Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Chapter 123: Abandoned City

Once out of the workshop, it actually didn't take too long for Adam to find where exactly the Phantom Mansion was.

Adam had decided to first go for the hammer, there wasn't really any reason other than the fact he wanted to see what the ghosts would look like.

As it turned out, the Phantom Mansion was inside an abandoned city west of Buwog. Not every city won like Neve Dorei, and this city was one of those cities taken over.

He didn't know how this city had been taken over, but this wasn't a unique case in Epoch. While the Racial Powers weren't at war with each other, many coveted what they had. And of course there were some internal fights between the kingdoms, or even the cities.

For example, Neve Dorei wasn't attacked just because the undead wanted the city, they wouldn't have dared to attack if it weren't for the clan leaders negotiating with them and betraying the city.

That's why, there were a myriad of possible reasons as to why and how this city fell. Two hours after noon, Adam arrived at the abandoned city while on top of Neith.

He had teleported to the closest city, and once out of the city he summoned Neith to come here. The city was small, and as such he had seen a few players, but it was also night time, so he only saw a part of the amount he should have seen.

When he arrived at the abandoned city, while it was 1.00 pm in the real world, it was only the end of the night in the abandoned city, if Adam guessed right then the sun should set in an hour or two at most.

Although there were more monsters at night, and they were a little more ferocious, Adam was a little excited because of the mood. The ruined city looked quite beautiful in the night, and the moonlight barely illuminated the streets, making them look spooky.

While Adam entered the city with glee, the way here wasn't so pleasant. From the city to here, he had to go through a big Level 50 Area, and although the monsters were of absolutely no threat to either him or Neith, the area looked bland and boring.

So after more than an hour of boring travel, finally entering the city was quite exciting.

The area outside the city was Level 50, but when he entered the city he noticed that the city was actually a Level 60 Area.

It didn't take long for a pair of monsters to appear before him, and after a look he realized that those weren't actually monsters, but members of a Special Tribe, Centaurs.

Special Tribes were intelligent races who did not belong to a Racial Power. Special Tribes could either be intelligent humanoids who couldn't open the Gates, but who had special talents, or powerful monsters.

For example, Centaurs had their horse lower body, which can be used as weapons, and they are one of the fastest races in a straight line. But they can't open the Gates, so they never got a Racial Power of their own.

Another similar case is the Giants. They are one of the most powerful races in Epoch, but although they look very humanoid, they can't open their Gates either. However, their strength is more than enough to make them one of the top races in the entire world.

On the other hand, the most powerful monsters have also formed Special Tribes. Adam had already interacted with one of them, and it was the goblins. The Goblin Kingdom is a Special Tribe. Although the goblins' bodies are among the weakest in the monster world, they are capable of using equipments, allowing them to rival opponents much stronger than themselves.

Of course, there are other races capable of becoming Special Tribes just based on their powerful bodies, with Dragons being the best example. Their raw strength and talent is so great that any pure blood dragon can become a Legend, and one of the strongest legends too. They also have a special talent, their Dragon Language Magic.

Every Special Tribe differentiated in power, with the weakest ones being only stronger than a Kingdom, and some others stronger than Racial Powers.

The Centaurs weren't very strong individually, in term of strength they belonged to the lower rank of Special Tribes, they barely had any Legends in their midst. However, very few are those ready to provoke them.

That's because the best seers in the world are among the Centaurs, and many, many people want to know what their future will be. A such, the centaurs were able to establish many friendships with different powers around the world.

When the two centaurs saw Neith, they immediately went on guard, both drawing out their bows. However, before they could shoot Neith and kill themselves Adam spoke out "Don't shoot, we are friendly!"

The two centaurs looked up, but Neith was so tall that they couldn't see Adam. Neith lowered herself a little, and Adam entered their view. They also glanced at Neith status, and they couldn't help but sweat seeing it. As Special Species, they also followed the monster system, be it with the Grades or the ranks.

As such, they knew that as two Level 65 Lord Rank Monsters, they would have been oneshoted by this Level 43 Chosen Overlord. After looking at Adam, they didn't take long to guess who he was, and they both slightly bowed at him "We meant no harm, Sovereign."

Adam nodded at them and said "I didn't expect to see you here, are you here to hunt?" One of the two centaurs shook his head and said "We came here to retrieve someone, but our team split up when we entered a strange mansion"

Adam's eyes shone as he asked "Were there specters in that mansion?" The centaur looked at Adam surprised and said "Yes, how did you know?"

Adam chuckled and said "That was the Phantom Mansion, it is why I came here in the first place. Can you bring us there?"

The two centaurs looked at each other with hesitation, and after a moment they nodded to each other. The centaur who hadn't spoken until now, the female centaur, said "Of course we can But our teammates are inside the mansion, could you help them?"

Adam shrugged and said "I'm going in anyway, I might as well help them." He jumped from Neith's back to walk side by side with them as they led the way. As cool as it was to be 15 meters above the ground, it wasn't the best way to communicate.

As they walked through the streets, the two presented themselves. The male centaur was Menius, and the female one was Cilliore. They came to this city to save Ajetus, Cilliore's younger brother.

They came here alongside their team, led by Cilliore's lover, Agera. After a few inquiries, Adam actually found out that Agera was a female too. That was quite interesting to Adam as Agera and Cilliore were the first lesbians he had met in the game.

In Epoch, many problems from Earth had no place to be. Gay relationships weren't frowned at, and they weren't really special. Although they were in the minority, they had existed since forever, so it wouldn't shock anybody.

However, some other issues were way more hardcore within Epoch, with the main case being Racism. Adam didn't have any problem because he was a Sovereign, but normal Northmen wouldn't be able to enter most shops. And Adam had also been lucky, as he fell on nice Orcs.

The Elves were also pretty hardcore amongst themselves, especially the Wood Elves and the Dark Elves, who hated each other's guts

But now wasn't the time to think of those things, he had other things to do. While the politics and social issues of Epoch interested him, he was about to enter a ghost house to retrieve a bloody hammer, it really wasn't the appropriate time.