Quantum Leap - Vol. 10 Overpowered Awesomeness

C025 YOUR MOMMA - A New War Cry..!!!

I opened up the door, and was hoping to get an Epic level this time. But a Rare Class is better than nothing. After I had fused the dagger, I went to the Blacksmithing Area and performed Blade Washing on it.

After 30 minutes, the dagger shone in it's murderous intent gleam and as I turned the knife in my hand, it was as though the dagger had 2 blades instead of one.

*DING* Blade Washing Success. Rare Class Level 8 Steel Dagger 3 sockets attained.

"Ehhh...where did that annoucenebt come from? Normally it does not even have an announcement when I done blade washing previously in Japan and for Vendetta and Heaven and Earth Splitting Divine Sword."

"Must be a system upgrade that I never knew off..." I said to myself as I logged off and went back to the real world and joined the rest.

"Look at what I had achieved. I turned these 2 daggers into one after I refined them using steel plate and it turned to be Rare Class Level 8 with 3 sockets...!!"

"Wow...this dagger is beautiful...! It's even better than I bought and picked from the spoils. Will, could you come here for a minute? Sir Robyn, the silly ring leader boy had upgraded your dagger." Matilda called out to Will.I.Am using her favourite description on me.

"Sir Robyn, that's a magnificent dagger...its 100 times better than the dagger that you passed me before. It's sharpness is like a razor blade...What is the name if this dagger since everyone had gotten theirs?"

"It's called Razortooth because it looked like a tooth to me, or a slanted dagger like those karambit or Assassin used."

"I like that name, Sir Robyn...Razortooth...I'm your new owner now."

=*=

A group of young adventures came along, seeking fame and fortune as they approach the leader of The Flaming Arrows and asked if they would be able to accept new recruits such as them. These group of young adventurers were a mix of swordsman, archers and berserker and they were already battle-hardened and wished to join a band since they felt confident enough.

"Leader, a group of adventurers wished to join us and they make up mainly of swordsman, archers and berserker and they seemed quite alright with us with their enhanced armour and weapons. Some of them even had Level 1 refinements done in their weapons as well." a young lieutenant approached the leader of The Flaming Arrows.

The rate of fallen heroes is much more than the rate of recruitment that they had engaged in the past few days as the failed party raid had left them with a nearly 50% loss of manpower. The death rate and their loss of weapons and armours were too much to be accounted and as soon as they died, the Leader disbanded them so they would not leech the experience points while waiting to respawn.

"Arrrrrgghh... What good are they right now? Don't they know what we are going through now? Countless good men had fallen through the attacks of these demons from Hades and their common-looking weapons are just too much even for the Epic armour of the Heavy class...!!"

"Those young adventurers were better equipped with accessories that can be stacked and their stats are much better than the rest of our fallen heroes. I could see that the accessories there wore were Epic Steel classes and their stats had risen to 1.5 multipliers across the board."

"Bring them to me, and stay here by my side. I want to know where they get these accessories from." the Leader gestured his lieutenant off and he fetched the group of young adventurers to be present before the former.

"I heard you wanted to join our band and getting yourself killed?" the leader spoke up the moment the group of 7 adventurers were brought in front of him.

"Not getting killed, sir... But to kill off those monsters with your help." said a young berserker.

"My help? What makes you think you would be getting my help? The only help you could get is to send you straight to your respawn point in 6 hours time. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

"We are not trying to be of any impudence to your intelligence, sir... But what do you mean? You're grinding against monsters for experience points and spoils at the moment, right?" said an archer.

"It's not MONSTERS but DEMONS... get it straight through your thick skulls, you numbnuts crackheads...!!" hollered the Leader as his eyes burned with rage or alcohol as he downed his can of chilled beer.

"Aren't they the same vile creatures that we had been slaying all the time?" asked a swordsman.

"It's not as easy as you think, swordsman. Monsters are a one time kill and they don't pose too much threat. DEMONS on the other hand, even at their lowest level had skin as thick as obsidian armour, formidable Common class looking weapons and their stats would be at least 2k across the board."

"We had lost a lot of good men and we won't know how to get out of this mess right now. Once we had committed to a party raid, its ain't over till the fat lady sings. And I don't even see any fat lady around here, do you?

"Party raid, not the usual grinding of monsters? Then, it would be our fault if we died if we come unprepared and with these stackable accessories, our stat points are already close to 2k without the multiplier from our weapons and armour. Combined it would be at least 2.5k across the board." explained another berserker.

"2.5k across the board by using stackable accessories? Come here, I'd like to take a closer look at you." the leader if The Flaming Arrows gestured the berserker to move forward and to see what kind of accessories that he mentioned and had no known knowledge about until now.

The berserker moved forward and held out his ears that were adorned with 6 pair earrings, then he showed his fingers and toes (he was wearing leather sandals at that time) and showed 16 steel rings in both his fingers and toes.

