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Chapter 18 - The changes

To no ones surprise Taylor was a man of his word each one of my party members was given a magic core that was hand-picked by Taylor himself Giant got a ice core Fox got a shadow core Star got a gravity core wall her brother Flare got a explosion core lastly was Gold and I who was the harder ones but in the end Gold got a gold fire core wall I was given a odd blue flame core each of these cores was only at stage one like all the cores I had we spent the morning to absorb the cores and to get us to are new power Gold was the fastest in the group sense she hadn't awakened her gift yet wall I was the second fastest since I had a skill made for this wall the other 4 spent a lot longer forming all there mana cores that there gifts gave them and the ones they had a natural affinity with time quickly passed and we met back up and want out to get stronger and like that 3 days quickly passed in game in these three days we had been below the city in the sewers dealing with the undead problem in these three days Gold got her gift which was oddly enough two pistols both revolvers the left was made from a blue metal wall the right was made from a bright red and orange metal apparently these two guns was called Ruby and Saffire and I must say it was pretty hot seeing Gold us them but enough distractions it was the last day before the update and we was making are way deeper into the sewers that slowly started looked less like a sewers and more and more like a dungeon we had already gone down about 10 floors and the undead was getting stronger the more we want down but none of them was over the level 13 so even with double exp I had only leveled up ones my statues looked like this

Name:DEERSKULL

RP:600/600

Mp:500/500

Xp:200/900

Level:19

Stats:

Skills:new

Job: 3 shadow Musketeers

Equipped: short sword, bucking bull, chainmail shirt, Diablo, storage ring, revolver, hidden blades

Inventory

Quest

Map

Friend list

Tamed Pets

Titles

Strength:42

Dexterity:45

Constitution:37

Intelligence:35

Wisdom:35

Luck:7

Stat points:19

I oddly didn't get any skill points when I leveled up this time it was odd though I felt like I had received something but it didn't show up on my page I felt it want to something I just didn't know what but we find are deep underground on the 15 floor in a wide open chamber that had a throne made from human skin and bone placed in the center of this room but there was no one on it but teleporting all around the room was a tall person they had to be 7 foot at least on his body was the robes of a red mage but his skin was a sickly white the skin on his face was to thin that the bone was visible underneath it if I had to make a comparison to someone he looked like a much uglier Voldemort without the snake-like features but the resembles was there he was teleporting around this room making sure he didn't stay on one spot cuz each time he teleported he dodged a attack usually from range he was also controlling 3 big ugly undead that looked like they was sown together with many different parts these undead was fighting against a party of 7 and one man with a deer skull for a head ran up the back of a giant of a man this deer figure spun in mid air and thrust his fist into this ugly undead head the next second his fist burst in blue and dark red flames and that creatures head burst open from the impact and fire this undead hit the ground I soon followed I rolled on the ground throwing my self to the side and slamming in the spot I was just at a sickly green bolt hit the ground I glared at the boss it chattered its teeth at me angrily I glanced around and seen Flare and Star fighting against one of the other ugly undeads wall Fox fought against the other one on his own with Gold and a dark elf as back up this Dark elf woman had on the exact same clothes as the rest of us but unlike everyone else she had a basic looking pistol in her hands wall in her other hand she held a odd spear and she was using it as a spell focus but it looked pretty basic as for her looks she had dark purple skin with pointed ears her yes was dark red and her hair was a odd mix of white and red it was braided but even still it want down to her shoulders maybe a little passed that but that is when I felt a cold chill run down my back I spun around ducking luckily I did cuz flying over my head was a nearly looking spear I held my self up on my hands and dropped kicked the boss that was holding this spear my boots impacted its chest which made it chutter out in anger and also take a few steps back I spun around on the ground like a brake dancer and jumped onto my feet I stared at this boss with a huge smile the green orbs in my eyes got brighter Giant moved to help me but I stopped him no go help Fox this undead fucker is mine Giant nodded and rushed passed my to help Fox when the boss seen that it angrily clacked its teeth and raised its spear the next second it disappeared but I had already anticipated where it was aiming so I used a new movement skill to flash behind Giant as I did I opened my left hand and the soul cleaver appeared in my hand I used it to deflect the boss spear to the side I then thrust out my right fist impacting the boss in the chest right when my fist came into contact with him Diablo burst in red and blue flames this was a mix of ghost strike, focus strike, vital strike all three of these skills was just the beginning cuz I also used hell fire and my new blue fire called spirit flames but I wasn't done cuz at this point I was in what athletes call the zone I thrust my left fist out soul cleaver still clutched in my hand when my left hand impacted the boss chest again Diablo burst into flame it was one strike after the other I used this boss as my pointching bag my fists was on fire and was moving so fast you could only see lines of color after the 3 strike I started gralling 4th strike 5th strike 6th strike 7th strike and on my 8th strike I thrust my left fist up upper cutting this boss that's when I used Diablo bullet that mixed with all of my other skills made this boss head jurk back the next second after that its hole body was launched into the wall I stood there in my normal tigar stance I was breathing hard sweat rolling down my back and neck I had about hit 0 mp so I used chaos channeling I could feel my mp raising steadily and just cuz I want waaa just like all them movie stars did like Jackie Chan and just in case I throw the soul cleaver like a axe where the boss impacted the wall I could see its magic signature through the dust my dagger flipped in the air flying into the dust I heard it impact something that made a thump noise that's when this appeared

