> 25/05/2015 08:27:06tomolone Wrote: [ -> ]"was now level 3000 but his only inflated stats were the endurance "
> U serious? Isn't there something like reduced xp gain from lower lvl enemies?
Lets say there is a reduction in xp gain, what would be the reduction from 1xp?
In FSK I decided that XP = level killed monster, so a level 10 monster will give 10XP while a level 100 will give 100XP.
Of course killing 10 level 10 monsters would be preferable but with the XP reduction you will need to kill more monsters, so it's somewhat preferable to kill more than facing a level 100 monster, although he who will face the level 100 monster will gain stats a hundred times faster than the other one. Stats like strength and endurance, since low level monsters will do lower damage.
Thanks for the comment by the way.
And please enjoy this chapter.
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Work took longer today but he had no work tomorrow, so he entered Allastar.
Today was the day of their departure, the group of twelve left the town of Rubrick with haste. With ten wagons of good rolling behind them with Darknym's possessions, since he could not leave them in the Inn.
The Inn master and his daughter were a bit sad losing their only costumer in town. Bomid by then had already signed some deal with the Helllion guild who found him some painter to design for him new weapons and armors, the only one waiting at the gate was Fayte, who looked a bit lost.
"So Fayte will you accept my challenge or did you come to say you give up?"
Said Darknym while smiling.
"Well as I found out myself, maybe alone I can't defeat you but when the time comes, me and my Allies will come and defeat you"
Darknym laughed and looked at the city gates behind him.
"Why don't you come with us until we reach a bit outside the city, it's not a very safe place here"
he said releasing a small wicked laugh.
Fayte didn't know what he meant but followed them outside the Town, Daknym led the group to a hill that overlooked the whole city.
"Now time for your long awaited punishment"
Darknym said and begun chanting out some spell, His eyes shining with a red light as his anger was now at it's peak.
The others Heard his chanting that echoed through the sky, Rapidly clouds all around begun gathering above the Town of Rubrick.
Where once a blue sky was now Dark clouds covered the Red summer sun, lightnings danced up in the sky, as if foretelling the upcoming disaster.
The players in the city were left speechless seeing what was happening.
"Is this really "tempest"?"
said Dublin as he looked at the sky
"What's tempest?"
Ben the instructor asked him.
"Everyone log out quickly!"
Shouted someone who came out of the Mage guild.
He sent the message traveled to all the players of the Helllion in the Town, Fayte didn't get it since he wasn't a member yet.
Winds begun gathering from all directions as Darknym continued chanting the spell.
Fayte charged him with his sword but his sword couldn't even pass his passive shield.
The other ten looked with terror in their eyes, Tempest was a siege spell that normally was used against castles to weaken the structure and kill the defenders but here they saw it at a scale that engulfed a whole Town.
Theo had tears in her eyes as she saw the thunderclouds unleashing the first thunder on the town, he was still channeling the spell at the moment when the real "Tempest" begun.
They could see the roof tiles flying, with the wind as thunders struck the town restlessly.
"Now consider the favor returned"
Said Darknym as he laughed, seeing the city falling into ruins, buildings crushing and walls falling, people being blown into the air and screams of anguish that although he couldn't hear just Imagining them was enough.
It didn't take long for his laugh to take a different form as tears filled his eyes, he sat down and hid his face with his mask. He wept inside as he remembered the unjustly departed Npcs.
Fayte with all his power had tried to break his concentration but didn't even scratch him. He just stood there next to Theo trying to ease her sadness, the other gave a silent prayer for those inside the Town.
Inside the city players and Npcs alike tried to find shelter in underground basements or other sturdy buildings. Non knowing that when the Tempest would end clenching for their lives. The death toll was high and after the end of the storm, only a few people came out searching for survivors under.the debris of what once was a town.
Darknym Stood up once more after the spell had ended, after half an hour of thunders and mayhem, and begun casting a second spell. Fayte's face warped as he heard Darknym chant once more out loud, normally Darknym cast spells Silently but for some reason today he wasn't in the best of moods. His eyes had lost their shine but his drama mast hid his true feelings but not his Shining Red PK name tag "Darknym".
