Gallus spoke,“So tell me again what this is Ocellus.”
All of them were standing in a large white room; around them floated numerous items. Spears, swords, axes, bows, shields, hammers,staffs, magic wands, there were even some strange looking guns. Each item had a name and a small description underneath.
Ocellus looked at Gallus and answered, “It's the character creation of Sabied.” She smiled happily, “Oh, I wonder what I should be.” She kept looking back between guardian and magician.
Sandbar was looking at a set of two short swords. He looked at the name below and read it out-loud, “Mercenary, type shadow warrior, specialty: dual-wielding short swords and hired warrior. Player is able to dual-wield any short sword and once a day can be hired for a player set price by any nation. Number of mercenaries in game........Whoa! Five thousand and two!” He was surprised by the number of players.
Ocellus explained, “Yeah, there are a lot of players here in Equestria and in the Equestria Princess Twilight visited some time ago,” She paused a moment as she stared at the magician wand, “Okay, I am going with magician.” She tapped her hoof on the image and her body started to glow.
Smolder commented, “I'm still surprised all of us were selected to be part of the first thousand players to receive the game and the equipment needed to play for free,” The dragoness focused her gaze on the sword, “Hmm, guess I'll be a sword master.”
Yona spoke, “Yona still surprised,” She looked at the image of a giant shield, “Yona will be guardian.”
Gallus was deciding either to be a mage or an archer. He figured since Ocellus was going to a magician; and the others were picking characters that could only do close combat. He nodded and spoke, “I'm going with Bowslinger.”
Silverstream laughed a little before she spoke, “This is so exciting,” She looked at the image of the spear and continued, “I'm going to be a spear master.”
The character selection screen then vanished and in front of them a huge map screen was displayed. The saw various images displayed on the map. Sandbar asked, “What's this?”
Ocellus had just reading the description and answered, “It looks like each of us can join one of the six ruling clans.”
Smolder asked, “Ruling clans?”
Ocellus answered, “The thunderhammers rule the mountain zone, the spell callers rule the grasslands, the mad swords of madness and the monster breakers seem to be waring over the ocean and volcanic zones. The city seems to be ruled by three clans. The spear rangers, the break knuckles, and the mighty shields. The swamp appears to be in control of the maniacs.......wow that is a lot of clans.”
As they looked over the map; Yona noticed a huge gray area in the middle of the map. She asked, “What's that area?”
Ocellus looked at the part and read the description, “Neutral area. A place for solo player or players who cannot decide on a clan to join,” She tapped her hoof on it and a second screen appear, “Huh, get this guys there's only one player there.”
Down in the neutral area three large sheep grazed in the grass area of the neutral zone. A loud explosion echoed from the forest around them. The looked up and then started running away from the sound. From the woods a cloaked figure sprinted out; it was followed by a huge fiery explosion. Soon after a group of four spell callers appeared.
One of them shouted, “Again!”
The aimed their wands and and staffs at the player and launched a series of fire volley attacks at them. Yet, again another huge explosion erupted; but when the smoke cleared there was no player there.
The leader of the hunting part shouted, “Where did he go!?”
It was then the player they were hunting appeared directly behind him. By the time he noticed it was already too late. A series of screams then echoed throughout the area. The player is shown closing an inventory window.
He commented with a laugh, “Yet, another failed hunting mission for the Spell callers,” He looked up at the sky smiling, “And now I've got another.” It was then the sky above turned a solid white; it was followed by six beams rushing down, “New players,” He smiled wickedly, “Kickin.” He began running to the spawn point.
When the light dimmed Ocellus opened her eyes. All of them were in the middle of a huge and very beautiful forest. She looked at her character; she chose a changeling base for her avatar. It was dressed in robes that were worn by young magicians in training. She then looked at the others.
Each of them chose avatars that mirrored their species. Yonas' avatar had on a basic tunic and carried a large wood shield. Gallus's avatar was equipped with a recurve bow and outfitted with a tunic as well. Sandbar's had chosen mercenary; his avatar was equipped with heavy robes and a bandana. Smolder's wore light chain-mail armor and was equipped with a standard sword. Silverstream's avatar was also dressed in chain-mail but her weapon was a standard spear.
They looked at one another and commented on how the other looked. They were unaware of another player aiming his arrow at their mercenary. The player slowly pulled back on the string. When the player had the arrow drawn back to just past his ear. Something struck them hard in their chest; causing them to fall out of the tree and land hard on the ground. The character vanished a few seconds later.
The other player was revealed to be the one who took out the spell callers. He shook his head as he commented, “Your clan has now resorted to new player killing,” He sighed as he collected the items that were dropped, “That is low even for a clan half full of slashers.”
