Chapter 33: A Hot Mercenary
After Fei picked up all the items and coins, he opened up his [Character Status]-
Gamer: Fei
Class: Barbarian
Level: 7
Experience: 35100/40000
Strength: 51
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 10
Vitality: 34
Damage: 30-43
Accuracy: 114
Armor: 77
Endurance: 1124
Health: 126
Resource (Fury): 19
Fire-Resistance: 0
Cold-Resistance: 0
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Lightning-Resistance: 15
Poison-Resistance: 0
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These stats were way better than what he started with. But one thing was obvious, even with stats like these, it wasn't enough to solve the problem he was having in the real world.
From Fei's rough estimation, level 5 in Diablo world was equal to a one star warrior.
Between level 5 and 10, he could kill a one star warrior easily and would a big threat to the two star warriors, judging by how he killed Conca. However, when faced with actual two star warriors who could utilize their strength efficiently, it wouldn't be that easy. However, it wouldn't be impossible to win either. When facing a three star warrior like Landes or Lampard, unless Fei used sneak attacks, there was zero chance of winning.
If he reached level 10, Fei believed that he could fight Landes effectively without using abilities such as [Howl].
This was why Fei had to use his time wisely and level up as soon as possible. Once his barbarian character surpassed level 10, Chambord would have a better chance of winning.
Fei started his journey in the Diablo world again.
"Buzzzzz…"
Fei opened his [Item Slot] and used a [Town Portal Scroll], and the blue oval shaped portal appeared beside Fei. He stepped into the portal and went back to [Rogue Encampment].
The first person he went to was Priestess Akara. He bought a [Tome of Town Portal] and a [Tome of Identify], which could each contain 20 [Town Portal Scrolls] and 20 [Identify Scrolls] respectively. They helped save storage room in his [Item Slot].
If each scroll took up a slot in his inventory, 40 scrolls would occupy the entire space and there wouldn't be any room for anything else.
Because Priestess Akara was very cheap, Fei didn't want to sell the items he didn't need to her. He left Akara, and then went into an empty tent and started using [Identity Scrolls] to identity the items he obtained.
Fei started with the three yellow rare items. The first one was the shield that had black hooks on it. After using a [Identity Scroll], all the properties of the shield appeared in Fei's mind –
[Azure Spiked Shield]
Defence: + 20
% Block: + 25%
Durability: 10/10
Required Strength: 35
Required Level: 7
Special Property: +9% Cold-Resistance, +17% replenish life (Increase life regeneration), +7 Resource (Fury), ethereal (Unable to repair)
The properties of this shield were too good. It was the perfect shield for a barbarian. With this shield, Fei's defense had went up a level.
The only drawback was that the durability of the shield was only 10, and it couldn't be repaired at all. Once the shield was broken, it would be gone forever. However, the pros outweighed the cons by a lot, and this shield was just what Fei needed right now.
He equipped it without hesitation.
Then, he continued the identification.
After using one more [Identity Scroll], the property of the golden sword appeared too –
[Storm Sabre] (One handed)
Damage: 3-7
Durability: 24/24
Required Strength: 25
Required Dexterity: 20
Special Property: +1 Minimum Damage, +16 Accuracy, +51% damage to Undead, +69 Accuracy to Undead, +5 lightning damage, +6 poison damage over 2 seconds.
The sword's properties were amazing as well, just like how rare items were supposed to be.
Fei thought about it and equipped it too. In the Diablo World, except for items such as armour and rings that a character could only equip one at a time, characters could equip two set of weapons and could freely switch between them in different situations.
Fei equipped [Azure Spiked Shield] and [Storm Sabre] as a weapon set. With the sword in the right hand and the shield on his left, they were a perfect set of substitute weapons. The massive double-handed axe was still Fei's main weapon.
It was time to identify the last yellow rare item – the bronze gloves.
The properties appeared after using the scroll.
[Bronze Self-Repairing Gloves]
Defense: +6
Durability: 14/14
Special Property: +15 Accuracy, +10% fire-resistance, +15% cold-resistance, self-repair 1 durability in 33 seconds.
Another piece of beauty. Fei's head was a little dizzy, and he had to pinch himself to make sure that he wasn't dreaming. All three yellow rare items had amazing properties, and best of all, Fei could equip them right away as a level 7 Barbarian. It felt like the three items were tailored towards Fei.
He equipped the [Bronze Self-Repairing Gloves] to get rid of the old worn out leather gloves. The three yellow rare items were shining on him. It made him feel very powerful. He couldn't wait to go to the moor to battle with monsters just to try out his new 'outfit'.
After he finished identifying, he went to the female blacksmith Charsi.
He sold all the blue magic items that he didn't need for 18,666 gold coins. Seeing all the 21,000 gold coins in his [Item Slot], Fei felt a sense of accomplishment, going from a pauper to a prince in terms of wealth.
Time was tight. After Fei finished everything, he repaired all his items at Charsi's, bought a metal helmet and a pair of heavy leather boots and quickly went to the next location on his mind.
The next stop was Kashya, the military leader at [Rogue Encampment]. He completed the quest [Sisters' Burial Grounds] and was there to receive his rewards.
"Oh, god bless. Young traveller, you have really killed that sinful traitor...Congratulations, you have earned my trust and friendship. As a reward, you shall receive a powerful female rogue as a mercenary."
Kashya was surprised that Fei had successfully completed the quest. After she finished speaking, a young pretty female rogue archer stepped out of a tent behind Kashya and walked to Fei.
"This is the most powerful magic archer at Rogue Encampment, Elena. Young traveller, Elena shall be by your side and fight for you from now on. Kashya introduced the female rogue fighter to Fei.
Fei took a close look. This young magic archer named Elena was about twenty one years old. She was only a little shorter than Fei. Her fiery red long hair was tied to the back of her head with a coarse cloth, and her figure was beautiful. She wore rough leather armour that only covered important spots on her body. A pair of leather barreled boots covered her calf, but most of her thighs were exposed; the leather war-kilt acted as a mini-skirt. Her appeal almost caused Fei to have a nose bleed. Despite her appeal, Fei felt that this female magic archer had a special feeling of courage and bravery that ordinary girls didn't have.
"Hello, according to Leader Kashya's orders, I shall fight for you, young warrior."
Elena didn't like talking. After she said that, she stood behind Fei like a bodyguard. Her expression was very calm. Fei felt that although she looked cold and independent, she was easy to talk to.
Fei remembered the effects of fighting with a mercenary that he learned on Earth from the original game.
If he wasn't wrong, fighting alongside a mercenary would increase the speed of leveling up by a lot. He thanked Kashya and went to priestess Akara with his new hot bodyguard to receive the third quest – [Search for Cain].
This mission was a little bit more complicated.
Fei had to cross the [Underground Passage] and find a mysterious scroll in the [Dark Wood] under the Tree of Inifuss. He had to then go back to priestess Akara to get the scroll translated – which would give Fei a series of numbers. He had to then touch the five cairn stones in sequence at [Stoney Field] . This opened the portal that would send Fei to a mysterious space where the 'obscene' old man, Cain, was locked in a cage on a tree by a bunch of demons. Fei had to kill all the demons in that space and free the old man in order to complete the quest.
Chapter 34: Unexpected Change
This quest was complicated, but it was very important to the plot in the Diablo World as a whole. This was because after the player rescued the 'obscene' old man Cain from the mysterious space called Tristram, the old man would be around the player wherever he went and would give out all types of quests to link the plot together in Diablo.
Before Fei started the quest, he double checked his items and the details of the quest.
It wasn't too challenging for Fei in his current condition. After calculating the time, Fei felt that he could complete the quest in two hours if everything went smoothly. There would also be extra time for him to do the things he planned before he would get kicked out. Fei decided to go and find the tree of Inifuss.
Before he left the encampment, he looked at the hot mercenary Elena who was following him quietly. He thought of something and went back to the female blacksmith Charsi. He spent around 1,000 gold coins and purchased a strong bow, heavy leather armour, a pair of heavy leather boots and a top quality hat that was made for female characters.
"Hey beauty, you can use these items, right?"
Fei had a bright smile on his face. He said to Elena, "If you can use these, then put them on. When facing monsters and demons, a bit more strength will increase our chance of survival."
"These…..these are for me?" Elena was surprised; she didn't expect this at all. It seemed too unbelievable.
"Do you thinking I'm that sick to use female items?" Fei felt that the hot mercenary in front him was very excited. He was a little confused; these items valued around 1,000 gold coins weren't that good under Fei's standards. It was like comparing a small patch of grass to a large tree if they were put beside Fei's weapons and armour.
"Why are you so excited?" Fei didn't know.
"Thank you, young warrior." After confirming that those items were meant for her, Elena calmed herself. She bowed and thanked Fei and took the items into the tent behind Charsi.
Soon, sounds of Elena changing her clothes came from the tent; Fei wished he had x-ray vision.
After about 20 seconds, Elena walked out. Fei's eyes shined. Elena's new look was just too damn fine. The heavy leather armour covered in light blue light had outlined her perfect body. With the bow in her hand and arrows on her back, she looked like the goddess of war.
"Haha, it fits you perfectly. Let's go!"
Fei felt his nose was about to bleed any second. He pretended everything was fine, turned around and started walking towards the gate of the encampment.
The reason Fei bought this hot mercenary items wasn't purely because he was perverted; Elena was a great fighter. Increasing her strength would help Fei complete his quest quickly.
A smiled appeared on Elena's face, but it was gone the next second and her calm demeanor returned. She didn't say anything and followed Fei quietly.
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"Woosh!"
Three [Fallen Shaman] screamed as they fell on the ground.
"Tink!"
