Lothar was on his way to the Murloc respawn area as he suddenly heard the sound of battle in front of him. He was not too surprised by that since when he started to move to this place he noticed that he was not getting exp from the Murlocs anymore. This could have 3 reasons, one, the Murlocs did stop to eat the Crabmeat and they noticed that is was poisoned, second, the meat was empty, and third, someone was here killing the Murlocs. The latter was the case since he did not encounter Rengo in a while he guessed that they should be here. Lothar was in Naga form and stealth mode again, he did not bother with them and just passed them by to enter the underground lake. Though he just observed them shortly he noticed that they had become a lot stronger than before and their teamwork was really good. "Maybe they really are not that half bad." He thought to himself and left into the water.
When he arrived inside the lake of the Murlocs he was speechless, the Murlocs were not just swimming around here aimlessly, they were swimming in groups of 5, creating a Formation that covered almost every angle except for behind. But since they where swimming really fast maybe they thought they could neglect the rear. One was swimming in the front, two were swimming left and right of him, while one of them covered the left side and the other the right side, the other two covered the top and from below. So they would detect every enemy that would come near them.
As Lothar observed the lake further he noticed that the floor was looking Kind of strange from the distance, so he dived deeper to have a closer look. "What is this?" The ground was covered with holes, inside these holes seaweed was growing and in between the seaweed small eggs where webbed into the weed. Those eggs were yellow and gave off a dim light. Something inside of them was moving. "So is this a Murloc nest? I thought mobs just spawn through a Rift in the dimension but these guys are reproducing naturally. Maybe it is because no one was able to clear this dungeon that they became used to the environment and decided to settle down."
After observing everything in this lake Lothar also quickly found the Shark that resided inside this lake. After taking care of it nearly the same way he did with the Shark in the Crab pond. Lothar finished off everything inside this lake. The Murlocs that were swimming in that formation was not only very easy for him to deal with they also saved him a lot of time since he could kill them all in one go using the Vortex-Cutter. He also took care of these eggs that were down in these holes. After the lake was done he was now at Lvl 27, he was quite happy with his progress so far if it was not for the curse of weakness he would be on a totally different dimension than others of the same Lvl. With all his boost skills and with double the stat points he could even be able to stand against advanced classes. "One more lake to go. I am going to get you back, Naga."
When he came out of the lake he bypassed Reng's team again. "Why are there no more Murlocs coming from the pond? This was a really good spot to Lvl up." Dogan asked and looked kind of unwilling to let this chance to easily gain exp slip off. "This is really confusing, this is like what happened to the Slime respawn place right? Maybe we should head outside and ask the guard about this." Rengo answered and added, "Let us first check for the Crabs again and if they are also gone maybe something is going to happen to this dungeon. Maybe the guild will be able to find the Boss room with this Information and we will be rewarded afterward." As they all heard the word reward their eyes began to shine and every one of his team members nodded and agreed to it.
"You there, are you the ones that killed the Murlocs I was poisoning here?" A thunderous voice came from behind the group of 4. They were startled and scared at the same time. "Shit, so there was someone whom we offended by this." Is what Rengo thought as he turned around. When thy searched for the voice that they just heard the saw a Person wearing black leather armor and a blue sword on his back.
At first, they could not figure out if that person was a threat to them or just another person of the younger generation just as they are. But as Rengo was about to say something, a blue light flashed in front of his eyes and the person that was standing about 50 meters away was now right in front of him. Everything happened too fast and not long after the blue Flash appeared in front of them they all lost consciousness. "I can not let them leave I am not finished with this dungeon," Lothar said after punching every one of them in the solar plexus.
He tied them together and placed them at the center of the lake. He left some food there and placed it so they could eat it even though they were tied. They had to dig into the food like animals crawling on the ground like worms. So in a way he was being nice to them they would not starve to death and after a couple of days maybe someone from the guild would find them. After a week the guards outside change, the next guard would strive through the dungeon to see if the groups inside are still safe and sound.
When they came to their senses they began to talk about what they could remember. "Did anyone see what that guy did to us?" "Should be an advanced class, right?" "I think he punched us very accurately, so we were out cold." "Did anyone notice the blue light just before we passed out?" They were gathering all the Information the could digest in this short amount of time. "Next time we have to just let it be if we notice some kind of trap someone else laid out," Astrid said.
