Einslie leaves the auction house and start walking towards the smithy
Before Einslie could even think of entering thoriks smithy he noticed the line of people standing before it
Einslie stood before the door of the smithy, as he tried to open it somenody from the row yelled at him
Player:Oy buddy back into the line
Einslie noticed the armor that the player was wearing
"Hmm....breastplate,chainmail coif, and gauntlets,"
Einslie: I umm.... work here
Player: I don't think so, back in the line
Einslie: Ugh, fine
Einslie walked to the back of the line
After 10 minutes Einslie was finally able to enter the smithy
As he entered his jaw dropped
The entirety of the inside change
There wasn't even a lick of dust inside, 5 armor stands 3 of which where empty while the other 2 fit fully with armor, 10 glass weapon cases and of course thorik sitting proudly on a chair behind a counter
Thorik: My protege welcome back,
A wide smile appeared on his face
Thorik: Since you came back business has been booming , we might need more iron actually
He laughed a little
Einslie: What happened i wasn't even gone for 15 minutes
Thorik: Oh young one we dwarfs are a hard working kind
"Oh so it's scripted i leave and all of this spawns in, pretty neat"
Thorik: Well anyways we have more important things to discuss, go to the back while i put on a notice at the front that says we are closed
Thorik: Do you remember the baroness that i talked to you about? When you first came here?
Einslie: Oh the one that married the late baron?
Thorik:Yes she came here with her Nero company, they have been sucking the beauty and gold out of this city
He paused a for a secon
Thorik: I just want you to be careful around people that aren't adventurers alright?
Thorik: Especially the city guard, i have a feeling they might be payed off by her
Einlie: Don't worry i am going to be alright
Thorik: We should get back to working, we still need to make 2 iron longswords and a few pieces of armor, i'll make the armor you heat the furnace and start making the longswords
Before Einslie could even put a piece of coal into the furnace the smithy door swung open
Thorik: Can't you see? we are closed
Eisnlie came from the back to the front of the smithy where he stood frozen
A tall but slender figure stood before him, maybe 4 heads taller than Einslie
Blood red armor, that's what Einslie saw, he felt this feeling before at the auction house
"Another high level player" he though to himself
The figure moved it's right hand behind its back and moved it back forwards with a peace of paper
The hand extended forwards with the paper in hand
Einslie took a step forwards, sweat dripping from his forehead
He took the paper and looked at it
A long sword
rarity rare or higher
1 day
Einslie gazed at the paper and back at the helmet of the figure
Before he could even comprehend what was happening he felt the cold steel of the figures gauntlet connect with his nose
He fell back on his back, his health window popped up
10% or less hp remaning!
It read out
He squirmed as he clutched his nose
Status effect gained:Bleed
His hot blood pouring out of the wound
Einslie managed to look back up with the figure on one knee in front of him
The left hand of it grabbed Einslies hands and took it off the bleeding wound
Einslie noticed the vial in its right hand that hovered under his nose, picking up quite a bit of the blood
The figure stood up, closed the vial with a cork and left
Einslie was stunned by the events that unfolded
Thorik yelped out
Thorik: Wait don't move i have a linnen bandage in the back
he quickly scurried to the back, his dwarvish legs moving as fast as they could
after a few seconds he appeared back with a bandage in his hand and he started applying it on Einslies wound
Thorik:What was that?
Einslie:I don't know
Einslie yelped out
Einslie:But we better make this sword...i don't want to know what they are going to do next
Thorik started putting coal into the blast furnace as Einslie started preparing the iron and his hammer
"Please god i cannot die yet, i haven't even reached level 10"
Pwuah
Einslie breathed out as the heat from the melting iron hit his face
Thorik: Alright the iron is ready
Einslie started hammering the iron
Dink
Dink
20 minutes later it appeared before him
An epic rated sword
Gleam
Rating: Epic
Durability:135/135
Slash damage: 45-70
Piercing damage: 38-60
Blunt damage: 5-10
Chance of critical hit: 10%
Increases magic damage by 4% while equipped
Increased damage by 4% while equipped in darkness
Requirements: Level 7 or above, 12 Strenght or above, 8 Agility or above, 15 Intellect
Einslie:Woah
"It looks good"
Thorik: Now that is a masterpiece my apperentice
Einslie:Oh god i'm beat, i'm gonna go
Thorik:After creating something like this?
