Aftermath 1, Discussion

Hey everyone! It's been a while.

Sorry for the wait, I know.

I managed to go back to schedule with my other Novels, but it's time to fix this one good.

From last Sunday until the next one, every day I'll release 2 chapters.

This means that today I will release 6 chapters since I'm late... They are ready, they just need to be edited.

I'll post them as they are edited, and tomorrow there will be 2 more.

See you all!

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If you are lost time, Dale was about to enter the passage to the Southern wall when he was interrupted by Rodi.

So he's now going back to the surface to talk with Misgurd in the Guild and to understand what he wants to discuss.

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Within 5 minutes, Dale left the Catacombs with David strapped to his waist.

"Cough! That place is filled with so much dust..." Dale said as he stepped out of the stairway leading to the Catacombs

Once he was back at the Church, he immediately grabbed his sword, thinking:

'The reason why I'm bringing David with me is due to the fear of the players trying to steal him again.'

'Because not only is he a friend, but he is an irreplaceable asset to the Village.'

'And also, he is at the core item/subject of several quests, one of them being related to Resko's survival since I need him to deal with the creature sealed below the Village.'

'I can't allow him to be kidnapped…'

'As for my sword, although I doubt a player capable of bringing this sword with him may appear, I still need to keep an eye on it.'

'Due to its characteristics, if someone with enough determination appears, wouldn't he be capable of actually doing it?'

'Although there is the case of the sword choosing it's wielder, that isn't really something I can bet on…'

'Besides I only heard this once from old man Testros, so I can't say if it was symbolism or the truth.'

'In any case, bringing it with me is only a minor inconvenience, much better than regretting later.'

Dale then turned his sight to a pile of loot on the ground…

"I should also grab this while I can."

'Although I'm trying to hide my identity as a player, these items will need to be cleaned eventually.'

'And I doubt these old farts would put in the effort to clean them, because of this, they may very well ask me to store everything in my inventory.'

'If there is a player near me when that happens, my facade may fall… After all, the Villagers don't know what a player is, and for them, everyone's the same.'

Dale started to store everything in his inventory, and within a minute, everything had been stored.

"Tsk." Dale said in annoyance

'My inventory is almost full…'

"Sigh."

'It's not like my inventory was infinite in the first place…'

'The inventory function is obviously, like many things, different for Hardcore players…'

'Normal players have a limited number of slots, where each slot can house up to a full stack of a particular Item…'

'An item stack value is different for each item, so some may stack only 3 times while some other 99 or even 999 times.'

'While there are about an infinite number of slots for Hardcore players.'

'However, an inventory is limited by the user's strength, or in other words, the classic Carry weight value.'

'Its value calculated based on my stats, especially Strength and Constitution, plus a few more things.'

'One of the few things that actually uses a formula for Hardcore players...'

'I collected about 500 items from the players I killed, this already including the items dropped from the dead players outside the Church.'

'Their items were dragged to the Church and thrown into the pile as per the player's quest requirements.'

'Also, for normal players, when they are in combat or in a Dungeon, the majority of their inventory soft-blocks so they don't have access to a massive movable storage.'

'Although they can still store things within it, they are limited to normally just a small portion of it, also called critical inventory.'

'Lastly, tourism players have the biggest inventory of them all and are normally not restricted...'

"I'll need to dump these somewhere later…"

'For now, time to go to Misgurd and see what he means by 'Discussing the future of the Guild' with me.'

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Dale left the Church, gazing at the sun on the horizon.

"It's soon going to be Dawn…"

'And the villagers will come back… No, they should be back already.'

"The previous commotion surely attracted their attention, they won't be able to remain in the fields after that."

'Who would? What I did must've been seen across several Km... Well, probably not since the sun is still up.'

'I wonder what their reactions will be…'

'But I need to pay attention to the problems that will arise upon their meeting with the players...'

Dale turned his head to the side and looked at the village below the Hill.

Kicking the ground, Dale began to run.

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/A minute later…/

"It's so stuffy..." Dale said as he looked at the Guild

There was a large crowd surrounding the Guild, every single outsider, be they from a Guild or not were here, waiting.

After all, Guild/Clans wouldn't be the only ones coming here, many lone wolf players came along as well.

Apart from Rodi of course, who was now actively working on Dale's small quest.

There were also Guild representatives who came here to observe the situation, after all, the first Guild to acquire a Legendary Item would surely rise quickly...

'Now that I think about it, I gave Rodi 2 quests, and I have yet to set a proper reward for him…'

'Experience is off the table, I'll never part with my precious experience points.'

'Should I give him Gold? But that is rather useful to me, and it'll surely not be appealing to him…'

'How about the gear that dropped? I don't need it…'

'But would he need it? He's a sponsored player from a Guild, so unless I give him some of the pricier objects, he won't really put in the effort…'

'Yet that would be a waste, of course, I'm not going to use these items, nor am I going to sell any on the market since I'm not stupid, the village may need them eventually.'

'Their equipment is subpar, and even though this gear is low Level, perhaps the blacksmiths can work their magic to do something better.'

'After all, a Level 1 iron sword and a Level 25 iron sword are made from the same material…'

'Smelting these useless items to make something more worthwhile may work… If not, I'll just go with giving them out as Quest rewards.'

'I'll think about this later.'

"Hm? Is that?..."

As Dale approached the players, he saw Tina standing on the balcony of a tall house, overlooking the crowd.

She was making sure none of these outsiders would step out of their boundaries and sneaked away.

Dale greeted her and she did the same before going back to her job.

These actions didn't go unnoticed as his presence started to spread around the players…

It wasn't unexpected, Dale was over 185 Cm tall and he was carrying a massive greatsword on his back, his muscles were also no joke and his build was simply oppressing.

He wasn't a bodybuilder hunk, but his shirt was simply too thin and it was also sleeveless.

The players made way for him, probably not wishing to get on his bad side after what happened.

No one wanted to go die and lose their Levels like the other players, although their case was much worse...

Dale also ignored them, although he did turn his gaze to a certain girl, it was the girl that had fallen unconscious when Rodi started to spell bullshit…

He had already noticed by the emblem on her shirt that she was different from the others of her Guild/Clan.

She was probably the one in charge.

"Hm?...!"

'It's him!'

She also noticed him, and their eyes crossed, and for a moment, she felt very tense.

She remembered that the reason she was still here and not logged off was due to Rodi's warnings.

If he didn't say that, she would've definitely participated in the fight for the items and Gold, at least, not before a minor investigation of the Village.

She would never let greed take over her mind, her position didn't allow for that.

But it was also true that Resko had absolutely nothing to show...

A preliminary analysis would've told her that this was merely a countryside village…

Meaning…

They had no way to intervene or stop the players from stealing the items in the Church.

In fact, their plan was almost successful, since everyone was working in the fields, leaving only a few old men behind who were too occupied to notice that their Church was being raided…

Although this raises some questions, such as… What were the gate guards doing?!

Dale didn't know, but the gate guards were just as perplexed about this as he.

When the players started to rush into the village after spawning, they tried their best to shoot as many of them as they could, but they were eventually overwhelmed.

They weren't killed since the difference in Level between them and the Level 5 players were too high, but they were still immobilized…

Poor guards.

"..."

Dale arrived in front of the Guild.

He raised his hand to knock on the door when it suddenly burst open and a big hand pulled him inside:

"Come here brat! Took you long enough!" Misgurd said angrily

/CLACK!/

The doors to the Guild closed up with a bang!

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