He jiggled his wrists and ankles and there were 3 bracelets and anklets on each arm and feet. He craned his neck and beneath his armour was 3 sets of amulets. "I've got 57 sockets altogether and they are imbued with a mythical gem called Stanspar and for example, I've already had a +342 across the board."

"I've heard the sales for poor quality gems such as rubies, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds would be up next and the trader is collecting orders as we speak right now."

"My Weapons and armours had sockets that could be filled with diamonds and this would gain another +34 for all Damage types and +40 for Attack Ratings and I have at least 20 sockets that I could fill with diamonds."

"What type of adventurer are you guys to be able to afford these upgrades and who is this trader?" Asked the leader with attention, not of the adventurers but the trader himself who peddles these exquisite accessories to these adventurers.

"Oh, we are called the fat and rich sonofabitches kids who came for the pay2win types which are currently funded by my fathers unlimited platinum credit card. The dealer is Matilda and Stef and the leader is the Band of Vagabonds whose intent is to make a fortune through trading alone."

"THE VAGABONDS...!!! Are you sure they are merchandisers and not into adventuring anymore? I've ever approached them to be under their second tier of the band but was flatly refused. No surprise they are into trading nowadays. And you bought these from them? And what else do they have to offer because the last time I heard it was some ginseng pills. How do I get in touch with them?"

"Yes, sir, its the Band of Vagabonds. Simple-minded, simple weapons and low-class armours. The sells Super Enhanced Ginseng Hee Ling Pills at 1 gold coin each and Spirulina Mana Replenishment Pills at 5 gold coins each. These accessories the earrings and rings cost 1 gold each, while the amulets sell for 3 gold and the bracelets and anklets sell for 5 gold each. They are all stackable but non-tradeable and non-exchangeable though."

Seeing an opportunity to grasp for himself and his lieutenants, the leader of the Flaming Arrows seized it and asked," What's in it for me and my lieutenants if we accept your request to join the band of The Flaming Arrows? Would you be able to empower us with the accessories that you had on you right now? It's only a small expense to pay am I right?"

For a moment there, the leader had shirked his promise to me that he should not abuse and bully others and yet, there he is again, doing the exact opposite thing that I hated most.

"No problem leader, just accept our request and we would provide you with 7 men if your choice with these hard to come by accessories." the young berserker said casually as if his father's credit card has no limit to charge real money for gold coins.

"Alright, send your invitations in and I'd accept. I'd choose myself and 6 other lieutenants for all those identical accessories that you have in me and my lieutenants. Is that a deal?"

"That's a well-done deal..." the young berserker replied as he sent his friends and his request to join the band and was quickly ratified and now they are lawfully the band members of The Flaming Arrows.

Soon, a proposition had been sent to me via Private Message requesting the following purchases: 84 earrings, 112 rings, 21 amulets, 42 bracelets and 42 anklets to be equipped with Stanspar jewels. He also made reservations for at least 200 poor quality diamonds.

That investment alone costs 5679 gold coins and I check his details and I am sure it came from some rich, fat sonofabitches kid that pay2win in this not so fancy pants medieval English fantasy game.

=*=

We had completed close to 90 days stay at our resort in SafeHaven and its tone for us to do some cleansing of the ground. Even if we do not have 636 men before us in the NVA, but we had a mix of 80 fresh adventurers that made up for several classes such as Amazonian Fighter, Barbarian, Necromancer, Swordsman, Mages, Assassin, Druid and Archer.

The Amazonian Fighter is a female warrior that arms herself with a Spear and a Bow and is considered as a versatile fighter. Barbarians are unequalled in close combat and is a mastery of weapons and go into a battle with no less than 2 weapons.

Necromancers have the ability to summon undead minions and raised the dead to go against the common enemies. Assassins are great at martial arts and are deadly with 2 daggers and a short sword.

The druid is a powerful force that controls nature and brings about raging storms and earth-shattering earthquakes and commands wild beasts to form attacks.

Under the wilful command of me in the front side and our 3 other captains alongside, we had a practise on the types of party raids that we would soon embark on in the future as we synchronised our attacks in such a way that the Level 70-80 Armed Skeletons with Rusty Swords, Halberds, Battle Axes and Spears from the Company of Verdicts, Tribe of the Slayer and Crew of Silence combined.

This battle is to be known as 'Battle of Vrod' between humans and the undead that had begun to invade the plains of Brotherton.

Gallant battle cries were heard from the battlegrounds as a combined synchronised effort was implemented and implemented as the Armed Skeletons were being roped in and surrounded from all angles without a chance to escape. Bombardment of fire bolts, blizzard, earth-shattering earthquakes, hordes of attacking beasts from all angles and fiery hail storms and arrows descended upon the armed skeletons.

"Burn...!!!"

"Let there be blood...!!!"

"We fight as one...!!!"

"Trample them beneath your feet...!!!"

"Leave nothing standing...!!!"

"Your momma...!!!" that's me screaming in joy as the numbers of earned skeletons were reduced and had no chance for them to respawn. We were clearly outnumbered by at least 65% but at least these new adventurers would get a taste of experience points way beyond their usual capabilities.