9 The 'strongest's guild

"Ok everyone, let's go meet up with the quest giver and start this hidden quest!" Unbreakable said. He then led the group over to a secluded part of the training ground. There was a small outpost there. Unbreakable went up ahead to talk to a guard there. After talking, everyone got a notification saying that the quest started.

[Quest: Lost Map

Kris, a guard for Beginner Village, has lost his family's treasure; an old map, a long time ago. He requested for a group to find it for him. Find the old map for his and he'll reward your group handsomely.

Completion Reward: Unknown

Failure Penalty: A sad Kris :(

Requirements: A medium-sized group (6-10)

Time Limit: Infinite]

[Quest Accepted]

"..." everyone was dumbfounded by the failure penalty. What the hell?! How is that bad?!

Unbreakable, who already knew about the dumb remark in the game, laughed and said "Hurry up guys! We don't have all day".

"..." absolute silence. Everyone else was pissed at him. You knew beforehand, so why are you bragging about not being fazed!

Before anyone could refute, Unbreakable started walking. He already asked where Kris last saw the map, so he headed there straight away. Everyone else followed after a couple grumbles

They went to Sunbeam Forest, the next place players would go to after levelling up in the training grounds. There were a large amount of players, but not so much that there isn't enough monsters. Unbreakable was following the game's directions to find a dungeon called "Cave of Mourning" in the forest. Avery, of course knew about the dungeon. No one managed to finish it because the "Strongest" guild blocked the entrance and kept on trying to beat it, until the whole community banded together to break through and freed the entrance to the dungeon ten days after the launch of the game. Even so, it took another ten days for a group of 20 people, the maximum amount allowed into the dungeon, to beat it.

Avery and the group finally made it to the dungeon entrance, where there was a crowd of players. "What the hell? Why's there so many players?" Twilight cursed. Avery already knew it was the work of the "Strongest" guild. No, not the strongest guild, but a guild that's called "Strongest".

"Let us through!"

"Stop blocking the dungeon!"

"Fuck off!"

Curses and yells could be heard from all directions. The rest of their group realized that people were blocking the entrance to the dungeon.

Dregon pulled someone over to the side and asked "What's going on?". The player instantly replied "The fuckers the "Strongest" guild! Just because they're the 9th best guild doesn't mean that they can control the first dungeon, especially this early in the game!" before joining the crowd once again.

"What now?" Moonlight asked. They couldn't do much if there are players blocking the entrance. Unbreakable replied "Simple, we charge through!". Everyone else was shocked by his answer, even Avery.

"You sure we can do that?" Avery asked. "Don't worry noob, we can protect you!" Unbreakable said back. Ignoring the pissed Avery, Unbreakable started to organize the rest of the group. "I'll be in front and tank, Dregon will stand by my side, Twilight will take out their support, Sunshine and Moonlight will stay back for support and Avery..." He said while turning towards Avery. "Just stay and the back and use your spells. Moonlight will protect you". He said before disregarding Avery once again.

"CHARGE!!!" Unbreakable yelled while charging through everyone, with the rest of the group behind him. Sighing, Avery also charged with them. The players crowding the dungeon stood back while mumbling things like "Idiots..." and "Do they have a death wish?".

When they got to the front of the dungeon, they saw players blocking the entrance. They immediately saw their group charging and organized a defence. It didn't work that well, as they didn't have enough time and Avery's group was simply stronger. Dregon wasn't lying when he said that his group is filled with experts. Dregon was using his sword skills to his liking and each slash always hit someone and dealt a sizeable amount of damage. When someone tried to retaliate, Unbreakable quickly moved in front to block the attack. Twilight already went to the back and was massacring the supports. Sunshine was healing anyone that started losing health and regenerating their mana. Moonlight was shooting anyone that got too close.

And Avery, well, she was still a bit upset, so other than a few fireballs, no help came from her.

Suddenly, Avery felt a surge of darkness element coming from behind her. She turned around to see nothing. But Avery instantly knew that it was a rogue using the darkness element to conceal themself. Much like the fish and the water element, Avery can sense someone if they're using a certain element and don't bother to conceal them using it. Obviously, that comes with experience, so you have to master using the specific element before you can do that.

Avery casually launched a fireball that way, making it look like she was aiming for someone else. The fireball hit the rogue directly and sent him out of his invisibility. That was the problem with the Rogue's first darkness spell; it was cancelled the second they took damage. Later in the game, they'd receive a better version of it where they stay invisible no matter what, but for now they have to deal with what they have.

The Rogue was shocked about the fact that he got hit. Was that a stray fireball? Am I really that unlucky? He didn't think about it for too long, because he was quickly impaled by an arrow.

Moonlight, drawing back her bow again, was thinking about how lucky Avery was. 'She fired a stray fireball and somehow managed to hit a random Rogue in stealth. What kind of luck do you need for that?'. She brushed off that thought and continued shooting.

Sunshine was the opposite. "Wow, you're very lucky! How'd you manage to somehow hit him? You must be filled with beginner's luck!" She rambled. Avery didn't bother too much and just replied saying "Yeah, just got lucky", when in reality, she knew exactly what she did. 'Blaming it on luck, eh? You can try saying that later...'

Nothing much interesting happened after that. Their group managed to push through the "Strongest" guild and finally killed all of their players. Avery was a bit surprised. Dregon's group wasn't just a couple of friends, they were top tier experts! They could join the professional scene and dominate!

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Flawless, the guild leader of the "Strongest" guild, was chilling in his guild base when he suddenly received a message from a Co-Leader of his guild saying they were defeated by a group of players.

"Shit! How the hell did one group of measly players manage to defeat our entire squadron there! Did you at least get a name?" Flawless demanded. Charging Ram, the Co-Leader who was stationed at the dungeon to protect it and was also messaging the leader, replied back saying that they never mentioned any name.

"Fuck! Are all of you guys useless?! Go back and find out which group it was!" Flawless messaged.

"But what about the dungeon?" Charging Ram responded.

"Who cares about the dungeon! We already have enough of a head start, so we have the best chance of beating it. Plus, they don't know how insanely difficult the dungeon is yet. And the group that killed you guys are probably doing the dungeon as well. Just stalk the entrance until you see their faces and voila! Ambush them, then camp the spawn points for them to come out to ambush them again till they're level 1 again!"

Reading the plan his boss came up with, Charging Ram couldn't help but nod in agreement. It was the perfect plan, and if nothing went wrong, they'd get their revenge easily.

He couldn't wait to see the looks on their faces when they ambush them...

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Oblivious to what was going on, Avery and the rest started to prepare for the dungeon. Not much was needed, just a bit of time to heal up and organize their attack. Of course, Avery was left out due to "Not understanding" what they were planning. All she was made to do was sit back and launch fireballs. The rest of the group were making their formation.

"All right, so we'll do it the same way we did it when we were facing those guy from the "Strongest" guild" Unbreakable said. He was the group's planner. Usually, he was goofy, but when things get serious, he gets serious as well.

"Once again, Me and Dregon will be in front. Twilight, when you see an opportunity, strike. Me and Dregon will switch between each other to draw enough aggro. Sunshine, keep healing us whenever necessary. Moonlight, stay back to protect her and shoot some arrows if your safe. And Avery will stay with Sunshine again" He said while drawing some crude drawings in the dirt with a stick. "Got it?" he asked to everyone.

"Yep!" everyone replied. Except Avery, who got bored of all those tactics which were useless to her and decided to browse the forums while waiting.

"Ok then, let's go!" Unbreakable said while leading everyone into the dungeon, which was going to be quite the surprise for everyone...

Well, except Avery of course.