the door ominously opens for a gust of wind to fly out into everyones faces.
they all ready their weapons with faces full of anxiety, and as they gulped down their saliva the fog exerting from the chamber clears out to reveal a dark figure wearing a gown and a crown sitting upon a throne in a almost completely empty room.
"what in the actual fuck is that"
suddenly the figure stands up from his seat and takes a bow.
they all look around confused as to what this person wants suddenly in a fraction of a second the figure disappears.
BAM
Josh flies across the room into a wall and is knocked unconcious.
before anyone can realize what happened the figure unsheethes his sword
POW
CLANG
he sprints towards Andy at full force and strikes but Andy was able to raise his sword in time to block it.
WOOSH
the figure jumps back to the middle of the room going several feet into the air.
"GUYS ITS A SKELETON"
Andy screams at the top of his lungs
they're all brought back to their senses and all start attacking the skeleton.
Nick rushes out and swings with his sword.
WOOSH
air splits as his swing is easily dodged.
"MOTHER FUCKER"
Nick says while swinging wildly only for his target to easily dodge each swing.
WOOSH
TING
Mike fires off two arrows only for them to get block by the skeleton swinging his sword.
BAM
Nick burrows his sword into the ground and with a rough motion
BOOM
he swings digging up the group and firing off many rocks at the skeleton and creating an opening.
the skeleton walks back and ducks to dodge the rocks.
BOOM
he swing down on the skeleton who is ducking but the skeleton simply dodges to the side. The skeleton is laying on the ground but obviously not aware of its surroundings
Nick takes another swing
BAM
the skeleton rolls to the side, but doesn't notice that George has just swung his mace on the location of the skeletons leg.
BAM
SHATTER
the skeletons right leg completely shatters into tiny pieces. they've started staggering and knows very well that this might be its end.
they unsheethe their sword and get ready to launch another attack but then
BAM
Nick slams the flat side of his sword into the skeleton launching him into the wall.
"finally hehehe"
Nick gives an eerie smile
the skeleton staggers and almost tumbles but is not willing to give in, it stares at Nick with cold dead eyes
WOOSH
Milo snuck up behind them and swung only to have it easily dodged
WOOSH
BAM
The skeleton swings his sword but only burries it into the location where Milo was
"oh lord please bless thy beings with your power and protect us from evil"
BUFF
after George finished the chant Nick suddenly started to emit a yellowish aura, the veins on his muscles started throbbing his eyes went completely white and he dug the his foot into the ground pulling his sword back as if he was about to slash.
BAM
he flies at the skeleton with unbelievable speed the skeleton being visibly shocked at the power of the dash stumbles and didn't ready for the impact of the blow.
POW
CLASH
their swords collide causing sparks to fly everywhere.
"JUST.FUCKING.DIE"
BAM
Nick screams in rage as he kicks the skeleton away from him.
he then burries his foot into the ground again and launches at the skeleton
BAM
WOOSH
he swings only to get easily avoided but then as the skeleton is mid air dodging the swing they turns to see an arrow shot perfectly in the direction of his head they dont have time to avoid it and their sword is occupied a realization sets in
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"im going to die"
POW
an arrow hits the skeleton right in between their eyes the skeleton is thrown back a couple feet and rolls slightly.
everyone looks in awe not believing their own eyes but after a bit it finally it sets in they, won.
"OOOOOOOOOH"
they all scream out in happiness and mostly relief.
but one of them had something different in mind. Milo through this realized the difference between his and their party, Nick, Mike and George were a well balanced and strong team but they were almost completely useless i mean one of their members was knocked out as soon as the fight started while he and Andy did almost nothing.
this whole experience was a wake up call for Milo and it was a strong one at that
they were weak.
*****
after they finished and got out of the dungeon they said their goodbyes.
Nick and his party were going north to try and find another town while Milos group didnt know what was next.
that night Milo wanted to get stronger if they dont it might lead to their deaths and he doesn't want to waste this new chance as he went to sleep he couldnt help but get a feeling of nervousness.
once they woke up they did their usual routine they ate, hunted goblins, rested and went to sleep.
but the next time they woke up MIlo came up to both of them.
"guys, we need to get stronger and because of that i've done some research"
Milo signals to them both to follow him.
"our party doesn't have any balance were all melee fighters and that immediately puts us at a disadvantage so after some very frusturating research i think i know the solution"
"cool but why did you lead us to a tent"
"this town has a sort of black market at night and at this black market were able to get things we wouldnt normally"
"where are you going with this?"
