Draig knew there was only a little bit of time before those guards were noticed, calling over Wesley and his fellow 'Leaders' the Scumbag laid out a plan and sent each of them to complete their assigned task.
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Soon enough Draig was standing at the front of the group as they began marching as one with fighters in front and long distance ability users in the back.
Slowly they managed to search more rooms but found only old ropes, Draig was beginning to wonder if he had only arrived in the nick of time for these people.
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"Oh hunny cake, where is my special delivery of star power" came the voice into his head.
"Oh kitten, I will have them sent over immediately" smiled a monkey looking guy, he had a staff and wore baggy pants, he held a intoxicated expression almost as if he was drunk but there was no alcohol in sight.
This appeared to be the leader that the two guards had been speaking of, truly an odd looking fellow as he seemed to float along as if upon a cloud to his subordinates to relay his darling's desire.
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Draig and those following him began to feel a bit of trepidation as they felt a moderate source of energy coming towards them.
"Where the hell is everyone" came the growl as the monkey man from before turned the corner and saw the group.
The two parties looked at each other for a moment before Draig began mercilessly pelting the monkey man with shuriken, refusing to even let him speak. As the barrage flew towards him the monkey man began to spin his staff deflecting all the would be blades.
"What are you guys waiting for, attack" cried Draig not believing the group behind him would just sit and watch.
Seeming to have remembered their situation they too began their own onslaughts.
Unable to block all the attacks coming at him the monkey man continued spinning his staff with one hand and pulled a few hairs from his head before letting them flutter into the wind. The action caused a great bit of turmoil as it was such a odd thing to do amidst battle, however there wariness was soon proven to be correct as the hairs became clones of the monkey man.
"That's such a cheat" muttered Draig as he was forced to dodge a strike from one of the clones.
Pulling out the flaming sword he swung wildly just as he would before only to see his strikes easily parried, as he was being forced back so were those with him until Alex made herself known and threw down a smoke bomb.
"Everyone run" cried the girl however this was not in Draig's plan as the moment the smoke bomb was dropped and filled the hallway the monkey man and his clones became ablaze in red dots. Each one a clear indicator to his enemies location.
'You poor sucker' thought Draig with a smile as he flung his shuriken again but this time they only acted as a means of distracting the monkey man.
With the monkey man scanning his front warily, that is until he felt a scorching heat coming from behind him.
Leaping up in an attempt to dodge he didn't realize Draig being an amateur went for an overhead chop as if wielding an axe to split wood, this proved to be a terrible mistake as the burning blade scraped his spinal column forcing him into a world of pain.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH" came the monkey like howl, he had intended to spring up but found his body unresponsive in particularly his legs.
The clones realizing the danger of the original wished to converge on his location but weren't fast enough to stop the finishing blow as he was ran through the heart.
The clones along with the original were consumed in flames leaving only his medallion and scout behind.
[System Regulation Mission Complete]
{Rewards: 50 experience points, Unblunting blade, Moon dagger}
[Skill generated: Shadow strike- a blade that strikes from the shadows does more damage.]
Draig put away the burning blade and inspected his new equipment with some interest, he had noticed that the monkey man had attempted to to avoid his strike at the last second and he could only account it to the flames of the sword he was wielding. As he equipped the Unblunting Blade and Moon Dagger he turned his attention to the medallion and scout his opponent had.
Draig looked at the white medallion without any stars and couldn't help but find it to be the complete opposite of his own but scanned it before he received a notification.
{Suitable skill found, configuring to class}
[Skill acquired: Ninpo]
Clicking on the skill Draig was curious about Ninpo and it's uses, he had seen plenty of anime and games where the word ninjutsu was used but rarely ninpo.
{Ninpo: The famed magic of the Shinobi that allows them to perform their mystical abilities and control of the elements}
Draig stared at the skill before opening it's menu on his scout, currently he only had three skills in the tree that were unlocked.
[Burning torrent: allows the user to release a torrent of flames from the user's lips until Ki runs out]
[Body Double: allows user to replace himself with a incorporeal clone when attacked]
[Passive skill- Spider step: allows user to cling to surfaces as if walking]
Draig looked at the skills and couldn't deny their effectiveness, and it was kind of what expected if he was honest.
"Alright now lets see what this guy had on him" spoke Draig as he went for the scout.
"Hold it, you already scanned the medallion. It's only fair we get distribute what's on his scout" came Wesley's voice as the group returned.
"Why would I do that when you all ditched me, I killed him so by right it's mine." called back Draig as he went to scan the scout only for Wesley to rush him.
The only problem was when he attacked it was revealed to be an illusionary body as a blade was put against the Crusader's neck.
"By the way, in case you haven't noticed yet my class isn't a merchant. It's just a profession" whispered Draig into Wesley's ear.
The Shinobi released the foolish lard and scanned the scout.
{Acquired Monkey king's shroud, Health potion x7, Arrows x55, rations x10, 60 gold, Map Updated, Heavens fortune App unlocked}
"Anyone want a shroud" asked Draig finally causing some interest to be heard among the group.
"Don't act like that, it doesn't suit my class so naturally I don't want it and actually while I'm at it does anyone want my flaming sword." asked Draig causing Wesley to perk up as he was in fact jealous of the sword mentioned.
"I'll trade for it" spoke Wesley quickly causing Draig to just toss the sword to him.
"I haven't even made an offer" started Wesley.
"I didn't say I was trading it, I need to free up space in my inventory so just take it. Actually instead sign up with my MyMerch app." stated Draig remembering that his store was still only level one.
Soon after Draig have away the two items he watched as the group began switching armor one by one as the shroud was passed off allowing everyone to optimize themselves.
"Alright well since my mission is complete I'll be heading out" smiled Draig, he was curious about how the world had changed and the thought of exploration kind of excited him. Plus he would be lying if he said he didn't want to try out his new abilities.
"What about us" asked Wesley as his party was in fact missing an assassin to fill them out.
"I'm not gonna lie, if I hadn't received a mandatory mission then I wouldn't have come here but if you're that worried about it why don't we all add each other that way if one of us get's in trouble someone can attempt to help if we're nearby. Or I mean you can also choose to stick together and create one big group, both fine options but I don't know any of you and I mean you all did just try and pressure me into handing over my loot." explained Draig with a shrug.
"We can assure you it won't happen again, it would be better if we all stuck together" started Wesley causing Draig to deadpan.
"How about letting us come with you" smiled Alex causing Draig to sigh.
"Have you thought about what you will do when these little devices assign you a personal quest or a class quest." asked the Shinobi with a look of seriousness.
The group looked at each as if it was obvious.
"Won't it be easier together? In games a class quest is never higher than the user's level" came Wesley's voice again.
"What if it isn't" asked Draig simply before he began walking away.
"Wait, if you won't join us then let me at least add you to my friends list." offered Alex running over with her scout.
"What for?" asked Draig confused.
"Well, it never hurts to be able to call for back up. After all it's dangerous to go alone so take this" giggled Alex as she showed her Friend code.
Chuckling at the joke Draig scanned the code and left with a small smile on his face.