*Thougts*
~Sound effects~
+”Whispers”+
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Chapter 31: Blood Oath
”What do you want, Brairan is dying and you won`t even be near his side?” asked Kyle in a shocked voice
”Shut it, this has to be done now!”
”What?”
”We will make an oath”
”An oath, about what?”
”About killing every fucking bandit we ever come across” Neuron said while anger clouded his eyes and his Hawkeyes surfaced
”Do you really think that this is the right time?”
”I can`t do anything, and its driving me crazy, so I have to do something, even if it’s nonsensical” Neuron said in a low voice, while tears of rage formed themselves and dripped down on the ground
”Begin, I will repeat everything you do, but change the killing everyone to deliver justice” Kyle said, giving Neuron a slap on the shoulder to give his consent, while tears formed themselves in his eyes too.
“Good” Neuron hissed while he procured a knife out from his belt, while pulling it out he twirled it around, but not too look cool or anything, he tried it once and noticed, that his skill mastery went up a little, so he did it every time, till it became a habit of his, but of course he refrained from doing so while in combat, doing something flashy while fighting is just plain stupid, and only to use when wanting to impress your opponent, and the fight hasn`t started yet, or you are 100% sure that you will prevail.
He gave the knife to Kyle, while pulling out another. Kyle looked questioningly at the knife, till Neuron went near the poisoned lake. Then he moved the knife over his hand and produced a deep cut, out of which blood dropped into the lake forming a little red circle. Apparently he cut deep, because rage clouded his mind.
Then Kyle went and did the same, although without producing such a deep cut, but still blood dripped into the lake.
Then while making a fist that trembled, because he clenched it so hard, Neuron began to speak in a low and intimidating voice.
“I swear!”
“I swear!”
“That I will hunt down and bring justice to every stinking rotten bandit I come across!”
“That I will bring justice upon every bandit I come across.”
“None shall be able to hide before me, because I will find them!”
“No one shall be able to hide before me.”
“This I swear, may the gods or the devils be my voucher I don`t care!”
“This I swear.”
Afterwards the blood that has dripped inside the lake formed a short sentence
“You have successfully performed a Blood Oath”
Then a system message appeared
* You have performed a Blood Oath!
This is the mightiest oath that exists inside Royal Road
Whatever you do, from now on you have to abide by it,
If you don`t do that you`re Character may be deleted!
New Title: Bane of Bandits
Enables you to torture Bandits without penalties
The amount of pain you can inflict on bandits will increase, while the damage decreases
While fighting against Bandits
+50% Attack damage
+20 to all Stats
Bandits are more likely to run away
While torturing them
-30% Damage
Bandits will reveal everything they know faster
Attention:
The amount of torture has to be somewhat equivalent to their evil deeds.
New Skill:
Eyes of the Judge
These eyes enable you to recognize People with high Infamy, Dark Alignment or Murderers, be it Players or NPC`s,
When killing Persons, the eyes judged as guilty, no murderer mark will be given, but when a person truly wants to change and you kill him, your stats decrease
10 Mana points per person looked upon
Because the one who voiced the oath already has a vision skill, they will be added to its list, for the Character named Kyle, they will look like Hawkeyes.
After reading that Kyle wanted to make a comment, but he was interrupted by a bright light that formed itself over the lake, out of which a figure stepped, that emitted an even more blinding light
“Hey you, light bulb, could you dim yourself down a bit, I can`t see anything” Neuron said, while covering his eyes
“Neuron you damn idiot, don´t go saying whatever comes into your mind!”
Then the figure spoke that actually wasn`t emitting such a bright light anymore, but it was still rendering it unrecognizable, only its voice could be described as soothing and male „I don´t mind, so could you tell me who made the blood oath, it has been over a century since one was foolish enough to make one, so please tell me what has driven you to such lengths?”
*Oh, my god, wait he IS a god, so what shall I think!?* Kyle shakes his head to clear it *Damn Neuron what have you dragged me into?*
While Kyle organized his thoughts Neuron began to speak:” Some dirty rotten chunks of meat, that didn`t receive any love from their whore of a mother…”
Kyle: ”Neuron! Shut it, let me tell!”
