CHAPTER 06

As soon as kaowasabe reached Swamp forest, He was immediately surrounded by aggressive monsters that guarded the entrance of the forest.

"PUMPKIN HEAD"

RANK: C

LVL: 39

HP: 1200/1200

TRAIT: HOSTILE TO LIVING, HORDE OF DESPERATION

The entrance were swamped with pumpkin heads as soon as kaowasabe stepped foot on the forest.

The pumpkin heads were slowly surrounding him with their numbers.

Kaowasabe didn't move as he saw the monsters surround him.

The pumpkin heads were starting to growl alot causing loud noises to occur on the forest entrance.

Kaowasabe who was annoyed by the loud sounds they're making started to cast his skill "Flame wave" towards the pumpkin head infront of him.

As soon as his attacks hit the monster he started running towards it and jumped on its head causing the monster to stumble to the ground.

The pumpkin heads then started to attack kaowasabe as they pile in horde.

Kaowasabe who was so eager to test his new skills was ultimately happy as he see the monsters piled up together.

"That's it you brainless monsters! Gather all together and let me test my new skill! "Eruption!"

As he used his skill aiming towards the horde of pumpkin heads.

After he swung his sword vertically, The ground itself split into two causing lava to burst from the ground, killing the pumpkin heads instantly.

Kaowasabe was shocked on how powerful his skill was. So he tried hunting monsters at the forest and used "Eruption" alot to risen its level.

After three hours of hunting, Kaowasabe reached level 47 and his "Eruption" Skill became Lv2.

The damage drastically increased and its radius widen.

Then he went deeper into the forest looking for more monsters as he was excited and felt amazed by his current self.

But when he reached the Swamp, he saw the NPC from the Coast before that was fishing. And now the NPC was fishing at the swamp defenseless.

Kaowasabe then rushed towards the NPC as he wanted to warn him that this place is dangerous for him to fish.

But before kaowasabe could speak the NPC spoke first.

"We meet again young lad!" As the NPC stood up from where he was sitting.

"You have to get out of this place. This place is dangerous for you to fish on." As kaowasabe replied.

"Haha, I may be abit old but I ain't weak. By the way my name is Haiden, What is your name young lad?"

"My name.. My name is Kaowasabe, It's nice to meet you Mr. Haiden." As kaowasabe bowed after he spoke.

Haiden then tells kaowasabe to fish with him if he had some spare time.

Kaowasabe rejected and excused himself and told haiden that he was currently occupied with something.

Haiden then tells kaowasabe that if went Northwest of the forest he would encounter alot of Monsters and could possibly get killed, so he warns him to not go there.

Kaowasabe nodded and went east and looked for monsters.

As kaowasabe was looking around, He noticed that there were no monsters around. So he remembered haiden's words that Northwest had alot of monsters gathered. So he immediately went there without hesitation due to his excitement.

When he reached a certain part of the northwest direction he finally found monsters that were roaming around. But it was also pumpkin heads, so he aggressively attacked and killed the pumpkin heads that were on his sight.

Kaowasabe felt displeased as he couldn't use his new skill "Eruption" due to the monsters scattering around the area one by one.

So he tried to look for the place that Haiden talked about, where alot of monsters are gathered.

He explored the Northwest part of the Swamp forest and finally found where the monsters were gathered.

As soon as he saw alot of monsters gathered at one place, Kaowasabe instantly used "Eruption" to kill the monsters and gained alot of exp and his level had risen by 1 and also the skill's level became lv3 in an instant.

But as soon as he went towards the dead monsters he couldn't find any gear except for Experience points and noticed that the Pumpkin heads weren't dropping any kinds of Items.

Then he heard a sound coming from behind, It was the sound of a Horse running towards him.

Kaowasabe instantly turned around and saw a Knight with a red full plate armor and an armored horse.

But the Knight's head was a pumpkin.

"PUMPKIN COMMANDER"

RANK: A

LVL: 50

HP: 14000/14000

TRAIT: ADVANCED SWORDSMANSHIP, VITAL POINT, ORDER OF THE CARAVAN

STATUS CONDITION: CURSED

"ORDER OF THE CARAVAN, I heard about that skill before. Some players said they were beaten by a certain monster that could control an individual's body for 8 seconds. But the players said that the monster only uses that skill when it's HP is depleted and on the verge of death, And what's with the condition status, It's the first time I'm seeing this on a monster." As kaowasabe pulled out his sword.

The pumpkin commander spoke.

"What brings you here human?"

"Did i just hear something?" As kaowasabe poked his ears.

"I said, What brings you here? To our territory."

