Close to half an hour later, after Darius had eaten some of the meat from the hares, he hears the sound of people approaching. He stands from near the fire, and he walks towards the area of the camp he heard people approaching. He looks out towards the woods, sighing quietly when he sees Ashera. He looks over the people she is with seeing a human, a couple of orcs, and a dwarf. “So, this is your group then?”

“What is left of them, yes. This is Reeve, Vanbok, Vorbak, and Hlin.” Ashera says as she points at each of them in order. Darius nods as he looks at them, seeing they are all level 20.

Reeve is a fairly plain looking human, as if he could blend into any crowd, with black hair, blue eyes, and also wearing strangely colourful armor. Vanbok and Vorbak are both orcs, Vorbak wearing hides and carrying a large axe on his back, while Vanbok is wearing robes and has a book on a chain hanging from his hip. Hlin meanwhile is wearing a chain shirt, carrying a warhammer and shield.

“I’m Darius, it’s nice to meet you all. Would any of you like some food? I’ve cooked some Hares i killed.”

“So that’s what that smell is, sounds like a good idea.” Vorbak says with a laugh. Vanbok agrees while Hlin nods. Reeve looks at Darius suspiciously, though he doesn’t say anything as the group follows Darius to the firepit.

Darius serves everyone a bit of the meat, before sits down in front of the fire. “So, why don’t you guys tell me what’s going on? I’m kinda lacking in an explanation as to well, everything.” He says as everyone else sits down.

Hlin is the one who speaks up, somewhat surprising Darius. “Well, I can’t say everything, only a high priest is given all of the information about the Chosen. What I do know is that the Chosen only come when the System is preparing their world for the coming invasion of The Enemy.”

“And what exactly is The Enemy? I’m still not clear on that.” Darius says as he looks towards Hlin. “Well, they usually wear blue and white, and their identification has these symbols around it.” Hlin says as she uses a stick to draw an example in the dirt. (??? lvl1)

“Wait, blue and white? The man I talked to was wearing blue and white and talking about The Enemy.” Darius shakes his head, looking very confused. “Stop lyin’ kid, everyone knows you can’t talk to The Enemy, they don’t speak. They’re barely more than animals.” Vanbok says as he shakes his head while looking at Darius.

‘That doesn’t make sense, I know I talked to that man, why can’t they.’ Darius frowns as he looks at Vanbok. “Okay, well, if that is how you identify The Enemy, what’s mine like?” Hlin uses the stick to draw in the dirt again. [Darius lvl 1].

‘Huh, So I’m not considered an enemy because my identification is different’ “Well, I have a feeling I should go and talk to one of the high priests.”

“Then you should come with us, we are going to head back to town, it’s better to travel in numbers.” Ashera says as she looks at Darius. “I do have a quest to go to a town, and I should get some more supplies, so yeah I’ll go with you guys.” Darius responds before he puts out the fire.

Once the fire is out Darius goes around to gather his things, before as the rest of the group stands and chats. Once he has everything they set off, walking through the forest towards the west. “So, where exactly are we going?” Darius asks as they walk.

“It’s called Dravale, it’s the provincial capital, we are in the province of Thinid, which is in the Husea Kingdom.” Vorbak says with a smile. “You are probably going to want to keep your head down, with your level what it is.”

“And just what does that mean?” Darius says as he looks around. “Well, the weak are looked down upon, after all it takes resources to protect them.” Reeve says with a smirk as he looks at Darius.

“So, what I should do some power leveling then? Get my level up quickly?”

“That would help, but it’s not as easy as you would think, it’s hard work to get your level high, and it can be harder depending on your class.” Vorbak say nodding. “I’ve been meaning to ask about classes, how do they work exactly?”

“You get your first class choice at level 5, based on what how you’ve gained your levels. So if you fight with your spear, for example, you might get warrior, or spearman which is a more powerful class, but it’s far more specialized. If you use spells you could get mage, or sorcerer depending on how you learned your magic.”

“Then there are a lot of things for me to think about.” Darius says with a nod before going quiet. He stays that way for the rest of the journey to the city, which takes a few hours. When they get close, climbing a hill, Ashera says “Darius, we are almost there, we’ll be able to see the city from the top of the hill.”

Soon the group crested the hill, the city coming into view. It stretches across the landscape, with walls clearly visible. “Wow.” Darius says, causing Varbok to laugh, hitting his back.