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Chapter 2 - A Shadow Of A City

Alister spends weeks wondering around the ruined city reminiscing on all the old building that he used to enjoy going to. Old memory's of what the world was like before the hole collapse both of solemn and sour. Alister (inhale) takes a large breath and pushes all the old memory's aside to focus on the moment he is in now a dangerous situation that has danger around every crack and pile of rubble that he passes along his path. Until.

"aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh"

A high pitched scream could be hear originating from the building to the left of Alister. A old, decerped that is littered from roof top to foundation with cracks and fissures. That seems to be in a great amount of disrepair even before the collapse. Alister dashes into the decerped building and shoots up the stairs over and through mounds of rubble. Until he reaches a man and a woman. The man has a bulky build wearing a black tank top and beige cargo trousers toped with black slicked back hair wielding a steel duel edge sword. The woman has a slender build wearing dark blue jeans and a white crop top that's toped with brown long hair she is on the ground behind the man with some kind of injury on her right ankle. The man is facing of agents a short green creature with a skinny build wearing nothing but a loin cloth, wielding a large wooden club in the right hand.

"Hay are you guys ok"

"Do you think we're ok"

Alister grabs the demonic blade that rests in his inventory and with one quick motion slices the creature into nothing more then a pile of flesh on the floor.

"~Congratulations you have slain a Goblin, you have gained 10xp~"

The woman is helped to her feet by the man she was with and turns to Alister direction.

"Thank you soo much"

With a sinister grin as a steel net is thrown over Alister's head.

"The hell is going on"

A strong tone of anger is felt towards the man and woman.

The woman walks over to Alister without any problem and bends down an picks up the dagger that Alister had dropped.

"Did you really think that that we where in danger. Oh and thanks for the dagger it'll make a fine addition to my collection."

"Don't general grievous me BITCH."

At that moment Alister used his telekinesis skill that latches around his blade with monstrous force and pulls it out of the woman's mitts to Alister to the dismay of the man and woman. Alister then with another swift motion turned to steel net to pieces.

"Wait he's the guy that bought the telekinesis skill from the shop the skill that cost over 30K." The man begins to panic as he stumbles back.

"Shut it and man up already."

"~You have used the skill demonic energy~"

A wave of death begins to drown the week willed causing the man collapsing from the pressure of the Demonic energy. The woman paralyzes to the point to be unable to close her eyes as Alister approaches her seeing as if the gates of hell where beckoning her with each step until Alister finally reaches her the feel as if hell its self was going to swallow her hole. The woman begins to piss herself from the mere presence of Alister being only a few inches away from her face. A dark and sinister voice erupts from Alister's mother.

"Take me to your camp"

"Ye-yes s-sir, YES SIR"

"Good"

Alister ties up the passed out man and flings him over his shoulder. Alister dose the same for the woman but doesn't put her on his shoulder but ties a piece of rope around her neck.

"Excuse me why do I have this around my neck"

"Its so that you don't try to escape and if we're attacked you'll be the first to die. Anyway that's enough chit chat lead the way bitch."

The woman reluctantly started to lead the way to her camp. Alister's sense sharp and on point. The path they walk took many of hours until they reach a building that breaks thought the top of the heavens but still as the same as all other building in the city, creaks, fissures litter the buildings exterior but this building is different a giant of a tree penetrates through the right side of the building.

"Hmm impressive"

"Now that we've taken you to our base will you let us go."

"I never said that i would let you go"

"Then what are you going to do with us"

"Well firs tell me about your leader and what you guys do for a living"

Alister pulled the woman to a building near by. The man woke up along the way to the base

"Well our boss is a very powerful man. He was able to clear a hard level difficulty and got a item that allows him to make contracts with people that they can go against because if that do they will die or feel hellish levels of pain. He is all surrounded by high level engraved that are equipped with powerful items. He also has hundreds of engraved under him that will do anything to escape their contract."

