Dorian was leaving, he was sure of that. He couldn't stay there, he would be haunted by Morghan for the rest of his life if he stayed. He had to go.
I have to. No other option.
It was time to say goodbye to Greystone. For good.
Dorian had nothing to collect, he had taken quite a bit of money from the guards he had killed. He had even taken a new dagger as well.
[+84 gold coins]
[+ Basic dagger]
He had nothing else waiting for him in Greystone. He had sorted out Calla as much as he was willing to do, so he was going to leave.
Where? To Eldershade, it was a good distance away, Greystone was rather isolated. The town was built around an ancient tree, it was an incredibly ginormous tree by all accounts. Apparently, almost 500 metres tall. And the core of the tree was invulnerable, no one had been able to scratch it ever. The bark, however, was malleable enough to carve into, and the important people of Eldershade lived in the tree. The higher up they were, the more important.
Dorian sighed, he was weak. The average person in Eldershade was about level 80. Greystone was not a pretty nor powerful place. There were two reasons why you would be there - you were born there, or you were too weak to survive anywhere else.
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Eldershade. It was magnificent, the tree loomed over the town like a hanging body, the sun directly behind it illuminating it's large leaves. It's silhoutte exuding a domineering and powerful aura. The shadow casted over the town was huge, like a dagger piercing through the heart of the town, it was the largest shadow he had ever seen. He didn't think even mountaintops casted such large shadows.
As Dorian walked into Eldershade, it became rapidly apparent that the quality of living here was exemplary. The houses were clean and big, the roads smooth and wide, the people good-natured and jovial. It was like stepping into heaven. But tigers lurked in the shadows, everywhere he looked, he saw danger masked by friendly faces.
[Lv. 96 Warrior of Rage]
[Lv. 89 Mystic Mage]
He was out of his depth, and needed to figure out how to level up. Quick. He didn't feel comfortable being so vulnerable.
But it wasn't so easy, for the vast majority they would struggle to kill things that gave proper EXP, but for him that wasn't a problem, as it would take an incredibly strong person or thing to kill him. The probem was actually find them.
And he had solved that problem by coming here, Eldershade was special for two reasons. The first and obvious one was the massive tree, the second was that the tree had spawned in when the Universe had been integrated 3 years ago, and with it, a dungeon had appeared at the base of it.
This dungeon was what facilitated the high levels of Eldershade's inhabitants, it was said to be an incredibly hard dungeon, and people who had defeated the final boss could be counted on one hand. Due to this, not much was known about the dungeon boss, as everyone who had defeated the boss was some talent from somewhere much more important, and did not realease any information about it. Anyone else who attempted it had died.
Of course - if Dorian felt it was doable - he would attempt the boss. Dungeons were interesting things, you can only go in once. So if you leave early you lose the opportunity to go further. That was why most went with parties, as it would usually allow you to go further than you could bye yourself.
Dorian was not going with a party for two reasons, the first: he didn't think it would be much help. He didn't really need healing, healers would accelerate his natural healing. But his healing at this point was so fast it wouldn't make much of a difference. His [Self-Heal] even without his Bloodline was only a bit weaker than healing from healers, Dorian felt that a party wouldn't allow him to go much further than he would be able to by himself. Ah, who am I kidding? It's all because of the second reason: I'm too anti-social to try and gather a party.