Elemental Warriors Online

Registration

Monkey suffered for another thirty minutes, before Cindy went back behind the counter and beckoned them to her side. The blue hawk was still firmly clutched in her grasp, but he seemed to be unconscious. Cassius however had an air of humility around him. Regardless of the previous drama, he hoped no one would remember that it was his thinking and outburst of whether Cindy was a woman that started the whole issue.

“So Kabiru what can I do for you today. I hope you have not destroyed any more properties. Ile Ife is three kingdoms away and I doubt your Temple’s Chief Priest would be strong enough to make that journey due to your reckless character and wanton destruction of properties.”

“Nothing of the sort. Besides it’s not my fault all those buildings got destroyed. I was saving them from monsters, and there’s that time that a snake was in an old ladies apartment, I had to smoke it out.”

Cassius for the fiftieth time that day, and he was sure there was more to come, wondered if Kabiru was really sane or just that stupid.  maybe that’s the way he was designed. Cassius would just let him be.

“just tell me what you need Kabiru. Talking to you gives me a headache.”

“but I already told you when I came in.”

“why yes of course I remember, the traveler is to be registered and given a starter pack am I correct!”

“yes.” Kabiru replied.

“well come closer traveler I wont bite. Much.”

Cassius moved closer to the counter. He was not scared about her threat of biting. That was something he does, he bites necks. Which of course sounded really stupid. He did not think she cared what he was. Besides it was quite obvious.

Cindy was scribbling on a registrar made of metal. It was surprisingly thick with lots of thin pages. A book made of metal, and accompanying it was a metal quill. Its tip was red hot, almost as if it was being super heated in a forge.  Complex runes and symbols were inscribed on the body of the quill. The size of the quill itself was massive, it was a good twenty inches long.

Its metallic luster made it sparkle in the dim light of the night, as the lamps in the guild made it shine. Apart from the runes, tiny dots were littered on its entire length to also give an impression of stars. Stars of a metallic sky. Cassius was sorely tempted to grab the quill and make a beeline for the entrance of the guild. But he doubted he would make it.

“Name?”

“Excuse me what?”

“Your name, what is it?”

“Oh its Ben-, sorry; its Cassius Windwalker.”

“Race”

“Vampire.”

“Age?”

“18”

“level?”

“five”

“class?”

“warrior”.

After she stopped asking more questions as the quill ran all over the metallic book, putting down information Cassius did not think was relevant. After she was done the book glowed and brown wood chip floated out of it. She picked it up and handed it to him, written in bold letters were the info he just gave.

                             Adventurer identification card.

Name: Cassius Windwalker| Age: 18| Level: 5

Race: Vampire| Class: Warrior : Grade: F(Brown).

“You need to need to inject it with Spirit to activate it. After that it would automatically update its information by itself and would be bound to you alone. It can not be misplaced, stolen and discarded. You are married to that card now. Any questions?”

“Um how do I inject Spirit into it.”

“that’s true, you are only level five. Well try and use a skill.”

Cassius nodded as he attempted to do something he had always wanted to try since he started this game. Cassius mentally screamed [shift] in excitement and a puff of purplish blue smoke appeared where he stood. The system message he got took his attention for a minute.

[[SYSTEM ALERT:]]

[ADVENTURER'S IDENTIFICATION CARD HAS BEEN ACTIVATED.]

[YOU HAVE JOINED THE FACTION ADVENTURER'S GUILD: +30 relations with all NPC adventurers. 5% discount for every goods and equipment purchased in the adventurers guild. You have received the title ADVENTURER.( note title gives no bonus).]

Cassius swiped the system message away as he flapped his arms really fast. Correction his wings. Everything seemed so loud and he seemed to have gained a new way seeing. Apart from his normal vision Cassius could see things otherwise not noticed by his human, well vampire eye.

Echolocation. As much as this was a game it was still trying to keep a hold on reality as much as possible. He could see things due to the refraction and interception of sound waves from one part of the guild to another.

