Billy young a small gangly man walks towards the bus stop his demeanor is one of malice and hate as he observes the people around him. A man too drunk to even stand has thrown his arm around a woman sitting on the bus bench. she shrinks into the seat away from the man. "come on babe show me a little love. Don't be a bitch. " he tries to pull her towards him. billy spits on the man. "hey dickhead can't you see she's uncomfortable move your hand now. " The man stands up laughing the whole way. " HAHAHA. What the fuck are you going to do about it string bean." the man throws a punch at billy. billy flinches bracing for impact when everything stops he can no longer feel his muscles his eyes closed tight he thinks to himself. " huh finally at least I went out standing up for someone like me." a loud breaking sound comes from above his eyes shoot open and he sees a giant figure wreathed in light leaning over the world through what looks to be shattered sky all around him. as the being starts to speak a loud ringing can be heard in Billys head so loud it feels as if his head was going to split. I have watched for thousands of years as you humans have separated and subjugated each other. I have seen more and more that you are incapable of coming together. So I will give you one last chance to become the beings I made you to be. first, I shall show you what your governments have been doing to you all." images flash in the minds of every human on the planet as they are shown all of the good and bad deeds committed by the governments of the world some acts so bad they unanimously brought every man woman and child to tears. as the images fade the being begins talking again. "Judging by those actions alone these people shall be culled and the world shall be free of their tyranny but this does not been that these things can never happen again just know that this is the result of those actions giant beams of light shine throughout the world centered around some of the most egregious offenders. these people shall be the bane of humanity. the beams turn different colors and a menacing feeling can be felt from the beams the darker the beam the more powerful the feeling the people trapped inside the beam disappears and the beams fade. " these are not the only ones who will be taken from the pack your worst have been taken now for those who spend their time forcing others beneath themselves and pushing their wills onto others and destroying them you shall also be taken." The man in front of billy starts to glow with vague sinister energy his form changes and turns into that of an ogre from fairy tales of old. " those of you who are left shall be pitted against the worst of humanity through growth and community maybe you will manage to defeat your many evils. you shall all be given strengths and abilities based on your true nature as humans. " a screen pops into view. you have been marked as a savior your role is enchanter as an enchanter you can buff yourself and your allies. your starting skills are hastened movement and strengthening bonds. hasted movement: grants the user and target quickened movement. strengthening bonds: grants user and target greater strength. hidden skill helpers tax: any kills made by a savior buffed by your skills grants you bonus XP. " those of you with hidden skills are the only ones in your class to have this skill. your first mission is to survive the rapture. A red screen comes into view that says survive the initial attack there are 2 enemies nearby. his muscles relax as the ogre connects with the previously thrown punch throwing billy into the wall. barely managing to hang on he spits up blood and stands the woman at the stop stands and brandishes a katana she stands still keeping the blade in its sheath. "nows my chance lets use strengthening bonds. the incantation floods his mind and rolls off the tongue flawlessly. " let these bonds we have made strengthen your blade." she shines with a brilliant light as the beast rushes her without missing a beat as soon as the ogre enters her range she pulls her blade straight through its torso leaving a huge gash and throwing it to the ground. as blood leaks from its body, it lays still. she approaches billy and extends her handpicking him up off the ground. "Thank you for stepping in before without you. I probably would have lost myself to fear but something about your guts to stand up to him before made me stand and fight I thank you. " as she shakes his hand billy recites another incantation. "Let your blade be quickened by my resolve." she gets a faint green aura as he yells for her to duck as the ogre strikes from behind he rolls out of the way and she jumps over the creature as a big wooden club swings past where they where. she pulls her sword. "is this guy still alive." " Yeah if you look at the top of your field of view there is a tracker that tells you how many creatures are left." " it says there are two." "I know let us finish this guy first then focus on finding the second guy." the ogre swings wildly missing every swing due to the pair's increased speed. billy checks around