Since the battle against the Prinny Brigade, Kaiser has come to be one of the best and most famous Guild in the entire game, only placing second on a Ranking Guild poll arranged by KK Tv to Pathfinders which is leaded by Brazen, the representative player of Krainall Kingdom and current Rank 6 player in the Level ladder.
During that time, Kaiser’s accomplishment has been second to none, with the release of the fight against the Mini-boss Colossus and Mader, along with clearing the Dungeon of Wishes or, as it is more commonly named, Dungeon of Trials
Claiming mines, which have been known to be extremely difficult to clear even for expedition parties of over 20 players with only 8 people. The hardest thing about this kind of dungeons are the monsters’ defence and crushing attacks, as a clean hit from them can break equipment as if these were glass, thus making the expedition extremely expensive or really slow
Even Ardha, the top ranked player, got killed once in a mine when not even an army of players could defeat him… well, it was mostly because they fell on a trap which severely affected their mobility and sacrificing himself to buy time for the others to get out.
And now they are the vanguard players on a new quest with a difficulty of B++!
Reacting first to the crisis, they mobilized their forces and has been helping out the nearby Villages and small Towns of the Plains of Gauder with their representatives going into the plains to solve this quest
Many got interested about this quest and because of that many expedition parties were formed to try and solve it themselves, managing to secure the borders of the Plains of Gauder and bringing safety with them
But that was as far as they could go
Advancing one mile on the Plains of Gauder infested by Lizard-type monster between other things was a colossal task, even more when most of them bordered the level 300!
Even Kagito and Brazen, current Rank 5 and 6 players along with being the Guild Masters of Kaiser and Pathfinders respectively, broke through that barrier not too long ago!
Everyone thought that breaking through the level 300 barrier wouldn’t be that hard as a group of 4 people did it in record breaking time but even after 4 months in real life just 2 more people entered that realm
Smoothly advancing forward as if nothing could stop them are the Kaisers claiming their crown
Encouraging many and discouraging even more
Not even Brazen could stay calm about this as he watches the updated Ranking Ladder
- 1. User name: Ardha Level: 351
- 2. User name: Vladi Level: 350
- 3. User name: Arksen Level: 350
- 4. User name: Isa Level: 350
- 5. User name: Kagito Level: 303
- 6. User name: Brazen Level: 301
- 13. User name: Tyrfing Level: 297
- 16. User name: Strike Level: 295
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It has been almost two month since we departed from Gardan Village into the Plains of Gauder in search of the Scardi people
The journey has been quite hectic because of the overabundance of lizard monsters going around so we pay a lot of attention to our surroundings as little by little our teamwork increases with the Barbarians, whose names apart from Aren are Trien, Luer, Zair and Faicen.
We start creating different formations for different occasion as the Lizards are more troublesome than expected…
Once we spotted a group of Lizards and decided to ambush them, but we didn’t notice that one of them had a horn and started giving sound signals for help… it ended up with us running and trying to lose them while Zenith and I tried to slow the horde down with magic
Even with all of that we have managed to keep ourselves alive as I think we are about a few days of travel to get to the pointed mark on the map that signals where the Scardi people are…
…but we have stumbled upon a slightly troublesome problem….
To get there we need to go through a tunnel which we don’t know its total length and trying to border the huge cliff would only take us more time that we don’t really have as we don’t exactly know the power of Dorek’s real army and its growth
But as luck has it, an encampment of Lizards is in front of the entrance guarding it. Their numbers are around 20, but that is not the biggest problem here as a quantity like that is manageable, the reason we don’t just rashly attack them is because they are leaded by a commander type Lizard which appears to be some kind of Chameleon
Commander type monsters are really troublesome, having strength rivalling mini-boss class monsters and leadership skills that makes normal groups of monsters twice as dangerous.
At least their levels aren’t much higher than the group they command, normally differing 5 levels as it is the case with this one
Cha Cha Level: 325 Health: 205.500 Mana: 10.000 |
Good thing that commander type monsters’ HP isn’t that high, it rivals an above average one at best.
