Note: “Speech”
‘Thoughts’
*Actions*
Calder’s P.O.V
I sat in the bar downstairs, they’d begun serving breakfast a while ago, so since I paid for it might as well cash in, a plate of eggs and bacon was provided to me by none other than the peeping Yandere from earlier, though she showed no signs of being nervous around me.
“Thank you…” I lingered wanting to challenge her about before, but ended up disregarding it she probably wasn’t even a Yandere, probably just my over-active imagination. Though it still begged the question as to why, as far as I know I’m just an average looking guy, nothing special about me. I then noticed that she was also lingering almost as if trying to say something.
“Something you needed?” She flinched realising that she had lingered too long, she scurried off quicker then she had arrived, I then decided to check my friends list to check and see if any of the others had left the beginner village, I almost choked on my bacon. All but one name was now lit up and one of them was very close, Maris.
Maris’s P.O.V
I slowly let my eyes open; apparently sometime during the blur of a trip last night I had fallen asleep.
“Maris my dear, time to awaken, we have a lost lover to find!” I growled at his wake up call, it seemed as if he still believed the relationship between me and Calder was like that. I sighed, sitting up and squinting at the early morning sun, however I noticed something, Calder was much closer now; all but Cecil’s name was now lit up, meaning they had entered the game world, I jump up quickly shifting on the spot trying to see which direction he was in, I locked in on it.
“I-I gotta go!” I spoke rushing off, the Merchant, Thomas shouted out to me.
“It’s all good, go, go and meet with your lover!” I growled at him again, he insisted on making these remarks, I rushed in one direction only to have the pointer twist in another; I spent close to an hour rushing around the city streets, when I suddenly got a message.
All new Players in the Game world, resetting friends system
My eyes widen, what the hell system, what kind of MMO resets friend system, I examined my friends list only one name left now, the NPC merchant I’d met, Thomas Mitchel It showed his location and relationship status with said character, I sighed beginning the amble my way back towards him, so much for finding Calder.
Calder’s P.O.V
I slammed my fist down, getting a few rather strange looks form the other Patrons enjoying breakfast. What the hell system, what the hell kind of game resets the friend system, I sighed, of course the system we get stuck with is an irregular one. I take another bite from the slice of bacon on my fork, getting the buff: Sated for eating. I grabbed my plate and handed it to one of the workers who was collecting dishes and walked over to the counter where the peeping girl was serving. I decided to asked about work, since I didn’t have a lot else to do, and I’d gathered that the city was far too large to go searching for Maris, so I’d work for a bit, while also asking around about Maris, someone was bound to know.
“Excuse me my dear, do you happen to know where a man like me could find work?” She looked me up and down taking a little too much time.
“Well what kind of work would are you looking for?” I motioned towards my pike fastened to my back.
“That kind of work” She rubbed her chin and pointed towards a board nearby.
“We serve as a job hub for adventurers, just check the job board and take one, hand it in to whoever is attending the counter and they should provide payment, we of course take a small portion for providing the job” I nodded, I’d hope a quest system like this would be present, I walked over to the board and a Menu of quests popped up the standard fetch quests a few escort jobs, standard fare for an MMO, I decided to go with something easy.
Quest taken: Ratman Hunting
Giver: Ryzita Town watch
Description: The local Militia are having problems with savage Ratmen in the nearby forests.
Required: Slay 20 Ratmen: 0/20
Optional: Discover a Ratman Encampment
Optional: Eliminate a Ratman Encampment
Rewards: 250 Gold, 500 EXP, (Bonus) Random Rune knight Gear, Relation with Ryza kingdom increase.
I grabbed the paper from the wall and turned noticing the Mercenaries from last night looking at me, I realised they must have been adventurers here for quests and such, I saw a few looks of…anger, as if they were mad at the job I’d taken. I shook off the stares and headed out but before I did, I walked back over to the counter.
“You seem to be a group with ears around the place, I’m looking for someone Maris Halkir, think you could find her?” The Barmaid looked around before lowering her voice to a whisper.
“We could…for a finder’s fee” I sighed.
“Always something…alright how much”
“The going rate, so that’s about 100 coins” I sighed, opening up my inventory and grab a pouch that materialized on my belt and handed it to her, she did a quick skim of the coins and nodded too me.
“We’ll tell you when we find anything.”
I headed out, following the Quest marker, the mini-map was a bit like KOTOR it showed where I had to go and had an area to show where the Mobs would spawn.
