Part 1 – Alone with her
“...”
“...”
What the hell is with this situation? This could not get any more awkward.
“Hey Eden you want to-” said Alexandra as she barged into the room. Her expression immediately changed to one of confusion and distress as she walked out slowly, “....umm.....nevermind....” She retreated with those words.
“...”
“...”
Yep...this actually got more awkward.
What you don't know what's happening? You don't know why this situation is awkward? Well....I should explain things from the start. Or rather explain things right now since literally nothing happened since the beginning of this damn awkward situation.
I am sitting down on a chair. That's simple enough right? I was in the general lounge room where people can just relax here. Nothing out of the ordinary right? Opposite of me was Risene who was holding cards. Nothing wrong right?
Nope, that part you're wrong.
Those with a good feel of the mood...no even those with a bas sense of the mood wouldn't want to be in this room right now.
Why?
The answer is simple.
We were at war right now with wits and physiological warfare. This was something is would only see in the bloodiest of battlefields where talented generals wage war with both strategy and real time tactic. This was like Kings politically attacking each other at times of peace where the palace was more dangerous was more dangerous than even a battlefield filled with Dragons.
We were playing Old Maid.
What, this is not a game that would give out such an atmosphere? That, you are wrong again. Who says Old Maid cannot this chaotic?
However this was not a normal game of Old Maid.
There was also a deck.
Let me explain this modified rule of Old Maid. There are 53 cards in the deck including the joker which is the Old Maid in this case. At the Beginning we are to draw any number cards each. Each turn we are allowed to draw a card from the deck or take a card from someone else. This part is optional and you would just gets enough pairs to clear your hand to win right? Nope. The game continues and you are forced to draw a card when you have no cards. This game continues until someone ends up with the old maid and the other with nothing. You also can only place down a maximum of one pair per turn as well.
As such it is wise to keep some insurance just in case.
You can't understand this game of Old Maid? Then let me write it down in points that even a monkey can understand.
1. There are 53 cards including a joker in this game
2. At the start of the game, each player draws a number of cards
3. You are only allowed to place down one pair per turn
4. You can draw a card from the deck or take a card from the opponent's hand
5. You must do the above two options once a turn
6. If you have no cards in your hand then you must draw a card
7. The winner is decided when there are no cards left and the opponent has the Joker
Now now, you are asking why this game would make it a one on one duel at the very end. That would be pretty stupid right? The reason is simple, the beginning and middle does not matter. All that matters is that you will win at the end. Also you can screw with the other person early and mid game as well.
“Eden....hurry up....” said Risene completely expressionless. She had an extremely good poker face on right now and even I couldn't read her emotions.
I looked down on my hand which consisted of 5 cards. There were 6 cards in Risene's hand while there was a mere 7 cards in the deck.
My cards was two 3s, a 9 and a King. I had no idea what was in Risene's hand nor did I bother to count which cards were left. The surprise is the fun of the game right?
Nope, that's where you're wrong again since we made a bet that whoever wins gets to force the other a favour.
And that is the main reason why everyone who went into this room felt such a bad presence around me. It was as if our intent was corrupting the space around us as I smiled evilly and Risene was expressionless.
Right now I had three choices, draw a card, steal a card or place down the pair. I decided to place it safe and draw a card.
It was a 5. Not that bad though I suppose by luck, Risene had the other 5 in her hand. I should steal a card in my next turn.
“If you win, what will you force me to do?” I asked.
Risene in her turn placed down a pair of 6s. With that, she had 4 cards now. As such I took the card to the most left in her hand which was a Queen.
Tch, didn't get a card for another pair.
“Well...who knows.” replied looking at her cards.
In Risene's turn, she decided to take a card as well which was the King.
My turn I drew another card. It was an Ace.
Risene also drew a card in her turn. That left only 4 cards in the deck, 7 in my hand and 5 in Risene's. She has the upper hand now.
I decided to steal another card from Risene which was fortunately a 5. Now I had two pairs in my hand.
“To be honest, I didn't think much it as well. Might make you give me a kiss.” I looked for her reaction and it was clear that she was flustered. Well it was distance memory now but it was also an effective card against her.
