Christopher and his 6 companions begun travelling on waggon towards the closest City of the dwarven Country, widely known as Mount Doldri's trade city, in total there were four trading Centers called Cities, unlike the dwarven mines that could barely compare to a town, they were more like villages, the Trading Cities were huge cave complexes with great achitecture, sculptures and design, they were the Dwarven cities that rivaled the fabled Middle earth's Mines of Moria, decorated halls, huge columns holding the ceiling and gold till where your sight could see, under the rather plainly decorated dwarven bridge they could see silver rivers rushing downwards as if descending into the underworld, the shiny silver rivers were coming from out of a crevice far away in the distance.
Of course to Christopher's hazy vision, although it still loked majestic, it was rather hazy and mysterious.
"This is the Silver river of Doldri, you should know that the silver down there is super heated as to turn liquid, meaning that even touching it will result in some serious burns"
Kurlidandr said as he looked at Osweald, the gnome rogue they had taken into their group.
"Halt!"
A voice came from the Walls in front of them, the walls were made of solid stone and metal and went high beyond their view, it wouldn't be strange if they even touched the ceiling, from afar it simply looked like a large pillar, but approaching it one could see the uncanny design and shape of the structure.
"We have come from the 59th mine of the Swamp region, we desire to set up a store in the city!"
Kurlidandr shouted back and after a few minutes a small gate opened from out of nowhere, there weren't even signs of a gate being there.
"Please wait for an inspection, after all there has been a report of the 59th Patriarch's ring going missing some months ago, of course you must undestand that it's just a routine search nothing more"
The dwarf said as he begun searching their bags and even made a body search.
"You are free to go register"
The Dwarf gate guard stated as he finished the search.
Of course this time after registering they spent three days in jail, awaiting for the dwarves to confirm that non of their goods were stolen or any of them having some bounty on their heads.
"At last, freedom, I will be happy to leave the dwarven domains when you set up your store"
Osweald said to Kurlidandr as he put a suspiciously familiar ring on his finger.
Of course they couldn't be sure just by seeing it from afar, but it looked exactly like the treasure hunter's ring, of course without identification they wouldn't just go and accuse him of theft, even more when they had already passed through a full search just a few days ago.
"Next station the bank to make sure that our funds have already been transfered successfuly and lastly to the real estates office"
The dwarf said disregarding the gnome, in truth the faster they establish the shop the quicker he would get rid of that thievin gnome.
"Master, I think we should first stay at the Inn for a day, there's time to do all that tomorrow"
Tris said, her voice comming from under her abundant hair that covered her face.
Christopher didn't know why she liked to hide behind hair, probably hiding her unattended face or something.
"Nope nope, we first go establish the shop"
Both the dwarf and gnome said together, while Vadima and Diwit simply stood there not wanting to enter into their conversation.
"Master you shouldn't let others control all your money, I'm sure that later that greedy dwarf will become greedy and end you in debt and misery"
Tris said while glaring at the dwarf through her thick black hair.
Christopher didn't dislike seeing people trying to take advantage of him, but he liked even more going counter to their expectations.
"Lets go to the bank and estate agency, after all the faster we can establish ourselves the faster you can all go free"
Christopher said with a smile that looked much like his regular face, of course you could feel that he wasn't angry or anything.
"What are you waiting for, master has made his decision"
Tris said as she now hurried them along while wispering some lalala tune under her nose and jumping around like an inocent little girl.
Of course the gnome and dwarf looked at her with a rather angry glare, but she didn't care at all.
Their remaining Dp at the bank were already transfered, but finding a location for their shop proved to be a problem, the best locations were long taken and even the second and third best locations already had an owner, all that was left was the back alleys next to the drug stores and pawn shops and some other shady businesses like the slave market.
In the end they made their put their shop in an alley not too far away from the Adventurer guild, of course only a small part of the shop was visible from the main Road, but it was enough to make curious people to enter the alley.
It of course cost them 5000dp to buy the place, since Kurlidandr didn't like to rent stuff and having to pay daily, the final 886 points were used on ingredients and vials for potion making.
The shop would sell basic healing and magic potions, while the Altelixirs were it's specialty product.
Osweald at first wanted to leave them, but seeing how in a single day Tris was able to sell out all the potions, he decided to stay for a while and look how it would go.
Of course there was already a written agreement that Tris was free to leave if she wanted, but both her and Diwit had nowhere to go, thus she became the shop's salesperson and Diwit with his stature became the doorman.
Osweald decided to act as the counter-theft specialist, he would see if people had tried to shoplift some potion or something.
Of course the most important person was Kurlidandr whom was the one making the potions.
Kurlidandr had a mutated potion concotion skill called Weird Concotion, meaning that even if he used the same materials the result would be different, some potions were strong some weaker, he had created Dozens of minor healing potions, but each of them had different hp replenishment, some even gave hp regeneration or some other strange effect, although rarely.
