With the Molten Onyx plague clearing up so quickly after the completion of the main quest. The many guilds were left wondering what they should do now. Many of them had spent all of their gold on trying to complete the main quest.
The one guild that stood out from the others repeatedly getting second place in many of the stages was the Demon hunters guild.
With the completion of the potion creation stage, they had also come in second.
“Do we have enough resources to keep producing the potion at this pace?” asked Ultar, the guild leader.
Scar looked at a piece of paper on a clipboard before answering, “Everything is flowing in and out without a problem.”
“…and those that are outselling it, have they run into any problems?”
“A few. Some minor guilds and local lords of certain towns were uncooperative but we took care of it. We have struck it rich with this potion,” said Scar lifting a small glass vile that held a white liquid.
“Good. With all the gold we are receiving from this, we will have an easier time funding our future plans.”
While the demon hunters focused on gaining more gold by selling the potions, the many other Guilds were left scrambling to figure out how to get stronger and earn more gold so that they would not be left in the dust of the Demon hunters.
And so they decided to start making plans to hunt even harder targets to gain achievements, fame, gold, and levels.
***
Deep in the Orc held mountains.
“Hold!” shouted Tornok. He stood tall at the very front of the rearguard battle line along with many of his strongest Orc warriors, all while skills from the demigods continued to rain down on them.
With all the stress from the last few years, Tornok’s hair had already turned completely gray.
“We must stand firm and allow the others to retreat to the second line of defense!”
“Why are they attacking us now out of all times?” asked Chop, Tornok’s aide.
“Gi, giii gii,” said King Gobgob, too focused on fighting to speak in an understandable language, he had grown larger in the belly compartment due to his stress eating.
With the constant fighting, the Orcs and Goblins had been forced into, they had all grown a lot stronger.
The two kings, although old in the tooth, were still holding their own in battle as they led their warriors to protect the retreating civilians and soldiers from the first defensive line in the mountain passes.
The defensive fort town they had been living in was no longer strong enough to stand against the Demigods’ barrage of skills and weapon attacks.
Luckily there weren’t many civilians staying at the fort city as it was just one of the few buffer zones to protect the main caves in the mountains that now housed both the Goblin and Orc clans.
Demigods began to jump over the broken wooden walls of the fort town and ran right into Tornok and King Gobgob’s waiting warriors.
“You guys look tough. Let me kill you so I can get strong!” said a female that wore a black silk outfit that fit tightly to her body and covered her entire body only leaving a square patch for her eyes.
She stabbed forward with two daggers, sending out two red lights aimed at Tornok’s head.
Tornok leaned to the side dodging one of the red lights but the second pierced his shoulder armor and cut deep into his shoulder sending out a spurt of blood.
“This is such a great place to farm!” shouted an excited demigod as he started to shoot glowing green arrows at the Goblin warriors.
“Let’s not tell the other guilds about it so we can have it all to ourselves!”
“Screw you!” Roared Tornok as he Swung his large studded metal club at the giddy demigods in front of him.
Several managed to jump out of the way but the black silk-covered demigod was too slow and received the club attack which slammed into her ribs and tore right through her unarmored body separating the top from the bottom.
The female demigod’s eyes were open wide and showed shock as her two body halves fell to the ground with a thump. She quickly turned into a bunch of light particles and floated up into the sky disappearing from the battlefield.
“How careless of her,” said a demigod as he continued to shoot fireballs into the rearguard Orcs and goblins.
King Gobgob appeared in front of the man with an impressive speed that one would not think possible with his large round belly.
Jumping into the air, he swung his large staff down with all his weight and cracked open the man’s head.
King Gobgob and Tornok continued to fight the demigods, receiving many wounds. Several warriors fell to the dozens of flying demigod attacks but the rear guard managed to hold back and defeat the attacking forces.
“This is not good,” said Tornok as he looked at the dead warriors and the destroyed walls of the fort town.
All the supplies and usable items had already been taken away by the main force that was now rushing to reach the second line of defense that was now turned into the first line of defense.
“This place can’t be salvaged,” said Chop, as he looked at the large splinters and rubble which was all that was left of the walls and buildings.
“We now know their current strength so we should use that knowledge to further strengthen our defense everywhere else,” said Tornok.
***
8 months passed by in a blur of activity.
During that time Akira and the rest of the nearby allied forces spent their time destroying the remaining infected all-around their territories.
The clean-up of the area and sorting out of Kodria’s many minor problems, allowed Kodria to regain back the security that had been lost from the plague and the siege.
With the main quest finished both Akira and Kodria’s army had gained big rewards allowing the Army to gain a massive level boost to help become a powerhouse and still be able to fight against the fast-growing Demigods.
During the past 8 months, Akira had only gained 5 levels reaching lvl 185. This was mainly due to taking care of the low-level monsters and the many domestic needs of Kodria as it continued to grow.
The door to Akira’s office slammed open.
Mileena waddled into the room with a large belly followed by Fluffball and two maids.
“Mileena, how many times do I have to tell you that you’re going to break the door doing that!” said Akira as he stood up from his desk and walked over to help the pregnant Mileena into a wooden rocking chair.
“It’s too troublesome,” said Mileena as she sat down.
“What brings you here?” asked Akira.
“Your pregnant wife can’t visit you when she wants?”
“You can, I was just wondering if there was anything you needed,” said Akira as he looked at Mileena’s large stomach.
Mileena rubbed her belly and said, “The shaman doctor gave me a check-up earlier and everything is fine. I just wanted to spend some time with you since the warm months will be arriving once again and everyone including you will be even busier.”
Akira thought for a moment before sitting down next to her.
“You are right. In the next few days to a week, the other allied demon races will be coming here for several important discussions and trade talks. Until they arrive we can enjoy each other’s company.”