his body for a weapon and finds a strange-looking gun a small pistol with a white handle and black slide but the barrel was just a shallow divot in the metallic surface of the gun it looked like a well-made prop for a cosplay. rolled backward feining a grave hit using his strength to throw himself into a nearby shops window the ogre turned toward the woman. a loud shot rings out from the shop. as a blast of air fires out and into the ogre it stumbles and falls to the ground the woman takes the opportunity to cut the creature's head off. after the creature died another screen popped up. your abilities have been noted you have again been noticed you may choose a hidden skill Helpers tax II: gain more XP for assisted kills or mirrored strengths share your stats and buffs to all saviors you chose within line of sight. billy chooses mirrored strengths the prompt says correct and gives him the hidden skill. he looks over to the woman and asks if she's okay " I'm fine thanks for the help those are some skills you got there you made me stronger and faster my name is Lilly holt what's yours." "Nice to meet you Lilly my name is billy young." what role did you get Lilly? oh. I got hero class shogun what about you? I got enchanter I use buffs to help those around me survive. What's a hero class? the box said something about the shogun class being a pillar of light loyal and unwavering in the face of evil I got a hidden skill as well shoguns influence all evil creatures within 100 ft of the shogun have decreased strength and speed. No wonder we made such quick work of that guy. let's look for the last one. screams were coming from that direction let's check that way. the two of them ran and eventually stumbled across a gruesome scene four dead bodies lay on the ground with various slashes and cuts across their bodies Billy runs forward but Lilly stops him from getting too close. Wait whatever did this is still here there's not much we can do if we die here. You're right billy surveys the area. Lilly puts her hand on billy's shoulder and walks toward the bodies. as she approaches a quick short figure darts from beneath the bodies it raises its knife to attack Lilly but she blocks the strike pushing the creature back. the creature a short goblin smiled eagerly and ran towards Lilly she swiped at him but he was too fast and jumped over her and headed towards Billy. He raised his gun and let off a shot he hit the goblin in its arm knocking it to the ground. it quickly sprung up and threw its knife into billy's leg and jumping toward him the goblin bit into Billy's neck threatening to rip his throat apart. Lilly's sword stabbed straight through the back of the goblin's head inches away from Billy's throat. the goblin was slain 250 XP. A bright gold screen popped into view event completed: The start of the rapture.7billion people witnessed it. people saved 60%. people are still in danger 20%. people who are dead or irredeemable 20%. skill level A roulette spin granted. would you like to spin? Billy pressed the yes icon. words swirled around his mind and stopped on an item quicksilver dagger grade c +5 speed when held.the item materialized in Billy's hand. Lilly got a skill page called moonlight slash shogun specific class: A with a quick slash shoot a beam of light in the shape of a crescent moon. MP requirement 150. It's a good move it's just all of my MP it leaves me with enough MP for one Zone of control usage. yeah, My MP is pretty bad as well I have 200 to start and I'm at and I'm currently at 50 MP.I got a hidden skill after fig thing the ogre can I use it on you it's a buff I mirror my stats on to you giving you my stats and buffs. Sure go ahead. the incantation comes to him quickly and echos as he speaks it. May my power be yours to command. she starts to glow with white energy. she moves around with speed and agility. and strikes a wall leaving a deep gash in the brickwork. Wow, that's some buff. as they are talking they get another alert event starting: First dungeon threat level B spirits of the great tree. Bright light shines over the city as a large tree grows up through a sky scrapper.days left to complete:10.
The two manage to travel to the tree a few saviors had quarantined the great tree and dispatched any monster that came out. within hours people had entered the tree only to disappear the moment they crossed the threshold. Any attempt to enter after the first group would end in you walking into and then out of the same gate refusing access if you tried to enter you would get a prompt saying access denied until completed or failed. Hours later the tree pulsed and a giant prompt was shown over the tree your failed attempt has bolstered the spirits of the tree enemies inside gain stat boosts for every slain savior. After that, the strongest saviors barred the entrance and called for volunteers. Billy and Lilly both signed up for the next crew set to go. A man with a great sword pushed his way to the front of the line who cares if those guys failed let me pick those I believe to be the strongest and we will just clear it simple as that. some saviors