But Neuron didn`t even listen as he mumbled more atrocities, that luckily couldn`t be understood anymore, then Kyle began to explain: ”We arrived at a village, where the elder gave us a quest to kill bandits that where plaguing the land around their hideout. So we did, but while we fought against them they became panic stricken and burned their hideout, and one of them poisoned this lake and two of our friends drunk from it, one has already recovered, but the other one is old, and we doubt that he will be able to recover.”
As soon as he finished Kyle could hear Neuron still mumbling atrocities towards those bandits, but it seemed like he used up his ammunition, because everything he said sounded like variances of excrements
God: ”I see, this is truly sad, let me help you!”
Kyle: ”But we can`t repay you!”
God: ”Don`t worry, you don`t seem to be from this world so I will tell you, my name is Apollo”
Of course Kyle had heard about him in Greek lessons, but he couldn’t remember what is duty was for the heck of it. And because it sounded, like the name was self-explanatory he didn`t voice a question, but he put a notice inside his brain, to ask Neuron about it later. While he did so Apollo was unfurling his arms, which were in a white broad sleeved robe, while a light orb formed itself between his hands, which he let fall down into the lake, where it sunk to the bottom, illuminating the lake from beneath.
Apollo: ”Give your friend a sip of that water, and he will be healed!”
Neuron: ”Thank you, thank you!” he said, because he saw that the figure did something which distracted him from swearing, and thus he could hear what it said afterwards
Kyle: ”Thank you very much, we are honored to receive your aid” he said while bowing, when he raised his head again, Apollo had vanished, but also Neuron.
Kyle looked around and then he saw him near Brairan to give him something to drink, apparently he left them after saying his thanks, and of course Kyle followed his action.
When Warnton noticed what Neuron did he jumped up grabbed his collar and hit him right in the face: ”Are you crazy, do you want him to really die you Bastard!” he shouted while hitting him again and again
*Hmm, does this mean, the god only appeared to us?* Kyle thought, before shouting: ”Stop it, the water isn`t poisoned anymore, actually now it contains a cure!”
After Kyle shouted that Warntons fist stopped in midflight and he turned his head to look towards Kyle „Is that really true?!” he asked while a glimmer of hope appeared on his face, that was afraid of being blown out
“Yeah, it is” answered Neuron still hanging from Warntons grasp, after hearing that Warnton sunk on his knees while letting Neuron go, which hurried to give Brairan the water, and just to be sure he also gave it to Warnton.
Now Wanton kneeled besides Brairan waiting, after a minute the hope that was generated got consumed by fear, and everyone fell silent looking at Brairan, who just laid there.
Tonan: “Kyle, you sure about it?”
Kyle: “Yeah, look inside the lake, do you see the marble that glows at its bottom”
Warnton: ”What the heck is that?”
Kyle: ”Apparently a god produced it, he named himself Apollo”
Tonan: ”Apollo?”
Neuron: ”If that’s true Brairan will soon recover!”
Warnton: ”how can you be so sure abo…” but he couldn`t even finish his sentence, because a groaning sound came from Brairan that tried to get in a sitting position, but was interrupted by Warnton, which couldn`t contain himself anymore and hugged him, while laughing and crying at the same time.
Brairan:”Oi, oi, what happened? Stop it already, I don`t want to be covered in snot!” he shouted, while pushing an awfully happy Warnton away. “Hey guys, can you tell me what happened?” he asked, but while looking around he noticed, that he couldn`t expect an answer from their side too, because they were looking as happy as Warnton.
*Oh Freya, what in the world happened?* but it seemed like something bad, judging by their behavior, so Brairan decided to shrug it off and to change topic, since all seemed to be worrying about his health and he felt fine, actually better than before. So he asked in a cheerful voice: ”Do you want to see what treasures the vault had in store?”
The others could only look flabbergasted about such behavior, since they knew what he went through. Kyle and Neuron decided to let it be, because they knew what happened, Tonan accepted the explanation, he only wanted to hear the whole truth, but not now. And there was Warnton, who was just truly happy and thus not caring at all.
