Forge of Heroes and Legends (FHaL Online)

Volume 1: Advent of a Hero

Chapter 6: First Dungeon II

"Sorry, I'll make sure last time won't happen again."

Romulus was apologetic.

"Yeah, it gave us a hard time but it doesn't matter since we can handle it right?"

Irvin is being sarcastic and guilty tripping Romulus.

"Hahahaha. It's really ok. I can tank them, that's what Paladins are for."

Said Finala with a smile.

"Well, can we stop with the chitchat and get going hunting, people?"

And Anthea got irritated with their arguing.

"Then I shall lure again, hihihi. Remus stay here."

Romulus grins with malice.

"You! Don't even think about it! Don't you dare!"

Irvin saw him grinning.

*****

"......where do I start? Hmmmm."

Romulus wandered not far from his party, then he saw a group of goblins.

He aimed carefully one of the goblin.

*whoosh--chuk*

He headshot the goblin.

FATALITY!!!

"WHOAH! Holy shit! Yeah! That's what I'm talking about. I'm the man. Hell yeah!"

He was screaming with joy that his party even heard it from their position.

*****

"Arrgh! THAT IDIOT!"

Irvin's vein's on his head was popping out.

"I'm gonna personally kill him."

*****

Back to Romulus...

"Oh shit!"

He started retreating as soon as he heard numerous groups of goblins screaming back in anger,

and especially a group of hob-goblin that responded to his scream and the other goblins's scream.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"

"KILL THE HUMIE!"

The group of the hog-goblin led the charge.

There were about more than a hundred mobs that started swarming.

Romulus made it back to his party and informed them of the impending doom.

"HOLY FUCK! I JUST LURED SO MANY FUCKING GOBS! WE'RE FUCKING DEAD!"

*Slap!*

A slap so hard that knocked him on the ground and the sound would even reverberate in the corridors of the dungeon. A slap so hard his HP drop to 80%.

"GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF! IT WAS YOUR DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE! I was just holding my patience but your stupidity just cannot be contained! Arrgh!"

It was Finala who slapped him, her hand seems to be burning with so much passion from slapping Romulus.

".!.."

Romulus was so shocked it took him a minute before he would recover from it and stand back up.

But he was still shocked by the sudden mood swing. Also Irvin and Anthea, they never thought she'd explode like that.

"Sorry, I--I was just so excited. I mean come on---"

"Just shut up, will you? Or the next thing you will feel on your face is the cold steel of my hammer. Just--just do what you can and help out kill these maggots."

Finala with her hammer pointing at Romulus' face could no longer be contained.

'Calm down! Calm down! Remember, anger management sessions if things like this gets me every time. This is just a game. Better calm down. Deep breaths! Wheeeew. Focus. There's many things to vent up my anger on here. Wheeew. Let the killing begin!'

The goblins arrive at their position and surrounded them.

The party put their backs against the walls.

Romulus unequipped his shield on his back and used it. He drew his sword.

"I'll help out here, front-line battle it is then!"

The party has no time to be shocked nor have the time to ask anything.

"WAAAGH! Kill 'em all! Leave no one alive! We're gonna feast on the bear tonight boiz!"

All goblins mobilized.

And the slaughter began, but who is gonna be slaughtered, the goblins or them?

When the goblins got into Finala's range, she cocked her sword arm and made a full and powerful swing.

Everything on the way of the arcing hammer strike got all one shotted by a fatality strike. All fatalities were head blowing strikes since the goblins were just at the exact height of her arcing attack.

A glint in her eyes and a grin in her face was all that Romulus need to see to know that this girl is a freaking maniac.

And he was not mistaken when she started laughing maniacally.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! This is so much fun! So much blood to spill! So many things to crush! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Irvin and Anthea once again, were shocked by this sudden change. But there's still many more goblins and they need to focus. Irvin started buffing Finala and Romulus and Remus with all the buffs he could provide.

Then he started shooting magic arrows once again, while waiting for the buffs to expire. His magic arrows does not consume mana when he's using it. It's just one of the first skill that was taught to Bards to be able to protect themselves when traversing the land.

Anthea then started dancing. She put her hands on the air and waved it like she don't care.

