Oh, Yeah! This is my first RO fic (more specifically pRO or Philippine
Ragnarok Online) that I made. I'm dedicating this to those hard working
battle acolytes like me who has managed to break the Job Level 40 barrier
(ha! I laugh at the faces of other melee fighters who settle for job 40
only! Shame! Shame!), it was only because I was still waiting for the Juno
Update when I'll have become a monk. Then I can punish that sorry guild
that messed with my hair the other day when the Guild War was set.
I'll have your heads you guild!!!
Anyway, I was trying to recall the time when my battle acolyte days were still fresh, but I decided to create a non-factual fic first about my character (pRO character Odin Server: Tiger God Byakko). The idea was damn too good to pass up so I decided to do it will I had the drive to write in my mind.
Disclaimer: I do not, repeat, DO NOT own Ragnarok Online. This is the property of Master Lee-Myoung Jin and Gravity Corporation. pRO belongs to its publisher Level Up! HOWEVER I do own anything within my sorry account, which means my character, is seriously mine and the character names I will use here are actually real people in the Philippine Odin Server. I'll have to give credit to them later on and I might mention some guilds, which are very much famous in our locale.
The environment (street sales, guild attitudes, etc.) is simultaneously happening at the time I wrote this fic so, you will have a quick view of what is happening in the pRO world.
This is just a pilot plot, however my character's life story is made up! Get it?
Dedicated to my hardworking 'sin companion, Shadow Eyes (owned by Ragnar Pendon), to my friend Eiseley Fawn Samillano and to my mentor Jhankreuz.
Just tell me if you want me to continue this story coz' I still have another fic that I'm updating. (Forever Promisea Zoids VanxRaven yaoi fic...yeah its yaoi so sue me! If you want to check it, just proceed to Anime CategoryZoidsRated R)
Good luck reading!
Oh, by the way... here are some things you might be confused about in this fic, and in this chapter.
Eddga ( the Tiger MVP monster) has a wife named the Sohee Mistress (a rare MVP monster that I made up and has no power to respawn) Tiger God Byakko (my battle acolyte) is supposedly a demi-human who was able to pass himself as normal. Deep inside, he is the son of both MVPs. The story goes that Eddga once resided in the Payon Caves level 4 when he met Sohee Mistress, the reason he never left for the mountains again. Sohee Mistress looks like a normal Sohee, except that she is all white. (Her hair, clothes, and skin) Her mob is 4 Sohees and 4 Leib Olmais (whom Eddga sent for extra protection) An MVP loses it's ability to respawn once he/she gives birth (again I made that up)
Here are the basic stats for Sohee Mistress just for the humor of it...
Name: Sohee Mistress
Strength: 84 Size: Medium
Agility: 179 Property: Ice 4, Demon 4
Dexterity: 145 Weakness: Holy, Wind
Intelligence: 99 Aggressive: No
Vitality: 30 Magic Sense: Yes
Luck: 30 Base Exp: 3904994 Job Exp: 405938
Skills: Counter Attack, Double Attack, Consecutive Attack, Storm Gust,
Frost Diver, Splash Attack(innate), Sandman Attack(innate, sleep
attribute) Suicide
Drops: White Hair (50%) Elunium (45%) Oridecon (30%) Skirt of Virgin
(25%) Dagger of Chastity (20%)
Mother's Wish (10%) Sohee Mistress Card (0.01%)
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Chapter 1: The Long History
"My dear...the humans are coming to hunt us down...our child will no longer be safe inside Moonlight's Lair..." Eddga hugged his wife the Sohee Mistress.
"I'm sorry my love, but the time has come for you to leave the darkness of this cave. Go back to the mountains where both of you will be safe..." Sohee Mistress looked at the bulky tiger with her ebony eyes.
"If only Moonlight was here, but she hasn't been back from her trip to the Glastheim castles along with Cat'O'Nine Tails..." Eddga looked back at the child carefully laid in the corner of the cave, who was still sleeping.
"You must go now, I will defend this cave alone if I have to, but I cannot risk the safety of our child. My attendants will help me..."
