The time they killed the kraken. No matter what, it was a completely lucky shot, made with the help of gear. Now that he had the access to the smurf account, and the test plan, Neil read the fine print, to know exactly how they came here, and what they are here to do. [ Level is defined by the numeric value obtained from the kills recorded in heart gem, allowing a person to overcome the fog of level ban. ] This .. doesn’t this mean level is but a number ? Neil frowned and read through the dossier. At some point, Adele came to him. He automatically put a hand around her waist as she leaned in, and pulled her towards himself. Adele read the information just as seriously as Neil. The information given out solved a lot of doubts they were having. Long long ago, anciients arrived at the endless ocean when it was in chaos. The ancients slew the tyrannical monsters called calamities, established an era of peace. In the era of peace, the humanoid races grew. The ancients built a space
‘What in the world is the employee corner ? ‘ Neil thought, as he observed the entire podium carefully. There’s nothing on the walls. There’s nothing in the clear water, save for reflection … As he watched, the reflection extended. All the way to the back of the statue. Oh… ! Ofcourse. Vending machines are filled from the back, as do most other things that look like magic from the front. All he has to do is check the back. As expected, there was a small wrist brace in the back of the statue. The brace has various jewels on it, red, green, black, and white. It’s full of these little gems all over. As soon as Neil wore the bracelet, the brace shone, scanning him from head to toes. Then, the rays fell on the statue. [ Statue model S08 Device Number SR000111787 Tracking beacon disseminator ] [ Currently in service for 3 months ] [ Raft beacons disseminated 7824/10000 ] [ Battery remaining : 57 % ] [ Error : mana recharging cable disconnected. ] *Beep* [ Task ] [ Please
Once they sorted out the current catch, Neil threw another handful of sakura shrimp in. Eels gathered once more. They retrieved the eels once again, with just as much tug of war as before. If this is level 0, then Neil shudders to think what level 50 will look like. This time, Adele stood beside the catch, throwing away all the baby Eels and pregnant Eels back into the pond. This is not a game world, but a self-sustaining hunting ground created by the DMO. If they cleaned it up greedily, then the guys in this locality won’t be able to catch Eels any more. They rather like a continuous supply of Eels. Soon, there are only baby eels and pregnant eels remaining in the pond. At that time ! A silver streak rushed through the pond, almost creating a whirlpool. The eels rushed away to the edges of the pond, leaving a perfect circle in the center. Through the center one could see there’s a treasure chest buried in the sand underneath. Neil jumped in without hesitation. The water
After lunch, they continued onwards into the dungeon. Neil realized the critical problem with their party as he walked in. When he is not around, the group of Adele and children are easy pickings. Merlin is too sweet a boy, despite his fighting strength. It is said children instinctively differentiate good and bad, but Merlin only differentiates between humans and beasts. Morgana is too whimsical and prone to cause self destruction as collateral damage. Adele has a brilliant mind, and a great talent, but she does not fight. Her strength is support. This leaves them vulnerable to many kinds of bad people. Worst of all, Neil had the suspicion that, without him, they do not have a measure of ‘Normal’. He suddenly had that realization as he convened the meeting to create a plan for conquering the next part of the dungeon. If only someone was around to tell Neil the ‘Young’ family could live just fine without him, killing criminals, disposing of dead bodies without blinking. Nei
While they were sleeping, the Eels were upgrading in strength. What Neil did not know was that the DMO did not create these dungeons. Instead, they were the magpie occupying the swallow's nest. The dungeon’s base structure was part of infrastructure built by the same civilization that built Mercity. DMO did not know all that there is to know. What DMO did not know was that the level cap of the animals increases depending on humans who approach them, at least within these cavernous walls. Unfortunately, for animals, a level increase also means a stat increase. In the morning, catching ten Eels was twice as hard. Neil and Adele looked at each other’s faces. ‘Something fishy going on here ‘ They each thought.[ Hearts connect ! Marriage harmony + 1 ] A message popped up in the corner of the consoles. Their eyes fell on it at the sametime. Adele blushed, Neil smiled. However, they have work to do. “ We need to bring out the pyramid. “ Neil spoke. The pyramid is the raft th
Adele opened her console, reading through her skills once more. [ Self heal (s) : You and any one in symbiosis will heal injuries at an accelerated pace. The efficacy of the self heal decreases when effect is stacked. The efficacy improves for each day the skill is not used. ] Adele turned it on. This ability is on the verge of crossing level 5 and changing tier. It would be her first skill to upgrade. Just from that, one could tell how much Neil had used this particular skill. [ Resistance ( s ) : adds miscellaneous resistance. You would be less affected by salt, sand, elements as well as poison. Resistance level decreases as effects stack up. Efficacy improves for each day the skill was not used. ] While symbiosis automatically provides Neil with most of her passive protections, it does not add resistance. Adele would have to place that as a blessing. Since stopping him is not possible, she could only help him. This time, the water is extremely clear. So, this would be the
