Part 1 – Peace and Quiet
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“I am the merchant Dallon, the one to my right is also a merchant named Helio and to my left is once again a merchant named Tyler.” said Dallon whom was on the reel of the carriage.
The carriage was pretty simple. It had two horses pulling the carriage that was made of one of those means of transport from the wild west America. You know the ones that have the piece of cloth over the top of the carriage to block the sun out. Well this one was like that but the cloth only covered a part of the carriage, to be precise the place where the merchandise are.
The merchants were......three kinda middle aged men that were kinda overweight.
“I am Alexandra a paladin, the cute one to my right is named Viv and the uncute one to my left is named Eden.” said that damn bitch.
She was tricking them all and neither I nor Viv do do anything about it....well at least we have a free ride now. I have to still practise using fire magic but I wonder if the merchants will allow me to.
“Hey Dallon, am I allowed to practise some minor magic here?” I asked jesting that I can make magic from my hands.
“Sure sure. Maybe you can show us some fancy magic sometime during the type” cheerfully replied Dallon.
I smiled. If someone else with a different personality said that I would've presume that, that person was being sarcastic. But Dallon was the type of person to just say that while being not sarcastic when talking. I had that kind of feeling.
“Unfortunately I can only use the basics of magic right now” I said trying to be humble.
Alexandra's eyes widened at my words. Sure you saw me use all of that 'magic' before but since llyfr is teaching me, I can use more efficient magic which would make the 'magic' I used and created look like child''s play. I decided to discard the spells I thought up before.
[I'm only teaching the basics to you. I'm not giving you spells to try out]
I know. You could advise me what kind of spells I could specialise in.
[Any kind of magic that is flexible. That is magic's greatest strength]
So is it okay to replicate spells I already saw before? I thought back to the lightning shower spell that person used before and clearly remembered its destructive powers.
[As long as you control the spell and it doesn't go rampage. Now since you have cleared stage of of basic fire magic, its time to go to stage two. First make a single fireball on your hand]
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Fireball
Following llyfr's instruction I did just that. A single fireball was floating on my hand not doing anything.
“Oh so this is your magic! I've seen many spells but never have one done something this unique” said Helio in surprise.
Are you serious? This was nothing to the most skilled mages. All I'm doing is sustaining the fireball on my hand and nothing more.
[Move the fireball a bit away from the carriage, if you fail it will blow up]
Fireball ? Move Freely
Okay.....I moved my hand in the direction to where I wanted the fireball to go. The fireball moved quickly to where I imagined it would be. It floated along not falling behind the carriage's movements.
[First I want you to make it explode. To be more precise I want you to expand the fireball as much as possible without making it disappear]
Umm...what? I don't understand.
“Think of it as stretching the fireball Eden” said Viv.
Oh so I have think that way. I imagined the fireball's surface area becoming larger. I thought of a balloon expanding.
Fireball ? Expand Factor ? Expanding Fireball
“I didn't know you could do that with magic!” exclaimed Tyler.
Shut it! I'm trying to concentrate. The fireball was now becoming more unstable the larger I made It expand. This was really difficult but I once went on a gaming marathon. Something like this won't stop me!
Boom
Did the fireball just explode? I barely noticed that it did. Usually when these kinds of things fail it makes a big explosion but this one just made a small amount of noise and disappeared. What the hell happened?
[In your thinking its like expanding a balloon with the same amount of air in it and then popping it. Obviously the amount of pressure gather will be lower. Now to the next thing I want you to do...]
Wait there's more?!
[Of course. I'm giving you all the techniques you'll need to manipulate the elements. This time instead of expanding it, try to spin the fireball and make it into a fire spear]
“Think of it becoming thinner on the sides Eden” commented Viv again.
Is it me or you guys think I don't have an imagination. Anyway I made another fireball and made it float away from the carriage again. Using the power of my imagination I tried to make the fireball into a spear by spinning it.
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Fireball ? Spin Factor ? Fire Spear
After a minute of it slowly moving and picking up pace I noticed the fireball was becoming longer and pointed at the ends the faster I span it....was this what I was suppose to do?
[Good now aim at one of those trees you see over there and hit it with the fireball]
Was this okay? I don't think anyone would mind but what about the place catching on fire?
[You can use water magic right?]
Fine....the environmentalists will be over my ass later....
I imagined the now spinning fireball hitting the trunk of the tree at high speeds.