"What are the levels of the engraved that are the post powerful"

"Well I think there levels are about 9-11"

"That all"

"what do you mean it takes days to level up and gain feats and stat points"

"My level is quite a bit higher then there's. I've got and idea where is the nearest high level dudgeon."

"How high you thinking"

"The highest you can find"

"O-ok"

They leave the man tied up to a piece of rubble as the woman leads Alister to the Hell level dungeon.

"This dungeon is labelled as Hell. the other difficulty's are easy, normal and hard but there others that are classified as the hardest or impossible and they are Hell and Draconic. The Hell and Draconic dungeons are different from the regular by having themed monsters like demons and dragons the regular dungeons have a similar thing but it is only known when you enter but the monsters in this dungeons are impossible to hit with normal attacks you would need a skill or item to even scratch them."

"(Then how did I kill the one before, was it because it was an Orc that was possessed by a demon.)"

"Are you going to go in"

"Yeah"

Before Alister is a swirling chaotic mass of violent demonic energy that makes each breath you take feel like it mite be you last. But with a heavy heart and a trembling soul Alister walked through the portal. Alister emerges on the other side of the gate in the dungeon. The dungeon has walls and floors of stone brick that stretch down through the corridor. Alister grabs a stone that laid at his feet and tosses it into the inky black hallway. Alister hears the stone (tick) (tick) (click) the sudden sound of a click can be heard as Alister see flames erupted from the ground incinerating the small stone leaving it a charred block.

"Well this is going to be fun"

Alister begins to pick up all the small stone he can fined one by one until (click) Alister accidentally steps on a trap as he was collecting stones. In a fraction of a second Alister begins to see flames spew out of the wall and lays down onto the ground before the can reach him.

"Jesus Christ. right in front of the gate as well. The thing behind the worlds end is a real asshole."

Alister got up to his feet and began to toss all the stones that he had gathered prior. Stones began to set of all the traps that lay before Alister's path. From the traps activation Alister determines.

"It seems that all the traps have a 0.5 reset and 0.5 activation. Any other person wouldn't be able to make it through but i have the necessary to make it through with only a lightly toasted ass."

Alister clutches the remaining stones with a heavy fist and orients himself in ready stance and once the remaining traps deactivate. (click) once Alister hears the click of the last trap resetting, Alister begins to toss all the stones on the traps in order one by one in a pater that they deactivate right when Alister reaches them allowing them him a second to pass the trap until Alister reaches a intersection. A path that lead left and a path that leads right.

"The left path leads into the darkness and the right leads to a Door. I'm guessing that the right leads to the boss room and is meant to distract me from a hidden chest that mite be located to the left. Such basic level design even by game standers."

Alister crosses his arms placing one on his chin the other resting on the other arm and begins to ponder what direction he should go.

"Ok I'm going down the left path. I need all the items I can get."

At that moment a whip like object comes flying from the darkness at Alister.

"The fuck"

Alister was able to doge the object. As the object fly's past Alister face he is able to see the object more clearly and what he sees is a tongue a long bumpy tongue that of a frog but is dripping with a thick purple liquid that drips onto the floor. (splotch) the thick purple liquid lands on the floor and right before Alister's eyes begins to melt through the floor.

"Well shit I better not bet that shit on me."

Alister tens his head to the darkness from which the tongue originated. To see a pair of crimson red eyes glairing back at him. Alister ready's himself form a fight, dagger in hand, head shoulder level, knees apart. At the moment Alister ready's himself a tongue comes at high velocity towards Alister in a mere fraction of a second Alister swings his dagger. (slice) Alister's blade collides with the acidic tongue slicing and dicing it into pieces. The tongue retreats into the inky darkness but is replaces with a half a-dozen blood thirsty Lizard like monsters. That catches Alister by surprise as they all emerge from the darkness at once. Alister steady's himself as the Lizard like monsters begin there attack a half a-dozen acidic tongues where launched at Alister (slice) (dice) begins to slice and dice the tongues as they enter Alister's area of attack.