looked to a man named Wallace a strong looking man who was stern and serious when he spoke look here terry you may have some good skills but this is something that would probably be hard even if we took our best in we should wait and study the monsters coming out of here then try again. a short bald man stepped out and agreed with Wallace stating. " an idiot like you wouldn't last but a few minutes in there. Terry stepped up to the old man and told him to watch his tongue Wallace stepped in the middle of the two. guys cool it we need to be working together. It's this kind of behavior that leads humanity to this outcome .terry steps aside and says if anyone tries to stop me again it won't end well. the group going in next including billy and Lilly used their time that evening to level up and gain skills. In the morning a notice rolls across the sky. the dungeon of slaughter has been defeated. all saviors who survived were granted one rank c item. That message sparked something inside some of the people of the camp more and more people wanted to enter the dungeon. terry started to push people aside and approached the gate I'll go in if I choose no one is getting that reward before me. a man steps in the way you can't go in there by yourself let's just level for a bit then we can attempt it. terry swings his sword cleaving his head clean from his shoulders. at that moment everyone got the same message event started fallen savior had been formed. the man got a different message stating he had just forsaken his mission as a savior and fallen to that of an irredeemable monster becoming wrath's puppet. the man transformed into a large monster 7 ft in height holding the man's greatsword the monster looked intimidating most people turned and ran away. Billy and Lilly both rushed in toward the creature. it attacked Lilly with great speed and ferocity knocking her into the air Billy fired shots from a distance the monster shrugged them off like they were nothing Billy used both his skills on Lilly. and she sprung back into action now barely having the upper hand striking with shallow cuts the monster yells out. none shall stand in my way the reward for killing you shall be mine. a prompt shows above the monster that says for each kill the fallen savior gains XP based on the killed saviors level. the fallen lifts its sword and screams Dark cleave as his sword is wreathed in dark flame. Folds of darkness his body is cloaked in dark flame his movements change he becomes more aggressive with his swings. as Lilly blocks the,m they start to break through her guard. her arms start to shake as each hit hits harder and harder her breathing starts to get heavier. she has refrained from using her skills not seeing any opening in the man's defense. Billy, I need the big one. Billy chants the incantation. May my power be yours to command. she glows white and starts to make distance between herself and the monster. he laughs and throws his sword at Billy and rushes Lilly. The sword grazes Billy and ignites his clothes burning him and draining his strength. it continues to burn but only saps his strength. Lillysqures her stance and grabs her sword releasing it from its sheath with a crescent slash as brilliant light shines from the sword cutting through the creature.the flames that wreath its body and the swords extinguish and the creature falls. she walks past it toward Billy as she steps near the creature it tries to surprise her she was too ready for this attack activating her zone of influence slicing from the bottom of its jaw to the top of its head standing calmly beside it as its face hits the ground. I knew you were still alive I hadn't received any XP from you yet Billy and Lilly received the same prompt event cleared fallen defeated. XP 1500 received Lilly Level up. Level up. Level up. Zone of influence rank c. shoguns influence rank c. hastened movement rank c. strengthened bond rank c. Mirrored strengths rank B. All of my skills ranked up after that but that is diabolical we still have a chance of turning. Lilly, I promise you I will never be lost to the darkness.after two days of leveling from creatures. the group joins together for a briefing before the group enters. Wallace debriefs the group. These few days we have been watching and examining the abilities of the enemies coming out from the tree. we are up against spirits with the ability to mimic memories of those they fight. the best way to fight them is to have them focus the tank the strike from behind. be careful still, we may know our enemy but we have no way of knowing the interior of the dungeon.Let's enter the dungeon with the tanks out front and damage close behind and support in the back healers remember to watch your MP we need to survive until the end where there is most likely a boss awaiting us.Let's do this team. as they enter the team is taken to an open field with flowers that glow a pale ghostly white as the wind blows a peaceful feeling comes over the group as small creatures funnel from the edge of the forest. they approach the saviors and nuzzle their legs one woman says it