Risene drew another card from the deck which left it at 3 and Risene at 5 once again. She restored her expressionless face again.
At my turn, I immediately placed down the pair of 5s. There were only 13 cards left in this game.
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And now there were 5 cards left. 3 were in my hand while there was one in both Risene's hand and the deck. I had one pair in my hand and I intend to place it down immediately but I have to consider the possible outcomes of this game.
If Risene has the joker than the card in the deck is the last one I need for my second pair. If the card in Risene's hand is however not the joker then drawing from the deck is a death sentence. Therefore I rule out drawing the last card. That means I have two choices, use the pair or steal the card. But that has risks as well since Risene might have the Joker all along.
Therefore I left it to chance.
I placed my pair down and it was Risene's turn. She too hesitated in whether to draw and steal this card from my hand.
However she took the card from my hand and smiled.
“...”
Why do I have a bad feeling about this?
I looked at the last card in the deck and drew it.
“...”
It was the Joker.
Fuck.
Just my luck.
Risene smiled brightly as she said, “I win”. However her eyes were void of such happiness.
“...”
What will she make me do.....? I'm already fearing for my life here.
Part 2 – A picnic?
“Eden please be careful with the basket. The food inside is very delicate” Risene smiled at me which was a strange sight for me as she walked passed me.
“If you dare ruin the food, I'll kill you okay!” Alexandra also walked passed by but seemed very angry at me.
“Never waste food....” muttered Viv with an intense aura around him. Just how much do you guys love food?!
If you want the food to be safe then at least help me carry them! My god, both of my arms as well as my back are already occupied with damn boxes! And all of this is food?! This is enough food to feed a starving town!
To emphasise my point even more so, you know one of those moving boxes. Each box is that size and I'm carrying 3 of them at once! I'm surprised that I didn't drop them yet and I think its because this body is much stronger and has better motor skill than my original body.
Plus we were walking uphill so it was even worst for me who was carrying tens of kilos worth of stuff with me excluding armour and such. Speaking of armour, we weren't wearing any right now. No....we're not going to a beach and such. There won't be such a chapter.....
Me, Alexandra and Viv replaced our battle equipment with casual clothes. The robes on Viv turned into a shirt and shorts. The heavy armour on Alexandra turned into an one-piece dress. And my own leather/Mithril armour was turned into kimono......why the hell am I wearing a kimono?!
“You lost the bet so please stop complaining unless you want me to make you do something worse” Risene in her casual dress appeared in front of the dissatisfied me with a bright smile but hollow eyes that told me that she would do something unspeakable if I were to disobey her.
I frowned at her and said, “I thought I only had to do one thing for you in which helping you cook the food, pack it up and carry it here wasn't part of it.”
Risene placed her hands together gently and replied, “Oh it isn't part of it. Its simply you doing me a favour which resulted in you helping me more than you intended.”
“...”
Okay who taught her to manipulate people? Someone had to have taught her how to use people like that. When I find that person, I'm going to kill him.
“Eden don't be like that. You'll like the view on the hill even more than the rest of us since you're doing all the hard work.”
“In that case you should do some hard work as well.”
“I'm sorry but I do not have the strength to carry all of that for you.”
Wait, you can just carry just a bit to lighten my load! Where are you going? Damn....
Risene ran ahead to Alexandra and Viv as I forced to climb this damnable hill. By the time I reached them there was a gate and a forest in the way.
“Where are we?” I asked the others. Risene gave the reply.
“We have to go through here if we want to reach the place I want to go.”
I looked at the sign that was so old that the name had faded away. However I could clearly see that there were danger signs everywhere which means there are either monsters or traps. Its probably monsters though since traps are rare in forests unless there's humans involved.
If I recall the main species in this area were spiders....
“Are you guys going to be all right?” I asked once again.
The three looked at me confused.
“Have you went through this place before Risene?”
Risene looked confused and said, “No why?”
“Nevermind....”
I have a feeling that this forest will disappear today....
While the sheltered Risene would panic but wouldn't be able to do much for someone in the 200s in terms of levels, Alexandra and Viv are different. I don't even know if they were going to be scared shitless but I know they do have the power to wipe this forest off the map....along with me with my luck.