"slaves."
".....can we get a catgi-"
"no."
"but-"
"no."
"...ok"
they enter the tent there are people everywhere. Josh and Andy look around but Milo grabs their heads and faces them straight.
"over there boys"
"sooooo why cant we get a catgirl?"
"i looked into it and apparantly catgirls are expensive as fuck"
"damn this is truly the worst possible situation"
they banter as they walk but suddenly a cloaked figure runs towards.
"excuse me are you speaking art'hin?"
"uhhh what?"
"the language you're speaking is it art'hin?"
"uhhhh i guess"
"hmm well that does make sense since im speaking art'hin right now"
"um, excuse me are you from here if you are could you help us out a bit?"
"uhhh well im not from here but if you're having trouble with the language i can help'"
they couldn't see the face but the voice was rather feminine, they were still hesitant to accept her help.
"eh fuck it sure"
Josh says nonchalantly to where he gets death stares from Milo.
"listen were here for a slave to add to our party"
"o-oh a slave i see"
the cloaked women signals for them to follow her.
"well here the slaves are pretty high quality"
shes shows them cages full of demi humans
"yeaaah we dont have enough for demi humans sorry"
"oh well if you're on a budget then i can lead you to some cheaper options"
"that would be helpfull"
she leads them to small cages full of goblins and kobolds
"these are their cheapest ones"
"uhhhh can any of them heal wounds or use a ranged weapons or use magic?"
"demi humans are the only slaves able to do that"
the woman sees the dscouraged faces of the men and feels pity for them.
"well...its still expensive but there is an option"
"what is it?"
"well you could get a child slave"
they all look at each other
"hold up ain't that child slavery"
"well yes it literlly is and it is legal"
"legal or not im not yet morally bankrupt"
"well unlike you, i am"
Josh and Andy argue for a bit before Milo goes ahead and to buy one
Milo leaves Josh and Andy to banter so he can get the best one for in terms of combat capabilities.
"well these are the children"
"hmmm i see.... WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE"
"HEY getting demi human children is hard"
