“What the hell is going on” A man shouted and others murmured in agreement they all looked at Ali waiting for his answer.
“Goblins fucking goblins” Ali said breathlessly
This lead to even more confusion causing Ali to be bombarded with multiple voices speaking over each other Ali tried to answer but his hoarse voice kept being drowned.
“Enough” a tall muscular man screamed causing the entire room to be silenced “We don’t have time for this you wake up the others” he pointed to a dark haired skinny man in dirty jeans “and I need the rest of you to start breaking chair legs to use as weapons and get ready by the windows. The man now turned calmly to Ali “how many enemies and how strong are they”
“20 maybe 30, 4 maybe 5 foot tall carrying steel weapons and not hard to kill I took 2 down with a spade”
“impressive whats your name recruit” he said in an authoritative tone
“Ali”
“Ali im Jax, hey aren't you the guy who came in covered in blood the other night ”
“I…”Ali was interrupted by the sight of Gregor's ginger hair descending down the staircase.
“What do you have us awake at this ungodly hour for” Gregor said lazily
“Goblins” Jax shouted loud enough to snap even the sleepiest of the group out of their stupor “about 30 or so assembled outside ready to kill us now grab a chair leg and …”
“Erm excuse me Jax” A tiny voice whispered
“What is it”
“The goblins are moving”
Ali went over to the window first the rest followed “ They’re surrounding us” Ali proclaimed. The goblins started to form a perimeter around the inn at the front there was a goblin a foot taller than the rest wearing a silver viking helmet and wearing a police badge around its neck
“That one with the tin helmet must be the leader” Ali remarked
Then something happened that made everyone’s jaw drop in the room the goblin leader spoke it was a harsh naisely tone “Surrender now humans and your death will be relatively painless” everyone looked at each other except Jax whose eyes were fixated on the badge hanging around creatures neck.
“You son of a bitch where did you get that badge from” Jax said clenching his jaw tightly.
“Some uppity human I killed years ago he thought he was a hero” the goblin leader said with a smirk on his face.
“ Just for that you’ll die last and I promise it will hurt” Jax said
“Enough talk” The goblin captain said before unleashing a vile screeching sound that galvanized 2 dozen goblins into a vicious frenzy the goblins made a mad dash for the inn flooding every window and door in sight.
The goblins war cries froze the players in place “Guard the windows and exits now” Jax roar immediately waking up the players the entire inn turned into a battle zone with both sides battling over dominion of the windows neither human nor goblin backing down. The goblins rushed the windows and were repulsed by broken chair legs, the players refusing to give an inch until they finally broke through at the south facing window towards the back of the inn and began pouring in en mass quickly overrunning the 3 man team guarding that window leaving them in a hunched up ball on the ground.
Ali was making quick work of the goblins with his newly acquired crescent spear perfect for striking down multiple goblins in quick succession his spear now baying for goblin blood when he saw Gregor and 2others on the ground being mobbed by a group of goblins. Ali spotted the goblins all the way at the other side of the inn and his spear starting rocking back and forth uncontrollably almost like it was a blood thirsty hound begging to be let off its leash.
New Skill unlocked Wind Razor.
Ali’s grip loosened for a moment and the spear sent a crescent shaped slash flying towards the goblins simultaneously cleaving their bodies in half and leaving a crescent shaped moon slash on the wall, causing the trio on the ground to look at Ali stupefied before getting to their feet and continuing the fight.
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“What just happened Ali thoughts to himself this spear is demonic it just moved on its own, I saw Gregor being attacked and the spear just moved no I moved it when I saw Gregor attacked” Ali looked down at the spear now dripping with blood he paused for a moment and then recalled the blue message that flashed just before the attack wind razor he said slowly
Wind Razor - LVL 1 - 5 second cool down - Active Skill
Before Ali had any time to process the goblins broke down the door and were pouring through the inn like water, Ali and the others were immediately met the charging goblins and leading to a massive melee, Ali brutally hacked and slashed away at the goblins, Jax war cry spurred on the others as the battle dragged on the players continued to cut down goblin after goblin suffering only a few casualties, the goblins unable to withstand their unrelenting attacks the goblins were being pushed until they were out of the inn then another screech almost identical to the one sounded the retreat, the goblins withdrew their numbers drastically reduced, upon seeing this a wave of relief hit Ali and he fell to the ground exhausted. The players tired from the ordeal began picking up the weapons dropped by the dead goblins equipping themselves with knives, swords, axes and spears the goblin captain’s face no longer smirking, “We’ve beaten them back their leaving” someone pointed out the air erupted in celebratory cheers
“Dont get complacent with the enemy still in front of you” Ali turned around to see Jaxs weathered face staring down the goblin commander
“What is your name human”
“Jax”
“This isnt over” The goblin commander said coldly before barking orders in an unrecognized language and disappearing into the darkness. The next day Ali awoke to an unread message in the corner of his eye he thought about opening it and blue letters floated in the sky.
