Soul-Link Chapter 10
“Commandeer Edwin we have annihilated 2/3 of the enemy force`s.“
“Good I will inform the lord.“
“My lord we have annihilated 2/3 of the enemy forces.“
“That is good but we have to hurry up the worker`s have to connect the base to the first floor. So we need to wrap this up send everyone to hunt down the remaining Cobalt’s.“
“As you command.“
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“My lady we have connected the base to the first floor and The lord has cleaned up the first floor so we will assess the cost of building a military base.“
“Ok.“
“Hey Eva let’s go to Andre. But we can better say our in game names from now on you know my name is Sandra only I don’t know yours.“
“I’m called Rachel in game.“
“Andre is called Xandit.“
“Good to know“
***
“Xandit.“
“Sandra, Eva“
“She is called Rachel in game.“
“Ok. So Rachel has Sandra told you what happened?“
“Yes she did. And I struck a deal with Sandra but you will have to talk about that in private as you do not want other ear’s hear it.“
“I will hear it from Sandra latter then, by the way what is your level and class?“
“I´m level 136 and class is assassin.“
“once we are on floor 3 do you want to assist the army.“
“Why floor 3?“
“because there are enemy for your level there if you would help now you would only slow the growth of the army and their combat experience but you’re always welcome to help the support army. “
“My lady and lord, we have estimated we need 2 weeks and 65k gold to build a strong military base with one castle to defend the entree of your royal base and two castle in the front to defend from incoming enemies with a wall between them and two walls going to the end of the floor so that not one can enter only through the two castles. Behind the walls will be a small city for the soldiers and all the needs the support army required like blacksmith buildings, restaurants, drill field and all the other stuff“
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“That is within budget “
“Yeah, go ahead and build it.“
“Yes my lady.“
“What are we going to do in the mean while Xandit?“
“I know something, Sir Edwin.“
“Yes my lord?“
***
2 weeks pasted
The military base had been build and the army was now ready to enter the fourth floor.
“My lady and lord we are done with the military base.“
> Quote:*Ting
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> First medium sides military base build by order of a player
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> +1000 fame.
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> 1st base menu unlocked.
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> 1st base menu
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> Population : 734/5000
> Castle’s: 3
> Income: 0
> Upkeep: 1630 gold a month
> Press here to enter owner`s menu
“Then the last thing will be the royal retreat.“
“I already have the estimated costs it will be 186k gold “
“Go ahead.“
“Xandit we only have around 120k left so we need to watch our spending. The last time we were on floor 4 we cloud not enter the giant lizard man base. We saw them bring loot inside so they probably have a treasury.“
“Then I will tell my soldiers that the loot from inside the base belongs to their lord and Lady.“
“That will do.“
“We are moving out in 3 hours. So if you’ve got to do something I would advise you to take care of it“
***
“Fyona.“
“Yes mom?“
“I have to go again to clear a floor after we have defeated all the monster`s there we can go there together to see the mines but you have to do your homework first.“
“But I want to go with you and fight the monster.“
“All in due time, Once you twelve we will begin combat training but first you will have to learn about the world and you’re a heir to the royal family one day you have to rule the kingdom your grandpa is ruling and you need to know how to govern a kingdom before combat.“
“But…“ (Sad face)
“Sorry but you’re not yet ready right now you’re learning about diplomacy and the topographical layout of the kingdom after that you will learn the history of how your family got in power and after that you will read about different way’s of fighting and when you have a clear image of want you want to become you will start your combat training.“
“Sandra are you ready?“
“Yeah I’m. “
“See you in a few days Fyona listen well to Julia.“
“Yes mom“.
Xandit and Sandra walked in front of the now combat hardened soldiers. Their level ranged between 110 to 170. The only down side was not all of the soldiers had good armor so they were not that efficient jet. But after this floor there would be a changes in that.
“Listen up all!“
“on the next floor there are 3 priority targets. 1 is the mines 2 is the enemy base and 3 is the treasury inside the enemy base. All the loot inside the enemy base belongs to your lord and lady. Loot from dead body will disturbed fairly. We are fighting against giant lizard man their levels range between 140-160 but they are low in number a max of 1000 lizard men occupy the floor 100 for each mine and 400 in their base. So we will first clear the mines and then move up to the base.“
“Soldier`s hear my words the mines will be important as you will get new armor from it. NEW ARMOR! AND WEAPONS.“
“LONG LIVE THE LORD, LONG LIVE THE LORD!“
“We will now move out!“
On the fourth floor after they took over the fifth mine the enemy lighted a signal fire. In response a army of 250 Giant lizard man was send out from their main base to take out the intruders. Not know of that Xandit and Sandra’s army went after the sixth mine and was almost pinned down between two fronts. If not for Sandra’s superior Aoxtz sense that now when even further noticed a army of lizard man incoming from 320 meters Xandit only sensed them when they were in range of his 130 meter range he trained his skill a lot but could not keep up with Sandra skills Sandra was just too good at it.
