Alright ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for another chapter of Alpha Gear Chronicles.
In this chapter a few new mechanics of the Virtual World will be revealed in this chapter.
Anyway I'll let you all enjoy this chapter and I'll see you all next time.
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Well, waiting for night time proved to help us learn a few things.
First off Axel was actually 25 years old, and Mia was my age of 18.
So that made Sadie the youngest of us and Axel the oldest of us, not exactly important, but rather nice to make note of.
I had also spent some time at the Home Decor shop, and holy crap how are people supposed to make this kind of cash? 200 Gold for a side table? Yeesh, I'm thinking that monster hunting isn't exactly good for money making. Still those Loot Boxes and Treasure Boxes sound like a good way to make some quick cash... Wonder if there are any other ways of getting money.
Still, night came around and Sadie and I stood by the font gate, me having Headhuntress by my side while Sadie had a monster known as Solitaire Magician by her side, which actually made sense seeing as she ran a Fortune Lady deck and Solitaire Magician is a tie in with the Fortune Lady Cards.
"Ready?" I asked my cousin.
"Yep!" Sadie said happily resting her staff on her shoulder.
"Well then let's get this started before I hear my bed calling me." I said jokingly as I pushed open the front gate and stepped out.
Now before while I was waiting for night fall, we had all decided to look up what goes on in the Open Roads and Fields.
First off, night time is the only time you can find Zombie class Monsters, thus meaning we're gonna be fighting Zombie's tonight. Second the level restriction is much looser, the further you get from Starter Village the stronger the monsters get, so we gotta be careful not to stray too far. After that there's the chance to receive random quest's and traders to be found out there. Finally, there are a chance for Treasure Boxes to appear almost anywhere in the Fields or Roads, the quality of the box can determine the items inside.
The Quality of Treasure Boxes were as follows, Makeshift, Wooden, Metal, Silver, Golden, and Jeweled.
Naturally the moment we stepped out we encountered a Skull Servant.
[Skull Servant: LP 100- Lvl 1- ATK 30- DEF 20]
[Sadie: LP 500- Lvl 1- ATK 70- DEF 60] {Solitaire Magician: LP 400- Lvl 4- ATK 160- DEF 130}
[David: LP 600- Lvl 2- ATK 190- DEF 90] {Beautiful Headhuntress: LP 400- Lvl 4- ATK 160- DEF 80}
"Freeze!" Sadie called out, pointing her staff at the skeleton in a robe, freezing the monster solid, taking off 50 LP from the monster.
Solitaire acted next by sending out a blast of magic that shattered the skeleton.
"Yes!" Sadie called out as she leveled up
[Sadie: LP 600- Lvl 2- ATK 80- Def 70]
"What to put my upgrade into..." Sadie mused.
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"Seriously Sadie, I have wings but you don't see me floating or flying every do you?" I asked looking at my cousin, who had put her upgrade point into a Levitate Spell.
"And I thank you for that." Headhuntess said.
That's we I tripped over a Wooden Treasure Box, "The hell is this thing doing in the middle of the road?" I asked looking at the box.
"Who cares, treasure!" Sadie cheered, "We'll split it, sixty-forty."
"Nice try cuz, fifty-fifty." I said opening the small box.
"Rats." Sadie muttered snapping her fingers.
Inside the chest was 500 Gold, which we split evenly, and four Spell Cards.
Sadie took the cards 'Book of Secret Arts' and 'Magical Hats', while I took the cards 'Dragon's Treasure' and 'Metalmorph'.
"Good grab." I said high fiving my floating cousin before I high fived Headhuntress.
"Let's head back now please." Sadie said, "I'm kinda lost my nocturnal activeness by having a normal sleep cycle for a whole week."
"Well that's a shame." A new female voice said behind us.
"Because we have an idea for a job you can do to earn something much more rewarding that a Treasure Box." A similar voice said.
Sadie and I spun around to see.
"The Gemini Elves?" Solitaire said looking at the two in one monster.
"Hello there Spellcaster and Dragon." The darker skinned elf said winking at us.