"No! You do realize that you won't be able to respawn back when you are defeated..." Eddga said with furious concern and worry.
"Eddga..." Sohee Mistress hugged the orange tiger as she whispered softly in his twitching ears. Her breath was cold and misty. "For the sake of our child, I would die for both of you...I will not be a good parent for him but I trust you will be one. Promise me you'll take care of him."
She drove a pin she took from her bundle of hair into Eddga's neck. Eddga began to draw back as his visions dimmed, seeing his wife smile before passing out.
"I...love...you..." Eddga shed a tear before going to sleep.
"I love you too..."Sohee Mistress covered her mouth as she wept for them. She took the babe from its nanny Hydra as she planted a soft kiss on her child's forehead.
"You'll grow up with the understanding of our race, and the persistence of your father. You will learn the human arts and you will grow up to be a fine person someday, I hope you will never forget where you came from or who I am..." Sohee Mistress brushed her child's tiger markings on his right cheek, saying her goodbyes as she gave him to the waiting Lieb Olmai.
"Go! The humans are nearby! Take care of my husband and child!" The ashen woman commanded the nodding great bear as he and the others retreated with the fallen figure of their master. Sohee Mistress looked back as the doors in her Sanctuary opened with a party of knights, priests and hunters.
"Lem schcala emir terraza!" Sohee Mistress raised her right hand, summoning all her MVP powers to call upon her Sohee mob, as she brandished her knife hidden in her sleeves. The party just grinned maliciously as they readied themselves as well for the prospect of a good hunt.
A piercing scream was heard deep inside the Payon caves as the fight ended that night. The Munaks and Bonguns grew silent and stayed inside their coffins mourning the death of their second mother. The Sohees wailed throughout the third level of the cave, realizing that she would never return again.
Eddga continued his dream that the three of them were happily living in the mountains of Payon, his mob had died preventing them from being seen by the passing humans, not realizing that his child had fallen from his grasp and rolled across the dark meadows of the bamboo forest.
The child's sullen cries were the only ones heard throughout the night.
"Well...what is this?" A young priest passed by. His eyes caught the white bundle of silk that lay beside the bamboo.
"A child...in this part of the forest? It's a miracle that the Horongs and Poison Spores didn't attack him. It'd be best if I took him along..." the priest carefully took the child, healing him immediately to make sure that there were no injuries. The child sneezed at the warm energy that flowed from the priest's hands, and then fell asleep again, finding comfort in the warmth that came from it.
"Warp Portal!" The priest clasped a blue gemstone in his hand as it slowly disappeared, only to be replaced by a glowing pillar of light in front of him. He retreated in the light as both vanished without a trace. Eddga had only to realize when he woke up that he would have lost two important things in his life...
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"Hey, guys! It's Byakko the freak!" A novice began teasing him, when he spotted the white-haired novice approach from the Sanctuary.
"Let's throw stones at him!" A novice suggested.
"Silly, we can't do that! Only the Thief classes are allowed to throw stones!" Another retorted.
Byakko just piffed (/pif) at the novices who tried ganging up at him again. True enough, he couldn't blame them... he was unusually strong for his class, he had those strange tiger markings on his cheek that nobody has seen before and his ears reached out like he was wearing Elven Ears.
He remembered once he had a talk with a knight some other day...
"Hey kid! Are those elven ears?" The knight asked Byakko.
"Uh, yeah...guess so..."Byakko replied, blushing hard as he tried to hide his lying sequence.
"Novices aren't allowed to wear them you know..."The knight eyed him suspiciously.
"Well...these are starter elven ears...ehm, some merchant was selling them at the corner and I bought one...he said it came from baby Giearths..."Byakko made a pretty pathetic excuse.
"Oh...ok, no wonder...Uhhh, how about that tiger marking on your cheek... I wanna know what's the quest behind it..."The knight started inquiring again when he noticed the boy was gone. He didn't realize that the boy was behind the puffy tail feathers of his Peco Peco, so he was safe from the prying questions of the knight. Byakko knew the reason to this, as the priest who adopted him way back then later informed him...
"I just found you, Byakko. It was the name given to you by an amulet that was placed in your palms." The priest could no longer hold his conscience from telling the truth to the boy.