Congrats for host for killing a level 17 undead mutant manes 300 exp

Congrats host for killing a level 20 half litch boss reward 400 exp

Host party member Fox has killed a level 17 undead mutant manes 200 exp

Host party member Fraya has killed a level 17 undead mutant manes 200 exp earned

Congrats party Spartens for being the first to clear the undying dungeon hidden quest

Each party member kill up to 200 undead success

Find and help the captives success

Kill the half litch before it ascends to a full litch success

Permanently killing the undying boss success

For being the first and only party to clear this dungeon your rewards will be doubled

1000 xp

Level up level up

I could feel my power spike ones I hit level 20 I looked at my status

Name:DEERSKULL

RP:600/600

Mp:500/500

Xp:200/1100

Level:20

Stats:

Skills:new

Job: 3 shadow Musketeers

Equipped: short sword, bucking bull, chainmail shirt, Diablo, storage ring, revolver, hidden blades,

Inventory

Quest

Map

Friend list

Tamed Pets

Titles

Strength:42

Dexterity:45

Constitution:37

Intelligence:35

Wisdom:35

Luck:7

Stat points:39

I had Diablo put my stat points like normal he put 5 in both int and wis wall he only put 3 in con wall he put 5 in dex and strength so now it looked like this

Strength:50

Dexterity:51

Constitution:40

Intelligence:40

Wisdom:40

Luck:7

Stat points:19

Name:DEERSKULL

RP:760/760

Mp:640/640

Xp:200/1100

Level:20

Stats:

Skills:new

Job: 3 shadow Musketeers

Equipped: short sword, bucking bull, chainmail shirt, Diablo, storage ring, revolver, hidden blades

Inventory

Quest

Map

Friend list

Tamed Pets

Titles

I started laughing like a mad man when the dust dissipated and I seen the litchs body the first thing you would notice it was in the wall the next thing you would notice would be its ribs was sticking out in odd angles plus its legs and arms was most definitely broken the next thing you would notice is the hole at the bottom of its mouth and that had practically blow off its lower jaw it just hanged there with a little peace of flesh connecting it plus the back of its head had a huge hole from my bullet and the last thing you would notice is the cleaver sticking out of the top of its skull my party walked next to me Giant chuckling slapping me on the back damn Buck a little overkill don't you think I looked to him with a huge grin naa mate I think it was just the right amount of violence that's when I heard someone sy I looked over to Fraya who stared at me smiling honestly Buck with how prone you are to using violence you might want to go and get that checked out by a therapist but Gold looked to her smiling like you have any room to talk Fraya if I remember correctly it wasn't Buck who we found out side in the spon area beating the ever loving shit out of two people Fraya blushed a little at the smiled back at her saying hi they made some very lewd combats and suggestions so someone had to teach them some respect that's when Star huffed saying yea but you brought down a hole gods damn guild onto us if it wasn't for big brothers bombs and are Hi levels we would have been fucked Fraya blushed a bit more Giant side saying hi leave her alone she did the right thing I chuckled smacking his arm saying that wasn't what you said when we got there if I remember right it was you who literally beat the shit out of the leader of that guild Giant huffed angrily serves that little punk right maybe if his mommy didn't forget to teach him some respect then I wouldn't have had to I laughed walking over to the litch body and pulled out my cleaver saying man Giant with how prone you are to violence maybe you go see a therapist or something we all laughed at that I searched the litch and found 2 things on him a human flesh bound blood and a gold key I put away both I then looked down to the spear it was using that's when this appeared next to it

