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Chuck gave Damian puppy eyes.
“Please i need this. My family is starving! I don't know what to d-” Chuck cut the dialogue short with a voice crack trying to really sell the act.
Damian put his hand on his shoulder
"Stop Making a fool of yourself in the presence of a noble.” Damian said with a stern look, he enjoyed playing with the feelings of as he would call them “lower beings”.
“I feel it's my duty to give back to the world, so I will help you. No, I will help your family." Damian said making sure he was loud enough to get many witnesses to use this as a bargaining chip to his family, for more power in it.
Chuck pretended to wipe away a tear, then took a deep breath in.
“Really!?Thank you so much!” Chuck said, practically hugging Damian’s leg.
Damian shook Chuck off his leg.
“No touching” he said in a low tone through his gritting teeth.
Chuck got the message, he let go of his leg and stood up.
They all walked over to the quest board and took the last boss quest.
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Damiens party and Chuck went to the forest and started hunting for monsters. Chuck learned a couple things while watching them kill monsters for the boss portal.
Damian is supposedly the leader when in reality he is just in charge. He is the son of the biggest shareholder in a company called {Phoenix Pharmaceuticals}. Meanwhile the one who was really the strongest is Joseph, he was the member of the group who did not attempt to dissuade Damian from taking the boss quest. Joseph was tall, and very well built to be honest he looked like a bodybuilder, he was also much more mature than the other members. Joseph had dark brown skin and short brown hair. He was also very pleasant to talk to, he was easy to get along with.
Which Chuck thought was dangerous. If he was going through with this he cant get attached to anyone let alone his targets.
The other member of the party’s name was Bradley, Bradley was the one who tried to dissuade Damian from taking the boss quest. He was pretty average looking, he had an average height, average face, and even average features; brown hair, brown eyes, moai-like face. Chuck almost felt bad for him. Chuck also got the vibe of the overall situation fo the party. It seemed like Damian, and Bradley were friends but Bradley also thought his friend was foolish and Bradley was much smarter than Damian, then again that wasn't saying much.
Joseph seemed to be some sort of body guard, he was much stronger than Damian and Bradley, but he was never acknowledged as stronger or the bodyguard. Which Chuck thought made sense, ‘im sure Damian wouldn't want Bradley to know, they were basically being baby sat’ Chuck thought.
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After the party racked up more and more kills Chuck was starting to get nervous, he knew his stats were far above average for this dungeon if he had to guess he would say he was just on the cusp of reaching (E) rank. Joseph being here changed everything though, Chuck could tell he was stronger than the other two but was he stronger than Chuck?
This also brought Chuck to the realization that he didn't have an active skill. Active skills will usually make up a majority of Awakends damaging capabilities.
Everyone gets their second skill at level 10, their first class skill which is almost always an active skill.
So even if his opponent was below his level, if they were above level 10, and had an active skill, was he really that much stronger than them?
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After another half an hour Damian killed the final monster they needed and a portal opened on top of the monsters corpse. It was like the one outside but it was much bigger and white.
“Well its that time guys, porter stay behind me you'll only be a burden” Damian said while looking at chuck and smiling like he was on top of the world.
“Don't worry about us just keep yourself safe Chuck” Joseph said while winking at him, Joseph was the only one who decided to memorize his name.
“Just at least stay out of the way” Bradley said, with a disgusted look on his face, he may have been smarter than Damian but he was still a prick.
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Damians party all entered the portal at the same time.
Upon entering Chuck was met with a large clearing of moss in a cave. In the center of the cave there was a giant hole with vines dangling over the sides, revealing the beautiful sun that blinded everyone as they walked into the center of the cave.
In the center there was a large puddle that was just under ankle depth.
“Its beautiful” Chuck and Joseph said simultaneously
“ Yeah-yeah, i think my garden is better” Damian said with an annoyed look.
“Where is the boss?” Bradley said, with a look of curiosity.
“It just takes a second, give it some time to wake up” Joseph said with a slight smile on his face with a hint of emotion in his eyes.
Chuck noticed this and shrugged it off as he imagined things.
‘He must just be excited to gain merit from Damians family or something stupid like that’
Just after that thought a giant horse sized wolf jumped down from the hole.
The boss of this dungeon was called Dire Wolf, the boss spawned in multiple different forms: speed, strength, endurance, magic.
The Dire Wolf that had spawned for this boss portal was strength. Chuck could tell because it had red undertones in its fur, and its claws were black, while every other form had silver claws.
Damian had already decided they would take a triangle formation and slowly close in on it surrounding it.
