Arriving before the bulking Adventurer Guild building, Esmond saw there were a handful of adventurers loitering outside, but they all quickly moved aside the second they saw Julius and Levas.
Walking into the building, there were plenty of adventurers spread throughout the building, with some staring at a large wall with notices, while others sat back on the benches and filled their stomachs with food and mead.
Some people were standing by the counter being served by a receptionist, but everyone's attention turned to Esmond and those travelling beside him.
They walked up to the reception with one of the young ladies working at the Guild, running over to attend to Julius and his friends, ignoring those currently waiting.
"Lord Baron! How can I help you today?!" the young redhead girl no older than 15 said with a cheery smile and rose cheeks.
"Hello Lela!
I was wondering if you could help my friend register with the Guild.
Oh, he's also looking to establish his own clan as well."
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Lela thought it would be a simple registration but from the moment Esmond place his hand on the crystal ball she brought over to measure Esmonds abilities, she was astounded by the level of power and strength he wielded.
Before sending the information away to be disclosed by the Guild Network, Lela started to process the continuous number of beasts Esmond spawned before the counter.
Sounds of gasps and quiet muttering could be heard among the adventurers who were all eyeing Esmond like fresh meat but seeing the pile of beasts summoned out of thin air, freaked the lot of them out that they considered leaving the town for fear their thoughts were heard by someone.
Shortly after, Esmond was handed a silver plate with his level at D+ with the ability to operate a clan.
Lela had to ask the Guild Master for permission before she gave Esmond the clearance to operate a clan since it would be only offered to those with level B and above.
But once the Guild Master heard about the beasts Esmond brought in, the request was approved immediately as well as a little help from the Guild.
"…They gave me a plot of land…" Esmond was trying to understand the logic of the Guild and his reward of land not too far away from the Guild as well.
It was baren and without any basic infrastructure, but the sheer size of the land equated to roughly 4 acres of land on a poorly maintained street.
Esmond was going to further start planning what to do with the land, but before he could do anything he was taken away from the Hunting Grounds and brought back out to the space, being spawned before the gate that led into the Grounds.
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*Ding*
[Hunting Grounds Generator]
[Level – 1]
[H.G.G Quest: Where the journey begins…]
[Background: Host will be spawned into a generated world consisting of fantasy, magic, and the unknown…
Stovi, a world full of wonder, soul shaking sites, and unbelievable danger that lurks in all corners of the darkness…
Host will spawn outside of the small town, Vileta]
[Task:
- Part 1) (Completed) Host needs to register with the Adventurer Guild for now…
- Part 2) Establish power and strength within Vileta
- Part 3) ?¿?]
[Rewards: Based off Evaluation]
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[Gate to the world: Stovi, has been added to the Spatial Ark Star World!]
[Host can visit the world and return to the moment they left without disrupting the continuation of time]
[Changes will occur if Host wishes to send operatives into the world: Stovi, while Host isn't present]
[Completion of Quest will result in either expansion of Hunting Grounds or access to another Level!]
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"Well… I wasn't expecting that…" Esmond said before shifting to his home and heading up to his bedroom to relax.
It was 11 at night and Esmond wanted nothing more but to sleep, but he was kept away by the time difference from Stovi to the space.
From his own estimations, his time on Stovi was close to 2 hours, but after returning home ne noticed he'd only been gone for about half an hour.
It was another wonder of the space that kept bugging Esmond since he had no clue how it worked or if he could replicate something similar but at a small level.
The other thing keeping him awake was the Dymocks plastic bag which contained the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
'Ahh fuck it… I'll read a couple pages before sleep…' Esmond thought to himself as he grabbed the bag and took out the first novel, A Game of Thrones.
As he turned the cover page and flipped his way to the beginning of the story, he thought, 'Why not…'
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*Ding*
[Scanning surroundings… Analysed!]
[Quest activated in conjunction with Spectral Consciousness Ability]
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[Please select difficulty…]
[Easy] [Normal] [Hard] [Hardcore] [Nightmare] [Hell]
[Hardcore] [Accepted!]
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[Media: Book]
[Name: A Game of Thrones]
[Year of release: 2007]
[Winter is Coming…]
[A Song of Ice and Fire, a fantasy novel series by George R.R. Martin]
[The story is based on noble families of Westeros fighting one another through silent actions and to public affairs, while it touches the broader topics of the world's mythology by the giant Wall.
