Chapter 54 - Worgen and portals (1/2)
As the situation with Roberts came to a conclusion, Balthazar had nothing important to do. He went to his room and put himself in to the vita-nova pod. Though he had plans to meet old acquaintances of his past life who would be of help to him, he decided that it would be better to do sometime later.
The second he got into the game he got messages from a number of people. Merlin, Blue Dart and even Rudra. He also got a message from Robert to send him a friend request as he was unable to do so because he had blocked his friend request list.
Merlin wanted to talk to him about the goblin quest and Blue Dart about the new dungeon that was announced along with the completion of quest. There were also messages from Raging Blade and Quiet Fire inquiring about the same.
He quickly messaged both Blue Dart and Merlin that he was going to the enable the special dungeon within the hour. Most of the players have almost reached level 5. If he was any later, most of the players would probably start attacking him.
He had the special quest 'Hold back the wargs' given by the temple. He needed to complete it as soon as possible. He was just a little away from the level 5 due to the experience he received from crafting equipment. He had already received a decent amount of coins from his transactions with the Sirius Imperials and he brought a few basic supplies using the funds. He also went to the merchants to buy spices for his trip.
Vita-nova offered a wide variety of secondary occupations including cooking. Players could cook few dishes with herbs and meat from monsters which would provide buffs for small durations. Spices are usually used in cooking but sometimes these can also be used to throw off the scents of tracking pets or even stun monsters. As he was going to Blackrock hills on a solo mission, he decided to buy few just in case he needed it. They would definitely be useful against the wargs or any members which have a high sense of smell.
He quickly made his way to the blackrock hills. On the way, he found a few more wolves and blackrock wolves, and killed them finally allowing him to get the required experience to reach level 5. He also immediately allocated the free attribute points to vitality, strength and perception.
Character: Shadow Tyrant (Human)
Affiliated Village: Black Rock Village
Title: None
Job: Assassin
Level: 5
Exp: 5/2000
HP: 2200/2200; MP: 750/750;
Physical Attack: 80
Defense: 58; Attack Speed: 46; Movement Speed: 50; Willpower: 16; Balance: 26; Focus/Search: 32; Reflect: 1; Magic Resist: 9; Luck: *; Charm: *;
Attributes: Strength 40, Agility 35, Endurance 20, Intelligence 15, Vitality 30, Perception 16.
No Special Racial Attributes or weakness.
Free Attributes Points: 0
Within 20 minutes, he managed to cross the river and get to the place where he had first seen Elias Rotar. He had already marked the location of the cave where he fought alongside Elias on his map. So, he slowly made his way to the cave.
As he reached the cave, he saw that the entrance to the cave was larger than he remembered. It was not the same as he had left it. There was a wooden cabin by the entrance. There were also signs of explosions and battle. There were quite a few blackrock wolves patrolling at the cave's entrance.
”Blackrock wolves patrolling the entrance. This is worse than I expected it to be,” thought Balthazar. He had half a mind to contact Merlin and others for help but decided against it. He went into stealth to observe the patterns of the blackrock wolves but couldn't find any opportunity to attack them individually.
Without the option he usually preferred, he could only try and observe the area in stealth if he could get any advantage from the surroundings. He went into the cave but then suddenly he received a notification that he couldn't without alerting the wolves.
To avoid a fight went back to the cave entrance and towards the cabin. He saw a worgen in the cabin though the window. It was clear that another worgen had come to the blackrock hills from the portal which he thought was destroyed.
[Althus] (Worgen swordsman)
Level 5;
HP: 3000;
The worgen had a couple of swords strapped on his back and he seems to be interrogating some one who wore the robes of the temple priests. There was also a green dot above it indicating that it is a friendly NPC character. ”Must be one of the members sent by the temple,” thought Balthazar.
[Rickard Holt - emissary of the temple] (Paladin elite)
Level 5:
HP: 2360.
The NPC was obviously injured and bleeding with its right arm broken. The worgen was kicking the tied-up NPC further while fiddling with its sword. After a few moments, the worgen stopped kicking the NPC, walked out of the cabin and into the cave.
Quest updated: Hold back the wargs: Save Rickard Holt and help him finish his mission.
”This is probably my chance to enter the cabin,” thought Balthazar as he made his way to the door. But the door was locked. Luckily, he had learned the lockpick skill which still allowed him to enter without being detected. It was a simple lock and his five years of experience made it rather easy for him to open the door.
As soon as he closed the door, he got out of stealth and the NPC on the floor turn his head to look at him. ”Who are you?” it asked as it noticed that Shadow Tyrant wasn't the worgen.
”Emissary Holt, I was sent here by the temple to check up on you and your team. You haven't reported back to the temple and they wanted to make sure that there were no issues with establishing the teleportation point,” replied Shadow Tyrant as he leaned forward towards the emissary and untied him.
Holt pulled himself up and leaned against a wall and asked ”You an adventurer? I have never seen you before at the temple.”
”Yes, I was sent by the deacon to find out about your situation and assist you in case you need any support.”
”Ah! I failed the temple today. Our company was ambushed by the worgens. There were four of them and 7 of us. They waited till we made the cabin to serve as our temporary base and attacked as we were about establish a teleportation point. Though they ambushed us the warlock and elementalist managed to kill them while giving up their own lives. May the lords have mercy on them.”
”May the lords have mercy on them. Did their sacrifice manage to save the mission? What happened to the teleportation point?”
”Alas! That would be impossible without them. I am a paladin by profession. Even though I can perform a few holy spells, setting up a teleportation point by without them, isn't possible. Unless we get a teleportation disc, it is not possible to complete our mission.”