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Deep inside a very enchanting forest, where light squeezed through the gaps between the top cover of leaves, a young human sat on a large stone, in his hands was a black sword with a very long blade. The young man was wiping the sword clean while he was singing some song. His wavy hair flowing in the air, his golden brown eyes sparkling in the low light, his beautiful skin glistening. If a girl were to pass by she would faint at the mere sight of brilliance.

The naiads were all captivated by the scene in front of them. All of them forgot that they were under the threat of an attack. All except the boy had forgotten it. Unlike his calm appearance the boy’s mind was in turmoil. It was not due to panic or fear, it was due to the numerous ideas his mind was developing to finish of the pests. Shiv was planning his strategy. Suddenly he stopped his cleaning and smiled. The naiads shivered, the boy who was so calm before now wore a devils face.

“Hey! Can I ask you to do me a favor? ” the boy asked, he did not know the names of not even a single naiads. It was not because he did not ask it was because the naiads did not have a name. for them a name was superfluous. Another interesting fact was that there were only women among them.

The naiads nodded since they were unable to speak. They understood the boy’s words but could only respond with nods.

“I want plants which are poisonous and plants which are acidic or causes burns” he was not sure with acidic plants and hence also asked the naiads for plants which causes burns. The Ignutus tree had given Shiv valuable information. He understood that the plants and trees have different effect. So he was hoping to get plants with acidic sap.

The naiads nodded and then dispersed. Shiv got up and then checked his inventory. He now had throwing knives, a dagger, a crafting knife, a carving knife, an axe, a bow and a lot of rope. ‘That Thorwin, I had to fall on my knees to make him lend me those’. After he had leveled up to lvl 11 he had visited Thorwin to request some items for his quest. Thorwin had refused immediately. Shiv had to ask Altair for convincing Thorwin. He equipped the axe and began cutting down a tree. Since his stamina and strength were fairly high, he finished the job pretty fast. Then he used the axe to cut down the tree into small parts of lengths 80cms. In 7 hours he had prepared 163 of them which were at least 5 cm in girth. ‘Not at all good looking. But who cares’

Then he took out his carving knife and began carving one of the ends of the wooden stick. He was slow initially but gradually his speed increased. In another 4 hours he had sharpened all the remaining logs. Now he had 163 stakes, capable of piercing the flesh of most living beings. Leaving the stakes aside he then walked back to the pond. From the pond he started to walk away from it, this time calculating the distance he was moving. When he thought he had reached around 35 metres he halted, taking out the rope he had, he now began tying it to the tree. He formed a circle around the tree with it, tying it 60cms from the ground. The rope was too thin to be called a rope yet too strong to be called a thread.

He then moved away from the circle and observed it. It took him a while to adjust to it as he could barely see the rope.

‘Perfect, now on to the next thing’

The next thing he did was the same as before, tying the rope to the trees. This time the height from the ground was just 10 cms. A circle was formed around the pond again and unlike the previous circle it was much closer to the pond. Next was the turn of the stakes. He stood near the inner circle. Walked five steps towards the pond, bending down he touched the earth.

“Water magic” he called out. Nothing happened or so was what one looking at it would think. Shiv then took one stake and placed the blunt end on the floor. Suddenly the stack began sinking into the ground. Only a small part was sticking out of the ground . Shiv had used water magic to dampen the earth letting the stake sink in. Similarly, he placed all the stakes close to the inner circle and then used earth magic to harden the soil. Shiv then gathered some leaves and partially hid the stakes.

