Kain Sigurd's Story

"AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Ark's heart ripping screams tore through the air as he was hit by a barrage of assaults. He dropped to his knees, clenching the earth beneath his fingers. he glared up with wild eyes. His vision was blurring, struggling from fading to darkness. This pain...it's real....this...it's all real?! I-I'm going to die! He looked up into the gleeful eyes of his assaulters as they were preparing for another round of attacks. Somewhere inside of him his fear turned into rage. He wouldn't die like this. No, he refused to die like this. Not at their mercy. He struggled to his feet. Forcing himself to stand on weak legs. "Do your worst you pitiful bastards! I'm not afraid of you! You think I fear death?! I piss on it!"

A silence fell over the group as if they were stunned by his words. They stared at him confused then again burst into laughter entertained by his final stand. He was the pitiful bastard barely able to stand let alone fight back. He felt like a fool. There was no way out. he was finished. Just as they were about to finish him off something binged loudly in his ears. A flat white screen appeared before him.



"What the?" A ray of hope being sent to him from the gods? Ark slammed his finger into accept and suddenly the world exploded. Several attacks hit the group from all sides. The guild members were being thrown to the ground and flung through the air in every which direction. Ark's eyes couldn't follow. Then a dark cloud shrouded them in darkness and lightening illuminated the field.

"Ark fell back and watched from the center in total awe. "The cavalry...have...arrived."

"Call me what you will but for the start of this version - I choose the title of death"
Claudette didn't expect the spell to come down but none the less found it to be lucky and undeniably a good timing. All of the members were in range and in a line of sight for her strike. Her eyes were slightly glowing due to the spell casted, her hand gripped the hilt of her katana as it was perched over her shoulder. Immediately wind seemed to conjure under her feet as she suddenly seemed to have began running only to nearly seem as if she disappeared.

Upon reappearing Claudette stopped and her blade was already nearly sheathed, yet once again, she positioned herself - Her ability was on cooldown and her SP was regenerating but she knew could naturally attack the other members easily. After finishing another couple with normal attacks, she once again dash striked barely gazing the guild leader leaving him alive and appearing a little ways away where her ability ended. It wasn't until now that Claudette herself very suprised not only by her speed but her reflexes to know when to pull her katana out. She looked back at the dead gang members who seemed to have died through the attacks yet only one remained. The lucky guild leader in which was only a hit a way from death. Her eyes scanned him before turning to the three players.

"They all have 10 minutes... It's not my call whether they live... but I'll leave them up to you."
Claudette said walking away towards the open field. She began to think of how lucky it was that the wizard was there other wise it may have taken a little bit of a beating if not death through waiting for the cooldown to end for her ability... and after using Dash Strike... at this level she doesn't have the SP to use Blink strike right after. Suddenly the thought came to her as she began slaying monsters. "Why were they after him in the first place...?". Only but a minute did that thought carry through her mind before claiming it was none of her business and she had to continue going back to what she lost.

As Claudette slain monsters she constantly collected drops and synthesised them increasing that as well. She knew she would have to level nearly everything at once to stay on her ground and like the beta crafting was one was way to rule the economy especially when you're a powerful character. There were many time's through this when Claudette began to think of how dangerous this game really was and in some battles actually came close to death. Yet none of that stopped her because at this point - Claudette knew she wanted out and would do anything to make that happen.

Something came to mind for Claudette while she was resting.

"What are some the player's doing about this?"

"Although I'm perfectly sane yet slightly scared, there are those who may and will die... Especially newbies... I'm also afraid for those younger then 15 playing this game, if they die..." Claudette said lightly in a worry. She had also thought of those who suicide or would try to see if this was a joke. Her thoughts twirled in her head until finally the guild and party ideas popped into her mind. She herself didn't care too much for them but in her own way she found it may be a good idea to go through this with someone if your new but some murderous guilds may be out there too..."

Gabriel played the support role in this battle, timing his magic with the attacks of the others to rack up as many chain combos as possible. The battle was short lived and soon Gabriel and his unexpected allies defeated all the enemies, but one. They decided to leave the guild leader alive to revive his dying comrades. It was a little cruel, but they got what they deserved in Gabriel's eyes. This wasn't just a game anymore. PVP and player killing held too many risks that didn't need to be taken.

As the battle winded down and things came to a hault Gabriel approached Ark to lend some aid.

"Are you alright?" he asked forgetting about his changed voice and appearance for the moment.

Ark stood up weakly. His strength was slowly returning along with his health that only moments ago was in the red zone. "Yes, thank you," he said all at once in one gasp. He was trembling the incident had him completely and utterly shaken. The young player realized that the entire time the battle was happening he was holding his breath. Ark turned away from the girl to the boy. "Thank you as well. I could feel the life leaving my body. I was really going to die." He had gone off on tangent not really speaking to his saviors anymore, but more to himself. Being out here was dangerous. There were MOBs out here that could attack them. Pain was real here. Death was real as well, not to mention that his fallen attackers were recovering. The message said there were about a hundred other members from his sister's guild stuck in the game. If that were true they were all still in the town, possibly making their way out here. Going back to the town wasn't an option. Since the other player who helped left, there were only three of them left. The odds of them winning were zero.

"Those people were apart of a pretty large guild and many more of them could be waiting in the town for us. Perhaps we should form a party and head to the next town together. If we're in a party we should gain exp points faster." he turned to Gabriel whose name he could see in the party menu. A males name? "You are the one who sent me the party request...so." he opened up the menu and found the other boy and sent him an invite to join their party. he began walking quickly urging the others to come along. He didn't want to get cornered again. "Thanks again for saving me."