looks like my dog. another says no it's a cat the people start to argue and shout at each other. Lilly cuts through the small dog in front of her and says remember the enemy mimics your memory watch your health as everyone checks their health they see that it is steadily decreasing they start to kill the creatures but lose a lot of health before they clear the threat. Wallace steps up As Lilly stated we can't let our guard down this place was made to kill us. stay alert and let's move towards that big tree in the distance. on the way to the tree, the group encountered a thick fog Wallace stops the group and tells them to stay close and watch for anything. as they march through the fog figures rush through the fog around the group whispers can be heard and before too long people start to disappear from the group a woman screams and is never seen from again after a few people vanish. the fog fades standing there is almost half of the people standing who were originally there names start to be called and a person can be seen rushing through the trees a healer runs after the person "don't worry ill save you" as she runs the earth opens beneath her and vines grab her Lilly cuts the vines before she is pulled beneath the earth. five plant creatures jump out of the ground the bodies of the missing members adorn the outside of the plants. some of the fighting force are frozen in fear thinking about having to cleave through their friends to kill these creatures. Wallace raises his spear summoning a horse. he shouts granting those around him a buff. leaders charge grants 5% of the leader's strength to those who hear their leaders call. " let's give them the send-off they deserve the team yells and rallies. cut where they are being held let's give our men the burial they deserve. with their newfound resolve, the team attacked. as they cut the people loose they find them still breathing alive just sleeping and gravely injured. after the last of the creatures is culled. Wallace gathers all of the healers together around the injured a woman who goes by the name of max evaluates the injured she finds that they are poisoned and sleeping there are acid burns on their backs. I believe these creatures like venus fly traps capture their food and slowly eat them. the good news is the poison only keeps the food docile but the burns are the real problem the amount of damage caused has pretty much-taken half of our force out of the fight. We have lost a good chunk of our support group we are left with two healers and one enchanter. Wallace, what's the plan here? Wallace stands staring vacantly at the situation. Billy noticing his hesitation put his hand on Wallace's back I'm sure we can handle this. Wallace relaxes a bit and regains his composure. You're right all noninjured regroup everyone. apply all your buffs and healers save your MP for healing. max you're with us the rest of the healers stay and protect these guys. I need a few tanks and damage roles to stay behind to help out the rest follow us to the tree. Everyone falls into position and heads to the tree. as they arrive the grandness of the tree can be appreciated the bark a pale white raise into bright white leaves that vanish as they fall from the tree like rain. a bright white prompt comes to everyone in the dungeon. the lord of spirits has awoken. new event: kill the lord of spirits. reward b class equipment. whoever strikes the final blow gets the legendary item spirit Lord's locket. The tree's bark pulls apart to reveal a ghostly-looking woman with her hands crossed over her chest. She looks up and lets out a violent shriek. another prompt comes up. voice of the spirits debuff active. all who hear the voice of the spirit are afflicted with soul drain and slowly lose maximum health. the spirit lord floats from the tree and charges toward the humans. Wallace raises his halberd and yells charge!!! we have limited time but we shall prevail. everyone charges the spirit Lilly leads the charge as she closes the gap between her and the spirit she uses her zone of influence and cleanly slices through the spirit's chest. Her blade flows through the body of the spirit doing minimal damage. she jumps back and uses her crescent strike the ability hits throwing the spirit to the ground. she jumps back and yells magic has more effect on the creature tanks take her attention while our supports and attack mages ready attacks. Billy raises his pistol and fires shots into the spirit each making the creature stagger. after a barrage of spells hit the creature. lets out another shriek summoning more spirits from the tree mimicking creatures they have fought up to this point the battle is overwhelmed by the creatures. the saviors start to get pushed back as people get killed. billy activates his hidden skill mirrored strength and the saviors begin to hold their own pretty well as most creatures can't keep up with the savior's movements Wallace strikes the spirit lord running its spear through the spirit lord.the lord rushes Wallace and cleaves through his chest Wallace falls to the ground shivering the attack heals the spirit