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Name: Vindictus

Race: Human

Class: Ranger

Sub-class: Archer

Level: 10 EXP: 4500/4500

EXP Pot: 5750

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 – 5; 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]

Vindictus realized that they were not that far from the town so he hopefully had enough time to get there before the fighting really started. Blood seemed like a guy that enjoyed running his mouth and tormenting those that were weaker than him. That small thing gave him a sliver of hope that the five of them would not die. He checked the map and saw that he was getting close to them and slowed down a little and activated his stealth.

The stealth slowed him down a little but it was not a big deal since the fight had not started yet. Brick could handle a few blows as necessary. Finally, the group came into sight and he was proud to see they stood like the should with Take What I Want staying close to the mages who were far enough apart to cover a huge area with their head bands as well as watch each other's back as they were facing just like the dungeon.

Take What I Want was also playing it smart. He knew that close to the mages his stealth would not work and but he never went into stealth so that no one would realize they had such an effect. Finally, Blood was sure that his assassins were in place so he sent the order and the ranger sent an arrow at Wall Flower. As soon as that happened all of the names turned red and Vindictus got the notification. He moved as fast as he could and got behind the healers before anyone knew that he was there. Just because he was slowed by his skill did not mean that he was slow compared to everyone else.

Vindictus was surprised that they had four healers in the group of twenty but it did not matter to him at all. He slipped to where he was standing in front of two of them who were making a rookie mistake and standing to close together. Before they could even cast their first spell he drove his sword and dagger up through the bottom of their chin and with a quick twist both of them died in an instant.

He pounced on the third healer before he realized that two of his companions were dead. A casual swing from the set of blades and the third healer dropped. The fourth healer realized what had happened but before he could yell out a warning Vindictus seemed to appear in front of him and like the first two a dagger under his chin to keep him from yelling and he disappeared into a ball of pixels. Just like that he got three more catastrophic kills added to his collection. It was about that time that things up front were coming into full swing.

Blood had taken a few shots and realized that he was not healing and called out for the healers. "Do your damn jobs as healers and heal me already. What the hell am I paying you for?" When after a few seconds he did not get an answer or any healing he dared to look over his shoulder and realized that all four of his healers were dead. He had turned off notifications right before the fight started so that no one could tell him not to fight. He was not sure that was going on but he knew that they were all in trouble.

Take What I Want was watching the fight from all angles to see where best he could help when he heard two shocked gasps behind him. The assassins had just broken the area around the mages and revealed themselves. He knew that while neither one of them were great at close combat Frigid had the type of spells that could quickly kill the assassin. Wall Flower did not, so he immediately pounced on the assassin that was going for them. The assassin was still trying to figure out what happened to their skill when suddenly they were attacked. In just a few moves the experienced Take What I Want killed the assassin without hesitation. He looked over to check on the other one and saw that Frigid had it well in hand.

Frigid saw the assassin break their stealth and immediately released the spell that they had been holding and covered the ground between them in a layer of ice. The doubly surprised assassin was quickly on the ground and Frigid started spamming him with ice spikes and ice balls as fast as they could. It was brutal but efficient. As soon as the assassin was dead Frigid checked on Wall Flower and then started raining down ice on the poor fools in the field once Wall Flower was safe.

Vindictus saw that everyone was still alive and taking the fight to them so he moved on to his next target. One of the two groups of archers in the back. Luckily for the group the archers were all lower level and could not target everyone in the party. Vindictus assumed that Blood hired any and all archers thinking to get him from a distance when he came to help them. But it was too late now. He was headed towards the group on his right when suddenly the ground under the ranges turned into ice and they started falling all over themselves. He figured Frigid was done with the assassin on her side.

Vindictus quickly sprinted towards the other archers and used both his block and parry skill to block arrows as he ran. They were still using the AI assisted system and could only move as fast as the specs on their character and by the time that they got another arrow full draw it was too late. Much like with the healers he aimed for one shot kills. After adding the three healers to this tally he was up to fifteen catastrophic kills.

Since this was not going to be a challenging fight Vindictus thought about trying a few things and did a spin move that put him in between the two archers, closest to him. He came up in the middle and drove his sword through the back of one tearing through his heart and at the same time he drove his dagger under the chin of the second. Both of them turned into the light pixels and he instantly got three notifications. He did not bother to open them since was in the middle of a fight.

The next archer over panicked and charged Vindictus screaming. Vindictus almost felt sorry for the elf as he drove his sword into his eye. With a quick twist the figure disappeared. The fourth archer held his composure and fired an arrow right at Vindictus' chest. Vindictus moved enough to not take a fatal hit and looked the young archer over. "If you are not an official member of this guild hit me up when you revive. I think you have a lot of potential." Just because he respected the young elf, he would not spare him. A few attacks and the young archer disappeared. Vindictus grabbed the boots he dropped and put them in a spot so he knew who they belonged to.

The archers that were down on the ice were being bombarded with spells and they were not going to be able to get out of it. Vindictus smiled at Frigid before he headed towards the swordsman and guardians that were left. Brick and Knocking Heads were holding their own but only because of the healing that Wall Flower was pushing out. He debated on using Ursi here but with only a half a dozen of them left he did not see a reason. Vindictus entered stealth again and got behind the heavily armored guardians.

After a few seconds he figured out the perfect place to get an instant kill and put his dagger away. He put both hands on the hilt of the sword and drove it into the back of the guardian's neck as hard as he could. The blade slipped between the helm and chest plate and severed everything in an instant. The guardian that was beside him turned in shock as he was not aware that everyone behind him was already dead. Vindictus drove his sword right through the player's eye slot in the helm. He got several more notifications but he ignored them as the fight was not over.

Vindictus was about to help when he saw Take Everything appear and take out one of the swordsmen. This surprise was all that Knocking Heads needed and soon the only player left alive was Blood. The surrounded him, with Brick and Vindictus right in front since Brick was recording.

Vindictus shook his head. "Why? You have already died twice by my hands and you are about to die a third time. I had an agreement with your guild leader about this and you still did it. Are you done this time? Because you got twenty players killed and we are still able to easily fight."

"I don't care what the guild leader said. I will hunt you and this crew of idiots until I kill you all the way back to level one and then I will assign new guild recruits to the spawn point and have you killed over and over again."

"Despite your guild leader saying that we are off limits?"

"I don't care what him or the council of idiots that run the workshop say. You are dead no matter what."

"Well okay then. I think that we have enough." Before Blood could do or say anything Vindictus drove his sword through his mouth and out the back of his head. "We should be able to get back to grinding now. I have a few more potions to make and then I will send word on the groups. Also could all of you send me your copy of the fight recording? I want to see a few things as well as send it to the guild leader at Wolf Moon."

He almost instantly for five messages. Take What I Want was beside him as he started to walk off. "Hey boss, how is it that you can use stealth?"

Vindictus leaned in close to make sur that no one else could hear him. "It is an equipment skill."

"So it can work that way as well. That is good to know. See you in a bit."

As Vindictus walked away he got another message. 'This is Head Shot. I was only hired by the guild. I am VERY interested.'

'Meet me at the south gate at sunrise.'

'See you there.'