"This is truly the worst first dungeon experience ever," Rango added to that. A lot of stuff happened to them since they came here about a week ago. Most of those things were really embarrassing and shameful. They just hoped this would end. "Hey look, there is something to eat," Dogan said as he robed over to the plate with food. "Are you crazy!!?? Just think what that person did to the Murlocs. Are you really going to eat that?" Rengo said. Just as Dogan was about to bite into a piece of meat he stopped immediately and sat down again. "We are going to starve to death"
Meanwhile, Lothar was in front of the Naga respawn place disguised as one of them and in his stealth mode. This time he wanted to handle them differently, from the inside. He was sure that as long as they won't group upon them he would be able to handle them. He sneaked inside the fort and unleashed his stealth mode. He had to get used to how they behave and how they talk and move in detail so he would not be noticed immediately. So he patrolled the fort just like them und observed their every move and copied it. After he patrolled the camp for about 30 minutes he was now able to recognize every route and every guard that was placed here. He was also able to analyze the gaps between their movement shifts. So he knew exactly when a guard was alone and when it was safe to take care of it.
Lothar first moved on to the tower to take care of the guard up there. When he moved near the tower he was wary of the stone that made his stealth mode break and hoped it would not also break his Transformation Skill. But to his advantage, nothing happened. He slithered up the tower and waited for the guard up there to be in a blind spot so no one would notice him being gone. "Time for a switch, I was told to replace you," Lothar said to the Naga he was nearing. "Oh, nice timing I was getting hungry, good luck then."
The Naga answered and moved into the direction Lothar was coming from. After bypassing Lothar the vision of that guard turned black and its body collapsed to the ground without making a sound. Its head was still in the hand of Lothar, he killed it by cutting its head off.
---You gained 102 exp---
Shortly after he used Poison control and used it on the corps. Just a moment later the Naga was completely gone as it melted away. "Hmm, there should be a more efficient way." Lothar slithered to his next target. He arranged a priority list in his mind knowing exactly when the next guard will probably notice that the guard he killed before was missing. Since the tower was out of order he used his Stealth Skill again and focussed on his sword. After reaching his next target, he just sneaked up on from behind and cut its throat before it could make any sound. A few moments later the body disintegrated on its own. "Nice this is working pretty well. I will name this Poison-Blade" What he did was simple, it was an attack just like his elemental strikes but this time he coated his sword with poison.
---You gained 102 exp---
This continued until he cleared the whole fort, without making any mistake in the order to kill his targets. Just like that about 20 Naga lost their lives without making the tiniest sound. Even Assasins would have trouble making it through all these corridors without getting lost or encountering unexpected problems, but not Lothar everything when just according to his plan.
---Congratulations you reached Lvl 28---
---Congratulations your Poison Control reached Lvl 2---
---Congratulations your Stealth Skill reached Lvl 3---
Skill Description
Poison Control Lvl 2, Aktive Skill: You can transform Mana into medium Poison and control it.
Stealth Lvl 2, Active Skill: Turnes Invisible and hides the user's presence, drains no more Mana, Increases the critical damage while Stealth is activated by 10%
"Grim, why is this boy so unfaced with such cruel killing methods? What did he encounter in his past that he is not even blinking when he kills like that" Crimson was curious in Lothar's past. Grim just handed Crimson a small monitor with everything regarding Lothar recorded on it. Crimson was very pleased by Grim's behavior and asked, "You are just too lazy to explain, and can not take your eyes off him so you want me to look for it myself, right?" Grim just hushed at him and said, "If you know that much than shut the hell up."
"Lucky me," Lothar exclaimed, he was really happy about improving himself, every step forward means one step closer to getting his revenge or maybe reviving his family. He would not mind being cruel or evil as long as he could reach his goal, and he viewed death different from others. Death is death, the way you die has nothing to do with the result since it is all the same. After everything was done he headed into the lake of the Naga. He was still in his Naga form and Stealth mode, he was looking for the Shark first since he would be in a lot of trouble if he would be found out in between all those Naga down theirs.
He scanned the whole lake, multiple times, without making any progress. Lothar was simply unable to find the Shark. "Is there no Shark in this lake? If that thing would attack a Naga they would simply group upon it and finish it off." Lothar was thinking that maybe there was no Shark in this lake since the Nage would sooner or later take care of it. As he was scanning the lake he soon realized that there was a temple in the center of it. On a plaza in front of the temple was a statue of a very beautiful female Naga. Her face and upper body features were able to enchant every man's heart.
"What a beauty. This female truly is looking good. But why is there a statue of her in this place? Does she reside in this temple?" Upon closer inspection of the statue, Lothar noticed that the statue of that female Naga was wearing a neckless with an orb that resembled the orbs of the Sharks he got in the other lakes. "So this is where the orb is, huh."