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We got to the Chocobo carriage rental station and rented a carriage ride together with [FirePrince147]. Since there was a percentage off, we got one together. While I was taking my seat in the carriage, I took careful note of the usernames of the people I was with.
The one in pink was [BendyCircusGirl8]. Her friend, who was [FirePrince147]'s girlfriend was [Mai109]. Lastly, Azula's username was [FireEmpiress79]. I thought it would be for the best to keep calling her Azula, because there was no way I was calling her Fire Empiress, her ego was insufferable enough already.
During the ride, I looked around my inventory and noticed something that wasn't there before the Goblin King Quest. It was an owl totem, but only someone who is a Summoner Class would be able to use it. I deadpanned as it was pretty useless to me, considering my class, but I decided to keep it. I never know when I might actually need it.
I closed my inventory, and let my mind wander about a few things, like the boss battle, and what is the final boss going to be. Each floor had a theme, with the 1st Floor being the Goblin Themed Floor, what are all the other floors like? And with that thought in mind, since we were still in the Goblin Floor, what type of Goblin will the Final Boss of the Floor be?
So far, there's been a Swamp Goblin, a Fire Goblin, an Ice Goblin, and a Goblin of Magic. Those were the toughest ones I've faced so far, but I'm pretty sure the Final Boss will be harder than all four of those combined. Another problem was the number of people going to go on this quest. There was no guarantee that they will have enough party slots for all of us, especially since I didn't know how many members they already have, and just how many players that are closer who already showed up before us.
And they could be dumbasses for all I know. If that's the case, I'm not taking my chances in being grouped together with people who were going to get me killed.
"Why the serious face? You're not scared of the boss room are you?" Azula's voice pulled me from my train of thought.
She had a smirk on her face as she waited for me to answer.
"Of the boss? No, I am certain that I will beat it." I replied stoically to her, keeping my gaze forward, not bothering to give her a side glance.
"Sounding awfully sure of yourself, 《SwordsOfMelody》. Let's hope you can back it up, otherwise you'll look even more of an idiot than you already are after talking so big."
"Azula!" The girl in pink whispered harshly, giving Azula a warning stare.
"I am sure 《SwordsOfMelody》 is perfectly capable to fulfill the words she said, especially with us being there to back her up." Jet said, flashing me a small smile.
Azula laughed mockingly. "As if any of you will be able make a difference. If anything, you all will wind up getting yourselves killed."
From the looks of the Freedom Fighters' Members were giving her, none of them liked what she said, and neither did they like Azula herself.
"Are you going to be like this the whole ride? 'Cause if so, I'd rather walk than put up with this anymore." Smallerbee snarled, giving Azula a heated glare.
"You could always mute her. That part of the game still works." Duke informed Smallerbee.
"What? No way, it does?" Sneers asked. He opened his panel but stopped short when he felt a glare in his direction. Turning, he saw Azula looking at him angrily.
"I-I wasn't going to do it! I was just going to see if it really is there, yeah..." Sneers said shakingly, vainly trying to convince Azula that he really wasn't about to mute her. By the look Azula was giving him, she didn't believe him one bit.
"Wow! It really does work Azula, see." [BendyCircusGirl] showed Azula her options panel.
"That will come in handy later on in the future." Pipsqueak said as he closed his.
"It's already handy now." I heard Jet mumble quietly.
"Did you say something?" Azula growled out.
"Actu-"
"We're here." Duke said, cutting Jet off, pointing outside of the window. "Thank you, Duke." I thought, praising the heavens for blessing me with a such a good man who bothered to stop them. Had he not, something would have started that I really didn't want to deal with.
"And that must be where we are supposed to join." Sneers pointed to where a bunch of players were lining up.
"Come on, let's go." Everyone got out of the carriage as it was no longer allowed to go further.
We walked into the meet up area and looked for a place to sit, which was a little hard due to the amount of players there, but we were able to find a place, and [FirePrince's] group went to find one of their own.
After a few minutes, three players walked out, two of them being the ones from the inn. The eyes of the people looked towards the three who arrived, but the one who spoke was someone I haven't met yet. His black hair was tied into a ponytail, though it was odd, it looked cute on him, to be honest.
