Capital City

7 fruitful business days later.

These last 7 days were great for me but all good things must come to an end so we packed up this morning and we are now heading back into the wilderness. Not everyone came to me to do business some people tried threatening me to get all my stock there were some that realized they wouldn't be able to buy all my stuff so they tried various ways to get a discount but in every instance there was only one constant they all got blacklisted. The looks of pity that the customers showed drove them to threaten me more but Bear is a good bouncer.

At this moment we are heading north towards the imperial capital Brian got me a map of the empire and his, Ruby's and Silence's guilds will be centered there. I handed over a large amount of stock to Ruby to sell in our shop. The great thing about the currency used in the empire is it can be traded in the monster store for monster coins.

At this moment however we are surrounded by people 1 guy comes out and starts talking I really don't listen something about being a powerful family and leaving all my stock and they might let me leave in one piece I really wasn't listening as I didn't really care. About a minute after he finishes talking I realized he was waiting for me so I stifled a yawn and nudged Bear and Bandit who look like they fell asleep standing up that guy was really long winded. So Bear and Bandit grab there weapons and ready up but Brea got to them first she killed half of them before any one of them noticed even the guys that died.

The battle well wasn't really a battle it was more of a one sided beat down. The talker kept on screaming and screeching until Bear hammered him ah sweet silence. Then we cleaned up oh looks like I retrieved some of my stock then we just kept on walking.

The walk was pleasant the monsters were ez to kill even though there levels were climbing higher and higher we also acquired new bloodlines.

[Fire bloodline (white)] cause fire damage equal to 1% of mind every attack. Increase cold resistance by 1%. Increases fire magic aptitude by 1%.

[Boar bloodline (white)] increases Endurance by 1%.

[Bloodline skill]

[Charge (Active) (White)] Charge an enemy within 3m of user. Deals 1% physical damage. Stuns enemy for 1 second.

The bloodlines are not bad I don't know what I got the fire bloodline from though mostly been killing boars, wolves, and a few miscellaneous creatures I also got one bloodline that gave question marks and bewilderment.

[Rabbit bloodline (white)] gives 1% increase in luck and all luck rolls. Warning the goddess of luck has noticed your presence.

Hopefully that's a good thing and I won't be smacked hard. Other than that it has been an enjoyable walk. I am kinda annoyed however normal people only need to pay a toll and then get transported to the city they want to go to but me I have to walk frikin annoying.

Along the way we found chests, a dungeon and a few secret realms. Secret realms open and close all the time and they could open anywhere even in your bathroom. Got alot of good stuff in all the above. We also squeezed by a world boss or 2 and no we didn't kill them just took the long way around. We also made shur to keep off the roads they are patrolled and we don't need trouble.

As we set down for the night I check the map Brian got for me against my player map. We just passed the city of Sterhaven so we shouldn't be that far from the capital. Brea hands me my food and we all eat up. Along the way I have been keeping up with current events the National Defenders and Rumble Roses guild is in the top 2 of both the world and National leader boards. 2 of the 5 Koreans were taken over buy the Chinese who seem to be making a big push in the world leveling leader board. The Russians oddly enough took over the world crafting leader board in the shadows however we Canadians and the Americans are in a battle in the world shadow leveling leader board. The Silent Hunters guild is first in the world shadow guild leader board and some new names are taking over the world assassination leader board and world thief leader board.

All in all it looks like the shadow world is hopping more than the normal world. Well that just means more business for me I should also reach the capital tomorrow sometime. My network is doing well however it seems that my competitors have hooked up with the many business families as those business families learned through them about me. Those business families that tried various means to get my stock and got there people blacklisted are now starting to regret there decisions oh well live and learn. The Canadian government agencies however are glade they used the soft approach not one of them were blacklisted.

The next day we break camp and continue north passing through a savanna like area mostly lionlike monsters ah I also got the cat bloodline.

[Feline bloodline (white)] increases Agility by 1%. 10% chance to attack twice. Note: you will always land on your feet even if you land on your head.

...Ok that has got to be some weird joke.

After passing through the savanna we start passing through forested areas and the monsters levels get weaker till they are lvl 20's this is also the point when we start seeing players again so I send Brea forward to scout things out. She came back and described the emblem on the gate of the city I looked at the map and confirmed it yes this is the capital. There were also players coming and going some came up to Tira for a healing which she gave with a bit of pampering like normal Bandit was not happy.

While Tira and Tiara open shop we will only be here till nightfall I told Silence to spread the word in the shadows that I'll be leaving at night so none of them come looking for me then send Ruby my coordinates then wait.

As I wait I keep an eye on our customers all gamers know the rules it's those other people I gotta watch for.

Ruby comes a few minutes later I motion to the side but she grabs my arm.

"Teddy we don't have time for pleasantries I saw some guys trying to convince the guards to send a detachment over here. Here is the map and coordinates you asked for but you have to leave now."

As she finished talking Brea sends up a signal well looks like those guys were able to convince the guard so I rawr out and both Bear and Bandit start moving. One picks up Tira and the other grabs Tiara then we start moving away from the city but before we can get into the woods we are blocked by a large amount of players and oh great it's the talker. He starts in on his monolog but he didn't get far I took my Warhammer and swung he and all the players in the way were cleaned out with an accompanying sonic boom. We're are the players why they are all dead of course then we start running.

Running at that point was a good idea because that sonic boom brought the entire guard out in force. Thank God we got far fast Bear and Bandit were carrying Tira and Tiara unfortunately the girls running speed isn't as good as ours Brea however outrun all of us she is leading the pack to what looks like the mountains which is were I wanted to go in the first place.

After a while the mountains look really close so I told everyone to stop and had Brea check the way we came and stopped were we were to give everyone a rest. After a few hours Brea returned and told us that the stopped looking for us. I personally think my competitors put this brain dead plan together well whatever I didn't lose anything at least however I checked with my network to get an update.

Silence updates me on the whole thing looks like her sleeper agent's are doing there jod. She told me my competitors got together with the many business families to cause me trouble well whatever. I talk to Ruby about the creation of a meeting point so I can drop off my stock then head off towards the mountains again.