Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Adam felt a fire lit up in him, but before he forced himself not to smash King Slayer's head against the table. King Slayer continued "We will do something even better, I will create a sub guild."

Adam's anger was replaced by confusion, so King Slayer explained "On the surface, you will only have created your guild, what's it's name by the way?"

Adam replied curtly "Divine Predator." King Slayer smiled and said "People will only see the creation of Divine Predator. Your guild will welcome all the members of the Light Side. As for me, I will create a second guild under the Blackheart Mountain that will recruit members of the Dark Side. People will think we created two different guilds, but the truth is that we will form a single guild!"

King Slayer continued "This way, you will have a whole guild as a trump card, and that should stun more than one enemy. Also, we will be able to extend in two of the Racial Powers. If we can get influence in both powers then we would become invincible!"

Adam leaned back against his chair and asked "What about my goal? And how will our two guilds interact? Will our finances be shared?"

King Slayer replied "At first, both guilds will do everything to collect the money you need. After that, our guilds will become two separate entities, but if one needs the help of the other then they will offer support."

Adam finally smiled and said "I like the sound of that. How will you name the sub guild?" King Slayer shrugged and said "I don't know yet, I was waiting to know what name you gave the main guild. We can't have names that are too similar though. I will send you a message when I find a good name. Now, do you have the resources?"

Adam nodded and opened a trade. Once they were done, Adam's inventory was back to being almost empty, and King Slayer was about to get up. Before he could though Adam said "I have one last thing to ask."

King Slayer nodded and sat back down. Adam took out the helmet he got from the Troll and asked "I got two pieces of this Massacre Set, but I have no idea where to find the others. You wouldn't know where they were, would you?"

Adam knew the chances of King Slayer having heard of the set were incredibly low, but the later always seemed to know everything, so he decided to test his luck.

And most to his surprise, King Slayer had a shocked face as he asked "Where did you find this?" Adam shrugged and replied "A quest of mine, only the first one who entered the city can have it."

King Slayer replied "So that's where it was… You got two pieces, right?" Adam nodded and asked "So you know of it?"

King Slayer nodded and said "I do, and most people… I mean NPCs, would know of this set. Did you hear of the Goblin Kingdom?"

Adam nodded, so King Slayer said "They are one of the biggest monster kingdoms in the entire game. They are so powerful that they have been at war against the Coldlands Empire for multiple generations now, and they aren't even losing. Their strongest fighter, their king, has a Legendary Set of armor, the Massacre Set, which allows it to match the King of the North. For the Goblin folk, this set of armor is similar to holy relics on Earth. And so through the years, blacksmiths have made replicas. You got one such replica."

Adam nodded and said "Nice background, but you have any idea where I can find the rest of the set? I need a Chestplate, Boots and Gloves."

King Slayer stroked his chin and said "I'm not certain, but I have an idea as to where they could be. You see, there are three low level goblin dungeons in the whole kingdom, quite coincidence since you need three pieces of equipment. You might want to go there."

Adam said "Thanks for the info. Let's keep in touch for the guilds." King Slayer nodded and walked off, their private chat disappearing. Adam took a quick glance at the people around and decided it was time to go for him too.

Normally the best place to sleep was in a rented room in an inn or in one's house as it would offer an XP boost for the next connection to the game. However it was expensive so most people didn't do that.

Adam could do it though without really feeling anything to his wallet, but he decided not to as he didn't want to gain too much XP.

Once out of the game, the last bit of doubt Adam had about his Gate of Healing disappeared, as he immediately felt the change to his body. His 2nd Gate had really opened in both real life and in the game. He couldn't understand how this happened, but it was very real, he could feel that his body had already recovered a little from his past ill state.

Adam then walked out of his room, and joined his parents. They ate while talking, well it was mostly Adam's mom talking, her story about her job was still progressing, apparently she had a good shot at getting the main chef position.

After eating, Adam went back to his room and began training. Having opened the 2nd Gate, the Gate of Healing, gave him a much bigger stamina, and it took him a long time to reach his body's limit. And even there, he was able to persevere for longer than usual.

Moreover, normally when he finished his training he would straight go to sleep to recover, but this time he focused on recovering. Not from his tired state, but rather from his condition from when he died. His body had been in a weakened state ever since he 'died'.

It wasn't all bad though. With the incredible healing factor of the 2nd Gate, Adam could feel his inner weakness get better and better, and by the time he finished all the nutrients available in his body, his condition had already been enhanced by 10%.

Normally it would take him ten days to recover from his condition, which was already incredible, but he could go even faster, thanks to his cabin.

For the players who played for long periods of times, several functions had been added to supplement the body with nutriments. Although one couldn't live on this, it still allowed one to play for hours or even days without feeling much hunger.

In Adam's case, the nutriments were very useful right now. He moved his tired body to his cabin and closed it on himself. Then, he felt several small needles pierce through his skin, but it wasn't painful.

Without his enhanced senses Adam wouldn't even have been able to feel the needles, they were so small that they didn't leave any trace behind. Once in his body the syringes supplied Adam's body with nutriments.

Once his body had been refilled with nutriments, Adam began consuming them once again, healing his body. However, he quickly emptied his body from nutriments once again, and the flow wasn't fast enough for him to continuously heal himself.

Still, he just had to wait for a few minutes for his body to refill.

In the end, it took Adam an entire hour for him to completely heal his body, and three bottles of nutriments. The sensation of a completely healed body was incredible though. For the last few months he had always felt his body was heavy, and any effort would be harder.

Now though, as he healed his body, he had also recovered from his tired state and began training once again, going for the limit of his body.

Five hours later, Adam was laying in his bed, sweating heavily, with a frown on his face. His body was being… weird.

Having 'died' from the stress on his body had actually been the best possible training for opening the 3rd Gate, as his body had been on the limit for two years straight.

And that's why, after healing his body he should have been very close to opening his 3rd Gate. But it was even better than he thought, and weird at the same time.

From what he could feel right now, his body should have already opened the 3rd Gate. Training to the limit hadn't made him improve at all. But there seemed to be something blocking him from opening the Gate, just that he couldn't understand what.