Chapter 101 - Blazing Fury (1/2)

Now, that they have decided on what to do with the fort, Rudra already informed in the guild chat that it is best that they get out of the inner region as there is a high chance that if Shadow fails to complete his quest in the core region, the entire place might collapse.

Though it is a lie, it served the purpose of convincing the members of the guild quiet. It also would divert the suspicions of anyone in other guilds who would accidentally came to know about the unique weapons as no sane person would intentionally bury a place which could provide them with such good equipment.

He went back to the enclosure as he couldn't get out of the fort and carry on with the usual without fulfilling the heavenly oath and he had to wait for the four members of the guild to return before he did that.

”How long had it been since they went inside?” Shadow asked Merlin.

”Two of the four already failed the test and re-spawned at the city, the other two have been in there for more than four hours now. Wait for them here. I am going out,” said Merlin as he sent the names of the remaining two through personal chat.

”Now that quite a number of the guild members are in the city, I want to get out of the guild and create an adventurer team. So, need to get to the Adventurers Association to register,” said Merlin as he started to channel his hearthstone.

An adventurer group wasn't much different from a guild, both were almost the same and were a number of players helping one another in the game and both would also have a number of rules governing them. It also had a similar hierarchy to oversee the players, but the power held by the leaders in guilds differed from that of adventurer groups.

Players in adventurer teams had a lot less responsibilities to the group and don't usually have the stringent contracts that guilds require. The numbers are also usually smaller as these teams usually consist of a close-knit group of players of similar calibre. They don't have mass recruitments and large numbers like guilds. The adventurer teams also didn't require them to have to spend fixed number of hours in the game.

With everyone out of the core region only Balthazar remained in the enclosure waiting for the other two to get out of the test area. He had already put in a reminder in the game to inform his as soon as the two became available. If they get out of the test either by death or passing it, they would be online and available for communication.

As everyone left, Shadow too made his way out of the fort. He lied to those that were guarding the entrance to not enter inside as it was dangerous and that only he only came out as he had to collect something personally in the forest for his quest.

He was at level 11 right now and considered leveling up very important right now. Players from other guilds had already entered the city right now. The Crimson Realm guild had gained its prestige in entering the city first and was successful in getting more players than other guilds due to the use of the engineering tools, but this advantage would slowly start to diminish if they took it for granted.

Their advantage had already drawn the vigilance of the other guilds and many guilds who failed to get into the city the previous day were already paying extra attention as they were already left behind by the Crimson Realm on the first day. The shop at the Blackrock Town also had a good turnout and lot of sales during the day, which put the other guilds in much more stress and working hard.

Apart from the Crimson Realm guild, he had to make sure he was above the others in the game as he couldn't be playing the game full-time. He had to find out the threat to his life, so he couldn't waste anytime waiting for the others to come.

He made his way out of the fort into the jungle. The jungle was filled with a bunch of monsters which were at the same level as him. Moreover, the field about 15 min away from the fort were filled with white horn deer which were level 12 beasts. It was a good place to farm for him singly.

Though he was at level 11 right now, it was quite easy for him to hunt beasts that were even level 14. The only reason he didn't go deeper into the forest to do that was that it would take more time to come back to the fort, once the remaining of the two players were done with the test.

On his way out of the forest, he received a message from the system inviting him to join a newly formed adventurer team named 'Blazing Fury'. It was accompanied by a note from Merlin indicating that it was the team that he had created.

”Blazing Fury? Huh! Guess somethings don't change in this timeline,” thought Balthazar as he accepted the invite joining the group. As soon as he did another panel appeared beside the guild panel in his view. It was for the adventurer team and was quite similar to that of a guild.

Apart from the original seven a couple more were in the group who were unknown to him. Their names were Bitter Beast, Grenadier Mage and Psychotic Mob. They were a druid, an elementalist and a summoner. The list of the members in both the guild and the team panel showed him as a multi-faction entity.

Both Rudra and Merlin sent messages to him as soon as they have seen the same. Though they expected Shadow to stay in the Crimson Realm guild as a honorary elder, they didn't expect the game to have a feature that would actually allow such a thing. So, they immediately called him to find out.

”I just accepted his invite and forgot to remove myself from the guild,” answered Shadow feinting that he didn't know it was possible. After a couple more questions, they both accepted it. Rudra checked his settings and removed the tag from showing in the guild members list as many would have worries if a player is in multiple factions as it is constraint on loyalty. He also changed the contracts so that others may not use this trick.

”So, what is with the name?” Shadow called Merlin. ”I expected something indicating mages in the adventurer team name,” he said.

”I thought of Magus Magnum but was overruled by my cousin and others. She suggested the name which was accepted by the other,” replied Merlin sounding gloomy. ”Isn't mine a better name?” he asked hopefully.

”It would have been great, if the team was made of only mages like your first one was,” replied Shadow. ”But for this team, it is a bit ridiculous silly and sounds like the name of those a.d.u.l.t toys. So, really glad that your cousin has bit more naming sense that you.”

”Tcha! All of you are the same. Thinking of that thing as soon as hear the word 'Magnum'” replied Merlin as he cut the call.

Laughing at Merlin's crazy for mages, he made his way out of the forest to hunt the deer. It was easy prey for him and with his level below them, he got more experience. The passive effects of his new weapons were quite useful too. It was far easier to cripple the beasts.