Of course minor potions were cheap and people whom passed by the shop were mostly poor adventurers with little to no Dp, thus potions to them were like a luxury.
Of course under Tris' silver tongue they all decided that the potions could save their lives, it was like seeing a swindler selling water as a medicine, of course the potions were genuine and worked fine, but her way of persuation gave such a weird sensation.
"Well since the shop is doing well, how about I go register at the Adventurer guild"
Christopher said as they were sitting at the table, their economical situation was rather stable and the shop made 100dp a day(clear income).
It was fascinating how dwarves didn't take taxes, although some thugs had tried at some time to ask for a protection fee, but they were easily driven away by Vadima and Diwit.
Of course against Dwarves Christopher's teleportation power was useless, since for them 10magicality offered them 20defense and most common warriors prefered having a magicality of 30, meaning that he needed a magicality of 61 if he wanted to teleport even their pinky, equipment shared the same magicality as the people whom equiped it, meaning that stat raising equipment could not be simply teleported away.
"I don't think it's a good idea to go to the Adventurer guild with your level"
Vadima said, of course the others didn't know that Christopher's level was only a 16, after all his physique of 22 was more than enough for a common mage, his mentality of 21 was more than enough for a common warrior and his magicality of 35 was more than enough for both a common warrior or rogue, meaning that he was well enough to be a level 70 common class, which wasn't too shady for a human, of course for an adventurer is was the lowest of the low, but thinking about it more, he could easily be a common mage by now with a magicality of 50 if he didn't go and distribute his stats like how he had, it was like seeing someone destroying his own future.
Of course they had no idea that a large part of those stats came from stat foods and only 15 of those points were from levels, common people wouldn't even go looking for elixirs like he had done, after all there were multiple ways to raise your stats, the most common being simply practice.
"I agree master, level 70 is barely enough to become an adventurer, seeing your stats you must be a mage right?"
Tris asked, she had a basic Inspect skill that allowed her to see the stats of a creature with a mentality that's lower than her own.
"I agree, you should first buy a few spellbooks and begin learning spells, after your memorization and level reaches 85 and your magicality becomes 50 you should be able to become a great adventurer in no time"
Kurlidandr said, in his opinion Christopher had some dream of becoming an adventurer or something, after all he had lived long and seen multiple country pumpkins trying to become heroes, of course only Vadima knew that Christopher had a hero Class and wasn't even level 20 at the moment.
"Master how about I warm your bed tonight"
Tris said as she eroticaly wet her lips.
"You fucking whore, why must you always go from serious matters into dirty affairs"
Vadima cursed out loud, in their time together Tris was the only person from the group she could not get on with, can't tell if it was because they were both female or because Tris had numerous times tried to seduce Christopher.
Of course all that she ended accomplishing with her seductive words and actions was living Christopher drowning in a jug of wine, with his face as if she had just broken his heart.
Of course she couldn't have known that Christopher was already half-broken and his love had still to dissipate, every time she tried to seduce him his mind simply brought a picture of Alexxa and that prince, making the mood heavy and giving an aura of sadness and loneliness that her touch could not reach creating an invisible barrier between them.
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Leaving Christopher drowing in his wine, in a country called Runia, four heroes were now before the Grand Emperor or otherwise known Mage Emperor of Runia. Park Jeug, he used to be a hero, but found a legendary class change inside the Dungeon Pillar than becoming the First Legendary Dark mage in the history of Axis.
His slit eyes and healthy yellowish complexion gave them a strange feeling that they weren't really welcome.
"Oh how is earth going, I hope that everything is just fine as I left it, are those North Koreans still biching with their army?"
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He asked, but seeing as the four were lost to world affairs he could only learn that there were no major wars, just the usual afganistan thingy and terrorism some dictator's downfall and some other stuff.
Well he seemed rather happy that there was no war in his country, but he was rather disappointed that the people whom were summoned were from another country on earth, bringing however back memories about how he was summoned, far back in the past, he even regreted letting the others leave, there was even a girl whom he liked, but she decided to return back to earth.
"Well I have three things to announce, first is that I've decided to return to earth, but for that I will need your help, you see even as a legendary black mage, I have even greater restrictions you might think, first of all of course being that I'm already a thousand years old, you see those beauties over there, my thing won't even budge as I look at them"
Park said, not caring if they would laugh or not, but he himself did laugh at himself.
"Of course the greatest regret is that I'm unable to summon heroes like the Archmage from Nivava, for some reason every time I try I fail, you know that summoning requires a huge amount of resources and magic power, I have both of course but the chances of summoning are very low, let me tell you in the thousands of times that I tried all I was able to summon was a dead fish, well it wasn't dead before being summoned, but that's how unlikely it is to summon a hero"
Emperor Park said.
