While Beleth ate and drank in the wide, expansive garden grounds, he thought that he was alone.He is proved wrong when he sensed something invisible prying around. He sensed a gumiho named Gyeo-wool lurking around. "Gyeo-wool, I know you're there. Show yourself." A young-looking lady, who wore an attire that looked like it came from the early Joseon era, came into sight. A cold and chilly atmosphere filled the entire garden, and snow started to fall gently. "Lucky for me that these plants are magically enhanced and cold-proofed, or else they would have melted when you are around, my dear." Beleth said softly, gently caressing the gumiho's cute face, while caressing her bright red hair. "What do you care about more, your plants, or me? This is the only time I've managed to sneak my way into your castle again. You know Lilith's temper." Gyeo-wool whined. "You, of course, my dear. These plants are easy to replace." Beleth soothed Gyeo-wool. "Since when were you here, Gyeo-wo
Noctis and Takara are inside the auction house. "You got stuff to auction, my dear?" Noctis asked Takara. They held hands while walking together to the auction counter. "Yes, my dear Zero. I obtained the Nemean Lion's Fur Coat after defeating it. I don't find it suitable, so I might as well sell it at the auction." "Wait. Did you just say Nemean Lion's Fur Coat? Let's have it enhanced first at the Blacksmith's Shop, have the blacksmith place Legendary and God-class features on this cloak, and change this cloak from rare item to God-class." Noctis stopped Takara from approaching the counter, and started dragging her outside. " Why the need to go to such lengths? It's just a damn item that any normal player will kill to obtain. What do I gain here?? What are you plotting? I guess you're also aware that upgrading an item from rare to normal in a Blacksmith's shop is rarely successful. I'd say it has a 60% chance of failing." Takara asked with her eyebrows raised and her lips for
Noctis and Takara are inside the inn on the 10th Floor of the Novice Stage. They drank koshu, or Japanese white wine, paired with a good hearty Japanese feast of sushi ,gyoza, yakitori , kashipan, yakisoba, takoyaki, and tonkatsu. They ate and drank on a complete Japanese dining set. They ignored the envious looks of the ordinary players, who cast looks at them, while murmuring to each other in hushed tones. "Isn't that Player Zero, who topped the charts in opening tests? And landed in the top 1 ranking for Novices?""I saw him easily beat up Joe Franco, the Guild Leader of the Scraper Guild. It was a rare sight to see, an overpowered newbie who just casually tossed aside Joe Franco as if Joe was just an ant to be stepped on." "Isn't that girl the multi-elemental mage Takara Elric? I saw player Zero rescue that attractive girl and got her out of the clutch of Joe Franco. Scared and intimidated the shit out of Joe, rather." "You're right man. Damn, what I'd give to get that girl
The next day, Takara and Noctis returned to the VIP corner of the Blacksmith shop. "Takara, Zero, what are you doing here? I guess it's not about those items you had customized, is it?" Yuusei said, "Precisely. What we want to talk about is your history with the former Gamer Guild. But before that, let's have Takara here to see what she can do so no one will eavesdrop." Noctis replied to Yuusei. "I'm a multi-elemental battle mage, not a witch. Luckily, I'm prepared for situations like this. Thanks for the new spell book you gave me, my dear. It really comes in handy." "Will the both of you cut this lovey dovey stuff, you lovebirds? Just get started and cast the spell already, Takara. I don't have time to witness you being sweet to each other 24/7. I got some refining to do afterwards." Yuusei cut in impatiently. Translation: "Oh Methis, the primordial goddess that is the bane of the gods and goddesses of Olympus, I invoke you to soundproof the exterior of the VIP Section of t
The elite werewolf player Raymond Collins is in the wilds, helping Asuka Enomoto, the witch assistant of Chiyo Chinen hunt down a fierce but wild basilisk. "What do you need a fierce basilisk for, Asuka? Do you need some basilisk parts? You witches and warlocks do use weird concoctions for your brews." Raymond said as he turned back into his wolf form and charged at the basilisk. "Be careful, Raymond. That basilisk can spew venom and fly around the place." "I know it. I'm not dumb. Just do your thing and give me back-up with your spells already." Raymond said to Asuka through telepathy while in wolf form. Raymond pounced at the Basilisk, which couldn't avoid and fly upwards in time, as the sheer strength of Raymond in his wolf form completely suppressed the basilisk's evasiveness. " This snake is slimy as hell. At this rate, I can only suppress this high-leveled snake for a few minutes. Do it now, Asuka." Raymond said telepathically to Asuka while atop the struggling basilisk,
When Raymond returned back to the fort of the werewolves, he went straight to the kitchen to see what the servants were cooking.He could smell the aroma of roast meat wafting into the air from his direction. He knew in an instant who was around in the garden. His eldest sister, Bianca Collins, the current leader of their wolf pack. He knew that she was probably drinking a few bottles of beer again in the garden. He appeared into the kitchen, and requested some roast meat to match that of his sister. He also had some beer delivered straight to the garden. Then he went straight to the garden, and sure enough, he spotted Bianca drinking a bottle of beer. "That's quite unusual of you to be drinking this early, Bianca. Is something the matter?" Raymond said with a hint of concern in his voice as he opened his bottle of beer, sat down beside Bianca, and started drinking."Yes, there is, brother. You're good at reading me. It's just that I've had a lot to deal with lately. You know