a bit. Lilly scoops Wallace up and pulls him to the backline.Max, please heal him. she finds billy and tells him to follow her to the front line. they charge the spirit. as the two fight, their movements synergize and manage to keep the spirit at bay. the spirit rushes the two and Lilly throws billy into the air Lilly uses her zone technique to dodge the incoming attack as billy shoots five shots into the head of the creature. the creature shrieks and implodes into a bright light. billy falls to the ground the locket materializes in his hand and the stats are shown allowing the wielder to mimic the abilities of a marked survivor MP +200 as everyone else gets their reward Lilly gets a new katana with a plain-looking hilt 1000 fold saber: this edge of the katana is so sharp it can cut through even the strongest of shields armor penetration +10% damage +250 those cut by this katana are afflicted with bleed slowly losing health. Lilly, we work extremely well together. yeah, you were great out there the thing could barely keep up with your movements. your use of your abilities is beyond any normal fighter. what did you do before this? Oh before this I was a pro gamer my favorite game is arising blade the main character wields a katana like this I'm mostly basing my fighting after them. wow, you learned so much from a video game. yeah, I played it almost every day my fastest time beating it was around 12 minutes. as they talk, they have teleported out of the tree back to the building s ruins the tree opens a pathway inside Wallace checks the pathway and it leads to a pool of white liquid a prompt comes up and says the vitality of the tree is granted to humanity the liquid will heal the physical wounds of any savior.quickly get this to the injured we need to save as many as possible.the healers start to fill bottles of the liquid and hand them out. as the days go on more and more dungeons have been completed and more have begun to emerge. with each new dungeon completed new magical resources were discovered. Guilds were created the top guilds in America are gods receivers pure gold and rising tide. after a few days, the first dungeon to go without being completed the silken palace spilled hundreds of spider creatures into the surrounding area the dungeon remained but spews more and more monsters daily. creating the silken palace disaster zone. Billy Lilly Wallace and max have spent the time since the tree training and honing their abilities only clearing monsters from the silken palace disaster zone. billy acts as leader of the group strategizing and bringing out the potential in all of his crew. they later used the money made from securing the disaster zone. they created the guild mornings light. they made a name for themselves as one of the most cohesive guilds out there. Wallace owned an apartment building before the rapture so they turned it into their headquarters. 2 months later a man knocked on the door of the small manager's office connected to the apartment the team used as their HQ. Wallace opened the door standing in front of him is a man dressed in a grey suit with a scar across his eye. Is this the morning light guild? Wallace with an intimidating demeanor asks. Who is asking ? from the room you can hear billy say let him in. This is Robert a representative of the alliance he has an offer. they called me and asked if we could help so I told them that we are a team and they must formally ask us all. so Robert explain the request. Thank you Mr.billy. as you heard my name is Robert I am from the alliance we have an offer for your team. as you all know the silken palace disaster zone is growing in its influence. we theorize that in less than a month we will be unable to fight off the monsters coming from within. the alliance is busy taking care of higher grade dungeons and don't have the resources to spend on taking out this threat. we have been watching the zones looking for a good team to take on this threat and we have come to the conclusion that mornings light is the best choice. you guys have put in the most time killing the creatures from the dungeon. we are willing to offer 200,000 for the clearing of this dungeon. max and Lilly's eyes grow big. we could finally eat something other than microwaved ramen thank god. But you all know that with each savior killed by a monster belonging to a dungeon all monsters in the dungeon get stronger. this dungeon was previously a rank c dungeon on the final day spent trying to clear the dungeon it evolved to a b rank dungeon it has now evolved again to an A rank dungeon. The likelihood of you dying is quite high. Are you guys willing to risk your life to close the dungeon? Wallace crosses his arms and says if you bump that total to 250,000 we will do it. Robert says. That can be done. Also, we need a crate of tree spirit nectar. worth 10,000 dollars ( each bottle is worth 2500dollars) . max throws a fit. Only four that means I have to do more work. Wallace snaps. you will work or I will take your food money. Ahh come on you are a staff, Sargent. ( he spent his time before as a sergeant in the