"I did some arcane research in the Libraries of Rune-Midgard concerning the strange markings on your cheek. You are no ordinary boy..."
"What do you mean, father?"
"The tiger markings symbolize that you are the son of Eddga the MVP of the Payon forest and mountains. He is a large tiger that smokes a pipe and is supposedly seen roaming around the fields of Payonfild10." The priest explained, well enough for the gaping novice to hear him well.
"But...but how is it I look almost like human? Is my mother a human?" Byakko asked the priest who hesitated to continue.
"Yes and no. Yes, she was once human. And no, she is not a human. She was also an MVP, the Sohee Mistress. Legends say that the Mistress Sohee and Eddga settled deep inside the caves of Payon where their love grew for each other. Sohee Mistress gave birth to a child, thus her virginity was lost and her power to respawn was destroyed. In her weakened state, a party of adventurers who came for her bounty defeated her, her wish and her card..."
The priest looked up to see Byakko leaving the room.
"Wait...let me tank you, Byakko... You'll level up faster..."
"No..."Byakko's eyes grew into small slits. "I want to do this alone..." He said, leaving with his 7 Triple Vital Mace. Off he went to the desert to release his pent-up emotions at what he has heard.
Back to reality...
The novices gaped at the sullen novice as he took on one-on-one a thief bug that stole the apple and carrot that he got from the Poring.
"Give it back! Give it now!!!" Byakko pounded on mercilessly on the insect, which itself also fought back. A few seconds later, the squashed remains of the bug littered the field along with the apple, carrot and a few jellopies that scattered when the insect got busted.
"Whoa, that was cool!" A pony-tailed novice came up to him. Byakko took a second look to see he was male.
"You're new here?" Byakko asked his classman.
"Yeah, came from Morroc for training. I'm ShadowEyes." The boy extended his hand in a gesture of shaking.
"It's a wonder you didn't laugh. I'm Byakko..." Returning back the handshake, he looked on across the fields eyeing a Rhoda Frog that was croaking noisily on the meadow.
"And why would people laugh at you?" Shadow Eyes asked, his curiosity was suddenly piqued.
"10 Strength, 20 Agility, 15 Vitality, 10 Intelligence, 10 Dexterity, 1 Luck. Who wouldn't laugh at that?" Byakko flinched when he noticed ShadowEyes restrained a laugh from coming out of his mouth.
"Mphf!" ShadowEyes finally settled. "You should realize that you're a..."
"Hybrid? Yes, I know that...I'm going to be a battle acolyte..."Byakko cut in as he noticed the other boy was now rolling across the meadow, his hand clutching his stomach as the other laughed like there was no tomorrow.
"Oh that was rich! For a minute there, I thought you said you were going to be a battle acolyte! Heh that would be just the same as a battle mage!" ShadowEyes snickered, settling once again after the hard round of laughing.
"I was, and a battle mage is more specifically called a "Sage". And I don't get it why people would look at hybrids and out of the way builds like we are homosexual or something..." Byakko was now irritated, rising up from his sitting position and began slamming the Rhoda Frog until the spawn came out.
"Then why didn't you plan to be just a swordsman? You could use your strength there, and your vitality is just as good..." ShadowEyes joined the silver haired Byakko as he brandished his 7 Main Gauche against a Poring that tried to loot the Spawn.
"Because...I...promised...a...priest...I will...become...one..." Byakko said in between intervals as he continuously bashed 5 Porings that tried mobbing him. An Unripe Apple fell, much to his delight. The other novices tried getting their hands on it, but Byakko got it first.
"You wish!!! Thank god to the anti-looting system!" Byakko kissed the fifth Unripe Apple that day, as he waved his fists at the would-be looters.
"By the way, what's your level, ShadowEyes?" Byakko looked back at the semi-envious boy.
"Just 12/9."
"Hmm, I'm already 17/10. Want to take on a Rocker? I'll let you join me..." Byakko decided to walk the distance to the Rocker Fields.
"Nah, it's okay. I'll walk it back to Morroc. By the time I get home, I'll be ready to become a thief." His pride kicked in, seeing the higher leveled boy.