Inside the town hall Brairan began to speak: ”There are all of the loot you both acquired during your travels, it ain`t worth much, just the Troll fur is worth a decent amount, the wolf pelts, and weapons are trash, the claws and teeth of the trolls can be used, but only by skilled alchemists, they are also quite valuable, even more so than their pelt”
Neuron: ”We know that already”
Everyone: ”SHUT UP!”
Brairan:”hrm, good on to the loot you got from the bandits, basically it is trash, most of their armor is destroyed beyond repair, their weapons however, are quite good, but I don`t get how so many of them are broken or bend, there are even some shields which have a huge dent in the middle, can you tell me what happened?”
Neuron: ”Yeah, Kyle tell him, it is your fault after all!”
Kyle: ”hey, don`t shift all of the blame towards me, I’m sure their armors are destroyed because of you, and your reckless use of rubber band! As for the weapons, it truly is my fault.”
Warnton: ”But how is it possible, that the weapons are broken to this degree” he said after he examined those weapons. To show what he meant, he waved a long sword around, that was bend at an 90° angle.
Kyle: ”Äh, yeah, this is the result of my disarming skill, and a big portion of anger.”
Tonan: ”Anger, Why?”
Both: ”We don`t want to talk about it” they said, while their expression became dark, and Hawkeyes appeared in both of their eyes, which of course startled Brairan, Tonan and Warnton. They knew that Neuron had eyes of a Hawk which activated, when he got angry, or concentrated really hard, but seeing them on Kyle was a different story.
After the initial shock a cold shiver ran down their spines, because those eyes weren`t the same demon lookalike ones, in their gaze was now more, something sinister, it was like they were judged, judged about what crimes they committed in their lives, all laid bare before them and for those eyes to see and judge. It was like being looked upon by a non-forgiving god; no something more powerful, something that reigned even over gods. Then finally someone broke the silence
Warnton: ”Good, I get it, you don`t want to talk about it, so please, can you make those eyes disappear”
Kyle: ”Huh, whut?”
Neuron: ”Remember, the eyes of the judge?”
Kyle: ”Ah, sorry”
*What a befitting name for those eyes* was the thought of everyone, while cold sweat run down their spines
Brairan: ”good, now to the interesting part” he said, trying to change topic, which worked, because everyone hung on his lips again. “I guess you already examined the artifacts from within the tomb, and those you stole from the families?” and because Neuron nodded Brairan proceeded:” At first I couldn`t believe my eyes, the books you found in there, are actually skill books, but sadly they are written in an ancient language so I can`t decipher them, so we have to wait, till you build a mage guild, and hire its leader, by the way, I know someone, ok, ok, I get it I’ll tell you that later, so to go on” he said, after receiving impatient glances from everyone.” The jewelry, is worth quite a bunch, many of them are rare, some even unique, but sadly all are for level 200 and above, with most being for mages only, then there are the gold coins, they total to a sum of onemillionfivehundredfiftyfourthousendninehundredandsixtyeight coins,”
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Kyle: ”Whut, say that again!”
“onemillionfivehundredfiftyfourthousendninehundredandsixtyeight coins”
Warnton: ”That’s an amazing sum”
Tonan: ”Could you please write the number in digits somewhere?”
Brairan: ”yeah, yeah,” he said, while procuring a sheet of paper and writing 1.554.968
Tonan: ”What the hell, you are filthy rich!”
Neuron: ”to say the truth I expected more, after all this here was the treasure vault of a whole kingdom”
Kyle: ”Think rationally, of course they have taken many coins with them, before sealing the poor guy in there, this just shows, how rich the kingdom really was, because no one would concentrate their whole fortune in one single place!”
Neuron: ”but look at the geography, this place is nearly unconquerable”
Kyle: ”Yeah, nearly, I’m just saying if I was the king of this land, I wouldn’t place everything I have in one single place, if a traitor appears, and robs it, I still have something stashed up!”
Warnton: ”Yeah, listen to Kyle, he is smart!”
Neuron: ”And what is the meaning of that!?” he asked while getting angry
Warnton: ”Hey, sorry, just don`t show those eyes again, yeah?”
Kyle: ”Just what is so scary about those eyes?”
