Chapter 7: cooperation and conflict 1
I grouped up with my partner after walking around the city we disconnected to sleep.
Author's note the category of weapons can be classified as follows:
Weapons rank: common, rare, ultra rare, epic, legendary, unique, Heroic, mythical, divine.
When I woke up after the daily routine, I entered the game, Maria the maid was already waiting for me next to platero, the spoiled donkey was pulling a cart, and a small monkey was sitting on the shoulders of the white-haired woman in front of me.
I pointed to the cart in disrepair, asked what is this, she looked as if I was an idiot and answered a cart, I almost pulled my hair out, I asked with fear how much did you spend on this cart, she answered only 70 gold coins plus this monkey collector came for free, I almost exclaimed "you got ripped off, you idiot!
We embarked to the onyx hills, a long walk the curious thing was that the wasteful woman, went ahead killing everything she found, but did not collect neither skins nor the meat of the hunted monsters. I honestly did not know if this new member of the group would be useful, I also suspected that she had bought the monkey because she saw it pretty, at least she saw it in her distorted sense of beauty, when we arrived at the onyx hills, she took out the cooking ingredients and said start cooking. To which I nodded, she went off to hunt bears for meat, there was definitely something wrong with our relationship. In less than an hour they arrived, the reinforcements were 306 players it was a walk of more than 5 hours:
the exploiter that I have for girlfriend began to say, good players come in and take a seat I have prepared a space in which you can eat and rest for a moment, if you do not have rations do not worry I have hired a specialized chef and certified by me, the dish is very tasty, will replenish your stamina quickly to begin preparations for the conquest of the valley of the rats, remember that the rewards go according to the merit you get from this mission, while a smile of an expert seller appeared on her face.
The dish cost only one silver coin, that was definitely a scam, players could buy food in the city from a bronze through a copper, the best dishes would be worth several gold coins, these dishes were consumed by the rich NPCs.
You great adventurers who are about to earn 32 gold coins each will eat that hard and tasteless bread sold to us by the NPCs right, we deserve good freshly made food and a well deserved rest from this long walk before the big battle.
The players looked at each other, but the raid leader Dong-Yul stepped forward and said one ration please, after him more and more players took the bait, I sold all the rations. When she finished selling everything, she waited for the unsuspecting players to finish resting before she appeared on the scene again, she said we are already at the top of this hill, and you still don't see the monster, let me show you, she led the way until a sea of rats ran riot one on top of another, What the players felt was fear, I knew it by the expression on their faces, who wouldn't feel it if before their eyes appeared a vision of hell itself, a sea of creatures blackened the barren ground, there were so many rats that you could not see the end.
seeing them pale, she added, do not worry they are only rats that are between level 5 to 20 the main problem is their number, we will be fine as long as they do not surround us, if they do we are dead, that is why we are going to dig a huge ditch, I did not want to stay behind so I went to the front, next to my crazy merchant, I said know
the mythical battle of Leonidas and the 300 Spartans who fought against the colossal army of Xerxes in the battle of Thermopylae, today we will become SPARTANS! Nobody followed my game, an uncomfortable silence was generated.
the maiden recovered her audience announcing: 480 B.C. the Persian empire with more than a million trained men, invaded Greece, the Spartan king being unable to summon the army by the customs of his nation that did not allow any bloodshed, or war marches during those dates of the year, mobilized his personal guard, 300 men and went for a walk in the Thermopylae or at least that's what he told the advisors. But in reality he went to a place where the value of numbers did not matter, a narrow corridor in the Thermopylae.
There he waited for the Persian horde to confront them, the Spartans endured 3 days of attack by more than a million men, that's why today we will become Spartans! If we want to overcome this mission, now take your shovels and dig! because your lives and mine depend on it!
The men led by Dong-Yul took their picks and shovels, some did not buy the things requested by my terrifying girlfriend, but she was there to sell those products in the end I ended up selling all the picks and shovels obviously still much more expensive price, the sunset came and we still did not finish the step, I distributed coffee to everyone for a small price a 5 bronzes, we continued digging the funny thing is that many complained but no one disconnected this was already a miracle.
At 10 pm we finished our construction, this will be the step of the maiden announced to which no one objected, disconnect for an hour, bathe and eat something, because this night will belong to us eternally exclaimed the silver maiden.
During the hour that they were disconnected, I was forced to make a bear grill when the players were connected I only served them the grill this time only charging 10 copper coins, because we needed everyone to replenish their stamina before the main battle.
Dong-Yul, send 10 scouts, the fastest to provoke the rats, all other shield formation, shields cover half the torso of the ally on the right side two rows of shield men, in the middle of the formation will be the ranged classes, archers, mages, wizards, wizards, healers and support in general, The other melee fighters who do not carry shields will be positioned in the rear, my bear will attack when the formation is broken, to give us time to regroup and order the ranks, I announce my girlfriend remember it is forbidden to attack breaking ranks, we will only survive if we do not allow the rats to pass us, a white-haired woman ordered as if she were the commander.
Dong-Yul's point of view
Soon the squeaks of the rats were heard: the silver maiden stood up on her white bear and exclaimed "Traveler, go to Sparta and tell that here we have died in obedience to their laws" was what the poet Simonides wrote glorifying the heroism and courage of the 300, but today we will not need any travelers, today we will return and tell this Epic where few, defeated many to firm hour, shields! and then all the players shouted AU! AU! AU! AU! ..... as they stepped on the ground in unison both men and women it was magical.
The scouts arrived pale with fright, a path opened for them and then closed, as soon as the scouts crossed to the first row of shields, more than players, these gave the impression of being soldiers, I could not understand what kind of magic this crazy player had done.