"uggghh... what can it do?"
"its got healing magic"
"like a cleric or a wizard?"
"a cleric so you dont have to worry too much about long chants"
Milo takes a closer look at the child. its a dog girl with immense bloodlust, Milo contemplates smacking it with rolled up newspaper.
"ugh fine we'll take it"
Milo is given the girl on a chain leash and pays up almost all of his funds.
"well ill cya later strange lady"
"W-WHAT YOU KNEW MY GENDER"
"nothing can hide that feminine voice."
Milo says while walking off.
Milo feels immense hatred and rage radiating from this child.
"uhhh can you not do that"
"s̶̨̢̱̺̹̞͕͎̅̈́̀̄͂͆́̔̀̏̆̍̈́ḩ̵̥͓̱̹̝̠̦̙̪́́̓̏̃̐̂̀̂̂ṳ̷̢͕̣̄̌̈́̇͜ͅt̸̨̧̡̺͍̖̳̣̻̟̣̲̦͊̔̽̔̄̆͑̆̕̚ͅ ̶̧̫̯͚̙̠͕̠̭̭̠̲͗́̾̊̈́̒͂̐̉̇̀ḭ̴̢̢̢̝̠͓̦̪͔͛̂͆̋͛̎͛̾̇̿̌̓̿̕t̸̻̝̫̓͑͜͠ ̸̡̧̛̥͈͔͎̱̹̱͔͙̦̓̾̿͂̉͒̔̀͝͝h̵̘̯̯̞͙͌͋̀̀́͝u̵̫̺̹̝̮̮͇̲͔̜̳̾̊̽̅̋̽͒͝͝m̶̤̠̯̞͖̔à̶͇̖̙̤̱̘̱̀̎̑͛̚͜n̴͉̑̒͂͒̍̌̅͑͑̚ ̶̡̡̢̛͎̼̘͚͕͎̭̰̳̭̇̉͗̆̾͜͠ỷ̶͖̺̃̿o̵̢̳̻͔̩̘̼̳̣̐̉̆̄̐̕͝͠ǔ̸̺̗̍̈́͗́̃̿̚ ̸̮͖̬͈͈̭̪̝͑̋͒͗͆̉͛͂͗͋͘̚k̴̩̘̳̳͓̣͗͛ì̷̦̲̟̯̹̉̏̍̄̊̌͋l̷̡̢͉̝̪͕̙̙͇̥̼̝͌̃̅̒̍͜͠l̶͇̥̄̈̌̈́̚̕͝e̷͙̗͓͔͔͕͍͔̿̊̀̽̇̋̌͝d̶̠͔̑̍͑̾͑̈́̓̃̈́̓̓͑͂͘ ̶͙̉͑͌͂̈̎̓͌̐́̂̒̿̆͜͝ḿ̶̤̱̺̠͋̃̄͊̊̊͒͝ỵ̴̼̣̓ ̶̨̨̟̪͍͇̜͚̍͝͝ę̶̭̜̾͒͒͑͑́́̈̓̎n̵̺̟̹͗̾̈́̌͗͋̕t̶̠̭͎͎̱͐̑̇͂̑̓́̓͋̌̇͂͌̄͘ḭ̷̯̺̣̝̐͋̀͊͑̋̒r̸̨̛̞͍̦̼͈̯̟̦͎͔̄͊́̃͒̇͌̈̑́̑̈ē̷̡̡̡̥͇̳͎̮͔̠͚̰͆̍̅̈́͆̌̋͛̊̕ͅ ̴̡̧͎̠̟̥̖̞͔̔̀͋͆͐̂v̴̢̩̰͈̤̪̘̪̝͓̔̃̾̑̋̐̍̕͝ͅi̴̬̻̘̠̖̓͐̆̈́͗̾̓̈́͠l̶̡̳͉̻͔̙̟͓͎̃̃͝ͅĺ̵̫̇a̸͉͒̉̐͆́̍͑͘g̶̡̥̣̥̘̲̣̱̀͒̓̆̍͝͝ę̶̛̥̜̺̭̝̞̗̘̝̜̣̈́̀͑ͅ ̵̢͉̳͉͈͕͔͖͉̤̱̥̹̩̓̀̄̌̽̃̃̏̍̍̏̽̃̚͠ḧ̸̳̝̣̖́̈̅̈́̄͒̕͜͝ǫ̶̟̙̗̘̬̌̓͗̃̃͒͒̄̽̅͑͠ͅw̴̧̛͑̆̐̈́̊͝͝ ̸̡͔̣̣̮͚̯̮̌̐̈́̓͗̊͌̋͠d̴͔̭̜̩̥͍̟̪̲́̓͆̑á̷̧͖͉̞̳̝͕̭̲͆̄̂̒̚͜ṛ̵͓̫̣̮̪͍͐͑͛̈́͋̅͊͂̕̕͝ẻ̴͈͉̟̱̣͖͍̩̹͊̀́̈́̑̒͐̅͗͌̅̈̕͜ͅ ̷̨̣͔̠̣̯̫̲̱̒͐͂̀̆̑́̀̂̚̚̚͝y̶̢̨̖̜͚̦̱̭̗̤͚̤͙͇͎͊͛͗̀̉̒͊̈́̂͑͠͝o̴͖̭͕̤̯̮͙̠̬̦̞̗͑̓͜ū̷̪̳̻̳͇͙̻̘̋́̅̃̂͗̾͆̍̚ ̷̡̛̲̦̱͇́͌̂̈́̉͆͗̿͑̄̕͜͠t̴͙͎̘͙̬̙̯̀̀̇̆̐̾̌̉͌͝r̶̨̗̩͍̞̫̝̱͙̲̰̬̾͒͌̀̓̕y̶̧̰̖͈̼̗̩̳̳͇̒̿̍̉̓̍̈́̑̐͌͐͌̎̊͘ ̴͈͇̫̥̻͎̰̪̞͔͓̻̥̺̎̇̂̌̋̓̀̉̀́ṯ̵̢̮̹͓̯̖̳̎́ȍ̵̢̩̙̰̤͎̩̪͎̹͙͙͎̠̒̈́͌͆́̽̿̒͘̕͝ͅ ̸̧͎̈́͗̊͋͝b̸̢̦̀̆̐e̵͍̪̪̮͓̟̠̜̹͛̈́́̂͑̈́͐̐̅ ̷͉͓̘̙̘͉͉͇̝̀̐̃̎̊̌̌̀̎́̅̚͘f̶̡̤͈̣͂̀́̉͊͒̅r̷̛͇̗͎̹̜̟̔̃͒͂̓̋̾͒̏͌͋̑̚͠í̵̧̡̪̱͉̦͍̓̓̅͊e̶͓̥͍͒̃̉̅̿̒͐͆͐̓̄ñ̷͖͔̫̠̮̞̳̫̪̈́̒̌̊͝ḓ̸̢̬̙̟̱̻̖͔̂͋̉͆̂̎̚͘͜͝ḽ̵͉̩͕̠̞̟̯͚͍͋̈́͋y̶͓̩͙̹̗̯̺̟̿͆̽͝ ̵̙͎͖̦̚w̵̨̨̳̟̼̫̲̟̃̀́͂́̕͜ͅi̵̡͔͚̠͎̣̤̦̺͂̑̌́̂̓͌͊̀͋̎̕̕̚ͅt̷͕͓̲̝̫͉̰̏̾̐̎̾̈́̚h̸̨̙͎̞͋̀́̾́̒̾̑̔̈́̿́̈́̔͝ ̶͍͎̳̜̭͉̊̂͜͜͝m̵̱͓̺̰͇̺̖̣̞̾̈́͆̈́͑͝͠ê̶̺̰̗͙̭̞͚̥̹"
"...oooh k"
Milo gave up and just decided that he'll deal with this went he gets to Josh and Andy.
