Sixth Realm
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Erik saw them all digesting the information.
"On the topic of self aid formations, some of the formation masters have created a new type of tattoo that one can have placed on their body. It will passively heal a person and link to a power device you can hold on your belt or vest." Rugrat said.
He pulled down his shirt, showing a formation tattooed on his chest and holding out a small pouch on his belt, he popped it open revealing a Earth grade mana stone and formations surrounding it.
"The tattoo can be removed later."
"Great, looks like I need to get a tattoo now," Erik said as he packed up his medical kit.
"If your body will let you. Need to make some new needles to get through your chest. Also it might be destroyed with you tempering your body. I had to get my tattoos redone. Kind of sweet being able to get different sets of tattoos."
"I was wondering if they looked different."
They got extra sets of clothes Erik checked the rest of his gear it had been repaired and maintained since returning from the Sixth Realm.
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Tropic Thunder
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Defense:
157
Weight:
1. 8 kg
Charge:
1,000/1,000
Durability:
100/100
Slot:
Takes up glove slot
Innate Effect:
Stores blood energy
Socket One:
Blood drinker—Consume blood from opponents to increase attacking power.
Socket Two:
Mana strength—increase the power of mana spells/attacks.
Requirements:
Agility 41
Strength 51
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Commander Helmet MK2
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Defense:
387
Weight:
4.5 kg
Charge:
10,000/10,000
Durability:
100/100
Slot:
Takes up helmet slot
Innate Effect:
Increase defense by 5%
Socket One:
Vision projection—See through helmet’s armor.
Socket Two:
Clean air—Air is cleaned and temperature regulated
Requirements:
Agility 42
Strength 42
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MK7 Semi-automatic Rifle (FAL)
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Damage:
Unknown
Weight:
4. 25 kg
Charge:
10,000/10,000
Durability:
100/100
Innate Effect:
Increase formation power by 12%
Socket One:
Punch Through—Penetration increased by 10%
Socket Two:
Lightning Round—attacks numb and slow enemies by 3%
Range: Long range
Attachment: Under-barrel Grenade Launcher
Requires: 7. 62 rounds, 40mm grenades
Requirements:
Agility 53
Strength 41
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Healer’s hands
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Weight: 0.3 kg
Health: 100/100
Charge: 100/100
Innate Effect:
Increase mana spell’s effect by 5%
Enchantment:
Assisted Recovery—patient’s stamina recovery increases by 5%
Requirements:
Mana 40
Mana Regeneration 50
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He was waiting for a new rifle, there wasn’t currently anything better than his helmet and gloves.
Having both of them I can do more healing and if I am really needed I can put on the Tropic Thunder gloves.
“How long until I can get one of your rifles?”
“They are still going through testing with the Army Units. Once tactics are ironed down then more of the rifles will be available,” Rugrat talked like a senior to his junior.
“You got the rest of the team to work overtime to make your rifle.”
“It’s awesome right?” Rugrat pulled out a large rifle. It had a meter and a half long barrel, four cooling blocks ran down it. It had a bipod forward and a short cut down fore grip behind.
“Gun porn.”
Rugrat’s face twitched as he heard Erik’s ‘cough’.
They got changed into their new gear, some replaced gear that they had broken. The old armor plates were tossed into a bin to be passed to new recruits if they were in good enough condition or melted down and turned into the next gen plates.
“These are the new stealth sheets and formation tapped rounds,” Taran tossed out boxes of ammunition and then sheets.
Magazines were passed around, they had color coded stripes on the tip of the bullet for what type they were. Silenced rounds were the most popular.
“Silencers too.”
Everyone checked the new silencers, they had just one formation on them to remove the sound, they would silence the weapons and the rounds.
Erik checked the magazines, taking explosive round filled magazines, silenced rounds, non-lethal lightning rounds.
He pulled out his rifle sliding on the silencer and snapping it into place over the barrel.
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Stealth Sheet
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Defense:
10
Weight:
2.3 kg
Charge:
1,000/1,000
Durability:
100/100
Innate Effect:
Waterproof
Thermal insulation—will not allow any heat or cold out of the sheet
High grade camouflage—Will replicate the look of the ground underneath.
