Lidie's POv
A frightened kitten entered the cave where the two twins and a dragon were having a strange arguement.
Red probably didn't understand what was going on but Lidie who came after them was angry.
"Guilgo's curse is too severe, we can't heal him"
Lidie shouted after all to turn him back into a human was almost impossible by their current means.
"But you said that there are ways to cure it"
"Do you think that we have that sort of money"
Lidie argued back after all the best medicines were too expensive for normal players. Galie who didn't live in a human society could not understand the value of money, after all she didn't understand fully the meaning of money or what being poor or rich meant. This was just a game after all, being unable to buy good stuff in a game didn't mean she couldn't just log out and experience some of them and her pocket money far surpused the other players' turning her rather spoiled. Lidie was always considered poor since she wasn't given money by her parents like most of the other children, in truth she didn't even know her own parents.
"Red, why are you sneeking?"
Galie asked as she easily detected Red's approach.
Red turned into human again, seeing that there was no danger around and begun equiping her armor(?), it was more of a tight leather suit that looked like it was taken out of a super hero comix.
"Em, Red could you lend me some money, I'll be sure to return it in time"
Galie asked she wasn't sure what Red's answer would be but she knew that Red was wealthy, after all she had taken out a hundred gold like it was nothing.
Red's face looked somewhat unhappy, after all she wasn't stupid, even if they were friends after hearing their talk she knew that the "some" was probably "a lot".
"How much are we talking about?"
Red asked somewhat sad after all she couldn't really turn her down, after all they literaly live in her room and are sort of learning from her how to use other psychic powers.
"Just enough to pay a healer to turn Guilgo back to human"
Galie said, in truth healers were present in every town but they were mostly sought for dispelling curses and strange poisons. The best healers are of course players who have mastered health magic, health magic has a branch deticated to curses but few players can say that they specialize in it. After all curses are rarely used and are seen as useless in a battle, but the most important reason is that most curse spells need a medium of sorts or a potion to use, making them both expensive and hard to apply.
The strongest curses might even require a sucrifice.
"Can't he just learn some polymorph spell or something, I've heard that greater dragons gain the spell without even the need to learn it"
Red said, after all she knew some things that they didn't, but she too couldn't recognize what sort of dragon Guilgo was, there was no gray dragon in Allastar after all.
"Do you think that it's easy to get your hands on a polimorph spell!"
Lidie shouted out, making both Galie and Red get back to reality. In truth there was no way to buy the spells and even if they did, Guilgo wouldn't be able to cast them, but the greatest problem was that the spellbook could probably only be bought in an Auction house and there weren't many places that had one, after all only auction houses could sell something that valuable at a better price than even a shop would buy it, the other place would be the black market but finding it there would need some crazy luck.
However there was another way around it, that was to gain the spellbook as a reward, meaning that they would have to find a quest with the greatest potential of giving them a shapeshifting spell or skill. As for the mage profession, Galie could just teach it to him after he masters one of his two professions after all they were not lacking time.
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Simon's POV
Domina and co were horrified as they found out that psychic powers and guardian utility, if they knew about it beforehand Domina would never have come to the hero academy. Of course the mage academy and the arena had the same ban as well, meaning that they couldn't use psychic powers and guardian cheating, the arena even had a spellcasting ban in play.
The first day was a rather boring speach from the president of the Hero Academy, Fayte.
He looked young but many knew that he was a relic from the past, some even thought he was an Npc since he never left Allastar, but he did travel the world a few times making it clear he was no Npc but a genuine player.
Jak wasn't really affected after all he was already overpowered and he didn't even use guardian cheats to begin with, but still being unable to use psychic powers was a rather large handicap, in truth Jak could use a weaker version of his power to paralyze his opponents, although that was only used as a last resort since it had a slight possibility of killing them.
Domina was the most shocked since her hacking into the system was useless under these conditions, but the worst part was that she was too weak, she hadn't really had a fight before and other than the magic power regeneration all her stats were too low to even be considered average.