"Having fun out here?" The lighter one asked.
"Relax, we're not here to fight... in fact, we have a bit of a quest for you." The darker one said.
Naturally Sadie and I didn't lower our guard.
The two elves sighed, "You're not going to let us speak?"
"We'll let you speak." I said, "We just want to be prepared in case one of you attacks us."
The darker one leaned in with a smile, "Well aren't you a smart cookie." She cooed, "Most other players just stare at our jugs."
"With the way you just let them hang like that it's no wonder." Sadie said flatly, "Straighten up, I don't like looking down you cleavage."
The darker one decided to humor Sadie and straightened up, "Well then, how would you all like a little extra money and experience?" The Lighter elf asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"It's called a Request, you can find them on billboards in Cities and Towns, though not villages." The Lighter elf said, "And we have a request for you two."
"There's a monster nearby, follow us." The darker one said turning around and walking off.
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It took several minutes of following them, but they lead us to something that I actually wasn't expecting.
They lead us to a Trap Master monster.
"See that Trap Master over there?" The lighter elf asked, "Certain monsters, like Sword Hunter and Big Shield Guardna have a high drop rate for weapons and armor."
"And the Trap Master here has a high chance of dropping trap cards of any rarity." The darker one said, "Why don't you try your luck?"
"Why not?" Sadie asked to my, "I mean what's so bad about having more traps?"
"Let's go then." I said drawing my rapier.
[Trap Master]
[LP= 300, ATK=50, DEF=110]
With stat's like that it makes me feel kinda like a bully, still I drew my rapier and stabbed it.
It took 135 damage from that alone.
Of course now it was on the offensive, the Trap Master opened it's cloak to reveal a drill, chainsaw, buzzsaw, and scissors.
The swung the chainsaw at me but I quickly stepped back so Headhuntress could counter the attack, dealing 105 damage.
"Take this!" Sadie shouted firing an icicle at the monster, dealing 35 damage to it thanks to here same element spell giving her a small boost.
It then nicked Sadie with it's buzzsaw, causing her to take... No damage... why was I dodging again?
Either way I took a deep breath before letting out a stream of black fire from my lungs, finishing off the Trap Master, and causing it to shatter like glass.
It left behind 2 trap cards.
A Shadow Spell card, and a Fairies Hand Mirror Card, two rather useful cards I'll say.
"Nice job cuz." I said high fiving Sadie.
"You too David." Sadie said.
That's when my Bracer flashed, so I opened the screen.
[Request: Gemini's teachings- Complete.]
[Reward: 200 EXP, 50 Coins]
Hey that's a Level up.
[David: LP 700- Lvl 3- ATK 200- DEF 100]
[Sadie: LP 700- Lvl 3- ATK 90- Def 80]
"Triple digit defense!" I cheered throwing my fist's into the air, "Now what point to add?"
After a few minutes of thinking, I decided I ought to grow myself a basic tail.
The icy feeling that appeared at the tip of my spine was a bit uncomfortable, but my new tail had been grown.
It wasn't thick, but not thin either, and was simply covered in black scales... that's it.
"Well, it did say basic tail." I muttered, noticing I got no stat boost's from it, "Well, at least I can trip people now."
"That's a perk." Sadie said smiling, "I got myself an earth spell, after all ice really can't help very much if we find ourselves in a volcano."
"Good job..." I said trailing off, "The elves are gone."
"Aww man." Sadie whined, "I like them too."
"Why don't we head home?" Solitaire Magician asked.
"Good idea." Sadie moaned as she took Solitaire off her Bracer, as I did with Headhuntress.
The two of us proceeded to fly back home, where I warped into my home and went to sleep, thankfully without injuring my wings this time.
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Okay after all the delays I've FINALLY managed to get this out.
I'd also like to give a special shoutout to a fellow author who has created a story that takes place in the same universe as mine so...
*Picks up megaphone*
Shoutout to Spiceracksargent001 and his story Yu-Gi-Oh Virtual: Enter the Elemental Reavers.
I hope you all go and give that story a check out, I'm excited to see more of it myself.