As terry was looking at the stone gate he hear Samuel and Drog say in unison while bowing
"My lord the cart has been repaired, May we escort you to the city?"
Terry turned and said while entering his demon form
"Let's go then"
Just then both Samuel and Drog grabbed one of the handles and said
"Please climb on the back, my lord"
Terry didn't bother trying to get them to call him normally and climbed up onto the back of the cart to then be pulled away by the brothers and after a few short moments Terry saw a large open field on the edge of the forest and as they entered it terry asked while looking at the stone gate and the forest behind them
"I assume the city you spoke of is where that large crowd is?"
Samuel glanced at the gate in the distance and said with a smile while pulling the cart
"Indeed my lord, that is Black Pitch city"
Terry gave another look at the city gates and said
"Black pitch city? That's an odd name"
Drog immediately said while pulling the cart
"Black pitch city in well known for the weapons they craft and as a Hellforge master there's no better choice to start your faction at then here"
Terry said in confusion while looking at Drog
"Faction? What do you mean?"
Samuel said while he was still pulling the cart
"I think the humans call them guilds or tribes but with your own faction you can buy and then control land to expand your business"
After hearing Samuels explanation Terry suddenly saw a message appear but this one was different then the others on the reason that it was a global announcement
(Player Zeid has been the first to discover the faction system in the black pitch kingdom)
While terry had a similar message saying
(Congratulations, you are the first hunter to learn about the faction system)
(Reward)
+1 faction ticket(consumable)
(Description)
A ticket granting the user to start a faction for free instead of paying 50,000 gold at city hall
Terry took out the ticket from his inventory and saw it had a pentagon symbol on both the back and the front and said to either one of the brothers
"What benefits do owning or join a faction have?"
Terry then heard from Samuel as they were crossing over the wide field past the forest say
"We do not know much my lord but I do know that if you gain enough popularity to your faction then you can unlock benefits from the city"
After hearing this Terry was about to say something when he noticed that he was being watched by everyone as he made his way down to the city gate till him and the brothers were stuck in the middle of the crowd
As terry got off the cart he heard some of the people in the crowd talking and whispering to each other making him want to revert to his human form but he knew that would just make the situation worse and as he was at least nearly twice the size as the others he couldn't hide
Terry said while handing both Samuel and Drog 5 gold each that he got from the quest he completed in the forest
"Thank you for your service"
Both Samuel and Drog bowed and said in unison
"Thank you my lord"
After paying the twins Terry slowly made his way to the front of the gate when he heard some of the other people talk to the person next to them while they looked at Terry in his demonic form
"Is that an NPC?"
Just then someone yelled out saying while pointing at Terry
"That's not an NPC… that's a user, look at the name!"
Just then everyone started coming closer to Terry to see that his user name was [Zeid] causing some to look at him in shock while some wanted to ask him about the faction system or about his class and subclass
Soon after everyone got closer to terry at an uncomfortable space Terry yelled to the top of his lungs
"Give me some space!!!!!"
But what Terry didn't know is that with his demon form it also changed his voice causing everyone around Terry to immediately back away till the closest person was at least 10ft away from Terry
Terry looked at the crowd starring at him and said while he showed a face with his demon form that made some people become petrified with fear to where they could be seen shaking uncontrollably
"Yes I'm a user like you all and no i won't tell you anything, I just want to reach the city"
After everyone heard Terry yell this a straight path started to appear all the way to the city gates but as Terry was about to walk towards the city gate he heard someone yell from behind Terry
"He's probably a coward and weak since he's trying to look scary as hell in that costume"
Terry said while taking out his rusted war hammer and turning to see a man wearing thick armour that was a light grey with some claw marks on it holding a greatsword on his back
"Is that a challenge?"
Terry saw the man puff out and bang on his chest plate before taking out his greatsword and pointing it at Terry and saying
"Only a coward would refuse a challenge"
Terry smiled and said as he held out his war hammer to get the people in the crowd to move back
"Last chance to back away"
After everyone backed away the man opened his system and said
"A warrior never backs down"
Just then a system message popped up saying
[you have been challenged to a duel by player MacroStar]
[wager] none
(Would you like to accept)(Y/N)
Terry didn't even think twice and said while he pressed yes
"You going to regret this"
Macro laughed as a transparent light red dome circled around them with everyone watching
As the dome was closing Terry smiled as he heard as count down started While he clenched the war hammer in his hand
Then a countdown started and once the countdown hit zero a lord buzzer noise was heard and Macros after hearing the buzzer noise immediately went for an over head swing but Terry was easily able to dodge it thanks to his increased stats from just being in hell
Once Terry dodged the attack he gave a disappointed look and said
"And here I was hoping for a challenge but instead I get this worm swinging a greatsword like a wet noodle"
Once the crowd heard this everyone started laughing as they watched but for Macros it only caused him to try to hit Terry with a half moon swing while yelling with a beet red face
"Stop it! Fight me coward!"
Terry grabbed the lower end of the war hammers handle and said after dodging the attack from the man
"As you wish"
After the attack from Macros was dodged Terry took the opportunity to hit macro back but Terry decided to go and hit the GOODIE BAG causing macro to drop his sword and fall over when Terry heard a message appear saying
[you have dealt a critical attack to player MacroStar]
[you have dealt 88 damage]
(You have won the duel against player MacroStar)
(Nothing was gained from the wager)
Then as terry was looking at the man on the floor in pain he said while grabbing the greatsword that macro was using
"Better luck next time"
Soon after grabbing the greatsword terry turned to to crowd and saw a vast amount of people watching him before Terry raised his war hammer again and said while looking around at people watching him in horror
"Anyone else want to try?"
Just then people backed up even further then before causing terry to have no trouble reaching the gate