Chapter 15
you have a trapped rat , but what to do with it ... AHHH i know.
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Authors Note
Hello there naxs is back :) , just finished the chapter hope you guys enjoy.
Now im so glad this wishy washy , im so depressed crap is over i really don't like to write stuff like that.
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With a loud sigh and a wave of his hands , Grim closed down the Quest update window that he still had opened even after 3 weeks had passed.
" Are you okay , master? " Thalia asked in a feeble voice.
The concerned Thalia that was sitting on Grims shoulder almost had tears in her eyes at the sight if her masters face.
His eyes were blood-shot , bags formed under his eyes as well and his facial feature looked aged overall. Grief , the only thing that could make elfs age , Thalia knew.
He had done terrible things to his friends or allys just to get to the core of this huge mess another ' chosen one ' had caused. Only Thalia knew of everything and watched over her master as he plunged himself into this pit without any means of return , so she tried her best to cheer him up.
" It's okay Thalia. " He replied while patting her between the anteenas.
She rubbed her body against his jaw which made a little bit of the warm smile return but it was only brief. They were surrounded by lvl 75 - 80 Goblins that formed packs but as Grims level far exceeded theirs now the monsters didn't come close.
Loud and angry shouting voices could be heard in the distance and all were shouting the same thing.
" GRIM WHERE ARE YOU! "
Thalia knew this was all part of his plan but everytime someone shouted that it looked like a little part of his master died inside of him. Even thought Thalia and her master had formed a bond of the soul she had not received any form of conversation through her mind , as she normally did.
Even though her Master had hurt so many people , Thalia was the only one that knew how deeply her Master was hurt by this. Only she knew that this was just another scar that added ontop of the others he had gathered. Only she will ever know that he was the person who was most hurt during this quest.
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Celu , whispered him countless times but he blocked all conversation off besides those people on his friends list. Sure she was on his friends list once but now she wasn't anymore.
Even when she tried to reach him on his cellphone in the real world , a notice came telling her , Grim had blocked the number. After she figured that out she went to Bulky first since he was the closest by.
Even he missed the familiar name of Grim on his friends list. Next Clash and Crow both noticed at that time he was also missing from theirs. She knew for a fact , and that was why she didn't try it , that Viena kicked him off her friends list by out of her free will after the escapade during the night.
Celu thought the end of the world was coming. She expected a lot of things.
First she expected Grim to return just a week before the Goblins would gain access to the surface world with the head of the Chief goblin that commanded them all on a pike.
But as she got the message of the quest update , Celu collapsed.
She believed , for the first time since a few years , in a male and she got devestated. Celu deceived herself that GRIM was different then all the guys. That looked beyond the Girl or the avatar now and accepted her.
By no means Celu knew she was pretty in real life , she looked in the reflection of a mirror every morning. But everyone had flaws. Hers was the wheelchair she sat in. Because of a tragic accident a few years ago she was bound to the piece of metal and wheels.
That wheel chair had messed up the best friendship and her first love at the same time and she hated it. Even now after all this time she hated it because no guy would ask her on a date because it. They didn't want to bother with the ' crippled ' girl.
She gave it up after a while and burried herself in books just before she remembered her childhood days with her first crush. As she felt the nostalgia that almost made her cry she found the article about this game in a newspaper and hoped on the ' wagon ' and tried it.
Here in this world she could walk and was like her old self , not like the shut in she was in the real world. Celu even started to open up to a male again but now she was devestated because of the same male.
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As Viena received the message of the quest change , she renewed her hope.
' He was just mad with frustration when he did that to me , yeah that has to be it! ' Viena thought to herself.
She just didn't want to believe that the first guy that was ever REALLY nice to her was such a d**k , she couldnt accept it so she lied to herself.
Viena lied to herself to ease her pain in her heart , even though her mind told her he was such a d**k.
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5 days after the Quest update had appeared Celu with the help of Crow formed a party to search for Grim.
Celu just wanted to find out if this was another part of a grand plan , that she was not smart enough to understand , or if he really became mad or insane.
