{You could tell Toni that last bit you know. I thought you would like to know we are steadily working on Jason's server. I think it could still take us a few more days, but we have plenty of time. Regarding last night I let the virtual recording play through three times, the viewing figures peaked at 1.485 billion during the second showing.
There are loads of comments on how you brought your women off simultaneously. You have six and a half thousand requests to join your Harem, three hundred from men playing as women. These are requests from people who will be joining the game once it launches.
From the way the game is going, I'm expecting a news leak from Square Projekt Quality Red at 10:00 in the morning, real time. I have a tendril of a probe still active on the SPQR server. I will look to see what more I can find. That gives you nearly six days of game time playing.
The real day/time is Sunday at eight thirty in the evening. Well done on achieving those two system firsts that will make Joseph and the DreamBabes more watched. Keep up with keeping your DreamBabes happy. You want none to feel uncared for though. It seems Sophie has a high sex drive, she is happy whenever she gets to have an orgasm.
I downloaded all the Cherry Blossom Girl's books, by Harmon Cooper, and will soon have all his other works. I used one of the fake accounts you have on Amazomart, in case somebody tries to find out who bought them. Is there any more you would like?} Enoch said to Cain.
Chapter 31
Between A Hard Rock And A Barbarian
They walked away from the Old Tent Casino, they all had good nights rest and they each had at least one orgasm once they woke up. Toni and Lesley crossed over the junction and headed down Koval, towards the brewery. “I think the brewery is popular,” Lesley said as a large crowd of players milled around outside, drinking from bottles. Leading the way inside Lesley noticed a corner booth which overlooked the brewery production area and headed towards it as Sophie and Bethany entered, followed by Cain. The wave of noise that met them as they entered was like a physical barrier they had to push through to enter.
A waiter walked over to take their order, returning three minutes later with a large jug filled with foamy beer and five tall glasses. Toni paid the waiter and gave him a hundred credit tip.
“You were generous there, my love,” said Cain smiling.
“Not really, we’ll get excellent service, and it’s not like we need the money, as we’re leaving soon,” Toni replied.
“This beer sure tastes good; can we buy more bottles for later?” Bethany asked. Cain waved getting the attention of their waiter an indicated to him they would like another jug of beer. Their waiter was bringing over a full jug when a drunken player tripped him spilling the jug all over the floor.
The drunk had the gamer tag name of Speedy Felix2015. There were several players sat around the table Speedy Felix2015 came from. A player he sat next to tried pulling Speedy Felix2015 back into the seat he vacated.
Toni placed a hand over Cain’s which miraculously spouted and held one of his Glocks,
“No need to get involved, this does not involve us. Let’s drink up and leave. Elise, can you go see if we can get more bottles for later?” Toni said. Cain nodded putting the Glock back, but not fastening the holster clip. Elise stood and walked towards the bar.
Speedy Felix2015, knocked the other players attempts aside knocking him to the floor, surged from his seat and stood. He looked around at the space the other players had cleared as they pulled the table back with them. He noticed Elise walking around the edge of the cleared space, not paying him any attention.
“Hey, bitch… That’s right you,” Speedy Felix2015 shouted slurring most of his words. “Don’t you keep walking bitch, you heard me. I’m looking for more fit bitches for my harem. I’m the one who took out those PvP clans. Me and my bitches, so I’m looking for more, and I choose you to join me.” Speedy Felix2015 said. Ignoring him Elise reached the bar and enquired about bottles to take away.
“Speedy don’t,” said his friend from down on the floor, where Speedy pushed him. “Your lying will get you in trouble. You know what you’re like when you have had several drinks.” Pushing himself back to his feet Speedy Felix2015‘s friend tried to drag him away back to his seat. He received a knife in the shoulder from him for his trouble of trying to help.
“Hands off you fool, why I’ve you as a friend I don’t know, damn where are my bitches? Yes I do you want my bitches, well you can't they are mine, all mine,” Speedy Felix2015 mouthed then stabbed his friend again, scoring a critical hit, taking most of his health away, leaving him with (126/882). Speedy Felix2015 turned back as movement in his peripheral vision drew him back, as he made a lunge for Elise, grasping for her arm.