Even an assassin would not be able to hide from him, because as long as the wind blew. The sound of the air moving alone will expose where a person is stealthed; no matter how hidden they were. Like that gecko on the wooden beam above him, It was not moving, but Monkey's sudden burst of exclamatory happiness made his sound waves travel to the geckos position. Once it reached, it bounced back, but with the perfect image of the gecko.

“Wow you can fly. Wow you are a bat”

“Monkey you said wow twice.”

“Shut up Kabiru. Who needs you now. You don’t understand what is like to fly. But Cassius does. He’s like my brother. When you have wings Kabiru then you can hang out with the grownups.”

Cassius could not help but marvel at how deluded this Hawk was, and its idiotic owner was bowing his head in silence moaning about his lack of wings. Sweet god Cassius had no idea what he had gotten himself into. The Shift skill ended and went into a cool down.

Even though he did not get to enjoy the feeling of flight for long. The brief moment he spent exploring his senses as a bat was good for him, there will be enough time in the future to worry about flight when the skill levels up. Besides his shoulders felt stiff, it seemed his shifted form is as much his body as his full form.

It is equally affected by the natural laws that govern this world. It seemed the stronger he gets in this form, the stronger his other forms will be. Hah it would be quite surprising to see a bat lift a plane. Though he could imagine the horrifying reactions that would be on the face of a lot of people. Cindy's voice brought him out of his silent contemplation.

“It seems the card has been activated. That’s good, now let me explain the grading system for adventurers. The brown color on your card signifies you are at the lowest level.

F grade adventurers are all from level 0 to 50, to get to the next grade you need to be level 50 and above. To get to the next you need to have an extra two levels of fifty. Which means you add 100 to 50 to get to the next class. Then to get to the next you add three fifties, then four, then five and so on and so forth. The highest grade is the SSS with a base level of 1600 the color white depicts this adventurers.

They are as powerful as legendary monsters and creatures and are each legends in their own right.

Your friend Kabiru, as stupid as he is, is a B grade level adventurer, with a base level of 400 and a maximum of 600. His real level is somewhere between those two.

So try your best, and one day you could be as powerful or even more powerful than this food for brain i***t here.

“hey, that’s not nice Cindy.” Kabiru retorted, “ who’re you calling food for brains, take that back.”

Of course Naturally Cindy ignored him and bent down to retrieve something below the counter. But then she asked.

“As a warrior what would be your preferred mode of action. Would it be defense, speed, power, or full on attacking like a berserker.”

Cassius thought about this for a while before he gave her an answer.

“I like to dance around my opponents and strike fast before they notice. But I will still like my attacks to have a good amount of force behind it….so both speed and power.”

“Then that would make you a dual wielder. A shield will definitely slow you down, and since you want to have speed you cant use a two handed weapon. You would need a very versatile weapon, and with power into the equation you would need something strong enough.”

“Next question what is you preferred weapon.”

“Naturally it’s a sword.”

“Double edge or single”

“double.”

“long sword or short sword”

“long.”

“do you have a secondary weapon.”

“Yeah throwing knives. They will give me a chance to attack at a distance.”

“Hmm, well its protocol that the adventurers guild completely outfits an adventurer after registration with equipment completely catered to their preferred style of progression. Dual wielding would not be unlocked for you, until you get to level fifty and take your class advancement quest.

So In light of that I will give a standard long sword, a set of throwing knives. Leather armor since you can’t afford anything better. And two warrior class skill books, and the first aid skill book. Though you will need to buy the bandages you will need for that. Is that okay with you.”

“yes that’s fine with me.”

“good now here you go. All items should be in your inventory.”

[[SYSTEM ALERT:]]

[YOU HAVE RECEIVED ONE STANDARD LONG SWORD, ONE SET OF COPPER KUNAI'S ONE FIRST AID SKILL BOOK, ONE KICK WARRIOR SKILL BOOK. AND ONE FOCUS WARRIOR SKILL BOOK.]