"I am glad that so many of you showed up, but unfortunately, only 30 of you will be able to continue on. Unless my eyes are lying to me, there should be an estimate of around a hundred people who are here. So, we decided on a way for all of you to go. Each of you will pick a card, and we will call out a number. If your number has been called, kindly please step over there." The black-haired man said, nodding to a specific spot on the site. The red-head and the one with the glasses then started giving out cards to players. When the red-head reached where I was, his eyes widened at pleasant surprise.
"Hey, how've ya been? I missed you at the inn." Jet raised an eyebrow at my greeting, before looking at the red-head curiously.
"You know him?" I nodded at Jet's question.
"There was this asshole at the inn that wouldn't leave me alone, so this guy and his bud helped me." I felt a little ticked from remembering the said asshole, but extended a small smile to the red-head when he looked at me.
"That was cool of them." Duke said, my eyes widening as I realized what I said.
"Oh crap, I forgot Duke was–"
"Don't worry about it." Jet reassurred, placing a hand on my shoulder. "We've heard far worse at the orphanage."
"Nice seeing you again, but I gotta continue handing these out. See ya later!" The red-head gave me a smile before continuing giving out the cards.
"Hey, where's mine?" Duke complained.
"Sorry, but boss rooms are too dangerous for kids." The red-head replied.
"But–"
"He's right, Duke. It wouldn't be very wise to bring you along." I reasoned to Duke. Though disgruntled, he agreed after some convincing.
Once everyone got one, they started calling out numbers. I waited anxiously for my number to be called. Jet and Longshot had already been called, but after a while of my number not being called, I seriously started to worry that I wouldn't get called at all.
"Number 56." I looked at my card and heaved a sigh of relief. I stood up and went to stand in the line.
"Now for the last one, number 78." My eyes widened when I saw who it was, them walking up the steps with a wide grin.
"Long time no see, huh?" They stopped in front of me with a wide smile.
"Zack!" His smile widened.
"Glad to see that you remember me."
"Well, it wasn't really that long ago since we last met." I said, feeling a small blush creeping up my face at how happy he looked by just seeing you.
"Are you saying that if it were any longer, you would have forgotten all about lil' ol me?" He placed his hand to his heart, a mock hurt look on his face.
"Maybe." I smiled teasingly.
"You wound me." He dramatized, falling down on his knees with tears in his eyes. He recovered quickly, standing up with a grin. "Then thank goodness we met again, else you would've forgotten about our date." He slung his arm around my shoulder.
'Can't believe he still remembers that'. I thought, my face heating up.
"Before we set out, I recommend that you all should talk to the group you came with, and when done, go over there." The guy with the ponytail said, again pointing to a specific spot of the place.
"Cya when we head out." Zack walked down the stairs just as Jet and Smallerbee walked over to me.
"Who was that?" Jet asked.
"A player I met when I first started the game." I answered before walking over to the rest of the Freedom Fighters.
"Good luck with the boss battle!" Sneers the guys and I a thumbs up, while Jet opened his panel and gave some things to Pipsqueak. Looking at the items he was lending, I guessed it were some things Jet wanted to be brought back to base since we couldn't drop off the stuff we got from the quest.
"Yeah, too bad the rest of us can't come along." Duke said with a pout, up from Pipsqueak's shoulders.
"Maybe next time we'll all be picked." Sneers, said, trying to cheer him up.
"I don't think so, I wasn't even allowed to get a number..." Duke sulked.
"Oh right..." Sneers awkwardly looked to the side.
"Looks like everyone is ready, we should get going." Smallerbee clapped his hands, breaking the awkward tension.
"Alright cya guys!" Waving, you three walked over to where the ponytail guy told you to go.
"Now, Reno here will lead you to where the Boss Room Doors are, after that, it will be up to you to handle it from there." A random guy with blonde hair wearing a beanie spoke up.
"Wait a second, none of you are coming to take it down too?" Someone asked. I couldn't help but think that this was something I could care less about. I came here to take down the boss, and that was what I was going to do, and so as long as no one stops or hinders me from achieving my goal, it didn't really matter.
"Sorry bud, but we were only tasked to find the boss, nothing about taking it down." Reno shrugged.
"Bu–" Reno interrupted whoever was going to speak.
"Look, I don't have all day, either you want in on the boss fight, or you don't. Make up your mind." With no one saying anything else, he took that as a sign that they were in, so he opened up his panel and sent everyone party invites, to which everyone accepted.