The chant ended shortly and almost all of the town's people appeared at the foot of the hill, some where injured and others were dead, there were some children as well, it was strange as to why he had never seen them in the town before.
Darknym descended the hill, Insults and stones were thrown at him as all the Npcs knew he was the one who caused the Biblical disaster upon them. Darknym felt no damage as his Shield was strong enough to face the breath of a dragon. Darknym's mask was the only thing the people of the town would never forget, as he passed towards a child weeping for his dead parent next to him, with one sweep of his hand Darknym cast a spell resurrecting him.
The peoples' faces were now shocked seeing the dead Innkeeper coming back to life. The Ultimate life spell "resurrection" was something not everyone could cast.
"See Despina, when you do bad things things turn for the worst"
The girl was lost as she didn't know to thank him or to curse him.
Darknym stood still for a small duration of time shrinking his body and then blasting out light so shiny that engulfed the Npc townspeople. When the Npcs regained their sight Darknym had disappeared together with their wounds, the dead people had been resurrected and even some who were disabled before the destruction were healed of their handicaps.
Darknym appeared once more on the top of the hill where the group was gathered.
"What was that for!"
Shouted Fayte outraged about the destruction of the entire town where now only the guild hall stood, since it was a special building.
"You're too close"
Darknym said as he separated the two lovebirds.
"Answer me, dammit!"
Fayte still didn't give up.
"That's their punishment and this is yours"
Darknym pulled Theo towards him with a spell while holding Fayte to a distance with a magic wall.
"And what of the people of the town"
"They are all alive, down there"
He pointed at the foot of the hill.
"And their properties, their jobs"
"What jobs!"
Daknym shouted furiously his eyes turning red. Truth was today was the last day of work for him as well, he was just fired from his work at the station after a foolish mistake he did the other time while being a bit sleepy from the game.
Fayte couldn't answer for another reason, since Helllion owned the Town, they had bought all shops and property in town, only the Inn was beyond their reach and that was because Darknym was living there. The people of the Town were so poor most of them were skinny and malnourished, although the Npc had no need for food or drinks, their appearance was dependent on the Town's economy.
"All of you down there, I have a town set that needs settlers, would you like to come or stay in this ruined city, where all your masters ran away when disaster struck!"
Darknym shouted down the hill where the Npcs were.
It didn't take long before the Npcs begun cursing the Helllion guild and the town they had ruined with their greed. They would no doubt follow him rather than the cowardly Helllion guild who left the Town Immediately before the Tempest stroke, without even setting some magical shield. Helllion had mages of its own but they panicked and instead of protecting the town decided it was wiser to log out and return after the situation had become less dangerous. Rubrick being in the Drogan was a town of Barbarians, with that it was clear that they had lost the Npcs' trust.
Darknym left with the new settlers who were prohibited by him to return and pack their staff.
"You can just buy new stuff when we arrive and as for family relics and stuff just go for them later, after you are set in Dragon cliff"
The journey took days to finish and children and elders were given a ride on the carts. Darknym didn't care about Fayte who was following the caravan.
The first town they reached on their way was Rosebridge, one of his towns that Vin and Marv would be managing. Half of the settlers decided to stay there while the majority of them went on towards the dragon Mountains.
The monsters they encountered met a fate worse than death, they were captured and made into brainless puppets for Darknym to control with his spell that normally had a small duration but he could modify it with the augmentation which by now reached the max level of Ten. With his diamond member status he was given even more options for using the spell and with the monsters'
low willpower it was as if he had made them his puppets forever.
"What is that?"
Fayte said surprised and annoyed since he had been itching for a fight to raise his level.
"Why bother with weaklings when they are more useful this way"
"Weaklings? Their level is most likely higher than your own"
"Does level rule everything?"
