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Name: Vindictus

Race: Human

Class: Ranger

Sub-class: Archer

Level: 10 EXP: 4500/4500

EXP Pot: 5500

Health: 279/279

Mana: 210/210

Strength 35 [Earring +10]

Vitality 34 [Earring +10]

Agility 36 [Earring +10, Bracers +1]

Dexterity 18 [Bracers +1]

Intelligence 32 [Headband +5]

Speed 29 [Boots +5]

Luck 30 [Ring +5]

Charisma 20 [ Headband +5]

Points available: 0

Skill Points: 1

[Lifestyle Skills - Harvester Skill – 6; Alchemy – 1; Smithing – 3; Leatherworking – 6]

[Class Skills - Eagle Eye – 1; Power Shot – Level 3; Boost Summon – 2; Ambidextrous – Max; Two weapon fighting – Max; Cross Cut – Level 5; Off Hand Block – Level 4; Off Hand Parry – Level 4]

[New Skills]

About the time that Vindictus was appearing back in town Blood Wolf came sprinting up to the crypt. "Where the hell is he? He got my sword and all the rest of our stuff."

Crimson pointed to a large pile of stuff. "Actually vice-leader the only thing that he kept was your sword. Since he has killed you twice and he knew you would not let it go he went ahead and kept it."

"What do you mean killed me twice? The only time I have died is when he caught me with a sneak attack just a few minutes ago." He voice had already changed so anyone that knew him for more than a few days already knew that he was lying.

Crimson sent him a private message. 'I have the tape but I will drop it for now.' Once he saw the look of defeat on his face he started speaking out loud. "Have you checked the messages from the guild leader? That man and the four that were with him have been given a free pass. And he can come and go at this dungeon as much as he pleases until the first update."

"You have got to be kidding me. What did he do save the bosses life? This is ridiculous."

"Actually he traded it for everything but your sword as well as the instructions on how to defeat Hell mode of the dungeon. Now that we can farm it for gear the boss thought that it was worth the trade. And why he sent out the message."

"So, he gets everything and I get nothing." Everyone could hear the contempt in his voice.

"This was not my decision. This came from the guild leader directly. And I think you need to look at it that you got a lesson. And I was also told to remind you to make sure and follow through with you promise to the guys that died because of you. I was told to remind you in case you ignored your private message."

Most of the blood drained out of his face at those words. He promised them ten cold coins if they killed him two gold coins if they died. This was going to cost him over thirty coins. This was going to suck since he knew the going rate for gold coins on the black market was close to double their value. He started crunching numbers to figure out if it was cheaper to stall them for a few days with the promise of another coin once the price stabilized or to just pay them all now. Hell he was one of the only guys who had more than a few hand full of gold, outside of Vindictus and his party.

Vindictus sent Brick a message and started walking towards the inn where he knew they would be waiting on him. They gave him the room number and were all waiting on him with worried looks on their faces.

As soon as he walked into the room Wall Flower started asking questions. "What did you lose when they killed you? Did they take anything before that?"

"Easy, Wall Flower. I told you that I would be okay. I killed a few of them and they decided to see things my way. Well I bought us some time with the use of holy water on getting past the boss and they even offered up their dungeon for me and who ever I take with me tomorrow."

"Not only did they not kill you but you killed several of them and they were still willing to negotiate? Those are some crazy skills."

"It is all about the long term. They could try to keep fighting with me and I could kill a few of them and since I never start the fight they are always red players and lose not only experience but also equipment or, or they give me a little bit of credit and then start shoving all of their teams through the hard and hell mode of the dungeon and collect equipment. So they could keep losing things by messing with me or gain a lot from working with me. But things are going to change after the update so I am not too worried."

"What do you mean by that?" Brick asked.

"Well, not only will the RWT (Real World Trade), auction house, and guild option be available but now you will be able to travel all over the realm. Which means if this is the city that the guild wants to develop in they will pay to bring over all of their experts. And it will be harder to do things without any assistance."

"So, after the update we are in big trouble that is what you are saying." The four of them still did not look happy.

"But there is no reason to worry about that right now. This is not going to be a rapid thing since it is going to cost a lot to move people from anywhere. And starting a guild is not cheap in the game or in the real world. Even after the big influx of gold that you got from the first run you would barely be able to start a guild. They do that to keep a few people from running all over the game in the early stages. Plus there is the money that is outside the game to hire elite and core players."

Brick took the lead for the group. "So, what should we be doing?"

"Okay first thing you should do it go the bank and rent a box and put all of your gold in it. It should be a few silver for a month. Then link your box to you real world account. Then the minute that the RWT goes live throw seventy five or eighty gold at it in small batches of ten to fifteen released at short intervals. I have a feeling that in the initial stages it will not be a big deal to get several thousand per coin. So, if you sell seventy five coins at two thousand a coin that is a hundred and fifty just like that. And that is starting out."

The four of them looked at him. Knocking Heads broke the silence. "I am probably going to drop fifty in the RWT and then use the rest to upgrade my gear."

Vindictus smiled at him. "Knocking who do think is going to have better gear than what you already have. I mean that is not a bad plan but think about it. You have two pieces of blue gear and we have not even finished up any of the skills and things like that. But like I said it is not a bad plan."

"So yeah probably eighty." Knocking Heads was turning red at the words.

Brick smiled and then got back on track. "But what about everything else?"

"Well how about this. Consider the gold coins worth over fifty as the first two month's salary and come work for me. Once the update is over I will present you with a full contract. The reason that I am not sure about the contract yet is I need to crunch some numbers to ensure that I make sustainable agreements for the workshop and the guild. Because as soon as the update is over I will start a guild. And I heard that there is a big bonus for the first guild. That is one of the reasons that the coins are going to go through the roof on the first day. Every guild leader from previous games is going to be after the gold necessary to start a guild."

Wall Flower hopped up. "I am in. I will not speak for the others but the moment you send me an invite and a contract I am on board. I have already accomplished more in this game than my last two big games combined. I am on your team through and through."

Frigid quickly agreed as well. "This is going to be fun. I am in. I am here to have fun so the money will be a nice bonus. I might actually upgrade my pod, depending on how things go."

Knocking Heads smiled. "I'm in."

Brick laughed at his friend after the statement earlier. "Okay so we are all in. I also have a few friends that might be interested as well. They might be a little hesitant to sign a contract this early, but after going through a dungeon with you I am sure that they will change their tunes."

"Sounds good. I have a few things to do and you guys are free to go about things like normal. If any members of the guild bother you send me a message. I am not doing anything for the rest of the day so that I can level up some of my lifestyles. But I would like to do as many runs as we can tomorrow. So if you could reach out and find a few people that would be interested in the guild along with their class and level so that I can put them into teams for dungeon runs."

They all nodded. Brick pulled out his messenger and started sending messages. "I will have you a list in a few hours."