Steel helmet, with red horsehair plume.
Magicaclass="underline"
Wolfsheart Spear.
A Bound Object.
Always strikes the heart!
Ring of Lightning.
Can be used 30 times in 24 hours.
Staff of Calling.
Call up the dead to serve your every whim. Must be -1 Dark and level 10 or higher to use.
Bracer of Subjugation.
Collar and enslave friends and enemies alike. Build an army, or a harem. No usage restrictions.
Healing Potion (8).
Will heal 20. Cooldown: 15 minutes. Can be used once an hour, up to 5 times in 24 hours.
Mana Restoring Potion (13).
Will restore 25 mana points. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Can be used once an hour.
Money/shekels:
0 gold, 7.25 silver, 54.5 copper shekels
Wardrobe:
Spawn tunic (Cotton)
Warrior's Leathers (Black).
Soft leather shirt (long sleeved), trousers, lace up boots.
Player Kills:
3
Deaths:
1 (89/90 days)
He was happy about leveling up, but that -1 Dark and three PKs gave him pause. Asha didn't like Dark players. Selling the Dark objects would clear that away, and push him a little into Light. Then he noticed the something added to the Deaths line. What did "89/90 days" mean?
"I hope Knaresburg proves a friendlier place than Oxenbluff," Killum said, heading back up the Forest Road. "And I pray Asha is able to catch up to us quickly and safely."
Chapter 19
Asha huffed and puffed atop the stone slab. She'd rolled to all fours immediately upon respawning. Her sobs had ended, but her body still trembled as the agony of her passage slowly faded away.
Closing her eyes, she struggled to forget what she'd just endured. Demons (there was no other way to describe them) had bitten off two fingers and her nose, as well as ravaged her body with cruel, bloody talons. It felt like they flayed her skin off.
"That was worse than the first time," the sorceress whispered.
She looked around the all too familiar Spawn Site. Her face heated up. Two deaths in as many days. That by itself was bad enough, and terribly embarrassing. In all of her previous experience, it had been the others getting killed in the Game. Her sterling reputation was taking a beating.
Checking herself for injuries, she found her skin flawless. Not even a scratch. "At least I'm restored to pristine condition when I die."
The sorceress found that she was back in her Spawn tunic, with the Dagger of Wrath laying beside her. That was her one Bound possession. No money. No sword. She lifted her right hand, fingers curling into claws and fire engulfed it.
"At least I still have my spells, though I lost all of my potions."
Her friends would surely keep her weapons and other possessions safe until she caught up with them. Though, if money got tight, they might rob her purse and sell her stuff. Asha resolved to catch up quickly. Hopefully, Knaresburg wasn't too expensive.
"Let's see the damage," she muttered, willing up her stats.
Current status
:
Name:
Asha
Race:
High Elf (Desert Tribes)
Class:
Sorceress (Novice)
Leveclass="underline"
14 (2% to next level)
Alignment:
+3 Light
Health:
100/100
Strength:
20/20
Endurance:
30/30
Agility:
15
Mana:
175
Skills:
(Click to View/Hide)
Possessions:
(Click to View/Hide)
Player Kills:
3
Deaths:
2 (89/90 days)
"At least I leveled up," she muttered. A smile played across her lips. "Strength, Endurance, Agility, and Mana are all up and everything is at a hundred percent. Very nice."
She started to concentrate on Skills and Possessions to see what she had there, when her eyes fell upon the last entry. Deaths. It was obviously keeping track of how many times she died, but what was that "89/90 days" about?
Asha checked for, and still couldn't find the Help button. Why was she cut off from Admin and any other help? She had questions about the Game and how it was played. There wasn't even a manual available.
"This is actually too much like real life, and I'm not sure how much fun I'm going to have here," she said. "But I refuse to accept that I'm stuck in the Game. That's unacceptable. I will find the way back."
Until then, she was trapped in that world. With a thought, she changed back into her elven sorceress dress. Just before she cleared away the Stats Table, her health ticked down one to 99/100. That was followed by her stomach gurgling quite loudly.
Looking around, "I think I noticed some berries last time."
After checking her map, she headed northward. There were berry bushes at the edge of the forest, and she eagerly consumed her fill. Indeed, she was surprised by how much she ate. Her Health ticked back up to a hundred percent.
Congratulations! You've learned the survival skill of Foraging! Go forth and find food.
She took off running. It really was a visceral thrill. At the same time, she kept an eye out for herbs and wild vegetables. Nuts would be nice, too. Berries alone were a poor diet, and foraging was her only option until she reached Knaresburg and was reunited with her purse.
Soon, it was almost a game as she raced down one hill and let momentum help push her up the next. At one point a pair of squirrels "chased" her in the treetops, chattering away angrily. Asha spooked a hare, and then a trio of deer. Through it all she maintained an easy pace for an elf.
"This pace would kill Rand, and maybe Killum and Tiana."
Leaping over a creek, her foot came down on a slick rock and the elfmaid splashed into the cold water. At the same time an arrow zipped above her. Her battle-sense was immediately on high alert. If she hadn't slipped, she'd be a dead elf.
The arrow ended its flight embedded in a tree just few feet away. "Goblins."
Every race in the Game had their own style of arrowhead and fletching. Goblins also stained their arrow shafts green. Before she could contemplate her predicament, three goblins charged down the hill.
All were mobs, wearing black loincloths, feathers in their hair, and stripes painted on their faces and torsos. The sorceress threw a pair of fireballs at them, which they easily avoided. Just before they reached her, all aiming their crude stabbing spears at her chest, Asha used her levitating spell and propelled herself behind them before dropping back to the ground.
"Die," she growled, thrusting the Dagger of Wrath through the heart of one. Sheathing the enchanted blade, she snatched up his dropped spear. "I will kill you all!"
The other two were clearly freaked out by her flying over them. Her attack should've sent them running, but two more even larger goblins charged in. That forced her to give up ground, before spinning left to stab one of them in the kidney and kicking the other in the face. Before he recovered, Asha thrust her spear through his heart.