《Binary Progression》Volume 1 - Chapter 19: Fall of the JGuardians
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Amidst the siege of the JGuardians base, JohnWillStab made his way into the base, thanks to the chaos the drawbridge remained open.
"JonhWillStab: Alright, I'm heading inside!"
"Atwoz: Are you sure you should be going alone? don't you need any guards."
"JonhWillStab: We can't exactly spare the manpower for an escort."
"Atwoz: Than I will go with you, I am a level 98 swordsman!"
"JonhWillStab: Some strategist, leaving the back to fight in the front lines".
"Atwoz: As if I was the strategist here..."
The two made their way through the post-war scene, with corpses littering the ground.
"JonhWillStab: We have less than 5 minutes..."
"Atwoz: Are you trying to speed-run the rescue!?"
The group kept walking as they talked.
"JonhWillStab: The corpses are still here, they'll respawn where they died and we'll have to fight the same fight as before but with fewer players on our side!"
"Atwoz: How the hell do you just come up with this stuff!?"
"JonhWillStab: I don't, the pieces are already laid out, you just have to spot them."
From around a corner rushed out two players wearing the JGuardians iconic crest, one wielded a mace, the other a rapier.
Atwoz whipped out his blade ready to fight the opponents.
"Atwoz: Depending on their level - we should be fine..."
"JonhWillStab: ..."
"Atwoz: What is it, masked tactician? Afraid of combat?" He let out a smug smile.
"JonhWillStab: ... no... uh... about your weapon..."
Atwoz's weapon was textured like a celery stick, the handle was white and faded into a dark green, leafy top.
"Atwoz: IT'S A RARE DROP FROM THE EMERALD FOREST - LEAVE IT ALONE!"
"JonhWillStab: Guess I struck a chord..."
"How'd you get this far in!?" demanded one of the JGuardians.
"Atwoz: We have burned your doors down with the collective might of the NEETs you tormented!"
Atwoz charged for the rapier user but was knocked back by him using a charge spell to close the distance between himself and JohnWillStab, he was playing a harpy and was dressed in what looked like a suit worn under armour, on his face - two feathers served as a moustache.
Meanwhile, the mace wielder moved in for the hit on Atwoz,
"Dorpificus: I see you have an interesting taste in headwear - that is something I too can appreciate."
"JonhWillStab: ?"
The man removed all clothes except for a top hat decorated with a mighty feather which was textured to make it look like it was made from flames.
"Dorpificus: Face me, hat to hat!"
"JonhWillStab: You some kind of hat pervert?"
"Dorpificus: There is nothing perverse about appreciating the fine needlework, felting and leatherworking that goes into a piece of clothing worn upon our most prized body part!"
"JonhWillStab: ..."
"JonhWillStab: What did you do to that hat?!"
In the game, one-handed axe users, as well as one-handed mace users, are given a spell called berserk, it was inspired by the Viking two-hatchet kind of image.
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Dorpificus charged at JonhWillStab using the berserk ability to headbutt him with his prized hat.
JohnWillStab dodged the attack, that would imply he's either a very low level, or JohnWillStab got really lucky.
"Dorpificus: Not bad! Alas, what could I expect from someone who wears not one, but two hats!"
JonhWillStab felt a shiver in real life as he imagined Dorpificus gently caressing his mask.
"JonhWillStab: Leave me alone, pervert!"
The man jumped into the air, no, perhaps "pounced" is a more accurate word, JohnWillStab used knife throw, he tossed five or so knives, each one missed except for one which was caught in the man's teeth before biting it in half, he landed - pinning JohnWillStab down onto the ground.
"Dorpificus: How about it, dagger user? Why don't you lend me your hats?"
"JonhWillStab: Over my dead body!"
"Dorpificus: Deal."
Dorpificus started casting an ability - Crushing Headbutt
Right before it was cast JonhWillStab cast Gut Punch stopping him from casting the spell, next he cast Disarm.
"Dorpificus: Not bad fellow hat enthusiast!"