"SHIT! THE MONSTER SPOKE! DOES IT HAVE SELF CONSCIOUSNESS!?" As kaowasabe spoke nervously.

"I am not a monster, I am the Pumpkin Commander. You who does not answer my question and invaded our territory shall be slain by my hands."

The pumpkin commander jumps off from his horse and pulled out his sword.

While kaowasabe formed a sword stance infront of him.

The Pumpkin commander then made its move to attack Kaowasabe, while kaowasabe managed to defend its attack.

"Not bad for a human." As the pumpkin kept on attacking Kaowasabe.

Kaowasabe was forced to defend the pumpkin's attack and wasn't able to fight back.

"The strength of this Pumpkin bastard is great, Even its speed is unimaginable." As he defended the pumpkin's attacks.

Kaowasabe who was being pushed back, used his "Eruption" skill. The pumpkin commander who had no idea got stuck on the cracked ground and got burned by the lava that came out of it.

The pumpkin commander received alot of damage from kaowasabe's attack and jumped backwards realizing that kaowasabe was not an easy opponent.

Kaowasabe on the other hand wondered what move his going to make since he revealed his trump card early.

The pumpkin rushed towards kaowasabe as it analyzed his entire body.

Kaowasabe who was prepared to defend the Pumpkin's attack tried to defend and stood on his ground.

The pumpkin commander then pointed his sword towards kaowasabe's chest releasing an intense aura and shouted "Vital Point" and the tip of his sword released a laser-like attack that swiftly pierced kaowasabe's chest.

*You have received 8,012 damage*

"The attack of this monster almost dealt 80% of my hp." As he stepped back.

Kaowasabe who's chest was pierced in an instant was shocked and tried to drank a potion to restore his health.

After regaining his health, kaowasabe then started to use his skill "Flame wave" and aimed towards the Pumpkin Commander who was desperately trying to attack kaowasabe.

Kaowasabe's attacks missed and were all evaded by the Pumpkin Commander as it narrowed their gap.

As the pumpkin got closer to kaowasabe, He who had no chance on defending the next attack of the Pumpkin Commander, Kaowasabe didn't have any choice but to use the skill that he was saving.

"STARE OF PARALYSIS"

An intimidating stare that can cause the targeted individual's condition to be paralyzed for 5 seconds.

The "Stare of paralysis" was a perk from the Title he recently obtained on killing the Mummy lord "Mummy Slayer".

The pumpkin commander who rushed to attack kaowasabe suddenly stopped its movement and was completely paralyzed by kaowasabe's skill.

"What is this!? I can't move!" As the Pumpkin Commander tried to move and tried resisting the Paralysis that was cast unto him.

"That's a skill that I've recently obtained after killing the Mummy lord!" As kaowasabe formed a stance and used "Eruption" and dealt a huge amount of damage towards the Pumpkin Commander.

"The Mummy lord!? You've killed the Mummy lord!? Ackk---" As the pumpkin commander yelled while directly receiving damage from the "Eruption" skill that kaowasabe used.

Then a smoke occured after the attack kaowasabe used. After the smoke cleared he saw the pumpkin commander dropped on his knees and was completely nearing to his death.

Kaowasabe who was worried that the pumpkin Commander might use the "Order of the Caravan" skill since it's on the verge of death. Kaowasabe then rushed towards it and used "fire slash" skill thus ending the life of the Pumpkin Commander.

But kaowasabe noticed that the pumpkin commander's body didn't vanished unlike all of the monsters he encountered.

Kaowasabe then realized that something might be going on since the condition status wasn't shown from the monsters he had recently encountered.

Then as he glanced at the Pumpkin Commander's body, A status window popped up.

*The Pumpkin Commander who was cursed had now regain his senses due to the defeat he had encountered.*

Kaowasabe then walked towards the Pumpkin commander and saw that the Green roots that were covering its neck started to disappear and cracks started to show on Pumpkin head.

As the Pumpkin head broke, the Knight's face was shown and was still unconscious.

"Commander Jordan"

"The Commander of the Red Knights."

As the status window indicated and revealed his identity.

The Commander of the Red knights, Jordan. Who was a Nobleman from the "Mikel Kingdom". Mikel kingdom is located at the south part of the Capital City "City of Gold". And below "Mikel kingdom" is the vast lands that leads towards many villages including Wolf Village.

But Commander Jordan who was sent on an Expedition along with his unit encountered the Believers of the Mummy lord, And they ended up fighting them. But the Unit that Commander jordan brought alongside him wasn't enough to defeat the Believers of the Mummy Lord. Thus the Unit that the commander brought utterly faced defeat. But one of the Believers spared Jordan's life and bestowed a curse upon him. Brainwashing his mind and emplanted orders for him to follow, thus becoming the Pumpkin Commander for the Believers to use.