He looked up at the tree limb where the other player was and jumped up. He could see a group of six new players. He commented, “Equestrians, interesting. You hardly see any of them in this game.” he watched as they were suddenly attacked by three large forest snakes. He laughed a little, “Already attacked by the games poison monsters,” He broke a smaller limb off and began to use his sharpen skill, “Might as well give them a hand.”
Gallus was thrown back hard by the snake. It hissed loudly at him; spraying his character with a small amount of poison. The gryphon looked at his health bar it dropped from half; to the critical. He brought up his bow. But, one of the other snakes had used its tail to smack it out of his talons.
Smolder noticed her friend in danger and shouted, “Gallus, get out of there!”
The snake hissed loudly and lunged at him. All he could do was bring up his two front talons in a weak defense against the attack. Just before the snakes attack hit; it was suddenly struck by a small dart. It hissed in pain as it disappeared in a series of colorful cubes.
A voice spoke, “Backup's here!” They looked and saw a human character running towards them. It was a male with the name “Tog” floating just above his head. The player stopped beside Gallus and touched his characters shoulder. He then said, “Full health!”
Gallus watched as his health was suddenly fully restored. Before he could thank him; the player suddenly picked up his bow and fired an arrow at one of the other snakes. When the arrow struck the snake it reeled back and hissed loudly. The player dropped the bow and sprinted towards the snake. What the group saw next completely stopped them in awe. The player jumped grabbed one of the large fangs in the snakes mouth and broke it off. He then used it as a knife and landed three hard slashes on the snakes underbelly.
Tog then turned and looked at the other snake; he brought his arm back and shouted, “Eat it!” He threw the fang and it struck the third snake directly in the head. Both snakes hissed before disappearing. When the snakes were gone; everyone except for Tog had an alert pop up.
Sandbar commented, “Hey, I'm level three!”
Silverstream spoke, “Hey, same here!”
Yona added, “Yak, also level three!”
Tog spoke, “All of you are now level three,” They looked and he continued, “Nice to meet y'all. The names Tog. Tog the moron.”
Each of them laughed at his name as Ocellus asked, “Tog the moron? Why would you call yourself a moron?”
He answered, “Cause I can.”
The bluntness of the answer stopped their train of thoughts for a moment. He named his character “Tog the moron” just because he could. They heard him speak again, “So, A earth pony, dragon, hypogriff, gryphon, yak, and a changeling. Interesting; rarely see any of you in this game.”
They then watched as he brought up a window; he tapped a few buttons. Seconds later all of them had an alert appear in front of them. He had sent them all a friend request. They smiled and accepted the request; before they each sent one of their own to him and each other.
He smiled and said, “Also, here's something from me to all of you.”
Once more another alert message appeared in front of them. When they opened it; they saw that he had sent each of them thirty health potions and a map of the entire zone. He managed to stun them again.
Silverstream asked, “You're letting us have these?”
Tog answered, “Yeah I am. I don't need them.”
Smolder asked, “Hey, you can see our levels but I can't see yours. Why is that?”
He answered, “Oh, dumb game mechanic the developers put in. You can't see another players level if they are higher than you. But, high level players can see your numbers.”
Ocellus began to think. They were level three and he was a higher level. That meant they had to raise their level. She looked at the map he had given them; she saw areas that had various images around them. But, there was one area that really caught her attention. It appeared to be a dungeon; but it had a red skull and crossbones over it.
She asked him, “Why is this image over that dungeon?”
He answered, “Oh that. That's the dungeon of the shocker. A giant eel,” He chuckled a little, “If you're thinking on taking that on. All of you are out of luck. The developers put a level requirement on all their dungeons. For that one you need to be level thirty.” He heard each of them groan in annoyance. He quickly added, “But, there is a way all of you can get into the dungeon.”
Yona asked, “How?”
He explained, “There is a way to bypass the requirement mechanic. If we form a party; I can accept the quest. It will keep you all out of the dungeon as I enter,” He then opened his inventory and brought out a scroll, “But, if you use the rally party command. I can warp all of you into the dungeon with me.”
Gallus smiled and turned in the direction of the dungeon, “Well what are we waiting for. Let's go!”
Before he could step one more step; his tail was suddenly grabbed and he was pulled back. Tog spoke, “Hold on there bird boy. Like all good things it's got a huge drawback.”
Gallus asked, “And what would that be?”
Tog answered, “When I do use rally the party to get you all inside' it will glitch the game for a few seconds,” He heard each of them groan and sigh, “But, thankfully it does not last long. Plus I can make it end instantly.”