"JonhWillStab: Don't group me in with your kind..."
"Dorpificus: But it would seem you are a much lower level than I."
Dorpificus character went limp as he fell down to his knees, in his back was a stick of celery, he stood up for a second before falling again, he kept this up until he managed to stand against a wall.
He glanced over, seeing the mace user was already dead.
"Dorpificus: That's a powerful weapon you got there... it's no hat... but..."
The character fell down again - this time sitting against a wall as blood particles covered his chest and pooled from his mouth.
"Atwoz: The blade of the celery king... a slow and painful death. I do apologise."
"Dorpificus: I see..."
A green-vine overlay started to appear on the man, he was slowly growing over with greenery.
"Atwoz: The vines will sap your health until you die, they will also destroy any armour starting with your feet."
"Dorpificus: ...Does that include my hat?"
No reply... the chat filled with silence as the blood particles were replaced with green slime.
"Dorpificus: I understand..."
He moved his head to face JonhWillStab,
"Dorpificus: I meant what I said, dagger user, those are some nice hats."
"JonhWillStab: We should get going... we're running low on time."
"Dorpificus: I sure hope you don't go to the prisoner dungeon on the bottom floor, first stairs to the left."
A while of silence passed.
"Atwoz: Thanks for the tip."
Atwoz cast Severing Slash and as the whole body was consumed with green leaves the head flew off - with the hat perfectly untouched.
"JonhWillStab: That was nice of him..."
"Atwoz: Yeah, let's get going!"
They made their way down to the first stairs on the left, amidst several corpses of both factions stood several cages and cells.
"XxFoxlyxX: Oh, hi there."
"JonhWillStab: We have to go quick!"
JonhWillStab looked over to XxFoxlyxX who was placed in a rack - it was essentially a rectangular table and ropes which would stretch the person out.
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"JonhWillStab: What the hell man!?"
"XxFoxlyxX: Don't worry about it - no like I actually feel pain, fam."
"JonhWillStab: No, your limbs!"
XxFoxlyxX's limbs were stretched to about twice their natural length.
JonhWillStab rushed over and released XxFoxlyxX's from the device, he stood up and still looked like an anorexic giant.
"XxFoxlyxX: Thanks, fam - I was starting to look weird."
"JonhWillStab: O_O"
"XxFoxlyxX: One sec..."
XxFoxlyxX's limbs made a stretching noise and returned to normal while Atwoz was busy opening the cells and releasing the various players.
"JonhWillStab: ...How'd you do that?"
Foxly puts a finger to his lips.
"JonhWillStab: Nevermind... where is Bonifacius?"
He looked around and saw that there was no sign of him.
"XxFoxlyxX: They took him upstairs."
"JonhWillStab: We have to hurry!"
"Atwoz: We're already out of time!"
"JonhWillStab: You two get out - this might be my only shot!"
"Atwoz: At this point, you'll be blocked in!"
"XxFoxlyxX: Either way, we have to hurry!"
"JonhWillStab: Can the guys you released fight?"
"Atwoz: I guess, though they don't have weapons."
The players themselves echoed a similar sentiment.
"JonhWillStab: Alright - we should prepare for that possibility - any idea where their weapons are?"
"XxFoxlyxX: They got disenchanted, T_T"
"JonhWillStab: ?"
"Atwoz: That means they're gone. Forever. Reduced to dust."
From the other side of the door came a loud crashing noise and blood particles.
"What the f#!k man!?"
JonhWillStab walked out seeing the entire hallway covered in blood - it dripped down from the ceiling and pooled on the ground as corpses littered the ground - chunks of meat and bones piled up to make a hill atop which, in the poorly lit room sat a silhouette of a muscular man - wearing no clothes except for a top hat.
"JonhWillStab: Hat pervert?"
"Dorpificus: You showed mercy to my hat - therefore I shall repay this kindness as much as I can."