Those across the narrow sea wished to return to their home, to the land that was once theirs…]
[Host will be spawned near Winterfell as the assassins sent by Cersei Lannister are on their way to kill Bran Stark]
[Host needs to:
- 0/6 Leave no Assassins alive
- Leave no traces behind that could be traced to the conflict
- Do not sustain any damage
- Clean up traces of Assassin campsite
[Reward:
- 896,000,000 Credit
- 867,000,000 Exp
- 9 Great Families of Westeros – Elite Grade
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[Any other Rewards are based off evaluation]
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[Time to complete: 10 Minutes]
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"Right…
Let's see if they are free…"
Esmond was worried he wouldn't be able to summon Ace or Rath to help him out since he believed they might be stuck back in Stovi, thankfully they were expelled along with him from the world.
Appearing beside him, Ace was rather keen on letting loose in the open fields before him.
Even Rath was rearing to go but he held off once he saw the stern look in his masters' eyes.
Ace also noticed the slight unease coming from Esmond.
He brushed his head against Esmond, wondering if everything was alright with his master.
"I'm fine Ace…
Just a little worried I might have pushed my luck…" his main concern was changing the level of difficult from Hard to Hardcore.
Esmond wasn't sure what that entailed, but he was sure it wouldn't be anything simple to deal against.
So far, his weapons were so tough and powerful that he could slice through enemies without putting much force into his attacks, letting his weapons glide over the bodies of the victims.
He wondered if the enemies might finally be able to put up a fight, but the real danger was them being able to inflict damage against him or those fighting beside him.
Ace and Rath both tried to reassure Esmond as he got onto Aces back and sent Rath into the air for recon.
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With his twin daggers by his side, Esmond covered up with his dark cloak to cover up his appearance as much as possible while he travelled down the road with Ace and Rath flying above.
Around 5 minutes into their ride, Rath spotted a small group heading into the woods to set up a small camp and hide their horses.
Esmond thought about diving right into the camp and kickstarting his massacre of the assassins, but he quickly stopped when he heard Carter in his head.
'You blithering idiot!
Stop listening to that squawking jackass and using your fucking senses… jeez…' Carter found it hard to deal with Esmonds stupidity listening to a bloody falcon that nearly led him to slaughter a camp of innocents.
"KAK, KAK, KAK!!"
"Rath… well he isn't too fond of you right now…"
'I'll cook that bitch!'
"Calm your farm…
Tell me… where do I have to go…?"
Esmond couldn't care about Carter's ramblings as he wanted to end the quest and head out of the Game of Thrones world.
Soon enough, Carter gave him the rough direction they were in, thankfully it wasn't too far away from Esmond current position.
Sending Rath ahead to scout out the area before he came charging in with Ace, Esmond thought about using his skills to quickly end the assassins.
But he gave up on that idea pretty quickly as he felt the slightest amount of spiritual energy coming off the assassins.
'Holy fuck!' Esmond wasn't expecting to find anyone that could practise their body and internal energy, but he considered it might have something to do with the level of difficulty he selected.
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Pulling Rath back to only attack when it got the opportunity to swoop through without behind harmed with Ace leading the charge before making runs into the group of assassins every so often.
The strategy was to give the two a small part within the battle without causing them any major harm but also enough to help develop part of their skills.
Esmond would be diving straight into the mix and attacking head on with the assassins.
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Ace started his charge with Rath squawking as he got closer to the group of Assassins preparing a small camp to rest up their horses.
The assassins were far too late to stop Aces and Raths charge into their camp, only really putting up a fight once they noticed Esmond charging towards them with dual daggers in hand.
Jumping off Aces back, Esmond cleanly swiped the head off one of the assassins before kicking it in the direction of another target while he dashed in the direction of another.
The unlucky assassin Esmond chose to kill next unsheathed his sword, but just as he took a defensive stance, one of the daggers shattered his sword in one hit, before the second blade dug itself into his throat.
Esmond hadn't chosen to use his body energy as of yet, only activating his Lifeforce Pace Control to help quicken up his attacks.
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With two dead and four still to go, Esmond threw one of his daggers behind him, catching one of the assassins and pinning him to the stalk of the tree behind him.
The other blade flew directly at the assassins charging towards Esmond, who'd decided to take a leap in the air, leaving him unable to move and a perfect target.
Another two down, Esmond sort to end it fast, but the two assassins split into different directions, leaving Esmond to take one and leaving his pets to bring down the other if possible.