Fire Spear ? Hit Tree
Fooooooooossssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh
BANG
CRASH
A large hole was made by the fireball then it exploded which expanded the hole in the trunk with resulted in the tree collapsing....this was kinda dangerous....
[Good, there are several other things I could teach you on the application on fire magic but you'll have to discover them on your own. For the rest of the trip only use fire magic. Practise by creating more than one fireball and try to move them freely. Either way when we reach the capital, I'll start the training for Ice magic]
Several Hours later....
“BANDITS” shouted Tyler on the right. Well I was expecting them for a while since these kinds of trips usually have these kinds of things present.
[Eden you go out alone]
WHY?
[So you get some real life experience with only using fire magic. Don't you dare use other types of magic]
“I'll help you by marking them then” said Viv.
“Well it looks like I can relax for a bit” said Alexandra while adjusting her back on the carriage wall.
Both of them were relaxing more than you think. The other three were very surprised at this.
“Why are you guys relaxing?! I thought I told you that I've hired you to protect us!” screamed Dallon.
He slowed the carriage to a stop in to let us off. I think he was intending to throw us off and leave while he still could using us as bait.
“Don't worry I'll take care of it.” I said while jumping off the carriage.
The bandits were coming from the right side. There was 4 of them? Really...that was all. Well at least it gives e time to practice. I created 4 fireballs around me.
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Fireball ? Multicast(4)
“Shit a Mage!” shouted one of the bandits.
“Kill her quickly!” shouted another bandit.
All four of them charged at me. Am I allowed to use mana shields?
[No]
Crap.
I moved one of the fireballs in front of me blocking the bandits from advancing and expanded it to create a fire wall in front of me.
Fireball ? Expand Factor ? Fire Shield
“What the hell is this?!” screamed one of the bandits that foolishly jumped into the fire.
The moment he did I made the fire surround his body and burn him to death.
Fire Shield ? Consume Factor
It was a slow process since the amount of fire I used was not that much but that just stuck more fear in the other three bandits.
The other three paused to look at their dead comrade and still charged. I should end this quickly. I spun the three remaining fireballs quickly into fire spears. Then I aimed and fired them at the bandits.
Fireball(3) ? Aim Shot ? Hit Bandits
All three shots hit their chest area near the heart.
BOOM BOOM BOOM
You have stuck a Fatal Blow!
You will gain the 'Marking' Bluff for 13 minutes
You have stuck a Fatal Blow!
You will gain the 'Marking' Bluff for 13 minutes
You have stuck a Fatal Blow!
You will gain the 'Marking' Bluff for 13 minutes
All three of them were hit and a fatal blow was dealt to each of them. This was kinda fun. While they still lived due to the lack of power to finish them off in one hit, there was still the burnt effect on them which killed them by the time I reached them. Their bodies disappeared and some loot was left on the ground.
I picked up the small amount of money left behind, a rusted sword and a letter of some sort. I opened it and read it in my head quickly.
I want that merchandise in that Carriage! I'll pay handsomely anyone that brings me that merchandise! Its the one with several locks on it. Don't bother trying to open it. Its sealed with magic and only another powerful mage can undo it. Bring the box to me and I'll share some of its content with you. I'll be meeting you in the capital of Davion later on.
P.S Spare the Merchants.
I see..there will be more bandits later on. I could tell the others that more bandits will be coming but the merchants might get scared and return back which will mean I'll have to practise while walking again....what do you think?
[Honestly the bandits attacking will be good training for you]
Right. I won't tell them until we're much nearer to the capital then.
“Eden what are you doing? Hurry up and get on so we can go!” shouted Alexandra.
I quickly ran to the carriage and got on. I was unfazed by the kinda boring battle.
'That was amazing Eden! With you here we can be at ease. I bet the other two can do as well!” complimented Dallon.
“Umm...I'm a support type so I can't really take care of....them as much...” said Viv.
He was still kinda shy to strangers eh. I don't know when he opened up to me though.....he always seems to get along with Alexandra as well. Well its time to practice again.
Part 2 – Bandits and Merchants
Several bandit attacks later.....
“No NO! PLEASE SPARE ME!” plead one of the remaining bandits.
I have no pity on fools. Die.
Fire Spear ? Aim Shot ? Hit Bandit
BOOM
I shot one of my fire spears into the half dead bandit and he exploded into pieces.
