10 Dangerous pets and dangerous talk (1/2)
Dan decided to go to the blacksmith's and give Jim his leather pants for improvement.
Jim agreed to do the job quickly. Dan came out of the blacksmith shop and had already reached the well, and noticed how satisfied the players entered the gate.
Nick was carrying something in the sack behind his back. He was smiling. It was unusual. Nick rarely smiled. He always had a serious look on his face. He wasn't grumbling, he wasn't scolding, and he didn't look displeased. He was serious about the new cruel world. He was a little older than Gandalf, or better yet, he looked a little older than a young magician.
Gandalf immediately ran towards the donjon. Now there will be a magician in the clan!
Dan was surprised not to see John, suddenly a voice behind his back said:
\”Hello, Inquisition.\”
Turning around like a cat, Dan hit the place where the voice was heard. And almost fell when his blow fell into the void.
\”You look nervous, Dan.\”
\”John?\”
\”Yeah.\”
There's a pretty smiling John on the left side of Dan out of nowhere. He winked:
\”Invisibility is a great skill. The assassin was a very interesting class.\”
\”Don't do that again, please. I didn't notice anything. And you saw my reaction. I could have hurt you.\”
\”I'm sorry. Dan, but you couldn't hurt me. I have the skills to dismiss. And with invisibility, it's easy. I was moving slowly, which is why you didn't see me. If I moved fast, I could see the silhouette, like in the Predator movie. But it's nothing! You should have seen what Nick is doing in the woods in disguise. Rustling leaves, squeaking trees and you can walk past him, and you won't even notice a thing.\”
\”How did you get off, was the hunt good?\”
\”It turned out well. Gandalf got a level 10 on the little pigs. Velida will be pleased. When the little deer were killed, our magician threw up a couple of times, but that's not critical,\” said Nick.
He carefully put the sack on the rock of the yard. And he smiled again:
\”Even with a special purchase came back, the hunting went well.\”
The sack started to move and either yawned or squeaked. With interest, Dan whistled surprisingly. The bag had two bald little dogs of dirty grey color in it.
\”Under the invisibility and disguise, the wolves were taken,\” said proudly John. \”We're with the pets now.\”
Dan held out his hand and stroked the other little wolf puppies, then he opened up a description of one of them:
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Teen-wolf
Master: Nick [Phoenix Clan]
Type: Pet
Strength: 1
Subtlety: 1
Intellect: 1
Build: 1
*
It's funny, it turns out you can have pets here. By stroking the puppy on the head, he pulled the skin out of his jaws. Hmm, and the teeth are as decent as a good dog's.
Suddenly, a message from the system opened up:
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[Cognition of Evil +1
Warning! There's a monster in front of you.
Class: Werewolf.
Description: Most living creatures consider magic to be good, and they are right in many ways. But sometimes there are places in nature where magic is too much, and then it becomes evil. Magic changes and twists the essence of creatures living in such places, magic generates monsters. And this wolf was born in such a place.
You must destroy this creature before it turns into a monster or leaves it at the mercy of fate.
But remember that you could have prevented trouble and done nothing. That burden will be with you all your life.
Activate combat mode? Yes/No]
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The little wolf scared yawned and pulled away from Dan's hands.
\”Dan, what's wrong with you? Quiet, Kill, uncle didn't hurt you on purpose.\”
Nick started stroking his pet and calming him down.
\”John, did you kill their mother?\” Dan asked with alarm in his voice.
\”The mother and a couple of wolves with her. They're our pets now. The system said to finally tame the pet, he had to be fed meat and given a name. Now we'll boil the meat, and our babies will have new parents. Yes, Scout?\”
John's hands were gently rubbing the second wolf.
\”Feed the meat,\” repeated quietly by Dan.
The brain refused to calculate his options.
To do what? He was no longer surprised by the system's tricks. The question is, can you raise a monster here that's loyal to his masters?
Nick noticed his slow and tense state, and he was wary, too.
\”Dan, what's wrong?\”
\”How can I explain this,\” the brain was struggling to get out of its stupor. \”You don't have a wolf.\”
\”Do you mean to say...\”
\”John, Nick is not a wolf! It's a werewolf.\”
They stood there and kept quiet.
The game came with a new surprise. Dan wasn't the only one so lucky.
The guys picked up their pets and took them to the castle.
Dan went to the blacksmiths to get Jim to an important clan meeting.
Michael gathered everyone in the throne room. They had to talk seriously about the trick pets.
The puppies were laid out on the table, and they, wary of the stone surface, crawled closer to their 'masters'.
Players sat on the sides of the table. Interestingly, Michael did not sit on the throne. But it was the leader who started the discussion of the important topic:
\”We will all hear the story from the beginning. John, make sure you tell us exactly what the system wrote about them.\”
\”We found a lair of wolves. They were ordinary wolves. Level 3, no problem for us. Gandalf took his level 10. Then, Nick saw the little wolves. We took the wolves in our arms. And right away, a message came out from a system that suggested we take them as pets. There was nothing wrong with the description, not a word about werewolves. We made it our wish to have pets. I got a new window with instructions on how to tame them. We have 12 hours to get them to a safe area with a renaissance point where we have to feed them ourselves. Then we'll be able to link them to the rebirth point. There was also a line marked with the exclamation mark that it's better to start feeding them with meat. Raw meat or boiled meat that was not specified. The first five levels of pets only grow from the feed. Then they'll get at least 50% of the experience we've gained. There was no information about skills or class bonuses. That's all.\”
Michael looked over with Alexander and started his story:
\”Now I'll tell you something. The clan made the quest when Dan killed the werewolf. But it wasn't a real werewolf, it was a player at the beginning of his game. Of all of us, only I and Alexander saw the real Werewolf.
A Werewolf is a creature with dark-colored wool, larger than a normal wolf by three or even four times. I can't say for sure because we were sitting on tree ten yards above the ground at that moment. We were lucky, maybe the werewolf had a mind, realized he couldn't reach us and left.
It's also known that the Werewolf took out the local medicine woman. According to the villagers, the attack was in the evening, the people just rushed to their homes. The werewolf jumped a 5-yard (4.57 m) high barrier, killed the medicine woman in a couple of moments and disappeared with her body, jumped over the barrier again.
And now we will think carefully about what kind of power the creature should have to quickly jump 5 yards high, and at the same time to keep the body of his victim in his teeth. Whatever you think, say it.\”
Dan immediately thought about killing these puppies while he could. If the monsters grow up and gain strength, they could attack. Then, their resurrection will turn into a real hell, given the player's weakness in the resurrection.
\”Dan, do you have any more information?\” asked Alexander.
\”It's strange that at least this message has come up. I have a condition of upgrading the 'The Cognition of Evil' skill to fight monsters. To say more about monsters, I have to upgrade the skill before I have only one point. Just a warning and came out.\”