“Are we attacking?” asks Isa in a concerned tone
Everyone stays silent at the question of Isa, but we don’t really have the luxury to waste time so I look at everyone who has serious faces and nod
“Yes we will, but we need to come up with a strategy… especially with that Cha Cha, taking care of it is our first priority”
“Oh! Then can I use the-“
““No”” Isa and I say at the same time towards Arksen
“Ehh… c’mon it’s not like they are going to be unusable forever…” Arksen protests
“Haaah, they are really hard to get you know? I think we are one of the few people in the entire game who possess such materials and you want to use them on a whim… so only use your spear” says Isa in a scolding manner to our hot blooded friend
Well, it’s not like I can’t understand him but really, ‘those’ can only be used in desperate situation
*Sigh* “Ok…” answers Arksen in a dispirited manner
At the mood of our friend Vladi lets escape a giggle and everyone seems to contain their laugh, what a group we are
As if regaining composure, Arksen sharpens his gaze and asks
“Well well, putting that aside, what will we do with-“I stop Arksen before he says anything more
I understand what he is thinking and that is another problem, lately we have found out that someone might be watching us from afar, mostly by instincts and concentration, but even so, that or those that are staying vigilant of our movements are really good hiding their presences
But there is one thing that we are kind of sure, that is that they aren’t hostile… if they were part of Dorek’s faction then we might have been raided long ago, that’s why we aren’t pursuing their presence for now
Noticing my intentions Arksen shuts up, and we all start discussing a plan to attack the encampment of Lizards, taking into account that there are 6 Alligator and 15 normal lizard like monsters that have more of a greenish colour besides the Chameleon
Taking our position and wait for the enemies to let their guard down, we prepare to attack at any moment
I prepare my magic and I hold it in until I see that Cha Cha is giving some instruction and they are regrouping to eat the rest of a Bigfoot monster
Without wasting the opportunity I cast my magic
‘Elemental Blending, Elemental Enhancing: Fire-Earth’
“Vortex!” getting the bonuses from the enhancement I use Vortex to trap them in a single zone
The lizards, noticing their situation, start pushing forwards instinctively but it was too late as some meteors are falling to their direction and some of them get hit by them
Giving them no rest I cast Earth Spikes along with slight tremors to affect their footing and pierce them while doing so
Cha Cha acts quickly and starts giving some kind of instructions that we don’t understand while he hits the meteors and breaks the spikes around, the Alligators starts doing the same to save minimize damage but we don’t let them as a rapid fire from Vladi attacks them from a distance
The bullets hit straight the weaker lizard monsters and kill some of them, Cha Cha looking a ‘bit’ pissed off at their dire situation changes colour
“GROOOOWL!!~~~”
An infuriated Chameleon goes straight to Vladi’s supposed position but knowing this beforehand, Kagito, Isa and the Barbarians appear and begin attacking it
Without a single sign of surprise on Cha Cha, it begin attacking them with heavy hits while the Alligators and the other lizards begins stabilizing themselves
But Zenith and I aren’t that merciful to let them get momentum as we both cast Fire Field on their position, thanks to the cooperation attack the effect doubled and it irritated the lizards more
It’s bad to let them be outnumbered for too long so Juran, Zenith and I enter the stage
“Zenith and I will take Cha Cha down you guys kill the other Lizards!” I give orders and everyone follows them, but Cha Cha seems even more pissed than before as he shout
“You insolent humans dare to stand against me, Cha Cha!? I will make sure to crush and devour all of you!!!!!!!!!”