Ocellus asked, “How?”
Tog answered, “I'll tell you all when we get there.”
They nodded before they started to head towards the dungeon. They walked through the forest; admiring the attention to detail. The flowers that grew at the bases of the trees; the sun making the dew on some of the leaves shimmer like gems. They even saw a couple of cute monsters. Although they helped them gain new skills; Ocellus had a hard time taking down a two tailed kitten. She really wanted to cuddle the cute thing. But, when it tried to claw her eyes out. It really left her with no other option.
As the group walked Gallus asked, “Tog?”
Tog responded, “What's up.”
Gallus asked, “Why are you helping us?” It caused to others to look at him before he continued, “I'm not saying that I'm not thankful for your help. I mean all of us are happy to know you're helping us. But, why are you help us? Why are you helping a bunch of new players?”
He answered, “I'm a RPG OG.”
Smolder asked, “A what?”
He explained, “I'm a player that would rather help others out so that they can enjoy the game more,” He began to climb over some downed trees. He looked down inside the trunk of one, “Hey that's a big one,” He reached down and pulled out a large grub worm. It was about the size of puppy, “Alright, into the inventory you go,” He placed the bug in his inventory before helping the others up. He then continued where he left off, “There are two many slashers in here and before you ask; slashers are players that just kill other players for fun.”
They grimaced at the thought. How could players have fun just simply killing other players. As the party continued on; they eventually reached the entrance of the dungeon. It was a large cave covered with a red skull and crossbones. But, for Tog it looked just like a normal cave.
Sandbar asked, “So how are you going to get us in?”
Tog turned just as an alert flashed in front of all of them. It was a form party invite; which they accepted. He nodded before saying, “Okay, this next part is gonna get a little weird. For a moment you will all be logged out. But, you will not be able to move. Don't panic when you're out there it will be over before you know it.”
They nodded and he turned and entered the dungeon. They watched as he disappeared into the darkness of the cave. Then in a flash; all of them were back inside of The tree house of harmony. Ocellus tried to speak but what Tog said was true; she couldn't move. None of them could move. She grew anxious; her heart rate went up. Then in an instant they were all back in the game and inside the cave. Each of them were breathing heavily.
Tog apologized, “Sorry bout that,” They looked at him, “Told y'all it would be a second; turned out to last a little longer than that. All of you okay?”
They each nodded before they slowly stood up. He then lead them into the dungeon. The cave was filled with many dangers. High level cave monsters; that attacked them at random. Hazards such as stalactites that would drop from the ceiling. Random pitfall traps opening up beneath their feet. No wonder this dungeon was off limits to low level players. They eventually reached two large double doors.
Tog brought up his hand and the group stopped. He turned and looked at them and spoke, “Alright through here is the boss. If any of you fight this boss; it will instant kill you. But, that's why I'm here.” He smiled as he opened his inventory and took out three huge golden orbs. He handed one to Ocellus and the other to Smolder.
Ocellus asked, “What are these?”
Tog answered, “A surprise,” He held the third one before he continued, “When I give the word; I want you both to crush them. At the same time I will crush this one and I will use this,” He brought out a strange looking knife. Before they could ask he said, “Alright, lets get funky.”
He laughed as he kicked open the door. The group slowly entered when they were about halfway in; the doors slammed shut. It was then the room began to fill with water. A loud roar echoed through the room. And, from the water a giant eel appeared. It roared loudly as electricity pulsed through its body. The group-except for Tog- took a defensive stance. Tog only smiled as he waited for the eel to rush him. He did not need to wait long. The boss attack it's fangs barred and sparking with an electrical attack.
Tog then spoke, “You're done.” He lifted up the knife and the moment the creature made contact with the weapon. It stopped and disappeared in a series of colorful lights. To say the others were stunned was an understatement. He then turned and yelled, “Crush the orbs now!”
Both Smolder and Ocellus did as instructed. Quickly crushing the orbs causing golden dust to surround the party. Tog crushed his only to bring up his weapon; The golden dust was absorbed by the weapon. The knife started to glow a golden hue; he then turned and threw the knife at them. It absorbed the dust just before it suddenly exploded. The group screamed in fear as a bright light surrounded all of them. When the light dimmed all of them were back outside. They looked around clearly confused.
Tog spoke, “Well, what do all of you think?”
Yona turned to answer him. Only this time she saw the number “9999” next to his name. She commented, “Hey, I can see your level.” The others looked and were shocked to learn that they could also see it.