military after the rapture he was given the general role a tank class role).Lilly, what do you think? I think it's about time we took care of this dungeon. Billy approaches the man and shakes his hand. I guess you have your answer we will go in. give us some time to get ready and we will take care of the silken palace. after a bit of strategizing max was sent to grab a few antidotes to deal with the spider's poison. on his way back he grabs a popsicle and hears a scuffle from a nearby he walks over and finds a guy trying to hold down a woman. he hits the guy with a flying knee to the face. so scum like you still exist. how do you guys keep slipping through the cracks the guy gets up and spits a little blood onto the cobblestone. how about you mind your business little bitch. me and the girl were just having a little fun. the guy approaches the woman. A protective bubble forms over the woman. I've heard shit like this before why do you all say the same shit. I WaS JusT HaVinG a little FUN.he puts a bubble over the guy. the man slams his hands against the bubble and max gets a prompt. event start those chosen by darkness. defeat the one protected by darkness. the man starts to emit a dark aura. you have no idea who you're fucking with your puny barriers mean nothing against the tides of darkness. he moves his hand and the barrier shatters with little effort. run!! max lets the girl out and puts up another barrier between him and the woman. the man charges max hitting him square in the face sending him flying into his barrier. the man continues his assault pummeling max to the ground. the man steps back laughing is that all you have I thought you were weak but you didn't even put up a fight. max stands up and wipes himself off. you thought that was enough if that's the extent of your power you are better off giving up. my role is pretty strong and my hidden skills aren't that bad either I'm a hero class saint my hidden skill is an activatable effect called saints bolstering aura anyone chosen by the saint is granted increased strength and speed they also heal over time. he steps immediately behind the man. I'll give you one more chance to give up max has one hand in his pocket and pushes his hand through his blond hair. his demeanor has completely changed from the lazy uncaring man previously seen. he now stands with confidence and pride in himself. the man swings at max traps his hand in a barrier wall and kicks through it sending the man flying before the man could even extend his entire hand. you misunderstand the difference in abilities the man loses all composure. another prompt comes up and says. error error. conflict in rules found boss monster created raging berserker class A. new mission kill the raging berserker. max stacks multiple barriers over the man as he rages. max jumps onto a nearby building and calls Lilly. she answers hastily. what do you need did you use all your money on ice cream again. no something weird just happened. a man just turned into a boss monster after I approached him and saved a woman I could use a little help here. bring billy his buffs could help here. I'll meet you halfway max drops the barrier and taunts the man. hey, idiot is that all the power you have. I've lost interest here.the berserker moves much faster than he did before closing the distance between him and max quickly. oh Shit. max jumps and barriers the pads of his feet being thrown into the air max forms a barrier to stand on at the precipice of the throw. wow, I really can't play around with this guy. max jumps down onto another roof and heads towards the apartment complex it's only 2miles down the road from where he is. the boss monster is close behind him. the man grabs Max's leg as he tries to jump to another building. the monster slams max violently into the building below they fall into the building. he continues to beat him into the ground. max barely managing to keep up his defenses he wraps the monster in a skin-tight barrier and pushes him into the air the monster struggles violently. the barriers hold tightly as a brilliant white slash cleaves through the monster max drops the barrier and jumps to the roof dropping the monster into the building. Lilly what the hell took you so long my MP is almost out that monster is next level. He's a bruiser tank type. good luck. max falls back to a building beside billy good job max ill make sure Wallace gives you a boost to your food allowance max falls to his back. ill keep up my aura but it will only last 2 minutes at this point you better kill it. No problem I'm sure Lilly has this. the monster jumps from the hole attacking Lilly she perfectly dodges his attacks quickly countering each strike the beast throws it goes to punch Lilly the feints into a kick hitting her square in the chest sending her off the roof. billy runs along the building getting the monster's attention by shooting and shouting. hey, dummy over here you are weak couldn't even kill max he has no fighting potential. I'm right here billy What the hell man. billy laughs and the monster jumps over to him he slides beneath its leg