When all of this was completed, he cut down another tree. This time he used half of the logs to make barricades. The rest half were used for making hunting traps. The trap he used was spring spear trap. He took four strong and thick sticks and dug all the four into the ground. Another stick which was really long, almost a meter long, and placed it between the previous four. The four sticks were vertical while the long one was horizontal. Using the ropes he tied the long one to the four which were stuck to the ground. He then tied a rope to the free end and pulled backwards. This made the long stick arch backwards making a perfect arc. The rope tied to the free end was long enough that it could reach the pond. Shiv tied the rope to the tree closest to the pond. If the rope was cut, the long stick would spring forward and would hit anything in front of it. And If there was a sharp object attached to the stick, the sharp object would impale its target and kill it. Instead of using stakes, this time Shiv used the throwing knives. He tied those knives to the free end of the stick. He placed the same traps around the pond and used the wooden barricades to make sure the rabbits passed through where the traps were.

When the naiads returned with what he had asked for, Shiv used the poison plant and grinded the leaves to get its liquid using stones. The liquid was then applied to all the traps including the rope circles. Finally he used earth magic to create 8 huge earth buckets which were almost the same size as his. Even though it was trying, he then filled those buckets with water from the pond. One would have thought that the pond would go dry, but the water level did not even drop a bit. Shiv had raised a small wall which was only 15cms tall around the pond, the large buckets were then built close to the wall. He then squeezed out the liquids from the acidic plant. The liquid along with the poison was mixed into the water. The naiads were again requested to gather some more plants. By the time all his preparations were done the day had passed.

On the next morning, Shiv went to level up and returned when he was lvl 20. It was already evening. Shiv turned to the naiads and gave them some orders, the naiads nodded their head with vigor. They gave Shiv some herbs to eat which, when he ate, rejuvenated him.

As a predator waiting for his prey, Shiv waited for his enemies to come. It did not take too long as Shiv heard footsteps approaching.

“It is time for rabbit stew” saying so he got up.

‘Trrrng’

Black Rabbit ArmyThe Black rabbits are approaching. They intend to invade the naiad pond and seize it for themselves. You have been sent to stop the marauding black rabbits and help the naiads survive.

Black rabbits killed: 0/150

‘150 huh, it is gonna be a long night’

‘Squeak! Whoosh!’ Shiv could hear sounds along with the cries of the rabbits. ‘It has started’, Shiv kept waiting.

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The black rabbits, a 150 in number were running towards their destination, the pond. They were moving at their maximum speed and that speed proved fatal for them. The black rabbits in the front suddenly stopped, some rolled down ahead, there was blood oozing out of the rabbits. Some were instantly killed due to being cut by the strong rope. The Black rabbits were so fast that by the time some of them noticed it was too late. Those who did not notice were cut deeply. Those who noticed the rope tried to slow down but to no avail, they too were cut but mildly. But that was all that was needed . A small cut was enough, the poison on the rope began its mission and spread throughout the bodies of those who were cut. Those who were deeply wounded died instantly while the others that got wounded had a long and painful death. The number of rabbits dwindled fast. The rabbits in the back were now cautioned, they stopped their advance and carefully observed the surroundings. Finding nothing they moved forward with slowly, still running.

That was when the second trap activated. The rabbits in the front suddenly tripped. Their running sending them flying a little forward directly into the hidden stakes covered with the same poison. And so the army began dwindling at a frightening pace. The rabbits began panicking. The only enemy they could sense was nowhere near and they had felt that the enemy was stationary. They did not understand how they were being killed. Fear struck them. Their morale fell, their instincts told them to run away but yet they moved forward as if they were afraid to go back.

Only less than half had survived the initial traps. The Black rabbits then decided to spread out. They thought that if they spread out and surrounded the enemy their victory would be easy. Another foolishness. They did not know who they were dealing with. They did not realize that they were being manipulated.

A smiling Shiv thought, ’today I am going to have rabbit meat for dinner’, drooling. Drooling in middle of a battle was something only he would do. The rabbits now stopped running and were walking slow. They were alert, keeping their eyes on the enemy in front who had been sitting still from the moment they had arrived. They avoided the barricades and walked cautiously through the path that was unguarded.