Tog couldn't help but smile as he motioned for each of them to look at each other. They did only to yell out in surprise; all of them also had the number beside their name. They were at a complete lose for words. Awhile ago they were only in the single digit levels. Now they were in the four digit's.
Ocellus asked, “How is?”
Tog answered before she could finish, “All three of those orbs were Odama EXP orbs,” They looked at him and he continued, “When you crush them you get a huge experience boost. I also used the power knife. It take any exp earned and triples it. But, since I didn't gain any experience I sent all of it into the blade.”
Silverstream spoke, “So when you threw it at us.”
He nodded and continued, “All of you received the Experience that I would have gotten. But, since I'm already at Max level.”
He stopped as all of them continued to stare at him. He wanted to see their reactions; he then brought up his hands and covered his ears. Just as ll of them shouted, “WHAT!” He started laughing as the news sunk in.
All of them started looking through their characters skills and stats. They were all amazed; not only had their characters gone up to the max level. But, so did their stats and their abilities. Ocellus asked, “How did I learn all these spells.”
Tog answered, “I used an Odama skill, weapon, armor, magic, and ability orb to boost all of your stats. Some words of advice don't use the auto skill point assign feature. Do it yourself; That way you can bring out the best in your character.”
They nodded and started to do just that. It took all of them a little over an hour to assign their stat points. When they were done all of them smiled happily as they closed their stat menus and finalized their level. They looked at each other and smiled happily.
Tog waved at them before saying, “Hey follow me real quick.” He started running to the northern section of the zone.
They followed through the woods all the way to what appeared to be an abandon factory. It looked old and really worn down from the outside. But, inside everything was shiny and new. All of them looked around amazed at how the building looked.
Tog spoke, “Welcome to home,” He turned and looked at them, “Feel free to make yourselves at home.”
They looked at each other and smiled before spreading out throughout the building. Tog could hear them all talking; amazed at how his home looked. He smiled while shaking his head before taking a seat on one of the many couches. He sighed as he got comfortable.
Ocellus appeared next to him and asked, “How did you find this place?”
He answered, “Found it the first time I logged in,” He had a small flashback as he remembered it, “Found it completely by accident to be precise,” He pointed towards one of the windows on the ceiling, “Fell right through that one right there.” He laughed a little more. It was then all of them started to hear music play from one of the upper levels.
When the group reached the area; They saw both Silverstream and Yona trying to shut off the box the music was coming from. Tog couldn't help but laugh as he walked over and tapped the side. The music stopped instantly.
Yona apologized, “We are so sorry. We didn't mean.”
Tog brought up his hand and waved it off, “It's okay,” He laughed a little before he continued, “You actually played my favorite song.”
Silverstream asked, “What kind of song was that?”
Before he could answer a voice from the outside called out, “Tog!” All of them stood still as the voice continued, “Tog the moron we've come for you!”
Before any of them could do or say anything he motioned for them to wait here. They watched as he made his way to the entrance. The group made their way to one of the upper level and looked out. They saw Tog standing in front of a group of five. They all appeared to be from the same clan; given by the armor they wore. They also saw their levels; two of them were level thirty. One was level forty and another was level fifty. The leader of the group was level sixty. They could see them talking.
Gallus spoke, “I wish we could hear what they are saying.”
Ocellus gasped as she suddenly remembered a spell she recently learned. She brought out her wand and said, “Won meht reah su tel!”
They heard Tog's voice, “And, again I told your clan leader I'm not interested in joining any clans.”
They heard a female voice reply, “But, think about this offer. Slammer is willing to give you full freedom to do whatever you want with the clan. She's even willing to give you full access to the clans treasure. On top of that you'll get.”
He interrupted her, “Still I stand where I stand,” There was a temporary pause, “Really surrounding me. Didn't all of you learn the last time.”
It showed Tog now surrounded by the hunting team. He looked at them completely unimpressed. He heard The leader speak again, “Sorry, Tog. This time we are to bring you back with or without your cooperation,” She readied her war hammer. “So, I ask out of respect.”
Suddenly multiple explosions went off around them, The two lower level players were taken out in the blasts. While the others were pushed back. The leader stared at Tog in anger; she wondered how in the world he managed to pull off that surprise attack. She got her answer when six other characters appeared beside him. She looked at their levels and her eyes widened in horror. She couldn't see their levels.
“No way.”
They were then taken out by a huge fireball; their character all but vaporized instantly. The only thing that remained were their weapons, items and armor. Tog chuckled as he looked at Ocellus and complemented her, “Nice blitz fireball spell.”
Ocellus replied, “Thanks.”
