"You'll fight The War Goddess!?, are you insane?," Grid said
"I just wanna try", Zeek said.
"Endless, The War Goddess is on a different level from us, the experience will be your greatest enemy, she already fought unimaginable wars and you. . . you are insane! this is the first game that you played!.", Grid said.
"I don't care," Zeek jokingly said.
Peppermint then approached Zeek quietly and gave him information about the room that Rose created.
"What? no insulting remarks?" Zeek said.
"Better be prepared to lose, you'll know the difference between a nobody like you and a war goddess like Piercing Rose.", Peppermint said
"Thanks for the support" Zeek jokingly said while his body started to teleport on the Private PVP room
After arriving in the designated room, Zeek looked around and saw Piercing Rose preparing herself.
"Let's start?," Piercing Rose asked.
"Sure", Zeek said.
After saying that Piercing Rose launched herself towards Zeek, Piercing rose spear is so fast that Zeek almost didn't have time to block the attack.
"That was fast, they're not kidding about your skill," Zeek remarked.
"He blocked it!, This kid's reflexes are no joke"
"Enough with the warm-ups, let's fight for real this time", Zeek said.
Piercing Rose the used Soul Piercing making her spear disappear and instantly appeared in front of Zeek, but because of Zeek's reflexes, he dodges it with ease. Piercing Rose then used Warriors Fury consisting of 10 combo attacks towards Zeek, Zeek was unable to block some of the attacks lowering his HP by 20%. Piercing Rose followed it up with Snake Trust turning her attack to have an unpredictable angle, this skill hit Zeek and lowered his HP with 10%. after the exchange, Zeek lost 30% of his HP.
"Let's finish this now!", Rose said.
Piercing Rose the used her ultimate Skill, Spiral Dragon Spear, suddenly 10 after image of Spears appeared in front of Zeek and he knows that only one of them is real. Zeek was able to block the real Spear but he received damage by blocking it.
-360
Leaving his HP only 9%.
"So that's it?" Zeek said
"Do you think you have the position to hold your head high on your opponent while you only have that enough HP? Rose said.
"Let's see if you can land the finishing blow," Zeek smilingly said.
She then launched herself again and used the same pattern of skills because of the cooldown. After executing the skill chain Piercing Rose was dumbfounded to see Zeek avoided all of the skills that she released.
"How can this be!?," Piercing said.
"Let me enlighten you for a little, you know that as a beginner we only have a set of skill that we as a player can perform. just like that, you only have what? 3 sets of skills and like 4 passive skills.
you can only have a set of skill combinations and if I recognize every combination that you have then it's checkmate, to put it simply. . . You can't land anything to me now." Zeek said with a grim smile.
Rose then tried to launch another attack but Zeek used Conceal Shadow and disappears.
"A thief learning concealment technique!? that's impossible! concealing techniques lowest skill book is at level 25, how can a level 20 used such skill!"
Zeek then appeared at the back of Piercing Rose.
"You're good but if assassins conceal his self he always goes for the back!"
Piercing Rose tried to counter while Zeek launched his self to him, but for a split second Zeek cast Shadow Manipulation and launched the shadow at Piercing Rose back. as soon as Piercing Rose seen the attempt she already deduct that the copy will only have a certain stats, she knows this well because of playing a lot of VRMMO in this time, every assassin has this certain skill to make the opponent confused, but not her, she has 100% HP but his opponent only have a sliver of life remaining, she can even fight head on if she wants. but before Piercing Rose attack lands on Zeek he vanished in a split second, Zeek used Shadow Transfer.
Zeek then used Shadow Bind and stun Piercing Rose, Zeek followed it up with 6 critical attacks including the attacks of Zeek shadow making Piercing Rose HP plummet to zero.
Piercing Rose was so shocked.
Zeek stood in front of Piercing Rose and offered her a hand, Piercing Rose stood up on her own and smiled.
"It's my lost, It will take time to gather the necessary things so if you can give me a day so that I can prepare ?, Piercing Rose said.