Einslie: Yes
"Log out"
Andrew blinked a few times and adjusted to the light of his bedroom
He stood up and walked to his bedroom door
The door creaked open as he poked his head out and yelled
"Anything for lunch?"
"Yes spaghetti and meatballs!" his mom yelled back
He rushed down for the delicious food
He took the plate and bolted back up to his room
"Thanks" he said as the door closed behind him
"Aaaah my favorite meal with my favorite book Nightwalkers"
10 minutes later an empty plate on the desk and the book on the ground
"God that's so boring, the romance doesn't develop at all and i'm 78 pages in"
He laid on the bed
"I should feel bad because i never had a girlfriend but somehow i just don't feel like it"
He sighed
"Enough feeling weird time to play some TOC"
He sat in front of his screen
"Should i look at the game wiki, i mean i barely know anything about the actual game" He thought to himself
A flurry of keyboard taps could be heard as Andrew found the wiki
"Here we go lore!"
He scrolled down
Currency
Adventurer ranks
Kingdoms
"Wait there's more than one currency? That's gonna be grind"
He clicked on the article
This article is not fully done!
"Like i care"
He scrolled down
There are currently only 3 known currencies as the other kingdoms have yet to be explored
Crowns: The most commonly used currency by almost every other player. Given as quest rewards in the starting kingdom of Redaria
Florints: Second most commonly used currency by the playerbase. Given as quest rewards in the second ever kingdom explored by players Temedria. And as such mostly used in the kingdom
Tallers: The least used currency out of the known ones. Comes from the kingdom of Kenaed
"Aaaaaaah, this is gonna be so much grind!"
"Well it's not like i have anything else to do"
Andrew clicked at the adventurer ranks article
There are currently 7 adventurer ranks that go
copper>iron>silver>gold>platinum>orichalkum>adamantite
With copper being the lowest and adamantite the highest
These ranks are given out in the guild hall
Andrew sighed
"I'm done"
He closed the wiki and put his headset on
He appeared back in Thoriks smithy
Einslie: So Thorik what did i miss?
Thorik: We have a lot of orders for iron items, so you will have to go back to that mine
Einslie:I should be able to handle that
Thorik: But before you go i have something for you
Thorik scurried back into the back room
Thorik: I have this!
He held a bag? in his arms
Einslie: Umm....thanks?
Einslie took the bag out of Thoriks small hands
You gained: Mining bag
Mining bag
Rating: Rare
Description: Can hold up to 28 pieces of minerals
"Oh damn that's gonna be quite useful" Einslie thought to himself
Einslie: Well i should get going, can't let the iron wait
He turned around on his heels facing towards the exit door
He couldn't have taken even one step towards the door as it swished open
A royal looking figure walked in, slim only a little bit taller than Einslie, a dress green as jade, a necklace around it's slim throat
The Baroness: Guards
Guard: Oh yeah
A city guard walked in
City Guard: Her lady Ruveria the Baroness of Tarc
Thorik: Barely a lady not a baroness he spat on the ground
City Guard: Shut it dwarf, the lady wishes to speak
Ruveria: Aaah you dwarves always defiant to the end, i cannot wait until your race dies out. You thought you could get away from me? Mining in a hidden mine, getting a apprentice? You should know by now nothing goes unnoticed by me in my city.
Einslie: Are we not gonna talk about her casual racism?
Ruveria: Oh and you
She fixed her gaze at Einslie
Ruveria: I'm sorry but you just ended up at a wrong place at a wrong time...take him away
2 more guards marched in and took Einslie by his arms, and dragged him away
Einslie: So uncool
Ruveria: Look at your last bit of hope being taken away from you....you didn't want to sell me your smithy when you could, so now you can spend the rest of your miserable life here all alone!