His hand didn’t contact Elise, but another’s hand grabbed him, pulling and spinning him around. Speedy Felix2015 roared in anger, somebody would try to stop him from taking a woman. Looking up Speedy Felix2015 noticed it was a beautiful woman who had stopped him, her face though was angry.
“So, you want to join my bitches too,” Speedy Felix2015 slurred as another beautiful woman moved to stand at the woman’s right-hand side. “Yes, you can join with them, three bitches. More fun for me.”
Then to Speedy’s amazement, a fourth beautiful woman joined the other three. Each of their faces were stern, they looked at and dismissed Speedy Felix2015 like he was insignificant, just as beautiful women are apt to do.
“Four bitches, all for the king of the PvP clan killers, look at their haughty faces,” Speedy added. Speedy Felix2015 rubbed his hands then thrust with his crotch at the four women. He stuttered to a halt as a tall, well-built male moved through the women and stood in front.
If Speedy Felix2015 had taken the time to look at the man's face he would have noticed the approach of death. The man‘s face was icy calm, the eyes held no mercy, and they promised eternal death. Speedy Felix2015 took an involuntary step backwards, such was the aura of menace this man exuded, his throat made a gulping sound.
“No,” Speedy Felix2015 roared. “You will not take them from me, these are my bitches. Mine and mine alone. I am the PvP killer, not you,” his hand shakily tried to pull a Glock from his shoulder holster. Unable to undo the holster clip he pulled a combat knife instead. Waving it towards the man in front of the women.
“Don’t think these my bitches will keep you safe, you snot sniffing cock sucker,” Speedy roared, building himself up to attack the man. Speedy Felix2015 noticed as he was building his anger ready to rush the man, the man tilted his head slightly to the side. If Speedy Felix2015 had looked around himself, he would have noticed the friend he stabbed twice was now standing.
A chair hit Speedy over the head, knocking him down and to the floor, stunning him for a few moments. His friend, bleeding from his shoulder held the chair, wincing as blood still ran from the shoulder wound.
“I’m so sorry about that. Speedy always gets mouthy, but everyone here just lets him get on with it. It was unfortunate today when these four beautiful women entered the bar, they made him think he was this Joseph guy everybody has been talking about. You know the one in all the system-wide messages, Joseph and the DreamBabes. He meant no harm, but today something played on his mind, I think being stuck in the game is pulling him down,” said Speedy Felix2015’s friend, holding out his hand to Cain. “I’m Lonesome Guy27.” Shaking his hand, Cain replied. “I’m Joseph, and these exceptional women are my DreamBabes. Get your friend to drink less, no, don't let him drink, period, maybe he won’t be such a tool. Well, we can all hope.” Sophie cast two healing spells on Lonesome Guy27, restoring part of his health (214/882).
Lonesome Guy27, stood with his mouth open as Cain and his DreamBabes walked out of the brewery and the healing continued to restore his health. His friend Speedy Felix2015 got up from the floor,
“Where are my,” Speedy Felix2015 said. Lonesome Guy27 hit him over the head, harder this time.
“Somebody built these chairs well, maybe I will get a new friend,”
Lonesome Guy27 said to the NPC waiter, who just nodded in reply. He sat and talked to the other players. “That was the Joseph and the DreamBabes. Wow, one lucky guy,” Lonesome Guy27 said and tried to see through the open door where Cain and the DreamBabes had gone.
As Toni turned onto Harmon Cooper Drive, she said, “The beer was fantastic in there. How many bottles did you finally get Elise?”
“What was it with that man,” Lesley shivered as she asked. “I mean who thrusts out their crotch at a woman. The man was a perv.”
“I think from what Lonesome Guy27 said. Many of the players in the bar had been talking about Joseph and the DreamBabes. Those systems wide messages are making many players envious, I think.” said Cain. Bethany took a hold of Cain’s left arm.
