Here we come capital
The journey from Westhall to the capital was safe overall ..... it was about half a day's walk to reach the capital city's wall about 3 hours if one took a horse.
Not having a mount was extremely frustrating ..... but mounts would not unlock until level 40 so Dalton was stuck walking.
There were no monsters on the road to the capital however the same could not be said for bandits.
Some rogue bandits and some connected to underworld organizations would often plunder travellers on the road.
This is part of the reason why the AI made it so that one could not venture out towards the capital before reaching level 10
The bandits would be around the level 10-13 on each road leading towards the capital city. Unless you are sufficiently prepared you cannot reach the capital in the early stages of the game.
Well he was not worried about bandits much as he had the semi-legendary item Lich's Ring
He could just summon his Knight Jiftheus and it would be game over for the bandits
He felt happy and chirpy for this reason alone,
The weather was pleasant in the countryside leading to the capital
He was not afraid for players to see him so
In the security that no one was watching him
Dalton broke into song while dancing as he moved along the road
"I got fire for her heart I'm not scared of the dark you never see me look soo ....."
" Baby, baby, baby do like ..."
Unbeknownst to him there was a player behind him
Yes, a player indeed reached level 10 about 8 hours after Dalton ... the levelling maniac ' Newell '.
He was the one dominating the leaderboards for 7 years straight in Dalton's past life. Well Apart from these two most elite players were around level 8 and would still take a day to reach level 10 and most of the mobs would take about 3 more.
And here he was seeing Dalton dance like a buffoon
So that's the top player ' Freveodys' ???? he thought
Well he meant to just think it but ended up saying it out loud
That made Dalton look back and turn beet red at being caught in this embarrassing situation.
But before he could give an explanation
Newell said
" Sooooo cooollllllll!!!!"
"Oh my god big brother, your dance moves are so sick" He said
" Big brother?? Who is your brother ?", did this guy fall on his head when he was young or what?"
The official age to play 'Rainbow Dragon' was 19
soo considering he was 21 no one should call him Big Brother.
" Hi, sir I'm Newell ..... I assume you are the first level 10 player Mr Freveodys ..... it's an absolute pleasure to meet you sir" He introduced
" Dalton got the whole picture now.... this was the levelling maniac Newell who had a childlike personality"
' Newell' never joined a guild in his past Life the only thing he did was to level level and level
He would grind mobs like no one else
Not interested in loot, fame or power the only thing he wanted was to level up faster!
Well if I had not been reincarnated I guess he would still be on the top of leaderboards. He thought
" Pleasure to meet you, my friend..... wanna head towards the capital with me?" Dalton asked
" Sure .... its boring to travel alone anyway " he said
They both started chatting and walking casually it was actually quite a fun
They had great chemistry and Newell's goofy nature instantly appealed to Dalton who was by nature Goofy himself
They had a rollicking good time until suddenly an arrow shot out of the woods barely missing Dalton's head.
They both drew their swords and were alert in an instant.
"BANDITS!" said Dalton
They stood back to back as they calmly analysed the situation ..... there were six bandits all level 13 ... who surrounded them blocking all exits
It was not a very favourable fighting condition
" Drop your sword armour and valuables and we will let you go punks" One of the bandits said
Newell was scared
well not about the loot
but about the death penalty
his hard earned exp will be lost
plus the 3 hours he took to walk
UNACCEPTABLE he thought
Dalton was pissed right now as he did not want to reveal the power of his ring to anyone
If Neatwit was not here Jiftheus would have been enough to deal with them all
But he could not summon Jiftheus yet.
No worries though
Chains of Darkness and Windcutter could still annihilate 3 bandits easily
Well he could take on two more himself but the last one needed to be dealt with by Newell
"Can you take on one? "Dalton asked
He nodded
Chains of Darkness said Dalton and he quickly used wind slash to kill 3 Bandits in one fell swoop
The bandits were dumbfounded .....
What the hell
What just happened
But before they could recover from their shock
Dalton charged on two more
Newell did too
It was a smooth fight for Dalton
and surprisingly Newell held his own too
5 minutes later
all 6 Bandits were dead
Killed 5 Bandits
distributing rewards
+1500 EXP
+ 60 Silver
+ Bronze shin guards
+ treasure map piece (1/3)
LEVEL UP!
Dalton was pleased with the way the battle turned out
He did not reveal his trump card while he also got decent items
" Woww..... Big brother is so strong" Newell was awed by Dalton's remarkable skills and strength.
Dalton called for the system pannel
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Player Name: Freveodys
Title: Viscount of The Dragon kingdom, Reputable knight
Class: Knight
Subclass: none
LVL:14
Tier : 0
STATS
AGI : 70 ( +10% ) VIT : 55
INT: 55 STA: 55
PHY: 55 HP: 2500/2500
Status: Fatigued
Equipment: common stone sword, leather boots, Darkness Armour, Lich's Ring, Bronze shins
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With his stats levelling up, he felt lighter and stronger
Well it was an addictive feeling
He could see why Newell only focused on levelling
It was like steroids you could not get off.
If he did not need money soo badly
maybe becoming a solo high-level player would not have been a bad option
Alas he can't do that
Not yet at least!
" let's go ..... let's reach the capital before sundown .... night is even more unsafe to travel"
with this, they both started walking faster towards the capital