Quantum Leap - Vol. 11 Camp Salvation - New Vagabond Army

C010 Boss Of Flaming Arrows Goes For An Unforgettable Trip

The Barbarians had used both their swords and axes to battle as they used their swords to parry the attack and used their axes for assault and vice versa. The demons had no chance to know where the attacks would land and even though the demons are able to deploy their frost and fire attacks on the melee combatants, it was all futile since our swordsman and barbarians all had at least 80% or more resistance to such attacks.

The battle for the Swordsman and Barbarians took a bit longer than usual since they are pitting their skills against 160 of those incoming marauders. Each one took turns to shout 'Fear Me' and some other spells that kept the enemies at bay. They coordinate so well during their practice before lunch and deployed them effectively during the party raids.

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"Hoo Hoo Hoo...that was pretty fun guys...!!! You really had made significant progress when faced with 160 enemies than normal. How was your levelling up so far?"

"Sir JL, after that single wave, we managed to bring it up to Level 8 since we had practised it earlier. The shout spells are very good..! Coupled with the new attacks and our physical attacks, we had managed to make a combo for each of us based on our convenience. Thank you so much for parting us the skills. We never knew it would be useful in battles for these spells."

A few adventurers heard about spells and were wondering what kind of Swordsman is The New Vagabond Army trying to raise because sorcery and swordsmanship would only weaken a swordman to half of its attribute. But these swordsman and barbarians were happy when they exit the teleport and even being congratulated by some of the captains.

I spent a few gold coins and had ales passed around the adventurers as we take a short 15-minute break before we entered the party raid once again. To an adventurer who was watching from the area, it was quite boring since we kept emerging and entering again for 3 consecutive battles. It goes on for 5 waves and we had gone through 15 battles in large scale party raids based on demons of Level 71 to 80.

The money that we had gained totalled up to 660 gold coins and we all had our lunch there that consists of fried rice with salted fish and braised pork while some took braised chicken or duck. The balance was being distributed to the adventurers and they received 7 gold pieces each after paying for their lunches.

A small price to pay just to gain experience levels. The chosen spoils of war that ended in my inventory automatically from their battles would soon be turned to useable equipment later in the fusion chamber. Other spoils were being distributed towards their contribution and turned to shillings instead.

"Robyn, have you disposed of the armour and weapons that you had fused before from the Orcs? Go ahead and do it if you had not done so," suggested Stef as she knew that I had turned almost 380 pieces of junk into 190 pieces of Orc Enchanted Weapons and Armors that humans can't wield.

I heeded Stef's suggestions and went to the Blacksmith who was selling his wares outsides to dispose of them.

"Hello there, kind Smithy. How much would you accept these Orc Class Enchanted weapons and armour," I said as I pulled out a circular shield with serrated sharp edges and an eye drawn in the centre of it.

"If it is broken it cost 5 shillings, and if it perfect, it would cost up between 5 to 10 gold pieces and this shield....this shield...where did you get this? It's perfect...not even a scratch...!!! I would buy every single piece of weapon and armour that you have for 8 pieces of gold. Would that be alright for you, young adventurer?" he said as he took the shield from me and scrutinised it.

"My dear smithy, do you intend to sell it back to the Orcs or what?" I inquired as I might be afraid that these pieces of armour would be recycled to the Orcs and make them formidable after it was fused.

"No, No No...we do not have an alliance with the Orcs at all. But we have an alliance with the Dwarves and Elves which are our allies and they might want to take a look at these pieces. Even if these are Orc Class weapons and armours, in the hands of a mythical Forger, it could be turned into a Dwarven or Elven Class. No worries, 8 gold pieces for your trouble, young adventurer."

"Please open up your trade commlink, I will show you the 9 types of armour and 8 types of weapons for you to view." I casually said as I opened up my own trade commlink and places all the weapons and armour into each slot and the blacksmith was wide-eyed when he saw my whole collection of Orc equipment.

"Are you a blacksmith or a forger, son? How would you manage to lay your hands on these weapons and armour in your possession and all these are Enchanted with a mix of 3 to 5 sockets? These are considered as Epic Class and even I shamelessly announce to you a price that was lower. But it is alright with you? 8 gold per piece for bulk purchases?"

"Actually, I'm both a blacksmith and forger but hadn't had time to forge anything except for my weapons and armour. Now I'm using a fusion chamber and I fused 2 identical items to make 1 single item of its class. With my skills alone, I could turn ordinary weapons to Rare Class and armour to Epic Class."

