street hooker." With that they left a fuming and plotting DragonFairyQueen aka Aimee behind. Soon the group entered the dungeon in hard mode, eerie catacombs with sound of water dropping from the ceiling echoing in the area as a foul breeze blew passed them in a ghostly whisper. Azi: "Impressive, so how many floors are here?" Zeus smirked as he spoke, "Only 6 floors without the ''Boss Room''. It has been pointed out by people that all this dungeons have more floors as one increases its difficulty with easy being 4 and normal being 5, not only that the dungeon map seems to be changing as well." Azi spoke in surprise at that, "What do you mean changing?" Zeus: "Well after the first successful attempt the people tried to follow the same strategy after watching the video of their attempt and failed badly as they map had changed." Azi whistled lowly only for their attention to be grabbed by a cackling sound, as a pair of skeletons with wearing rusted iron armor and holding rusted iron broad swords in their hands came forward. Zeus took out his new Sword Staff forged by his teacher in arcane blacksmithing Alfostrog Marblehorn, himself; he could not help but snicker at the other people''s misfortune, they went readily to learn from the other person about blacksmithing but what they did not know that the person can only produce normal weapons and armor unlike the Marblehorn family who can create magic weapons and the most important difference being not only the stats of a magic weapon is higher it has spells etched on them in the form of runes as such a normal weapon pales in comparison to a magic weapon, with that he glanced at his weapon for one final time as he used observe on it. [ SPECTER (SWORD STAFF) Profession Restriction: None Tier: UNIQUE Level Requirement: Level 6 Strength Requirement: +400 Wisdom Requirement: +400 Physical Attack: +80% Magic Attack: +80% Spell: HOLY AURA (Passive) {CAUSES +20% of overall damage to creatures of darkness like the likes of undead beings. As well as 5% chance to effect them with ''Holy Fire''. Cooldown: None} Durability: 3000/3000 ] Zeus casually casted ''Observe'' on the incoming duo as he spoke with a smirk on his face, "The are only of level 7 and of 1500 health points each, let us mow them down." The others agreed as they descended upon the skeletons with glowing blue embers inside their socketsbrandishing their weapons as they shouted out at the top of their lungs various battle cries, "ForIceCream, For Lasagna, For Borscht." 23 Boss Fight Part-1 The trio stood in front of a large door, throughout the entire dungeon they encountered mobs of skeletons mostly using swords or spear, and in rare few cases shields it was not that difficult, but the thing that frustrated them the most was the loot, rusted and broken weapon parts, armors and in some cases bones and skulls, the trio were incensed at that. Azi: "Cousin did you not say your luck stats are high, the why have you not been able to get single loot." Zeus grumbled as he spoke angrily, "How in nine hells do I know, if I ever find the one who designed this dungeon I am going to break his legs." Even Tarasque was annoyed at that, throughout the dungeon run they had received nothing that was extraordinary, the loots they received were all trash nothing more nothing less, even the chest they came across was empty! Well except the last one which had a half broken tin coin. Tarasque sighed as she spoke, "Well there is nothing to argue about let us finish this floor quickly before we face the boss room." The duo nodded at that as they entered opened the door leading towards the next area, the same boring looking catacombs spanning as far as the eyes could see the dripping noise was driving Zeus nuts as he grumbled, "This place needs the touch of a certain ''Italian Plumber." Azi snorted at that as she spoke, "I do not hear about any princess who managed to get kidnapped again." Tarasque sighed as she spoke, "If I were you two I would keep my eyes open in here, all the other floors we were already attacked by now." Zeus: "I know I am extremely vigilant, like this floor tile has something underneath it so be carefull." The duo nodded as they followed Zeus''s example as they skipped over the floor tile, the entire catacombs were littered in traps, ranging from pit falls to guillotines, fire breathing statues to poisonous arrows. It was really tiring for them, when more often than naught the traps got triggered. Azi grumbled as she spoke, "This is getting ridiculous all this annoying traps and whatnot, and not to mention the lack of any enemies but this part of the floor seems unending." Zeus sighed as he spoke,"Yes, unfortunately it is, I have half a mind to give u now." Soon they reached a narrow bridge underneath a faint sound of a river was coming from but it was pitch black all the way down not only that the bridge was too narrow only one person a t a time can cross it. Tarasque, "Great this is what we need now, a drop which no one knows how deep it is." Zeus sighed as he was the first to step on the bridge as they tried to cross the bridge in a single file, but as soon as they crossed the middle of the bridge suddenly there were multiple lights as many as a dozen which lit up from the other side, indicated a spell was being activated Zeus shouted out at the top of his voice, "MAGES! Move fast.", with that he made a mad dash towards the end, as long as they were out of the bridge they could have a fighting chance, multi colored attacks rained down on him hard, he gripped his sword staff hard as he send a fireball which hit the incoming attack causing a big explosion which practically destroyed all other magical attacks, Zeus taking advantage of it moved fast followed closely by Tarasque and Azi who had taken to firing arrows trying to stop the attacks. Zeus: "Tarasque on the right I will take the one on the left, Azi cover us and try interrupting their spell casting with your arrows." With that they each began their task, as they neared Zeus used ''Observe'' on the opponents. [Name: Skeleton mage Level: 9 Class: Mage HP: 2000/2000 MP: 5000/5000 Element: Ice Attack: 500 Defense: 600] Zeus dashed towards the mage and a single swipe a large number appeared on top of it [-2300], in red, as he began a deadly dance as he twirled the sword staff around slaughtering his enemies and within less than a minute they made short work of the skeletal mages. Tarasque: "I am happy that we waited for some time grinding our stats otherwise it would be a long headache." Azi nodded at that only to be startled as Zeus whooped in joy, "Zeus what happened why are you shouting like that." A teary eyed Zeus with a smile on his face picked an item as he spoke with joy, "Finally we have some loot, and finally we got something." The other two dashed towards him as they touched the staff in their hand, a simple staff used by the magician, with minimum requirement of level 9, and attack of about 300, as well as having a minor mana regeneration on it, on top of that it was ''Rare tier'', means they struck fortune. Azi spoke in a hurried tone, "Quick quick loot them all." Zeus nodded at that as dashed from one corpse to another as he looted them, he got couple of staffs and robes but neither were of rare tier currently the rare type items were only dropped by some boss monsters outside as such it was a high demand and it would sell well on auction, then his eyes widen as he saw a couple of skill tomes. [Name: Heal Tier: 1 The caster can heal themselves or any targeted person, up to 200 HP. Cost: 200MP/use ] [Name: Tremor Tier: 2 Element: Earth Requirements: Blunt weapon Damage: 225 A Tier-2 spell of earth element has the ability to cause damage due to vibrations only to be used using a blunt weapon, causes 50% area of effect damage within 2*2 of the area when used on ground, and has a 5% chance to cause stunned effect for 5 seconds. Cost: 350MP/use ] Zeus turned to his two teammates as he spoke, "So who wants what, I do not want a single of them if neither of you want we can sell it, so you two decide amongst yourself who wants what." Azi: "Well I neither use a blunt weapon nor do I want to learn to heal what about you Tarasque." Tarasque was silent for a few minutes as she spoke, "Well if you do not mind I want them both, I wanted to learn the ''Heal'' spell for that I had to take up the priest class, but I already had an alchemist class and I refuse to have my primary class as a priest I am frontline fighter after all." Zeus nodded at that normally people would argue that what is bad about being a priest but from what he had learned from forums that priests cannot wield any weapons except the scepter which has not only poor durability but also almost no physical damage, as such for someone like Tarasque it would be a bad choice. As such he handed both the tomes which she learned it quickly as they tomes were destroyed in the process. Zeus: "It seems we are at the end of the 5th floor I think it is the boss room, let us challenge it then." The duo nodded at that as they all went towards the door leading to the boss room, Zeus gave them a small look as they both nodded as he pushed the door to the boss room. As they entered the room the door itself closed shut as a foul smell entered their nostrils, soon they saw gigantic lumbering piece of flesh covered in many parts with metal moving, the cuts and tears on its body was stitched not stitched was not a right word but held together using giant metallic wires. The hands of the being looked as if the left was a pole arm wielded to him and the right looked as if a giant axe was wielded to his hand. A loud rumbling voice came to their ears, "FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", as the monstrous being opened its mouth as the saliva dripped on the floor with a loud hiss. Zeus quickly used observe as he on the being, [Captain Dretteus of the 5th infantry of the lich king Level: 10 Class: Lord HP: 15000/15000 MP: 10000/10000 Element: N/A Attack: 2000 Defense: 1500 Description: Once a very high level of a once a glorious empire, but his greed reduced him to an abomination of under the lich, he was one of the person who caused the fall of the empire but he did not mind as long as he could eat and have all the gold of the world. Being trapped in the dungeon by the Emperor by his dying breath, but he still wait for the time when his master will free him and he could eat all and plunder everything. A small rumor has it the skeletons outside were once people who followed him and after being trapped here, he ate them to satiate his hunger.] With a roar the being charged towards the trio with an incredible speed, too fast in comparison to its size as it tried to skewer them with a spear, the trio dodged as the being followed after Tarasque quickly with its sword raised high up as it dashed after Tarasque intending to bisect her in one fell swoop. Zeus: "Azi , Tarasque has drawn the aggro let us deal some damage while its back is turned to us." Azi:"Da", with that the duo dashed towards the abomination, in order to slay it. 24 Boss Fight Part-2 "Wait for me big sister.", a female in decent looking armor called out to the person moving at a few feet away from her as she tried to catch up to her. The person in question a beautiful looking Elven person more beautiful than any normal Elves turned towards the speaker as she spoke with a sigh, "Hurry up YunYun, we have to reach our destination fast I do not wish for the boss to be taken down by others." The person called Yunyun pouted at that as she spoke, "Sister, please do not call me that, my in game name is ''Utsukushi Yuki Onna.''Call me that, as for the boss our people are already over there so you do not need to worry." The person simply frowned as she spoke, "You should use more Chinese like name you are a Chinese, and I do not understand your fixation with Japan at all. I understand what you mean but that does not mean we should slack off, I trust in our people but they are not invincible." "Big sister is right, someone does not need to attack, they will simply harass our people to the point they will be in no condition to fight the boss, especially if that scum is involved in this matter. I still could not understand how our honorable ''father'', chose him to be my big sisters fianc¨¦.", he spat out the word ''father'' as if it was the most vile thing in the world. The older sister frowned as she spoke, "Brother you should not speak ill of our father, and it is unbecoming of you." The person in question just feigned innocence at that as he spoke, "What are you speaking older sister, I simply learned it by watching it our beloved father and our humble honorable elders, ''Money is everything'', if tomorrow someone calls him and says they will offer him money if he does Live defecation on our ancestors grave he and the elders will do so with a smile and without a shred of hesitation, you and I are simply priced cattle for them which that scum is paying money for." The eldest sighed as she rubbed her hand over her temples as she spoke with frustration, "If you have time and energy to waste on this useless matter, then you have time to enough to focus on your legs." Meanwhile back with the trio of heroes, they were having a heart pumping and raging battle with ''Captain Dretteus''. "Damn that blob.", Zeus cursed loudly at that, the person was proving difficult to fight with, not only was it fast but it was bouncing around the room like a ping pong ball, it was getting difficult for them to get a good hit on the blob because of its movement, they had mange dot lower its health to a 50% when it triggered a passive skill bounce, as such any attack on it is simply bouncing off, except piercing attack, but even then it was not making any difference at this rate Azi would lose all its arrows, and to make the matter worse it was healing. Azi, "Zeus, Tarasque I have an idea." Tarasque, "What is it, tell quickly it is getting difficult to deal with it so spit it out fast." Azi: "That knight statues over there has a pike, if we can drop the pike at an angle and all we need is to divert it towards the pike, I believe it will be held there long enough to finish it." "Zeus you have heard her plan, Azi you and I will distract it while I will try to get a homerun on it as soon as Zeus lowers the pike." Zeus: "Well then keep it off me for some time.", with that he dashed towards the pike as the other two tried to keep the blob of Zeus''s back. Zeus ran towards the statue which was about a hundred feet tall, as he studied the statue hard, ''it will be difficult to bring it down, but what if hmmm.'' Zeus had a couple of war hammers which he had managed to get as a part of the loot, ''Well here goes nothing''. He took a deep breath as he went for the strike, he knew there was a chance that nothing would happen and then they would be back at square one. In games sometimes some objects are non intractable and he hope such was not the case here. ''Ding'', ''Ding'', ''Ding'' a couple of hard strikes as the statue near at its feet started to disfigure, Zeus smirked at that as he worked on the feet of the statue. "Zeus how much longer came a shout from his behind." Zeus: "A few seconds more and then I am done." After he was done Zeus sighed seeing the hammer was damaged a lot as a couple of hits and it would be destroyed, but still the statue did not fall off, he cursed as he started climbing from the front suddenly the statue creaked as it gave way under his weight as it fell off to the front as Zeus jumped off it, as he shouted to his partners in crime, "It is done." Tarasque hefted her tabar as she gave out a shout at the top of her lungs as she hit the blob, hard with his hammer while using tremor along with it. The blob shot like a bullet and with an ear piercing how it got pierced by the pike causing it above, 8000 Damage as it let out an ear piercing scream. As its Hp was reduced to 2000 out the loft 15000, it had its eyes fell on Zeus as it screamed in anger the axe on it right hand glowed as it send an attack towards him, Zeus somehow managed to dodge the attack but it still nicked him causing about 2000 Damage as his armor''s durability took a big hit. But alas the blob miscalculated as the attack destroyed another statue, carrying a giant war axe, which fell on the blob effectively causing him about 1900 damage, Zeus did not wait any longer as he dashed toward his prey as he shouted out at the top of his lungs, "DIE YOU DISGUSTING BLOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" [-200] a number written in red appeared on top its head as it died. Zeus sat on his buttocks glaring at it, as his partner joined him as he spoke angrily, "The others who cleared the dungeon in hard mode had faced much less troublesome enemies, our luck is really bad." Meanwhile outside the dungeon it was quite the stir, a large stone steale was erected their purpose was simple record outstanding achievements regarding the dungeon, but for anyone who have to have their name they have fulfill two conditions for their name to be engraved on top of the steale. First of all the dungeon attempt should be ''Hard'' mode and higher, secondly you have to be the first person to successfully conquer the dungeon on that mode or else try to be the fastest conquest of the dungeon. Currently the stone steale had two sets of name one for the first conquest and the second for the fastest conquest of the dungeon. A total of 32 names were engraved on it with two indicating the party/guild name, but what caused the stir was not only the completion of the dungeon by 2 and half hours time by Zeus and his group in comparison to the 4 hours time taken by ''Yankee WarHogs'', but also because of the only reason that unlike the other team it consisted of 3 members. As such under the sound of hammer and chisel the names changed. [ FASTEST DUNGEON CLEARANCE IN HARD MODE PARTY NAME: MANLY FLUFFY PINK PANDA MEMBERS: 1) AZI 2) TARASQUE 3) ZEUS ] 25 Nightmare Run Zeus: "More than Half way through Level 9 already a little bit more and we will reach level 10." He spoke while sitting on the ground along with his teammates who were lazing around him. Azi sighed as she spoke, "Well let us open the chest and see what got from defeating him. Zeus nodded as he moved towards the corpse of the boss as he used ''loot'' on it causing the corpse to dissolve into light as a few items were left behind. Zeus used observe on the items he received had received as a part of the loot, [Captain Dretteus''s Stretchable Underwear. Profession Restriction: None Level Requirement: N/A Tier: Unique Charisma: -100 Luck: -100 Spell: Perfume bomb (Passive) {Although it is stretchable enough to allow even an elephant to wear it successfully but it releases a highly unpleasant smell that causes any creature up to Level 20 with sense of smell to actively avoid you. Although you might end up attracting some undesirable beings lowering your charisma and luck even further.} Cooldown: None (The status effect will exist for 2 in game days even after removal off the item, and you won''t be able to remove before 5 hours of in game time has passed.) Durability: 9890/10000 Note: Even after being unable to wear his armor, because of the unique property of his underwear he still wore it until he was unable to remove it at all, if you look closely there are various stains on it. ] As Zeus read it loudly the other two deadpanned at that as Tarasque spoke, "Young master is your luck stat really that high?" Zeus glared at her as he snapped back at her, "My luck stat is about 50, do any of you have it then shut up." The other items were mostly normal consisting of his axe and his lancer. [Captain Dretteus''s Lance Profession Restriction: Teutonic Knights//Knights//Lancer Level Requirement: 11 Tier: Unique Strength Requirement: +400 Dexterity Requirement: +400 Physical Attack: +600 Spell: Knight''s Lunge (Active) {CAUSES +100% of overall damage, as well as increases Dex by 50%, FOR 10 SECONDS. Cooldown: 5 MINUTES} Durability: 3000/3000 ] [Captain Dretteus''s War Axe Profession Restriction: Teutonic Knights//Knights//Warrior Level Requirement: 11 Tier: Unique Strength Requirement: +400 Dexterity Requirement: +400 Physical Attack: +600 Spell: Knight''s Slash (Active) {Sends a devastating slash within the range of 25 meters. Cooldown: 5 MINUTES} Durability: 3000/3000 ] Zeus: "Who wants them?" Azi winkled her brows as she spoke, "Not me.", Tarasque nodded with her in agreement as she spoke, "Me neither." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Well I can try learning those runes so when I make much better weapons next time." Azi nodded as she spoke, "Let us move on and check the treasure chests." Zeus made his way to one of the nearest chests as he opened it, a couple of items appeared in front of him. Zeus as well as the others whistled at that lowly, as he spoke, "Cool Azi you got a bunch of cool arrows, at least it will cover those you have lost." He got a few tomes on which he used ''Observe'' on. [Name: Chain Lightning Tier: 3 Element: Lightning Damage: 300 and it effects up to 3 people at once. Cost: 500MP/use ] [Name: Mass Heal Tier: 3 The caster can heal themselves or any targeted person, up to 200 HP. Cost: 500MP/use ] [Name: Mass Heal Tier: 3 The caster can heal themselves or any targeted person, up to 200 HP. Cost: 500MP/use ] [Name: Thorn Vine Tier: 2 The caster imbues immobilizes a person using this for a period of 1 minute, is lower for people much higher level than the caster. Causes 10Damage per second. Range: 100meters Cost: 350MP/Use. ] Zeus: "So who will take which one?" Tarasque: "Since I am already learning healing spell, I want the mass heal." Azi: "I am a ranged attacker, I need someone who could prevent people''s movement as such I will take Thorn Vine." Zeus nodded as he opened a couple of other chests there were nothing much spectacular except a few more armors and weapons which were nothing outstanding. A few pages of various recipes for cooking which Tarasque took with a smile, but the biggest gain was something else Zeus grinned as he spoke, "6 Silver, 100Bronze coins in total." At that others grinned as they spoke, "It is so cool we can achieve much with such a thing." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke. "Yes truly so, and I believe there is nothing more to loot here, should we move to the ''Nightmare Mode'' now." Tarasque: "Yes Please." Meanwhile back in the real world, Quinn Carr gave a big smile as he signed a couple of papers on his father''s behalf, he sighed at the thought of his father, he was hauled off due to tax evasion and what not and they have yet to produce him to court because of various reasons, but if he the deal he signed works then his family would strike reach. Quinn Carr gave his most dashing smile at the person with whom he had a video conference with as he spoke, "Brother Chen, I hope this treaty will foresee the dawn of new age." The speaker from the other side simply gave him a small reassuring smile as he spoke, "Of course Brother Carr, well then I will be off, I have a certain game to complete." Quinn Carr: "Embers of Isera I hope?" Chen simply smiled as he spoke, "Yes after all it is on which is being discussed a lot nowadays, and today we are planning on being the first one to conquer the dungeon in ''Nightmare mode''." Quinn smiled as he spoke, "Well then congratulations brother.", with that the connection was cut off. Quinn stood up from his seat as he spoke, "Well this is a cause for celebration, so someone get me the costliest wine, now.", as he placed his headphone and started playing music in his I-band. Everyone looked at him with distaste, they are very high level executives in the company and just because he is the owner''s son he was ordering them like servants, one of them stood up as he left, as soon as he stepped outside he dialed a number, as a holographic projection of a Chen came up as the person spoke in a jovial tone, "Congratulations for having such a successful deal." Chen smiled as he spoke, "Well it was only thanks to you, it was possible, I hope it won''t be traceable to you, Mr. Ryan" Ryan simply smiled as he spoke, "Not at all, I have made sure to make a scapegoat and before the Carr''s realize they will be not in a position to demand anything but more importantly, it was so easy Quinn is an idiot he did not even read the agreement and just signed it, now you will not only be able to use their facilities and their resources, but you will get paid for using it on top of that the profit they will receive will be only 30%, such an idiot. He should learn a thing or two from you Mr. Chen, you are what 6-7 years older than him." Chen simply laughed at that as he spoke, "True so true Mr. Ryan, and do not worry I am already giving him practical lessons for free, well then I will be off I have lots of things to do." Ryan simply shook his head as he disconnected the call as he went to get him an ''expensive'' wine bottle, well the bottle cover was for meant for something expensive not the inside. Meanwhile for the members of the ''Manly Pink Fluffy Bunny'', they were making their way through waist deep water inside the catacombs. Azi: "Keep your eyes peeled this murky water could hide many things and this catacomb was making it difficult for our vision." Suddenly a wail came from their side as a being made up of half human and half snake jumped towards Tarasque who swung her tabar bisecting it, as more attacked them, a single stab, slash followed by a power strike was enough for Zeus to kill the attackers, as soon as they were dealt with Zeus used observe on the being. [Name: Undead Chimera Level: 11 Class: N/A HP: 3000/3000 MP: 500/500 Element: Poison Attack: 800 Defense: 200] 26 Nightmare Boss Part-1 Azi grunted in anger, the number of enemies was easily mucmore than the previous but unlike the last time where they faced with skeletons, they were now facing with undead chimeras in much larger number from than the previous challenge, not only that they were being ambushed left and right, and it was getting really annoying fast, even if they were killing their enemies efficiently it was getting tiring and unlike others she was using consumables in the form of arrows, it was indeed difficult for her. Zeus: "Azi only take shot when you can say you can safely kill them in one hit or when we are in extreme danger, let us take care of the others while at it." Azi simply grunted at that as Zeus and Tarasque stated clearing the mobs, since they were being the one at the front they were slowly being covered by foul smelling putrid blackish blood. Zeus: "Eww, I hate it, this is being incredibly being difficult with this entire smelly gunk covering us." Tarasque: "You are not the only one in fact I wish to take a good bath in real life as soon as possible after finishing this mess." Azi smirked as she spoke, "Meh, what kind of fragile being are you two, a little bit of fluids on you two and you are complaining like crazy." She was greeted with the harshest glare the two could master at the moment, only for their attention to grab by what looked like an octopus and snake rolled in one with a human face, it stood there without moving, as it let its tentacles dip in the water, Zeus used observe on it. [Name: Undead Chimera Level: 11 Class: N/A HP: 1500/1500 MP: 3000/3000 Element: Electric Attack: 1200 Defense: 300] Zeus shouted out immediately, "Jump up, climb the walls." No sooner did the words came out of his mouth the others jumped into action, they had barely managed to climb out of water holding on to the side of the catacomb when the top of the water lit up like Fourth of July as large amount of current passed throw the area. Azi shouted at Zeus, "Hold me Zeus I am taking it out." She let her go of her hand as Zeus held her tight by holding her from the waist, as Azi fired two arrows together hitting the creature as two large red numbers appeared above it, [-780], [-800], appeared killing it. Zeus did not waste any time he rubbed the blackish fluid all over Azi, taking advantage of the situation as the dropped on the floor of the catacomb. Azi was already frozen in to silence at that while Tarasque smirked at her, suddenly with a battle cry she jumped on Zeus fully intended on maiming him. Zeus simply laughed loudly as he wrestled with Azi, who was seeing red with anger as Zeus laughed at her attempt, "My my why are you angry are you so fragile that a little gunk harmed you?", which further incensed her, Tarasque fially made her way to the duo as she separated them as she spoke in a chiding tone, "Knock it off you two children. We have work to do." Azi let go of Zeus as she spoke angrily, "This is not over, and I will have my vengeance." Zeus simply waved his hand lazily as he spoke, "Yes yes, good luck with that." Tarasque then gave a nervous chuckle, "Guys I do not want to be a stick in the mud but more of them are arriving." It was lucky that the creatures were at the part where it was a bit dry but they would reach the water soon, Zeus as such spoke in a commanding tone, "Azi keep firing the arrows, I will back you up with my spells." Under the combination of various spell and arrows there approach was stopped as some of them even died, but it gave enough time for three of them to reach the group as they quickly killed them. A few moments later the trio reached a wide open space, as a message popped in front of everyone''s eyes. [Welcome to the ''Sanctuary'', a hidden place inside very difficult and higher level dungeons, a place for rest devoid of any monsters or any danger, where you can rest for as long as you want. Normally you may not be able to quit a high level dungeon without either dying or conquering or usage of special items, but the sanctuary allows you to do so although your progress in the dungeon will be reset. Warning: Once you proceed to the next floor you may not return back to the sanctuary.] Azi: "Well we will be resting here to recover our stamina and mana before moving forward, who knows what we may face next.", which the other two agreed. A few precious minutes of rest later the group decided to leave the sanctuary, as they left they came face to face with a door that led to the boss room, by then the group had already reached level 10, but unlike the previous they needed almost 11,000EXP to move to the next level, much greater than the 4500EXP needed to level up from Level 9 to Level 10, and it was still a long way to get over. Zeus opened the door and as they entered the place trudging through the black murky water, they were in front of vast room with a few broken gigantic pillars and statues acting like island in the middle of a vast lake. Tarasque: "Where is the boss?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Maybe he is taking a much needed toilet break." Azi simply rolled her eyes as she glanced up her eyes widen in fear as she shouted out, "Move now." As soon as they moved from the place a huge figure landed on the exact place they were standing a few minutes before. A creature from nightmare stood in front of them snarling at them, one of his head was human but the other was that of the a goat and a lizard, bearing 6 hands each brandishing different kinds of weapons ranging from spear sword, axes, shield and bow, the lower part of the body was that of a long black snake. Zeus used observe on it as he bit back a curse. [General M¨¢ximo Ocampo Level: 13 Class: Lord HP: 30000/30000 MP: 30000/30000 Element: N/A Attack: 5000 Defense: 1000 Description: The younger brother of the emperor who wanted the throne for himself, having both superiority and inferiority complex joined hands with a Necromancer to overthrow his brother, although he succeeded but his brother trapped them here with his dying breath till the end of time or till when he is slain. He was not the strongest person alive as such he did many experiments with humanoid irrespective of their age, race, or sex. The chimeras are the end result of such inhuman experiment. Zeus: "It will be difficult but nothing we cannot overcome, but unfortunately, the Hell mode run, we have to prepare for it separately, or else we might lose." Azi: "Let us thing about it later on but first let us deal with this failed science experiment." The being howled as it slithered towards them at incredible speed, Zeus jumped back as he dodged a spear thrust and a sword strike before he used fireball hitting it causing it to stumble back as it hit him causing about 1500 damage. Tarasque did not wait any longer as she attacked the body from its behind causing a damage of about, [-2000], but then the tail hit her back throwing her causing her to suffer [-3000 damage] as well as stunning her. Maximo chased after her intending to finish her, only to be hit by an arrow on its face specially the eyes of the goat stopping its approach for a few seconds as well as making it lose about 2500HP as it roared in anger, Zeus took the moment to attack it from behind but before he could reach the abomination the goat head opened its mouth as it bleated out loud, causing them to get stunned for a few seconds, Zeus who was already airborne could not maneuver properly as he got hit by the tail causing him to suffer 3000 damage. From the start of the game till now this was the most damage he had received and it hurt a lot as if he was slammed by a freight train. The abomination tried to slither towards a paralyze Zeus who could not move at all as the others watched with wide eyes the giant sword in the abominations hand was swung with the intent to clearly take his head off. 27 Nightmare Boss Part-2 Zeus watched with wide eye as the sword neared him, then suddenly an idea struck his mind, for a moment he simply wanted to let the abomination chop his head off if only to prevent the embarrassment, he was only paralyzed not stunned. As such even if he could not move but that does not mean he could not use any attacks. Zeus had the staff end of his pointing to the abomination, as he used his strongest spell he had currently at him ''Chain Lightning'', although there were no other enemies it did its job as it electrocuted Maximo causing all three heads to scream in pain. Azi and Tarasque''s eyes widen at that before Azi''s face had a cruel grin on her face as she casted her magic on Maximo, ''Thorn Vine'' on him. A sound of cracking of the floor was heard as vines appeared around him as it completely wrapped Maximo as the thorns dug into him hard, the more he struggled the tighter the vines became by the time he managed to free from them the Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas were on their feet already attacking him relentlessly. One of them would go forward as other two would wait as the attacking person by then would have succeeded in drawing the aggro, as the Maximo went forward to attack the another would attack from behind. The hit and run tactics worked well as they whittled Maximo''s HP down shen all of a sudden it stopped moving as it coiled its tail like a barrier, while a horn suddenly sprouted out from the human face''s forehead, it glowed bright green and to their horror its HP started to heal as numerous numbers appeared in green on it, [+1500], [+1500],¡­. Zeus: "Attack, Attack, we cannot let it heal." Azi greeted her teeth as she spoke, "UMERET'' MERZOST''" But nothing worked as the barrier held true and in front of them Maximo regained his health. Tarasque sighed as she spoke in frustration as they watched the horn once again enter its forehead as she spoke, "This is futile if it heals every time like this we will lose and I doubt we can keep on trying again and again." Azi: "Well on the bright side it lost a huge chunk of its mana." Suddenly it roared as plant like thing appeared, as the bud at the end of it opened they were greeted by a what looked like a small child, a baby inside it. The baby opened his eye as he giggled only for the abomination to grab him causing the baby to wail loudly because of the rough way Maximo was handling the ''child'', before it opened its jaws wide as he ate the baby whose blood spilled all over the place. Tarasque and Azi saw red, the child being eaten in front of them was too much they went to attack the beast no monster in front with an in surmountable amount of hatred, only to be stopped by Zeus who held their shoulder so hard that they both suffered -200 damage, Azi turned with righteous anger as she shouted at Zeus while Tarasque did the same, "WHAT THE F**K ARE YOU DOING CO¡­." Only for them t receive the harshest glare in return, causing them to shut when he spoke in a scolding manner, "BE SILENT, if you two have nothing else to do then stop yapping or else I will pull your tongue, if you so want to throw your life then just kill yourself you are useless, I will solo the boss myself." That caused them to taken aback Zeus never spoke like that to anyone, Tarasque quickly bowed as she spoke, "I am sorry Young Master I forgot my station." Azi simple mumbled back without looking at Zeus, "I am sorry." Zeus: "The baby not only just refilled his reserves, but also got him +300% mana regeneration buffs. I know it will be difficult for us to deal with him not but not impossible, he uses his skill at the 50% HP mark, but as we noticed he stopped for a few seconds and it will be our only window so take your positions it will be starting soon." A few minutes later they once again whittled the HP of Maximo to 50% of the initial, suddenly maximo froze as once again his skill was being activated, Zeus shouted out, "Azi NOW!!!!!!!!" Azi quickly used her skill, "Thorn Vine" T prevented it from using its tail as a shield, but the skill did not stop, Zeus ran towards it as he jumped in the air, as he stabbed on the horn which had just appeared cracking it, only for Tarasque to hit the end staff end hard with her tabar as she used tremor along with it, the horn broke, as Maximo released a blood curdling scream, but unlike before they made sure to destroy the sheep head first in order to prevent its paralyzing effects, a massive number floated above its head in red, [+10000 critical damage] As the monster sprayed flames with the lizard head, the dup dodged as Azi pin cushioned it using her arrows. And a few minutes later it took its dying breath, as it lay dead the trio huffed as they sighed in relief, only for the corpse to suddenly swell up causing their eyes to widen at that, then with a lud bang the corpse detonated, flinging them away a few distance, as the crashed on the ground hard [-5000] floated on top of them. Azi sat up as she cursed while speaking, "What a sore loser." Zeus stood up as he made his way to the corpse, well what was a actually a few pieces of rotten flesh here and there as he kicked the ground hard as he spoke, "The loot is lost, that bastard blew himself up causing the loot to get lost, tch." Only for a system generated option appeared in front of them. [CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO COMPLETE ''NIGHTMARE RUN'', DO YOU WISH TO ANNOUNCE YOUR NAMES WORLD WIDE.] [CHOOSE YES/NO ] Zeus turned towards others as he spoke with a smile, "So ladies what do you wish to do?" Tarasque spoke with a grin on her face, "Why not, I see no harm if we announce it to the world." Azi shared a similar grin on her face, as they each decided their choice. Meanwhile on a different city and a different dungeon but a similar level of difficulty, a group of peoplehad just occupied a floor, they had a couple of floors to visit before reaching the boss room the group of people were in good mood, a couple of floors left before they would be able to reach the boss room. The group known as ''Vanguard of Heaven'' was led by a person known as Heavenly Emperor, the top positions for the highest ranked was currently was held by the group''s members although they were unable to enter the Dungeon since their level was too high. They were just a couple of minutes slow or else they would have already gained the first conquer in the hard mode, but now the conquest for the Nightmare mode was just in their grasp. Heavenly Emperor glanced at the people still with him as she thought, ''It is pity that those two trashes died even before reaching the boss room, oh well they lost their chance to enter my gaming studio, only those who are stro¡­.'', his musing was cut short as a system announcement rang WORLD WIDE. [CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' MEMBERS, AZI, TARASQUE AND ZEUS FOR BEING THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OCCUPY A DUNGEON IN RENNAISANCE CITY, IN NIGHT MARE MODE.] [CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' MEMBERS, AZI, TARASQUE AND ZEUS FOR BEING THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OCCUPY A DUNGEON IN RENNAISANCE CITY, IN NIGHT MARE MODE.] [CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' MEMBERS, AZI, TARASQUE AND ZEUS FOR BEING THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OCCUPY A DUNGEON IN RENNAISANCE CITY, IN NIGHT MARE MODE.] The sound of announcement was like a bullet which pierced his heart how could someone with such ridiculous name surpass them, how could three of them conquer a dungeon while 15 of them were having a hard time. Meanwhile the forum was ablaze because of the announcement, people made various speculations ranging from ''cheating'', to ''bugs'', being sons of ''game developers'' and what not. While outside the Dungeon, on top of a stone steale their names appeared along with their party names as people came to take a look at the stone steale, as Zeus and his group left the dungeon with their loot they were greeted by a mob of people trying to identify the people who caused such a stir. The Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas were a bit giddy, they may have lost the loot from the boss itself, but they manage to find a few chests, brimming with precious jewelries, silver coins, weapons and armors, and most importantly skill tomes how they could not be happy. This time again they got 3 skill tomes, [Earth Splitting Axe], [Star Fall] and [Phantom sword arts], it was easy for them to divide amongst themselves as [Earth Splitting Axe] and [Phantom sword arts] went to Tarasque and Zeus respectively where as [Star Fall] being an Area of Effect skill was earned by Azi. Azi: "Well I think we should log out get some rest before getting our equipments and consumables all stocked up before we make a move at the ''Hell mode''." With that they slowly made their way from the mob searching for them as they made their way to their place of rest from where they would log out from. 28 Hell Mode Part-1 Nathan stepped out of his capsule feeling drained completely it was really tiring and he needed some strong coffee to start the day. As such after freshening up and taking a bath he made his way to the dining room for breakfast as usual as he sat there waiting for others beckoned to one of the maids near him as he spoke, "Michelle, tell the kitchen staff to send me a cup of coffee along with my breakfast. I hope you remember how I like it." Michelle smiled as she spoke, "Of course young master, you prefer ''Ivory Coffee'', with the beans being hand grounded, Italian roasted, with only two spoonful of milk and a single spoonful of sugar, without the cream. Is there anything else you wish for young master?" Nathan gave her a smile as he spoke, "Excellent Michelle but no at this moment nothing so you may take your leave." Michelle gave a short bow as she left, while the rest of the family appeared one by one since he was a child the morning ritual in the ''Osphrey Manor'', had always been the same. He greeted them as he spoke with a smile, "Good morning everyone." Aubriella gave him a hug as she spoke, "How is my baby today?" Nathan replied with a smile, "I am fine mom." Tristan: "So champ, what will you be doing today?", as he started reading news from his I-band. Nathan grinned as he replied, "Our team did something amazing yesterday." Yelena spoke curiously at that, "Oh and what did you two do yesterday." Nikola matched Nathan''s grin as she spoke, "We conquered a dungeon in ''Nightmare mode'' not only that we are the first person to do so in the entire world." Aubriella smiled as she spoke, "Congratulations you two. So what will you two doing today? Complete another amazing adventure." Nathan smirked as he spoke, "Well today we will be conquering the dungeon at the highest possible level, otherwise known as ''Hell Mode''. It will be difficult but I have complete belief on my team that we will make it, but before that I have some editing to do." Yelena: "Editing? What are you going to edit?" Nathan: "I want to publish the video of the dungeon run we did, there are a few things I wish to edit as I do not think everyone would be too happy to watch a 6 hour long dungeon run, not only will I shorten it but I will have to make sure to entice the audience so that they will willing to pay in order to view the next one." Yelena spoke with a frown, "I see, how long will do you think it will take for you to edit it and how long do you think you will take to publish the ''Hell Mode'' video." Nathan, "Well a couple of hours at least, I wish to reduce it as much as possible, not only that but we have to over restock our supplies, repair our weapons and armor as well as update a few of them, so it will be some time before we could conduct the ''Hell Mode'' run, we hope it will be by tomorrow." Aubriella frowned at that as she spoke, "That is not right at all you are losing time, and if you dealy too much not only you will fall behind but someone might beat you." Both Nathan and Nikola frowned as Nikola spoke, "I know but it is necessary, the forums are going wild as many are accusing us of foul play and what not, it will help us silence the accusers as well as help us create groundwork for when we create a guild." Yelena: "I see how about you two leave it to me, I will do the editing since I have nothing else to do besides being bored, so I will be doing it where as you two focus to finishing the dungeon." The duo looked at each other as Nikola spoke, "Well I will leave everything to you mother." The duo quickly finished their breakfast as they along with Katrina entered the game once again, as they found themselves standing inside a familiar room. Zeus turned to his companions as he spoke, "well we have 9 in game hours to prepare, let us get started." With that the trio began toiling trying to upgrade their weapons, armor as well as gather as much consumables in the form of various potions and what not as soon as possible. 9 hours later the trio started making their way to the dungeon as they were only a few meters away from the dungeon Zeus stopped as he spoke with a sigh, "This is it, before I enter I want to say something to all, no matter what happens we will not try more than two times, it will be waste of time, and we have a lot to catch up to, the highest ranking player currently is level 17 already." Azi: "I know cuz, we can try our best nothing more nothing less." Before they could even move a group of players suddenly stood in a circle preventing them from moving, as a smug looking toad stood in front of them, "Hold it you three will not pass." Zeus frowned as he spoke with a tired sigh, "What do you want now idiot, do you want another fireball shoved down your throat." SupremeKing winced at the reminder but he sneered back at him as he spoke, "You worthless mongrel how dare you try and harass my girlfriend you cur. I will make your life hell Nathan, I will find you real life and I will make it hell." Azi growled at that but was stopped by Zeus who raised his hand in order to stop her from speaking as he spoke, "You are wasting your time toad, inside the city except duel you cannot harm another as such move." SupremeKing smirked at that as he spoke, "So what, a few hours ago a group name ''Manly Pink Fluffy Pandas'', cleared Nightmare mode of the dungeon being the first and I will be the second with our second group being the third, as such till we have finished our business you are going to stay here and reflect upon your wrong doing." before he turned towards Azi and Tarasque giving his most suave smile which to them looked like a leer as he spoke, "How about you two ladies, why don''t you ditch that loser and join my team." Before they could speak Zeus spoke in a rather meek tone surprising both Azi and Tarasque, "Brother, wait how about I give you an ''Unique'' ranked item and you let us leave." That stopped SupremeKing from doing anything for a few minutes before he spoke furiously, "Do you take me for a fool, a ''Unique'' ranked item from you hah only top tiered person has access to such and the only thing in game currently is a ''Rare'' ranked item I will not fall¡­", his words stopped when an item appeared in front of in with a slight black aura, signify it as a Unique ranked item. SupremeKing almost drooled at the sight of the item as he spoke with authority, "Give that item now, and I will decide your fate." Zeus spoke meekly again, "But what about¡­" SupremeKing pointed in front of him as he shouted out, "NOW!!!" Zeus tossed the item towards him as SupremeKing tried to pick it up a system message appeared in front of Zeus. [DO YOU WISH TO GIFT ITEM ''Captain Dretteus''s Stretchable Underwear'' TO SupremeKing] [YES/NO] Naturally Zeus selected ''YES'', by then his teammates were trying not to roll on the ground laughing, as DragonFairyQueen had appeared by SupremeKIng''s side relishing in her victory with a smug look on her face as she spoke, "Trash should stay in the right full place inside a bin." SupremeKing lipped lock with her as he wore the item, as he tried to struck a victorious pose only for Zeus to laugh out loud as he spoke, "You colossal idiot you are right in one thing trash like you should stay in a bin." At that the couple looked confused before the most horrible stench hit everyone''s nosewhether they be players or NPC, except the trio who had already used the system to block their sense of smell, as DragonFairyQueen turned to look at her lover she hurled as in front of stood a big fat pile of greenish looking humanoid poop, with a horrendous smell, by then the people of the city in the near vicinity of the ''Supreme(POOP)King'' were in chaos, the circle surrounding them had broken, as the ''Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' had left the scene while not trying to fall on the ground from laughter as SupremeKing was being chased by City Guards, normally by then they would have killed any threat but they did not wish the cruel fate of cleaning the mess fall on any unfortunate soul. As the neared the Dungeon, Azi spoke between laugh, "Cuz, it was wicked but why did act so meek in front of him." Zeus smirked as he spoke, "Have you seen a bull attack someone, Azi." Azi looked confused as she spoke, "I do not follow Zeus what you mean by it." Zeus: "Pretty simple dear Azi, a bull has its head lowered the lowest before it attacks, and moreover I have already decided to make them suffer and what better way to make one suffer other than attack them tear their pride and honor apart." Tarasque: "Are you going to publish the video in the internet?" Zeus smirked as he spoke, "Of course I would but I have yet to find a suitable title, what should I use?" Tarasque smirked as she spoke, "Well we can think about it while conquering the dungeon." 29 Hell Mode Part-2 "Mr. Schreiner, there has been some concerns amongst players hacking and cheating in ''Embers of Isera'', yet you have claimed that the A.I. ''Helix'' makes the game unhackable yet such incident took place, not only that it is rumored that the person is someone related to the developers of the game.", an attractive looking TV reporter was currently interviewing Schreiner spoke the allegations to him. Arnold Schriner the main brain behind the creation of ''Embers of Isera'' gave a small smile as he spoke, "Miss Abigail, please the way you have been saying it seem as if the rumors are true, I know it makes a good gossip but I can assure you that numerous rumors are simply false, the numerous firewalls and failsafe placed around the game along with the presence of A.I. Helix makes it impossible to hack, it has been proven because before the launch of the game we even got a team of expert hackers, to try and break into the game for the last six months yet none had been able to do so, e have even announced a reward of $500 million dollar for anyone who could do so, but none had been able to claim it." Abigail spoke with a smile, "Then what about those who are involved in the games creation or are related to one." Arnold: "A few years back and even now most of the game developers let their employees play a game mostly during its development phases to find out bugs and what not, and when it is released there are discouraged to play or in some cases even their relatives are generally discouraged to play using various legal contracts and what not, but ''Embers of Isera'' is a totally unique in this matter as we have only created the A.I. nothing more nothing else, the entire game of Embers of Isera had been created by the A.I. ''Helix'' which we may have helped in a little bit but beyond that nothing, moreover after the release of the game till the first update we may have had some form access to the game but after the update the best we could do is view any moment for discrepancies such as this case." Abigail had an excited gleam in her eyes as she spoke, "Such a powerful A.I. how did you and your team manage to create such a thing?" Arnold smiled mysteriously at that as he spoke, "That my dear because of ''magic''." Abigail gave a small pout as she spoke, "Is there a way for other people to view it." Arnold shook his head as he spoke, "Unfortunately no, we cannot show others without their permission, and right at this moment we are trying to contact the players but I will tell you something about them, the only reason they won because they are very wise and hardworking." Abigail: "What do ¡­" Meanwhile the trio team members of ''Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' Zeus whistled lowly as they found themselves standing in a graveyard, with blood red moon glaring down at them peaking through clouds lighting the entire area in its light, distant sound of wolves howling could b heard, as the chilly air brushed through their skin sending shivers down their spine, a few glowing flickers of light from torches that would be extinguish within a few seconds. Tarasque suddenly poked her teammates'' shoulders as she spoke, "hmmm guys please take a long behind us." The duo turned around only to be greeted by identical looking scenery as was in front of them, it did not matter whether it was left or right it looked the same, only graves present as far as eyes could see, Azi sighed as she spoke, "So which direction should we follow." Zeus turned around trying to figure which way they should go they were current;y standing ona crossroad before he raised his hands in a surrendering position as he spoke, "I give up I do not know which direction we should take." Tarasque pointed towards west as she spoke, "That place is a bit misty we can go over there fast." Azi shook her head as she spoke, "No that will be the last place we visit, the visibility is low there because of the mist and I would love to clear the mobs first where I can see them. Zeus how much EXP do you need in order to level up?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Not much only 1598EXP." Azi: "Well then what are we waiting for let us start from the south then east before moving to north ending in the west." Zeus shrugged as they made their way through the road moving to the South, as they were moving they only saw rows and rows of graves without nay end. Suddenly Zeus stiffened as he whispered to his party members, "Guys behind us." Azi replied back in a whisper, "I know, let us kill them already." Zeus turned around and what greeted them was an army of skeletons, wearing armors and holding swords and spears some of them even had shields with them, Zeus usedone of his much used skill ''Observe'' on them. [Name: Skeleton Soldier Level: 12 Class: N/A HP: 2000/2000 MP: N/A Element: N/A Attack: 1200 Defense: 300] There were almost about a 100 of them and their eyes looked like as if blue fire was glowing inside of them giving a very creepy vibe but instead of attacking them they formed a wall like formation as they marched forward, the ''Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' took out their weapons and got ready, before long the sound of bones cackling came as the skeletons charged at them, Zeus shouted out to his teammates, "Use weapons with blunt damage on them it will be faster, and move towards the grave it will help to break their formation." Zeus twirled his sword-staff hitting them with his staff, Zeus never felt as much grateful for his stats as now, because of the plaques on the graves were preventing them from moving in the single file and using their superior agility they moved and defended themselves while tearing the skeletons apart, a few minutes after they have finished clearing out the small army as they sighed in relief, before Zeus grinned as he spoke, "I have reached the maximum Exp required to move to level 11." Azi smile at him as she spoke, "Congratulations cousin, we still have a little over thousand EXP before we can awaken." Zeus spoke in a giddy tone, "I cannot wait for it, and I just want to awaken my awesome race already." Tarasque: "Well then we have to work fast before anything else, I also wish to awaken my race, let us move." A few hours later and clearing a lot of skeleton mobs later, and earning a few decent loot after which include couple of tomes for health, and a couple of scrolls of fireball and what not they managed to reach a big mausoleum where a hooded figure was sitting near it tending to a flame, as they neared the hooded figure the figure stopped tending to the flame as an old feeble voice came from him. "Humans, you are really humans. Did his Majesty send someone to save me, I knew he did not forsake me I knew he would not forget his most loyal servant.", the man kneeled as he wept in front of them. This startled the group as Tarasque whispered, "Is that some form of event?" Zeus frowned as he whispered back, "I do not think so but just in case get ready to defend yourselves in case of an attack." Zeus used ''observe'' on the kneeling hooded fellow and he deadpanned at what he saw. [Psulxu-The Deceiver Level: 12 Class: Lord HP: 20000/20000 MP: 20000/20000 Element: N/A Attack: 2000 Defense: 500 Description: Student of Lich King ''Dragol'', unlike Dragol''s other students he was a weakling, but what he lost in his strength, made up with the help of his silver tongue, not only a very dangerous opponent, who gets high from making friends, and then backstabbing them when they are at their lowest.] A quick whisper to his teammates later Zeus cleared his throat as he spoke skeptically, "Are you by any chance, Henry?" The hooded man stood up shakily as he spoke, "Yes, yes it was my name ''Henry'' a simple servant of His Majesty Kaiser Savarin III, did his majesty really send you all to save me.", with that he started weeping profusely. Zeus gave a kind smile as he spoke, "My good friend there is no need to shed tears after we get out from here you can rejoice as much as you want." The person tried to stand up only to fall on his knees as he spoke, "Please forgive me, unfortunately all this time inside this dreadful space has weakened my body can you kind sir help me to stand up please." Zeus spoke with a smile, "Of course Sir Henry, let me help you.", he spoke with a smile only for his face to morph into horror, "What is that Giant Spider like think standing behind Sir Henry.", his face morph into horror as he raised his figure shakily at something behind ''Henry.'', who had turned by then curiously falling under Zeus''s ruse only for a vine to prop out and ensnare him as a barrage of spells hit him. 30 Hell Mode Part-3 "Take that you baldy", Zeus shouted out as he mashed his staff on top of the smooth white head of the skeleton which went by the name of Psulxu, putting a crack on it. Their method of assault was simply immobilize and then beat him as fast as possible, they did not want the repeat of the last boss they faced to happen again. A precious few seconds that was all they needed as they reduced Psulxu''s Hp from 20000 to a little over 12,000, when the Vine broke freeing him as he stood up and threw a barrage of pitch black balls at them as he shouted out his eyes glowing red, "Die you filth humans, Die" The trio dodged the balls which when hit the ground exploded in contact causing craters on them, the trio once again neared with intent to attacking him as Psulxu raised his hands and spoke, "Come forth my glorious Immortal servants protect me." The ground cracked in front of him as more than ten heavily armored troops with shields and swords appeared in front of them, each one of them wearing identical armor except one who had a tattered cape and his helmet has a red plume on it. A quick use of observe bared their stats for Zeus to see. [Name: Skeleton Royal Guard Level: 11 Class: N/A HP: 3000/3000 MP: 3000/3000 Element: N/A Attack: 1200 Defense: 500] [Name: Skeleton Royal Guard Captain Level: 11 Class: Lord HP: 10000/10000 MP: 8000/8000 Element: Lightning Attack: 1500 Defense: 600 Description: Once a Loyal knight, but after his death during the siege of the capital of the empire was resurrected by Psulxu and forced to fight against his own comrades and loved ones and now forced serve him as his bodyguard for eternity.] Zeus: "Everyone we are facing a 9 a little but strong Rank 11 and a single Lord class, we have to finish them fast that lich wannabe is preparing something." Tarasque: "I will hold the Lord where as you two finish the mob before helping me defeat him." Azi and Zeus made their way to the others as Tarasque made her way to the captain, with Zeus successfully drawing the aggression of 4 of them and Azi drawing the aggression of the remaining 5. To Zeus it was like dodging and attacking and dodging again, Zeus wanted to finish the fight fast but his attacks were stopped by shields he gritted his teeth as he used [Chain lightning] on them, the skeletons were hit by the attack taking with it a little over half their health as well as stopping them enough for him to use his normal attacks there by taking three of them down as [-2000], [-2089], [-2060] appeared above their heads as they dropped dead he charged to the remaining soldier destroying it with a couple of staff strikes [-2000] and [-1890] was the numbers which had appeared on top of his enemies heads before they fell dead. Zeus then glanced at his teammates as he watched Azi was fighting against the last skeleton and Tarasque ahd whittled down the HP of her opponent to near half, he turned to the Psulxu who was performing some weird movements Zeus eyes widen as a blackish energy started gathering on his hands, he did not waste any time, ''I knew it Tarasque planned poorly, one of us had to move and intercept PsulXu after or caster types like him whenever they summon armies means they are buying time for something else'', with that in mind he dashed towards Psulxu as he lunged towards him as he used [Chain Lightning] and [Stab] in quick succession as it effectively stopped Psulxu from casting, as [-1800] and [-1500] appeared on him effectively preventing him from using whatever skill or technique he was trying to use. Psulxu shouted out in anger, "You insolent, buffoon lying cur, I will kill you [Negative Burst], a large spherical black color attack originating from him made its way as it hit Zeus, throwing off his feet [-500] appeared above his head, as Psulxu fired a barrage of black small spheres which hit him causing a damage of above 4000, Zeus gritted his teeth as he send a fireball towards Psulxu as which hit him as it exploded on his face causing him about 1000 damage as he rolled to the right before he dashed towards him as he send a flurry of blows reducing the HP of Psulxu to around 7000 as he suddenly shouted out in anger, "ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!! I will not be mocked by the likes of you." But before he could do anything thorn vines suddenly sprouted around him trapping him, as the other two joined him and before long Psulxu laid dead. Zeus huffed in relief as he spoke, "We won but I propose to rest before we move again." Azi sighed as she spoke, "I so wish to but I do not think we can after all this place is not a sanctuary." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "So true, I hope we find one soon or else we will be overwhelmed." "Thank You, Young ones.", a ghostly wail came from their back scaring they to the point that they jumped on their feet as they turned around they found ghostly apparitions of the Royal Guards floating in front of them, as they spoke in unison, "Thank you young ones for free us, but your battle is not over until and unless Dragol is dead no one is free, in order to free all of us please I beg of you to defeat his other 2 disciples and get the keys to Dragol''s mausoleum.", with that they vanished. Zeus''s eyes opened wide at that as he spoke, "Really so we have to defeat 2 more bosses then the big boss will appear. Oh well but first let me loot the corpse." As Zeus looted the corpse a pile of items appeared in front of him, more than a dozen silver coins and a gold coin, along with few tomes and among various miscellaneous items they got all the items together as Zeus used observe on them. [Name: Negative Burst Tier: 3 Class Requirement: Necromancer The caster sends a burst of negative energy causing 1000 damage within 10 meters as well as having knock back effect on targets Cost: 500MP/use] [Name: Negative Strike Tier: 2 Class Requirement: Necromancer The caster hurls a ball of negative energy at the target causing them about 500damage Cost: 350MP/use] Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Well this two are the best spell tomes I got others spell tomes and items are not worth mentioning." They sighed at that as Azi spoke, "Well what about the stone pillar there it got to be something right it has all those runes on it and they look inactive." Zeus used observe on the pillar. [Sanctuary Control Pillar Durability: 1000000/1000000 Description: Activates sanctuary on specific places which prevents the entrance of any monsters in its nearby vicinity. Status: Off] Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Well let us switch it on then." As he touched the Pillar, the runes glowed as with a hum the pillar shook before a bright light was shot out from it, the light went up to the sky as multiple flickers of lights appeared at the horizon even the sky cleared as the moon itself looked a lot less menacing, as a system generated message displayed in their hud, [WELCOME TO THE SANCTUARY] Before anyone could speak the mausoleum near them shook as it fell apart revealing a chest inside it Zeus approached it and opened it revealing a piece of a broken plate along with 3 gold coins and 50 silver coins, and a skill tome. [Name: Broken stone Key Description: "It is a part of a key that is used to open Dragol''s Mausoleum." ] [Name: Archer''s Blessing Tier: 3 Weapon Requirement: Bow The skill blesses the bow of a user enabling for the arrows fired using it to imbued with holy fire that causes +100 Damage to normal beings and +10% attack damage on Undead beings. Cost: 500MP/use] Zeus threw the tome towards Azi as he spoke, "Here it is for you, and I believe it will provide us with extra advantage to us here." 31 The Unworthy Part-2 The graveyard around them suddenly looked much cleaner and less spooky than before, the trio sighed as they sat on the ground and a few minutes later the trio once again stood up as Zeus spoke, "So which direction do we move now." Azi: "East then North, before we defeat the big bad boss at the West." As they moved towards the cross road where they had appeared, Zeus nodded idly that since the moment the sanctuary was created the grasses appeared green and the trees were much greener as they were covered with leaves, but once again dark weeds appeared as the trees with less leaves began appearing and by the time they reached the cross road, it was full of weeds and dead trees, it was creepy except the fact a certain someone decided to be a pack rat as she jumped from one place to another pulling out as many herbs as possible with a deranged smile on her face scaring Zeus and Azi. Zeus spoke fearlessly at her, "Tarasque would you calm down take a deep breath and....." Only for a couple of herbs being shoved in front of his face as she shook them with righteous anger as her nostrils flared as she literally released steam on her face as she spoke, "Calm down how can you calm down did you see the herbs here, they are precious herbs waiting for me, they are rare and costlier herbs and you say for me to calm down how dare you.", she shouted out the last part scaring the already trembling duo who were hugging each other in fear. A few minutes later, Tarasque hummed in happiness as she happily skipped after collecting a few precious herbs, while Azi whispered lowly to Zeus, "Is this going to happen every time we conquer a dungeon or move through places where there are lots of herbs." Zeus whispered back to her, "Yup I am afraid so she is very serious about her job." Tarasque suddenly turned towards them as she spoke curiously, "What are you two whispering?" Zeus and Azi looked like a deer caught in head light as he spoke, "Nothing Tarasque nothing just strategizing nothing else." Azi suddenly changed the subject as she spoke, "Look a treasure chest." Zeus spoke with a smile, "Cool, calm to papa and let u see what we have here." As soon as Zeus tried to touch it the chest suddenly sprouted a row of teeth as it tried to bite his hand off, Zeus jumped as the chest look alike jumped up sprouting a pair of legs and long legs as it tried to devour him only to be hit by Tarasque hard causing it to stumble, as a pair of arrows later it laid dead, Zeus used loot on it as he deadpanned upon receiving some dust '' he scowled at that as he spoke, "Worthless let us move on." As they neared the eastern side they suddenly hard the sound of hoves on stones, ~clip clop clip clop~ was heard they tensed suddenly Azi spoke with urgency, "Quick hide fast something is coming this way." They ran and his behind a grave as couple of skeletal horseman no not horseman but was that centaur passed by them on horse carrying lance and in some cases cross bow. Zeus quickly used observe on them. [Name: Skeleton Centaur Level: 12 Class: N/A HP: 2000/2000 MP: N/A Element: N/A Attack: 1200 Defense: 300] [Name: Skeleton Centaur Archer Level: 12 Class: N/A HP: 2000/2000 MP: N/A Element: N/A Attack: 1200 Defense: 300] Zeus: "There are four of them, well let us take them out." As such the trio attacked them from behind, before the skeletons could understand what was happening Zeus was already on top of one of the archer slamming his staff on top of it hard as a number floated above it in red [-2300] as he smirked at that the group quickly took the skeletons apart as Zeus looted them, a couple of ancient crossbows, 20 bolts and a spear was what he received. Tarasque suddenly spoke, "Zeus why did the weapons suddenly have level last time I checked weapons do not have such a think?" Zeus: "It is true it does not but any weapon you use from level 11, has level mentioned in it, indicating they are meant for awakened person any weapon which does not have a level can be used but its durability will fall much faster, the higher your level the faster your durability will be and according to my blacksmith instructor if someone has a very high level it is possible to destroy an item just by holding it let alone using." Tarasque: "So this weapons we have will be useless to us once we reach level 11." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Yup, they will break much sooner no matter how much I repair them." Tarasques sighed as she spoke, "Well let us move on then and get rid of the boss present here. " As they moved they found more and more such group of centaur horseman and archer present, Zeus sighed as he spoke, "It seems as if they are patrolling the area." Tarasque, "Then let us kill those patrols before we move in to kill the boss." After a what seemed like an hour they managed to kill all the patrols they could find they were facing a mausoleum in front of it stood the biggest looking centaur alone like a statue, as the Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas neared them the centaur, the centaur looked as if its body was half rotting, as bones poked here and there as the group was within a few meters the centaurs eyes lit up with a greenish glow as it snarled at them, "So you are the mutts which are killing my brethren." Zeus smiled at him as he spoke, "Yup I am, so what are you going to do about it.", as he discreetly used ''Observe'' on the creature in front of him. [Cretades-The Unworthy Level: 13 Class: Lord HP: 39000/39000 MP: 30000/30000 Element: N/A Attack: 2500 Defense: 700 Description: Student of Lich King ''Dragol'', although being a mage Cretades loves to crush his opponent''s skull with his bare hands, since he was young he always wanted to rule his tribe but he was not strong enough as such with his masters help he won the tribe leaders position through plotting and betrayals. By the time his fellow members of the tribe would learn about his treachery it was too late for them, he had with his master turned them into his undead subjects for him to do as he pleases. Since he who was unworthy of becoming the tribal chieftain he came to be known as ''The Unworthy''. ] Zeus sighed as he read everything to his teammates who simply sighed before Azi spoke, "Well better late than never, let us show this unworthy his proper place inside a dustbin." Tarasque: "Let us do it." With that the trio moved with Tarasque at the center while Zeus and Aziflanking from the side, as they moved Cretades raised his frontal legs as she slammed on the ground hard suddenly Ice spikes appeared on the ground trying to skewer Tarasque who was directly in its path. 31 The Unworthy Part-1 The graveyard around them suddenly looked much cleaner and less spooky than before, the trio sighed as they sat on the ground and a few minutes later the trio once again stood up as Zeus spoke, "So which direction do we move now." Azi: "East then North, before we defeat the big bad boss at the West." As they moved towards the cross road where they had appeared, Zeus nodded idly that since the moment the sanctuary was created the grasses appeared green and the trees were much greener as they were covered with leaves, but once again dark weeds appeared as the trees with less leaves began appearing and by the time they reached the cross road, it was full of weeds and dead trees, it was creepy except the fact a certain someone decided to be a pack rat as she jumped from one place to another pulling out as many herbs as possible with a deranged smile on her face scaring Zeus and Azi. Zeus spoke fearlessly at her, "Tarasque would you calm down take a deep breath and....." Only for a couple of herbs being shoved in front of his face as she shook them with righteous anger as her nostrils flared as she literally released steam on her face as she spoke, "Calm down how can you calm down did you see the herbs here, they are precious herbs waiting for me, they are rare and costlier herbs and you say for me to calm down how dare you.", she shouted out the last part scaring the already trembling duo who were hugging each other in fear. A few minutes later, Tarasque hummed in happiness as she happily skipped after collecting a few precious herbs, while Azi whispered lowly to Zeus, "Is this going to happen every time we conquer a dungeon or move through places where there are lots of herbs." Zeus whispered back to her, "Yup I am afraid so she is very serious about her job." Tarasque suddenly turned towards them as she spoke curiously, "What are you two whispering?" Zeus and Azi looked like a deer caught in head light as he spoke, "Nothing Tarasque nothing just strategizing nothing else." Azi suddenly changed the subject as she spoke, "Look a treasure chest." Zeus spoke with a smile, "Cool, calm to papa and let u see what we have here." As soon as Zeus tried to touch it the chest suddenly sprouted a row of teeth as it tried to bite his hand off, Zeus jumped as the chest look alike jumped up sprouting a pair of legs and long legs as it tried to devour him only to be hit by Tarasque hard causing it to stumble, as a pair of arrows later it laid dead, Zeus used loot on it as he deadpanned upon receiving some dust '' he scowled at that as he spoke, "Worthless let us move on." As they neared the eastern side they suddenly hard the sound of hoves on stones, ~clip clop clip clop~ was heard they tensed suddenly Azi spoke with urgency, "Quick hide fast something is coming this way." They ran and his behind a grave as couple of skeletal horseman no not horseman but was that centaur passed by them on horse carrying lance and in some cases cross bow. Zeus quickly used observe on them. [Name: Skeleton Centaur Level: 12 Class: N/A HP: 2000/2000 MP: N/A Element: N/A Attack: 1200 Defense: 300] [Name: Skeleton Centaur Archer Level: 12 Class: N/A HP: 2000/2000 MP: N/A Element: N/A Attack: 1200 Defense: 300] Zeus: "There are four of them, well let us take them out." As such the trio attacked them from behind, before the skeletons could understand what was happening Zeus was already on top of one of the archer slamming his staff on top of it hard as a number floated above it in red [-2300] as he smirked at that the group quickly took the skeletons apart as Zeus looted them, a couple of ancient crossbows, 20 bolts and a spear was what he received. Tarasque suddenly spoke, "Zeus why did the weapons suddenly have level last time I checked weapons do not have such a think?" Zeus: "It is true it does not but any weapon you use from level 11, has level mentioned in it, indicating they are meant for awakened person any weapon which does not have a level can be used but its durability will fall much faster, the higher your level the faster your durability will be and according to my blacksmith instructor if someone has a very high level it is possible to destroy an item just by holding it let alone using." Tarasque: "So this weapons we have will be useless to us once we reach level 11." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Yup, they will break much sooner no matter how much I repair them." Tarasques sighed as she spoke, "Well let us move on then and get rid of the boss present here. " As they moved they found more and more such group of centaur horseman and archer present, Zeus sighed as he spoke, "It seems as if they are patrolling the area." Tarasque, "Then let us kill those patrols before we move in to kill the boss." After a what seemed like an hour they managed to kill all the patrols they could find they were facing a mausoleum in front of it stood the biggest looking centaur alone like a statue, as the Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas neared them the centaur, the centaur looked as if its body was half rotting, as bones poked here and there as the group was within a few meters the centaurs eyes lit up with a greenish glow as it snarled at them, "So you are the mutts which are killing my brethren." Zeus smiled at him as he spoke, "Yup I am, so what are you going to do about it.", as he discreetly used ''Observe'' on the creature in front of him. [Cretades-The Unworthy Level: 13 Class: Lord HP: 39000/39000 MP: 30000/30000 Element: N/A Attack: 2500 Defense: 700 Description: Student of Lich King ''Dragol'', although being a mage Cretades loves to crush his opponent''s skull with his bare hands, since he was young he always wanted to rule his tribe but he was not strong enough as such with his masters help he won the tribe leaders position through plotting and betrayals. By the time his fellow members of the tribe would learn about his treachery it was too late for them, he had with his master turned them into his undead subjects for him to do as he pleases. Since he who was unworthy of becoming the tribal chieftain he came to be known as ''The Unworthy''. ] Zeus sighed as he read everything to his teammates who simply sighed before Azi spoke, "Well better late than never, let us show this unworthy his proper place inside a dustbin." Tarasque: "Let us do it." With that the trio moved with Tarasque at the center while Zeus and Aziflanking from the side, as they moved Cretades raised his frontal legs as she slammed on the ground hard suddenly Ice spikes appeared on the ground trying to skewer Tarasque who was directly in its path. 32 The Unworthy Part-2 Tarasque dodged to the right as Zeus dodged a giant halberd which tried to bisect him, the Halberd cratered the ground in front of Zeus, but even if he managed to dodge he still received some damage, ''huh how did I receive damage I dodged the attack is that some form of bug. Cretades roared in anger as a pair of arrows hit him from his right side as [-1000], [-950], appeared in red on top of him only to meet a fireball to the face causing about a 1500 damage, Zeus being the nearest dodged another of his strike from the halberd but she once again he received damage losing about 400 HP once again. Zeus jumped back putting some distance from him as Tarasque moved in to strike, a good solid hit taking about 1200 HP but once again even if she dodged Tarasque still lost 420HP, causing Zeus''s eyes to widen as he shouted out, "That boss has some sort of hidden skill his attack can cause damage even if we dodge it." He ducked as a couple of Ice spikes went after him trying to perforate him as Azi casted Thorn Vine on him as Zeus and Tarasque ran towards him using all their might attacked him, the spell used by Tarasque may not hold him for more than two seconds but it was enough for them as a few red colored numbers appeared overhead Creatdes, [-1200], [-1000], [-1250], [-1300],¡­.. effectively taking a good chunk of his HP reducing it to 24000 from its initial 39000, Cretades gave an earth shattering roar as he shouted out, "Come my slaves pierce them." The ground cracked in front of the as six heavily armored Centaur Lancers appeared in front of them as Zeus used observe on them. [Name: Skeleton Centaur Lancer Level: 12 Class: N/A HP: 2000/2000 MP: N/A Element: N/A Attack: 1300 Defense: 500] The 6 skeleton centaur lancer divided into 3 groups as the each went towards each of the members of the party while Cretades himself went after Azi, seeing that Zeus gritted his teeth as he shouted out, "Azi be on defensive, Tarasque if I finish first I will come for you or if you finish first come for me before we rescue Azi." With that Zeus used Chain lightning on the Skeleton Centaur Lancer, the lightning hit him before bouncing off to its nearest teammate as the both suffered about 1500 damage each, as Zeus neared them he activated his sword skill Phantom sword art, on the nearest Skeleton Centaur while dodging its lance, a spectral blade flew off from him dealing about 900 damage, Zeus then took a 90 degree bend as he dodged another lance as he used a power strike on it legs hard causing about 1800 damage, effectively killing them he glanced at Tarasque who had also finished her prey before she gave a crisp nod as she made a bee line towards Cretades and the remaining lancer. Azi screamed as pain coursed through her upon hit by a flaming halberd courtesy of Cretades as a large number of 8000 floated above her in red, Tarasque raced towards Cretades who had raised his front legs to use another ice spike when Taraque hit his hind legs while using tremor, a loud crack was heard as with a roar he fell back as the leg was broken, [Critical Hit +5000 Damage] appeared on top of him, Zeus did not waste a he lunged towards him, as he used stab as well as Phantom sword along with [Chain lightning], the combo hit Cretades on its face causing to receive around another [Critical Hit +10000 Damage], reducing Cretades HP to about 8700, Azi did not wait any time as she used thorn vine on him but unfortunately the even if he was caught the ground shook as Zeus shouted out to Azi, "Azi move away and aim fire your special attack we will hold whatever is coming out." A group of Skeletons Centaur once again popped up but this time instead of lance they had Crossbow in their hands. [Name: Skeleton Centaur Archer Level: 12 Class: N/A HP: 2000/2000 MP: N/A Element: N/A Attack: 1300 Defense: 500] They aimed their crossbow at them as they fired the shot, the managed to somehow managed dodge bolts as Zeus used chain lightning on them causing three of them to suffer around 1300 damage as he lunged at them using slash stab, power strike effectively killing them, meanwhile Tarasque took care of the other three as soon as they finished dealing with the newly summoned units Azi shouted at them, "Drop on the ground." No sooner did they dropped on the ground Cretades freed himself from the binding as Azi dashed towards him jumped up and hit on his head from less than a meter distance dual shot combined with Star-Fall hit him with full force causing another [Critical Hit +8500 Damage], effectively killing it. Zeus laid on the ground for a few seconds before he sat up as he looked towards AZi as he spoke, "Cuz how are you doing." Azi raised her hand as she waved it indicating a so so motion before she spoke, "I am down to a little over 6000 HP, this thing really did a number on me. Now Zeus be a dear and find something loot for Mama." Zeus rolled his eyes at her antics as he looted the body of the boss and the centaurs it summoned. [Name: Splash Damage (Passive) Tier: 3 Weapon Requirement: Melee weapon Grants +20% splash damage to nearby enemies. Cost: N/A] [Name: Power-Shot Tier: 3 Weapon Requirement: any type of Bow The attack stacks up over time at the rate of +Nx0.5/second, where N is the total base attack damage with a bow. Cost: 500MP/sec] [Name: Ice Spike Tier: 3 Sends a spike of Ice Spike towards the target causing 1000 damage and 50 damage per second, as well as immobilizes the target for 10seconds (Varies with change in level of a target.) Cost: 500MP/sec] [ Cretader''s Halberd Profession Restriction: Lancer/Knight Tier: RARE Level Requirement: Level 13 Weapon Level: 13 Strength Requirement: +200 Wisdom Requirement: +200 Attack: +450 Spell: Burn(Passive) {Causes burning Damage at -100HP/sec for 10seconds Cooldown: N/A} Durability: 3000/3000 ] Zeus: "Not too shabby but worthless at the end of the day, we will get better weapons from making them, hmm I will dismantle it and study the rune later on." 33 Dancing With Dragol Part-1 Zeus sighed as he laid on the ground gulping huge mouthful of air, the recent Boss they fought was too much, a Level 14 Lord was really hard, he could now understand why the dungeon was referred to as a hell mode, "That boss was too much, with its annoying abilities it was really too much." Tarasque sighed from his side as he spoke, "Yup, dealing with those golems was really a tiring, and he kept spamming them like no tomorrow." Azi: "one day we will have similar strength.", as she spoke made a tight fist as if making a deep vow. Zeus snorted as he spoke, "Well then I will pass, the last thing I need is a trio of people defeating them when they are not even my level to defeat me." Only for a pebble to hit him on his head courtesy of Azi who gave him a mocking glare, as Zeus cried out in faux concern, "Azi what the hell are you doing, I am already below 50% health, don''t do such a thing." Azi huffed as she spoke, "Okay everyone, now give me your armors I will repair them. The big bad boss ''Dragol'' is in front of us now." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "And me your weapons, if an underling make us take so much damage, who knows what the Boss could do." Tarasque sighed as she spoke, "Do you know how long has elapsed in real time?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "A few hours at the very least." Tarasque: "A few hours don''t make me laugh it is more than 9 hours, and now we will surely get scolded by Master and Mistress." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "I will take responsibility, and it is not like we can log out in the middle of dungeon our entire progress will reset and by reset I mean we will lose all the Exp and all the items we received except the items we used here as a penalty." Tarasque, "Young master, not to sound rude but how in nine hells did you know about that information." Zeus replied as he was repairing Azi''s bow, "Well it has been a few days since the game has been released many people have already be doing many tests and what not, and the results of them can be found in a forum." Tarasque, "I apologize Zeus, I was no help in this matter when Master and Mistress trusted me with helping you two with the game." Only to get hit by a pebble from Azi who spoke with a huff, "Please Tarasque, you are our teammate not a servant so act as one. The game is a combined by hard work done by all three of us, without anyone we would not have progressed as much, and Zeus when are you going to loot the corpse." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "As soon as I finish repairing the weapons, the copses won''t disappear before the 2 hours time period we have enough time to open the chest and the corpse." Tarasque stood up from her sitting position as she spoke, "Well then I will be moving to collect some herbs I found." A good few minutes later both Zeus and Azi had finished their work as they stood near the corpses as Zeus spoke, "Well here goes nothing." [Name: Poison Touch(Passive) Tier: 3 Weapon Requirement: any weapon Any attack you use has automatic poison damage on them, granting 10HP/second for a period of 10seconds, which is stackable up to 5 times. Cost: N/A] [Name: Resurrection Tier: 6 Requirement: To be done within 10 minutes of someone''s death Resurrects any recently dead, with a fourth of their HP and MP. Cost: 1400/use Cast Time: 30 seconds Cooldown: 2 Hours] [Name: Fly Tier: 4 Enables one to fly. Cost: 900/use, 40MP/minute as long as it is active Cooldown: 2 Hours] Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Well this are the 3 best tomes we got others are just worthless, they are not worth mentioning, so who wants what?" Tarasque: "I will take Resurrection if you two don''t mind." Azi: "I wish for the Poison touch but the Fly is too good to pass." Zeus frowned as he spoke, "Well if you wish you can take both but the next boss you will not receive something until and unless it is specifically tailored for someone who uses Bow or someone gives up their chance to you." Tarasque: "Are you fine with that Zeus." Zeus smiled as he spoke, "I think Azi will be able to do much better justice with the new skills, better than me and I do not think I will not be able to find this skills again, since we have entered the dungeon we have found multiple copies of skills that we already know." Azi: "Well thank you cuz I owe you one." Zeus simply waved at her, as he spoke, "But it seems we have struck rich, so many money and precious stones." Azi spoke in an excited tone, "How much this time?" Zeus grinned as he spoke, "5 gold and 100 silvers." Azi''s eyes widen at that as she spoke, "Damn that brings the total to 14 Gold and 225 Silver coins. What will you be doing with your share Zeus?" Zeus: "If you two would listen to me I have a proposal." Azi and Tarasque''s eyes widen a little as Tarasque spoke on both their behalf, "What do you propose Zeus?" Zeus: "I propose to increase our social class to ''esquire'', which will grant us nobility, then maybe we can buy a house for us, using Granny Zoe''s house does not sit well with me." The duo glanced at each other as they spoke in unison, "We have no problem with that." Zeus smirked at that as he spoke, "Well then I think it is time we took care of Drogol don''t you think?", as he took out the complete key generate they received by defeating the three disciples of Dragol. Azi: "So what do you expect from the upcoming boss battle." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Since he is the master there is a chance that he might have all the skills of his disciples and much more not to mention if we go by the current trend then the big boss should be a level 15 Lord." Tarasque: "Well then well there is a chance that we will die." Zeus replied cheerfully, "Yup there is a hundred percent chance we will die and the worst we would suffer is a loss of a level not being able to log off and lose a couple of items nothing to dangerous." Azi: "Well there is nothing for us to worry about but the worst I believe is that the amount of EXP we are losing currently we are all at max EXP at this level and no matter what we do we will not receive any EXP no matter what we do, such a waste." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "We could have easily gained another couple of levels easily." Tarasque: "We there is nothing we could do about it now, so focus in front of you now and do you see anything special about the Zeus." Zeus stared into the mist as he used ''Observe'' a couple of times as he spoke, "No there is nothing special about the mist in front of us." They were travelling through the mist to what seemed like over an hour when at last they came across a giant building in front of them. Tarasque frowned as she spoke, "Is that a pyramid?" Azi shook her head as she spoke, "Nope it looks more like a Ziggurat that a Pyramid since it seems to have a flat top, and looks as of boxes have been placed on top of each other with the biggest at the base and smallest at the top." As they neared it a gigantic door looked as if forged by using bones of various beings, Zeus took out the key then without any warning suddenly as if pulled by a magnet the key left his hand as it entered a particular slot carved on the door, a blood curdling scream was heard as a smell of blood came to their noses the door swung open as a blood red light blinded them. Zeus: "Well it is now or never.", with that they entered the Ziggurat in order to face ''Dragol''. 34 Dancing With Dragol Part-2 The entire passageway whether it is the ceilings, the walls or the floor everything looked to be created by putting boned together, every few distance on each side of the wall was a burning skull, giving an eerie reddish light, which was used to lit the hall ways an occasional howl or two came from somewhere along with whistling of wind. Azi: "This place has not only a spooky vibe but also this red light is making it difficult to see." Zeus grunted as he spoke, "So true it has reduced Tarasque and my weapon to nothing but glorified walking stick.", during the entire time the duo were walking at the front using their weapon as the prodded and tested the ground before they walked over them and it proved to be correct as no sooner did Zeus spoke the ground in front of them caved in showing a giant pitfall ending with spikes protruding from it. Zeus sighed as he lowered his head as he spoke, "Not again we have to cross it, using our hand and the legs pushing against the walls as a support. Well let us cross it already." A boulder crashing from top, pitfalls, flooding of hallways and what not they have been moving for what seemed like hours have passed, they were incensed at that grumbling at those traps, all was well until they came across a dead end there was no way forward, Azi trembled as she spoke, "No no after all this a dead end no.", before she turned towards Zeus and spoke angrily, "You because of you it happened I told you to take the road on the left side but know noooo ''The Right one Looks better.''", Zeus wanted to be anywhere but in front of Azi and suffer from her righteous feminine fury. Meanwhile Tarasque looked angrily at the wall she glared at it, to her it seemed to be mocking at her she swung her weapon hitting the wall hard cracking it then with a rumble the wall collapsed, Zeus who was trying to fend off an irate Azi who was already trying to wring his neck screamed with happiness as he spoke excitedly, "Look look there is a way out of this place see I told you I was right.", only to receive the most scathing glare in return from both of them. They followed through the broken wall and found themselves standing face to face with a large hallway whose one end went to who knows where while the other was a huge black door, which seemed to be pulsing as if it was alive. Azi: "Zeus, open the door." Zeus shrugged as he made his way to the door as he pushed the door with a groan the door swung opened as the smell of death and decay hit their nose, as they entered the room which seemingly seemed empty, as they were a few meters inside the room the ground shook as the door behind them closed, a ring was formed by lava as fire rose high up, as a figure suddenly appeared on the other end of the room, "Ah welcome, welcome dear guest welcome it has been a while since I feast on human flesh." Zeus used observe on the newcomer quickly, [Dragol- The Cannibal Level: 15 Class: Lord HP: 77000/77000 MP: 70000/70000 Attack: 4000 Defense: 1000 Description: Dragol the cannibal, when he used to be human his favorite food was human flesh, one day he was caught by the villagers of his people he somehow managed to escape them by luck he gained the power of Necromancer, since then he had been pursuing eternal life by becoming but also to fulfill his lifelong wish to convert humans into cattle to satiate his hunger.] Zeus: "Lets tear him apart." Zeus and Tarasque suddenly charged forward as the lich in front of them suddenly send a barrage of Ice arrows at them, they both dodged the arrows as Azi send a flaming arrow at the lich, he raised his staff to block the arrow, by then Zeus and Tarasque had reached him, they swung their respective weapon at him from either side, only for the Dragol to vanish from their sight. Azi on instinct jumped forward as a scythe missed her head by a few centimeters, she did not waste any time as she casted ''Thorn vine'' in order to immobilize the lich, as he prepared for her strongest combo, Zeus and Tarsque quickly tried to make their way to him only for him to try to teleport but the vines held him tightly, he grunted as he spoke in a malicious tone, "You witch what did you do to me, I will not be held by this measly vines, arise my servants and tear apart my enemies." A group of 10 tall skeletons heavily rust colored armored beings appeared each carried sword maces and Pavice shields, the rotten smell of meat entered their nose as Zeus used observe on them. [Name: Skeleton Knight Level: 14 Class: N/A HP: 5000/5000 MP: N/A Element: N/A Attack: 2500 Defense: 1000] Zeus could not help but swore, "F**k, Azi you are on your own try not to get hurt too much dodge and try to take that mongrel out as much as possible, Tarasque and I will take care of any stranglers away from you, also Tarasque do not waste any healing spell unless and until it is dire, use the potions as much as possible we have lots of potions left this boss is completely on different level compare to others." Tarasque looked worried as she spoke, "Are you sure Zeus?" Zeus grunted as she spoke, "Tarasque, there is a chance that we might not be able to defeat him as such instead of wasting MP on things which we have alternate means to I it is better to use it on attacks also make sure to use any scroll we got before as you see free, maybe we might win it." If there was anything she was going to say was stopped as she was forced to dodge an incoming attack from the Skeleton Knight, she raised her Tabar as she smashed the knights head within causing about 1000 damage on it, causing her eyes to widen as she gritted her teeth as she turned and hit another''s leg with the axe part of her Tabar almost cleaving the creatures right leg off making it bow as she smashed at its face using the hammer hard as [-1000], [-1200], appeared above its head in red before she raised her weapon as she was flung from a shield being bashed at her hard but showing incredible agility she landed on her feet as she dashed the creature. Meanwhile Zeus dodged and weaved through the attacks before he made his move he slipped through one of their defense as he stabbed his weapon through his victims armpits causing around a 1200 damage he followed his stab attack with Chain lightning at the same time as he managed to electrocute three of the closest enemies at the same time as [-1500],[-1380] and [-1450] with a twitch of his wrist he tore off its hand causing further 1300 Damage as well as managed to disarm the arm with which it was wielding a sword. He dodged a shield bash as he attacked them with his Phantom sword arts, managing to cause about 1500 damage two of them as one of them died and the other losing a good chunk of its HP. Meanwhile Azi prepared her attack, she chained her ''PowerShot'', along with ''DoubleShot'' and ''StarFall'' as she let her attack loose, the attack hit its mark with humongous force causing around 15000Damage to him as the Lich howled in anger, but before he could move he was impaled by Ice Spike, which caused about 2000 Damage to him, as well as once again freezing the Lich thus immobilizing it as Zeus shouted out, Azi another shot. Azi shouted out, "Yah, keep just quickly finish the stranglers Zeus.", as she spoke both Zeus and Tarasque managed to finish the 3rd enemy with only two left for each of them to finish. 35 Dancing With Dragol Part-3 Zeus landed a hit on his remaining two remaining enemies whittling their HP down a little when all of a sudden Dragol screamed in anger as he shouted at the top of his voice, burn to cinders [Ring of Fire.] then a large ring of fire spread from where he stood it went and hit everyone while Azi released her attack causing another 15,000 Damage as she flew up into the air avoiding the ring of fire, the Skeleton Knights simply died when they were hit by them fire as both Tarasque and Zeus each received not only 5000 Damage but also burning status losing 30HP/second. Tarasque and Zeus both screamed in pain the feeling of being burned was not a nice one, they gritted their teeth as they both downed a couple of health potions as they gritted their teeth as they made a mad dash towards Dragol as they neared him he vanished again but this time it was Zeus who he went after, as he swiped his scythe trying to bisect him, Zeus showing an incredible feat of agility did a back flip and twisting his body at an angle enabling him toland on top of the scythe itself only forcouple of torn scrolls to be thrown at his face, Dragol did not have time to react as the scrolls activated hitting him with the full strength of the attack in the form of [Thunder Blast] and [Lightning Blast], Dragol screamed in anger as he received [12000] Damage from both of them reducing his HP to 11,000. "How dare you little piece of s**ts harm me I will freaking skin you alive, Death Knight Come forth and lay waste to my enemies." The ground parted as Zeus let out a grown as another 10 beings stood in front of them wearing almost similar armor as to that of the skeletal knights, but unlike the other skeleton knights they had more flesh on them as their mouths had a mixer of saliva and blood dropping from them as they made inhuman guttural voice from their mouth, not only that but they were at least 12 feet tall towering above them. [Name: Death Knight Level: 14 Class: Rare HP: 20000/20000 MP: 20000/20000 Element: N/A Attack: 5000 Defense: 2000] Zeus gulped wht stood in front of them were 10 boss level monsters, Zeus spoke uneasily to Tarasque, "We are done for." The Death Knights roared in anger as they charged them, Tarasque and Zeus had meet their match normally they would have no problem dealing with a simple Lord Class being but now he had to deal with 10 such being son top of another who is a level above them, it was annoying. ''Dodge Dodge Dodge, this was the only thing going throw their might as they dodge the sword and mace strikes, not only that this enemies were flinging fire balls, ice balls and what not, it was becoming annoying, tedious a single mistake would very well end them but they did not have any chance to retaliate. Suddenly the heard a cackle from Dragol as he spoke his hands were lit up in flames as he spoke, "Die you worthless waste of space. [Fire Storm]" Zeus eyes widen at alarm seeing the towering inferno making their way towards them as he shouted out, "Tarasque copy me." He dropped his weapon as he jumped as he grab holding on to the chest of the nearest Death Knight while Tarsque mimicked him, using them as meat shields, [-13000], [-13500] appeared on top of their head reducing their HP dangerously low, Azi took aim as she released her arrows at Dragol, the ultimate combo she hadbeen preparing only for Dragol to simply jumped back as he laughed, "Missed me livestock it is time I roast you alive as I did your brethren and¡­" His monologue was cut off when at least 5 scrolls appeared in his visage before he could react as a combination of flames, lightning, wind and ice hit him at full force causing him to suffer multiple damages [-6000], [-5000], [-6500],¡­.. appeared on top of his head, Dragols screamed loudly at that, "Noooooo! I cannot be defeated...." With that Dragol fell dead, as the Death Knight crumble to dust with a loud roar, Zeus looked at his HP as he paled, only 250HP left and it was decreasing fast because of various de buffs he bit back a swore as he downed a couple of bottles of HP potions, a few minutes later after they downed their 10th bottle their HP stopped decreasing as they sighed in relief. Azi came towards them as she spoke, "It was so close, I thought you two would have died." Before they could speak a system message appeared in front of their eyes, [CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO COMPLETE ''NIGHTMARE RUN'', DO YOU WISH TO ANNOUNCE YOUR NAMES WORLD WIDE.] [CHOOSE YES/NO ] Zeus shrugged as he pressed ''Yes'' as an announcement rang once again as it send everyone in uproar, [CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' MEMBERS, AZI, TARASQUE AND ZEUS FOR BEING THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OCCUPY A DUNGEON IN RENNAISANCE CITY, IN HELL MODE.] [CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' MEMBERS, AZI, TARASQUE AND ZEUS FOR BEING THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OCCUPY A DUNGEON IN RENNAISANCE CITY, IN HELL MODE.] [CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas'' MEMBERS, AZI, TARASQUE AND ZEUS FOR BEING THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OCCUPY A DUNGEON IN RENNAISANCE CITY, IN HELL MODE.] Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Well let us loot this bastard and see what we received from him." [Name: Blink Tier: 4 Enables one to teleport within short distances. Cost: 900/use. Cooldown: 1 Minute] [Name: Aegis Tier: 4 Enables one to erect a 3by3 sq.meter barrier, which will absorb about 50% of damage from enemies at least 2 Levels above you. Cost: 900/use, 40MP/minute as long as it is active Cooldown: 10 Minutes.] [Name: Fire Storm Tier: 6 Sends a literally a storm in the form of Fire at your foe dealing +400% fire damage, as well causing 50HP/sec burning debuff. Cost: 1400/use Cast Time: 30seconds Cooldown: 1 Hour] [Name: A Necromancer''s Blessings Enables you to change your primary job permanently to Necromancer and slowly converts your race permanently to that of a lich. Grants about +100Mp/Level, adds +2Stat in Int and Wis, grants +5% Magical Attack Damage and Defense. Warning: Changing your race and primary job to that may cause you to gain animosity and make you the mortal enemy of certain races of Isera but at the same time certain beings will favor you greatly.] Zeus spoke with a smile at that as he spoke, "Well then as per the prior agreement I will be taking ''Blink'' and ''Fire Storm'', I hope you two have no problem with that." The duo simply shook their head as Azi spoke, "Nope, I have no problem do as you wish, Zeus." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "What about the Aegis skill?" At that both of his teammates frowned as Tarasque spoke, "I believe we should hold the skill books for the moment." Zeus nodded as he tossed it towards Azi as he spoke, "Whoever has the most space in their inventory please keep it inside, but the biggest question is what to do with this job change book." Azi shrugged as she spoke, "Well I do not wish to use it, I do not think I could do justice to it." Tarasque: "I think it is more trouble than it is worth it." Zeus nodded as he stored the book inside his inventory, as he began looting other chests or other beings bodies occasionally sharing items with others as well as throwing stuffs out which they did not need anymore. A few minutes later they were proud owner of a few more coins, 7Gold and 150Silver coins among other metal ingots, herbs and precious stones and gems. Before they left the dungeon Zeus spoke with a smirk, "Before we leave why don''t we increase our level and awaken ourselves." A smirk mirrored by his teammates it was time for them to take on the next big step inside the game. 36 Awakening Tarasque squinted her eyes as she noticed something near the ceiling being hidden by the shadows perfectly, it seemed to be some form of cave entrance as such she spoke hurriedly, "Wait is that a cave entrance up there?", effectively drawing attention of her two teammates as she pointed towards the cave entrance. Azi squinted her eyes as she looked towards the cave entrance while speaking, "Yup I see it, Tarasque your vision is better than mine to spot that place from such a great distance as well as such low lighting." Tarasque smiled at that as Zeus spoke to Azi, "Hey Cuz mind taking a peek." Azi shrugged as she spoke, "Well I would not mind taking a peek but we have to wait for sometime as my skill is still under cool down." Zeus simply collapsed on the floor as he spoke, "Well we wake me up I am taking a nap." Tarasque spoke incredulously, "Here? And what about the awakening? What about leveling up?" Zeus gave a lazy wave as he spoke, "Yeah who knows what might happen we might get kicked out before we can get a chance to glimpse inside the cave." Almost a couple of hour later Zeus was nudged awake as he sat up groggily as he spoke, "Is it time already?" Azi nodded as she activated her skill as she flew up towards the cave as she spoke, "There is a single chest up here nothing more." Zeus: "Can you bring it down." Azi nodded as she stepped inside the cave before she looked back as she spoke, "No can do." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Pick me up." Tarasque: "Are you sure she can fly while carrying you?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "No clue." Azi sighed as floated down before pulling Zeus up with her in a wobbling motion as they reached the top Azi spoke with a frown, "I am losing MP at least 4 times faster than normally." Zeus: "Hmmm I see." As they reached the top Zeus opened the chest only to find as short sword which looked like a Xiphos but with a handle half as long as itself, "Huh only a single weapon." Azi frowned as she spoke, "There must be something special about this weapon." Zeus nodded as he used observe on it. [ Sword Staff (SWORD STAFF)(Collapsed Form) Profession Restriction:?? Tier:?? Level Requirement: ?? Strength Requirement:?? Wisdom Requirement:?? Physical Attack:?? Magic Attack:?? Spell: ?? Durability: ?? ] As soon as he used observe on it a message flashed before his eyes, [AN OWNERLESS WEAPON DETECTED, DO YOU WISH TO BIND IT WITH YOURSELF?] [YES/NO] Zeus looked at Azi who simply shrugged at that as Zeus pressed ''Yes'' The weapon glowed as a message appeared in his HUD, [CONGRATULATIONS FOR BINDING THE OWNERLESS WEAPON WITH YOUR SELF, THE WEAPON IS NOW BINDED TO YOUR SOUL AS SUCH IT CANNOT BE STOLEN NOR CANNOT BE TRADED WITH SOMEONE NEITHER CAN YOU UNBIND IT, EVEN IF IT BREAKS AFTER SOMETIME IT WOULD RESPAWN IN YOUR INVENTORY.] Zeus smirked at that as he spoke, "Cool, it is a nice weapon, if its stats are decent I might never have to worry about any weapon for the foreseeable feature. I hope I can now view its stats." [ NAME: SHORI Sword Staff (SWORD STAFF)(Collapsed Form) SOUL BONDED TO: ZEUS LEVEL: 0 EXP: N/A Tier: N/A Physical Attack: +1 Magic Attack: +1 Spell: COLLAPSE/EXTEND (BY UTTERING THIS WORDS YOU MAY EXTEND OR COLLPASE YOUR WEAPON Durability: 1/1 {YOUR WEAPON IS NOT AWAKENED REACH LEVEL 11 AND FEED YOUR WEAPON BROKEN WEAPON REMAINS TO AWAKEN IT. ] Azi started howling with laughter as she shouted at Tarasque who was standing below, "This idiot got a weapon with 1durability and 1attack." Even Tarasque started giggling at that as Zeus shouted out, "Oi, I have to awaken my weapon and its stat will increase." Azi helped Zeus to climb down from the place as he spoke, "Well it is time to awaken." As such they opened their stats page as they looked at each other for one time as they clicked the word awaken hovering beside level. They felt their body tingle before a pain shoot through their body making themselves collapse on their knees, as they caught their breath the quickly checked their stats. Name: Zeus Level: 11 Next level: 0/13200 Title: LUCKY FOOL Job: Primary: None // Secondary: Arcane Blacksmith (Weapon) Race: Deva(Hybrid between a High Elf & Dragon) Status: Serf Alignment: Neutral Health (HP):22687.5 (Regen: 726/min) Mana (MP): 16125 (Regen: 1548/min) Stamina (STA): 22687.5 (Regen: 635.25/min) Strength (STR): 1089 [605+302.5+181.5] Vitality (VIT): 907.5 [605+302.5] Endurance (END): 907.5 [605+302.5] Dexterity (DEX):1179.8 [605+484+90.75] Intelligence (INT):645 [605+40] Wisdom (WIS):645 [605+40] Luck (LUK): 42.9 [39+3.9] Charisma (CHA): 26.4 Physical Attack: 2722.5(1089x2.5) Magical Attack: 1773.75(709x2.5) Physical Defense: 2405.5(962.2x2.5) Magical Defense: 1773.75(709.5x2.5) Money: 7G 125S16B 4495C 2500T Perks: a) Steel Body b) Hydra''s Kin(Level 2) c) Unrelenting stamina d) Light Steps e) Hecate''s Beloved(minor) f) Solomon''s apprentice(minor) g) Draconic Aura(minor) Buffs: N/A Flaws/De-buffs: N/A Stat Points: 70 Before anyone could speak anything a message was received by all of them, [YOU THREE GET OUT OF THE GAME THIS INSTANCE I GIVE YOU THREE ONLY 10 MINUTES.] The trio turned pale at that seeing the message from Aubrielle, as such they exited the dungeon in gusto as they ran weaving through the crowd as they went straight towards their place of abode, as they entered the house of Granny Zoe, the way they entered her house stunned Granny Zoe very much as they trio hurriedly apologized, "Sorry Granny, so sorry but we are kind of in a hurry as we will tell you everything when we wake up.", with that they quickly laid on their respective places as they logged off from the game. As they awoke from their respective machines they were greeted by a maid waiting for them outside who simply bowed as they spoke, "Mistress is waiting for you with rest of the family at the dining hall, we are ordered to escort you with haste." Nathan knew the only way now was to delay as such he scratched his cheek as he spoke with a smile, "I hope you would not mind me going to the toilet would you." The maid simply spoke, "Well not at all." As such went inside his bathroom as he mentally tried to prepare himself from the inevitable scolding he would receive, as soon as he stepped outside the room he found his mother sitting on his bed glaring at him causing him to gulp, "Do you know what time is it?" Nathan tried to turn his hand to look at the clock only for Aubrielle to speak with a stern visage, "Look at me, it is currently 10:30 PM, and what have you logged in? 9 o''c lock in the morning you missed your lunch, your evening tea amongst other things and you would have surely missed your dinner if I did not messaged you to leave the capsule." Nathan found the floor interesting as he spoke, "Sorry mom, but we were stuck in such a situation where if we left all our hard work would be in vain." Aubrielle still glaring at him spoke, "Did the game not have a save function?" Nathan gulped as he spoke, "Well there is a save option but unfortunately the area we were in did not have such option, the only we could have done is exiting the area, but unfortunately it was not possible at all, if we had left the dungeon all our progress would have become nil and we have restart again but there was a chance someone would have beaten us on it." Aubrielle sighed as she spoke, "You are lucky that I not only love you but I am very understanding person so I will forgive you but if something similar happens I will not allow you to play anymore, now come with me we have a dinner to finish ad I am starving." Before anyone could speak anything Zeus''s stomach growled loudly causing him to blush with embarrassment, as Aubrielle giggled as she caught him by his hand as she dragged him to the dining room as she spoke, "Well lets go my baby boy''s is already rebelling because it is empty." As Nathan followed her with a smile, Nathan could not help but double take at what just happen, ''Since when is my mother so forgiving, why am I not grounded yet I do not understand what is happening at all. I have to consult Azi.'' 37 Class Part-1 As Nathan made his way to the dining room along with his mother he was greeted by the stern visage of his father and his aunt but when he looked at Nikola she had a stoic look on her face as Nathan took his seat as he spoke, "Sorry everyone we were late." Tristan sighed as he spoke, "You should have planned more carefully before venturing into places that took so much time." Nathan looked guilty as he spoke, "I am sorry father but the dungeons are as such that we were not able to log out from there nor are we allowed to give up id way without playing a huge penalty." Yelena spoke with a sigh, "Well it is time for dinner and we are starving and where is Katrina I asked her to join at the table with us." No sooner did she speak Katrina arrived as she spoke, "Please forgive me for my tardiness, Madams and Sirs." Tristan simply waved his hand as he motioned Katrina to take a sit as Yelena spoke, "Before the dinner is served I would like to say about the video of the nightmare mode attempt." Nathan gave her undivided attention as she continued speaking, "It had received over a million views within a few hours, not only that a couple of channels have been trying to get in touch with you wanting to be the first one to show your ''Hell'' mode attempt." Nathan: "They might have some contracts ready right." Yelena nodded as she spoke, "Well the maximum they were paying around is about $50,000 for the rights of the video, which meant without their express permission we cannot even show the videos at private, I wanted know what you want as such I did not negotiate anymore." Nathan shrugged as he spoke, "Well if they want to broadcast the video they will have to pay me but the rights for the video is out of questions, just send them some standard quotations and if they are interested they may broadcast my videos but under condition that they may not showcase for at least for 5 hours after the publication of the video and oh aunty I think unedited video can be acquired by them but I want to charge them more for it, as for ''Hell Mode'' video we are going to publish I believe we have worked so hard so only those who have subscribed may view it." Yelena shrugged as she spoke, "No problem with that in fact the account I opened for you in ''TREMOR'', I have linked it to a bank account in your names as such you three will have access to also I have already created an account in ''Chirper'' which can be used to notify people who have subscribed to your ''TREMOR'' account of any new events and happenings within the game." Nathan nodded pleased at the development, as Yelena spoke again, "Well there also some news channel who wanted you three to appear in a talk show." The trio looked at each other as Nathan spoke with a shrug, "Well we would love to but unfortunately we are rather preoccupied at the moment we have lots of stuffs to do at the moment like getting our jobs and professions as such I believe it will not be possible at the present moment maybe sometime at distant future." As they were eating Tristan suddenly spoke, "Ah Nathan a mail came from your school, it was an invitation for school prom to be held on this Saturday, which means it is day after tomorrow." Nikola spoke curiously at that as she spoke, "Prom?? Is that not held before the graduations?" Nathan: "Well not in our school, our principal God bless his kind soul wanted his students to have a gathering without any tensions and what not as such it is held within a couple of weeks after graduation." Aubriella spoke while eating, "So what will you be doing Nathan will you be go to the prom?" Nathan shrugged as he spoke, "Meh, I do not see why not.", as he munched on some chicken legs it was delicious to the point as it melt in his mouth. Yelena: "Well so who will you be asking to accompany you as your prom date, Nathan." Nathan, "Well how I would love to if Nikola accompanied me." Both Aubriella and Nikola''s eyes gained a gleam which was momentarily dashed by Nikola herself as she spoke with a sigh, "I am sorry but this Saturday it is not possible remember that we have a meeting with higher ups of the USA branch of our company." Yelena sighed as she spoke, "Ugh, I totally forgot about them, it seems you will have to find someone else as your prom date now Nathan." Nathan sighed as his eyes drifted towards Katrina she simply shook her head as she spoke, "Sorry young master it would not do you any good if you take your maid to such a place." Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Well then I will be going dateless then, ugh", he finished with a tired groan. Suddenly Aubriella spoke with a smile, "Nathan, are you not friend with Natalie?" Nathan''s eyes widen at that as he spoke, "Of course I am but are you sure? She is currently a famous singer/actress it will create some controversy and what not if I bring her as my prom date." Aubriella simply shrugged as she spoke, "I see no problem with that, her family is our friend as such you until and unless she has prior arrangements I am sure she will surely accompany you as your date." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Well I will ask her tomorrow although I still prefer bringing Nikola with me to the prom." Nikola smiled as she spoke, "Awww how sweet of you cuz, and I would have love to but instead I have to spend some time listening to boring prattle of some geezers." After finishing their dinner the trio once again logged into the game, as they left Granny Zoe''s house, which was surprisingly empty as she was not present inside it at all, Tarasque spoke, "Zeus I suggest we try to sell anything that is not required before we meet up at the city office. As such a few hours later the group with almost their entire inventory empty made their way to the city office, Azi was the last one to arrive as she approached them she spoke with a smile, "Hey everyone I am so sorry I was late but did you two see the system mail we have received?" Zeus and Tarasque were confused at that before they quickly checked their mail only for their eyes to get wide as a grin etched their faces the received a total of 10 more Gold coins each bringing a total of 21 gold coins and an additional 150 silver coins they were very happy but the biggest change was the introduction of a new stat, ''Fame'' which was currently at 830 for them, Zeus stood up as he spoke, "Well I think it is time for us to get an increase in our social class you can all say good bye to our hard earned money now." The other two groaned at that but did not say anything as they stepped inside along with Zeus, it was time for them to get a new social class. 38 Class Part-2 Zeus stood in front of the official as he bit back a curse, as he was getting increasingly annoyed at that official in front of him he was busy being a king in his dream and Zeus had already called him a few times in order To wake him up but the person was busy drooling without a care for the world, Zeus took a deep breath as he shouted out, "A SUDDEN INSPECTION IS HAPPENING THE CITY LORD IS HERE." The man suddenly jumped up on his feet as he saluted the trio who had gazed with a deadpanned stare, as Zeus spoke, "Good morning Sir, we are here to raise our class.", he finished with an innocent smile. The man snarled as he spoke as he raised an accusing figure, "HOW DARE YOU MAKE SUCH A POOR JOKE, WHERE IS HIS LORDSHIP? HOW DARE YOU GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK!!" Zeus simply blinked owlishly, "What are you talking about dear Sir? I joke about something like that please Sir we just arrived and you stood up all of a sudden as you saluted us we are innocent sire you may ask the other two who have arrived at the same time as me." As the man glanced at Tarasque and Azi they both nodded back at him with serious expressions on their face, as Zeus continued speaking, "I think there is some misunderstanding I am simply here to advance our class." The man sighed as he spoke, "So how many classes do you want to ascend?" Zeus: "Is there any difference between ascending a single rank and ascending multiple ranks?" The official: "Of course there is, when you raise your class through multiple tier, you have to pay the fees for all ranks in between until unless someone of very high class in our kingdom like an Archduke gifts you as such." At that the trios eyes widen as Zeus mumbled something about cutthroat thieves and bandits as he sighed before speaking, "Well we will be moving onto the ''Squire'' rank if you would please." The man smile even grew bigger as he spoke, "Then since you will be jumping into 2 tiers at the same time you will have to pay an additional fee of 3 Silver coins." Zeus was taken a back as he spoke, "3 Silver coins why so?" The official: "For moving into the Citizen tier you have to pay 1 Silver coin extra and for moving into the Nobel tier you have pay another 2 Silver coin extra but more importantly you have to have at least 800 fame in order to became a ''Squire''." Zeus sighed as he did a mental math before he sighed while speaking, "It seems I have to pay 5 Silver and 160 Bronze right, meaning 3Gold 4Silver and 80Bronze coin in total for all three of us, meh so is there anything we have to do." The official shrugged as he spoke, "Well simply pay up and put your hand on top of this crystal ball." Zeus nodded as he was about to pay the fees he was stopped by his teammates as Tarasque spoke, "Let us pay for ourselves Zeus." Zeus waved his hand as he spoke, "You can pay me later on but for now let me pay on your behalf.", with that he paid the amount as they rose through skipping over the other ranks reaching ''Squire'' class. The official spoke with a smile, "Congratulations My Lord and Ladies, Congratulations on becoming a Nobel." As soon as the official spoke those words a message appeared in front of their eyes, [CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING A NOBEL. CLASS CHANGED TO SQUIRE. ''Squire'', although the class is seen as that of nobility unfortunately it is not nonhereditary. Gained title ''Nobel (lv. 1)''] Zeus: "Cool I gained a new title, did you two get one as well?" Both of his teammates nodded at that as Zeus checked on his new title. [ Nobel(Lv. 1, Although you are a newbie ''Nobel'' of the lowest rank, but still a Nobel as such you will have access to various facilities within the city also you will now have a voice within the city politics, now minor decision regarding the city has 5% chance of being taken into considerations.] Zeus sighed at that before he turned towards his teammates as he spoke, "Well I think it is time for us to visit the Grand Cathedral at the core part of the city." The other two nodded at that as Azi spoke, "Well what are we waiting for let us leave then." Tarsque: "Who are we going to seek an audience at the Cathedral?" Zeus: "The Head honcho of course and seeing it is a big city there is a chance we will run into the Arch Bishop of all people." Tarasque: "Wait a minute we all are nobles now we cannot go to visit the Grand Cathedral and ask for an audience with the Arch Bishop looking like this." Azi punched her hands as she spoke, "You are right Tarasque, give me some time and I will create some clothes for us till then please try to upgrade your stuff and what not." Zeus sighed at that as they made his way to his master''s shop as he reached there he was greeted by the ever smiling face of Alfostrog who spoke in a jovial tone, "Welcome brat welcome, how does it feel to conquer the dungeon?" Zeus smiled back at him as he spoke, "It was cool teacher, but before we speak about anything I want to show you something." With that he showed the newest weapon he received at the end of the dungeon run, Alfostrog took the weapon in his hand casually before his eyes widen at that, as his hands trembled before he spoke with disbelief, "Where did you get this?" Zeus smirked as he spoke, "I got it after I conquered the dungeon." Alfostrog jumped up showing surprising agility for a heavily built dwarf as he slammed his hands hard on Zeus''s head as he shouted out to him, "YOU COLOSSAL FOOL! Do you have any idea what you have been holding all this time?" Zeus was on his knees holding on to his head the hit on his head as he mumbled out, "A weapon." If Alfostrog were a dragon he would have already turned Zeus into ash with his breath, he quickly looked around checking if someone was listening to them before he dragged him into the store room before he closed the door as he spoke with an angry voice, "You colossal fool this is not a weapon it is a treasure, rumored to be created by Duias the God of us Blacksmiths, this are also called Life Bound Treasure as this treasure grows alongside its wielder not only that but it is rumored to be alive, and in this current age and time no one I repeat no one knows how to create them and you just so happened to be lucky enough to get your hand on one of them, a weapon if reaches the ears of someone wrong they will do anything in order to kill you and destroy this weapon, during the Great War eons ago this treasures in the hands of great warriors devastated the armies of darkness." Zeus looked at his newest weapon as he spoke, "I see.", only to get hit on his head again as Alfostrog shouted out, "How dare you take this thing not seriously? Before I speak anything did you bind it to yourself?" Zeus spoke as he winced at the fresh wound on his head, "Well I did." Alfostrog nodded as he spoke, "Good good, at least you have something left inside your head, now remember not to mention anything about it unless you want to commit suicide DO.YOU.UNDERSTAND." Zeus nodded at that fast as he spoke, "Yes Teacher I did." Alfostrog returned the weapon as he spoke, "So what do you wish to do today disciple of mine?" 39 Meeting the ArchBishop Part-1 Zeus scratched his cheeks as he spoke, "Well I wanted to awaken my weapon, and it seems it will need certain amount of materials to awaken it." Alfostrog looked at him curiously at that as he spoke, "And what ingredients that might be?" Zeus: "Well I have to use broken weapon remains to awaken it." Alfostrog: "So what are you waiting for Zeus, grab those scraps over there and trying waking it.", as he pointed to a pile of broken scraps of weapons. Zeus nodded at that as he made his way to scrap heap, as he brought out his weapon as he touched a broken weapon piece an option appeared in front of his eyes. [Consume a broken weapon piece.] [YES/NO] Naturally he pressed ''YES'', no sooner did he do as such the broken weapon piece simply disappeared as suddenly a HP bar like thing appeared on top of the weapon, [Awakening: 1%] He sighed as he turned towards his teacher as he spoke, "It seems it would take at least a 100 broken weapon pieces to awaken itself." Alfostrog shrugged as he spoke, "So what are you waiting for get on with it." Zeus nodded as he quickly finished using about a hundred broken weapon pieces, as he watched the bar fill itself as it started glowing with a dull orange glow. [LIFE BOUND WEAPON ''Shori'' BOUNDED TO PLAYER ZEUS IS READY TO BE AWAKEN, DO YOU WISH TO AWAKEN IT NOW?] [YES/NO] Zeus pressed yes as he watched with a wide grin in his face, a grin big enough to split his face in half, the weapon glowed brightly for a brief moment before the glow subsided revealing the weapon in front of him as he spoke in a disappointed tone, "That''s it, I am really disappointed at that I thought the light would be greater, a quake would occur the sky will darken but this is rather underwhelming." As he turned he was greeted by Alfostrog who had a dull look on his face but before Zeus could speak he was beaten to it by his teacher, "Are you high child? Could I also have something of that?" Zeus blushed in embarrassment as Alfostrog continued speaking, "Well, why would you expect something like that? Now go on and check on your weapon." Zeus sighed at that at least his head was not smashed again that was something, with that he used ''observe'' on his newly awakened weapon, unlike the rusted and decrepit look the weapon had previously now it looked as if the blade was made up of copper which was sharpened up to make the surface glaze, and the surface was made up of grey colored wood, the guard was made up of bronze, overall it did not have any redeeming feature it looked plain compared to his current weapon. [ NAME: SHORI Sword Staff (SWORD STAFF) (Collapsed Form) Profession Restriction: N/A Soul Bound: Zeus Tier: 0 Level Requirement: 5 Physical Attack: +20 Magic Attack: +20 Spell: COLLAPSE/EXTEND (BY UTTERING THIS WORDS YOU MAY EXTEND OR COLLPASE YOUR WEAPON) Critical hit +5% Durability: 1000/1000 ] Alfostrog: "Hmmm not bad for the lowest Tier Weapons." Zeus looked confused at that as he spoke, "What is this ''Tier'' thing? Should it not have a level?" Alfostrog: "Well do you remember, what is the main problem between non leveled and leveled weapons?" Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Yup for a non leveled weapon if an awakened uses its durability decreases at an alarming rate the higher the level of the user is, and as for the weapons with level on them they could be used by people as long as they are of the same level or of higher level than the items but in case the level of the user is very high when compared to the item it tends to cause same problem which causes degradation in durability." Alfostrog nodded at that as he spoke, "Yes, now tier is used for two purposes in any items you can find with both tier and level, which is the case of any weapon which has level on it, tier is meant to indicate the type of weapon Unique, Rare, Legendary etc., but in case of your weapon which is showing ''0'' beside the Tier stats currently is equivalent to a ''Common Tier'' weapon, the best thing about them is that they can be used by anyone who fulfill their requirement, like in your case it has level requirement of ''5'', as such as long as you are above level 5 you can use it. Normally it would have been nice but your weapon grows along with you as such you cannot advance it too much too quickly otherwise say you are at level 20 and your weapon requires level 30 as such you will have to wait till you can reach that level until you can use it, also there is a chance other conditions might add to it like strength and what not as it increases in tier." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Great just great.", before a grin appeared on his face, "But that also means that I can one day get a chance to have a God Tiered equipment.", his eyes sparkled in amazement. His daydreaming was cut off by his teacher''s snort as he spoke, "DO not get your hopes up child, the strongest weapon currently is a Legendary tiered weapon that is in the hands of the Royal family, only the King can wield it and no one else. The weapon you got may be only a scale up to ''Legendary'' level at its best." Alfostrog: "Well so since you have reached level 11 you can easily ramp up your training and can now use a secondary weapon so do you have any idea on what to use." Zeus sighed at that as he spoke, "Well I was thinking about using a ''Wakizashi''." Alfostrog stoked his beard as he spoke, "Then what are you waiting for, get going fast go and gather some ores fast." Zeus sighed as he left the forge not before sending a message to his teammates as he left the city, as he left he took a notice that more and more decently dressed players present although there was a tons of new players as well it would take some time to leave through the eastern gate as such he left using the western gate he was grateful for having the insight to increase his class. The entire ordeal according to him was boring he had made his way to the mine and had successfully collected as much Ores as possible as well as had gotten some coal, and wood along with him it was already late afternoon when he was returning back when he was greeted by the a group of 50 players with various weapons and armors. One of them stepped forward as he spoke, "Our Guild leader SupremeKing sends regards." ''Guild??? Ah all those people have created some temporary Guild because as far as the game is concerned all thought the DEVs have said there is ''Guild System'' but no one knows how to establish a ''Guild'', but more importantly the DEVs themselves were tightlipped the best everyone knows that we will know when it happens but how, it was frustrating.'' Zeus smirked that as he spoke, "Ho, the smelly walking talking poop who was chased out of the city is your guild master, I pity you lot, now be a dear and leave before you die." Normally he would have not shown so much mercy to them but he felt pity for them working for someone the likes of Quinn not only that but he was a Noble as such anyone of equal or above class than him in the hierarchy of a Noble will simply have to suffer some unique penalties, normally when someone attacks another person they become a PKer during the period of time as long as they get near the city let alone get inside it the gurads will attack and him being a Noble they will not try to apprehend them but outright kill him, but the best part is when a person gains a PKer status for every fight they had killed or tried to kill they will have to at the very least spend three days in game in order for them to get out of the PKer status but if they kill again during the time period then they will have to spend another extra 3 days, trying to kill a Noble simply extends the period twice which increases with each higher rank, since he was of the lowest ranked Noble his attackers will have to suffer 6 days of such time period not to mention during that time anyone may attack and they will drop at least twice the loot they normally have and not to mention after they re-spawn inside the city they will be under lockand key as well as other punishment. Yup he felt pity for them, most of them were of level 11 and level 12, and only one was at level 14 who seemed to be the leader of the group, he felt pity for the level 11 people after they lose a level well they were lose their awakening, as such he spoke once again with a sigh, "Well last chance stand down and leave or attack and die.", but it seems that the people were hell bent on killing him as the level 14 person ordered his people, "Shut up today here you die now Zeus. MEN FORWARD!!!!" Zeus smirked as he stole a line from an anime he saw way back, "Shall we Dance.", with that the swordsmen ran towards him with a volley of arrows and various magical attacks from the Mages accompanying them while the Level person had a smug look on his face. 40 Meeting the ArchBishop Part-2 Zeus waited for the arrow to arrive as he took out his trusty sword staff although it would have been nicer to use the newest one but unfortunately it was not yet as strong as his old one, the arrow and a couple of fire balls were the first to reach him, he simply let one of them hit him causing only 10damage he sighed at that, ''This people are weak but first let me take care of the ranged weaklings.'', he watched that all the people who had attacked him turned red. The group reached Zeus only for him to disappear from their sight, "Eh, where did he go? Do not tell me he has gotten some form of scroll enabling him to run back to the city." Only for scream to rise from their rear flank as they turned back their eyes widen as they watched their teammates being torn apart by Zeus, a couple of strikes was enough for him to tear them apart, a bolt of lightning was released from him as it electrocuted three of their archers, before he once again disappeared from their view. They were scared in a short span of few seconds Zeus had defeated and killed at least 5 of their men before he disappeared again from their sight, they were panicking the Level 14 shouted out at them, "Calm down he is using tricks to defeat us we are superior in number as such he is scared, as such with mages and archers at the middle and tankers at the front form a circle let see how he catches us off guard now." He stood with a smug look on his face no matter what he does Zeus will be defeated, the circle would ensure that he will have to tangle with the tanks while the ranged damage dealers work their magic, and he was at the dead center as such even if he manages to kill some of the canon fodders by the time he arrives near him he will have lost a lot of HP an easy kill for him. "Wow dude you are a genius, the guild is lucky to have someone as you here.", suddenly a voice came to his ears as the level 14 spoke with a smug smile, "Actually it is not the guild but I who is lucky to be part of something greater, tell you what I you work hard I will surely give words to the higher ups." "Really you would do that for me, I am touched although I know you will surely tell about me to your higher ups after today." The Level 14 player sighed as he spoke, "Focus on the enemy for now we can talk about later." "But I have a gift for you." The man sighed as he spoke, "What kind of gift?", as he turned to the source of the voice as he found Zeus kneeling by his side with an innocent smile on his face, his eyes widen at that as he spoke while pointing towards Zeus, "YOU!!!!!!!!!..." Before anyone could do anything Zeus''s skill firestorm activated, as a gargantuan tornado of fire erupted with Zeus as its center as it soon engulfed others, as Zeus stood up admiring his handiwork, and he was quite pleased at that, his attack dealt at least over 4000 damage to his foes, he sighed at what he saw most of them died simply under such pitiful attacks he himself could take at least 3 to 4 times of such attack before dying, he saw a few of them still alive but were caught on fire, burning as their HP was plummeting, his eyes narrowed as he watched some of them pulling out HP potions. [Fire Ball], [Ice Spike], [Chain Lightning] tore throw them killing them effectively, Zeus huffed as he looked at the ground littered with various weapons, armors, scrolls and what not, a quick use of observe as he happily picked whatever he could but as soon as he tried to place them inside his inventory he came face to face with the cruel reality that his inventory was already lacking space as such with heavy heart he left the place, after all he was running an errand for his teacher his inventory slots whichever was still empty had lots of ores and fuel, and rest he still had some loots from the dungeon run as such he had to leave a lion share of the loot. A few minutes later a group of players would be seen passing through that place as one of them gave a cry of alarm at that, "Guys look over there." The others watched with their eyes open wide, "No way there are so many weapons, armors lying around." "Wait what if it is a trap? What if¡­" "Ah stop getting cold feet Azaksh, if we do not take risk we won''t be able to gain anything." "Look look it is an uncommon tiered weapon, that over¡­." Later on this incident would be dubbed as an event ''Raining items'' event created the game creators, although it was never seen again. Unknown to Zeus a couple of people was watching the entire proceeding from a distance hiding behind a foliage, as Zeus left one of them quickly logged off as he made a call to some. [Yes], a deep voice came from other side of the call, as the person recalled everything he witnessed. [I see, good work keep up the survailance on him as well as try to identify his teammates but do not approach him or his teammates at all, wait for someone else to arrive who would negotiate him.] The man nodded as he hung up the call before he logged in to the machine in a hurry as he had someone to keep an eye on and it would do them no good if he lost him. The speaker on the other side went as he stood beside another person who was paying attention to a female beauty on his lap who was moaning at that as he whispered into his ears, "We have found them.", the man stopped for a few seconds as his face had a small smile before he playing with the girl with renewed vigor. Zeus sighed as he reached the forge as he entered the place he was greeted by his teacher working on the forge, he turned towards Zeus as he spoke, "Child, you friend came you can leave the ore and the fuel here go with them for now, after you have finished your business you may work on your secondary weapon." Zeus sighed as he unloaded the ores and all the fuel as he spoke, "Well then I am off master." Azi smiled at Zeus as he appeared near her as she spoke, "What took you so long cousin?" Zeus smiled as he spoke, "I was running an errand for my blacksmith master, and so did you finish making the clothes?" Azi nodded as Zeus received a set of clothes and shoes which he wore them quickly as he inspected him, "Well I surely look like a noble from Medieval Europe now, so what are we waiting for let us leave." With that other two changed into dresses as they made their way towards the Grand Cathedral of Renaissance city, a place build within the inner part of the city only accessible by Nobility. 41 Meeting the ArchBishop Part-3 Zeus sighed for the nth time he was getting frustrated, the priests inside the grand cathedral was the most greediest bunch he had ever met in his life, even breathing in front of them requires money, are they really devotees of god he had half a mind to shove every weapon in my inventory on them. "What is going on here?", came a gruff voice from those priests behind startling them. One of the priest turned towards them as he spoke, "HOW DARE YOU INTER¡­..", his voice died as he found himself under the intense glare from a person dressed in ceremonial robes. "So the rumors are true you all have created an extortion racket here.", spoke the man anger evident in his voice, as the priests further wilting under his intense glare. "Sir, please we are devotees of God, we are doing nothing but work of church.", came a meek voice from amongst the group of priests. "BE SILENT", powerful voice reverberated through the halls even shaking the bones of the trio, Zeus quickly used observe on the person, only to be disappointed as he found nothing about it except the person to glance towards him causing a chill to travel down his back. The two guards by his sides gripped their weapons hard ready to attack them only to be stopped by the person as he raised his hands as another guard approached him, he glanced at them before he whispered something in his ears while covering his mouth with his hands making sure the trio not to decipher what was being said. The man sighed as he spoke, "I see, then take your men and drag that lecherous pig in front of the church, and I do not care if he is wearing something or not, evil shall be purged, oh and make sure to make a spectacle while dragging him here." The guard bowed as he left, as the person gave his undivided attention to the priests in front of him, "So what to do with you all now." The dozen of priests quickly kneeled in front of them well most of them did now, a few were too fat to even bent, "Please have mercy on us, please the Church teaches mercy as such you¡­" The person spoke with a smile, "So true, but only those who are repentant but do not worry the Church will make sure you are repentant, Paladins seize them and throw the lots inside the dungeon." A group of guards quickly appeared seeing them the priests face paled as they tried to make a run for it while some of them trued to cast spells in order to fight back only to be stopped by the person, [Mass Paralyze], [Silence], two different spells was used by the person at the same time, to the trio it looked as if he spoke twice at the same time. Azi whispered to her teammates, "Damn that was cool, cuz what is his level quickly use observe and tell us." Zeus whispered back, "I have tried already but not only was it blocked by him and the two of his people but also caught me." Tarasque: "I think we came at the wrong maybe we should take our leave." Zeus sighed, "Well I do not believe they will allow us." Azi sighed as she whispered, "What kind of crappy event did we get caught in the middle of?" As the paralyzed priests were being escorted by the guards, the person turned towards as he spoke in a calm voice, "I apologize for making you witness a ''crappy event'' as you so eloquently put it my child, we were simply doing some house cleaning.", causing Azi to flush with embarrassment. The man walked towards them his guards flanking by his side as he spoke, "I am Cardinal Boudier, so how may I help you all?" Zeus stepped forward as he kissed the ring on the hand of Cardinal with his knees bent while the two ladies simply curtsied a bow, as Zeus spoke, "A very Good Evening to you Cardinal, my name is Zeus and the lady on my right is Azi and on my left is Tarasque, we recently came across some artifact when we conquered the Dungeon in this city, which we thought to bring it to Church, we thought thatit might cause an insurmountable damage when used by wrong people as such we were trying to get an audience with the Archbishop." The Cardinal narrowed his eyes as he spoke, "I see, so I think we best speak about this matter in private, no?" Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Of course Cardinal." Cardinal nodded as he spoke, "Well follow me and my Paladins there is a private chamber here where we can speak." With that the group moved towards a room as soon as they entered the room the door was closed by the Paladins as a feeling of cool air passed over them as the Cardinal spoke, "Now child what do you wish to say to me.", but the trio kept glancing at the two paladin''s along with him, causing him to sigh as Zeus: "Well I think I should show you instead." With that he took out the tome for the ''Necromancer'' class, seeing it the Cardinal''s eyes widen as he shouted out, "Where did you get such an evil thing?" Even the paladin''s accompanying him became once again became vigilant as Zeus spoke, "We conquered the dungeon by slaying Dragol, this was dropped by him when he died." The Cardinal''s eyes widen as he spoke, "Ah I have heard about the group who had slain the cretin but to think you three were the one.", he leaned forward studying the tome intently as he spoke, "The service you three did to the people of Isera is outstanding. Not only that you have a very good head on your shoulder if news about such was released it would have caused untold amount of chaos and danger." Cardinal closed his eyes as if he was contemplating the entire situation as one of the Paladin''s spoke, "Sire, destroying such an evil thing is difficult as such when are we going to seal it?" Cardinal shook his head as he spoke, "Sealing is not an option as every lock has a key as such we have to destroy, for that Her Holiness Pope is needed and fortunately for us she will be here within two months time, enough for us to start preparing for the ritual.", with that the Cardinal and his two Paladins looked at them as the Cardinal spoke, "Child, you have done a great service to the Church, but I hope you can lend us your service, I know you may be wondering why I am asking you, it is simple you are not affiliated with church as such you all will draw less attention to you. So would you accept the quest?" Azi: "Cardinal Sir, what kind of quest we will be undertaking?" Cardinal Boudier sighed as he spoke, "I am sorry child but I will only tell you if you accept the quest." The trio looked at each other before Taraque spoke, "We accept." Cardinal became visibly pleased as he spoke, "Excellent, you see you three only have to bring a certain ingredient from a place a bit far away if you leave early you will be back within a month''s time by then we would have all the ingredients we need, but more importantly you three do not have a ''Job'', is it not?" Zeus: "Well we have secondary jobbut not the primary one yet." Cardinal sighed as he spoke, "I see well then I would advise you to get a job before you leave with the quest or else it would be incredibly difficult, so how about this tomorrow why don''t you visit the temple and get yourself a job, it would be greatly helpful to you for your endeavor and then you may come back here so that we may have the much needed talk." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Well then by your leave Cardinal Sir, we will see tomorrow after we get our job." The Cardinal nodded at that as a message appeared in front of his eyes, [Quest Alert] [Chain Quest: Help the Church to destroy the tomb for Necromancer Job Quest Rating: ?? Chain Quest Reward: ????? Quest: Get a Job Reward: Chances of survival greatly increases. Failure: You will have a hard time against your enemies. Chain Quest Failure: ????] Zeus sighed as they left the were greeted to a sight of a extremely fat person being dragged naked by the Paladins on horseback, as Azi whistled lowly at the scene as she spoke, "Damn the Cardinal is something else." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "He really is something he not only readily accepted our request to speak with him alone but he handed us a quest whose contains are still yet unknown to us, as such forgive me but I find the entire thing extremely fishy." Azi just snorted at that as she spoke, "Brother, stop being so paranoid.", while Tarasque nodded completely agreeing with her Zeus sighed at that as he thought, ''No matter what they say, I have nothing to lose if I stay vigilant around such dubious person.'' 42 Profession Part-1 As the light of dawn entered the forge Zeus sighed as he had just finished making gauntlets for Tarasque as he sighed he was working for a whole night making secondary weapons with the help of his teacher, Alfostrog sighed as he spoke, "Well you have finished making the weapons, just go and take some rest after you return you may try inscribing the runes on it. Zeus nodded as he stood up stretching getting rid of the kinks in his muscles as he spoke, "Well by your leave then Master.", Alfostrog simply waved his head indicating him to leave. A couple of hours later he awoke up as he left for his room at Granny Zoe''s house as he entered he was greeted by Granny Zoe who seemed to have just awakened up as she spoke, "Good Morning Child, so did you finish your work already." Zeus smiled as he spoke, "Yes I just finished making weapons for my teams. So what are you doing Granny Zoe?" Granny Zoe smiled as she spoke, "Well I am making preparation to make some potions child." Before anyone could speak Tarasque appeared as she spoke, "Look who is back did you finish your work." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Yup finished forging though engraving and what not is still left to be done." "So the whole gang is here." Azi''s voice came from the door way as Zeus took a chair as he sat on it in a way that his chin rested top rail of the chair, "Yup it seems so, did you finish remaking our armors?" Azi sighed as she spoke, "Well I have finished making them but I have runes left to engrave on them." As they chatted and gossiped with Granny Zoe the time passed by as it was already 8 o''clock in the morning the temple would open soon enough as such Zeus spoke with a smile, "Well sorry to be stick in the mud but I believe it is time we leave for the temple then we have to meet with the Cardinal." Zoe narrowed her eyes as she spoke, "Cardinal? Which Cardinal is here?" Azi: "Cardinal Boudier." Zoe sighed as she spoke, "I see so he is here that explains why the Archbishop was dragged across the road naked by Paladins on horseback." Tarasque: "You know him teacher?" Zoe shook her head as she spoke, "I might not have met him in person but I have heard about him as lot, he is person who is in charge of dealing out punishments to corrupt church officials and is known for his ruthlessness, there is even some rumors that he burned an entire village to fish out wrong doers I advise you to always be vigilant around him." Zeus listened to what was being said about his quest giver with rapt attention he sis not know but that person rubbed him wrong many theories arose in his head as they made their way to the temple, Azi placed a hand on his shoulders as she spoke, "What happened Zeus?" Zeus glanced at her as he spoke, "Nothing I was just thinking about the ''Cardinal''." Tarasque joined their conversation as she spoke, "Oh and what do you think about him?" Zeus ran his hand through his hair which was stopped by small stubs on his head, ''ugh I forgot about the horns sprouting on my head'', "Nothing much we have to be vigilant on making a deal with him, he might simply use us as bait in order to lure out his enemies if nothing else." Azi groaned as she spoke, "You have to tone down your paranoia a little cuz." Zeus shrugged as they reached the temple as they were greeted by a large line of people along with a few NPCs amongst them who were trying to get a new profession, upon seeing the line Tarasque whistled lowly at that as she spoke, "It would take a long time for us to get inside." Azi smirked as she spoke, "Well follow me I can get you in faster." Confusing Tarasque who looked curiously at her when she casted a glance at Zeus he was simply moving towards the temple without a care in the world. At seeing the duo move towards the temple so nonchalantly she quickly chased after them, as the neared a guard simply appeared in front of them as he spoke, "HALT! If you wish to enter the Temple go stand in the line." Azi: "Is the line same for Commoners, Citizens and Nobles?" The guard scoffed as he spoke, "That line over there is for Commoners only." Azi spoke in a haughty tone "Well we are Nobles so move." The Guard was taken aback as he spoke in a gruff tone, "Well then you have to place your hands on the crystal globe, if you are a noble then you may pass." At that the trio went and placed there hand as the white globe lit up in cerulean color, the guards bowed and allowed them to pass, by then their action had caught the eyes of many people as the crowd went in uproar behind them, as they entered the temple a person dressed in armor stepped forward as he spoke, "Good morning Ladies and Gentleman welcome to the ''The Temple'', please allow me to escort you to inner sanctum." As they entered they passed through various stone stele placed inside the room, they watched as people stood in front of them each with various markings on them as they placed their hands on top of it a bright light appeared before they were briskly chased away by another guard. Then they stepped inside another room which was surprisingly empty devoid of any people except even more stone stele, they even passed that as they reached the third room not only were they empty, but unlike the other stone stele''s they were surprisingly were devoid of any symbols as such it was difficult to discern what each stood for not only that there was only 5 stone stele present placed in a circle. Zeus: "Can you explain why it is different than the other rooms?" The man spoke with a smile, "Well the reason for it is because the lower class people have access to weaker level jobs, whereas the higher class people have access to higher level jobs. Oh and before you proceed there is fees of 10 Silver coins each but if you do not wish to pay then you can go to Commoner side." This was something he never knew prior to coming here as he once again spoke, "So we will go and touch the stone." The man nodded as he spoke, "Yes unlike the commoners, who can only have basic classes, citizens have access to slightly advanced classes, the Nobles and Royalty have access to much better classes than all of them but all of them are based on luck as if you are strong enough Sir, then you can have some truly strong class but all of them will depend on what you done so far, this particular stone steles will only work once before it needs to recharge for an entire day and you are lucky no one had used it before you or else you would have had to wait for it to recharge." Zeus shrugged as he handed 30 Silver coins for the trio as he went and stood in front of one of the stone stele just like his teammates as he spoke, "Well then let us get it over with then." As they placed their hand on the stone stele a bright light engulfed causing them to close their eyes but as Zeus opened it he was greeted with various orbs floating around him he turned around but he could not find his teammates making him increasingly worried, as he used observe his eyes widen with horror. 43 Profession Part-2 [PROFESSION: WARRIOR One of the oldest professions known, warriors are people who put trust in their str¡­..] Zeus simply let the ball that he had touch go as he moved to the next one, when he had first attempted to use ''observe'' he was stunned seeing that he was unable to use any skill whatsoever it was getting tiring for him to check all those he rejected many of the professions he did not like any of them. He did not know how much time had passed since he had started searching for proper professions not only that there was repetition of same profession again and again, after what seemed to be an eternity he finally got a profession that caused a stir in him. [PROFESSION: BATTLE SAGE A person who is master of the art of warfare, a profession which was created to imitate ''??????''. ''??????'' was created by Goddess of War Ulene for her disciple turned lover, who was also the first and last to wield this profession. REQUIREMENT: 1) GET ALL ACTIVE STATS AT MAXIMUM AT LEVEL 10 2) CAN FIGHT IN BOTH AS A WARRIOR AND A MAGE 3) CONQUERED A DUNGEON ON HIGHEST DIFFICULTY WITHOUT ANY PRIOR JOB OR AWAKENING 4) ????? 5) ???? 6) ???? GRANTS: ????] Zeus whistled lowly at that as he spoke, "Cool but will it be really be good profession for me, I do not know all I can do is accept it, after all the Goddess would not make something worthless for her disciple turned lover right, although it is an imitation it should be better." As such he took the orb, but nothing was happening no matter how much he touched and prodded and what not, after a few moments a highly irritated Zeus opened his mouth wide as he tried to swallow it, when all of a sudden a message appeared in his HUD. [DO YOU WISH TO CHANGE YOUR PROFESSION TO ''BATTLE SAGE''?] [YES/NO] Zeus who was by now choking due to him doing something incredible foolish as he had tried to swallow the orb which was currently stuck inside his throat, quickly pressed ''yes'', as the orb disappeared as another notification came up on his HUD. [CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE GAINED ''BATLLE SAGE'', AS YOUR PRIMARY PROFESSION.] [WARNING AN HIDDEN CONDITION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED] [''DRAGON BLOOD'' DETECTED, HIDDEN CONDITIONS MET AS SUCH ''BATTLE SAGE FORCEFULLY EVOLVED TO ''WAR DRAGOONVIR''] Zeus, "eh what h¡­" Before he could speak with a bright light Zeus found himself standing himself in a familiar room, but the stone stele in front of him had changed color from white to dark, he turned his head as he watched his other teammates standing there gossiping with each other he noticed that the stele used by them were black just like his. He sighed as he spoke, "Well it seems you all have finished already." The duo nodded as Tarasque spoke, "What took you so long?" Zeus sighed as he spoke, "It took some time for me to decide and all those choices was making my head hurt." The man who escorted them coughed lightly bringing their attention towards him as he spoke, "Excuse me ladies and gentleman, do you wish to disclose your profession?" Zeus narrowed his eyes as he spoke, "What do you mean by that?" The man, "Well you see the according to the rule of our Empire anyone who is not a Noble or Royalty will have to disclose their Profession but those of Royalty or Nobility is not needed to disclose as such." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "I will not disclose it then." Azi: "Neither will I." Tarasque: "Same here." With that the group left towards the Grand Cathedral after all they have an audience with the ''Cardinal''. Azi: "So what did you choose Zeus?" Zeus smirked as he spoke, "Ladies first dear cousin ladies first." Azi huffed as she spoke, "I am a ''Valkyrie''. Supposed, ranged fighters of Gods of Isera." Tarasque :"My profession is called ''Einherjar'', well you can say I am more of a combat medic of the Gods." Zeus whistled lowly at that as he spoke, "Cool you guys have some really cool professions, after checking so much I chose ''Battle Sage'', because it was created by imitating a profession created by Goddess of War Ulene, but after I took it was evolved forcefully because of my ''draconic heritage '', into ''War DragoonVir.''" Azi frowned as she spoke, "What kind of name is that? At least we have heard ours in Norse Mythology." Zeus scratched his chin as he spoke, "Well you see the ''Battle Sage'' was created imitating a profession by the Goddess of war for her disciple turned lover, which was forcibly evolved and I hope mine is that one. But most importantly I think the word ''Dragoon'' in this case might have been derived from dragon seeing how it was my ''Draconic Heritage'' that evolved it and as for the word ''Vir'' I might have learnt while browsing the internet that the word originates from India which means ''Brave''.", he puffed his chest up as he spoke. Tarasque: "I hope the cereal incident does not repeat once again." Azi narrowed her eyes as she spoke, "What cereal incident?" Zeus blinked in front of Tarasque who was about to answer her question as he held her mouth stopping her from speaking." As Azi spoke with a smirk, "I hope you are not telling about Zeus''s famous luck where he tried to get his favorite anime character''s figurine by buying 10,000 packets of cereals only to get ''BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME'' in all of them." Zeus was dumbstruck at that as he spoke, "You knew?" Tarasque smirked as she spoke, "The best part is that the company which sold the cereals stated that they had created 10,000 boxes which had nothing in them. Meaning all the cereals he bought from scouring various stores were all those false ones." Zeus''s head hung low as Azi simply patted her back as she spoke, "I am so sorry Zeus I hope someone will surely create some device to transfer your luck from the game to real one but till then ''Fight On''." Zeus huffed angrily as he began walking in a brisk pace towards the Cathedral with his giggling teammates behind him. As they neared the entrance to the second tier of city or what was known as the gate way to the inner part of the city they saw a large crowd standing they glanced at each other before the jogged towards them as they neared they pushed through the crowd, as they watched with wide eyes, the Cardinal standing near a very fat person who was crying and babbling while having snot dripping from his nose, various injuries were on his body as he was tied on a stake, the paladins were keeping the people in line. Cardinal Boudier: "...Ex-Archbishop of Renaissance City because of your crimes we the Church judge you guilty as such your sentence is to be carried immediately by burning on stakes." No sooner did he state that a Paladin stepped forward as he lit the pyre under the ex Archbishop''s feet as the person screamed in pain as he was being burned many in the crowd cheered at the sight although many simply turned their heads as they muttered in disgust, Tarasque and Azi closed their eyes as they watched the burning man scream in so horrifically as Zeus quickly put his hands on their shoulder to comfort them, it was much easier to kill a monster but someone who looks like a human and being tortured like that was too much even if they were just some binary numbers at the end of the day, as Zeus''s eyes turned towards the Cardinal he simply smiled at him as he beckoned Zeus to follow him, Zeus sighed as he dragged his teammates away from their as he followed the Cardinal. 44 Nathans day out Part-1 Zeus looked at the maps studying it intently, they will have to travel to a place which is actually the ruins of a city then reach a special spring inside the city, then fill up the special bottles given by the church bring it back, will it be easy of course not. Cardinal Boudier: "Well so I expect you to leave within 9 days time, during that time feel free to approach us anytime for any problem you have and we will help you within reason. Although a word of advice please try to at least reach level 15 before you try, and I wish you would utilize the time period to do so or else it would be a damn shame if we have to look into other places as well as patch some form of leakage of information." [Quest Alert] [Chain Quest: Help the Church to destroy the tomb for Necromancer Job Quest Rating: ?? Chain Quest Reward: ????? Quest: Reach level 15 Reward: Chances of survival greatly increases. Failure: You will no longer be allowed to continue the quest. Chain Quest Failure: ????] Zeus nodded as he spoke with a smile, "It will be a child''s play although since you have already given as an advice I hope you can arrange for some of information regarding any form of monsters we might face so as to better prepare ourselves." Cardinal Boudier: "Of course please follow me, I believe the library of the church will have enough information in them although I would like to remind you of the proverb ''curiosity killed the cat'', as such try to avoid areas you are not permitted to." Zeus nodded at that although he did not say anything his mind was running many miles an hour as such he followed behind the person without saying anything to him at all, his teammates followed his example as they followed him quietly. The library of the church located underneath inside the basement was many times bigger than the one they had previously visited, the number of books that was kept in that place was too many as the trio exchanged glances as Zeus whispered, "Someone really had all the time in the world to write so many books." Cardinal Boudier then spoke to them with a smile, "Well here we are at the library. Brother Shane, please come over here." A person with priest robe stepped forward with a face which looked as if someone had stolen his candy, as he simply gave a bow towards the Cardinal who simply nodded towards him as he spoke, "Well Brother Shane is the librarian, so if you wish to inquire about any books feel free to ask him." Zeus: "Of course and thank you." Cardinal Boudier, "No problem my child, well then excuse me I have some work to do." Tarasque turned towards Shane as she spoke, "Well Brother Shane do you know any book wher¡­.." Madness it was pure few hours of madness as they left the library deciding to visit it some other time again. Azi: "ugh I just want to log out and have some quality sleep." Tarasque gave a tired smile as she spoke, "Yup me too, a nice soak in the tub." Zeus nodded as Azi spoke, "Zeus did you not have to call certain someone for your prom night." Zeus sighed as he ran his hands through his hair as he spoke, "Yup although I would still prefer either of you to be my prom date." Azi hugged his right arm as she leaned on his shoulder as she spoke, "Me too, Zeus unfortunately I have to meet a few geezers oh how I hate it." Zeus simply smiled at that, a few minutes later Nathan climbed out of his machine as he popped his joints into places it was already morning as the sun was already rising. After a quick visit to the bathroom he was already occupying his seat at the breakfast table and soon the others arrived as Yelena spoke with a wide smile, "I have good news for you three", as Katrina joined them as Yelena spoke, "Guess how much you three have earned from the video you published?" Nathan scrunched his nose as he spoke, " $5000 dollars." Nikola waved her hand in a negative motion as she spoke, "Way way you aim too high maybe $1000 dollars at most." Katrina smiled as she spoke, "Well I do not wish to sound rude but I believe both young master and mistress are wrong it should be around $800,000 at least." Nathan snorted as he spoke, "No way it is a video of a low level dungeon run why would people pay so much to witness something so trivial." Yelena simply smiled as she spoke, "It seems brother Tristan made a wise decision to send her with them she has a good foresight", before she turned to the trio as she spoke with a smile, "Well out of all of you it seems Katrina is the nearest one, "Last time I checked you all have earned a little over $1 million dollar." Both Nikola and Nathan blanched at that before Nathan spoke with a sigh, "People nowadays have too much money in their hands." Nikola simply elbowed him in the ribs as she spoke, "Oh please stop acting like an old man.", Nathan snorted at that as she continued speaking, "Hey since we have earned so much how about we go out to celebrate today." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Yup let us when would we leave." Aubrielle: "Well you three may go and do whatever you want but remember that my baby boy is still underaged." Nathan blushed in embarrassment at that as he spoke, "Mom, do not call me baby! I am already a teenager." Nikola snickered at that but only to be stopped by Yelena who gave a small hug to her as she spoke, "There is no need to get angry like you, Nikola is my adorably cute baby girl." Nikola squawked in indignation as she shouted out, "MOM!" Aubrielle simply giggled at that as she spoke, "Why are you two getting worked up, after all no matter how old you two become even after a hundred years you will be our baby." Tristan snorted at that as he spoke, "Well enough of that, stop embarrassing them anymore and they will be bleeding from their face." After sometime, when the trio left Tristan spoke, "I hope they will be alright, youths these days are reckless who knows what they would do." Yelena snorted as she spoke, "This is coming from you of all people, please, by the time you turned 15 you already had caused uncle and aunt to develop grey hairs compared to you Nathan is a saint, in fact I still do not understand how the two of you feel in love with each other, I still remember during our college days there was betting pool going on about who would kill whom first." Tristan simply smiled as he spoke, "What can I say that love works in a mysterious way.", as she placed a small kiss on her wives hand who blushed shyly at that. Yelena simply shook her head before her eyes hardened, "My husband had sent a message about a certain organization that has once again become active." Tristan eyes practically glowed with rage as did Aubrielle as she spoke in anger, "I will personally slaughter the if the so much as step with in a kilometer of Nathan, I will never let him be harmed again." Yelena nodded as she spoke, "I will do the same sister, Nathan is like my own son I will never let him be harmed, but has his memory of that time returned." Tristan contemplated something before he shook his head, "I do not think so, but there are still shadows of it lingering in him." 45 Nathans day out Part-2 Nathan laughed hard as his companions giggled at the scene played in front of them, as he chewed through a mouthful of popcorn the movie was hilarious. Nikola: "It is so funny oh my, those actors at the movie out did themselves seriously." Katrina: "Indeed they did.", she spoke as she took a handful of popcorn from the bucket in Nathan''s hand. Nikola, "This drive in Movie Theater is really nice, we should do something like that every now and then." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Sure why not it is fun hanging out with two ladies." Katrina winked at Nikola before she spoke, "Of course it is after all who wouldn''t want two hot ladies beside them while watching a movie." Nathan choked at that as Nikola spoke coyly, "But alas such a cheapskate just feeding poor maidens only popcorn while seating with innocent beauties in each arm." Nathan glared at the duo as he spoke, "Innocent? Please, show me where an innocent lady is?" Nikola placed hand over her heart as another went to her forehead as she shed crocodile tears as she spoke, "O cruel world, how merciless little Nathan has become oh where have I gone wrongplease God grantthis sinner mercy!", she clasped her hand in mock prayer. Nathan threw popcorn at her as he spoke, "Just tell me what do you want and I will get you." Nikola smirk as she spoke, "Bucket of smoky grilled chicken legs and large glass of chilled coke, oh and make sure they are spicy." Katrina shrugged as she spoke, "Same for me." Nathan, "Ok I will bring the same for me, although does anyone need cheesy fries along with it." Katrina: "Yup bring some of them it would be nice." Nathan climbed down from the roof of his car as he made his way to the shops nearby, a good few minutes later he came back carrying the items using a tray, as he neared the car he found a group of 4 harassing the girls, Nathan sighed as he spoke in a whisper, "What has the world come to be?" "Ah, excuse me please move a little bit please.", the group reeking in alcohol spoke looked dumbfounded as Nathan made his way through them as he handed the tray full of food to Katrina. "Hey what are you doing get away from our girls.", came a shout from him as one of them tried to look intimidating, causing Nathan to snort at that as he spoke, "Yeah right, right and I am an assassin, now scram horndog before I throw you into the bin." "How dare you insult me? Boys get him.", screamed one of them. Nathan sighed as he used the ultimate attack against any male kick the first one to approach him where the sun does not shine as hard as you can, before he dodged and weaved as he send punch breaking the nose of one of the attackers as he kneeing the other in the gut, a palm strike to the chin and head butt later all five of them were rolling on the ground. The leader quickly took out a knife as he shouted out, "You piece of shit die!!", only for Nathan to grab the wrist as he twisted it catching the knife dropped by the goon, as he slashed at the person near his belt causing his pants to drop, as the person screamed and tried to block his exposed genitals with his hands as he got punched hard by Nathan as he dropped down unconscious. By then the staff members had arrived as they vehemently apologized as the security dragged the drunken group away from them, Nathan took his place beside the duo as he spoke, "Well the chicken will cool down if you two do not eat." Nikola giggled as she hugged Nathan as she spoke, "Aww thank you hero for saving me." Nathan snorted at that as he spoke, "Yeah like you two needed me to save you, in reality it was the other way around, well now pay attention to the movie." As they movie went on the trio were enjoying as both Nikola and Katrina had leaned on Nathan''s shoulder completely engrossed with it. Suddenly a voice came to his ears as he spoke, "Wow this movie seems very interesting right?" Nikola absentmindedly answered, "Yup it is." Only for the trio to blink as neither recognized the voice, as the trio turned to see a rather ravishingly beautiful blonde haired woman were a sleeveless desert camo tank topwith matching pants and combat boots, having a red colored lipstick on her lips, one of the most beautiful women Nathan had ever seen. "It has been a while beloved.", with that she grabbed Nathan''s head as she planted a soul shearing kiss, causing his eyes to widen as he found his mouth ravaged by the woman with intense passion. Even the duo accompanying him were stunned before long an enraged Nikola suddenly pushed the woman off Nathan who was jolted awake as Nikola spoke, "Who the hell are you harlot? How dare you try to harass Nathan?" The woman did not pay attention to her as she kept eyeing Nathan as she spoke with a giggle, "Ah you still test the same ''Alpha 003'', but I angry at you why did you not gut those worthless pig I thought I taught you better, you disappoint your Teacher beloved." Katrina stood up on the roof of the car as she stood in protective formation in front of Nathan as she spoke, "Oi you crazy woman get lost, my Young Master does not want to deal with the likes of you, scram or I will call the cops." The woman scowled as she spoke in anger, "Get lost red haired pig step away from ''Alpha 003'', it is between me and my beloved.", before she turned her head towards Nathan as she spoke, "Although I have to disappointed with you that you have fallen so low that you are committing adultery with this two harlots, your master is very disappointed with you dear disciple it seems I have to educate you." Nathan growled as he spoke, "Who are you? What are you babbling crazy woman my name is not Alpha something it is ''NATHAN''." The woman looked as if strucked visibly at that as she clasped her hand over her mouth as she spoke, "No no it cannot be no no¡­", before she shouted out in anger, "HOW DARE THEY? HOW DARE THEY TAINT MY BEAUTIFUL CREATION!!!!!!!!!" Nathan simply shook seeing the insanity in her eyes, ''who is this? This woman is crazy she should be in the nuthouse.'', only for both Nikola and his eyes to widen as Katrina pulled a gun from somewhere which she pointed at her forehead as she spoke, "You scum I will kill you before you touch even a hair on my Young Master''s head." Only for the woman move at an incredible speed as she literally stepped forward showing an incredible feet of agility caught Katrina''s neck before she twisted her hand as she pulled the trigger of the weapon, Katrina grunted as she felt the bullet hit her leg. Nathan did not wait any longer as he moved adrenaline pumping in his veins, he kicked the woman on her face causing her to drop from the roof as he shouted out to Nikola, "Cuz, call cops and help Kat." As he went after the woman with a flying kick as he clashed with the woman, he quickly found himself outclassed in hand to hand combat not matter what he did he was easily countered by the woman but suddenly he faltered as the woman seemed to be crying!!! As she shrieked out, "No no no, what did they do you? Why are so weak? No no I will not tolerate this, I will not let those creatures taint my beautiful creation no NO!!!!!!!!!!!!" Suddenly took a Karambit out of as she slashed him, Nathan tried to dodge but the knife caught him as it cut him deeply on the chest, Nathan stumbled as blood came out from it, the woman then tackled him to the ground as she gave a loving smile before she licked the blood from Nathan''s wounds while straddling him before she gave a loud erotic moan as lowered her head by Nathan''s ear nibbling it while whispering into his ear lovingly, "Ah the taste how I miss your taste.", Before she could speak anymore a gunshot came rang through the air as a bullet hit on her shoulder causing her to scream, as she glared venomously before leaping off away from Nathan as Katrina fired a few more shorts which missed her as she ran away from there but not before shouting out, "Do not worry my beloved disciple I will rescue you, do not forget we are all ''Children of Tiamat''",with that she literally vanished using the crowd and bushes as her cover by then all the guests were trying to run hearing someone firing a gun. Meanwhile, back at the ''Osprey Mansion'', the mothers were a bit tensed as it was almost midnight and the trio had yet to arrive, they were sitting at the living room along with Aubriella''s mother-in-law Saniyah. Saniyah spoke jokingly trying to lighten the mood, "I hope I would not become great grandmother too soon." At that the mothers snorted as Yelena spoke, "Well they are responsible and I know they would not do something like this, although I would love to see the two married but not like this." Aubrielle nodded as she spoke, "Of course I¡­." As the trio were speaking Tristan was having a business related discussion with his father Dominic, Tristan''s I-wrist suddenly rang and as he picked up the call, his face went pale and his blood seemed frozen at what he heard. He rushed towards the car quickly followed by his father who even though was in his 70s showed he was as fit as a horse, seeing they in such a hurry Aubriella''s heart leaped out of her throat as she spoke, "Love what has happened?" 46 Nathans day out Part-3 Nikola glared at her mother as she spoke, "Mom, please who was she? And what did she want with Nathan?" Yelena sighed as she spoke, "For the last time a mad person who knows from where was trying to kill him nothing more the police are working on it." Nikola sighed as she rubbed her forehead as she spoke, "Look mom, I know you are too stubborn but at least tell me something, I know this is not an isolated incident they way the woman spoke it seemed as if she knew him so please mom tell me." Yelena was about to snap back at her but was stopped by Aubriella, "Enough sister please tell her everything there is no reason to hide." Yelena sighed as she spoke, "Fine, well Nikola have of ever heard of the organization ''Children of Tiamat''?" Nikola frowned as she spoke, "Well I do not remember something like that." Yelena replied back with a tired sigh, "Well a co¡­." Meanwhile Tristan and Dominic were seating outside of the operation theater where Katrina was having the bullet lodged into her thigh being removed, a few minutes ago Ryle had arrived with his wife Isabella, tough he had stayed with them, and his wife was with other ladies who were waiting for Nathan to be patched up. Tristan spoke with anger, "Why wouldn''t they simply leave him alone?" Ryle grunted as he placed a comforting hand over Tristan''s shoulder as he spoke, "Son, you do not have to worry, we will not let the same thing happen over again." Dominic frowned as he spoke, "Ryle, I want our entire family to move into ''Osprey Manor'', it will be better if all of us are present to keep an eye on him, if they had already found him how long before they find his place of residence." Ryle nodded as he spoke, "Yes and make sure he is busy with his game so that he does not have any reason to step out of his house, I will arrange for an increase in protection detail for him." Tristan nodded at that as he spoke, "I understand but what will we tell him." Dominic gave a sadistic smile at that as he spoke, "Do not worry I have already arranged for a likely story, as soon as the woman is caught she will be interrogated by any means necessary and killed off, but the official statement will be she was an insane woman who resisted capture and was killed off in a shootout." Meanwhile Nikola was stunned at what she heard, she knew that Nathan had an accident and was comatose but this was something she never knew, it send shiver down her spine thinking what Nathan had to go through there alone and without any family to console. Aubriella suddenly spoke to Yelena, "Sister I do not want to sound rude, but I think you two should leave I cannot forgive myself if something happens to you." Nikola: "With all due respect Aunty I decline, I know him since he was a toddler, Nathan is not only my cousin but also my best friend and confidant someone whom I trust the most, as such I will stay by his side during his time of need." Saniyah smirked as she tried to lighten the somber mood, "Oh, so Nikola they way you are telling me it seems as if you want to marry him one day." Yelena caught on to that as she spoke, "Well if you want to I would not mind as well." Nikola was caught flat footed as she blushed lightly before composing herself as she spoke, "Well I would not mind spending my life with him, and after all he is someone I can always trust with my eyes closed." Before anyone could say anything a Nurse came towards them as she spoke, "The patient is now resting if you wish to visit you may." The group rushed as the found a doctor checking over a grumbling Nathan, while a police finished jotting down the testimony then with a nod the police left. The doctor an old man mock chided him, "Young man nowadays have no patience, you were able to chase away that insane attacker saved many lives so rest properly you have earned it." Aubriella spoke with concern laced in her voice, "How is he doctor?" The doctor gave a small smile as he spoke, "Well he is alright, the knife did not manage to cut too deep although he lost blood but a couple of medicine and a good rest would make him as healthy as a horse although I have to say that he would certainly get a scar from it, you might want to get an appointment for the cosmetic surgeon." Nikola gave a small wink to Nathan as she spoke, "So when will he be able to leave hospital." The doctor: "Well anytime he wants to.", suddenly an announcement came to everyone''s ears, "Doctor Felix, please come to the reception area. Doct¡­" As Nikola turned towards Nathan he frowned as he spoke, "Nikola why is there blood on your dress? Were you injured too?" Nikola: "Do not worry cousin, it was not my blood Katrina was injured as well, you remembered right?" Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Of course I do but more importantly how is she?" Aubriella: "Well the last thing I heard she is still inside the ''Operation Theater''." Nathan frowned at that as he spoke, "I hope she is alright, that mad woman was after me all this time and she ended up being caught in crossfire." After a few more minutes, they were about to leave as Nathan stopped his mother as he spoke, "Mom, who was that woman? Why does she behave as she knew me?" Aubriella was now caught between rock and hard place, she could come out clean but it would cause old wounds to reopen as such she chose to lie, "My baby, she was just a deranged woman who was babbling nonsense, do not believe anything she was spouting anymore." Nathan sighed as he looked downwards, as Aubriella simply tousled his hair as she spoke, "Well I will be taking my leave now, it is already midnight you should get some sleep.", she kissed his forehead lovingly as she made her way to the door. As she placed her hand on the doorknob Nathan spoke, "She was fast too fast, as well as agile not to mention to the fact she hit like a truck, a random crazy person cannot be as trained as her they way she disarmed Katrina it was impressive. Then the way she handled that Karambit of hers, when I fought I felt as if I had fought her many times before, my body was reacting by itself yet I failed to keep up, I do not know why but I felt as if I knew her, but since you said I never knew her that might be true I might not have met her, Good Night mom I am tired as such I will be sleeping." Aubriella''s hand was shaking as she left the room, leaving Nathan alone lying on his bed with his eyes closed as he dreamt about the woman who attacked him, the fight they simply made his blood boil, he did not know why but he wished to defeat her the next time he will meet her, and deep inside his heart he knew he would surely meet her, no matter what the police claims he knew he would surely get his rematch. 47 The Prom Part-1 It has been a couple of days since the entire fiasco at the drive in Movie Theater took place, currently Nathan was getting ready for the prom the maids of his household helped him to get dressed, a Kiton Tuxedo, with Gucci cotton shirt with embroidery collar on the inside, a black bow tie and Testoni shoes on his feet, accompanying his dress was Rolex watch, his entire attire was above $500,000 easily. As he descended from the stairs he was greeted by his family some of them smiled where a few of the scowled, they did not wish for him to leave so soon after the attempt on kidnapping/murder on him. Ryle smiled as he spoke, "My my you look fabulous tonight Nathan, a real heartbreaker." Nathan smiled at that as he spoke, "Thanks for the compliment Pirate King." Aubriella gave a small sigh before she spoke, "Dad is right you look like a really handsome tonight.", but Nathan frowned at her tone it seemed that his mother did not wish for him to go to the prom. Tristan smirked at that as he spoke, "Of course he would after all he has to get such awesome genes from somewhere." Aubriella glared at her husband before she boasted, "Oi what am I a chopped liver, my baby boy clearly got it from myself." As the husband and wife duo bickered the tense atmosphere had already vanished completely, as Nathan laughed at them hard drawing everyone''s attention as he winced from the pain, even if he was able to leave the hospital that does not mean he had healed completely as he still had stitches which were yet to be removed and by laughing hard he once again felt the pain from the injury. Aubriella quickly went as she checked over her son as she spoke, "I told you, I told you he is not well there is no need for him to visit some stupid prom." Nathan gave his mother a small hug as he spoke, "Mom, mom I know you are worried but please there is no need for you to do so I am fine, even the doctor said so and I am not doing an strenuous activity I will be simply going to hang out with my friends." Isabella: "But child please you are still injured and ¡­" Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Sorry grandma but I cannot tolerate any form of weakness specially form me, it disgust me." At his words everyone present frowned it was one of the things they hated about him, no matter what happens he will never tolerate any form of weakness on his behalf they knew even if he had lost his limbs still he would force himself to move, to many it might seemed to be an admirable trait but at the end of the day it was unhealthy when one moves in spite of their injuries and being so stubborn to the point of frustration. A maid stepped forward carrying a bouquet of roses and a corsage on a tray, Nathan picked up as he spoke, "Why do I have to bring a bouquet with me?" Ryle spoke with a smirk, "Well it is an etiquette on the other hand I believe it is already 6:15 as such you shouldn''t keep your date waiting." Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Yup well then I am off." A limousine stopped in front of indoor stadium of ''Sacred Heart School'', a person stepped outside before he gave his hand to a lady helping her to step outside the car, as they walked with their hands held together the lady giggled at the joke from her date. As they neared the door they could hear chatters of people from inside of the stadium, as they stepped inside they were greeted by a teacher who spoke in a jovial, "Ah Mr. Nathaniel Henderson, how have you been my boy?" Nathan smiled at the teacher as he spoke, "Mr. Riley I have been fine, but how have you been?" Riley gestured with his hands so so motion as Nathan spoke, "Let me introduce you to my lovely date Miss Amelia McCarthy and Amelia this is my Physics teacher Mr. Riley." Riley shook her hands as he spoke, "Who doesn''t know Miss Amelia? The rising star, who has been dominating the top of the music charts for weeks.", Amelia simply smiled at that. Amelia whispered back to Nathan as they ventured inside the auditorium, "I hope you remember the deal." Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Yes I remember, I have to do an album with you." Amelia spoke with a frown, "Why are you being so gloom and doom? I asked you to create an album with me nothing outrageous." Nathan spoke with a frown, "You are asking me to do something I have never done before, I do want to cause your album to be horrendous." Amelia waved at that as she spoke, "You demean yourself too much Nathan, and you have looks as well as nice voice you could easily succeed in your venture." Nathan sighed as he spoke with smile, "Well we can talk about it later but for now on why don''t we enjoy ourselves.", which Amelia nodded with a smile. Meanwhile back in the ''Osprey Manor'' Dominic had a just returned back from work and a deep frown marring his face seeing such a look in his face his wife spoke, "Dear is everything alright?" Dominic wordlessly took a seat as he took a long sigh before he spoke, "Bring me something cool to drink and you should take a seat I just received some troubling news." At that others frowned as they took seat near him while the maids brought him some cocktails he took a sip from it as he spoke, "The attacker on that day was identified as one ''Samantha Clarke'', a housewife and a mother of 4 and 3 year old from Arlington County." Saniyah: "So was that harlot caught?" Dominic sighed at that as he spoke, "No when the cops went to her house to arrest her¡­.." Tristan spoke with impatience, "What happened father? They managed to catch her right?" Dominic shook his head as he spoke, "They found the bodies of both husband and wife 3 weeks old brutally tortured but not only that her two children were roasted alive and placed on dining table like some form pig roast." Hearing that the listeners face turned green at that, as Aubriella looked as if she was ready to throw up, Riley composed himself as he spoke, "Then who is she? What is her real identity?" Dominic shook his head as he spoke, "I do not know, and the only person who might have some inkling to her real identity does not have any memory of that incident." Aubriella spoke heatedly, "Absolutely not, I refuse there is no way I will allow¡­" Dominc spoke tiredly at that, "Girl, Nathan is my beloved grandchild someone whom I would lay my life for and I would never commit something as blasphemous as trying to make him remind of such a thing, but more importantly we have to keep an eye on him more than before after all someone who can easily steal someone else''s identity and with such dangerous skill that person is extremely dangerous." Meanwhile back at the prom, Nathan and his date had the entire spot light on them, after all he had a celebrity as his date, Quinn Carr who had arrived along with her girlfriend Aimee visibly drooled at seeing Amelia but it suddenly changed to anger at seeing her with Nathan, ''How dare that peasant stand beside her, she should feel honored to stand beside a prince like me.'' 48 The Prom Part-2 Nathan danced with Amelia and ironically the song being played was one of her famous hits. As they danced Amelia spoke with a smile, "So Nathan, are you playing ''Embers of Iseria?''" Nathan, "Of course I am after all it is the current heartthrob." Amelia: "So what is your In-game name? And what city are you in?" Nathan: "''Zeus'', and I am in Renaissance city." Amelia''s eyes widen at that as she spoke, "Do not tell me you are the one who had managed to conquer the dungeon in Hell mode." Nathan nodded at that with a smirk as he puffed his chest while speaking, "Of course, who do you think would be able to accomplish something like that." Amelia simply rolled her eyes as she spoke, "I fear you ego would be too big to hold on this planet anymore." Nathan simply snickered at that as Amelia spoke curiously, "Who are those people two ladies you have teamed up with?" Nathan: "Well Azi is Nikola and Tarasque is Katrina the Head Butler of our family." Amelia spoke with a small smile, "Your conquest was thrilling to witness at the very least." Nathan: "Thank You for the compliment, but you have yet to tell me your In-game name yet." Amelia smirked as she spoke, "I am ''BlizzardQueen.''" Nathan frowned before he spoke with astonishment, "You are the top player on Level 26." Amelia puffed up her chest as she spoke, "Did you expect anything less from me?" Nathan: "Oh my narcissist much?" Amelia spoke with a coy smile, "Well I learned from the best after all." Nathan: "Hey Amelia want to join my guild?" Amelia shook her head as she spoke, "I am sorry Nathan believe me I would love too, but I am actually helping one of my close friend to stand on her feet so that she may break off her father''s influence." Nathan raised his eyebrows curiously at that as Amelia spoke with a sigh, "Her father wants her to marry a sexiest pig, the biggest bastard scum of narcissist womanizing jerk to walk the face of the planet simply because of his fortune which he gained through various means like backstabbing and what not, he is the greediest and nastiest fellow who would get anything that he sets his eyes on by any means necessary mostly by unsavory means. But this friend of mine is being forced to marry to him by her father according to whom the scum is the ''Most exceptional bachelor with high morals'', because of his fortune." Nathan was taken aback at the animosity shown by her as he spoke passionately, "Amelia if you need any form of help with your friend just ask for it I will help her to escape such an awful fate." Amelia gave a sincere smile as she spoke, "Thank you Nathan it means a lot to me." Nathan smirked as he spoke, "What are friends for." Their dance came to an abrupt halt as certain someone decided it was a very good idea to stand in front of them, as they cast an irritating scowl towards him as the person spoke in smug tone, "Greetings Lady I am Quinn Carr future heir of Carr Industries I hereby grant you the supreme honor to dance alongside me." Amelia turned towards Nathan as she spoke with a frown, "Nathan you did not tell me that the prom of your schools was a horror theme one." Nathan: "I assure you Amelia that there is no theme for the prom, but most importantly this is how he looks generally." Amelia gave a pitying glance at him as she spoke, "Oh my I am sorry, I did not know how unfortunate you were to be born like this." Quinn Carr''s pride received a huge blow as he shouted out in anger, "YOU CHEAP WHORE HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME, I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENDS TO THOSE WHO CROSS MY PATH I WILL **** YOU UNTIL YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BROKEN SEX SLAVE, I WILL ¡­..AAHHHHHHHHH.", during his rant he had tried to touch Amelia''s bosom only for the wrist of his right hand to be broken by Nathan who was incredibly furious to the point he was shaking in anger, the entire prom was stunned to silence. Amelia was also shaking with anger she was a darling daughter of her parents and never in her life was she insulted by anyone as such she lifted her hand as she slapped him hard, and kneed in him hard on his crotch making him to roll on the ground in pain. A shrill shout came from the side, "Quinn!