Formation One:
Stealth—Will replicate the ground underneath the user.
Requirements:
None
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“Those things are sweet, real pain in the ass to track anyone down in,” Gong Jin said.
“Short power life when the formation is active. Should last about three minutes off of internal power.”
“So charge them before heading out and whenever you can,” Rugrat said.
“Yeah, and a really cool feature,” Gong Jin pulled on tabs on the sheet.
“These can attach to your carrier, you jump on the ground, pull the top of the sheet over your head and you disappear. Can crawl with this thing on you, there’s another tab you can hook to your upper legs, and helmet. Easy to pull it off if you need, great for recon ops even if you don’t power up the formation.”
“The newer versions will have a second formation that will allow one to power with a remote power device, like Rugrat’s new tattoos,” Taran said.
***
“Damn this is some comfortable gear,” Erik moved in his new clothes as they headed out of the compound.
“Zhou Heng and his people know how to make a nice pair of pants and shorts!”
“You can barely call those things shorts.”
“Girls have mini skirts. I have short shorts.”
Erik just rolled his eyes as he pulled out a necklace and a mask.
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Shadow Mask
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Weight: 0.3 kg
Health: 100/100
Charge: 1,000/1,000
Innate Effect:
Stealth coating, requires master level spells to see through mask.
Enchantment:
Mana Aura concealment—Hides one’s mana cultivation.
False impression—create a fake face under the mask.
Requirements:
Mana 45
Mana Regeneration 64
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/> Amulet of Conceal
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Weight: 0.5 kg
Health: 100/100
Charge: 1,000/1,000
Innate Effect:
Increases formation effect by 7%
Enchantment:
Body concealment—Hides one’s Body cultivation.
Body of Shadows—Distorts one’s body when perceived through spells
Requirements:
Mana 53
Mana Regeneration 71
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Erik put the mask on and the amulet. Then he pulled out the emblem of the City Lord and affixed it to his cloak.
Rugrat changed as well, while the Special teams pulled on their armored helmets, the aura around them changed, people bowed their heads in greeting and moved to the side as the cloaked party passed.
Rugrat whistled as they neared the totem.
The sound of wings and feet could be heard. They paused before the totem defenses, the special team mounted up as George dove in from above, landing next to Rugrat. He was wearing all new armor, his eyes were clearer and there was a sense of maturity looking at him.
Gilly came to a stop next to Erik, she was wearing her own armor as well.
“You’re growing again aren’t you,” Erik patted her back and jumped up two lumps had started to form above her shoulders and ran down her sides. She leaned forward more now as her forward limbs were growing out and thickening.
She turned her head to look at Erik.
“Let's head to Vuzgal.”
Gong Jin and his team moved around Erik and Rugrat on their mounts before they headed through the gates of the totem’s defenses.
In a flash of light Alva disappeared and real sunlight shined down upon them. The totem was packed with people coming and going, orderly lines moving in each direction.
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Quest Completed: City Leader 2
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You have unlocked the City Leader Quest-line. Grow your territory, your population and protect what you have.
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Requirements:
Have a permeant population of at least 100,000 for 3 months
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Rewards:
+10,000,000 EXP
Attackers stats decrease by 15%.
Able to create (2) village cornerstones.
Can name Successor(s).
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Quest Completed: City Leader 3
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You have unlocked the City Leader Quest-line. Grow your territory, your population and protect what you have.
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Requirements:
Have a permeant population of at least 1,000,000 for 3 months
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Rewards:
+100,000,000 EXP
Upgrades to defensive formation. Able to create (5) village cornerstones.
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“We’ll have to build another totem soon,” Rugrat said as Gong Jin led them towards the exit. People stared at them and their mounts.
The Special team members had all kinds of mounts now, one of the privileges of their position
The beast trainers had excelled with access to all kinds of different environments and training the beasts in the combat dungeons.
Each beast was battle tested and true alpha's of their race.
The mounts in the area of the totem shied away from their powerful auras, bowing their heads. Some of the weaker mounts were shaking.