"Jesus Christ why the fuck is there so many"

Lizards begin to back off once they see their tongues had bean cut off. The Lizards land on the dungeons floor on all fours readying them selves in a battle ready position but before they could finish Alister leaps forward catching the Lizards by surprise. Alister begins to (whoosh)swing his blade and with each swing Alister's blade finds it's mark slicing the creature into pieces. Until all of the Lizards are dead.

"~Congratulations you have slain 6 demonic lizards. You have bean awarded 136xp~"

"~You have obtained Demonic Lizard meat, Demonic Lizard cores, Demonic Lizards scales, Demonic Lizard acid~"

"Wait that wasn't enough to level up. go fuck your self this is supposed to be the hardest difficulty so why do I get so little xp. So where the other guys that woman tolled me about really powerful? anyway lets see what they where guarding."

Alister gathers up some more stones and begins to toss them onto the inky darkness that cause more traps to be activate.

"Fucking new it the monsters where week to trick a person in believing that they where safe and then kill them."

Alister repeats the same tactic as before and makes it through all the traps to fined a lone chest at the end of the hallway. The chest is a dark crimson wood with black steel bindings that holed it together. Alister lists his dagger far above his head and with one swift movement stabs the top of the chest. Alister stays there for a few minuets to the revelation that the chest wasn't a monster.

"Oh that was a bit disappointing."

Alister withdraws his dagger. With one quick motion Alister slices through the black steel lock that causes the chest to fly open revealing the contents.

"~Congratulations you have found the first hidden chest within a hell grade dungeon you have been awarding 1,500g~"

Alister pulls out a scroll, 3 potions and a white jacket.

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[ Name: white jacket LV:10 ]

[ Type: light Armor ]

[ Item Class: Rare ]

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[ Defence: 53 ]

[ Effects: fire resistance (+15%), ]

[ frost resistance(+15%), one-handed damage (+15%)]

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[ Name: novice speed scroll ]

[ Type: scroll ]

[ Item Class: uncommon ]

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[ Effect: doubles the users speed scroll by ]

[ 15% for 2 minuets. Cooldown: 1h ]

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[ Name: healing potions ]

[ Type: potion ]

[ Item Class: uncommon ]

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[ Effect: Heals 150points of health ]

[ Cooldown: 30s ]

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After Alister stores the item within his inventory. Alister turns back towards the door and makes his way back to the intersection.

"Well boss fight time. Time to get my ass kick or not"

Alister approaches the door with will and conviction to come back alive. with heavy hands and a stone heart Alister breaches through into the boss room door. A lone behemoth stand motionless in the center of the room petrified in stone, the beast appears to be monster with goat legs the torso of a human the head of a ram and the height of a 4 story house, a great sword the size of a double deck buss but all. Touches line the inside of the. As Alister approaches the center of the room the behemoths eyes turn a blood as a tsunami of death barges through Alister as the behemoth snaps to life (crack)(crack) piece of stone begin to crumble and fall to the ground from the behemoth. (crack)(crack) more and more piece fall until the behemoth and his sword are free from their stone shell.

"Wow I wasn't expecting it to be so big"

The behemoth frees itself from what ever is left of the stony prison. Alister readied himself and his blade for a fight that will go down as the first hell class dungeon clear.

"Come at me you-"

Before Alister could utter another word the behemoth charges at breakneck speed that is followed by a swift (slash) swing of its great sword. Alister barely managesVolume001Normal to block it's blade but the momentum sends Alister off his feet and into the ceiling.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHhhhhhh"

Alister falls from the ceiling collides with the floor(thud) with a thud the sound of which could be heard throughout the dungeon. The behemoth approaches Alister's body that lays limp void of any movement but with each step the behemoth takes Alister's heart begins to accelerate faster and faster with each step (thud)(thud)(thud)(thud). The foot steps of the behemoth stopes right before Alister raises its great sword above its head. (thump thump)(thump thump)(thump thump)(thump thump) a storm of demonic energy starves the air of oxygen around the behemoth.