"I'll come along. My quest is to find Mother Matilda, they said she hangs out at Morroc..." Byakko said, packing extra supplies on his backpack.
"Fine, just don't kill steal from me..." ShadowEyes said smugly, going back to the streets of Prontera to buy himself a new knife when he would reach his desired job. Byakko just looked on at his 12,000 zennys in his pocket as he wished for the Chain that he saw the other day at the Sanctuary. Only 6,000 zennys more and he'll just have to look for a discount merchant to buy him the Chain.
A few minutes later...
"Peh, there was nothing new in that city." ShadowEyes said in disgust as Byakko looked back at the city gates where many novices gathered outside, looking for someone willing to trade their practically useless items, and others for someone to tank them.
Lazy bystanders...
The sight of Pickys and Super Pickys greeted the two as both emerged from the palm trees that made the boundary of meadow and desert. Byakko wasn't very familiar with the surroundings so he made it a priority to always stick by the younger boy. ShadowEyes told him all about the creatures around them, like he shouldn't deal with Peco Pecos until he's level 25 or if his agility or vitality can hold him up. Byakko ignored the warning as he bashed a lone bird on its head.
"Sigh...I told you not to, you were lucky enough I was around or you would have been a goner..." ShadowEyes shook his head.
"Yeah, with your constant damage of 16, I wouldn't have gone through it." Byakko rolled his eyes, drooling on sarcastically.
"Hey! At least I tried saving your sorry butt...umph..." ShadowEyes got cut off as a piece of meat was shoved deep into his mouth.
"So thanks." Byakko handed the other end of the drumstick to the boy. "It feels kinda weird...you're the only one that never made a comment about my ears or my strange markings..." Byakko caressed the striped pattern on his cheek.
"Teh, I've seen more weird stuff than yours..."ShadowEyes gave a small grin at the silver-haired novice. Byakko gave out another pif.
He laid down the cool sands of the desert, looking at the stars.
"Hey...Shadow..."Byakko gazed at him.
"Yeah..."
"Can I call you Kuro instead?"
"Wha..."
"It's the color black in Japanese, same as the color of the shadows..."
"Whatever...go to sleep..."
"Thanks..."
The two drifted off to sleep as the moon breathed a soft wind against the palms of the desert.
The two traveled the lone desert together, occasionally stumbling upon some noisy Mukas and Desert wolf pups. It was tempting to hit the noisy cactus and the dogs really messed with his eardrums, but Shadow...no...Kuro warned him that he won't be able to handle it. Byakko sighed and went on.
Just a few more days before finally reaching Morroc, the Frontier...
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So how was it guys? Okay...so I exaggerated on some portions. But it was for the good of the plot anyway...here are some other things that you might have been confused with...
The map where Byakko and Kuro met was at prtfild06. The Library of Prontera is located North East of the fountain in Prontera. To decipher when asking the level of another character we usually write, say 62/46, the first figure is the base level and the second figure is the job level. Knights are commonly stupid around here (gets thrown at with Bastard Swords and Cranial Shields), because they only have 1 stat point for Intelligence. Get it? Hybrids are somewhat cursed here in the Philippines during the early levels, but people can only gape when they see a grown up hybrid in action... This is my pure observation but Hunters compromise 40% of the Philippine population, Knights around 25%, Priests at 15%and the rest goes to others. Main reason? Hunters are overpowered, overrated and have the largest assortment of elemental arrows to suit their needs. Their high agi makes them hard to hit, and their dexterity ensures they hit back. Their abused Blitz Beat skill makes it even unfair and the addition of traps can make MVP hunting somewhat forgivable. I know this is out of the topic but I felt damn right good about what I said.
Hunter: Awww somebody beat me to Baphomet...not to worry that priest will be shredded to bits by the scythe later on...heheheheh. (Sees that the Baphomet misses the priest insanely) Hunter: Must be an agility type, but one hit will kill that show off (/gg) (The priest got hit, and the astounding amount reached to only 800!) Hunter: /omg
Any other questions or comments just review, ok? I'll still write this damn fic but it would help if I got a review or two! /heh
Ja minna sai! Gotta get back to my Zoids fan fiction...Not to worry, I'll still update this section of my life (but I'd rather play Ragnarok Online than do a fiction about it )
I'll have your heads you guild!!!
