Words from the Author
Sorry for Outburst the other time, I think I'm somewhat better now,
There were many helpfull comments, I think that I'll try relax a little although writing has become a little more difficult now, but nothing is impossible, there's just so many ideas in my head that I want to write and so litle time, Ah so limited time.
Please enjoy the chapter that follows and comment on any mistakes,
I'm a little sleepy after all.
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Galie's POV
"92, 87, 74, 51, 42, 2, 2 how exactly did you score so poorly?"
Darknym asked like piercing her heart though cleanly.
"By the way the system congratuated you for scoring perfect at all subjects"
He continued, there was probably a reason as to why he knew her real scores but she would probably never know how.
"I'm not longer a child, I'm seventeen now and in a couple of months eighteen, You are suffocating me, can't you stop trying to control my life"
She said with a rather angry and rude tone, but there was plenty of sadness in her voice, a struggle of righteousness and guild, disappointment and rebeliousness.
"You can go to sleep we will talk after you sober up a little"
Darknym said while teleporting her back to her bed.
Galie dreamed of returning to Allastar, there she was free, her father's power didn't extend so much there. The reason she thought so was because her own powers were suppressed too heavily so his would also be somewhat limited.
She looked at her only photograph where the whole family was together which hung on her neck inside a small locket
'Mom how exactly did you marry such an insensitive man?'
she asked inside her mind as a tear flowed down her cheek, she remembered her mother, she was always smiling happily, always tenderly taking care of her. Galaxia didn't even want to remember the accident that took her mother's life and how fast her father got over it.
Her mind was fuzzy and tears made her pillow somewhat wet, it wasn't a rare occurance, there were many times that she had such break downs, she somewhat wanted to be free of his control, suddenly she remembered Lidie's words in her mind the Empress was now equal to her father, an oppressor. In a way they were almost the same only that her father was far above her league while the empress may be not. Galie with Red eyes went back into the capsule, she would continue training and defeat the oppressor at least the one she could defeat.
When she appeared Lidie was still training her skills, fighter skills don't consume lots of Mp but they still consume stamina. Stamina however refills relatively fast, all you need is rest for a little.
"Didn't you say that you wanted to sleep?"
Lidie asked somewhat puzzled as she saw Galie once more appearing inside the room.
"Lidie, how strong is the Epmress?"
Galie asked, she wanted to challenge the Empress right now.
"Galie it's not how strong she is that matters right now, it's how we can become stronger and awaken the people to the truth of it, your father may be wrong is some things but in one he was right, the revolution is wanted only by a minority of people, If we can draw more people to this fight we will win without even having to fight the Empress"
Lidie said, after all the Empress was mostly a symbol of power, in truth she didn't even give a shit about others, be they rebels or guardians, she lived to her own satisfaction and it was not a secret at all as she liked to appear on TV the most and even shot three movies when she wanted to try becoming an actress, her singing career however was the worst thing that had ever happened to the virtual world.
"But if we defeat her the oppression will end, right?"
"Galie, it's not the empress that's the root of the problem it's the system that was created and controled by her and likeminded people, do you understand?"
"But you said that we had to defeat the Empress"
"Of course we have to, but not in one night, it has to be a struggle, our group has to grow and spread all over the world and when the time for action rises we"
Bam!
Lidie's fist hit at the wall so hard that a trace of blood could be seen on it, she had also lost a few health points.
"How long will it take?"
Galie asked somewhat restlessly, she didn't know how long she would stay on earth since her father made the last decision, they might even leave tomorrow if he says so .
"I don't know, probably a few years"
Lidie said rather vaguely.
"Lidie, My father never stays on one planet for more than a few months, isn't there a way to hasten things a little?"
Galie said, it wasn't even a question it was more of a request, Galie really wanted to help Lidie, she felt her like a sister after all, or more like a soul mate, she saw herself inside of her and Lidie could also see some of her own childesness in her.
"Galie, I'm sorry but there's no alternative, if we hasten things then the world will fall into chaos, our target is to change the system not abolish it, of course that doesn't obstruct us from having some fun in Allastar"
Lidie said as she stopped activating her skills.