dodging a well-timed attack. billy completely focuses on evading the monster's attack getting in shots where he can. he puts his gun away and pulls out the quicksilver knife meanwhile giving Lilly and him the strength and speed buffs. the monster swing and billy narrowly avoids the punch driving the knife into the beast's arm and jumping off. the beast roars. looks like you ran out of time billy activates his hidden skill and the tree spirits locket as Lilly crests the roof.His stats are added to hers and mirrored back to him as they both take their stance. the beast steps toward billy and they both shoot crescent slashes through the beast in an X.a prompt shows up boss creature slain. Level up Level up Level up Level up Level up. for killing the boss Lilly is granted an A-class item berserkers gauntlets. max sits up. why do we always run into this type of shit? first the guy at the tree. Now some sort of error boss monster? max gets a reward for helping class skill saints cleansing aura for 15 MP a second the saint creates a zone around him that clears all debuffs on allies. what the hell do you mean this whole trip was for nothing Wallace is definitely giving me a raise for this. billy walks over to max and helps him up thanks for hanging in there sorry you had to deal with that how are your injuries. max stands not bad I'm hanging in there my head is pounding after being ground into the dirt a few saviors jump on the roof. are you guys, ok we saw you fighting that fallen anyone needs aid. max waves his hand. no, we'll be fine. We should be heading home now. as they arrive back at the apartment Wallace has been cooking up a feast for them. Max's jaw drops and his eyes go wide. he starts to load up a plate. Wallace you absolute god of a man I could just kiss you. they all sit down and enjoy a good meal and nice company. their laughter is heard into the night. later into the night billy is sitting on the roof swaying his feet over the side of the building staring up at the sky going over everything that has happened so far. the world's governments have been destroyed everyone has been turned into fighting machines. he lingers on the thought that there could be something that can shield people from turning allowing them to commit atrocities. behind the guise of a hero.we could be in for some bad times in the future. meanwhile... two figures talk near the ally where the creature was defeated. I knew he would be a liability. if we are not careful we will be found out. the boss wouldn't like it if his plans were brought to light before he was ready. You're right. one of the men who has blond hair and deep brown almost black irises holds his hand out and a black mist travels over to the other man and enters his body through his mouth this should give you the strength of an A+ class boss monster like him use it to find out who did this and take them out this should be the man you are looking for. he hands over a picture of max walking down the street eating ice cream. make sure this man disappears along with anyone else who saw that idiot Charles.the man disappears moving faster than the human eye can trace through the night.
On the morning of the mission, the team is doing their usual checks getting the last little bits of gear together and going over strategy seeing as that boss monster from the other day was A class we can assume that this boss will have comparable stats although I've been given a little information from the alliance that the boss monster is a humanoid creature that uses poisons to paralyze and eat away at your health while using her speed to keep distance till you die. max our strategy relies heavily on you we need you to keep her contained in an area with everything you have also your new ability will be very helpful here. everyone keep your wits about you still. these spiders are quick and they have killed many before us. The team heads out. as they arrive at the disaster zone. they are met by Robert. hello, Mr. billy we have set up a route for you to take inside we will have a few people outside clearing the leftover monsters in the area. as they enter they are transported to a palace covered by Webbs. The place is eerily quiet the wind whistles through the hall. Wallace takes the front Lilly stays in the back to repel any ambushes. as they walk through the halls cocoons filled with what they assume are the bodies of failed attempts. Wallace cleaves one open and a body falls out Wallace picks through their gear. no wonder they couldn't win their gear is vastly under-leveled.I feel bad for them they never stood a chance, did they? billy holds up his hand. stop get up slowly and ready yourself they are coming. what was thought to be wind was the sound of a group of large spiders running full speed toward them billy activated the speed and strength buff and Wallace activates his leader buff. as the spider rounds, the corner Lilly cuts off the leg of the first spider sending it sliding into Wallace's halberd. He kicks its body off the end jumping in the air and plunges his halberd into another spider's head.Lilly slices cleanly