Spear of the stepping wind- blue rank: this spear has a speshal lunging ability that allows you to preform a thrust which will launch you forward but if this thrust is interrupted or you finish it be warned you will be wide open

Oo so it didn't teleport when it want after Giant I thought shrugging well its shiny for him he met me and I put away the spear I turned around saying I found the vault key let's move they nodded and we walked over to the door behind the throne I put the gold key in the lock and twisted it when I did I heard click, click, clank and the door opened I pushed it open fully as I walked in and what I seen was a laboratory placed in the sentence of this circular room was a odd looking stone table on the right side of the room was book selfs and a few tables with notes everything was very clean and organized wall the opposite side was the complete opposite the walls was covered in blood and there was dead body's stacked in a pile above this pole was a opening for a body shoot wall fight in front of me passed the center table was an odd statue of a cloaked figure holding a scythe the reaper I assumed but I remembered someone who had a scythe symbol around his wrest I walked to this table saying spread out and loot everything but be careful us mana site got it they nodded as I was walking towards the table I pulled out a small glass ball and affixed it to my coat then I pulled out what looked like a earpiece and I put it in my ear hole I heard nothing but static so I waited as I was waiting I looked what was in this table a hole lot of dried blood and a few doctor tools but what cot my eye was the odd looking hammer with a book next to it this one not bound in flesh it had a black cover and in red letters the tittle said forge master I picked up this book and opened to the first page and started to read I could tell this book was a written copy what probably happened they copied it from a book from a library but whoever was the writer had really good handwriting I could read the worlds easily and the more I read the more interesting it got this book talked about people called devil forgemasters a group of sorcerers who not only study dark magic but they also study the arts of alchemy and spiritual metaphysics, being able to craft massive weapons and arsenals from mere prime and raw materials of nearly any sort but there was more this book spoke of there origins apparently forge masters are chosen of the death God the grem reaper the older brother of the Queen of ravens who is the Ferrier between this world and the after life I had just finished this book when this appeared

Forgemaster- job option: would host want to take up this job that walks in the shadows warning many of the people of the land if they know you a forgemaster will fear you there is a chance you might even be rain out of there town or city forge masters are seen as bad omens and monsters do to there practice in the dark arts but unlike way many people think the dark arts ant inherently good or evil it's just like any other tool it's all about the individual who wields it

Accept or reject

I raised a eyebrow thinking about the downsides the system told me but I truly don't see y I shouldn't accept I have my other kills and job so it's not like I have to show off this jobs ability unless I need to besides I could care less what other people think of my I looked down to Diablo asking what do you think partner I seen a shrugging image in my head I don't know master I also don't see y you should refuse I nodded what do you think Taylor and from my earpiece I heard Taylor embarrass coffs a few times as he asked so you noticed I was here but if I may ask how did you know I was by the orb I chuckled just a guess besides if I was wrong then whatever I am us to talking to my self I assume you have eyes on us right yes I do and I must say this room is much bigger then I thought I think you all lucked out I shrugged saying so I assume you have seen the book I have been reading I heard movement like he had nodded but he quickly realized I couldn't see him so he said yes I am astounded that a litch had this book and was willing to us it I won't say what you should do Hunter I will only fill you in on some things the first if you do become a forgemaster you will be the chosen of the death God manly the reaper but you will also be connected to his little sister the Queen of ravens this means that other gods might send there champions and chosen after you second the life of a forgemaster is hard the common people fear us for the chaos and distraction they can bring but I ant worried about this affecting you and my third and last point is this a forgemaster is not only trained in the dark arts but in wild magic like alchemy and the power over spirits so but before he could finish I clicked accept when I hid I want to my knees holding my head I felt information pushing its way into my mind and I also felt a few sets of invisible eyes lock onto me that's when this started appearing

