-HP 13/75-
Fuck, it burns owwwww.
Aaron hid behind a crate, his entire body was smoking. He dunked down two potions and rubbed the contents of a third onto the arm that had taken the brunt of the fireball. Although his store of potions was high, some would say that his use of them was quite wasteful. Yet this thought never crossed Aaron’s mind, right now he was fighting for his life.
DONG DONG DONG
The explosion had been quite large, resulting in alerting most of the village.
-HP 73/75-
One more, I need the Overhealth.
Aaron dunked down another potion.
Out of the smoke came the thief, neither of his other adversaries were to be found. He hadn’t seen their faces, but this guy wasn’t wearing a mask in the crowd as that would have made him more suspicious.
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The other two had escaped, there was no honour amongst thieves, Alek’s face had been seen, in order to prevent a bounty he needed t quickly dispatch his victim.
Vivien had failed to finish her fireball, it’s insta-kill damage potential wasted due to her losing concentration.
Alek lunged forwards through the smoke in the approximate direction of the fireball victim.
He could now see him downing a potion.
He must be low, this’ll be a quick one two and then I can escape.
Then the unexpected happened.
The guy turned with a surprised face in Alek’s direction.
And hurled.
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Stanislaw had told him that the general limit for potion consumption was around five.
In his struggle to survive Aaron had totally forgotten. This resulted in his assailant getting a cone blast of acid spit right into his open mouth.
What the fuck.
Weirdly throwing up hadn’t caused Aaron any pain or discomfort, it was like a slight tickling in the throat.
The same couldn’t be said about the thief.
The contents of Aaron’s stomach was not something the skin of the man could handle, his entire face had been covered and was now sizzling away.
“AAAAAAAA!” His scream pierced the midday air.
He had some of it in his eyes, and it didn't appear that things would get any better without immediate medical attention.
The smoke had practically cleared as Aaron loomed over the screaming and convulsing man.
A sinister thought raced through his mind.
The town guards should arrive at any moment, they’ll most likely lock him up, but isn’t he free xp.
“he…he…He…Haha, HAHAHA”
“Don’t come any closer!” The thief released a shrill scream after sensing his killing intent.
“Well I guess you shouldn’t have messed with me you fucking thief, you are the scum of the earth, I’ll be giving the world a favour by eliminating the likes of you.”
“No, NOOOO, I have a family I have to feed, this is why I do this.”
Aaron paused, family had always been a sore subject for him.
“I’m sorry just let me go.” The thief was panting the pain was slowing his cognitive abilities.
“What are there names?” Aaron asked curtly.
“Err, ee… their names are Andr-” His reply was cut short by Aaron as he plunged his own knife into his throat.
“Too long… fucking liar… no one with a family they cared for would hesitate or start their sentence with ‘their names are’, and to think that I was this close to sparing you.” Aaron picked up his things that were stashed behind a crate, he holstered the knife around his waste and got to taking the shoes of the body.
“Halt in the name of the law!”
The village guard had arrived.
They formed a half circle with their spears and shields facing Aaron and the two bodies.
“Don’t you fucking move!” A gruff roar came from a tall man with a huge beard, this was the captain of the Guard.
Aaron dunked a potion and put his hands up.
“Are the other two dead?”
PING
-Killed : Rouge - Lvl 8 Contribution 99.4%-
Aaron glanced down. “Now they are.”
“What fucking happened here?”
“Well I got my shit stolen in the market and I chased this one here.” He kicked the head of the now dead rouge.
“Then that one came out to ambush me with two others, I batted him on the jaw and he just keeled over and died, then the woman cast half a fully formed fireball at me, as you can see by my slightly toasted cloak, next after the smoke cleared this guy.” He once again kicked corpses head. “Lunged at me just as I was throwing up, the vomit ended up hitting him in the face incapacitating him.”
The captain looked down at the not so fresh looking corpse. “So you killed him?”
PING
-Level Up-
-Advanced to Lvl 5-
“It was self defence.”
“You slit his throat while he was in the fetal position, blind and unable to move.”
“He stole my shit.”
Aaron stared straight into the captain’s eyes, not daring to break his gaze.
The captain cracked his neck and looked away. “I guess it’s justified then, whatever just don’t go around causing trouble again.”
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He turned gesturing at two of the guards that were standing at the front .
“I’m going to remember your face. Sergei, Anto pick up these bodies and take them somewhere else. Everyone else move out. Gregory remember to find this man to charge him for the clean up of the alley.”
He once again turned to Aaron. “What is your name young man?”
“Aaron.” Aaron replied.
“Stay out of trouble Aaron.” And with those words the guard turned and left, taking the corpses with them.
Why the fuck is my life one so full of this sick excitement. Come ON. I’m just trying to live here, it’s fucking bad enough that I have cancer and now it seems as though the entire fucking world is trying to kill me. But calm down Aaron, it’s fine, you’ve gained something from this, two levels, two pairs of shoes and two knives. Seee… it isn’t so bad, sadly they didn’t have any money on them, poor bastards.