"Well I don't know but I'm sure it gives some advantage"
"What advantage does it give I who am level 7 just destroyed a whole town with just one spell and I'm sure there were at least 100 people of higher level than me inside"
Truth was mages in Allastar worked like glass canons, they did crazy damage but could die so easily that none cared to train further in magic, not to speak for the cost of spells. Fayte was captivated after hearing his level being so low, he thought that he was at least above level 10 like he was at the time.
"Well I did gain like 20 levels from that small spell but that doesn't even reach the power I gained before the event"
The revelation made Fayte understand that levels in FSK were not even worth mentioning if you were a pro gamer, at least that was how he viewed Darknym since the first time he met him. Probably because he killed him with one finger or because he had become an so overpowered in such a short time.
They had now reached the megapolis of Dragoncliff, even Darknym who had designed the place was amazed by the magnitude of the Central gates alone, and there were three of them and thirteen smaller gates that were to be used for emergencies only or by the military. The walls were easily over 20 meters tall, but in reality they stretched at high as 100meters into the sky and were used as barracks housing troops inside. But what mostly took their breath was the Black tower that rose from the center of it and disappeared into the sky.
"Wellcome to the Megapolis of Dragoncliff"
Darknym said as they approached the gigantic central gate. The central road could have been said to created for giants since the caravan didn't take even a small part of the road.
"Now each of you will be given a starting fund of 1000gold and a house paid by me, you will be divided into commoners and Classes depending on your choice of using your funds, owners are classes while workers are commoners, there are no taxes as of yet but I don't think they will be needed any time in the near future"
The people dispersed to look for housing and work, while the group of ten nobles, Darknym, Fayte and Theo went further the main road. The commoners section was mainly the same at both sides, housings big and small with Bigger buildings like skyscrapers in the distance, those being the factories and other work places.
They now traveled on the carts the long road as it took them at least half an hour to reach the first buildings after the walls, there was a large gap after the walls that was left like that for security reasons or further city development.
They had now reached a second gate a bit less awe-inspiring since they had seen the first one but still as Big as the first.
"After the second gate it's a classes only section but since Fayte you came all the way I will allow you to see what lies inside"
As they passed the gate Fayte was left in awe, it was nothing like the outside where you could see a busy city, here there were many estates and wealthy houses, as well as Big shops that could rival a mall with ease in size.
"Here is the Classes section and these are those who will be fighting for the city if a war goes out, the commoners are only allowed to form the militia, while these will be the Warriors and Protectors of the City"
Truth was that they were fewer than the Commoners but they had no problem making children since their livelihood would be much better than the commoners'. Each family had to have a soldier at any time, that was the condition for being of the highest class while lower classes had less than ten with the lowest having only one.
"Fayte I will have you know that entering this part of the city will take you and any other player at least a year of your life, just to get a pass to enter this place not to speak about the next gate, which can only be entered with an Invitation by the people whom you see here with me"
The Classes section was as large as the commoners' section but since it was a round city, it was smaller in the overall view.
The Third gate was much more Awe Inspiring but not because of it's height but because it was decorated with strange glyphs and magical spheres, this wall was special as it housed no soldiers at all.
"Now this is the last defense for the Guild hall of the city, in a raid you will have to pass through all three walls, the first has war machines, the second has soldiers and this one has magic to protect it"
Fayte wasn't sure why Darknym was saying it but understood he was taking pride in himself.
"Why even bother making other gates when you can just make all three into magic gates"
"It wouldn't be fun and also it would make the people feel safe, something that I wouldn't like"
"But aren't all the walls for their safety"
"Would you be safe if your enemy had some anti-magic ability then?"
Fayte just stayed silent as he didn't know if there was such an ability.
They had now entered a large area with nothing but grass, while the road went even further towards the gigantic tower.
"Here will be your Estates, with your personal teleportation circle in order to be able to manage your other businesses as well as Mine"
He said while leading them towards the Black tower where Two strange Guards stood. They were not human but neither monsters, they were magical beings that looked as if transparent humans.