Warnton: ”Well how shall I say it, before they weren`t scary, they were just a quirk of Neuron, nothing major, but well, since the incident in the cave they have changed”
Tonan continued, before Neuron and Kyle could even ask:” being looked upon by them now is really scary, it is like all my mistakes, all which I regret is laid bare before me and being judged by them, I don`t wanna imagine what it would be like, if we didn`t met their requirements”
Brairan: ”Yeah, true, they scared the shit out of me” and with pale faces the other two nodded in unison to give their approval.
Kyle: ”Sorry, we will refrain from using them, in your presence”
Neuron: ”What?!” he asked after Neuron noticed the look Kyle threw towards him then he said: ”This applies especially for you, don`t use them at every whim like you did till now!”
Neuron: ”Yeah, I get it, and sorry” he mumbled
Brairan: ”I haven`t even told you the best part, all those jewels are worth from onethousand to onehundredthousand cold coins, the bigger ones are even worth up to fifehundredthousand”
Tonan:” and that should surprise us?”
Brairan:” Not really but the next part I’m going to tell you” and while he performed a dramatic pause
+”Everyone stay silent”+
~Silence~
”aren`t you going to ask?”
Kyle:” And giving you credit with that, no!” he said while smiling because he understood Neurons intention and decided to play along
Warnton: ”nice, you completely figured him out” he added
Brairan: ”Come on Kyle, separate from Neuron, he has a bad influence”
Neuron: ”Shut it, it was my idea anyway, and what do you mean with bad influence?” he asked, while his Hawkeyes appeared again, everyone covered before them, but, it felt strange, their aura wasn`t there, they were just normal Hawkeyes.
~Smack~ “Neuron, right after you promised not to show them!” Kyle shouted after he hit him on the head
“ouch, come on, this was an accident, he aggravated me!” Neuron whined, while rubbing his bump
Warnton: ”Actually it is alright, it seems like those eyes need something special to activate, so don`t worry”
Kyle: ”Something special? Neuron, do you know what he means?”
Neuron: ”ah, yeah, actually,…. show Hawkeyes to everyone!”
* Hawk Eye: Passive
Enables you to see things that are far away more clearly
Because of your special eyes it will activate when you strain them
They will only be visible when activated
Contrary to their nature they allow you to see in the dark, costs 20mana per minute
Slightly increases critical hit chance.
Caution:
Because they look a lot like Demon eyes, NPC`s will be afraid of you, when they see them.
Subskill:
Eyes of the Judge (Passive)
These eyes enable you to recognize People with high Infamy, Dark Alignment or Murderers, be it Players or NPC`s,
To differentiate between your Hawkeyes, you have to either say the skill name, or think about a crime to activate them
When killing Persons, the eyes judged as guilty, no murderer mark will be given,
but when a person truly wants to change and you kill him, your stats decrease
10 Mana points per person looked upon
Brairan: ”So can I continue?” he asked offended, while placing both hands on his hips
Warnton: ”yeah, please do”
Tonan: ”but this time please come quickly to the point”
Brairan: ”Sigh, ok well, show item description to all!”
And then a system window appeared
* Quiver:
This item is the last one the founder of the Order of the Bow made before dying
Cannot be dropped after death.
Cannot be sold
This quiver can hold an unlimited amount of arrows due to it being directly linked with your inventory.
To draw an arrow out of it: picture the arrow you want to draw in your mind and then simply draw an arrow.
At first saying its name will make the process easier
Restrictions:
Must use a Bow
Must have the Arrow Creation Skill
Everyone went quite, while reading it, but soon it was interrupted by a shout of joy, which of course came from Neuron “this is mine!”
Tonan: ”Sure, take it, but why are you so happy?”
Neuron: ”As of now I have three different arrows, from which I can choose. But it is hard to draw the arrow I need out of the quiver, it mostly depends on luck.
Tonan: ”I get it, so this item is a godsend for you”
Kyle: ”truly, and it even gives some information about our quest, sadly it doesn`t help us right now, by the way has anyone heard of this Order of the Bow?” he asked Towards Brairan, Warnton and Tonan, but they only shook their heads
Neuron: ”Sigh, I guess I have to read more books once we are in Saramas”
Kyle: ”Don`t worry, I will help”
Neuron: ”Thanks, Equip Quiver!”
