Vladis was surprised nothing happened. But then he felt Noin twitch in his hair. A silhouette of a large Lizardmen appearing before disappearing in front of them. Rosso flinched ready to strike but relaxed after a moment.
'We should hurry.' Vladis thought to her. He reached into the desk grabbing at the files inside. Rosso going over to the cabinet to check in there. A weird sensation passed down his spine, looking to the door, he watched as two people came in. 'Oh, what the hell?! They were not even appearing on the map!'
Reaching for the golden pen award on the desk, Vladis threw it at the nearest one. The pen was wrapped in telekinetic might, it went right through the man's skull.
"What!? Intruders!" The other said surprised but slowly. The area turned a little unstable. Vladis opened a help ticket already reporting it as he charged over. Rosso only catching Vladis attacking and charging the other. Seeing as they were small fries, she kept looking for the paperwork they needed. "Where is the boss?"
*Whiff!* Vladis punched through the guy doing nothing. The Glitch was starting to happen sporadically. As the man reformed around his fist, Vladis spread his fingers and pulled back.
"Ughh!" The man health hit zero quickly. But no essences or items dropped. In fact, both bodies disappeared. Rosso did not miss that at all. But she rolled her eyes and went back to looking for more evidence.
"Great! That sucks!" Slamming the cabinet shut, she looked in the next one. "At least that is done with. Have you opened a help ticket?"
"Yeah, I have. You.." Vladis stopped talking as she disappeared next. The map showed her on the opposite side of the wall. In the hallway, she never walked into before. The game coding was trying to work on it. If it was done by a spell that would have been ok. Since the coding tracks that. Glitching it does not. "Well, most likely going to pull a bunch of stuff in now. How many Infiltrators could have possibly been inside this place?"
*Doop!* Behind Vladis, a large lizardman appeared. It was the Sub-Boss for the quest. His eyes instantly turning fuzzy. He appeared via Glitch and had changed stat-wise.
'Well.. you came across the race I was unwilling to tell you about before. Since the glitch has spoiled it, it will no longer matter.' Noin thought to him.
"Well, that is just Prime!" Vladis was not happy. But at least back-up was arriving. "Hope you are ready for this Rosso?" She kicked open the door slightly injured. She took out the few Infiltrators in the hallway quickly enough.
"Gonna give it my all!" Her body started to glow with a light glow. Her hair turning golden white. A mark appeared on the Greatsword causing a temporary increase in strength. "Hah!"
*Woosh!* A spiral of magic fired from the weapon hitting the Sub-Boss in the back. Sliding forward, he was cut by Vladis with the mace. Something strange happened, the mace shattered.
"The durability was not low enough for this to happen!" Dodging a palm thrust was easy enough. But the Sub-Bosses hand disappearing and reappearing right in front of his face. "Tch!" Vladis grit his teeth to get ready for the pain. "Kuff!"
He was pushed through the building and popped out the other side. Three walls separating him from the others. But the hand was still gripped to him.
*Snap!* He instantly appeared right back in his previous location. The building wall was instantly fixed and he was thrown through again.
Health -22
Health -22
On the return, Vladis recovered enough to strike back. His hands were outstretched and appeared inside the Sub-Boss stomach. Rosso coming around to help.
"Lift!" Vladis yelled angrily. With the heightening of his emotions, he fueled the spell ripping the stomach and lungs apart. The bleed condition appearing on the enemy instantly. Just not enough to make the fight even. "Raahh!" Vladis ripped his hands-free by planting his feet on the sub-boss chest and pushing off.
"Yah!" Rosso swung her greatsword down the moment Vladis hands were free. "Dammit!" She missed as the hands fazed out then back. The good news, the code was interrupted due to the bleed effect. She pulled back for a larger swing and pivoted on the spot. 'Light Slash!'
*Shine!* Her sword lit up brighter as she poured her mana into it. It cut right through the body and stopped when reaching the spine. The blade getting stuck in the bone. But the sub-boss spine received no damage.
"Here we go!" Vladis had pulled on the greatsword with Telekinesis. "Pull back but downward!" Rosso did just that. Her greatsword cutting from the spine and damaging the organs on the way out. With the help from Vladis, a little mental damage was applied as well. 'Shift!'
*Woosh!* Vladis reappeared above the Sub-boss right as he opened his mouth to fire his breath attack.
"Barrier!" He created a dome right above its mouth. "Ughh!" The intensity was enough to send him flying into the sky. The good news, the glitch did not recognize as the attack doing damage. So the barrier held. It also caused the proficiency to rise.
"This is crazy!" Rosso took a step back and levied her greatsword in front of her as she chanted. Watching the flame pitter down, she held for the right time to strike. Vladis looked winded for once and started to slip in his control. 'Now!'
*Pulse!* Her entire body glowed red and golden white. Steam poured out of her body from pushing her technique too hard. This was Over Drafting.