"These are the gatekeepers, they are only here to guard the gates and won't ever block you or your servants from entering the tower"
The gates to the tower were open but Inside it was a little disappointing as they could only see a large teleportation circle on the floor.
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"This is a special Circle that Identifies the one who enters the circle and sends him to the place he belongs to, Since Fayte you will probably never be able to reach this place, let me show you a taste of heaven"
Darknym said and with a touch of his hand on the crystal floating in the center of the circle, a flash of light and they had been teleported somewhere else.
The light had faded and they could see once more, all they could see was a spectacular white Palace, with crystals and gold just a few steps away from the teleportation circle and clouds covering the rest of the view all around them.
"This is my heaven Palace, where the eleven of you will be staying for the time being, as for you Fayte I will allow you to stay for a few days and then teleport you to your desired location, you can chose any point in the whole of Allastar but know that I won't teleport you to some hidden dungeon or treasure trove"
"I won't be staying and where did your puppet monsters and the caravan go?"
"Each to his place, We were headed to the Palace, the Monsters to the dungeons and the Items to the treasury, while the mounts and carts to the stables"
Mounts were the animals akin to horses, they had no eyes and tails, their mane was that of a zebra but their speed and endurance was far greater than a normal horse could ever obtain.
"Since you don't want to stay, where should I send you then?"
"Send me to Anchora, the capital of the human kingdom, I heard there's some sort of warrior academy there that can make me into a real warrior"
Theo looked a bit shocked hearing him selecting the human city above an elven one, but became even more depressed after she realized another problem.
"So in the end will you give up on the challenge for Theo?"
Darknym asked
"Is it even a challenge, you have a whole kingdom to back you up while I don't even have a guild to support my actions, I know that five months won't be enough to defeat you if I fight you alone but I challenge you back to fight me and my companions in five months, I will gather great heroes that will make you and your companions cower in fear"
"I don't care without a prize on the line I won't even allow you to come in inner parts of the city"
"And what do I have that you may want?"
"Well here in Allastar, nothing but in the other worlds you might just possess something I need, lets say the winner gets three favors from the loser, you can ask anything but only under reasonable conditions, lets even set ten conditions each so that the other has to accept them"
First went Fayte saying.
"1 No sexual favors"
"Well not that I would ask for one but okay"
"2 No slavery contracts"
"Well not really what I had in mind anyway"
"3 No character deletion"
"I would have said that myself"
"4 No real world money involvement"
"Tch, I hoped you wouldn't care but okay"
"5 No dirty stuff of any nature"
"You did already tell no sex so what do you mean?"
"Other things that might arouse men"
"Alright although I think that's a wasted rule"
"6 no favors that will fuck the others character up"
"What do you mean by that, be a little more precise on what you believe by that"
"We're not getting anywhere, why not just ask the favor and the other tells if he will or will not do it, that's easier to understand"
"As you like but know that my favors might not fuck up your character but the results of your actions will in the future, will you still accept the deal"
"Don't talk as if you have already won, the same can happen for you as well"
"Well See you in five months then or whenever you decide to return" Darknym said sending him away to the capital of Anchora.
"Where are the servants!"
Darknym shouted and servants came from inside the palace, they were wearing butler and maid suits.and made two lines in front of the palace.
"Well they might not be as good as the service from the royal suite but they look okay"
The maids and butlers were just average in beauty and charm, they lacked the beautiful faces and body measure of top models but looked decent enough.
"Who is the head of the servants?"
Darknym asked and an elegant middle aged woman who looked like a secretary in a maid suit came from the side of the maids while from the Butlers a decent middle aged man came forth.
"Carmen/Romeo at your service"
They said at the same time.
"I want you to sent someone to lead the ten guests to the guest rooms and The slave to the harem(mean location)"
The two heads of the servants did nothing as the rest went to escort the guests to their rooms, The palace was enormous but simply designed, a ballroom, a hall to the throne room, stairs to the guestrooms and some other rooms.