‘Hihihi, that’s it. Keep moving just like that’. “Cut it free now” shouted Shiv

The naiads who had been hiding till then came out with the knives Shiv had given and cut the ropes that were tied to the trees. The spring spear traps were activated once the ropes suppressing them were cut. The tension that had built up on the stick caused it to spring forward at a high speed. The rabbits could not react fast enough to dodge the oncoming attack. The knives attached to the end impaled the rabbits killing them instantaneously. Some who were in the range of the stick got hit too, the momentum sending them flying.

The remaining rabbits confused froze. Those who were heavily wounded, he tried to take them down with arrows trying to improve his archery in midst. Some of them hit, some did not. Every hit improved his accuracy. He took down the near dead rabbits with it. Surrounding the rabbits were corpses of their brothers, rage began to well up inside them. Screaming with all their might they rushed forward intend on killing the enemy in front.

“You got mad just with this? The main course is has not even been served. Well since you guys are in a rush, I will give you a taste of it then. Let it flow!” Shiv shouted the final part of his dialogue.

Suddenly a rumbling sound could be heard, the huge earthen buckets were moving. The entire naiad population was working together to push down the buckets. With all their might and anger towards the rabbit they pushed and slowly the buckets started to fall. A huge wave of water gushed out of all the buckets, towards the incoming rabbits. The rabbits did not even try to stop, they had thought that it was just water and had taken the incoming water lightly. This cost them dearly, the entire rabbit force that came into contact with the water winced, their flesh burning, blood gushing out. Through the burns poison seeped through into the rabbits, slowing the rabbit even more.

‘It is finally time’ Shiv Stood up, his black sword shining in the moon light.

“Heavenly Elements Form 1: Kaze” and Shiv disappeared. With all his grinding the skill was now at level 3. Even though the mana consumption was the same, the duration was increased to two minutes which gave Shiv time to deal with multiple enemies. He appeared behind those he thought would fall with a single strike.

“Heavenly Element Form 2: Hono” he activated his second skill. Activating both the skills cost him almost half his mana

but the increase in agility and attack damage was worth it. Shiv targeted those which had only 20 to 30% HP left. His single strike to the back was all it needed to finish them off. In 2 minutes he had taken care of 7 rabbits. All that was remaining was 23 rabbits which were burnt and poisoned. As time passed the poison kept decreasing there HP.

“23 against 1 eh. There is more than I thought. 10 of them would have been an ok but this was too much even if they were half dead. Guess I have no other choice. Chains of Time ” and then time slowed, the rabbits lost its main weapon of

agility. Shiv now used his swords to take care of those in front of them. He faced the rabbits head on, slashing the rabbits and dodging their claws and bites. The fight continued for hours, wearing down both the sides. Shiv knew that the rabbits would die even if he had left them alone, but the samurai blood in him did not let him do so. Blood gushed out as fountain from the cuts Shiv made. The rabbits fell one by one. There were now 3 left. The rabbits did not try to approach him, they were now scared for what they saw was so terrifying.

Basking in the moonlight was a young man covered in the blood of his enemies holding a black sword in his right hand. The eyes that were looking at the rabbits terrified them more. Golden brown eyes that usually glittering was now cold, the very eyes made the rabbits shiver.

‘God of Death’ was the only thing the rabbits thought. They now tried backing off, they just wanted to survive. When they were a little away from Shiv the rabbits began to run with all their might. The one in the front looked back to tell his companions that they were almost free. But all he saw was the two rabbits heads getting chopped off. Before his brains could develop the sensation of fear, its head too came off.

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Shiv was tired, he could not move. He took a sip of the water from the fountain and his body was back to full energy. Even though he was no longer tired he still sat on the ground and took the medicinal herbs the naiads had given him and swallowed it. He then lied down and began allocating his stats point. From the battle he understood his low mana was a problem. he had gained 12 levels from the rabbit hunt, the sword gave him another 3 levels. He invested 15 to INT and WIS, the remaining point went equally to all the stats. With this he was level 35 with the power of a level 50. He decided to have a nap there and it was then that he noticed some movements. He then silently woke up and climbed the near tree, hiding himself in it. Cautiously he looked around to identify the source of the movement. It did not take him too long to see what had caused the disturbance. Shiv could not believe his own eyes.

