Ch 8 - The Plan, The Battle, The Ronin

CH 8

Back in the metal underground facility. Donny took a moment to observe Peter.

Peter [Gold Knight Scorpion] 6? 3/6/10

[Gold Knight Armour] 0.1.2

[Black Magic Stinger] 0.0.0.3

After taking a potion and training with Elizabeth his level rose by six, not bad. If taking the potion in combat and/or training the effects will be more obvious, it seems.

Perfect, from the description of the pet system Peter won't truly die and will instead respawn as an egg with a loss in levels and he will have to reside in my ancestral sea until he has recovered. If before every battle I give him the potion, even if he dies maybe the punishment won't seem as severe.

'Why does master look at Peter like that'

Outside the city is still dangerous. I need to find other ways for him to train, but what.

Deep in thought Donny began to search online.

…..

Beijing, China…

Han Sen was playing God Reaching a new MMORPG.

[Demi-Dragon] is online.

Oh, Donny is online today. Hmm, I wonder if I should tell him.

[Invite sent]

[Demi-Dragon] has entered the [Party of Fools]

"Wassup, Sen?" Having played together for such a long time even though they never met they became quite close over time. Sen's father runs a big electricity company that runs through southeast Asia, and his mother is a model. So Sen got pretty used to being alone. One day his dad got him into the Beta testing for God Reaching and there he met Donny.

"Stuck on Lime-Lady Panther again."

"Oh wow, you still haven't beat her? Tragic."

"Solo is too hard. Anyway I was wondering, if you have awakened yet?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well my father is putting me in charge of my own team of warriors and it would be great if you could help me out here." Donny couldn't help but be taken aback. He was always suspicious of Sen's background because of some of the in-game items he bought in game as if they were tootie-fruities.

In order for him to have his own team of Geno-warriors, Donny couldn't imagine the amount of capital needed to fund something like that. The only people currently capable of the same are entire counties.

"Umm, what kind of help." Although, it sounds interesting, and Donny has been looking for a new job, aside from selling potions. Seeing the world has always been his goal. China isn't a bad start.

"Currently we have a decent starting budget. I would like for you to be my right hand man and main recruiter. The salary isn't the greatest though it's only 330k a mission for our current contracts." Salary isn't the greatest? 330k? Yep, definitely a honey pot.

"That's uh decent pay, but um what kind of missions are we talking about here?"

"Well, I have seen that you have multiple registered belts as a martial artist so I figured you would know people in the same department. So the missions I decided on to start are mostly object recovery." Object recovery missions are self-explanatory. Different organizations and even governments will pay top dollar to recover certain objects and even people from danger zones.

"What's the Danger zones?"

"Right now, I have 2 E-tiers here in China lined up and one in India. They aren't for a few months so we have time to get together and flesh out the details." To keep order and to warn people more effectively the U.N. decided to label the zones from F-A.

F - for civilized territory.

E - for the lowest level threat.

D - for beast horde threats.

C - for high-level creepers

B - for high-level beasts

A - for Creeper Horde

S - for Hell

Omega - for possible Armageddon

E-tier isn't too bad.

"Send the contract and I will start working on a roster." Just what I wanted.

…..

As night fell, Donny prepared to head to the R and R martial arena. It became very popular recently for Geno-warriors to compete in martial tournaments to gain notoriety, jobs, and sponsors.

The R and R arenas were different though as any organization could use them to host their own scouting tournaments. This way not only could Peter get more experience. But, Donny could also get him and his taskforce name known too.

[Party of Fools] Amateur Taskforce

I could possibly even advertise the geno solution as well. All in all this seemed like a great chance. Tonight's tournament was being held by, Z-space. An American technological mega corporation that has been trying to get together a team of its own.

With their power they were able to secure a few live streaming slots on major sites.

"Donny, are you going to the arena." Seeing Donny in his old martial get up, aunt Elisa couldn't help but ask.

"Yes ma'am"

"Good, take Elizabeth with you please. Her father thinks its time for her to start diversifying her martial arts. It would help if she could also see live matches." Seeing his aunt trying to keep a straight face almost made Donny burst out in laughter. Anyone could see she was really looking for an excuse for a break.

…..

"Introducing from the [Yunarrow] Amateur Taskforce. Lazy Monkey!!!!" As the crowd began to go wild for the new challenger, he seemed to be upset repeatedly asking someone to correct the announcer.

"Ah, I am sorry. My apologies. Please welcome, Laser Monkey!!!" This time all the announcement was met with was silence as everyone had used their energy the first time and the arena began to just sit in awkward silence for several seconds.

That was until the ground began to tremor under their feet. Feeling the unrest everyone began to look for its source and from the hall emerged a towering figure.

"No way, it's the Tectonic Ronin."

"It looks like Z-space has attracted some big names."

"Who is he?"

"Who's mans is this? How can you not know about the Tectonic Ronin? The only man who emerged from the battle of Peachtree alive."

"He was from the legendary 27?"

"Indeed"

The legendary 27 were a team of swordsmen enlisted as secret service agents for many government officials. Even sometimes the president. During a secret government meeting in Georgia the city fell under siege to the Holy Croc who lords over the Florida Danger zone.

Only 20 of the Legendary 27 were there that day. As they stood on the hill overlooking the beast tide they cast a grave shadow over the hearts of the citizens. One of resilience and bravery. And before the lines met the leader of the makeshift defense effort, Serenity Blade spoke.

"Land of the free, Heart of the Brave." He then went on to lay waste to a great many beasts before given his life to repel the Holy Croc.

Tectonic Ronin was the only swordsman left to face the remainder of the beast. In order to repel them he used a sacrificial skill that opened up a temporary hole in the Earth's crust to finally take down the remainder of the tide.

Ever since he retired and has been in seclusion hoping to one day restore his cultivation.

"Introducing a warrior looking to return to his throne. The sword that knows no home. The "Tectonic Ronin" Marx Malone!!!"