You will gain the 'Marking' Bluff for 13 minutes
Well that was the seventh bandit attack this week I think and the number of bandits are increasing dramatically. Because of this the battles were becoming more crazy. In this bandit raid there were 15 bandits that attacked on horses. I tried out some new battle techniques, to be more precise raining the fire spears on the bandits. Also my elemental mastery finally went to beginner level 8
After that I cleaned them all up pretty easily. I searched through the bandit loot again to gain some petty items. It wasn't much but having a good supply of loot to sell is pretty much the income of most people in this game.
Once again I found the same letter that told the bandits to attack this carriage. I think after the next attack I'll tell them that the bandits were hired to attack. Well Viv and Alexandra knows but didn't say anything to the other guys yet.
[The bandits are getting desperate now. Maybe we should get Alexandra and Viv and fight the next battle]
Yeah I agree. I can't fight them all at this rate.
I went back to the carriage and noticed that it was going to hit night soon. Well at least the bandits won't attack at night for some odd reason. I wonder if they don't count as 'monster' in the fact that they don't get a bonus in strength at night.
“Well at least we can sleep a bit before some other bandits attack again” I said while yawning.
“Right. Man there are a lot more bandits attacking recently...” said Dallon.
“I wonder if it has to do with the recent lack of personal in the Kingdom” said Helio.
“Oh you mean when the undead attacked?” I said while keeping my eyes shut.
“I rather not face that thing again...” muttered Alexandra.
“Wait you guys were involved in that event?” asked Tyler.
Well not exactly involved as we ended the event. It was pretty hard to take down that Doom Knight.....I don't want to think about it. Its one of the now numerous ways I almost died in this game...
“What took you people so long? The routes we used were blocked by the army and many merchants lost trade profits” complained Tyler.
Man merchants only think of money do they...not that I care well it still kinda pissed me off.
“100 guards, 20 paladins and a few priests were killed in an instance by the thing that caused all the problems. It was a Doom Knight under Bar khan's control I think since it did mention Bar Khan as it's master.” I said without thinking much.
I opened my eyes to see the expressions on their faces with the exception of Dallon since he was still driving the carriage. Well it was kinda interesting. Helio was kinda scared obviously thinking of what could've happened if he was there. I needed some way to alter this conversation and I like to know what's in that sealed box hidden under the cargo.
“By the way what's in the sealed box hidden behind the other cargo you guys have?” I asked.
[Hey is this the right choice?]
Might as well do it now rather than ask them later. I opened my eyes and got up from my lying position. I could tell that Tyler and Helio was shitting themselves right now. They were probaby thinking when and how did I check the cargo.
“We don't know what's in it.” said Helio.
“Then who request you guys to deliver it?” I asked again.
“The King asked us to deliver it....”
You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.
The King eh....well I won't ask more questions then. I rather not get involved with politics.
Sometime the next day......
Well this is getting awkward.
Everyone was staying silent not talking to each other. It seems the conversation yesterday made communicating with each other a really hard to do.
[It was awkward since last night thanks to you!]
Hey its not my fault. How would I know that these three would stop talking to us and the other two doesn't have anything to talk about?
[Yes it is your fault!]
I felt a large number of people heading this way. There was the sound of people running towards us.
“BANDITS!” shouted Tyler.
Man can't get a break. How many times have bandits attacked us?
[I think its in the thirties]
In that case we need Alexandra and Viv to fight as well.
“Lets go guys...” I said indicating that I want them to fight as well.
Alexandra looked a bit bored and Viv was a bit sleepy.
“Okay then. So who'll attack first?” asked Alexandra.
“I will Al.”
Viv got off the carriage with us and pointed her staff at the Bandits charging on foot at us.
“Slow!” said Viv.
A dark fog thing that was kinda similar to what I seen before in a certain place was shot out of the staff and hit the bandits.
“Arh! My body!”
“What is the?”
“I can't move well”
It seems the Bandits were slowed badly.
“Marking!”
A red outline was created on the bandits as well. Man you really are helpful. I started patting Viv's head. He blushed for some reason. Now it was my turn.
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Multicast(20) ? Fireball Barrage ? Homing Shot
“Fireball Barrage”
I created 20 or so fireballs in the air and launched them to the bandits. Each one was pretty powerful
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
The bandits were being slaughter out there. Well at least I thought they were. Most of them were left unaffected by my fireballs.
[Are they wearing fire resistance gear?]