A blue magic item dropped from the monster's corpse. Fei was excited. He picked it up and saw a unique shaped ring. It wasn't identified, so he didn't know the properties of the item.
After using a [Identify Scroll], Fei found out that the ring was [Glimmering Ring], +8 Resources (Fury), +5 light radius. It wasn't too useful to a barbarian who fought in close combat, but Fei put it on; it was better than nothing.
Elena glanced around carefully, maintaining full alert while Fei was doing that. What made Fei feel strange was that he felt that Elena couldn't see the items that dropped from the monsters. This was because the hot mercenary looked at him strangely, as if he was a mime artist.
"Could it be that the residents in the Diablo world like Elena can't see the items that drop from monsters?" Something hit Fei, "So that means…In this world, I'm the only one who can obtain items from killing monsters?"
This hypothesis surprised Fei. He felt he had discovered something, but he just couldn't wrap his mind around it.
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Time was tight. Fei and Elena moved quickly through the map.
In the deepest location of [Stoney Field] which was connected to [Cold Plain], Fei took Elena through a portal that brought both of them into the [Underground Passage].
After they stepped foot into the [Underground Passage], all they could see was darkness.
There wasn't any light in the passage, and the chilling wind blew against them.
The sharp and devastating screams of the monsters echoed through the deepest part of the passage. A fishy stench filled the passage and made it even more terrifying.
"Be careful! Stay behind me. Remember, don't ever go in front of me." Fei turned around and ordered the mercenary.
He was a barbarian, which innately had more health and armour. He could act as a tank that blocked all the damage in the front. Elena on the other hand was a ranged magic archer. She had a high damage, but low health and armour. If monsters got close to her, she would be in a dangerous situation.
Elena was stunned. She didn't expect the young traveller in front of her to make such a decision. It was totally different from the scary myths that were passed around in [Rogue Encampment], where travellers would get the most value out of their mercenaries as possible. Before, Elena thought that her fate would be just like the female rogues from 60 years ago; she would be used as bait to attract monsters by Fei and act as a human shield, but...
While the hot mercenary was still in shock, Fei already started charging.
"Roar – !"
Fei used warcry-[Howl] as he swung his huge axe.
He chopped three times easily and he separated the three [Goatman] that were rushing towards him into six pieces from the waist.
"Come on! We have to move through here fast!"
Fei turned around and said to Elena as he continued charging. He soon disappeared into the darkness; Elena finally reacted and chased after Fei.
Numerous monsters and demons rushed towards Fei like a flood. He stepped forward and was about to strike when he heard a whooshing sound coming from behind him. Blue arrows flew past Fei and nailed four monsters right in their heads. The magic on the arrow exploded and turned them into ice statues; there were no life inside them.
"Sick!"
Fei gave Elena a big thumbs up.
This female rogue was not just a pretty girl to look at. Her shooting skills were outstanding. All four of her arrows hit the agile monsters accurately in such a dark environment; her ability had proven her worth to Fei.
Elena didn't react at all to Fei's compliment.
Her bowstring kept on stretching, "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh -" three more arrows were shot out and sent three more [Goatman] to hell.
Fei discovered that this hot mercenary was an ice magic archer. All the arrows she shot weren't just powerful and did a ton of damage. It also slowed their movement and attack speed. She was literally the best supportive mercenary Fei could hope for.
They kept moving through the passage.
The [Underground Passage] was like a maze. There were a lot of curved paths and forks in the passage; it was very easy to get lost. Monsters attacked from various hidden corners and places. It was like the easier version of hell; the cold wind blew and monsters screamed.
Fei had done enough killing and had enough experience to not be affected by this.
Elena seemed like she experienced a similar scene and was not scared, either.
Every time she pulled the bowstring, a monster was killed. Of course, when faced with [Disfigured Taints], [Giant Spiders] and [Yeti Wendigos], all of which were higher leveled monster, it took more work than just one arrow. Without Fei's assistance, she needed three arrows to take one of them down. Moreover, she had to keep her distance from the monsters during the process in order to fully utilize her bow and arrows.
After about 20 minutes, their coordination became more proficient. As if they knew exactly what the other person was going to do, they barely talked to each other during the process, but they were becoming more coordinated. Fei swung his axe and smashed all the monsters that were close, while Elena shot her frost arrows to kill the monsters further away. The pace they were moving at was beyond Fei's expectations.
"If we can keep this up, we could get to [Dark Wood] and find that damn scroll under the tree of Inifuss in less than half an hour!"
Fei was becoming more optimistic about the mission.
At this moment, something unexpected happened –
"AHHH!!!"
The hot mercenary who was shooting at the monsters behind Fei suddenly screamed. Fei heard panic, anger and sadness in the scream; as if something terrifying had happened.
Chapter 35: Elena's Surprise
Fei was shocked. He quickly beheaded the monsters in front of him and turned around to see what had happened. It turned out that Elena was not attacked by monsters at all. However, she looked soullessly at the entrance of a dusky cave located far away. Her body was stiff, and her hand that was holding the bow was shaking uncontrollably. Tears dripped down her pale face as she stared at a blackened object.
Fei was worried. He rushed to Elena. When he got closer, he found out that the blackened object was the ruined corpse of a female rogue.
The corpse wore rough leather armour that was common for female rogues. She had red hair as well, but looked younger than Elena; around 17 years old. She had definitely been tortured by monsters when she was alive. Her chest was torn open, and her heart was missing. There were horrifying scratches on her left thigh, and her flesh on her right thigh was missing, exposing the bone underneath. It looked like it was eaten by something...
"Oh god! ...No... She...She's Nina, she went missing when we were searching for food on [Blood Moor], and she was ..."
Elena lost the strength to stand. She fell on her knees and couldn't hold back her tears. "She was only 17, and that was the first time she had left the camp and participated in a mission...and she volunteered to go...Nina worked hard in the camp. It didn't matter how hard work was, she always had a bright smile on her face and encouraged us like a cheerful angel, making us laugh. How could this...Wahwahwah...These monsters should all go to hell!"
After listening to Elena's cries, Fei partially understood what had happened. It was obvious that this female corpse was someone Elena knew. She was taken by monsters a month ago while they were on a mission and suffered a horrific death in this cave.
17 years old was an age that a girl should have been enjoying life and having fun, but Nina had a tragic fate. It saddened Fei, despite not knowing who Nina was.
From the start, the Diablo world gave Fei a realistic feeling. He felt pain when he was injured, the NPCs had their own intelligence, and he felt thirsty, hungry and tired when he battled for too long...But subconsciously, Fei had still treated this world as a game.
However, after seeing the ruined corpse in front of him and listening to Nina's life story, Fei felt he got it all wrong. The Diablo World was also a real world. The residents in the world didn't just have intelligence, but emotions and feelings as well. They were living humans, not some programmed scripts and codes.
"It's alright Elena, don't cry. Let's kill all the monsters here and seek vengeance for Nina!"
Fei didn't know how to comfort this crying beauty properly. He reached for her hand and held up the crying mercenary. The 'Goddess of War' who had previously brutally killed monsters was now as weak as an ordinary little girl that needed care and protection. Fei had seen her weak side under her quiet and independent demeanor.
Maybe this was her true nature, suppressed by the horrible environment. It didn't matter how strong or how calm she was when facing monsters; Elena was only a 21 year old girl. On Earth, most girls this age would be in school and have a bright future. Alternately, in the Diablo World, they needed to train in order to survive and battle against vicious monsters. It wasn't uncommon to watch their friends and families die and be unable to do anything about it.
Fei dug a big hole in the ground with his axe and buried Nina's corpse. When he was moving the corpse, Fei found something – it wasn't gold coins or items, but rather a pocketful of plant seeds.
The little girl who came out of [Rogue Encampment] to find food had saved her 'treasures', even though she died in such an environment. Elena treated those plants seeds as her most precious possession and put them carefully into her pocket. After Nina's body was buried, the two of them continued on their journey.
Elena was still stimulated by what happened and transferred her sadness into anger against the monsters. Fei didn't really fight much; every time he was about to strike, arrows would kill the monsters he could see and send them to hell.
Elena's attitude towards Fei had changed a lot. Although they still didn't talk much as they continued pushing forward in the dark passage, Fei felt that the eyes behind him were much softer when Elena looked at him...
As they moved forward, they had encountered a couple more corpses of female rogues. Luckily, Elena didn't know them, so it saved Fei a lot of trouble. However, he was compassionate, so he still took time to properly bury the poor rogues.
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Because Fei had memories of the original game, he chose the path that led them directly to [Dark Wood] instead of going to the second level of [Underground Passage].
It was brighter, similar to when Fei and Elena first stepped out of the portal from [Underground Passage] to [Dark Wood].
[Dark Wood] wasn't that dark. There was more grass and trees than [Blood Moor] and [Cold Plain] despite not being close to a forest at all.
Rain fell down from the sky. Fei looked in the distance and discovered crowds of monsters and demons. They were much more aggressive. When they saw two people appearing from the portal, they began charging towards them and screaming loudly.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh – !"
A barrage of frost arrows shot out as if they were bullets from a machine gun.
"Whir, whir, whir -"
The double handed axe had drawn a deadly trajectory as Fei swung it forcefully.
Under the massacre of these two mad warriors, the monsters and demons died as fast as they charged.
Fei and Elena destroyed the monsters as if they were skilled farmers harvesting their crops.
Miserable screams filled the woods. The two of them quickly approached a giant withered tree about 50 yards (50 m) high while stepping in the flesh and blood of the monsters.
It was the tree of Inifuss.
There were piles of rotten corpses under the tree. Flocks of flies hovered above them. There were even some corpses hanging on tree branches, dripping blackened blood and pus. The stench around the tree could easily make anyone puke. The scene was like hell.