Host has become a forge master you have gained knowledge in the Dark arts, alchemy and spiritual metaphysics, plus host has learned how to craft massive weapons and arsenals from mere prime and raw materials of nearly any sort,

Host skill smithing has evolved I to forge mastery- 1/20: this skill is a forge masters best friend from crafting weapons and arsenals to making creatures of the night

New skill forgemasters tool- legendary: just like no two forgemasters are the same the same can be implied about the tool that they channel there power through this tool has to be made by the forgemaster

New skill ghostly presents- purple rank: this allows you to us your soul to trike the fear into your enemies when every someone looks at you in this form they will be scared shitless

When I read through all of these notifications I started laughing evilly I got back onto my feet and picked up the odd hammer and put it away I looked around to see the room had been basically stripped luckily everyone in my party got a storage ring like me but it took a lot of are many we got from the last quest these rings ant cheap but it was worth it I turned around smiling to my party waiting for me I walked to them Giant was the first to ask so what did you find Buck I didn't say anything and simple through him the book he cot it and read the title the others reading it next to him Giant looked back up to me white-faced is this a job book I nodded indeed it is and quite the rare one apparently they all nodded smiling happily so did you take this job Fox asked I looked over to him using my ghostly presents which made my eyes start to glow bright and my face got more beastly hell there was even a white mist that came out from my mouth does this answer your question Fox was white faced but nodded Gold laughed saying that's so hot I looked over to her smiling I know you are babe and I winked at her Gold blushed a bit but I deactivated it that's when this appeared

Worning to all players the update will be happening in 10 minutes please get to a safe zone

And a timer started counting down

I looked to my party who just read this notification they looked up to me shit I yelled move your asses and like that I balted out of the door my party members spreanting behind me by the time we made it out of the dungeon and made it top side there was 2:30 minutes left we all was out of breath but I yelled move your candy asses or I will kick your asses my self that seemed to motivate everyone when the clock hit 1 minutes we ran into the city luckily the opening we want into the sewers was close but we didn't stop till we hit Taylors bar but it was black star behind the bar she nodded to us as we fast walked up stairs we nodded back at her we got into are rooms right when the clock hit 0 and I was forcefully logged out I opened my eyes in my room I pulled off my helmet and placed it in the normal spot on my desk I got up stretching my body I want to the bathroom and took care of my business I was washing my hands and splashed some cold water onto my face a few time it felt very nice I then whipped my face off with a towel I briefly looked my self in the meer nodding and turned around that's when something was off I turned immediately back around and looked my self over in the meer I had gotten taller and not just that I was well built before but I wasn't this jacked plus my skin wasn't this dark but the most distinct thing was in my brown eyes I could see green in them that's when my phone started ringing I pulled it out of my pocket and seen it was Gold wanting to face time I answered I seen her face appear on the screen and I immediately noticed she had a few changes to she looked just like her avatar with the red hair and all but her hair want that red and her skin wasn't color she was normally pail white and her eyes had a gold tent she side smiling so it happened to you as well huh I nodded saying baby I don't want to sound like I am rushing you but I will make a few calls to some people who will help you with your belonging you will be flying here today she nodded I understand dear wall your doing that I will call the others I nodded saying tell them I will give them a call in a bit she nodded I love you dear and can't wait to see you and she blew my a kiss and handed up I immediately started calling a few people the first being Caral who was part of a military infiltration unit he made a shit tune of connections and friends on the black market wall he was in the services sadly for him he got cot stealing some data and they sent my unit to find him it was pretty easy for us but I let him go telling him he owed all of us he happily accepted its been a long time sense then and we have developed a friendship the phone only rang ones when Caral answered my main man Buck how can I help you on this fine day I smiled hearing his heavy French accent saying good to hear from you to Caral how is the wife and kids he chuckled you know the wife is good and the kids are driving her up the walls the business has been booming sense this new game came out I am telling you Buck just between you and me it's like places are stocking up on shit I nodded indeed but let's get down to y I called you and I told him what I wanted I heard him take a puff from a cigarette saying Buck don't you worry about this I will stop what I am doing and help I assumed Gold is waiting for us I nodded indeed mate I appreciate this naa don't mention it I am always happy to help family and like that he handed up I nodded I dialed the next number it was my grandfather who so happened to my are commanding officer when we was in services he was now a adviser to the president he picked up easily but I heard noises in the background Hunter my boy you sure have the damnedest timing I was about to call you have you seen the news what do you mean I asked and ran out to my living room and turned on my tv to the news