I sighed and gave the large boxes on my hands to Viv and Risene since it was more likely that they wouldn't run about and therefore ruin the food inside.
With that, we entered the path through the forest. Bits of sunlight here and there pierced through the thick leaves on the path. It seems the path is kinda irregular since it goes in all sorts of directions including a cave that appeared in front of us.
“Are we really going in there?” I asked. Is it me or the others are fine with this damn creepy cave that screams danger and traps all around.
Alexandra took a touch out and said, “Light it” to me.
I sighed and used a bit of fire to light it. Alexandra took another 3 touches which I lit and gave it to the rest of us. With that, we entered the cave.
By the way, for those who are interested, these are my current stats. Just for the ones who are interested for the events 2 months ago.
[quart=Name,Alignment]Eden,Chaotic[/quart][quart=Level,Profession]321,Magic King[/quart]
Status Window
Race
Humanoid Dragon
Title
Destroyer of Sovereigns
[quart=Fame,Infamy]1210,285781[/quart][quart=Strength,Agility]509 +182,750 +253[/quart][quart=Intelligence,Wisdom]895 +130,422+130[/quart][quart=Concentration,Endurance]528 +130,346 +80[/quart][quart=Sustenance,Fighting Spirit]165 +80,409 +80[/quart][quart=Domination,Charm]268 +80,489+120[/quart][quart=Vitality,Stamina]269 +80,257 +80[/quart][quart=Offense,Defense]1885,500[/quart]
Health
N/A
Mana
85 0000
Magic Resistance
45%
Bonuses
+10 magic resistance
+50 to all physical related stats
+100 to all magic related stats
- Relationship with churches are sour on Default
- Mana will replace Health
- Skills will require half the experience to level up
- Able to dominate all creation
- Stats will increase by 30% when fighting a God
- Murderer Mark will disappear within a second
- When killed by the power of a God, you will revive at the last save point immediately
- Fire Resistance will increase by 5%
- Ice Resistance will increase by 10%
- Poison Resistance will increase by 20%
- Wind Resistance will increase by 10%
- Ability to 'Suppress Fire'
- Body is slowly being corrupted
- Purify effect is spreading in body
- Strength increase by 5%
- Agility increase by 5%
- Vitality increase by 10%
- Endurance increase by 3%
- Physical Resistance increase by 15%
- Architectures will hate you
- 41% more damage on structures
- Earth Affinity will increase by 10
- All Stats +10%
- All Stats +30
Equipment Bonuses
- Repels Curses and Purifies the body
- Blade and Blunt damage reduced by 10%
- Fire Damage reduced by 35%
- Lightning Damage reduced by 29%
- Fall Damage reduced by 61%
- Kicks will be twice as effective
- Movement Speed increase by 15%
- Increase Speed on Rough Terrain
- Deflects most Minor Magic and Curses
- Water and Nature Affinity will Increase
- Fire and Lightning Affinity will Increase
As you can see, my intelligence stat increased to over 1000 now and my wisdom stat increased to over 500 just like llyfr said.....don't make me speak of those horrible days. I spent 2 months without sleep and rest....every second was a battle itself. Therefore I will never lose again. You can see how cruel the training was since my Endurance and Concentration stats both increased by 50 each.
The other stats however....didn't increase one bit. Also my mana increased to 85 000 as well which is a slight surprise since my defence was pretty high without much armour on anyway. If you add in all of my buffs at once, my defence actually increase by around 5 or 6 times so its all fine. But....my armour was currently not equipped since the monsters shouldn't be that difficult to take care of either way.
On another note, most of my magic related skills are in the Advance levels if not increased greatly in levels as well....you can guess what llyfr put me through
[That's only because you were lacking in so many ways]
Hey! Thanks to those 2 months, even Mediation which was my least used skill went straight up to Advance Level 1!
[Aren't you glad that your skills are more powerful now?]
Well it had to get stronger one way or another when my life was consequently at risk! Mediation was one of the few ways that I could get mana back quickly. And that says a lot when my mana regeneration is and was at the time really really powerful!
Anyway back to the story at hand.
