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Chapter 26

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 00:13

There was a lot of EXP.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 06:15

We killed the monsters nonstop. A volley of two bows and two crossbows. Then I begin to reload, the mercenary running aside to be behind the target. When the warrior and I stop it, the forester strikes with their bows. Finally, the creature reaches us. The warrior challenges it to himself with his shield against its fanged snout, and the knight from behind his shoulder taunts the creature with his spear. I and the tracker spread out to the sides and start hitting where it seemed that this armored, spiked creature was more vulnerable. The mercenary, trying to hide in concealment, delivers his strong blow, sometimes taking away up to half of the monster's life. We pile in together and finish the monster, and while the tracker tracks down a new victim, I quickly say my "Heal!" and once every five minutes I renew my blessing for the sake of pumping up the spell.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 06:20

If you tell someone that five warriors in armor and with weapons fit around a small forest beast without a rush, they'll believe you. It's a game, there's more than that.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 17:14

The essence of the quest the Tracker explained at the first resting place - here awakened a part of (who would have thought!) Evil. And because there are no tombs here, nor any sentient, it began to remake for their insidious needs, the local animals. And because it was a weak Evil, it did not touch any of the larger beasts. It is logical - there are a lot of small creatures, and bears in this territory one, many two will be. But that's not the point - Evil was gaining power, and its army was growing. Fortunately, they fed on Evil emanations and magical power, grew from the nourishing mixture, and were about to go to war on the nearest sentient, but there they finally spotted the guardian druids and "decided to give a chance" to the young warrior of the forest.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 17:28

If he can clear the forest, let a magic seedling grow, and uproot a piece of Evil, he will receive honor and respect from the Guardians, expressed in teaching an important skill. Can't? That wood will be hit with heavy magic, scorching the beasties and Evil, and everything in general. And the tracker will have to take a quest to plant trees, for which he will restore the lost reputation, but will not be given any experience and loot.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 19:28

The creatures were level thirty, and sometimes there were small groups of one thirty-third and two or three twenty-eighths. Then the warrior would take the "boss," and we'd knock out the entourage as quickly as possible. No surprises there. It was a slaughter of endurance. Enemies were within the strength of a whole group of six twenty-fifth-level fighters. The main thing was that no one failed, didn't go out in the real world, left the group unsupported, or didn't die foolishly.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:05

Either the trailblazer was a master picker, or he was lucky, but the atmosphere, even after an hour of farming, was enthusiastic. People were joking, chatting, and jokingly quarreling over a beautiful lady, who announced a kiss as a reward for the next target and gave it to the one who made the last blow with the help of socials.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:06

This was something new to me. When I was a kid, games didn't have voice chats as much, at most when I was on a quest, there was an additional talk program, and most of the chatter was in text chat.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:07

Now I listened in bewilderment as the group discussed all sorts of topics at the same time as they fought. Like it wasn't a serious game but a chitchat.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:08

"Paladin, why are you so silent?" The tracker's voice sounded in unison with my thoughts.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:08

"Tell me, Vacek, are you sitting in a chair right now?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:09

"Yeah, so what?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:11

"Glasses, a headset, and a computer on a stand? Or even a tablet on your lap?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:12

Ila giggled.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:12

"That's right. Is that a crime, officer?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:12

"This is the norm. But I'm standing on a treadmill, covered with sensors, a module in each hand, a helmet on my head, and a crossbow behind my back."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:13

"Uh... just don't look in the mirror, you'll get scared!"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:14

"Funny, smart ass. Very funny."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:14

I loaded the crossbow, took aim at a smaller boar about my shoulder, and fired.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:15

And then he quickly removed my helmet and pulled up the keyboard

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:16

The fight, as expected, abruptly changed the pattern - now and again the boar jumped on the tracker, after hitting the mercenary quickly bounced in his direction and returned only after a battle cry goblin, on the way almost knocked over the tracker. They finished the mob without any problems, but obviously longer and not as coordinated.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:18

"Palados, what was that?! Did you fall asleep?!"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:19

"I was playing now without modules, from the keyboard. I didn't cut his tendons, I didn't tease him right after the mercenary hit him. I didn't turn his face toward the warrior with my shield. But I could talk to you. Any more questions, my dear?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:20

"No, Grandpa, put on your harness and keep working."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:21

"That's just it ... and they don't like the fact that I'm not talkative. I am a paladin, a man of the service, and I am not supposed to talk on duty!"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:22

"Exactly. Paladin is a difficult class, since childhood I remember the rotation of skills - one, two, one, two, one."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:25

"Two. The boars, I mean. That one's for you, because you talk too much."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:25

"By the way, I'm the leader here!"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:26

"Whatever you say, buddy, whatever you say."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:26

As I went along, I compared my efficiency. The counter built into the game showed that I was third in damage (after the tracker and the knight), second (out of two) in healing, and first in activity, which gave me a five percent experience buff from the next target.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:27

The experience, according to my calculations, increased one and a half times faster than on Companion in the crypts. And it was more fun.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:28

"And yet, Paladin: what is your name? Confess, Mr. Wayne! We know all about you!" Ila's voice was full of curiosity.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:28

"Um... well, you can call me Blake."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:29

"Blake?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:29

"Yeah. Edward Morgan Blake."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:30

All five of them froze, apparently switching to the search engine.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:32

"Well, Walter would be more appropriate for a paladin," Vacek was the first to speak.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:33

"A paladin with that name would be too serious."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:33

"So you like to laugh, huh?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:34

"Who doesn't like it?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:34

"You're not a Comedian, you're a Paladin! Must be pathos, armored, and dumb!"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:35

"Maybe that's the name of the heroic class for paladins?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:35

"Well, unless." The tracker sighed. "If I do this quest, I can get to the heroic quest by the hundredth level. I guess. All the guides say that to get a heroic warrior of the forest, you have to get taming skill with this quest till forty level."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:37

"Can you do it without it?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:38

"It is possible. One hundred gold pieces, five minutes at the scroll of secrets in the sanctuary: that's how most people learn. Only then you can't get a heroic class."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:39

"Do you want it badly?"

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:39

"Aha." Vacek pointed to a squirrel, melancholy, breaking a tree the thickness of a man's leg. "Target."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:40

As I cocked the bowstring, I wondered why I had decided to play a paladin without a name. Was it because I wanted to show off? Or was it just that I didn't want to be distracted? When was the first time I thought about the vow? The first time I put my helmet on? Okay, if anything, call me Nobody.

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:41

"Paladin?" I shuddered. "Are you ready? Standing there, not moving. I thought you'd lost the connection."

Camrad_RIP 04.11.22 в 20:42