After accepting the invite, I scanned the list of party members, and taking note of their usernames (though you admit, some of the usernames were pretty damn ridiculous).
Party Leader: [ThatSoReno]
Party Members:
[YourFavouritePupZack]
[TheStoicSoldier52]
[ItsSnowTime67]
[Roxy-Poo]
[SoldierOfHonor]
[TheGoddess'sKnight]
[Terra]
[Eraqus]
"Alright, let's head out." Everyone followed Reno to outside of the city. The group continued until we reached the Snowy part of the map, then he suggested that everyone equip their cold-resist wear.
"Okay, it's right up here." He lead us up a small hill, to where a pair of giant doors was built, a small ancient sign at the top saying "Only 30 players may enter."
"And now that we made it here safely, it is time for me to go." Reno removed himself from the party then did a little salute.
"Good luck in there!" He walked back down the hill before coming back up, a little bit to where his head was peaking over.
"We're all counting on you!" He shouted again, before finally leaving.
Everyone stared at the place where he was before for a bit before the tall blonde earlier walked over to the door and opened it.
And oh, did I just love the sight that greeted me.
Stairs. So many fucking stairs.
"You've got to be kidding me..." I grumbled out, feeling a small headache starting.
"Well these stairs aren't going to walk themselves, come on." The blonde that opened the door walked inside, and soon after, everyone else did too.
I was getting really tired from all the stairs, and sparing a glance to my companions, they looked tired as well. The ones who didn't seem tired was the blonde wearing a beanie, Zack(the big buff guy next to him), a guy that was reading something, and a guy that was clearly older than everyone here.
The guy reading something looked back at us.
"Maybe we should take a break." The other none tired ones looked back as well.
"Alright." The blonde with the beanie sat down while Zack complained about how we were almost at the top.
"Almost? Dude, there's still like 100 more level of stairs left." [Roxy-Poo] tiredly argued back.
"Pfftt... that's hardly anything." He scoffed before walking over to me.
"So... how have you been since we last met, Melanie?" Jet raised a brow when Zack called me by my real name.
"I'm okay, I guess. What about you? I'm hoping that you found your brother and friends?"
"Yup, as a matter of fact, he's right over there." He pointed over to a player with brown hair who sort of looked like him.
"But we were the only ones picked, so Aqua and Ven are back at Light City waiting for us."
"Same. Only the three of us were picked, so the others are waiting at base." I pointed to Jet and Smallerbee.
"Cool. And oh, you're part of a guild now"? He pointed to the Guild Marks we three had.
"Yup, joined around a week ago."
"A week ago huh?" The others started getting up.
Zack got up then offered me his hand, to which I took and gave him a smile once I was up.
He walked with us and talked to Jet and Smallerbee. After another long flight of stairs, we finally made it to the top where another pair of doors awaited.
"Behind those doors will be the boss, and once we beat him, we'll be one step closer to beating this whole game." The tall blonde with a beanie smiled, giving a little mini speech before opening the doors.
Everyone cautiously walked in the room, but none of you saw anything. It wasn't dark, but there was nothing around. You sensed something suspicious with the situation and hardened up your guard. You weren't taking any chances.
As everyone continue looking around, I heard a weird sound followed by a few players screaming. Alarmed, I looked to where all the screaming came from, and was greeted by the sight of a goblin bigger than any of the goblins I've seen thus far. Somehow, I was starting to miss that King Goblin. At the very least, he was nice to look at, but this? It was enough to make me want to bleach myeyes. It had burns all over its body, well aside from the parts that were on fire, and he was covered in stuff I really didn't want to know what it was. I'll say one thing though, it was brown, it was stinky, and it comes out the anus.
*Cut Scene actived*
"What are puny weak humans doing here?" It's towering figure asked as it held the other players in its hand.
"To take you down, ugly!" The blonde with the beanie shouted with his best "heroic" voice.
It roared in laughter. "You think that a bunch of humans can take me down?! Me?! Better be a clown, boy. At least you'll do something useful!" It laughed again, its laughter shaking the whole room.
"Yeah, just watch us..." The cut scene ended. The goblin crushed the players that was in its hands. The blonde guy that was talking earlier didn't seem to like that ,and neither did I, but it looked like it got to him more.