You have to understand that the system is quite noob friendly, if you use lots of stamina, your stamina will rise if you get hit or hit others a lot your health rises, if you use lots of magic your magic rises, in other words the more you play the better your stats will be, of course after some time you gain stat points but levels rise them instantly giving you a rather good advantage when fighting your equal level players.
Of course someone might just accumulate the stat points to use later but if you think about it someone who trains a lot and someone who fights a lot in the end will end up with rather similar stats.
Domins was rather noobish at this point since she neither had just been leeching off other from other people all this time.
"Why do we have to do the same thing as we did in the training facility?"
Domina frowned seeing the obstacle course.
There were three training lessons a day and then they could go hunt monsters or do whatever they wanted but if they wanted to ever graduate from the academy, they would have to take the quests from the academy, which earned them a few extra points, which in turn could be exchanged for items or to raise their rank.
The rankings were few but they gave great bonuses when talking to npcs.
1.Novice hero
lowest of the low.
2.Little hero
Weak low level heroes.
3.Hero
Average level heroes.
4.Great hero
High level players.
5.Legendary hero
Experts that can even solo dragons.
The academy's lessons were lessons about the history of Allastar, combat training and lastly monster analysis, where they talked about the weak points of monsters and professions.
Domina was somewhat angry, since listening to boring lectures and information about Allastar wasn't what she wanted, the training was too harsh and the info on monsters to a guardian was simply useless, after all monsters were still considered as npcs, simply programs.
Domina had lots of trouble in handling a weapon, most of which came from her rather rick bossom, after all Simon at that moment was more interested in the image than fighting, after all it's all about stats right?
This is where Domina was wrong, the way her breasts moved when she tried to move suddenly was somewhat irritating, she couldn't run well and the sight of people looking at you had become somewhat irritating as well.
If Verina was average in the game, Jak was an expert, then Domina could be called the noob of their party.
Although the training sessions raised their stats Domina was unable to catch up with the rest of the players.
Sparring with others was like hell, it wasn't just that Domina had difficulties with her unbalanced body, it was that Simon hadn't fought like ever in his life.
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Fayte's POV
Somewhere on a verranda sat Fayte, he was rather moved by Domina's spirit, how she tried and failed time after time, each day he saw her trying harder and harder, there was but one way he knew of, that could help her.
Today Domina saw the Principal of the Academy for the second time after the speech.
"Would you like to become a blade dancer?"
He asked, the Blade dancer was all about balance so it could help her a lot but Domina's answer wasn't what he expected.
"Screw you!"
Domina said as she went on with her training.
It was unknown to Fayte but this training regime was given to her by Jak, if she didn't do it there would be a punishment game later at night.
In reality Domina had no professions whatsoever but she didn't care since she was training her Ki daily and her stats were rising steadily as Jak had promised and the sould of blade dancer wasn't much different to a strip dancer to her ears, he was probably into her, she thought.
Fayte of course was somewhat angry but he still wanted to help so he left with an indifferent look, dropping a skillbook on the floor as he left.
Domina didn't care about the book at all and to his surprise even the next day the skillbook was still there, it was hearbreaking to see Domina struggle like he did many years ago, it was strange as to why she didn't even care about the skillbook but it made Fayte somewhat proud to have her as a student, most of the others would probably take the book right away but 'Domina she wants to become stronger through her own power' that was what he thought.
In truth Domina was too preocupied to care about a lost item, she had no spare time because every night for her held a punishment game from Jak, it was too hard to keep up with his training regime.
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Max's POV
Max revived but he could only stare at Lidie's wanted post, since he didn't know where she was.
Dublin approached suddenly and begun dragging him outside the city, he didn't wear the ninja suit anymore but looked like a ranger or something.
"Max, I think that We should stay outside the City for a few days"
This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.
Max said with a somewhat nervous voice.
Max with the tip of his eye caught sight of another poster that showed a ninja named Dublin, wanted for multiple thefts from users and npcs.
