Round two...lol and for my review I don't expect it to end in 6 chapters I'll write till there's no more to write. I am doing this fiction so I won't be terribly bored at work. So onwards
Party in Geffen
Midos' Group made it to Geffen just as Ata's did. After some brief hellos and conversation they entered the city. All around them people were sick and dieing. Acolytes and Priests were trying their best but nothing they did seemed to work. Ata walked over to a priest. "What is this?"
"No one knows. Its like their internal organs are liquefying. As long as the infected don't touch you, you can't get it. So be careful."
"Any idea what caused it?"
"None."
With that Ata turned around and returned to his companions. "Don't touch anyone."
Everyone just nodded. They didn't need to ask why. After a bit of talking they decided to find a place to hold up till the next morning. "Wonder if Chaos is ok" wondered Slasher.
"Lets just hope he didn't get infected." Sou said as they started walking towards the inn.
They didn't get far. The guards of Geffen were screaming to close all gates. Monsters were attacking. The group ran to the west gate to get a view of the event. What they saw made their blood go cold. "Oh my god. Look at how many there are!" Mido said her face a sickly white. Ata fist clenched and a vein in his forehead was visible throbbing. "Most of those monsters aren't from around here. Someone is using dead branches!"
"Who would do that now?" asked Cyton.
"Someone who either has a very sick sense of humor. Or they are behind this plague."
The gates finally closed. The roars and other noises of the monsters were loud. Drowning out all other noise in the city. The group ran to the tower to try and see more of the threat.
"Look at all the MVPs' its insane." Keun said with distaste. "We need to find the pricks that did this and kill them." The group just nodded. Thousands upon thousands of monsters were holding Geffen under siege. All they could do right now was watch and wait. Many unlucky adventurers could be seen coming out of the forest to their doom.
Ata got more and more angry as each one died. His eyes shifted to the horizon and what he saw took away his breath. "Oh no! Chaos is coming out of the forest!"
The peco still had more running left in it. They had made good time getting to Geffen. Just a few more yards till he'd see the magic city itself. He then started to hear screams among other noises and it was getting louder. He cleared the Forest and instantly wished he hadn't. Bodies' lay everywhere, worse than that was the amount of monsters he saw. A pack of desert wolves spotted him and charged. "Guard! Endure! Shield Reflect!" The wolves reached him and attacked. "Bash!" one wolf down. He started swinging furiously. Hacking and stabbing each wolf the got close. Soon the pack was defeated. His troubles weren't over yet. An arch angling and his mob quickly followed. "Damn it" he bashed and magnum breaked till he couldn't anymore. "Shield Boomerang!" He threw it with all that was left of his strength. It flew through the Arc and the gooey monster exploded. His shield returned and he quickly turned around and vanished into the forest.
Pulling out his white and blue pots, quickly drinking all he needed he gave his peco some food and prepared to go back in. Resetting his protections he rushed back out of the forest. Right into a group of abysmal knights. "Oh fruck me!" He charged at them, not giving them the chance to gain speed on him. The first one he struck down easily, the others were better prepared by then though. "Smite!" slamming his shield into one knights head stunned it giving him the chance to gut it. He quickly blocked ones attack with his saber while hitting the next with his shield. His peco was clawing and pecking at the horses. All said and done the knights went down easier than the Arc had. Chaos pushed forward. "Ok I need to rush through and kill the weaker, slower runs off. Need to avoid the big ones though." His peco wonked and off they went.
The group could only watch as their leader ran in circles around Geffen. Monsters were falling left and right. A few more adventurers would pop out get a group of monsters to attack and drag them onto the woods. Slowly the monsters numbers were lowering. Samus looked down into the city and noticed archers and hunters in a group talking to each other. "Be right back guys!" He yelled already halfway down the stairs. Dashing across the square towards the group he noticed jumping over sick or dead bodies. He slid to a stop in front of them. "Guys! Can you fire from the walls?"
"Most of the monsters are staying out of our range. Doesn't do any good to waste the arrows." "What if my guild draws them to you?" "Your guild would have to be really crazy or blessed" "Maybe a little of both"
Ata stared as the gate closed behind them. "I swear I don't know how you talked us into this Sam." "Easy. Either we go out and start killing things, or we stay in there and rot." They looked out at the monsters. The bridge was practically swarming with them, though they weren't getting closer. "Ok lets get them!" yelled Ata as he ran at the monsters. It didn't take them long to fall back and a horde of the creature followed. The sharp whistling sounds of arrows rained down and around them. Monsters screamed then died. The ones that didn't, escaped back to the bridge. Sou looked relieved, "I'm glad that worked." The group all nodded and rushed forward again.