Zack was able to sneak up on the huge goblin and slashed its back, which caused it to roar in pain. The goblin, angry, grabbed a human about to sneak up on him and melted him, the melted human remains dripping on the floor and flowing its way past the other players before turning into blue pixels and floating away. I looked at my companions and saw that they were mortified. It wouldn't be bad to say that I was as well.
"Kill them!" The giant goblin roared, a malignity of goblins rushing out of holes that weren't there before.
There were different types of goblins attacking us. Some of the players looked like they were doing fine, and... others looked like they could use a little hand.
"Watch out, some of them will steal your stuff!" Zack's brother warned, killing a goblin and retrieving his pouch.
"Thanks for the heads up, bro!" Zack shouted back to him.
The guy that was reading the whole way was battling a few goblins with his sword along with the buff guy, and the tall blonde was helping out the players that looked like they needed it.
The older looking guy and the dude, as I recall, were the people I helped from the dark forest looked to be holding up on their own from their two sides.
I hacked my through the ones on my side with a blonde haired guy who's hair was spiked out in a weird way. After taking down 3 waves of goblins, the Giant Goblin looked pissed.
"I guess if you want something done right, do it yourself!" He jumped down from the raised platform, and since he was so huge, it caused the ground to shake. The earthquake, with its intensity, knocked down a few players, me included had I not been caught by Zack.
"Thanks."
He smiled. "Not a problem." Everyone then went back into their fighting stances and readied themselves for it to attack, but suddenly, bubbles started to form on its body, the bubbles popping then releasing some sort of gas.
I noticed my HP quickly lowering, so I covered my nose, as did everyone else.
That's when it started to look like its throat was getting bigger.
"Aero, now!" Jet shouted while a player, Aero, casted the spell luckily before it spitted fire which cause an explosion that pushed a lot of players back.
The buff guy got up and started giving out orders which sounded good so everyone followed them. But some players weren't careful enough when the lead goblin started throwing goo that slowed them down, so the tall blonde guy went over and tried to help them.
The Lead Goblin seeing this as a perfect time to strike went for it, Zack and Jet tried to block it, and did, but they still got damaged in the process.
Smallerbee and I went over to make sure they were okay, although Smallerbee definitely went over for Jet.
"We're fine, just need a HP Potion." Zack said as Jet drank a potion. Zack looked around his inventory, but then gave out a cry of despair.
"Dammit, I'm out." I went to give him one, but someone already handed Zack their's and it was [SoldierOfHonor].
Zack thanked him before drinking it.
"Alright, this is what I am going to need you guys to do." He did a quick glance at my username before getting to it.
"Pup, since he seems to be the most pissed off at you for earlier, I want you to keep him distracted, and Jet and (Username) will get him from the sides. Smallerbee will take him from behind, can you guys do that?" We all gave nods of agreement.
"Good, the others are already filled in, so let's do this!" Everyone did their part, Zack keeping the goblin busy, Jet and I were getting ready to strike from the sides, and Smallerbee was also getting into position.
"Now!" The other players extinguished the fire around it's body to damage and provide more distraction so Smallerbee could jump his back and stab him.
She jumped on it and repeatedly jammed her daggers into his throat, while Roxy and everyone else stabbed him from their position, lowering its HP enough for [SoldierOfHonor] and [Goddess'sKnight] to deliver the finishing blow.
The Goblin burst into blue pixels as giant words appeared above.
*CONGRATULATIONS! FLOOR TWO, ANGELS OF DEATH IS NOW UNLOCKED!*
Everyone cheered now that they finally beat the first floor boss.
Jet gave Smallerbee and I a high-five.
"We did it! We're finally getting closer to our goal!" Jet seemed very proud.
"Whoa! Check out the reward!" Some random player exclaimed.
Everyone checked their rewards and saw a butt load of money and a few other things that we could keep or sell for more crap ton of money.
"Wait till the others see this." Jet closed his panel before turning to me.
"Ready to go?" I looked back and thought about saying goodbye to Zack, but he looked like he was already busy talking to [SoldierOfHonor], so I decided not to bother him about it.
"Sure!" I smiled, us walking out the exit to go back.
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Sorry if any of them were OOC, especially Azula.
And yes, I realize that some of the usernames are lame, but it was all I could think of.
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