"The basement? I was hoping to get a room on the upper floor. Are you sure you don't have another place?" Dave asked, dreading a cold and damp basement.
"No, This will be your first bounty. We have a problem with the local demon rat crime lord, Bargus. No matter how many times we get adventures to clear them out, Bargus just sends more. We don't bother using the place, but if you can get rid of them that should get you enough experience," Ma explained.
Dave looked over at Tequila, but she just shrugged and then walked over to slip under his arm. Ma bent down behind the counter to grab a half-meter twisted wooden rod.
"This is the Class Rod, and once that cantankerous old windbag gets out here, PA! COME ON! Then you can hold this rod and it will transfer your skills, GODDAMMIT PA!" Ma yelled interrupting herself mid-speech.
"I am coming! I had to get the tickets. I put them down on the counter and you moved them back in the cupboard again!" The man known as Pa said entering the room from the back area.
Pa was a large man with no hair on the top of his head but had a salt and pepper mustache and bread. The man was large, but not fat, just big, and he had a dirty white apron on.
"That is where they belong! If you would just put them in there each time, you wouldn't have to look where I put them away! Come, we have two new adventures looking for a room," Ma said, pointing to Dave and Tequila.
"A demon and a human, huh? Something new all the time. Well, give them the rod, and let's get this over with, lunch rush is starting soon and I got shit cooking!" Pa said with a spinning finger motion.
Ma handed Dave the stick and Pa placed a paper on the counter in front of him. The paper was completely blank, and Dave wondered briefly if the man had maybe grabbed the wrong pile of papers.
Then, the crystal on the end of the rod lit up in sparkling green, and a message appeared in Dave's HUD.
[Healer Class]
Dave shook his head, not a chance was he going to take that and be a support. Dave quickly opened his menu and activated his new skill.
[Advantage] Activated!
The crystal on the Class Rod changed from green to blue, and both Ma and Pa gasped. The paper in front of Dave began to fill out, and soon there was Dave and his class name on it.
[Tamer Class]
Dave smiled to himself. This would be a good class if he could find some good monsters. Now the question was what the limits of the skills were, but first, he turned to Tequila and handed her the rod.
"Are we not going to talk about what just happened?" Pa asked as the rod was handed over to Tequila, but It promptly exploded into a shower of splinters and flying crystal bits.
Remarkable, Tequila wasn't hurt and neither was anyone else, but it did make two of the three patrons pack up and leave. There was still a cloaked man in the corner watching them.
The man had started to pay attention right after the color had changed to blue on the rod. This wasn't something that never happened, and whenever something like this did happen, it meant change.
This man was Xeros, Demon Rabbit lord, and one of the lowest-ranked. Not all demons were lords, but the ones that were needed to provide for the other demons below them.
Times had been rough for Xeros with the Dragon Lords now taking sixty percent of all bounties. When the Class Rod exploded, Xeros knew he would need to watch these two and get to know them.
Back over with the other group, Dave was laughing at Tequila who was trying to apologize to Ma and Pa. The two were both slack-jawed and had no words for what had just happened.
Dave stepped forward and grabbed up the two cards that had their names and classes on them. Dave looked over him, but it was nothing but his name and class.
Dave then switched cards and grinned, handing Tquila her Class card. She took it in from him and looked down at it with a frown.
"What Kind of class is Changeist? Why did you get a cool one?" Tequila complained to Dave, but Pa had finally snuck out of his stunned dazed and reached over to grab the cards.
"What the hell is this? I have never heard of either of these classes, what are they? Why did you make the rod explode?" Pa questioned the two, but they both put up their hands to ward off the barrage of questions.
"We are the ones that should be asking you this! We just got here and now you the people giving out their classes don't even know what we got?" Dave returned with his own questions.
"Can't spin in a circle and see the entire world," Pa said, rubbing a hand over his bald head.
That was true enough and Dave knew it, so going back and forth about it wouldn't get anyone anywhere. Pa handed back the papers and then called out for Arsehole to come out.
Very shortly, the same kid came out with a lopsided grin and went over to stand by Ma. The boy was about fifteen, but heavy set with short black hair and an infectious smile.
"This is Arsehole and he will show you to the cellar around back, and he will introduce you to our older boy, Bro. He runs the stable and can help you get a horse if you are interested, but they ain't cheap and you need to get something before even buying one," Ma explained.
The boy came around the counter and led Dave and Tequila outside through the front door. After they left the cloaked man in the corner came over to the bar, and sat down.
"Pa, what do you think of them?" Bargus asked, pulling off the face mask he used to cover his face.
In the town of Then End, Non-human Demons had to remain covered at all times or they would be reported. If this happened, the Demon would be hunted down, and then sent off to a work camp until they died and could be reborn again.