Chaos finally had to pull back into the woods. Most of the weakest creatures he could reach were dead. The big ones still thrived though. He noticed more and more people were showing up to fight, most couldn't do much though as their strength wasn't great yet. Almost all of them were still first classes. He looked over and noticed a group of 2nd classers though. He quickly raced over to them. "How are you guys doing?"
"Could be better." The knight of the group said, obviously stressed.
"You must be the guild leader huh?" "How'd you know that" "Lucky Guess I suppose. I have an idea but I need your help to do it." "I'm all ears." "Get as many of these people as you can and take them to the north away from the monsters. I'll do the same and meet you there. If we can get enough together we might be able to make a real dent in these monsters." "Sounds good see you again soon, hopefully."
With that they parted ways. An hour later they were gathered with at least a hundred others. "Well this might just work. My guild is outside the north gate luring monsters into archer fire. We attack behind them and push the monsters into them. Together we should be able to get rid of most of the northern monsters. All knights, saders, and stronger swordies up front. Thiefs, rogues, and assasins next. Archers and hunters in the middle. All support after them and everyone one else behind them."
"Sounds like a decent plan. What about your guild though? They will be between the closed gate and that pack of monsters." The knight asked. "They have no choice right now its only thing that can be done. They should survive this though."
No more talk was needed. The ranks got into order and off they marched. They reached the north end of the bridge. "Charge!" screamed Chaos. Charge they did. The monsters didn't notice them till it was too late. The ones that could ran towards the city, while others had no choice but to fight back. Chaos charged forward into the middle of the monsters. There he found High orcs. Lots of them, all surrounding the Orc hero and orc lord. "Well if I am going to die. There is no better way." He slammed into a group of high orcs and quickly dispatched them. The other high orcs noticed him and so did hero and lord. He slashed wildly at each orc. It quickly came down to him and the two leaders.
"Alright. You two ready to die?" He charged orc hero and with a quick shield boomerang and a slice of his sword, the heros head fell to the ground. "Wow easier than I thought." He said just then Orc Lord drop kicked him off his peco. "Oww damn it that hurt you prick!" Lord wasn't done though and continued his attack. Chaos blocked with his shield and attempted a holy cross, only to be knocked back. "Smite!" his shield slamming into orc lords head. Not being phased orc lord shifted and rammed the horn of his helm into Chaos's shoulder. Stumbling back Chaos reached the edge of the bridge. "Damn it! Now what." Orc lord walked up and attempted a drop kick. In the middle of his kick Chaos tossed his shield again and knocked orc lord down. "Bash!" Chaos's saber went clean through orc lords helm, head, and neck, only to stop once reaching the collar bone. Chaos jerked his sword out, spat on orc lord, and turned to look and see how the battle was fairing. He was very surprised. Most the monsters were now dead. Golden thief bug was slaughtered by the archers and a group of mages were eradicating Drake. He hopped back onto his peco and rode to the gates. He waved to Ata "So you guys having as much fun as I am?" Ata just smiled.
After the victory at the northern gate they rested, healed, and prepared to move to the next gate. After three more victories done in the same fashion, Geffen was finally free of the threat. More healing and a lot of graves filled everyone finally rested. The plague, atleast in Geffen, had claimed its last victim and he was buried as well. A few days later Odins Chosen rested a few days then decided to go to Al De Baren. Hopefully the plague was over there as well.
Duo walked into his masters chamber. His gold colored clothing rustling as he rushed past the gold knights guarding the masters chamber. "Master Geffen is still standing. The plague has also passed, many died but not what we were hoping for."
His master looked up from his potions and cart. "Duo, you are my most talented Hunter. Why has our attack failed?" "A guild gathered an army of wandering adventurers and destroyed our summoned army." "What guild is this? All the strongest guilds were hit with my plague first." "They were not strong enough for us to worry about. Now it seems we underestimated them. They are known as Odins Chosen." "I never heard of them. Bah no matter. I want then destroyed. Where are they now?" "They are headed towards Al De Baren sir." "Send our first class division to stop them. If they are this low on the totem pole it shouldn't be hard for our division. No sense in wasting any of our second class divisions. You can leave now." "As you wish Master Micron"
Ok so now the villain is revealed. Or is he? Find out next chapter!
