The Strongest Wizard

Trouble?! NO SHIT...!!!

30th December 1018/2018 1402hrs

Right after we had signed the binding contract that signifies us as permanent members of the Guild, we sent them out to our Captain Guild Leader once we had signed them. From our system communicator, it seemed that she had received the binding contract that we had signed and sent to her.

We had successfully subdued the Bronze Sabre-Toothed Tiger at The Wintry Hills. The aggro bubble was quite large that it was unable to detect any of us when we started to nuke them from afar. It was like child's play to us, but it took nearly 2 hours to finally bring it down to its knees. When we finally subdued it, we discovered a lot of scrolls, credits and a treasure chest that was filled with ice crystals. We sent everything back to Tinkerbell and kept the credits for ourselves.

The same goes to The Bellowing Slopes, where we faced the Blazing Three Armed Monkey. The aggro bubble was smaller, and we too nuked the Boss from afar. However, this Boss was a close melee type and tried to confront us when it was being confronted.

We knew little about the third arm that was protruding from its chest. But when we finally discovered about it, Snowball nearly lost half of his HP when the arm extended out like a battering ram and catch hold and smash into Snowball's chest without warning.

*B A A A M M M*

Snowball did not manage to block but took the impact head-on.

*R E S U R R E C T*

Fortunately, Warpriestess was there to use a healing spell and immediately brought Snowball's HP to 95% level at the expense of 30% Mana from Warpriestess...!

*R I N G . O F . F I R E*

Puppetmaster used his all-time favourite spell to lasso the Boss down and secured it for 15 seconds at most. Since this was a long-range attack, Snowball, Shadowdancer, Crusader and I only defended the frontline in case the Boss manages to break through. We watched Puppetmaster, Magehunter and Dragonfire bombarded the Boss from afar.

*L I F E S T E A L*

Warpriestess cast a Lifesteal spell on the Boss from afar and used it to transfer 15 HP/second for 15 seconds to become Mana on herself.

*P I X I E . D U S T*

She would then cast Mana replenishment spells to those members that had been using Mana-exhausting ACTIVE skills to nuke the Boss.

Our tactics were fluid, and within 2 hours, we were able to bring down the Blazing Three Armed Monkey.

Everything was well coordinated, and by the end of the ordeal, we received nearly the same type of bounty and kept the credits for ourselves. We sent those scrolls and recipes back to Tinkerbell and finally realised why we were grinding these Bosses for.

One is for EXP, and another one was that our Captain Guild Leader requires those scrolls, and the only way to get them was through this method. Since the Boss respawn time was 2 hours, we dealt with the Bronze Sabre-Toothed Tiger first and then the Blazing 3 Armed Monkey alternately. It was like going through back and forth, but since we are dealing with a Level 50 Boss, we could just take our time dealing with it.

After going through some intervals, we decided to take a break and head back to the City. We had gathered quite a bountiful of credits already. If not for the confrontation with the Bosses, we would be picking at those rocks to gather more semi-precious topaz and white zirconia instead.

"Hahaha...We had levelled up to 27 already, mate. You are not doing too bad yourself there, Snowbunny. You are now already Level 22. Just 5 levels below us but it was such pity that our Captain Guild Leader is still Level 12...! She did say she would be going for a cavity press, but what's the hell for, anyway?" Crusader was highlighting to Snowbunny as he went through the spoils and handed the credits over to Snowball which he would distribute evenly with the 8 of them. It was a fair share, and it was better than nothing at all.

"Yup. At least I was much better than the first day that I had arrived. We had been at this for 8 hours, and I am beat...! Its either I eat here in this virtual world or head back home and get some grub. Anyone with me?" I called out as we trekked back to the City. Having meals here in The Lord Of The Red Dragon does have a substantial effect. The nutrient packs set on our gaming chairs would increase its dosage or flow into our system, making us have a feeling of fullness.