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!, how dare you Nathan, just because your family are a bunch of hobos you dare to strike some of high standing in the society like Quinn out of petty jealousy have ...." Nathan literally bellowed out at her, "YOU WHORE BE SILENT, SOMEONE WHO SPREADS HER LEGS FOR A DOLLAR HAS NO RIGHT TO TEACH ME ABOUT CLASS." Aimee shook with in intense fury as she spoke, "How dare you Nathan? And what are you guys waiting for beat him up." With a roar five lackeys of Quinn dashed towards him intent to beat him black and blue, only for him to dodge, punch and kick throw and a few seconds later the group of 5 were lying on the floor groaning, while Nathan looked at them bored as he dusted nonexistent dust from his shoulder. "You! I will kill you I kill you Nathan then I will **** all the females of your family.", as he spoke Quinn had brought out a gun as he had aimed it towards Nathan as he snarled at him viciously. "Kyaaaa!", a shriek came from one of thefemales as Nathan looked at him as he spoke, "Quinn are you out of your mind, carrying a firearm is illegal and you would end up going to jail." "Shut up, I am heir of Carr Industries I will through a couple of wads of money and no one would even remember you." Nathan stepped forward as he spoke, "Just like your worthless father who thought he could get away with stealing right?" Quinn shook in anger as he spoke, "Die!", only for Nathan to move at immense agility, as he was already on to him, he caught Quinn''s left hand twisting it making sure his aim was off as he discharged his weapon which hit the lights on the ceiling causing it fall down as Nathan dislocated his hands, then kicked him hard enough to collapse in a heap as he emptied his bowels. As he turned towards Amelia who lowered her i-band as she spoke, "The cops are on their way here." Nathan nodded as he quickly called his father, but as he was about to speak a sudden voice interrupted them, "What is going on here?" 49 The Prom Part-3 Everyone present was stunned into silence, as the Principal of ''Sacred Heart School'' came forward his normal calm face with a kind smile had a stormy look he was extremely furious at the current event, as his eyes went over everyone they shrunk in order to avoid his gaze even Nathan found himself unease at that, before Quinn found himself shrinking at the glare he received before he turned towards others as his glare softened as he looked at others as he spoke, "Children are you alright?" Many simply replied with, ''Yes sir''. By then the other teachers along with the security of the school had arrived, the Principal of the school Mr. Marshall looked towards Nathan as he spoke, "I cannot say how much ashamed I am today to think such a incident occurred inside our school and you Quinn Carr how dare you bring weapon into our school not only that you tried to kill your fellow student." Quinn was writhing in pain as he spoke, "Shut up half dead old fart, I am Quinn Carr heir of the Carr Industries I can do whatever I wish to do and some Old Fart like you can shove your words down your throat and die already." Marshall had a vein popped up on his forehead as he spoke, "Security make sure this hooligans cannot run away secure each and every one of them." As the security caught Quinn and his minion Aimee shrieked in anger, "What are you all doing? Why are you not capturing Nathan instead of my poor Quinn release him at once.", before she turned towards Mr. Marshall as she spoke, "I will complain about you to the board they will throw you out of your position I will slander you in the net to the point you will have to kill yourself to escape the shame." Marshall simply laughed at that as he spoke, "Child I am easily thrice your age, and in my long life I have learned that no matter what a person may do truth is always the victor, so child try your best but you will never make me admit a wrong as right." By then the cops had arrived, "Well it seems the prom got quite rowdy." Marshall smiled as he spoke, "Well this one even had a fire arm which he had fired trying to kill one of my students." The police eyes widen as he spoke, "Where is the weapon?", at that one of the teachers pointed it as it was lying on the ground. The police arrested them as he spoke, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions. You have the right to have a lawyer with you during questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish. If you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present, you have the right to stop answering at any time." As the group was being hauled off Quinn shouted out to Nathan, "Just watch it hobo I have connections with people in high places I will be released by the end of the day and then I will slaughter you I will make¡­" His shouting was cut off as he went further away from them, Nathan sighed before he winced at the pain he felt seeing his discomfort a teacher was by his side he recognized her as their Chemistry teacher Mrs. Johnson, she spoke in distress in her voice, "Nathan are you alright did you get hurt?" Nathan spoke with a wince, "Nothing my wound is hurting a bit nothing much." Amelia herself was by his side as the teachers gathered by his side as Amelia''s eyes widen in horror as she pried Nathan''s suit open a little, "You are bleeding Nathan." A thin red line had started to form on his shirt, as Nathan sighed as he spoke seeing everyone''s worried face, "Hey there is nothing to worry about it is just a scratch." Marshall spoke sternly at that almost in a scolding manner, "Nathan I heard about your escapade from the mad woman a few days ago, and it seems you have yet to heal you should not have come here today. Someone call an ambulance." Nathan: "Please Sir, there is no need to get worked up over it, and there is no need to call an ambulance I will take my car there." Mrs. Johnson frowned at that as she spoke, "But still there is need for some first aid, at least call for an ambulance." Nathan waved his head as he moved towards the door as he spoke, "Please ma''am there is no need, as I said it is small scratch there is no need to worry about such a small thing." A few minutes later he was inside his Limousine as Amelia sat beside her with a frown on her face which increased to a scowl as Nathan ordered the driver to take him back home. Amelia: "Nathan that is completely careless, you should go to the hospital instead you are going back home." Nathan was quiet for a few minutes before he spoke, "Amelia, I am sorry, because of me you were insulted as well as you were almost harmed by them." Amelia simply waved her hand as she spoke, "There is no need to worry about that, as for those worthless waste of space I had already dealt with them, I sometimes use my I-band to stream videos and it just so happened that I have dealt with creeps like them many times as such I had begun streaming as soon as he had approached me so that if he makes any unwanted movements I can humiliate him in public, but he managed to do way more than that and I am sure the ''netizens'' will make sure to make his life a living hell just as that girl wanted to make your principal''s." Nathan chuckled at that as he saw Amelia calling someone, his visage paled as he saw his mother pickup the call, "Amelia what are you doing?", he spoke in a panicked tone in his voice. Nathan''s plan was simple he would sneak into his room by stating he was tired and what not then have one of the maids to discreetly wash his clothes without mentioning about the incident to others, at the same time he thought about bribing Amelia to keep quite but now she had called his mother and if she let it slip then it was over for him. Aubriella: "Is something wrong Amelia? I hope Nathan is treating you well?" Nathan spoke from the side, "What do you think mom, of course i¡­" Whatever he was going to say was stopped as Amelia spoke in an accusing tone, "Aunty Nathan''s wound has reopened and he is bleeding as such we are returning back home right now." Aubriella was stunned to silence as she spoke in hysterics, "What do you mean what happened? How?" Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Mom calm down nothing serious happened." Aubriella spoke with anger in her voice, "Nothing serious you are bleeding and why are you coming back home? You should go to the hospital not here." Nathan: "Mom, it is nothing serious I am fine although some stuff happened I would love if you would arrange for a lawyer." Aubriella: "What has happened son, tell mom everything." As such Nathan described her in great detail everything that has transpired, as she spoke with anger in her voice, "I see do not worry son I will disappear the creep and his minion from the face of this planet." 50 Visiting Yafa Esari Part-1 Zeus sighed as he killed the last creature before they had finally managed to reach their goal of Level 15. Azi, "We finally did it but now we have to make a run for it, our time is running out.", as such the trio dashed towards the Cathedral as they reached the place a guard hastily escorted them to Cardinal Boudier''s study. Cardinal Boudier did not look up as he was bust writing something on a paper, after sometime he spoke without looking up, "I am glad you three made it, if even any of you failed to meet the mark I would not have killed you because you brave men seems to be immune to death but imprisoning you until the entire fiasco is over is different matter entirely." [Quest Alert] [Quest: Help the Church to destroy the tomb for Necromancer Job Quest Rating: A+ Quest Reward: ????? Failure: ????] Cardinal Boudier: "Well since the time is of an essence I have already arranged for your transportation, a teleportal has been arranged it will teleport you three to the town of Khojila a desert city, normally it would take a month for you all just to reach there but we do not have the liberty to waste such amount of time, I can spare you not more than a little over a month as such you will reach there from that city the Lost City of ''Yafa Esari'', again means of transportation has been arranged it will take you across the desert to that place, if my estimation is correct it would take you a little over a week to reach and return from that place. Now you may leave be back here within a three hours time oh also take this bottle with you it is actually an enchanted container, inside the city of ''Yafa Esari'', you will find something known as the ''Elder Tree'', it is surrounded by a pool of water, the pool is precious as it has been drawing magic from the tree itself, this container would prevent the water from getting contaminated." Zeus took it as he stored within his inventory as they left, as they were walking back towards their place of residence within Renaissance city, Azi could not help but ask Zeus, "Zeus do you still have nay feelings on your Ex?" Zeus almost stumbled as Tarasque gave her undivided attention towards him as he spoke with a frown, "What do you mean by that why would I do such a thing?" Azi sighed as she spoke, "Something I witnessed after watching you, normally people would have torn anyone to asunder when they are slighted against but you did not do such to her, and she broke your heart and then she tried to put you multiple times and I know you very to the point I can say that in normal circumstances you would have made their life hell if someone slighted you yet you let her roam free without suffering any consequences." Zeus sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair as he spoke with a sigh, "You know what Azi you are right about one thing I loved her a lot, I loved her with everything even after she broke my heart I did not do anything to her because I cannot bare the pain of harming her as such I did not let my family touch her but over time because of her actions I started to feel anger and hatred not only on her but also on myself for falling in love with her." Azi simply hugged him as she spoke, "It is fine Nathan, no matter what happens we are always with you, I will always be with you.", as Tarasque placed a comforting hand over his shoulder. Zeus nodded as he spoke with a small smile, "Thank you two." As they walked Azi''s mind went back to the chat she had with Aubriella, Nikola frowned as she spoke, "What are speaking about aunty? I do not understand." Aubriella sighed as she spoke, "Since he came back home, we tried to prevent any more such incident as such we tried to make sure that every friends he make every person he knows have their background thoroughly checked." Yelena''s eyes narrowed at that as she spoke, "Sister did you know about the betrayal he was about to suffer." Aubriella: "Yes I did, I knew she was cheating on him." Nikola: "But then why, why did you not warn him you could prevent his heartbreak." Isabella who was listening to then spoke, "Because he was head over hills in love with her, normally we would have tried to break them up but it could have caused him to be depressed and full of angst, as such we let it play, from what we already knew of that child and her family it was a matter of time before she betrayed his trust, we wanted to punish her badly for such an act but we stayed our hands because Nathan did not want to." Saniyah, "At the end of the day Nathan also learned a valuable lesson on trust, as for the others except that girl they have been dealt with by us and in the next few months they will suffer the repercussions." Nikola sighed as she sat there with her eyes closed before she spoke, "What if that incident broke him then?" Isabella: "He is strong very strong and we know something like that will make him stronger, we could have made sure to break their relationship but he was very serious as such we let it play out and very soon the incident happened, we thought about breaking it gently to him with enough proof but she did it herself, there was no need for us to do anything at all except be a shoulder for him to cry." Aubriella: "At first I brushed it off the entire thing as a silly crush, nothing more nothing less but before long he started to become serious but still it was better late than never because after all I would not have accepted the likes of her as my daughter in law." Yelena: "Why?" Aubriella: "The person who would spend her life with my child should be someone who could stand by his side help each other through thick and thin no matter what difficulties life may throw at them they will face it with a smile on their face, I do not care much about age difference well may be not some ridiculous difference, neither do I care about their religion, nationality, their social status, as such I want YOU as my daughter-in-law because I know no matter what happens even if the whole world turns against you two, you will always have each other''s back." Nikola blushed at the praise. She was broken out of her day dream as Zeus nudged her, "Did you have nice dream Azi?" Only to get a half hearted glare in return, Zeus laughed at that as he entered his teacher''s workshop, he waited for his teacher to finish his work, as he turned Zeus spoke without letting him to speak, "Teacher I need some serious help can you tell me what is this thing, I cannot appraise it.", with that he placed the bottle given to him by Cardinal Boudier. 51 Visiting Yafa Esari Part-2 Zeus along with his teammates made his way to the Cathedral upon their arrival they were escorted to a room, where Cardinal Boudier was already waiting for them. Boudier: "Welcome children I think it is time for your adventure, here take this.", he threw a pouch towards them as he spoke, "Give this to a nun who will be waiting for you on the other side.", Tarasque caught the pouch as she promptly put it inside her inventory. Boudier: "Good Luck and God Speed Children." With that they stepped on top of a circle, which suddenly glowed and before long they found themselves standing inside a room with a couple of guards and a nun standing near them. The nun spoke in anger filled voice, "Who are you all?And how did use the special ''Teleporter'' of the church?" Zeus: "Sister, we are from Renaissance city and Cardinal Boudier gave us permission to use the ''Teleporter''." The nun huffed as she spoke, "A likely story." Tarasque: "Cardinal Boudier told me to give this pouch to a person affiliated with the church when we arrive here.", with that she took out the pouch which she handed it to the nun, who opened it promptly as she took out a letter from it after opening it she read it and then once again put it back inside the pouch as she spoke with a smile, "Well you are free to leave when have accomplished your task make sure to return here and ask for ''Sister Viviane'', in order to use the portal, now leave." The trio was soon escorted out of the place well in others words they were kicked out of the place, Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Wow just wow the church really is filled with very sociable and charming people." Azi sighed as she spoke, "Well let them be like that we have a quest to complete." Zeus sighed at that as he spoke, "Yes yes let us get over it." Tarasque giggled at them drawing attention towards her as Azi spoke, "Why are you laughing Tarasque?" Tarasque: "My apologies ma''am, but you two are sighing too much that the team should be renamed as ''Sighing Trio''." Zeus groaned at that as Azi simply shook her head before she spoke, "So cousin what is the plan cousin?" Zeus hummed in thought as he spoke, "Well firstly we will be joining the travelling caravan it will be safer than travelling alone, with all those bandits and creatures it would be difficult." Azi: "I second that, well then let us try to find any caravan that is willing to hire us." Tarasque: "Well then the one who finds anything related to it try to message us." Zeus nodded at that as the trio left to find any information regarding any caravan leaving the place. Zeus looked at the ''City of Khojila'', also known as the ''Jewel of the Desert'', created around the largest Oasis of the desert, it was a spectacular city in front of him, the people here wore a different types of cloth to protect them from the heat and all, Zeus looked up as squinted his eyes as he let out a huff, ''tch the heat and the sun is killing me, it was good of Azi to create this clothes I am wearing or else it would have been disastrous, but more importantly where is any caravan to the other Oasis.'' It had been hours since they began searching until Tarasque stumbled upon someone, "Excuse me Sir, can you tell me any caravan to the next Oasis?" The man looked at her as Tarasque sighed, ''Well another who would simply shoo me away without replying to me, just great.'' as she was about to leave the man spoke, "You are not from here are?" Tarasque: "Well no sir I am not." The man simply shook his head as he spoke, "Well then sorry to say this but any Caravan you could have used is gone already in fact the last one left day before yesterday, the next caravan will be leaving sometime next month." Tarasque was thunderstruck at that as she spoke, "But then is there any way to reach the next Oasis?" The man shrugged as he spoke, "Well you can try crossing it on your own." Tarasque frowned as she spoke, "Thank you kind sir." The person nodded as he spoke, "Well although it is no problem of mine but I suggest you postpone your idea of catching up to that caravan, the owner is not only greedy but this time he might die as well." Tarasque looked confused at that as she spoke, "Why is he going to die Sir?" The man simply pointed towards the horizon through the window of his shop as he spoke, "Look over there, what do you see?" Tarasque squinted her eyes as she spoke, "It looks like a wall", she spoke in an unsure tone as the man nodded as he replied, "Well you can call it a wall, wall of sand formed by a rapidly approaching sandstorm that will hit the city by midnight and anyone whoventures into it would die without exception." Tarasque eyes widen at that as she spoke, "Is it common over here?" The man nodded as he spoke, "Yes every year during this time the sandstorm comes, and to make it worse no one knows how long it would last as such I advise you to find shelter before the storm hits or else you would perish." Tarasque bowed as she spoke, "Thank You with that she left the shop running as fast as she could." Zeus gritted his teeth as he send message to his teammates who reached him soon after. Zeus: "Have you heard about the thrice damned sandstorm?" Azi grunted as she spoke, "Yes yes I have now I believe our priority should be finding shelter." Zeus: "Yup, let us find a place, with the storm fast approaching I do not think we would be able to get any quest done to get a free place to stay like in Renaissance City, we have to search for hotel." Tarasque sighed hard as she looked at her teammates they had the cat got canary grin on their face, she did not have to wait as she put two and two and got four causing her to grown hard as she send the giggling duo a halfhearted glare. A few hours later Zeus stood in front of a hotel as he spoke, "Well it is fine, I will pay you a bit more for letting 3 people stay inside a single person room, is it fine if I pay 10Bronze coins instead of 5" The person stood still as he contemplated the entire situation as he spoke, "Ok deal." A few more minutes later both Tarasque and Azi joined him at the hotel, as they entered the room the duo glared at Zeus who shrunk from the glare, "Hey it was the best option I could get at such a cheap price and it is not like we are going to stay here for too long." The room which they stood inside ended just as it began, with the windows not only small but was currently bolted in order to prevent the sand from entering and the bed for a single person was fit for a child, Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Well this is the cheapest room available after all, most places were either sold out or are simply demanding sky high prices." Azi huffed at that as she spoke, "The light in the room should be brighter, meh oh well beggars can''t be choosers." With that the group simply huddled inside the room as they waited for the storm to hit the city of Khojila. 52 Visiting Yafa Esari Interlude Part-2 Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Well it is almost time for the sandstorm to hit, we just have to wait it out, Tarasque pass me the bread please." Tarasque gave handed him a loaf of bread as she spoke, "So how long do you thing that it would be before the sandstorm ends." Zeus shrugged as she spoke, "Well I do not think it would take too much may be a few hours at most." As he spoke a message appeared in front of the trios HUD, [THE GRAND SANDSTORM OF ''CURSED DESERT'', time left: 71hrs 59minutes 59seconds] The bread from Zeus''s hand fell as he received a water skin on his courtesy of Azi who spoke with a growl, "You jinxed it Zeus jinxed it." Zeus rubbed his nose as he spoke with indignation, "What did I do? It is not my fault that sandstorm is happening." Azi spoke in a mocking tone, "There is nothing to worry it would be over in a few minutes. Now it is almost three days before it will be over." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Ok fine it is my fault so there is nothing to do about it right, so let us logout already, we will log in after the time is over." Tarasque: "I want to point out that our avatars here will be vulnerable as such there is a chance that we might lose our possessions." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. Zeus ran his hand through his hair as he spoke, "Well all I think is blocking the door nothing else what do you girls think?" Azi frowned as she spoke, "Oh and what are you going to use to block the door?" Zeus gave a smirk as he simply patted his bed causing their eyes to go wide, a few minutes later they pushed the bed against the door jamming it so that not even a mouse could slip in. With a loud hiss the capsule opened as Nathan stepped out as he sighed, ''What to do today? Since the fiasco with the amphibian reject mom has been a bit stricter with me, I doubt I can step out of the house anymore.'' A few hours later Nathan was busy having his breakfast as Yelena spoke with a small smile, "Since you do not have anything else to do for 24 hours why don''t you finish the interview that was due." Nathan eyes widen a bit at that as he spoke, "Ah I forgot about that so can it be arranged?" Yelena spoke with a shrug, "Well they said they would love to have the interview whenever you are free. But I believe you should not dilly dally too much or the craze may die down, it has already been a few days already." Aubriella frowned at that as she spoke, "As much as I wish for him to go out what if something happens again?" Yelena: "Do not worry I will be going with them." Aubriella sighed as she spoke, "Then make it both of us, I think I need some time off from work." Nikola spoke with a smile, "That is great aunty, and then if even Uncle takes a day off we can have some time with the entire family." Tristan smirked at that as he spoke, "Not a bad." Nathan spoke with a big smile on his face, "That is great so please take a day off you two." The duo shrugged at that and a few hours later Nathan found himself sitting on a couch with Nikola and Katrina sitting on his either side, the makeup artists applying a few touches of makeup to make them look better, and much to their astonishment Amelia herself was present apparently she was the leading player who had just reached the level 30th mark, and had taken a seat on a chair on Katrina''s left. Nathan grumbled as he spoke, "You are raising though your level faster than a rocket." Amelia sighed as she spoke, "It cannot be helped at all, we have been cornered badly Nathan, we are fighting a losing battle." Nathan frowned at that as he spoke, "Why what happened?" Amelia frowned as she spoke, "My friend''s brother''s girlfriend was helping was turned out not only a traitor but a slut for my friend''s supposed fianc¨¦, that whore was rattling our every strategy to the other side. My friend''s brother felt depressed enough to kill himself, and now he is in the hospital. Not only that we do not have anyone left every person we had gathered are all gone,we two are alone except for a couple of our friends." Nathan frowned at that as he spoke, "Where exactly are you at present, Amelia?" Amelia: "Taga, why?" Nikola who was listening to them spoke with a smile, "We are at Khojila, why don''t you come over to our place, and it is half a day journey north-westward from your place to that city." Katrina: "You can join us on a quest a very difficult one at that but think it would be nice if we could help you." Amelia smiled as she spoke, "Thank you as soon as the Dust storm settles down we would arrive there, and if possible I would love to shift to your home city, as ours is not so safe for us." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Do not worry Amelia, I gave you my word that I would help you so you have nothing to worry about but what about the girl''s father seeing his son like that." Amelia''s scowl grew darker as she spoke out in anger, "What can you expect from a power hungry mongrel like him he did not even bother in fact went as far as to say that someone as weak willed as him should die instead of shaming his ancestors, like him spreading his legs like some drug addicted prostitute for any shred of so called power and money elevates the honor of his ancestors, how I ought to ¡­." Nathan coughed hard as he stopped her ran after all the place where they were was not a good place to discuss when there are so many ears listening to them. Amelia gave a sheepish smile as she spoke, "Well sorry about that I am under a lot of stress although Nathan that prom was even more stressful so how do you plan to compensate me.", she finished with a coy smile. Nathan groaned at that as Katrina spoke on his behalf, "How about this Amelia, why don''t you have Nathan make something nice to eat." At that both Nikola and Amelia gave their undivided attention to Nathan as they spoke, "You know how to cook?", they both spoke in unison. Nathan simply waved his hand in a so so motion as he spoke, "Nothing spectacular I am just a normal run of the mill cook." Katrina snorted at that as she spoke, "Yup normal you had an Hotelier who has hotels all around the world hounding you to join his hotel chain after tasting your food a few months back." Nikola spoke with a frown, "So unfair you never told me." Amelia nodded her head as she spoke, "I agree with Nikola so unfair now I seriously want to try your cooking." Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Well may be after the interview is over you may come over for dinner back home if it is alright with you." Amelia: "I would love to." 53 Visiting Yafa Esari Interlude Part-2 Amelia had a few tears on her eyes as she spoke in a quivering tone, "It was so frightening he tried to force on me and when my good friend Nathan stopped him his lackeys tried to beat him up but like a hero he protected my honor, then that scoundrel took out a gun and tried to shoot us with it, yet again he was defeated by Nathan, the security soon appeared and apprehended those goons, it was a real scary experience." Katrina gave sympathetic squeeze on her hand as she wiped her tears carefully using a napkin without marring her makeup. Nathan did not know what to think about this, ''I am grateful that she is a good friend of mine, the performance she is giving is Oscar worthy, I fear for her enemies.'', Nathan decided to play the part of a sympathetic and understanding friend as such he stood up from his seat as he made his way towards Amelia, as he gave her a one arm hug while sitting on the arm of her chair as he whispered loud enough for the microphone to pick up, " The host of the talk show let a few minutes for Amelia to compose her as she turned towards Nathan as she spoke, "Well Mr. Henderson, from what I have heard was it not a fight between you and Mr. Carr about someone named Aimee who happened to be your ex? And your friend happened to be caught in between it." Nathan gave a small smile as he spoke, "Well before I begin I would request you call me Nathan, after all Mr. Henderson is my father." The host of the talk show spoke with a smile, "Well I would call you as such if you would please call me Sam in return." Nathan gave a small smile as he spoke, "Well Sam, I would like to clarify that I have no quarrel whatsoever with them, in fact I am grateful to Quinn a lot." Sam had expression of disbelief on her face as she spoke, "Grateful?" Nathan, "Yes Sam, I am grateful that because of him I got to see the real face of Aimee, and it is incredible disgusting to look at her, a person whose sole reason for getting a boyfriend and maybe husband later down in the line is to lead a life of luxury where she can spend as much as she wants too." The talk show went for a few more minutes as the talk moved from gaming then to their future goals and what not and after a good few hours the entire thing was done, as they heaved a sigh of relief. Sam: "Well it was fun speaking with all of you and I apologize for stealing your precious gaming time." Nikola, "You do not have to worry too much currently we are idling inside the game." Katrina thought with a smile, ''well more like idling without doing anything because of a thrice damned sandstorm.'' As they were leaving the studio along with Sam, Nathan spoke, "Hey Sam are you playing the game?" Sam nodded as she spoke, "Of course although I cannot play actively because of my work.", she finished with a small pout as Nathan spoke with a sad smile, "Well then you have bad luck." Sam shrugged at that as she spoke, "Yes but I cannot help it after all, I have to earn my pay, well it seems it is time for me to leave and I hope to see you again soon, bye." The group of four waved them goodbye as they went and met up with their parents, "Good Evening Aunt Lara how have you been?" Lara smiled as she spoke, "I have been fine child but what about you? I have heard you were injured a few days ago." Nathan: "I am fine as for the injury it is healing already." A man came forward as he simply gave a pat on his back as he spoke, "Thank you son for taking care of my baby girl." A shout full of anger came from their side, "DAD I am not a BABY!" Nathan chuckled at that as he simply spoke, "Uncle Finley, Amelia is a very good friend of mine, course I will always help her." Nikola: "Mom did you know Nathan can cook." Yelena looked surprised at that as she spoke, "Really? Nathan you should not have hidden something important like this." Lara spoke with an amused look in her face, "Really, you have a good head on your shoulders, very good in your studies as well as sports, loyal, kind as well as you can cook, wow Nathan seems to be a perfect package you should be very proud of him right Aubriella?" Aubriella''s face shone with happiness as she puffed her chest with pride as she spoke, "Of course I am, and after all he is my precious baby boy.", as she spoke she hugged her causing Nathan to blush and squirm under embarrassment. Nikola spoke with a smirk, "Well Nathan was going to cook dinner tonight so why don''t you all join us." Tristan spoke with a large smile, "Really, that is amazing news, brother Finley and sister Lara we would love to have you and your family for dinner tonight." Lara spoke with a smile, "Well if Nathan is cooking, well how can I say no to that." Nathan gave a small as he spoke, "Well I am just a mediocre cook nothing spectacular about that I hope you will like it." Finley spoke with a small smile, "Nonsense son when you cook something for your loved one with love and care it becomes the tastiest of food there is." Nathan glanced at his I-band as he spoke, "Well mom and dad, then I think I have to return post haste then if I have to prepare dinner. Oh and I think we should invite my Grandpas and Grandmas as well." As they were left towards ''Osprey Manor'', Amelia spoke with a smile, "Well so what are you thinking of preparing Nathan?" Nathan who was calm and quiet as if thinking about something turned towards her as he spoke, "Sorry what were you saying Amelia I did not hear anything." Amelia huffed as she spoke, "So what will you be making?" Nathan had confident look in his face as he spoke without faltering, "Well I will have appetizer, entr¨¦e, main course and desert." Amelia had a deadpanned look on her face as she spoke, "I know that but what is there in those things." Nathan had an enlightened look on his face as he spoke, "Oh you want to know about that." Amelia gave an exasperated sigh as she spoke, "Of course I want to know that." Nathan gave a mysterious smile as he beckoned her to scoot a bit closer as he whispered with a coy smile in his face, "It is a secret." Amelia let out an enraged scream as she playfully hit a laughing Nathan. Sometime later Nathan stood wearing an apron as the others stood near him, as Nikola spoke, "Is there any kind of help you need Nathan?" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. Nathan shook his head as he spoke, "There is no need I can do it by myself." Lara spoke with a smile, "Well I hope you would not mind if we sneak a peek within the kitchen while you are making dinner." Nathan shrugged as he spoke, "No problem aunty, although since my entire attention will be on cooking please forgive me if I failed to reply when any of you speak to me." Lara nodded as she spoke, "Of course child, I would not dream of trying to disturb your attention when you are working as cooking deals with fire and many dangerous substances." Nathan simply smiled as he rolled up the sleeves of his shirt as he began making preparations for the food, the spectators looked with awe as he cut ingredients with such precision and speed that would make even some of the professional chefs jealous. Finley whistled lowly at that as he spoke, "Wow, it seems as if he was born wielding a knife." Yelena nodded at that as Dominic spoke with a smile, "Yes it is not only that but every time I see him cooking I am always amazed." Riley: "Yes although if I have to say he must have got the talent from Tristan''s side of the family after all neither me nor my wife are good at thatand let alone my daughter who once burned down the house because she tried to boil water." Aubriella blushed red in embarrassment as she glowered at her father, "Dad, please enough." The group then retreated to the dining hall and then at half past nine Nathan was ready to serve dinner, as they sat on the table they were greeted by the sight of various food items as they took their seats Isabela spoke, "Child care to tell us what is there in the menu." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Well for soup we have Tomato, Cucumber & mint Gazpacho, and then we have Salmon Greek salad with Lemon basil dressing which is then followed by Grilled Lemon-Rosemary Chicken and leeks, as for drinks we have Sangria as for desert Key lime pies." As the maids served the dinner Finley thought, ''I hope that he really keeps up to the praise and it is not bragging caused by the blind love of his parents.'', with that he tasted a spoonful of soup which caused him to freeze on his seat with his open wide. 54 Negotiation Azi looked at the city of ''Khojila'' where people were busy removing sand which had partially buried the city, the golden sand under the effect of a sunrise had morphed the entire scenery into a breathtaking picturesque one that no one could recreate as if it was a work of god. Zeus spoke with amazement evident in his voice as he spoke, "Wow, it is amazingly breathtaking." Tarasque wordlessly nodded at that as Azi spoke, "Even if a tragedy has occurred in this city I cannot not help but overlook the anguish of the citizens but be mesmerized by the beauty the city portrayed." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "Well if someone asks me I will say that comparing this city to a jewel or pearl is horribly heretically wrong if you ask me to me it looks like a blushing woman madly in love with her beloved soul-mate and is trying to seduce her mate by wearing nothing but his shirt." Tarasque raised her eyebrows as she spoke, "Since when are so romantic." Zeus shrugged at that as he spoke, "I am always romantic, Tarasque unfortunately no one noticed it." Azi: "So when will they arrive here?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "I believe sometime during the afternoon, currently it is dawn so I think we should search for some quests and finish them fast enough." Tarasque nodded at that as they moved through the city in order to get a quest or two. At half past 2 pm a small caravan entered the city, one of the person present inside the caravan spoke with a tired sigh, "Why are we here again, BlizzardQueen?" BlizzardQueen spoke with a smile, "Well we are meeting one my acquaintance who has gotten a quest, a rather difficult quest as such he has asked me to help him out, not only that there is a chance we can rope him and his friends into our ''Guild''." "So your friends are they famous?" Blizzardqueengave a smirk as she spoke, "Of course they are, after all they are the have conquered dungeons in hell and nightmare mode." The others who listened at that had their eyes widen as one of them spoke in disbelief, "No way are they the famous ''Manly pink Panda''?" One of them cleared her throat as she spoke, "Dear you forgot the word fluffy." BlizzardQueen''s friend CelestialMaiden, the person who BlizzardQueen was trying to help spoke for the first time, "Are they trustworthy?" BlizzardQueen gavea small smile as she spoke, "I trust them with my life, specially Zeus if you can manage to befriend him you will gain a lot from him, and the only reason he gave his word that he will help you is because I asked him to nothing more nothing less." A few hours later they managed to reach Khojila City, as BlizzardQueen along with CelestialMaiden and couple of others reached the town center square, leaving behind a group of four to keep an on their caravan as well procure any supplies needed. A few minutes later Zeus and his group reached the town square as they arrived BlizzardQueen stepped forward and hugged each of them before she turned towards her team as she spoke, "Well everyone Zeus this is my sister in all but blood CelestialMaiden and along with her the red armor wearing person is Sylphy and the white robe wearing one is TacoGirl." Zeus nodded towards them with a smile before he raised her eyebrow at the last person who spoke with a sigh, "I love Tacos.", causing Zeus to shrug, ''Well whatever floats one''s boat after allI picked the first name that came to my mind.'' Sylphy had a scowl on her face, as she spoke to the trio, "If I may ask, what level are you three?" Azi replied back nonchalantly at that, "We are at halfway through level 15." Sylphy''s scowl deepened further as spoke, "They are so weak, currently the weakest one in our team is Sister TacoGirl, even then she is at level 24 almost 25." Tarasque frowned at that as she spoke, "Well if I recall it is you all that require help not us." Sylphy snarled at that as she spoke, "Why you¡­" Only to be stopped by CelestialMaien, "Slyphy enough.", she turned towards Zeus and his teammates as she spoke, "I am sorry for that, the last few days have been hectic for us as such my teammate lost her cool." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. Zeus gave her a comforting smile as he spoke, "I understand miss, and to have such wonderful and caring friends as them is truly wonderful." CelestialMaiden smiled at that as she spoke, "It is Zeus, it is. My friend here wanted to help you out with your quest so may I know about what quest is this." Azi then spoke with a smile "Certainly but I think we should discuss it away from who knows if someone decides to eavesdrop on us.", as she discreetly glanced towards a roof top, CelestialMaiden simply gave the look as if she was setting her hair as she cast a quick glance towards the roof top nearby to see someone indeed was spying on them where the others were perfectly still. CelestialMaiden simply nodded at that as she spoke, "Of course why not my character is already hungry why don''t we visit a restaurant where we can speak freely and oh let me add you three as your friend." A message suddenly appeared in front of his HUD, which the trio promptly accepted it and soon enough they began exchanging various messages with the group they were about to align themselves to. [ZEUS: do you know who that is?] [CELESTIALMAIDEN: I do not know that person''s name but I have seen him many times spying on me mostly whenever I try to recruit some people not only that he is extremely slippery we have never manage to catch him.] [AZI: so he is your fianc¨¦''s dog.] [CELESTIALMAIDEN: yes and he and his group had managed to poach many of the people from my guild.] [TARASQUE: troublesome so does that mean his team is nearby?] [SYLPHY: of course they are, and if they learn about you three trying to help us he will use any means necessary to make you leave us as such if possible I want the entire conversation be done through messages instead of it being verbal.] [ZEUS: NP] The group nodded as they moved towards a restaurant as they took a seat Zeus messaged them once again, [ZEUS: where are your other teammates should they not be with you?] [TACOGIRL: we believe one of them is a spy for that douche as such we are trying to limit their involvement as much as possible without alerting her.] Zeus sighed as BluzzardQueen messaged to him, [BLIZZARDQUEEN: now do you see what you are getting into.] [CELESTAILMAIDEN: brother Zeus I am asking too much from you already helping me with my problem so if you wish to leave you may because if you do not do he might attack you.] [ZEUS: well let that gutless monkey try I will deal with him but more importantly I want to say you the same after all the quest we are about to accomplish is a very difficult one not only that failure can cause great amounts of penalty in fact when we were given the quest we got two options firstly accepted the quest or spend some time inside a jail for as long as the quest is not completed. So I will ask you will you accept it along side us or not?] [BLIZZARDQUEEN: I do not see why we shouldn''t although if you share the quest makes sure that you share it with only the four of us and the rest you may after we reach the destination is it alright?] [AZI: NP] As the silent conversation was going a hooded person was sitting near them on a table hidden from their sight as they eavesdropped at their conversation, ''tch, this is boring why do I have to listen to the boasting of the blizzard bitch about some wimpy pansy who can cook better than some chef, real man do not cook they make those creatures called woman cook after all this was the only reason they were born for cooking and a stress relief.'' 55 Tazgir [AZI: When will the talker leave I am getting frustrated to the point I want to put him down here and now.] [BLIZZARDQUEEN: same here] [TACOGIRL: me 2] [SYLPHY: me 3] [ZEUS: can we deal with him in such a way that it looks like an accident even to him.] [TARASQUE: what are you planning Zeus?] Zeus eyes had a mischievous gleam in his eyes as he explained his plan in great detail the others in his team had gained sadistic gleam in their eyes as grin appeared on their faces which threatened to split their face all except CelestialMaiden who had an disapproving look on her face but was coerced into it by force as Zeus spoke, "Sister you need to loosen up a bit, or else you will look like a 200 year old grandma before you reach your 30th birthday from all those frown appearing on your face." Others giggled as CelestialMaiden simply sighed as she shook her head in exasperation as she muttered something along the line, ''not another one.'' A few minutes later the hooded figure ran as fast he could with town guard chasing him, "STOP RIGHT THERE YOU FIEND STOP.", only for him to trip as he tumbled down the road hitting a cart hard effectively getting stunned for a few moments long enough for him to get caught by the guards. A person with his legs stretched which caused him to stumble simply left the place as he lost himself in the crowd the few minutes later the person joined another group as they almost double over in laughter as Azi spoke while wheezing loudly from laughing too much, "That was brilliant tricking him to step inside the female bath while the City Lord''s own wife and daughter was present but how did you know they would be present here." Zeus shrugged at that as he spoke, "That was pure luck and as for the public bath the one which he trespassed into was meant only for nobility not commoners, but more importantly did you manage to perform your duty Sylphy." Sylphy: "Of course I did but I do not understand why did you made me spread the word he is a ''Brave man''? " Zeus spoke with a smile on his face, "Well you see the NPCs know that we cannot be permanently killed as such they prefer to keep us imprisoned for as long as possible and seeing the crime he commit specially when they found the ladies undergarments on him he can literally kiss his avatar goodbye after all he will stay here for a long long time." CelestialMaiden spoke with a frown, "Was that really necessary I do not like that." Zeus sighed at that as he spoke, "Well answer me this sister CelestialMaiden, will your enemy show you mercy?" CelestialMaiden looked slight depressed at that as she spoke, "I know but still there is a saying that, ''If someone slaps you on one side of your face, turn the other one to him'', and it works wonders." BlizzardQueen snorted as she spoke, "Please sister Mahatma Gandhi''s words were meant for humans not dogs." Azi: "I believe that the quote was taken from bible but most importantly sister BlizzardQueen your words might trigger genocide of dogs through suicide upon being compared to such a creep." At that many of them cracked a grin before Zeus spoke once again in a serious voice, "Sister I know what we are saying is too much for you to handle but since you gave us a quote I would love to do as well, a very wise man once said, ''Being Merciful to your Enemies is akin to committing suicide'', also remember that ''you cannot clean something without getting dirty''." CelestialMaiden looked conflicted as spoke, "But eye for an eye makes the world blind.'' eliciting a groan from others. Zeus spoke with a tired sigh, "Your brother, how much do you love him?" Celestialmaiden quirked her eyebrows at the question as she spoke, "More than anything but why are you asking?" Zeus: "Did that bastard not already harmed your brother, thus effectively taking out a very strong pillar of support for you. He got the guts because he knows you are too softhearted and honorable unlike him who will do anything and everything no matter how immoral it might seem, so here is the question will you try fending him without being more aggressive so what will it take for you to be aggressive when he finally accomplishes killing your brother or something even more because after I learned about him I researched him well as such I know what kind of scum he is and the only reason he is not six feet under is because of the money he has take it away from it he is nothing but the most abhorrent person to ever pollute this planet. " TacoGirl: "Well last I checked we have places to be, so try to hurry up a bit and if from what you have told us we are already lagging behind." Tarasque: "Well let us leave but what about the trio that came with you?" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. Sylphy: "We will simply follow the plan, and we will make it look as if we got lost in the desert before we stumbled into the ruins." A few more minutes later they arrived near a caravan which was protected by none other than trio who looked bored to the point they might kneel over and die any moment now. Zeus spoke with a frown, "How are we going to keep the caravan safe during our travels I do not expect for us to stay plugged into the machine for 10 days without break." CelestialMaiden smiled at that as she spoke, "Well we have to reach a waypoint before we can safely logout." Zeus nodded at that as he reached the caravan BlizzardQueen spoke with a smile, "Hello girls say hi to Zeus, Azi and Tarasque they will be our new teammate we will accompany them to finish a quest of their in Tazgir it will be sometime before we reach it." The girls present simply waved their hand as they spoke in unison in a tired tone, "Hello!!!" BlizzardQueen''s eyes twitched as she spoke, "Oi show some energy." One of them scoffed as she spoke, "Try becoming energetic under sweltering heat, and when you are getting stuffed by sand." Zeus snapped his finger as he spoke with an enlightened look on their face as he spoke, "Ah you know she is right.", only to yelp with pain as his feet got stomped by BlizzardQueen who spoke with anger, "Of course you would say that you traitor, you are my friend so support me." Zeus raised his hand in a placating manner as he spoke, "Sorry sorry there is no need to freeze oh Great Queen of Blizzard, aiiieeeeee!!!!", only for him to shout in fear as he was chased by an icicle throwing angry BlizzardQueen. 56 Taking a page from another Part-1 "It is going to blow run.", BlizzardQueen shouted out at the top of her voiceas the group dashed as fast as possible away from the ''Bloated Scorpion''. They had managed to get a few meters away from it, as it blew causing a few meters wide craters. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. Zeus but back a curse as he spoke, "What kind of creatures is this? It kills animals by blowing itself it is annoying." Only for everyone''s attention to be drawn towards TacoGirl who had a scared look on her face as she shakily raised her hand towards a certain direction. As everyone turned the direction their face turned pale as in front of them was a horde of those beasts, Zeus gulped at that as he used ''Observe'' on them. [Name: Bloated Scorpion Level: 25 Class: N/A HP: 50000/50000 MP: 20000/20000 Element: Fire Attack: 5000 Defense: 10000 Spell: Explosion(Causes Damage equal to 2 times more than the total HP and Mp combined in an 10x10 area)] Zeus gulped at that as he shouted towards the others at the top of his voice, "Run we will be overwhelmed if they manage to catch us." As such they quickly boarded the caravan drawn by ''Whooping Beasts'' which started moving soon, Azi spoke with panic evident in her voice, "They are gaining on us fast, long range users kill them." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "It seems like this is it for me, Azi if I do not return then my socks are yours." The others almost face planted themselves on the floor after hearing that as Tarasque shouted out, "Zeus focus this is not the time to crack jokes." Only for Zeus to grin in return as he jumped from the caravan as he threw a couple of stones to the scorpion shouting at the top of his lungs, "Come here you ugly fat poopyheads who can only commit suicide and kill nothing but their own brethren come and kill yourselves you idiots." The other sweat dropped at that as CelestialMaiden spoke, "Really ''Poopyhead'' is his mind is alright?" Sylphy had a deadpanned look on her face as she spoke, "It was certainly childish but he managed to draw the horde, but is that not a Cliffside he is running off to, IS HE COMMITING SUICIDE?", she shouted at the top of her lungs. BlizzardQueen nodded her head sagely at that as she spoke, "I see so that is why he gave his socks to Azi, well congratulations sister for inheriting Zeus''s socks." CelestialMaiden spoke her tone full of panic, "There is no time for anything like that he is going to die." "Actually sis", a female player by the name of ForestHuntress spoke with a nervous smile, "Zeus took a dive from the cliff along with the rest of those creatures.", what followed were series of deafening booms as they looked at the cliff side which was lit by flashes of light like night sky during the fourth of July. CelestialMaiden gritted her teeth as she spoke, "This is not funny we are here not for too long and yet one of us already dead." BarbarianLady another one of their teammates spoke with a twitch on her left brow, "Is he alright in the head, since we had began travelling he seemed to be high is he on drugs." Azi and Tarasque felt a headache coming their way at mach 30 speed as Tarasque replied, "Well I do not think so, last I checked he is perfectly sane and is not on any form of drugs as for why is he acting like that I cannot say. But we should not waste our time here, one of us has already died as such I do not wish for more of us to sacrifice just to kill a horde like this, and as for the idiot he would respawn somewhere." With heavy heart the group started to move away from that place as a cloak covered figure looked towards them from behind some rocks as the caravan had progressed a little bit further away from them the figure noted another similar but a bit bigger caravan of ''Whooping Beasts'' went past his hiding place. As the caravan passed him the person hidden behind the rock quickly send a message. [ZEUS: enemy caravan confirmed, Heavenly Emperor leading the ''Vanguard of Heaven'' is chasing after us.] [BlizzardQueen: good work Zeus, if possible eavesdrop on them.] [Zeus: Planning to though I have to point out that he is already at level 29 just below yours] [BlizzardQueen: Noted and what was your Level again?] [Zeus: 18 and don''t laugh.] [BlizardQueen: m9(^§¥^)] [Zeus: (££?§¥?)] [BlizzardQueen: Take care and stay safe.] Zeus used a combination of blinks to appear on top of the Heavenly Emperor''s caravan he was lying down on top of the roof activating a special skill he got, a Tier 4 skill, Camouflage, it makes him near invisible as long as he does not move from his position at all, it was also the perfect skill for eavesdropping but not sneaking in because of the movement restriction but most importantly as long as anyone does not have an elemental vision like Azi he is safe. The caravan consisted of carriages which had skis and smooth bottom instead of wheel enabling them to be easily dragged by the Whooping beasts across the sand and as for the beast itself it looked like a mixture between a giraffe and a camel with 3 pairs of legs instead of just two, they were a bit taller than a camel and had incredible strength as they pulled the carriage across the desert easily. As he was lying on top of the carriage he heard about various things but one of the conversation really stuck to him. "MadKiller really outdid herself today, the bait she used to draw those cretins on them was hilarious, it''s a shame only one of them died and even that was the most retarded one at that." "Yup, unfortunately it is not the real world or else we could have a bit fun with them after we caught them, it will teach them how foolish it was to try and defy our Emperor, I wish killer shadow was here." "Leave him be, if he is so idiotic and pathetic that he could not control himself and try to peep on some computer generated data then he deserves it, moreover his gaming life is over, he will be there inside the jail for a long time, long enough for him to be completely useless to us." Zeus new about it, the bait is usually sold at markets at the city, used to lure various creatures in order to hunt them and from what it seems as if they had used the same tactics, they simply want to make CelestialMaiden feel completely powerless and break her will. Zeus did not like them at all, he simply wanted to kill them but he knew charging around blindly will be no good, he will be not only outnumbered but all of them are of higher level it will be a fight which will be near impossible to win as such he sighed and began formulating a plan. Zeus, ''What to do? What to do? Wait a second the trail we are following lead us through the Death lands , a place filled with vicious beasts one of the most dangerous places along the trial, hmmm oh well I will borrow a page from your book ''Emperor'' let us see how you survive extra doses of bait.'', as he thought about the idea a sadistic grin formed on his face. 57 Taking a page from another Part-2 As Zeus laid on top of the caravan he studied the entire roof carefully, ''hmm so if I loosen this part of the roof now it would cave in, as soon as I move from this place it would collapse the bait would be sprung as the passengers would get drenched by the bait, and the bait had been tinkered by Tarasque making it much more potent than before, I feel sorry for the ''whooping beast'' but unfortunately I cannot allow them to escape." Meanwhile in CelestialMaiden''s group they were a little behind schedule they had to reach the next save point before they could log out but it seemed it would be a bit late for them to, it was already frustrating for them since the team was made from people from various parts of the world each following a different time. BlizzardQueen: "We have to make a stop here it seems, the beasts are tired we have to give them rest if we wish to make any progress at all." BarbarianLady frowned at that as she spoke, "Can we not have them rest after we have put some distance between us and the ''death valley'' that place gives me creeps, and on another note when is that idiotic teammate of yours joining." Azi rubbed her temples at that as she spoke, "I messaged him he said it would take some time in order to catch up with us." ForestHuntress: "I still cannot believe that he is the same person who led you to conquer the dungeon, I hope he is alright?" Azi gave a nervous smile at that as she spoke, "I think something might have caused it, do not worry he will be fine." As they temporary set up camp BlizzardQueen spoke, "Girls please come over here I have something to show you." At that most of them moved curiously towards her as she beckoned towards them towards a cliff, as they neared her she pointed towards a group of caravan, as she spoke, "Look over there the group of 5 caravans has been pursuing us since we left and the leader of that caravan is none other than your ''fianc¨¦e'' sister.", she spat out the word fianc¨¦e with extreme disgust. CelestailMaiden''s eyes widen at that as she clenched her hands in anger, Azi gave her a reassuring squeeze on her shoulder as she spoke, "Sister it is time for them to learn their place." As soon as she uttered the word, the caravans seemed to come to haphazardly for a bit before it came to a stop, from the distance they could not make out much bit countless black dots seemed to congregate towards them as BlizzardQueen spoke with a smirk, "Such a shame they will die soon being overrun by beasts seriously such a shame, does this make you angry MadKiller to see your beloved owner put down like a rabid dog he is." As she glared at MadKiller she took a step back as she spoke with anger evident in her voice, "What are you talking about? BlizzardQueen have you l¡­" Tarasque: "Be silent did you think we did not notice you using the bait, for shame we really liked you.", she took out her tabar as she pointed towards her. MadKiller looked at them with a blank look on her face as she started laughing loudly, "Hahahahaha, my my seems like I have been caught. So what will you do now idiots, Emperor will be here soon enough he will bring ruin to you all, he will break you into his obedient slaves.", she let out a cruel smirk at that. Azi: "Oh my, the puny mangy mutt dares to look up, but no need to worry we will make sure to send him to his rightful place in an sewer." Madkiller laughed at that as she spoke, "Since you dare to harm him, you will die here.", with that she quickly took out a bag from her inventory as she spoke, "This bait will be your doom even if I die." Only for her to fall down paralyzed unable to move, as she laid on the ground she felt someone''s boots on her back, "Seriously you should check that no one is standing behind you.", the speaker none other than Sylphy. Sylphy then turned as she spoke, "I think it is time to leave after the special bait is triggered this place will be swarmed with beasts, how long till he arrives back." As soon as she spoke those words Zeus suddenly appeared besides her startling her, Zeus raised his hand as he spoke, "Wa, wa sister careful with that knife you could have harmed me." Sylphy had a hand on her bosom as she spoke with a glare, "Then do not startle me like that." Zeus: "Sorry for that.", before he turned towards the others as he spoke, "Well the bait is too potent I believe we should make a run for it, if we stay to close than we will get caught, give it to me while you all start moving." Zeus looked at the downed woman as he waited for others to get as far away as possible, it was already a couple of minutes since the first paralyzing scroll was used on him and he knew it would soon wear enough and it was time for him to move. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. MadKiller growled she could not move neither could see speak, she watched helplessly as Zeus drenched her with the bait before he disappeared for a few seconds nothing happened, she watched with eyes filled with hope as the paralysis would end as such she prayed, ''Please, please let the paralysis end then I will make a run for it.'', a growl appeared beside her causing her eyes to widen with fear followed by pain and before long her vision went black as a message appeared in her HUD, [YOU ARE DEAD] As Zeus sat inside the carriage with others CelestialMaiden spoke curiously, "How did you do it? And more importantly how did you know they were following us." Zeus gave a small smile as he spoke, "Well we came across the big man''s followers when we were inside the city more importantly we spied on them and learned of their plans, he and his followers have the largest ego I have ever seen, sure of themselves that they did not bother to discuss their plans in public place as if no one would bother to harm them such idiots. As such we formulated a plan I would stay behind then board one of their caravan rig it then rest is history." Sylphy smirked at him as she spoke, "That was cool of you to do that, but still even if he died he would go down fighting and he could have earned a few precious exp even if he died." Zeus smirked at that as he spoke, "That would have been true if I did not create trap which included ''Mass Paralysis''. But more importantly Azi the bait you crafted with Tarasque what was that actually it seemed as if it made those beasts even angrier?" Tarasque smirked as she spoke, "I made sure that any beasts who get lured by the bait become berserk." Zeus whistled lowly at that as Azi spoke, "If I may Maiden, why are you still in your country I believe you should leave as soon as possible, it would safer for you if you move to USA." BlizzardQueen nodded as she spoke, "I concur with Azi, sister you should move along with your brother, and I would extend the offer to all of you as well." CelestialMaiden gave a weak smile at that as she spoke, "But where we would go." Azi gave a smile at that as she spoke, "Leave it to me and Zeus and you all as well any arrangement you need leave it to us." 58 Save Poin As they left the ''Death Valley'', Zeus pulled out a map as he spoke, "Since we have already finished dealing with them, I believe we should move to this oasis and us e it as a safe zone, the direction we were moving was a not exactly wrong one but a longer one than the one we should have taken, and I have no doubt a person like the so called ''Emperor'' would already have someone waiting for us in those oasis already, because it would be something that I would have done, upon saying that the route we will be taking will not be as cozy as the longer one but it would have been fast we are hard pressed on time and none of us have any idea on what we will be facing." ForestHuntress: "So there is a chance we will fail the quest." Azi: "There is a chance but please do not say something ominous because I do not want to think what the penalty might be if we fail." Barbarianlady spoke with a frown at that as she spoke, "And why is that?" Tarasque replied back in a bored tone, "Well about the penalty not much is known except all of it is question mark but we were forced to take this quest by the giver." ForestHuntress suddenly felt a bit of uneasiness as she spoke, "How so?" Zeus gave a nervous chuckle as he spoke, "Well we were given to option ''Take the quest'' or ''Stay in prison for the rest of your stay in Isera''." At that the duo''s eyes widen as BarbarianLady spoke, "What in hell''s name did you think it would be prudent to involve all of us in this shenanigans? The penalty for this would be enormous." Zeus chuckled at that as he spoke, "So what if the penalty is great there a saying no pain no gain, did you think we were able to conquer the dungeon in hell mode with facing any danger, well we faced an enemy who was many times stronger than us yet we survived against himand flourished against all ordeal, I know this will be difficult but if we manage to pull it off we will be creating another history, let me ask you this what is thestatus of you all?" BarbarianLady shrugged as she spoke, "Well we all are commoners, but why are you asking this?" Zeus smirked at them as he spoke, "Azi and Tarasques what is your status?" Azi and Tarasque replied in unison, "We are Squire." At that the others eyes widen as Zeus spoke, "Do you see now, that is what happens when you manage to pull something like that, the rewards are extremely satisfying because status is just the tip of the iceberg after all there are various items like weapons, skill books and what not so what would you do now?" The duo was have an internal struggle as Zeus spoke, "The weapons you use are simply Uncommon tier and a lucky few amongst your group has rare tier but the weapon in our hands are all unique tier, so think of it what you might gain from it, I know it would be wrought with hardship, but what is life if not full of hardship but the best part is when you finally get to eat the sweet fruit of your labor." The duo was silent for a moment as BarbarianLady broke it with a sigh, "Well you win I am in." ForestHuntress sighed as she spoke, "Well you managed to strong arm me as well so what next boss man." Zeus shook his head with a smile, "I am not your boss, just your fellow gamer with console, and there is no difference amongst us." Hearing that CelestialMaiden and her friends gave a small smile as she spoke, "I know BlizzardQueen for a long time but what do you do in real life." Zeus: "Well I will tell you all only if you tell us about yours as well if you have no problem." Sylphy: "That is a given, we are a close knit group of friends who knew each other well as such I would love to learn about you all as well." ''Close knit group of friends my foot, I saw your friendship a few minutes ago when one of you betrayed us, but still I will extend an olive branch to you.'' Zeus cleared his throat as he spoke, "My name is in game name is Zeus, but in real world my name is Nathaniel Henderson, age 15." Foresthuntress: "You are playing this game so much don''t you go to school?" Zeus smiled at that as he spoke, "Well I have finished my schooling and decided to take a break before going to college." Sylphy smiled at that as she spoke, "Well my nam..." A few hours went passed by at the blink of an eye as they finally reached a safe place a sanctuary for them to retire for that day, Zeus turned towards them as he spoke, "Well we will back at 9EST, and we can continue moving towards the quest." Blizzardqueen sighed as she spoke, "How long will take to reach there?" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. Zeus: "Well normally if we move at this pace it would take 3 days but I wish to up our levels before we reach there so it would take around 10 days, then we will have around 15 days time to finish the quest and return back." Azi: "Well it think it is time to retire for us then.", with that the trio logged off. With a hiss the capsule opened as he took a breath of fresh morning air, as stepped outside lots of thoughts swarmed his mind, identities of his new acquaintances, problems with a certain fianc¨¦ amongst many others but the most problematic was getting them to come here in USA and then what, ''If I ask my parents may be I can have a gaming studio, you that is right a gaming studio and a few weeks later when the payment exchange system would take into effect I could then may be even pay for the cost incurred from there, so many ideas but first of all I have to discuss it with my teammates before anything else.'' With that thought in mind Nathan made his way to the breakfast table formulate new plans in order to help his new friends, to pursue goals but more importantly to free a caged bird from the shackles and let it fly in the wide blue sky. 59 Creating a Game Studio Part-1 Nathan tossed and turned the pasta with his fork playing with it, with a deep frown etched on his face, making his parents to look at him curiously as Aubriella spoke, "Son is the food not to your liking?" But Nathan did not pay any attention to her as he continued to play with his food as Aubriella spoke once again, "Baby is something wrong?" Once again seeing him not responding Nikola elbowed him bring his attention as he looked around saw everyone looking towards him with a frown on their face as he spoke, "Is something wrong?" Tristan spoke with a frown on his face, "You tell me what is wrong with you Nathan? You were playing with your food as such your mother called you but you were ignoring us." Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Well actually, I had a lot of things going through my mind as such I was distracted." Yelena: "I hope you would not mind sharing it with us." Nathan shook his head as he spoke, "Well I would not mind but it would take some of your time." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. Aubriella gave a small smile at that as she spoke, "I have all the time for you my dear." Nathan blushed at that as he spoke, "Well you see my team and I made a new friend while playing a game, her family except her younger brother well how should I put it¡­" Nikola being his ever helping cousin helped him by supplying him some colorful words as she spoke nonchalantly, "F**kt**ds, money hungry sluts who should have been killed at birth, those ******" Yelena had a scandalized look on her face at that as she spoke in a heated tone, "Nikolayeva I so did not raise you like that, young lady." Nathan who was about to nod at Nikola froze as his mother glared at him he could feel a shiver run down his spine at the glare the message was as clear, ''Nod and I will shove a bar of soap down your throat.'' Nathan cleared his throat as he brought everyone''s attention towards him as he spoke, "Well I might not use such a colorful language like Nikola but they are forcing me to use them." Tristan intertwined his fingers taking a pose similar to a certain anime character who according to Nathan was the epitome of what means to be a failure of a father as he spoke, "Why is that Nathan?" Nathan replied back with a frown, "Dad, do you remember a person by the name, ''Chen Yenzhen'', of the ''Rising Dragon Phoenix Industries''." Tristan brows wrinkled in confusion before he spoke with his eyes wide, "Oh yes I remember that fellow, he is quite ambitious recently he did a hostile takeover, your ex-classmet Quinn Carr''s family have lost their entire fortune in a single night, they are nothing more than some homeless beggars now, not only that but rumors are that he befriended them showing them dreams of collaboration and what not and then when the time was right he simply backstabbed them." Nathan frowned at that as he spoke, "How do you know such things dad." Tristan gave a small smile as he spoke as he made an exaggerated gesture with his hands, "Magic!!!" Nathan groaned at that as Tristan fake crying face as that as he spoke, "Oh how I miss my baby boy who used to have his eyes sparkle when I ever I said that word." Nathan blushed at that as he spoke, "Dad, please." Tristan had a serious look on his face as he spoke, "When you run such a large Empire you have to keep your eyes and ears open or else the same thing that happened with the Carr family would have happened to us." Nathan nodded at that as he spoke, "Well Amelia has a friend from China, her name is Wu Yijun, and unfortunately it seems that she had managed to catch Chen Yenzhen''s eyes. Her family is all for the marriage but she does not want too." Yelena: "And why is that?" Nikola replied her with a sigh, "Well Chen Yenzhen is a scum plain and simple who does not have any form of morality whatsoever and will do anything and everything to get what wants to, and well collecting beautiful women is his hobby, and Wu Jiyun is practically fighting alone before she gets consumed by that monster." Aubrielle frowned at that as she spoke, "How bad is her situation?" Nathan sighed as he ran his figures through his hair as he spoke, "She only has, excluding us, only four more people who are helping her, she had more but the power, prestige and money swayed most of them away, but there were those who resisted like her younger brother, and Yenzhen drove him to suicide.", Nathan gripped his fork so hard it started bending. Aubriella spoke worriedly at that, "Nathan, I know you love to help people but please do not chew more than you can swallow." Nikola gave a small smile at that as she spoke, "Well it is too late aunty, Chen has a team in Isera and we have defeated them not only completely but also managed to create a small piece of history as such he has already declared war on us already." Aubriella gave a stink eye to Nathan before she spoke with a sigh, "So what are you planning Nathan?" Nathan: "Well Nikola and I planned to have them travel to USA, and here I plan to setup a gaming studio, it would be helpful in the long run at the same time it would enable us to support anyone who needs money." Nikola spoke curiously at that, "Are you planning to use real life money in the game." Nathan looked appalled at that as he spoke, "Of course not, we will make our own weapons and armors by ourselves as much possible, it would be a good grind but the only time we will spend real life money only when we have to but some equipments which can only be bought using real life money and we are not able to gain them by any means necessary, Nikola I despise whalers with all my being, they are nothing more than cheaters in eyes." The group resumed their breakfast as suddenly Nathan remembered something as he spoke, "Mom and Dad, there is something I want to ask you?" Tristan smiled as he nodded towards Nathan who beamed back a smile at him as he spoke, "Actually one of my new friends is a ''Martial Arts Otaku'' and as such is a bit knowledgeable about fighting styles, so when I was fighting some mobs she mentioned I was using Krav Maga mixed with Muay Boran, I do not remember learning any of them so Mom and Dad how do I know those fighting styles." Both the parents froze at the question, it further increased upon seeing the intense glare in Nathan''s eyes which showed that he cannot not be persuaded, nor could he be distracted from anything other than an honest answer. 60 Stranded Part-1 A gigantic Sylphy growled as she spoke, "Sand here, sand there I am getting tired where are the monsters? Where are the mobs and more importantly where are my god damn EXP????" Before her eyes fell on Zeus who had shrunk a bit immediately as she spoke with an intense glare, "Zeus, where are the monsters, I tell me now or else¡­" Zeus gathered his courage as he spoke, "Or else you would do what.", only to regret a later as it seemed as if an unholy flame lit inside her eyes as she literally appeared before him, her hands holding on to his neck as she spoke, "Listen here Zeus, you plotted the course and if any monster does not appear, I will do the thing to you that Hera never did to Zeus." Zeus gulped at that as he was about to speak he was stopped by Azi who had an arrow notched on her bow pointing towards Sylphy as she spoke, "Zeus must have a good reason for choosing this route but more importantly do not touch him." Sylphy growled as BlizzardQueen appeared in between them as she spoke, "Wah wah stop it right there is no use fighting amongst us, so please stop." Sylphy let go of Zeus, who winced as he rubbed his neck as he spoke, "well Sylphy there is one thing you should know that the route we are using is considered a safe route as such the chancesof running into a monster is low." Seeing that Mount Sylphy was about to burst he raised his hand in a placating gesture as he spoke, "Please Sylphy calm down I also would have love to grind some exp, but you know what the mobs surrounding place si at least level 40 I do not think anyone is suicidal to face even one of them." Sylphy simply tsked as she took her seat, as BarbarianLady simply sighed as she slouched forward while speaking, "I would still wish for something interesting at least." No sooner did she speak the ground trembled as if an earthquake was happening as Sylphy shouted out at the top of her voice, "Tarasque move fast!!!!" A gigantic worm like creature over 200 meter long appeared behind them as Zeus checked it using Observe he felt a chill down his spine as the data shown was unknown making it an exceptionally strong enemy, as such the only viable option was make a run for it and hope to escape. CelestialMaiden: "Brother Zeus what is that creature?" Zeus racked his brain as he thought hard as Azi''s eyes suddenly went wide as she spoke, "That is called the ''Sand God of the Desert'', by the locals, it would take about dozens of Level 100s to defeat a single one of them." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke hurriedly at that, "Yes I remember now, it has a 100% chance to appear in this route when a person is having a negative digit in luck." At that CelestialMaiden''s eyes widen as every member of her team turned towards Sylphy who simply blushed at that but before she could speak she was thrown off her feet by the swaying of the carriage as it tried to move in a haphazard fashion. Zeus looked towards it as he gulped hard as he spoke, "We have to outrun it no matter what, if we die or we lose this carriage we will be screwed, Tarasque move faster." A muffled yelling came from the front of their carriage, "I AM TRYING MY BEST SO SHUT UP." BarbarianLady gritted her teeth as she spoke, "Dam that thing is fast." TacoGirl looked at with her eyes wide open so did ForestHuntress as TacoGirl turned towards Zeus as she spoke, "Is thatthing based on Mongolian Death Worm?" Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "It seems that it does." ForestHuntress gave a small smile as she spoke, "I wonder what we will get when we hunt it down." BarbarianLady smirked at that as she spoke, "Patience sister we will not be able to hunt it within the next few months at least." Both TacoGirl and Foresthuntress pouted before a loud growl came to their ears it was so loud, that it nearly deafened everyone and the poor animals ran so scared that they starting running faster and completely out of control. The players were not having a great time either all of sudden as they felt as if they felt as if they were in the middle of a Antarctica while their vision started swimming. [STATUS EFFECT: GREATER FEAR GAINED] [STATUS EFFECT: GREATER CONFUSION GAINED] Only one thought ran in their mind at that, ''We are so screwed.'', and then their vision turned black. [STATUS EFFECT: UNCONSCIOUSNESS GAINED] Zeus sighed at the black screen in front of him as he waited and waited the only thing that he could see was the timer which ran down after 15 minutes, as the screen in front of flickered as he found himself almost burning as he opened his eyes he found himself lying on the desert sand as he looked carefully he found the unconscious bodies of BarbarianLady, TacoGirl and Forest Huntress beside him others were not seen there he could see track marks on the sand as he sighed at that, ''Damn I was towards the back did we get flung off it, we are now in a pickle.'' Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Zeus then dragged his teammates under a rocky protrusion in order to keep them safe from the sun and the dangerous heat it would not do him any good if they croaked under his watch, he then messaged to his other teammates but received no reply. A few more minutes later the trio awoke as they looked at the surrounding with wide eyes only to jump on their feet upon hearing a voice from behind them, "Welcome to the land of the Living, Ladies!" They turned to look behind only to see the smirking Zeus as BarbarianLady spoke, "Where are the others?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "No idea I awoke up a few minutes before you all and drag you to a shelter I have already messaged them but no one replied back, and from the friends list I can tell that neither of them had logged off or they have died." At that the trio of girls simply groaned at that as ForestHuntress spoke, "Do you have a plan?" Zeus was quiet for a few minutes as he spoke, "Towards the east is the Fortress of ''Qaball-ha'', that was supposed to be our next destination, well if I am not wrong we were only a 200 kilometers from that place and it I the nearest place for us to save for the day, and the last place we were in is at least 800 Km so you see." BarbarianLady frowned at that as she spoke, "We are really in a pickle, for us to travel that much should we commit suicide and respawn back at the last place." TacoGirl: "I would not recommend it, as it would be a long time before we will be able to play." Zeus rubbed the bridge of his nose as he spoke, "Well I have a small idea but it would be incredibly dangerous." ForestHuntress leaned forward as she spoke, "I am listening." Zeus: "Well you see that the route which we were taking was the safe one but it takes a long time to travel, if we took a direct route it is less than 15 Km from here but it would be dangerous we have to sneak past the whole way." BarabarianLady: "Or we can simply wait for them to pick us up." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "Well we will do that then, we will wait for them I have already messaged them and they should be replying back to us soon." 61 Stranded Part-2 TacoGirl frowned at that as she spoke, "What now they have already have almost made it to the fort not only that the carriage is damaged to the point that it cannot be used anymore and most importantly a sandstorm is coming so the garrison at the fort refused to help." BarabrianLady scoffed at that as she spoke, "A bunch of cowards if you ask, afraid of a little sand." Zeus shook his head as he spoke, "It is not the sand they are afraid of but what is hidden within it." ForestHuntress frowned as she spoke, "What do you mean by that?" Zeus sighed as he spoke, "There is a reason that nobody wants to travel during a sandstorm, and it is true that the sand can be dangerous but there is something more dangerous than the sand." At his tone the trio of women gulped as Zeus continued, "Hidden within the sand are beasts which are referred to as ''Corrupted Creatures'', they are beings corrupted and created from the blood of fallen Dark Gods who had invaded Iseria, they have the ability to infect others changing them to corrupted beings like them, a corrupted being is faster, stronger, smarted than their normal counterpart and in a sandstorm where it will be difficult to see properly how will you fight them." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. ForestHuntress: "Can we not hide and wait out the storm?" Zeus: "Hide where, there is no cave out here and those beasts are known to seek out living creatures easily." TacoGirl: "Then if they are so dangerous how come the cities are safe?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "No idea but anything that stays inside the city wall is safe from them for unknown reasons." BarbarianLady frowned as she spoke, "How long before the storm hits us?" Zeus: "Three hours from now on." Foresthuntress stood up from her position as she spoke, "Zeus did you not tell us that you wish to help us by helping us move to the US also you wanted us to join the Game Studio you are about to create, well here is the problem, I might be loyal friend of CelestialMaiden but at the same time I am not that close to risk my life and if I were to leave her now that douche bag would hurt her but I will be safe so Zeus prove to me that you can keep me from harm''s way." Zeus: "So how do you wish for me to prove you?" ForestHuntress: "Well you will have to escort us three to the fortress." Zeus closed his eyes as he let out a sigh at that as he spoke, "Well then since you want me to prove myself then also would like something from you three as well." BarbarianLady raised one of her eyebrows as she spoke, "What do you wish for Zeus?" Zeus: "Complete obedience from you three, I do not want any of you to pull any stunt you will follow my orders to the letter and if you are to die because you disobeyed me and tried to showoff then I do not wish to be held responsible for your failure." TacoGirl snorted at that as she spoke, "Well I have no problem with that Zeus, what about you two." The other two simply shrugged as BarabrianLady spoke, "Well then let us get moving I have a certain unlucky person''s neck to wring." Meanwhile back at the fortress a certain which had made into the fortress were worried sick they did not know what to do specially Sylphy as she felt guilty for the entire incident. Azi gave her a small hug as she spoke, "There is no need to worry Zeus is with them he will surely escort them here safely." Sylphy looked at her as she spoke, "You trust him a lot do you?" Azi nodded at that as she spoke, "Of course I do I am his cousin after all and I know him since he was a baby, amongst all of us I know him the longest followed by BlizzardQueen and then by Tarasque." CelestialMaiden turned towards BlizzardQueen as she spoke, "You know him from when he was a child." BlizzardQueen nodded at that as she spoke, "Yup and his family is super nice as well, as for Zeus well he is a genius he graduated from high school not only at the top of his class but also at a tender age of 15." Sylphy snorted at that as she spoke, "Well the number of people who did the same are dime a dozen so what makes it any different." BlizzardQueen gave a small sigh at that as she spoke, "You should give credit to where it is due and Zeus is different because of an accident during his younger years he was in coma for a few years yet he completed his education." Azi winced slightly at that as CelestialMaiden spoke, "How did he fell comatose?" Tarasque sighed as she spoke, "He had an accident when he was a child, there was summer camp he went to visit unfortunately on his way there the bus that was travelling had an accident he survived barely with his life." What she did not say was that it was true that he went on a summer camp but it was actually a fore front of the ''Sons of Tiamat'', he blew their cover but got caught the leader of the camp took a liking to him and took him in order to make him one of their own, a couple of years in their camp being trained, being experimented on to become a super soldier and they succeeded in creating their greatest asset, out of 500 children they used the only survivor amongst them, a beast no a monster was born capable of dispatching special ops unit like it was nothing with bare hands, Tarasque shivered as she relieved the nightmare of that day, ''I know how horrifying he can be after all I still have the scar from day that, I was lucky enough that the bullet hit his head knocking him off as well as making him lose his memories I will never forget those dead cold eyes of a ten year old Nathan when he dispatched my unit, he was lucky if he were not born into the Henderson family he would have to spend as a lab rat in some secret Government facility.'' Azi frowned as she noticed the unusual behavior of Tarasque as such she could not help but ask her, "Tarasque are you alright?" Tarasque gave a small smile at that as she spoke, "I am fine Azi.'', she mentally slapped herself from losing focus as she berated herself, ''tch, I should not lose my focus like that it could cause me to jeopardize my mission to keep an eye on target and if he turns into a sleeper agent to eliminate him with extreme prejudice, something I will do in a heartbeat after all the monster killed my squad.'' She lost count of how many days she thought of killing him, how many times she thought of poisoning him, she lost count of times when she went to wake him up, she stood near his bedside contemplating whether she should slit his throat or not, it had been so many years since she started working undercover just to keep an eye on him and when the time comes to dispose of him. 62 Stranded Part-3 TacoGirl drank from her bota bag as she sighed at that, "At least the water is cool still." Theo others nodded at that before their attention was drawn towards Zeus''s water container, unlike theirs his was small looking like that of army issued and was that a separate cooking cup attached to the bottom as ForestHuntress spoke, "Where did you find it?" Zeus looked as if he was interrupted from deep thought as he spoke, "Oh this, this is something that I created." The girls crowded around him as he gave them demonstration on various parts of the water bottle from its filter to cooking cup and many others amongst them as he spoke, "So girls do you want it?" The trio nodded with what seemed to be drool on their face as Zeus spoke, "Well if you want I can make you all one, but it will be after we reach the fortress after all I need access to a forge." The trio nodded at that eagerly as Zeus smiled inwardly, he had to have a plan B, after all no matter how much he would boast there is always a chance that he would fail and failure means the trios abandonment and he did not want to be responsible for that, as such he will make sure that even if in the event he failed their challenge at least they will thing twice because of this small things rather than outright leaving them. Zeus was moving through the sand dunes with his team following after him keeping an eye open for any dangerous mob, as they moved Zeus spoke almost in a whisper, "The desert is said to be alive often ensnaring people and eating them, so no matter what happens we will have to stay together and make sure no matter what is shown do not, I repeat DO NOT BREAK THE FORMATION until and unless we are safe and secures inside the fortress." BarbarianLady rolled her eyes as she spoke, "What is the worse¡­" Only to be hit by some sand on her face as she turned her head as she was glared by both ForestHuntress and TacoGirl as TacoGirl spoke, "Finish that sentence and you are gonna die a very horrible and painful death like I am going to give Sylphy after we get out of her." BarbarianLady growled at that as she spoke, "Oh and I would love to see you try." Zeus whispered in an urgent manner towards them, "Would two shut up already you will attract¡­shit hide quick." They jumped and hid behind the sand dune only for a large centipede like creature past by them as they held their breath and the worst part Zeus could not get any reading from it at all. BarbarianLady messaged to Zeus, [What is that abomination?] Zeus looked at the creature passing through near them it had a human face and humanoid limbs with skull on the joints and the overall body looked as if multiple human bodies were stitched into one, as he replied back, [No idea but it is strong, too strong for us to do anything to it, so we will wait for us to pass.] A few more hours later the group dying of heat and exhaustion was finally able to spot the Fortress wall at a distance, as ForestHuntress spoke with a sigh of relief, "Finally, who would have thought trudging through dessert is that hard." The others nodded at that as they made their way towards the fortress with renewed vigor towards the fortress when all of a sudden TacoGirl stopped as she spoke, "Did you all hear that?" Zeus hastily spoke, "Remember I told you to pay heed to any form of distractions, so please move forward." BarbarianLady frowned as she spoke, "Hey is that not a baby crying." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. ForestHuntress frowned at that as she spoke, "Well what are we waiting for let us check it out then." Zeus: "Wah, wait a minute stop why are you breaking leaving like that." BarbarianLady turned towards him as she spoke with a glare, "A child may be in danger if you do not wish to help then scram." TacoGirl snorted at that as she spoke, "This is one of the reasons that Sylphy hate males they are so insensitive." Zeus frowned as he spoke, "Did you forget what you have all promised me, that you will listen to me." ForestHuntress: "Well since I gave you the challenge I take it back, there is no need for us to test you any longer because I would never go with someone as heartless as you." Meanwhile Zeus was taken aback at that, as he thought, ''That escalated quickly.'' he cleared his throat as he spoke, "Ladies I understand your concern but did you forget what I said before the desert is alive if you fall into its trap we all will die the fortress is a few more miles from here we can ask for their help." The trio did not pay any attention to him as they made their way towards the noise Zeus looked at them with an incredulous expression as he followed after the trio. TacoGirl suddenly shouted in excitement, "Look I found the baby." Zeus looked at that with his eyes open at the naked baby lying on the scorching sand as the girls had a triumphant smile on their face as they raced towards the baby, Zeus frowned and that as he used ''Observe'' on the wailing baby. [Skull Centipede Level: 25 Class: Baby HP: 5000/5000 MP: 700/700 Element: Poison Attack: 4000 Defense: 1000 Description:A Child Skull Centipede which is just a baby but does not mean they are dangerous, since young they know to hunt and having an appearance of a human baby and able to cry as one it tends to lure its prey near him. Warning where there is a baby the mama is not far away.] Zeus bit back a curse his teammates were already moving near it as such with further delay he used Fire Ball on it, as it hit the creature it let out an ear piercing cry before it morphed into a grotesque creature as teeth appeared near its belly area, its hands changed to a claw as it raced towards the group, but unfortunately it did not last long as it was quickly hunted down. Zeus had a smug look on his face but it was not time for it as various wailing of babies came from around them as he spoke to the near stunned group, "We do not have time for it, let us make a run for it we have stumbled upon some creatures nest and the last thing we need is their parents coming after us, now move fast." The group did not wait anymore as they increased their speed as they started moving towards the fortress, as they could hear the numerous babies crying at once as Zeus sucked his breath as he spoke, "We really poked a hornet''s nest, we have to hurry only a less than 4 miles left." BarbarianLady sighed as she huffed for breath as she spoke, "It is glad we made it the wailing is getting further and further we are safe now, we are lucky we did not encounter the adult." A loud scream came from behind them as Zeus finally snapped letting lose a string of curse causing the others to blush at that as he spoke, "You three if you even so a peep and try to defy me I will tan your hide, now run without looking back no matter what, NOW GO!" As the trio started running Zeus stopped and looked at the incoming beast it was the same one they hid from as he sighed, "Why do I have to face it alone, stupid teammates.", with that he gritted his teeth as he prepared to face his greatest enemy till date, as it neared him he let out a war cry as he dashed towards the creature which reciprocated as it dashed towardsZeus at a blinding speed, Zeus jumped towards the beast as it brought out its arm forward jaw opening wide to bit him, when all of a sudden Zeus disappeared from its sight stunning it momentarily. Meanwhile Zeus hid behind a pile of rocks with his hand over his mouth as he watched the enemy searching for him while his teammates were a good few distance away from him as he swore in his heart, ''Reckoning there will be reckoning for this with a capital ''R'', specially you Barb you and your habit of tempting fate, I swear to you all there will be reckoning.'' 63 Stranded Part-3 Zeus held his breath as he hid behind the rock the creature seemed to be just on the other side, and then all of a sudden it moved away letting Zeus to let out a sigh of relief only for something sticky to fall over his shoulder he winced at the terrible smell as he looked up to see a snarling face of another one, as it moved to take a bite out of Zeus he once again disappeared from its sight. As Zeus reappeared behind another boulder he sighed, ''Damn this is not good, I am running out of time if I do not use my 3 more chances to use the skill in next two minutes I will not be able to use it for at least half an hour.'' Zeus did not wait for any longer as he quickly send message to the girls. [Zeus: How far are you girls?] [BarbarianLady: We are far enough, now make a run for it.] [ForestHuntress: If you die we will not forgive you.] [TacoGirl: I so do not want to face your teammates wrath so you better come safely already.] Zeus smiled at that as he figured out a path, he took a deep breath and used a couple of quick burst of blink as he was able to put quite a distance from the creatures before he made a dash towards the fortress as fast as he could run. The trio of his teammates reached the Fortress first well not on their own actually but was able to catch the attention of a patrol that had promptly brought them back despite how much they protested about their teammate being left behind causing the trio to be incensed at that, as they entered the fortress they came across their other friends as they hugged them dearly Azi noticed the absence of Zeus as she spoke, "Where is Zeus?" BarbarianLady gave a nervous laugh as she spoke, "Well about that you see he kind of stayed behind to allow us to escape." BlizzardQueen had a small smile on her face at that as she spoke, "It is so like him." CelestialMaiden frowned as she spoke, "Did the patrol not help you to rescue him?" ForestHuntress huffed at that as she spoke, "They simply dragged us here without paying attention to what we say." Azi growled at that as she turned towards Tarasque as she spoke, "Tarasque, let us go and wait for him near the gates." At that she nodded as they rest agreed to accompany them as they made their way towards the gate to wait for Zeus, as they had nothing to do the group stood there gossiping and waiting for him. Azi had a slight frown on her face which was increasing into a scowl as Tarasque spoke, "Is something wrong?" Azi: "I have been messaging him for sometime but he is not responding at all." ForestHuntress suddenly spoke with a frown, "I think I spot him, look at the distant a person is running towards here waving his hand I think that is Zeus he is so happy to see us that he is waving his hand." The others waved their hand but it became a bit annoying seeing that he did not stop waving suddenly an alarm was heard followed by a lot of shouting as they were quickly ushered inside as the guards closed the door, suddenly loud booms were heard as the ground shook causing them to fear for Zeus''s safety a few minutes later the door once again opened as soot covered, blood and guts covered Zeus stepped inside as he collapsed on the ground tired as he was taking deep breath. Tarasque quickly moved as he handed him a canteen of water from which he drank readily as he spoke, "Thank you." As others looked at him incredulously he spoke, "Do you remember the patch that was added recently?" As the others nodded at that Zeus spoke with a huff, "Well it seems you can now feel tired from running to the point it your muscle and everything burns." BlizzardQueen spoke with disbelief, "How?" Zeus just shrugged as he sat up while speaking, "No idea other than the devs are amazing." "Ah so this is the one you girls were whining about so much.", a voice came from behind them as Zeus turned he saw an incredible beautiful woman with grey haired mocha colored woman with scarlet eyes and pointed ears, wearing a dress meant to be used near the desert area. Zeus stood up as he spoke, "Greetings my name is Zeus and I would like to thank you for keeping my friends safe, but may I inquire about your name." The woman folded her hands placing them just under her breast pushing them up but Zeus did not pay attention to them as he stared into her eyes as she spoke, "Why I thought you should know after all you used observe on me." Zeus mouth widened before he spoke with a scowl, "I did in fact use it but it was blocked, but more importantly do every strong people always know that someone is observing them." The woman smiled at that as she spoke, "Oh and what makes you thing I am strong?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "You did one shot a creature I was unable to see even the name off because of its high level, although I would like to state that please refrain from using such devastating magic when an innocent person is nearby." The woman tilted her head as she spoke, "Innocent, how so your teammates were the one who caused the entire fiasco after all, if I remember correctly you told them to stop but they did not listen to you stumbled upon a nest of those cretins and you brought at least half a dozen after you." Zeus eyes widen as he spoke shaking his finger at her, "You were spying on us." The woman gave a dangerous glare at him as she spoke, "It is impolite to point fingers towards me, people who do so tend to lose theirs." Zeus promptly lowered his hand as the woman continued speaking as if she did not threaten him a moment ago, "You may call me ''commander'' now hatchling why are in this part?" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Zeus gave her a small smile as he spoke, "As he spoke we have a quest, but why are you calling me a hatchling?" The woman smiled at him as she spoke, "Oh what else should I call you if not a hatchling my cute little baby Deva." Zeus frowned at that as he spoke, "I am not a baby." The woman smiled at that as suddenly they were surrounded by soldiers with their weapons drawn as the spoke, "Now my baby Deva tell me what are you doing here?" At that the group gulped hard at that as Zeus sighed hard, it seems there was no other way as such he raised hand as he spoke, "We surrender!", after all there was no way they can fight all of them when most of their status they could not even see as such it would be foolish for them to pick a fight. 64 The Commanders Offer Part-1 Zeus''s brow twitched as he spoke with a snarl at the woman, "Will you stop calling me a hatchling?" The woman giggled at that as she spoke, "my my, someone has already gained the legendary temper of their ancestor." Zeus growled at her even if he was being surrounded by that woman''s soldiers he will not let her make fun of him. Sylphy who was trailing back behind him spoke curiously, "Excuse me but what is this ''DEVA'' thing you are speaking of?" The woman simply turned towards her as she spoke, "Oh my, aren''t you his teammates yet you do not know?" Sylphy looked miffed at her tone as she spoke, "Yes, I do not know." The woman shook her head as she spoke, "Ah the naivety of youth trying to be tough when we could kill you before you could blink." Sylphy winced at that as the woman continued to speak, "A Deva is a race that is a hybrid born from a dragon and some other race and if I am correct in this case one of the race is an Elf, a very high tiered race that are usually hunted by people a lot specially during their infancy like your friend here." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. One of the guards heard that as she spoke, "Hey commander was there not a story about how someone got eternal life by feasting on a Deva." The commander gave a grin that send chill down everyone''s spine before she broke down in to laughter, the group then were escorted to the commanders office as they took a seat Zeus was feeling highly uncomfortable as the woman kept looking at him intently as he cleared his throat as the woman spoke with a sigh, "I am sorry it is not every day that you get to see a Deva after all it has been a thousand year since anyone has seen a dragon yet you are here, you brave men are something else, a Deva, different Elves, Barbarians just wow quite the rag tag group you have. But most importantly where and why are you going children." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Yafa Esari, the woman''s smile instantly vanished at that as suddenly they felt as if the temperature of the room plummet a few degrees as the woman spoke a single world, "Why?" Zeus intuition told that it would be bad idea to lie to her and he trusted his intuition as such he spoke with a sigh, "A few days ago we came across a tome for Necromancer job, well we contacted the church the send us here to collect water from the sacred pool." The woman frowned at that as she spoke, "You cannot destroy a job tome for a job permanently no matter what you do it will reappear once again, and as for temporary destroying it even a level 1 person with holy flame could do that for you there is no need for some sacred water." Zeus was inwardly happy he knew that the cardinal was plotting something as the commander spoke, "Who send you?" Azi: "Cardinal Boudier." The woman looked at her as she spoke, "Really that man the executioner of the Church?" Azi nodded as the woman sighed, "You really have a bad luck to have garnered his attention what did he do to make you take the quest." The members of manly fluffy pink pandas lowered their head as Tarasque spoke, "An eternity inside the jail." The woman spoke in a monotone at that, "Ouch, you really are a dead man, the church only tolerates him because of his success rate even if his method of solving anything is questionable.", the woman sighed as she spoke, "I will not stop you from going there but I will warn you that you will not find anything there except ruins, sacred water please if you can find a drop of normal water I will change my name." Zeus sighed as he spoke, "So what do think that Boudier fellow might be plotting?" The woman shrugged as she spoke, "But you were lucky you chose this route to go to Yafa Esari if you had taken the Barber route they would have you head lying on a pike." BlizzardQueen who was quite for a while spoke with a frown, "And why is that?" The commander spoke with a frown, "Actually it relates to the fall of Yafa Esari, you see long ago the last Pharaoh or in other words the ruler of the entire Desert Elven tribes, it was our golden age but also the age of our downfall, our Pharaoh fell in love with a Deva, they were happy with each other but it would not be, the Deva was an outsider and many of our people did not like that as such some plotted against him portrayed him as a betrayer many grew to despise of him including the Queen who took the thing to close through heart she became at that threw everything to kill him. The entire fiasco was actually instigated by her Prime minister who wished to become the King himself, but by the time the Queen realized her mistake it was late too late, her lover and her had a daughter when the Queen could not get hold of him I her blind rage she had her executed and that broke the camel''s back." She let out a sigh of sorrow as she spoke, "The Deva was enraged and for the first time instead of trying to prove in innocence he retaliated and it was the most bloodiest retribution ever since he turned the lush green forest into a desert, no matter what one pleaded or asked for mercy he did not stop, the Queen by then was trying hard to save her people from her lovers wrath, he razed the entire city of Yafa Esari to the ground before he caught hold of the Queen as he reached her walking through pile of bodies, the Queen could no longer recognize her lover in his place stood a blood soaked demon, no matter how she pleaded and spoke he reached but did not kill her but chained her to the ''Tree of Life'' before granted her life of eternal suffering where she had to relieve the pain and suffering ofpeople under her command, the Tree of Life ended up being corruptedas the desert that Deva brought swallowed everything now there is only ruins nothing more, well if you go near that place you can still here the wailing of that Queen who is begging for forgiveness of her lover." She then turned towards BlizzardQueen as she spoke, "The survivor of the nation formed two factions one of us who understood the mistake made by their forefather and another who blames the Deva and despises him, you can understand now that which one we belong to." The others nodded at that as the commander spoke, "You Deva have always appeared when something major happens, well tell you what if you can return back safely from ''Yafa Esari'', you come and find me I might take you as my student little one, also I might teach you to hide your status from prying eyes after all I do not think it would do you any good if announce your race and your job of Dragoonvir an extremely dangerous combination you do not know what danger you are in yet hatchling, as such I hope you take my offer seriously." Zeus''s eyes widen as he looked at the notification he received on his HUD as his heart pumped harder as he began eager with anticipation. 65 The Commanders Offer Part-2 [Quest Alert: Become the apprentice of the ''Chief of the Yafa Esari tribe''. Chief of the Yafa Esari tribe ??????? wants you to become her apprentice, but for that you have to survive the lost city of Yafa Esari. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Reward: Becoming Apprentice, ????? Failure: Death, ?????? losing interest in you completely.] [ACCEPT QUEST: YES/NO] Zeus sighed at that he knew his apprenticeship under his blacksmith teacher had ended now he was given a chance to become student of another whom he knew nothing about as such he spoke with a sigh while selecting no, "Sorry but I have to decline I do not even know your name neither do I know what you would teach me." The woman looked at him with wide eyes before he spoke with laughter, "HAhahahaha , what a wonderful child you are if you have excepted I would have send you out to the city and if you had survived because of your luck I would have gutted you then and there." Everyone out there felt a chill down their spine specially Zeus who felt her predatory gaze on him as she spoke with her hand over her heart balled into a fist as she stood up while speaking, "Greetings Zeus, My name is Vessha Skywind, the Chief of the Yafa Esari tribe, so young Deva will you be my student I will help you learn lots of things from combat to politics and much more." [Quest Update: Congratulations you have managed to pass Chief of the Yafa Esari tribe Vessha Skywind''s test and have been granted chance at being her apprentice. +30% increase in learning anything combat related. +30% increase in stats ?????? ?????? ?????? +500 Fame bonus with allies of Yafa Esari tribe. +1000 Fame bonus with Yafa Esari tribe. -1000 Fame bonus with allies of ????? tribe.] Zeus did not see any problem with that as he spoke while cupping his hand accompanying it with a polite bow as he stood up, "This disciple greets master.", as he did that he danced up with a little joy, ''I nailed it just like those Xanxia and Wuxia novels. Only to be slammed head first on to the ground hard startling others as the scrambled up on their feet, while his teammates jumped up on their feet as Vessha spoke with a frown, "No student of mine will bow to anyone even to me the only exception being their parents I hope you do not forget that, or else you will get more of my love taps." Meanwhile Zeus gawked at her as he laid there on the ground as he thought, ''Love taps those were her love taps I only have 1 HP left, this is an attempt to murder me and where is friendly fire prevention system.'' BlizzardQueen: "So what about us?" Vessha simply shrugged as she spoke, "I don''t know do whatever you wish to as long as you do not cause any trouble." Sylphy frowned as she spoke, "I understand that he has some nice race and all but do not dismiss us like we are nothing." Zeus sighed from his prone position as he sighed inwardly, ''I was wondering when she would say something, if any female were given the chance she would have said nothing except be elated but I am male as such a problem for her.'' Vessha just raised one of her eyebrows as she turned and walked towards the door as she spoke in a commanding tone, "Zeus follow me." Zeus quickly stood up as Sylphy growled as she spoke, "Do not ignore me like that." Vessha shrugged just at that as she spoke, "Miss I am extremely important, use that tone and I will use you as a bait for my hunt and last I checked were you not his friend, I find your jealousy over your friend un-amusing." , her face had a stern look than before. Sylphy gulped at that as Zeus spoke hurriedly, "Teacher, please forgive her she¡­" Vessha sighed as she spoke while she began to walk in a fast pace with Zeus hot in her heels, "I do not care what she wants but Zeus your profession did you choose it after careful consideration." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "Of course I did I took long time thinking and carefully considering with the limited information I had during that time." Azi who had followed after them spoke with concern, "Is there any problem, is he in danger." Vessha quirked one of her eyebrow at Azi''s question, as she replied back to her, "Well Zeus has managed to paint a much larger target behind his back with his choice for profession." Zeus ran his hand through his hair as Vessha continued speaking, "The last person who had was a Great Hero, if people were to know you posses this profession you will have many who would try to kill, some who would love to use you and a few who would happily be your ally, it is also one of the reason I took you as a disciple hatchling. The current you would not survive against even the weakest of them." Zeus slumped at that as he muttered something about, ''Over powered Gary Stus and Mary Sues in Iseria.'' As they followed after her Vessha stopped as she spoke, "You all except Zeus can use this training ground and I have granted you to use the library to a certain extent as well, the guard over there will escort you there oh and also do remember to never move anywhere without notifying my guards or the consequences will be dire." She then turned to one of her subordinates as she ordered him, "If they want a place to rest escort them to room 6 and 7 of the 9th of the special residential complex." She then began walking as she signaled Zeus to accompany her with a wave of her hand as she spoke, " Dragoonvir,a profession created bythe Goddess of War for her disciple turned lover a tragic love story you know, her lover was a simple mortal which her relatives no matter his prowess or legend did not approve off, he was also the first one to find about the dark gods he warned the family of his lover but no one save for the War Goddess heard him, the duo sought them out fought against them in order to save their realm their home, but alas it would not to be the Goddess of Vengeance struck from the back killing him, maddened with grief the War Goddess chased after her but by then the God King who was aware of the threat prevented her from getting justice stating, ''To wait later after the fiasco was over.''" She took a deep breath as she spoke, "The Goddess simple laughed at them as gave away her divinity to the horror of her family, she then threw herself in battle after battle before she finally fell." Zeus was enraptured by the lore of the game the more he heard about it the more he wanted to explore the game every nook and cranny of it. Vessha stopped in front of a training ground as she spoke, "Hatchling this is my personal training ground only those allowed by me will venture forth now draw your weapon and show me what you could do." Vessha took out a staff out as she beckoned Zeus to attack him, who responded to her by bringing out a collapsible staff sword out. 66 Training Part-1 Zeus simply wanted to curl up in a ball and cry, ''Why why do I have to deal with the likes of her, why am I being used as a punching bag like that, what do this people eat to become so OP it is so unfair.'' Vessha simply patted Zeus''s head as she spoke, "Well you did well for a hatchling, but you have long road ahead of you, now I believe you are healed enough so stand up now." Zeus shakily stood up as multiple warnings flashed in his HUD, ranging from bleeding status to broken bones as a warm light hit him healing him but not his numerous negative status as Vessha spoke with a smile as she suddenly placed a lot of load over him, "Well start running Zeus I will give you a minute to complete a single round, and depending on how much faster you can complete it I will heal you by that much, oh and reverse is true I will damage you by the amount you miss your mark." Zeus stammered at that as he spoke, "But I do not have that much health I am bleeding and bones are broken, I will die within a minute." Vessha beamed at that as she spoke, "Well then if I were you I would start running." [QUEST ALERT: Run Boy Run! Your teacher has asked you to run along the training ground for as long as she wants you to. Reward: If you manage to complete a round within less than a minute then for every second you are faster you gain 1HP Failure: If you manage to complete a round taking more than a minute then for every second you are slower you lose 1HP; Possible death. Note: You cannot refuse the quest, if you do so you will die.] Zeus looked at the quest alert with his jaw unhinged before he promptly took off well as fast as a person who can only limp would run and that was really painful to watch, for others well except if your name is Vessha who promptly plopped herself on a chair that looked comfortable as one of her subordinates brought her some drink. Azi: "What kind of training do you thing Zeus would get from her?" BlizzardQueen shrugged as she spoke, "Well as long as he grows strong, which would mean our group will become strong I have no complain and I hope it is useful." CelestialMaiden nodded at that as Slyphy scowled, TacoGirl sighed at that as she spoke, "Sylphy I know you are not comfortable with a male, but please give him a chance till now he has yet to fail us." Both BarbarianLady and ForestHuntress nodded at that as ForestHUntress spoke, "Yes Sylphy we simply want you to give him a chance, during our time alone we caused a lot of problems for him yet he helped us without complaining at all so please give him a chance." Sylphy sighed as she spoke, "Well I will try my best." TacoGirl smiled as she spoke, "Well that is enough for us." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. BarbarianLady then turned towards Azi as she spoke, "You two promised us safety but can you really provide us that." Azi smirked at that as Tarasque replied on her behalf, "You all do not have to worry, if Azi and Zeus wanted so much they could easily make that good for nothing mongrel disappear but they did not because CelestialLady wanted to fight for her freedom." CelestialLady nodded at that as she spoke, "I am already grateful that you all are helping me but beyond that I cannot ask you to solve my problem on my behalf, I am sorry if I sounded a bit rude." Sylphy gave her a kind smile as she spoke, "There is nothing to apology...", only for a small projectile to hit her forehead, as she and the others turned they visibly winced upon seeing the intense glare of the librarian. The librarian growled loudly at that for a moment they felt as if she was going to kill them but suddenly she spoke with anger palpable in her voice, "You lots shut up, this is a Library not your person private gossip zone." The girls simply bowed as they mumbled out sorry as they returned back to their studies or in other words went back to grinding their wisdom and intelligence stats. Later that day the entire group was escorted to a there place of stay which was in fact a room big enough for 6 people, as Azi spoke with a slight concern, "Where is Zeus? Why has he not answered to my message and not only that he is late." BlizzardQueen frowned at that as she spoke, "Mine too as well I hope he is okay, I do not know but that woman seemed a bit unhinged to me." BarbarianLady: "I have read somewhere before that there were a tribe of cannibals who appeared to be friendly to unsuspecting people then slowly gaining their trust before picking them out one by one, what if we are surrounded by something like that." Azi: "But if something was like that means Zeus should be dead but I can see him in my still alive in my friends list." Tarasque frowned as she spoke, "May be they are holding him somewhere, and the message system might be blocked I have heard that the messaging system is temporary disabled in places like a jail." At that everyone tensed before ForestHuntress spoke with a slight greenish tint on her face, "Does that mean the meat we ate was human flesh???" At that everyone wanted to simply hurl but it was stopped upon the timely arrival of Vessha herself and upon her shoulder like a sack of potatoes was none other than a badly bruised and battered Zeus who looked to be unconscious, she simply chucked him on a bed as she spoke, "Well I have already finished his training for today, and let him heal and make sure to remind him that if he wants food he will have to go to the mess hall at the time mentioned not a second late or he will go empty stomach.", with that she promptly left as the girls quickly went by his side trying to heal him. Azi looked at the state of his armor as she spoke, "What did he go through an avalanche the armor is beyond repair and is just a scrap I will have to make one for him now." A few minutes later Zeus awoke with a groan as others looked at him with concern in their voice as Azi spoke, "Zeus what happened why are you in this state." Zeus shivered as he spoke, "My teacher happened, she is a sadist who loves to torture she broke my bones and made me run across the training ground, she made me do a thousand push squats and punished me with a spar every time I failed it is too much and I cannot run from this." Everyone gawked at that as Sylphy summarized their thoughts, "I am extremely lucky that I am not her student.", That only made Zeus want to cry even more. 67 Training part-2 Nathan stepped out of his machine as he dragged himself to the dining room after getting changed he could feel phantom pains on his body as he frowned at that, ''What is this nonsense why am I feeling pain, as if I had been going through intense training, am I hallucinating why is it happening?'' As he arrived at the breakfast table his parents looked at him with concern as Tristan spoke with a frown, "Son is something wrong? You are never this late not only that but you look so tired." Nathan looked at his parents and sighed he knew why they were worried after all no matter what he would be the first one at the breakfast table but today as different, his parents did not even remember when it was the last time such a thing happened causing them worry which further increased as he tiredly plopped himself on the chair. Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Nothing but my whole body is in pain as if I have going through some serious training regimen." Aubriella frowned at that as she spoke, "How and why are you suffering as such?" Nikola looked at him with concern as she spoke, "The only intense training I can think of was in that game, your teacher gave you some training." Upon hearing the word teacher Nathan shivered as Yelena spoke to her daughter, "What is this thing about teacher?" Nikola frowned as she spoke, "We were passing through a fortress city on a desert, the commander of that place a very high ranking NPC, she is so high ranked that Nathan could not get a reading on her, she took Nathan as her student, when he came back from training he looked like a giant bruise." As everyone looked at Nathan whose head was lying on the table spoke, "That woman is a devil, she started with a spar, I could not touch her at all she played with me then in a second I was lying on the ground bleeding and bones broken my HP reduced to 1, then she healed me enough so that even with all negative status I could not die for at least the next minute then placed weights on me and me run the training ground until she will tell me to stop, but that was not the worst part, I had only a minute to complete the run, every time I completed it before time she will heal me by as much second I finished but if I cross the time limit the reverse would be true." Nathan took a deep breath as he spoke, "It was plain and simple torture." Tristan frowned as he spoke, "Can you not leave that place, and her tutelage?" Nathan shook his head as he sat up tiredly as he spoke, "No no I cannot because firstly from what I have learned that the desert area is mostly under her tribes control and the nearby area is controlled by another tribe which will kill me as soon as they see me because of my race, then there are others and if I am to belief my new teacher we are already being used for some nefarious purpose by the a high ranking Cardinal." Nikola huffed as she spoke, "we do not know for sure, there is a chance that she might be lying about it but she is all the help you could get Nathan." Nathan nodded at that as Aubriella questioned him with a frown on her face, "Why?" Nathan: "Well you know how my luck is absolutely horrible.", at that his parents gave him a small nod with a small apologetic smile in their faces as he continued speaking, "Well you see that it struck me hard very hard this time.", seeing everyone''s except his cousin''s confused expression he continued with a sigh, "You see the race I have is a bit special, when I got it I was told it is a one in a million chance to have this race, then my profession being the second in fact in all of Isera there has been only one person with such profession and he is a legendary person. The thing is that we can divide the forces into two sides one is the Dark and the other is the Light, well to be frank the Dark side would want my head as a trophy and the light side well, most if not almost all would love to use me." Tristan frowned as he spoke, "So you are caught between rock and hard place." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "I hope that by becoming Vessha ''s student I will be at least gain some form of support but most importantly I will be able to grow strong fast, but her method is brutal too brutal, that woman is a sadist." Yelena turned to her daughter as she spoke with concern evident, "Daughter I hope you are not suffering from similar problems." Nikola shook her head as she spoke, "Nope I am fine, well except a bit miffed out because one of my teammates she is an avid man hater and does not tolerate Nathan''s presence but we need her as such we are forced to tolerate her." Aubriella: "You children have it rough." Both Nikola and Nathan sighed at that as they ate their breakfast as Nathan spoke, "So what will you do today Nikola?" Nikola shrugged at that as she spoke, "No idea, although may be continue what we were doing today as well which includes training amongst us as well as hitting the library." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Well we do not have much time, if we are to complete the quest given by Cardinal Boudier." Nikola frowned as she spoke, "So you want to keep a plan B if in case the Vessha woman was lying to us." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Yes although it would be incredibly difficult to the point of incredible impossible for us to outrun her may be if we complete the quest it could be at least enable us to return back to renaissance city." Nikola massaged her forehead as she spoke, "But the place where we are about to venture into would be dangerous." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Yes it is but I would also like to point out that, either Vessha will help us or use us, but as for Boudier it is leaning towards purely using us as disposable pawns." Nikola frowned as she spoke, "How are you so sure?" Nathan: "Well I asked my blacksmith master about it and he said that a few of the runes used on the flask he gave us was commonly seen in stuffs made by darks side." Nikola frowned at that as she spoke, "That is indeed troubling but why did you not tell us before." Nathan: "I wanted this information to stay within three of us I do not wish for others to know it at all, we three know each other well but them not so much." Nikola sighed as he played with his food a bit while speaking, "I know you and Katrina better as well as I am closer to you to more than Amelia as such I wish for the information to stay between us three as for why I did not say anything before hand well it slipped my mind." Aubriella: "Well you two can discuss your strategies but for now finish your breakfast." The duo nodded as after a few more minutes later they were safely back in the machine as Tristan spoke with a frown, "Wait a minute, we got sidetracked while listening to them." Aubriella raised one of her delicate eyebrow as she spoke, "And about what did we got sidetracked about?" As Yelena listened to them as Tristan spoke, "How did Nathan feel the pain and exhaustion in real life he should not be able to feel what he felt in virtual reality." At that others had an alarmed look on their face, as Aubriella spoke with concern in her voice, "We have to get him out of it." Tristan nodded as he spoke, "I am calling Daniel he should be able to help." 68 Training Part-3 Daniel looked at the reading on his trusted tablet with wide eyes as he spoke in awe, "Fascinating truly fascinating." Tristan frowned at that as he spoke, "Is something wrong brother?" Daniel simply shook his head as he spoke, "I do not know what I should classify it as but I have never seen or even thought to see something like that." Nathaniel''s parents waited patiently as Daniel explained it to them, "You see the capsule only interacts with the brain although in normal circumstances the capsule has method to make sure the users muscles are alright by massaging them at first I thought it was because of them but everything turns out to be alright with respect to the machine, as such I checked the player Nathan in this case and he really blew my mind." Aubriella frowned as she spoke, "Why is that?" Daniel pursed his lip as he spoke, "he is the only person I have seen that reacting such a manner, it is as if his real body is undergoing intense training for reasons unknown I have to study him further to draw conclusion but I can safely say that as long as he goes through intense training in the virtual world it will affect his body in real world." Tristan pursed his lips as he spoke with a sigh, "So we have to make him stop playing." Daniel looked scandalized as he spoke, "Why do something like that? It is fine he is just getting exercise although I would recommend studying why his body is acting like that it is truly fascination." Aubriella spoke with a worried tone, "But still what I there is some weird happens to him." Daniel simply smiled as he spoke, "There is no need to be anxious sister, as I said he is fine and if you all want to know more we can bring in some researches as well as doctors to study the reason behind it." Tristan let out a sigh as he ran his hand through his hair as he spoke, "I hope they will be discreet about it." Daniel gave him a smirk as he spoke, "You do not have to worry bro nothing will leave your house." Tristan returned the smirk as Aubriella looked a bit apprehensive as Daniel spoke with a small smile, "Sister you do not have to worry about anything, I will make sure nephew is not harmed in the slightest.", the reassuring smile on his face managed to calm her down a bit as she consented with a sigh. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Zeus looked at the pile of books in front of him as he sighed, a mountain load of books placed in front of him as one of the guards who had escorted him there handed him a parchment, as he opened it he found it to be addressed to him by his teacher as he went through it he became pale white. [Hatchling, I have been out on an important business and I do not know when I would return it may be a minute from now or two hours from when you read this letter but definitely within a couple of days but here is what I will tell you, my subordinates have shown you the few books I have left for you to read, well whenever I come back I will test if you have read the books, if you fail, well congratulations you will be my punching bag for the next few days.] [Quest Alert: Finish reading all the books given to you by Vessha. Time remaining: ??? Reward: More Training Failure: Once a life time chance of becoming a punching back for unknown period of time.] Zeus wanted to kill himself then and there but alas it was not possible he knew that the sadistic woman would revive him and use him like a punching bag and not only that he would not shame his family by running away from a challenge like that, as he lamented upon seeing the mountain of books in front of him, ''Why oh why is the universe against me what did I do wrong, is it the ice cream I ate at night, is it? then I curse you to the deepest pits of hell whoever cursed me.'' Azi sighed as she looked at their carriage which was being taken for rebuilding as she sighed, "ugh, I hate this thing waiting, waiting and more waiting I hate it." Syphy gave her a sympathetic nod as she spoke, "Me too sister me too, but there is nothing to do now is there, we have to wait for the repair to finish and get some supplies before we hit the road again, although I am feeling sorry for Zeus now." BlizzardQueen raised her eyebrow at that as she spoke, "Why is he not here?I thought that I heard his teacher was not present inside the fort." Tarasue gave a humorless chuckle at that as she spoke, "Apparently the woman has given him a room full of books to read and learn from them by the time she returns failure to do so will make him her punching bag." CelestialMaiden had a stoic look on her face as she spoke, "I pity him." BarbrianLady simply laughed loudly as she spoke, "Well sucks to be him but we better start our daily routine, and I have to leave early after all I have some packing left to do." Azi smirked at them as she spoke, "Oh yeah I forgot about it, you all are moving to the states right." ForestHuntress sighed at that as she spoke, "Yes, but I am still impressed how did you manage to pull it off." Azi: "Well I cannot take credit for the entire thing as Zeus was involved as well, but enough of that I hope you will find your new life enjoyable." Tarsque gave a small smile at that as she spoke, "Well there is nothing that Zeus and Azi''s family cannot do they have so much influence." As Sylphy raised her eyebrow at that Tarasque spoke, "Young master Zeus''s family is so rich that he once said he like a car, his father bought the entire company for him, and I do not know how many people except Young Miss Azi''s family can compete with them." BlizzardQueen nodded at that as she spoke, "So true but Zeus is surprisingly very humble who does not want to miss use his family''s wealth or status, but enough of that girls we have training to accomplish." The others nodded as they began grinding their stats with a sigh as a single thought ran through their mind, ''ugh when will you go on an actual quest again.'' 