Beyond Chaos – A DiceRPG

557. Yes

557. Yes

“Look,” Adam said, revealing the amulet to his brother and the rest of his companions. “I prayed and got this from Baktu.” Adam’s voice was a whisper, not wanting to bring too much attention to himself.

Jaygak’s eyes remained glued to the symbol for a long while, before glancing towards Kitool, communicating with her companion with her eyes, before her eyes finally landed on Jurot. The Iyrman’s lips were twitching ever so slightly constantly, as though he were keeping in laughter.

Jurot crossed his arms, bowing his head slightly. ‘He is my brother.’ The others could feel the thoughts enter their mind from Jurot’s response.

“It seems Baktu likes me quite a bit,” Adam whispered, staring down at his amulet as he brushed his thumb along it, feeling the ridges of the symbol. The day had been far too eventful for his liking already, so he decided against leaving the guild.

A group of adventurers entered the guild during the evening, and Adam threw a look their way. He smiled and waved towards them. Once they had finished with their dealings at the counter, they joined Adam’s large group.

“How was your adventuring?” Adam asked.

“It’s been going well,” Rose admitted. They had spent a few days adventuring, spending some time in other inns so they could experience for of the city, but they finally returned to deal with their business with Adam. “We will no longer be adventuring for some time, so shall we split our loot?”

“Sure.”

Rose’s brow was full of sweat as she stared down at the items which would be shared with her group. Everything had to be split twenty six ways, twenty five for individuals, and one for the group of youths. Considering the shares, very little would truly go to each person, however, many of the items were of great value. Adam went down the list, using some parchment and ink provided by the guild in order to sort out the items.

“Alright, so technically you should be getting between a fifth and a fourth of the loot, so why don’t we just call it a fourth?” Adam asked.

Rose sighed, but paused, realising a fourth was a greater number of items for her group. “A quarter? You are certain?”

“It just makes math so simple,” Adam admitted. “Knowing how to split in fifths and fourths is easier than six of twenty six parts, don’t you agree?”

“I do.”

Adam looked to Jurot, who nodded his head, allowing Adam to make the call. It was technically a small hit for the group, but it wasn’t that big of a deal. He had to rework the split within his own group in order to make it easier to split, with Rose’s group still earning a quarter of the loot.

“We will do as you say,” Jurot reassured.

Adam still felt guilty since the rest of his companions would be out some of the loot. The way he split it was awkward after suggesting to split it into fourths, but Rose allowed them to split it less awkwardly in order to allow them to split everything smoothly.

It took a short while for them to deal with their items, with Adam splitting the loot as best as he could between the two groups. However, there were certain items which didn’t split cleanly, and though some of them could easily be dealt with, a few of those items were very important.

“Okay, so how should we deal with the cores?” Adam asked, leaning back. He really wanted to buy them, but he wasn’t sure if he could afford it, and nor could the party fund. The Red River Squad currently had almost three cores claimed as part of their loot.

“We will trade them for one more Basic Enhanced weapon,” Rose replied simply, extending out her hand to shake Adam’s forearm.

“Well, damn,” Adam said, extending out his forearm, shaking the woman’s forearm. “Quick and easy.”

‘Now that I look at it, do I even need Baktu for that ability?’ Adam asked.

[No.]

‘Oh.’ Adam decided to leave it at that.

XP: 10 300 -> 9 300

Gained Fighting Style: Defence!

XP: 9 300 -> 7 300

Gained Fighting Style: Dueling!

‘I really should have taken those all before,’ Adam thought, glancing between everything he had gained.

Mara’s eyes fell across Adam. “...”

Adam eyed up a few more of the Abilities he could buy with his XP. There was one which tempted him, but it was far too pricey, though it may have been useful for him during noonval. ‘No, I should keep some XP in my back pocket, just in case.’

Adam checked out his Stats and eyed up the various Abilities he had taken. ‘Hold on a second.’ Adam tilted his head slightly, causing some of his companions to stir slightly, wondering what he was doing.

Puthral plate mail. Strong Shield. Defence. Blessing of Forgia.

A combination of all such effects would place his Defence at 24.

24 was great, so great, that very few creatures would ever reach such heights. However, Adam also possessed Shield, the First Gate spell, which would put his Defence to 29.

Then he thought about Wraith, and the potential damage it could put out with Smite.

Then he thought about how he could Critically Hit much easier than the typical person.

Then he thought about his healing abilities with Lay on Hands.

“Jurot,” Adam whispered, opening his eyes, which were full of shock. He glanced towards his brother, who met his eyes.

“Yes?”

“I’m so fucking strong,” Adam whispered, as though he had only just realised how crazy his power was.

“Yes.”

Adam said, forgetting he already killed two Dragons.