Well there was only one way to tell. I recently renewed the creation of fire spears to make it easier for me to make instead of that long process with the fire ball and stuff.
Fire Formation ? Spear Form ? Fire Spear
“Fire Spear”
It seems the bandits are still shocked at the level of magic used against them. Hmm....that one will do.
Fire Spear ? Aim Shot
Foooooooooossssssssssshhhhhhhhh
BANG
I shot the fire spear into one of the bandits getting up from the ground and it knocked him back a bit. I know it dealt some damage to him but it still didn't kill him nor pierce his armor. It was definitely fire resistance armor then. They did their research on me.
“Is it my turn then?”
I saw Alexandra stretching a bit and drew her sword.
“No wait a bit. Weaken!” said Viv again. Another dark fog hit the bandits and it looked like they were struggling to even carry their swords now. What a powerful spell!
“I'll back you up then” I said while creating some fireballs to use.
“Holy Aura! Battle Cry! Crusader Sprint!” shouted Alexandra.
She immediately charged straight into the bandits. Well most of them were now getting up but this was still too reckless!
She jumped in the air and swung her sword down at the bandit in front of her. The bandit weakened in both strength and agility couldn't keep up with her and died on the spot.
You will gain the 'Marking' Bluff for 13 minutes
“Get her!”
“Attack!”
It seems they've noticed her now. Its time to back her up. I turned the fireballs into fire spears and hit a couple of bandits keeping them down the ground. This time I made sure the fire spears didn't explode on impact and stayed to help Alexandra out.
“Hey Viv do you have any other spells you can use here?” I asked since he should have some offensive spells to use.
“The main offensive spells witches like me have are from contracts...other than that I have a 'magic arrow' spell I can use though its not high in skill mastery. Its still in the beginner levels” said Viv.
“Use it and hit the bandits that are close to Viv. I'll take down the ones further away so she doesn't get overwhelmed” I said.
Viv smiled and said, “That's not needed”
Huh? Why?
“SWORD WAVE!”
BANG
You will gain the 'Marking' Bluff for 13 minutes
I looked over to where Alexandra was and saw a big hole in the ground. Properly made by that sword wave of hers.....yep your right. We don't need to help her but its nice to get some skill proficiency while we're at it. I started focusing my attacks on one bandit instead of multiple at once. Viv also started firing his magic arrows at the enemy.
I noticed that the attack was similar to an archer firing arrows at the enemy but the arrows were a purple colour and had a foggy outline to each one giving it cool look when fired.
[Eden Enemies on the other Side!]
What?
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”
I ran over to the other side of the carriage quickly but found a lot of bandits there and several horses with what I presume to be the cargo running away.
“They took Tyler!”
Shit!
“You're not going anywhere”
The bandits blocked my way when I was about to run through.
[Attack to the right!]
Neutral Formation ? Mana Shield
“Mana Shield!”
Ziiiiiiiinnnnnnnggggggggggg
Mana Shield took 277 damage
“DON'T GET IN MY WAY EARTH SPIKE!”
The ground under the bandit that attacked me erupted upwards and pierced into the flesh of the bandit killing him. I didn't get the marking bluff since Viv didn't mark them yet. Well I'm letting him get the chance to though.
I'm going full power now. Burning Seal Release! My body boiled with recovered power.
[Sigh....make sure you only use fire magic then]
Sure thing Boss.
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Enlarge factor ? Explode Factor ? Great Exploding Fireball
“FIREBALL”
I raised my hands and created a giant fireball over it. It was bigger than my body and I intend to kill every single one of these guys.
“DIE!” I shouted.
Great Exploding Fireball ? Aim Shot
I threw the gigantic fireball into the crowd of bandits whom were trying to escape. Some of them didn't though which made me think that they also had fire resistance armor. If that's the case then I'll increase the power!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Dust flew around the place from the explosion. As the dust cleared I heard footsteps.
STRIKE
Mana Shield took 365 damage
What a pitiful attack. I created 3 fire spears and drilled into him.
Fire Formation ? Spear Form ? Fire Spear ? Spin Factor ? Sustain Factor ? Fire Drill ? Multicast(3) ? Aim Shot
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
After a few seconds his armor couldn't take it and he died. It looks like drilling into the armor reduces the armor's durability a lot.
Fire Formation ? Spear Form ? Fire Spear ? Spin Factor ? Sustain Factor ? Fire Drill ? Multicast(17) ? Aim Shot
I created 17 fire spears in the air, the same number of bandits remaining and shot one at each of them while they still couldn't see me.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
“HELP”
“HOW?!”