Fei squeezed his nose as he slowly approached the tree, and then softly touched it.
"Pa!"
A white parchment scroll shot off of the tree.
Fei picked it up and opened it. There was a large circle drawn with some sort of reddish-black material similar to blood. The circle contained a five-point star and mysterious symbols covered the rest of the scroll. It looked like it was one of those magic scrolls, but Fei couldn't understand a thing.
"Looks like I have to get it translated by Akara."
Fei threw it into his [Item Slot] and also picked up a few valuable items dropped by the monsters. He then used a [Town Portal Scroll], and the blue portal appeared again.
Fei turned around and signaled Elena who was guarding him to follow him into the portal. However, a surprised expression appeared on Elena's face again.
"This...is a [Town Portal Scroll]?"
Elena's voice shook, as if she couldn't believe her eyes.
The hot mercenary thought to herself, "If my fellow sisters had these kinds of magical scrolls, how many lives could that save? Maybe Nina would be still alive..."
"Yeah, it's a [Town Portal Scroll]."
Although Fei had noticed Elena's change in mood, he didn't think too much of it, "What's so special about a [Town Portal Scroll] that only costs 80 gold coins?" Time was tight and he needed a lot of time to execute his plans. There was no time to waste, so he answered casually and stepped into the portal.
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[Rogue Encampment]
Fei went straight to priestess Akara to get the scroll translated. Elena followed Fei and carefully went through the portal. This was the first time Elena had ever used the portal to get back to the camp, so her mind was filled with shock and curiosity. She had planned to visit her sisters and tell them about Nina's death, but after thinking about her new identity and Fei's quest, she hesitated and eventually gave up her plan.
After about three minutes, Fei rushed back with the parchment scroll in his hand.
"Why didn't you go and talk to your sisters?"
Chapter 36: Tristram
Elena felt safe and secure whenever she was with this young traveller. The monsters that took her sisters and her a lot to effort to kill were like cabbages in front of him. All the monster were stopped by him and couldn't even get close to her. That man was like an insurmountable wall that blocked off all danger...
Reality had overturned her perception of their master-mercenary relationship. According to everyone's knowledge, including leader Kashaya, mercenaries were simply tools used by travellers. Some despicable travellers used their poor mercenaries to attract monsters and use them as human shields; this led to significant casualties in [Rogue Encampment].
But in order to maintain the existence of the camp and to protect the weak residents who had no combat abilities, female rogues had to be hired as mercenaries for travellers and sacrifice themselves.
Obviously, the young barbarian traveller in front of her wasn't like that. Elena didn't know if the tales were untrue or if she just got lucky and met a kind and brave traveller.
"Maybe it's because of the time that has passed. After 60 years of isolation, all the past travellers disappeared and the camp became an abandoned place. He was the first traveller to step into rogue encampment after 60 years...Everything has changed." Elena had found an excuse.
Fei laughed as he saw the slightly nervous expression on the hot mercenaries face; he didn't say anything. He turned around and walked back to the portal. Elena, who still had a lot of stuff on her mind, quickly followed Fei.
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It took Fei less than 10 minutes to go back from [Dark Wood] to [Stoney Field].
It was fast because when Fei went to get the scroll translated from Akara, he also bought two [Health Potions]; one for himself and one for Elena. Also, the monsters on the way back had already been cleared, so there weren't too many obstacles.
They quickly found the Cairn Stones.
Fei took out the translated scroll and touched the five stones carefully in the order they were displayed on the scroll. Suddenly, the sky dimmed and everything around them turned dark.
Harsh winds blew against the plains and lifted up all the dry leaves from the ground. It felt like the end of the world. At that moment, five blue beams shot off the five stones and slowly merged together, forming a bloody red giant portal in the center of the five stones. It looked like a pool of blood, and a yellow light was looming inside of it.
It was the portal to Tristram, where the 'obscene' old man Cain was locked up.
Fei stood there and sighed, "The way that these five stones shone was quite frightening, they made a large haze."
Elena was quite shocked as well.
The things she saw when following Fei for the past two hours were way more exciting than what she had experienced the past twenty one years.
"After we go through the portal, there will be a ton of monsters and demons. Be careful and follow me tightly, don't rush forward..." Fei turned around and told Elena. He felt that he didn't stress hard enough, so he continued, "Remember, if things get too dangerous, just turn around and escape from here. Don't be so stubborn."
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According to the plot, Tristram had already been destroyed by the awaken Diablo, and it turned into a paradise for monsters and demons. The great paladin Griswald had also fallen here and turned into a powerful demon; he was the boss in Tristram. If Fei wanted to rescue Cain successfully, it was going to take some effort. Fei was confident that he could sweep out all the monsters at Tristram by taking it slowly. He had about 20 [Minor Healing Potions] in his [Item Slot]. They were enough to support Fei and Elena in the upcoming battle.
However, if the situation became dangerous, he might not be able to protect Elena. If this magic archer was surrounded by monsters, she would surely be torn into pieces. That's why Fei reminded Elena about her safety so many times.
After Fei said that, he stepped into the portal and disappeared from [Stoney Field].
Elena's heart warmed. Although there was nothing special about what Fei said, she felt his care – care directed at someone close.
"He is the one that deserves my effort and sacrifice."
She pondered for a little while, and then a resolute expression appeared on her face, as if she had made some sort of decision. She then quickly stepped into the portal.
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At Chambord.
The sun was about to rise to the center of the sky.
The mysterious, black armoured enemies still didn't move. The sea of enemies occupied the bridge on Zuli River. Like a huge black snake hissing with its scarlet forked tongue, they were waiting for the best moment to strike.
The pressure on the defensive wall was constantly increasing. There was no noise on the wall aside from the flow of the river. Everyone tensed up.
The soldiers and young adults were sweating like crazy. Their previously hyped morale had died down to a dangerous level after a few hours of waiting. Although Brook had the soldiers rotate every twenty minutes, the pressure was torturing and tiring everyone out.
The enemies had no sign of sieging. The constant silence was like an invisible knife stabbing at the soldiers' mental state, slowly cutting away their morale and bravery.
Brook's heart began sinking as time gradually passed. Pierce carried the [King's Sword] and walked back and forth anxiously in front of the watchtower. Everyone was looking through the broken wall of the watchtower. Their eyes focused on the young man who was 'meditating'.
It was King Alexander who had miraculously recovered. If someone said that there was still hope for Chambord at this tragic moment, then that hope would definitely come from the king.
Even the number one warrior in Chambord Lampard couldn't provide everyone the sense of security they needed, but somehow, the previously retarded king had comforted their hearts which were filled with fear.
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Back at Tristram.
Right after Fei stepped out of the portal, a bunch of [Skeletons] surrounded him with their blades and started hacking at him.
"Damn, there's this many? And they're this aggressive?"
Fei swore in his mind, then quickly swung his axe. He struck horizontally and 'Boom!', the three closest [Skeletons] were smashed into bone fragments.
The real challenge had yet to come. The rest of the [Skeletons] flooded towards them. Behind the [Skeletons] were the [Zombies] that moved at a slower pace, and the [Fallen Shermans] that had a lot of armour. The monsters and demons in Tristram were mutated, and their damage and defense increased exponentially.
However, Fei was very strong. Everywhere his axe moved, monsters screamed and died brutally, but his attack speed was still not fast enough. He was wounded in between his attacks and his health was quickly dropping. It scared the crap out of Fei; he used warcry – [Howl] to scare away the monsters near him and give him the chance to chug some [Health Potions].
The effect of [Howl] quickly wore off and the monsters charged again.
At this moment –
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh -!"
Frost arrows flew at the monsters like hail.
Elena finally came out of the portal. She pulled her bow rapidly and the nearby monsters all froze.
"Keep your distance, don't rush. Stay behind me!" Fei yelled to Elena as he charged towards the monsters again and blocked them off so Elena could keep a safe distance and deal consistent damage.
Fei used [Howl] every time the monsters got too close; when they were affected by [Howl] and started to run off, Fei chased them and chopped off as many heads as possible. Once the effect wore off, he would repeat the same thing over and over again.
After about twenty minutes, the crowd of lower leveled monsters were swept out.
Fei finally had a chance to look at the town of Tristram. Tristram was destroyed and in ruins. The once bustling city was no more. The ground was filled with cracks, the buildings had collapsed and hell fire burned everywhere, causing black smoke to rise into the dark sky. The residents of the town had been killed by the monsters and turned into blood seeking demons and undead. They wandered about and charged at Fei and Elena when they saw the pair.
The final boss of Tristram was the fallen paladin Griswald. He was powerful and hard to kill. However, he hid in a ruined building and guarded Cain who was caged. This gave Fei sometime to prepare for the final battle.
Fei and Elena walked slowly, trying to not disturb the big boss. Eventually, they had encountered a crowd of [Skeleton Archers]. These archers were very smart, unlike the [Skeletons] that only knew how to charge. They would only shoot arrows from far away, and a majority of them wouldn't come closer to Fei and Elena. Some of the [Skeleton Archers] snuck up on Fei and Elena to attack them.
Fei signalled Elena to back off, and then switched to his secondary weapons.
A yellow light flashed.
[Azure Spiked Shield] and [Storm Sabre] appeared in Fei's hands. He quickly charged and stuck his sword into a [Skeleton Archer]'s head who was sneaking up on them, and then forcefully shook his sword.
Chapter 37: Master, Please don't fire me!
"Hu-"
The [Skeleton Archer] shriveled and all the white bones turned dark green. This was the special effect of poison damage from [Storm Sabre]. Also, with the additional damage the sword dealt to the undead, the poor [Skeleton Archer] didn't even have the chance to return any damage, shattering into bones fragments.