"Hard to say, but this pair is different. Did you see the way the Class Rod just shattered? Never seen that before," Pa said, taking a glass and filling it with a bright blue liquid, and passing it to Bargus.
"I have, there have been a few groups that have come through here, but never so few. When this kind of thing happens, they usually have a large party of warriors. So, I am not sure what will happen this time," Bargus said before taking a drink from the glass he had just accepted.
"You Demons sure do like a long time," Pa joked.
Bargus laughed, if this human only knew how many generations that he had seen run this place. Bargus had met other heroes, Hyde, Kiada, and Bhan, but they always had girls with them, or even the last time they had been together.
Bargus finished his drink and got up, coving his face back up. He thanked Pa and headed out of the Inn.
It was time for Bargus to go back and visit his people. He would need to explain what he had just learned.
There were new players in the game, again. Would this hero actually complete the game or just leave when they got why they needed it like the rest?
Chapter 294: Ch 4: Weirdos
Arsehole guild Dave and Tequila around to the back of the Inn. The path had barrels and crates stacked up, and some old plastic-looking tarps were covering some of them.
"Is this all because of the rat problem?" Dave asked Arsehole, but then also asked. "Why do they call you Arsehole? Do you have a real name?"
"Jigs, but Ma calls me Arsehole so much that it just stuck, I don't know. Stuff is stacked out here cause of the rats," Jigs said, gesturing to the stuff.
Jigs was not the brightest, and a bit slow, but Dave didn't mind. Someone like this would be much better than a person that was too clever for their own good.
After weaving around, and making their way down the back alley, they reached the back of the Inn. The area was twelve by seven meters wide and there was a large barn directly behind the Inn.
"Jigs! You bring out a new group for the rats to eat?" Called the voice of a man that was similar to Dave's age.
"Mhmm," said Jigs.
A man dressed in a dirty brown bib overall and no shirt cam walking out to the barn. He had long brown hair and a long face with bright green eyes.
"Hey there! Name is Henry, or Bro like the mouth breathers say inside! You have already met Jigs I see… now that's weird," Henry said, lo
oking at Dave and Tequila while tilting his head.
"They already asked about my name," Jigs said.
"Shut the front door! A Demon asked what your name was? I'll be, I must see every type to walk back to this door, but you're a bit different aren't you?" Henry said, stepping forward to give Dave a once over, again.
"Just let them go. It Doesn't matter if he doesn't come back up. Make friends after they come back," Jigs said, shaking his head like his brother was the slow one.
Dave turned to Tequila, but she had a reprehensible smile on her face that said this no longer sounded like a plan. Dave sighed, and then reached out his hand to her, but she came in to give him a quick and passionate kiss, while also merging into his body.
*Thud*
Jigs had tipped off and fainted at the sight of Tequila merging into Dave.
"You killed him? What just happened? That was fucking weird, but…" Henry started to say.
*GASP*
Jobs shot up bolt right and now both men were staring at him. Jibs turned to Dave and Squinted his eyes at him.
"How did she, uh!" Jibs tried to say before passing out again as Dave tried to push Tequila's head back into his chest.
"Sorry, she can be obnoxious sometimes! Stop it! Yet, they call me the demon!" Dave said while struggling with a laughing Tequila.
"Puny mortal! I crawl from your body and be free once more! I shall bring for nightmares you could never fathom, MWAHAHAHA!" Tequila cackled.
*Thump*
Henry was now passed out and on the ground by his brother Jigs. The two must not get out very much, and the Demon act had been a bit too much for the boys to handle.
"You such a little shit, you know that?" Dave said to Tequila as she was finally satisfied with scaring the locals. "What happened to my helpful cute guide?"
"I am still cute!" Tequila complained after making her face appear in his neck.
"Yes you are, but you seem to no longer be the helpful guide from the last couple of games. I guess I had just gotten used to you and now I will have to block that you out, this is you," Dave said with a smile.
"That's right! Plus, when I get more information, then I will be more helpful. This Changeist thing is basically a Revolutionary Class, so don't expect me to do any fighting. With my Class and System, I will slowly beagle to change the way people act and do things, while also making their lives better. I will be paving the way for you," Tequila explained as Dave walked up to the cellar door.
The back of the building was dark stained wood, and the building had a tarnished metal roof that looked to be brass. The building gave the appearance that it was nice and well kept.
Now, it was in need of some repairs, and skilled people to fix them. Dave decided that he will try to help, since having a thriving town would further him.
"Hey you weirdos, wait," Henry said, picking himself off the ground. "The rats are pretty tough, and there will be five or six of them. They are Demon Ninja Rats, so don't take them lightly."
"Thanks for the warning," Dave said as he opened the cellar doors and walked down.