But now that the Curse has been lifted, Jordan regained his senses and became unconscious since he received alot of damages from Kaowasabe's attacks.

Kaowasabe then carried jordan after he tended his wounds and built a tent for them to rest on since jordan was still unconscious and it was almost night time.

So they settled on a tent in the middle of the swamp forest.

NOTE: IN-GAME time is 3 times more faster than REAL-TIME outside of the game.

So after they camped in the middle of the forest for the night, The next day came...

Kaowasabe woke up and saw that Jordan had gone missing. So he immediately gets out of his tent and saw Jordan was cooking something for them to eat.

Jordan then explained that he doesn't know kaowasabe and doesn't remember anything after experiencing defeat from the Believers of Mummy Lord.

Kaowasabe explained that jordan became a monster and was used as a Pumpkin knight to protect this swamp forest from the humans that were trying to enter.

Then he told Jordan that after he defeated him, The pumpkin-like helmet he was wearing broke and removed the curse that was bestowed upon him.

Jordan then asked for his name and thanked him for defeating him and releasing him from the Believer's curse.

Then they introduced each other and continued to have a conversation about what happened with them yesterday.

Kaowasabe then asked if what was their expedition about and how did they got tangled up with the Believers.

Jordan sighed and explained the whole story to Kaowasabe who was curious about jordan's past.

Jordan was a Nobleman and the Son of Viscount Juls Devon and was the oldest among the siblings.

Jordan who had the talent for swordsmanship was trained in Mikel Kingdom's military. Jordan who was able to climb up the ranks through his determination and relentless training achieved to reach the Commander Rank within a year.

He was given the Title as the first nobleman who became a military commander in a young age, The Commander of the Red Knights.

The Red knights were hand picked soldiers by Jordan Devon who was the commander for this unit.

Then the Red Knights became known as one of the most powerful units on Mikel kingdom, As they've accomplished many monster subjugation through out the lands of Mikel Kingdom.

Thus the Red Knight's reputation grew far wide around the continent.

Then the King of Mikel Kingdom, King "Wesley Mikel The Third" received a message from the Emperor of City of Gold to send the Red Knights on a mission to Slay the Mummy lord that was discovered near their territory. Then the King of Mikel kingdom called the Red Knights and gave them a mission. The Red Knights along with Commander Jordan headed towards the outskirts of the kingdom for a subjugation expedition.

Then as soon as they reached the boundaries of Swamp forest they got ambushed by the Mummy lord's Believers. And that's when they got caught and then ended up losing. Then him, The commander himself became a pawn for the Believers.

Thus ending the story of Commander jordan.

As kaowasabe listened and looked at Jordan's face.

He understood how Jordan felt back then when his entire unit got killed.

"I guess NPC's have emotions too." as he thought while looking at Jordan's face filled with sadness.

Then Kaowasabe asked if where was the Believers hideout and told jordan that he already encountered the Mummy lord and defeated it.

Jordan remembered and told kaowasabe that their hideout was at the back end of Northwest side of the Swamp forest.

Then he asked kaowasabe if he had really defeated the Mummy lord.

Kaowasabe nodded and said that it was a Giant mummy and had the ability to summon undead mummies. But because of kaowasabe's persistency he managed to defeat the Mummy lord.

Then jordan asked what year is it now, since he doesn't remember anything after he got cursed.

Kaowasabe told him that it was already year 270, March 1st on the Royal calendar.

Jordan who had their expedition set on year 265 was shocked that he had been manipulated for five entire years.

Jordan then asked kaowasabe to aid him on his revenge and planned to attack the Believer's hideout which was located at the back end of the forest.

Kaowasabe then received a sudden quest after Jordan asked him for his help.

*QUEST WINDOW SHOWN*

*HELP JORDAN ON HIS QUEST OF REVENGE"

CLEAR CONDITIONS: AID JORDAN ON HIS REVENGE FOR BEING MANIPULATED, DESTROY THE BELIEVER'S HIDE OUT

QUEST REWARD: 2000 GOLD COINS AND MAX AFFINITY WITH JORDAN DEVON

Then kaowasabe stood up and smiled as he said.

"I guess i don't have any choice but to accept right? Fine, I'll help you destroy those Mummy believers!"

Jordan then stood up and smiled while he reached his hand to kaowasabe for a hand shake and said.

"Thank you Knight kaowasabe, After all of this is done I'll reward you greatly and bring you to our kingdom."

Then kaowasabe smiled as he tells Jordan to lead the way where the Believer's hideout is located.

Chapter 06: END