Age of Gods - A VRMMO Story

The night passed quickly and without any incidents. Thomas served his time as a guard as expected. With a caravan this large and well guarded not many monsters or bandits would attack it. The demonized monsters didn't count as 'normal'. They would attack anything that moved and wasn't a demon. With nothing going on during the night, the sun soon rose and everyone began preparing their own breakfast before the caravan left to continue the journey.

Thomas cooked for his companions as usual but made sure there was a heavy helping of healthy stuff for Snowlily and Lexiana. They were still being punished for Lexiana spoiling Snowlily while he was captured. About an hour after the sun had fully risen everyone had everything packed up and the caravan continued on its journey.

While traveling, Thomas remained in his chosen seat and practiced his various abilities to increase their rank while they were on the road. When they got to their destination he wouldn't be able to lounge around and constantly expend and recover his mana. He would simply be too busy working. He was determined to increase his Inventory and Magnetic magic as both of them had nearly limitless potential. He really wanted to gain more experience with Magnetic magic especially. After all, his next weapon would rely heavily on it.

The caravan moved at a steady pace and even with his practice, Thomas found it to be really boring. He didn't have anything to chat about with the girls either. So he practiced and thought about the things he needed to do to get stronger. He started to make a list and wrote it out inside of his blueprint system so he wouldn't forget. He was kind of abusing the system but, whatever.

1. Learn Holy Magic

2. New Weapons

3. New Armor

4. Reach King class in all 4 attributes

5. Increase weapon skills

6. Sell pure mana crystals in disguise

7. Get contracts signed with Selena and Lexiana

He would add more to the list as he thought of things. He really wanted, almost needed, to learn Holy magic so that he could become self-sustaining. Once he learned Holy magic he would be able to not only heal his companions but also himself. He tried not to take too much damage but he really planned to push himself while inside of the Breidset dungeon. If he wanted to gain experience fast then he needed to fight monsters stronger than himself. The stronger they were the more experience he could gain from killing them. With a great reward came great risk.

More than that though, he could use Holy magic without being hunted down as a monster by the general populace. It would still be best to keep it hidden as he didn't want the various churches looking at him too closely. That was just another reason to grow stronger. If he was strong enough he could just crush anyone that came to bother him about his access to Holy or even Unholy magics.

Hours of boring travel passed until the caravan paused for lunch. It was also a chance to feed and water the horses pulling the wagons and carts. Thomas was the default chef for his party so he did the cooking as usual and enjoyed a nice meal with decent company. Lexiana had been behaving herself so he found her slightly less annoying to be around. Selena... well their relationship could be seen as a bit complex. They both knew each other's dark secrets and could easily destroy the life of one another. If it was boiled down to the bare minimum... well... she was just plain hot to him so how could he possibly complain about her being nearby? As long as she didn't cross his bottom line, she could stick around as long as she wanted.

After the break, the caravan continued its journey. They would camp for at least one more night before arriving at their destination. Possibly two depending on travel conditions. It sucked. If Selena and Lexiana could fly he would have just flown to the next city. That was always the downside of traveling as a party. You could only travel as fast as your slowest companion.

The rest of the day, the following night, and the next day passed with no incidents or anything worth mentioning. Thomas simply became a little closer to his companions by chatting with them about random topics.

Thomas sat up in excitement as he saw the gates of Breidset growing closer as the caravan approached them. The walls around the city were massive. He estimated that they towered at least thirty to forty meters into the air. The city looked like a fortress city, perhaps it was. Given the racist nature of the country, it would make sense for them to have a fortress near the dwarven city as a means of 'protection'. However, there should also be a massive amount of wealth within those walls so it could just as likely been purely to protect trade. He doubted it though.

When the caravan arrived at the gates, the guards were on alert and paying close attention. The members of the trading company checked in while Thomas joined the other adventurer's and produced his adventurer identification to get into the city. The process was simple, just by touching the crystal used to detect criminals and coming up clean, he and his party were allowed into the city.

Thomas walked through the gates and noted that the walls were not only tall but rather thick as well. He estimated between fifteen to twenty meters wide. It would take a significant amount of force for anyone to break through and invade the city. He admired the construction of the walls surrounding the city as he passed through them. On the other side, there was a bustling city filled with people, all humans, moving about in a busy manner.

Stores lined the main street and at the end of it he could see a massive building with a huge sign that read 'Breidset Auction House'. He couldn't resist the allure and immediately walked directly to it. As he got closer he could see just how tall the building was. It towered above the other buildings, it was hard to tell for certain since it didn't have many windows but he guessed it was at least ten floors. Maybe more if it had basement floors. There must be so much good stuff in there!

His three companions followed behind him. It was plain to see that Thomas was excited by the auction house so none of them lodged any complaints. Lexiana whispered something to Selena and broke off from the party. Unlike Thomas and Selena, she wasn't loaded with gold so she needed to turn in the trophies from the Demonized Slinkers to make sure she had enough funding for lodging. Frankly, she was lucky to have Thomas providing all the food for their travel. It allowed her to save some coins.

Thomas didn't even register that Lexiana had gone off on her own. The auction house was calling, no screaming his name. The main entrance was wide open an flanked by six guards, three on each side. Clearly they wouldn't allow anyone to do anything against the rules while inside. Thomas took a quick glance at the guards and couldn't help swallowing. The weakest among them was Mid King Class while the stronger ones were all High King Class. He was certain that any of them could whoop his ass with little effort in a straight confrontation.

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The guards only glanced at the three of them before continuing to remain stoic at the entrance. They passed by with no issue and entered the auction house. The main lobby was massive and filled with people milling about in front of display cases. Thomas quickly walked over to the nearest display case. He didn't know what was inside but was curious about how things worked here.

Inside of the clear case, he could see a sword. It was a longsword with a gleaming blue-tinted silver blade, black crossguard, and black leather-wrapped handle. The crossguard swept up toward the blade and gave the sword an aggressive look. The decorations on it were minimal indicating that the sword was really meant to be used and wasn't a simple showpiece. Below the sword was a sign that read:

Silver Ice

Starting Bid: 2,500 Gold

His eyes lit up so that he could quickly appraise the sword and see just how good it might be.