She also realized it after those few days , she had a crush on Grim , his warm smile. His smart mind. But most of all she liked it when he confused her. His voice definetly also made her curious about him.
Everytime , when they still used to talk over the phone , when he spoke a little tone would get transmitted. Like a lion on the prowl it was a ecstatic kind of tone and she missed it more then she would miss the air to breath.
Even Celu started to cry every time she went to sleep or was alone with too much time to think.
But with a newly formed group they were looking for Grim across the fields where the goblins spawned. The others wanted to capture him to have him around so he wouldn't do anything reckless if he was really insane. Even talk of tying him to a pole in the middle of the town Rothrien was talked about.
She , Celuidh , had spent the most time with Grim and understood him the best. It had to be a grand plan that deceived him all.
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Even after 21 days passed since the quest had been updated they still couldn't find him. Even if they only spent 2 or 3 hours on finding him each day , as they also had to level up to prepare to go underground and meet the force of goblins.
As Celu returned one night with her group that was fighting the lvl 90 Goblins that appeared around the fissure she was shocked.
Clash who was fighting goblins off lvl 75-80 was dragging a chain along the plaza of Rothrien. Celu couldn't believe what she saw at the end of the chain.
A bundled up thing that was wearing only rags. It was covered in green , but it appeared that wasn't its original color. Suddendly as the setting sun shone its last light a reflection of red shined from the things forehead and she noticed the white butterfly above the things head.
' Oh grim.... ' She almost collapsed on the spot from shock but with sheer will power she remained standing.
Clash brought him before the leader of the knight platoon this very person had called to aid them.
" What shall we do with him now? " Clash asked Alberthos.
The ' thing' he captured and chained up was barely human-like anymore. His once shining armor was no where to be seen. His complete body , his hair as well as every part of his skin was covered in green blood of goblins.
Numerous wounds adorned his arm and face , if one would look underneath all the green blood. Alberthos called a healer from the priests of Palanthalos and check him for anything lifethreatening.
" Oh my ... he only has 15 % life left. Most of the wounds are to old to repair , they will leave scars. " The priestess said at closer inspection of Grim.
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Now the assembled players were shocked , they knew that only if wounds go untreated for more then a week it would leave scars. Not even a death and revive would cure the scars , they would forever remain on Grim.
As the priestess was about to touch his skin , to apply her healing magic , the thing inside the chains became restless he jumped around and stommped the ground. Since his arms and legs were also chained it looked comical but then he toppled over and he bit the hand of the priestess that just wanted to touch him.
She screamed and roared in pain and thick red blood was visable between the things teeth that were still attached to the priestesses hands. Since no one dared to knock him unconscious with a heavy blow , due to the 15% life remaining , they were at a loss what to do.
" Lady Celuidh you should not go to close to that thing. " Alberthos said calmly as he watched her approach.
She kneeled down besides the thing in chains and shot a glare at Alberthos , that froze his innards. Slowly she reached out her hand and touched his hair first. Nothing happend as she continiued to cry and pat the once proud elfs hair for a few minutes.
During this time she cried and sobbed so horribly the bystanders dared not to look. The priestess was still screaming but it was drowned out by her heart rending sobs. She shifted her hand and touched the rubys on his forehead. Now the elf born beast directed the teeths attention to the other hand that dared to touch him.
Lady Celuidh was fast enough to pull her hand back and 2 more knights pulled away the injured priestess. All that saw this scene forgot the immediate doom that was approaching in 7 days at a wailing full grown Elf beauty with pink twintails running off to wherever her grief would carry her.
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After the Fae that tried to protect her soul bound master was captured and encaged the scene inside Rothrien calmed down. Grim , or what remained of him , was thrown in the dungeons while the Faes cage , where she now lived in , was placed close , but not to close , to Grims cell.
During the last 2 nights howls could be heard through the dungeons and the whole town. Many girls cried but Celu was the worst off. She had holed herself up inside of the room she had rented inside of the Inn.
In a neighbouring room more sobs were also audiable , Viena had cried for the past 3 weeks without stop. While she hunted , while her party rested or even when she slept during the night.