The movement he heard was that of something tripping over the inner rope circle and falling on to the stakes. Trapped on the stakes was something Shiv never imagined to confront. With 3 pairs of red eyes and legs a beast was trying to free itself out of the stakes which had impaled two of its legs.

‘Why? Why is it here?’

‘trrrng’

QUEST: THE NAIADS SAVIOUR 2Now that the black rabbits have all died, the one who controlled them has come out to seize the pond by himself. A creature thought to be extinct, a creature which is the embodiment of evil, Dralve. Slay the evil beast and return peace to the naiads

Difficulty : +E

Requirements: Kill all the Black Rabbits

Rewards

Unknown?????

Failure

The quest will fail

1. if you die

‘Why is it here? How can it be here?’ Shiv knew that at the current state he was no match. He also knew that he had no other choice but to confront it. He did not want to abandon the naiads. Gritting his teeth he jumped forwards and ran towards the Dralve.

Sensing the approach of Shiv the Dralve tried hard to get free. The poison and the stakes had eaten away 15% of its HP. But the Dralve was no weak opponent. It was at least a level 70. Too powerful for Shiv.

“Kaze! Hono! Chains of Time! ” Shiv used all his skill all at once now that he had more mana. In the two minutes he had, he wasted none. The struggling Dralve proved hard to slash so Shiv could only manage 6 strikes on its back. Shiv them backed off and hid himself on a tree. He jumped from one tree to another to distract the Dralve. If the Dralve escaped out of the trap while he was slashing he would be dead, he knew this. so he had decided to back off every time his skills wore down. He used his bow and poison arrows against the Dralve. Aiming for the eyes, he shot arrows one after another. Some would hit the Dralve some would miss. It took Shiv 20 shots to damage two of its eyes. He ran out of arrows and had no other choice but to rely on his swords. Using the remaining poison to coat the sword he rushed forward activating all his skills, even then his mind was working on strategies to take down the beast. When he was near the beast he cast wind scythe causing a blade of wind to attack the dralve thus forcing the dralve to lose its balance. Before the Dralve could recover Shiv had landed 11 hits on the Dralve. Some of the slash hit the same point consecutively causing more damage to the Dralve. More over the back attack added to the damage. He knew he was fighting cowardly but this was his only chance.

By then the dralve’s HP dropped below half. This angered the Dralve more. Without a care for its body it started struggling much harder causing more damage to itself. Shiv observed the Dralve for some time allowing his skills to cool down. Casting the skills again as soon as it was available he attacked the Dralve with all his might, landing another 10 strikes along with two critical strikes. This time Shiv understood that the trap won’t hold long. Shiv ran towards one of the barricade and slashed it down. But before he could pick it up he was attacked from behind, a powerful claw sends him flying. The Dralve ran towards Shiv to finish him off. Sensing the danger Shiv got up, his hands trembling. The beast ran with all its might towards Shiv

“Kaze” activating his skill Shiv lightly dodged to the left and using two throwing knives he picked up in between he struck the beast’s eyes. The beast went slump, crashing on to the ground, losing all of its right eye. Thinking that everything was over, Shiv bent down to pick up his sword. To make sure the beast was dead, Shiv planned to impale its heart with a stake and so picked up one. He stood up and turned towards the beast to finish it off. The moment he turned back, he saw the Dralve jumping at him. His hands moved instinctively, both the hands which were now holding a sword and a sharp log was stretched towards the beast in midair.

The beast panicked. With no way to stop its jump through mid-way, the beast ran into the stake and sword together, both the weapons passing through it body. Before its life ran out, the Dralve with all its might bit Shiv’s left shoulder. With intense pain coursing through his body, Shiv fell together with the dead dralve, his conscious now fading.

‘Trrrng’ was the last thing he heard.

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