Anyway, I was trying to recall the time when my battle acolyte days were still fresh, but I decided to create a non-factual fic first about my character (pRO character Odin Server: Tiger God Byakko). The idea was damn too good to pass up so I decided to do it will I had the drive to write in my mind.
Disclaimer: I do not, repeat, DO NOT own Ragnarok Online. This is the property of Master Lee-Myoung Jin and Gravity Corporation. pRO belongs to its publisher Level Up! HOWEVER I do own anything within my sorry account, which means my character, is seriously mine and the character names I will use here are actually real people in the Philippine Odin Server. I'll have to give credit to them later on and I might mention some guilds, which are very much famous in our locale.
The environment (street sales, guild attitudes, etc.) is simultaneously happening at the time I wrote this fic so, you will have a quick view of what is happening in the pRO world.
This is just a pilot plot, however my character's life story is made up! Get it?
Dedicated to my hardworking 'sin companion, Shadow Eyes (owned by Ragnar Pendon), to my friend Eiseley Fawn Samillano and to my mentor Jhankreuz.
Just tell me if you want me to continue this story coz' I still have another fic that I'm updating. (Forever Promisea Zoids VanxRaven yaoi fic...yeah its yaoi so sue me! If you want to check it, just proceed to Anime CategoryZoidsRated R)
Good luck reading!
Oh, by the way... here are some things you might be confused about in this fic, and in this chapter.
Eddga ( the Tiger MVP monster) has a wife named the Sohee Mistress (a rare MVP monster that I made up and has no power to respawn) Tiger God Byakko (my battle acolyte) is supposedly a demi-human who was able to pass himself as normal. Deep inside, he is the son of both MVPs. The story goes that Eddga once resided in the Payon Caves level 4 when he met Sohee Mistress, the reason he never left for the mountains again. Sohee Mistress looks like a normal Sohee, except that she is all white. (Her hair, clothes, and skin) Her mob is 4 Sohees and 4 Leib Olmais (whom Eddga sent for extra protection) An MVP loses it's ability to respawn once he/she gives birth (again I made that up)
Here are the basic stats for Sohee Mistress just for the humor of it...
Name: Sohee Mistress
Strength: 84 Size: Medium
Agility: 179 Property: Ice 4, Demon 4
Dexterity: 145 Weakness: Holy, Wind
Intelligence: 99 Aggressive: No
Vitality: 30 Magic Sense: Yes
Luck: 30 Base Exp: 3904994 Job Exp: 405938
Skills: Counter Attack, Double Attack, Consecutive Attack, Storm Gust,
Frost Diver, Splash Attack(innate), Sandman Attack(innate, sleep
attribute) Suicide
Drops: White Hair (50%) Elunium (45%) Oridecon (30%) Skirt of Virgin
(25%) Dagger of Chastity (20%)
Mother's Wish (10%) Sohee Mistress Card (0.01%)
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Chapter 1: The Long History
"My dear...the humans are coming to hunt us down...our child will no longer be safe inside Moonlight's Lair..." Eddga hugged his wife the Sohee Mistress.
"I'm sorry my love, but the time has come for you to leave the darkness of this cave. Go back to the mountains where both of you will be safe..." Sohee Mistress looked at the bulky tiger with her ebony eyes.
"If only Moonlight was here, but she hasn't been back from her trip to the Glastheim castles along with Cat'O'Nine Tails..." Eddga looked back at the child carefully laid in the corner of the cave, who was still sleeping.
"You must go now, I will defend this cave alone if I have to, but I cannot risk the safety of our child. My attendants will help me..."
"No! You do realize that you won't be able to respawn back when you are defeated..." Eddga said with furious concern and worry.
"Eddga..." Sohee Mistress hugged the orange tiger as she whispered softly in his twitching ears. Her breath was cold and misty. "For the sake of our child, I would die for both of you...I will not be a good parent for him but I trust you will be one. Promise me you'll take care of him."
