All four of Ery's friends, including him, stared at the pitch-black hamr that had bent Thrax's tier two spear. The prospect of receiving a weapon that was on par with this hamr and tier two protective artifacts, which rendered Thrax's attack useless, surely sounded enticing. It was akin to buying a horse, but receiving a palace instead. However, offers like that were too good to be true, hence they were suspicious at the sa ti. Pledging themselves to the Kalios Faction? What did that entail from them?
Ery could see so of his friends, as well as the onlookers, were considering the offer. He was sure that, if the onlookers were given the chance, they would jump at the opportunity. On the contrary, Ery was self-assured that he wouldn't accept such offers.
First reason, he already had a tier three weapon, Granny's Moon Dagger, he would have the Apothecary Institute help once he received higher ranking of course. Moreover, his main advantage was Killgragah, who was waiting for him back in rock formation.
Eventually, he believed, he would have the items being offered by the Kalios. But what about his friends? He would have loved to win the Magus Gas with them on his side.
So far, what he knew was those who perford well in the gas would be guided by a powerful magus. But what about Cedric's warning and Rowe's ominous wordings? There should be sothing more that they weren't being let on. In the unlikely situation that they did win the Magus Gas, what would happen afterward?
Ery didn't have the answer. He needed more information. For now, his main concern was his four friends. Would they be tempted by the offer?
Thrax picked up the pitch-black hamr, and threw it back to Rowe. The heavy pitch-black hamr thud in front of Rowe who had his back turned against them. He said with full determination! I will never join you! Over my dead body!"
He spat on the ground and turned to the othershouting: "If you guys want to join them, do it! But if you do so, our brotherhood ends here!"
"Barbarian!" Julian roared suddenly.
"What?" Thrax retorted.
Julian stood up and gave a defiant smile. "That's one thing we can agree on. I am with you in this."
Chumo and Klea nodded to each other and all four of Ery's friends had the sa heart on this matter. Ery gave a smile that everyone was on board.
Julian continued, "There is your answer, Rowe. You'll never make us join you. Zuna, I think you've made the wrong choice, still in respect of our previous companionship, I hope you three get what you want. Let's go, everyone."
The group turned around and left, leaving a bewildered Rowe.
After Julian and Thrax received treatnt for their minor injuries in the Magus Hub, they continued with their original plan of finishing their task for Master Tahoggum. They went to one of the portals in the Magus Hub and made their way to the tree less hill, where they had found titanium.
As they went up the hill, Thrax who still hadn't cald down said: "Argh, those fuckers really irritate ."
"Don't worry about them. To tell you the truth, I prefer doing the tasks and the upcoming gas with just the five of us. Trust, after all, is the most important. Don't you agree?" Julian said, leading the way with his shield on guard against the occasional skyglazers that swooped down.
The rest of the group didn't say much. Although what he had said was half true in its own right, they were thinking about what they could accomplish with just the five of them. Participating in the gas without a full team would surely make things difficult. Especially if the ones participating were mostly people with tier three weapons and tier two protective artifacts, and rank 6 acolytes on top of it. They would be outnumbered, outgeared and outclassed.
Ery said: "Everyone, since we're aiming to win, after this task, I suggest we try digging for more information about the Magus Gas. What does it an for the winners, as well as what kinds of gas will be held. The more we know about it, the better we can prepare and the higher chance we will succeed."
"Agreed", all of Ery's friends answered simultaneously.
They had decided that each of them would find details about the upcoming Magus Gas from the magi in their respective institutes. Thrax in the Fire Institute, Julian in the Earth Institute, Chumo in the Darkness Institute, and Ery, mostly in the Apothecary Institute. Ery glanced at Klea, his expectations of her were the most since she was favored by a lot of people, including the magi in the institutes she was affiliated with.
Then he rembered Rowe's words regarding Klea. She was supposed to be in the elite class and she didn't deny it. It seed like she refused in order to stay with them. He thought about asking Klea what was this elite class, but since she hadn't ntioned anything, he figured it'd be better to wait until Klea opened up to them. Forcing soone to tell them sothing they didn't want to share felt hypocritical of him, since he had his own secrets as well.
Once they were at the first spot where they had mined the titanium, like they had expected, the dumas were no longer there. All that remained were countless bones reminiscent of the skyglazers.
After finding a huge clump of black rock, they did pretty much the sa strategy except with a few changes. Chumo and Klea were their main defenders this ti, since they both had the most effective ways to eliminate the enemies, while Ery was still the designated miner. Thrax and Julian alternated in helping Ery and defending. With their stronger weapons and the enhanced spells of Klea using the staff, they found it easier to kill the ugly skyglazer creatures.
Of course, once the carcasses of the skyglazers piled up, the dumas started arriving. The group tried different approaches in their attempt to eliminate these level 5 creatures.
Klea was the first to try out other spells. She used her three offensive spells which were naly: [Lightning Bolt - Tier 3 - Lightning Spell], [Windblade - Tier 3 - Wind Spell], [Aqua Lance - Tier 3 - Water Spell]. However, all the spells were only able to make the dumas wail in pain. They didn't die. Either they were weaker by a large margin or the gooey body provided a powerful resistance.
Since the others hadn't yet reached rank 6, they were only able to use tier 2 spells. Chumo only had [Shadow Step - Tier 1 - Darkness Spell] and [Hide in Shadow - Tier 2 - Darkness Spell]. He didn't have any offensive darkness spells.
Julian was a dual elent wielder, earth and fire respectively. He had [Stone Skin - Tier 1 - Earth Spell] and [Mudwall - Tier 2 - Earth Spell] both were defensive spells. For fire, he actually only had learned [Fire Flash - tier 1 - Fire Spell]. It was an attack spell and as its na indicated. It sparked fire from his hand for a split second, which was effective in surprising the enemy, however, it wasn't enough to injure anyone, much less the duma.
Everyone already knew Thrax's [Fire Infusion- Tier 2 - Fire Spell]. Previously, he had tried it and it didn't work. Still, Thrax asked for Ery's tier two sword and wanted to give it a go again. He had to ask since his tier two spear had been bent, so it was useless at the mont.
Thrax lit Ery's sword on fire and attacked the creature, but even though it was a tier two weapon, it didn't do much anything.
After a few encounters with these dumas, the group realized that the most dangerous thing about this level 5 creature was its shrieking attack. Like Thrax's experience, the noises these creatures made whenever a threat ca close were able to affect the mind, stunning them for a second.
Hence, they ca to a decision that close combat must be avoided unless they couldn't help it.
This ti was no different though. Thrax didn't seem to learn from his reckless attacks and ended up in the sa dangerous situation he had been. Chumo once again had to use his shadow steps and to pull Thrax away from the creatures.
When they landed however, the ground suddenly cracked and trembled, sending the two young lads down a large hole.
"Thrax! Chumo!" Klea shouted.
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Author Note:
Dear reader, I apologize for unable to do an extra chapter sooner. The first week of the month always difficult for and my work. I hope for your understanding and patience. Again thank you so much for your support. Much appreciated
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