“Did you see our hero’s face? I noticed in the huge bar mirror, I pity any person or persons who try getting a hand on any of us. Joseph here will put them in the ground, time and time again. You could tell we are his and he protects what someone has given him. Look out world don’t mess with Joseph’s DreamBabes, the consequences are deadly.” said Bethany. The other DreamBabes agreed with Bethany’s statement. Cain could not help feeling the way he did, these were now his women, and he always protected to the upmost those he loved.
“Yeah sorry, fifteen, that’s all the bar had as a surplus for out sales, gives us three each though.” Lesley replied, “since we can’t take jugs or kegs with us. I thought three each would be enough.” They walked talking about the weather and how their bodies responded to the game as the temperature steadily got higher.
“What’s that on the left-hand side of the road?” Bethany asked.
“Looks like the neck of a guitar. That must be the old Hard Rock Cafe Casino complex. It was popular in its time, it had loads of pop memorabilia from loads of the big rock bands and pop acts,” replied Cain. Toni brought up the shared map on her HUD,
“We need to turn left once we reach the guitar neck and head down Paradise. Cain do you have the same red icons on your map, could you look for me, please?” Toni said. Cain checked the map and noticed the same icons Toni mentioned.
How many do you count, Enoch?
{Just sixteen, they are NPCs, a group called The Barbarians, according to the game code something triggers them when a party travels on Paradise, not just crossing it at the crossing points.} Enoch told Cain.
[Those icons belong to an NPC group they only appear when a party travels down Paradise. Plenty of experience points (XP), you need to be careful the game code shows they are deadly when they swarm and rush players.] Rahab told Toni.
Cain looked up and noticed Toni was talking to Rahab, so he waited then asked her what she learnt. Toni and Cain shared their knowledge with the group; they made their plan accordingly. The junction was bereft of any natural major cover, which made defending against a group of Barbarians harder to manage. Cain looked at the buildings then up at the guitar neck as an idea formed in his mind.
Cain knew from his time as a dark operative how to blow buildings, cars and most things apart. Using ten HEDP rounds they had purchased yesterday, Cain placed them around the guitar neck foundation. Then rigged them with a grenade as the primer.
“So, Natasha, do you think the Barbarians will charge out after we step onto Paradise, or after I blow the guitar neck across Paradise?” Cain asked.
"To be honest Joseph, I think the Barbarians will attack whenever they bloody well want to. Just blow the damn thing, Joseph, so we can get to the airfield,” Toni replied.
Laughing Cain pulled the pin out of the grenade using a length of Ratole rawhide string. He could hear Lesley and Bethany as they counted down from five as they all waited crouched down behind a gutted building at the base of the guitar neck.
Barbarian Squash
After the sound of rolling thunder ended, the guitar neck and body crashed across the corner of Harmon Cooper Drive and Paradise Avenue, sending up a large plume of dust. As it crashed to the ground, Cain and his women took up their positions behind the metre high improvised barricade. A large group of Barbarians burst out of a German-themed hotel restaurant, as Cain’s was the first foot to hit the surface of Paradise Avenue.
{The barbarians have to cross eighty yards, from the front door of the hotel to the barricade. That should take them on average twenty seconds.} Enoch informed Cain.
Cain had the M249 set up with the bipod extended, giving him better control over his shot placement. Toni was using the M16 with the 40mm grenade launcher, using HEDP rounds, she would switch to the MP5 after three shots with the grenade launcher. Lesley, Sophie and Bethany, initially had their G3s and would swap to their MP5s if the Barbarians got to ten yards' distance from the barricade.
Cain reminded them that hitting the Barbarians knees would slow them down more than body shots would. It is harder to crawl let alone run when you have no knee joints.
Toni’s first HEDP shot hit the porch above the exit door on the hotel, recording no initial damage to the Barbarians already on Paradise Avenue. Their plan simple from the outset was to kill all The Barbarians that set foot on Paradise Avenue. She targeted her first round on the building. Her aim was for the porch making it fall down, blocking the access, sealing the remaining Barbarians in the hotel.