As we looked around, we walked in a set formation. Alexandra who had the most defence even in a one-piece dress led the way. Naturally she took out her giant sword just in case. Likewise Viv who was the one at the back took his staff out. Even Risene held a dagger just in case as well next to me who was stationed at the middle.
I didn't even take out a weapon. The reason is simple. I didn't need to after the 'training' llyfr gave me. Rather than describing me as a Magic-swordsman right now, I was much closer to being something akin to a battle-mage which used the sword as a side instead of a main.
But.....my class was still Magic King so I suppose it doesn't matter how I use magic just that I use it.
Clang
There was a sound right in front of us. What was the enemy in this cave?
“Goooooor”
Running towards us with sword at hand was a skeleton knight. It had scraps of armour on it that were either rusted or broken.
We all sighed at the sight of this easy enemy. Alexandra prepared a bit of Holy Light in order to purify it.
“Screeeeech!”
Then suddenly a 8 legged creature came up behind it in frightening speeds and ate it with its giant mouth that was furry.
“...”
That was.....a giant spider.....
“Noooooooooooooooo!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaa!”
I heard two screens. The first one was Risene naturally and the other was...Alexandra? Really? I thought it would be Viv who let out that cute cry. She was shaking down to her bones as she tried to even stand up straight. There was intense fear in her eyes.
Was Alexandra....afraid of spiders.....must make mental note of this knowledge for later.....
Anyway I should get rid of this spider before Alexandra starts attacking everything around her including me.
Fire Formation ? Blast Form ? Fire Blast
I raised my hand and pointed it to the spider which was running towards us.
“Fire Blast”
A burst of fire came out of my hand and flew to the spider burning it.
“Screeeeech!”
Naturally since fire was its weakness the Spider retreated a bit from the sight of the fire. However this cave was quite big and it could simply climb around the fire.
“O forest, O fierce forest. Your children have travelled countless lands, countless seas and have rampaged on the four corners of this world. Light and water gives strength to your children and I ask that you strike the ones that disrupt this balance. Strike Roots!” chanted Viv
3 large roots appeared from the ground and all smashed into the giant spider, piercing through its body and killing it. Luckily the corpse of the Spider quickly disappeared in grey flames else a certain two people who have still been afraid of even moving forward.
“Eden...” muttered Alexandra, “Take the Lead.”
“....”
You're just using me as bait aren't you....but that weak expression. It doesn't suit you at all. Its better if you have that overconfident haughty smug face of yours. I sighed and took the lead in the cave.
Soon after, there were several more spiders that came out of their nests. Naturally being the only ones able to face them properly, me and Viv took care of them quickly. After a few fights, I measured their ability to be around level 200 at most. They were that strong as well though the only one who would be in real danger would be Risene....
Eventually we got to a split path.
“Why is this sign so clear on what we should do?” I asked.
“Yes, we should follow what the sign says for once” said Alexandra who seemed like the her fear turned her personality backwards.
“That path takes....to much time.” said Viv causing Alexandra to cry out in tears.
“We can always take the safer path right? Right?” repeated Risene to herself.
There were two signs. One went left which was extreme danger with Spiders. The other went right which was a safe path with no spiders. Also the signs said the estimated amount of time it would take to get out of the cave. The danger path naturally only took a day at most while the safe path took more than a week.
I started to walk to the left path with my decision.
Then two hands stopped me immediately. It was naturally Alexandra and Risene whom had fears of spiders.
“Seriously....” I looked at the two with no pity, “One of you is strong enough to scare a Dragon while the other had Assassin training. You two shouldn't be that scared.”
“The small ones and regular sized ones are fine! Its just that the giant ones are super disgusting!” shouted Risene.
“Yeah!” shouted Alexandra, “Plus them being giant size makes them even worst than usual. The thought of getting near it....”
Just when the two of them....rather Alexandra with her monstrous strength, pulled me to the right path, Viv stopped them with the words, “The food will spoil” as he used nature magic to drag everyone to the left path.
“Nooooooo Stop!”
“Viv, why are you doing this?!”
Part 3 – Spider Queen
Half a day passed and we were....are in quite the bad situation.
“Humans.....and other” the thing looked at me, “You dare intrude in my nest?”