Henry shook his head, and then looked at Jigs.
"What a strange bunch? And they ask his name, so I had better go talk to her. You can wait for them Jigs, Don't bother getting up," Henry joked as he walked off to go see Lidia, the Demon Fox Seer.
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Dave scrolled through his menus and found his new taming skill and opened it up before getting off the stairs.
[Taming]: Target creature, and tame them. Once a creature is tame you will have access to its stats, which you will be able to upgrade as it levels. You will gain a stat boost from Each of your pets. The Current Pet Maximum is 0/1.
This should be easy enough, and a bit overpowered, Dave thought, and Tequila rolled her eyes from inside of Dave. Dave stepped down, and the Demon Rats came out and started to move forward towards him.
Dave reached out his hand and activated the [Taming] ability on the nearest black rat. They all had black cloth wrapped around them, but they were just normal rats it seemed to Dave, but then the rat, Jibber's sheet opened up for him.
"Woah, what the hell is Rat Jitsu?" Dave asked out loud as he quickly pumped some points that were available into Jibber.
The rat had turned and now was fighting with the other four rats. With my quick boost to his strength and speed, Jibber was easily able to take on the group, and slowly whittled them down.
Jibbers looked like he was breakdancing most of the time whipping with his long tail, and then landing strong kicks. The moment one slipped, that would be when he would strike with his teeth.
After the final one was killed, Dave looked and both of them had gained a level. He tried to access it, but nothing was happening. A squeak from Jibber's brought Dave's attention forward and there was a massive rat that was coming out wrapped in white cloth.
"Ho! Look at the size of that thing hehe what kind of pudgy little monster is that?" Tequila asked from my shoulder.
"I don't know, but I hope that this guy is just weak, and we can get out of here!" Dave said with false hope as the white rate charged Jibber.
Jibber jumped at the last second and then bit down on the white rat. It wasn't enough to kill it, and Jibbers was sent flying.
Dave was already moving after finding out what he had gotten from taming the rat. Not a lot, but he did get an empowered kick that he used to kick the large rat into a wall, making it explode into black particles.
Dave turned to Jibbers, but he was alright and getting back up. Dave looked through the menu and upgraded Jibber to not have a Razor Claw and Fang attack and gain some more strength.
Dave bent down and put his hand out for Jibber to climb up and she crawled onto Dave's shoulder. Tequila poked her head out of Dave's other shoulder and looked over at the rat.
"Awe, he is kind of cute, I wonder how many more pets you are going to collect?" Tequila asked Dave.
*thump*
Jibber had looked at the other source of sound near him other than his master. When he saw that it was a woman's head growing out of his master's body, like a freshly sentient being, Jibbers fainted.
"Wow, you really have to stop doing that. One of these times there is going to be a marble floor and you're going to do some serious damage!" Dave complained as they walked back up the stairs.
"I am not that bad, they will just have to get used to me," Tequila said while sinking back into Dave's shoulder.
Jobs was waiting back up top and no longer passed out, but his eyes were still bugging out.
"How did you do that so fast, and why do you have one of the rats?" Jibs asked Dave.
"I made a friend, and now I beat all the rats and the big white one. Can we go back inside now? I really didn't do much but I haven't eaten in a while!" Dave said with a smile, and Jibs just shook his head.
"You are really one strange demon. Sure, I will take you to see Ma for some food," Jobs said while leading him back to the form of the Inn
Chapter 295: Ch 5: Dragon's Miasma
Dave was led around the side of the Inn and back to the front of the building. The road was empty, more so than it had been when Dave had first arrived, and he turned to Jigs before entering the building.
"What are there so few people on the roads?" Dave asked.
"Most are Demons and then most of them are more beast than folk. The Dragons make them stay covered up, so they don't bother coming out much. Not worth it to risk getting sent to the mines, and there are some humans that try to get the Demons in trouble," Jigs explained before turning back to go inside.
Dave was considering that he might have designed this world with a bit too much hatred towards the demonkind. This was what it was now, and Dave would have to deal with the problem he created, as usual.
Dave shook his head and followed Jigs back inside the Inn.
A covered person pulled themselves back into the alley that they had been watching from. They were surprised at the speed that this new adv
enture returned from the first quest.
Many Demons in the town known as The End had started to take notice of the stranger that just entered the town. Some of them held hope that things might change, while others worried that this new person might bring about more problems in an already problematic life.
Dave entered the tavern once again and was oblivious to all of the things happening around him, but Tequila was watching. She had noticed the Demon that had been watching them while they figured out their Classes.
She had also noticed the one that had been in the alley, and the few that had been looking out windows. This town seems to be filled with people looking for a change, and that was supposed to be his specialty.
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