‘! He can speak!?’ At the shout we get surprised, no lizard monster so far has spoken a word
Suddenly his skin becomes bright red and it begins breathing fire to us
Zenith blocks the incoming attacks of Cha Cha and I use the slight opening he made at his big move, slashing his chest with both swords, if the battle continues Cha Cha will become more and more dangerous as it seems to be transforming
Infuriated at my attacks Cha Cha uses his claws to attack me but suddenly it notices a huge ball of energy coming its way at extreme speed
Cha Cha springs to the side to evade the attack but it touched his flank and exploded, looking at itself in pain he uses his special skill: Cloaking
Almost disappearing from our sight, blinded by the pain and anger, Cha Cha didn’t realize the other incoming attack
A spear imbued with darkness flew at an incredible speed towards his right leg, piercing it and Cha Cha lets out another howl of pain at the sudden attack, having a spear through his right thigh
Everything according to plan, Arksen makes his appearance by trying to attack Cha Cha again with his Dark Spear hand
Zenith and I move fast to corner Cha Cha, and even when it tried using cloaking, because of his right leg almost disabled he couldn’t move or retreat much, making his position easier to detect
Vladi focuses on aiding the others that are fighting against the other Lizards
Taking notice of his dire situation, Cha Cha momentarily stopped moving and as if sucking the air, he begins breathing in strongly, at that action we instinctively fall back-
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
-Then a sudden pillar of fire appeared, exploding with him at the centre
“Ugh” At that explosion we all got pushed back a few metres, and the sudden heat starts spreading everywhere with a heat more powerful than our fire field
‘It seems we couldn’t defeat it before the transformation… oh well, not that we can’t defeat it like that too’
Organizing my thoughts I get ready while looking forward, taking a glance at everyone to make sure if everyone is okay, but it seems my worries were unfounded, the three of us who were closes to the explosion radius were already on our feet
The others didn’t seems affected at all by the explosion but the Lizards who were under the command of Cha Cha had turned slightly redder
That’s one of the troublesome things about commander type monsters, if they end up transforming, their bonuses transfer to their underlings in a small portion
But the one most concerning is the monster itself, I did expect something like this but it is a pain anyways as the monster standing right now in front of me is really menacing now
Taking the spear out of his right thigh, Cha Cha who is now covered in fire seems like a fire demon with quite an angry look in his eyes. His body almost twice as big because of the flames surrounding him and the wounds previously inflicted were closing at lightning speed, of course, that must have hurt like hell, but now it seems to have most of his mobility back
No monster transform without paying a price
Looking at the HP bar on Cha Cha we know that only 32% of it is left
Being more careful against our new transformed enemy, we end up circling him with him not moving an inch
Looking at us with his predatory gaze, a sudden movement from his right arm flashes
Without wasting a second, Zenith react at the sudden ball of fire coming his way and evades magnificently, taking this as an opportunity, Arksen and I close in an instant
Without letting his guard down, Cha Cha uses his tail to try and hit us
Sadly for him, I am the first one to stand in the tail’s trajectory
‘Elemental Blending, Elemental Enhancing: Fire-Wind, Annulment’ I activate my skills and grab the tail with all my strength taking a bit of damage and a slight burn status, using the fire element to make the consumption of the Annulment lesser
Surprised that his tail engulfed in flames was stopped by me, Cha Cha couldn’t react at the speed of Arksen who is now coated in magic with his right hand covered in darkness making it seems like a spear
“Dark Speeearr!!” shouting his skill just because it makes him looks cooler, Arksen thrusts his right arms on Cha Cha’s abs, almost piercing all the way if it wasn’t because of the fast reaction of the Chameleon using his left arm to attack Arksen
Because of the momentum of the body turn I let go of the tail and Arksen back away, but Zenith arrives before the Chameleon in the next instant, prepared for that and slash horizontally at Cha Cha’s left flank
Giving out another howl of pain, Cha Cha retaliates expanding his flames like an explosion to send Zenith away
I think it is lucky for us that Cha Cha’s element for transformation is Fire. Fire elemental monsters’ defence drops while their destructive power increases a 100%, making up for their low defences they are engulfed in flames which deals damage to nearby players
But because of Arksen unique magical coat, most of the damage done by the fire is fended off, while I have Dark Coat, Annulment, Absorption and a variety of skills to minimize damage and Zenith whose Deathly aura almost nullifies those kinds of attacks if they are not condensed, making him almost immune to detrimental statuses.