"Wow...!! You managed to do that with just a fusion chamber? No other blacksmiths are known to perform that unless they had been at it for 10 years at fusing them successfully. That's great to know another blacksmith who is a swordsman, a Bowman also. Haha, ha...alright trade commlink initiated, I'm offering you 8 gold pieces for 190 types of weapons and 190 types of armour. That'll be 3,040 gold coins, Sir Robyn."

"Trade established and confirmed. Thank you for your business, Mr Smithy. We will be in touch with you soon for more trade opportunities." I said and shook the hands of the Smithy and he acknowledges at how strong our grips we're even though I look kind of frail at that moment.

I went back to Matilda and the others and Stef asked, "So how was it? Did you dispose of those useless weapons and armour?"

"I sold off everything that I had fused for 8 gold each and had gotten 3,040 for everything."

"Wow...even the junk that you had made useful can be turned into money." Jean Lethal remarked in amazement at how I could be able to turn almost anything into profit.

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The lieutenant of the Flaming Arrows was collecting the data on the announcements for the party raids across the board. He noted that The New Vagabond Army had notched all the Top 5 positions for the small and medium party raids and Top 10 for the large party raids and unranked in upsize ones.

He came back with the timing of each completion and handed the report back to the leader of Flaming Arrows whose hands were shaking when he held the report in his hands.

"It is the Vagabonds again, this time with the whole crew...!! I was told the leader was into trading and why are they entering the party raids and making a name for themselves. They are now in the Top 5 for small and medium party raids and even ranked as Top 10 for the large ones. They have not made a move for the upsize ones I guess."

"That's right Leader, they are climbing up as we speak and they seemed nonchalant as they walked out from the portal and picked another one and entered once again. I heard they are trying to accomplish 15 battles today before dinner time and then heads back for a night party raid again."

"Let's prepare to meet them right after they finished their 15 party raids, we are stuck with our own and our dear friends just waltzed through one another as if it's a playing field for them. What secrets do they have since they had hidden their stats from the public eye."

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"We are sure going against those Level 81 to 100 right now, Boss? Does our guys ready for it...?"

"Don't worry, its a coordinated offensive manoeuvre so no one gets hurt in any way. We have our own battle formations and we just maintain it and adjust accordingly when the need arises. At this stage, we would be able to finish off these high-level demons and even though it make take quite a while, it's worth it. Let's make these demons trickle their way through."

I said confidently and discussed with the Assassins for the course of actions and also the Mages, Druids and Necromancer that would be putting up some type of maze wall with some spikes along with it that looked similar to a pinball machine.

The Assassins would take each side in the left and the right and employ their attacks once a few demons had passed their way. Those that barges indirectly would be dealt with Patriot Arrows and finished off by the swordsman and barbarians that are flanking at the sides.

I drew the plan up and told everyone to stand their ground and within earshot since the barbarian and swordsman would be using shout spells intermittently. As for the 3 of us, we would be playing hide and seek and hit them straight on once they had passed a certain distance. 30 juggernaut walls would be built accordingly and replaced once their time had been used up.

As I was discussing with the captains and sergeants, Boss Hugo from the Flaming Arrows came up.

"My God, old friend... It has been some time since we have met. How are you and your little army going on? Oh... I see a map and a battle strategy here."

"Oh hello, Boss Hugo, it been a long time too. How was your party raid that you had since you last told me that it was a stalemate before? What level are those demons?"

"It's a boss raid, Robyn, my friend. A party raid is almost nothing, you see. Which level are you going up against? I am stuck with Level 90 boss and had no idea on how to defeat them. No matter how many I've sent, they got defeated and sent to respawn."

"Oh, that's too bad, Boss Hugo... We are going up against Level 81 to 100 large army this time means there would be more than 160 enemies. Here, you may take a look at the battle strategy I had planned for this attack based on 3 types of battle scenarios, open field, cavern type and urban areas."

Hugo of the Flaming Arrows looked on and was unable to comprehend a lot of drawings and Arrows with lots of 'X' on the map itself and just nodded in a sort of false comprehension not to make him look like a fool. A fool he was since he was reading the map upside down. HAHAHAHHA.

"If I may implore, Robyn my friend, could I participate as an observer so at least I could think of a way in how to clear away that stalemate and proceed on? I am unable to move from that boss raid at all in my current state. There's no way for me to remove the current status and to go back to other boss raids unless we had successfully conquered it."

I looked at the captains and they all nodded." All right, just as an observer and be at the most rear end. You may use your GoPro to capture the events and playback for the rest of your captains and lieutenants to follow through next time. There are 3 party raids in succession and it would be over within a window period of 45 mins for the battles."

"Ready when you are, Robyn, my friend..." Hugo replied as he adjusted his GoPro camera on both his helm and his body armour to capture the events that would happen very soon.