69 Introduction Zeus sat inside the carriage as he gazed at the floor with deep thought when he was suddenly jolted awake from his musing by Azi who looked at him with a frown, "Is there something bothering you Zeus." Zeus shook his head as he spoke, "No nothing of significance actually." Azi gave a small smirk as she spoke, "Are thinking about those people prodding and poking you while you will be busy inside the capsule?" Zeus sighed as he spoke, "I do not know why but I feel extremely unease about it and I do not like it at all." Azi frowned at that as she spoke, "You do not have to worry about it there are plenty of people watching over you any wrong move by them, and they will be in jail." BlizzardQueen who was nearby overheard them as she spoke with a frown, "What are you two talking about?" Zeus sighed as he spoke, "Well something is wrong with my capsule, and well my body seems to be reacting to whatever I have been doing in the virtual world." BlizzardQueen frowned as she spoke, "What do you mean b that?" Zeus: "My body in the real world seems to be showing signs of extreme exhaustion and fatigue after I am finished with my training in Virtual world." BlizzardQueen''s eyes almost popped out of her socket as she spoke with disbelief evident in her voice, "What but that is impossible." Zeus nodded as he spoke, "So true normally the capsule reacts with the brain only but in my case even my body is reacting as well, as such the CEO of the company has graciously send his researchers and some doctors to poke around which they have been doing for the last few days, even my mom and dad are allowing them to do so.", he finished with a grumble. BlizardQueen spoke with shrug, "Oh come on it is for your own good.", only to receive a stink eye from Zeus. "So did you like it?", a person''s voice came from their side as Zeus looked at him as he spoke, "Yes it is comfortable and nice." The man in question nodded as he spoke with a chuckle, "Hehehe, I am happy that you like it, the previous carriage was made from the wood of the HowlingEmber tree, a nice tree but it is not suitable for making carriages specially for the desert area, it is prone to breaking off easily because the dryness of this place makes it more brittle not to mention the weight of this stuff, combined with its cost it is the worst." The Zeus and his group simply nodded at that as they did not know whether or not it was the truth or not as the man gave a salesman pitch, Azi hated it when she had to invest in something she had no idea whatsoever but also for the fact that they might very well be conned but atleast the new carriage was comfortable and cost only 10 Gold coins unlike the previous for which CelestialMaiden had to go on a chain of quest until she was able to get it lowered to 15 Gold coins from the original 30 Gold coins. Zeus: "I think it is time for us to log out they will be arriving soon." Tarasque nodded at that as she spoke, "Yes but did you know what is the quest your teacher is planning to send us." Zeus stood up as he spoke in a serious voice, "teacher is keeping it close to her chest, but does it matter we she is going to send us to do something highly dangerous quest which we might really fail." BlizzardQueen almost stumbled upon hearing his answer as they moved to their room so that they might log out of the game, with a hiss the lid of the capsule opened up as Nathan stepped out. As he looked at the surrounding area he winced hard as all those computers and what not plugged to his capsule with people monitoring including various medical devices and what not he just needed a water filled tank with people kept inside them and it would be a perfect mad scientist lair, he did not know why he thought like that nor the feeling of d¨¦j¨¤ vu that he was getting but he pushed it out of his mind after all he had things to do like greeting his teammates in real life but most importantly getting dressed, he doubted that they would be specially Sylphy would be thrilled if he walked naked with only his underwear on. He left the room where the people were busy collecting data as a bathrobe was handed to him by the maid, as he spoke, "Did the flight land?" The maid question nodded as she spoke, "Yes it has landed a few minutes ago and the last of your teammates has arrived, Lady Amelia will be bringing them along with others who are staying with her, shall we escort them to the guest house upon their arrival." Nathan nodded at that as he spoke, "Of course they would be tired and would need rest after all specially the one who had arrived just now also was anyone send to escort them to our home." The maid nodded as she spoke, "Yes young master." Nathan gave a small smile as he spoke, "Splendid now I have to go and take a bath and remove all this who knows what they put on me to stick their machines on my body." A few hours later Nathan, Nikola and Katrina waited for them in front of the guest house as they waited for their teammates to arrive a couple of minute later a couple of cars pulled in front of the guest house as their passengers disembarked. Nathan stepped forward as he spoke with a smile, "Welcome everyone I am Nathaniel Henderson, call me Nathan and you may know me as ''Zeus'' normally I would have given you a tour of the estate but I believe you all are tired as such I will let you all rest for the time being before moving into a tour of the estate but before that let us introduce ourselves." Nikola stepped forward as she spoke, "Hello, my name is Nikolayeva Maksimovna Ivanova, you may call me Nikola and I am known as Azi inside the game." Katrina stepped forward as she spoke, "Greetings my name is Katrina Gallagher, you may all know me as Tarasque." The girls nodded at their introduction as Amelia spoke, "Well as everyone knows me I will not waste any time so ladies please." A beautiful Asian woman stepped forward she was wearing jeans and white top she had a small kind smile on her face as she spoke, "Hello my name is Song Jie, and you know me as CelestialMaiden." A woman dressed in punk rocker clothes with purple hair stepped forward as she spoke, "Yo, names Miyasaki Retsuko, my in game name is Sylphy." The trio did a double take at that as she gained an annoyed look on her face as she spoke, "What are gawking at?" Nikola: "Well I never thought that the rule avoiding Sylphy was a punk rocker.", only to get a tsked in return. A woman who looked like a yamato nadeshiko stepped forward as she spoke with a bow, "Hello, my name is Date Isuzu and I am TacoGirl." Then two almost identical people stepped forward as the person on the left spoke, "Hiyah I am Scarlet Cox and I am Barbarian lady." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. The one on the right gave a small smile as she spoke, "Hi I am Lillian Cox and I am ForestHuntress." 70 The Whispering Caves part-1 Nathan was very annoyed at that as he made his way to his car the proceeding of the court he along with Amelia had been summoned to court for the hearing of a certain toad and his ex, just the thought of the woman made him want to invent a time machine just so he could simply slap his younger self silly for making such a fool hardy decision, well he can blame it on ''puberty'' with a smile on his face. No sooner did he neared his car he was swarmed by paparazzi who had fired him with tons of questions but he and Amelia avoided them with a small smile on his face, until one of them spoke, "Sir, people are saying that you have acted out of sear jealousy and had those poor love birds send to jail." Nathan turned towards the reporter who had the look that he had gotten the biggest scoop of the decade as Nathan spoke with a smile, "So you are saying that I purposefully created the entire scenario by making him discharge a gun in a public place with intent to harm others as well as the drugs that were found in his car?" The reporter, "Sir, they can be fabricated easily by planting that on his person." Nathan, "So you mean that I put the gun in his pocket then I made him fire it as well planted drugs." The reporter gave a smirk as he spoke, "Well why not with your influence that is very easy." Nathan raised one of his eyebrows as he spoke, "But what about the court are saying they have already stated their verdict." The man with the same smirk spoke, "Well is it not coincident that his poor father got jailed a few weeks prior and then this happened who knows who you have in the pocket." Nathan let out a laugh as he spoke, "Wow just wow, a person was found cheating on tax money yet the hard working people who found out about the thief are the one to be blamed just wow not to mention the you are pointing fingers at the justice system of our country like that without any proof which means you are stating that our Glorious Nation is CORRUPT!!!" The man was taken aback as Nathan continued his verbal assault, "I do not know how much those scum paid you but slandering your nation the very nation that is provided you food and shelter, the very nation that help you make what you are today you are slandering the Great Nation and for what some Dollars you Sir are the a very definition of traitor." The person''s face turned black as he spoke, "Sir, I have freedom of speech and you are now intruding on it, which can prove fatal to you.", meanwhile all the others were watching their exchange. Nathan, "Really now so you are saying that you have the freedom to slander our great nation after leeching on it and me the scion of a family that has been entwined with the fate of the Greatest Nation of the Planet since the first settlers have stepped foot here, are telling me the scion of the family whose members have been present at the auspicious hour of creation of our Great Nation, and since then my ancestors have spend sweat, blood and tears for our Great Nation because we believe in her and love so please go ahead and just like you said you have freedom of speech I too have that and as many times you stand by the side of some corrupt person who cheats on his people their money, who evades his taxation, deals with drugs and illegal arms I will stand no I will bow my head and spread my hand so that they may walk on them for all those people who work to keep us safe from the corrupt beings like them, for as long you leech of our nation and try to stab in the back my family and I will always work tirelessly and if require I would take that knife you wish to use to stab our great nation n our back on my heart with smile on my face as has been since the days of my ancestor." Many were stunned at that as the reporter tried to speak he was stopped by a clap by a teary eyed Amelia who gave him a hug followed by a small peck on his cheeks as she spoke, "I do not care if others call you unjust and villain, especially those who were not present, but to me you are my Hero who braved his life saving me from dying there is no need to speak with someone who would have loved to see me dead rather than a criminal be dealt with, I never thought there will be people who would rejoice my death.", she let lose a few tears as Nathan gave her a comforting hug, as some of the other people gave the paparazzi a stink eye as the duo left. As they were safely inside their car Amelia let out a huff as she spoke, "I hate this type of journalist always trying to bring other down by creating bad publicity and spreading rumors for to further their career." Nathan sighed as he ran his hand through his hair as he spoke, "Me too Amelia, I do not know how my family deals with the likes of the on daily basis." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. A couple of hours later he was back in his home after escorting Amelia to her home, as he stepped inside the manor he was greeted by his grandmother Isabella who hugged him as she spoke, "I hope you are fine they bastard trying to ruin your reputation like that." Nathan gave a small smile as he spoke with his chest puffed up, "Did you think I would not be able to deal with the likes of him." Isabella simply tousled his hair as she spoke, "Well then get freshened up as you have some business inside the game if I am not wrong?" Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Yes grandma see you later.", with that he raced to his room. As Isabella dialed a number as she spoke in a harshly to the person on the receiving side, "I have an upstart journalist to deal with he is being a pain for my grandchild." Zeus appeared inside the game as he was greeted by his teammates as BlizzardQueen spoke with a smirk, "Took your sweet time to get here, did doing makeup took all your time." Zeus gave a deadpanned look as he let out a fake laugh, "Ha-ha-ha-ha, very funny I got late because of my doting grandmother." 71 The Whispering Caves part-2 Zeus wore his armor as h studied it, in traditional sense his armor could be categorized into Medium category armor as he waited for the remaining of his remainder of his team as one by one everyone arrived except Sylphy who was not present there as Azi spoke impatiently, "Where is Sylphy she is late?" "I am here", came a bored voice followed by heavy footsteps as they looked they saw a figure clad in heavy armor heavier than even Tarsque''s armor a large shield almost as tall as her chin along with a broad sword. The Zeus and his group were taken aback as Sylphy spoke in an annoyed tone, "What?!" Zeus shook his head as he spoke, "I thought you were an archer or thief by the weapons you used?" The woman scoffed at that as she spoke, "I did not trust your group as such I dressed as such to dupe you all in case you decided to betray us and if you cannot understand from the looks of my armor I am a tank." Zeus waved his hand as he spoke with a small smile, "No need to worry about that, but I am glad that we have at least gained some form of trust.", while inwardly the trio simply sighed as they thought, ''This girl has issues.'' Zeus then turned towards others as he spoke, "Well let us leave I do not wish to make teacher wait for too long." As they reached the courtyard, he found his teacher waiting for him on a carriage as they arrive his teacher gave a kind smile to him causing him to feel fear as she spoke, "Well please board the carriage we are late." The word ''late'' send shivers down his spine he knew something bad was about to happen as he was prevented from boarding the carriage, as Vessha turned towards him she spoke with a smile, "I hate being late child and you are late by a whole minute, something I will not tolerate, now for your punishment you will run behind us along the journey and if you thing you can weasel out of this punishment you will have another thing coming, now MOVE!!!!" With that the carriage lurched forward as it moved a message flashed in his HUD. [QUEST ALERT: Fly you Fool: Run after the carriage and run fast or else you will get lost in the desert and die. Reward: Safely reach the quest area Failure: a) Failure to keep up will lead you get lost in the desert leading to possible death. b) Used as a living bait by Vessha ] Zeus let out a startled cry as he ran after the carriage as the loud insane laughter of Vessha could be heard. Azi approached Vessha as she spoke, "Excuse me commander, but aren''t you a bit harsh with him?" Vessha looked at her confused as she spoke, "No I am not, and in fact I am thinking about uping his training." Everyone looked flabbergasted at that as Tarasque spoke, "But he will not survive it." Vessha shrugged at that as she spoke, "Well then I will give you bronze coin to pay for his burial service." BlizzardQueen: "With all respect to you commander why are you pushing him so hard? Is he in some kind of danger?" Vessha pursed her lips for a few seconds as her face turned to a scowl before she replied to her with a sigh, "Zeus is a cautious child, he took a route which would take at least twice the amount of time normal one does not only that the route he took was a haphazard one making it hard for enemies to track you in fact by doing so he saved you lot from your doom." At that everyone was curious as Sylphy spoke, "What do you mean by that?" Vessha let out a deep sigh as she spoke, "The group who I told you is at war with us had been anticipated your arrival for a long time but the lost track of you." BlizzardQueen frowned at that as she spoke, "But how do you know that?" Vessha gave a coy smile as she spoke, "Why would I know that my dear after all it is my job know what my enemy thinks or does." Tarasque spoke with a frown, "It means you have a spy in that group, which also means the reverse is also true." Vessha gave a dark glare at that before she spoke, "Try to be a bit discreet next time you thrice damn party pooper." Tarasque let out a nervous chuckle at that as Vessha continued speaking, "The Church who send you here also has two factions one who despises him because of his predecessor stating that a mortal has no business being married to a Goddess and believe him as a heretic and the other well they consider him a Hero for his role during the war." Sylphy frowned as she spoke, "Troublesome is there a place where he is safe?" Vessha smiled at that as she spoke, "Of course as long as he can grow stronger than them." BarbarianLady looked at her as she spoke seriously, "And what is your angle in all this? What did you wish to gain from using him?" Vessha gave them a smirk as she spoke in a sing song tone, "Now that would be telling." The others growled at that as Vessha spoke in mocking tone, "Dear no matter how angry you seem to be what can you weaklings do, oh well accept abandoning the poor boy to his fate and running away, nothing not a thing but I can help him of course everything has a price, which he will be paying. If you wish to test your luck I will even let you complete the quest given by Cardinal Boudier and you will understand that I will be the one who will shelter you lot, so little girl if you are afraid now cut any or all relationship you have with Zeus and forget about him completely, but if you stay with him like a good friend you will be pleasantly surprised at the end.", with that Vessha vanished from their sight. Azi took a deep breath before she spoke, "It seems we are in quite the pickle right? Well if you all wish to leave him you may and if you are afraid we will leave you high and dry I swear on my family name and honor we will help you regardless you have my word." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. They did not have to wait much longer as Vessha arrived with an exhausted Zeus on her shoulder whom she dropped on the seat adjacent to her before she spoke, "Rest and regain your stamina.", with that she forcefully shoved a vial of potion on his mouth. A few more hours later they were standing in front of a cave, with various warning signs written around it as they neared they could hear the whistling sound as Vessha spoke with a chesire grin on her face, "Welcome younglings, welcome to the whistling cave a place where we send our young ones to conquer as the right for passage into adult hood." 72 The Whispering Caves part-3 As the group entered the dungeon Sylphy spoke in a commanding tone, "CelestialMaiden since you are our only healer please stay behind and do not come forward also watch your MP consumption as well and do not sue heal on every other injuries." CelestialMaiden nodded as Zeus spoke, "About that Sylphy you do not have to worry about her being the only person that can heal Tarasque can help to stave off her burden." BarbarianQueen: "Ah yes I remember I watched the video of you conquering of that thrice damned dungeon, it was amazing how you three worked like a well oiled machine not to mention a tank that was a healer as well." Sylphy nodded at that as she spoke, "I hope we will be able to conquer it just like you all did." Tarasque nodded at that as she spoke, "I hope so too, but I know it would take some time to get used to each other." ForestHuntress: "That is a given Tarasque." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Azi gave a small smile as she spoke, "Well you see that I would love to chat with you all but it seems we have been surrounded by enemies." Zeus quickly barked out orders at that, "Tanks take the outer perimeter with close combatants just after them, ranger attackers at the middle and healer at the center." As the group quickly arranged themselves in position Zeus used his trademark spell with a smirk on his face, "Observe". [Name: Antlion Level 28 (Exiled Hatchling) HP: 6000/6000 Mp: 0/0 The hatchlings were exiled because they were deemed weak, but still allowed to stay at the outer vicinity of the cave, they at first glance may not seem to be much but at the end of the day their blood is highly corrosive causing great damage to weapon armor and even health of a person.] Zeus quickly spoke, "Prioritize range attacks their blood has the ability to destroy weapon and armor durability, so until and unless absolutely necessary use range attacks.", the others simply grunted at that as they attacked the creatures post haste. A few hours later the group was resting in a sanctuary, a place devoid of any monster for dungeon divers like him to rest, as Sylphy spoke with a huff, "Our weapons and armor are getting so much damaged against them, I am glad we have people who can repair them." Zeus gave a small smile as he began working on a tabar as Azi gave a frustrated growl as she spoke, "I hate it, I can forage my arrows back on normal circumstances but this they are not only causing only a return rate of around 60%, the arrows I receive are degraded even if they are repaired the attack is lower, even the durability it is so frustrating.", she looked as if ready to tear her hair off. Zeus frowned at that as he spoke, "I am sorry Azi but as of now I do not have solution to your problem although I want to experiment a bit with their parts and who knows I might discover something." Azi smiled back at him as she spoke, "Thank you in advance for that Zeus." Zeus simply nodded at that as BarbarianLady spoke, "Hey Zeus I have a question for you." Zeus tilted his head as he spoke curiously, "Question? Yes please ask away I will try to satisfy your curiosity as much as possible." BarabrianLady gave a small nod at that as she spoke, "Well I simply wanted to know how did you make that weapon, I mean it can transform into a sword and then next instance in to a sword staff how did you do it?" Zeus sighed as he gave an apologetic smile as he spoke, "Well I am sorry but I do not know how to make such weapons." ForestHuntress frowned at that as she spoke, "Then where did you find it?" Zeus: "Well it was hidden loot that Azi accidently spotted after we defeated the boss at the Nightmare run of the dungeon, it is soul bonded to me as such no one can use, steal or take this beauty from me, not to mention it grows along with my level." TacoGirl let out a small whistle at that as she spoke, "I am totally jealous of that." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "I would be if I were in your shoes upon saying that I have a theory about these weapons." Zeus had a serious look on his face as if he was about to reveal the world''s greatest secret as others gulped at that as Zeus spoke, "I believe if we find similar dungeons or secret location we will stumble upon similar weapons." As soon as he spoke those words he was greeted with a piece of bread to his face as BlizzardQueen spoke with a huff, "Idiot anyone with half a brain knows there will be loot like that in such places." Her outburst was countered by an incredible mature reply from Zeus who simply showed her his tongue enraging her further, but before a brawl could break out amongst them Tarasque successfully intervened them as she spoke, "Enough we do not have time to fool around." Zeus simply shrugged at that as he concentrated on repairing the weapons and shield for his teammates where as Azi became busy with their armor. Sylphy who was moving around the sanctuary trying to study place, as CelestialMaiden spoke with a frown, "Zeus how are we going to deal with stronger enemies, if they are like the hatchlings we will be in trouble, the weapons and armor cannot hold them off and we do not have infinite mana pools to kill all of them by spamming spells one after another." Zeus scowled at that as he spoke, "I know Celes, I know that thrice damned woman did not let us prepare anything and now we are moving here blind.", he finished his rant with an angry huff. A sentiment which was mirrored by others as well except Tarasque who simply snorted at that as she spoke, "She is in fact giving us training in some way, a situation where our enemies are all very strong and has all the advantage so how do we get past them, this is well a nice simulation in this case." Azi snorted at that as she spoke, "A simulation that will definitely kill us." Tarasque simply smiled at that as she spoke, "Although I believe I can help you with that problem." At that she got undivided attention of everyone as she took out some berries as she spoke, "I can use them to concoct some potion that will negate the effect of corrosion for at least 10 minutes each time the potion is used, but unfortunately I do not think I have enough to make us last for a long time though the good news is that this dungeon is well stocked with plants that bear the berries." BlizzardQueen spoke with an excited tone as she spoke, "Then the problem is solved right? We can collect those for you." Tarasque quickly raised her hand as she spoke, "Wah stop right there do not try to do such a thing, there is an identical one that looks like this and if you pick that one you will get poisoned and this one is delicate to peak, make a single mistake then the entire plant and berries well die." Before they could speak a loud sound of door opening was heard as Sylphy grinned back at them as she spoke, "Well seems like I found out some form of hidden passage." 73 The Dancing Cavern Part-1 Zeus: "Well we have to be cautious while travelling inside a hidden pathway most of the time this are traps." Sylphie nodded at that as she spoke, "Yes like that cave from EarthRim, it was nasty it was full of traps and what not only to have nothing in return at the end of the cave only an ''Easter egg'' so many people raged at that including me." Azi nodded at that with a small smile on her face as she spoke, "Yes I remember that, one of the toughest and frustrating dungeons which did not even have a single reward at the end unfortunately I was unable to play because of personal reasons." Tarasque with a short smile on her face spoke, "Well me too." Zeus: "Me three." CelestialMaiden: "Me four." At that others laughed at that all except BlizzardQueen who spoke with a huff, "Will you guys stop acting so carefree, we have yet to see any enemies and I am sure we are lost." ForestHuntress spoke curiously at that, "What do you mean by that sister?" BlizzardQueen huffed at that as she replied, "I have already seen that particular rock before and I am seeing it again so it definitely means we are going in circles." TacoGirl rolled her eyes as she spoke, "You and your paranoia we are going fine." BlizzardQueen growled at that as she spoke, "I may be paranoid but I am not wrong." Seeing a heated debate about to break Zeus intervened as he spoke, "Stop it ladies, why not be a bit cautious and let us mark the route using a bunch of chalk that I have inside my inventory." BarbarianLady: "Why are you carrying a bunch of chalk Zeus?" Zeus shrugged as he spoke, "Well to avoid things like this normally I would have not use them on any dungeon but since Blizzard raised a concern about us getting lost well prevention si better than cur." ForestHuntress simply huffed at that as she spoke, "Whatever you are simply wasting your resources.", to which Zeus simply smiled at her. Sylphie looked at the chalk in Zeus''s hand with a frown as she spoke, "Will it even work? It is not like real life, what if the thing gets deleted after we move from this place." Zeus ran his hand through his hair only to be stopped by his horn as he sighed at that, ''Damn I forgot about those tiny stubs called horn on my head'', he then cleared his throat as he spoke, "Well no idea but we will see it if it works and I believe no harm is done as such.", at that most of them nodded at his answer currently satisfied by it as they started walking again. Almost a little over half an hour later BlizzardQueen jumped up in joy as she pointed to a certain direction as she spoke with a triumphant smirk on her face, "See see I told you that we are moving in circles." ForestHuntress looked at her feet as she let out a tired sigh before she spoke, "Yes yes you are right and I am wrong happy now." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. BlizzardQueen simply smirked at that as the others stood by Zeus as he spoke, "Seems like BlizzardQueen is much more aware of our surroundings than us." BlizzardQueen puffed up her chest at that as she spoke in arrogant manner, "Of course I am you, and now you can kiss my hand and bow before me." Barbarianlady snorted at that as she held her hand before kissing it while bending her knee as she spoke, "You are so impeccable your majesty.", others simply laughed at that as Zeus spoke while shaking his head at that, "BarbarianLady, if you are trying to emulate British Royal etiquette then that particular etiquette is usually followed by male not female and Blizzard next time do not bend your hand at the wrist like that, it should be straight." ForestHuntress snorted at that as she spoke, "Like you know all those things?" Tarasque gave a small smile at that as she spoke, "Remember a couple of years ago Her Majesty the Queen of Britain visited USA?" At that most nodded as Azi smirked at that as Tarasque spoke, "Well because of security reasons it was not publicized but she spend a night at the Osprey Manor." At that those who did not know had their jaw almost touch the ground as Sylphie looked at him with a dazed expression as she spoke, "What are you?" Zeus looked a bit miffed at that as he spoke, "I am a normal teenager nothing more and nothing less", not before he gave Tarasque a slight disapproving glare, he never liked to be put into spot light like that. BlizzardQueen shook her figure at him as she spoke, "When did it happen Zeus? And how did I not know?" Zeus gave a tired sigh as he spoke, "It was when she visited Washington and sorry but I was told not to let others know about it." BlizzardQueen huffed angrily at that as she spoke, "You could have told me later on." Zeus shrugged as he replied nonchalantly at that, "Well it slipped my mind, but we do not have time for that, we have to get out of here and this place is a freaking maze and if we do not proceed carefully we will be lost." BlizzardQueen him a stink eye at that for trying to divert the conversation as Azi spoke, "Well Zeus is right it is better to focus on the thing at hand then waste time, we can chat about his experience in real life later on while we are sitting on some cozy chair not while trying to find our way inside the thrice damned dungeon." Sylphy nodded at that as she spoke, "Well we could but the real question is, where are the mobs? We have yet to face any of them." CelestialMaiden nodded at that as she spoke, "So true but most importantly even the entrance has closed after we entered this place, I hope that we do not have to commit suicide just to get out this place." Zeus: "Well ladies you do not have to worry about, I have already mapped the entire area by now and I can safely say that there are places we have yet to look into." BarabrianLady looked at him with a frown, "How did you map the area?" Zeus gave a smug smile in return, "I picked the cartographer skill although it is only level 2 barely it is still enabling me to make maps." TacoGirl: "So what are we waiting for let us venture forth." Another hour later most of them were on the verge of their insanity, they walked, then walked and walked something more as ForestHuntress finally snapped at that as she spoke angrily towards Sylphy, "You it is all your fault, if you had not found that thrice damn hidden doorway we would have already conquered this dungeon instead of hours wasting in a maze." Azi sighed at as she spoke, "Chill out girls, we will work something out so there is no need to worry." Soon they arrived into a new area of the dungeon, the normal tunnel like structure gave away to a much larger area which looked bigger than even a football stadium, as the group marveled the cavern, suddenly the entrance through which the entered the place collapsed, as loud chattering of creatures was heard, as Tarasque cursed out aloud, "Shit!! It is an ambush get ready!!" 74 The Dancing Cavern Part-2 Zeus jumped up as he bit back a swear as the place as the ground where he was standing broke as a pair of claws appeared from underneath only to be cut by Sylphy as an agonizing scream was heard, Zeus landed on Sylphy''s shoulder before he used her like a spring board as he plunged the sword part of his weapon deep inside the head as he vaulted over the beast using his weapon as a leverage as he drop kicked the head of another destroying it effectively, before jumping back and resuming his position back in the circle. Tarasque dropped her tabar hard enough to crack open the carapace of the creature as she spoke with a snarl, "There is no end to them, we will be overwhelmed by them if it goes on." BarabrianLady then suddenly shouted at the top of her voice, "Over there I found a huge rock we can take refuge on it at least we will be safe from the underground assault." ForestHuntress gritted her teeth as she spoke, "Easier said than done sis, we are being swarmed on all side." As crackle of lightning was heard as a group of Antlions were electrocuted to the point that their insides melted causing their death as Zeus spoke, "Push to the right, move to the right, or else we will die." Sylphy used her shield to protect herself, before slashing an Antlion killing it, it was madness to them, as the endless sea of creature descended upon them, not to mention that at first it seemed too easy to them the creatures at the forefront were simply weaklings easily killed by a simply good hit, but as time went by more and more stronger started appearing but their high numbers tired them, all they could here was the chattering noises, all they could see was an ocean of black with red highlights and all they could smell was a nausea inducing acidic smell which seemed to simply make them feel as if they are standing in a room where thousands of onions were cut at the same time. The rock jutted out from the ground with its end raised up like a cliff, they climbed on top as such making it the only route through which they could climb up, as such they will at least not be overwhelmed on all sides, they slaughter their way to the rock as they stood on top of it near the edge, the tanks at the front as they acted as defensive walls while the damage dealers worked their magic on the creatures. Zeus send a brief glance towards CelestialMaiden as she spoke, "Celes, you are at our rear as such keep an eye on the cliff I do not want any unwanted surprise." CelestilMaiden frowned at that as she spoke, "Leave that to me." BlizzardQueen grunted before she spoke with a smirk on her face, "Zeus let us go with the combo we are practicing." Zeus looked back at her wide eyed before he gave a small smirk mirroring her as he spoke, "Let''s do it." With that he jumped back as he stood shoulder to shoulder with BlizzadQueen, as they took a deep breath while raising their staff as they spoke in unison a magical circle formed in front of them, "Tempest Cyclone", "Hell Fire Blaze". The air distorted as it spun to form a giant tornado which was soon joined by the stream of reddish flame with blackened edges surrounding it, it as a towering inferno rose as BlizzardQueen shout at the top of her lungs as she spoke, "Scatter!!!!" The tornado of fire split it five as it began rampaging in the closed cavern, burning any unfortunate being close enough to it, as BlizzardQueen spoke, "Quick come near me, if you stray far enough from me then you will get seriously injured." [-21000] [-25000] [-20390] . . . . Multiple enemies were burned by the torrential fire as they were turned to ash causing the group to cheer at the sight as Sylphy spoke with a smirk, "Now that is how you clear mobs." Their cheering came to an abrupt end as the ground shook and the large rock on which they took refuge started to collapse including the surrounding area which caved in, the group quickly held on to each other as Azi used fly to momentarily make them stay in the air, but it was for naught as the combined weight of them was too much for her spell but as she was about to fall everyone''s vision turned white monetarily as the found themselves crowding on top of a narrow rock that was jutting from the wall of the cavern as Zeus leaned on the wall as his vision swam making him feel nauseous, as he was about to fall off the ledge he was caught by TacoGirl and ForestHuntress as they pulled him to safety as TacoGirl spoke with a frown on her face, "Are you alright Zeus?" Zeus shook his head as he replied back groggily at her question, "No I am not, I just used every last bit of my Mana Points to teleport us to safety the sudden drain caused my HUD to behave erratically to the point I felt nauseous and thank you for the save." As he was made to stand by leaning on the wall properly he found bottle of Mana potion shoved in his mouth as he drank it, he felt a cool sensation akin to getting a bottle of cool water in the middle of a scorching desert, as his vision became normal he gave a small smile towards Sylphy who had helped him to drink from the bottle. As Zeus gave his thanks Azi let out an alarmed exclamation as she spoke, "Look below, what are those things?" As the others peered into the darkness they heard various sounds and death rattle of Antlion, as something that looked like snake was having a giant feast with all those Antlions that fell down as BarbarianLady simply left out a sob as she spoke, "All those sweet sweet Exp and loot lost, wu wu wu wu.", as she faked cried at that her friends simply snorted as TacoGirl simply swatted the back of her head. Celestialmaiden frowned at the scene as she spoke, "So how do we cross over to exit now, the entire floor has collapsed." Zeus sighed at that as he spoke, "Well I can try and teleport but I would need a few Mana Potion bottles again, not to mention I have a cool down of about an hour before I can use it again, also the distance is large it will be tough, and we might end up falling on the pit." BlizzardQueen frowned at that as she spoke, "Can you not teleport multiple times?" Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "Of course I do, but unfortunately there is a small window in which I can Teleport at least 5 times if I miss the window the skill enters a cool down period not only that it takes a large amount of MP if I were to carry all of you, even then I doubt I can make two jumps in succession but I can try making multiple trips but, well it would also take some time and this platform does not look to stable." Azi sighed at that as she spoke, "Well we have to climb across the wall it seems what a chore.", causing other to sigh at that. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. 75 The Dancing Cavern Part-3 Zeus looked back at the remains of the floor of the room that had almost turned into a large pit of doom he could see the outline of some strange creature who his observe was not working he snarled at that, ''The first skill I got in this game the skill that I was proud of the most has become so useless ugh.'' As tried to get a better look at the deep darkness BlizzardQueen spoke with a sigh, "Stop wasting time with it, since you cannot detect it let us leave it for the time being." Zeus sighed at that as he spoke, "Yes you are right but I could not help it, I had read about this dungeon but there was no mention about any such creature in this place not to mention this entire area beyond that hidden door." Azi frowned at that as she spoke, "So true neither have I came across any such information regarding this place, all we can do is move forward after all the way back to the entrance is gone, now." As Zeus was about to stand up from his kneeling position a guttural roar was hard as the ground shook hard almost causing him to take a tumble off the edge due to loss in his balance, soon a half digested Antlion flew and hit behind them causing them to jump back, as a scare¡­ahem a brave group of players who decided that the annoyance was too unhygienic decided to move from away from that place while competing against each other trying to figure who was the fastest, as they disappeared from view the room glowed briefly as it turned to its previous form without any indication of the entire event. The group took rest after running for some time, as Sylphy let out a tired sigh as she spoke, "Damn this place, I just hope¡­" Only for BarbarianLady to pounce on her with a murderous look on her face as she spoke with a hiss, "You imbecile do you have something against us that you are actively jabbing your finger into Murphy trying to casue trouble." Sylphy pushed her off her angrily as she spoke with a snarl, "Oh piss off, you and your thrice damned superstition." BlizzardQueen snorted at that as she spoke, "Yes superstition at the finest, the accident which destroyed our carriage was a mere coincidence." Sylphy blushed as she was about to retort she was promptly sushed into silence by CelestialMaiden as she spoke, "Do you all hear that, I think a child is crying." At her exclamation a group of four quickly spoke in unison, "SHUT UP AND PAY NO HEED TO IT." Azi had a smirk on her face as she replied to the, "But you all forgot about the sweet juicy EXP.", she finished with a faraway look on her face as the others smiled greedily at that. Zeus coughed loudly drawing others attention towards him as he spoke, "Well that is all well and good but do you have any plans with dealing with them, or the adults for the matter." Azi pouted towards him as she spoke, "Why do you have to be such a sourpuss Zeus? Let us fantasize for a bit there is nothing wrong about it." Zeus shrugged but then he frowned as he spoke, "I think the wailing is getting louder by the minute." Sylphy bit her lips as she spoke, "You are not the only one who think like that, I also concur it is getting louder by the second." BlizzardQueen gripped her staff hard as she spoke, "Then get ready everyone." BarbarianLady looked at the general direction from where the sound was coming as she spoke, "I do not think that it will be simple why don''t we climb over to that place and wait for its arrival after all in a dungeon I do not think a mob will appear in such a manner." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. ForestHuntress replied back with a frown on her face, "You know I concur with her, let us play it safe." Zeus nodded at that as they quickly scaled the 30 feet tall wall, as they hid in the shadows, then Tarasque used a scroll, which caused a greenish light with a slight black tint to it spread over everyone as she spoke, "This will prevent anyone detecting our presence for at least an hour provided you all do not move." As everyone watched like a hawk, they saw couple of creatures running towards their location but before they could even make it a few more steps multiple attacks rained on them effectively killing them, as they heard an excited chattering. "Damn this dungeon is so easy, and why does the elders pick this one I will never know, I can conquer it with my arms tied and eyes blindfolded." The other person looked at him incredulously before he broke into loud laughter as he spoke, "You, you who would have died because his legs slipped, you conquer the dungeon do not make me laugh." The first person face burned red as a long of anger flashed through his face as he spoke with a snarl, "Why you no go¡­" "ENOUGH!!!", a powerful voice ripped through the tunnels of the dungeon as a woman walked, she could easily be described as the epitome of seductive beauty, with ample shapely bosom and large hips with a mile long leg, her every ore oozed sensuality to the point that combined with her devilishly divine looks she can easily enamored any weak minded male easily. Zeus gulped at that he knew from reading plenty of novels and what not that, any woman who looked as such is bound to bring trouble and it is a good and healthy policy to stay away from her especially when his instincts screamed dangerous, in the same way it does for his teacher. The woman then spoke in a sultry tone towards the other two, "Please boys behave we have places to be now don''t we." The duo nodded their head with drool on their chin as they wordlessly followed after the woman, as they left the woman suddenly turned then she send a wink towards the group as she mouthed the words slow enough for most of them to understand, ''Bye Bye my cute adorable hatchling.'' Zeus bit back a curse as he spoke in a whisper, "Is there a way to recreate a character?" BlizzardQueen gave a wary smile as she spoke, "Zeus you seem to have forgotten it is done deal already, unless and until you wish to restart the entire thing by buying yourself a new capsule and what not." Zeus massaged his temples with a wary smile on his face as he spoke, "That is regretfully something I would like to avoid as I doubt I can get another capsule like the one I have." TacoGirl frowned at that as she spoke in a confused tone, "Why is that Zeus? I do ¡­.", before her eyes widen as she spoke sheepishly at that, "Oh silly me, how could I forget you are one of those special Platinum Capsule club member, how could I forget." Zeus simply shook his head as CelestialMaiden spoke while looking at the direction towards where the trio left, "Were you able to read anything using ''observe''." Zeus shook his head as he spoke in a depressed tone, "They were outside my range so sorry I could not be of any help." CelestialMaiden shook her head as she replied to him, "You do not know how lucky you are with that skill of yours Zeus, unlike you whenever we attack an enemy the only time we are able to learn the level of the enemy after the initial hit, nothing more nothing less, whereas you could simply learn and plan or completely avoid the enemy if need be, so please stop getting depressed on a temporary setback." Zeus sighed at that as he spoke, "Thanks I needed that." BlizzardQueen had a big smile on her face as she spoke, "Well that is Big sister for you, and she always knows how to cheer one up." Azi sighed as she spoke, "Well does anyone has any idea on how are we going sneak past them?" At her question everyone suddenly felt a colossal headache forming, as they huddled around each other wordlessly. 76 Tumbling down the abyss Part-1 Azi grumbled as she trudged through the dungeon along with her teammates, it was frustrating to them either the enemies were so strong that they could not fight and if they could the mobs would either try to overwhelm them and then the dungeon itself would turn against them, not to mention the fact that they had to wait for long, extremely long periods of time before they would face another couple with the fact the entire place was a maze a giant maze testing them and trying them and the only reason they were able to navigate through it albeit a bit slowly was because of Zeus otherwise they would be still stumbling around like a blind person, but most importantly the cause of the irritation was something else as such she could not help but shout out in anger, "Someone please shut off that dreadful WHISTLING NOISE." Zeus looked towards BlizzardQueen as he spoke in a snobbish manner, "Queen be a dear and please switch off the noise." BlizzardQueen gave a polite nod as she spoke, "Of course dear.", she then mimicked turning off an invisible switch before she spoke in a false tone off alarm, "Oh my seems like the switch is broken.", before she let out a yelp as Azi jumped her fully intending to maim her. As the others separated the duo CelestialMaiden spoke with a huff, "If you are having so much trouble with the noise why are you not using the menu to lower it." Sylphy, "Although an extremely nice suggestion it is unwise as you¡­", whatever she was going to say was stuck in her throat as a portal opened without warning as Zeus promptly fell through it, as the portal promptly closed after he fell. The others were stunned to silence before the promptly dashed towards the spot as a burned out rune marking was on the ground, as they reached the place Barbarianlady let out a swear, "Shit, shit how do we find him." Azi had quickly pulled out the friend list in order to message him, but her eyes widen as he left put a shocked gasp as she spoke in horror, "Zeus died." "WHAT!!!!!", a shout of disbelief came from others as they quickly opened the friend list showing Zeus''s name written in red signifying his death, when suddenly it turned green signifying his revival as others gawked at that. Meanwhile Zeus was taken aback when he suddenly fell through the portal, as he looked down all he was greeted by an dark abyss whose bottom he could not see, he felt wind rushing through his face as he when all of a sudden he saw the ground coming near he snorted at that and used his skill ''Blink'', only to receive a message that made his eyes widen in horror. [WARNING YOU HAVE ENTERED SPECIAL AREA, MANA POINTS SEALED] With a splash he slammed on the ground as he felt incredible amount of pain momentarily before he died, leaving behind a broken bleeding body behind. Zeus started at the black screen in front of him as a message was displayed in a blood red color. [YOU DIED] Zeus sighed at that as he whispered to himself, "My first death in the game and that is by bloody becoming a pancake, and I had hoped that I would have fallen in battle but this is damn I do not know what to do anymore." Before he could speak another message appeared in his HUD, Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. [HIDDEN SKILL ''UN-YIELDING HATCHLING'' ACTIVATED.] Suddenly he felt a rush of cool breeze before the pain hit him like a truck as he found himself quickly dumping a good few bottles of potion down his throat as he let out a small sigh as he watched his HP fill up slowly as he stared trying to see the ceiling in the darkness, as he heard a cackling noise causing him to groan. He stood up as he found his armor in tatters once again, he was glad that he always had a back up armor with him, with a flick he donned his new armor and with ''Shori'' in his hands he was ready to fight of the creatures cackling around. He did not have to wait long as a large scorpion made up of bones appeared cackling in front of him, a giant scorpion of about 50 feet stood in front of him, a dozen of its bluish eyes glaring at him when it suddenly moved. Zeus was in a very difficult spot he was in a place where his MP was sealed that means little to no magic and in other words since all of his skills required MP he was severely handicapped he knew that the odds were stacked up to the point he would lose as his chance for winning is rather slim to none yet for reasons unknown to him he felt elated he felt alive. He dashed towards the scorpion as he reached towards it he send a thrust from his spear but to his horror the creature had managed to block, then he was hit hard by the claws of the creature destroying at least a quarter of his health in one hit, he flew in the air as he fell on the ground with a grown, but he did not have time move as the scorpion was on top of him slamming him hard before dragging him and throwing him towards the wall, he cratered on the wall before he slid on the ground. Zeus watched the creature walking lazily towards it knew that his prey was in its last legs and it could do nothing, Zeus looked in his eyes with hatred they eyes that looked at him with disinterest as something that was not worthy to even breath the same air as it, Zeus gazed into it he felt anger like never before, he felt loathing like never before he wanted to tear it apart from limb by limb no one no one gives that kid of stare to him, when all of a sudden his vision went black as he became unconscious. Melinda had a bored expression on her face as she watched over the data that was being gathered via various machines attached to a spoiled brat it was boring and she wanted nothing to do here except the pay was good, ''hmp the joys of the rich, while we the poor suffer disgusting.'', she sipped into a cup of coffee that was freshly brewed and given to her by the staff of the house, when all of a sudden a few warning beeps were heard as the woman dashed to see the Blood Pressure rising all of a sudden it became normal, but then the brain activity spiked to levels she had never witnessed, she turned to look at the screen where the gameplay was being shown she watched in morbid fascination as the child in front of her fought no danced around the creature as he dismembered the creature limb by limb the very creature who thought him to be an easy prey had the situation reversed, as she watched with morbid fascination she quickly remembered to record everything as such she accessed her i-band only for a cough to stop her from recording anything. As she turned she greeted by the sight of a glaring Yelena who spoke in a no nonsense tone in her voice, "If I remember the contact dictated that no matter what will be discovered it will never see the light of the day as long as it exposes Nathan''s identity I hope you were not foolish enough to breach the contract.", she gulped hard as Yelena continued speaking, "I like you Melinda and it would be such a shame that you would meet with an unfortunate accident claiming your life, what would your poor children do, how will your husband raise them alone as well as pay for your sons treatment." Yelena gave a smirk akin to a devil that made Melinda shake with fear as she spoke, "I see so Nathan is enjoying his game and you are getting bored and because of some power surge because of unknown reasons in the vicinity the machine acted erroneously and you are keeping an eye on Nathan diligently is that not right Melinda.", Melinda gave a shaky nod as Yelena spoke with a smile, "Such a nice woman you are do not worry we have arranged for your son to be shifted to a good hospital for treatment free of cost for being such diligent person, now I hope you will continue to work diligently and if you have anything similar as the power surge please contact either me or Nathan''s family.", with that she left leaving behind a scared Melinda. 77 Tumbling down the abyss Part-2 Zeus return to consciousness after an unknown period of time as he found himself standing on top of a badly dismembered carcass, as if some rabid beast had brutally tortured and killed the being to death he felt sick and wanted to throw up but be managed to take a deep breath as he looked down at him he was horrified by the amount of blood coating him, not to mention the fact that the guts hanging on him, he let out a scr¡­.ahem not a scream but a many warrior''s roar as he flung the entrails off of himself. He scrambled away from the carcass his weapon laid away from him, as he looked at it with eyes open wide he took a deep a couple of deep breath before he raised his hand and his weapon flew to his hand which he grasped no hugged close to him his eyes never leaving the corpse in front of him. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. A message suddenly appeared in front of his HUD, [Nathan please reply, please I am scared where are you? What has happened?] Zeus looked at the message with wide eye, he could read and see how frantic Azi is to even use his real life name as he opened his Inbox, and he was shocked to see about 348 Unread Messages and knew he was going to get a major tongue lashing, as such with great trepidation he send a message to them, [Hey girls I am well, and I took a nasty fall currently I do not know how to escape from this place, and sorry I was unable to reply as I was not conscious.] As soon as he send the message to all his teammates he got a dozen more querying about his health and what not but most importantly they told him to wait as they found an entrance. Zeus looked at the message he had received from his teammates and scoffed at that, "Finding me without my cartography skill, well do they believe I will wait for them till the end of time." As such he quickly typed a new message to them, [Negative, without my cartography you all would be lost as such let me also work my way out to find you all.] He waited for a few more minutes before another message came to him courtesy of Sylphy, [Good luck Zeus as it seems you are right we are lost and we might not be able to help you for sometime or may be ever.] Zeus sighed as he decided to check the room he was in, as he moved towards the wall he noticed various mural paintings on them as such he decided to study them It was fascinating piece of artwork that he saw as the murals described grand battles of age long since forgotten, he saw men and women of various races banded together as they fought against nightmarish creatures of at the same time record them for later viewing, it was truly fascinating as he had never seen most of the creatures and he shuddered thinking about fighting the nightmarish horde one day, ''Damn now I will have nightmares because of them.'' "Incredible aren''t they?" a voice came from his behind causing him to scream and jump high enough to make even the Judges present during an Olympic event impressed. Zeus looked at the woman who was smiling at him as he spoke with a frown, "Teacher what are you doing here?" The woman simply shrugged as she spoke, "Nothing hatchling juts taking an enthusiastic walk." Only to find herself looking at the bladed edge of ''Shori'' as Zeus spoke with a snarl, "Prove that you are¡­." The twitching brow and the sadistic smile on her face caused him to take a step back as she spoke, "You had the gal to not only question after wasting so much time but also you were not guarding." Before he could say anything Zeus he found himself dangling in the air as his teacher Vessha had promptly hoisted him up in the air by holding his head as he winced from the pain from being roughly handled as such, before he was tossed to the side like useless garbage. Zeus looked at her as he spoke, "Teacher you did not say what are you doing here?" Vessha smiled as she spoke, "Is it so difficult to understand that I was keeping an eye on you, after all how would I evaluate your performance without seeing with my own eyes." Zeus, "Well you could use some form of magical skill to watch them." Vessha let out a scoff as she spoke with disappointed look in her voice, "Really after all this time you think I would do something in such a boring manner." Zeus rubbed his head with a sheepish look on his face as he mused internally, ''Hmmm, since teacher did not correct me then there really is a skill that can let anyone spy inside a dungeon, hmm interesting.'' But before Zeus could speak anything Vessha spoke while trying to look at him as if she was gazing at his soul, "How? how did you defeat the beast in such a manner, I never have seen you fight in such a way like that." Zeus folded his hands as he gave a deadpanned stare at her as he spoke, "Really teacher, you saved me and set up for such a prank but I have already seen through it." Vessha shook her head as she spoke in a serious tone, while looking over him, "No hatchling I never did prank you though you are not holding back at our spars are you.", she narrowed her eyes as Zeus felt a shiver down his spine knowing if he pissed her off now she would make his life the living hell. Zeus shook his head as he spoke, "No idea teacher one moment I was about to die and the next I was standing on its dismembered corpse." Vessha rubbed her temples as she spoke, "Well we have to figure out later on then, but it was really amazing to watch you battle something so dangerous and superior to the current you it was as if you are dancing ahhhh.", the bliss sigh she let out caused Zeus to take a couple of more steps from her. Vessha rolled her eyes as she spoke with a snort, "Hatchling the only way I will show any interest to you is if you could defeat me in a fair fight and it is thousand years to early for you so relax." Zeus huffed at that before he suddenly remembered something, "Teacher can you take me to my teammates?" Vessha had a small smile on her face as she spoke, "Yes I can, but I won''t you have to find your way to them." Zeus let out a tired sigh before he perked up as he spoke, "Oh teacher there was a woman wh¡­." Vessha glared at him as she spoke, "You will stay away from her, she is highly dangerous woman if I am the leader of my tribe then she is the shadow leader of hers." Zeus frowned as he spoke, "What do you mean by that?" Vessha sighed as she replied to her student, "Her brother is the leader of her tribe in face only but she is the one who pulls the strings from behind and someone I would stay away from, she is highly cunning psychopath who has no morals and will do anything by anything I mean anything to get to her goal, someone who will never fight fairly and with honor.", the look on his teachers face made Zeus take a deep gulp. 78 Tumbling down the abyss Part-3 Zeus as he climbed a set of stairs spoke with a frown, "Teacher while we walked into that ambush the ground collapsed and those ant-lions fell on a pit of some kind and there was this creature that slaughtered them." Vessha pursed her lips and spoke with a tired sigh, "Well what you saw was a corrupted being that is chained down there as such cannot escape, and if you are wondering why it is still alive well the reasons are simple, firstly we have yet to find any other route down there except waiting for the floor to collapse so that we might fall on top of it and secondly well it is too strong I myself doubt I would survive even a minute against it, even if I go all out." Zeus gulped at that Vessha had been on a level that he still could not figure out yet she was weaker than that creature they had glimpsed from above his shoulder shagged as he spoke with a tired sigh, "Troublesome." Zeus looked at the long unending staircase in front of him and frowned at that before he started to climb them tiredly. Sylphy looked at her hand as her thoughts went back to Zeus, she had known him for quiet sometime and he had only appeared to her as a polite person nothing more nothing less, may be a tad bit helpful and humble yes he was humble compared to the scions of other rich people yes he was humble, she knew she did not trust her opposite sex that much but her teammates had urged her to give Zeus a chance and so far he had yet to disappoint her for which she was a bit glad after all it would be great shame if she had to leave such a fantastic group. Sylphy had a small smile on her face as she remembered meeting with Aubriella and Yelena along with Nathan''s grandmothers they were much nicer when compare to her family members, her own flesh and blood she was a bit jealous as she pondered on various things she let out a yawn as she spoke with a tired sigh, "Hey girls I vote for quitting the dungeon dive after we retrieve Zeus." BarabarianLady nodded reluctantly as she spoke, "So true the dungeon is not only tire some but it is taking too much time not to mention the area next to this is almost impossible to us, we almost died there." CelestialMaiden gripped her staff hard as she spoke, "I hope Zeus would be able to find us safely." Azi sighed at that as she spoke, "He is resourceful and cunning but even if he manages to find us how are we suppose to escape from this thrice damn dungeon, we cannot go back the way we came in and we have yet to spot any entrance." Foresthuntress snorted at that as she spoke, "So what we will kill ourselves, we might lose some items but at least we will be out of this place." Tarasque sighed at that as she spoke tiredly, "Sorry that is not possible, if you die inside a dungeon you will spawn at that nearest sanctuary in our case we will spawn here, and if you do not believe me check the internet." At her words the entire group fell into depression only to be startled as a loud groan was heard as a part of the wall near the sanctuary opened showing a tunnel as they heard voices at the other side of the door they tensed only to relax upon seeing the familiar visage of Zeus accompanying with him was Vessha. Seeing them almost all of them let out a sigh of relief except a couple as Azi spoke with an arrow notched on his bow as she spoke, "Stop right there or I will fire." Zeus raised his hand in a placating manner as he spoke, "Wah stop stop Azi it is me and apparently it seems my master was stalki¡­.", he could not finish the sentence as he was send flying from a kick courtesy of Vessha. Vessha coughed in her hand as she spoke with a small smile, "Sorry it seems the floor is a tad bit slippery." Sylphy gave a small nod as she spoke, "So true though how and, why are you here?" Vessha gave her a kind smile as she spoke, "Well I was evaluating Zeus''s performance as such I was following after you all." TacoGirl looked at her with narrowed eyes as she spoke, "Then why did you not help us." Vessha spoke with the charming smile on her face as she spoke, "As I said child I was only evaluating and it so happened that part of evaluation does not involve helping you in any manner." BlizzardQueen smirked at that as she spoke triumphantly, "But you did help Zeus finding his way towards us." Vessha shook her head as she spoke, "No child I did not help him to find his way to you all and as for me speaking with him well the evaluation is over as such, I am speaking with you all and now I believe it is high time we left." As Zeus stood up while patting the dust off him before he sent a small glare towards his teacher who casually took out a parchment and flung it as it burned with a greenish flame before a bright light surrounded them and they found themselves standing in front of the dungeon entrance. Vessha gave a small smile towards Zeus and his group before she spoke with a smile, "Welcome back so did you all enjoy your time inside that dungeon." The said group grumbled as they laid various complaints towards Vessha who let out a loud laugh at them her behavior was mirrored by her subordinates as they looked with a mocking glance towards Zeus and his companions making them bristled with anger as Vessha spoke with a tired sigh, "If you cannot even complete the dungeon then there is no hope for you to complete your quest and as you can see Cardinal Boudier send you to your death knowingly." At that their morale touched the sea floor as CelestialMaiden spoke with a tinge of hopelessness in her voice, "What can we do then?" Vessha walked towards her before she placed a comforting hand, "I will help you as much as I can even though I can shield you from his wrath it would be foolish to make an enemy out of him when you can try your best to complete the quest.", she stopped speaking as she watched CelestialMaiden gain a relaxed lok on her face she turned towards Zeus before she with a predatory smile, "Though I would like to witness Zeus''s orgasmic fighting style again if possible." Zeus groaned upon seeing the hunger filled eyes of his teacher as he spoke with a tired sigh, "I do not why or what happened as such do not expect anything similar from me." Vessha cooed at him as if he was her lover as she spoke in a sickly sweet tone, "You do not have to worry Zeus I will make you by hook or by crook.", Zeus groaned at that as he received pitying glance from her subordinates after all Vessha''s lust for battle was legendary and he was unfortunate enough to manage to garner her attention. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. A few hours later Katrina was sitting on her bed upon Nathan''s insistence his parents had relented and had allowed them to view the recording of Nathan''s fight against that abomination of creature, as she watched her mind reeled back to the events all those years ago, her teammates her family being torn apart by that creature, she took a deep breath before she opened her drawer as she pulled out her gun which promptly reloaded after all today Nath¡­ no Alpha01 would die tonight. 79 A tiring nigh Katrina slipped through the darkness of the house as she made her way towards Nathan''s room, as she moved as noiselessly as possible many memories ran through her head her good times with Zeus and Nathan, the fun they had, the laughter they shared and the not so secret crush of Nathan on her she snorted at that as if she was going to let some mon¡­. at the thought of that she stopped after all the very same person had fought off a criminal and saved her, she took a deep breath as she tried to move she found her vision suddenly hazy as she placed her hands on her cheeks she found that she was crying which startled her. ''No no I cannot be so soft I cannot let that monster awaken I-I-I can do this yes.'', she spoke in her mind repeatedly as she neared his bedroom her hand shook, her hand the hand of Katrina Gallagher, the very person who was praised as the best shooter in the army after she won various competitions shook she took a deep breath as she tried to drag her feet to her door but it was difficult how could she after all the entire Henderson family had treated her like one of their own specially Nathan who looked at her with those eyes full of respect and love, her family had died a long time ago and she had been an orphan but the Henderson family had filled her life with so much love that had become almost like a family to them and now she was going to betray them, Katrina choked on a sob as she fell on her knees tears streaming down her face as she started to whimper and cry, as her gun fell from her hand. A comforting hand startled her as she turned she was greeted with a smiling face of Aubrielle who held her close as she let her cry on her shoulder a she spoke, "shhh it is alright I am here now." Katrina cried on her shoulder as she spoke, "No no nothing is alright ma''am I tried to kill your son, i¡­" Aubrielle who was kneeling by her spoke with a firmer tone in her voice, "Really then why are you crying so much, if you tried to kill my son you should not be here crying on my shoulder." Kartrina, "¡­but I ¡­" Aubrielle sighed as she spoke, "But you did nothing instead cry in front of my bedroom, my Nathan''s room is the east wing on the manor not the west." Kartrina startled at that as Aubrielle kept speaking, "Did something happen to you? Katrina you are like my own family so please do not hesitate, was it because you saw something tonight?" Katrina still being hugged nodded wordlessly causing Aubrielle gained a sad expression on her face as she spoke, "I see, to be fair I was scared too." Katrina was startled at that as she left Aubrielle''s hug looking at disbelief in her eyes and voice as she spoke, "What?" Aubrielle took a deep breath as she began speaking, "After your successfully rescued those children including my son my father-in-law pulled some strings and we learned what happened, we, I know everything that happened between you and my son, how you team fell by my son''s hand." Katrina, "Then why did you hire me? After all I could have come here to kill you son just like I tried today." Aubrielle nodded at that as she spoke, "I knew you came here with the purpose to kill him, but I wanted to see him by your own eyes and judge him now can you say that the monster that those person tried to make is the same as Nathan." Katrina shook her head as she spoke in an ashamed tone, "No he is not he is the nicest and kindest and the most fun boy I have ever seen." Aubrielle gave a small smile at that as she spoke, "That monster was born out of immense agony and torture I have seen recordings they had recovered from the training, I could not get past the minute mark let alone hours and hours of video log.", Katrina kept silent as she listened to her, "Did you know that the program had 1500 children at the beginning when you rescued only 10 were alive, even among them 3 needed to be euthanized." Katrina looked at her with her eyes widen in horror as Aubrielle spoke in a trance, "They were tortured, drugged, raped, operated and everything done to break their mind and will before they were ready to be good little super soldiers for the highest bidder, they were kept in condition similar to a concentration camp of World War and do you know the best part human flesh and blood were shoved down their throat whenever they were hungry or thirsty.", as she spoke her eyes gained a haunted look while her voice shook, while Katrina wanted to throw up. ''No no no it cannot be, how could someone, anyone be so cruel to do such think to poor sweet Nathan.'', Katrina could not fathom anymore. Aubrielle took a deep breath as she spoke, "I know that during the rescue he hurt is head hard enough to lose his memories and we can never be more grateful for it, it helped to build his life anew devoid of any taint caused by them, but even then we were told that there is a chance that he might regain his memories but it was almost nil and even if it did it would be fractured at best." Katrina took a deep breath as she spoke, "But today he¡­" Aubrielle bit her lips before she spoke again with a sigh, "You are right and from what we deduced it was muscle memory that was working, all those enhancement and training he might not remember but his body does, he was conditioned as such, if you have noticed that even after he had lost his memories he was always the best whenever physical activities were involved better many adults." Katrina begrudgingly nodded before she spoke, "So ma''am what is my punishment?" Aubrielle had an amused look on her face as she spoke, "It seems like no matter what you are adamant about getting punishment.", as Katrina looked at the ground while Aubrielle simply tapped at her chin before she spoke with a smirk, "Well your punishment is to take care of Nathan as you had been doing from before also please pick up your slack how long have you seriously trained." Katrina smile sheepishly at that before she spoke, "Not for a long time." Aubrielle huffed before she spoke, "You should start training, we have not told you but a person was found poking his nose around our manor, the police tried to apprehend him but he escaped." Katrina''s eyes widen at that as she spoke with a gasp, "Ma''am that means that they have found Nathan." Aubrielle snorted at her as she spoke, "Found him? I believe they have found him a long time ago as such I try to make him stay inside as much as possible. That is why Katrina I would like you to start training seriously as much as possible to help to keep Nathan safe." Katrina nodded at that as Aubrielle continued, "Also remember that you cannot make him realize any of this as such you are stuck playing the game with him." Katrina spoke in a determined manner to Aubrielle, "Leave it to me ma''am I will keep him safe in both real and virtual world." Aubrielle eyes became moist with tears as she spoke, "Thank you thank you so much Katrina, thank you.", she gave her a bone crushing hug, the duo stayed like that for a moment before she let her off as she spoke, "Well I believe it is time to go to bed we have lots to do tomorrow is it not." Katrina nodded as she left shortly after, as Aubrielle moved to her bed room, upon entering she found her husband sitting with a gun in his hand, and on a chair was Yelena who looked with mirth shining in her eyes as Aubrielle sighed as she spoke, "Okay you won Yelena drugging her food worked perfectly." Yelena had a smug smile on her face, "Told you it would work, though I have to say your acting was remarkable." Aubrielle snorted at that as she placed her gun on the table as Tristan spoke, "It would be shame if she refused not only it would be incredible awkward to explain her disappearance to Nathan, but I like the carpet near Nathan''s door." Aubrielle nodded at that before she spoke with a frown, "His action today was really troublesome, I hope I would not leak outside our house." Yelena gave a small smile as she spoke, "No I had a small talk with her and she decided against mentioning it to anyone." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Tristan nodded at that as he spoke, "Well as long as she is cooperative everything will be fine for her." 80 Meeting with a younger Brother part-1 Nathan looked at Katrina curiously he did not know why but she looked a bit happier than usual as if a burden had been lifted off her shoulder as he ate the breakfast with his teammates he skimmed through the news of the day as Scarlet spoke with a sigh, "Oi Nathan, what is this about you and Nikola reading Newspaper every morning during breakfast you act more like a middle aged salary man." Nikola blushed a bit at that while Nathan simply had a small smile on his face as he spoke, "Well since one day we have to lead our company we are taught from very young age to keep our eyes and ears open as who knows what opportunity I might stumble upon." Lillian took a bite of her toast as she spoke, "So is that why you are also making some notes?" Nathan smiled at that as he spoke, "Yes I am making a note on the market so that I can discuss with my father later on and if it proves fruitful dad might invest or in certain cases divest from them." Song Jie looked at him curiously at that as she spoke, "Your father heeds your advice?" Nathan nodded his head as he spoke, "Of course I speak with my father about them from time to time, but I would not call them advice because I am still in the learning phase as such I make a lot of mistakes." Song Jie looked to argue as Amelia spoke with a smirk, "Leave it sister, Nathan''s parents are like that, but more importantly Retsu are you still sore about today''s spar." Retsuko send a scathing glare at Nathan as she spoke, "Why would I not be, what kind of training did you undertake?" Nathan shrugged as he spoke, "No idea grandpa tells me that I am all natural and all those movies and cartoons during rehab helped a lot." As most of them looked curiously at him Isuzu spoke with a frown, "Rehab??" Nathan''s eyes twitched a bit from the slip of his tongue as he spoke with a sigh, "I had an accident when I was young, it made me comatose for years and when I awoke well I had no memories not only that I had to learn how to speak, walk and while I was in rehab I gained a health appreciation for anime and movies and most of the fighting style I use is a mish mash from them." It was a lie a big fat lie he knew that even if his parents could not come up with a suitable answer and what he said was suggested by his parents, to him the reason was ludicrous as he is not some kind of godly prodigy in martial arts, he knew something might have happened to him something hidden because his memories were lost, but he would decide not to bother on it after all he decided to believe the lie told by his parents because he felt afraid to try and uncover his past, he shook his head as he looked towards others and he frowned. ''Huh what happened? Why are they moving so slowly.", he shook his head as his vision became normal again causing him to sigh, ''I need some vacation I am getting stressed out.'' Katrina looked at Nathan as she spoke with concern in her voice, "Nathan are you alright?" Nathan looked at her with a smile on his face, "Of course I am alright just a bit stressed out." Amelia shook her head as she spoke, "That won''t do Nathan we all worked so hard yesterday and now you are claiming to be stressed out how pampered are you?" Nathan almost spit his food as he send a glare towards smirking Amelia whose smirk was being copied by others after all they had a nice day shopping whereas him the so called the person who did nothing was stuck as a gopher for them. Nikola smiled at that as she spoke, "So what is the plan for Christmas?" Song Jie had a small smile on her face as she spoke with a faraway look, "Well my family never celebrated Christmas as it was waste of time and money for them but my brother and I always spend our time together." Amelia had a smirk on her face that was mirrored by Katrina causing Nathan suddenly to feel scared, ''Why are they smirking like that Katrina was the cool type not the teasing type till yesterday now they are smiling why do I suddenly want to buy a doomsday bunker.'' Amelia with smirk on her face spoke in a cooing voice, "Nathan will Milliana attend the Christmas party?" Nathan did a spit take at that as he spoke in an irritated tone, "Really you had to take the name of that girl I hate her." Nikola frowned at that as she spoke, "Is that not the bushy brown haired woman?" Katrina nodded at that as Nikola winced at that as she patted on Nathan''s hand as she had a look of sympathy on her face as she spoke, "I feel sorry for you Nathan." Retsuko spoke with a frown, "Can anyone tell me why some of you are happy and some of you are grimacing." Nathan sighed at that as he spoke, "Milliana is daughter of one of my father''s friend as such I am forced to stay in the same room as her, a vain spoilt clingy girl with no redeeming qualities in her." Katrina gave a small smile as she spoke, "You forgot to add haughty and holier than thou attitude." Nikola nodded at that as she spoke, "A real piece of work that one, I doubt anyone that is not seduced by her father''s money has anything good to say about her, not to mention she had hot for Nathan oh sorry not Nathan but his inheritance and she is not shy about mentioning it." Amelia snorted at that as she spoke, "Shy? Please that girl believes that she is the best thing that has ever happened to this planet and Nathan should be lucky that she has even deemed him important to allow him to spend his money on him as her husband." Nathan shook his head in exasperation as Amelia continued to speak, "Not to mention certain rumors about her that has been circulating." Nikola leaned forward as she spoke, "What rumors?" Amelia had a look of disgust as she spoke, "I have heard that she has penchant of seeking out young men well on the wealthier side and enjoying them for a couple of days before changing to others, well you know what I mean." Nathan spoke with disgust in his voice, "Please do not speak about that horrid woman I do not like her and you all I apologize in advance if you had the misfortune of meeting her." But before anyone could speak anything a maid promptly entered the room as she gave a short bow before she spoke, "Excuse me Ma''am and Sir just now a message was received from Saint Louis hospital¡­",whatever she was going to say was stopped as Song Jie literally jumped from her seat as her chair fell. Song Jie spoke in a fearful tone with tears started to accumulate in her eyes, "Did something happened to my brother is he alright?" The maid gave a reassuring smile as she spoke, "Ma''am, please calm down, the hospital just called to inform you that your brother has finally gained his consciousness." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Upon hearing the news everyone''s look of concern was replaced with a feeling of joy in their face as Retsuko and Nathan whooped in joy as Nathan spoke with a smile, "Fantastic just fantastic, well what are you waiting for Song Jie get ready quick we are all going to visit you brother.", he then turned towards the maid as he spoke with a smile, "That is a wonderful News Alice, would be a dear and tell someone to get family cars ready so that we all can travel to visit Song Jie''s brother." The maid now named Alice simply bowed as she left to fulfill her orders as a teary eyed Song Jie was practically dragged by her female friends to get dressed in a something more suitable for wear while travelling outside. 81 Meeting with a younger Brother part-2 Song Jie sat beside her bother as she held her hand, the others had given her privacy as she was speaking with her brother the others could see the emotional roller coaster she was riding on, as such they decided to give the duo some space as they stood outside the room but the giant glass window gave them at least some semblance as to what was going on inside. Amelia had a small smile on her face as she spoke, "I am happy her brother awoke." Nathan''s jaw harden as he spoke with a frown, "Her brother was never meant to awake as long as he stayed in China." Others except his cousin and butler looked at him as a few did double take as Retsuko spoke with curiosity laced in her voice, "How? How did you know such thing?" Nathan sighed as he ran his hand though his hair as he spoke, "Simple dear, the doctors were paid to do keep him under drug induced coma and for patient like him, it was like a slow death." Scarlet, "So how did you manage to get them out of the country?" Nikola let out a giggle as she spoke, "Make sure whenever you sign read the fine print." Katrina smiled at them as she continued where Nikola left off, "Their father the Song clan leader did not read the papers he was signing and a certain someone slipped some papers which basically gave the brother sister duo semi emancipation as such we were able to move them here." Nathan nodded at that as he spoke, "They tried to create some problems but the lawyers tore them into ribbons on the legal documents, not only that the documents are legally binding in such a way that, the siblings if disinherited will gain at least half of the Song Family business and property, lose or hard cash and the best part they get to chose what should be in their half, not to mention if they die no matter the cause their share will be chosen from the post profit making and will be liquidated before being donated to some International charity fund." Lillian spoke with a shiver in her voice, "You all are scary." The simply smirked at that as Nathan spoke, "We are not scary we are just looking after our friends." Isuzu gulped at that as she spoke, "Do you also have to deal with such kind of underhanded tactics." Nathan snorted as he spoke, "Well I have yet to face something like that but my parents and grandparents always have keep their eyes peeled open for treachery and deceit." An uncomfortable silence descended on them which was broken by a few moments later as the door of the private room opened as Song Jie glanced outside with a small smile on her face as she spoke, "Please come in I would like to introduce you all to my brother." As the group flowed inside the room Song Jie''s brother tried to seat up only to be forced back to lying position by his sister as Nikola spoke with concern in her voice, "Please there is no need to sit up you are healing." Song Jie''s brother gave a weak smile as he spoke, "Thank you for saving my life, thank you very much when I like a fool tried to kill myself." Katrina winced at that as she spoke, "About that Song Yu I believe that you are not at fault, when we brought you here the doctors did a blood test and found traces of drugs in your blood stream that causes severe depression in someone, so I believe someone tried to kill you." Both the siblings were thunderstruck at that as Nathan spoke in a serious tone, "Do you suspect anyone?" Song Jie looked at her hand as she spoke her voice barely a whisper, "My entire clan, no the entire clan of Song might be responsible." Song Yu gave a bitter chuckle at that as he spoke, "What can you expect from people who would sell their parents if it means a little bit more money." Nathan placed a comforting hand on his shoulder as he spoke, "Brother, I do not know nor will I be able to understand the struggle and what you two went through but I promise I will be you family and friend so you have nothing to worry." His was shared by the rest as they shared similar comforting smile that eased the minds of the Song siblings as Nikola spoke, "So what do you wish to do now?" Song Yu looked out of place at that as he spoke, "What? What do you mean by that?" Nikola gave a small smile as she spoke, "Well about your education?" Song Jie frowned at that as she spoke, "I wanted to finish my masters and as for my brother he was in second year in college." Song Yu sighed as he spoke, "I wanted to be a doctor like my mother but the sperm donor made me study law." Song Jie frowned at that as she spoke, "No matter what that man is still our father as such please do not use such a crass language.", before her frown turn to a smile as she spoke, "Although I agree with you, after you would make an extremely bad lawyer, your marks are deplorable." Song Yu simply showed his tongue to Song Jie at that as others simply smile, Nathan looked outside through the window as he spoke while scratching his chin a bit, "Well you can apply for exams for the coming year and I hope you can fulfill you dream, or if you want you can take a year to prepare for your exams if you feel so, either way we all will happily support and it was one of the conditions that my parents gave for me to make the Game Studio, I have to help the members to complete their education." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Song Yu gave a small as he spoke, "Thank you but I cannot ask for your help anymore, what you did for us was more than anyone except our mother did for us, but I cannot ask for more." Nathan simply shook his hand negatively as he dismissed Song Yu, "You do not have to worry about your education because I am not paying it because your sperm donor as you so eloquently put him to be made an itsy bitsy tiny winy mistake had signed of half of your clan''s properties whether they be tangible or intangible to your sister and you." Song Yu had his jaw opened wide at that as Nathan continued, "Well I do not think you need any monetary help and as such, although I hope you would give some thoughts about joining the game studio and working with us until your admission into college." Song Yu quickly nodded at that as he spoke, "Of course brother I would love to.", then his face changed into that of regret as he spoke, "But I will be a low leveled player will still want me in your studio." Nikola replied on behalf of Nathan at Song Yu''s question, "Brother Yu, we are just friends gathered together to have an adventure of a life time nothing more nothing less as for your level we do not care, it will increase." It had been a few hours since they had visited Song Yu and currently Zeus was staring at the system message that popped in front of him as he sighed, seeing his downcast face Azi could not help but ask him, "What has happened Zeus? Is something wrong?" Zeus looked at her as he spoke with a dejected tone in his voice, "Yes Azi, a system message came about some kind of Christmas celebration, a special event." Azi nodded at that as she spoke with a grin, "Yes I cannot wait for the event to begin so does others but what has made you make such a dour face." Zeus hung his head while dismissing the message as he spoke in a somber tone, "Teacher decided that I will accompany her to the Great Tree to gather the water from the Great Sacred Lake that baths the root of the great tree, as such I will miss the Christmas event." Azi patted him on his shoulder with a faux sad voice as she spoke, "Ohh poor you, do not worry we will surely show you the recording.", her words spiraled Zeus further into depression as others simply laughed at his plight. 82 Seeking Ancestors Blessings part-1 "But why can we not?", Azi asked Vessha with an angry snarl, "We have been in this quest together so why can we not go with you?" Vessha looked up from the report she was reading, she had the look of poor boredom on her face as she spoke, "Pray tell me why I should take you with me?" Azi growled at her as BlizzardQueen spoke with anger in her voice, "As she said that we are sharing the same quest." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Vessha raised one of her eyebrows at that as she spoke, "And it would matter why?" Tarasque frowned at that as she spoke, "We are his teammates and friends that is why we would want to continue together." Vessha smiled at her as she spoke, "Well good for you then but unfortunately I am his teacher as such I decline because I neither do have patience nor do I have enough man power to do so." BlizzardQueen slammed her fist hard on Vessha''s desk causing Vessha''s eyes to narrow as BlizzardQueen spoke, "I do not care about that we are a team and we do not want to be broken apart." Vessha nodded at that as she spoke, "Well if you say so, but what about Zeus? What does he say about it?" Sylphy frowned as she spoke, "Well he is missing so we thought he was busy training." Vessha had a grin on her face as she spoke, "Well he agreed and has left already, did your teammate not tell you." The girls except Azi and Tarasque were taken aback at that as Sylphy snarled in anger, "That no good idiot." Her tirade was stopped when Azi raised her hand to stop her from ranting as she spoke with frown, "What did you do to him?" Vessha raised one of her brows as she spoke with a happy look on her face, "Well I persuaded him and he agreed and has already left now I am about to leave or might not catch up with him." Azi suddenly had a feeling of dread she knew that from various interactions with Vessha that a happy Vessha means she is torturing Zeus by calling it training, when Zeus told him that her teacher had said that he would be going there alone, she thought it as a joke but she should have expected something from the crazy woman and now she must have done something to him. Vessha sighed as she spoke, "Well it was easy to convince him, a hammer, ropes and a bag, and a couple of my man to carry him." Tarasque''s brow twitched as she spoke with a snarl, "How dare you kidnap him, you¡­" Veesha raised her hand stopping her as she spoke, "Listen I am busy and I have given you more than enough time now leave.", with that she made a shooing motion with her hand as the group was flung out of her room as the door closed behind them. As they stood up CelestialMaiden spoke in a worried tone, "Everyone I think she might have really done something to Zeus I have been sending him message for some time now but he has yet to reply." Sylphy narrowed her eyes as she spoke, "I hope he replies soon enough." Azi and Tarasque simply sighed they were getting tired of Sylphy''s antics they knew that she had a distrust of her opposite gender but this was getting ridiculous treating Zeus like that. Zeus woke up with a headache only to he greeted by over a dozen messages that he had missed but what made him a bit afraid was his hands and legs bound tightly with his mouth gagged not to mention he was inside a burlap sack. ''Why have I been kidnapped? The last thing I remember was my teacher calling me to his office before my screen turned black and a message was shown that I have lost consciousness. Did someone kidnap me but how and why? But most importantly should my teacher not have helped me or was she forced to surrender as I am a hostage.'' Befpre he could brainstorm anymore the sack was opened as he was thrown outside, he winced as the rays of the sun hit his eyes as a voice came to his ears, "Rise and shine dear rise and shine." With that he felt the ropes binding him being cut off and the piece of cloth that was used to gag him removed from his mouth as he was finally able to look up he was greeted with the smiling visage of Vessha, who was looking towards a certain direction with a nostalgic look on her face. As Ryuu looked at the direction he was greeted by imposing walls of a large city, and its beauty was oddly enhanced by the large growth of vegetation yet it did not lose its glory it looked like a veteran soldier who had seen and spend his entire life surrounded by the fires of war. "Beautiful and awe inspiring isn''t it, no matter how many times I have seen it, it never seizes to make me amazed, it reminds of the time when I was a young child learning from my father how to hold a sword before it went all bad, my father was one of the top generals in that woman''s army, one of the people who protested against corruption as such he was dishonorably discharged because he was friend with him, only his achievements kept him away from the gallows, but if you ask me for a proud man like him death was a better choice than dishonor." As Zeus listened with rapt attention Vessha continued, "I still remember your predecessor my big brother in all but blood burning the city down and imprisoning the queen with his dying breath." Vessha seemed to be silent for a moment as Zeus looked at her face, she then turned towards him as she spoke "Zeus, it is a custom of our family to seek blessings from our ancestors when we take on a disciple someone to whom we pass our skills, I remember when my father took me to pray to my ancestors and today I will do the same with you and then hopefully complete the quest as well." Zeus nodded as he stood up, ''Damn elves live a very long life and if what I have read is correct the tragedy of Yafa Esari took place 800 years ago so this person is at the very least 800 years old.'' Vessha gave a small saintly smile as she spoke, "Dear if you think about my age I am going to use you as monster bait, I hope you are not doing so Zeus." Zeus quickly shook his head as he hurriedly spoke, "Of course not teacher I am a bit speechless upon seeing the awe inspiring walls even if the city is ruined." Vessha gave a crisp nod as she spoke, "Follow as close to me as possible listen to my every command without hesitation and without wasting any time or you might die, try not to get distracted and trail to fair behind or you may get lost and die, and please try to keep up I am not known for my patience and if you trail too far behind I will leave you in the dust. Now move.", with that she started jogging towards the city, Zeus did not wait too long to react and he started to run behind her in order to keep up with her as the duo made their way towards the sacred place of Vessha''s family. 83 Seeking Ancestors Blessings part-2 Zeus was glad that he knew parkour as he dashed after Vessha who moving through rubble and various obstacle with such grace as if she was walking on ramp but at the speed of an Olympic 100m sprinter, and Zeus was having hard time trying to keep up as well move silently as she had ordered to, more often than not she would stop and make them hide it would be only time for him to catch some breath but then once again mad dash would start once again. It was getting hectic as his teacher did not speak any word since they had stopped to look towards the city and the last time he tried to break the silence he was greeted by the harshest glare she could master and his heavy breathing earned him glare full of pain as such he tried to keep his mouth close, but alas his character was designed to produce sound like a dying horse every time his stamina was lower than 5% of the original and there was nothing he could do. Zeus was at first confused why his teacher was acting as such but no matter how much he beat his head on the matter he failed to comprehend her reaction until something happened, Vessha tensed as a loud thumb was heard as Zeus looked up to see a large animal, that had the body of tiger like beast but had the face of a gorilla, moving but the weird part was that it had no eye and was turning invisible one moment and reappearing in another, as Zeus was about to use observe on the beast a handle fell on his shoulder gripping him hard as he looked at his teacher she simply shook her head negatively as Zeus nodded in understanding Vessha visibly relaxed as if a large burden was lifted off of her shoulder making Zeus even more curious but he decided to ask her about those creatures later on. Almost an hour later the duo stood in front of what seemed to be a large mansion with most of its part destroyed through the ravages of time, Vessha walked around the fence making towards a particular spot towards the back before she touched the wall she pulsed her magic, the wall shifted as she literally dragged Zeus inside as the wall closed behind them as Vessha let out a sigh of relief. Zeus looked at the tunnel in front of him as Vessha spoke with a huff, "You can fire all of your questions now child we are safe for now." Zeus looked around as he spoke, "How are we inside a tunnel when we were looking towards the back of a mansion." Vessha looked forward as she spoke, "Well that is magic, pulsing magic at a certain part of the building opens the secret tunnel through which we are going to travel now." Zeus nodded at that although from the looks of it he knew that his teacher was not going to say anything more so he kept quite but the most imminent question that rose was those creatures, "Teacher what were those creatures we were avoiding?" Vessha bit her lips before she spoke with a tired smile on her face, "When the city was about to fall under the wrath of your predecessor, the corrupt Prime Minister unleashed something which he thought that could control and defeat him but he miscalculated as the beings began attacking and turning the citizens into those creatures, the creatures who exist at the same time does not exist in our dimension and anyone killed by them becomes one as such we burn our dead, and as for the creatures we call them ''Lost'' or ''Foreigners''. " Zeus eyes widen at that as he spoke in disbelief, "That means those creatures are former people, is that why you decided not to fight them." Vessha looked at him incredulously as she spoke, "Remember child no matter what happens an enemy does not have any religion, caste, creed or sex the only place it has is being perforated by your weapon and dead, this creature may once upon a time my brethren, I still cry for them I still miss them but if given chance I will not hesitate to kill them and free them from such tormented and twisted life.", she looked Zeus straight into his eyes causing his to gulp as she continued speaking but this time she held him by his chin making him look back at her, "My mother turned into one of those blasted creatures and my father failed to slay her and ended up dead, I killed both of them after they became one of those filthy creatures and believe me Zeus I will do the same if you manage to become one of those at the same time the day I become one of them, make sure to kill me before I fully transform otherwise I will not forgive you.", with her piece finished she began walking leaving Zeus behind who simply wordlessly nodded at that as he followed after Vessha. [Skywind Sanctuary: Exp Gain Bonus: Nil HP Recovery Rate: +200% Stamina Recovery Rate: +200% MP Recovery Rate: +200%] As they walked towards through the tunnel Zeus was greeted by various pictures of warriors fighting different creatures before Zeus could speak Vessha spoke with a smile, "They are murals of my ancestors each depicting them in various battles." Zeus looked at those murals with slight wide eyes only for Vessha to draw his attention with a sigh, "Zeus as much as you and I love watching this murals the entire pace is a maze as such tie one end of this rope to your hand I will do the same with the other, and one thing you should know that I would love to get out of this city before night fall, the creatures that prowl in the darkness are even more dangerous so move along quick." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Zeus sighed as he grumbled, "I hate this, I so wanted to see this place more." Vessha gave him a sad smile as she spoke, "If you are awestruck by this I would love to see your face if you had the chance to witness the city at the height of its glory." Zeus gave him a small smile as he spoke, "I would definitely love to see it." Vessha turned around as she left with Zeus in tow meanwhile Azi was sat on the ground tiredly as Sylphy collapsed before her as she spoke with a huff, "I hate this screaming plants and sooner than later they will make me go deaf." Azi nodded at that tiredly as she spoke with a sigh, "I hope Zeus is having an interesting time than us." CelestialMaiden who was nearby simply snorted at that as she spoke, "No sister, I doubt he is having a nice time, I have asked around and from what I have learned that place is extremely dangerous and I hope he returns safely from that place." 84 Seeking Ancestors Blessings part-3 Zeus sat on a stump as ordered by his teacher as he watched with interest in his eyes his teacher kneeling and praying to what seemed to be a picture of a giant tree painted in black, with many branches as she spoke barely above a whisper he could not make out what she was saying then all of a sudden she raised her hands then the tree began to glow white hot as greenish wisp with ghostly wails had appeared all of a sudden making Zeus alarmed at that as one by one the greenish wisp took form various men and women who circled around her. Zeus could looked at awe for a moment he was about to cast ''Observe'' but he faltered upon seeing a man and a woman hugging his teacher he did not want to ruin their moment, in fact he already felt like an intruder upon seeing the scene which was clearly personal. He would have left from there but he feared the sound of his movement would draw attention. Zeus sat on the stump as he waited for his master to speak who was clearly enjoying with her eyes closed a few more minutes later his master was almost covered under a pile of ghostly figures before she decided to stand up as she looked at him the ghosts standing by her side as he spoke, "Zeus come up here." One of the ghosts, who looked like a male standing by her side, tilted his head as he spoke, "Vessha although I am happy that you have finally decided to settle down but really him, a weak puny human who smells of her mother''s milk really that was your choice." Zeus did not know what came before him but without thinking he retorted back to him, "Oi you green ghost who do you think you are? I would marry an old hag like her who is fit enough to be my great ¨Csomething- something grandmother." No sooner did he finished his sentence he found his vision swim as it darkened, as he was assaulted by pain while several message flashed in front of his eyes. [WARNING: YOU HAVE BEEN CRITICALLY INJURED. WARNING: YOU HAVE BEEN PARALYZED DUE TO 90% BROKEN BONES TIME REMAINING: 360seconds. WARNING: YOU HAVE INTERNAL BLEEDING DUE TO 90% INTERNAL ORGAN RUPTURE AND BLEEDING TIME REMAINING: 360seconds. DEATH IN 5. . . . . 4 . . . . 3 . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 ] [YOU HAVE DIED] Nathan looked at the screen with dumbfounded expression when the dying message was displayed he was about to curse Vessha using some really colorful words when another set of messages pooped up in front of his eyes. [HIDDEN RACIAL SKILL ''UN-YEILDING HATCHLING'' ACTIVATED] Zeus eyes twitched madly at that, ''Hatchling! HATCHLING! Why did this stupid AI call him a thrice damned ''HATCHLING'' '', he hates it so much so that he let out a growl, as his vision cleared he stood up to see his teacher casually chatting up with her ghostly family as he shouted out, "That is cruel how could you kill me" Vessha gave him a surprised look as she spoke, "Ye you died when? I never even noticed that you died, are so weak now that simply breathing kills oh poor child, how hopeless you are.", she then faked a few sniffs making Zeus shake with anger but the rational part of his head calmed him down as he took a deep breath. A ghostly figure took pity on Zeus as she spoke with a shake of her head, "My beloved grand niece have mercy on the poor child now introduce us with him and begin the ceremony, after all you are wasting precious time." Vessha nodded at that as she spoke with a smile on her face, "You are right Great Grand Aunt." Vessha beckoned Zeus closer as she spoke with a smile on her face, "My family this child, his name is Zeus a young Deva and also my apprentice whom I wished to take in as my legacy apprentice as such I came here to ask for your blessings." Zeus for a minute felt as if he was like some exotic animal being showcased in a zoo as a silent murmur went through the crowd as time passed he noticed his teacher was getting visibly worried with each passing second, before the ghosts moved apart as one of the ghost approached moving as he inspected Zeus like one does a lamb before taking it to slaughter making Zeus gulp a bit. The ghost looked back at Vessha as he spoke, "Well he will do well I guess, you may proceed with the ritual my descendant." Vessha beamed at that as she guided Zeus to a ritual circle where she made him kneel as she slashed her hand as she let her blood drop on the precious ritual circle which promptly lit up as white light engulfed them, to Zeus it suddenly felt like the warm blanket encasing him during particularly chilly morning it felt so nice, he did not want it to end. The light then surrounded around Vessha and to Zeus''s eyes she for a moment looked like a Goddess more like a Goddess of Battle with her attire and was that a horn on her head, she looked directly into his eyes no into his soul and spoke in a voice that shook him to his core. "Zeus before I begin, swear on your name, your honor, your blood and your life and soul that no matter what happens you will never ever speak of anything that you hear or learn, if you fail to up hold your oath may the Divines judge and have mercy on your soul for my ancestor and I will curse you to the deepest pit of the void." Upon hearing that Zeus gulped causing Vessha''s eyes to narrow only to soften as Zeus began speaking with determination shining in his eyes, "I Zeus hereby swear on my blood, my honor, my name, and my life and soul that I will never divulge any thing that I learn here to anyone." Vessha gave a nod at that before she spoke, "Well I accept your oath." Before Zeus could react he suddenly felt as if someone was strangling him by holding his throat as he gasped for air his hand went towards his throat only for the feeling to disappear as a anew message appeared in front of his eyes. [ WARNING: AN OATH WITH WAS GIVEN AS CURSE HAS BEFALLEN UPON YOU. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. PENALTY ON FAILURE: PERMANENTLY HAVING YOUR STATS AND EXP GAIN REDUCED TO A 10TH. GAIN TITLE ''OATH BREAKER''. GAIN INFAMY OF 5000 CHARISMA PERMANENTLY LOCKED AT -200 DURATION OF OATH: UNKNOWN CONDITION OF RELEASE: RELEASE BY THE OATH HOLDER. ] Zeus''s eyes widen at that as Vessha gave him an understanding smile as she spoke, "I understand you are confused but you will surely understand why although next time please think twice before taking such oath.", she then cleared her throat as she began speaking, "Zeus what I am going to tell is our origin and the real reason why I, no our family is dedicated to helping Deva." That statement of hers garnered Zeus''s undivided attention as she continued speaking, "My family was descended from the Gods themselves, in fact¡­.." 85 Seeking Ancestors Blessings Part-4 the final touches of the New Year Ball, something he did not know if he wished to be part of or not, certain people would be arriving with whom he would want nothing to do with in fact he would love to be on the other side of the world just to escape them, yet he knew Nikola''s father Uncle Maksim would be there as well. Thinking about his Uncle Maksim brought smiles on his face he was a coolest person well a tad bit sigh of his own father something that Nikola vehemently denies like a stubborn heretic, at that his thought went to the time he ended up getting mobbed by his teammates. Nikola narrowed her eyes as she spoke to Nathan with a worried look on her face, "Are you alright Nathan? that crazy woman kidnapped you, when we heard about it we were so worried." Nathan had a small smile on his face as he spoke, "I am fine cousin, the crazy woman who you so eloquently put I doubt would like your opinion on her and there is a chance that she might retaliate rather badly. Nikola huffed at that as she spoke, "Well she can shove her..." Whatever she was about to say was stopped as Yelena who was nearby send her a glare, as Nathan smiled at that as he spoke, "There is nothing to worry about except that place is amazingly beautiful, as well as dangerous." At that everyone''s eyes shone with curiosity as Nathan was began to regal the tale of the beautiful and majestic city of Yafa Esari, he suddenly realized something, "Wait why am I wasting time to tell you about it when you can all view it." His teammates as well as many of his family members which included his grandmothers, his aunt all went after him as he guided them to the private home theater room of ''Osprey Manor''. Isuzu let out a small whistle of appreciation at that as she spoke with wonder, "Damn this is like a miniature movie theater, well an incredibly cozy and posh theater." Nathan tilted his head as he spoke, "Really, I have never been to any movie theater except the drive in one." Retsuko frowned at that as she spoke, "That is something I cannot believe in." Isabella sighed at that as she spoke, "Well you can blame us for that, because of Nathan had a lot of restriction in his life and still do in order to protect him and it was only recently that he is allowed to visit public places like that.", while inwardly she frowned as the only time they had allowed Nathan to be without any guards he was attacked by an insane woman whose whereabouts are still unknown. Nathan gave a clap drawing everyone''s attention to him as he spoke, "Well we can discuss what I am allowed and what I am not later on but firstly I believe it is time for us to see ''Yafa Esari''" Yelena nodded in agreement as she spoke, "Indeed let me play it.", with that she inserted a flash drive as Nathan''s adventure began to play before their eyes. Everyone watched enthralled by the sight of the grand city as Scarlet spoke with amazement dripping from her voice, "Wow, just wow I so wish now that I could have seen it at its glory day." Nathan nodded at that as he spoke, "So true and I believe many would share your wish." They watched as Vessha told Nathan to move or get left behind causing most to frown as Saniyah spoke with a frown, "That woman is despicable." Nathan sighed at that as he spoke, "Well I would not argue about how her methods are questionable but she never does anything without any reason." Nikola snorted at that as she spoke, "Eh right questionable, she is simply someone who should be locked inside an asylum, they way she took you there by kidnapping you it was not right." Nathan frowned at that as he could not say anything in her defense as he himself thought that she should have told him about the journey in advance instead of kidnapping him like that as such he could do nothing but acquiesce with a sour look on his face. As they proceeded they understood why Vessha gave him such a ridiculous condition to him when they finally saw a ''Lost'' as Retsuko spoke with a scowl, "That Boudier wanted us to deal with them." Nathan nodded at her as he spoke with a look of slight anger, "Apparently that person has some hidden ulterior motive and he has made it in such a way that I will have to spring his trap." Katrina gave him a small squeeze on his shoulder as she spoke with a reassuring smile, "Well no matter what we will prevail." Nathan smirked at that as he spoke, "Absolutely." They then watched Vessha guide him to the sanctuary then most howled in laughter as Nathan died upon commenting on Vessha''s death as Nathan spoke with a pout, "Hey aren''t you supposed to be on my side." Nikola controlled herself as she spoke with a smirk, "Sorry Nathan but you triggered a major no no against a woman and as such no sympathies.", as others nodded in acknowledgement including the most nicest girl in the group Song Jie. Nathan raised his hand as he spoke, "I feel the love all the love." As Vessha was about to start the video went blank including the audio as Lillian spoke with a frown, "What happened did the video went corrupt." Nathan shook his head as he spoke in a serious tone, "I cut the recording." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. At that everyone looked at him with their eyes wide as Isuzu spoke with disbelief in her voice, "Why did you not record it, Nathan?" Nathan looked at her directly in the eye, "I swore an oath on my name not to mention it to anyone as such I am sorry but I cannot divulge on the contents of our discussion." Retsuko frowned at that as she spoke in a tone filled with anger, "Did you trust us so little that you decided to hide something from us." Nathan''s brow twitched at that as he was about to retort to her angrily as when it came to him trust and Retsuko never saw eye to eye, but he managed to held off himself as he spoke with an angry huff, "I said I swore it, and my words in this matter is finally even GOD himself cannot force to change my mind once I have sworn to do something." Isabella gave a tired sigh as she spoke, "Good luck with that girls he is as stubborn as a mule and once he decides against something no one can force to make him do otherwise." It caused majority of his teammates to groan and soon it was time for dinner as they were leaving Zeus stayed for the last as he neared the door Saniyah spoke lowly so that only he managed to catch it, "So outside of prying walls with ears." Nathan only titled his head a little as they all went towards the dining table. 86 The Christmas Ball Part-1 Nathan checked himself in front of the mirror as he made final checks for his tuxedo as his mother Aubriella knocked on the door to his room, a faint ''Come in'' was heard as she entered and gasped at what she saw. Nathan looked back towards his mother who had her hand over her mouth as shocked look on her face but before he could speak he was engulfed in a hug by his mother who was gushing over him. Nathan blushed in embarrassment as he spoke try to escape from his mother''s hug, "Mom please" Aubriella spoke with a teasing smile on her face, "Awww, is my precious baby embarrassed, you look so handsome today." Nathan blushed at the compliment as he spoke, "You look beautiful as well mom." Aubriella beamed at that to her only the opinion of her family mattered and since her beloved son gave the verdict she felt as if she had won the title of Miss Universe already. "Well if you two are ready it is time we went downstairs the guests have started to arrive.", the duo turned to look at the speaker and were greeted by the sight of Tristan leaning on the door looking smiling at them. As the small family of three made their way down the ball room of the manor, Nathan spotted various familiar faces whom he had known personally and many whom he had yet to meet but had seen their pictures along with his parents, this Christmas ball was a bit special as they had finally decided to introduce Nathan formally, people had been aware of his relation with his parents since his graduation when he finally molted from a humble student of middle class family into scion of Henderson family, and today they would formally appear together in a party like a family. "Ah Tristan you have really out did yourself and from now on will young Nathan finally appear in front of the world." Tristan shook the hand of the speaker who was a silver haired person as he spoke with a smile, "Of course I believe it is time for him to learn more about family business." The person in question nodded with understanding as they got engrossed with talks of business, while Nathan had to put up a smile on his face as he was approached by various people mostly female trying to get to know him better. Nikola took pity on Nathan as she approached him, making her way through the crowd before she caught hold of his hand as she spoke with an apologetic look on her face, "Excuse me but I need to borrow my cousin for a minute." Nathan gave an apologetic smile of his own as he quickly left with Nikola, one of the guest was getting too close trying to invade his personal space, as Nathan was a bit out of ear shot of the previous group he let out a deep breath as he spoke, "Thank you Nikola I would have suffocated there, did those women simply swam in a tub full of toxic waste. Ugh" Nikola raised her eyebrow as she spoke with a sly smile."Really I thought you were enjoying their company." Nathan almost visibly gagged at that as he spoke, "What blasphemous things are you spouting that old hag invading my personal space, how old is she? I bet she is older than my grandmother''s grandmother even with all the paints and what not she could not hide her real age, not to mention she was the obnoxious of the bunch." Nikola giggled at that as she spoke, "That is sure, but at the same time I might have saved her life, aunty was about to murder her if I had not intervened." Nathan shagged a little as he spoke, "I hate this thing, I also have a head, two hands and legs I am not any different than any other person." Nikola gave him a sad smile as she spoke, "Dear cousin you may not be any different in basic physical sense but you are different in the sense your family is filthy rich as well as a political powerhouse, as such you are a Golden Egg for them, it was for the same reason uncle and aunty hid you so much from the eyes of the vulture but alas those happy days are over." Before Nathan could speak an obnoxious voice came to his ears, "My my so some finally dared to step out and he was so brazen about it." Nathan growled as he turned towards the speaker as he spoke with a smile on his face, "Merry Christmas Milliana, how have you been?" Milliana tilted her head as she spoke, "Well I am fine Nathan, it was big of a surprise that your family finally decided instead of a small get together between close friends to suddenly have such a lavish ball. Well I guess someone had gotten over their Agoraphobia." Nathan gave him a small smile as he spoke, "Really that is news to me after all I never knew you had been studying Human Psychology." Milliana tilted her head as she spoke, "Whether I study Psychology or not is not important but I heard you had break up well more like someone dumped you because she thought you penniless, please seriously have some class I never knew you were so desperate." Nathan raised his brow as he shrugged as he spoke, "Well last I checked who I get involved with is my headache not yours, so why? Why are you having such a headache?" Milliana snorted at that as she spoke, "We are the elite humans of this world living in the land where the rest of the world can only live in their dreams, we are above others as such your poor choice demeans us elites making us all look bad next time think about twice before you want to do something.", with her piece said she left with her chin high up in the air. Nikola elbowed Nathan as she whispered to him, "I think we should contact the asylum and inform them about the whereabouts of their patient." Nathan cracked a grin as he spoke, "So true but unfortunately there is no asylum in this planet that could cater to Miss-I-am-holier-than-thou." Nikola snorted at that as they made their way to their gaming group as Nathan gritted them with a smile, "Hello ladies how are you all this fine evening." The girls even Retsuko gave him a small smile at Nathan, truly Christmas was a mysterious day when everyone and anyone can get together easily. Scarlet send a teasing grin towards Nathan as she spoke, "My my how popular you are Nathan all the ladies of the ball was practically glued to you." Nathan rolled his eyes as he spoke, "Ya right, and so are you all enjoying the evening." The girls nodded at his question before Song Jie spoke with a frown, "We are but where is Katrina." Nathan sighed at that as he spoke, "Katrina at the end of the day is the head butler of our family as such she is busy." Isuzu nodded in understanding before she spoke with a frown, "That girl Milliana she¡­", Nathan turned towards her before giving her an apologetic smile as he spoke, "Whatever she said I would ask for forgiveness that woman belongs in the asylum." The others were taken aback by the dislike in his voice apparently from what they had seen Milliana''s father was a bit close to Tristan yet the rift between their children was so big that even a blind man can see. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. 87 Christmas Ball Part-2 "Welcome brother Maksim welcome.", Nathan''s father stepped forward as he welcomed his wife''s cousin by hugging him which was returned by a smiling Maksim. Maksim with a grin on his face spoke, "It has been so long since we met brother." Tristan nodded at that as Aubrielle stepped forward as she spoke with large smile on her face, "Welcome big brother welcome I am so glad that you could join us." Maksim nodded at that as he spoke with a smile, "Me too sister me too, so where is my nephew?" "Uncle Maksim, how are you?", an excited voice came to his ears as he looked towards a smiling Nathan as he spoke, "My how you have grown Nathan, it seems soon my sister will have to keep girls off of you with stick." Nathan blushed at that while many were discussing about the newcomer trying to identify him when one of the guests was able to identify him as he spoke with awe, "No way isn''t that the infamous Oil King of Russia, Maksim Sergeievich Ivanova." Furious discussion broke all around as they tried to discern their relationship as a few of them scoffed after all many times they had seen Ivanova and Henderson getting together and rumor was that they were related rather distantly. Zeus looked at the strange creature that his teacher had roasted and had offered him a part of it as he looked at it while using ''Observe'' on it. Name: Roasted Fire Gecko Type: Rare Attribute: +10% HP recovery/second (For 2 minute) +10% MP recovery/second (For 2 minute) +10% Stamina recovery/second (For 2 minute) Zeus''s eyes widen at that as he read the attributes it was a incredible, to thing Vessha could cook something so incredible, it was completely beyond his imagination a completely game breaking item, within 10 seconds anyone could have full health it was amazing the respect for his teacher went up by a whole lot only for it to come crashing down as he read the rest of the attributes. Aromatic: A unique stench that will drive away all creatures or NPCs away from you because of disgust (30:00 minutes), you may be attacked upon entering the city. Rumble in the Belly: You will suffer discomfort for some time (30:00 minutes) caused by intense stomach ache. Unknown:????? Description: A dish prepared by Vessha with intense care for her one and only disciple Zeus, her cooking is famous or rather infamous because it causes severe negative effect thus feared throughout her tribe to the point her tribesmen prefer suicide. Zeus gawked at that as he was unable to decide what to do with it, but his decision was done courtesy of Vessha who grab the roasted food and shoved it down his throat. Vessha had an angelic smile on her face while Zeus was forced to swallow on reflex lest he choked as she spoke, "You should eat while it is hot or the taste will become bad when it is cold." Zeus would have glared at her but suddenly stopped by incredible pain in his stomach followed by color disappearing from his sight plunging the entire world into black and white and what was worse he was unable to speak, as such he glared at the woman whose action caused him to suffer so much. ''How am I putting up with so much abuse after everything is over I am so cutting ties with her.'' Zeus was incredibly incensed by her latest stunt as he glared at her with hatred a number of notifications popped in front of him. You have been poisoned -10% decrease in HP, MP and Stamina per sec You have gained Skill ''Poison Resistance'' Skill ''Poison Resistance'' gained 1 LvL. ____________________________________________________________________________ Vessha looked at Zeus as she spoke, "Do not give me that look hatchling did I ever lead you astray or did anything that would cause you not to gain something." Zeus sighed at that but he was still unable to say anything causing Vessha to smile brightly as she spoke, "See you have been forced into silence by the truth." The glare returned full force as Vessha laughed at that causing Zeus to grit his teeth with frustration before the laughter stopped as she looked seriously at him as she spoke, "Eat it fast, we have places to be and the animal repellant will be needed very much where we will be going to, so eat up fast.", Zeus looked at her as she bit off from another ''roasted fire gecko''. Meanwhile in the middle of the desert a little bit away from the fort a group was sitting for the clock to strike midnight. TacoGirl shivered from the cold as she spoke, "This is desert is really something the morning it is unbearably hot and no it is bone chilling cold." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Azi snorted at that as she spoke, "It is the same for any desert in our world as well morning they are hot and at night they are chilly." Tarasque''s suddenly had a serious look on her face as she spoke, "It is beginning." Jingling of bell was heard followed by a loud villainous laughter as a sled was seen moving halfhazardly through the sky. "Fire! FIRE!" was the cry of the group as they let lose all kinds of ranged based attack to make the guy fall and fall he did as a crater with dust cloud formed where he fell. The only thing they could see was the name on top of the person and level as BarbarianLady sighed at that as she spoke, "I kind of miss Zeus now at least he could be able to tell the stats all we know that his name is ''ATNAS'' and it is ''Level 50'' also from the name it is simply reverse of ''Santa'' such lack of creativity." TacoGirl nodded at that as she spoke, "Not to mention level 50 at least 6 levels higher than even the strongest of us." Sylphy looked forward as her face formed a cruel smirk as she spoke, "If anyone wants to drop out they can but I am not letting our prey escape, Zeus had helped us pass through various difficult situation he was even part of the team that was able to capture a dungeon in hell mode, even If he is not here others from the team are here and I want to show that each of us have earned our right to be on this team and we are not solely depended on Zeus, without his skill and support it will be difficult but we will prevail." Azi laughed at that before she send a glare at the enemy as she spoke, "I could not say it better sister let us make this fight so epic that will make Zeus jealous of the chance to fight with us." With that they charged forward meanwhile back in the real world the situation was tense in the Opshrey Manor. Tristan jaws tighten as he growled, "How sure are you of this information." Maksim sighed as he looked a lot aged then he usually was as he spoke, "I am a hundred percent sure, when the raid took place many of those blasted thrice damned sobaki were killed but lot were unaccounted for, as such I decided to keep a track of those kids who were rescued, except Nathan either they are dead or are missing." Hearing that the frown on everyone''s face deepened as he placed another folder on the table as he spoke, "Brunhild the woman who tracked Nathan down and tried to kidnap him, unfortunately no one knows her real name and looks because of how well she can disguise herself, but from what I was able to find out from the files that we retrieved she was his handler, she taught him everything and by everything means everything no one was allowed interaction with Nathan except her anyone who tried was killed off, she is very very possessive of him, as such I fear she might try again." Aubriella snarled at that as she spoke, "Let her try I will kill her if she touches a single hair of my baby boy, I have lost him once I would never let anyone take him away from me again." Maksim looked at her before he spoke with a smile, "You have changed sister, when Nathan was younger both you and Tristan were so busy that your servants raised him, he probably would see you once a year." Both Tristan and Aubriella winced at that as Tristan spoke, "It was not the proudest moment of my life to say I was actually ashamed of myself after we lost him it was then I realized how important he was to me, to both of us, we were the worst of parents." Isabella snorted at that as she spoke, "Worst please you were deplorable I once wanted child service to get involved and take him away from both of you after all we raised you better." Both Tristan and Aubriella looked ashamed of themselves it was true they had money status and everything but nothing can compensate love and they had failed to provide as such during his childhood, no matter how they would act now they will never be able to repent for their sins." Maksim cleared his throat as he spoke while drawing everyone''s attention towards him as he spoke, "Now the big question is when are you going to tell him the truth?", seeing almost everyone save for his wife about to protest he raised his hand in a placating manner as he spoke, "As much as you want to shout and deny eventually you have to tell him, he is smart boy either he will figure it out or the enemy will inform him and I believe both of them will be worse." The entire family deflated as they felt a severe headache approaching them on how to break it to Nathan as well as dreading the conversion they will have. '' 88 The Sacred Lake Part-1 Zeus trudged after Vessha silently as he moved he noted how every creature had kept them at an arm''s length even if they were still sneaking their way towards their destination as such the creature might not even notice them but the revolting smell did its work as it managed to drive them away. Soon they found themselves standing in front of a large ruin, Vessha looked towards it as Zeus could feel the emotion in her eyes if only he could not be color blind because of her excellent gourmet cuisine, the thought of it made him want to puke. Vessha motioned him to follow as she moved with incredible agility with Zeus trying hard to keep up with her, ''What is wrong with that woman she suddenly upped her speed to an incredible level, if it wer not for the rope tying myself to her I would have left behind the dust.'', as he mused he almost tumbled from being pulled hard by the rope as he sighed while cursing inwardly. A few minutes later Vessha stopped in front of what seemed to be a beautifully build garden with a tomb at the center built, Vessha looked at Zeus and snorted as corner of her lips went up as she tried to stifle her laugh. Zeus looked at her as he spoke with a growl, \"Yes yes laugh all you want.\" Vessha smiled back at him as she spoke, \"Since when did you take up the job of a jester.