So come on baby tell me what's the word. Now, word up. Everybody say, when you hear the call you gotta get it under way. Word up.  It's the code word. No matter where you say it, you know that you'll be heard.

Her dance of course slowed or stunned the goblins. And after she slowed or stunned them, she then do her battle dance, Capoeira. It's time for her to showcase what she got.

Even though Romulus is at the front. He can still see the other two doing their best. But still, he was weirded out, a Battle Bard and Battle Dancer. A strange duo. Then add this bipolar crazy woman.

Romolus and Remus does not want to be left out, not by the craziness and oddity of his party but, by the killing spree that was happening. So many precious exp.

Romulus blocks as many attacks as he could with his wooden buckler. And imitating Finala by swinging full swings since he could not miss. Though his attacks could get fatality strikes, he was still able to deal critical hits.

And every now and then, all goblins would be stunned and terrified by Remus' Terrifying Roar. Some would even retreat for a while then come back. But Remus' skill is the greatest help that the party could have.

With this, they were able to lay waste to the goblin waves.

Just as they finished the last goblin in sight, another wave was coming. The goblin waves would consist of about 40 to 70 goblins. And they were barely surviving.

Romulus quickly bandaged everyone and Finala restored their lost HP. Irvin and Anthea meditated for just about a minute enough to restore just over half their mana pool.

Romulus

Remus

Finala

Irvin

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Anthea

"I have no more mana to heal you guys for this wave! Let us retreat for now so we can recuperate."

Finala said to her teammates. But just as they were about to retreat another party arrived.

"We heard the commotion. What's going on?"

Said the tall elf. It was the guy who tried to invite Romulus.

"WAAAAAAGH!"

The wave of goblins came into view.

"Holy shit! Why are there so many? No wonder we could no longer find a bunch of these guys on our spot or even anywhere. We would only find a couple."

The tall elf exclaimed as he saw the mass of goblins swarming to get to their positions.

"Come on guys! Prepare for a "party"! We've got one incoming."

He instructed his party members then turned to them.

"Where are you guys going? Ain't you gonna help? We'll be having a hard time just on our own. Let's help each other."

The tall elf suddenly becoming a good elf.

"Your arrival was most welcome. Thanks!"

Said Irvin as he bowed. Then turned to Anthea and the rest of the party.

"Well? Shall we join the fray?"

"We shall! HAHAHAHAHA!"

Finala said happily and willingly.

After hearing the laughter of a seemingly subtle and shy Finala, the tall elf's eye widened.

"W---well, that settled it then? Please accept my "Raid" invitation."

Irvin then pushed an invisible button.

"Thanks! But we'll just recuperate a bit."

"Okay, don't keep those precious exp waiting. Though late, I'm Rhys."

His introduction was a bit late.

After Romulus and the party recuperated enough, they jumped in into the action.

It was much easier, with other players they were able to clear the wave of goblins pretty fast.

After they cleared them all, two new party joined the raid group.

The one who always lure is Romulus, since it looked liked he's so good at it. Always pulling so many goblins.

Five consecutive waves. They're barely clearing the first wave before another would arrive which made it more difficult.

Then new three party arrived and joined.

Since the raid group has increased, it became much much more easier. So they all decided to go to the second level.

There, they faced new kinds of goblins. There were soldier goblins and elite goblins.

There were traps too, which the goblin assassins set up. But they were not deadly enough to.

"Romulus! Go get another "EXPs".

Rhys commands, since he was the top level among all them.

"Aye! Aye!"

Romulus happily complied, Remus followed.

Romulus spotted a slightly large goblin. It was actually a Hobgoblin.

He then aimed his Siege Crossbow.

*Shick**Thack!*

It hit the rock as the hobgoblin was able to dodge, and noticed Romulus.

"Humie!"

Then it retreated.

"What a pussy!"

As he saw the hobgoblin turn tail.

Then suddenly a roar reverberated through out the whole second level.

"What the fuck?"

Terrified at the echoing roar, Romulus and Remus turn back to where the raid group is.

After he arrived he got so many glares he would shrink from their glares.

"What the hell did you do this time?!"

Asked the terrified Irvin. Even from there, he felt the terrifying roar. Even more terrifying than what Romulus felt when he faced the Dire Bear, Remus' mother.