You’ve completed Night 1 of 6 “Tutorial Phase 2 Survive Tokugawa Village”
5 XP to gained
1 new skilled gained
His brows Furrowed
Tutorial? Ali didn’t remember at first where he was was then searching his memories, he remembered the message that appeared days ago when he first landed
“So it wasn’t a dream im still dead”
There was no need to pinch his cheeks, the cuts and bruises from last night were sufficient evidence. This may look like a game but we can still die Ali recalled seeing the lifeless human corpses that were buried yesterday irrespective of their religion
“This …is… too…. much if I die here I wont even have a proper funeral. To think I have to worry about death even after my death” Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted banging pots and pans followed occasional shouting “Everyone up, rise and shine ” Ali stumbled down the stairs clutching his trusty spear to see the inn in a state of disarray windows shattered, broken glasses and chairs the door hanging off its hinges
“Great now everyone’s here”
Ali arrived to see everyone assembled carrying various weapons Jax and 2 unknown men from the other night were standing together it looked like they were in charge, Ali spotted Gregor, Wilhiem and Mason listening intently.
“Now according to the message we all received we have 5 more nights to survive in this village, we need to get to work fortifying the village, that means digging trenches, building walls and looking for supplies we don’t know how many will be back tonight but we cannot afford to wait around and find out, you will be split into 3, A group will follow me to dig trenches another group will follow Cassan to build walls around the village and those of you who have activated a special skill during last nights attack follow Lucian.
“Who put you in charge” a large hulking figure from the back said
“No one put us in charge but if we don’t work together more people will die”
“So why are we sticking around this dump we need to haul ass as far away from here as possible”
“Whatever dragged us to this world wants us to finish this task if we complete it we have a good chance at going home”
“What a load of shit you can stick around and be target practise for those things but im leaving anyone who wants to join me feel free to tag along” The man said and with that a dozen men walked out with him, about 20 people were left In the inn.
After Jax spoke the people left began to follow their leaders outside, It was then Alis turn to follow Lucian outside only 5 other people were with him not including Lucian, they continued walking until they reached a quiet place deep into the Forrest.“Form a line and show me your skills one by one, I’ll go first” Lucian Took out his sword and and got into a crouching position.
Ali’s eyes widened “He’s gone, then he saw a nearby tree fall in the with Lucian walking slowly away from it“What incredible speed”. The next couple of nights flew by much like the first the goblins mindlessly charging the spiked wooden palisades built around the village and being cut down by a storm of unique skills everyone had one by now not all were suited to combat. Each time the goblin commander slinking away into the darkness Ali recalled Jax saying the commander was his.
30 minutes before sunset the goblin commander was waiting outside the newly constructed village walls with a larger army this time 100 goblins of varying sizes were waiting in tight formation beyond the walls. The air was thick with tension with neither side moving a muscle the sun lowering is head behind the mountain tops it seemed to take forever for it to set and then goblins began to move no longer the crazed hordes from the previous night they were like a professional fighting force moving together. Ali and the other skill users were hiding from sight waiting for the signal to ambush the goblins from behind. The goblins were acting strange they weren't charging the wall as expected, they were just waiting then their formation split in half and then 8 goblins carrying a battering ram rushed the walls arrows were unable to penetrate the shields they had over their heads finally they busted through and 7 foot goblins stepped forth that looked as strong as a house, Finally a worthy fight Ali remarked before the 2 forces clashed in an all-mighty struggle that culminated in Jax cutting off the head of the goblin commander and reclaiming the badge around the goblin commanders head.
Phase 2 complete Survive Tokugawa village
LVL UP -
Skill Gained - Wind Razor Lvl 5
30 Experience points gained
5 Basic stat points