It was a giant spider that was easily ten times bigger than the other spiders we've seen. Unlike the ones that were a few metres big, this one was around 10 metres big. However there was a small difference.
The bottom half was of a spider but....the top half was of a very beautiful woman. Also the top half was completely naked. It wasn't that bad if I ignored the bottom half.
“Eden stop looking!”
“Eden you pervert!”
I was punched squarely in the face by a certain two people.
You took 3159 damage
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You took 724 damage
I could immediately tell who hit me harder since she had a extreme amount of strength. As a result I flew back and hit the wall.
Thud
You took 175 damage
However this was really ridiculous you know.
“Why the hell did you overcome your fear now?!” I screamed.
“Sword Wave!”
Detecting danger, I rolled out of the way as a neat and yet destructive force wrecked through the wall leaving a large hole in it.
“In fighting, I don't mind since you all will be food of my children!”
Hey hey, you two there IS an an enemy right there. Aren't you going to take care of it?
“Come my children!”
From the large hole of web came countless spiders that ranged from a metre large to several metres large. The biggest was around 7 metres in size. Seeing those thing, a certain two people have become useless.
“Noooooooo!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaa. Get them away from me!”
I looked as the two frantically swung their weapons in hopes of them hitting the spiders. Honestly, Risene was supposed to be highly trained and Alexandra was a Sword Monster. What the hell happened to them.
Also, you two were fine with the Spider Queen which gives birth to the Spiders you hate so much!
Several spiders came up to attack and I simply let out a blast of fire not bothering to even try to calculate the commands in my head. While it was nice that I was assured that my spells would work all of the time, it still took too long to cast a spell that way.
As a result, from 2 months of hell, I've learnt how to at least properly cast low levelled minor spells without much thought.
However the larger spells still required me to cast the commands in my head. First I better make sure those useless duo are safe for the moment.
Fire Formation ? Armour Form ? Flame Armour
I directed the spell to Risene and Alexandra whom were now covered in flames that would cause damage to anything that attacks them. It looked similar to a battle aura of some sort but it was made of flames and I suppose using Ice or Water magic would null its effects.
Now that those two were somewhat safe, I can either take care of the Spider Queen or the countless minions....
[Don't you dare take the easy path....]
And.....that just made my choice. I looked over to see that Viv was battling both the Spider Queen and her children with a bit of difficulty since he was a Witch and lacked high power, low casting spells to take care of this easily. Plus he was getting swarmed as well and the Spider Queen was probably a level 400 Boss Monster judging by how this is going.
“Viv, take care of the swarm....” I said blasting my way through with fire magic in both hands.
Viv whacked a spider away from him using his staff and said, “Did llyfr tell you to?”
I sighed and said, “Yep, I rather not go through 'that' again.”
Viv patted my shoulder as he went to face the countless swarms of Spiders.
“O forest, O calm forest. Your seeds have flown countless lands, countless seas and have spread to the four corners of this world. Light and water gives life to your children and I ask that you allow the birth of a forest that would protect the innocent. Wall of Roots!”
“The Forest that protects, let your seeds grow to defend me! Defence Roots!”
Roots appeared blocking the path to Viv and the others as well as Roots that smacked back the spiders as they came near. It seems Viv has the hang that of side....not sure if I can do the same on this side...
As I approached the Spider Queen unarmed in Kimono, yes I am in one....is navy blue colour suppose to be for men? Why am I questioning it now...? Anyway, as I approached her, she laughed out loud.
“Do you think a mere magician can defeat me alone? Perhaps that witch but not you! Someone who has such a weak presence couldn't possible do anything to me.”
Right I forgot to deactivate Presence Concealment.
Presence Concealment deactivated
With that, a large pressure appeared around me which was actually me in my normal state. The difference between the normal me and the other me was very large in fact. My fighting spirit spread out everywhere causing the Spiders to either retreat in fear or at least move slower.
“Wha-impossible!” the Spider Queen looked in disbelief and then smiled as if something interesting happened, “My my, to think I would meet 'you' of all things. I am Quelaag, Chaos Witch Quelaag one who was cursed to be like this.”
Chaos Witch Quelaag using her spider body, bowed to me in respect for some reason.
“However”, her smile disappeared, “You being here means you wish to kill me.”
