Uncertain numbers of hours later Des woke up to the feel of the cold earth on his back. Remembering what happened before losing consciousness he quickly jumped and stood up. Fearing the worst he was readying himself for a fight or whatever he can do at level 1.
Looking around he could see he was inside a cave or a prison, he was not sure. In front of him he saw pieces of bones crudely made and bounded together to form bars. He also noticed that there were adjacent and parallel cells to his own.
Praise the God's of royal road Des sarcastically remarked to himself in a voice almost inaudible. Now where am I?
He was angry a lot lately. Well anyone would be if the power to choose their Avatar's appearance, starting city and name was taken away from them.
The Gods have no power here retorted an old voice. it was a calm but almost lifeless voice perhaps the voice of a person that lost his hunger for freedom.
Who goes there? Des quickly inquired with a fighting pose.
Just us you and the living dead. Remarked the old voice still calm and lifeless.. Young'n give me your name and i will give you mine.
Des calmed down. there was something in that voice that garners trust and calms the cautious.
My apologies stranger Des said apologetically. My name is Des, uhmm no wait I am An Idiot.
I am Keenan young one replied the voice. And you don't have to be hard on yourself Des.
No, Master Keenan. I am not Des in this world I am An Idiot.
Des figured he might as well use his avatar's real name because he was worried of being called a liar and lose intimacy with the people on this dungeon. he might fail at gathering information on where he is.
Uhmm okay.Keenan was confused as to why the new captive was too hard on himself. If you say so, you are not Des. But what is your name?
An Idiot. An Idiot/Des replied quickly.
Who is An Idiot? Keenan raised his voice.
Keenan rarely raised his voice but this time he felt he need to. The new captive not only insulted himself but now the new captive is insulting Keenan. This arrogant bastard dared to call him names.
Me replied Des quickly. I am an idiot.
Yes, i know you are an idiot i believe you now but i am asking you what is your name.
I am AN IDIOT. Des replied now with a raised voice.
Keenan is affected by by passive skill foolish presence
foolish presence proficiency increased 15%
Des did not read the messages since again he was blinded by rage.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THAT YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!! I KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!! DO THINK THAT I AM AN IDIOT??!! shouted Keenan.
foolish presence proficiency increased 10%
NO, YOU ARE KEENAN YOU JUST SAID THAT YOUR NAME IS KEENAN!!!! ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT I AM STUPID??? I AM NOT STUPID AND I KEPT TELLING YOU I AM AN IDIOT!!!! Des shouted without taking a breath.
foolish presence proficiency increased 9%
YOU ARE STUPID AS WELL AS AN IDIOT!!!!! THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO!!!! YOU REALLY ARE AN IDIOT!!! Keenan furiously shouted.
foolish presence proficiency increased 8%
THERE IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO!!!! I AM NOT STUPID I AM AN IDIOT!!! AND I DID NOT THINK THAT YOU ARE AN IDIOT, I AM AN IDIOT!!! shouted Des.
foolish presence proficiency increased 7%
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO!!!! IF YOU ARE AN IDIOT THEN YOU ARE STUPID shouted Keenan as he ran at the furiously and grabbed the bars of the cell.
foolish presence proficiency increased 6%
I TOLD YOU I AM NOT STUPID I AM AN IDIOT!!! YOU HEAR ME I AM AN IDIOT!!!!shouted Des as he ran also at the furiously and grabbed the bars of the cell.
foolish presence proficiency increased 5%
Des heard some snorts, barks , moans and some growls. Keenan also heard those and it calmed him down.
Okay. Let us try this again. Keenan said more calm now than before... my name is Keenan what is your's young one?
hearing that Des also calmed down.
Okay. Fine as I have said before I am an idiot.. said Des calmly.
GYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keenan shouted with all his strength and will a lot of killing intent!!!
Shaking the bars on the cells he was really angry!!!
foolish presence proficiency increased 20%
A second voice now interviewed quickly. It seemed to be fearing something and was forced to intervene. The voice was clearly not human. It had a low growl characteristics of a dog type monster..
YOU BOTH STUPID. HE NAME AN IDIOT, YOU NAME KEENAN. BOTH YOU STUPID.
author's note: yes, somehow the author lost control of Keenan and AI. This become argument fan-fiction.
Being corrected by a Kobold made both AI ("An Idiot" to long to spell) and Keenan feel more stupid so they just kept quit. That was a good thing too for f they continued shouting their captors would have gone and and gave them a beating...
After two minutes of awkward silence Keenan broke the ice...
An Idiot you have a strange name commented Keenan. Are you perhaps a freeman?
Yes, I am. An idiot answered.
Can I call you Ai (spoken as Aye) instead An idiot? Keenan asked An Idiot. I do not wan't to be thought of as insulting you.
Yes replied AI.
Yes, you understood it means yes. commented Keenan now can I call you AI?
foolish presence proficiency increased 1%
AI thought that he better find a way around this communication problem otherwise it will continue. He sighed and silently cursed Freya. I will have vengeance for this transgression sooner or later.