-Choose your base class-
So level 5 must be the threshold.
-Until a class is chosen you will not gain any further xp-
-Classes are not random, they are the reflection of what you have done so far in your life, your abilities, education, even your gender may effect your class.-
-Please choose from the following-
-Brawler (common)-
-Alchemist (common)-
-Club man (uncommon)-
-Fire mage (rare)-
-Berserker (rare)-
-Healer (Unique)-
Brawler (common)
You are a man that brings fists to a sword fight and wins. Harder skin and even harder fists.
+1 Strength, +1 Endurance, +0.5 Dexterity, +100 HP, -50 Mana
Alchemist (common)
A safe and easy way to make money, join an over-saturated market and become your party’s bootleg healer.
+0.5 Intelligence, +0.5 Wisdom, +20 HP, +20 Mana
Club man (uncommon)
Your big and strong like a glorified caveman, due to your weapon being outdated by a few eras. But still, it is effective.
+2 Strength, +0.5 Endurance, +1 Dexterity, +65 HP, -70 Mana
Passive - Batters accuracy (uncommon)
Fire mage (rare)
You have witnessed fire magic. That’s about it. You know you have to learn the spells to be able to actually use them right?
+2 Intelligence, +0.2 Wisdom, -20 HP, +200 Mana
Passive - Fire Affinity (rare)
Innate Ability - Focused casting (rare)
Berserker (rare)
AAAAARGH. Taking damage makes you stronger as you fight like a madman.
+2.5 Strength, +1.5 Endurance, +0.5 Dexterity, -0.5 Wisdom, -0.5 Intelligence, +200 HP, -100 Mana
Passive - Life leech (rare)
Innate Ability - Rage (rare)
Okay… so this is a lot, these choices couldn’t be more different from each other. They have a lot of pros and co-
Aaron glanced down at the last and only unique option.
Healer (Unique)
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[Fetching data]
[...]
[New class]
This class is the first of it’s kind in this world, you are, just a tiny bit of a higher being giving you an overall boost in just about everything. The power you’ll be able to wield could either make you a hero rejoiced by the masses or a calamity capable of slaughtering millions.
+0.1 Strength, +0.6 Endurance, +0.1 Dexterity, +1.5 Intelligence, +3.0 Wisdom, +80 HP, +100 Mana
Passives - Superb Healing affinity (Unique), Lay on hands (Unique)
Innate abilities - Healing word (Unique), Blood pact (Unique)
What the absolute fuck…
What is that description.
And those stats.
Is fate trying to steer me in this direction.
Aaron tried to place his finger on the fire mage option.
Yet he couldn’t budge his finger in it’s direction.
He struggled trying to move it closer.
He succeeded in moving his finger around a centimetre.
What the fuck is going on, do I not even get any free will now.
He keeled over and started coughing up black bile, his body shivering, the pain coming in waves.
Ah I understand now, this isn’t some higher power, just my body telling me that this is the only option that can assure my survival. Typical human body, wanting to live, haha.
The restraint on his finger loosened.
No, no, no I’m kidding I want to live too.
Aaron pressed down firmly on the air.
Huh? How can the air be this firm.
PING
-You have chosen class Healer (Unique)-
-Please confirm you choice-
-Y/[]-
Why is there no, no option… ah fuck it you only live once… that’s also wrong… ah fuck it.
He pressed the Y.
The only description for what happened next was euphoria.
Aaron was in heaven.
The intoxicating feeling of strength coursed through his veins.
It was addictive.
In his bliss Aaron muttered. “Status”
-Aaron Ziel-
-Lvl 5-
-Class: Healer (Unique)-
-HP: 154/155-
-Mana: 270/270-
-Strenght: 0.8 (1.2)-
-Endurance: 1.3 (1.7)-
-Dexterity: 0.7 (1.1)-
-Intelligence: 3.5 (3.5)-
-Wisdom: 4.5 (4.5)-
Passives :
Medical education (unique)
Fists of steel I (uncommon)
Superb Healing affinity (Unique)
Lay on hands I (Unique)
Condition Modifiers:
Stage IV Lung cancer (severe)
Malnourished body (lower)
Destroyed Body (Drugs)
Nicotine addiction (severe)
Alcohol addiction (moderate)
Innate abilities
Healing word I (Unique)
Blood pact I (Unique)
Skills :
Strike II (common),Unarmed Strike I (uncommon), Block II (common), Meditate II (common)
Superb Healing affinity (Unique)
Any healing spells, innate abilities, skills or passives you use or cast are twice as strong.
+100% HP to healing.
Lay on hands I (Unique)
Passively your hands are a fountain of health, after holding them to one place for over five seconds the ‘magic’ starts to work.
Healing word I (Unique)
The healers main and unique ability. You speak with intent and it heals people. Simple.
Heals 5 HP. Costs 20 MP
Blood pact I (Unique)
No your not making a deal with the devil. You trade your health for mana. Painful but effective.
Converts HP in Mana
conversion rate 50 HP : 10 MP
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