\" Zeus growled became louder as he spoke with a snarl, \"You literally dragged me here through the foliage the mud and many things how could I not look like one after that.\" Vessha tilted her head as she spoke, \"Really it seems you are so light that I did not notice at all.\" Zeus could only grumble and stew in his anger before Vessha moved towards him as she removed the twigs and dust from above his head as well cleaned the mud from his face as she spoke, \"Well now you look presentable come I have someone I want you to meet.\" She took him towards the tomb where a large sarcophagus on whose top was a figure of regal looking person was build it looked as if the person was sleeping just waiting to awake up. Vessha took held his hand as she moved by the sarcophagus side as they approached it Zeus suddenly felt as if the temperature of the room plummet as a crunching sound came under from his feet as he looked down he was greeted by the sight of frozen ground even the blades of the grass was frozen and looked like as if it was made out of crystal, then he was felt the cold as to him if felt as if he was standing on ice barefoot. \"Look at the other side.\", came a voice to his ears and he was glad to move to the other side away from the cold. Only to be greeted by scorched earth with the land hot enough that he felt that his boots would melt from the heat as such he moved away from the sarcophagus he was stunned to see that outside a certain zone of influence it looked as if it was untouched by the cold and the heat. His attention was drawn towards Vessha who was laughing loudly at his reaction before she controlled herself well enough to speak, \"This please is a is a bit unique for it is the final resting place of your predecessor, I hope that you have already observed that a hot and cold zone exists around the sarcophagus up to a certain distance.\" Zeus looked around as he watched his eyes widen with shock as the zones seemed to be surrounding the sarcophagus in a perfect circle with each zone occupying half of the circle. Zeus could not help but ask her with wide eyes, \"Why?\" Vessha stood by his side as she spoke, \"That is because of the weapon used by him, he used to wield dual hatchet even after so many years the weapon is still as ferocious as ever.\" Zeus eyes widen at that as he spoke in disbelief at that, \"He dead almost a thousand years ago and you are saying that his weapons are the cause of this, moreover the grass over there is still burning if it were over a thousand years old then it would be ash by now, that was good attempt \" Vessha snorted at that as she spoke, \"Of course they are, what would you expect from someone who changed the entire forest land into this unforgiving desert, he was powerful, very powerful and probably the most powerful being I have seen.\", Vessha looked forward her eyes swirling with emotions as she spoke with a smile, \"As for the grass they are special the one on the colder side is called ''Crystal grass'', and the other one is called the ''Scorching grass'', they are used in exotic potions and Zeus normally I would have said to use observe on them but you are too low leveled to even see their names.\" Zeus was about to retort only to be silenced by Vessha as she spoke, \"I know you are having difficulty in believing me but even at my level I might only see the name as for harvesting it, the harvester should at the very least twice your strength before they can even think of trying to harvest them or they might die, I know you are skeptical about everything I told you about and I know even if I told you would use ''observe'' there is no need for you to be discreet just do it and you will be surprised.\" Zeus raised one of his eyebrow towards her before he looked towards the tomb as he used ''observe'' on it , his vision was filled with such intense light that for a moment the thought he would have gone blind as he let out startled cry he felt someone grabbing his shoulder as she felt Vessha''s voice in his ears, \"I know you are hearting open your eyes I am going to give you something that will soothe your eyesight.\" Zeus gritted his teeth as he spoke, \"What was that?\" Vessha spoke in a rather serious manner, \"You use observe on everything and anything, it is good thing to use it on enemies but it is a bad habit to use it on neutrals or your potential allies some of them might have some form of protection like that was on the sarcophagus.\" Zeus winced as after a few minutes not only did his vision returned normal but also he was cured of his temporary color blindness. Zeus blinked before he spoke with his eyes narrowed, \"You had a cure for the colorblindness that I was suffering?\" Vessha tilted her head as she spoke, \"Of course I had.\" Zeus was about to speak angrily to her but held his tongue after all it would achieve nothing as such he chose to let out a huff of anger, causing Vessha to roll her eyes as she spoke, \"Listen hatchling I will tell you only once, my teaching methods is different than others I will not hold your hands neither will I coddle you and instead of wasting time whining try to find the lesson behind my actions, it will be enlightening.\" Zeus glared at her as he spoke, \"If you had the antidote then, why did you not gave me prior to coming here, like you gave the one that fixed my voice.\" Vessha did not look at him as she closed her eyes while clasping her hand looking as if she was praying as she spoke, \"If you were not colorblind the little stunt would have blinded you, but more importantly making the antidote is not only costly but time consuming.\" 89 Creating a Game Studio Part-2 Zeus stood in front of a lake, it was so clear that even the bottom could be seen it was amazing as such he could not help but double take at that, ''I do not think that there are any such water body in any corner of the earth.'' "It is so clear", he could not help but remark out loud as Vessha grinned at him as she spoke, "Well come to the Sacred Pool, and the Sacred Tree of Eternity." Zeus never felt so free, so alive before as he breath in the fresh as he spoke with a smile, "I wish if possible to spend my entire life in this place, it is so mysterious and otherworldly." Vessha smiled at him as she spoke, "It sure is hatchling it sure is." Zeus looked towards the tree that seemed to be growing at the middle of the lake as he spoke with awe in his voice, the tree itself looked alive and homely. ''Wow how did they create such atmosphere kudos to the devs.'' "It is amazing" "I know it is amazing hatchling now let us finish our objective and leave and stop giving me that look, you cannot stay here forever." Zeus slouched forward as he pulled out a pitcher which he handed to Vessha who offered some prayer before she stored some water into it from the scared lake, before she handed it over to Zeus, who promptly stored it. "Well since our work is done let us leave.", Zeus nodded at that before he spoke, "Teacher is it possible for us to return here." Vessha gave him a small smile as she spoke, "Why not? I would love to accompany you again, though if you want to bring others then make sure you are strong enough to bring them here." Chain Quest Update: Quest: Help church to destroy the Necromancer job Gathering of sacred water complete. ??? ??? Reward: ?????? ?????? Failure: Imprisonment for eternity Zeus sighed at that before his eyes fell on to what seemed like a seedling, two small leaves were peeking out of the seed, making it more like a sapling, the seed itself was bigger enough to be held on his hand, as for you''re the leaves they were some of the healthiest he had seen he could not help but use ''observe'' on it. Name: Tree of Life(Seedling) Tier: Mythical Level: N/A HP: 100/100 MP: 100/100 Effect: ?????, ????, ?????? Zeus frowned at the seedling on his hand he sighed as he turned to look at a gaping Vessha who looked as if she had died standing causing Zeus to wave his hand in front of her face. "Oi teacher did you fall asleep?", he could not help but question her, which jolted her awake as she spoke with a voice full of disbelief, "Do you know what you are holding?" Zeus titled his head as he spoke, "I used observe on it and I know that this thing is called the ''Tree of Life'', something like that, but why are you so shocked?" Vessha looked at him as she spoke with disbelief, "What is with you and your luck? Are the love child of some God of Luck?" Zeus frowned at that as he spoke, "You should know that I am no such thing and my luck is extremely bad." Vessha looked at him like some crazed being as she parroted his words, "''My luck is extremely bad'', oh dear student of mine how did you come to such a conclusion your thinking capacity is truly astounding, this seedling is something from legend, a single seed like this has the power to transform an entire desert into forest land, it is not a simple seed from the sacred tree it is ''THE SEED'', a seed of this is given only once by the Sacred tree and you found it and now you say that you luck is BAD!!", she shouted at him causing Zeus to wince as she continued, "If we had something like this we could have transformed this entire desert into forest like it once was." As she gained a tired look on her face Zeus spoke with a frown, "If were such a thing then why did you not use the sacred tree to do so already." Vessha sighed as she spoke again, "The fool who planted the tree made a mistake, the tree should be planted during night under moon light and on the day he did it was the new moon, so the tree is not only small but stunted as such its effect is limited, if it were not those creature might not have spawned here not only that the other tree would not have grown so close to this one." Zeus looked at the seedling in his hand before he offered it to Vessha as he spoke, "Teacher then please accept it, it might sav¡­", he was stopped from speaking as Vessha placed a hand over his mouth as she spoke, "Do not hatchling do not offer me this precious thing, since you have found it you keep it with you and if possible do not mention it to others or else you might face a calamity, others will not be as temperate as myself and will kill you for it. But still I envy your luck." Zeus looked at the seedling as he placed it back into his inventory as he whispered so low that even his teacher did not hear him, "I myself envy the luck I have in the virtual world as if all my luck from the real world had been transferred here." Vessha patted him on his back before she spoke, "Well let us return and I hope your teammates did not burn my fort down." Zeus snorted in amusement as he followed after her with a smile on his face only for her to stop as a vial full of foul concoction promptly found itself shoved on his mouth which made him swallow its contents it tasted so horrible that Zeus wanted to hurl and then came the smell as his screen lost color and went black and white he wanted to scream but he was once again muted, as Vessha looked at her handiwork with approval as she spoke, "Well the preparations are complete so let us leave.", as she dragged an enraged Zeus with a rope behind her. Nikola fell from her sofa as she struggled to breathe, as did many others who watched the recorded video only for Nathan to send a scathing glare at them as he spoke, "Yes yes laugh all of you, one day I will have my revenge on that old hag." Suddenly Retsuko gained a look of horror on her face as she stood up abruptly as she spoke, "Sorry Lady Vessha we did not¡­", that was the only thing Nathan heard before he was on his feet trying to appease and lower his teachers wrath only to remember that his teacher was a NPC inside the game, he turned towards others as they howled with laughter as he gritted his teeth as he shouted, "I WILL HAVE MY VENGEANCE." 90 Creating a Game Studio Part-3 Nathan sat on top of a table looking down at others like a king as Retsuko snarled at him as she spoke, "Are you done with your posing or do you need an hour or two." Nathan sent a bored glance towards her as he spoke, "Thy concern is unneeded as this Experienced Handsome and the Most Talented Man has already found a name for the gaming studio." Nikola looked at him with a deadpanned stare while Retsuko twitched with anger, while Nikola spoke, "''Thy'' really are you high Nathan? And as for the name you are about to suggest, with heavy heart I have to say that it is rejected." Nathan looked as if he was visibly struck, "What are saying Nikola, how could you reject without letting me speak." Katrina sighed at the way Nathan was acting, he was about to throw a tantrum and it was better to nip it in the bud as such with a heavy sigh she spoke, "I second Nikola." Nathan gained a devastated look as he spoke with disbelief as he held his chest, "Et tu Katrina." A paper ball made its way hitting him on his forehead as Amelia spoke with a huff, "Cut the dramatics but why did you prevent him from saying the name Nikola." Nikola rubbed her temples as she spoke, "Do you know who created the name ''Manly Fluffy Pink Pandas''?" "But it is famous we are known all around the world." These words covered the room in deathly silence as Song Jie spoke in disbelief, "You I never thought you would be the one to create such a name Nathan." Nathan huffed at that as he spoke, "Hey do not blame me blame those two." Nikola growled at that as she spoke, "You said you would take care of the naming of our group, then you went and presented us a box telling us to pick two cheats from it, you used those to create that disgusting name." Nathan scoffed at that as he spoke, "I did not write those cheats I had cut words from a newly paper and presented them to you it is not my fault you picked them from the jar." Nikola glared at him as she spoke, "Exactly you created the name from some chits that we picked up." Nathan raised his hand in a placating manner as he spoke, "I understand that there was problem but do not fear I already have an app to create the name, see.", with that he projected the contents of the app using a projector that he had synced to his I-band, "See now this wonderful app ''Guild Name Generator'', now I will use it to create a name for our game studio." Nathan pressed the option to generate the name, "Heavenly Idiots" Everyone deadpanned at him as he let out an uneasy laugh before he tried again, "Reckless Spendthrift" "Banana Stealer Monkey" . . . . . . "Easy Target" Nikola turned towards others as she spoke, "As I have told you all to be ready with some new names." Song Yu raised his hand drawing attention towards him as he spoke, "What about him?", he pointed towards a defeated Ryuu who had slid off from top of the table and was literally lying on the floor with vacant eye. Nikola waved of his concern as she spoke, "Leave that Idiot.", with that she continued in a serious tone, "Guild system has not been opened it, though from the speculation it would be soon as it is a matter of time, and I believe our gaming studio should have the same name as that of out guild." "That is a rather wonderful idea as such we need a strong name that is not only intimidating but will make others respect us." Everybody nodded at that as Nathan snorted drawing everyone''s attention as he spoke, "That is thinking of prehistoric mentality, tell me how many of the present companies around the world have any name that is intimidating and most importantly how many of them make sense. It does not matter if the name is plain and bland as long as we can showcase our strength and create an impact is the most important in the long run." Isuzu frowned at that as she spoke, "What about our recruitment we would need people to join us for our guild to grown and if we have some silly name then people would hesitate to join us." "Liquid, OG they are some of the groups that earn the highest amount in a year, tell me what part of their name is intimidating or meaningful?", came Nathan''s retort as he continued pacing around them, "I can understand you wish not to have some silly name I can agree with you all but recruiting just about everyone is a big no no for me, I want the group to have some class that sets itself apart than others I do not care if at the end of the day we have the lowest number in comparison to the other guilds then let it be because our group will be stronger than even all the members of the biggest combined.", He paced like a lion as he looked directly into everyone''s eyes before he began speaking, "Also when I am speaking to you try to maintain eye contact and Song Yu did you forget what I told you about pulling you up so why the long face?" Song Yu looked startled at being pointed out like that as Nathan continued speaking, "Do not forget you are amongst your friends so there is no need to feel awkward if you have any problem please share with us we will do our best to rectify it, and if you are still thinking about your low level, I told you do not fret we will return soon within a couple of days at most and then we will power level you, though are you successful in making yourself incognito?" Song Yu nodded at his question as he spoke, "Yes I am, those bastards have not recognized who I am and now are busy recruiting heavily." At that others looked alarmed as Nathan waved off their concern as he spoke, "Let them our group is made up of heavy weights that already have occupied top 6 positions in the leadership board out of the top 10 and as for them I doubt even a single one from the rest belongs to their group." Scarlet frowned as she spoke, "You are sounding to arrogant Nathan, and you forget that even if they are weaker an army of ants can bring down an elephant." Nathan waved off her concern as he spoke, "We are not foolish enough to directly confront him, after we reach the city we are going to share the quest with Song Yu I believe there are couple of spots still left and we will high tail from the city we will seek out our base elsewhere as for recruitment we will tempt others although we should not forget about trying to upgrade ourselves we are way ahead that others and because of the hunting grounds we have access to we can get good loot and good amount of Experience." Katrina clapped her hand drawing attention towards her as she spoke, "Well thank you for all that but we went off a tangent from the most important topic for discussion, ''What should be the name of our group?''" A question that resounded into the heart of many of them as they racked their mind for a suitable name until Lillian spoke with a frown, "How does the name ''Ganymede'' sound, after all it is the largest moon in the solar system." 91 Return to Renaissance city Part-1 Equinox was having a hard time since he had rejoined the game, he was forced to change his name and procure a mask to hide his face, after all it would not bode well if got caught by the Heavenly Sons alliance they will tear him apart, he could only prey to whatever deity that were listening to him that his older sister and her teammates would arrive here fast. He had worked very hard and had managed to reach the 20th level, he was satisfied at his progress but compared to his sister''s team it was nothing even the so called Son''s of Heaven alliance was nothing they were way behind but because of their publicity and enticement many had joined them for their offer. As he turned his head he grimaced upon seeing his former girlfriend hanging around with some random person, he hated it he had given everything to her but she left him for what some money and costly gifts it was true that money matters but selling your body for money, to live a life of luxury was just wrong and he wanted to throw up knowing he was with someone with such loose morals, ''After I log out I need to scrub my skin raw I hope I have not caught any strange diseases from her.'' Equinox looked at the woman in the Heavenly Sons alliance most of them were like that it made him grimace at that, ''I loath to call them and view them as the same sex as my sister, women like them with no self respect are black mark to the rest of them and because of them we forget heroines of old and forget the contribution they made to the society and paint all of them in the same bad light.'' "Here you have done well.", Equinox nodded at the person in question who had issued a quest to him, as he received the reward he grimaced, ''A morning star what do I do with it, ugh I will have to sell it and I was so looking forward for the reward such disappointment.'' He then looked up towards the sky before leaving a sigh of disappointment, ''I hope they return soon I am getting bored playing solo and acting as mercenary and sometimes an errand boy.'' Zeus was looking back from the carriage they were travelling, they were returning to renaissance city a jump through the teleporter and voila they would arrive directly into the clutches of Boudier. "Is there a reason a scowl is etched on your face?" Upon hearing his teacher''s voice he spoke with a sigh, "Nothing teacher just that I am a bit peachy." "And why is that?" Zeus sighed as he leaned back to his seat while his legs dangled of the back of the carriage as he spoke, "We are going to use the teleporter of the church as according to you there are no other in the area and we would appear directly in the clutches of Cardinal Boudier" Sylphy grumbled at that as she spoke, "I told you we should leave early we could have taken the detour and take the long way back to the Renaissance City at least we would not appear in midst of what would seem like an enemy territory." Vessha sighed as she spoke, "You all have lots to learn do you really think I would expose you to such an ordeal.", she let out a tired sigh before she spoke in a mournful tone, "Was it too much to ask for intelligent companions I am cursed to deal with nincompoops." "I pity you commander." A quip came from one of her subordinates making Zeus bristle at the insult as he turned his attention towards the desert with a huff. The rest of the journey was quite and mostly uneventful except the time when a few bandits tried to rob them Zeus watched them with pity in his eyes as they were torn apart by Vessha''s group of 60 strong men and women who were travelling with the caravan. "Zeus we have a problem.", Azi''s voice interrupted everyone as it broke the comfortable atmosphere as Zeus spoke with a frown, "What is it Azi?" "Equinox send a message to me just now, ''The scoundrel was seen fraternizing with the Cardinal.''" Zeus eyes widen as Vessha spoke with a frown, "Who is this ''scoundrel'' and ''Equinox''?" CelestialMaiden who was sharing their carriage spoke with a sigh, "Someone who wanted to possess me because of my looks and have made my life hell and if I had not met with Zeus and others I would have already fallen prey to his schemes and as for Equinox he is my brother because of complications he was left behind." Vessha looked surprised at that as she spoke, "You have a brother?" CelestialMaiden nodded with a small smile, "Yes my younger brother." Zeus turned towards Azi as he spoke with a frown, "Well whether he is fraternizing or not the plan still holds we will not do anything otherwise." Azi frowned at him as he spoke, "Are you sure?" Vessha sighed as she spoke, "He is right if I am right about the faction that he represents then we have to be cautious the Church tolerates them and if he makes a huge mistake there is chance that he might end up becoming a persona non grata to the church but if we attack them prematurely it would lead to many problems not to mention the current church is leaning slightly towards that wretched faction." Zeus sighed before he turned towards Azi as he spoke, "Azi, make sure to forward Equinox''s message to others as well as makes sure to remind others that the plan will not change." Sylphy rubbed her temples as she spoke, "It will be a very difficult battle." Zeus snorted at that as he spoke, "It will be extremely difficult one after all we will not only have to face the church forces under Boudier but also forces of the city." Vessha nodded her head as she spoke, "So true the sheeples will side with the church but do not worry I have plans in place, if it works well not only it would harm the reputation of that wretched faction of the church but also makes sure Boudier is taken care of." CelestialMaiden was unsure about everything as she spoke, "What if that person has no ulterior motives, then?" Zeus snorted at that as he spoke, "The place where I had been to gather the sacred water is so dangerous that without teacher''s help it would have been impossible to finish the quest. The palce was a maze with dangerous creatures, Boudier knew we were low leveled and that place I do not think that anyone could enter freely even after a long time yet he send us here on a dubious quest as such he is an enemy for sure." Azi placed a comforting hand on top of CelestialMaiden''s shoulder as she spoke with a smile, "You should not change sister, if more people like who always tried to see good qualities of another were present the world would be a better place." 92 Return to Renaissance city Part-2 Nathan sighed as he leaned on to his chair, numerous maps lay around him he had a notebook in his hand which was full of notes, he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder which made him jump from fright as he turned he saw both his parents standing behind him he calmed his nerves as he spoke, "Mom, Dad what are doing here? You sca¡­..", his mother and father both were glaring at him. Aubriella spoke in an anger filled tone, "Young Man do you know what time of the day it is?" Nathan gulped as he tried to sneak a look at the watch hanging on the wall, only for his father Tristan snap back at him, "Look at your mother when she is speaking." Nathan gulped hard again as Aubriella spoke again, "I am waiting for your reply Nathan, and do you know what time is it?" Nathan had an uneasy smile on his face as he spoke, "5:00 P.M.?" Aubriella''s eyes narrowed as her nostrils flared from anger as she spoke, "It is 3:00 A.M., I understand that you are busy as such you asked the maids to bring your food in your room but when I came to check upon do you know what I found." Nathan slowly shook his head as Aubriella''s glare intensified as she spoke pointing towards a certain direction, "Over there is your untouched breakfast, your lunch is over there and that is your dinner all of them are cold untouched and in certain cases spoiled, why are you not eating anything?" Nathan gave an uneasy smile as he spoke, "I um I kind of forgot." "YOU WHAT!!!!!", a storm seemed to swept past him as Tristan placed a comforting hand on his wife''s shoulder as he spoke, "Love calm down your blood pressure is rising.", he then turned towards Nathan as he spoke with a sigh, "I woke them from their sleep and ordered them to make something for you and you better it this time." Aubriella''s glare did not lessen as she spoke, "He will after all I will feed him by my own hands." Nathan turned red with embarrassment as he spoke with indignation, "I can eat mom.", only to cower under the glare as Tristan placed his finger over his lips as he signaled Nathan to keep quite. Aubriella suddenly turned towards her husband as she spoke in a rather sweet tone, "Is there something wrong dear." Tristan violently shook his head negatively as he replied, "Nothing dear, I was about to go and check whether they had finished makings something.", with having said his part he left promptly. Nathan''s brow looked pleading towards his father only to look down hurriedly as his mother looked back at him as she spoke, "You are not old enough for me to bend you over my knees and spank you then how do you have the audacity to think I cannot feed you." Nathan deflated at that before he was dragged to take a seat on his bed as his mother sat beside him as she spoke with a worried tone, "Nathan what are researching your entire room is overflowing with various papers?" Nathan sighed as he spoke, "Mom, I have a quest to complete and the person who issued the quest forced me to accept it not to mention it was extremely dangerous and if I had not received help from certain NPCs I would failed the quest rather badly, now I am going to confront the quest giver about the completion of the quest and from what I have gathered with the help of others that I would be walking into a trap as such I am going over plans, maps as a means for strategizing the fallout of the meeting." Aubriella frowned at that as she spoke, "Why is this NPC after your head?" Nathan took a deep breath as he began speaking, "Well it all started with¡­." As Tristan was bringing his son''s dinner he met with a curious Maksim, "Is everything alright brother? I heard sister shouting." Tristan sighed as he began, "My son was apparently so busy that he did not eat anything since morning, whatever was send to his room was untouched his mother caught him and is incredibly angry at him." Maksim winced at that as he spoke, "Ouch, well I will not hold you any longer brother get that young man something to eat." Tristan nodded towards him as he moved towards his son''s room, he knocked before entering the room with a smile only to change into a frown, as both Aubriella and Nathan were peering over some documents without a care of the world. Tristan cleared his throat a few times which finally drew both Aubriella and Nathan''s irritated glare as she spoke with a sigh, "What is it dear?" Tristan held the tray carrying the food near his eye level as he spoke, "Food for Nathan I hope you did not forget he has not eaten anything the entire day." Aubriella''s eyes widen in alarm as she stood up abruptly as she quickly placed the maps on her hand as she spoke, "Of course not how could I forget." She hurriedly took the tray as she began feeding an embarrassed Nathan with a smile on her face, Tristan looked at his family with warm eyes. Almost an hour later Aubriella changed into her sleepwear as she sat on her bed, her husband seemed to be already drifting into sleep, as he spoke, "Turn off the lights it is great that tomorrow is a holiday and I can sleep for a long time." He then frowned as Aubriella neither did she reply to him nor did she switched off the light his sleep left his eyes as he sat of and was greeted into a melancholic visage of his wife who was staring into distance he gently hugged her as he placed his chin on her shoulder as he spoke, "Is there something wrong love?" Aubriella sighed as she spoke with tears in her eyes, "You know a few days ago brother Maksim said how we neglected Nathan when he was child.", she paused for a moment as her husband nodded her to continue as she began with a sigh, "You know he is not wrong, I we barely spend time with him when he was in a hospital and doctors forbade me from working from then, but after we returned home we gave him to our maids to raise him and drowned in our work." Tristan looked ashamed at that, as Aubriella chocked back because of her tears, "You know I had not seen him for months since I returned back with him and the next time I visited was when he called Miss Douglas ''mama'', I got angry I ruined the woman who raised him and looked after him who was more of a mother to him than me, because my son called him mother and what did I do I hit him hard, and he began to fear me his own mother." Tristan sighed as he began to speak, "You are not the only one to blame, when all those things happened I never stopped and in some respect I was the worse, I only saw him twice during that day and when he was born and only after he was kidnapped did we realize what we had lost." Aubriella leaned into her husband embrace as they reminisced about the dark times when all of a sudden Tristan spoke with a sigh, "You know in a way Nathan''s memory loss was a boon you remember what it used to be when three of us got together before his kidnapping." Aubriella shivered visibly at that as she spoke, "Please do not try to remind me of those days, he always had that look as if he was forced to spend time with his most hated jailors and then the last couple of times he was cold and indifferent it was as if¡­" Tristan finished the sentence as his eyes became wet, "As if he gave up caring, he was becoming emotionless yet we did not see that we were too busy earning money and status." Nathan tossed and turned on his bed before he sat up while grumbling angrily, "It seems I am unable to fall asleep maybe I should surf the net a little bit." No sooner did he accessed the net from his I-wrist he received an E-Mail notification from an unknown ID with the subject, ''For my Wayward Son please listen to me'', he tilted his head at that as he mused, ''Who had send me such a message, may be by mistake.'', he opened it only for a file named ''Operation Nova Genesis'' attached to it, Nathan looked at it with his eyes wide, he could see the file cover a certain picture of a dragon head with the words ''Children of Tiamat'' in golden letters, he knew that name after all that woman who was spouting as insane was spouting out, he wanted to open it and view its contents but he stopped, ''Mom said that the woman was insane and it was an isolated incident that was taken care of but here I am getting an E-Mail about the so called ''Children of Tiamat'', I think I should wait and speak to my parents before opening what might be a dangerous virus.'' 93 Return to Renaissance city Interlude A tired and emotionally drained Nathan sat on the breakfast table feeling completely drained he wished he had never opened and peeked inside those files those grotesque inhuman experimentation, it wanted to make him vomit they were all mere preparation for the ''Alpha'' protocol this men women and children were simply prototype nothing more nothing less and it made him feel even more sick was the disregard of one''s fellow disregard of life. He understood the main reason for this project was to create better soldiers and he knew that there many countries who would pay astronomical amount to buy the super soldiers, even those who would oppose would do so because they would want the technology exclusively for themselves, he often wondered how they claim it for the betterment of humanity when they are killing off the human part from the humanity. Nathan knew about seeing those he needs therapist help, wherever he looked he could he seemed be imagining them being tortured being experimented, he could see body deformation, various equipments that was tied to them and that girl with auburn hair he knew her, who is she? How did he know of her? Various thoughts ran rampant in his mind, the file itself did not have any name except in various codes and at the end a hand written note was present, ''I hope you had a pleasant time reading it, do not worry my wayward child, my greatest creation we will bring you home soon.'' Nathan was brought out of his musing as he looked into the eyes of his mother who was looking at him with concern while cupping his face as she spoke softly, "Son is there any problem you were sitting on the table with an emotionless look on your face, with your eyes unfocused and staring off into the distance? We have been sitting around you for some time now, we tried to call you but you were not responding is something wrong?" She let go of his face as she took a seat by his side holding his hands he turned around as he looked others looking at him with concern even the house staff looked at him with concern, he saw his cousin''s family, his grandparents, most of his team members except for Amelia were present as they had invited to dine with them for as long as they were staying here. Nathan blinked as before he look down on the table trying hard to find words his action not only send alarms in his family''s heads but made their concern reach zenith, Nathan was a boisterous and happy no matter what happened he always stood up with a smile never had any of them seen such a haunted and broken look in his face, that made them feel a shiver down their spine, even his teammates were a bit nervous they had never seen some look like that not to mention such a look on Nathan''s face was akin to blasphemy for them. "Nathan please whatever has happened feel free to share with us, we are all here for you, here have a drink.", his grandmother Isabella was already standing by his side as she helped him to drink from a glass of water. Nathan drank the cool water as he felt it help him soothe his parched throat he took a deep breath as he began to speak, "Today after mom and dad left from my room I tried to fall asleep but I was having difficulty in doing so as such I decided to surf the net a bit, I saw a few emails in my inbox and I opened it amongst them was an email I thought was send to me by mistake, from the subject it seemed that someone was trying to reconnect with his son as such I thought about politely telling him that he had send the email to the wrong person." He took a deep breath as he composed his thoughts once again at the same time trying to make another futile attempt to banish those dreadful pictures from his mind, "I opened it and it seemed like some official government files attached to it and it got me curious and I opened it." Tristan frowned as he could feel his son''s anguish yet he knew that he had to force him to tell everything that was the cause of his distress, as such he simply patted his hand trying to comfort him, something that Nathan unconsciously appreciated having both his parents providing him with moral support. "The file was filled with various pictures and notes on human experimentation, the images were so grisly those people they were so ruthlessly tortured and and¡­.", Nathan could no longer speak as tears fell from his eyes as he was hugged by his mother as he openly sobbed the others were feeling equally distraught, as Tristan patted him in his back trying to console him, as Aubriella whispered sweet nothingness in his ears Nathan. Nikola did not know how to react seeing his cousin crying like that she wanted to step up and comfort him but she did not wish to intrude upon their family moment as both his grandmothers were by his side trying to comfort him. Nathan controlled his emotions as he spoke, "You know the worst part all those were simply preparation for something called ''Alpha protocol'' and ''Nova Genesis''.", upon hearing human experimentation was already send alarm buzzing inside the heads of the adults and hearing the word ''Alpha Protocol'' and ''Nova Genesis'' made the severity of the situation increase many times in their mind, and then he dropped the bomb, "Mom do you remembered a few months back a crazy woman had assaulted us during out outing spouting out how she knew me and everything.", Her mother nodded robotically at that as Nathan continued, "She said a name I remember, ''Children of Tia..'', ugh DAD you are hurting me.", Nathan looked towards his father who had a look of intense fury on his face which momentarily disappeared as it was replaced with a kind smile while he let go of his son''s hand as he spoke, "Sorry upon hearing such thing I got angry but do not worry Nathan I just remembered hearing something from one of friends that a group of people are spreading unrest by sending such emails I will make sure that they will be dealt with for spreading such distasteful and faux articles, now I am going to that particular email ok.", with that he left quickly. Maksim stood up as he flashed Nathan a comforting smile as he spoke, "Do not worry son, your father and I will deal with it such disgraceful people spreading such awful false rumors.", he then turned towards his wife whom he gave a brief squeeze as he left, meanwhile Nathan''s grandfathers joined them stating they would be searching for legal options to deal with the transgressions. Aubriella was shaken to the core but she managed to compose herself only because of Yelena, her mother and mother-in-law''s presence as she spoke in a reassuring manner as she spoke, "Nathan did I not tell you that you should not pay in heed to what a crazy woman blabs she might have overheard the name and cooked up a story there is no need for you to worry." Yelena chimed in after her as she continued on Aubriella''s behalf, "Nathan, not only your father and uncle are working on it but your grandfathers as well and I am confident enough to say that they would soon catch those criminals, I have never seen Uncles getting so much anger." Saniyah nodded as she spoke, "Of course they would be after all Nathan is the apple of their eye and for someone to play such a distasteful joke on Nathan would make them furious." Nathan did not why but something in the back of his mind was calling them liar, cheat who were simply trying to hide the truth but he shook such traitorous thoughts after all why would his family try to deceive him but then a face appeared from the deepest recess of his mind the auburn haired girl as he spoke with a frown, "I don''t know mother it was a prank." His words made them feel as if they had been plunged into icy depths of the ocean, for a moment their hearts specially Aubriella''s heart stopped beating as Nathan continued, "Among them was a girl whom I seemed to be familiar with yet I could recall her name, but she was so familiar as if I knew her well." Hearing that Aubriella''s worse nightmare seemed to be coming to life, Nathan remembering everything but fortunately for her Nikola quickly took control of the situation as she spoke, "Nathan please look at me.", as he did so Nikola simply climbed on the table making others to be taken aback by her action as she pushed the plates and food away with Katrina''s help, before she took a kneeling position in front of Nathan she had held his hand as she began to speak, "Nathan there is no one in this room that can relate nor they can fathom what you went through, but what I know is that when faced with such situation our brain sometimes try hold onto any straws it can get, as a result people with traumatic experience often hallucinate you might have seen someone like that before hand and you have mistakenly confused yourself with that person." "I could not put it to better words than Nikola.", Retsuko looked directly into his eyes as she spoke, "I should know about it as I am a qualified Psychiatrist." Everyone gawked at that making her brow twitch as Izuzu summed up everyone''s thought as she spoke, "You never told us." Retsuko snorted as she spoke, "It never came up.", she then looked at Nathan as she spoke with rare compassion in her voice, "Nathan remember you are not alone as Nikola said we might not understand what you went through but we, all of us are here for you.", Nathan gave a small barely noticeable smile as he send a grateful nod towards her. 94 Return to Renaissance City part-3 A lone figure sat on a chair adjusting his gauntlets a little as he sat inside a small and dirty tea shop in a village a little further off from Renaissance City he had been sitting there waiting patiently for some time now, he had already finished his fifth cup of tea and a few more cakes that was made by the owner of the shop, the shop might be old and dirty looking but its taste was top notch much better than some of the most posh looking establishment, the person was in perfect bliss even if the person he was waiting for was running late he would not mind as long as the steady supply of tea and snacks were not disturbed. "Sorry bro I got ambushed by a creature on my way here as such I got late." A voice shattered his peace and tranquility as the person''s grip on the tea cup hardened as he spoke in a clam tone, "Brother Equinox I will give a piece of advice for the future never get between a man and his happy place." Equinox gulped at that as Zeus continued with a tone void of any emotions, "I do not care whether you are late or not, but I do care that you stopped me from having to eat the delicious goodness.", as Equinox gulped Zeus looked at the last piece of cake before he consumed it, ''Such a nice texture and test how did they put taste in codes.'', Equinox stood ramrod as Zeus finished the snacks then he stood up leaving some coins as a means of payment for the snacks and started walking with Equinox in tow. A few minutes later Zeus''s brow twitched as he rounded up Equinox, "Bro is there something wrong?" Equinox shook his head as Zeus rubbed his forehead in irritation as he spoke, "We have been a guest in my house for some time now so please stop acting so skittish around me, you see me every day so why are you suddenly acting like that." Equinox gave a nervous chuckle as he spoke, "Sorry I was just tensed." Zeus gave him a warm smile as he spoke, "I hope the creature did not give you too much trouble." Equinox smiled at him as he spoke, "Nothing that I cannot take care of." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "See I told you that you would be perfect addition to our group." Equinox frowned as he spoke, "But my level is so low." Zeus waved his hands as he spoke, "Irrelevant, as I have told you before you may be low leveled player currently but you promised me that you would work hard did you not?" Equinox nodded at that as Zeus spoke with a smile, "That is enough for me and remember Rome was not build in a day, we are lucky because we got stronger enemies to farm form as such we are on higher level and I believe you would one day reach our level may be not today, or this week but what about next month you do not know when things might change as such remember to never give up and keep on working hard." Equinox nodded as he began to follow after Zeus wordlessly as Zeus spoke, "The more I see the more I am amazed at everything how did they do it." Equinox shrugged as he spoke with a smile, "Sorry but I have no idea as well." Zeus sighed before he perked up remembering something, "Hey how is your preparation going?" Equinox gave an uneasy smile as he spoke, "Well it is so so I just hope I will make it to a nice college." Zeus frowned at that as he spoke, "That is not right thing to say, you should always aim for the top and work hard towards because if you aim for something mediocre you will receive mediocre it is basic human nature as you by yourself will be unconsciously restricting yourself by setting a lower goal also bro if you need time off for your studies you may do so." Equinox shook his head as he spoke, "No there is no need for that." Zeus frowned as he spoke, "I am a very selfish person, mom and dad had said that if I were to open and manage a game studio I have to look after each and every of the team, and I so do not want you to sacrifice your life, career and dream for me otherwise I would lose my gaming privileges which I so do not want to.", he took a deep breath as he continued, "Playing games is all good and everything but a few can make it to the professional level where they are successful and even that takes time a lot of time but that is all well until you wish to sacrifice is your education and that is a big no to my parents." Equinox nodded at that as he spoke, "But I do not see you going to school?" Zeus looked at him as he grinned, "Ah it seems I forgot to mention to you that I have already finished schooling and I am taking a sabbatical for a year before trying for college." A few minutes later the duo reached a well guarded camp as they stepped inside Equinox found himself pulled into a bone crushing hug by CelestialMaiden as she spoke with elation in her voice, "Brother it is good to see you." Equinox snorted at that as he spoke, "We saw each other a few hours ago in the real world." CelestialMaiden simply smiled at her as the head of the camp arrived, "So hatchling is he your contact?" Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "Teacher this is Equinox, CelestialMaiden''s younger brother, and Equinox this is my teacher Lady Vessha." Equinox simply bowed towards her as Vessha simply gave a small nod before she spoke, "So what information have you gathered for us." Equinox took out a couple of parchments from his inventory space as he spoke, "Here the entire map of the sewer system of Renaissance City and along with the map of the Renaissance City." Zeus gave him a small pat on his back while inwardly wincing upon remembering the sacrifice Equinox had to do, getting the title ''Sewer Knight'' was not something that anyone could do, he had to spend working countless hours inside the sewer to create a map of it thoroughly fight dangerous creatures that have made the sewer their home alone it made him respect Equinox greatly. Vessha simply took them from him as she spoke, "Zeus follow me and Equinox make yourself comfortable and thank you for your work." Zeus sent a nod towards him before he promptly followed after Vessha to discuss about the next course of action leaving the brother and sister duo alone. 95 Return to Renaissance City part-4 Zeus stood across the table where various maps of the city were strewn across the table, he watched as Vessha argued with her top Lieutenants on the best course of action on various plans that they were forming in order to deal with the situation that they would face, Ryan was no fool no matter how much Vessha called him her disciple and how much she showed she cared for him in her own sick twisted way he knew she had other reasons to lend her hand in this matter, reasons that she had yet to fully disclose to him and he knew she might never disclose, the thought of it made him angry but he managed to calm himself after all he is doing the same he was using her to accomplish his goals and at the end of the day he simply wanted to not be used as a scapegoat after the aftermath of the battle, ''I should better warn others.'' "Zeus are you listening to me.", came the voice of Vessha like a crack of whip as Zeus looked at her and nodded as he spoke, "Of course I am listening to you." Vessha gave him a small nod as she spoke, "Good the next part depends on you greatly so listen carefully.", as Zeus nodded at her she continued, "You are a ''squire'' right?" Zeus nodded as Vessha spoke, "Good then the success of the next part depends on you since you are a Nobel you have the right to own various things as such act as a merchant who has hired a few of us as your body guard and help them enter the city upon which they would then create distraction and open the sewage outlet on the Northern side and the they would leave the city, most of my forces would enter through the sewage and wait for my signal." Zeus nodded at that before he spoke with a frown, "And where would you be this entire time?" Vessha had a smile on her face as she spoke, "Well I would be with you the entire time." Zeus''s eyes widen as he spoke, "But you are the leader of your people surely he would recognize you." Vessha snorted at that as she spoke, "Well he will only be able to recognize me if I allow him to so you should not worry, what you would be doing is act normal go and greet people who you know of, can you do it for me." Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "of course I can.", Vessha smiled at him as she spoke, "Splendid now run along then.", with that he was pushed out of the war room. Zeus did not waste any time as he raced to find his comrades, his eyes it up upon seeing Azi he moved towards her as he spoke with a huff, ''There you are all I was searching for you." Azi looked at him with a frown as she spoke, "Is there anything you need?" Zeus nodded at that as he spoke, "Yes a plan has been formalized and I want all of you to know it so should we discuss here where everyone could hear us or we should temporarily step out and discuss in the real world." Tarasque frowned at that as she spoke, "That would be a hassle what if we send message to each other." Zeus slouched forward as he spoke, "Who wants to type all those words." Sylphy closed her eyes for a moment before she spoke with a frown, "I have an idea wait a minute I will be back." A few minutes later Sylphy spawned back into the game as she spoke, "I have set up a meeting room just go to the main menu you will have the invite to enter the ''Meeting Room'' and we can safely speak there." Everyone nodded with each other as they moved to the menu area where they found their invitation to the ''Meeting Room''. Dominic face wore a frown as he nursed a headache a glass of scotch laid in front of him untouched as he stared into the distance a few minutes ago he had called a family meeting and told them to only greet him when everyone was there he had something that he wished to share with them, as such the Nathan''s entire family on both sides even his cousin''s family were present the look on Dominic''s face scare many of them they had never seen him so pale and in deep thought as such they knew that something must have happened, they had been in that room for about five whole minutes yet he was sitting like a statue staring into distant as such Tristan decided enough was enough as he approached him. His touch startled him as Tristan spoke with a frown, "Is everything alright father you look unwell." Dominic rubbed his face a bit as he spoke, "The email was successfully traced by the police they told me various technical jargon that went above my head about how they traced it." Aubriella''s face brightened up as she spoke, "So, did they manage to catch the culprit." Dominic snorted at that as he spoke, "Catch the culprit? Do you know from where the email was send?" The others shook their heads though a pit of dread began to form inside their stomach as Dominic picked his glass and poured the liquid inside his mouth as he devoured it in a gulp as he spoke, "The email was send through my office, the compute belonged to one of my senior staff who has been working for the past fifteen years for me." His words plunged to room into deathly silence before it was broken by cacophony of words as they all began to argue and shout at each other, Dominic finally had enough as he shouted out in a tone full of authority, "BE SILENT!" As everyone calmed down he continued again while filling his glass again, "The police went to her apartment found her brutally tortured and mangled body, they are doing some DNA test and whatever to identify her properly but the most important thing is she had been dead for a few days almost a week.", he grimaced again as he continued, "I spoke to whoever was impersonating her yesterday she was not feeling well and took leave but then how is it possible, I knew her for so many years and yet I failed to recognize that someone was impersonating her." Nathan''s parents were chalk white by then as Tristan went and held his trembling wife they always prided themselves for being vigilance and their security but now it was definitely a crippling blow to their pride as Tristan spoke with disbelief, "Father don''t you have the ''Finger Print Attendance System'' in your office." Dominic bit his lips as he nodded before he spoke, "Yes and she was shown to be present till the last Friday, I gave the person who manages it an earful.", Saniyah went by his side as she gave him a comfortable squeeze on his shoulders as she spoke with her voice filled with sorrow, "Who was she?" Dominic sent a slight smile towards his wife as he spoke with a sigh filled with sorrow, "Noel Banks." Saniyah''s hand covered her mouth as she let a painful gasp as her eyes were filled with tears as she spoke in disbelief, "Her but she was such a kind and sweet woman who would do to her, the last time I spoke with her she was so excited about her grandchild that was due to be born soon, how could someone do something so cruel to her." Dominic shook his head as Aubriella spoke looking towards her father, "Dad you have that island near the Caribbean right?", as Ryle nodded in affirmation Aubriella continued, "So about relocating him there." Ryle shook his head as he spoke, "Child calm yourself you cannot think clearly now let me ask you this how will you tell him to move there? Most importantly how will you make him stay safe and secure in that place where the staff only knows how to keep the place clean, tidy and functioning? And if you say about hiring security well how do you not know that the extra security would not be compromised." Maksim frowned at that as he spoke, "Uncle is right, the people out we are dealing with is a terrorist group I do not see them coming en masse with their cabal of followers to siege your house but the island until and unless it is a fortress it is extremely possible though I will say that if you are careful then you can hide him there without others knowing but for how long will you hide him." Tristan frowned as he gave a nod as he spoke, "At present it might not have a more permanent solution until all those scum suddenly died but we are not lucky all we can do is up the security of the Manor we can install several new things to up it.", he looked Maksim as he spoke with a frown, "Brother can you still climb a ladder." Maksim snorted at that as he spoke, "Ladder I can climb a mountain but speak for yourself, so will we do by our own hands." Tristan nodded at that as he spoke, "Yes outside help might compromise it though I want to do in a way where the system is well hidden and others might not notice us also I think we should place additional surveillance in Nathan''s room without alerting him so that we would know who is entering and what not but the most important thing is keeping him busy as to not think about going out." Everyone agreed at that with a nod at present this was the best temporary solution and while they worked on it a more permanent solution had to be made they did not want to lose Nathan ever again. 96 Return to Renaissance City part-5 Aubriella was the first one to react as she spoke with a slight stutter, "Nathan what are you doing here? I thought you would be playing games.", the serious look on his face made her heart leap out of her throat. "There has been a new update taking place that has forced me to log out until the completion but enough of that but why are you¡­" Tristan sighed as he dreaded on how to tell Nathan the truth no amount of training, experience or praying to God would help him as such he began with a deep sigh as he held her wife''s hand hard praying for strength, "Son you see¡­" "Nathan what are you doing here?", Nikola''s voice came to their ears as Nathan who was standing near the door turned back as he spoke, "Oh I came here and saw everyone sitting looking tensed and sad as such I was inquiring what has happened?" "Really..", with that Nikola made her appearance as she spoke with a worried tone in her voice, "Did something happened to you all? Nathan mentioned you all looked sad." A relief washed into the occupants of the room as Maksim spoke with a soft smile, "Ah why don''t you take a seat I believe having more of family around would help Uncle Dominic overcome his grief." Both Nathan and Nikola looked worried at that as Nathan moved swiftly towards his grandfather as he spoke in a worried tone, "Grandpa what happened? Why are you so sad?" Tristan gave a small nod of thanks to Maksim grateful for his ability to think on his feet. Dominic gave him sad smile as he spoke with a sigh, "One of my close colleagues of fifteen years was found murdered in her apartment." Nathan gained a horrified look on his face as he spoke, "Did they catch the culprit?" "The cops are working on it and I hope they would catch the murderer soon." Saniyah gave another comforting squeeze to her husband as she spoke, "She was a very good friend of ours as such it hit your grandfather hard, she was such a nice person she did not deserve such a cruel fate." Nathan frowned at that as Ryle spoke with anger in his voice, "Animals more like, and whoever that person was how they could do such a thing is beyond my reasoning." "Do I know that person?" Saniyah gave him a soft smile as she spoke, "No dear I do not think you have met her." Isabella decided to add her own two pieces as she spoke, "Though I would like to tell you that because of her murder many would be questioned including our family members by the cops as well reporters might be snooping around so I request you all not to venture out too much." Dominic decided to try to get his mind from the sadness as he spoke with a small smile, "So what has kept you so busy?" Nathan slouched a bit at that as he spoke with a sigh, "War grandpa, I am about to start a war inside the game." Ryle leaned forward as he spoke, "Why do you need to start a war?" "Well the game has something called the race and it so happens that one of the higherups of the Church has problem with my race." Nikola snorted at that as she spoke, "Please you have hundreds of people who have problem with your race." Dominic straightened up as he spoke with a frown, "Why is that?" Aubriella looked at Nathan with a frown before she spoke with a nod, "Ah I remember Nathan once told me that one of the people with the same race married a Goddess and another Goddess was jealous which started the whole debacle." Nathan nodded as he spoke, "Well you are correct mom, now I have someone by the name of Cardinal Boudier who is after me, I suspect that he is a worshiper of that jealous Goddess and wants me dead." Dominic gained curious look on his face as he spoke, "And how did you deduce that?" "A few things actually, first he forced us to take a quest almost at a gunpoint, either take it or be thrown in jail for eternity." As Nikola nodded Nathan sighed as he spoke, "In a way, it was my fault that I carelessly approached him." Nikola huffed as she spoke, "Nathan it was not your fault, all of three of us agreed it would be the best choice, not to mention we did not specifically approach him, we approached the church and asked for their help but unfortunately he was there present as well cleaning traitors of the church." "Cleaning?" Nathan looked towards uncle Maksim as he spoke with a frown, "Yes uncle, he deals with traitors and heretics, not to mention he has an extremely bad reputation like he burned down an entire village including the citizens to ash because of a rumour that they were harbouring a heretic." Tristan frowned as he spoke, "He is dangerous, and pray tell me why the church was needed." "It was because we found the rare job ''Necromancer'', as rising an undead is believed to be sacrilege and carries capital punishment as such we thought that if we hand it over to the Church we might earn something if nothing else a few favours but clearly we were wrong." Nikola picked up from where Nathan had left as she spoke with a sigh, "We were given a month to get an item and we crossed through the desert reached a fortress and met an elven lady." "A demonic lady" Nikola gave a small nod to Nathan as he corrected her before she continued, "Yes, she is but only to you after all you are her apprentice." Nathan simply puffed up his cheeks as he grumbled making Nikola snicker at his antics as Aubriella spoke curiously, "Why are you calling your teacher demonic lady." Nathan gained a frustrated look on his face as he spoke, "Because she is harsh taskmaster, and no even the word harsh will not do her justice, in fact, she is a secret sadist that torments me in the name of training." As every eye fell the duo Nikola sighed as she spoke, "Even if you are complaining about her did her methods not work wonders not to mention she treats you like a family." Nathan simply pouted as he spoke, "Yes she does and if it were not for her help the quest could not have been completed, not to mention she treats you like a family." Nathan blushed as he spoke in an embarrassed tone, "Well you are right, in a way she does." "Then you should not complain about her." "Well, I guess so." Dominic smile slightly as he exchanged a glance with his wife before he spoke, "So, what kind of adventures did you have in that place?" "Well...", with that Ryan began to recount his tales while playing Isera. It was an enlightening experience for them until he came to a part of his adventures, "Ah, I almost forgot during that whistling cave incident I triggered a trap, a trap that was placed in the safe zone, can you imagine a trap placed where we should be safe and then the weird glitch occurred." Ryle tilted his head as he spoke, "A weird glitch? I thought the game was touted as glitch proof." Nathan simply snorted as he replied back, "That was their marketing strategy." Saniyah gained an amused look on her face as she spoke, "Really and what happened because of the glitch." "Well the trap caused me to fall down into the day abyss, and I was hurt badly but nothing that any potion cannot heal, but even after I was healed I was presented with a real problem, a very powerful enemy was standing in front of me, so powerful that I could not even scratch it." Isabella frowned as she spoke, "Then what happened." Nathan scowled as he spoke, "It destroyed me literally, and in fact, it knew I was weak as hell as such I was toying with me, till I was dying, then the glitch happened one moment the creature had raised its legs to deliver the finishing blow and my vision blacked out, and in the next moment I found myself standing on top of its broken and bleeding carcass." Yelena who was listening to him spoke with a smile, "Actually it was not a glitch." As every head swivelled towards her Nathan spoke with a frown, "What do you mean aunty?" With a kind smile on her face Yelena began to speak, "What you saw was not a glitch, a power surge occurred which caused at the exact same time as you were about to die and from what I had inquired it caused the algorithm of the game to be confused and as such it caused the death of the creature instead of you." Ryan frowned as he spoke, "How does it work?" Yelena shrugged as she spoke, "That was what the technician told me, I was in your room when it happened and when I had called the technicians that were all they had said as such with their professional advice we are going to add a few measures in your rooms." Nathan scratched his chin as he spoke with a contemplative look on his face as he spoke, "That???s a shame, if we could have managed to somehow exploit it, then it would have been great." "You are planning to cheat." Nathan looked towards Nikola, who was giving him a death glare as he replied back with a sigh, "Nikola, I am not cheating, is it my fault the algorithm had a fault, it is simply like getting an extra helping of dessert without asking, just simply enjoy it." Nikola gained a contemplative look on her face before she spoke with a grin, "An extra helping of dessert I like it.", then her face gained a sad look on his face as she spoke, "It really is a shame that we can no longer exploit it." Their chat was interrupted by the timely arrival of Katrina who simply bowed at the occupants of the room as Dominic spoke with a smile, "Yes, Katrina what can we do for your?" "Young master wanted me to inform him when updates have finished." "Sweet let us go Nikola, we have a war to fight." The others smiled as they watched the group leave only for Yelena to jump up with a slightly scared look on her face, "Damn it, we have work to do, if a similar incident happens to him it would be very dangerous." Dominic leaned forward as he spoke, "Is he truly dangerous." With a grave look on her face, Yelena nodded as she spoke, "Extremely so, those sons of bitches wanted a perfect and dangerous weapon and I believe they succeeded, that day I watched the entire thing as such I know, trust me when I say he is very dangerous especially when that part of him awakens, he will paint the battle field with blood." Yelena shivered for a moment before she continued, "That creature was way above his level when he went unconscious other him awakened, he was like an artist, even with injuries he quickly found the weak points then systematically began to hit the creature at the weak points at the same time dodging with such finesse that if you did not see you would not believe me, as such I strongly recommend taking precautions against him." Both Tristan and Maksim stood up as Tristan spoke with a sigh, "Brother let us start preparing for it then."