At first, it started as tingling in the muscles, a twitch here and there. Yet, as the time passed, the tingling turned into unbearable pain, like someone is electrocuting their muscles all the time. Neil fell down unable to control himself. Adele’s condition was worse. Surprisingly, it had little effect on both children. Merlin rushed to Neil as soon as Neil clenched his fist in pain. Mona settled beside Adele, with tears in her eyes, as he tried to shake Adele, who was gasping with shakes on the floor. After about half an hour, the shakes and pain subsided. Neil’s strength increased by 1, while Adele’s strength increased by 3. Merlin’s strength increased by 0.2, while Mona’s strength increased by 2. Looking at the statistics found through their consoles, Neil realized Merlin’s body is almost close to perfection. All these foods that increase stats, they modify something in the very genes of a person - or the body that they have been granted. After all, this is not the body
Instead of going for the smallest fish, Neil went for the largest. Fortunately, Merlin was waiting above, and Mona was with him. Unlike last time, when he waited for the Eel, Mona manipulated the waterflow to attract the eel, then roared at it. In her mermaid form, she always had control over marine animals and water flow. Neil threw his harpoon once again, shafting the eel straight in the eye. The harpoon, assisted by Mona’s water magic, flew forward as if it was moving in the air. Still, there’s a strange sort of resistance as the arrow penetrates the golden Eel, as if the fish’s flesh is stronger than the weapon. The sense of penetrating into the fish is transmitted back to Neil in a strange amalgam of emotions. Neil felt as if he was driving his own hand into someone’s eye. he was taken aback, but only for a moment. In the end, the spear penetrated the Eel, and started absorbing its blood and bones. The senses grew clearer in Neil’s mind. Is the spear becoming
While Adele and Neil were discussing these details, Orion and his subjects were busy as bees. The flame crystals brought back by Neil had been handed over to the Drow king. At the time, the most vibrant flame crystal was placed in a cradle, in the center of an altar. Five Drows surrounded the altar, looking at the circle pointedly. Orion stood in the head position, the five Drows started chanting. After a time, the Drows stopped chanting and looked at the center, where a flame crystal was placed. Their eyes are full of expectation. Nothing happened. The light of hope in their eyes dimmed at the result. Their gazes turned to Orion, as if asking if they should continue. “ Continue. “ Orion ordered. The king looked on emotionlessly, despite the turmoil going on inside his head. Orion’s newly acquired ‘King’ title is not steady yet. Most of the old leaders did not agree to support Neil, but Orion just pushed it through, by the virtue of providing food and a safe place for Drows.
Sasha woke up quite late. she was lying on the furs in front of fireplace, like a kitten. She hadn't slept this well for a long while. It’s almost like a dream. Perhaps it was, given Adele was standing in the corner, staring straight at Sasha. Sasha wondered why she was able to sleep this well in the middle of a battle field. The answer was surprisingly simple. Because she was surrounded by family, and friends. Valerie fought with her life on line to protect Sasha, despite being a Snorc. Dan … he smelt like home. There are no other words for it. He was her only family, until Rudy arrived here, and probably would be her only light, when the world becomes cold and dark. Dan and Valerie's predictions about Snorc peace treaty being a ruse came true. Even so, the Snorc attack came far too fast. So much so, the defense could not even gather compleetely. Dan’s arm is still holding hers as woke. He held her hand on one side, and the hilt of the sword on the other side. W
Neil’s heart filled with unspeakable dread when he looked at the invisible shield membrane slowly covering up the temple. Every cell of his body rejected that shield with all of its being. Neil acted involuntarily. “ Retreat ! “ he screamed at the top of his lungs. His desire to take every last one of the elves with him powered his next spell. ‘ Collect ‘ Neil commanded with all of his being. His magic exploded, pulling all the nearby flame crystals, every last one of the flames whooshed out, becoming a red crystal as they rushed towards Neil. Neil, with Merlin on his back, rushed as fast as he could towards the portal that’s becoming unclear by the second. The space has become destabilized, and the time space continuum broke as the shield continued to cover the flame temple. The black flame in front of the priest is still burning, the remaining four Tomoe of the flames are still alit, but all the other flames are gone. It’s only then Neil understood the scale of
