Starting from Zero Chapter Book 3 - 1 – PvP

Book 3, Chapter 1

PvP

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When I'm just enjoying myself with my grinding, Wayne sent a chat.

"Boss! Got ti?"

"What's the matter?" I ordered Phantom to take over my body and focused on the chatting. I ca up with this idea not long ago. Now I can grind AND chat without having to worry about eting any surprises.

"Soone killed . The wizard robe we got from the raid, I dropped it!"

"Say whaaat? Your level is pretty high now and that robe got so nice defense, who killed you that easily?"

"It was a warrior called Big Blade More Killz, he finished off with just two hits!"

"Huh? That number one on the ranking list? How did you get on his nerves?"

"I didn't. His wife wanted my robe for his brother, so that guy helped her rob it from . Talk about bad luck. I only died once, and that robe is gone!" (*)

"Where are you now? I'll et you at the teleport station!"

"I'm not in the city cause I can't go back there! There are his n everywhere and they claid to kill until I drop back to level 0! You can go to Flowing Cloud City and bring so potions!"

"Right. Wait for ! And be careful!" I cut the chat, called back Lucky and activated my ring to the Lost City. I rushed into King Chemist's shop and bought several dozen packs of Wraith Pills. I got the money and no inventory limit, so there's no problem about it.

I contacted Wayne again. "Your coords?"

"X is 1379, Y is 25680 and Z 364!" (TL note: I made it up)

I used my ring to directly transport to Wayne's location and appeared in front of his face, causing him to jump. He's wearing tattered cloth, and full of dust and dirt on his face. "What happened to you?"

"They killed three tis before I finally escaped!"

"Are you dumb? You could just keep as a ghost without coming alive!"

Wayne gave a sad face. "Of course I knew that! But they got Resurrection Wizard, they can just revive without accepting it and kill again! Their last [resurrection] failed, that's when I had a chance to run!"

He's still terrified of it!

"Well you may not know it. But getting killed really hurts!"

"What's your level now?"

"I was 73, I lost three from deaths, and the failed revive took another two levels. Now I'm only 68!"

"That...sounds real bad. But don't worry, I'm here! This is your dicine, now tell where they are and your boss gonna revenge for you!"

*Cry* "Booooss! You're the best! They were killing a boss monster at the Fountain Forest. I was the one with the target but they just took over by force, and my robe!"

"Co, point them out for !"

Wayne led towards the forest. It's not far. It's only a small woods, with a small fountain in the middle and a spring in the center of it. I saw a group of people hitting a brown bear from afar. Seven people, the leading one is that Big Blade More Killz, his na is yellow (**), and the foxy looking woman beside him must be his wife. There are two Warriors, a Black Mage and two Priestesses.

I raised my hood. It hid my face well.

I held Wayne, who is still trembling, towards them. I didn't plan to ambush them yet so I left the invisible skill off. His wife, an Elven White Mage, saw us first.

"Huh, Look whos here! That loser ca back! He called a helper too!"

The other people have finished off that bear, and gathered up.

I stood in front of Wayne. "Hey friends! My buddy here got a straight temper, I'm sorry if he took your monster. But it won't be nice if you just take his gear. How about this, We're all grown people, you lowered his 5 levels already, how about returning his stuff?"

"Why would we listen to you?" An Angel Warrior called "Am Great" spoke aggressively. "If you want it back, kill us and get it!"

Then they laugh. They don't appear the friendly type, seems negotiation isn't an option now.

I handed a portal scroll of the Lost City to Wayne. "Use this to get back. If anyone stops you, tell them Ziri sent you. Wait for at the city weapon shop. I'll co back later."

After Wayne disappeared in a blue light, I turned around, facing Big Blade. (Death is white light, Town Portal is Blue light, while my teleportation is...Black.)

"So do we do it one-on-one or all of you co at together?"

Big Blade laughed: "That's big words. Have you ever checked the rankings at all? I'm the top! Do I even need help, to kill you? Co, let's do it! Two cuts and you're down!"

"So be it!" I summoned Phantom while talking. This ti I didn't let anyone see him. All of my attributes raised by a large scale.

Big Blade seems experienced, he ca to with a single leap slash. I didn't react fast enough, but Phantom used [blink] and helped avoid it.

"Nice one! Soone dodged my leap strike!" He imdiately made another horizontal sweep. I quickly gained so distance with several skillful backflips.

The other people just stared at like looking at a monster. Woosh, my father forced to learn a little bit of kung-fu when I was young, now they actually worked!

"Nice move kid, but do you only know how to escape?"

I didn't argue, and appeared behind his back with another [blink]. A surprised scream prevented from back-stabbing him, but my quick drew isn't easy to avoid, either. He moved sideways, but my sword still broke his arm. He rolled in agony while scread like when a pig is getting slaughtered.

I was just feeling victorious when a [Hell Fireball] hit in the back, almost knocking to the ground.

System: "Player [Let's Solo it] attacked you!"

Then I hear that Black Mage shouted, "Damn this guy's Magic Defense is huge! That one only did 1 damage!"

Oh idiot. I'm a Divine Demon, a Dark-affinity class plus my Ring of Stars. And you try to hit with a Dark spell?

Soon, that warrior called "Am Great" rushed and smashed , making a bit dazed.