"How about a fishing contest?"
Lidie asked, she wanted to at least make Galie's memories of this world a bit more colorful.
"But we suck at fishing, we didn't catch a single fish"
Galie said with self ridicule.
"Don't mind it, we can just sit down and talk about stuff, fishing is all about patience after all"
Lidie said, of course it wasn't so but to them who were new to it they didn't really mind fishing junk out of the sea or nothing at all.
Days passed(two Allastar days) by and both Lidie and Galie begun to sleep inside the game, Galie didn't care about her deal with her father and Lidie honestly didn't care either, she somehow disliked Darknym anyway, Mary popped up now and then mostly to socialize a little and then left again.
This routine lasted till they reached the small dungeon Island. You have to understand the two outside days were almost four days by boat in Allastar so they had lots of fun in that time.
They had now reached the Island of the Dead Lord, where the dungeon's entrance stood, a large stull shaped cave with multiple entrances.
"So Galie which entrance do you chose?"
Mary asked, for them who were adults Galie was like a little girl coming to an amusement park for the first time.
"Sorry but could it be that you are going to enter with just the three of you?"
A man in full armor asked.
"Why did you fall for us?"
Mary asked mockingly.
"My friend over there was somewhat interested to know if you would like to join our party?"
The man said, completely indiferent and unconcerned whether they join them or not.
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Homestrike's POV
Homestrike was nervously looking from a distance how Meteorball was inviting the three girls into their group.
"This is Homestike and I'm Meteorball, we are part of the Strikeball guild, the others are..."
Meteorball begun introducing the other ten members of their group.
Homestrike felt really happy when he understood that the three beauties would be joining their group.
'At least one of them might not have a boyfriend'
He thought as he stared at Mary's body.
They were now in front of the entrance that Meteorball found as the most convenient. Meteorball was a warrior/mage, his position was that of a tank and he specialized in healing spells, his target was the paladin proffession but he had lots of work to do before getting it.
Homestrike was a knight, a pure warrior/knight who was also in the same position, he didn't have any target but he wanted to be the shiny knight who would rush in front of a damsel in distress and protect her from all danger.
Homestrike was considered the leader of the group but Meteorball was the one doing the leading as he was far better at it. Of course there was a reason as to why Homestrike was the leader.
"Meterball this Entrance is no good, lets take the other one"
Homestrike said, the real reason why he was the leader was his psychic power, it was a sort of future sight, but you could simply call it a danger sense.
"Guys lets take another!"
Homestrike said once more and once more they relocated.
"This one is perfect"
Homestrike said, they had spent nearly three hours looking through almost all the entrances.
"Everybody prepare to camp"
Meteorball said.
"Wait why do we need to camp?"
Lidie asked somewhat irritated, they had been walking for hours now but their stamina wasn't spent up and they had lots of ways to recover.
"Is this your first Dungeon Raid?"
Meteorball asked, somewhat irritated.
Lidie simply nodded, but seeing that the others all laughed Homestrike begun explaining.
"You see it will take for the system at least half an hour to set your spawn point so if you die you will appear outside, of course we will be resting for an hour just to be sure that the spawn point has been set, such camps are a must even inside the dungeon"
Homestrike continued, Lidie and the girls were hearing him carefully as he continued.
"There are three things that you need to carefull about in a dungeon, first is the traps, every dungeon is full of traps and monsters but traps are many times more dangerous than monsters as they might not only take you with them but your whole party, Mary you, Doomball and Rocketball will be in charge of detecting traps and scouting ahead for monsters, since you are stealth units"
Homestrike said and none complained.
"Second problem is the bosses, each floor has a boss, every team must defeat the boss in order to descend to a lower floor"
Homestrike said, of course he had no intention of making them fight with the boss to begin will, in his eyes they were frail flowers that needed protection.
"Last problem is time, as you might know a dungeon is refreshed each month, meaning you can only raid it for around 51 Allastar days, at that time it is refreshed you will be teleported to your last visited town while the dungeon dissapears from the world or another appears in its place"
Homestrike said as his eyes looked into Mary's eyes taken away, he was a little too close at the time, if not for the helm, she would have seen him lick his lip somewhat awkwardly.
