[Addicted to Battlefront]
The wait was unusually long, surly one of them would've wandered around where the liches were by now. Perhaps they avoided the liches I brought over intentionally... in any case I had to find out. The risk of dying to 5 liches, or being flagged by the gods was high, but I didn't want the scum to get away. I took the chance, and ran out of hiding to the center of the hall, where I found... no-one! Except for the 5 monsters, the hall was completely empty. Where in the world had they gone? Are they below in the forth level? Did they teleport out of the dungeon, finished for the day? My blood boiled, and I ran down to the forth level demanding some answers. I didn't realize it then, but I managed to bypass 5 liches without thinking. I ran around the room below, looking for any signs of the dirtbags, circling the central pit-trap. But all I got was the attention of two other liches that just opened one of the doorways. I ran back up to the secondary hall & accidently managed to lure both of them with me. This was not looking good, as all 7 liches are now onto me. I used all the power of the arcane arts I had learned, and again, managed to stay clear of the creatures with ease. What I had done began to dawn on me, but I had more pressing matters to attend to.
So back up I went, through the narrow corridors and into the primary hall, but found no-one. From there I ran through the hallways past the poison pools, but still found no-one. I was getting closer to the beast's location, and I didn't want his wrath on me especially since I was on foot. So I teleported back to the entrance of the third level, and went into the black portal to the second level.
The black portal opens up to whats known to warriors and adventurers as the Bone Knight room. The place was once extremely feared, as skeletal & bone knights would shred and rip living warriors, limb from limb. It was thought that an unknown group of knight-errants entered this realm long long ago, looking for a piece of an object of some kind. Unfortunately they managed to anger the spirit of one of the undead lords. The punishment given was that they were to be doomed for all eternity, to a life of servitude. Recently however, adventurers managed to find a weakness in the tactics used by the undead knights, and so today, the room is utilized as training grounds for apprentice warriors.
I stood there, right in the black portal, hidden to all. The knight chambers was strangely empty. Someone must've broken up the formation to let the knights through to the archways. I let out a small smile, as I knew who the perpetrators were. I didn't want to waste any more time tracking them, so I decided to make another trap. I came out of hiding, and immediately caught the attention of 3 skeletal knights. I casted the Woodman special, flamestrike-energybolt-explosion spells in quick succession, and instantly reduced one of them to flaming cinders. The other two was fast running towards me, so I ran around them & provoked them onto each other. While they were at it, two more knights from the archway targeted me. At the mouth of the archway, I stood, using myself as bait. And at the right moment, I ran back 5 steps, provoking them to attack each other.
Just then a lone warrior came running towards me, I hesitated for a moment wondering what he was going to do. I breathed a sigh of relief however, as he ran straight for the black portal to the third level. Little did I realize that he had a group of monsters following him! About a dozen assorted undead creatures all targeted the sole living creature they saw, me! And among them were three of the much feared Bone Magi. Great, just my luck. I quickly provoked four specters and cast myself invisible. While the skills I had allowed me to survive well, I had to rest in between sessions, for they were a great strain on my mind. After the short break, I immediately provoked four more creatures. By this time, the knight chambers was getting awfully crowded. Four monsters remained, and I shouldn’t have much trouble with those, so I casted another invisible spell. It was too late however, as two of the Bone Magi managed to hit my jaw, disrupting my concentration. The other Magi and ghoul undeads were now onto me, so I took a chance and ran back to the black portal for safety. This was sloppy.
I healed my wounds, and regained my concentration, before checking how many reagents I had left. It was sufficient for another dozen or so spells, so I went back to the knight chambers, and successfully provoked all four remaining creatures onto each other. By now, there were 8 pairs going at each other. The trap was now almost set, all it needed was apprentice warriors, so I patiently waited.
The wait was thankfully short, as two groups of apprentice warriors from three allied guilds came out of several portals. The veteran trainers, themselves training their healing skills, stood out and starred at the sight. Obviously wanting to satisfy the purpose of their coming here, they asked if they could "borrow" the spawns for their guildmates. I agreed, and they all arranged themselves to the formation at the junction separating the archway & the knight chamber. I stood behind the formation, and used the Peacemake skill. All 16 monsters stopped fighting, and instantly targeted the formation. The gap was sufficient for only one monster to pass through at any given time, and it was this bottleneck that allowed adventurers & warriors to train a variety of skills, without fear of death. At the safety of the formation, the veterans asked what had happened, I told them what happened earlier, and asked if they could cooperate with me in bringing down their reign of terror. They looked at each other for a while, considered it, and all agreed wholeheartedly. I asked that they secretly send word around the formation, that they all use their Hide skill when the time was right, and I would take care of the rest.
The trap is now ready.
It didn't take long for the looters to show their rat faces once again. All three came out of a portal at an obscure part of the archway... so they had been outside the dungeon afterall. No matter. They came running, pushing through the formation, and recklessly attacking the knights at the other end. They aimed to break the formation causing much death to the fragile apprentices. Oh, the looters had no idea what awaited them.