She drove a pin she took from her bundle of hair into Eddga's neck. Eddga began to draw back as his visions dimmed, seeing his wife smile before passing out.
"I...love...you..." Eddga shed a tear before going to sleep.
"I love you too..."Sohee Mistress covered her mouth as she wept for them. She took the babe from its nanny Hydra as she planted a soft kiss on her child's forehead.
"You'll grow up with the understanding of our race, and the persistence of your father. You will learn the human arts and you will grow up to be a fine person someday, I hope you will never forget where you came from or who I am..." Sohee Mistress brushed her child's tiger markings on his right cheek, saying her goodbyes as she gave him to the waiting Lieb Olmai.
"Go! The humans are nearby! Take care of my husband and child!" The ashen woman commanded the nodding great bear as he and the others retreated with the fallen figure of their master. Sohee Mistress looked back as the doors in her Sanctuary opened with a party of knights, priests and hunters.
"Lem schcala emir terraza!" Sohee Mistress raised her right hand, summoning all her MVP powers to call upon her Sohee mob, as she brandished her knife hidden in her sleeves. The party just grinned maliciously as they readied themselves as well for the prospect of a good hunt.
A piercing scream was heard deep inside the Payon caves as the fight ended that night. The Munaks and Bonguns grew silent and stayed inside their coffins mourning the death of their second mother. The Sohees wailed throughout the third level of the cave, realizing that she would never return again.
Eddga continued his dream that the three of them were happily living in the mountains of Payon, his mob had died preventing them from being seen by the passing humans, not realizing that his child had fallen from his grasp and rolled across the dark meadows of the bamboo forest.
The child's sullen cries were the only ones heard throughout the night.
"Well...what is this?" A young priest passed by. His eyes caught the white bundle of silk that lay beside the bamboo.
"A child...in this part of the forest? It's a miracle that the Horongs and Poison Spores didn't attack him. It'd be best if I took him along..." the priest carefully took the child, healing him immediately to make sure that there were no injuries. The child sneezed at the warm energy that flowed from the priest's hands, and then fell asleep again, finding comfort in the warmth that came from it.
"Warp Portal!" The priest clasped a blue gemstone in his hand as it slowly disappeared, only to be replaced by a glowing pillar of light in front of him. He retreated in the light as both vanished without a trace. Eddga had only to realize when he woke up that he would have lost two important things in his life...
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"Hey, guys! It's Byakko the freak!" A novice began teasing him, when he spotted the white-haired novice approach from the Sanctuary.
"Let's throw stones at him!" A novice suggested.
"Silly, we can't do that! Only the Thief classes are allowed to throw stones!" Another retorted.
Byakko just piffed (/pif) at the novices who tried ganging up at him again. True enough, he couldn't blame them... he was unusually strong for his class, he had those strange tiger markings on his cheek that nobody has seen before and his ears reached out like he was wearing Elven Ears.
He remembered once he had a talk with a knight some other day...
"Hey kid! Are those elven ears?" The knight asked Byakko.
"Uh, yeah...guess so..."Byakko replied, blushing hard as he tried to hide his lying sequence.
"Novices aren't allowed to wear them you know..."The knight eyed him suspiciously.
"Well...these are starter elven ears...ehm, some merchant was selling them at the corner and I bought one...he said it came from baby Giearths..."Byakko made a pretty pathetic excuse.
"Oh...ok, no wonder...Uhhh, how about that tiger marking on your cheek... I wanna know what's the quest behind it..."The knight started inquiring again when he noticed the boy was gone. He didn't realize that the boy was behind the puffy tail feathers of his Peco Peco, so he was safe from the prying questions of the knight. Byakko knew the reason to this, as the priest who adopted him way back then later informed him...
"I just found you, Byakko. It was the name given to you by an amulet that was placed in your palms." The priest could no longer hold his conscience from telling the truth to the boy.
"I did some arcane research in the Libraries of Rune-Midgard concerning the strange markings on your cheek. You are no ordinary boy..."
"What do you mean, father?"
