The two started walking towards the gate of their school
"Dude, do you know the game Dynasty Wars?" Grid asked
"Nope", Zeek answered quickly
"In Dynasty Wars there is a player named Crimson Butterfly, no one knows his identity, but his name is a household name here. other online gamers call him The Gaming God."Grid said.
Zeek was shocked to know that a Gaming God exists in this time.
"Crimson Butterfly, is he good?" Zeek questioned Grid.
"No one knows the Identity of Crimson Butterfly, But because of the popularity of Gods Realm online news said that he is already playing the game." Grid said.
"Then let's just try to message him in-game?" Zeek excitedly asked.
"But we don't know if he is in the same Realm as us", Grid said
"Realm?, but we only have one, Gods Realm, right?", Zeek asked.
"Gods Realm has 4 Realms divided into 26 cities, A-city to G-city is in Dragons Realm, H-city to M-city is in Cloud Tiger Realm, N-city to S-city is in Turtle Mountain Realm and T-city to Z-city is in Phoenix Realm, This realms are like server, we can't private message any players in different Realms, the only time that we can talk to them is to walk right straight to the realm if we can", Grid explained.
"So we are inside Dragons Realm, can we invite other players from the realm, like may a party?" Zeek asked.
"We can, but if you are in the different Realm, players on the said Realm can kill you without penalty, and if you kill them inside there own Realm you will become Red Named," Grid explained.
"I see, do you think I will have a chance to fight with Crimson Butterfly?", Zeek asked.
"You can try, but I don't know if you can win", Grid said while laughing.
The two then entered the classroom.
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After the teacher left the room the students started to talk with each other, asking each other about Gods Realm, Zeek and Grid talked about the Trial of the Forrest, searching for online videos, the two watches all of the players trying to kill the first boss.
"The God System only released the pictures of the Bosses, the first boss is Tree Trent and the Final boss is The King Trent, I think we need to amp up our Fire damage output, right now we don't have a problem with the elemental defense because of the Vitality Potion but if we can't amplify the damage output we will have a problem in the long run of the dungeon," Grid said.
Zeek's eyes are so glued onto the videos and didn't even listen to what Grid is saying.
"Hey!, are you even listening?", Grid shouted.
"I'm studying the Boss Location and Skill Motion". Zeek said.
"Skill Motion?, Boss Location?", Grid asked.
"Do you remember that time when we fought the Cyclops, I experimented some various movement that my body can make ingame, Gods Realm has a very realistic feature, that means if you can move quickly or have a high perception on things you can easily maneuver and avoid any danger that threatens you," Zeek explained.
"I need to try some of those moves that you did back there", Grid said.
After lunch break another teacher entered the classroom and started lecturing, Zeek opened the internet and searched some guides for the game.
"I need to start investing money now so I can plan for the future", Zeek said murmuring.
He then opened the website of Gods Realm and entered his account, and scan to the online auction house, here you can connect 24/7 on the online auction house and by entering your account you can make a microtransaction and buy types of equipment even if you're not in the game world.
Zeek only has 240 golds in him right now, he then started to sell the pieces of equipment that he got from running the Rock Empire dungeon. after selling all the extra blue equipment and skill books he gained additional 670 golds, Zeek then bought Vitality Potion Recipe for every element costing him 27 gold Zeek also bought Divine Potion Recipe of every element for 45 gold.
After school the two walked home and logged in to the game, Zeek then messaged Flower Remedy to meet up and gave him all the recipe, Flower gave Zeek 100 bulks of Vitality Potion (Earth) and 30 bulks of Divine Wind Potion, Zeek sold of all of them and got 820 gold and sent Flower her cut on the trade and gave her additional 250 gold so she can buy the materials, Zeek then ordered Flower to make Divine Fire Potion and Divine Wind Potion.
"Flower, I want you to focus on creating The Divine Fire Potion and Divine Wind Potion, make 40pcs of Divine Fire Potion first and send it to me," Zeek ordered.
"Give me an hour and I'll send it to you", Flower said.
Zeek then traveled to the Library and browsed thru the history books, searching for the story of the Great Holy War.
The Heroes that the Holy War where he saw the names of the Seven Heroes Represented the Human Race, It also Includes the other Representative of other Races. after reading some of the pages Zeek's interest fall to the hero named Wrath, Leader, and commander of the demon army, Wrath is the most powerful demon in his race, he was depicted as a demon who wields the Demon Blade named Vengeance and a dagger named Destruction.
Zeek then researched the life of Wrath but didn't see anything, Zeek then received a call from Grid.
"Zeek, We're planning to run the Rock Empire again, do you want to come?", Grid asked.
"Run the dungeon without me, I'm planning to take a quest in Vulcan Empire," Zeek said.
"A Quest in Vulcan Empire? is it a hidden quest?" Grid asked.
"No, I'll just need to do some research for now", Zeek said
"Ok, will run it for now until we reach level 18". Grid said
After the call, Zeek entered the portal and sets his destination to the Vulcan Empire, after arriving, Zeek traveled straight to the library and researched on Wrath's origin.
Wrath Originated from a small village called "The Dragons Heart" but the village is destroyed and left to ruins after the Great Holy War.
Zeek tried to search the map for any location indicating the ruins but failed to see some details on it, he then approached the Demon Girl near the counter.
"Hi, my name is Lilith, Can I help you with something?".