This just in Gary this odd changes to these people are only happening to those who play the wild hunt game apparently level 5 is when changes start happening to your body it starts off little but the higher level the more changes I priest mute and said yea this is what I wanted to talk to you about I and the rest of my unit are one of those people who have changed he side I figured I just got off the phone with your ant and she said she you had been playing what level did you get to if I may ask I shrugged I got to 20 just before the update Giant and Fox got to level 18 wall Flare, Star and Gold got to level 17 and lastly Fraya is at level 15 she sadly joined us later then the rest Holy shit Hunter level 20 your ant is at level 29 and she had a head start do to being a beta tester how the fuck are you all this level I laughed we did what we are best at grandpa he side ugg damn you sure love gigging your grandfather a headache don't you I chuckled shrugging first your father and brother died right after the war and now this is happening shit is going south fast I nodded indeed it would seem that way do you got anything your able to tell me he side thinking about it and side a few more times till he finally said yea be ready for shit to start getting ugly that's all I can say do you got anything to say to my Hunter I thought about it and side yes I know you don't like video games grandfather but I earge you to get the wild hunt if people are changing we might as well start preparing for the worst he scoffed lad I have already done that it should arrive later today I nodded one last thing grandpa I plan on being my unit together again that's all I hope you have a good day and be careful out there and I hung up I side and called Giant first he answered quickly Gold told us you would be calling Buck so what's have you learned he asked I side shaking my head not much I called my grandfather and all he said was prepare for a shit show I heard him sy so have the two of you have changes I asked indeed we do its more distinct on me then her sense I am at a higher level I nodded Giant I don't want to pressure you but Gold will be arriving tonight I had to make a few calls I know you said you would talk about it with Fraya but shit has changed I would sleep a lot easier at night if you two take my offer Giant thought about it and I hard him sy I agree besides fraya and I talked about it and we agreed it wasn't a bad idea this just seals the deal I nodded indeed get you shit packed if you need another truck give me a call I want to check in with the others alrighr buck talk to you later and I hung up and called Fox he also picked up easily yow Buck have you seen the news he asked I nodded yea but no one really knows shit I talked to my grandfather and all he said was be ready for a shitshow I heard him sy it would seem fate is bringing us all back together I am already packed I will arrive there tomorrow I nodded Hi it wouldn't hurt to ask a few of your contacts maybe the have know something we dont yet I heard a pistol rack a round sounds like a plan boss see you tomorrow and he hung up I dialed the last number and the twins answered your a go big bro just so you know your on speaker Flare said but Star said in the back ground star say pcs when I heard those words my face want neutral Flare put me on face time now and he did I seen a two bedroom apartment Flare was sitting on a couch smiling but I could see the changes in him but he had a angry fire in his eyes I called to tell you little brother everyone will be arriving here in the next 24 hours I expect you will be here to Flare smiled nodding but that's when a woman walked out from one of the rooms she had on a very nice blue woman suit and she had on his heels she looked over to Flare and then me with a happy smile but I could see greed in her eyes she walked over to the couch and sat down next to Flare with a plesent slime do you always face time people with your shirt off she asked looking at me I chuckled responding fast do you always stick your rose where it shouldn't me this woman laughed yep your definitely him Hunter James Winchester Flare has told me quite a lot about you and she put her hand on Flares back and I seen his left eye twitch of leaned back in my chair smiling o so you should know that this little act won't work so y don't we drop the façade I will give you one warning sense you was so nice to my little brother for so long back of and mind your business and leave them alone her smiled dropped and a cold scale replaced it and what if I don't I quite like this one he is a obedient little puppy and she Pat Flare on the head like he was a dog I seen Flares eye twitch again a huge smile that wasn't a smile spread across my face you ask the wrong questions miss Jenny H Brenden the which shouldn't be what if I don't it should by y I shouldn't revokes someone who had the for site to have a guard watch over my siblings and like to prove