Chapter 3: Imprisoned.
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Hydra has just been captured by the guards of the city known as E-Rantal and was currently sitting in a holding cell in the E-Rantal barracks while Hydra's hands were bound by a block of wood which is an effective way to bind someone.
The green scaled creature was in obvious thought while the guards were going through his pouches, Hydra was internally laughing as he used those pouches in the game to simply hold things as roleplay while the true amount of items and wealth he carried was in his inventory, the pouches just held random items and food that Hydra liked to put in them
The lead guard was going through one of the three pouches and didn't find much other than a sack of 30 gold which is mind boggling to the muscular knight as he looked to hydra in the cell "How did you get this much gold? Did you loot this?" He exclaimed as he couldn't believe that this lizardman would hold this much wealth honestly.
"I'm an explorer, of course I looted the bodies I've killed" The green lizard player responded as he did acquire a lot of his wealth by looting the bodies of fallen players.
The knight tsked as he said "Well since you didn't earn this honestly, it's policy to have this confiscated" he said with a smirk as he knew the lizard couldn't know that it wasn't a policy of e-rental but abusing his own authority to take the wealth for himself.
Hydra simply raised the left brow like he didn't seem to care as the Warlock Player didn't really cared, he had several million gold in his inventory so why did it matter if he lost what was essentially chump change "Knock yourself out, I have millions buried" he said as a short reference to his inventory which caused all three guards to stare at the lizard in absolute shock, surely they should disregard such words but the way he spoke, his tone and facial expression of his lizard face meant he truly didn't care losing 30 hold.
The lead knight drops the bag onto the table and approaches the cell of Hydra who watched with a curious gaze, the knight spoke as if trying to intimidate the lizardman "And where is this gold buried?" He asked hoping he could find it and live like a nobleman for the rest of his life.
"Somewhere close but not too close to worry about it" Hydra exclaimed with a knowing grin as the knight slammed his hand onto the bars.
"You will tell me where it is now or I'll make sure to keep you here for the rest of your life!" The Lead Guard exclaimed with a hateful glare to the lizard yet Hydra seemed to smile as if he knew something which pissed of the Head Guard before walking back to the table to pocket the thirty gold to continue looking into the bags.
The next items that the human knight found was a piece of string, a human hand, a fish which looked like a Carp, and lastly what appeared to be a miniature sized bastilla which was made to be carried by a single warrior which the Lead Guard had no idea what it was but felt a blush coming as a very beautiful woman was on the barrel of it on an…odd outfit while posing.
Hydra had to suppress a giggle as he absolutely loved that particular item which was called the waifu cannon which allowed the lizard player to utilize and turn things into inanimate objects of Beautiful Waifus, this is also capable of turning other players into the most beautiful/perfect version of their avatars though the reason why this joke item was taken out, leaving this cannon as the remaining indication of the item was because a lot of players were complaining about losing their crafted avatar looks which costed money to replace with avatar skins so luckily hydra still had one left over from the joke event that introduced the item.
The second guard was going through the second bag and he was unloading an unhealthy amount of bacon onto the table "Oh my Six Great Gods! What kind of magic item allows for limitless bacon?" He stated as he was completely confused as bacon was all hell and good but to have it everyday was heart clogging but the item, there was no limit to how much bacon was being poured out, the second knight immediately drops the Bag of Bacon item to turn towards Hydra.
Hydra had spent the next ten minutes watching the guards fumble and be shock by the amount of joke items he placed in his pouches and the green scaled player used his own tail as a makeshift chair to the bone strength and muscle density, Hydra could sit anywhere at anytime using his own scaly tail.
"How!? How did you get an item that granted unlimited bacon" the light brown haired knight exclaimed in complete astonishment.
Hydra shrugged his shoulder as he really didn't have an answer to that as he got the item from slaying a group of ogres inside the realm of midgards 27th Area aka Tyr's Temple and simply used the item to stave off the hunger bar which was added 4 years prior to the shutdown of the game to add more challenge to the game, those who are undead never got that seemingly added challenge "I stumbled across a wandering hermit on my way to this place so he blessed me with an item before going on his way"
The knight seemed to have taken this as fact and continued to pour out a seemingly limitless amount of bacon on the table and even took a bite of one which caused him to gasp "T-this is delicious! Fatty but not too much, chewy and makes me want more." The second knight exclaimed as he kept eating more and more bacon.
'Be careful, I hear bacon leads straight to the thighs' Hydra exclaimed as the third knight was going through the bag and all he found was a loaf of bread, another gag item hydra had that he thought would be funny to put into his pouch of holding.