"Do you have any old map for the Vulcan Empire? Zeek asked"
"What Era of the Vulcan Empire do you need?"Lilith asked.
"The Era Before The Great Holy War", Zeek said.
"Before we can give you what you requested you must talk to the Archive Manager First, do you want to make an appointment?", Lilith said.
"Please do, Thank You", Zeek said.
Lilith then picked the phone and called someone, after ending the call Lilith approached Zeek again smiling.
"You're lucky today, The Archive Manager will see you now".
Lilith then guided Zeek to the First Floor and a tall man wearing glasses with dragon scale as a skin approached him, this NPC is 7ft tall and has a muscular body, with a full beard and ponytail long hair.
"I'm Zafir, the Archive Manager, how can I help you today small human".
"My names Endless, A human adventurer, I'm interested in gathering information for the old map of Vulcan Empire Before the Great Holy War", Zeek answered.
"Why are you interested in the Old Map of Vulcan Empire?, Zafir asked.
"I'm investigating the origin of Wrath, the commander of the Demon Race Army".
Shock fell on Zafir and Lilith, to break the silence Zafir talked first
"Let's talk inside my office", Zafir invited Zeek and both of them entered the office.
"Take a sit", Zafir said.
After sitting, Zafir walked towards his bookshelf and grabbed an old book and placed it in the table.
"Why are you interested in Wrath?" Zafir said.
"I read all of the documents about The Great Holy War, stories of every hero that represents every race, this books depicts the triumphant victory of the races and the defeat of the Demon Empire. . . But the Great War took 100 years before the other races attained victory."Zeek said.
"And?", Zafir asked
"That only shows how powerful the Demon Race is, 1 Race versus the 7. if the Demon Race is weak it will be called The Greatest Massacre and not the Great Holy War, right?".
Hahaha!....
A loud laugh enveloped the silent Library, the crew was dumbfounded and the players reading in silence was shocked.
"This is the first time I hear the Archive Manager laughed," Lilly said to one of the girls in the counter.
"I know that the Great Holy War happened 100,000 years ago, and the races now stand in harmony for thousands of years, but we the Demon Race still proud of the achievements of the Great Seven Blades called "The Seven Deadly Sins", I guess the saying is true, "History is always written by the victor". Zafir said.
"I'm interested in the story of the Great Holy War, the true story, that's why I traveled here to continue my investigation in that matter. Zeek said.
Zafir stood up and gave Zeek the old book that he is holding.
"This is the Chapter 1 of our history including the birth of every hero that you seek, this book depicts the rise and fall of the Demon Empire and the rise of the Gods Realm, if you finished reading it just go to me and I'll let you borrow the others". Zafir said
"Thank you for helping me Sir Zerif". Zeek said
Zeek then chose to sit in the far left of the library and started to read the books.
After reading the first Book, he approached Lilith again to enter Zarif's office.
"Sir. Zarif, may I ask if you have the old map that depicts the location of a village named Dragons Heart? Zeek asked.
Zarif then grabbed an old map and gave it to Zeek.
"Dragons Heart today is in ruins, be careful because strong monsters reside on that territory". Zarif warned Zeek.
"Thank you, I will be careful, Zeek said"
After obtaining the map Zeek traveled to Dragon Heart, after 2 hours Zeek arrived in the Ruins of Dragon Heart.
System: You've arrived at the Hidden Ruins of Dragon Heart
Zeek was shocked to see the System popped out of nowhere.
Zeek then walked toward the center of the ruins and saw the house of dragons, The house where Wrath grew up. He entered and saw an Old man Sitting in the middle chair surrounded by Dragon Skinned Children.
"Excuse me, is this the House of Dragons?" Zeek asked the old man.
"It was, but now it's just another ruin, do you need something young human?" The Old man asked.
"My names Endless, I'm here to gather information about the people who lived in this house". Zeek introduced himself.
"Call me Veromeer, If you want information I can give it to you, but before that, can you help me with a small request?.
"I accept", Zeek said.
"The Ruins are surrounded by monsters called Forrest Whelps, kill them and give me the meat, can you do it?" Veromeer said.
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System: You receive the quest "The Old Masters Request"
Quest Name: The Old Masters Request (Unranked)
Forrest Whelps Meat 0/10
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Zeek starts to head out and searched for the Forrest Whelps.
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[ Forrest Whelps Level 25 ]
Element: ???
Race: ???
Size: ???
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Zeek used Wind Cutter to pull one of the Forrest Whelps and tried to attack it. Zeek grasps the monsters movement and started to read the pattern of its attack. after 10 minutes the first Forrest Whelp fell.
after an hour and a half Zeek finished the quest and Zeek checked his Exp bar.
"My exp jumped from 2% to 75%, this is a good leveling spot,".
Zeek then received a message from Flower giving him the items that he requested. Zeek came back to the House of Dragons Ruins and gave the quest to the old man.
After passing the quest another System Notice popped out.
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System: You receive the quest "The Old Masters Request"
Quest Name: The Old Masters Request (Unranked)
Forrest Whelps Meat 0/10
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"The same quest?" Zeek was flabbergasted.
Zeek hunts another 10 Forrest Whelps for 30 minutes, Zeek used Divine Fire Potion that he received from Flower. After giving the quest the same quest popped up again.
"Is the quest broken or something". Zeek wondered.
Zeek did a total of 12 quests before logging out of the game.