The harem was a long tower that had all the possible luxuries, he had even put a jacuzzi , sauna and swimming pool. The guest rooms were the most strange thing he had added to the palace, the rooms were magic and changed depending to the will of the guest. After an hour of walking through the garden of the palace, Darknym and the eleven of his group were once more reunited in the dining room. The room could hold at least 100 people but only eleven were sitting there.
"I hope you liked your rooms and although the palace is not really created to accommodate guests, I hope you can end the designing of your estates sometime soon, knowing that the longer it takes the longer you will have to stay here, as for you Theo, just make yourself at home, unless someone comes looking for you I will not let you leave the Palace"
Before they even started dining Verial came forth and gave him a design of her estate that could be called a palace by any standards.
"You only forgot one thing to mention, where do you want your teleportation circle to be set, and the changes to your Town which you manage"
"The town is just fine but a bit too cold for my tastes, I will just put a subordinate of mine to run things there and maybe sometimes come to pay him a visit as for the criminals and army, I care less to what happens to scum like them I will instruct my subordinate to put them in that strange prison building of yours, the army will just be mercenaries but they won't be coming out of my pockets right since the city is yours anyway"
"fine by me but what about the other two matters are you alright with them?"
"Well I don't see why rebel would gather against you as of yet but know that I won't even protect the town if they do and as fort loans I highly doubt I will need any anytime soon"
"I only hope your subordinate won't mess things up for you since you will be the one paying for his mistakes"
Darknym said while taking the two now a bit changed maps and teleported her back to her room back in Ashrad surprising the already panicked servants.
"Mistress finally you are back, we were really worried about you, said a small fat dark skinned man"
"I know, I thought that madman would hold me there forever, what news of the deal with the third prince?"
The servant was silent, fear was visible in his eyes as he said the words silently.
"We lost them"
"What did you say!"
Verial was angry to the limits as Darknym's words now hit her even worse than before. Her trusted subordinates had just failed her, what more a deal that was worth more than a fortune, she had just lost the support of one of the five most influential people of the land. Of course that wouldn't have happened if she was there but that made her reconsider leaving the management to her subordinate.
"Pack everything and ready ships, we are leaving for Drogan, there are deals to be had there and get as many exotic gifts that you think can satisfy a tyrant"
The subordinates begun the preparation of what was later known as the "Merchant's opportunity" event, which many merchants followed with expectations of untold opportunities since they could hitch a ride to another continent where their goods could sell double or even triple their worth.
Back in the dinning room another of Darknym's guests, this time Vin came forth with the modified town design and a luxurious estate, Marv just looked at him returning home to his family first.
Vin himself asked to be sent back to Anchora in order to manage his property and take his family with him back to the City. Causing another part of the "Merchant's opportunity" event and another flock of merchants following him to the south through the great Aquantic Ocean.
Inside Vin's house there was an uproar as he appeared through thin air catching his wife with another man, but he didn't have time for anything other than Business.
"Clara get up now!"
He said in a fit of Anger and Anxiousness.
"It isn't what you think my dear"
"Just forget it, begin gathering everyone, we must leave for Drogan as fast as we can our merchant adversaries from the east have already a head start"
With those words he begun selling all his assets in Anchora and buying gifts and merchandise.
"Father where are we going?"
Said his daughter, a teenage girl who had the hair of her father but took most facial features and the beauty of her mother.
"My dear daughter Clarice, we must go to Drogan, there is a great opportunity for us there"
"But we already are filthy rich, we are the richest merchants in the city of Westshire"
"My dear child, if you think this is real wealth you should have seen it yourself, A golden palace with jewels everywhere, that was the home of the god Deerg or the Marvelous palace in the sky, but you might still see the second"
"Aren't palaces meant for kings and royalty?"
Vin laughed as the though passed his head
"Then royalty we will be, now go gather your stuff and say goodbye to your new boyfriend, If he still wants to be with you he should hitch a ride for Drogan tell him"
He probably didn't know but her newest boyfriend was the son of his business rival, not that it mattered to him anymore, because he had an advantage against them.
