Vampire bloodline (passive): you will innately gain 1 extra point in vitality and intelligence each level. You will gain the blood drain ability which will restore 5 points of health for every 25 points of damage you deal.
Macbeth’s Crown (equipment): gives you the Emperor bloodline which makes any enemy within a 5-level range of you will have all their stats lowered by 5% for the duration of the battle. You will automatically gain 500 reputation points with every species that follow a monarchy.
Lightning pulse staff (weapon): releases a bolt of lightning that does 30 damage with a piercing effect, it ignores armour. Durability 300. Cooldown 10 seconds. Able to upgrade.
Egg of unknown origin (Legendary item): an egg of unknown origin which will take 5 months to hatch. 50% chance of being a common bird, 25% chance of being a pterodactyl, 12% chance of being a Lizard mount, 10% chance of being a ghost horse, 2% chance of being an entity demon or angel, 1% chance of being an unidentified species
Hybrid Bloodline (Unique passive + active): remains inactive until activated through special means.
Insight (active): a common ability which allows you to identify items and enemies within 10 meters and 5 levels.
I stood there looking at the options; all of them interested me particularly the bloodlines and the egg Macbeths crown held some interest to me, however, as I recalled the story behind it and the treachery involved in his attaining of it and his unfortunate demise I decided against it.
The options I had shortlisted was; dr Jekyll’s potion, the werewolf and vampire bloodline, the egg and the hybrid bloodline.
Each had their own advantages and disadvantages the vampire and werewolf bloodlines would give me extra attributes giving me an edge above all the other competitors But the werewolf bloodline had a 5 day cool down and I cannot use it too much or it will thin and the vampire bloodline required me to deal at least 25 points of damage before being able to use its life steal ability. Dr Jekyll’s potion would make me much stronger and give me the ability to surprise attack, however, it would make me unable to differentiate between friend and foe which would ultimately do damage to myself in the long run. The egg and Hybrid bloodline were wild cards I had no idea what they would give me in the long run the egg could give me anything from a small bird to a demon or alien, the hybrid bloodline though seemingly unimpressive was a bloodline and every single bloodline had given extremely strong abilities and the hybrid bloodline was unique meaning it would likely be much more powerful than the others, however he had no idea what so ever of how to activate it.
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From all the items displayed before me I could infer that an ‘instance’ was likely a battle ground or something of the other. From the insight ability, I could tell that I would most likely not just be facing other ‘contestants’ as it uses the word enemy the word was very vague in contrast to opus’ previous use of the word contestants and recruits. However, his use of the word recruits with his use of ‘first’ instance suggests that the first one we will enter is most likely an initiation or test of survival.
The Hybrid bloodline and the egg were the most fascinating to me because though it is possible they will be week from the information I have gathered thus far I believed that they would be the most fun choices. Seeing as one of the items was ‘Jekyll’s potion’ I can infer that the other items and abilities are also from TV shows, movies and books the only Hybrid’s I could think of were from Underworld and the originals, and in both the Hybrids were a source of ultimate destructive power.
I thought to myself I should most likely select endurance or the werewolf’s bloodline just to be safe and make sure I do not die in the first instance. However, one would never gain rewards without risks so I selected the hybrid bloodline.
The monotonous voice sounded in my head again
“you have selected ‘hybrid bloodline’ are you sure? This decision will determine whether you survive the first instance or not. (y/n)
I selected yes what was life without a little bit of risk and if I do end up dying at least I will live without regret, it was much like the old tale of an old man who arrived in a village carrying a sealed chest. The old man entered the village square and told the residents that he would unlock the chest and give all the contents within it to whomever paid him a silver. Yet in the end, not even a single villager was willing to spend the money for the chest. Eventually, the old man left; however, from then on, the residents of that village would often lose sleep as they tossed and turned in bed, recalling the old man and his mysterious chest. They regretted not paying the silver and getting to the bottom of that chest. If he selected endurance or werewolf bloodline one of the safer options but later found himself in a life-threatening situation in which the hybrid blood line could have saved hum then he would only be able to die with a heart full of anger and regret.
The monotonous voice then continued “your first instance will be ‘the avengers’ do you wish to view the details? (y/n)”
I immediately said yes and a notification popped up
DETAILS ON THE AVENGERS
Year 2012, 4th of May, 9pm
Address: Kolkata, India
Scene: Shield agent Romanoff meets the Hulk
Main mission: assist the avengers in their war against the Chitauri or Help them wage war against the avengers
Mission summary: Loki will use the tesseract, an object of immense energy and power, to open a portal allowing the Chitauri to enter earth which the aim of taking over the earth
Difficulty level: Easy
As this is a peaceful environment killing a contestant will cause -2 attribute points of your highest attribute (unless killed in self-defence) will not result in a drop of any equipment.
There are multiple milestones and achievements available in this world
“Hunter of the Chitauri: kill 100 Chitauri soldiers (you must deal at least 25 damage personally to each)”
“Bringer of Death: indirectly or directly cause the death of 5000 Chitauri soldiers”
“Chitauri Saviour: kill an avenger indirectly or directly (you must be directly responsible for their death.)”
“Chitauri hero: raise your reputation with the Chitauri to the level of ‘deity’”
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At first glance this mission seemed to be easy but I could tell it would not be at all. If I remember correctly the Chitauri were extremely powerful with the avengers barely being able to kill them.