Battles were mostly realilistic on the system. If a player knew how to use a sword in the real world they had an advantage in this one. Skills in the skill tree were more like Passives which means they aren't activatible and they are always doing something. For example one of the skills makes weapons lighter. Whenever a player puts a point in this skill it will make it easier for them to swing there weapon and they will be able to swing it faster. There are many different Passives that a player could put points into. But Passives are not the only things a player could put points into on the skill tree. Level twenty is when players could create skills that they could use in battle. Weapons also have effects and change the battle as well. Battles between players didn't happen as offen as it should of, but players had certain reasons not to fight. So there was a treaty
Red is a prideful land where it was survival of the strongest. They would battle it out with their own kind in an arena if ever there was a disagreement. They were training soldiers this way and it was there way to set up rules. The rules for red became this way when a group forced themselfs to power when the week of chaos was raging on.
Blue is a noble land where everyone had a say in the laws. They had schools for raising soldiers and mages. Blue became this way when a man rallied all the blue together and made the rules
Green is a barbaric land where there is no laws. It's get what ever you want by any means possible. Out of all the lands green had the most players. Green is know as the land where players are more likely to break the treaty with other lands. Red has debated killing the green off, but green threatened to kill of blue if red attacked unless they helped defend from red and in return green would do the same for them. Blue being the smallest had no choice but to follow green's demands which is why the treaty stands. The green land became this way when no one person or group came to leadership the whole week of chaos. Players became more and more barbaric as there was no leadership. No one to uphold any law or give any law. It was just my bad luck that I chose green.
The NPCs were a neutral party as their clothes didn't follow the color pattern. It was another way to identify an NPC. NPCs even though they had no right in any land there were different levels on how they were treated based on what color they were in.
In red they were mostly just homeless and had no use but to starve.
In blue they were used as butlers and maids following the command of the person that they were assigned to. NPCs were treated with more respect there, but still had no rights or say in anything.
In green... Slaves, tools of pleasure, entertainment, slaughter foughter, monster bait, mortars. The way green treated them made red look like heaven to the NPCs, they try to escape green territory, but according to the treaty if anyone or thing gets close to the border... Gets slaughtered on the spot. NPCs were trapped in the area.
Chapter 2 Barmetheous
I was dragged legless back to the gangs hideout. Which was a castle taken from an NPC king. The halls were recked and the doors were all torn down. The floor was marbal and cracked the whole castle stank with the oder of men. I was still being dragged by the leader, but my leg was recovering now. Since this was a game limbs would recover over time if the player wasn't dead. I had recovered up to the ankle. Around me were members laughing it up about the day they had and the stories of some "entertainment" they had. The hall was long and I was glad that the floor was marbal. Whenever there was a crack in the ground my back would hit it hard. I was being pulled backwards so I couldn't see where we were going, but every no and then I was able to lift up my head to see our destination. It was a pair of grand doors, most likely the only doors left in the castle. The leader even though he was dragging me was still conversating with his members and pretending that I was just loot he was carrying back. Once we got to the doors he put his arm from his elbow to his hand on one of the doors so he could open it with one hand while I was still held his other.
Once the door opened I could here the the joyful noises of at least thirty members pleasuring themselfs on their slaves. Once I was pulled further in I could see the members pleasuring themselves, but soon the leader dropped me. I looked around and it was the thrown room of the castle. Pillars of marbal that matched the floor. The room was semetrical and had a stained red carpet ran down the middle. The carpet was stained with drinks and other things I don't want to mention. The leader took his seat on the thrown. The thrown was gold and and was decorated with expensive material. The thrown had slash marks and cuts from the one sided battle that had taken place in the castle and on the top of the thrown was a word cut into the top with something sharp. It was the name Barmetheous.
"Finish up boys I have someone to introduce!" The leader shouted in all directions to make sure everyone heard. It took awhile but eventually everyone finished. Once everyone was done a member lead them outside the room with a chain that connected to a collar on their neck.
The leader waited for awhile after the NPCs were gone
"Everyone! I would like you to meat freshmeat." The leader pointed at me "freshmeat! This is everyone" The leader extended his arms and rotated his body.
I looked around to see many players from the ages 16-24 all either half naked or clothed in a green armor.
I tried to stand up with my one leg recovered to just before the toes. I tried to keep my balance, but I ended up being lopsided.
"We will have the ceremony tonight!" The leader shouted. Unsheathing his sword to raise it in the air. "Dismissed!"
Everyone started leaving the room all passing right by me. Every now and then one would cuss under their breath.
The leader got up and left the room as well leaving me in there with one last man who was standing in place not moving
"Hello!" The player came up to me. Now he was up close I got a better look at him. He had brown hair in a pony tail and he looked like he was twenty. "My name is Kagura!" He shouted singingly "it's so nice to meet you" he then whispered putting an palm next to his mouth to make a whisper gesture.
The moment was silent for a moment until he broke the silence again with a
"You know I'm the handsome warrior of the west." He was talking like I should know him.
"Well my little Komada. I am the one that is going to show you which room is yours." Right this way he said as he walked out of the room.
I had no choice to follow what everyone in here was saying. One wrong misstep and I could be killed. I don't want to join them and I dont plan on it. Tonight after this "ceremony" I plan on sneaking out in the night and hopefully not get caught.
I walked out of the room and Kagura showed me where everything was. Where the food was, where the rooms were and... The NPC storage.