Damian, Joseph and Bradley all started closing in on the dire wolf.
The dire wolf was in the middle of the room standing in the puddle, it started growling as it was being cornered. It lashed out to the person on its right lunging at Joseph, biting on his leg and pulling it from under him and flinging him into the wall.
The dire wolf was pretty low ranking so it did not have the best intelligence but it could still tell that brute force was its only weapon against their sturdy armor.
Damian in a fit of range pushed forward and used a skill called heavy strike signifying that he was most likely a warrior.
The Dire wolf jumped back, Bradley still on the ground unconscious.
Joseph started inching forward and towards the dire wolf and raised his sword.
Chuck noticed Joseph was making his move and dashed towards Bradley. Damian noticed but it was too late Chuck had already made it to Bradley.
“Slit”
Everyone in the cave heard the noise of cutting flesh. Damian in a fit of rage started rushing towards Bradley but little did he know all of these thoughts took place in the matter of milliseconds. His body wasn't responding and he realized where the noise had come from when he could see his own legs, with a surplus of blood dripping down his body.
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Meanwhile
{Mission: Kill Opponent} X3
{Reward: Full Heal, and 1SP(Skill Point) X3
Chuck grabbed the only un armored part of Bradley's body, which was his head and slammed it into the wall, blood violently escaping from Bradleys nose, eyes, and ears.
{Bradley LVL: 6 Killed}
{Level 14, EXP 1382/265(Upgrading postponed)}
{Mission Complete: Gained 1SP and Full Heal} 1X
But before he could enjoy the addicting warmth he got from the kill, another system message popped up.
{Mission Failed} 1X
Turning around he saw Damians head rolling on the floor, his blood polluting the puddle that rested in the middle of the cave.
Joseph was standing above him with a crazed look, the same look Chuck had after his first kill. Pure Warm Pleasure. Those were the things he saw in Joseph's eyes as Joseph flung the blood from his sword.
He was like a predator who just ate a good meal.
“Well i didn't know there were two assassins sent.”
Joseph said with an amused grin on his face. Eyeing Chuck up and down.
“Yea you could say that again” Chuck said with a grin, trying to hide his fear from the beast in front of him. It wasn't that big of a dealt to kill Damian and a (E-) rank boss but both at the same time? Unscathed without a healing reward like Chuck.
Chuck really didn't want to fight Joseph, it was really a 50/50.
Without saying a word Joseph picked up Damians head and walked out of the portal.
Leaving Chuck by himself in front of the portal.
‘He could have killed me… i will kill him the next time i see him, my level of growth is faster than most, and i cant let people know my face.’ Chuck thought to himself while opening his status page.
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{Name = Chuck}
{Class = Murderer: ? EXP from monsters 15x EXP from humans. If someone tries to harm the murderer, the murderer will be prompted with a quest to kill the attacker.
Hunger for murder.}
{Blood Earing (Sealed: 10 kills required to unseal)}
{Rarity: Relic (hidden)}
{1st Effect: Sealed}
{2nd Effect: Sealed}
{3rd Effect: Sealed}
{+1 all stats every 2nd human killed - [Humans killed = 7] current modifier = +3 all stats}
{Level 15, EXP 1146/0} +2 unassigned stat points upon level up
{Unassigned stat points = 2}
{SP = 10}
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{Health = 130/130}
{Mana = 80/80}
{Stamina = 100/100}
{Strength = 23}
{Speed = 30}
{Intelligence = 10} 10 mana per INT point
{Dexterity = 12} 10 Stamina per DEX point
{Endurance = 30} 10 Health per END point
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{Skills}
{Unwavering Will: Murderer will not bat an eye at death, and has some mental resistance.}
{Weapon Bag: Murderer can at will store, and retrieve items from his Weapon Bag.}
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{Class Evolution Available to break lvl 15 cap}
There is a chance albeit small to evolve into a class upon reaching certain milestones. You still retain all of your skills and effects of your previous class.
Chuck was given one of two options.
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{Blood Fiend: Class Skill (Brutality: the more brutal your kills are the more EXP Blood Fiend gets}
{Mutation: Sharp Teeth( Closely resembles Shark teeth)}
{2X Bite Damage}
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{Hunter: Class Skill(Tracking: can mark someone(marked people leave glowing footprints everywhere they
go, only visible to hunter)
{Mutation: Untrackable(No fingerprints, hair disappears after leaving body. All traces of DNA vanish after a couple minutes)}
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Chuck had a huge decision ahead of him….