She laughed and closed the door behind her
Tarc Castle jail
Einslie was pacing inside of it
"So uncool" he kept pacing until a window popped up
Gained status effect: bleed
"Huh"
He looked at his right foot
"Ew...why are there shards of glass on the ground"
He started taking the shards out of his foot
-5hp
-5hp
-2hp
"I hate it here"
He kept taking the shards out
"Great i only have 20 hp left"
10 minutes later
Einslie was laying on the straw bed that was in the cell
"I think i'm gonna go insane"
A loud bang could be heard
The wall in front of his laying body crumbled
"Kyaaaa"
A kinda girlish scream escaped from his mouth
His eyes shut from fear
he didn't even reach level 5 and he's gonna already die
Einslie:Plese don't i haven't even reached level 5....you have to know how embarrassing that would be right?
30 seconds of silence passed
He gained enough courage to open his eyes and look
The wall that used to stand there was completely gone
But instead of it there was the red figure from before, from the smithy
"Oh..h..hey" Einslie stuttered his words
It was standing in the middle of the air with it's right hand stretching towards him in an inviting manner
He thought about what just happened
Einslie:I either go with it or i'll have to disconnect and remake my character
He slowly walked towards it
Now just a breath away from it's breastplate
It's right hand moved and grabbed his waist
Einslie:Oh.... shouldn't dinner come before?
He didn't even know what he uttered before he appeared to be flying mid air
And after a few seconds he appeared back in front of Thoriks smithy
Einslie:I ummm.....hmm...i don't have my stuff it was taken by the guars"
And the figure dissapeared again
10 seconds later a chest smashed into the ground behind him
Einslie:Oh wow my gear....what the hell even are you
Einslie gazed at the figures helmet
Einslie:Argh nevermind
He opened the door behind him
Thoriks eyes started to glow
Thorik:How...how are you back
Einslie: Well i did get some help from a certain someone
He pointed back at the red figure standing behind him
Thorik: Oh...did they come for it already
Einslie shruged his shoulder
Einslie: But since we made it why not just give it to them right now
Thorik scurried to the back on his little legs to get the sword
An akward silence fell onto the room
Einslie:So umm...how did you even find me and why did you rescue me?
No answer was given
Einslie:Not the talkative type huh
"Well this is gonna be akward for a while"
After a few minutes Thorik came back with the sword in his hands
Einslie:Well there you go, the sword i bled for
"Literally and figuratively" he thought
The figure took the sword at looked it over
"Phew these shenanigans might be over"
Einslie:Well, me and Thorik have some orders to make soooo....yeah
Einslie and Thorik turned around walking towards the back
If one payed attention one he could hear the sound of a helmet coming of
Figure: Because your blood tasted nice
A shiver went down Einslies back
He prepared himself to see a monster
He turned his head around slowly
Figure: I smelled your blood in the cell
A beauty stood there in front of him
Long eyelashes, skin white as christmas snow, red eyes like cherries, white hair and a warm smile
That is what Einslie focused on, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder and his eyes have found one
Gained status effect: Bleed
His nose started to bleed
Einslie: Oh come on why do i alway get that status effect
Figure: Let me lick it for you
Einslie got lost in its eyes
As it got closer Einslie came back from his love stupor
Einslie: Ah wait boundaries
Einslie took a step back
Einslie: We don't even know your name
Figure: Reyna
Einslie: Alright Reyna we have to set up a few boundaries
Reyna took a step forward
While Einslie would like to step back but his back hit a wooden counter
Einslie looked at Thorik
Einslie: I'm not getting out of this am i?
Thorik: I don't think so
Einslie froze up
She got close enough that Einslie could feel her breath
She bent down a little
*Lick
Her tongue slid under his nose
Einslies mind raced
"Weird,good,weird, good,weird"
He started breathing more heavily
Reyna backed up once more
Reyna: So tasty
Her face blushed
Einslie: I...i...
He stuttered
Log out
Andrew took his headset off
Andrew: Can't