Eh? When did I say that.
“Hold on-”
Before I could even speak another word her spider mouth shot lava at me. Jumping back I dodged it and fired fire at Quelaag however she wasn't even phased by it. Was she immune to Fire? As I was thinking this and jumping around to dodge the lava spit, I noticed that most of the ground was already covered in lava which prevented me from even escaping.
“Crap.”
I was too busy thinking and wasn't even attacking Quelaag at all.
“Dragonic Release!”
Dragonic Release
A modified version of the outer seal which once allowed access to power above the norm. Upon changing to a lesser race, this ability was taken away. In exchange, this state will pushes the body's limit was created to replace that.
Improvements have been made so this state has more power and stability compared to the original.
- Spell Damage Increases by 100%
- Spell Range Increase by 60%
- Mana Absorption can be Activated
- Strength is Increased by 60%
- Agility in Increased by 60%
- Movement Speed Increases by 30%
- Defence Increases by 30%
- Resistance to Magic Increases by 20%
- Domination is twice as effective
- Fighting Spirit is increased by 150%
Time Limit: 12 Hours
Activating my Dragon powers, I quickly gathered mana to use a wide scale Ice spell.
Ice Formation ? Wave Form ? Enchant Factor ? Enchanted Ice Wave
The spell in my hand I motioned it to spread the spell in front of me in an arc. The lava being in contact with something of an extremely cold temperature turned into stone.
“Die!”
But Quelaag spat more lava towards me. This time I couldn't escape in time.
Neutral Formation ? Mana Shield
“Mana Shield!”
Creating a sphere of protection, I somehow managed to divert the lava away from me but it was quickly draining the mana shield. I checked my current mana and it was already at 70 000 from just a few spells.
“Mana Absorption.”
Mana Absorption is now active
Feeling that something was wrong Quelaag jumped back with her 8 legs and said in a scorn, “You're draining my mana? Then I just have to kill you quicker!”
A flame sword appeared in her right hand as she jumped towards me swinging the sword. The intensity of the flames told me that even the mana shield would break against it. It was something that you didn't want to be hit with.
“Swords!”
I summoned 10 golden sword in front of me to deflect the blow.
Crack
Break!
However Quelaag in one blow smashed through them. Using the brief moment, I ducked and dodged the first swing. Then came the second swing, I rolled away from it and continued rolling away in a frenzy to get away from her.
Why is it all the women I know are either psychopaths or wants to kill me?
But this was a good chance to test out some good lightning magic I learnt from llyfr.
Lightning Formation ? Spear Form ? Lightning Spear
Gathering Lightning in my hand as it took shape of a spear, I threw it at Quelaag and it pierced her spider face. No....her spider face, she has a human top with a human face and a spider bottom with a spider face at the front okay? I'm not that insane.
“Sreeeeeeeeech!”
That was one ugly sound. Quelaag was not amused and continued to spit lava at me with get speed. If I touch the lava I would take massive damage....or at least my clothes will. I don't want to change clothes to new clothes in this world were good clothes are super expensive.
I continued to fire Lightning Spears as I ran away from Quelaag with her spider legs that could literally pierce through me.
“How stubborn!” growled Quelaag. She then saw Alexandra and Risene who were still useless at the moment.
Crap.
My body moved faster than Quelaag's as I jumped in the way of the spider leg pierce.
Stab!
Critical Damage!
You took 75136 damage
Recovery Burst has automatically activated
Mana Regeneration increased by 300%
You are heavily poisoned, will lose 10 mana/second
You are Bleeding Heavily. Will lose 15 mana/second
As I fell to the ground, the spider leg was pulled out of my body. Blood spurted out of the chest wound which led to me being unable to move at all.
Destroy them....
I need to help those two now....
Abandon them....
At this rate they will die!
You will be all alone in the end....
I rather not try to make new friends at this point.
My body struggled for life as my mind struggled for sanity. There was a strange voice in my head for some reason. Always there, small but still there.
“Battle Recovery!”
A faint light appeared around my body as my wounds slowly healed.
“Alexandra....” you're fine?
Risene took out her twin daggers and did a spinning jump slash at Quelaag whom backed away quickly sensing that those two were somewhat fine with their fears right now.