[FIRST AID]

[TYPE: ACTIVE]

[CLASS RESTRICTION: NONE]

GRADE:COMMON: restores health and rid player of physical status effects outside of battle. Requires bandages to be used. (cost five spirit)(cast time none)( cool down none).

[KICK:]

[TYPE: ACTIVE]

[CLASS RESTRICTION: MELEE CLASSES ONLY]

GRADE: COMMON: kick back enemies for a 5% chance to cause stun status effect. Causes damage that is 1.5 times more than unarmed damage. Percentage and damage increases at higher skill levels.

[FOCUS:]

[TYPE: ACTIVE]

[CLASS RESTRICTION: WARRIOR]

GRADE: COMMON: focus on your enemy to increase physical damage by 20% for 30 seconds. And reduce defense by 10% for 30 seconds. Cost, cool down and Damage percentage increases every skill level gained. Defense reduction increases by 5 every skill proficiency level gained.(cost 30 spirit)( cast time 5 seconds)( cool down 300 seconds.)

STANDARD LONG SWORD.

TYPE: WEAPON(SWORD)

CLASS RESTRICTIONS: WARRIOR

GRADE: COMMON

ATTACK: 15-25

DURABILITY: 65

COPPER KUNAI- PART OF A SET OF TEN THROWING KNIVES.

TYPE: WEAPON(DAGGER)

CLASS RESTRICTIONS: WARRIORS, ROGUES AND HUNTERS ONLY.

GRADE: COMMON.

ATTACK: 5-8

DURABILITY: 80

The weapons were just a step above being complete trash, but for now, They were exactly what the doctor ordered. Cassius equipped the weapons, prompting a scabbard to appear over his left hip, and a pouch on his right thigh. Call him melodramatic but Cassius wanted to look cool, so he set the sword to be positioned on his back.

What most people don’t know is that the way a swordsman carries his weapon determines the kind of fighter he is. Of course size also matters. Swordsmen who carry their swords from their hips, are a few things. One, refined. They fight based on techniques and particular sets of movements. Two, defenders, usually this brand of fighters always use a shield and are passive attackers.

Three, the swash bucklers. Most often are pirates, and nobles. They prefer thin swords like the rapier and rely mostly on thrust and piercing attacks. They are fast but straightforward and they always have fanciful foot work that focuses on last minute evasion.

But swordsmen who choose to carry their weapons on their back could be any of the following. Idiots who thinks it makes them look cooler but always mess up when drawing the sword, resulting in one thing. Dead or injured. Well that’s two things but who’s keeping count.

Next are the broad sword/huge f*****g ass blade users who destroy and smash everything in their sight. They prefer to deal more crushing damage along with the cutting power of a sword. Usually this category of people use axes and are berserkers or they are just trying to compensate for missing things.

Next group are the dual wielders. Quite frankly the best group of swordsmen. They are a combination of balance speed and strength, carrying a sword with your off hand is no laughing matter. They require absolute concentration, and are quite good movers on a battlefield. But they absolutely suck when it comes to defense and are worth nothing if they are up against an opponent who can match their speed and is stronger than them. Which is why rogues and assassin’s are the classes that usually end up dual wielding. Because sometimes speed is all that matters.

“I would have offered you armor but we are out of stock and don’t have anything of your size. Next look over there, at the extreme end of the guild. You see that board, you can get missions from there. Its how adventurers get money and strength. The missions there are labelled according to grade and its also spelled so you can’t pick anything above your level.

Also for every mission you complete the guild gets a five percent tax from the rewards for its upkeep. Now do you have any questions.” Cassius shook his head.

“Good well I have taken the liberty to pick a quest for you. That and the fact this quest has been sitting at the bottom of my pile for three months is getting on my nerves.

I also need you to party up with another adventurer. This person is a traveler like you so there should be no problems. Rose come.”