Neil retrieved his spear, changed it into a chinese slaughterer broadsword, with about three foot pole and one and half foot blade. He twirled the blade slightly, the necks of three priests were cut off. [ Experience + 5 ] [ Experience + 5 ] [ Experience + 5 ] At the same time, Merlin was not silent. He stabbed a priest, then twirled and beheaded another. [ Experience + 10 ] The message popped up. Like that, Neil and Merlin danced in the courtyard. After their decimation of fifty priests, the priests ran away, and grouped together among them. They went for the necklaces of the fire priests, coalescing the necklaces with their own. “ Merlin ! Collect the red necklaces. “ Neil commanded. The next moment, the mana blade in Merlin’s hands vanished. He stuck to Neil’s back, while Neil cut off the head, Merlin collected the necklace. They worked tirelessly, decimating the priests. However, there was no end to them. “ Blluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooo
While setting up camp meat just retrieving their modular home for Neil and Adele, it meant something far more complex for Drows. All the space mancers came together with their latest catch of space crystals. Then, they set up a hexagonal space barrier around a gigantic field, isolating the space from the time worm. Cosmos gave an unnecessarily long explanation, which could be summarized into ‘ this way, we don’t get sucked into the time worm’s belly accidentally ‘. The memories are cut off when Caspian and Xena enter the temple - however, at this point, Neil has come to a conclusion about one thing. They never entered the time worm’s inside. They only fought in an ephemeral space that reflected the fire temple, they did not go inside the fire temple exactly. However, the things he had in his hands are real. In Particular, land tokens have come up with real land. That means only one thing. That the real land tokens are still out there for him to grab. On top of that, he has s
Xena did not explain her intention. Obviously Caspian spent the entirety of the next hour in confused anticipation, while everyone around him laughed at him knowingly. Xena finished her selection of fabrics. She ordered another set for Caspian himself, this time, in yellow and black, with a symbol of a bull. The next announcement came after an hour. All the participants of the spring fair contest are called to a venue. There are multitudes of fabrics, clay, metal pieces, even silver, gold and gems on various tables. On the other side, there are various tools, for making pottery, for making jewelry and various other items. “ Valkyrie had long been known as the city of the craftsmen. Our women have the best of clothes, best of jewelry and best of men when it comes to that. It is your job to prove that valkians have the most dedication when it comes to love as well. You are tasked to make a token of love for your beloved. Men and women both are free to choose what they want to m
“ Ladies and Gentlemen of Valkrie ! Welcome andddddddddd… .Welcome to the sixteenth sprint fair of lover’s paradise. As always, your response has been more than hot ! This time, for the first time in the history of lover’s paradise, we meet the numbers needed for the seven trials of the couples. Without further ado, let us start the treasure hunt of the lovers. The first challenge in the game is to know how much your lover knows you. On my right side, there are cabins. Our lovely ladies will stand in the pink chair, our handsome men will sit in the blue chairs. “ The host went on to explain they would be answering three questions. As long as answers sync, the couple passes. “ What’s your man’s name ? “ they asked. “ Caspian Hart “ Xena answered, so did Caspian. What’s your girl’s name ? “ was the next question. They obviously are doing this to filter off the random game breakers from entering the game. “ Xena winter child “ Both of them answered at the same time. “ Where did
“ Hey! Stop laughing at me, you moron. “ Xena ordered Caspian bossily. “ I am not laughing at you. I am just happy we both lived till today. “ Caspian said, chortling with laughter. The words brought a hard stop to the amusement of Nadia and Tara, while Xena shared his happiness. “ Indeed ! We still have today.” Xena said, sitting down at the edge of Caspian’s bed. To be truthful, it is quite amazing. They were thrown out of the capital city in a time of strife, walked through five battles, and countless skirmishes. They crossed the sea ! Then they went to institutions which require one to be beholden to them until death, yet, they both are sitting here, free!It is nothing short of a miracle. They have dodged death by a hair’s breadth a thousand times. They have overcome insurmountable odds. “ Oh ! Stop laughing, you idiot ! She's not joking. “ Xena said, referring to Nadia. “I am not sleeping with anyone save my wife. “ Caspian answered Nadia after he got control on his ow
“ Caspian Hart ! You moron ! You stupid imbecilic idiotic jarhead ! “ Xena exclaimed, as she threw her hands on his neck. “ Hey! What’s with the over reaction ! I did not die ! “ Caspian mumbled, a hand rubbing soothingly on Xena’s back. Xena stopped crying after some time. Caspian held her lightly, enjoying the rare instances where Xena actually shows some emotion. “ What day is it ? “ he asked, after Xena pulled back from him. “ You still have the gall to ask for the day ! It's the thirtieth day after the valhallan new year. “ Xena told him. “ it’s .. My god ! Was I asleep for ten days ? “ Caspian asked in shock. “ How many days did you think it was ? “ Xena asked him angrily. “ Just .. Right after the woman in red left. She was so scary. “ Caspian exclaimed. “ Woman in red ? Madea ? “ Xena asked, an ominous feeling rising in her heart. Caspian shook his head. “ The other one. The whining fire spirits wanted her to submit to them. She ate them all ! I hid because I was a