through a spider making quick work of it max leans against the wall as a spider charges him he traps it in a bubble shrinking it and crushing the spider into a fine paste. Billy runs underneath a spider cutting open its carapace and firing shots into the wound. the team makes light work of the spiders and head deeper into the dungeon. they find a few more packs of spiders. killing them along the way till they come across a throne room across the room a pale woman sits. a prompt comes up a new event has started boss monster awakened. queen of silk. Class A+ reward queens silken robe and queens poison dagger. she stands and the team spreads out. Wallace uses his taunt ability to call the boss's attention. within the time he blinked, she had closed the distance. she caresses his face. Wallace jumped back sweating. billy she's fast. max close her escape use your all your might to close us in only drop it if it's looking bad. max stacks eight barriers over the group closing Lilly billy and Wallace in with the woman. she looks around quietly as the three stand tensely. billy fires two shots she dodges with ease and rushes him throwing him into the barrier causing him to spit up quite a bit of blood she turns and catches Lilly's blade as she strikes and lands an elbow to her gut bringing her to her knees. Wallace charges striking with precision and ferocity as she guides his halberd with her finger. max use your aura. we need speed for this. Lilly, you good? she stands using her sword to balance herself. I'm fine let's worry about hitting this bitch the two rush in as she is almost dancing around Wallace's strikes. Lilly uses the zone skill to strike for her neck and billy slides going for an Achilles strike she uses the halberd to twist into the air dodging both strikes kicking Lilly and billy away taking the halberd cleanly and snapping it half at the shaft. Wallace steps back he cracks his neck and slides on the berserker's gauntlets gaining 20% strength but losing 10% armor. he rushes her and shows his prowess in hand-to-hand combat as he weaves punches into endless strings of combos she is still too fast but she tries to move her head and is met by a barrier making her unable to move her head. Wallaces strikes start to land as barriers are put in the way of every chance of retreat. Max, you are an absolute genius. I'm going to cook another feast for you if we make it. the body of the woman hits the ground and Wallace keeps up his barrage until the body is nothing but dust right as he looks up towards Billy he sees the woman stabbing Billy with her dagger. stunning him in place as she turns around to charge Wallace again Max uses his new skill to cure Billy of his paralyzes. he quickly shoots two shots into the back of the woman taking her off guard. Lilly closes the distance striking for her neck the woman tries to grab Lilly's sword to stop it. the sword stops in her hand for a second but manages to cut clean through separating her fingers from her right hand causing her to bleed profusely billy uses his hidden skill and uses the locket to mirror Wallace they both use the berserker's gloves skill unrelenting strikes for each consecutive strike to land lower the enemy armor by10 she tries to jump out from between the three of them. max seeing this as her only out preemptively put a barrier above her. it took me a while but I finally got your movements down now there is nowhere to run.Billy and Wallace start to pummel her as Lilly slices for her throat. the battle ends as her head hits the ground. a prompt shows. event complete evolved silk palace queen of silk defeated 3000XP the dagger and the robe fall to the ground the queen's poison dagger. this dagger is coated in poison paralyzing after 3 consecutive hits may take longer determined by the enemy's constitution.damage +350.queens silken robe grants the wearer increased speed and dexterity. once a day this robe allows the wearer to create an exoskeleton around themself negating an attack. speed +20.dexterity +20. these items are pretty crazy is this the kind of loot found at higher levels. Lilly, you take the robe ill take the dagger. you can also have my old quicksilver dagger max. yeah yeah, I don't even fight so ill take your hand-me-downs. Wallace we still doing the feast. Wallace falls to the ground exhausted. yeah, Max, we can feast after I nap. the team rests then leave the dungeon. before the team can even get out of the way people from the alliance rush into the entrance of the old dungeon presumably to find out what lucrative material is produced here. Robert hands billy an envelope this is the agreed-upon amount we have also delivered the crate to your office. thank you for doing this for us we will contact you for future help. A man bumps into max dropping his crate full of silk. hey, do you need help man didn't mean to get in your way max helps the man put the silk back in the crate and the man nervously runs away. That was weird what was his problem. the team head home and relax after the tough battle but little do they know one phone call is going to make their lives much harder.