my point 4 red lasers moved onto her 3 in the chest and one in the head she started at me angrily realizing what sort of shit she was in but a cocky smile spread across her face saying your bluffing you can't kill me you don't want to go to jail I chuckled let me make this a perfectly clear as possible I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries including puerto rico so tell me miss do you really want to fuck around no you know what I won't kill you but when she is done with you I promise you would have wished I did and to prove my point the other bedrrom door got filled with bullets and falling out from it was dead body and walking out was Star holding a silent Ozzie in her hands she looked over to us she smiled and waved at me saying hi big brother I hope you don't mind but I am about to tare this bitch a new one and she srommed over to Genny who stared at her with a cocky smile you one touch me you don't got the but Star was having any of it she grabbed Genny by the hair and dragged the bitch over the couch I didn't see what happened next to to the couch being in the way but I heard the sound of someone getting there ass beat Star wasn't holding back you not only had the nerve to brainwash my brother and have him turn against me but you have the nerve to call my big brother a layer who the fuck do you think you are bitch then you say we can't hurt you and that last part what was you going to say I don't got the what huh nerve, spine to hurt you bitch I have killed people I am a fucking pyromaniac and explosive expert you don't think I have the nerve to kick your ass with each punch or hit she would say another word hell she got more curative with each hit hell Star even stood up raised her elbow tapped it three times and dumped down elbow dropping this bitch and I must say I was enjoying the show fuck I want and got a bag of chips I even cheered her on I yelled give her the peoples elbow time passed with Star just braking Genny Star stood up hugging and brushed her hair out of her face her face and clothes was covered in blood Flare started wide-eyed at his sister Star slowly turned to him with that crazy smile o don't worry there's brother this ass whooping isn't over yet and she lunged at him tackling him to the ground and just like that another fight started this one way more interesting but Star was winning hitting with the chair I yelled and Star did exact that she started spanking Flare till he passed out she looked up to me smiling so what's this I here big brother is the family getting back together I laughed nodding everyone shall arrive tomorrow don't worry about packing the people I hired will take care of you she nodded I can't wait she said laughing I chuckled saying they will also take care of your mess Star laughed happily with that she hanged up I side leaning back in my chair looking up to the sealing where I watched the fan for a few minutes trying to calm my emotions and clear my mind I side again as I stood up I looked over to the fire place and walked over to it ontop of it was 5 pictures the first was of me when I was a child with my first deer it was a 7 point spike I looked so proud the next was a picture of my grandmother who died when I was 9 she was the glew that held my family together and my best friend I smiled sadly the next two picture was when I was over seas the first was with my unit there was 15 people in it everyone of them as crazy as you could be I looked over the familiar faces I could hear their laughter but sadly out of this unit of 15 only 7 would come home and the last picture was facing down so you couldn't see the pictures the frame it was in looked a little beat up like some had thrown it I side sadly as I turned around to the tv that's when I seen Merlin Pendragon on the screen the maker of the wild hunt and the man who came up with the idea he had dark red hair he was very good looking but I could see a wildness in those eyes he was being asked questions by reporters as he walked out of his work luckily his guards was there to block the mob I walked over to the remote and unmuted the tv that's when I heard one reporter yell what's next for the wild hunt Sir Pendragon and do you have any comments on the changes Merlin got to his car that's when he turned around with a huge smile saying I won't comment on what's next cuz but I will just say this update will be big as for the changes I got no comment if your to scared to change them that's not my problem but to those who are watching who ant scared go out there and test your fates there is a hole world out there all you have to do is take that first step go explore to your hearts content thank you and good day and with that he got into his car and his driver drove off I chuckled at that turning off the tv he sure has a away with words I stud up stretching well if shits going to start going down hill I might as well prepare and with that I walked into my room onto my computer.