Another cluster of soldiers wearing the crest charged in, as they made their way up the hill they burst into meaty chunks or had their limbs fly off as they became paralyzed and fell to the ground bleeding out thanks to Dorpificus' fast and powerful attacks.
"Atwoz: You have our thanks, I hope we can one day meet as allies."
"JonhWillStab: So many roleplayers..."
The group rushed up the stairs and saw a large wooden door - they kicked it down and saw Bonifacius sitting on a fancy looking couch/seat drinking a cup of tea (whilst still wearing his armour)
"Bonifacius: JohnWillStab? What are thou doing here?"
"Curstl: Are those your friends?"
"JonhWillStab: ...are you guys having a tea party in the middle of this bloodshed?"
"Curstl: There's always time for tea!"
"Bonifacius: In any case, I think I should get going..."
"Curstl: Aww, are you sure you can't stick around?"
"Bonifacius: Mm, we should get going."
Suddenly a private message reached JohnWillStab,
"♕: You have like five minutes to get out of the building.
"JonhWillStab: What!?"
Crown was flying, suspended over the massive fort/castle - slowly a fireball spell flew down to the fort and as it made contact with walls it exploded into a literal mushroom cloud, the trees became charred black and leafless - as ash began to raid down.
Meanwhile, JohnWillStab, Bonifacius, XxFoxlyxX, Atwoz and Dorpificus were making their escape on the cart summoned by Pedecree.
"Pedecree: You guys made quite the mess..."
"JonhWillStab: Yeah... that's not the reaction I expect from crown..."
"Bonifacius: Am I to assume the JGuardians will be out of business for a while?"
"Pedecree: Maybe, I'm not sure..."
"Bonifacius: We'll get out here."
"JonhWillStab: Yeah."
The trio hopped out of the cart and waved a hand at the rest of the passengers.
"Bonifacius: ..."
"JonhWillStab: ..."
"XxFoxlyxX: ..."
"Bonifacius: Thou have stormed a massive guild base with only twenty players! Congratulations!"
"JonhWillStab: Ah! That's nothing!"
"XxFoxlyxX: It was nice of you to come to the rescue, but our reputation was alright so we would have been let out anyway, fam."
"JonhWillStab: ..."
"Bonifacius: Atleast thou hast gone through an adventure and met new people! Isn't that was this world is about?"
"JonhWillStab: lol, I guess"
"XxFoxlyxX: Hey, you guys realise what day it is today?"
"Bonifacius: Tis the twenty-fifth."
"JonhWillStab: That's right! It's Christmas."
"Bonifacius: Thou are right! What a wonderful occasion to spend time with the family!"
"XxFoxlyxX: Yeah! we should do that!"
"JonhWillStab: Absolutely."
"JonhWillStab: I'll see you guys later."
"Bonifacius: Let's meet up again soon!"
"XxFoxlyxX: Mmm, I'll see you guys."
A few awkward seconds left.
"XxFoxlyxX: You guys don't have anything planned either?"
"JonhWillStab: Nope."
"Bonifacius: Nothing."
"XxFoxlyxX: Lol,"
"JonhWillStab: Kind of sad, right? :D"
"Bonifacius: Spending Christmas in a game! How low we have fallen!"
"XxFoxlyxX: ...so, you guys wanna go get drunk at some inn for Christmas?"
"JonhWillStab: I'm down."
"Bonifacius: I actually have alcohol on me now!"
"JonhWillStab: Mind if I invite someone first?"
"XxFoxlyxX: I think I know who..."
As the snow-like ash fell down and the occasional charred or still burning limb rained down - the mushroom cloud almost serving as a decorated tree (it emitted the same amount of light), Bonifacius placed a barrel of beer on the ground just as the message appeared in chat.
"♕ : Thank you for using ♕ cheating service - due to recent changes in the server's security I will no longer be able to teleport to you - instead I will record your location (151, 178, 116, 11) at which point I will begin my manual journey to your location - considering your coordinates relative to my own your ETA is: 5 Minute(s)"

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