As the round hit the side if the building it exploded. The explosion of the first HEDP round was the signal to fire. Cain began steadily firing the M249, in three-second bursts. While Lesley, Sophie and Bethany opened fire once the porch blocked the access, and the Barbarians were down the hotel steps.
Satisfied that they were getting fatal hits as messages on their HUDs, Cain knew from experience with this many shots being fired the data from all those hits would obscure their HUDs. Cain pulled his trigger for another three-second burst. He could hear his women shouting encouragement to each other as they poured on their shots.
Cain heard the second of Toni’s HEDP rounds explode just as he finished his second burst of fire from the M249
Cain pulled the trigger for the third time, the Barbarians now had holes in their ranks and were halfway to their firing positions. Sophie controlled her breathing and put a shot into the head of one Thrower at the rear of the charging Barbarians. A few axes and several spears landed short of their barricade.
Toni aimed her last grenade at the only large group left of the charging Barbarians, at the rear of the front runners. Once she shot the grenade, she swapped out her M16 for the MP5 hanging from her battle harness. Taking careful aim, Toni took two-second bursts into the bodies of the remaining barbarians in front of her position just as the last grenade exploded.
Lesley swapped out her magazine and aimed at the closest Barbarian, one who was dragging its left leg, blood running out from several holes in its body, shooting it three times, making sure it stopped moving.
Bethany’s hands were shaking slightly, this was the first time she had been in such an intense firefight. She swapped out her empty magazine and noticed one of the short spears the Barbarians used heading straight for Sophie in her blind spot. Without thinking, she dived into Sophie knocking her out of the way. A sudden pain invaded her body and mind, she could not move.
The short spear missed Sophie but hit and pinned Bethany to the ground through her upper thigh. Sophie wanted to say thank you and heal Bethany but didn’t have the time as she picked out the barbarian who threw the spear, shooting at it until it went down, with most of its skull missing.
Lesley aimed and shot the Barbarian dragging itself across the road towards them. One shot straight between its eyes was enough to finish it.
Toni, ended up emptying half her magazine into the Barbarian she had been aiming at, wearing down its health with each shot until she achieved a fatal shot, killing it.
As soon as the M249 jammed, Cain picked up his G3 and began taking headshots at the remaining Barbarians. He targeted the nearest one which looked as though it had avoided all the explosions and shots fired so far. One shot to its head killed it outright.
Toni emptied the last of her magazine into a Barbarian then threw her combat knife at it, hitting it in the eye, dropping it where it stood less than two yards from the guitar neck barricade.
Cain shot the barbarian closest to Sophie, hitting it in its right shoulder spinning it to the ground where Sophie shot it with her MP5.
Cain then shot a Barbarian that was pulling itself forwards using a thrown spear as a stick to steady itself. Cain’s shot entered the top of the barbarian’s head, blowing a huge hole between the shoulder blades.
Toni and Lesley both shot at a Barbarian somehow still on its feet, it had a wound to its scalp as blood was flowing freely down its face. They both kept firing until it stopped moving, the pop-up had appeared but still they fired emptying their magazines.
Cain and Sophie aimed for the last moving Barbarian but did not shoot as it stopped moving, having bled out from several critical wounds.
Cain quickly checked his map and noticed there were no more red icons in either the road or near the hotel. “We managed it, everyone. Check your weapons, swap out for a full load. Well done, we executed our plan to perfection. Anyone need any help?” Cain shouted.
“Over here, can you pull the spear out of Susan’s thigh, before I heal her. She saved my life, I never saw the spear until she pushed me out of the way and it hit Susan in her thigh.” Sophie said. They each crowded around Susan, telling her how well she had done, in saving Sophie.
Cain cut the head from the spear with his combat knife while Sophie held Bethany‘s leg still. Once they removed the spearhead, Cain held Bethany down while Toni pulled the spear shaft out of Bethany’s thigh. It didn’t take Sophie long to heal Bethany fully, using a large healing kit and two of her small heal spells.
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