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Verina's POV
This was the first day out of the thirty she had to attend the training facility, it was much more lax than she had thought it would be all they did was some physical training and afterwards they were instructed by an Npc in their decided martial art.
'If every day is like today, these thirty days will pass like the wind'
She thought as she exited the facility.
To her surprise just outside the facility she saw simon with a rather Gorgeous woman she had never seen before.
Verina didn't greet him since he was rather preocupied at the moment gropping that woman's ass.
That woman was Kaj, but Verina had seen her only in her male character form in Allastar.
'By the way why is he even here, Zephir said that he had probably passed the whole training procedure, or did he have a single day or something?'
Verina asked herself as she went home.
The next day she at the training facility saw Simon and his goddess sitting somewhere in the front seats. Today was a lesson about programing Npcs, of course it was worthless to almost all the people there, but for some reason she could see Simon taking notes and talking with the woman about something, she didn't understand what he was writing or why but she didn't really care.
"Simon, I saw you are also taking classes, how many days did you get to training?"
She asked, but the "Days" she expected him to number became months.
"Oh Vivi, I will be staying for nine months, I doubt you will be staying for more than a month since you had a far better tutor than me"
Simon said while pressing some strange device and she could see a strange expression on Kaj's face, it was as if she had just been taken from behind.
"Simon, who is she?"
Verina asked.
"Oh, this is Kaj, my girlfriend you know..."
Simon said and she saw him somewhat undecisive to continue talking or not.
"Verina would you keep a secret?"
He asked but Verina was already somewhat interested in what he had to say so she nodded rapidly in agreement.
"Verina will you give me your ID code?"
Simon asked, somewhat awkwardly, making her somewhat surprised, the ID code wasn't somewhing hard to get for a hacker but it wasn't very usefull, all he could do with it was tracking and teleportation but of course more advanced hackers, meaning those with the hardware could do a few additional things, which however weren't of much importance.
"Alright!"
She said as she gave him her code, after all they were childhood friends and he did help her numerous times before.
"Okay, now I can tell you safetely, I had another awekening, now my powers are even more powerful than before and I have aquired a new special ability, I can now brainwash people"
He said with a wide smile on his face.
"And all I need is their ID code, but don't tell it to anyone or else I won't forgive you"
He said rather seriously.
"Could you also help me with Zephir?"
Verina asked somewhat excited, she didn't trust Zephir one bit, after all he still had his secret vault.
"And what do I gain from it?"
Simon asked as he looked at her with somewhat lustfull eyes, after all that day he had lost his chance on having another go with her.
"What about twelve beautiful sex slaves?"
She said, meaning the ones in Zephir's Vault, she had absolutely sure that he wasn't lying after all how could a goddess like Kaj be with him, there had to be some catch.
"Alright, but I need to know his ID number otherwise It will be too much trouble for me to do it"
He said seeminigly interested in this matter.
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Simon's POV
Simon was reluctant to tell Verina of his newborn power but he wanted to boast to someone and she was his only friend.
Verina had made him a rather alluring offer, of course he had already checked if the ID she gave him wasn't a fake, if he wanted to he could make her fall to all four and begin sucking on his dick but he had no such desire at the moment.
But 12 slaves for the price of making Zephir her slave was a bargain he wouldn't lose, of course he had already made sure that she would obey him in the future if he needed anything of her, after all he might want a taste of her in the future.
Of course he had also other plans but those could wait for now, If Zephir and Verina did become his subordinates he could profit greatly after all Zephir already had a few clearance levels more than him and Kaj.
With Zephir's help he could clear Allastar in a breeze and leave for the other worlds but there was a small inconvenience, he had to find a way to get out of the bottle first. He hadn't entered the game yet but he remembered being sealed by that idiotic Djinni inside a bottle.
-Simon I have the code, do I sent it to you or do you need to be close to Zephir?-
A call from the priorly departed Verina came.
"I'll be right there!"
Simon said with an evil smile all over his face.