After collecting the loot they returned to the inside of the base. And rested inside the main room. As they rested Tog asked, “Hey, y'all.” They looked at him and he continued, “I know a lot has happened for y'all's first day in the game. But, if you all are willing to hear me out; I got an idea,” He watched as they focused on him. He then continued, “For awhile I've been all of the clans Top Prize. I've been hunted, bribed, ambushed, you name it. It's all happened. But, now this is a rather unique situation.”
Sandbar asked, “How do you mean?”
tog explained, “Well for a long time I was the only player who not only lived in the neutral zone. But, I was also the only max level. Now with all of you and my home being the only building here,” He paused a moment before he finished, “I'd like to start a clan with all of you.”
They looked at him and then at each other. Only to reply all at once, “We're in.”
He smiled and replied, “Happy to hear it.” He then asked, “Well then,” He sent an invitation to start a clan to all of them, “What shall we call ourselves?”
They looked at one another again; it didn't take them long to decide on a name. Sandbar asked him, “Hey, Tog we have a story for you. You wanna hear it?”
He replied, “Sure.”
It showed the outside of the base; the in game sun was starting to set and it's moon was starting to rise. It was then a small image appeared just above the base. The image was a flag; that had a large crystal tree in the middle of it. Above the flag there were words that showed the clans name
“The Harmony Guild”
Author's Note
Chapter 1 hope anyone who reads this enjoys. before it's asked. yes, I did get some inspiration from I don't want to get hurt so I'll max out my defense. the song used in the story belongs to soul coughing. let me know what yall think in the reviews and don't forget to hit the like button
Chapter 2 Bruce the hungry
The young six smiled happily as they logged into the game; for a moment they were surrounded by nothing but a white void. Only to have it quickly change to the inside of their guild inside the game. They looked around and smiled.
Gallus called out, “Tog, you here?!” He was answered with silence, “Tog?”
Silverstream looked around noticing a letter icon on one of the couches. She spoke, “Hey, look. He left a note.”
They gathered around the note as she tapped on the icon. It opened revealing the message, “Hey, guys. I'm gonna be in the desert area of the neutral zone for a little while. Don't come out my way I'll meet up with y'all in the city. Before any of you ask why there; I need all of you to head there. While all of you were out I asked a blacksmith in town to make all of you new weapons and armor.” they looked at each other and smiled in excitement as Silverstream finished reading the message, “I'll see you there.....Tog The Moron.”
All of them laughed as she put away the message. Ocellus pulled up her map and marked the city in the zone. Sandbar spoke, “This is gonna be so cool.”
They nodded in agreement and started making their way to the city. They walked through the forest; encountering and easily defeating the monsters that lived there. To say they liked the idea of being immortal in game was a huge understatement. Any monster that attacked them stood no chance against them. Gallus would one shot them with his bow. Sandbar would hack and slash through hordes like they were water. Ocellus had already came up with various spell chains and combos. Yona, she was pretty much a walking train. Anything that stood in front of her was launched into the air or through a tree. Smolder was pretty much the more effective version of Sandbar. Silverstream, if the game had a way to make kabobs out of monsters. She would be a monster chef.
Eventually they reached the city; it was filled with players from the clans. They could see them staring at them. Whispering things about them; Sandbar could hear exactly what they were saying. Thanks to the max eavesdrop skill he had acquired. He heard “We gotta report this.” “The capture team was right. There are other maxed ones.”. He shook his head clear of the thoughts and the party continued walking to the blacksmith shop.
Ocellus spoke, “I think that's it on the left.”
They all looked and saw a shop with a flag that had a hammer and anvil. They made their way to the shop and entered; hearing a bell as they opened the door. They noticed all of the various weapons and armors. Two other players walked out; both of them human players with dragon avatars.
One of them greeted, “Hello.”
The other followed, “Welcome to our shop.”
They noticed the two and walked towards them. The one who spoke first recognized them immediately and said, “Ah, so you are the ones' Tog mentioned.”
Ocellus nodded and replied, “Yes,” She continued, “Tog said that he had asked you to make us some weapons and armor.”
The other nodded, “Yep,” Both of them smiled and spoke at once, “But, all of you have to get us the last bit of material that we need.”
All of them responded, “Huh?”
Both players giggled a little as they began to explain. Unaware to the group; there was a player just outside the shop listening in on their conversation with the twins. They had their fingers on the door; using their eavesdrop skill to gather information. When they heard the group walking to the door. They retreated to a nearby ally and watched as the group left the shop. A message icon appeared in front of them.
It read “Report!”
They typed, “The new max's are on the move. They are heading to that dungeon with the 9990 level requirement..” They waited patiently for a message to arrive. They didn't have to wait long; the only problem was it read, “NO PEEKING IT'S RUDE!” The image of a spell then appeared in front of them.
