In a café somewhere in Santos city, the six finally gathered. A normal party could only gather a maximum of six and it was perfect, and these people was the closest of friends of Shaia.
"Girl, so this is your secret lover inside the game huh. You naughty girl, that is why you refused to party with us." The beast woman, who had dog ears said as he teased and look at shaia with a grin.
"Stop it, I called you here because I missed you." Shaia said and stared at the teasing beast woman. The beast woman hugged and blushed after hearing Shaia said that.
"Ram, this is Fake Me and his boyfriend Fake You right there". Shaia pointed at the elf boy who has nerdy look. "That is White and Black". Ram followed Shaia's and looked at the two guy who was both handsome and actually not bad. "There are both lovers also". Ram spat the coffee from his mouth and he became awkward.
"Hahahaha. You have an amusing boy Potato, you have taste." The two guys were now actually being close and touchy of his body feeling Ram's body. Ram could only thought they are amusing and open-minded.
"Shut it everyone, Ram is my friend. I called you here to help us both and will tell some secrets also". Telling the secrets and their progress was the payment for their help and Ram agreed without hesitation, it did not matter to him.
Shaia started to lecture after calming down, and they were amazed of the discovery. They now decided that after the both of them, they will help each other activate their chain quest also.
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Dorthon University
"Shaia, tell me honestly, did you do it already with Ram?". The girl who was whispering to Shaia and teasing her inside the food court was 'fake Me' the beast woman.
She has this double ponytail orange hair and a very energetic look, though she was a bit short she was very cute with her college uniform.
"Hmp, Mia I already said that we are just friends" Shaia was a bit angry and a bit embarrassed also.
"But your smiles lately, was telling the opposite". Mia persisted and teased her from left to right.
"Fine. Fine, he is cute and also weird. So I am interested, and we did not do it". Shaia coldly said while blushing.
"Hohohoo. Did not do it yet?" Mia smiled and whispered. "MIA". Shaia shouted "Just joking". Mia with her tongue laughed at Shaia who was Red already.
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Meanwhile inside an office Ram was in a seat with a man around his 60. "Ram, do you need a raise or something?". The man said with worried look.
"Sir, It was not like that. This past few months I have think of it already, I will make a different approach in my life". Ram said with a bit of sadness. The man rested his back in the chair and sighed.
"Alright, but I have one final request. Just finish this pending project and until then please think of it more". Ram just nodded and bowed at his boss.
Ram with a bit of depressed look got out of the office but in a moment he was determined. "I will make this gamble, and besides I am already starting it." It was perfect that he will still have the time to observe the ratio of exchange while he was finishing the final project. And if he sees that it was difficult he can still get back to his job. Is what he was thinking at that moment.
Ram was only 25 years old, he graduated at 21 and in this four years he was not satisfied. It may be premature for him to decide that he was not doing well but it was different level of stress for him. It was the first time he felt joy on what his doing, it was a very risky decision, but he would take it no matter what.
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'Imhotep'. The last boss was Imhotep himself but it was a mummy version. He was in white tattered robe, but from the look of his accessories he was an important person from the past, He wields a revolver and a scroll was floating beside him and glowing magnificently.
"Counter Strike". Shaia shouted as she was tanking the hits. "White, concentrate heal to Potato". Ram shouted as he was assigned to observe the whole battlefield. It was his job because of his position as the longest range of them, he can easily see everything. "Black trade positions with Fake You".
Skills flew, and explotions shook the area from time to time. It was chaotic to see but it was actually organized. The enemy has huge damage but thanks to the secret crafting method which is not actually a secret. It helped them big time. They have now the best resources and Items, especially equipments.
The Blacksmith Fake You was crafting more and more epic grades that is why they are fully equipped with epic set equipments. There potions are of the best, and all miscellaneous items are helpful.
They chipped the boss Hp, and with a loud thud Imhotep who was 6 foot tall fall to the ground with injuries. But something happened after the body fall, the scroll illuminated the body then it turned golden. "Cursed you mortals, I shall return". The light dissipated slowly as the sentenced echoed in the area.
The scroll which did not vanish was still floating and the weapon which was dropped by Imhotep also floated. Premade weapons and items are not droppable from monsters and bosses but the situation was different, it was part of a quest and the boss served as an NPC also. The scroll turn into light and entered into Ram's forehead and the revolver floated in front of him.
'Arcane Gunner advancement, do you want to continue?' Yes/No. It was the prompt that popped up to Ram. Of course it was a yes, and after clicking the button. An area announcement appeared.
"Imhotep's Tomb Completed, All players in the tomb will be teleported to the entrance in 10 seconds for a dungeon update".
"Guys let us teleport, we might get discovered if we get teleported in the entrance, use your scrolls now". Shaia shouted as the issue was a bit troublesome. They followed after hearing and understood the point.
