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Flying in the air was a nice experience. Some players stared and pointed at me as I flew. The treetops passed by below me and the mountains stretched far away.
Far in the distance was a large cathedral like castle. This was the Shadow Capital, Umbrak. It was separated into four different wards in the four cardinal directions each with their own gates. The Northern ward was known as the Merchant ward. This ward was where players could buy and sell anything from NPCs or from other players. The Western Ward was known as Great ward. This ward was where players could get their professions as well as a place to hang out. The Eastern Ward was known as the Military Ward. This ward was where players could take the Owner and Soldier professions as well as a place to create their guilds. The Southern Ward was known as the Royal Ward. This was where all the aristocrats of the Shadow faction would live in as well as any players that are rich enough to buy their own house here.
I was entering through the Eastern Ward’s gate as that was the closest one to my starting area. I made sure to land a hundred meters away so that I wouldn’t gather too much attention. Players can only see the name and level of another floating above them. Things like race or class can only be inferred or told by the person himself.
I private messaged Alex and Aaron and found that they would take 10 more hours just to get here. They were surprised to know that I was already at the Capital as it usually takes 5 to 10 hours for a player to travel from the starting area to the Capital. I told them that I would tell them once they saw me and ended our conversation.
Seeing that I had 10 hours to spend, I decided to stroll around the capital and see if I can get my professions.
There were NPCs walking and talking which made me feel like I was in real life. Guards patrolled here and there and I could also see some children running around. This was a society made up of Draconians, Demons, Orcs and some sparse Beastmen; all living in harmony.
It had the feel of a capital city as some NPCs were also thieves and pickpockets. They ran around being chased by NPCs that owned shops or by guards.
Each ward was separated by a ten meter wide river that went from the central castle towards the outside. When the river reached the outer walls, there were rails of steel that protected it from outside interference.
The castle was an imposing fifty meter tall black walled fortress rather than a quaint castle. It had a gothic feel to it as flying buttresses connected the central part to four towers that surrounded it. These towers had large purple crystals that glowed at their tip. The castle had only one way inside of it and there was no bridge that connected the land that the castle was placed to the surroundings. The distance was not something that could be jumped across and so I wondered how one can enter.
As I was busy wondering about this I had finally reached the Northern Ward. This ward was filled with shops and merchants selling their wares and advertising. Compared to the Eastern Ward, this ward had more pickpockets, thieves, some people that looked like slavers with their human slaves, as well as guards. Order was a bit difficult to keep in this chaotic ward but it was a semblance of one.
I passed by unharmed and with all of my belongings as I tried to blend into the crowd. I gathered a few gazes now and then but I quickly moved away not wanting to attract attention.
The Western Ward was filled with the sound of metal being hammered, stone being chiseled as well as some explosions. Here and there was also some areas of peace, restaurants, libraries, parks and taverns. I had no interest in these as the sound of explosions drew me closer to what I hoped was the Engineer’s.
The building as four stories high with a flat roof. Its walls were white and cracked making it look as if it would fall apart any second. The windows were open and black smoke was coming out of all the windows.
I opened the door and a haze of smoke blocked my vision which caused me to cough, close my eyes and instinctively blow it away with my hands.
I entered through the smoke and soon enough it cleared up. I saw a room filled with all sorts of machinery. Broken guns and spare parts littered the floor as well as bullets of all shapes and sizes were scattered about.
A pile of spare parts shuddered and out came a slim white skinned demoness. She had pink hair with two small white horns. Her face looked more human than demon. Her eyes were a beautiful jade color and she had round pupils rather than slits. Her cheeks were pinkish as if she was embarrassed. She wore skimpy work clothes that revealed her smooth long legs and perky large breasts that could suffocate me. I almost drooled at her but I managed to hold it in.
She said, “Welcome, how may I help you?” in a very cute voice as her eyes closed and she tilted her head to the side.
“U-um,” I stammered as I was suddenly unable to speak.
“Are you here for some bullets? Or maybe a gun?” she asked as she turned around showing me a perfect round ass.
I stared and when she turned around, my head followed but I was interrupted when she said, “Sir?”
I looked up and finally found my voice and said, “I want to be an engineer.”
“Great!” she said, “I need you to show me you are capable first though. Follow my instructions and lets see if you can help me.”
She pointed to a drawing on the wall that looked like a blueprint for a gun and said, “Make 100 sets similar it from the parts scattered here.”
I steeled myself to do the quest that she gave me as it took a lot of effort to not look at her bre- I mean her eyes, yes her eyes.
I picked up a barrel and proceeded to start making 100 of them. She was no longer in the pile but was cleaning up the place making it easy for me to get the materials.
That being said, I was able to get lots of glimpses of her figure every time I went to get a part from a shelf or a cabinet. Every time I did, I would stare at her until she turned her head towards me and tilted her head. I always swung my head away quickly and tried to do my work.
It took about five hours to finish and I was finally an Engineer.
“Great job! So I was wondering, since you’re now an Engineer, maybe you can help me with my experiments from time to time,” she said as she placed her breasts on the counter.
I looked at her brea- I mean her eyes and stammered, “Y-yeah, I-I can cu-come back! Fro-from time to time.”
She smiled and I left the building reluctantly. Outside, I felt ecstatic that I could help her with her experiments and maybe she can also help me with mine.