The player only had time to say, “Oh, S-!” The player was then taken out by a magical explosion.
In a field close to the town; Tog walked out of a Maniac clan's tent. He had already taken out their recon party and had intercepted their message. He smiled as he collected the loot he earned. A voice then called out to him, “Did you really have to do this to me again?!”
He looked over at the flag pole; at the top of it was a player who was hanging by their feet. He laughed a little as he replied, “Hey, just remember you got it easy. I ate the leader of your group.”
The player responded, “True, but you know I don't like this.”
Tog replied, “I know. That's what makes this so funny,”He then picked up a random rock; using his sharpen skill. He fashioned it into a small stone dagger. With the weapon in hand he aimed it at the player on the flag pole. He then said, “Just because I'm feeling generous; where do you want it?”
The player sighed before answering, “Can you-.” The player yelled out in pain as the dagger stabbed into the avatars groin.
Tog laughed as the player disappeared and headed for the respawn area of their clan. He then opened his inventory and brought out his eye-mirror. He gazed into the glass and saw his friends making their way to the dungeon. He smiled as memories of his first time in that dungeon came flooding back. After a good while of reminiscing of the old times; an alert popped up on his HUD. It caused him to sighed.
He whined, “Again.”
The group stood calmly at the entrance of the dungeon; It looked almost like the dungeon they explored yesterday with Tog. It appeared like a regular old cave but they did not know what was in store for them inside. They looked at one another and nodded before they entered the cave. At first they just walked down a long dark passage-way. That was before they each felt water at their feet.
Sandbar asked, “Is this dungeon filled with water?”
Ocellus suddenly chanted a spell, “Yaw ruo thgil esaelp.” An orb of light appeared above her forehead. It glowed a magnificent blue light; which illuminated the dungeon they were in. It allowed them to see the standing water on the floor of the cave. She replied, “Yes,” They looked further down the path; noticing that the water appeared to get deeper. She then continued, “Yes, this dungeon is filled.”
Gallus suddenly shouted as he slipped on a part of the floor that was covered in slick algae. The others couldn't help but laugh at his misfortune; as he glared at all of them and finished the sentence, “With......water.” He spat some of the water that had managed to get into his mouth.
The group continued down the passage-way eventually reaching the first room of the dungeon. Ocellus called them, “Okay, everyone, gather round.” The each formed a small circle. Smolder opened her inventory and took out a blank map. She asked, “Is this going to work Ocellus?”
She answered, “Possibly,” She looked at Gallus and Sandbar and asked them, “Do you think you two can keep us covered?” They nodded and readied their weapons.
Ocellus then held her left hoof over the map and began to chant a spell. She repeated five times, “Su stiawa taht drawer eht dna ssob eht ot su deal. Noegnud siht fo pam a su dliub.”
The map glowed brightly and after the end of the fifth chant. It stopped glowing; allowing Smolder to grab hold of it again. She smiled before saying happily, “It worked!” She showed all of them. It was now a completed map of the entire dungeon.
It showed everything the dungeon had hidden inside of it. It had ten common treasures, five rare treasures, six unique and mystery treasures, and the boss room held the best prize of all. The O.O.A.K. Treasure. (One.Of.A.Kind.). They looked at each other and smiled before they got into formation. Yona and Silverstream lead the team. Gallus, Sandbar, and Smolder surrounded Ocellus; while she placed protective spells around them.
Yona yelled out as she charged forward at a group of monsters'. The moment she made contact with them they disappeared. For, the first few floors Yona lead the way; she was pretty much an indestructible battering ram. The others couldn't help but laugh as the monsters were sent flying. Sometimes they would be knocked to the ground and she would trample them; those that still had H.P. Were taken out by the remainder of the group who protected Ocellus.
Silverstream suddenly shouted, “Yona, let me up front!”
Yona nodded and switched with her. Silverstream held her spear tightly as she charged forward at the next group of monsters. She smiled as the tip of her spear glowed a bright yellow. Then, in a flasher her character sprinted forward. The creatures were impaled and driven into each other; just before she hit the wall at the end. She had not only impaled them but crushed them. She then saw what appeared to be a giant piranha swimming towards her. It lept at her teeth barred and ready to tear her to pieces. Only to be stuck to the wall by one of Gallu's arrows.
She turned and thanked him, “Thanks Gallus.”
