advantage of the moment and immediately unleashed several freeze spells in a row, followed by a single burn spell. The Shar-Shar were frozen just before many of them exploded in a shower of gore and light. Fish chunks rained down upon the area as the arcane blade and her sorcerous comrade returned to the battle, such as it was.
Some were frozen, some were on fire. Inexplicably some were frozen while they were on fire. All were thoroughly confused and unable to do anything but die horribly beneath the blade and fists of their horrifying opponents.
After the horde was defeated they waited for the battle report, but nothing happened. The music never changed.
“Are there more of them on the island?” asked Scott. Did they have to find them all?
“Maybe, but there could be monsters in the water. Let’s try going toward the campfire on shore.” said Rhea.
Scott walked over and picked up Neira. The girl did not protest, though she did look over at Rhea briefly. When the elf girl smiled, the mermaid leaned her head against the shoulder of her man-taxi then visibly relaxed.
Ero spoke from inside his mind, “You didn’t need me after all, Scott.”
“We don’t know that yet, Ero.” said the man. It was true. The battle was still ongoing, apparently.
They walked toward the campfire. When the battle music remained in play, they moved even further away. It took a few minutes to reach a point where they had gone far enough to escape the monsters of the deep that had been drawn to the island.
The music changed back to a festive calypso style sound. A battle report rose up before Scott.
<<< Battle Report! >>>
Victory!!
Your party has exterminated an entire clan of Shar-Shar. For defeating fifty-six opponents in a single battle, you will each receive increased rewards.
+ 0 EXP
+ 42504 Fayth
+ 123 Ability Points
Item(s) Acquired:
Fish Jerky X 26
Crude Bone Spear X 12
Fish Scales X 5
Shar-Shar Necklace [ Rare ] X 2
<<< * >>>
Scott’s eyes lit up. They had made out really well and took little damage in the process. It would have been a difficult fight for him alone, but by using their strategy and team work, it had been easy. The Shar-Shar were weaker on land, and that had led to a great result.
He checked his survival lore ring then grinned. His share of the experience had been over fourteen thousand points. If he had defeated the beasts on his own he would have earned three times as much experience, but that was not something he was concerned about. He was finally fighting monsters that gave enough experience to make a dent in the experience requirements for his ring!
“Not bad. Forty-five hundred experience...” said Rhea. Her experience point acquisition was much lower than Scott’s. Everyone received bonus experience for fighting monsters above their level, but humans were racially prone to far greater experience growth. It was one of their few racial gifts. Elves could live ten times longer and were immune to certain status effects like disease. Trolls regenerated health every second. Humans had a much higher bonus for hunting monsters over their current level. Every race had a specialty.
“Only forty-five hundred?” asked Scott. He knew that he received more experience than she did when fighting beyond his level, but that was ridiculous. If he’d killed them all on his own, he would have earned over forty-two thousand experience points. He could have increased his level four, maybe even five, times.
“Yes, what about you?” asked Rhea. She already knew that he would have received a lot more experience than she had. Humans were the fastest leveling race in the world if they were able to overhunt. Of course, that ease of leveling usually meant that humans did not spend as much time on their stat grinding. So, things often evened out in the long run.
“A little over fourteen thousand...” said Scott.
Rhea looked like she was going to be sick for a moment then shook her
Some were frozen, some were on fire. Inexplicably some were frozen while they were on fire. All were thoroughly confused and unable to do anything but die horribly beneath the blade and fists of their horrifying opponents.
After the horde was defeated they waited for the battle report, but nothing happened. The music never changed.
“Are there more of them on the island?” asked Scott. Did they have to find them all?
“Maybe, but there could be monsters in the water. Let’s try going toward the campfire on shore.” said Rhea.
Scott walked over and picked up Neira. The girl did not protest, though she did look over at Rhea briefly. When the elf girl smiled, the mermaid leaned her head against the shoulder of her man-taxi then visibly relaxed.
Ero spoke from inside his mind, “You didn’t need me after all, Scott.”
“We don’t know that yet, Ero.” said the man. It was true. The battle was still ongoing, apparently.
They walked toward the campfire. When the battle music remained in play, they moved even further away. It took a few minutes to reach a point where they had gone far enough to escape the monsters of the deep that had been drawn to the island.
The music changed back to a festive calypso style sound. A battle report rose up before Scott.
<<< Battle Report! >>>
Victory!!
Your party has exterminated an entire clan of Shar-Shar. For defeating fifty-six opponents in a single battle, you will each receive increased rewards.
+ 0 EXP
+ 42504 Fayth
+ 123 Ability Points
Item(s) Acquired:
Fish Jerky X 26
Crude Bone Spear X 12
Fish Scales X 5
Shar-Shar Necklace [ Rare ] X 2
<<< * >>>
Scott’s eyes lit up. They had made out really well and took little damage in the process. It would have been a difficult fight for him alone, but by using their strategy and team work, it had been easy. The Shar-Shar were weaker on land, and that had led to a great result.
He checked his survival lore ring then grinned. His share of the experience had been over fourteen thousand points. If he had defeated the beasts on his own he would have earned three times as much experience, but that was not something he was concerned about. He was finally fighting monsters that gave enough experience to make a dent in the experience requirements for his ring!
“Not bad. Forty-five hundred experience...” said Rhea. Her experience point acquisition was much lower than Scott’s. Everyone received bonus experience for fighting monsters above their level, but humans were racially prone to far greater experience growth. It was one of their few racial gifts. Elves could live ten times longer and were immune to certain status effects like disease. Trolls regenerated health every second. Humans had a much higher bonus for hunting monsters over their current level. Every race had a specialty.
“Only forty-five hundred?” asked Scott. He knew that he received more experience than she did when fighting beyond his level, but that was ridiculous. If he’d killed them all on his own, he would have earned over forty-two thousand experience points. He could have increased his level four, maybe even five, times.
“Yes, what about you?” asked Rhea. She already knew that he would have received a lot more experience than she had. Humans were the fastest leveling race in the world if they were able to overhunt. Of course, that ease of leveling usually meant that humans did not spend as much time on their stat grinding. So, things often evened out in the long run.
“A little over fourteen thousand...” said Scott.
Rhea looked like she was going to be sick for a moment then shook her
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