"Nah, I don't need it, I don't care about the gold, I just want you to compensate on my teams effort , they need it more than I do, and about the guide that you want, I will give it to you but I will sell it to the other guilds too, but yours will be different, I just need you to sign a contract that you and your team members will not tell anyone. including the elders of your guild." Zeek said
Piercing Rose was shocked by Zeek's sudden behavior, she can't read what this guy is thinking.
"How about another round?" Zeek said.
After 10 fights the final score is 10 to 0, Zeek won all of them and Piercing Rose learned a thing or two.
"Are you a player of Dynasty Warriors?", Piercing Rose asked.
"Nope, this is the first online game that I've played", Zeek said.
The two of them meet their teammates near the Trial of the Forrest portal.
"So? what happened?" Grid asked.
"I lost, hahaha. . . But Piercing Rose is very generous and gave me a good deal on the trade", Zeek said.
Peppermint then tried to insult Zeek but Piercing Rose looked at her.
"Don't do anything stupid Peppermint, This kid is not simple as you think he is, don't make an enemy out of him, as a guild leader I ordered you to speak politely if you're around him." Piercing Rose said.
Piercing Rose then summon a digital contract and agreed on the terms Zeek sets, after that Zeek asked Piercing Rose about a certain item.
"Rose, do you have any 2nd Job Tomes available that you can sell to me?"Zeek asked.
"I have but my guild members are about to use them too, so I can't sell it to you", Rose said.
"What about a trade?," Zeek then showed Rose the Holy Knight 2nd Job Tome.
"Where did you get this!?", Rose asked
"I can see that you're interested, I'm planning to trade the information of Trial of the Forrest for some 2nd Job Tome to others,". Zeek asked
Rose then showed Zeek a 2nd Job Tome.
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Item Name: Celestial Priestess [ 2nd Job Rank S ]
Level Requirement: Level 20
Available Slots: 10/10
Description:
A very rare item used to ascend Clerics to Celestial Priestess, one of the five heroes who stopped the demons called The Seven Deadly Sins from corrupting the Humans in the Great War of the heavens. Used by the celestial maiden named Orifiel also known as the "Goddess of Pure and Might". (Only 10 person can attain the Job: Celestial Priestess, following quests, will be attainable after Job Level 50)
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"This will do, do you want to trade a slot for it?, I just need one for my friend here", Zeek said.
"Peppermint, come here", Piercing Rose said.
Zeek exchanged 1 slot to Peppermint and Lilly Blossom gets to change her job to Celestial Priestess.
"Lilly I need you to complete the quest for the Celestial Priestess for now", Zeek said.
"Thank you Endless, I will do my best to finish it," Lilly said.
"You too Light, come here and get your Holy Knight slot and finish the quest", Zeek said
Suddenly Piercing Rose interrupted Zeek.
"Zeek about the guide, If you want I can trade another S Rank 2nd Job Tome to you if you are willing to make as the only guild to get your guide". Rose said.
"Let's do this then, I'll give you the guide to finish the Hell Mode for the 2nd Job Tome that you will give me, then for the other guilds I will give them a separate guide to finishing the Normal and Hard mode of the dungeon, what you say?"
Rose then showed another S Rank 2nd Job Tome
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Item Name: Flame Witch [ 2nd Job Rank S ]
Level Requirement: Level 20
Available Slots: 10/10
Description:
A very rare item used to ascend Magicians to Flame Witch, one of the seven heroes who stopped the demons called The Seven Deadly Sins from corrupting the Humans in the Great War of the heavens. Used by the human named Evanora also known as the "Undying Flames". (Only 10 person can attain the Job: Flame Witch, following quests, will be attainable after Job Level 50)
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"Let's draw a new contract then," Zeek said
Zeek called Light Bringer and Flaming Beauty to get their slots.
Light and Flaming ran at Zeek's side and acquired the slot for The Holy Knight Tome and the Flame Witch Tome after the transaction Zeek and Rose bid their farewells, Zeek ordered the two to tackle the job change quest, he then contacted Sword Breaker.
