Elemental Warriors Online

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Ben opened his eyes laying on an altar, it was cold to the touch around the edges where his hands were dangling off of, but right at the middle where his back touched it, there was an obvious warmth that soothed him. The painted ceiling above him was rife with scenes from the battle he saw with the horned man and his tamed beasts, it was depicted in such color and realism it looked like the painting had a life of it’s own. It was at that moment Ben could hear the sounds made by other players around him, the noises they created made is seem like he was right in the middle of a market or at rush hour traffic.

But underneath all that noise the steady pings of system messages and the chanting’s of priests and monks were interweaved into it. Ben noticed limestone pillars, at least he thought it was limestone. It seemed to be made of some sort of white polished material. It’s surface smooth and just like the ceilings carried depictions of stories. But these ones were from different parts of the horned mans life.

The entire setting of this place was rather gothic, so Ben deduced he was either in a church or temple. He felt the altar beneath him, it seems to be made of the same time type of material as the pillars, but for some reason it was extremely soothing and comfortable.

Ben got up from the altar as his gaze swept around the building. He was right about it being a temple. To his right were nine massive ten meter statues that stretched all the way to the top of the ceiling, which Ben noticed were quite far away. Yet he could see them almost as if they were right in front of his face.

This were probably the main Gods of the game, or at the very least the main gods of his national server. Though he wondered if any of them had any relationship with the Tamed beasts he saw at the beginning of the game. There was a flashing icon right in front of Ben, floating in the air. It was the symbol of a book with info written on top of it. Ben pressed the icon and a screen sprung into existence in front of him.

THE HEXAGON

CHAPTER NINE: UNDEAD RACES

PARAGRAPH SIXTEEN, LINE FOUR: VAMPIRES:

[The vampire race are the supreme rulers of the night and creatures of the edge. While vampires are mostly associated with evil due to their lust for blood and their weakness to the sun. They are not evil. The vampires much like any other race not demon like have a capacity for good and evil. But mostly vampires are known as the lost ones.]

[Born from the forced union of Oya the mother of life, death, childbirth and the wind and wife of Sango; the God of thunder and Lightning; by Ogun one of the war gods and a god of Iron. The vampires are a race in a constant battle with their self. Cursed by their own mother for her lack of a choice in birthing them and neglected and used by their father the vampires, had learn to live for themselves.]

[They deign attachments and emotions like love and family utterly useless and unwanted. They are cool headed and objective and only take decisions for their own gains. Vampires are one of the most powerful races on the moon continent. But they are and will be forever Alone.]

{Vladimir Aloysius Dracula III}

Ben suddenly felt that being a vampire seems to be more problematic than it was worth, he wondered if it was too late to reevaluate his choice as the backstory behind his chosen race ended with a rather depressing tone. Ben looked around and saw a lot of players making swiping gestures with their left hand. He did the same and a new screen popped up in front of him carrying the games menu interface.

[[MENU:]]

[STATUS]

[SKILLS]

[COMMUNITY]

[SETTINGS]

[ADMIN]

[LOG- OUT]

Most of the names listed could explain themselves. The community tab had a sub menu that listed a friend list, guild, party and enemies list. So in a way it took care of the communications aspects of the game. Ben opened the skill Menu, and its setup surprised him immensely.

[ACTIVE SKILLS:]

[PASSIVE SKILLS:]

[PET SKILLS:]

[PARTY SKILLS:]

[GUILD SKILLS:]

[COMPANY SKILLS:]

[FACTION SKILLS:]

[CREATED SKILLS:]

This was insane; In other games he had played Ben had never seen anything like company, faction, and created skills. Party and guild skills were in some games but were still a rare commodity, it seemed that hexagon were really willing to go beyond and above to give its players an entirely unique experience.

But Ben was most excited for the created skills tab, the very idea of him creating and having his own set of unique skills has now made this game a whole lot more unpredictable and enticing. Of course he was sure true developers would find a way to balance the whole thing out. General skills could be countered if other players already knew the process for the skill release.

This had made many games predictable and bland over the years, forcing a lot of players to rely mostly on normal attacks to stand a chance in a fight. But now with a personalized skill, even with the general skills available to every other player this would make battle more unpredictable and bring a degree of realism to the game that was missing in a lot of other VR games. Every other skill tab was empty except for the active and passive skills. It seemed he was given some skills to start with.