'I'll need a lot of people to rule this world'
He thought as he led Kaj away.
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Mary's POV
"Guys...and girls, it's time to go!"
Homestrike said somewhat awkwardly since he wasn't used to having women in the team.
"Mary you will go in the front with the scout team, we will follow at a safe distance"
Meteorball said somewhat concerned about something.
Of course Mary couldn't have known about Homestrike's message to his good friends, which they had all received.
-If even one of the girls dies, you are all dead!-
There was a reason as to why they were afraid of these words, these words they had only heard once before and after failing his petty to them request he led sent them to their doom for a whole month while also making their life miserable as much as he could. Homestrike was vengeful and held a grudge for a long time, being his enemy was like running from a bull while wearing a red uniform. Last reason as to why they dreaded these words was because he just returned from a failed relationship a few days ago, this dungeon siege was more of a reunion trip as the team was once more together and a way to make him feel better.
Mary felt somewhat useless since the two that were sent with her were much better than her and found and disarmed traps in seconds, they even spotted monsters from strangely far distances, Doomball and Rocketball were just too used to what they were doing, Meteorball had said that this was their tenth Dungeon Raid, before going on a raid they had to gather supplies although this time was somewhat special.
"Leader there's a group of three weak skeleton warriors up that way"
Doomball said, Mary would have loved to know how he knew the type of monster without even seeing it and "Weak", Skeleton Warrior was at least a level 100 monster, by no means they were weak.
Of course knowing that the average level for players was level 250 they were indeed considered weak by Homestrike's party.
There was a reason as to why most players didn't care to farm after level 250, first of all was that there were simply too few monsters that could fight on equal ground with them after reaching level 250 and the second was that it wasn't worth it, it took to long to level up and they gained far more stats by just playing the game with their friends and enjoy adventures together.
Of course Bosses were a huddle but with teamwork it could all work out, not to say that there was no level requirement after reaching level 100, so items were divided by professions and stat requirements.
Of course neither of the the three girls had reached level 100 at the moment, experience was after all given by the level of the monster you slay. If you kill a level 10 monster you gain 10experience points but to gain a level you simply have to kill too many monsters.
They had divided their time to training and farming, the training was done by using profession skills and the farming by hunting down monsters and doing quests.
Quests were a really good source of experience, most times they gave at least a comparable to the monsters you had just killed, think of it like doubling the experience you had just gained.
Their only regret was that their equipment wasn't so good, that was one of the reasons they had headed to a dungeon where they could find some better loot.
"Skeleton warriors, aren't they really weak!"
Someone said.
"even skeleton knights are not a match so why warriors"
Of course there was a reason as to why they were discontent with the first monsters, the reason was that the level of the monsters only changed by 10 levels per floor so the next floor would only have level 110 monsters at most. The dungeon was too weak for them who were around level 200.
"How about you girls, wanna try taking them on?"
Homestrike said, he was rather enthusiastic as he saw how they felt quite bad about themselves being the lowest level in the group.
The three of them charged at the rather lightly armored skeletons and in just one hit they died.
"Who was responsible for not buffing them!"
Homestrike shouted furiously, the three girls had just died by but a single hit by the skeletons, it wasn't because the skeletons were much stronger than them but their equipment were far different, the skeletons were far better equiped than them and having people call them weak made the girls let their guard down and were taken completely by surprise.
The first to die was Galie who as a mage charged towards the skeleton istead of using her fireball staff, Galie had three staffs since she disliked spellbooks in the past, one shot fireballs, the other was for healing and the last was for basic light.
Lidie fell second as she was overwhelmed by the skeleton's fine gear, while she herself had cut on equipment fees.
Mary was the last to die as an arrow from the skeleton directly shot into her head killing her instantly, making the group of veterans doubt their eyes.
-Critical Headshot!-
A message swiftly passed by as she died.
It was either the girls were too weak or the skeletons were kickass warriors. A pity Homestrike didn't find it funny, of course even he hadn't anticipated that this would happen otherwise he would have protected them with his own body, his problem was that it simply happened too fast catching him unprepared.