"My name is Ivar. I am a berserker so both my skills give me power boosts but inhibit my thought processing. I am also a chef, so any food I cook will not only be good but have bonus properties."
"I am Best Store Clerk, but you all can call me Clerk. I am a Shaman so I can heal and use support spells. My subclass is Tamer, so I will be able to tame a beast once I find one that I like."
"My name is Cereal Killer, and I am a Warden. I am basically a nature knight. I use a broadsword, but I have nature spells that can buff me or my allies. My subclass is Bard, so I can give status effects with singing or musical instruments."
'Figures…' Enzo thought.
Lastly, was Bella.
"My name is Eevie. I am a Rogue. It is basically an all around assassin class. My skills are stealth and assassination. When I catch a monster or player off guard I can either one shot them or come very close to doing so. My subclass is trap master, so I can set up traps for monsters to walk into."
"Alright, good. We all roughly know each other's skills and abilities now." Enzo said.
"I think the best formation for us would be to have Cereal at the head because his class makes him the strongest here. Hephaestus and I will be behind him and on each side to offer both support and be the other main attackers. I want Pepper, Eevie, and Prometheus to walk ahead of the main group as scouts. Pepper and Eevie will walk side by side at the front, with Prometheus in the middle of them and the main group to relay messages between us. Ivar you will walk inline with Cereal, but be behind Hephaestus and I. Clerk, as the only healer in the group, you will be within the diamond formation Hephaestus, Cereal, Ivar, and I make."
No one had any objections because they had already designated Enzo as the unofficial leader of the group and his formation made sense anyway. They could easily follow his thought process with the current formation. The assassin type classes would be used as scouts with Ivan being used as a pseudo messenger because his stealth skills wouldn't be as good for scouting. In the main group Kenny led the charge because his class is more of a knight type class, which means he would shine the best while being directly in the fight. Enzo and Hephaestus would be best as supports because their fighting style would be more tactical due to their class choice. Vincent would shine best at the back end of the group because a berserk class indicates he would fight the best on his own, so guarding the flank should be a good job for him. Lastly, Jane in the middle of the main formation makes the most sense because as a healer she needs to be protected.
"Alright, since no one is objecting, let's move out. Prometheus, keep a distance of 10 feet from the scouts and we will walk 15 feet behind you. Scouts, if you find a monster that is level 13 or above tell Prometheus then wait for the rest of the group." Enzo said.
The group then started following his instructions to the letter.
'This forest is way too dense.' Enzo thought as they entered.
He couldn't go more than 10 feet without having to move something out of his way to see or walk around a large tree or bush. The local flora looked extremely tropical, so it fit the setting. There were palm trees, vines, and many other exotic plants.
It didn't take longer than 10 minutes of walking for Ivan to come back with a message.
He first whispered to Kenny as he was at the front of the group, then Kenny turned around and relayed the message to Enzo.
"Ivan says there's a group of 4 up ahead. Apparently they're some kind of zombie looking monster, and they're all level 14." He whispered.
"Enzo nodded his head then turned to Jane.
"4 zombie-like monsters, all level 14. Tell Phaestus and then tell Ivar." He whispered.
She did as he told her to do while they continued to walk towards the monsters.
Enzo wasn't sure why Ivan didn't just call them zombies, but he assumed it was because they were a new type of monster the group hadn't seen before.
When they reached the scout group, Enzo understood why Ivan said it that way.
[Crew Member]
[Level 14]
[HP: 5,000/5,000]
The crew members did indeed look like zombies, but a better way to describe them is "rotten flesh, fish hybrid, zombie monster".
Their flesh looked like it had rotted before the rest of the body could die. It was gray and peeling all over. There were scales on some parts of the skin that looked like they were taken from a fish and glued on. They still had a few zombie esk features on them as well. Their teeth were rotten and some almost nonexistent. They hunched over and walked just like zombies would as well.
The crew members wore standard pirate attire as well, completing the whole theme.
"Cereal and Pepper take the one on the left. Vincent take the one second from the left by yourself. Eevie, take the one second from the right with me. Prometheus, take the one on the right with Hephaestus." Enzo whispered.
"Why am I by myself?" Vincent asked back in a whisper of his own.
"You are not only level 15, a berserker, but also, Clerk has a support class not a fighting class."
"Oh, forgot about Clerk."
"On 3." Enzo said to the group.
"1. 2. 3."
Enzo and Bella launched themselves towards their assignment and the other groups did the same.
Bella was faster than Enzo so she reached the monster before he did, with a katana drawn.
Enzo drew his own katana as he ran.
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