Torchlight
flickered off of the green stone wall of the ancient catacombs. The sound of battle echoed through the
otherwise empty tunnels. Green flames exploded against a warriors golden
shield. Upon impact with the shield the fire burst and split off, causing a
splash effect. Ayla the Warrior jumped backward with her shield raised as she
tried to avoid the scattering flames.
A group of
adventurers including Soul Shadow and Ayla were fighting the Ancient undead
wizard known as the Lich. The Lich’s bone jaw rattled against its skull as The
Lich moved around the room. The Lich could float and his movements were strange
and unpredictable.
Ayla
charged in with her short sword and struck the Lich, then immediately had to
block any incoming attacks with her shield. Green flames exploded against
Ayla’s shield causing her to stumble backward. Every time the Lich threw his
green fire the flames would explode on impact and send smaller flames in every
direction. Even though they were in a stone room the green fire stayed burning
for a few seconds before dying out. This meant that even if a single flame
attack was dodged or blocked the heroes would still have to watch their step
for any remaining fire still burning. The longer the battle dragged on the more
dangerous the room became.
Since Ayla
was focused on fighting the ancient, powerful, undead wizard in front of her,
Soul helped by watching her back. He used his ice sword to extinguish any
flames around Ayla so she didn’t have to take her eyes off of the Lich.
Whenever the area was clear of flames Soul would help attack. His speed was as
amazing as ever and often was able to strike the Lich with his swords before
the Lich even realized he was being attacked. Soul couldn’t stay in one spot
and attack though because the Lich was even more dangerous up close.
Red flames
sizzled and burned the Lich ever time Soul attacked with his sword of Ember.
The Lich swiped his skeleton hand at Soul ever time Soul got close. The Hands
of the Lich glowed in a dark purple energy and every swipe of his hands left an
energy trail similar to Soul’s swords.
The rest of
the group was helping too. As Ayla blocked the Lich and tried to keep him
distracted other players would attack when they were able. There were five
members all together. Ayla, Soul, Orx a fighter with a two handed axe, Simon an
archer who specialized in using a magical gun instead of a bow and Fina the
only spellcaster in the group.
Simon fired
an freezing round at the Lich. The Lich was hit but didn’t seem to notice.
Usually this would freeze the unit solid, instead it only slowed the Lich down.
Fina was a charging a spell in the back of the room. When it was ready she let
out a barrage of lighting bolts that struck the Lich in rapid succession. The
Lich was jolted and stopped fighting for a second also bits of the Lich’s cloak
ripped and had burns on it from the lighting. Ayla, Soul and Orx charged in
when they saw an opening. Orx jumped in the air and slashed his battle-axe down
on the Lich, the impact of the strike caused the ground to shake. Soul moved in
and slashed with all of his strength. Soul unleashed a flurry of freezing and
burning strikes. Ayla finished the attack with a precision strike into the
Lich’s chest.
The Lich
took massive damage in the brief one second opening where he couldn’t move.
This wasn’t enough to stop him though and he reached out his long arm and
grabbed Orx with his large skeleton hand. The Lich lifted Orx into the air with
ease. The other party members gasped and began attacking with everything they
had. Orx screamed and the Lich began to laugh. A haunting laugh echoed through
the stone halls. Dark energy swirled around Orx as the Lich was draining away
his health. Soul jumped and tried to slash the Lich’s arm to free Orx but the
Lich’s second arm came up and swatted Soul. Dark energy engulfed the hero as he
flew across the room. Soul hit the wall with a sickening thud and crumpled to
the ground. Ayla couldn’t stand it she charged with her shield and using all of
her strength slammed into the Lich with her shield. The Lich, who was still
floating, was knocked off balance and was sent into the wall on the other side
of the room. The Lich dropped Orx and then hit the wall. Bones broke free and
fell off of the Lich.
Fina repeated caste her healing
spells on Soul and then Orx. Soul was able to stand but was weakened. Dark
energy still clung to him and sapped his strength. Fina began charging a large
spell. Soul and Ayla nodded to eachother and charge the Lich. Simon began
firing every kind of special bullet he had. Explosive, fire, ice, acid and frag
ammo were all fired as quickly as he could reload. The Lich was standing and no
longer floating. His hands began to glow even brighter as he charged up a
spell. Soul ran at the Lich head on. The Lich caste his spell and threw a giant
green fireball at Soul. Soul threw his swords and jumped into the air at the
last minute. The fireball barely missed Soul and it continued to fly forward,
now at Ayla. Soul’s swords flew straight and both hit the Lich in the chest.
The green fireball was about to hit
Ayla but Fina cast a reflective spell on Ayla’s shield. The Green fireball
stuck Ayla’s shield and Ayla pushed back against it with all of her might. The
Green fire was not blocked but reflected and sent back at the Lich.
The Lich was being shot with all
sorts of elemental ammo and had two of the games most powerful swords sticking
out of his chest. He was too weak to float or teleport and his own giant
fireball was headed right at him. The green fire struck the Lich and he let out
an unholy scream as he was burned to dust.
The battle was over and the fight
was won. The heroes sighed with relief. They had beaten the legendary Lich.
There were no words that could express how happy they were with their victory.
Orx: GG guys. GG.
Soul:…You just had to ruin it. yeah, good game to you too Orx.
Ayla
laughed and Soul smiled. The rest of the party signed off and their characters
were sent out of the dungeon. “So I think the hero of the day deserves a kiss,
don’t you?” Said Ayla with a sly smile. “Y-yeah that would be great!” Soul
said. “I was talking about me!” Ayla said and then started to laugh.
Soul: So Sarah…
Ayla: Ayla is fine.
Soul: I know we talked about meeting. Things have been going
so well so I figured I could take a bus to your town.
Ayla: Wow, that would be great! This is kind of sudden. Did
you just decide on this?
Soul: No, I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Besides
then I could give the hero of the day a kiss…
Weeks passed
from that day. The day Jacob and Sarah beat the Ancient Lich. It was a great
accomplishment for them and meant even more because they did it together as
team.
In the
small town of Lindberry at the local bus station a pale twenty two year old
girl with red hair waits for the bus. She wore jeans and a t-shirt with a
warrior crest on it from the game she plays. She was also wearing a red cloak
made of thin material. It seemed a little out of place but She wore it with
pride. The bus pulled up to the station and passengers all file out of the bus.
The passengers all looked travel weary. They lug their bags and backpacks, each
person matches up with someone waiting for their arrival. The redheaded girl
looked around but didn’t see anyone for her. She watched happy reunions and
smiles as strangers left the station.
Then she
saw him. The boy she was waiting for, Jacob. Jacob was twenty three, average
looking with brown hair, jeans and a black t-shirt. He dragged a green suitcase
behind him. He looked at the ground as he made his way past all of the
strangers. Then he saw her, Sarah. She was more beautiful than in her pictures
and she even found a red cloak that looked like the cloak from the game. His
heart raced as he walked toward her. They were both smiling like idiots as they
drew closer. Jacob went to call her name, “Sarah!” He thinks, but stops and
instead says “Ayla!”