"Brother Sword Breaker, I'm calling you for a business proposal," Zeek said.
"Thank you for contacting me brother Endless, Congratulations on clearing the Trial of the Forrest, are you intending to sell me a guide to finish the dungeon?", Sword Breaker said.
"As an Elf, I know you have a Rank S Job Change for an archer there, If you are willing I will tell you a guide and give you the necessary items to finish the Trial of the Forrest Hard Mode.
"What about the Hell Mode?, Sword Breaker asked.
"I'll give you a guide, but Hell Mode is up to your individual strengths". Zeek replied
Sword Breaker then showed him a 2nd Job Tome
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Item Name: Ancient Pathfinder [ 2nd Job Rank S ]
Level Requirement: Level 20
Available Slots: 10/10
Description:
A very rare item used to ascend Archers to Ancient Pathfinder, one of the three heroes who stopped the demons called The Seven Deadly Sins from corrupting the Humans in the Great War of the heavens. Used by the Archer named Darun also known as the "Path Seeker". (Only 10 person can attain the Job: Path Finder, following quests, will be attainable after Job Level 50)
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"I'll trade it for the 50 pcs Divine Fire Potion and Guide for the Trial of the Forrest, what you say?", Zeek negotiated.
"You Have Divine Fire Potion?", Sword Breaker was shocked
"It's not available in the market yet so I'll give you only 1 day to finish and clear the dungeon before selling the item to the players," Zeek said.
"Can you give me an additional 50 pcs? I will buy it for 1 gold per piece", Sword Breaker asked.
"Sure thing, but don't tell the other guilds about my identity, are we clear on that?", Zeek said
After negotiation Zeek dropped the call and gave the Tome to Grid.
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Cloud Nine Guild
"You can't tell the Elders about the group who finished the Trial of the Forrest?", Sharp Fangs said
"We are able to get the guide but as the contract says, we five are the only one who can run the dungeon with Zeek's guide, if it happens that we accidentally leaked the guide or the identity of Zeek, the God System will revert us back to zero and give us a year ban on the game," Rose explained.
"It can't be helped then. I'll be the one to explain it to the Elders, But I need to ask something, Is the Group who finished the dungeon remarkable?, Sharp Fangs asked.
"I don't know about the 4 members but I did spar the leader of the party", Rose said.
"Is he strong", Sharp Fangs asked.
"So Strong, I didn't even have a chance to retaliate, as soon as he saw the skills that you have he can calculate the range, the cooldown and the timing of every skill that you have, There's only one person that I can think of while fighting him. . .", Rose said while thinking
"Who!?", Sharp Fangs asked.
"Crimson Butterfly", Rose said.
Sharp Fangs leaned on the chair.
"Another Expert who was as good as Crimson Butterfly?, Do this Kid have a guild?", Sharp Fangs asked.
"None at the moment", Rose said
"Try to Recruit him, give him a position or something, just try to find a way to make him a guild member", Sharp Fangs said.
"I'll try Elder", Rose said
Sharp Fangs then waved his hand to signal Rose that the meeting is now finished.
"Peppermint, assemble the party, we will run the hell mode of the Trial of the Forrest", Piercing Rose said
"Is the video reliable?," Peppermint asked.
"Yes, The video is reliable but the team movement and the techniques are hard so we need to practice it for now," Rose said.
Rose then opened her friend interface and called Zeek.
"Yoh, Sup, Something wrong?", Zeek said.
"I just want to Thank You for the guide, by the way, are you interested in joining a guild?, you're welcome to join us and I am willing to give you an important position in the guild", Rose said.
"Nah, I have a plan on forming my own guild, if you want you can leave Cloud Nine and join us?", Zeek said while smiling
"You really are a shameless person", Rose said.
"I know right! so? do you want to join my guild?", Zeek said.
"I'll think about it", Rose said while smiling and dropped the call.