"Let's log out, but could we not use the tavern's facilities? Its such a waste of 400 credits just to book a room for us to log out and log in." Dragonfire highlighted, but she was immediately stared down since its a no-no to log off the MMORPG in some areas even though it is considered as a safe zone. Gamers could be looted once their bodies sprawled on the ground and they would lose everything. This MMORPG reflects the real world so carelessness would equal to monetary and equipment loss.

Dragonfire immediately covered her mouth after discovering her mistake. It would be better off wasting 400 credits than losing everything except for our undies in this MMORPG...!!!

"Hey, you...! Yes, you there. I am talking to the whole lot of you...! Stop right there...!" a sultry female voice sounded out in the distance as we were heading towards the gates of the Votrieburg City. We stopped, and we looked at the direction of the female voice and discovered that an MT was waving her hands in the air and gesturing at us. Behind the female MT was a group of adventurers as well, and it seemed that they were looking for trouble or was waiting for some trouble to come to them.

The ID above the female MT was 'Thrillseeker', and as a female MT, her suit of armour was well...a bit more revealing than male MT.

"Snowball, you go ahead and be our representative. See what she wants from us. If she wants info, we can sell it to her for like 100,000 credits if she is one of the pay2win types of gamers."

Snowbunny was prodding Snowball in front of our group by using his shield, and he reluctantly moved forward. Upon closer *I N S P E C T* we discovered that the female MT was Level 20 and the rest of the members behind her was Level 17 and 20.

"Say...Thrillseeker, what can we be of service?" Snowball asked and discovered that the group does not have a Guild yet, indicated by a parenthesis before their names.

"Are you from Silent Knight Guild?"

"Yes, we are...there's our ID on top of our heads here that indicates [SK] as our Guild Name. Is there any matter?"

"Actually, there is a serious matter to discuss right now. My name is Thrillseeker, and we are a group of free2play gamers. We comprise of many lone wolves that had gathered around from the other cities. We had gathered here since we heard that a particular Silverbane Workshop had made the first clear on the Hellish Mode of The Phoenix Delves at the Hamcona Timberland Forest. My members and I had been monitoring your workshop progress, and we are very piqued to be part of the Guild."

"We are all full-time gamers, here to seek glory and fame and on top of gaining credits. In that way, we may be able to pay off tuition fees, house mortgages, court fees, baby milk and diapers, and so on and so forth. In simpler terms, PLEASE BRING US TO YOUR LEADER."

When we heard the last sentence, we all laughed our heads off. The evaluation for the members would be up to our Captain Guild Leader. When Thrillseeker heard how long the salutations was for me, she can't help but laugh out again too. The rest of the members behind Thrillseeker was laughing out as well since this is the first time they heard a gamer with such a long nickname...!

"Well, we are on the way back to the City, and we could try to locate our Captain Guild Leader. She had been doing something for our benefits, and I guessed it would be best for you to talk to her personally. Let me send a message to her and see where she's at."

I offered Thrillseeker to send a message to our Captain Guild Leader and after sending the message, she did not reply back, and I guessed that she was kind of tied up at this moment.

"Yeah, message sent but not read yet. I guessed our Captain Guild Leader is busy as hell. Well, since you are meeting her, let us head to the Town Square and hang around a bit since we have some things to do first."

I beckoned for the new group to follow us, and when we moved towards the City gates, every gamer on the street was looking at us. I am the lowest Level MT, and the highest was our guys, of course, and yet we are leading a horde behind us that are higher level than myself.

"Here, we are at the usual meeting spot. The only thing left for us to do is to wait for our Captain Guild Leader and then we can have a discussion with us. Oh yeah, just to give you a heads up. Our Guild Hall would be ready by tomorrow, and it is going to be a perfect New Year's present for all of us here."

Just after I had finished speaking, I received a notification on my system communicator that our Captain Guild Leader would be arriving very soon. I highlighted to Thrillseeker, and she appreciated my thoughtfulness. Since we are all gathered in the Town Square, a lot of newbie gamers were also trying to be part of the group and join the first Guild as members.