Yes, I would like it very much for you to call me Ai (spoken as Aye) meaning yes. Des replied to Keenan.
AI will make sure not to take anymore short-cuts with conversations otherwise more disagreements will follow.
By the way Keenan which continent and Kingdom are we located in?
You don't know? Keenan asked. How come you didn't know? You are really an..... Never mind. We are at the Kingdom of Tullen inside the one of its many forests.
AI are you strong can you fight monsters? asked Keenan.
No, i am very weak as of the moment. replied AI. Give me time and training i might, no i will become very strong. Why are you asking that Keenan?
really. such a shame. Keenan dejectedly answered. You will soon find out why AI. I hope for your safety as well as our futures that you will be strong sooner. for now rest and reserve your energy.
AI trusted Keenan's words and rested.
AI was rudely awakened by the screams of his captors. He could not understand their words but the gesture was clear. The Goblin jailers want AI to stand up and come with him. There two of the jailers both looked exactly the same in AI's eyes except for their clothes, both the goblins are very short just 3 and a half feet but well built with ripping muscles truly both of them looked liked veteran warriors. Even if given a weapon AI was sure that he could not win against one of the jailers. It is still early in the morning or at least that was what AI thought he could not be sure, his day was just starting and he did not want to end it by failing to overpower his captors thus he waited.
AI walked thru many corridors. He thought that he must be inside a tunnel or a cave since he could not feel the wind and the air was stale. he could not see streams of sunlight and the entire place was only lighted by crude torches.
After minutes of walking they arrived at the huge and reinforced door. The kind of door that if you don't want anyone getting in or out easily. The goblin escort knocked. With a loud clang and the whirring sound of mechanism the door slowly opened. AI anxiously wondered what would be waiting for him out the door. Immediately after the door opened AI he caught a glimpse of the rooms interior. It looked like a crudely made Colosseum.
the Colosseum has circular and half the size of a basketball court. On the seats were rows and rows of benches made up of bones, wood, stone and even metal Sporadically.The floor or the arena itself was covered with bone bars that serves as cages for the participants of the arena.
He was pushed and pulled to enter the Colosseum and was led to a small room, from the look of it, it seems a small waiting room for the arena sacrifices. Inside he saw different humanoid creatures with terrified expressions as they wait their turn. There were Kobolds, Gnomes, lizardmen and a lot more. What they had in common was the had all injuries though some are lighter than others still all of them are injured.
So they will make me fight to death here! Ai concluded. At least i can try to fight and get it over with. I might as well as re-spawn to the nearest safe zone.
One by one the humanoid creatures was led outside the room. AI could only hear the cheering and booing of the crowds. Screams, sometimes of pain and sometimes of victory. Some of the occupants returned to the room injured, only to be taken away again to another room. perhaps to be treated.
Until it was AI's turn.
Nervous he steeled himself and walked out the room towards the arena center in the midst of the cheering crowds. He looked up and saw hundreds of Goblins and tens of Hobgoblins. ON the a that was noticeable different form the rest he saw a very huge and very fat hobgoblin tow times the size of a normal hobgoblin, with rotten and pointed teeth. And on its head the name Binas. A named mob or perhaps a boss of this dungeon, if this is a dungeon. it was clothed in dirty and tattered garb. It was sitting there in the special seat as AI guessed that could be the seat for the ruler of this place if not perhaps someone important.
Binas made a gesture and a goblin at his side shouted some gibberish. AI could not understand it, perhaps it was goblin speak.
The crowd went wild and screamed in joy.
Suddenly the sound of bars being raised and a growl of a creature can be heard inside the Colosseum.
A big pair of red glowing eyes appeared where the bars was. AI could only assume the worst. What followed next was a nose with many scars, next a face. It was a wolf, a bit bigger than normal wolves and deformed with many scars no doubt from the creatures it had killed. Above the wolf's head Blacky. a named wolf...
(named mobs are consider far stronger than normal mobs and sometimes as active skills)
Without hesitation the the wolf charged at AI. Like a mad dog the wolf was foaming in the mouth, had the eyes of a predator and roared savagely.
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AI was not afraid he knew he had insufficient level and skills to kill a wolf alone but he looked at the positive side of it. If he dies he now could re-spawn to a safe zone so fighting this wolf is not a hassle for him. He knew he was gonna be killed he might as well leave a mark on the wolf.
AI composed himself and took a stance. He readied his legs and lowered his center of gravity to jump out of the wolf's way so that the wolf will hit the wall of the arena.