* Schlick! Schlick Schlick! Schlick! Schlick!* Five piercing strikes went out that carve through the sub-boss belly and legs. Each strike took one second to arrive and be pull back.
"Arrrrr!" The sub-boss gurgled blood as the Glitch could not ignore this damage. In fact, on the third strike the health recovered fully as it ended. The eyes returning to normal as it tried to go back to the designated area for itself. "What!?" Confused, it looked at Rosso for a moment.
"Vladis!" Rosso called out exhausted. She was spent and unable to move now. She felt Vladis tug on her greatsword, so she let it go. The weapon disappearing as it appeared in his hand. 'Hope this damages it enough to get away.'
*Swirl!* Vladis came down spinning. The greatsword pointed down between his legs. His feet pushing against the handle. He cut right into the head doing additional damage from the surprise attack. The rotation was not fast enough to do more and stopped only 4 inches in.
"Arrrrhhh! Who are you, people!?" The sub-boss yelled in surprise. He was now an enemy again. Instantly, the door open. His two guards that were dealt with earlier returned. The glitch was out of control. "Grab them for questioning!"
Rosso was still suffering from overdraft. Vladis wanted to stop the sub-boss but put it out of his mind.
*Woosh!* With a Shift, Vladis appeared in front of one and grabbed him by the collar. Planting his feet into the stomach, he leaned back and flipped the woman into the sub-boss.
"Up we go!" He was not fast enough to recover from the other striking him however. The Infiltrator stabbed him in the chest going for a quick kill. "Damn that stings!" blood seeped from his mouth.
Health -14
Getting up, Vladis had to dodge another stab. This one went into the wall and got stuck. His hand stabbed out attacking the Interceptor's wrist when he got on his feet. The man let go of the sword from the impact but immediately sent a kick toward Vladis.
Health - 6
"Oof!" Vladis grunted and pushed forward shoulder checking the man. He hit him in the chest hard enough to push him back. 'Telekinesis!' He pulled the sword into his hands with ease. Barely missing the floor, he swung from the floor up the man's leg along his crotch and chest.
"Ughhh!" The Infiltrator let out a death cry and collapsed. His essences pouring into Vladis giving him just enough to push Bloody Body to the breaking point. The Fairy Ring started to glow and absorbed in all the excess.
The other Infiltrator was getting ready to strike Rosso with the Sub-boss.
"Not happening!" Vladis pushed his hands together pulling on the bookshelves and desk with his left. His right hand focusing on pulling Rosso his way. She came over fast enough. She still had two more minutes on the effects of Over Draft. "Rahh!"
*Smash!* Vladis smacked the desk into them both. The remains scattering for a moment as he pulled it all back into them. The bigger focus on the weaker Infiltrator.
*Babump!* Vladis felt his heart stop. he lost control and flung both of them into the roof.
"Ugh what the hell is this!?" Vladis grabbed the floor and dug his fingers into it. In the corner of his eye, Rosso was doing the same as him. Vision tinged red as his view zeroed in. "Shit this burns!"
(Blood Pact: Rosso wishes to feed from you. Vampire level is lower. Doing so will elevate Rosso higher than yourself. Give Rosso blood to negate the problem.)
"Decline!" Vladis answered after reading it over. He wiped the blood from his mouth, and wiped it on her cheek. Rosso licked it up instantly. Her eyes glowing gold as she stood up and charged the sub boss. "Well glad things work well for you."
'The update is still going through. If you were logged off it would be easier for it to go through.' Noin thought to Vladis. She watched as he forced the outburst in his body and subdued it. Vladis looked to the doorway as more Infiltrators were coming up. 'Going to kill the rest of the gang?'
Vladis answered by using the ring. An axe made of shadows appeared. His mental powers wrapping around boosting the strength. The + 5 from it being an axe with his attack was strong. But the ring also added in his range power from magic.
"Boss are you ok!?" The first Infiltrator asked.
*Schlick!* It was the last thing he said as Vladis cut his head off. Already cutting wildly down the hallway towards each and everyone in sight. He ignored the pain from every stab and cut while doing so.
The Fairy Ring shining brightly taking everything in. It was preventing Vladis from leveling for some reason now. No time to think about it, Vladis continued his killing till the axe vanished. A quick moment later he sunk through the floor.
He was now on the ground floor of the building drinking two Health potions to recover. Taken from the corpses in the room.
(Northwind Gang 43/20)
The gear was nice enough. But nothing he could wear or use. One of the infiltrators was actually still alive. The woman was crawling towards a back room to try and escape. Her back cut open exposing her spine from an axe slash.
"Oh dear.. I am getting so sloppy in my work." Vladis walked over slowly to finish the job. Mostly from his own jarring experience. "Do not worry, I will not make you suffer. That would be rude. I am trying to be a good guy I swear."