Sandra was a fast reader and had a lot of interests in the history of Royal Road that an AI had created with so much detail like the game was made with a start of 100 AI’s and then fast forwarded it 2000 years to get to this point there was such a rich history it was difficult to imagine that a AI could created it. But the thing that peaked her interest after reading hundreds of book the most was when she came upon a book about mythical creatures that could be summoned by offering very large amount of mana. And that everyone can summon them once in their life time if they offer enough mana. And if the creature liked the taste of your mana they sometime offer you a contract.
Sandra whispered to Xandit “I’m going to burn almost all of our mana so keep that in mind when fighting.“
“All mighty Ifrit I call upon your power to destroy my enemy’s. Rain down the fire and obliterate my enemy’s.“
Almost all her mana was drain and after a few second the earth underneath the giant lizard man started to shake and crumble. lava spew from the ground and rain drips of fire fell from the ceiling. Killing all the giant lizard man.
When this hellish spectacle was under way all the soldiers and lizard mans watch it unfold too distracted to even fight with each other after the spectacle was done the moral of the enemy was broken and the moral of Xandit and Sandra army was sky rocketing
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> You have been offer a contract with king of fire Ifrit(1)
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> 50% more fire damage
> 50% more fire resistant
> Receive 25 % more damage from ice damage
> Can summer Ifrit once a day consumes 90% of your mana the more mana you offer the stronger Ifrit will be
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> Restrictions Sandra only.
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> Do you accept
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> Yes/No
“Yes.“
You have accepted the contract.
Taking advantage of the de-moralized enemy army. They broke through the main gate of the mining base. And rushed in to kill every last lizard man.
“Well done my army. There is only one more base remaining. And we will also take that one!“
As moral was very high there were massive cheers.
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At the gate of the lizard man main base Xandit decided to not attack head on as he had done with the mining base because of the casualties 14 soldiers died be it was acceptably because it were surprise attacks but the enemy was now aware of them so there will be a lot more casualties if he attacked head on.
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“We need battery rams but there is no wood on this floor there is wood but on the third floor there is but we need time to get that here.“
“I will go get the wood then Xandit.“
“Take 70 soldiers with you then in the mean time I will block of the lizard man base and wait for you to come back Sandra.“
“Cya in 4 days then.“
In the 4 days of absent
They were raided 3 time`s in the first raid there were 7 casualties and the second time 3 casualties but on the third time was the charm they were prepared for a raid and Xandit Forces obliterated the enemy raid. Around 100 lizard man were killed that night. Leaving 50 to 100 lizard man in their main base.
“I’m back Xandit I see you killed some lizard man?“
“Yeah they raided us two time`s and tried a third time those stupid lizard man.“
“Well they made it easier for us to take over the base less enemy’s to kill.“
“Do you got the supplies for the rams?“
“Yes I have it all with me we only have to make them.“
After some work the rams were made and they went on the offensive.
The giant lizard man base was now undermanned and could not defend against Xandit and Sandra’s army armed with rams.
Every lizard man that went on the wall died in second from the archers good aim. As they could not afford to lose more men in their defense and choice to retreat back to the HQ and hold out as long as possible not that it would save their life’s just as long as they could take out one or two more enemy soldiers was enough for them.
In minutes every build was secured except the enemy HQ. not wanting to risk anymore soldiers life Xandit went in himself as he was still 70 to a 100 levels higher and could easily take on 25 lizard man or so he thought.
“I will go in myself.“
“My Lord I would not recommend doing that.“
“I know Edwin but if I send in soldiers I would lose valuable life that I cannot afford to lose“
“Allow me to accompany you then.“
“Can’t do that I have other plans for you. when I’m inside for 5 minutes you follow with the whole army.“
“Ok, Lord but I still think someone should accompany you.“
“Who would not be a dead weight Sandra is more mid range long range the soldiers are too low in level`s to be effective against such odds and you I need to command the army in case something unexpected happens. So who would qualify Edwin?“
“No one at the moment lord.“
“Well there you have your answer I know you have the best in mind but I have to do this and it will show that I’m a great fighter and they will be proud to serve a lord that goes in to battle himself even more.“
“You say great fighter but some could say madman.“
“Sometime you need a madman to get the best outcome. I know I can win with some dead soldiers but right now I can’t afford that so just accept that for now. When we are done with the fourth floor we can get more soldiers we have the housing to have 4000 more soldiers. We just need to wait 1 month for the monster to re-spawn.“
“Very well but you have to promise to not do this kind of actions again when we have a bigger army.“
“I promise.“
*Ting
Sir Edwin has gained some trust in you. keep your promise and you will receive more trust from Sir Edwin.