You have levelled up
Oh I levelled up! What great timing.
“Open Status Window”
Status WindowNameEdenTypeChaoticRaceAnhrefnTitleDarllenydd o'r hollLevel106ClassAwdur DimFame1210Infamy0HealthN/AMana10000Strength154+50Agility217+50Intelligence267+100Wisdom59+100Concentration238+100Endurance37+50Sustenance87+50Fighting Spirit79+50Vitality77+50Stamina60+50Offence91Defense237Magic Resistance18%Bonus+10 magic resistance
+50 to all physical related stats
+100 to all magic related stats
Mana will replace Health
Skills will require half the experience to level up
I placed all the points I got into intelligent. It was worth the increase power and besides the stat increases fast enough with me using spells. It takes a couple of hours each day of using spells for the stat to increase.
The dust cleared and I saw that all of the bandits were killed and there were holes in them just like I intended.
“Hey I'm finished over here what about yo-what the hell happened here?!” said a very shocked Alexandra.
Viv also came over and was just as shocked. Was it THAT surprising that I could handedly take care of some bandits.
“Did you only use fire magic?” asked Alexandra.
“Yeah. Llyfr said I couldn't use anything else.” I calmly replied.
“You are a monster. I thought I heard a loud explosion on the other side but...”
“Oh this wasn't caused my the explosion I made. I did this.”
Fire Formation ? Spear Form ? Spin Factor ? Sustain Factor ? Fire Drill
I produced a fire spear and spun it around like a drill.
“Well don't ever use that on me.” she said while moving away from me.
Viv also followed suit. What was wrong with drill?
[Maybe the fact you could drill into them at any time]
“Right...” I said while looking a bit depressed.
Well I don't want to ever get hit by her Sword Wave any time soon....
Part 3 – The Rescue Plan
“So what are we going to do” I asked the other four.
Tyler was kidnapped with most of the cargo the merchants brought with them including that special package for the King. I don't blame if they're nervous since they did screw up a delivery for the King. I'll be surprised if he doesn't kill them for this failure.
“First we have to find where the bandits are....I believe there were rumours of a bandit camp in this area in the direction they took off at. Then the recovery of the cargo and Tyler whom may more may not be alive at this point.” said a depressed Dallon.
[It may be time for you to tell them]
Yeah I agree.
I took out the same letter the bandits dropped as loot and showed it to Dallon and Helio. They were quite shocked.
“Why didn't you show this to us earlier?” demanded Helio.
“Because it wasn't the right time. I was hoping that this situation wouldn't happen until I told you guys. Beside I didn't think that the bandits would use so many comrades as bait to steal the cargo behinds our back. Can you tell us the details on how they managed to?” I said trying to calm them down.
“What are you talking about?! This is clearly your-”
“Helio calm down. We can worry about that later. Now we have to focus on retrieving Tyler and the cargo stolen. First of all I've come to understand that they knew that the cargo was with us and they knew that it was important. This leads to someone betraying us. The bandits quickly got in took the cargo with some extras and left quickly as well. They planned this.” said Dallon.
“I see. Its best for you two to stay here for your safety. Alexandra should stay as well.” I said.
Alexandra was now outraged at my suggestion.
“Why should I stay back?!” demanded Alexandra.
I sighed and said, “Viv can't stay since he's a support type so he should go to where the bandits are. That leaves you and me. Unlike you I can actually stealth and I can use long range attacks.”
“That is true. Eden would be more useful than you. You might accidentally kill Tyler in your rage.” commented Viv from behind.
Alexandra made an expression of anguish and said, “Fine.”
“Okay then, Viv do you have some sort of tracking magic?” I asked.
“No.”
“In that case we have to hope for the best....”
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Author's Notes:
- Word Count is around 4500 words
- I pretty much made this new magic system up for the sack of well.....I don't really know.....maybe I as inspired by Psyren? Maybe not.....I was thinking of changing the format of explaining what happened eventually since its a pain to write out...meh.
- What is so important in the box? I wonder what it is.....
- I have good news.....I finished writing Volume 3 yesterday and I can keep promise a while back to post daily once more! My question though is to post it daily or just post them all at once today?.....I have things to do as well you know....also I have realized that there is too much sub-plot in volume 3......well it could be interesting....I'm not sure, I wrote it at a whim.