"Ughh.. I do not want to die.."
'Vladis... stop.' Noin thought to clear the blood haze. 'She is usable. Turn her. She would make a decent Follower. Different from the other you turned for now but someone who can help draw attention.' A quick look around showed no other problems. This time he checked the map for a second as he held the Infiltrator.
"You will not die today. So just relax." Vladis bit her arm in one of the areas that was cut open. Basically into the muscle tissue. Her eyes turned dull as the code from "turning" took over her original. Vladis had to resist the urge to take in some of her blood for himself. 'This will take getting use to.'
The Infiltrator's name turned to Unknown. The oddest thing, her clothes changed to a civilian and she disappeared. A slight throb letting Vladis know the general direction she was in.
"Hey ready to go?" Rosso called from the staircase. She came down and observed the bodies as they disappeared slowly. It would be a while before the area was ready for someone else to do the quest. Vladis gave her a nod ignoring the awkward look she had. "Here are some of the rewards. I will go and report this in a few hours. We can do the Trial later. These additional quest options are a little more than I suspected. Do not worry, I will talk with the Training area people."
"Alright." Vladis placed the bag in his inventory and grabbed his wrist a little. He used a sword during the fighting and felt phantom pain from it. A small indicator in game let him know a diagnostic was running in the Gamepod. "I will head to an inn and log off. I do not feel to great anyway. Think the Sub-boss damage hurt me more than I thought."
"Just set the tasks and log off. I will watch over you." Noin said nicely. She floated in front and eyed Vladis down. "The updates should be ready completely in .. about 17 hours your time. Go and take care of any problems you have been putting off."
"I will do the same after reporting a little more on the Glitch earlier." Rosso added in. They watched as Vladi's eyes dulled showing the bot took over control. Noin opened a mental link with Rosso to talk. 'Vladis should turn into a good User for the future. Definitely a good killer for the latter Events that are planned. After he turns more valuable we can let him know about the purpose of the game in our galaxy.'
'Maybe. But for now, I say no. The preliminary data will work well reflecting back in our galaxy. The Glitches are a problem as you have seen first hand. I have sent all the footage and the error in the code to the Central Help unit.'
'Not taking any chances?' Rosso asked.
'Right. Remember to log off yourself. Do not overwork yourself. That Overdraft was pretty brutal.'
'Better than going through walls. I am surprised he didn't lose consciousness.' Rosso smirked. She finished her report and set some tasks to get finish. Once Vladis made it to an inn, she ran towards the training area to make arrangements.
Inside the room, Vladis was sitting in a wooden tub. The water ice-cold as his body heated up. Noin let loose the spell that suppressed him. He didn't level up but his body received all the essences to convert into mana. When the update finishes, his spells cooldowns, and his mana reserve would be large.
'Hopefully, he does not get mad at the update changes.' Noin's eyes displayed numerical numbers as Code was scanned over. The memory from Vadis that carried code was used to help fix things for later. The Help Guide was not putting everything on the User's to save its Parent Galaxy. 'Villain now a Hero will take awhile. The Bloodlust fits him to well. I am glad the Heroine is on a different Server for now.'
Name: Vladis Level 7
Rank: Gathering VII
Titles: Calm and Collected, Reckless
Health 105
Defense 5.11 Equipment 12
Attack 5.14 Equipment 1
Range 13.9 Equipment
Strength 5.14
Fingers 6
Toes 4
Endurance 4
Flexibility 5.11
Fingers 2
Toes 3
Muscle Fibers 6
Wisdom 4.11
Knowledge 5
Understanding 4
Mental Resistance 2
Intelligence 13.9
Mana Output 2
Mana Absorption 2
Reading 5
Racial 2
Experience Gain 3%
Transformation 54%
Health & Mana regeneration 2%
Unspent stats 0 Unspent skill points 14
Spells
Telepathy III, Telekinesis III, Barrier, Shift III, Levitate III
Skills
Evaluation III, Bloody Body Gathering XII, Axe Breaking Bonds XII,
Primary Skill
Light of Body Reckoning Gathering Rank XII
Passive Skills
Light Screen XII, Bloodlust XII
Equipment
Threaded Vest: Increase in Reputation gain by 2%
Mana Regeneration 5%
Defense 5
Durability 43/200
Class: Any
Threaded Pants: Increase in Reputation gain by 3%
Mana Regeneration 5%
Defense 5
Durability 43/300
Class: Any
Studded Leather Gloves: Increase in Reputation gained in Beginner Villages by 3%
Gives a Friendly Aura
Attack 1
Defense 1
Durability 34/300
Class: Any
Belt of a Warrior: Increase in Arena Reputation gain by 5%
Resist Knockdown 20%
Defense 1
Durability 231/300
Class: Any
Phantom Ring: Summons a Gathering Rank Weapon off the User's Proficiency
Cooldown 10 minutes