Fei's sneak attack worked. He gave it a taste of its own medicine. While Fei was enjoying the feeling of accomplishment, the crowd of[Skeleton Archers] further away reacted.
"Bing, bing, bing-" All their bowstrings stretched and numerous arrows flew at Fei like rain drops in a storm.
"It's starting!" Fei held up his [Azure Spiked Shield], blocking the arrows while backing off rapidly. He was planning to disrupt the [Skeleton Archers] formation and kill them off one by one.
However-
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Blue ice arrows flew towards the [Skeleton Archers] behind Fei. He turned around and realized that Elena didn't follow his instruction to back off, but rather approached the [Skeleton Archers] while returning fire.
"Shit!" Fei knew they were in trouble.
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This was the first time Elena didn't listen to Fei. It seemed like she didn't know the hidden dangers in Tristram. If she continued attacking back, it wouldn't kill all the tricky [Skeleton Archers]. Rather, it would put Fei and herself in a dangerous situation. There were two mini-bosses hidden in the crowd, and their arrows dealt high damage and carried magic effects. One shot ice arrows similar to Elena's arrow, which slowed movement and attack speed; the other shot lightning arrows that chunked a large portion of health. Even for Barbarian Fei who had a lot of health, he didn't dare fight them directly. He planned to chug [Health Potions] as he fought them guerrilla style. If luck wasn't on his side, he could potentially disturb monsters and demons in the other areas of Tristram. |If the final boss Griswald was disturbed, the consequences would be disastrous.
"Get back! Quickly!" Fei yelled at Elena, signalling her to back off.
However, it was a bit late. The [Skeleton Archers] noticed the mercenary. The terrifying 'arrow rain' covered Elena as well.
Elena didn't have anywhere near the armor that Fei had, nor did she have a shield. Although she tried to dodge the arrows, a few arrows pierced her body. Blood started flowing out of her wounds and quickly stained her blue leather armour.
"Master...The quest is more important, don't worry about me...I will attract their attention. You can go from the side and rescue Mr. Cain! Please go!"
The arrows were still penetrating her body. She was sweating a lot due to the unbearable pain. Her face was pale, but her expression showed determination. She shook her head and bit on her beautiful red long hair to endure the pain. However, her hand movements didn't slow down because of the injuries, and she returned damage consistently even though the numbers of wounds on her body was increasing.
Her armour was getting soaked in her blood, but Elena was like a Goddess of War that just wouldn't back off. There was no fear on her face, but rather hatred in her eyes. Step by step, Elena was getting closer to the crowd of [Skeleton Archers].
But at this moment –
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"Crackle !"
One of the mini-bosses [Bone Warrior Archer] reacted. A life threatening lighting arrow hit Elena accurately. The mercenary's body shook. She almost instantly fell to the ground. Since she was now standing in the same spot, her health bar was dropping like crazy under the rain of arrows.
"Shit!"
Fei was worried about her. He ignored the arrows flying at him and sprinted towards Elena and held her in his arms. He then poured a bottle of [Minor Healing Potion] down her throat as he used his battle cry -[Howl] to scare away the monsters approaching them. Then, he quickly used a [Town Portal Scroll]. As the monsters started to flood onto them, he quickly jumped into the blue oval portal with Elena.
"Buzz, buzz"
They had luckily escaped from death and returned to [Rogue Encampment].
Because of the [Minor Healing Potion], Elena had almost fully recovered, and her mind was clear. Fei on the other hand was heavily injured on his back. The ice and lightning arrows from the mini-bosses almost paralyzed him. Although he wasn't dead, he only had 30 health left after all the bleeding; a couple more arrows could have killed him.
It was a very scary situation. Fei didn't know if he could revive or not and whether he would die in the real world as well if he died in the Diablo World.
"Man, I can't act like a hero all the time!"
Fei smelled the light fragrance from Elena's body, but he had no time to enjoy it at all. He grabbed a bottle of [Minor Healing Potion] and drank it himself. He threw one towards Elena, and then pulled the arrows out of his back. Blood was spurting out again, so he had to drink one more bottle to counter the pain.
Luckily, [Minor Healing Potions] tasted sweet and had no side-effects.
"Holy, damn this pain... Hey beauty, why won't you listen? I told you from the beginning to back off, didn't I?"
Fei's health was full again. Fei had to blame the hot mercenary; if she had listened, they wouldn't be in this situation.
Elena lowered her head and tears filled her eyes. She didn't talk back. She didn't drink the [Minor Healing Potion] either. She held it in her hands because she didn't want to drink such a precious potion. The injuries on her body weren't fully recovered and she was on the verge of crying. Fei's heart softened as he saw that, so he didn't blame her anymore.
"It's okay, just drink the potion...Oh, right. You don't have to follow me back to Tristram later. I won't be able to take care of you there. When I finish the quest, I will come back and find you."
After some thinking, Fei decided to leave Elena at the camp and complete the quest alone. If both of them went, Fei really wouldn't be able to watch out for her. An archer wouldn't be effective when dealing with a group of archers. If the [Skeleton Archers] kept on harassing them, they wouldn't be able to cooperate very well and the hot mercenary could be surrounded by monsters and torn into pieces.
However, Elena misunderstood Fei's meaning.
"Ah? No! Please don't fire me, master...Next time...Next time, I can watch out for myself...I can protect myself...I..."
Elena's panic surprised Fei. This was probably the first time she spoke that much to Fei.
Since a long time ago, Tristram had fallen, so the road to the east was blocked by all the monsters. The rogues in the encampment could only get items and potions from travellers like Fei to maintain the existence of the camp on the moor. The items and potions that blacksmith Charsi and leader Akara made weren't enough to support the whole camp.
The accumulated resources throughout the whole history of the camp had depleted in the past 60 years when all the travellers disappeared. If this continued, the camp would be conquered by monsters and demons and fall within a year.
Fei's appearance in [Rogue Encampment] was an opportunity for the camp to survive. He was the first traveller that stepped foot in the camp after 60 years. These travellers could get items and potions from the moor that the rogues would never get. This was the reason why Kaysha was willing to provide mercenaries for Fei, a complete stranger in the camp, despite knowing that numerous rogues were used and humiliated by the travellers.
This was all for the survival of the camp and its residents. Someone had to make the sacrifice. Elena wasn't the strongest of all the female rogues, but she was definitely the prettiest and hottest. To maintain cooperation with Fei, any type of sacrifice had to be made – including the female rogue's life and body.
If Elena unfortunately died on the moor or during an adventure, other female rogues would take her place to maintain the connection between Fei and the camp.
This was the cruelty of the Diablo World – the brutal 'Law of the Jungle'.
That was how the small encampment could survive throughout history, and how the residents were able to live on.
Without a doubt, Fei was the only hope and light in the [Rogue Encampment] that was approaching eternal darkness. No matter how many sacrifices they had to make, the leaders of the encampment were willing to make it.
Of course, Fei didn't know about this. This was why the normally calm and quiet Elena was so anxious when she thought Fei was firing her.
If she offended the traveller, it would bring an immeasurable loss to the encampment. Moreover, Fei had been very caring towards her the past two hours, which was thousands of times better than working for the despicable travellers she had heard about in tales. Elena was also getting used to fighting alongside of Fei. She cherished the opportunity to be Fei's mercenary.
Chapter 38: Initiation of the Plan
"Fire you? I didn't say I was going to fire you."
Fei was confused by Elena's panicked expression, "Elena, you must've understood me wrong. I'm only planning on fighting the monsters by myself. When I finish this quest, I will take you to complete my next quest."
"But I..."
After getting an explanation from Fei, Elena was a bit relieved. However, she was still trying to convince Fei to let her join, partially because she didn't want to be separated from Fei, and partially because abandoning a master was really shameful for female rogues.
"Okay, my time is tight, so I'll explain the details next time."
Although Fei loved being around the hot mercenary, there was no time to waste considering all the dangers in the real world. He cut her off and stepped into the portal. To make sure that Elena didn't follow him, he even shut down the portal right after he stepped back into Tristram.
Elena stared at the place where the portal was at. The expressions on her face were complex. There was remorse, disappointment...and happiness. A smile came onto her face as she blushed subconsciously.
...
...
"Roar!"
The first thing Fei did after he shut down the portal was use his warcry – [Howl].
It was really effective. A mysterious and terrifying power spread around him as he roared. It scared the [Skeleton Archers] who were staring at the portal and they began to scatter and flee.
"This is the chance!"
Fei charged at them and smashed his axe blade into their backs. A couple skeletons were instantly killed. After about 10 seconds, [Howl] wore off and the monsters turned around and rushed back at him.
Fei used [Howl] again. In the Diablo World, as long as characters had enough resources (Fury/Mana), they could spam their abilities; there weren't any cooldowns or chants requirements. Fei had prepared a few bottles of [Minor Mana Potions], allowing him to use [Howl] as many times as he needed.
After the eleventh [Howl], the [Skeleton Archers] were cleaned out. On the ground, there were two blue magic items from the two mini-bosses and a lot of other ordinary items. Fei didn't identify them and simply threw them into his [Item Slot].
As he got closer to the center of Tristram, a new type of monster appeared – [Tainted].
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They looked like Ipotanes from Greek Mythology, half human and half goat – except that they had a bull head in place of a human head. Their huge scythes dealt tons of damage.
However, these types of melee monsters were not a threat to Barbarians.
Fei continued using his 'cheap' [Howl] tactic and cleared the crowd of [Tainted]. There was also a mini-boss [Tainted Leader] who had a lot of health, but Fei easily killed it. Two more blue magic items dropped, but Fei had no time to pick them up.
All the noise from battling the [Skeleton Archers] and [Tainted] had drawn the attention of the final boss of Tristram – Griswald.