The wolf was now getting closer and closer to AI until there where only a meter away between the two combatants. The wolf who has seen his fair share of battle knew AI's posture and was sure that he will jump to the side. To make sure that the wolf's prey did not evade the wolf in advance anticipated the action and directed its body and mouth to the left side, what the wolf wasn't counting on was....
crashhhhh
you lost a moderate amount of health due to crashing on the wall
The wolf Blacky was puzzled. Why didn't the prey dodged? The preys always dodge to the left or to the right when they are charged at. Blacky disregarded its thoughts. Not disheartened Blacky charged again...
crashhh
you lost a moderate amount of health due to crashing on the wall
blacky was now worried why didn't the prey dodge? the inaction of the prey was now bothering Blacky. He was sure the prey would have dodged the second charged. Then, Blacky remembered something. There were times that Blacky's enemy/prey did not dodged at all and all of those times were very dangerous for Blacky. those times were when what he though was easy prey were in fact predators. Half of those encounters that the prey did not dodge Blacky was critically wounded and just a hairsbreadth away from death. Perhaps this could be one of those times? Blacky shook its head and reasoned that he has grown too powerful to be like those times. those times he was still weak and frail. now there is no monster he could not kill. he is one of the strongest monsters in the forest. But deep inside itself Blacky was still not fully convinced and doubted himself.
It picked itself up. and slowly circled its prey.. it summoned enough courage and charged at the prey (Ai) again.
All was fine until Blacky saw its prey's eyes. those eyes were devoid of emotions, devoid of fear and devoid of panic. This in turn made Blacky very terrified. It remembered those eyes, those eyes were the eyes of a predator playing with there prey. Full of contempt for their, predators only make this eyes when they are sure that they would crush their prey. And on Blacky's prey's mouth a skill that Blacky knew to the core. It had the telltale signs Blacky could definitely see. Rabid, only strong monsters can use that skill that enhances bite damage as one of the skill's effect, signs of the skill clearly visible is the foam in the mouth. . what troubled Blacky further was the amount of foam, he had never seen that amount of foam in the mouth. A prey that did not evade, a prey that did not show even the slightest fear, a prey that is rabid, Blacky could only conclude that this was not a prey at all. IT WAS A PREDATOR, and now Blacky is the prey.
With all the strength can it can master Blacky diverted all its strength to avoid the predator (Ai) but it was all for naught, eh was already too close, to close to evade.
Crack...
Blacky lost a moderate amount of health due to awkward and improper movement
Blacky is afflicted with sprain
sprain: movement decrease by 25% and damage over time.
Crash
Blacky lost a moderate amount of health due to collision with enemy
Blacky noticed that the predator's arms flailed around and hit it in it's left eye.
Blacky lost a moderate amount
Blacky is now bleeding in the eye.
Blacky is now blind on one eye.
Warning health is in critical condition.
with this amount of damage maybe the predator has suffered more damage than mine because i managed to charge at the predator Blacky thought. I won....
To its dismay and horror the predator stood up unfazed and seemed like undamaged.
Blacky yelped like a terrified dog and ran as fast as it could with it's tall between it's legs. With its sprain leg it could not maneuver well and lost control of its movement. it rammed full speed into a wall.
a fatal blow.
Blacky has died.
what really happened.
REWIND TO THE MOMENTS BLACKY (poor dog) first charged.
Tonight we dine in helllllppppppppppp Ai screamed internally.
Why? Because he was ready to face that wolf but he had forgotten one silly thing. HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIGHT!!!!! IT IS ONE THING TO HIT A TREE BUT TO FIGHT A WOLF??? HE ALSO REMEMBERED IN HIS FIGHT WITH A TREE IT WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS WIN (the tree could have won if it did not escaped).
not knowing what to do he stood there just like a n idiot.
for some reason the wolf suddenly veered to the left and missed him... and crashed to the wall
tomfoolery proficiency increased by 5%.
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tomfoolery proficiency increased slightly.
The wolf was now cautious but still charged at him.
all these messages popped up but Ai aready fainted standing up and was foaming in the mouth...
You have fainted.
tomfoolery proficiency increased by 5%.
the wolf again charge at him, veered to the side and then hit the wall.
tomfoolery proficiency increased by 5%.
the wolf was now terrified when it looked at Ai but Ai ws still unconscious so he did not noticed. Ai looked like a zombie. because he had already fainted his body did not show any sign of fear nor panic and he had a lot of drool in his mouth. ( Ewwww)
You were critically attacked you lost 79 health (-70 health).
His body swayed as he was charged at his hands flailed around. to his luck his hands flailing around hit the wolf's eye.
foul blow inflicted moderate amount of health.
wolf was inflicted with blindness and bleeding in the left eye.
foul blow proficiency increased by 5%.
Ai was awaken because of the pain. He slowly and awkwardly stood up confused on what happened. Looking around he saw the wolf shaking and remembered he was supposed to be fighting the wolf.
wolf was inflicted with with fear.
foul blow proficiency increased by 5%.
To his surprise the wolf yelp in fear and ran away from him as far as it could.
wolf has panicked and fled.
foul blow proficiency increased by 5%.
the wolf in panic lost control of its movement and now slammed into the arena wall and died.
leveled up...
leveled up...
leveled up...
he leveled up 9 times.. he was still confused and in pain.
title acquired. Sleep fighter
Skill acquired. Sleep fighting
Sleep fighting worse than drunk fighting style of martial arts. This enables the adventured to fight while sleeping. Usable while unconscious from fainting. Uncontrollable as well as unpredictable. Warning do not sleep beside or near other people you may attack them without reason or remorse.
What in Freya's wig happened?????
Ai was at a loss...