Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Adam and King Slayer both received multiple notification, as well as XP. King Slayer even leveled up. As he did he smiled and said "That's good, it will help us."

Adam nodded and after taking half of the Coppers he waited for King Slayer to pocket all the loot. Adam was curious about the Assassin. He looked young, about his own age. How did he get so good at fighting then? He himself had the experience of a 50 years old man who trained in martial arts for almost 40 years, and yet this man looked like he was almost as skilled as him.

Now that he thought about it, Old Adam had learned that this world would have some cultivation elements to it. Did that mean there were cultivators in this world? They were probably low leveled and quite weak, but it would still be amazing none the less.

But even if there existed some cultivators and King Slayer was one of them, it wasn't his place to ask, not yet at least. He would rather stay polite with the assassin and keep the party up, or it would be a pity.

He liked working with King Slayer though. In general, be it in VRMMORPG or even the older MMORPG games, mages were strong against warriors, who are strong against assassins, who are strong against mages.

That's why, dealing with mages was more difficult for him than to deal with physical troops. After all, a mage was extremely powerful at long range, but also extremely weak at short range. The problem is, for a warrior they are too slow to approach, but an assassins majors in Agility, so they deal with mages easily.

"I'm done, nothing good. The hostage should be behind this door, as well as the boss." Adam nodded and approached the door and pushed it open.

As the two passed through the door, they entered a big room. Several pillars stood erected, and the ceiling was made of what seemed to be marble. The ground was marked with a gigantic array that emitted a lot of mana, and it spread from the middle of the room. There, a beautiful woman was tied up with several magical chains, unable to move.

As the two entered, a voice resonated in the room "So you are the two ants who infiltrated the palace, you must be here to save the noble lady… Too bad, my master sealed her powers!"

A tall man appeared from behind one of the pillars, talking to the two. He looked quite creepy, he was garbed in a long red robe, and only his arms and his face were showed. His skin looked dry and about to fall off his flesh, and he had a red tissue covering his eyes. Yet, he seemed to know exactly where they were.

The man smiled, showing his rotten teeth as he said "You two shall die for going against the master!" As he said that, he rose the staff in his hand and started casting. The two tried to stop him, but found they were blocked by a barrier.

So, Adam looked at the NPC's status.

[Crazy Summoner] (Iron, Level 5)

HP: 500/500

Adam was surprised. Was that the boss? Even though he was a summoner, at his level he couldn't summon anything dangerous. However, as he began to relax he heard a fairy like voice say "Don't let him summon a monster, his staff has been handed to him by his master…"

Before she could finish though the summoner started laughing and said "Too late! I offer my life to the lord to summon his powerful creature!"

As he said that, his HP started draining, and in a few seconds he was left with none. He fell to the ground, and his body started disintegrating into dust. What was peculiar though was his staff, that was floating in the air.

The dust from his body moved by itself and flew in front of the staff. There, a familiar thing happened. A tear opened in his space.

A foot passed through the portal, followed by a hand, then the entire body. A three meters tall demon appeared before their eyes, its horns were as big as Adam's arms, and fire burned around their tip.

[Arda] (Lord, Level 20)

???/???

The two players opened their eyes wide. Were they supposed to fight such a monster?! In terms of monster ranks, first were Common, followed by Elite, then Chieftain, and Lord.

At this point, the two of them would easily defeat an Elite of the same level, but a Chieftain would be a stretch. As for a Lord, even if it were Level 1 it would one shot them. Now, it was level 20?!

And it wasn't all, it was even a named monster! NPCs all had names, but monsters didn't. Those with names were stronger than the others, and by a large margin! Was that the difficulty of a Rank S quest?

However, as Adam started despairing, King Slayer said "Look, the woman!" Adam looked and saw the problem. One of the chains was shacking violently. Adam followed its body with his eye and found its origin. It came from below the portal! It turned out that the tear in space had damaged the array!

The demon noticed the problem too, but was too late to react as before it could do anything the chain broke, and a powerful pressure started being emitted by the woman in white.

She clenched her teeth and said "I can only weaken it, but you must defeat it… Don't kill us."

As she said that, she moved her hand slightly and a white beam of light was launched from her hand, landing on the demon.

It roared in pain, but there was nothing it could do. When the beam disappeared, a large part of the pressure it emitted was gone.

[Arda] (Chieftain, Level 5)

HP: 2000/2000

Although it had been weakened, it was still a monster. This was the terror from a Chieftain Monster. Compared to the demon, the same leveled [Scarlet Fanged Snake] was a joke.

Adam now understood the terror of an S rank quest. Still, he couldn't let place to despair, he needed to fight, he needed to win.

He unsheathed his sword and raised it in the air, before releasing his usual battle cry and start rushing at the boss. That woke King Slayer who looked at Adam with a smile. He said "You crazy bastard…"

Despite saying that, he disappeared from where he was and started heading toward the boss too. Arda looked at Adam with disdain as he straightened his arm, and opened his palm. Then, a longsword made of fire appeared in his hand.

He slashed at Adam, who didn't even try to block and instead rolled forward, and activated [Wind Blade].

Arda grunted and tried to kick the rolling Adam, but before it could King Slayer appeared behind him and used [Stab], stunning it. Adam activated [Mighty Strike], which now dealt 160% of his damage as it had leveled up, and King Slayer activated his own skill.

-85 HP

Critical Hit! -112 HP!

Adam was relieved when he saw his damage. At least the boss' defense wasn't too OP. It still shaved away one third of his supposed damage, but it was still acceptable.

Before the boss could wake up, they were both able to deal another attack, although they were weaker this time.

-53 HP!

-30 HP!

The boss roared as it woke up, but as soon as it did Adam used his [Charge], stunning it once more. He was able to hit it twice once again while King Killer was able to hit three times.

-52 HP!

-53 HP!

-29 HP!

-28 HP!

-28 HP!

The difference between the two classes was quickly shown. In term of damage, King Slayer's first attack was way stronger than Adam's but then for the normal attacks Adam dished out more damage.

As Arda woke up from its stun, it roared out angrily and made a whirlwind strike with his sword, but both players successfully dodged. Adam then went back for the offense, and fainted an attack. Arda took the bait and swung his sword at Adam, missing.

Then, King Slayer tried to hit him in the back, but Arda did something unexpected. Using his free hand, he conjured a fire lance and threw it at King Slayer. The latter dodged the lance, but as it fell on the ground it exploded.

-65 HP!

King Slayer suddenly found himself in a dangerous situation, he focused on Agility and thus only had 8 of Endurance, meaning he only had 15 HP left.

He quickly fell back and started taking consumables for his health. Adam didn't expect that either, he clearly had the boss' aggro and it was midway swinging its sword, and yet he was able to attack King Slayer too.

That wasn't without consequences though, as Adam was able to slash Arda twice, with the second strike being a [Mighty Strike].

-53 HP!

-Critical Hit! -170 HP!