The former Paladin rushed out of a ruined building covered in hellfire. Griswald had turned into a demon. The difference between the other demons and monsters and him was that Griswald still looked like a human. There were no obvious signs of demonification, aside from his bloodshot eyes. Death, cruetly, violence, viciousness and bloodiness were the only emotions Fei could see from Griswald's eyes. Griswald looked terrifying.
Griswald was a powerful Paladin. After his fall, he became even stronger. Although he lost the blessings from the God, his new demonic powers made him even more vicious and effective as a killing machine. He was fast; after he saw Fei, he roared as he charged at him. His fist came at Fei like lightning.
Fei blocked the punch with his shield.
"Boom!"
Fei felt a large amount of force against his shield. He was knocked back a couple steps despite his strength as a barbarian. He also felt a burning sensation, which quickly spread throughout his body. Fei felt like his blood was burning inside of him; pain seeped deep into his bones. This was the demonic power that Griswald had acquired – additional hellfire damage that could penetrate shields.
Fei switched weapons and the huge double handed axe appeared in his hands.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Fei struck three times. Light reflected off the sharp edges of the axe. All three strikes hit Griswald and the brutal strength left three startling wounds on his body. The final boss roared in pain; the attack lowered the boss's health bar by about one-tenth.
"Haha, awesome! If I can hit him about twenty five more times, he'll be dead."
Fei was excited because he had a chance of defeating the final boss. He chugged a bottle of [Minor Healing Potion] and held against a round of Griswald's aggressive attacks. He swung his axe aggressively at Griswald, but only two strikes hit this time.
Fortunately, the fallen Paladin wasn't too smart. Although he had formidable strength and power, he wasn't able to utilize them properly. He could only throw powerful punches at Fei, which weren't too hard to deal with.
Fei constantly backed away as he fought. Both of them were soon outside of town.
This way, even if there was a lot of noise during the battle, it wouldn't attract the monsters and demons in the ruined buildings. If all the monsters in town were attracted, the situation would be too dangerous.
Just to be safe, Fei turned around and sprinted away to gain some extra distance. He used a [Town Portal Scroll] to open up the portal back to [Rogue Encampment]. If the situation became too dangerous, he could chug a bottle of [Minor Healing Potion] and run back to camp.
However, he soon found out that he was being overcautious. After chugging four bottles of [Minor Healing Potion], Fei successfully killed the final boss of Tristram.
Griswald fell down as Fei landed his axe on top of his head. Lots of gold coins and items dropped from the corpse.
The lights almost blinded Fei's eyes, but he spotted a green item.
"Damn! A set item?"
Fei was surprised by his luck. Green items belonged to a set. These items were really hard to get. Although Fei was expecting something good from the final boss, he was still surprised that he actually got a green set item.
He couldn't wait to pick it up and take a closer look. It was an exquisite looking armour and green light shined all over it, but it needed an identification to reveal all the properties.
Fei used a [Identity Scroll] without any hesitation.
"Ding!" The name and properties appeared in front of Fei.
[Arctic Furs]
Defence: + 48
Durability: 20/20
Required Strength: 12
Required Level: 2
Special Properties: + 303% Enhanced defence, +10 all Resistance.
Note: The set includes: [Arctic Furs], [Arctic Binding], [Arctic Horn], [Arctic Mitts]. Bonus properties will be granted based on how many set items are equipped.
...
The result was a little bit disappointing.
[Arctic Furs] was an item in the set [Arctic Gear]. It was a perfect set for Amazons, but it didn't fit a Barbarian.
However, the properties of [Arctic Furs] was quite good; it was way better than the armour Fei was wearing. The enhanced defense and resistance were valuable, so he equipped it right away.
Aside from this green set item, there was a yellow rare item and a couple blue magic items.
However, Fei didn't pick them up.
After eliminating the boss Griswald, the [Skeleton Archers] and the [Taints], there weren't any other monsters and demons that were a threat to Fei. He decided to rescue Cain first. There wasn't anyone who was going to steal his items.
Fei rested his axe on his shoulders and walked back to Tristram.
A bunch of screaming [Spike Fiends] charged at Fei, but they all turned into experience for Fei in a few seconds. Soon after, [Zombies] followed in their steps; after about five minutes, all the monsters and demons were wiped out.
Fei found Cain locked up in a cage on a tree at the centre of Tristram.
"Save me! Young traveller, come and save me!"
After he saw Fei, Cain started screaming as if he had swallowed some Viagra and saw someone running around naked. His pitch was so high that his voice was more painful to listen to than the monsters. It sounded like someone was poking his butthole with a stick.
"Whoosh!"
Fei swung his axe and the rope that held the cage to the tree was cut in half.
The wooden cage fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
The 'obscene' old man rushed out of the cage. He didn't even say thanks; he opened up a portal and ran into it like a mad dog.
"Damn this old man, he didn't even say thanks!"
Fei stared at the portal that quickly closed. Fei had to give Cain some credit for his running speed; even Fei couldn't run that fast as a strong barbarian.
Fei stuck up his middle finger at where the portal was to express his feelings. After that, Fei started cleaning up the battlefield. He threw all the items into his [Item slot] and returned to [Rogue Encampment] using the portal that he opened when he was fighting Griswald.
He didn't know where Elena went; she wasn't anywhere close to the portal. Fei decided to go to Akara to get his rewards for the quest.
The reward was simple. The cheap priestess gave Fei a VIP discount on everything she sold, and Cain who Fei had just rescued would identify items for him for free.
Compared to the complexity of the quest, the rewards were severely lacking, akin to something given to a beggar. "Akara and Cain are both cheap to the core!" Fei thought.
He started distributing his attributes and skill points after that. After he killed the fallen Paladin Griswald, Fei had become level 12. It exceeded Fei's goal of level 10 when he entered the world. A portion of the experience was from the bonus of having Elena as his follower.
The 25 attributes points were distributed as ⅗ to [Strength] and ⅖ to [Vitality]. For the five precious skill points, Fei added one point to [Taunt], which taunts a monster into fighting you, one point to [Sword Mastery], one point to [Polearm Mastery] and two points to [Leap], which allows Fei to jump and knock back enemies where he lands.
After all of that, Fei took a look at his [Character Status]-
Gamer: Fei
Class: Barbarian
Level: 12
Experience: 95414/112725
Strength: 66
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 10
Vitality: 44
Damage: 30-55
Accuracy: 169
Defence: 77
Endurance: 37
Health: 157
Resource (Fury): 19
Fire-Resistance: 10
Cold-Resistance: 10
Lightning-Resistance: 25
Poison-Resistance: 10
...
These stats comforted Fei. From past experience, a level 12 Barbarian was about a two star warrior in the real world; but with all of his additional skills, he could fight a three star warrior without a problem. Fei was confident that he could force Landes back without being injured the next time he fought him.
Of course, Fei could only force him back. If he want to defeat or even kill him, he need to be around level 20.
...
Fei went to the free labourer Cain to get all his items identified. Cain had a lot to say, but Fei's time was tight. After all the identification was done, Fei quickly ran off before Cain could even stop him.
He went into an unoccupied tent to take a more detailed look at all the items.
The yellow rare item was a short bow. It looked simple, but was very classy. It was called [Boreal Razor Bow]. It had great properties, but Fei couldn't use it.
He thought that Elena could probably use it, so he decided to give the bow to her as a present the next time he saw her. "If she's really touched...Eh...Could I make out with girls in the Diablo World?" Fei thought shamelessly.
The rest of the blue magic items were mediocre, so he sold all of them to the blacksmith Charsi. With an additional 20,000 gold coins, Fei now had a total of 40,080 gold coins.
After everything was set and done, he initiated his plan.
He went to Akara first and bought 5 bottles of [Normal Healing Potions] which were more effective than [Minor Healing Potions], and 2 bottles of [Stamina Potions] at a 10% discount. He then went back to the unoccupied tent and tried to communicate with the cold, mysterious voice in his head.
"Are you there? I need to convert five bottles of [Normal Healing Potions], 2 bottles of [Stamina Potions] and 1 [Town Scroll Portal]."
Silence.
After five, six seconds, the voice responded –
"As you wish...Each bottle of [Normal Healing Potion] costs 5,000 gold coins to convert with a success rate of 25%. Each bottle of [Stamina Potion] costs 2,000 gold coins to convert with a success rate of 35%... Your level is not high enough to convert [Town Scroll Portals]...The total is 29,000 gold coins. Confirmation needed."
The price was within the expectation of Fei. The only thing surprised him was that he couldn't convert [Town Scroll Portals] because of his level. "So there are other factors other than money and success rate… I just haven't discovered them all yet." Fei thought.
But from the voice's response, Fei discovered some patterns –
The more valuable and complex an item was, the higher the cost, lower the success rate and more restrictions it had. Compared to [Normal Healing Potion] which costed 5,000 gold coins to convert with the success rate of 25%, [Stamina Potion] were less valuable, so it only costed 2,000 gold coins to convert and the success rate was 30%.
"Do you still want to convert?"
After not getting a response from Fei right away, the voice asked again. This time, it sounded a bit impatient.
"Yes, confirm!"
Fei answered quickly as the voice stopped his train of thought.
"Ding! Conversion calculating...Sufficient gold coins... 5 bottles of [Normal Healing Potions] with success rate of 25%...Calculating...2 bottles converted successfully, 3 bottles failed to convert...2 bottles of [Stamina Potions] with success rate of 30%...Calculating...1 bottle converted successfully, 1 bottle failed to convert."
Chapter 39: Sorcerer, Paladin and Necromancer
The cold mysterious voice gave Fei an answer right away.
After spending 29,000 gold coins, he finally converted 2 bottles of [Normal Healing Potions] and 1 bottle of [Stamina Potion] into the real world. The end result made Fei feel really salty, despite mentally preparing himself for such a result because of the 25% and 30% success rates. The loss was pretty significant.