After the fight with the basilisk, Asuka went back to the hideout of the witches. She knew that Chiyo should be up and about already by now. Sure enough, Chiyo is in the brewery, preparing to make a potion. "What do you need Hecate's poison for, Chiyo? Is there someone that you want killed discreetly? That explains why you had me hunt down a basilisk today." "Perfect. You arrived right in time, my dear assistant. You're correct, there's someone I want killed. It could be one of those who used to be our allies, or it could be someone from the other faction. I waited for you to arrive so I could start making this poison potion. " Asuka immediately removed the basilisk from her system inventory, then made the basilisk's carcass float to the table using spatial magic. She brought out the dissecting tools, put on her gloves, hair net, apron, and mask, then started to cut away at the innards of the dead basilisk. "Asuka. Are you trying to kill yourself? The innards of the basili
Hecate is at the fort of the elite high elves, attempting to break through their tough defenses. I don't believe that their defenses can't be penetrated.She thought to herself. She knew that the rune magic of the high elves can be tricky to deal with. "Give it up, you fucking sly bitch. The fort is protected by layer after layer of high-tier rune magic. You can try to barge your way in, and retrieve the old weaving loom you used along with your book of spells." Ashera Valhorn, a female high elf, taunted Hecate, and made fun of Hecate's futile efforts to break the multi-rune shield barrier."What will you do now, you witch? The barrier is further coated with celestial holy magic. You use magic imbued with the dark demonic arts, which is the natural nemesis." Ashera said in a mocking tone to Hecate. "You think I didn't come here prepared, huh, you high elf? The best way to counter holy rune magic is the magic of the dark demonic arts. I bet you didn't know that, smart bitch." He
The news of Circe's death, and the defeat of both Morrigan and Anubis quickly spread all over RPG Fantasia, sending shockwaves felt by everyone in RPG Fantasia, starting from the Game Administrators down to the ordinary players.The Witches and Warlocks Guild got heavily demoralized by the loss of one of the most influential leaders of the witches. The Guild Leader of the Witches and Warlocks Guild eventually disbanded the Guild after an unanimous majority vote from the elite players who happened to be the main members of the Witches and Warlocks Guild, and every one from the Witches and Warlocks Guild, starting from the Main Guild down to the subsidiary second-rate and third-rate guilds bid their good-byes to each other, and eventually parted ways. The arch-demon Beleth switched sides to that of the Minority Faction after news spread that it was Hashioki who caused the showdown that recently happened, and it was Hashioki who directly killed Circe with his high-tech and state of the
On the 17th floor of the Intermediate Stage of RPG Fantasia, players quickly left the 15th floor, as they heard that forces of 3 Game Administrators will battle it out on the 15th floor anytime today, and they didn't want to get involved, or else get caught in the aftermath. The players knew that without the Nobility Badge, they stood no chance of intervening in the upcoming battle, and if they attempted to do so with their average stats, they'd get eliminated from the game right away, forever. In the dangerous world of RPG Fantasia, where alliances and balance of power might shift at any time by any means possible, it was like walking on a thin wire that might snap with one single mistake. You have to tread carefully and try not to anger Game Guardians, Game Administrators and elite players, for elite players with a Nobility Badge treat ordinary players as just mere cannon fodder at their disposal. Anger a Game Administrator, Game Guardian or even an elite player as an ordinary,
Morrigan is at her castle, inspecting the quality of the new shipment of modified Egyptian weapons sent over by Anubis, th, witchy brews sent by witches under Hecate's orders, and a witch's spell-book containing witchy spells sent over by witches under Hecate, accompanied by her male assistant named Ryuma Ochima. "What's up with the other two Game Administrators lately? I can sense that today's batch of shipments aren't high quality, and can only be used by the non-elite soldiers at best. Something is fishy right here, Morrigan. The three of them are up to something funny. "Ryuma held out a witchy tome for Morrigan to inspect.Morrigan accepted the witch tome, opened it, and read a sample spell written in the demonic tome out loud. " Oh Hecate, the one in command of the witches, I invoke you to grant the sword of an ordinary soldier the magic of darkness to smite down the soldiers of the light." " That's a basic spell used by the ordinary witches. What was Hecate thinking when sh