I shook the thought before anything else happened and went to the Hunter’s lodge.
It was on the opposite end from where the Engineering lab was and it looked different from the rest of the buildings next to it. It had a thatched roof that curved upwards. Its walls were made of wood and it was only one story high. Through the windows, I could see stuffed animals and when I entered the lodge, the animals were either hung with their heads or standing up.
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“Welcome to the Hunter’s Lodge!” said a slim green dragon.
He wore a yellow leather clothes that with his green scales made him look like a man in camouflage. His wings were furled, his eyes were bright yellow and he had one horn at the tip of his nose.
“I wish to be a Hunter and a Zoologist.”
“You’ve come to the right place. Take this book,” he said as he handed me a black leather tome rather than a book with the words ‘Bestiary’
Upon receiving the tome, I got a notice that said, “Upon receiving the Bestiary, the profession, Zoologist, has been automatically accepted.
“And now take this orb,” he said as he handed me a stone orb and again the same thing with the Zoologist profession happened.
“That will allow you to capture the beasts and tame them. Simply target them with it and they will automatically be absorbed by the orb. You can come back for more orbs if you need to but they’re quite expensive. So now, off you go, make sure that when you catch a mythical beast that you show it to me alright!”
He and I parted ways as we smiled and I walked back to the Eastern Ward to see about being an Owner, since there was still 3 more hours until they got here.
Players have already started coming, some of them ran everywhere while others walked and admired the scenery. All of them had the starter pack as you could see that they had a complete set of armor. I saw that their levels were either 13-18. I had flown most of the way to here so my level was still at 10 as I never encountered any mobs while in the air.
I headed towards a large white building that had a dome shaped roof. Inside it looked like a bank with counters and registrars sitting behind them. We were separated by steel poles but it was not bother. The inside was designed very plainly and the only decorations were those poles that they placed to keep you in line.
I walked up to one of the open lines and behind the counter was a Bear beastman wearing a suit. He had a scar on his face that made this brown furred bear look more like a gangster than an office worker.
When I got close he said with a gruff deep voice, “State your business.”
“I wish to be an Owner,” I said.
He handed me a sheet of paper and said, “Take this and it will fill itself up and we require a fee of 2 diamonds.”
Two diamonds was worth 200 gold. I only had 2 diamonds and 300 gold. This would leave me with more than half of my current wealth. Also 1 diamond is equal to 100 gold, 1 gold is equal to 100 silver and 1 silver is equal to 100 copper.
I took the sheet and it was filled with my information such as name and level. I then gave him the diamonds and the sheet with my information.
I then got a notification that I was now an Owner and since that I was the first one in the game I was granted the immediate land surrounding Umbrak and that they would never be bought by anyone unless I sold it myself. I would also earn twice as much from trading with Umbrak if I ever think of doing so.
Happy with what happened, I went out to buy myself healing and mana potions in the Northern Ward.
I returned to the Eastern Ward to then take a look at my holdings and hired a manager to manage it for me. I was planning on exploring and having fun playing the game and I didn’t want to be tied down. I instructed my manager named Sebas on what I wanted to be done.
Sebas was a slim demon. You could never tell that he was a demon as the only tell tale sign was that he had a tail, otherwise he would appear as a regular human. He had white trimmed hair and wore glasses. His skin was white and he wore a butler uniform.
I instructed him specifically to sell any lumber or food that was gathered to the Shadow faction as well as all the ore mined in the nearby quarries. 10% of earnings was to be sent to me while the remaining 90% would be stored in my bank account. That being said, I also instructed him to keep the high leveled materials from the quarry for my later use.
Having finished my business with Sebas, I waited for Alex and Aaron to come near the gates.
I watched as players came in either alone or in a group. Some of them wore battered and tattered clothes while others wore the same equipment that I had. Their average level were 15, high than mine.
Soon, two demons walked up to me and said, “Luke its us!”
I noticed them immediately as the people I was waiting for.
Alex’s name in game was Asura and his race was Blue Demon sub-race. He had blue skin, catlike eyes and red unkempt hair. He had a black rod with a sapphire tip.
Aaron’s name in game Bane and his race was Blood Demon sub-race. He had blood red skin, same catlike eyes, blue spiky hair and two black horns on his head. He had a large great axe behind his back.
They both had the starter pack gear and so they didn’t look like a ragtag group. Their levels were higher than mine Alex at 16 and Aaron at 20.
I said, “Hey guys. How’d you guys level up so fast?”
“Your brother wanted to kill everything in sight,” sighed Alex.
“Hey levels are important! The more levels we get the faster we get our evolutions!” retorted Aaron.
“Anyway, why is your level still 10 and how did you get here so fast?” asked Alex.
I flew up and spread my hands. They looked at me confused and after a while Alex said, “No way.”
I nodded and Aaron was confused as he looked at Alex and I and finally I said, “I can fly indefinitely.”
Aaron looked at me a seriously and asked, “Are you serious?”
I nodded.
He still looked incredulous so I said to Alex, “Are you guys going to get your professions?”
“Yeah, it might take us a while seeing how big the city is,” he said.
“Alright, I’ll go level around the place while you guys go explore.”
He nodded and he led Aaron with him inside.
I went into the forest and started soloing for a while.
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