However, after carefully considering the poor success rate, he comforted himself, "2 bottles of [Normal Healing Potions] and 1 bottle of [Stamina Potion] are better than nothing, I guess."
There was less than two hours left until he reached the maximum 'gaming' time for today. He decided to exit his Barbarian character. After a feeling of zero gravity, his vision blurred for a second. Soon, his vision cleared and he was back at the 3D projected character selection screen.
Fei discovered that there were some tiny changes – the barbarian character was wearing new items he just got from Tristram and the character looked tougher and bigger than the other six level 0 characters.
"It looks like the screen reflects everything that goes on in the Diablo World."
Fei also found out that there could only be one character per class. Because the Barbarian and Sorcerer classes had already entered the Diablo World, Fei couldn't create any characters in those two classes.
This seemed to reveal something, but Fei didn't have much time to spend thinking about it.
He chose the Sorcerer character and re-entered the Diablo World.
After the light buzzing noise and the feeling of zero gravity, Fei stepped back onto the starter's map – [Rogue Encampment].
After some close observation, Fei found that this camp seemed like a parallel universe to the universe that the Barbarian character was in. All the plots were in their initial stage. Quests like [The Den of Evil], [Sisters' Burial Grounds] and [Search for Cain] were still not completed yet. They were all waiting for Sorcerer Fei to finish.
Because of all the experience Fei had on these quests when he was a Barbarian, Fei started them right away. He rushed to the new Akara and received the quest [The Den of Evil] and went straight to [Blood Moor] to level up the Sorcerer character.
After 30 minutes, Fei completed his first quest. He returned from [Blood Moor] and received one skill point as the reward.
At this point, his sorcerer was already level 3. While killing monsters on the moor, they dropped items such as normal armour and gloves. He equipped all the items he could use and kept the rest in his [Item Slot] to be sold later.
He also had 4 skill points. After some thinking, he put 1 point into [Fire Skill – Fire Bolt], 1 point into [Lightning Skill – Charged Bolt] and 2 points into [Cold Skill – Ice Bolt].
After he did that, he didn't return to the moor. He exited the Diablo World again and re-entered as a Paladin.
After the same buzzing noise and zero gravity, he landed in [Rogue Encampment] again.
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As expected, it was another parallel universe. The plot and quests were back at their initial stage and yet another new Akara had given him the quest [The Den of Evil].
Paladin Fei rushed to [Blood Moor] to complete the quest. With the new experience of completing the quest as Sorcerer Fei, he completed this quest even faster. He wiped out all the monsters in the den in less than 15 minutes. Also, he visited every spot on [Blood Moor] and executed the three empty policy – empty out all the monsters, empty out all the gold coins and empty out all the items.
He reached level 3 again when he returned to [Rogue Encampment] and got 4 skill points after he received his reward from Akara.
Fei opened up the skill tree of the Paladin. After careful consideration, he added 2 points to [Offensive Aura – Might], which increases all the damage dealt by team members, and 2 points to [Defensive Aura -Prayer], which heals all team members.
After finishing all those things, there was less than 50 minutes left in his daily time limit.
He exited the World again and switched to Necromancer.
[Rogue Encampment]
Another parallel universe.
Necromancer Fei got the quest from another new Akara and went straight into the [Den of Evil] on [Blood Moor].
It was the fourth time he was doing the same quest. He killed the boss Corpsefire in less than 10 minutes and returned to camp.
At level 3 and with the additional skill point from Akara, he again had 4 skill points.
Fei received a wand when he spawned as a Necromancer, which gave him a point to the skill ���Summoning Skill – Raise Skeleton], which raises one skeleton from a dead body to fight. Therefore, he put 3 points into [Poison Skill – Teeth] which summons multiple projectiles that damages enemies and 1 point into [Curse – Amplify Damage], which increases the damage enemies take.
The reason he distributed the points like that was to use them in the battle that was about to happen in the real world.
Of course, the skill Fei needed the most was [Poison Skill – Corpse Explosion], which explodes a nearby corpse and damages all nearby enemies.
However, after considering the existence of the Holy Church on Azeroth Continent, Necromancers were probably considered to be evil and burned alive like what the churches did to heresies and 'witches' during the medieval period.
Those were just Fei's predictions, but it was never a bad thing to be extra careful. From Brook's and Angela's description, the Holy Church on the Continent had dominant powers. It was best to avoid them as much as possible.
Some of the Necromancer skills like [Raise Skeleton] were too obvious and could not be used in the real world, but [Corpse Explosion] was quite hidden, so it could be really effective during wars. Corpses were things that were never lacking during a war, and those corpses were like grenades in the eyes of Necromancers. They dealt a ton of damage and were very sneaky.
Therefore, the reason why Fei chose Necromancer, the 'most dangerous' occupation on the continent after acknowledging the existence of the Holy Church was for the skill [Corpse Explosion].
But when Fei was distributing skill points, he almost collapsed when he found out that [Corpse Explosion] required the player to be level 6.
Fei looked at the time.
There was less than 30 minutes in today's 'gaming' time. There was no way Fei could level up 3 times in less than 30 minutes, unless he could find a perfect spot where a ton of high level monsters and demons were at.
Fei thought about it and decided to go and kill [Blood Raven].
The burial grounds where [Blood Raven] was at had a ton of high level monsters. They were a great source of experience. Although it was quite dangerous for a level 3 Necromancer, Fei felt he could handle it if he was cautious because of the experience he had while playing as a Barbarian.
The situation Chambord was in was dangerous as well, so Fei had to take a risk.
After receiving the quest from Military Leader Kashya, Fei spent all the 800 gold coins he had and bought the necessary items he needed including [Minor Healing Potions], [Minor Mana Potions] and [Stamina Potions].
It became night time in the Diablo World. It was dark on the moor, and Fei couldn't see anything far away. He could only hear the screams and roars of the monsters and demons.
Fei chugged a bottle of [Stamina Potion] when he left the camp and sprinted towards the [Cold Plain] where the burial ground was at. The monsters screamed even louder when they noticed Fei on [Blood Moor]. However, Fei didn't bother to battle them, as he had to save all his time for the higher leveled monsters in the burial ground.
However, something happened that Fei wasn't able predict –
The monsters and demons seemed more energetic and aggressive at night time. After being disturbed, they started chasing Fei non-stop as if they were male prisoners that hadn't seen a woman in more than ten years and Fei was a naked beauty.
Soon, all kinds of monsters – [Fallen Shamans], [Corrupted Rogues] and [Wendigoes] – all joined in the chase.
P.S. This is the last chapter in the Diablo world for a while.
Chapter 40: Return of the King
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In a few minutes, almost all the monsters on the moor had joined in the 'parade', as if they were celebrating something significant. When Fei reached the junction between [Blood Moor] and [Cold Plain], there were three to four hundred monsters and demons chasing him.
"Damn!"
Fei was so happy when he saw this. Although these monsters were low level, the massive amount of them would still give him a huge amount of experience. He stopped running and started clearing the monsters. He waved his wand.
Poison Skill – [Teeth]
" Whirr-"
A cloud of cold death energy flowed out of the wand. Three teeth shaped bones appeared out of nowhere; they were covered in death energy and shot towards the monsters as they followed a strange trajectory in the air. The thirty [Fallen Shamans] who were leading the "
'parade' were shattered into pieces.
Fei waved the wand again. Another cloud of cold death energy formed.
Summoning Skill – [Raise Skeleton]
"Crack, crack -"
Energy surrounded a [Fallen Shaman] corpse and began moving. Soon, its flesh burst open and a skeleton that was holding a bone blade in its left hand and a bone shield in its right hind rose up. It blocked the monsters' path perfectly. It was fast, too; it swung its blade and killed a couple [Fallen Shamans] that were close to it.
While his skeleton warrior blocked off the 'monster army', Fei was abusing [Teeth]. Numerous teeth shaped bones shot out into the crowd of monsters.
Fei didn't even have to target anything; there were so many monsters that as long as Fei faced the right direction, the skill would be able to shatter a couple of them. [Teeth] had a penetration effect, so it could kill at least a couple monsters in a line.
After six seconds, the skeleton warrior that Necromancer Fei summoned was smashed into fragments by the monsters. Fei turned around and sprinted to gain some distance from the army.
He summoned another skeleton warrior to block the path and once again shot many [Teeth] into the monsters. The process was repeated a couple times.
Although there were some dangerous situations, Fei was able to react quickly. Also, with more than ten bottles of [Minor Healing Potions] and [Minor Mana Potions], he could easily live.
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After five minutes, the last monster in the army screamed as it fell into a pool of its own blood. Fei glanced at the battlefield filled with broken limbs and shattered organs. The monsters' and demons' blood soiled the ground. Rain with all the blood, and the only colour Fei could see was red. The stench of blood and flesh filled Fei's nose.
It was a one sided massacre, but Fei only felt numb. He felt like he was getting used killing and death. He evolved from a university student who felt dizzy after seeing any blood to a 'Super Butcher' whose mental state wasn't affected even if millions of people were killed.
Beside the corpses, there were also gold coins and items soaked in the rain and blood.
Because these monsters were all low leveled, there weren't any good stuff. Time was tight; Fei glanced through them and threw the four blue magic items into his [Item Slot]; he didn't bother keeping the rest.
There were less than 15 minutes left. The cold wind blew at Fei after he stepped onto [Cold Plain]. The monsters here were stronger and more aggressive. Fei chugged a bottle of [Stamina Potion] and started running again. Just like on the [Blood Moor], monsters started chasing Fei after he made too much noise.