I checked my mana once again and it was barely hovering at 10 000 with my increased mana regeneration along with Alexandra's healing spell reducing the bleeding to a minor one.
“Battle Cry! Holy Aura!”
White Aura appeared around Alexandra as she held her sword in a threatening manner.
“Sword Wave!”
Slashing upwards from the ground, Alexandra sent a wave of destruction to Quelaag who took the blast perfectly though was pushed back. However this also cleared the path of lava to Quelaag as well as the two charged straight at her with little fear of death.
“Cleave Blow!”
Alexandra smashed her sword into the side of Quelaag quicker than she could react and cleaved through her flesh. Risene on the other hand was moving about quickly as she casted holy spells on herself to increase her speed which placing curses on Quelaag which slowed her down.
“Assassinate!”
Risene disappeared for a moment before appearing behind Quelaag's one true weak spot which was her main human body. But in turn Quelaag got angry and took out that flame sword again and slashed at both Risene and Alexandra which forced them to retreat.
As expected from a level 400 Boss Monster. Its powerful enough to push Alexandra back alone, not to mention Risene who was supporting her.
After a few minutes where my mana was sitting at a good 30 000 I decided to do some work to help the two from afar.
Lightning Formation ? Spear Form ? Explode Factor ? Exploding Lightning Spear
I threw a lightning spear into Quelaag's body once more. However this one was a bit different from the ones before. Upon piercing into Quelaag's body, it exploded with lightning spreading all across Quelaag's body paralysing her for a few moments.
Both Alexandra and Risene took this chance to chop Quelaag into pieces and thus killing her after another hour of battling with my support.
Ding
You've killed the Chaos Witch Quelaag
- You have gained +3 Fighting Spirit
- You have gained +1 Fire Resistance
- You have levelled up x 3
“Sister.....”
Quelaag's body vanished without a trace leaving behind a ring. A very short discussion on what to do with the ring ended with Viv taking it as a 'fellow witch'.
Another half a day passed until we actually got out of this freaking cave.
Part 4 – The Actual Picnic Starts!
“By the way.....did the food spoil yet?” someone asked.
Everyone else panicked. It was not strange that food would spoil after a while but this was food that went underground where it was very hot which decrease the time in which such food can be consumed safely.
We quickly opened the boxes to find that half the food had turned bad already.
“...”
As as looked at each other we threw away the bad food and packed the good food together eliminating a box to carry.
We crossed several cliffs and eventually after a few more hours reached a gap in the middle of side of a mountain. Risene hurried us up and even almost pushed me off the cliff trying to hurry me up. I couldn't decide whether it was intentional or not so I let it go...for now.
However when I actually saw the place in which we were at, I was blown away.
Pink petals flew carelessly through the air and gently layered the ground in pink for us.
It was Sakura Tree.
Something I didn't expect to see in this game.
“This is the place which one of my maids once took me to for my birthday. Since then, we often went here together, of course it was on another path than the one we took.” Risene smiled sadly as she looked at the great tree.
When we got near the tree, Risene placed down a blanket on the ground and took out what's left of the food. To be honest, even with half of the food going bad over time, there was still too much to eat even with 4 of us....
However I might as well enjoy good food while I can after those 7 months of nothing but stale bread and water to eat....
Some time later....
It seemed like Risene didn't try to poison me this time. Well her cooking was once considered poison no matter how you look at it but now it was quite nice to eat.
“By the way, I wish to ask you three of how you met” said Risene.
I thought back...long....long time ago. Stuff happened and Alexandra appeared. Soon after she dragged Viv along as well.
“Well I found both of them” said Alexandra taking it to herself to explain the story, “I met Eden first when it felt like he was about to kill some people. In fact he actually killed a couple of players since they were in his way haha”
Risene chuckled at those words, “So Eden didn't change much at all?”
“Well his magic was really overpowered back then. Not as much now” said Alexandra gemming at me.
I glared back at her and said, “That's only because someone became more like a beast in strength than a human. I bet a hundred Orcs would run away from you at sight.”
“Hey! I only wiped out a couple of their villages in a short period of time. Its not my fault that they called me a demon out to drive them in extinction and ran....” Alexandra pouted with displeasure.
