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Chapter 6: PK

"Do you really think this is a good idea, Drake?"

"I told you already, Melody! Whatever happens is his own fault! Now come on, we will lose him if we keep up this tempo."

Shutting her mouth with mixed feelings Melody glanced at Drake who had already turned away.

Before getting to know him she had been captured by his looks.

He was a bit taller than average, had deep blue eyes and blond hair that always looked like bed hair, but at this point her guess was he had created his Avatar like that on purpose, fully aware of how it made him look aloof but also handsome at the same time.

Frowning a bit she remembered how Drake treated everyone else.

It was like he thought of them as beneath him or something.

Melody couldn’t understand how someone could think like that.

She regretted joining this party but it was true that she wanted to be in the strongest guild possible and Yggdrasil, the currently strongest and most known guild had left a big impact on her.

That was also how she met Drake, he had deep ties with a few important people, going as far as even knowing the guild master of Yggdrasil personally.

Promises of getting into the guild after it had officially established itself in the capital of Asuria dragged Melody into this party.

Looking ahead she saw Drake's new target.

It was a man with average height, black eyes and hair, normal looks and currently wearing nothing else for equipment except gauntlets and a pair of brass greaves.

Still frowning she saw the signal from Drake and raised her staff...

.....

Again a light descended down, embracing Makoto and making him aware that he had gained yet another level.

"These wolfs really give a lot of experience."

He couldn’t help but smile while looking at the corpse of yet another starved wolf disappear in a cloud of light particles.

Every wolf he killed dropped one pelt and at least one tooth, sometimes more.

Rarely he also got a few copper coins but other than that the only reason he really hunted them was because of the good experience.

Now that he was level 8 and the wolfs he hunted, one level below his own, made it so a game effect took action right away.

If a player was the same level he would get the actual experience of the mob, if he was below he could get more than double the experience, it was dependent on how big the gap was.

And finally if a player was above the monsters level he would immediately feel the difference, the monsters experience was cut in half and if it was more than one level it just kept getting worse until no experience at all was received.

"Guess I have to find a new enemy, I'm tired of fighting wolfs anyways."

His current location in mind, Makoto advanced through the fields.

Every wolf close to him immediately tucked its tail between its legs and bolted, they had seen his malicious actions enough times in the last few hours to fear him like no other.

After leaving the beach behind and getting into close proximity of the forest he was able to see a familiar sight.

"Another cave... well I am level 8 now so it shouldn’t be as bad."

Confident in his own ability, Makoto stepped inside the cool and shadowy cave.

You have entered the Dungeon: Crystalline Cave

Instead of a dark cave the surroundings were actually very well lit.

The ceiling itself was open to the sky mostly and the light illuminated the big tunnel he was walking down very well.

Soon enough he found a strange new creature.

Crystal Lizard: Level 9

It was a lizard the size of an adult crocodile slowly moving around.

Its scales shimmered when hit by light and beady round eyes sparkled when it noticed Makoto.

Intrigued by this strange mix between an inanimate crystal and a lizard he drew his sword and waited for the thing to make the first move.

Surprisingly, it just stared at him for a while and then went on its merry way again, completely ignoring Makoto.

"Well if you wanna play like that, don’t mind me!"

He said while stabbing the flank of the lizard with his sword.

28 Damage dealt!

Because of the incredibly hard scales, Makoto was only able to penetrate a few inches before an enraged hiss and snapping sound nearly took his hand and he had to back off.

This time Makoto had the things full attention and with quick steps the lizard ran towards him, its mouth open and a row of sharp, dagger sized teeth glittered under the sun.

The fight itself was not too long, his damage was quite high because of his skill 'Penetration' that made it possible to ignore a good bit of natural armor.

Another reason was that the lizard, compared to a starved wolf, was incredibly slow, its short stumpy legs had no way of catching Makoto so without even getting a scratch he finished the crystal lizard and a nice shower of experience was his reward together with shining scales that were left behind after its death.

Checking his skill, just as he suspected the before stagnant skill experience had increased a good bit.

It really seemed like he had to find new and even better armored enemies to increase the level of 'Penetration', well it was only logical after all.

Going deeper and deeper into the Dungeon, Makoto discovered many bends and other possible directions he could go.