For the first time, Fei discovered the effect of running in the Diablo World at night time. It was way more realistic than the original game and the monsters were more flexible and lively than the original programmed codes.
Halfway to the burial ground, Fei had to stop and deal with the monsters that were chasing him. If too many monsters chased him, Fei didn't think he could handle all of them at once, even though they were still lower level and there weren't any mini-bosses in the crowd. A single man was no match for an army. If their numbers were large enough, ants could take out an elephant.
Fei stopped and used the same tactic –
He summoned a skeleton warrior to hold off the monsters and shot a lot of [Teeth] behind it.
The first four minutes went smoothly. The monsters fell and died like crops under Fei's deathly tactic, and the number of monsters became a lot smaller. But the situation suddenly changed –
Maybe it was because the other monsters heard the noises from the battlefield and the desperate screams from their own; numerous monsters rushed into battle from all directions. A single skeleton warrior wasn't enough to hold them off. Fei had to start running around, chugging potions while dodging attacks and using [Teeth] to fight back.
"Damn, why are they so active at night? They must had taken Viagra..."
Fei was feeling the pressure.
Although he wasn't in much danger, there was no time to waste. If this continued, he wouldn't be able to get to the burial ground and kill [Blood Raven] on time. His goal of getting to level 6 and learning [Corpse Explosion] before leaving the Diablo world was probably not going to be accomplished.
After Fei thought about it, he increased his spell casting speed, but there were just too many monsters to be killed. After a couple of them died, even more monsters would join the chase. Ultimately, Fei had killed a lot of monsters, but even more monsters chased after him.
"Damn it! I didn't kill your families did I?"
Fei was getting frustrated. He used his wand as a stick to strike a couple monsters that were getting too close to him and kept spamming his [Teeth] and [Raise Skeleton] skills; he was lucky that there were no cooldowns for spells in the Diablo World. He could use skills as frequent as he liked as long as he had enough mana.
Fei danced in between monsters while chugging [Minor Healing Potions] and [Minor Mana Potions].
The monsters were still lower level on [Cold Plain] and there were barely any ranged attack monsters and demons. Fei was able to hold himself together in this situation.
"Shit! I'll never get to [Blood Raven] at this speed..."
After checking the time, Fei knew that there were only a couple minutes left.
Sure enough, after about five minutes, that cold, mysterious voice appeared in Fei's mind –
"Gamer Fei, you have reached the maximum gaming time for today, please be ready to leave Diablo world in 10...9...8..."
Fei felt helpless.
He wasn't able to level up to level 6 after all; he had been level 5 for a while now and needed a little bit more experience to reach level 6. He was so close to [Corpse Explosion], which could help him defeat the enemies that surrounded Chambord...
"Fuck these Viagra eating bastards!"
Fei was pissed. He shot as many [Teeth] into the crowd of monsters as he could before he had to leave. The energy covered sharp bones were shot into the spot where the most monsters were at; numerous painful screams emerged...
At this moment, something unexpected happened –
"Ding!"
A clear sound resounded in Fei's ear.
A beam of white light came down from the sky and embraced Fei. The comfortable sensation filled Fei's body. All his wounds quickly recovered and his health and mana rose to the max.
Level Up!
Fei had leveled up at the last second.
He was stoked!
He had no time to worry about anything else; all he did in the last second was open up the Necromancer skill tree and add 1 point to [Corpse Explosion].
"Looks like my luck is isn't that bad, hitting my goal at the last second."
Fei was relieved.
At that moment, everything in his vision twisted. He felt the zero gravity again and darkness hit him. Fei was kicked out of the Diablo World.
….…
...
Chambord Castle.
It was finally noon.
Although it was Autumn, the heat was still unbearable. The dark defensive wall heated up against the sun, as well as the soldiers' weapons and armour. Some soldiers were so exhausted that they had to sit down and get some rest.
Exhaustion and anxiety were like two mountains that sat over the minds of the soldiers, taking them closer to the point of mental breakdown. The enemies were still not sieging.
However, the soldiers of Chambord felt their vicious and murderous glares. The enemies were like a snake coiling on the stone bridge; they could feel a chill to their bones under the bright sun.
No one knew when the breathtaking pressure was going to end.
No one knew when the bloody battle was going to erupt.
No one knew if the Chambord would be the same after the battle and if they could walk down the stairs of the defensive wall alive and hug their family members who were waiting for them at their doorsteps...
Brook was walking around on the defensive wall, trying to motivate the soldiers. However, it wasn't that effective. The physiological and mental exhaustion wasn't going to go away after a talk.
The Second Commander of the King's Guards quickly found out that his pep talking skills were far from King Alexander's. The young king could motivate the soldiers after a couple sentences, while Brook had said more than a hundred sentences and barely got any reaction out of the soldiers.
Fatty Gill was breathing heavily while sitting on the ground. He was probably going to die if their family warrior didn't hold up a sun umbrella for him. Head Minister Bazzer stood behind Gill calmly. He eyes were squinted, and no one knew what he was thinking about...
Warden Oleg was sitting at the spot that Fei commanded him to guard. The chest piece on his armour was taken off by him to use as a fan. He was mumbling something as he flapped his chest piece to create some wind. He looked at the enemies over the river and looked at the head warrior Lampard as if he was planning something. However, after he saw the corpse of Conca still nailed onto the wall of the watchtower, he tucked in his neck.
Pierce had the [King's Sword] strapped on his back. He was walking around the watchtower anxiously.
As time passed and the temperature on the defensive wall rose, he became more and more impatient. He didn't know that the king was doing in the tower. It was quiet; not a single sound came from within the building. If Pierce wasn't subdued by Fei, he would already have rushed in to ask what was going on.
At this moment, suddenly –
Three star warrior Lampard was shocked. He felt a strong, yet ghastly power coming from within the watchtower, which really surprised him.
At the same time, one star warrior Oleg felt something too. He felt a terrifying pressure pressing down on him; the pressure was far more than what he could handle. It felt like the stare of the Grim Reaper. He only felt this way when Lampard was enraged. "Lampard isn't angry right now, could it...could it be Alexander?"
One star warrior Brook felt the same. He looked at the watchtower with excitement.
The person closest to the watchtower was novice mage Gill. As if he saw the thing that he was most scared of, he jumped off the ground in a shock and he trembled. After seeing his son's reaction, Bazzer opened his eyes suddenly as if he thought of something interesting, and then squinted them again.
Of course, aside from the mages and warriors, the ordinary soldiers didn't feel anything. This included Pierce.
He only had inhuman strength; although he felt that the atmosphere on the defensive wall had changed a little bit, he couldn't point out exactly where it was coming from.
...
In the watch tower.
Fei opened his eyes. He looked through the ruined window to check on the enemies. Four hours had passed and the situation Chambord was in was very close to what Fei predicted – The enemy's commander was like a dormant cobra, still waiting for the best moment to strike.
The situation was still frozen. It was up to the quality of the soldiers at this point.
Compared to the well trained enemies, the defensive power of Chambord were like novices, regardless of whether it was the King's guard or the newly recruited young adults. As time passed by, the gap between the strength of the attackers and defenders only grew wider, and the enemies seemed more dangerous and unstoppable.
If Fei wasn't wrong, the mysterious enemy's commander was waiting for a perfect time – after lunch, it was the most tiring time of the day for an average person, and it would be a perfect time to siege.
Fei looked up at the sky and knew that there was about twenty minutes left until lunch.
The battle was about to begin. He had to start planning. Fei stood up from the rock he was sitting on. He didn't walk out of the building right away.
He closed his eyes and searched for the powers he brought out of the Diablo World. From Fei's experience, aside from the strength of a level 12 Barbarian, he also had the power of a level 3 Sorcerer, a level 3 Paladin and a level 6 Necromancer.
Gradually, he felt something.
A looming, cold, deathly force field surrounded him. It looked mysterious and complex.
It felt really familiar. Fei opened up his hand. Suddenly, a white cloud of death energy formed into a swirl in his palm. It was whining and whirling, as if it was a mini-sized tornado.
"This is… the death energy of the Necromancer."
Fei was excited. But soon, his eyebrow wrinkled.
He couldn't feel any power from the Barbarian, Sorcerer and Paladin aside from the Necromancer. Despite how hard he tried, there was no response.
"What's going on?" Fei close his eyes and thought.
He was nervous, "It shouldn't...Damn, was my hypothesis about bringing every class to the real world wrong?"
At this moment –
"Hint: Only one character can be usable at a time. If you wish to use the abilities of another character, please switch characters."
That cold, mysterious voice sounded in Fei's mind.
"Switch characters?"
Fei was confused. But after thinking about it for a couple seconds, Fei understood what it meant.
"So it's like this."
Fei said, "Switch to Barbarian" in his mind.
"Hu-"
Something magical happened the next second.
The white cloud of death energy disappeared from Fei's palm, and so did the looming, cold, deathly force field.
Fei didn't feel any Necromancer powers at all; it felt like it never existed. What he could now feel was the ultimate physical strength of a level 12 Barbarian.
Chapter 41: Surprising New Finds
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After switching to his Barbarian, all Fei could feel was his brutal physical strength.
It made him felt like he could collapse the firm defensive wall with a single stomp.
"My strength increased so much after I leveled up the Barbarian to level 12..." Fei felt like he was the ocean and could tear up anything in his way. "This is it...This is exactly how I feel as a Barbarian the Diablo World.
This never-ending strength made him feel like Hercules. He glanced down subconsciously. His expression was strange. He gasped as his eyes opened wide, as if he saw an undead creature walking around in the real world.
He found something unimaginable.
Not sure when, but the heavy knight armour he was wearing in the real world was gone, it was replaced with a exquisite looking armour. The style of the armour was exotic, it was made with an unknown material. There were a lot of mysterious symbols all over the armour and it they all shined a green light; there was a strong magic energy in it.