Milo after a long walk reaches them only to find them at eachothers throats.
"OI idiots i got the slave girl"
"WAIT WHAT"
"neat"
"hold up this goes against literlly all my morals"
"ha ha i dont care"
Andy pets the girl while Josh tries to argue with Milo.
"s̴̟̠͓̪͗̀͊̂͐͋̔̾͝t̷̡̨̧̥̞̤̠͖̍̀ͅͅó̷̡̦̦̤̞͓͉̱̝͓̱̓͜ṕ̴̦̜̍͌̅̓̎̕̚ ̵̢̘͇͓̺̙͕͎̮̙͂̇̈́͗̌̿͋̚̚͝͝ͅt̴̟̹̳̪̩͂͌̒̔̍̂̋̀ͅō̴̧̟̼̝̫͙̮̪̪̓̀̏̿̇̓̎̊̆͆͋̅͘͘u̶̢̨̢̗͖̘̻̦͙̙̮̎̈́͑̅͘c̶̡͉̖̥̞̰̬͓͙̯̝̜̐̔̇̈́́̓͂͗̋̊̑̄̕͘͝h̴̝̼̘͙̍̎̉̆̈́̒͐͋̀̿̄̆̏̀̚͜î̶̹̯̜̜͔̞̲͕̏̆͛͋͗ṅ̴̝̦̠͚̹͙̖̦͙̎̊̈́̈́̀̉͆̇̋̄̄͊͌̕͜g̵̛̙͙̳̩͚̮̖̏̄̓̿̔̉̊ ̶̨̧̦͙͚̂̋̐̈̍̂͝͝ͅm̶̞̯͙͖̣̭͕̂̌̉̿ͅę̵͍̲͍̹̜͙͖̽̓̀͗͛͛͊̐̍̕ͅ ̴̡̧̧̱͔͍̠͚̓͐̓̈́͒h̴̡̪͈͕̫͙͎̅̂͂̀̃̑͌̓̏͘ͅȕ̸̞͚̻̻̗͚̈̓̾͆͋͂̅́̚͠ͅm̵̧̞̰̲̔̓̔͐à̴̪͙͎͔̫̟̌̎͂̈n̷̙̰̭͚̜̊̃̒͒̌̍̚͠"
"aw man she doesn't speak art'hin"
Andy pouts.
"we'll beggars cant be choosers"
"lets go try her out"
*****
"GET IT IDIOT"
"SHUT UP DUMBASS ITS A RUNNER"
BAM
Milo stabs a goblin in the back
"GOORB GARB"
"got em"
Milo says while wiping his cheek.
the girl is healing a cut on Andy leg.
"thanks"
Andy energetically gets up and picks up his sword to lunge at a goblin.
suprisingly Josh has killed a couple of goblins.
"nice one Josh"
"thanks"
Milo is going on a killing spree and practising different things to get better at them like his unique class skill {BACK STAB}.
The party had discovered how to use skills it was a extremely iritating process to learn them.
except Josh who has no natural skills because of having no class.
Milo had noticed that they were definitely better and stronger now but they still needed more experience in battle but for now they were happy for atleast improving a bit.
that day they all slept soundly.