Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Adam had to choose between Dragon Temple and Night Wolves, and the choice wasn't really hard for him. The one with the higher offer would get the equipments.

He thus sent the same message to Arin and Silver Sword, the two elite team captains. He didn't make any offer, he simply sent them the details of what he wanted to sell.

Then, he went on his merry way on top of Neith, toward the Capital.

Meanwhile, in the Aldeneid Empire, in a Kingdom called Nera, a team of 56 Bronze Ranks were fighting against a five meters tall flaming alligator. The players were all between Level 20 and 22, while the Alligator was Level 50, and was a Lord.

And yet, the one on the losing side wasn't the group of players, but the monster! The players worked exceptionally well together, they formed ten formations that took turns with the boss, slowly decreasing it's HP.

The boss was getting more and more frustrated, it was stronger than all those players, but like ants, every time one fell, another would replace him. And here, they wouldn't fall, they would simply step back when they are injured.

This was the Night Wolves Guild, and here their best players were fighting. Ten Elite Squads were here, along with an Elder.

In most guilds the hierarchy was pretty much the same. At the lowest rank would be the normal members, followed by the Captains, then the Elite members, the Elite Captains, the Elders and the Guild Leader.

Elders were comparable to generals, and in the absence of the Guild Leader they were the ones who would give the orders.

The Elder here was Fascinating Light, a Light Elf Elementalist. She was one of the most famous players in the guild, and was known as one of the best Elementalist worldwide. She was an SS Elementalist.

Among the 55 Elite members, the ones who fought at Rosewatch could be seen. Out of them, Arin was their Captain, and he had an S Class.

As his squad was retreating, he heard a notification coming from the system. This surprised him, most of his contacts were within the guild, and they knew he was on an important quest.

But he didn't look straight away who was contacting him, as this boss was more important. Slowly, they lowered its health to below 15%, and the flames around the Alligator began burning even hotter, and became wilder.

Arin and the other squad leaders said to their team "Careful, it's entering it's berserk state. Fall back!"

As the elite soldiers moved back as one, Fascinating Light, who had only been launching normal attacks until now, moved forward and waved her staff in the air, disrupting the ambient mana.

This immediately got noticed by the boss, who roared and jumped toward her using a jumping skill. Fascinating Light smiled and said "Too late lizard."

The boss was stopped mid jump as it crashed into a wall of fire. The fire making this wall was different from the one surrounding the boss, it was blue in color, and it was cold instead of hot. The boss fell toward the ground, stunned by the collision, and its scales were getting a bluish tint because of her attack.

She wasn't finished though, she gulped down a mana potion and launched another spell, that nearly dried her entire mana pool. The effects were terrible though.

The boss barely woke up from its daze when it fell its body get colder and colder. The flames that danced around it's body, that had been healing it and giving it strength, had now turned blue, and were hurting it.

It tried to lit them off, to roll on the ground to make them disappear, but they stuck to its body, and seemed inextinguishable. Seeing they wouldn't disappear on their own, the alligator turned toward the mage that was making it suffer, and rushed toward her. It could feel she didn't have any mana left.

However, it was barely able to advance a few steps before a row shields appeared in front of it, the elite members had all cast skills on their shields to turn them bigger and block impacts. The boss tried to break through it, but it was like they had been feigning weakness earlier, and were in fact much stronger than it…

It suddenly looked at another mage, and gritted its teeth. A Cleric was buffing them. However, this realization came too late. A group of Elementalists appeared behind it, and all launched the same spell at the same time, a lightning bolt. The different bolts unified into one bigger bolt that hit its back with huge strength, dealing immense damage and shocking it immobile.

This was the last time it got to move, as the flames stuck on its scales finally killed it, and disappeared as the loot appeared in front of everyone.

The players cheered and went to gather the loot as Fascinating Light began recovering her mana. As for Arin, he finally got to look at his messages, and was surprised to see the name of the sender. Valiant Heart.

This player had made a big impression on him because of his young age and formidable strength, as well as his leading capabilities. All of that, and the fact he didn't belong to any guild. That made him wonder how he opened his Gate of Opening.

Moreover, there were news about him fighting against a Second Tier Guild, Blue Cemetery. He too thought a 1 versus 1000 was a rash and foolish decision, but he had been young and impulsive too, so that didn't surprise him much.

However, when he read the message he was shocked by what he saw. He ran toward Fascinating Light "Elder Light! Elder Light!"

Fascinating Light looked up and said with a scowl "Stop calling me elder you old man, you are old enough to be my father!"

But Arin didn't care about her ramblings and said "Elena, whatever! I got a huge deal!"

Fascinating Light rolled her eyes and got up and asked "What's making you this agitated?"

Arin grinned and said "You remember Rosewatch, right? I told you and the Guild Leader about that brat, Valiant Heart."

Fascinating Light tilted her head and asked "Did he agree to join us? He wants us to save his sorry ass from Blue Cemetery?"

Arin shook his head and said "No. He sent me a message about equipment he wants to sell. Actually, he didn't give a price, he only sent what he was selling. I suspect he sent this message to both me and Silver Sword, seeing what the merchandise is."

Fascinating Light said "Seeing you so hyped up, I wonder what it is he is selling." Arin reopened the message and said "27 Level 50 Uncommon, and 32 Level 50 Common."

(Author's Note: Last time it was said he got 27 Uncommon and 12 Common. The twenty additional equipments are those dropped by the snakes in the canyon, they are Level 50 too.)

Fascinating Light frowned and asked "How did he get that? He could have gotten a single one by muck, but 59 of them… Even we would have to put some effort to get those."

Arin nodded and said "That's why, we need to have a good relationship with him. But more importantly, getting those Level 50 equipments right now would make us invincible under Level 50!"

Fascinating Light frowned for a moment, not understanding what he meant, before suddenly smirking "Eros."

Arin nodded excitedly "If we can get those equipments, with the item Eros discovered, we could equip those now, and this would allow us to take a big advance on that boss."

Fascinating Light said "We need those equipments. Negotiate with him. But be careful with the price, if he is selling those high level equipment then he probably wants something else than money, they are too important."

Arin nodded and sent a message back to Adam. In it, he proposed several prices, such as the annihilation of Blue Cemetery, among other things.

However, he was shocked by the answer he received. Adam only wanted Gold or Dollars. When he told Fascinating Light, she was stunned likewise.

In another kingdom, Silver Sword was also discussing of this with a higher up of his guild, and they were as shocked as them by Adam.

As for the one who shocked them, he was already out of Serpentine Canyon.