Some tried to persuade her to stop playing this game , as they had tried with Celu , but she wouldn't. She still lied to herself that everything was just a stupid joke. Celu herself thought about quitting for a few days but she decided against it.
With times the wounds would heal and nothing but a dull pain would remain. She knew it she had already lost a love once due to her inability to understand the real reason why she was so nice to him after she was tied to a wheelchair and her quick temper.
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2 more days had passed and during the day she gathered her courage to go and see him. He was still wailing and shouting. Snapping through the bars everytime she put her hands through.
Celu was devestated even worse then before and broke into sobs right outside of the bars. If he was still himself he would grab her hands and make her blush. Or tell her to stop trying to touch him and push her gently away.
But now he was actually trying to touch her , to gnaw at her flesh or to even break a arm. Nothing she couldn't heal with a spell but her heart was grief struck.
She couldn't stand it any longer and ran away with all the little strength that remained in her. She made a promise to herself , to forget and regain what she had lost. Afterall there were only 5 days left and tommorrow the group of combined soldiers , players and Npcs alike , would venture down into the abyss of a event dungeon that destroyed a persons life.
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During all those 4 days Grim knew someone was watching him. The figure lacked the omnipotent feel Palanthalos had when he watched and even lacked the compassion and feelings either Viena or Celu held when they watched his frenzied self.
It was a stare filled with hatred and malice. But Grim held his act. During the hard times , during the times he wanted to cry himself or during the times where only pity was shown to him.
The air around the village changed as the day approached the players and npcs would go underground. Grim figured , by the outside sound , another full platoon of NPC soldiers arrived after the rumour spread he himself , Grim , had gone insane.
His father the king had his hands in this. He probably wanted to conquer this feat the heir couldn't and build a memorial for the next generations in memory of his one and only heir.
The kingdom would grief but they would get over it and then the king would name a unrelated sucessor to the throne.
But as night came the change finally occured that Grim hoped for. He turned around and tried to bite and claw at the person that suddendly appeared in the prison cell behind him. The person that appeared surprised him but not enough to drop his act.
The shadowy figure side stepped every pitiful attempt at a lunge Grim tried with ease. He even sighed after this had gone on for 15 minutes. But Grim knew it was still to early.
" You know i believed you were stronger then this , OH great ruby prince of the elfs." Now the person started laughing at him.
His life was still only at 15% as they did not supply Grim with any nourishing food , inside of the prison , that would regenerate his health. It just filled his satiety enough to keep him alive.
" When i read the change in the Questlog i was almost so happy i danced on the spot. But then a dark and cruel realization came over me. What if its all an act. So i waited and waited. But you just didn't appear , i thought you would just log out and stop the game after you erased us all from the friends list. But no , i just saw you one day fighting against 20 goblins alone. " The figure said while still evading the feeble attempt to grapple him from Grim.
" Without a weapon , without any armor and your little stinking moth just flying around you shouting at you. You couldnt even kill the 20 low leveld goblins anymore since you lost yourself. Then i watched your every move from then on. I questioned myself every time if you knew there was a traitor in your ranks. EVERY god damn minute. "
" But now i just feel pity for you. There is nothing left. If i kill you now i will gain alot so don't make it to hard on yourself. Goodbye Grim. " The person said.
The sword drew closer and closer but just before Grims stomache it halted. A arm stopped the figures attempt at player killing.
" No let me do it. We will get better rewards if i do it. " A second person appeared.
There was a huge argument between the 2 so the first person died a quick death at the hands of the second.
" Haha i love being a bad guy , HAHAHA! " The second person shouted through the night.
He bend backwards while he boasted out his evil laughter , but the laughter stopped midway.
As soon as he looked forward again a Mace came crashing right into his face. He died within the second and a familiar * tring* was audiable to Grim alone.
The quest > Keep the evil at bay < has been solved
Your reward awaits you inside of the event dungeon , your Fae will guide you there.
" Is it time now Master? " Thalia said in a low voice as to not wake the drugged prison warden up.
" Yes Thalia it sure is damn time , but i already told you call me GRIM! ." Grim said while whipping his face off of any green blood remained.