Trying to take it slow he explored every single one, most of them were dead ends but some looped back into other or to the same cross section so he was able to finally find the right one after nearly two hours.

The deeper he went the less light shone from above and his surroundings started to be illuminated by the crystals around him, they gave off a white and hard light like electronic lamps maybe would.

"Doesn’t this look like the exact same Dungeon that I saw in that one video with that boss?

I mean it would fit well with the other lizards I have been fighting. Well I wasn’t the first one to discover this Dungeon so the possibility is probably high that it is the same one."

Thinking aloud he found another group of lizards and finished them off one after another.

Even after increasing in number they didn’t really pose any threat so he was not too worried.

A sudden pain exploded on his shoulder and with it a system window surprised Makoto, while he was still engaging in a battle with two Lizards.

Player Melody has attacked you!

You have received 102 Damage!

Player Melody has turned Chaotic with her actions in attacking you, attacking or killing her will not change your Alignment!

"What the-"

Before he could even react more pain exploded in his back and another message popped up.

Player Drake has attacked you!

You have received 84 Damage!

Player Drake has turned Chaotic with his actions in attacking you, attacking or killing him will not change your Alignment!

With a grunt Makoto jumped out of the way and a fireball flew over his head.

Finally able to turn around he saw a face he had only seen recently.

It was the same blond pretty boy that had tried to scam him in the armor shop before.

This time he was holding a two handed sword while grinning towards Makoto, blood was running down Drake's blade, his blood.

"Well look who we have here, are you maybe lost? No need to worry, I will use this sword to personally 'guide' you back to Talis!"

Still grinning he ran towards Makoto while swinging wide from above.

With a loud bang, Makoto was able to block the attack with his own sword but his arms nearly buckled under the swing.

Looking at Drake and the letters above him, his heart slightly trembled.

Drake: Warrior lvl 11

While evading yet another swing to the right, Makoto tried to let this blond rich boy have a taste of his own medicine, but he was denied this sweet revenge by an arrow that lodged itself in his chest.

Player Dawnwind has attacked you!

You have received 75 Damage!

Player Dawnwind has turned Chaotic with his actions in attacking you, attacking or killing him will not change your Alignment!

Makoto grit his teeth, against Drake alone he might have had at least a possible chance but under the attack of two others his health had taken a big dive and was already close to nothing.

Evading to the right and left he was able to dodge a few hits from all three until one of the lizards which he had completely forgotten about, bit his arm, slowing him down enough for yet another swing from Drake to reap his life.

You have received 93 Damage!

You have been killed by Drake!

With furry in his eyes Makoto glared at Drake that looked at him with a devilish smile.

"You will regret this, asshole."

That was the only thing he was able to say before darkness creeped in around him, taking his vision and again a familiar message showed itself, asking if he wanted to revive.

To his surprise he did not revive inside the Dungeon but in Talis just like Drake had hinted at.

Still angry but curious why he didn’t revive in the Dungeon, he opened the help screen and got his answer shortly after explaining his situation.

If killed inside a Dungeon from another player the usual spawn mechanic will be used instead of the Dungeon-respawn.

The reason behind it is simply to avoid spawn-camping, no one wants to be set back to level 1 just for getting killed inside a Dungeon once by a possible group of PK'ers.

Closing the Interface Makoto stormed through the streets of Talis.

He had already checked his equipment, if he maybe dropped anything and unfortunately his plated gloves couldn't be found anywhere.

To make matters worse he had lost so much experience that he was now level 7 again, even if he was close to 8 the lost level and his only defensive equipment other than his new greaves now in the hands of his killers filled Makoto with so much anger that his face was a mask of rage and anybody that crossed his way couldn't help but flinch and take a step back.

Only after crossing the stone bridge, reason caught up with Makoto and he stopped.

He had dropped one level and lost a piece of equipment, he was now even weaker than before, with that he wanted to fight that group of players again?

That mindset alone was only asking to be killed yet again.

Furious about his helplessness he pierced the sand beneath his feet with his sword and let his rage out.

The roar coming from him surprised many NPC's and players that passed by but Makoto didn’t care.

After picking himself up again the only emotion that resided inside him was cold rage.