In truth when people begun falling from the sky Dublin didn't die like him and begun pickpocketing all the hundred users above him, it was a matter of time before he was finaly caught stealing a few coppers but the players didn't like it very much and made him into a wanted man. Of course he was a small game for the bounty hunters but he was still wanted.
"Do you think that I will see her again?"
Asked Max somewhat melancholically, he had already known that it was hard to find her.
Dublin stopped grabbed two wanted posters and went to the counter, one was Lidie's and the other was his own, he kept it just to see how far his own bounty will rise over time. He then led him to a building that was rather run down but inside looked like new.
"I want info on these two"
He said to the man behind the counter after making a series of strange hand gestures real fast.
"Why request info on yourself?"
The man asked somewhat puzzled.
"Do you have the info or not?"
Dublin asked somewhat angry, after all here was the thief guild's information center, he wanted to see how much info the guild had on himself.
He smiled happily as he saw that there was too little information on himself although the info on Lidie made him somewhat puzzled, there wasn't much on her as well, if he had to guess, she was probably a noob that begun playing the game recently.
"Max, I think that it will be rather easy to find her, she has left many traces but for some reason, the cave where she's hiding has a rather fierce dragon inside"
Dublin wasn't a warrior and he didn't really care about fighting monsters, his thing was stealing and scumming others into doing stupid stuff, it was a pity there was no scummer profession, although there was the trickster, but it was too childish and stupid for him.
"Dublin, I'm going to find her"
Max declared as he steeled himself and left, leaving the stunned Dublin behind, still trying to understand what he just heard or simply didn't want to understand. Dublin was no hero, his greatest feat was cracking a safe for the first time, fighing dragons and saving maidens wasn't what he signed for but he couldn't let the youngster go alone.
Well it wasn't hard to catch up with him since Max suddenly realized that he didn't know the way to the cave.
Max had no doubt in his heart, she was the love of his life, just with a single glance he could tell that she was his soulmate, his one and only other half, he didn't know her but he wanted to be with her, to learn about her to tell her about himself, it was a strange emotion that urged him to look for her.
Dublin was less resolute but he didn't care, after all it was only a game.
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Lidie's POV
There was a rather big comotion at the cave as player after player tried to enter the cave and slay the dragon but one after another were ruthlessly killed by them, the four of them were just camping inside the cave and PKing anyone who entered with bad intentions, Galie could easily predict who had bad intentions.
"Lidie, someone's come to talk to you"
Galie suddenly said while she petted the large dragon next to her.
Lidie was of course interested with the strange anouncement but it also made her somewhat afraid as she thought of countless posibilities, most of which were bad real bad, it was just too dangerous to meet a person who just wanted to talk to them, after all she was wanted not only by players but also by the guardians. If the person was a low rank guardian she had no way to fight him/her, if only she could flee, but they were stuck in the cave because of Guilgo.
Galie and Red didn't seem to care about their situation and Guilgo was an animal, she wasn't even sure how noone found it strange when he said nonsense or acted like an idiot.
To begin with he thought that the human girls he dated before would eventually die so he didn't care about them, after all a dragon can't impregnate a human, that's simply stupid and impossible due to genetic material difference, it's like saying that a man can impregnate a goat.
Even on Ofenguard morphing spells were but a fantasy, magic was too simple and rather limited in use, fireballs, ice spikes and some other rather primitive spells by using the magic forces that resided on the planet.
But right now they were staring towards the entrance of the cave after all Galie did say that the person who was about to enter had no hostile intentions.
In the dark care where the only light came from appeared two silluettes, one was large and the other mediocre in size, there had been a lot of those large guys but this one was the most strange of them. Most of them cover their bodies with thick armor to protect others but he was wearing a rather average wear that could be taken as npc clothing, it probably couldn't even absorb a single blow from Guilgo.
"I'm Max..."
The man said as he approached them dangerously close.