It was currently 9:00am according to my HUD so I took my pike off from my back and headed towards the quest, rather enthusiastically I had never minded being here, it was to an extent a lot better than the world I’d come from.
Maris’s P.O.V
“AH, my dear Maris back again I see, didn’t find him?” I shook my head.
“No, I realised I have no idea where he is…I got carried away when I realised I was in the city.” Thomas sighed and smiled.
“Well do not be disheartened, we shall find him together, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t help” I smiled back at him.
“Thank you Thomas…I appreciate it” He smiled and gave a small bow he extended his hand and help me up onto the wagon, for a moment I thought I saw Calder’s name…but it wasn’t his. Thomas smiled.
“Right on to the Drunken King Inn!” I slouched and sighed, had to have a system like this.
Sometime later (Maris’s P.O.V Still)
I fell onto my bed at the Inn, we had arrived a few minutes ago and Thomas said he was going to the market to see where he could set up shop for the rest of the Montory Festival, which apparently was only just beginning. I sighed as I lay on the silken beds, staring at the ceiling.
‘Just what were we doing here?’
‘Why were we here?’
‘Why it was us?’
All questions I had asked before and just like before no answer. I rolled onto my side, looking at the clock on my HUD. It was only 8:00pm and I was feeling tired, must have been the running, I let my eyes slowly shut, embracing the coming sleep.
Calder’s P.O.V
I swung my pike around slicing several Ratmen in half.
System: 15/20 Ratmen killed
Almost done, shame I hadn’t found an encampment yet, but I could always do it again, the quest was marked as something that could be repeated. I looked around, aside from the dead Ratmen the forest was actually rather peaceful.
*SIGH* This world really captured my attention with its sights and distracted me to the current situation.
The attack suddenly went off and I moved my head slightly down and watched a javelin soar past my head and embed its self in the tree nearby. I turned seeing the Mob titles of several Ratmen scouts and a Ratman Berserker
Ratmen Scout, LVL 4
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Ratmen Scout, LVL 4
Ratmen Scout, LVL 4
Ratmen Berserker, LVL 5
I smiled, they were making this too easy, I pointed my pike towards them……
“Chain Lightning”
A line of lightning shot towards them, only the berserker survived and he had low health. The Berserker rushed forward, big mistake. It was larger than the rest a lot slower than the others too, this would be easy, a quick pivot to dodge the crude axe it was swinging.
*Shink*
The pike sunk deep into the Ratman’s back, it convulsed for a few seconds before going limp, I pulled my Pike out, using the body of the now dead Ratman to clean it off.
“Okay then…anyone else?” Silence, when I heard a sound *Snap**Woosh*
“WWOOAAAHHHH!” I recognized the voice, it was Elias. I quickly rushed towards the voice.
Elias’s P.O.V
I groaned as the world was now upside down.
“Ugghhh, isn’t this just fucking up magically…had to step on the trap didn’t I…*Sigh* I really need a skill for spotting traps.”
I tried to lift myself up and grab the rope holding me up, my rapier was on the ground, I’d let go of it when the trap strung me up into the air however I had kept a stern grip on my dagger.
“Okay once more!”
I lifted again trying to get a hold of the rope, but to no avail, I hung upside down. “Uh, geez….why’d I have to get caught in this thing?!”
“You alright up there, Elias?” My eye’s widened as a familiar voice filled my ears; I swung my body to one side, seeing a smiling Calder standing nearby.
“Calder…you bloody bastard…could give me a hand to get down from here?” I smiled how lucky that Calder happened to be so close, Calder tried to find a way to let me down, when suddenly *Snap* “Calder look out!” Calder jumped back as several Ratmen burst from the bushes; I’d been fighting the damned things since I started trying to find a way out of the woods.
“Calder cut me down!”
Calder didn’t respond as many more Ratmen appeared out of the bushes, a lot more than any I had seen before. “Calder…..cut me down, now!” The Ratmen charged and Calder began fending off the approaching Ratmen “Anytime now Calder!”
He bellowed back “I’m a little bust right now!” Calder cast Chain lighting, and enhanced his Pike. “Think you can cut yourself down?!” I nodded and began to try and haul myself up again, after several attempts I finally managed to grab the rope and set about cutting it.
*Thwack*
“Holy shit!”
I fumbled and slipped, dropping my Dagger and returning to my original position as the makeshift javelin, little more than a sharpened stick really, embedded its self in the tree I was tied up to. Although makeshift and rather unimposing if it struck him it would have hurt “Calder I could use a hand here!”