Because of your actions Sir Edwin’s respect for you has increased.
“Well I’m going in. see you in 5 minutes.“ As Xandit walked to the building Sandra sensed Xandit sucking in very large amount of AX the amount he sucked in was 4 time more than the maximum Sandra could consume. She also sensed it was getting unstable at least that is what she thought. For Xandit`s time started to slow down as he went further out of sync with the time line of RR the only problem was that Xandit had not trained to hold so much AX in his body and couldn't control the effect so his body started to regenerating but as he was on full health he started to lose health his stats increased by 1 % every 1 minute he knew it would all come crashing down in time he got maybe 4 and a half minute before his body would not function anymore.
Sir Edwin had also noticed what Xandit did but not to the degree of Sandra. All his life he served the king that also could use ax he trained hard to extend his life with AX it took him years. And now he sensed the same with Xandit but even more intense. As he know what his king could do with AX. He also know from Cliff that Xandit started training in the art of Aoxtz less than a year ago. Amazed by the Xandit progress but also scared to shit if he were to go on a rampage with another 5 years of training no one in this world could defeat him. With art of Aoxtz there is no limited the only limit is how well you can learn it. (2)
Inside the building Xandit was ambushed in a corridor from two sides 25 lizard man attacked him the first one he had to dodge the second one he sliced him in half. But the third and fourth could damage him surprised by the damage they did he noticed they were not ordinary giant lizard man all had unique name’s there level were around 230 to 270 they also had rare and unique armor & weapons equipped. Using his wind blade to slow them down and do some damage we could dodge and strike some lizard man but they did not hit all of them.
“Stand still you mother fuckers!.“
One of the lizard man blade hit Xandit right next to his eye and made a cut above his ear.
*Ting
You're bleeding will lose 50 HP every 5/sec.
Xandit started to get more and more angry. (Can’t stand losing)
After every cut he wanted to kill them more and more.
But all of them were still alive
And the effects of his AX were not helping as 4 minutes 30 second had passed it did more harm than good
Wanting to kill them all and his anger were not helping as his guard was weakening in that moment all the lizard man when forward and stab him leaving him only with 10/23065 health ‘I will at least take one of you with me!’
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> Skill Last stand unlocked
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> When you have less than 3% health.
> You will send a shockwave from the core of your body dealing true damage of you missing health
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> The damage will double if your below 1% health
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> Friendly fire possible
[active last stand]
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> Level up
> Level up
After a few second his health was above the 10% health thanks to Sandra healing here self repeated. her help saved his life with the last attack of the lizard man, other ways he would not have survived.
“Xandit whispered Sandra. You can come in Sandra I have cleared the building I have also found the treasury.“
“Sir Edwin Xandit has cleared the building we can go in.“
Xandit and Sandra stood in the treasury room with their jaws open. When Sir Edwin walked in he could not believe his eyes.
Tens of pure gold statues, hundreds maybe thousands of jewelr’s, rare ore’s, boxes full of silverware, High grade swords and armor all this was worth close to 3 million gold. They could now call them self the riches players in the game.
-End-
(1) Ifrit is a summoned monster in the game final fantasy 8.
(2) (for clarification the skill Aoxtz has no limits the user is the limit. Aoxtz will continue the evolve from the users way of using the skill. If he or she thinks I cannot do that you will not be able to do it if you think you can you will be able to do it. You can compare it with manipulating computer data and adjusting it to your own purposes or if it does not exist you create it by adding another line of code. Another thing why Xandit and Sandra can get so good at it so fast is because Cliff, Verefas, The King and Sir Edwin are limited by the program they are a AI But they are no TRUE AI The major different is that a normal AI you can set rules and it would never break it but a TRUE AI if you set a rule it will follow it for a while but if he find out he need something but to get it he has to break a rule set up by the system he is going to think is it worth breaking the rule yes or no. Sometime in real life you need to go to work but you have a red sigh but no one is watching you can choice to go and drive or wait for a green sign and it is up to your character to go through red or green. So what I want to say is that the AI in this game are bound to the rules in the system and can’t think outside the box and thereby limiting them self)
PF NOTE - what about goddess of Versalies?(and androids?)