"The tiger markings symbolize that you are the son of Eddga the MVP of the Payon forest and mountains. He is a large tiger that smokes a pipe and is supposedly seen roaming around the fields of Payonfild10." The priest explained, well enough for the gaping novice to hear him well.
"But...but how is it I look almost like human? Is my mother a human?" Byakko asked the priest who hesitated to continue.
"Yes and no. Yes, she was once human. And no, she is not a human. She was also an MVP, the Sohee Mistress. Legends say that the Mistress Sohee and Eddga settled deep inside the caves of Payon where their love grew for each other. Sohee Mistress gave birth to a child, thus her virginity was lost and her power to respawn was destroyed. In her weakened state, a party of adventurers who came for her bounty defeated her, her wish and her card..."
The priest looked up to see Byakko leaving the room.
"Wait...let me tank you, Byakko... You'll level up faster..."
"No..."Byakko's eyes grew into small slits. "I want to do this alone..." He said, leaving with his 7 Triple Vital Mace. Off he went to the desert to release his pent-up emotions at what he has heard.
Back to reality...
The novices gaped at the sullen novice as he took on one-on-one a thief bug that stole the apple and carrot that he got from the Poring.
"Give it back! Give it now!!!" Byakko pounded on mercilessly on the insect, which itself also fought back. A few seconds later, the squashed remains of the bug littered the field along with the apple, carrot and a few jellopies that scattered when the insect got busted.
"Whoa, that was cool!" A pony-tailed novice came up to him. Byakko took a second look to see he was male.
"You're new here?" Byakko asked his classman.
"Yeah, came from Morroc for training. I'm ShadowEyes." The boy extended his hand in a gesture of shaking.
"It's a wonder you didn't laugh. I'm Byakko..." Returning back the handshake, he looked on across the fields eyeing a Rhoda Frog that was croaking noisily on the meadow.
"And why would people laugh at you?" Shadow Eyes asked, his curiosity was suddenly piqued.
"10 Strength, 20 Agility, 15 Vitality, 10 Intelligence, 10 Dexterity, 1 Luck. Who wouldn't laugh at that?" Byakko flinched when he noticed ShadowEyes restrained a laugh from coming out of his mouth.
"Mphf!" ShadowEyes finally settled. "You should realize that you're a..."
"Hybrid? Yes, I know that...I'm going to be a battle acolyte..."Byakko cut in as he noticed the other boy was now rolling across the meadow, his hand clutching his stomach as the other laughed like there was no tomorrow.
"Oh that was rich! For a minute there, I thought you said you were going to be a battle acolyte! Heh that would be just the same as a battle mage!" ShadowEyes snickered, settling once again after the hard round of laughing.
"I was, and a battle mage is more specifically called a "Sage". And I don't get it why people would look at hybrids and out of the way builds like we are homosexual or something..." Byakko was now irritated, rising up from his sitting position and began slamming the Rhoda Frog until the spawn came out.
"Then why didn't you plan to be just a swordsman? You could use your strength there, and your vitality is just as good..." ShadowEyes joined the silver haired Byakko as he brandished his 7 Main Gauche against a Poring that tried to loot the Spawn.
"Because...I...promised...a...priest...I will...become...one..." Byakko said in between intervals as he continuously bashed 5 Porings that tried mobbing him. An Unripe Apple fell, much to his delight. The other novices tried getting their hands on it, but Byakko got it first.
"You wish!!! Thank god to the anti-looting system!" Byakko kissed the fifth Unripe Apple that day, as he waved his fists at the would-be looters.
"By the way, what's your level, ShadowEyes?" Byakko looked back at the semi-envious boy.
"Just 12/9."
"Hmm, I'm already 17/10. Want to take on a Rocker? I'll let you join me..." Byakko decided to walk the distance to the Rocker Fields.
"Nah, it's okay. I'll walk it back to Morroc. By the time I get home, I'll be ready to become a thief." His pride kicked in, seeing the higher leveled boy.
"I'll come along. My quest is to find Mother Matilda, they said she hangs out at Morroc..." Byakko said, packing extra supplies on his backpack.