"I finally got used to the demonic energy of yours."

Alister takes a stand with his engrams on his eyes glowing a blood red. The behemoth backs of as it struggles against the pressure of Alister's eyes. But before it could collect itself Alister dashes forward and slashes the behemoths arm clean of. In a state of panic the behemoth blasts out a wave of hell fire at Alister that engulfs him from head to toe the behemoth (sigh) releases a sigh of relief but is to be horrified by how Alister pushes the flames of hell away with nothing but his blade. Alister turns to face the behemoth that hides behind it's wall of flames.

"Found you you goaty bastard"

Without another word Alister dashes of again but not wanting to continue the fight slices the behemoths head off from its shoulders.

"~Congratulations you are the first to clear a e-rank demonic dungeon.~"

"God that was a pain. Wait E-Rank are you telling me that there is another type of ranking for demonic."

"~Yes there are other ranking's of demonic and draconic dungeons you have cleared a E-rand the lowest ranked out of all the dungeons.~"

"You've got to be kidding me. I did all that just to be tolled that this is the weakest dungeon. You know what i don't care all that i care about is that i get some level's"

"~Congratulations you have levelled up~"

"HuH, what only one only fucking one"

"~Your other rewards are being processed..., Congratulations you have been awarded C-grade awakening stone, 200g, swift boots, 5x healing potion, hunters gloves. You have gained the ability to identify E-rank Dungeon.~"

"The hell is a awakening stone."

"~A awakening stone is a magical artifact that is ferly common that allows you to awaken your class/profession.~"

"Wait I got a C-rank dose that mean that there's ones of higher grade."

Alister grows a greedy grin. Alister collected all of his loot and leaves the dungeon to the sight of the woman and man.

"The hell why are you to still here."

"We couldn't go back with nothing so we just sat here and waited."

"Ok I just need you to take me to all the demonic dungeons in the area."

"W-What you want to go into another demonic dungeon"

At that very moment the demonic dungeon behind Alister folds in on itself.

"Did I stutter"

"N-No sir"

The man and the woman lead Alister to several dungeons that Alister was able to clear. Until

"~Congratulations you have reached level 20, you have unlocked the observation of the ascended.~"

"~All the ascended watch you with great confutation and surprise.~"

"Great now I have a fan club. Can you guys like not watch my every move."

"~Some ascended are annoyed at your arrogance.~"

"~The ascended of the under world notice you dagger and is both enraged that you have it and curious on how you got it.~"

Alister's peripherals begin to be covered by questions of the ascended.

"All right will all of you shut the fuck UP! all ready."

The flooding of questions holts. As the ascended begin to think about there actions.

"Finally. I guess that i can use this without any distraction."

Alister picks up a large crystal that lays vertically on the floor.

"~Congratulations you have obtained a S-rank awakening stone~"

All the ascended observing Alister.

"~...~"

All of the ascended are in a state of shock and aw, of the feat that should not be even possible at this stage. Until they relies where Alister is currently location and it all begin to make sense. The demonic dungeons have stronger traps, monsters and bosses then the regular dungeons all for the purpose to have stronger items but in all of the heaves did they think that there was a man able to clear one the monsters alone require special weapons to kill the traps are another story they are difficult to disable so difficult evaded it is certain death for anyone but Alister was able to avoided them by placing his points wisely in the right stats that where the key to his success. Finally the bosses even a player at the same lv as Alister with the best equipment and stats couldn't do what he has done due to the fact of his demonic weapon if it was a regular one than it wouldn't have bean able to scratch the behemoth even a little.

"Well lets stop beating around the bush."

Alister grasped the crystal stone in his hand and a bright light enveloped him. Once the light dimed and that Alister was able to see his figure.

"Status... What the fucking hell is this shit!"