With his eyes looking in the direction of the cave, Makoto spoke, more to himself than anyone else.

"Just you wait, Drake, Melody and Dawnwind. I will remember your names and return the favor thrice you pieces of shit!"

His face was still a mask of fury but his heart had calmed down and a plan formed in his mind.

First things first he had to get stronger, then and only then could he possibly kill a whole party by himself.

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You have discovered: Odd Shell

A big question mark formed on his face staring at the red shell in his hands.

Odd Shell:There seems to be some use to it but what could it be....Effect:Unknown

It had been uncovered in the sand after a rock crab Makoto was fighting bumped against the hidden object.

He decided to hunt these strange creatures again and to his luck the rock crabs further down the beach, north of Talis, were level 8 and not 4.

It also helped train his 'Penetration' skill again.

Penetration:Even the strongest of defenses can be broken through with effort and tenacity.Skill Type:passiveSkill Level4 (2%)Skill Effect:+ 14% Armor Penetration

Happy that at least something good happened today, Makoto continued fighting the crabs and amassed an incredible amount of junk in his inventory together with that odd red shell.

After reaching Level 8 again he took a little break and sat down.

He had no need to regenerate any health considering he never got hit but the mental strain of constantly fighting took a lot out of him so Makoto decided to watch the waves for a while.

There was some players around him fighting, all of them seemed to be in a party which baffled Makoto, these crabs were incredibly slow so he couldn’t believe how clumsy some of these players would have to be to need any help to begin with.

Interested he watched a Mage and Warrior fight 3 crabs at the same time, their synergy was good but the warrior did not dodge any hits and the mage was the same just standing there and shooting his fireballs.

It was strange for Makoto seeing this foreign way of fighting considering that most of his battles only consisted of dodging and counter-attacking when the enemy made a mistake or was caught off-guard.

While watching others fight around him, Makoto gathered as much Intel as possible on how players could fight.

It would help him in turn, remembering how most players reacted in different situations.

To his surprise one especially weird combination of a Priest and Mage had real problems with the crabs.

The rock crabs were slow but so was a Mage or Priest if they got the attention of a monster, they invested all their stats into Wisdom and Intelligence so their Agility was probably still at 10.

Both the Mage and Priest where screaming while a group of rock crabs chased them.

The sight was so funny seeing these two female players getting chased by a mob of stamping rock crabs that Makoto broke out into loud laughter while holding his stomach, tears blinding his sight.

Both players ran past him with red faces, they knew Makoto was laughing about them and the Mage took it especially personal because she couldn’t help to scream in anger at Makoto.

"If you have time to laugh your ass off help us, jackass!"

Still giggling from time to time Makoto stood up.

Before him 5 Rock crabs paused, they had a new target now and Makoto readied his sword.

While sidestepping a pincer shooting towards him Makoto returned the favor by piercing the crabs eye.

112 Damage dealt!

You have put a status effect on your opponent!

Blind: -20% Accuracy until the fight is finished.

Putting both hands on his sword he swung his blade downwards, cutting deep and killing the first crab.

With another step to the right he pierced the side of another exoskeleton and cut along it, new Damage windows appeared over and over again until after nearly cutting all the way through its body the second one died too.

Number 3 and 4 also disappeared after only 2 or 3 attacks and for the last one Makoto tried an idea he had gotten from before after slicing his first Starved Wolf's jaw off.

Gripping his sword tight Makoto waited.

The last crab was a little hesitant in engaging after seeing what happened to its brothers but in the end it only was a dumb crab after all.

With its short and many legs it ran towards Makoto but he was already prepared.

Waiting for the exact right moment he held his blade low before suddenly swinging upwards.

He landed the attack perfectly beneath the crabs belly, his sword slicing from below through the whole body and head until finally, the metal exited through the top again, cutting the poor thing in two with only one blow.

Lethal Hit!

You have dealt a lethal blow and are rewarded for your incredible feat.

+1 Fame!

Surprised about the effectiveness of his attack and the window he turned around to the two girls, they had an aghast look on their faces together with an open moth.

"'Is that help enough?"

Makoto couldn't stop himself asking, before breaking out into more laughter after seeing their bewildered expressions.

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