Thor and Freya were making there way down the pathway. The third wave had posed no problem as it was more of the same. They had switched back to their health potions halfway through the third wave as it seemed that there wouldn't be a change in their enemies. However as they got more and more cure poison potions and they were fighting snakes they made the decision to keep the cure poison potions on their quick equip for the 4th wave. After the third wave they had nearly leveled up again. Once the 4th wave started they began to see other snakes. The first enemy that was different was an enemy called the Rusted Snake and was probably what the swamp land was named after.
Rusted Snake
Hp 1150/1150
Dmg 30-35/ chance to poison 5% poison does 15 points of damage every 5/sec
Exp 200
" Well I'm glad that you figured that these types would come against us. After that last wave I figured we'd be in the clear." Thor was an excellent swordsman and could fend off the snakes while he was talking. Of course this was because after he quit Celestial he had taken 2 hand sword fighting lessons. This greatly improved his dexterity with swords once Dragon's Domain started. "I can see the end of this wave there's about 30 snakes left, I should level up by the time we clear these guys. I'm going to draw their agro, pick off the ones further out."
Thor immediately used his Superior Strike to make it to the heart of the enemies, hitting as many as he could on the way in. Freya shook her head, thinking how reckless Thor was. However she didn't argue with his methods since they seemed to yield results. He had been poisoned twice using this tactic and would probably be poisoned again. However they had at least 50 cure poison potions, so this rate of poisoning wasn't a problem. In a short amount of time they had finished off the 4th wave. Both of them had leveled up again at the end of the 4th wave.
"Well that's good timing, ha ha ha," Thor chuckled "well I'm poisoned again but no worries got lots of potions so it shouldn't matter." Thor used a potion to cure himself. He then put two stat points to his agility raising it from 19>21 because the snakes had been faster then him so he was hoping to be able to get his agility above that of the snakes so he could avoid being struck and poisoned. He put one on his intelligence raising it from 8>9 allowing him to use his superior strike one more time. He also got a skill point which he used to level up his Superior Strike to level 3.
Skills
Superior Strike lvl 0-3 Range 3 meters
Lvl 0 Does 400% of str. Cost 10 mana can be leveled up at lvl 3
Lvl 1 does 400% of str. Cost 8 mana can be leveled up at lvl 5
Lvl 2 does 450% of str. Cost 8 mana can be leveled up at lvl 7
Lvl 3 does 500% of str. Cost 8 mana
Freya Continued to her 2 and 1 stat placement, however she did put two to her strength this time around, and one more to her intelligence. She had placed 2 to her strength because as a knight she needed strength to equip better armor. She also received a skill point however she couldn't do anything with it as her Triple Shot couldn't be leveled up till level 13.
"Well lets loot, but my inventory is getting kinda full, so maybe we should only focus on cure poison potions, I think we have enough health and mana potions. It also looks like there is a building up ahead. There is probably only 1 or 2 more waves till we get there." Freya was trying to strategize for what would probably be a decent amount of treasure in that building, it would probably also be a boss fight. "What do you think?"
"I'm not really the thinker, more of a doer. I'm glad I met you because I probably wouldn't have made it down this path without your help. Lets just go with your tactics." Thor was always trusting when he met anyone, so usually he would just allow the smartest in the group to dictate how they fought.
"Alright well lets go then." Freya was right even though there was only 1 wave left a new snake had appeared called the
Coral Snake
Hp 1500/1500
Dmg 25-30 chance to poison 20% poison does 20 pts every 5 secs
Exp. 350
After a fairly intense battle because Thor had to use the cure poison potion more often, they were able to clear the fifth wave and reach the building. Thor managed to reach level 9, he again leveled up his str. taking it from 30 to 33. This made his normal strikes hit for nearly 100 dmg and his superior strike to hit for 165. The building looked fairly ordinary, other then being completely made out of white brick. In front of the building was a small guard house.
"Well, well, well haven't seen a knight come down this path in ages." suddenly a voice seemed to come out of no where. Both Freya and Thor looked around and in the guardhouse but couldn't find the voice." I'm up here. Look at the top of the peak." Just then they spotted a what looked like a fairy just floating there grinning at them. "So what do you think."
"Ummm are you a fairy?" Freya wasn't sure, he may have been a sprite as well." Also may I inquire what is in this building?"
"Yes and yes. My name is Puck. Most just call me the trickster, however I believe that my reputation is very unfairly earned." Puck looked like he may be pouting a little. "I mean you send one or two humans to their death because of improper directions and everybody just jumps on you. Do you know what I mean!" Now Freya was sure he was pouting. "So as for what's in the building answer my question right and I'll tell you true, answer my question wrong and I'll be forced to fool you."
"Well that seems fair." Thor chuckled a little. "I mean it is free info after all."
"Ah my good sir, you truly have a noble spirit. And as such I'll even give you two chances to answer true." Puck was pleased most humans would whine about his games however this man seemed to be a true sport." Well the question I Pose to thee is what is always been yours but is used more often by those around you?" Thor looked at Freya and shrugged.
Freya didn't want to offend Puck by just answering his question, even though she knew the answer. She had also read about Puck, and knew that manners where a must with him. "Well good sir, I believe that would be your name." Freya also bowed as she gave her answer.
"Wonderful that is correct, and you two aren't bad for the lower plane inhabitants. So true to my word as you'll see The giant King Cobra guards The Treasures three." Puck then disappeared as if he wasn't there at all.
"Well in we go I guess. If that snake is a giant as he says then we should be able to get a look at it's stats before fighting." At least Freya was hoping this was the case. She slowly opened the door to get a peak.
Giant King Cobra
Hp 15,000/15,000
Dmg 75-100 50% chance to be poisoned poison does 15 dmg/sec
Exp 7500
Freya looked at Thor, Thor looked at the snake, then back at Freya smiled and stormed into the building. Freya shook her head but followed him in anyway.