"Em...could I join your party?"
He asked somewhat awkwardly and a silence ruled in the dark cave for the next few moments that looked like minutes for both him and them, after all the rest were also nervous about this, they were somewhat worried about Guilgo after all, at least before they heard his question they did.
A burst of laughter came from their side and only Lidie wouldn't let her guard down, after all it was plainly stupid asking to join the most wanted people of the Island. Dublin was just sitting behind Max not speaking a word, just looking for any signs of hostility from the oposing party, in truth he was afraid, ever since he laid his eyes on the huge grey dragon that looked quite maliciously at them.
Dublin was not a fool he could tell that they were not hostile against them but he couldn't let his guard down.
"Do you know that the whole island is on our tail?"
Lidie asked with disbelief, after all becoming a wanted person was rather bothersome and hard to cope with, if not for Guilgo she would have probably died multiple times already.
"I have seen but we can simply leave for Drogan, there not even the Champion would dare threaten us"
Max said, he had alredy thought of it and came up with a solution to the matter.
"If you can safely get us out of the country we will think about it"
She said it but in truth she didn't have any expectations from him, but if she could use him it was enough for her.
She had already determined that he was harmless although the one with him was a little bit of a problem, Dublin might not have the skills to show for it but he was a guardian, even though he didn't really care about he was still a part of the system.
"Is it a deal?"
Max asked rather happily, he didn't really care about her tone as the mere sound of her voice elated him to the heavens.
Lidie noded somewhat worried, she didn't expect such a reaction but if he really could help them she didn't care if he joined them, but what followed made her somewhat disapointed.
"Dad, are you still on Offshore Island?"
Max had activated the chat function, although a written message would be more preferrable but knowing that his father would just filter it as personal unimportant stuff he could only send a chat request and hope that his father will accept.
-Max where the heck are you, we have been trying to find you for days-
His father asked somewhat worried, he knew full well that there were people who could kill inside the game so his worries were exceeded those of others.
"Dad could you help me and some friends?"
Max asked somewhat ashamed, after all he could do nothing without his father's help right now.
-Is it a girl?-
"Will you help or not!"
Max asked somewhat angry, the other's couldn't hear his father's voice but they could hear what he was saying making him sound like an idiot in front of the girl he liked.
-Is she nearby, of course I will help you, leave everything to me, by the way what exactly did you want me to do?-
"We are in a cave right now and some idiot has gone and put bounties on my friends and Dublin"
-And their names are?-
Max turned towards Lidie to ask
"Could you tell me your names, it's needed to take the bounties off your heads"
His words were somewhat right after all they didn't introduce themselves but Lidie was still somewhat worried.
"I'm Galie and this is Guilgo"
'It's Guilgoliath Velia Ruthus'
The dragon said with a human voice, it was strange hearing it inside his head but he had experienced telepathy before.
"You must be Lidie and the last person, would you mind telling me your name as well"
Max asked as politely as he could.
"I'm Red but don't mind me too much, I don't like you so don't have strange ideas in your head"
Red said, but from her face they could tell that it was the opposite. Her eyes had a lustfull spark and her hands were somewhat restless.
Max went a little farther and begun continued his chat with his father.
"Look for Lidis,Galie,Guilgosomething and Red"
He said but Leo's answer was instant and rather harsh.
-Get away from them, Lidie is trouble!-
These were the words that ended their chat, Leo was in on Guardian information and knew that Galie and Lidie were entered into the lucky stars list of top dangerous individuals as the twin stars.
Leo instantly teleported towards Max's location, he didn't even inform the others before leaving, he didn't care about danger when his son's life was in danger right now, in truth there was just too much misinformation about them, there were even rumors that they killed people so sneakily that no one knows how many they had killed, of course they couldn't have known that they hadn't killed even a single person, although Frost's death was rumored to be their work.
The funny thing was that when he appeared he instantly died. The description said that he was burned to death, when he appeared he saw Dublin smiling like an idiot.