"No worries, physical hits will hurt him. But man his hard, that was only 300 damage. Co on guys let's kill him!"

I'm not planning to be a target dummy, so I switched my sword to my left hand and took out my [Revenger], then shot at Big Blade's wife. That was a Soul Chaser bolt enchanted with Curse effect. Ha, you wanted my brother's stuff, and now you're gonna pay!

The crossbow has Accuracy bonus. My bolt hit his wife dead in the middle of her brows, and pierced her head too. The tip went through. Now I know this b**ch's na. The system notified that I killed player [I WANT IT], if I kill another player within two hours I will be red nad.

Seeing the scene, the two Priestesses started to scream, and one of them fainted. Pity, I was never the type to go easy on won. I always hated how so females leverage "gender equality" but actually play males around. (But I'm still a gentleman!)

My rule: You treat with respect and I'll treat you even better. You offend , I'll give you hell.

I dodged the Warriors and a fireball from their mage, then rushed in front of the two beautiful girls.

"I'm sorry my dear ladies. Would you go back to the city on your own, or may I help you with it?"

One of them quickly used her scroll. I guess she just got into the team and doesn't have much connection with these guys.

The other one is even quicker, she held up her staff and brought it toward , without hesitation. I said I don't go easy on won and I ant it. One slash, a pretty head flew into the air. I found it just recently: No matter what their Defense is, if you hit their vitals you kill them instant.

When I finished off the Priestess, Big Blade is already at , and cut my back. But so electric arcs followed his blade and hit him.

He flew backwards, while screaming like a pig, again.

"Oh, I wasn't expecting the lightning to be so powerful. Man you're unfortunate, that was only 5% and you hit it!"

Big Blade is still not convinced and charged at again. I [blink]'d to his back again, aid at his heart, and pierced his body. Take that!

With a white flash, Big Blade went ghost. The two warriors were just standing there, shocked. And I don't bla them, because the top player in the ga just kicked the bucket real fast.

Am Great shouted to the others: "Run. This guy is strong!"

Run? Forget it!

I [blink]'d again behind that dazed warrior and cut his neck. He went down. The other two guys have already activated their scrolls. Out of panic I threw my sword like a dart, which hit "Let's Solo It" 's chest. He's a squishy mage, it didn't hit his weakpoint but still killed him.

The scroll in Am Great's hand is shining now. My [blink] is on cooldown so I can't make it. Even if I get there it won't help. I don't have my sword!

Then I realized I have another Soul Chaser bolt! I shoot. Too late. The bolt stuck into the tree behind Am Great.

On the other side, Am Great is sweating hard at the teleport station. He watched that bolt coming straight at his eye before he managed to get away, and his heart is still racing.

"I gotta turn that Reality Setting lower when I PvP next ti. Or I'll get a heart stroke!"

I'm still feeling disappointed at the battlefield. Oh why it didn't hit him...

But only one of them got away. Still a victory. I looked at the ground. A staff is stuck near my sword, guess it's from that poor Black Mage. The attributes are good, Wayne could use it. The other are junk. And the robe didn't drop!

I opened the chat. "Wayne! My bad! They didn't drop that robe!"

"Don't worry! You killed them, that's enough!"

But Wayne's voice sounds sad.

"Wayne, you go and level up for the mont. I will find him, kill him until I get your robe!"

Wayne sounds worried now: "Hey boss, keep it calm! If any-"

I cut the chat before he can finish. We are brothers for years, of course I would help him this ti!

I looked around, no one's here, so I called Lucky and flew towards the city gate. I reached the city and called back Lucky in advance so no one would see him. Since Big Blade was leveling here, he must have been revived in the nearest city. I may find him in the Wizard's Guild in Flowing Cloud! They died in big numbers, it would take a while for them to co back. Maybe I can bump into them in the city.

With the plan set in mind, I ran towards the city. When I'm about 500 ters from the gate, a feather arrow stuck into my leg. Ooooouch!!

System: "Player Ziri comnced player kill and is now red nad. City Guard Archers will attack."

Damn it I forgot. I killed several people and I was the one making the first move, of course I'm a red na now! I looked at my HP. 5. Close!

When I'm reacting, another arrow ca. Ohhh no. I [blink]'d backwards, the arrow hit right at where I was. That archer is good!

Then I heard talking. So passerby players saw the city guard attacking , and they're looking at my red na now. I guess I'm the first player in the ga to get attacked by city guards!

They began to close up on . No doubt, they planned to kill-and-take. There is still an arrow on my leg, from the city guard. They should know I can't have much HP left.

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(*) (**)

PvP punishnt system, a popular chanism in so online gas.

Player A initiates attack towards player B, player B will have the right to kill A without getting punished, for the current battle.

Player A kills B, then player A will have a "yellow na" as an alert. But it will have no actual effect.

If player A kills soone else while yellow nad, he will beco red nad, aka a criminal.

NPC guards will attack a red nad player on sight. And they are strong, too.

Other players can attack the red nad player without getting punished.

Players will lose their item randomly when killed, with a low chance.

But red nad players will lose more stuff.

A seriously red nad player (who massacred a lot of people) may even drop his inventory clean upon death.

The "criminal gauge" will slowly drop when you're online. It raises faster and faster the more innocent people you kill.