* You are now the owner of “Quiver”
Neuron: ”Sweet, with this I can keep track of my arrows!”
Brairan: ”What?”
Neuron: ”After i equipped it, a new, well table appeared under my health and Mana bar, which, when I click on it reveals how many arrows I have left!”
Warnton: ”Show it to us!”
Neuron: ”Ok, ähm, show list of arrows to all!”
* Arrows inside inventory:
346 Normal Arrows
158 Bodkin Arrows
48 Barbed Arrows
After all read it they gave their approval of its usefulness by mumbling something.
While they read the description Neuron tried it out, first he tried to do it without saying the name of the arrow he wanted to draw, but he drew the wrong one. Then he tried to imagine the arrow in his mind, but this prove to be quite hard, and at the end he resorted to say Barbed arrow and then drew it, and indeed it was the right one.
*I have to train that*
Kyle: ”And what to do now?”
Tonan: ”We have to check the water that healed Brairan, I have a hunch, that we shouldn`t use it for watering plants or drinking anymore”
Neuron: ”Good, stay here, I will soon be back” he said before he dashed out of the Town hall and towards the cave.
It somewhat looked creepy and funny, because Neuron is unconsciously using jump, whenever he is in a rush, it gave the look of a giant flea, that was hopping around, and soon after he entered the cave he returned in the same way, only to be greeted by loud laughter.
Neuron: ”You won`t believe what this water does, and by the way, what is so funny?”
Brairan: ”Your jumping just reminded us of some bug”
Warnton:”Pfffft, yeah, a giant flea” and then when Neuron glared at him he added: ”Please, don`t bite me, I hate when it itches” after that Tonan who somehow remained calm burst out in a stream of laughter
Neuron: ”You are great friends” he said sulkily
Kyle: ”You would have done the same”
Neuron: ”Yeah, that’s true” he said while a smile formed on his face “show Description of the water to all!”
* This water has been enhanced by Apollo
The water is able to cure any poison
If the one who drunk it isn`t poisoned it gives
+10% Hp and Mp recover rate
+500 Hp, and Mp
+50% resistance to poison attacks
Duration: 5 hours
If the water is being used more than three times per week without being poisoned its bonuses will be inverted
If you erect a temple in honor of Apollo inside the cave, the duration will be doubled
Warnton: ”Wow”
Brairan: ”couldn`t have said it better”
Tonan:” Yeah, but who is that Apollo anyway?”
Neuron:”hrm, I guess I have to explain it,” he said, because Kyle looked questioningly at him, and the others noticed it, so they also looked towards him: ”Apollo is a god for muse, he is a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and archery.”
Warnton: ”So what now, we will need water to grow crops, and for drinking!”
Kyle: ”Hey, I have an idea, why don`t we separate ourselves once more, and those that go have to search for a water source, which we can connect to our valley”
Neuron: ”How will you do that?”
Kyle:” I thought about doing it, like the Romans have, building a aqueduct”
Brairan:” And what’s that? Stop using terms we don`t understand!”
Neuron:” it is a bridge for water, but do you think it is possible to build one?”
Kyle:” of course I checked it already on the building menu, there are some restrictions, but nothing major”
Neuron:” good, then you go, I’ll stay here, I have to make myself some better equipment, especially my leather armor is really worn out” he said, pointing towards the torn seems.
Kyle:” good, so who wants to come with me?”
Brairan and Tonan: ”I wanna go!”
Kyle:” And you Warnton?”
Warnton: ”Well I am busy forging, so I won`t go”
Neuron:” Good, so Warnton and I will stay here, while you go”
Kyle:” But we need your help to get over that cliff”
Neuron:” We really need something like an elevator or something, I don’t want to play lift every time”
Kyle:” Well, then good luck thinking about a solution, but first help us!”
*Why have I canceled the thread I made prior?* he thought with regret, while he again gave Kyle an arrow and the bow.
Finally at the top of the cliff Brairan approached Neuron and said:” Give me your bow, I need something to defend myself, and some arrows too”
Neuron:” Anything else?”
Brairan:” Since you ask, your axes would be nice too” he said overhearing Neuron`s annoyed tone of voice
End Chapter 32
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