"Whatever I have already told you that the four of you will sign a master slave relationship with me, as a reward you will be granted Property and slaves, of course the most important is the third announcement"
The emperor said.
"Since I'm leaving all of my empire can be yours or at least one of you may have it, the one with the best results"
Park said.
Of course the four heroes were somewhat lost, it wasn't because of the offering to make them emperors, it was because the girls Park thought pretty were no longer as attractive to them, it wasn't like they were ugly or anything, it was simply their figure being average, their breasts inadequate, to todays standards and other things that changed over the years.
"Well you can decide on which you like from my collection, but you can only take one"
The emperor said generously giving each of them a collar, they had to put on their prefered girl's neck.
"Aren't there some elven beauties?"
Costas asked, with a somewhat dejected voice.
"Are you crazy, don't even think about it, elves are one of the most dangerous race, if you try enslaving one, not only will they find you and curse you for generations, they might even cut your junk off"
Park said as he put his hands on his now useless thing.
"Aren't there other races? or at least a wider collection to chose from"
The one whom spoke was Theo whom too was rather disapointed, if he knew that all they would find here were small breasted asian looking slave girls he wouldn't even have come.
"Oh, I forgot that you are westeners, you probably have different tastes"
Park said and he clapped his hands.
The guards escorted them through a dark corridor and through a stone street outside the Alley, there were multiple large tents set up and stages where slaves were being marketed off.
"Wait, what race is she?"
George asked seeing a small loli with huge breasts.
"Oh, that's a dwarf female, but I wouldn't suggest you taking one, their bed skills are really crude, at most they are good as servants"
The guard said.
"And that one?"
This time the one that spoke was Jonny, as he saw a woman with a racoon tail sticking from her butt.
"That's a quarter beastwoman"
The guard said with disdain, beastmen were the most lowly of races, they even sold themselves as slaves simply for a few pieces of meat, the thing however was that they were a brute and lawless race with high reproduction and low crafting and no farming skills at all, the strong lived like kings and the weak lived like beggars.
The most however disdainful thing was that they knew nothing to do, all they had was physique, they didn't even consider raising mentality or magicality, making them a rather simpleminded race.
Of course quarters were different, but since their parents were most likely beastlovers, they were held in disdain by both beastmen and humans.
"I want her"
Jonny was the first to make his mind, the girl was simply alluring by modern standards and her fluffy tail only turned him on.
Of course the slaver whom was marketing her immediatly yielded to the imerial emblem.
"What's her name?"
Jonny asked.
"Slaves have no names, as her master you will name her, now put on the collar and say her name"
The guard said.
"I will call you Titz"
jonny said as he put the collar on her neck, she didn't seem to happy with her name, but feeling his hands groping her tits she clearly understood her fate.
"I want that one!"
George said as he pointed back at the Dwarven Loli with the short golden hair and eyes.
"Whatever"
The guard said, somewhat irritated that the hero didn't hear his advice, truth was that the little lolita was probably strong enough to crush his bones with a single finger, dwarves, orks and Ogres were the three races whom had the most strength, even their women were surprisingly strong.
"I'll call you Gurda"
He said making her face twist, as she tried to evade the collar but was held down by the guards. George didn't care since he was already in love.
Of course he didn't touch her breasts or anything, he didn't even harass her a little, he simply put his hand around her shoulder as the walked one next to another giving a strange creepy atmosphere to his dwarf slave and a earie feeling that he was creepy.
"Wait, what race is she?"
Costas suddenly asked, looking at a red woman with golden hair, whose body made even Jonny whom was still gropping his own slave feel degected.
"That's a half Blood Ogre female, believe me you don't wante to have her for that stuff, but if you need a warrior you are free to..."
He warned but Costas and Theo were already playing rock,paper,scissors in whom would take her.
"Hahaha, she's mine"
Costas said as he approached the stand.
"You will be called Red"
He said as he put the collar on her, of course he had some problem because of her height, but she was ordered to kneel, making him even more happy as was at the level of her plentiful boobs.
"My lord she's a half ogre, half ork, so be careful when handling her, since she might break you in half"
The guard said as he looked at the female whom was one head higher even than himself.
In truth she was three heads higher than Costas, but he didn't care, he only imagined what plays he could make with her as he touched her golden public hair, that was now almost at the level of his face, you can imagine just how tall she was.
From afar when they first saw her they hadn't understood that she was large, but now from closer up, they could tell
"I want her!"
Theo pointed at a woman whom was just brought out of a tent, she was a regular human teenager, with passable looks, but she seemed a little small for Theo's height. In truth Theo was happy that he hadn't won that rock, paper, scissors game, because even for him, that woman was too tall, he of course could reach her belly, but it was simply humilliating having a woman whom is taller and stronger than yourself, thus he chose a common human.