Risene smiled awkwardly at us and said, “You two are close aren't you.”
““WHO ARE YOU CALLING CLOSE?!””
This time Viv giggled at us.
Risene then asked Viv, “So how did you meet those two? A fated meeting, coincidence?” It seems she had some expectations to what should have happened. As expected from a former Princess with too much time to spare.
“Well.....I was being bullied by some people after I graduated from Master and Al saved me and immediately brought me to Eden who looked like he was talking to himself.”
“Eh? Really? Eden really did that?” asked Risene pressing on.
I chopped his idiot's head to stop her.
“Who the hell was talking to himself. You heard the voice immediately without assistance Viv.” I complained.
“But you really looked like you were talking to yourself. Several people commented that if it weren't that you were insane, crazy or delusional, they would try to hit on you.”
Damn I dodged a giant bullet there. Though.....it still happened even now....sadly.
“Speaking of which, you were super shy when I first met you Viv” I gave a wicked smile to Viv.
He then waved his hands trying to forget about those times where he would either hide behind me or Alexandra.
“To think you would grow up to be someone scarier than Alexandra at times....” I muttered that a little to loud.
“How am I scary? Tell me!” Viv grabbed my sleeve panicking. It seems he still worries about how other people see him as. Thankfully Alexandra save me of doing the honours.
“Well sometimes you have this feeling that you would kill us if we did something wrong. Its very scary to see.” Alexandra despite being one of the people scared shitless by that talked about it cheerfully.
“Its not like the two of you would die permanently even if I did” Viv joked around.
“I heard that you foreigners need some time to recover your life force for something to come back even if your not injured. How come you three never seemed to have the need to do that? Its not because you guys are extremely strong right?” asked Risene.
Hmm...the main reason for me is that I'm actually dead and stuck in a computer now.
“...”
The other two seem to not want to talk about it as well.
“We don't really talk about why that is. The topic never actually came up at all plus we rarely talk and its more like someone needs something to do so we do that until its done.”
That's how our adventure were until now though...
“Hmm....in that case, you can tell me about the other time you had!” said Risene excited for stories.
I sighed at this positive looking person.
We then talked about what happened after that. The countless incidents we were thrown into mainly caused by someone screwing up though it was mainly either my bad luck or Alexandra's horrible timing. Risene talked more on her life before me and how her life was extremely grey. She then talked about the day in which players first came into this world.
“All my life was waking up, dressing up, eating, getting instructions to how to be a proper woman and so on. It was sooooooo boring. I wanted to go outside and explore but my father kept me inside for all my life. I'm half thankful for Eden getting me out of there though the method could've been better besides causing a massacre of everyone I knew.”
“...”
“...”
Alexandra and Viv looked at me and sighed. Why the hell do I think they're thinking that it was typical of me to do that?
“Before that, the only think that seemed interesting was the first time your kind came to this world. I still remember it. The followers of the Holy Seer months before that event came everywhere in the continent telling everyone about the souls of countless coming to this world with great strength. There were immediate stories of how you will become the great heroes that will save the world. There were even stories of how you will only bring destruction and misery. But they were interesting since your kind are immortal. When your kind come into this world, you come in a bright light as if the heavens sent you....though initially you lot were very disappointing.”
“Disappointing in what ways? I know for a fact that I'm never disappointing” said Alexandra proudly.
Maybe you but other more 'normal' people however....
“Your lot started weaker than a child. The so called great Heroes and Villains weaker than a simple rabbit! But then quickly you people became stronger than the average worker than the average foot soldier and now there are some that are Kings dictating the way forward. Its laughable on how quickly things changed.”
After that we continued talking and talking about minor stuff.
In the mist of this talking I felt....calm.
I had wished that these days would continue on. These boring and relaxing days for so much longer...
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Author's Notes:
- 7000 words~
- Yes, there is a Dark Souls reference
- Finally done with Exams and Uni annnnnnnnnd I had to leave my student card at Uni so I have to go back tomorrow Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu but I can also just request a new one but I have to either go to Uni tomorrow with a form or fax it which I can't Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
- Next chapter needs editing so it comes tomorrow