The third knight turned towards the scaly player "Why in the name of the Six Great Gods do you have a loaf of bread in your pack?" He was completely baffled yet was now enraged when hydra simply said "You try finding a place to eat in the middle of nowhere"
The third knight immediately dropped the bread and slammed his fist onto the bars "i-you, damned Demi Human! Do you think anyone would care what we do to the likes of your kind?! Huh?!" He shouted as he was getting deeply annoyed by the lizardman using his own tail as a chair and making snarky comments, he was ready to dispatch the creature and make it seem like it was inevitable, no one cared how a Demi Human died and that's how the guards of E-Rantel likes it.
Hydra narrowed his eyes as he grew to drop the amusement immediately as he was being amused about their wide eyed sparkles of his gag items but being threatened was now the stretch and past the line so now he was ready to test a first tier spell but he wasn't keen on the results.
Warlocks has a passive trait that's not particularly shown as a passive skill but the fact is Warlocks are inherently strong, which is that all spells casted by the warlock are passively boosted by Maximize Magic as such a first tier attack spell could be as strong as a Seventh Tier Spell, that's a passive boost called Spell Evolution due to the fact a warlock only has 100 spells to use that can't be boosted by any means like items or cash bought rewards etc.
As such the warlock wouldn't be played if this act wasn't balanced as such the devs included that all spells are enhanced by maximizing there combat potential as such a warlock with only access to 5th Tier Magic can be on par with a tenth tier magic user.
Hydra went through his list of spells in his mind as he learned he remembers each Spell and skill he had access too but now is an internal process, only downside is he had the speech requirement while in the game it was spoken as a form of courtesy "[Inflict Wounds]" this caused the third guard to look confused before a shocked as he splurged out blood from the chest caused the walls of the cell to be coated in the crimson liquid.
The third knight stepped backwards while looking extremely shocked as the wound on his chest bled down before he collapsed backwards onto the table breaking it, the second knight and the lead knight looked in shock and fear before they look to see the Lizard was now getting up from the tale as he spoke again "Pass Without Trace" this caused the wooden cuffs to pass through his body like he didn't exist until hitting the ground and the lizard started going through the iron bars.
Both knights immediately unsheathed their weapons with the lead knight exclaiming "you killed an honorable guard of the city of E-Rantel! Now that makes you a criminal magic caster-" he spoke but the Lizardman cut him off.
"[Lightning Bolt]" Hydra exclaimed as he extended a finger which caused a powerful bolt of lightning to strike the knight causing him to collapse while stewing in his own steam.
The second knight was shaking as he tried backing away from the seemingly extremely dangerous magic caster as he had never seen a spell that ripped apart someone's body before nor a powerful lightning spell "H-how are you this powerful!?" He exclaimed in obvious fear.
Hydra was silent for a minute as he walked over to the table and clips on the bags to the belt as he spoke up during the action "As a Warlock, my power isn't my own, I had made contracts with 12 powerful gods whom all given me immense power, through literal sources of fear, to an angelic god to even the very earth beneath your feet" Hydra said as he grabs the belt and hooks it around his waist with a noticeable click.
The guard looked in fear as the lizardman turned to face him with a dangerous glint in his eye as if he was in thought on what to do with the guard, the second guard roared and attempted to charge and slashed at the creature however hydra pulled out something from a wispy black portal and clashed against the blade, the lizard player was now holding a black tinted blade katana with a red grip.
The knight was profusely sweating as he tried to push forward but hydras natural strength pushed back causing the armored guard to be pushed back instead "H-How! You're supposed to be a magic caster! You shouldn't have this level of strength!" He shouted as he pulled back and tried to slash and clash three more times, the first strike was attempted to stab the lizardman in the gut but Hydra met the strike and pushed it downwards.
The Armored Man attempts an upward slash however the lizardman immediately backed up before he could be cut and lastly the knight attempts an overhead slashed with a roar which Hydra immediately blocked with his blade in one hand but Hydra seemed to be grinning at this "My goodness your weak, I feared I'd have to utilize my strong spells but to see you struggle against me whom I'm not even qualified to wield a sort but you seem to be more down to earth so I'll make sure to keep you alive [Sleep]" Hydra casted the spell which washed over the second knight who collapsed onto the ground with a noticeable snore.
The lizard player then leaves the building to quickly climb ontop to get on the roof to look around and sniffing the air, due to being a lizardman, Hydras sense of smell and hearing was enhanced by his Demi Human Race but now he had to figure out where to go from here "HELP!" A shout brought the scaly player out of his thoughts as he looked down to find an old woman running down the street screaming for help.
She had thick white hair covered in a bandana while wearing an obvious old time maiden outfit, her face was gruff that showed experience yet was coated in fear, behind the old woman was three zombies of obvious males slowly chasing after her as if to kill her, Hydra sighed to himself as he jumps down from the roof to go and save the old woman.