After picking up the items that the Void Beast left behind the party convened on how they shall proceed to their next conquest.
"We have Twenty item drops. six Meteor fragments, nine Void Ore, a skill book for Oracle's [Displacement], a Chime, a storage ring, Celestial key, and a time stone fragment."
[Displacement
-A spell to switch or replace between positions.]
Displacement is referred to as the blink skill for Oracle's, casting on someone or something that will allow the user to displace the object with his or her avatar.
[Void Chime
-An auxiliary item that wards off the draining power of a Void Beast.]
The Void Chime, a tiny bell that has an oversized black paper-like tail that hung suspended, could be compared to an Oracle Orb, a special weapon that can either be held or suspended. But unlike Orbs, Chimes are naturally suspended and do not need to be equipped, rather it only needs to be in the inventory and it will automatically activate when the draining of the void beast is detected.
"Wow... Look at that Chime, if all of us have one, Challenging the higher level Void Dungeons would be a little less troublesome." the paladin voiced his fascination.
Having the ability to thwart the adverse challenges of raiding the Void Temple, like the Drain and Contamination of the void energy to a certain extent, the Chime was made a secret for those who came across this item.
"I haven't read anything about a Chime that could be this helpful to the raid." GurinBare expressed a claim.
Knowing that a Void Dungeon was available at the higher levels of the game, it became an unspoken rule that the Chime would be a privilege to those who challenge the Boss and succeeded.
"I knew it would drop!" Mizarin exclaimed as if confirming a long-nurtured doubt.
"What do you mean by that?" Questioned SayaShin, to the overjoyed Oracle.
"I saw that Chime before, being sold by some Oracle's. When I asked about where it could be obtained. Being an obvious Jiagu, one of the Oracle's said that it's an absolute drop from this dungeon boss, only they made me promise that I don't tell any other job-class about it other than Oracles."Mizarin explained.
"Let's do get a move on and farm this item, after the Void Wood, the sealing Orb can be purchased from the Alchemist, but we will need some epic talismans for the sealing." Ashanti urged.
"How many people can enter this dungeon at one time?" AleyaNala questioned.
"About Twenty. Why?" Blissful said.
"If you are thinking what I think you are thinking. That is the reason why the Oracle's wanted to keep it a secret." SayaShin scrutinized AleyaNalas thoughts before she voiced anything out.
"Yes! But what if we start by farming the materials with them, and having them sign a contract that would require them to help ten or twenty other Oracle's to Obtain one." Mizarin suggested her dubious plan.
"But that would mean they need to challenge the boss, and without a Jiagu The lesser Boss would be a real challenge." VerBoss
"You Said you wanted to make a Guild Right... Having that thought, you must already have a number of candidates" SayaShin began.
"Yes, we did have some candidates for the members. But what does it have to do with this?" AleyaNala sought more from the other.
"I was just thinking, what if you amass an army of Druids, Shamans, Oracles, And Priests that could deal with Void Dungeons. According to the released information from the official website, there are at least fifty other Void dungeons in the mainland. From levels twenty to one hundred."-SayaShin.
"So, If we could monopolize the use of this chime, we could..." Shapeless was saying.
"What about the hunting process, with few Jiagu's out there, we will have a hard time hoarding the Chime."Leyardi interrupted.
"It didn't say we need to kill the minions to get to the boss." Blissful added.
"How is everyone's movement speed?"MowRen aked finally getting up to speed.
"30 I'm/Hr top speed."
"38"
"45"
Bottom line the group had an average of 35 km per hour movement speed that trumps even the fastest warrior, only slower than a full dexterity assassin.
"With our speed, we can bypass the minion hunt and head straight to the boss without the worry of being overwhelmed by the number." Serendipity voiced.
"We could do that for now, but what happens after we finish the Cardinals Quest?... The two of you are going to leave How are we going to seal the boss?" VerBoss said looking for security.
"If you are going to farm for essence for the first time, a Jiagu is needed. But since we could farm the chime without the worry of sudden death, we can help you hoard a little of those Chime. Of course, I am going to show you how to do farming without the [Temple Of Time] spell." Mizarin reassured.
