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Fortress of Hope 45
In the morning I woke up in a great mood, the feeling of euphoria from a job well done and new clothes breathed a lot of optimism into me. I wanted to play tricks, and since there was no desire to go and farm mobs, I decided to walk around the town, besides, it was quite interesting and beautiful. The day was akin to a mood - the sun shone brightly, but there was no stuffiness, so I gave myself completely to the walk. Looking at the beautiful openwork houses, I did not notice how half a day had passed. I went out to the main square, in the middle of which there was a fountain, and it was surrounded by an auction, a market, shops of rich merchants, a dwarf bank and an arena, somewhat similar to the Colosseum. Near this very arena stood a herald and called everyone to take part in the tournament. Interested, I approached and this is what I found out: team and single fights will take place in the arena, since team fights did not interest me, I listened to all the information about them.
Fortress of Hope 46
The sun broke through the window, a ray ran along the ceiling, closet and jumped on my face. I sneezed like a cat and woke up. It’s healthy to sleep, I was tired yesterday not like a child, but, remembering the events of the past day, I smiled, and a wonderful mood swept over me. My level has skyrocketed, and the surrounding locations have become small for me, which does not relieve me of the obligation to train. Therefore, in order not to waste time, I went to the hunters' guild, took the task for ponytails, fortunately, the players do not like wolves, and ran. Yes, yes, he ran. Today's workout consists of a non-stop jog with wolf tail cutting along the way. I just ran out to the edge of the forest, jumped on the first two wolves and, without even throwing off my daggers, looted without looking, throwing everything into my inventory. A few words must also be said about inventory. Inventory is a spatial pocket,Around lunchtime, when my stamina was approaching zero, I returned to the
Fortress of Hope 47
And here is the morning, what colors the day. After having a snack, I immediately went to the Mages Guild to insert an air blade into swords. It activated in the same way, with the power of thought, and consumed twenty mana per release of the blade and dealt one hundred damage at the first level. It looked like looking through very clear glass. There were spells that were stronger, much stronger, for example, the fiery blade dealt two hundred and fifty damage at the first level, while it had a chance to hang a dot of burning. But I bet on secrecy, I hope I will not lose. Then he tied the swords to himself, in total it took six thousand gold pieces. The amount is huge, but saving on weapons is such a thankless task. The furniture is still not completed, so I decided to start by going through the mentors, learn a couple of crafts, for example, cooking, then you will need a seamstress, a blacksmith, a herbalist, an alchemist. You can pick up a whole bunch of them, but you ca
Fortress of Hope 48
I didn't get far, it just got so dark that I couldn't see the road, but luckily the timer reset and I was able to set up camp here. The night flew by instantly, although it seems that lately I’ve only been doing what I’m sleeping, but moral fatigue is an evil thing to throw it off, there’s not always enough sleep, it’s worth going through, overcoming, and then the spirit will be freed. In the morning, after a quick bite of the rest of the provisions, I went on. On the nearest lands, the undead did not even smell, for the attack they were driven from all over the area, and the robbers did not have time to migrate to these places. Therefore, there was nothing to fear, and I could afford to relax and just admire the surrounding views. And there was something to admire: to the left of the road a pure birch forest, to the right a field with cornflowers on the horizon, merging with the sky of the purest blue color. The task for today was far from heroic. I need to g
Fortress of Hope 49
I got up early in the morning, inspired by the proximity of the goal, ran downstairs, ordered breakfast, had a quick snack and went shopping on my last journey. I just didn’t take into account that it was still early, and all the shops were closed. I had to go back to the tavern, ordered something like a cocktail and mentally began to think about the shopping list. In such a blissfully thoughtful state, a bunch of yesterday's comrades-in-arms found me. The guys talked and accepted Malvina into their group, now they swing together. With absolutely no hesitation, they dropped down at my table with their breakfast and greeted me in chorus. And so it happened together with them that I already opened my mouth, because of which they burst out laughing. Laughing, Malvina took on the role of negotiator:We hope we didn't disturb you. We went to swing and decided to go for a bite to eat, and here you are.- Yes, I, in general, do not mind. Where are you going? To the desert?- Are
Fortress of Hope 50
I woke up in the same darkness. My eyes hurt terribly, it was cold, I was tormented by hunger and thirst. I tried to assess the situation by ear, the only thing I heard was the sound of drops falling into the water, which means there is water here. It was scary to walk, so I crawled on all fours. And now, judging by the droplets, there were only a few meters to the water, but I hit the wall, my disappointment knew no bounds. What it is like to feel the coldness from which the fingers tighten on their own, the maddening feeling of disorientation when you can’t see, you can’t feel the surface because of the numb fingers, and all sounds echo. Yes, this is not how I imagined training, but there is nothing to do, you have to survive. We will show these non-monks what the will to win is. To begin with, I decided to crawl half the cave, dividing the circle in two. And it paid off! On the fifteenth step, I hit a stream with my hand, and, which was doubly pleasant, the water was wa
Fortress of Hope 51
This test was very different from the previous one, there was no need to climb up, and it is impossible to do this. The walls leading upstairs were absolutely smooth, without any gap. The essence of the test was to pass the obstacle course. There were agility trainers in front of me for five hundred meters. My first thought was - well, we'll go through this quickly. But how wrong I was. For the first forty meters the floor shook like the waves of the sea. How they did it, I have no idea, but it is necessary to pass. As soon as I stepped into the zone, I immediately fell to the fifth point, and I was immediately teleported to the beginning. This means that this zone is not so easy to pass, if you make a mistake and fall, you will be teleported to the beginning. But there is nowhere to go, you have to go. The next attempt was more successful, he walked as much as two meters, fell and again at the beginning of the journey. I was able to pass half of it only after a month, an
Fortress of Hope 52
VThe cave we entered looked like an exotic garden. Ahead, as far as the eye could see, overgrown flowers grew, with such an unexpected palette of colors that the eyes literally ran wide. Surprisingly, near these plants, pollen was in such huge quantities that it colored the air. While I was looking around, the monk watched me, and when he saw that I paid attention to him, he grinned and went to the flowers, not at all embarrassed by the pollen in the air. As soon as he stepped into the cloud, the silhouette immediately blurred, and I, not wanting to stay here alone, rushed after him. As soon as I entered the pollen, I immediately twisted in a fit of vomiting, and I lost consciousness. I woke up at the beginning of the journey, this mechanic is already familiar to me, so there is nothing to be surprised at, but what kind of hellish test? Apparently, we train physique and resistance to poisons. To be honest, I didn’t want to pass this test the most, if in the p