- Chapter Twenty Two -

That night I went to the forge and started working. The name of the quest is 'Medai's Dagger' so I'm planning on making everyone in the raid a custom made dagger. It's going to be made exactly like my Gryphon long sword. Black iron blade, gold outlines and a gryphon stamped on the handle. Simply named, "Medai". No rubies because that shit's expensive.

I love how the sleep mechanics work in this game too. I didn't finish the daggers until 6 that next morning. After one hour of sleep, I felt well rested and ready to kick some dungeon ass.

Firefly and Cherry woke up and made breakfast for everyone. Callisto woke up in a great mood, probably because of the new company he had and Parks and Ronin were already outside going over sword skills.

"Lock and load in one hour." Parks said coming into the kitchen to get some breakfast.

"What were you working on last night?" Asked Cherry.

"That's gonna be a surprise for everyone." I answered with a smirk. I got a few questioning stares but they weren't really worried about it. This was going to be our first multiple guild raid so we were all a little anxious.

I equipped my armor, grabbed my long sword, strapped my new throwing hatchets to my belt and walked out to get Sampson.

Ronin, Parks and Callisto were all ready to go. Sampson was laying on the front porch in what was probably the same position he fell asleep in.

"You ready to fuck up a dungeon?" I asked him.

His head shot up. I'm telling you, this bird loves to fight. If he's not sleeping, he's fuckin up monsters.

He jumped up and started running around.

"I think he's ready." Parks said.

The twins came outside and we started making our way to the hunting grounds.

This time, we weren't the first ones there. Apparently Thad and Freya's guilds were more anxious than we were.

They were already split up into the predetermined groups strategizing when we walked up.

Ronin and I went to our party, Parks and Callisto met up with Freya's archer, the twins were with Thad's party, and Freya and Gojira had the two smaller parties.

After a few minutes, we all started to make our way to the dungeon.

Thad was leading the group, hand in hand with Firefly. "If you get into any trouble, I'll be right there babygirl." He told her.

"She can handle herself." Fired back Cherry.

"Oh I never said she couldn't." Thad replied, "But unexpected shit always seems to happen in a raid."

"I'd be more worried about him doing something stupid." Gojira interrupted. "I've been gaming with Thad for years and he always manages to get himself into trouble."

"Yeah, but did anyone ever die on my watch!?" Thad questioned.

Gojira shook his head and smiled.

Sampson let out a scream a few dozen yards ahead letting us know we were getting close.

"Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy." I yelled, quoting one of my favorite movies (Independence Day).

That seemed to quicken everyone's pace. I honestly don't think anyone there was genuinely nervous. From what I've gathered hanging out with everyone, they all seemed to enjoy the fight.

Sampson came flying back down and landed next to me as we started the final run up the trail towards the dungeon.

A pack of five dire wolves stood at the entrance almost as if guarding it. They'd soon learn that 25 eager warriors were a little too much to handle.

Ronin and Raven both Shadow Walked to the nearest wolf and stuck their blades deep into its sides. It vanished instantly into blue shards.

At the same time, Parks fired a plethora of arrows into another, taking it out.

By now, the rest of the group was closing in on the other 3.

Thad brought 'Filigree' down on the back of the head of one wolf, shattering it into shards while the twins seemed to blur into themselves and simultaneously dissect the last 2 remaining.

"Hot damn, babygirl!" Thad yelled with a fist in the air.

The twins both smiled and fell back into line, Firefly getting a spank on the ass from Thad.

Then, we entered the dungeon.