The next days he begun selling everything in Anchora and buying gifts to bribe Darknym. He wasn't sure what he would like but since Slavery was prohibited in Anchora, he had to collect magical artifacts or rare beasts, to his perception that Darknym had a thing for collecting monsters. Monsters and chaotic non human beings were okay to capture and use as you like, of course he also tried to secure some illegally sold slaves but the main gifts were all legally bought. Thus starting the Merchant's opportunity in the North, creating unrest between merchants and craftsmen.
Right back at the dinning room.
"Is there another busy person who is done with his designs and wants to go home early?"
Darknym two awkwardly troubled faces, one being Marv and the other Glurb.
"Marv and Glurb, can you tell me what's troubling you?"
Both were about to begin at the same time but Darknym Interrupted.
"Lets begin with you Glurb since you haven't spoken much from the start and I'm really interested with what can be troubling you"
"Me can not draw well"
Darknym laughed at his little problem.
"Romeo, Carmen!"
Darknym shouted summoning the two heads of stuff in the palace.
"I need two people from the stuff who are good at drawing and have them Help mister Glurb design the house of his dreams, be sure that he is satisfied with his new home"
Darknym said and two butlers came forth and escorted Glurb to a study, where they helped him with his little problem.
"Now you Marv, I think you will have a problem worth more effort to solve"
Darknym said with a smile on his face.
"Well there is one sort of a problem, You see all my life I am compared to my brother and always found lacking, I probably won't even have enough to find a gift to your liking, not to speak the money to return here again when I am gone"
Darknym laughed once more and said
"You probably don't know but one of the reasons why I put you together with your brother is because you both are lacking, you lack the funds while he lacks the skills..."
Marv didn't seem to understand in his mind his brother Vin was the perfect merchant, an unreachable genius when it came to trade and crafting.
Darknym seeing his awkward silence said.
"Inside this city where profit is something secondary, do you think a merchant whose goods are at most second grade would survive, not even you are able to, your only way to thrive is in the Town of Rosebridge, which you will manage, now tell me can your brother manage both the town and the section of the city"
Marv was about to say "YES" but Darknym Interrupted him and said
"Of course no, the city is not a business city, this city will only survive as long as I am here since I support everything in it. Today there are only around 200 out of the full 10000 people that will flock to this place, now tell me do you think that your brother will care about something that will offer him no Profit"
Marv knowing his brother better just looked at the table full of delicacies. The answer was no of course, however that didn't mean he wouldn't, if he found some other benefits in it.
"As for the matter of return, take this"
Darknym threw to him a small dark purple crystal. It was a magic stone, a magical battery that any mage could create by sacrificing some of their Magic points, the problem was the magic it held was too little to the magic used to make it.
"This is a magic stone, if you can find me more stones like this one but of different colors than this, consider it a satisfying gift for a small favor, but know that I will only accept these stones if they are of a different color each time, I only need one of each, or if they have some rare or Interesting shape to the stone itself"
The other guests were shocked, knowing that those stones weren't really that rare anyway, you could buy them at any mage guild or magic oriented store.
"Now for the last problem, your return, I have two solutions to that, first would be teleporting your whole household here or teleporting everything worthy in your house here"
"Well there's probably nothing worthy left in my house but my wife and two children"
Marv said with a rather sad face.
"Then it's solved, just tell me where your house is located and I will teleport them to your room tomorrow, since today I'm a little short on Magic"
two teleportations to faraway continents were really too much of a burden to him at the moment, since he strives for accurate results.
The day after in the middle of the night he teleported his family to his room ending his troubles. Marv spend his time with his family designing the house of their dreams.
The others had little to no hurry since they had no family to look after, or simply didn't seem to care about their property running in their absence. His Destros level didn't rise as fast after he entered the 1000level range, although he did make rapid progress. And his Altgaia avatar was safe for the time being, as he trained his stats to a large extent.
Darknym's only problem now was the shortly approaching Deerg's casino day, his companions had lost their right to it when they lost to him in the game, although Verial would surely regain hers at some time in the future.