[ACTIVE SKILLS:]

• [RACIAL] BITE: (BEGINNER LVL 0)

bite your opponent in the neck or vein to cause a confirmed 2% damage. Drains an extra 2% damage for every second the skill is still initiated. Player is rendered immune to physical attacks for the first 2 seconds of the skill usage. (note player is still susceptible to magic attacks during this period, with a +1% extra damage to every magic attack received) at the end of the skill all health drained is used to recover stamina bar and heal player of any injuries. (Cost 2 spirit points to use), (cast time= instant), (cool down time= 5 minutes)

• [RACIAL] SHIFT: (BEGINNER LVL 0)

Gain the ability to transform into a bat for sixty seconds. Racial skills can still be used in this form. Gain the ability to turn into a Snake at the intermediate level, a wolf at professional and a creature of choice at master. Movement speed is increased by 10% in shifted forms. (cost 5 spirit points to use.), (cast time 3 seconds), (cool down time is 300 seconds)

• [RACIAL] STRIDE: (BEGINNER LVL 0):

Increase movement speed by 30% when cast. (note this skill can also be used by other races, to higher or lesser degrees than vampires. As such it is a general racial skill, shared by multiple species.) (cost 20 spirit points) (cast time instant) (cool down time 400 seconds)

• [RACIAL] CLING: (BEGINNER LVL 0):

Walk, run, fight on all solid surface. From walls to roofs, to cliff faces. Grants the ability to defy gravity and the laws of physics for a 150 seconds. (cost 13 spirit points) (cast time instant) (cool down time 7 minutes).

• [WARRIOR] s***h: (BEGINNER LVL 0):

Generate a high powered cut to deal +70% extra damage. 10% chance to deal a critical hit and cause a knock back effect. (cost 5 spirit points) (cast time instant) (cool down time 30 seconds).

Ben was surprised by how many skills he had right off the start of the game. Of course he had four racial and one class active skill that were still at the bottom level. But he could not imagine how strong he could become then. Especially for the shift skill, at the master level, Ben was going to make himself a giant, fire breathing Blue dragon.

Why Blue you might ask……well because its awesome. Next Ben checked his passive skills, hoping for more pleasant surprises.

[PASSIVE SKILLS:]

• [RACIAL] BLOOD DRINKER:(BEGINNER LVL 0)

All vampires need blood to survive. But this skill drains the strength and abilities of a Vampire’s enemies. It works hand in hand with the active skill bite. Has a 1% chance to siphon 10% of an opponents highest stat. A 5% chance to increase strength by 50% for 100 seconds. Chance percentage increases every skill level gained.

• [RACIAL]: CURSE OF THE SUN :( MAX LVL 0):

This curse was placed on the vampire race by their mother Oya. Disgusted by her creation from a forced union, and conceived by an act of rape and trickery. Oya had cursed the Vampire’s to never see the light of day, but to forever wander the darkness where her love and light would be denied them. -500% to all stats and skills during the day time. Player takes 1000% burn damage every time they are touched by direct sunlight. Curse can be negated by certain magical accessories and armor.

• [RACIAL] FLIT: (BEGINNER LVL 0):

-30% of all fall, stumble, knock back effect on player. +30% to all running, jumping, leaping and flying actions. Percentage increase with every skill level gained.

• [RACIAL]: REGENERATION: (MAX LVL 0):

Regenerate 10% of damage received every 10 minutes, effectiveness increases at night and in dark places by 50%. Percentage increases every skill proficient level gained. (this skill is also shared by other races outside of the vampire species to varying greater and lesser degrees).

• [RACIAL]: NIGHT WALKER: (BEGINNER LVL 0):

Increase all abilities by 20% at night and in dark places. +35% to all stealth skills. +10% exp gain at night. Percentage increases every skill proficient level gained. At master level the skill can evolve to NIGHT RULER. (NOTE this racial skill is shared by the dark elves and some of the demon species.)

• [ WARRIOR]: WEAPON PROFICIENCY: {SPECIALIZATION PENDING}: (BEGGINER LVL 0):

This skill increases weapon damage by 10%. And attack speed by 10%. This skill can not go past the beginner level until a specialization is chosen. Then the skill changes to be the proficiency of the weapon chosen for specialization.

Ben had a lot of work cut out for him, But the curse of the sun prevented him from doing anything during the day time. Ben was sure that regardless of how OP a vampire’s skill was, they were truly limited in what they could do unless at night.

As for the special accessories and armor, Ben could not imagine how expensive those were going to be. But where there’s a will there’s a way. Besides this was the beginner town. There should be immunity for him. Ben made a beeline for the massive double wooden doors that made up the entrance of the temple completely disregarding every other person in his way. He drew a lot of looks, but Ben was on a mission. He could care less about these other players. As soon as he got to the doors, he could see the dividing line of a sunlight lit outdoor, and the shadowed and Protected doorstep of the temple. He tentatively stuck his hands outside. And then.

“Ahhhhhh!!!!”