"Fine, just don't kill steal from me..." ShadowEyes said smugly, going back to the streets of Prontera to buy himself a new knife when he would reach his desired job. Byakko just looked on at his 12,000 zennys in his pocket as he wished for the Chain that he saw the other day at the Sanctuary. Only 6,000 zennys more and he'll just have to look for a discount merchant to buy him the Chain.
A few minutes later...
"Peh, there was nothing new in that city." ShadowEyes said in disgust as Byakko looked back at the city gates where many novices gathered outside, looking for someone willing to trade their practically useless items, and others for someone to tank them.
Lazy bystanders...
The sight of Pickys and Super Pickys greeted the two as both emerged from the palm trees that made the boundary of meadow and desert. Byakko wasn't very familiar with the surroundings so he made it a priority to always stick by the younger boy. ShadowEyes told him all about the creatures around them, like he shouldn't deal with Peco Pecos until he's level 25 or if his agility or vitality can hold him up. Byakko ignored the warning as he bashed a lone bird on its head.
"Sigh...I told you not to, you were lucky enough I was around or you would have been a goner..." ShadowEyes shook his head.
"Yeah, with your constant damage of 16, I wouldn't have gone through it." Byakko rolled his eyes, drooling on sarcastically.
"Hey! At least I tried saving your sorry butt...umph..." ShadowEyes got cut off as a piece of meat was shoved deep into his mouth.
"So thanks." Byakko handed the other end of the drumstick to the boy. "It feels kinda weird...you're the only one that never made a comment about my ears or my strange markings..." Byakko caressed the striped pattern on his cheek.
"Teh, I've seen more weird stuff than yours..."ShadowEyes gave a small grin at the silver-haired novice. Byakko gave out another pif.
He laid down the cool sands of the desert, looking at the stars.
"Hey...Shadow..."Byakko gazed at him.
"Yeah..."
"Can I call you Kuro instead?"
"Wha..."
"It's the color black in Japanese, same as the color of the shadows..."
"Whatever...go to sleep..."
"Thanks..."
The two drifted off to sleep as the moon breathed a soft wind against the palms of the desert.
The two traveled the lone desert together, occasionally stumbling upon some noisy Mukas and Desert wolf pups. It was tempting to hit the noisy cactus and the dogs really messed with his eardrums, but Shadow...no...Kuro warned him that he won't be able to handle it. Byakko sighed and went on.
Just a few more days before finally reaching Morroc, the Frontier...
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So how was it guys? Okay...so I exaggerated on some portions. But it was for the good of the plot anyway...here are some other things that you might have been confused with...
The map where Byakko and Kuro met was at prtfild06. The Library of Prontera is located North East of the fountain in Prontera. To decipher when asking the level of another character we usually write, say 62/46, the first figure is the base level and the second figure is the job level. Knights are commonly stupid around here (gets thrown at with Bastard Swords and Cranial Shields), because they only have 1 stat point for Intelligence. Get it? Hybrids are somewhat cursed here in the Philippines during the early levels, but people can only gape when they see a grown up hybrid in action... This is my pure observation but Hunters compromise 40% of the Philippine population, Knights around 25%, Priests at 15%and the rest goes to others. Main reason? Hunters are overpowered, overrated and have the largest assortment of elemental arrows to suit their needs. Their high agi makes them hard to hit, and their dexterity ensures they hit back. Their abused Blitz Beat skill makes it even unfair and the addition of traps can make MVP hunting somewhat forgivable. I know this is out of the topic but I felt damn right good about what I said.
Hunter: Awww somebody beat me to Baphomet...not to worry that priest will be shredded to bits by the scythe later on...heheheheh. (Sees that the Baphomet misses the priest insanely) Hunter: Must be an agility type, but one hit will kill that show off (/gg) (The priest got hit, and the astounding amount reached to only 800!) Hunter: /omg
Any other questions or comments just review, ok? I'll still write this damn fic but it would help if I got a review or two! /heh
Ja minna sai! Gotta get back to my Zoids fan fiction...Not to worry, I'll still update this section of my life (but I'd rather play Ragnarok Online than do a fiction about it )