"NOW!!", I shouted. The entire formation immediately hid themselves, including me. This confused the 16 creatures for a second, but they then turned their raging attention to the three looters standing nearby. Caught completely by surprise, the creatures surrounded the three, ripping out their flesh. One found himself dangerously low on health, and both of his partners attempted to heal him with both bandages and magics. It was completely in vain however, as the flaming fury of the Magi, coupled with the crushing blows of the Knights, were just too much for the poor sod. 'ElItE LeWtEr' was dead, but two more remained. The looters knew they couldn't face such an onslaught by themselves, so they ran towards the black portal to the third level. We all came out of hiding, and the formation quickly took form once again. Cheers and thanks were passed around, but time was short, as the corpse was already decomposing. I quickly followed the two through the black portal.
I came out the other side, but found no-one. They sure are quick to chicken out when faced with danger. I ran as fast as I could through the hallways, past the shroom room & the Poison Elemental. It only took a fraction of a glimpse, but it was all that was needed, for the beast was now after me. Casting the invisible spell would be futile, as the distance between us was just too close. I needed something between us, a barrier of some sort. Just then a corner came up, and I figured this would theoretically work, so I casted the spell after making a sharp left turn. "An Lor Xen", I disappeared, and I turned my sights on to the elemental. The beast stopped in his tracks, attempting to find where I am. It worked. I waited until his nose led him back, away from where I was. I then continued running, past the poison pools, to arrive at the primary hall. I managed to catch a short glimpse of the two, and it seemed they were headed for the secondary hall. Yes. Now if they couldn't handle weaker creatures, they certainly had no chance with 7 almighty liches.
I followed them again, but this time I decided against running, just in case any liches decides to make a surprise appearance. So I walked slowly through the corridor. Half a minute later, I saw them, well one alive anyway, running back towards me with 4 liches hot on his trail. 'MaStALuUt VaPoR' is now dead, oh the bittersweet taste of vengeance is close. I grind my teeth and started running back towards the other way, with the last looter seemingly trying to follow me. Even with his two partners dead, he still wanted loot. The fool. If he wants death, he's going to get it. He keeps the liches as far away from his as he can without loosing them, and I in turn keep my distance from him as far as I can possibly go without him using his looting tactics on me. Already in the hallways, my thoughts are on the poison elemental waiting somewhere nearby. My sloppiness got the better of me, as I did not hold an invisible spell in my thoughts, and I didn't want to cast it when the elemental is in front of me. I hesitated, and screwed it. I opened my wizards book, still running, and casted the spell. Smoke appeared, and nothing happened, the blasted spell wouldn't work while on the move! I had to stop, but if I did, the last looter would go invisible, and the entire trap would be ruined.
Just then, I moved my sights on a small object in my backpack. A ring... of invisibility! I had completely forgotten about this precious thing! I closed my book, put on my ring, and prepared for the event.
The elemental suddenly appeared some distance in front of me. With me running towards it, and it towards me, our distance rapidly diminished. The looter sees this, and completely stopped dead in his tracks. 4 liches is something, but a Poison Elemental was completely another. I too stop, and touched my ring. I went into darkness, but the elemental continued his chase. The looter now found himself between two walls, hopelessly he tries to cast the invisible spell. The foremost lich swings his arm, and disrupts the spell. The other two then arrive, beating him into a pulp. The first lich throws off a mighty flamestrike spell, instantly reducing the looter's health by half. Then the beast arrived, and immediately delivers an powerful & toxic venom. It then threw off 3 consecutive flamestrike spells, completely reducing him to ashes.
It was done. 'SuPa LoOtA' is dead.
I ran out of there as fast as I could, re-entering the black portal and finding the first looter's corpse all but bones. I searched the remains, and found thousands of gold coins, over a dozen magical items, and a handful of reagents. I kept the items, but gave all the gold to the fine folks nearby training in their formation. I teleported to the third level, and found the second looter. He wasn't completely decayed yet, I had about a minute left before it did, so I waited. Then this spook appeared, and it was none other than the looter that died here. He spoke of many things, but I didn't bother using my spirit-speaking skill to listen. The corpse now decayed, and I took everything, except for a gold coin... for his troubles. I quietly left him there... still spooking. The last corpse was going to be tough to get to. But I figure that if I could easily get past 7 liches with ease, 4 liches and an elemental shouldn't be a problem. I followed through with this, and ran directly to the corpse, before using my ring once again.
This seemed... too easy.
The corpse had about 2 minutes left, and it was going to be a bore waiting. A few seconds later, SuPa came running through. This was not good. If he manages to hide before the monsters kill him, he'd be able to loot back his corpse, and come out of all this more or less unscathed. SuPa had the elemental on his tail, and wanted to shake it off someplace safe, so he went off to the primary hall. I had thought of provoking the 4 liches on each other earlier, but my confidence taught me otherwise, so I left them as they were. Poor SuPa. My worries left me, as it didn't take long for him to come running back... as a ghost. I greeted him, then looted him, then left him there.
Thus ends my second best gaming moment, and the start of my looting career.
[End]
[Goes back to Battlefront]
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I poo on you!
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