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Name: Vindictus

Race: Human

Class: Ranger

Sub-class: Archer

Level: 10 EXP: 4500/4500

EXP Pot: 9600

Health: 229/229

Mana: 195/195

Strength 25

Vitality 23

Agility 26 [Bracers +1]

Dexterity 18 [Bracers +1]

Intelligence 17

Speed 24 [Boots +1]

Luck 30 [Ring +5]

Charisma 15

Points available: 2

Skill Points: 6

[Boost Summon – Level 2]

[Harvester Skill – Level 3]

[Alchemy – Level 1]

[Smithing – Level 3]

[Leatherworking – Level 4]

[Eagle Eye – Level 1]

[Power Shot – Level 3]

The group looked at him with pride. Brick appeared to be the mouth piece of the group. "Thank you for your guidance, Vindictus."

"So, I have some things that you guys might like but I also know that you would not be willing to take then as a gift so how about we work out a deal."

"What kind of deal do you have in mind and what kind of things?"

"I have some skills and equipment that will fit all of you. I have had a lot of luck and found quite a few things that I was going to hold onto until the auction house opened up."

"What are the terms?"

"I would be more than willing to trade a lot of them for a large quantity of crafting materials and I would like to keep this party and have you clear the Dean Family Dungeon with me a few times. There is a set of armor in there that I would like."

"What skills do you have?" Wall Flower was very interested.

He looked through the books and handed one to Brick, one to Knocking Heads, two spells to Frigid, and then he got to Wall Flower and pulled out several things all at one time. He pulled out several skill books for them. "These are a little special and hard to find so I hope that you can learn them and use them well." He handed her Resurrect, Restore, and Twist of Fate. Resurrect was a skill that did just what its name implied and let the user bring a companion back from death. Restore was a lesser-known skill that when used right could turn around a fight as it would bring any person not only back to full health but it could shorten the cool down on any skills the target had used. The last one was probably the rarest of the skills it was also the one that most healers feared as much as they coveted it. Twist of Fate would allow them to defy fate and send half of their health to a target. If a healer invested in their vitality, it could bring a MT back to full health as a last-ditch effort.

"This is Twist of Fate. I did not think it would be available until much later in the game from the reports that I got. But these other two are just wow. This is insane you could make several gold coins off of those."

"Yes, but not until the auction becomes an option along with the real-world monetary system becomes active. And honestly I have been very fortunate with my finds so far." He then pulled out a piece of light green equipment for each of them. "These should help you as well."

Brick just stared at him unable to use any words. The shield he was just handed was stronger than any of the ones that he had even heard about during the beta review. "Vindictus, do you belong to a powerful guild or something?"

"Nope I am not part of any guild. Honestly, I am thinking about starting my own guild as well as a workshop. I have a few things in the works but I do not want to rush things."

"I have a friend that is planning on starting a guild and I talked about joining him but I might hold off and see how things work out with you. And depending on how things go with your workshop he might consider coming over to you as well."

"I would be glad to have all four of you join me in the future. But since I think they said the guild was not going to be available until the update, let's see how things go."

"As far as materials go you can have everything that we have and we will be sure to pick up anything and everything that you are after. Also, I would love nothing more that run a dungeon with you. At what level would we be running?" The rest of the group instantly nodded.

"I figured we could run the hard mode a few times and then hell mode twice. And then if we don't get it by then I have another solo quest that I need to do. And then I would like to run it a few more times."

Wall Flower spoke up. "I have a huge thing at school tomorrow and that will finish me for the year. I can't miss it. I would love nothing more than to assist you in this but I have paid way too much money for this business degree to not do this tomorrow."

"No go and do your best. I have no issues with that. We all need to make sure that our lives do not get derailed. How about this, I will go and do the solo quest and then when you are done you guys, message me and then we go and do the dungeon runs?"

"That is fine with us. We can hunt in the area and get you some of the stuff that you need. Do we want to finish up a few more small packs before Wall Flower has to go?"

"I am fine with that. Wait right here and I will be back with another pack." Vindictus took off and soon rounded up another small pack and brought them to the group. While he was gone the others quickly learned the skills that he had given to them and they were ready to test them out.

Without having to be told Brick timed it just right and had the full aggro of the wolves. Knocking Heads waited just long enough and started attacking. His timing was a lot better this time than the last time. Wall Flower quickly fell into rhythm and was healing right on point. It was enough that it if Brick lost the arggo Wall Flower would be the next target.

Just as his taunt was about to run out Brick used his new skill war cry and the wolves were startled for just a second. Frigid also picked that time to use the new skill they got, Ice Rink. It was a skill that covered a small area with a sheet of ice. Given it was a new skill and a low level the area that it covered was not big but it was enough to keep the wolved under control.

"Great position on the Ice Rink, Frigid. But also keep in mind that it can also be used as a crowd control measure if Brick would happen to lose his aggro. You did great with it but you might consider saving it for an emergency."

"I never thought about it that way Vindictus. I will keep that in mind. Time for the other new skill." The second skill Frigid got from Vindictus was the Ice Arrow spell. It was as strong as Ice Bolt but with more mana they could get more arrows. Very quickly five ice arrows were flying through the sky.

"Knocking Heads, your skill can also be used as crowd control. Brick right before War Cry runs out give a yell. Knocking, when that happens uses your skill and it should stun them for long enough for the cool down on Brick's Taunt to run out. That way they stay in a state of confusion for long enough for all of them to die. Wall Flower great timing on the heals. You have the rhythm down perfectly."

"Knocking, now." Brick called out right before his time ran out.

Knocking Heads quickly used his new skill Stomp. It sends a shock wave out and not only does damage to anything in the range but it also puts them in a stunned state for three seconds. At higher levels the stun is longer and the damage is higher. Once they wolves were stunned the group attacked relentlessly. Right before they came out of the stunned state, Brick used his Taunt again and they stayed right where they were. Before his Taunt ran out the small pack was dead.

"Nice job everyone. So, how would you feel about trying a big pack now?"

Wall Flower answered, "as long as you are here to keep any accidents from happening, we are all for it." The group spent the rest of the night hunting the bigger packs of wolves. Given the numbers that they were dealing with, Vindictus would have to kill one or two out of each group but even then, their skills were amazing.

"Okay everyone, you all did amazing and thank you so much for all of your work today. All of these materials are going to be a huge help to me. Wall Flower when you get back send me a message and we will see where I am with things."

"Got it. I will see you all later." Wall Flower walked the short distance to the safe zone and then logged out of the game. The rest of them had other things to do so the group quickly went and took care of their stuff.

The twin brothers were chatting back and forth as they were resting in the dungeon to get back their health and reset the cooldown of skill.

"How is your group doing?"

"We can't even get past the first boss. By the time the main pulls aggro he is close to death and the healer can't keep up. We could try a second healer but I am not sure that we would be able to do enough damage to kill it."

"That is the same problem that we are running into. Send everyone out and we will reset the team with two healers and see how that goes. If it does not work, we will go back to normal mode and see if we can learn any tricks."

"Yeah, sounds like a plan."