Not even in beta that a tomb, ruin, etc was turned into a dungeon by just finishing it. The bosses always respawn normally, and Shaia new it was somehow connected to the chain quest they acquired.
Shaia was not mistaken, the forums exploded of what happened. Though it was only an area announcement, most players that are active in forum posted the event and it garnered different thoughts. They did not know what happened and who achieved it or what benefits was gained.
The skill changes and some branches are added to the tree. The name of the class itself was flaming with black fire, they could not understand it's meaning because there is no black color on the grades for the classes. They decided to make it secret.
Ram also got 70 levels worth of status points, which shocked them. They were now very eager to finish the quest and could not wait for their turn. With the 70 levels worth of stat points Ram was now a monster but Ram did not know, he was just enjoying the game with some new friends.
Class advancement will give you bonus stat points aside from the points you get per class level. But it will depend on the grade. Common 1-10 levels total accumulated points. Then 10 level plus for each grade higher. However, 1-10 gives only 4 stat points per level, while 11-20 give 6 points, 21-30 give 8 points per level. So the difference is not that close.
The character level is none existent on this game, and leveling your class or advancing them was the main source of stat points.
They all checked at the skill, and they taught Ram of all the possible combinations. At the end Ram decided on his own and pick some skill for now.
ARCANE GUNNER SKILLS
Gravity Bullet (Active) lvl 1(0%)*Requirements: Arcane Gunner*Cooldown: 1 sec*Duration: Permanent until used.*Consumption: 10 mana*Target: Could not hit Ally*Damage: 50 Mdmg*Effect: Load six Bullets. 1% Slow/bullet. 10% Max Slow
Spatial Bullet (Active) lvl 1(0%)*Requirements: Arcane Gunner*Cooldown: 1 sec*Duration: Permanent until used.*Consumption: 10 mana*Target: Could not hit Ally*Damage: 50 Mdg*Effect: Load six Bullets. 50% Chance to ignore defence.
Haste Bullet (Active) lvl 1(0%)*Requirements: Arcane Gunner*Cooldown: 5 min*Duration: 1 min*Consumption: 100*Target: Could not hit Enemy*Damage: None*Effect: Load six Bullets. 10% increase in movement speed/bullet. Max 10% Haste
Arcane Rapid Fire (Active) lvl 1(0%)*Requirements: Arcane Gunner*Cooldown: 10 sec*Duration: None*Consumption: 100 mana*Damage: 100% Total Mdmg + Bullet Dmg*Effect: Shoot six shots rapidly.
Blink Shot (Active) lvl 1(0%)*Requirements: Arcane Gunner*Cooldown: 10 sec*Duration: None*Consumption: 10 mana/meter. Max 5 meteres*Damage: None*Effect: Set the range from the list 0/3 and turn yourself into the bullet and teleport to the preset range.
He picks some movement skill, and many other that he thought would help him. The skill were actually absurd compared to others, and Ram slowly realized it, when the effects change and when compared, it was very far. He felt like he was getting invincible. Arcane gunner was also related to time and space, so he thought it was cool, and he liked it.
He was currently level 35, so there are three added slots in the free slots. Making a total of six. But he was still undecided of the other three.
FREE SLOT SKILLS (3/6)
Blink (Epic) Active 20/20*Requirements: 50 INT*Cooldown: 20 sec*Duration: Instant*Consumption: 10 mana/meter. 10meter max*Target: None*Damage: None*Effect: Instant teleportation
Mana Shield (Epic) Active/Chanelling 20/20*Requirements: 200 INT*Cooldown: None*Duration: Chanel*Consumption: 100 for activation. Absor half of damage, if mana is insuficient the remainder damage will be applied.*Target: Self*Damage: None*Effect: Create a mana shield that can absorb half of the damage.
Ink Shower (Epic) Active 20/20*Requirements: INT 200, Scribe*Cooldown: None*Duration: 1 min*Consumption: 200 mana*Target: Enemies*Damage: None*Effect: Summon an ink bottle that can be thrown in a 10 meter radius. The ink will explode and spray a black in in a 5 meter radius and reveal any hide/invisible skills and mark the target for 1 minute.
There are no main class related skill on free slots, only sub-class. The skills he chose was a bit weird for them, but they did not react to Ram's choice. Each one has their reasons and strategy, so nothing they could do about it.
Ram was happy because he can now use the other scroll skills he made, the only problem last time was the INT requirements and now that he had a lot of it he was satisfied.
"Ram, don't forget to put some into the other stats to balance your build." Mia said as he saw Ram so concentrated in his status bar.
"hahaha. I never once added to any stat other than INT, so I already put all to INT" Ram awkwardly said after he heard it, Ram always thought that it would be good to concentrate to one stat only.
"What?" all of them echoed and face palmed after hearing Ram. They could not believe it.