The team enters the Tower once more in an attempt to run the dungeon, literally; run from the first floor to the fifth floor.
Facing the tiny Boss that loitering at the top floor, Mizarin commanded the others to keep their distance since they still don't have the Chime. Casting a spell called [Infinit Time] a one target spell for Oracle's that can be bought from the Alchemist, keeping the monster in place, then followed up with [Frozen Time]. Sealing the boss was made to bee so easily after it was frozen, there was no growth from the tiny figure.
"By the way, The spell [Infinite Time] is available for purchase from the Alchemist... Don't worry It is not a one time purchase." Mizarin stated before anyone could ask.
After the creature was sealed and defeated. It dropped a Chime, some crafting materials, and Normal weapon and equipment. The Run only lasted about 20 minutes, where most of the time was spent running from floor to floor, and the defeat of the boss took less than 5 minutes, using a sealing orb and
epic talisman available on the Alchemist stash.
"Wow, We can surely Farm for this item here this was!" Sanki shouted leaving the premises.
For four hours the group runs the dungeon to acquire the chime. During the fifth run, Leyardi who has a friend who was an oracle called for the first addition to the group. With the supervision of Mizarin, the new member was educated on how to run the dungeon, to farm the Chimes.
When the tenth run was finished, AleyaNala, Leyardi, and the new member collected the other guild prospects and started farming for the bell. The original team, on the other hand, lead by SayaShin draw carnage on their boss orb run, taking more than ten hours to collect the requirements for the Cardinal Quest.
When the party finally Collected more than fifteen [Sealed Void Beast(Mythic)], the party that AlayeNala and Leyardi lead had grown exponentially, from one Group of Oracles to several different parties lead by the original one oracle that was initiated by Mazarin. Ranging from a variety of Job-Classes that pledged to join the Guild when it would be available to some hopeful newbies.
[Ashanti: Let's go and get the rewards, Mizarin and SayaShin are going to leave now.]
[AleyaNala: We'll be right out.]
When the two who divided finally reunites with the others, they went to the Academy and submitted their loots to the NPC: Cardinal.
"Hello Mr. Cardinal, we came to submit these items that fulfill the requirements for the quest 'Void Beast Sealing,' please check if they are what you are looking for." The party leader; AleyaNala, interacted with the NPC, passing over a number of Sealed Void both mythic and normal, all the Orbs that the party gathered and the other parties that gladly gave the items to them.
"A total of 164 Void Beasts are sealed, 15 of which are Higher Void Beasts... You and your company are quite capable of it. Accept this as a reward." Cardinal returned all 164 spheres, adding some talismans, books, and a set of tokens.
[Quest: Void Beast Sealing(Completion rate: Unique)
-Seal ten 'Void Beast' and bring them back to Cardinal.
-A shared Quest
-Void Beast (164/10)
Reward:
-100 Time Loop (Talisman)/ Participant
-5 Sealing Orb (Legendary)/ Participant
-Spacial Storage Box(L100xW20xH5)(1)
-Portable Workshop Token (1)
-****EXP, **** Gold]
"W-What is this?... Where is the Class-specific item?..." all twelve of them exclaimed in unison. A testament to their longing for an over-leveled or over-powered class-specific item.
"Mister Cardinal, I don't understand... Have we offended you in any way?... The reward seams off... were we not supposed to receive an item specific to our hob-classes?" SayaShin questioned the NPC's decision on the distributed reward.
"Old friend..." Cardinal spoke with deep emotions that can only be felt impossible to comprehend, as if a lover whispers on their love-ones ear, and eyes stared with the greater depth you see on the eyes of a good friend that you haven't seen for a long time. It was unexpected. It was strange.
"..." all the spectators were stunned thinking 'Bromance?' awkward silence pervaded the perverted air.
"I have observed you and your comrades are lovers of craft. This my rewards are just." spoke back to his normal tone, cold and in yielding.