The rats crashed against the shields of the players, the crazy white woman said: hold! hold! hold! mages! a sea of spells of fire burned the rats in droves, 5 seconds later, water! The same woman commanded, water spells were cast, driving the rats further away, as well as creating mud, it was a good strategy as the mud would also slow down the terrifying rodents, shields! A feminine but firm voice resounded, the players again straightened their backs including me, the rats continued to arrive but this time with less strength, they were not as scary as before.
The fire of the mages was coming, the healing support was spectacular, their spells came at the right time, they did not allow our life to decrease below 60 percent, they also put auras on us, or cast spells that hindered the horde of angry rats.
True the support squad is commanded by the Nephilim, sure it is another monster as a woman who commands this battle, following orders is simple, you just have to hold, cut and step.
Apparently the rats surrounded the hill and attacked from behind. The maiden exclaimed, as a familiar female voice roared, "Battalion number two, it's time to earn your livelihood, come forward!
Time passed, as I looked up for a second, I saw a figure flying over our heads with a halberd cutting the rats that jumped from the top of the walls of the pass, that was the reason why, no more covering fire from the mages, they had their own problems to attend to, I don't know how much time passed, I only know that my arms don't want to get up, that I want to sleep, my head is heavy, but here I am still stepping strong, holding the shield and brandishing my sword at the order given as a robot would do.
There was a change in the battle, because she ordered: the rearguard open the way, the little one comes out, then I knew that the situation at the other end was bad, they had us surrounded by heaven and earth.
10 minutes later the commander spoke again, ready troops in the rear, this was repeated 3 times throughout the night, at dawn something changed again, the rats that attacked us, were stronger, more aggressive, the commander, seeing the formation almost broken, ordered: "Troops from the front, the little one comes out!
The white bear came out and on his back was the maiden, our beautiful and crazy commander, with a smile on her lips went out to battle, the bear crushed the rats at every step, but what was most impressive was the maiden, she faced the sea of creatures without any fear, she seemed to be excited, she was crazy about the battle, she waved her halberd and dozens of rodents died, she had a very high attack, by the glow on her halberd I know she has an aura, but I know that's not all because her body constantly glows with a white light, I don't know what her ability is but for sure it's a very OP ability, it was curious while she was in front, all the rats attacked her, without a doubt she had the title of rodent killer, that's the only explanation, as far as I see, that title makes all the creatures of that species look for you to kill you, but according to what I saw in the forums to get it you have to eliminate at least 10,000 of thousands of creatures of that species, The title makes all these creatures attack the bearer on sight, so I believe she is equipped with this title, it was understandable, hard to believe that she already carried such a terrifying title, this is a fearsome woman, when I met her, the fearsome woman was already thinking of assaulting these creatures, alone with her partner, the rats jumped over the bear only to be swept away by a pale blue halberd in turn.
Another image to remember was when the maiden jumped from her mount at the precise moment that the white bear stood on two legs, the woman rose through the air while the rats chased her using the bear as a bridge, the light of the moon, The faint white glow that emanated from it plus the pale blue glow of the halberd contrasted with the black tide full of red dots. It seemed like a sent from heaven that descended to punish the forces of evil, in full use of the heads of the rats to propel itself and He will give another deadly slash backwards, while he did so two rats flew in the opposite direction of the commander's turn, his halberd turned, when he cut, the cut seemed to open the dead sea, because the rats around him moved to his sides, while They growled at her but without daring to approach her, it was as if they were afraid of her, this was the evolution of a title, this was terrifying, I only read in the forums that titles could be evolved but very specific conditions had to be met for the evolution. After each title, she walked back to the formation with the bear who walked like a bodyguard, right next to her, then she simply ordered shields, which we obeyed as if it were the most natural thing in the world, I don't know how much longer the battle but the sun was already high, hours later the rats began to decrease, finally a new order was heard: advance!! search and destroy! In short, the crazy white-haired woman was an otaku of anime and old games.
But that was our commander, the maiden, the crazy maiden, the silver maiden, in short, no matter what they call her, she will surely be famous in the future.
Woojin's point of view:
I am Woojin an archer, I went to explore and attract the rats, when we saw them up close we thought we were sacrifices, even so someone had to do the job, it was just one life we had 10, each archer went to a different place and we shot the arrows at times that would allow us to reach the meeting point at the same time, when it was my turn I fired, without delay and then ran like a soul leading the devil, without looking back, terrified of the screams and the red eyes that were chasing me, I was the last Upon reaching the meeting point, after directing the rats to the maiden's passage, we continued running until we reached the shield wall. I prayed that they would allow us to enter in time, and it seemed like a dream, a path opened through the center. of the shield wall as we passed and then it closed immediately, then we heard the sound of the rats crashing into the shields, the 308 people were in a single group in a formation that resembled a shield wall both in front and In the back, in the center is the bear and an old carriage but you couldn't see the horse pulling it, it looked like an abandoned car, they didn't order all the archers to get into the car and they said shoot into the sky when the rats appear there only in the direction that I am not here, when they run out of arrows they will take their daggers or their smaller weapons to attack these rodents, remember do not obsess over hitting with your weapons, it is more profitable to step on them, or bite them, after they rise On top of you, the same goes for all mages and healers after your mana runs out.
Then he continued exclaiming, shields! Attack! Wizards! Remember, the archers and healers are under Orion53's command, it's the guy riding a bear with me! My personal opinion of the new support group commander was pretty bad.
Soon rats began to jump from the top of the walls, interrupting the flow of the battle, but everything continued as she would have predicted.