He nodded as the group continued deeper into the dungeon. They eventually reached the boss room. They stood calmly at the entrance; their health was full and they still had plenty of potions. They looked at one another. Nodding before they pushed open the door; only to have water suddenly rush out of the room. They were overtaken by the surge; it scattered them about before it pulled them into the room. They floated in a pitch black void. There was no noise or light. Then, in a flash of mixed color the boss shot right by them. It was a shark made of crystals; above it's head floated it's name. “Bruce, The Hungry”.
Ocellus yelled, “Get close to me now!”
The group did as she instructed and when they were close enough. She shouted, “Won us dnefed dleihs ythgim!” The shark lunged at them only to crash right into a force shield. She shouted, “Eof ythgim ruo nwod ekirts dna yawa erif smaeb lacigam!” From her wand seven magical orbs appeared and began to circle them. As the boss circled around the orbs fired magical beams at it. Three of them missed but the others made contact. It roared out as half of it's health was taken out. The crystals on it's dorsal fin began to glow. Only to have multiple crystals fire out and at them. The crystals hit the shield; causing multiple cracks to appear on it.
Gallus drew back his bowstring and aimed an arrow at it. He then asked, “Ocellus, wanna try that combo we talked about on the way here?”
She nodded and instructed, “Smolder, Sandbar, Silverstream, get your weapons ready!” The nodded and readied themselves as Gallus began to charge up his shot. Ocellus chanted, “Sroirraw derehtet! Traeh eht ekirts dna hgourht ecreip! Worra lacigam eurt ylf!” The shield then dropped and Gallus sent the arrow. In a bright flash the three were sent into the arrow. The boss turned and lunged at them again; but as the arrow was half way to him. It burst open and the three delivered critical hits to it. It roared loudly before it faded away in a burst of colors.
They smiled happily as they regrouped only to cover their eyes as they were surrounded by a bright light. After a few seconds they opened their eyes and saw that the room they were in was a beautiful underwater crystal room. The crystal shimmered like stars in a night sky. Various cave dwelling fishes swam around them. Their scales shimmering in the light as they swam close to the crystals. As the group marveled at the beauty of the room. They noticed something at the bottom of the cave. It was a huge crystal formation and in the center of it was a large chest. They swam down towards it and opened it.
A hunting group cried out as they were crushed beneath a massive tree. Tog yelled, “TIMBER!” He listened as his voice echoed through the forest. After a moment he began to think before he asked himself, “Was I supposed to yell that before I cut the tree down?” He thought a little bit more before he continued, “But, if I yelled it before I cut down the tree. I would alert the hunters after me,” He paused a moment before shaking his head, “No, no, It's after. After feels right.” He nodded just before receiving a message alert. He opened it.
It read “Tog, we just got our gear! You need to come see us now! We look amazing!......Silverstream.” He rolled his eyes as he commented, “How many times do I have to tell her to not use her real name.”
He chuckled a little at her newness to the rules of MMO's. He then pulled out a scroll and lit it on fire. In a flash of flames he was teleported into the shop. He could hear the twins comment, “We knew he was going to do that! We hate it when he does that!” He couldn't help but laugh as the flames died down. He asked as he turned, “So how did it go?” He got his answer when he saw how they looked.
Gallus now wore mythril clothing and a death shadow robe. Smolder was equipped with crystal armor and was armed with a diamond sword. Sandbar wore ghosts robes and the nightfall cloak. Yona was equipped with the memories of the berserker's. A shield made of diamond and spiked dangerously. The armor she wore was the heaven and earth set. A powerful armor for those specializing as a great shielder. Silverstream was equipped with the chain-male of the old world and the spear of agut. And, Ocellus she wore the magical robes of the enlightened and she was equipped with the prism crystal wand.
He smiled before he commented, “Now that suits y'all better than the starting gear.” He laughed a little as they smiled at him. He turned and looked at the twins, “Nice job as always twins.” He saw them glaring at him; he knew that glare. After all how many times did he burn a small part of their shop whenever he would use the flame teleport spell. Before they could say anything; he quickly got all of them out of the shop.
As they walked Sandbar commented, “Wow, all of us look nice in this gear.”
Tog laughed before correcting him, “No, no, no, Sandbar it is not nice. It's kickin.”
Sandbar looked at him slightly confused before he asked, “Kickin?”
Tog nodded as he explained, “Yeah, you know. Radical, groovy, far out, logic bustin the code.” The looks on their faces provided all the answers he needed. He commented before saying, “Gotta teach them the talk,” He then clarified, “It mean's you all look awesome.”
They all replied, “Oh,”
Ocellus then asked, “Then why didn't you just say that?”
He replied, “I did. I just said it in my own.”