"You sir have an eye for good, this is a quarter elf, she might not have the elven ears, but her eyes have the ability to see further than humans and even see in the dark"
The merchant explained as he let him put the collar on her.
"Your name is now Jenifer"
He said as he took the still dressed woman into his arms, at the moment she groaned in pain due to his 27 points of physique and inability to control his strength.
Of course she wasn't as frail since their difference in physique wasn't that great, just 3points. But she still suffered damage to her hp.
"Now let me guide you to your personal Magic towers, your slaves are already inside and tomorrow his magesty will award you with titles"
The guard said as he led them out of the city on a carriage leaving each at their respective tower.
"The magic towers are like portable houses, you can move them around with all the slaves inside, that's a gift from his majesty for you"
The guard said as he left each one to explore their own magic tower.
The power consisted of five floors, first being the main lobby and the entrance hall, second was the underground dungeon, where they could punish their slaves, third was the first floor where there was a library and a study, on the second floor was the bedroom and kitchen(slaves lived at their posts) and lastly on the top floor there was a strange spell formation on the floor and nothing more, they didn't really understand what it could be used for.
The next day they were called by Emperor part to form the slave contract and gain their titles.
Of course not all of them were happy with their titles, but as the Emperor explained they were given at random and couldn't be given again, unless the person whom gifted the title leveled up, and the one giving them the title was a slave noble of the Emperor.
"Well if you aren't happy work harder and earn your own titles"
He said somewhat irritated by Theo's nagging, of course whom would be happy if they gained the title of "Pig".
Costas took the title of "Dragon", Jonny the "Tiger" and George whom didn't care much to begin with the "Rabbit".
Of course their titles gave them rather sweet bonuses, Costas's strength was now considered as double his physique.
Theo had immunity to all poisons.
Jonny gained an aura of intimidation.
George's speed was now considered as double his physique.
Of course the titles were given after the strange black tattoo was put on their wrists.
"Now each of you will be sent to the Pillar Dungeon, you will be responsible for one village each, if you reach level 100, you will be given a town under your rule and the one whom reaches level 400 a city, of course the one able to reach level 1000 first will go with me to kill the Demon king, if we kill him then I will leave and he will become the new Emperor and inherit my Legendary black mage class"
The emperor said, making Costas and the other gulp in anticipation.
Of course being Lords over their own City didn't sound so bad either.
Of course reality is cruel, instead of a regular village, the villages they were escorted to were rather pathetic, of course they still had their personal magic tower and slaves, but seeing the starving slave villagers and the dried up females they didn't have any mood to do anything to them.
Of course the monsters of their dungeon pillar were rather average, horned rabits, wolves and if they went deeper they could find werewolves.
Of course the slave villagers were too weak to even hunt for food, thus the first thing that the four did was send a messanger asking for help from the emperor, after all other than Theo they weren't even level 10, even though they did have a strength of at least 15, but what could that give when facing a level 100 monster with a 90-100 physique.
Of course Costas had his own plans, he simply made the villagers construct traps for the monsters, they were ropes which they would put down and then wait for the horned rabbits, once their leg is caught and they are drifting in midair, it doesn't really matter how strong or fast they used to be.
Of course his plan worked, humans have been hunting animals for generations, there are dozens of traps used over the centuries, from the thin rope to the metallic bear trap, pitfalls and other ways of killing beasts have long been discovered.
All Costas had to do was hit the floating horned rabbits until their hp fell to zero and then make a soup out of them for the villagers thus successfuly becoming the Hero of his village and raising his level steadily.
As for the other three heroes, the emperor sent them a group of soldiers to each of them and ordered them to protect the village and hunt the surrounding rabbits once.
The reason why only once, was because once all the level 100 rabbits were killed, then level 1-10 rabbits would spawn in their place after some time, that was the rule of the dungeon pillar of course if the low level rabbits aren't killed, they will begin to level up daily until they reach level 100 once more.
Level 200 monsters were called Elite monsters, and level 300-1000 were called Boss monsters.
Of course finding elite or boss monsters was rather unusual in the first floor of the dungeon pillar.
Of course the problem of the first floor were the werewolves, but they wouldn't dare approach a place with a magic tower, since they knew that someone strong resided within.
Werewolves were cursed creatures that in the First floor where Night was eternal could never return to their prior form.
But even Among werewolves there were the sentient sort and the Feral, in general all werewolves at some point of their life will turn feral and the strongest will become the Alpha werewolves.
Well there is one rare existense in the first floor like the vampire in the Dwarven dungeon pillar, in this pillar there was the Silver Werewolf.
It appeared rarely and at most it would simply hunt to eat, it was a loner unlike regular werewolves and didn't even recognize its own kin as allies, it even hunted werewolves for food, thus being the top predator of the first floor.
Of course finding one is extremely rare and dangerous, but most veteran adventurers are happy if one is found at the first floor, since the werewolf hunt will begin.