“I’m working on it!” He swung again causing several Ratmen to fall, the ground then began to shake. “The hell…?” My eyes widened as out of the trees lumber a massive beast its name:
Ratman Ogre, LVL: 10
(PR.N- OP MUTHAF****ER MWAHAHAHAHAHA)
Since the thing was a normal mob it had no titles, and although it wasn’t all that bad, the thing was LVL 10, I was only LVL 6 and from what I could tell Calder was as well, so fighting a LVL 10 mob may have proven difficult. “Calder….you might want to cut me down now!”
Calder didn’t speak he was busy eyeing up the beast before him, his eyes were sparkling, he was probably thinking about the amount of EXP he’d earn.
“Calder now!”
He didn’t speak and rushed forwards towards the Ogre. The battle lasted for a while as Calder whittled down the Ogre’s HP, I could do nothing to help simply hang there and watch.
(PR.N- HANG IN THERE BUDDY! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ )
I suddenly heard the rope I was attached to creak, I looked up and saw that the rope was beginning to snap. “Really now, now you decide to snap!”
The Ogre took a step back and was now directly beneath me, the rope snapped and I plummeted down towards the Ogre. I landed with a thud and gripped onto the thing’s mangy fur, it felt horrid all greasy and stuck together, ugh.
The Ogre began to thrash about trying to knock me off.
“Um….Elias, what are you doing?” Calder spoke relatively dumbfound by the fact I was flailing about on this thing.
(PR.N- OGRE RODEO!!!)
“Having a goddamned tea party…The hell does it look like you daft bastard!” I bellowed back as the Ogre began to run around trying to get me off, I clung to its fur for dear life, although I could have revived, dying hurt, plus it would be a pain in the ass to try and find Calder again.
It began to thrash even harder and my grip began to slip.
“Elias, hold on!” Calder yelled as he rushed towards me and the Ogre.
“What do you, think I’m doing!” I bellowed back, my grip came lose and I fell forward, I looked up to see the Ratman ogre staring at me, a large snarl on its face.
Although I know an attack from it wouldn’t drop all my HP, if I were to get covered in Ogre slobber, I would never be able to go out in public again. My hand brushed up against something cold and hard, I glanced at it and saw…My Rapier! “Sorry sunshine!”
I grabbed it and thrusted towards one of its eyes, the words CRIT! Appeared above its head as the last of HP dropped, I used all my strength to roll the beast to the side.
The victory screen popped up
Victory!!!
Enemies slain: 1x Ratman Ogre
EXP gained: 500 x2 (LVL difference) x2 (Last hit bonus) 2,000 EXP earnt.
Rewards: 50 Gold, Ratman Ogre tooth, unidentified ring
I smiled and let out a sigh of relief, thank the gods that was over.
“You son of a bitch!” I turned to see a rather angry Calder approaching me.
“What-What, what did I do?”
“You stole my kill, I whittled that thing down to nearly no HP, then you go and get the last hit and kill the damned thing!” I paused and realised the look in his eye when he saw the mob, he wanted to kill the damned thing.
“Um….yeah…sorry about that” Calder let out a large sigh.
“You think Sorry is gonna cover that!” There was a large silence for a time, Calder then smiled and began to laugh, as did I.
*DING*
Title: Fatality Thief: LVL 1
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your team mate/s worked hard to whittle down a boss ranked monster while you did nothing, only hitting it while it was just about dead, stealing the kill and secretly earning the enmity of your team mate/s.
Effects: Bonus rewards when killing an enemy you have dealt no damage to prior to the killing blow
(PR.N- That was all me, I regret nothing! Kill Stealing is my personal hate so I put a little extra effort in for this one! Don’t expect descriptions on all titles!)
(A.N- just for that the majority of them get descriptions now)
‘Ugggghhhh it makes me sound like the biggest f*******d ever……. I am never going to speak of this nor tell anyone…… *Crying on the inside*’
“You know I’ll get you back for that” He extended his hand and helped me up.
“Yeah-Yeah I know…” We smiled at one another and then pulled each other in for a quick Bro-hug.
“Un, god damn it’s good to see you again, Elias!” I smiled.
“Likewise, didn’t think I’d find anyone from our group so soon”
“So then, I think we should get this quest done; and then Lunch is on me!” I grinned again.
“Right then, Lets go work us up an appetite!” we both turned and charged off into the wood in search of more ratman.
Geez why was I so hyper all of a sudden, oh well, this was a game world after all!
Author-sama: Danube
Proof Reader-san: FJirum