Esmond started spreading his body energy through his whole anatomy while using Lifeforce Pace Control, which boosted the power of the ability, sending Esmond flying towards his target.
Anything that came in his path, like the trees, vegetation and bushes were all uprooted in seconds, destroyed by the energy in the left behind by his speed.
Leaving nothing behind in his wake, Esmond summoned his sword from the Inventory before slicing the assassin from the butthole to the tip of his head, splitting him straight in half.
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'That's just… fucked…' Esmond thought as his stared over the body of the assassin split in half on the ground.
He thought by pre-emptively using part of his abilities throughout combat would be better than completely going all out and using his energy carelessly.
Looking down at the body which was quickly cleaned up by Carter and his drones, Esmond started heading back towards the site where the fight began.
While running back, Esmond had Carter clean up the mess he'd created by energising his body with incredible strength.
Carter was trying his best to make everything seem as clean and polished so nothing seemed disturbed.
By the time he arrived back at the fight site, he saw the bodies laying all around the ground and up against the trees.
Manipulating the air by connecting with the Rian through his body energy, which amplified his actions and thoughts through expenditure of his Internal Body Energy, Esmond recalled the daggers from the trees, before storing them away.
After that he called Ace and Rath to see how they were doing, but to his surprise…
'Hmm… neigh…'
'Kak, kaaak, kak, kak…'
"You fucking did what!!!"
Esmond quickly left to find the two, who'd just told him that they'd accidently tortured him to death, first accidently breaking his legs when Ace trotted over him.
After that Rath accidently scratched out his genitals and eyes, though Esmond found that to be bullshit, he was surprised at the ruthlessness of the two once he saw the body.
It was all mangled up and thoroughly broken with bones cracking through the skin, with organs even spilled out from the claw marks of Rath at gutted the poor bastard.
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"Carter… clean this shit up…
You two, back to the space…"
Not knowing if they should be praised or berated, Ace and Rath entered the gate with the heads held up high, proud of what they had done.
Esmond could only look at the shameless pair with confusion, trying to understand what the hell was going through their heads.
Carter had nothing to say when he saw the sight of the mangled assassin, left wondering what kind of crap Esmond was putting them through to make them such nasty pricks.
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*Ding*
[Winter is Coming…] [Hardcore]
[Host needs to:
- (Complete) 6/6 Leave no Assassins alive
- (Partial) Leave no traces behind that could be traced to the conflict
- (Complete) Do not sustain any damage
- (Complete) Clean up traces of Assassin campsite
[Reward:
- 896,000,000 Credit
- 867,000,000 Exp
- 9 Great Families of Westeros – Elite Grade
o House Stark
o House Arryn
o House Baratheon
o House Tully
o House Greyjoy
o House Lannister
o House Tyrell
o House Martell
o House Targaryen
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[Evaluation: B+]
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[Rewards based off Evaluation:
- 510,000,000 Credit
- 487,000,000 Exp
- Unknown Beast Egg (Ice Attribute) – Common Grade
- 4 Direwolves – Common Grade]
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[Status!]
[Name: Esmond Manston]
[System Level: 1]
[Host Level: 19]
[Experience: 4,945,958,500/1,048,576,000]
[Credits: 4,115,601,000]
[Body Condition: Healthy]
[Soul Condition: Fractured (Healing)]
[Body Status: Primordial Human (Noble)]
[Status: Healthy]
[Strength: 89]
[Endurance: 89]
[Stamina: 89]
[Dexterity: 98]
[Intelligence: 106]
[Agility: 87]
[Wisdom: N/A]
[Abilities:
Spectral Consciousness
Taming
Universal Lifeforce Control
o Lifeforce Pace
o Lifeforce Body Strengthening
o Lifeforce Vision
o Lifeforce Manipulation]
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[Soul and Body Core]
[Quality: Elite Grade]
[Grade: 0]
[Level: 14]
[Exp: 24,000/100,000]
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[Spatial Ark Star World]
[Grade: 0]
[System Level: 19]
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[Hunting Grounds Generator]
[Stage: 0]
[Level: 1]
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[Universal Sentient Lifeform (Lifeforce) Body Refinement]
[Grade: 0]
[Level: 14]
[Exp: 24,000/100,000]
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[Universal Sentient Lifeform (Lifeforce) Essence Energy]
[Grade: 0]
[Level: 14]
[Exp: 24,000/100,000]
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[Universal Sentient Lifeform Essence Spring]
[Grade: 0]
[Level: 1]