"How the hell would I know. I just saw a large goblin and shot it, but I missed and the bastard turned tail."

He exclaimed.

Then the dungeon floor rumbled.

"READY YOURSELVES! THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY TOUGH!"

Rhys shouted his lungs out.

""""WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHH!""""

Now a choir of roar! The rumbling's getting stronger every seconds.

Then there, a huge hobgoblin, even larger then the normal hobgoblin, appeared. It was better equipped too.

"I AM DAKT! THE GOBLIN KING! I WILL NOT LET YOU ELVES SPOIL MY PLANS! KILL THEM ALL!"

Behing Dakt was no ordinary Hobgoblins and Goblins. They were equipped with armors and and better weapons than what they have faced so far. Dakt and his army looked like they were dressed for war.

The raid group froze in place by the sight of the army. The only thing on their minds were 'Why? What's going on?'.

Then members of the raid group started dying. Panic arose and got over them. The goblin army started slaughtering the retreating raid group.

"WAAA! RUN!"

"FUCK YOU ROMULUS! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

"IF WE GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE I"M GONNA FUCKING MURDER YOU!"

"YOU ARE SO DEAD MAN! IMMA CORPSE CAMP YOU, YOU FUCK!"

"YOU STUPID FUCK, I'M GONNA MURDER YOU THEN EAT YOUR PET BEAR YOU FU---AAAAAGH!"

They scrambled to get the hell outta the dungeon. Though Romulus does not know who were shouting, they know who Romulus is. He's already got quite the reputation, even got the moniker "The Lure" or "Bait".

"OH SHUT UP! JUST RUN YOU STUPID FUCKS!"

By the time they reached the stairs to the first level, already half of the raid group were dead.

They thought that Dakt and his army would stop so they rested for a bit.

But they thought wrong, Dakt slayed a user who was close to the stairs.

"Oh shit! RUN!"

They all started running all they could again. They warned other users who were hunting in the first level.

But some users did not heed their warning. Some followed and started running too.

Those who thought they were being pranked got killed when they saw the goblin army rampaging through out the dungeon.

After they got out of the dungeon, they never stopped. They headed straight for Calradea. They already made some distance. Then Dakt howled like mad that they could still hear it from far away.

"What the fuck?"

Was the reaction of all of the survivors of that dungeon.

"We've got to warn the city. They might also head for Calradea."

Rhys suggested, as he had a gloomy look on his face.

*****

They made it to the city, then Rhys informed the guards at the gate.

"Ser! There's a goblin army heading for the city! We've got to prepare defending the city!"

"What are you talking about? The goblin king must be still preparing his army by this time of the year. Quit your kidding child. Now get out of the way, merchants are using the roads."

The guard just shrugged him off.

"You must believed me, us! We were there! Our comrades were slaughtered by the goblin king and his army!"

Rhys insisted. This annoyed the guard.

"Listen kid! The Goblin King's Feast does not happen till the harvest seasons! NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY!"

"Excuse me, seniors."

It was Romulus. Luckily Romulus knew the guards, it was Bahestur and the officer, Decanus Klargus.

"Hey! If it isn't Romulus! What are you doing here?"

Bahestur greeted Romulus. This then made his comrades puzzled, 'How could this stupid fuck be close to soldiers?'.

"Good morning Romulus. Are you with them? Is what he's saying true?"

Decanus Klargus greeted him next. It was already morning when they got out of the dungeon.

"Yes Decanus, it might have been my fault actually. I kinda brought them out of their lair."

Then Romulus explained everything that happened.

"This is bad indeed. Hmm. Bahestur, go report to the Captain."

And Bahestur hasted to the barracks.

"I've got to go Decanus."

Romulus asked to leave.

"Very well. Go rest. We will be needing every help we can get."

Decanus Klargus bids him farewell for now.

Then Romulus returned to his raid group.

"I've gotta go now guys."

Then just like that, he logged out. His avatar then turned to A.I. mode and headed to the barracks where he designated it to go before logging out.

"Wait! Fuck now he's out. I've still got to ask him. Damn it!"

Rhys wanted to know how he got close with the guard and the officer.

Then the bells of the city rang. Meaning something bad is coming.

Until next time.