Methis sat at the table in the VIP area of an Inn somewhere in the Legendary Stage, with Hades and a young female hybrid vampire player named Etsu Yahiro. Etsu noted that there was an awkward air of silence and unease as the two Game Administrators from the Minority Faction didn't see eye to eye with each other. "Ahem. Now that the three of us are here, let's sort out the misunderstanding between the two of you, alright? This can't be allowed to go on, or else it will develop into a civil war, and the Majority Faction will take advantage of this." The young and sexy vampire cleared her throat, and began to speak. " Hmph. "Both Hades and Methis said together in unison, looking down their noses at the attire that Etsu wore. " I don't see anything wrong with what I'm currently wearing, you ancient, outdated oldies." Etsu sharply remarked, annoyed by the way the two Game Administrators looked at her attire, as if they were judging her because of that. "Now that I got your attentio
After the auction officially ended, Iona,Kaori and Noctis met up in the Inn of the 10th floor at the Novice Stage,while Yuusei went back to his spot in the VIP Corner of the Blacksmith shop to reconsider . They sat at a VIP table in the Inn, busy eating a meal of oven roasted chicken, while drinking expensive cider. "I believe you didn't invite us to this meal for nothing, and for free, Lelouch. You even took extra precautions to place a shield barrier around us that prevents the others in the VIP section from overhearing what we're talking about. Who are you? What do you want? Why did you help me and my sister earlier? "Iona asked Noctis while she was slicing a piece of chicken with her fork and knife." Just call me Zero instead. As for who I am, well, both of you will know when the time is right. Straight to the point. I see. What if I told you that I know exactly who the entire Assassin Guild is planning to face off against right now, and I got better quality items and weapons
"The Last Item to be auctioned off today is the Nemean Lion's Fur Coat. The starting bid is 30 million gems." Yurika announced from the stage of the Auction House. "I bid 40 million gems for this fur coat." Noctis looked around to see an elite orc player bid for the fur coat. Let's see how this develops. The Orc Guild belongs to the Majority Faction, and his brother used to clash with, and often kill Orc players from the Majority Faction for trying to get into his way. The Orcs are strong, muscular and tanky, with great defense, attack power and strength, but they are slow due to their size, so the speed stats of the fur coat will be just a minor boost. Noctis thought to himself. "I bid 100 million gems"An elite goblin player from the Goblins Guild countered. The goblins also belong to the Majority faction. They are said to be extremely rich, hoarding a lot of gold and jewels in their headquarters. They specialize in sneak attacks and setting up ambushes, making the most use
With Esumi out of the picture, and having successfully rescued Kaori, the half-sister of the elite. player Iona, Noctis outsmarted the Necromancer Guild Leader. "Thanks for helping me obtain the mace, and helping to look out for my sister, Lelouch." Iona chatted with Noctis. "It's not a problem, Iona. I have a question, though. Why did you bid for that mace, when you're not even a fighter class? The weapon isn't compatible with you. And why did you let your sister fend for herself, with zero support, when you could have at least backed her behind the scenes since you got a Nobility Badge? "Awkward silence filled the air for a few minutes before Iona managed to reply back through the message function of the game system. " I wanted to get back at Esumi for disrespecting my sister upfront. So I decided that I might as well spoil his plan for the 100th time again. And as for why I let her fend for herself with zero support, it's because I want her to get stronger. How? She has to get
A few hours passed inside the Auction House. Noctis observed the situation inside the Auction House getting more tense and awkward, with the excited players bidding at absurdly high prices in an attempt to obtain semi-legendary class items. It's a wonder they can hike the value of so-so items that high. I'm not surprised. Dogs always fight for scraps, not the whole meal. Noctis thought to himself, totally unimpressed by the items being auctioned off. "It's a wonder that fights don't break out inside the Auction House. I can already sense that the tension is about to break the fragile peace inside from here." Noctis remarked while observing the whole scene. "Simple. If a player attempts a fight inside the Auction House, he'll be an open target to the other players inside the Auction House. If a player attempts to start a fight, they immediately get ejected out of the Auction House if they aren't attacked first. "Oshe replied to Noctis. " Now that all the auxiliary items have no
Yuusei and Noctis went inside the Auction House together, wearing their disguises. They went to the counter of the Auction House, and presented the three legendary class items to the sexy and attractive girl wearing a tight fitted adventurer's clothes that exposed her flawless skin and sexy body who is seated behind the counter. The girl's eyes widened in surprise at the sight of the three items. "The mace, pendant, and coat are normally items dropped by minibosses after they die. To think someone managed to change the class from Rare to Legend class. This will definitely cause an uproar among the elite players. Are these the items that you want auctioned off? "The girl asked with a questioning glance at the two. " Yes it is. I'm Tabito, the one who changed the class of these items, and the person here beside me is Lelouch. Here is the initial payment of gems. "Yuusei introduced both himself and Noctis to the girl, while he placed a pouch full of gems at the counter right in fro