A large tree then fell on top of them. It splintered and disappeared on impact; Tog already had his hand on his face. Before he yelled out, “Please, tell me you did not just use number five-hundred and seventy-seven on us!” He turned and looked and the others followed. Up on the ridge above was another hunting party. Most of it's members looked completely stunned; all except for the leader.
The leader of the group yelled down, “Hey, you started this!”
Tog yelled back, “Hammer DOW-nnnn, is that you?!”
It was silent for a moment before they heard a pathetic attempt to disguise a voice, “No!”
Tog yelled back, “Number eighty-eight! Start running!”
Hammer had a look of horror come upon his face. He then broke out into a full sprint as he shouted, “NO, NOT NUMBER EIGHTY-EIGHT AGAIN!”
The other hunters heard Tog yell, “THE REST OF YOU NUMBER TEN! AND, I KNOW HALF OF YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT! SO, YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO PREPARE THEM AGAIN!”
The remaining hunters screamed and took off running after their leader. Before Tog gave chase Silverstream asked, “Um, Tog what are you about to do.”
He answered, “I'm about to pull off a Scream and an Evil dead crossover. I really don't want any of you to see this; so please go back to base.”
He was about to jump up to the ridge but was stopped by Smolder. Before he could tell her to move; he caught the look in her eyes. They were mirrored by the others and he couldn't help but smile wickedly. Hammer ran as fast as he could; he heard the other screaming as their characters were killed. Many thoughts ran through his mind. But, the number one thought he had was getting the heck out of there. It was then his foot was caught by something slimy. He screamed as he was pulled the ground and pulled backwards. He cried out, begged, he even promised to never do anything like that again. But, his pleas fell on deaf ears as he was lifted up into the air. Only to come face to face with a monster made of black slime. He gazed into his deformed eye; it was almost like looking into a mirror.
He begged, “Please, don't.”
The monster spoke in a sickening voice, “Number eighty-eight 2.0!”
Before he could scream another tentacle was shoved all the way down his throat and out through the other side of his avatar. The monster then opened his mouth; revealing countless rows of sharp teeth. Like a corn on the cob the player was eaten. The creature only taking three bites before slamming him down onto the floor. Laughing as the player disappeared and was sent back to the respawn. The monster continued to laugh as a bright glow surrounded it. When the glow stopped it was revealed to be all of them standing on top of one another. Tog stood on top of the stack; all of them were laughing like maniacs. Before they fell on top of one another.
Tog laughed out, “That,” he had to stop a moment so that his character could breath; only to continue laughing some more, “had to be.....the best “bustin the code” moment every!”
Smolder nodded her head as she wiped away some virtual tears, “Ocellus, I cannot believe you came up with that!”
Gallus commented, “Yeah, who knew best in the class was so devious.”
Tog quickly spoke up, “Careful, Gallus, that can be easily taken the wrong way.”
Before Gallus could ask Silverstream spoke in a fit of laughter, “I can't believe that we could fit that many inside our mouth!” She then commented on the taste(-My friend IRL dared me to put this next part in...........yeah, he's the reason why we have this on the internet-) “That had to be the most sweetest tasting meat I ever had in my mouth!”
Tog went stone wall before saying, “You just doomed yourself!” Before he started rolling on the ground laughing.
The group looked at him in slight confusion. Before Ocellus added, “What do you mean? It was sweet; didn't we all get a taste of it?” They nodded.
Tog only continued to laugh as he said, “No, Ocellus don't you're gonna make it worse.”
Sandbar commented, “Well, in my opinion it did taste a little salty at the end,” He grimaced as he remembered the sudden taste of iron, “You guys don't think that stuff we swallowed.”
Tog suddenly pleaded, “STOP! STOP!” he continued to laugh uncontrollably before he begged some more, “PLEASE, NO MORE! DON'T TYPE ANYMORE! MY POOR LUNGS AND BRAIN CAN'T HANDLE IT!”
They all asked, “Handle what?!”
He quickly messaged all of them; by the time they were done reading the message all of them were as red as the apples professor Applejack grew. Tog continued to laugh; only to get dog-piled by all of them. They fought in a small cloud of dust only to stop when the realized that Tog was no where in that scrap.
He called out to them, “Hey guys,” The looked and saw him standing at the edge of a cliff, “You need to remember I'm!”
Gallus shot an arrow and all of them were sent inside of it. The moment it was just in front of Tog all of them burst from it. Each of them ready to grab hold of him. He couldn't help but smile as they all went over the side of the cliff.
He commented as they fell, “Now, they are learning.” He laughed like a mad man as they all fell down; only to land on and completely squash a small hunting party.
Author's Note
honest truth friend dared me to put that line in there.