Except the armour, he was also wearing a pair of leather boots, helmet, gloves, belt...
Fei recognized them all.
"These...these are the items of the my Barbarian character....How...How did I bring them into this world? What's going on? Oh my god...I don't remember converting these items from that voice..."
The unexpected discovery made Fei's heart race.
"How....How did this happen?"
Fei's mind was blank; there was no explanation for this. From his previous experience, if he wanted to bring anything, even a pile of monster crap to the real world, he had to get it converted by that mysterious voice. He had to pay the fee and bear the risk of not succeeding. What confused Fei was that he didn't ask to convert the items, but was able to bring them to the real world.
"What's going on?"
"Hint: After the player's character exceeds level 10, the player can use the character's items in other worlds other than the Diablo World….. Hint: The items can only be used by the player. They can't be traded, lost, or repaired by blacksmiths in other worlds...Hint: The durability of items will decrease naturally. They can only be repaired in the Diablo World...Hint...Hint..."
As if that voice had heard all of Fei's questions, many 'hints' had given Fei a detailed explanation.
"So...It's...that's how it is."
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Fei tapped his forehead, his mind was clear.
"So that's the benefit of exceeding level 10...Will there be more benefits after I exceed level 20, 30 or even 90?" Fei tried to ask that voice greedily.
Unfortunately, there was no response.
"Ok...Don't tell me it you don't want to! ...Ah, if I can bring items to the real world, then weapons should be included too. Why don't I have my double handed axe?
As soon as that thought came to his head, something magical happened –
A white light flashed and he felt something heavy in his hand. The huge and dangerous double handed axe that Barbarian Fei had appeared in his hands.
Fei swung the axe subconsciously.
The axe's handle was cold, and so was the light that the axe blade reflected.
A familiar sensation filled Fei's mind. He felt like the axe was an extension of his body and he had complete control of it; he felt invincible.
Fei didn't get addicted to that feeling. He forced himself to calm and evaluate his situation.
"If my main weapon was brought out of the Diablo World, then I can probably use [Azure Spiked Shield] and [Storm Sabre] too.
A yellow light flashed in front of him as he thought about that; the axe disappeared, and a gold engraved sword and a dark red shield took its place.
"Wahahahahaha...Just like I thought!"
Fei found it super easy to switch his weapons. As long as he thought about it, the weapons would switch. There was no cooldown on that.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh – !"
As Fei's thoughts quickly changed, the double handed axe and the sword and shield kept on switching in his hands. This speed and method of switching weapons in a fight would definitely be a trump card. The best would be for him to use it as a sneak attack. This fit Fei's personality perfectly.
Fei played around with this new skill, and he suddenly thought about a big problem.
"Although it's great to bring the powerful and magical items into the real world, I won't wear these all the time...I'm a king, I'm not going to battle every single day. If I go to noble parties, go to the washroom and go to bed like this, I will probably be called a pervert..."
"I wonder if I would hide these items..."
When Fei was thinking, changes occurred again –
The barbarian items he was wearing disappeared as he wished. A soft white knight armour appeared on his body; it was the clothes he was wearing inside the heavy metal armour. However, he didn't know where the heavy metal armour went. He glanced around and found it at a corner. He didn't know how or when that armour was taken off his body.
"Damn, I can get anything I want?"
A big smile came on Fei's face.
"So the weapons and armour of the Barbarian can appear and disappear as I wish. This is so convenient… It's not going to affect my normal life at all. This is too sick!"
Fei's heart started to race again. Adrenaline coursed through his blood.
He licked his lips. As a man that likely maximizing his benefit all the time, he thought of another question –
"If these magical items are brought to the real world, I can probably use their special properties too, right?"
Fei was so excited that he almost had a boner. He decided to do a little experiment to test the storage effect of his belt.
In the Diablo World, belts granted characters more storage space on top of the [Item Slot], and it was more convenient to use than the [Item Slot]. The better quality the belt, the more storage space it had. The belt that Fei had only had 8 storage space.
He looked down at the belt, then looked at a fist sized rock on the corner. He called on the rock in his mind, trying to put it into the storage space in the belt.
Almost at the same exact moment as Fei thought about it in his mind, the rock disappeared.
"Damn! Did it work?"
Fei's heart skipped a beat after he saw the rock disappear. Fei felt his heart wouldn't be able to handle the series of surprises. His greedy hypotheses was confirmed without any doubt.
The special properties of the items in Diable were brought into the real world.
Fei thought about the storage space in the belt and the 8 units of storage space appeared in front of his eyes, as if he was using a pair of Google Glasses. The rock was sitting in one of the storage spaces. Except for the rock, the 2 bottles of [Normal Healing Potions] and 1 bottle of [Stamina Potion] that costed Fei 29,000 gold coins to convert was inside the belt as well.
Fei quickly pressed his hands on his heart. "It has to stop beating so fast and irregularly, or I'm seriously going to fucking die!"
Chapter 42: The Four Powers
As if he was a kid that just got his favorite toy, Fei couldn't hold himself back as he played around with the belt a bit more.
"Whoosh-"
The rock appeared in his hand.
"Whoosh-"
The rock disappeared into the belt storage. He controlled everything with his mind, as if the belt was hooked up to his brain. He tried again with some different sized rocks on the ground inside the partially ruined tower.
Fei quickly tested out the capacity of the storage space – Each slot in the storage space could only contain items up to the size of a basketball, but the weight of the items didn't matter.
Therefore, the 8 storage space slots in the belt could hold items up to the size of 8 basketballs. Fei was very satisfied with the capacity. As the level of his Barbarian increased, Fei would be able to get higher quality belts, which would only increase the amount of slots they had.
"Finally! I have my own secret storage!"
This unexpected surprise really delighted Fei. These surprises made Fei realize that there were way more secrets and discoveries to be made in the Diablo World that somehow resided inside his mind.
[Rogue Encampment] was only a novice map. As he leveled his character, he would be able to step into higher level maps such as [Lut Gholein] and [Kurast Docks]. He felt there were a ton of unimaginable things waiting for him.
After he felt the monstrous strength of the Barbarian, he said "switch mode" in his mind and Sorcerer Fei took over. His enormous physical strength disappeared instantly, and Fei felt the magic powers and spell casting abilities of a level 3 Sorcerer.
Although Sorcerers and Necromancers were both mages, their powers were completely different. The Necromancer's power was dark, cold and daunting, while the Sorcerer's power was bright and just; fire, ice and lightning were all natural forces. After Fei switched to Sorcerer mode, a firm force field surrounded him. It was just as ominous as the Necromancer's force field, but had different affinities.
"Sizzle, sizzle-"
A fireball appeared and hovered in his hands as Fei said "Fire Bolt!" in his mind. The bright red fireball was dancing in the wind and its size changed as Fei wished. Although it looked weak, Fei was sure that this fireball contained a significant amount of energy; it was far more powerful than Gill's novice fireball. It could completely melt metal armour.
That was the power of Sorcerer Fei. After he closed his eyes to get used to the power of the Sorcerer, he made the force field that surrounded him disappear, and no one could tell he was a mage by looking at him anymore.
Fei then switched to Paladin Mode. Suddenly, a divine and gentle power filled Fei's body. The power was strong to the point that it leaked out of his body. The energy was so bright and compassionate that it would make anyone who felt this energy come closer and trust and depend on Fei unconditionally, as if he was the God's messenger.
Paladins were the most noble and righteous class in the Diablo World. Paladins' most powerful skills were called Aura. Except for its combat abilities, it also had unimaginable healing and supporting abilities.
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"Is the power of the Holy Church that Angela talked about the same as the Paladin's from Diablo World?" Fei wondered.
While he was thinking, his body quickly got used to the Auras of the Paladin.
He stood there and repeated all the abilities and skills of the four characters. After he was sure that he wouldn't forget anything, he switched back to Barbarian Mode, wore his soft white knight armour instead of his Barbarian items and walked out of the watchtower.
His reappearance was like a bright torch in complete darkness, and it drew the attention of everyone on the defensive wall.
The soldiers stared at him in awe. They all hoped that the powerful king who could communicate with the God of War could create a miracle again in such a dangerous situation and defeat the vicious enemies who were about to siege the castle. They wanted him to give them hope for survival.
However, three star warrior Lampard, one star warrior Oleg, Brook, novice mage Gill and a couple other people stared at Fei in fright and shock. Only those who had energy and powers themselves truly understood what had happened in the partially ruined watchtower.
In a short moment, a gloomy power, a wild power, a natural power and a divine power…. Four different types of powers appeared consecutively inside the watchtower, as if there were four one star warriors and mages hiding in there, fully displaying their power.
But it was impossible! They all knew that only one person was in that watchtower – the young King Alexander.
There was no else except him.
This meant that there was only one possible explanation for what happened – all of the four different powers belonged to the King.
"Oh God! Can one man acquire four different types of power? Moreover, each power is least at the one star level? This isn't possible!!"
In the history of Azeroth Continent, there were examples of a person becoming proficient in a couple power different powers. It wasn't impossible...but which one of those people weren't famous geniuses in order to be able to make progress in learning different powers? Which one of them weren't sun ranked masters?
Moreover, all the travelling poets who told stories of them around the continent could swear with their lives that those geniuses were far from young when they made progress.
"How old was Alexander?
Not even 18 yet.
Alexander was only famous because he was a retard. This retard wasted 17 years of his life, eating, sleeping and seeking fun. He never had any form of warrior or mage training. How could he possibly have 4 different types of powers? And all these power were at least one star rank?"
These feelings were circulating in Lampard and the others' minds. They stared at Fei as he walked out of the tower as if he was Godzilla.