"Making such a ruckus with their mounts who do they think they are?" One merchant demanded as his leading beast stopped moving forward and was filled with fear.
"Friend, if you want to have your head cut off, please do it with other passengers," A noble looking man sitting beside him said in a low whisper.
"What do you mean?" The trader asked indignantly as the group headed towards the gates out of the totem.
Members of the army and the police saluted and moved to the side, opening the gate and allowing the group past.
"Allowing them into the city without checking their information. They must be from the guilds or the associations," The Trader said with a pale face.
"The Guilds, even the Adventurer's Guild all have to be checked before entering Vuzgal. I heard that the Fourth Realm Blue Lotus leader had to go through a brief inspection," The noble looking man said.
"Then who are they?" The trader asked.
"Did you notice the masks and the emblems on the two men's chests?"
"It looked like the tower at the center of Vuzgal."
"I have seen that symbol once before but it wasn't as grand, Hiao Xen wore it. Those two, I think that they're the City lords."
"The City Lords?" The Trader was shaking as his beast had been earlier.
***
Hiao Xen was in his office, looking over Vuzgal as there was a knock at the door.
"Come in," He turned back from the gardens and Vuzgal. The door opened as Erik and Rugrat walked in.
The two men pulled off their masks as their security detail waited in the lobby.
"Hiao Xen," Erik smiled and shook his hand.
"Erik, Rugrat." He nodded in greeting, smiling as he shook Rugrat's hand and waved to the couches.
"I heard that you were back in contact some time ago. I was wondering how long it would take before you reappeared here."
Rugrat pulled out tea waving Hiao Xen off as he made to pull out his own tea set.
Hiao Xen smiled awkwardly. Some things they copy from the Ten Realms, and other habits from wherever they come from.
"We had some things to take care of, once the competition is over then there is more work to be done," Erik said.
The two looked grim but Hiao Xen didn't press.
There are many secrets that I don't know of.
Rugrat passed out cups.
"Chonglu sends his apologies, he will be here shortly, he was kept back having to handle a few tasks."
Hiao Xen took a sip of tea, feeling his whole body being rejuvenated.
"Good tea!"
"Thank you, never was much of a tea drinker, but I've been getting into it more and more," Rugrat said.
They went through the reports on expansion, the academy, the crafters.
"The crafter dungeon underwent a transformative change nearly doubling in size and adding in many more Expert level workshops, there are ten or so mid expert level workshops. The combat dungeons also increased in size and there are a few mutated types."
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in!" Hiao Xen said before it opened revealing Chonglu.
"Sorry I am late," Chonglu cupped his fist and bowed.
"You are running one of the largest fighting competitions seen in the Fourth Realm, being a little late is fine. We just finished going over everything that was happening in the city," Erik said.
"Which brings us to the next part of the meeting. Talking about the future," Rugrat waved Chonglu over.
"We can't go into it much, but things might change here in the future. Hiao Xen, what do you think of Chonglu's ability to run the city?"
Hiao Xen's eyes widened a bit before he sat back.
"I think that he is ready to take over. It is a lot to do, but he has the staff and people here to support him. He has been grooming another to take over this position in the battle arena."
"He needs some more training. You met him before, retired captain Quinn and his people. I was able to hire them and have trained them up to deal with any issues that might come with the battle arena," Chonglu said.
"Good, and we want to be clear. We want to do this not because we do not appreciate your work. If we could we would hire you away from the Blue Lotus, but we all know that they are your home," Erik said. "For now we'll keep it quiet, after the fighting competition, Quinn will start to take over the operations of the Battle Arena. Chonglu will start to take over city-wide operations and then we will release you from
our contract to do as you want with the Blue Lotus. You have done so much for us that we can't possibly give you enough to express our thanks."
"While I appreciate the gesture, being in this position while hectic, I have been learning everyday. I have met new people and contacts that I would have never met in my previous position in the Blue Lotus. Being the acting City Lord of Vuzgal has been an honor. With such an achievement, I'm sure that I will be able to help you in the higher realms once you come visiting," Hiao Xen smiled. "I'll miss Vuzgal, it was an honor to be trusted with the city. Though I am also excited to return to the Blue Lotus."