The party could no longer tolerate the quirky atmosphere and accepted the rewards without further questions.
"What the heck was that?" Asked Mizarin on the team chat.
"Yeah, I didn't know you swing that way." Teased VerBoss.
"Why is it me? I should have let VerBoss ask the question earlier, would any of you have said the same?" SayaShin reacted violently, defeated.
"Hey... Don't be like that... Do you want me to extend the cordon?" Stated Mizarin meaning for SayaShin to stretch his patience.
"Or many tie the Knot," Ashanti continued dispelling the reassuring effect of Mizarin's words.
"Just make sure to send us the date... Okay," Shapeless Proceeded.
"Forget the date, if you were to chose who would be your best man or in this case best woman?" GurinBare joined the fun.
"Wah..." A deep exasperation escaped SayaShins mouth, "We just met, and you are already planning our wedding. No wonder he gave us these rewards." said returning the mockery, silencing everyone into an awkward atmosphere once again.
"Anyways we no longer need to spend money on Banking or storage, did you inspect the box thingy?" AleyaNala spoke breaking the silence. She too wanted to join the fun but being a woman she couldn't find the right time to jump in and escalate the laughter, losing her chance.
"Yeah, it's like a portable warehouse, " Leyardi just like AleyaNala couldn't bear to watch the mockery continue supplemented the change in topic.
"You should check the Portable Workshop Token, it's quite a treasure." Serendipity added, completely returning the lively aura.
The Spacial Storage Box has a length of 100 units, a width of 20 units, and a height of 5 units in meters. This is the size of a small warehouse, used to store fruits and vegetables, sometimes cars, and heavy equipment.
The Portable Workshop Token, on the other hand, is a small space 25 square meters, three-meter high, the size of a bedroom, complete with tables and equipment, a furnace on one wall, a washbasin and water source on another. A craftsman's dream of a workshop, working tools, and instruments are installed, not to mention if the owner leaves anything there without restoring them in the inventory, the thing will not expire or be deleted by the system. Auxiliary items like the alchemist cauldron and the spindle could be left in the workshop without the worry of being stolen or dropped, the best part of that the Token is user bound, and could not be destroyed.
"Now I understand why this is a better reward than just any item we could later have to discard." Blissful declared.
"Yeah. Thanks to someone aff..." Sanki wanting to initiate another rain of jokes received a number of sharp glare till he silenced himself.
"Anyways, Should we split he drops, Mizarin and I will change course from here." SayaShin said with a Budha like a smile.
"Aish... Don't be like that... I know we might have overstepped our bounds but..." VerBoss spoke trying to dissuade the two from departing in this situation.
"No... I don't mean it like that, it's just that..." SayaShin flustered trying to search for words to excuse themselves.
"We are pressed for time..." Mizarin cut his words short.
"What do you mean?" AleyaNala who wanted to keep the other company asked.
"Remember we had plans... You see the farming and questing already took the better half of our time. So, SayaShin and I are going to finish up here and get our things done. Is that reason enough?" Mizarins words ended the thought of the others to keep them housed.
"It's not like we will not see each other again, we just have to part ways, for now, maybe even tomorrow we could meet again. So why are you like that?" SayaShin said while laughing.
"Oh... I thought you were leaving for good after the jokes we fired." GurinBare mumbled finally understanding the gravity of his words.
After splitting the drops, the party had almost filled their portable warehouses with Void Woods and Void Energy Vials, and this does not even include the low-level equipment that they acquired during the hunting.
Concluding their businesses, SayaShin and Mizarin left the party, and went on their way, laughing and conversing while walking away from the melancholic group.
"Why is it that, I feel like I wouldn't see them for a long time?" AleyaNala whispered to herself.
"Who would have thought that I would be attached to that seemingly clueless Vates." VerBoss responded to the low whisper, reminiscent of the time when he was approached by the fresh bud.
The two looked at the back of the departing pair, with an attached heart. It was not Guilt nor Admiration that they felt, it was something deeper, something that only a friend could feel at the sense of its loss.