Thus driving Cha Cha to his current situation with a desperate look being surrounded by us who are almost intact from the fight
Growling because of the pain, Cha Cha seems to be in his lasts moments, looking at his surrounding and noticing that almost all of his minions are dead
Zenith advances recklessly towards Cha Cha who got distracted by a second, because of the surprise, the Chameleon starts spouting fire at Zenith who stops his movement as if he predetermined the attack of his enemy, waving his sword doing a power wave and neutralizing the flame which destructive power is no joke
Without waiting for Zenith to give us a signal to attack, Arksen and I charge towards the confused and panicked Cha Cha whose attack got temporarily neutralized
But a being in a desperate situation is when it is most dangerous, thus I notice his gaze and sucks up the fire back to his body
As if saying with his eyes that he won’t go down alone, I look at him
By my gaze it freezes on the spot
A look of total despair befall his face as my sword imbued in Annulment with all its power stabs at his abdomen
I nullified his self-destruction
Arksen a moment later appears on the back of Cha Cha with a jump with his Dark Spear and stabs the place where the heart should be
“It was a nice fight” I say to the defeated enemy who couldn’t talk anymore because of sucking up the fire and drops to his knees powerlessly, looking straight to my eyes before losing all colours
Turning into ashes the drops appear, but before looking at them, I watch how the others are doing
Suddenly, the body of an Alligator flies towards my direction, but lands before touching me and stops just a metre in front of me, then, as it vanishes, the others comes to our direction
“Rough fight, but really, you guys are amazing” says Aren while he walks to us with his sword resting on his shoulder
“Bwahahahha! No one can stand against my Dark Spear!” shouts Arksen happily with a V sign
“Pff, what’s with that ‘Dark Speeearr!!’ shout you did a while ago, so lame” and Isa without mercy crushes him
“Ugh…”
At that, Kagito averts his gaze
“Hmmm, I do remember someone shouting something like ‘Life Overdrivee!!’” I remark teasingly and Kagito seems to make an Urgh sound while everyone starts laughing
“Hahahahaha! We are warriors after all!” laughs and remarks Aren while hitting Kagito’s back with his palm repeatedly
…If Kagito was a normal human, then he would have been sent flying by that kind of strength
“Good job, lad” says Dei, who kept quiet during the entire fight, to congratulate us
“Thanks, partner” after I answer that, Dei becomes quiet again
I just smile at that, he really helped me out to control Annulment at that last moment, if not, Cha Cha would have exploded with me, I might have not died but still severely injured
“Oh well, let’s check the drops~” says Arksen as if nothing happened
Looking at our spoils, Vladi’s eyes shine and we let out an amused sigh
“Hoooh”
Heart of the Fire Chameleon Material to enhance equipment – Grade B Surround the user’s body in flames when in combat creating a defensive barrier. The bonuses might vary depending on who enchants the gear. |
Chameleon’s Skin Material to make equipment – Grade B If used to make armour, the skin will grant the special ability [Cloaking]. Depending on the user’s class or action, the ability might get enhanced. |
Mostly those 2 items were really good, the others were regular items. Chameleon’s Skin would be extremely good for Vladi who specializes in covering us
And Heart of the Fire Chameleon seems like a good item for a tanker as it might give a bonus of damage because of the defence
Thus I give the Chameleon’s skin to Vladi and the Heart of the Fire Chameleon to Isa
No one objects to that as they read my intentions, the rest of items is distributed properly for each one to handle
Then Arksen comes to me to repair his spear which received some damage because of Cha Cha
As I repair the spear, I feel a strange presence for a split second before I notice a projectile coming to my direction at an extreme speed
Unconsciously I activate Elemental Blending and Elemental Enhancing while grabbing Dei to face of the projectile
As I face the direction of the projectile I clearly see those eyes
Shining in the darkness with a yellow glow, our gazes meet as I hear the metallic sound of the clash
My consciousness drifts away as I see that gaze coming forward to our direction
That day I met Grudell Scardi
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Here it is, the long awaited (By me) Chapter 2!!!
Well, i do have to apologize as the quality hasn't gone up, i even think it might have gone down, but i will try to fix it up
Anyways, welcome~
I will probably post the Chapters on my blog from today onwards
Thanks to those that waited for my story and were eager to read as the same time i am sorry to have kept you waiting
~Sky
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