The NPC storage was a cage that they all shared at night to sleep in. In front of the cage was a guard. The guard had the beginner set on and had really dirty black hair. His face was pretty sketchy looking. He looked about twenty two.
As I walked up I saw the NPCs naked and beaten laying on the floor
"Why do we treat them like this" I cursed under my voice
The guard heard me "because they're not real people." The guard opened up the cage and pulled out one of the NPCs. The NPC had long black hair, her skin was rough from the lack of cleaning and she was crying "Tell me after the game is over and we live or die will we see this girl" the guard held her by the neck.
"No..." I answered correctly
The mans fingers went from holding the Gil's neck to a violent grip chocking her
"And when we get out what will happen to this game?!" His grip got tighter
"That's enough..." Kagura tried to intervene.
I didn't answer his question and after a little wait he answered it for me
"This game gets deleted. Which means their lives mean nothing!" With his final words there was a Snap! And the girl never moved again. The guard let go and the girl's body fell to the floor.
"Since their lives don't matter and they can't hurt us they make for great slaves and well... 'Stress' relievers" the guard sat back down at his post
"Have a good day freshmeat! Names Handle!"
Kagura had to pull me out of the room because I was frozen from shock. I couldn't believe what had happened in front of me. Kagura took me to my room which was small. It had little room and it only had a bed and a mirror on the wall. Apparently members get bigger rooms the longer they stay... I didn't plan on staying...
Kagura left me by my self to calm down and cool office head the problem with the room was that there was no door because the only one that wasn't torn down was the thrown room doors.
"One more thing freshmeat" the guard Handle entered my room. He was the last person that I wanted to see. All I could think about was what he had just done ten minutes ago.
Handle pulled a chain towards the room and a girl attached to the chain came into the room. It was the girl from the cafe. Unlike the others she was still clothed and had her dignity.
"This one is yours." Handle gave me the chain to the girl.
"What?" I questioned looking at the chain.
"She is yours! Your first slave." He told me that all the members had they're own personal slave.
I wanted to free her...
"You ok?" I asked her, but got no reply. I noticed something her mouth was unable to open "what is this?" I asked Handle
He looked at me as if I should know
"All the slaves have a silence spell put on them. Makes them less annoying to deal with. It's time to take off your Clothes NPC 241" as Handle said that the NPC started to reluctantly remove her clothes slowly
"It's ok she can keep them on!" I said in a panic. "Is there a way I could get the silence removed" I loosened the caller around her neck
"If you want it taken off you'll have to asked one of the mages... Bye" Handle left the room to get back to his duty.
The room was awkward and silent. I would have started a conversation, but it would have been one sided.
I examined her to see if the silence was the only thing that happened to her. I saw bruises and whip markings. They were recent too. I wanted to help her, but that got me in this situation... I need to get out of this place and if I tried to bring her along with me I would just be in trouble.
I started to examine her wounds when I saw a tear drop down from her chin. She was in pain. Damnit! I can't believe I'm doing this.
"Here lay down on the bed." I pat the bed and she looked at me as if I was some creature that only thought about pleasuring myself off her.
She slowly and reluctantly laid down on the bed. I put the covers on her and she jumped I shock. She was surprised I wasn't ravaging her yet.
"It's alright I don't plan on doing that. Rest in piece." I got up and left the room.
By the time everything had settled, after Kagura had showed me the place and Handle introducting me to the NPC, It was night time and time for the ceremony.
I didn't know what this was, but if I didn't go people would go looking for me so I couldn't get out just yet.
I had to go to this ceremony which was being held in the thrown room. When I entered the room was dark only lit by candle lights. The carpet was no longer red but a dark green and it went all the way to the thrown where the leader sat. Near the walls were around fifty members of the gang
"Welcome" he greeted me and afterwards someone from the wall came up to tell me something. It was Handle
"Alright prepare for the ceremony." I had almost no clue what was going on
"What's happening?" I asked confused shuffling around uncomfortable.
"Do you know what a pact is?" Handle whispered into my ear. Of course I did that's when an animal in this game swears to be loyal to a player. When this happens a bond is formed that when the player dies the animal dies. The player also gets a locator for the animal
"Yes I know." I replied still confused. Were they gong to give me an animal to make a pact with?
"Well your going to beaking a pact with our leader Barmetheous where you're the animal." What the hell! I thought in my head as all my plans were about to go down the drain. I couldn't make a pact with this man. I would never be able to escape! ... But if I don't they'll all most likely kill me. I had no choice.
"Let the ceremony begin!" Handle began pushing me onto the carpet to walk to Batmetheous
As I walked I could hear whispers coming from the members, but they were to far for me to hear what they were saying. My pace gradually slowed as I got closer to the leader not wanting to accept the situation that I was in.
I wanted a miracle to happen, but none happened. I wanted a rival gang to burst in, but no one came.
I made it to the thrown and I staired right into Barmetheous's eyes. He had a confident look. He was resting his head on his right knuckle and his other hand was on his leg
"Repeat after me." He said with confidence in his voice
"I give my life to Barmetheous."...
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"I give my life"
Someone please save me.
"To"
No one came...
"Listen we have the plan ready. The operation begins in a week." A male voice so calm and collected
"Alright cuddle butt" the other voice a bit goofy
"Kagura... I told you not to call me that!" The voice erupted with anger
Kagura was standing outside the thrown room after the ceremony was over talking to someone on his friends list
"Whatever Loverbird" Kagura was still calling names and then his face got serious and his green armor turned into a deep blue "My part is almost done hear... I can get it done in a week... Later Rail"