Strategos the Oracle

Loco and his group walked forward into the epic dungeon and Loco started to explain what they would be tackling today. He says to them,"Alright, this dungeon is like I said an epic class dungeon, its monsters are the [Golden Water Elemental Ram] and [Guardian Centaur]. The reason why we are attacking this specific dungeon is because the magical fleece on the Rams goes for 2lbs for 10 gold! I have done some math and in order to be properly prepared for the next month of travel, we will need roughly 200lbs in fleece."

Strategos responded,"Approximation of enemies needed to defeat?"

Loco smiled bitterly, saying,"Every Ram defeated will drop 0.5lbs of golden fleece. So, only about 400 enemies."

Germain exclaimed in surprise,"What do you mean 'only 400'?!"

Loco was about to chuckle when he sensed something approaching them. He told his group,"Get ready, they are coming". That was when Loco noticed the 4 centaurs leading two of the Rams into another area of the cave and the next moment was when the two groups finally saw each other! Germaine immediately took a defensive position at the front, wielding his shield to a giant rectangle the curves at the tips to corral the enemies. Loco backed up to where Strategos was standing, as the centaurs and rams both charged forwards to confront this new enemy.

While Germaine held off the enemies, Loco went to see if he could help Strategos. He said to her,"So, you've been using a bow and shurikens to level up so far but that is not your class, so let's try to figure this out. First off, this game has a peculiar mechanic where information on classes won't appear until you ask questions on your own accord."

Strategos conked her head to the side in slight confusion,"Report, I do not understand!"

Loco thought about it another way and said,"Ok, try this instead, focus on the battle at hand, invoke your class to help you out in this fight! Will it to aid you, it has to give you help or you will die!" and after he said that he grabbed her by the collar and before she could protest he ran over behind germaine and placed her right next to him, in the heat of the battle.

Strategos yelled at him,"Are you insane!?"

Loco yelled at her,"You don't like it?? Then get your shit together and activate your class! It's the only way to survive this encounter!"

Strategos was struggling to understand why Loco put them in such a difficult situation and she was starting to get scared. She was braver than Jacklyn but she was still a girl and her emotions were starting to get the better of her. Suddenly Germaine almost back stepped into them as he took the collision impact head on. Strategos looked up at her brother and suddenly she realized something as she looked at his face, contorted in pain, but also in desire. She could plainly see it on his face, he wanted to win!

Germaine turned his head slightly towards her and said,"Istria! Please! I need your help!"

Strategos suddenly got very emotional, as her brother had never asked for help, he was someone that was so dependable for so many situations where there was not a time in her life where he couldn't protect her. However, now he was calling out to her in a desperate sounding voice, while bearing the weight of every enemy on his own shoulders.

She made a pledge to herself that she would help her brother no matter what. She closed her eyes and focused. The battlefield disappeared from her mind, and she could only see Germaine, Loco, and Queenbee. She also focused a bit and was able to add the enemies into the projection. She then focused everything she had and called out to her class once more, however unlike this time she meant it every word she said.

She called out in her own mind,"My class! Please help me! I need to save my brother, I need to help him, so that he doesn't fall here!" She soon heard a low rumble in her mindscape, so she continued saying,"You can hear me! My brother has always been there for me! Please help me!" The rumble came back but a softer rumble this time.

Strategos was feeling emotional as it seemed like once more her class was rejecting her. She screamed out in desperation,"I need help! He is always there for me, from my first memory! I have been weak all my life, and I had to depend on my brother to protect me from the evil of this world!" Her mindscape once more rumbled, in a much louder tone.

That was when she realized something and she started to see why her class wouldn't react to her. She slowly said,"I am weak. I am not worthy to wield the power I have been given." The rumbling got a little louder and it seemed like something was emerging with every booming quake. She continued and yelled at the void or her mind, saying,"I have always been weak! But no more! My class! MY POWER! GIVE ME THE POWER TO NEVER AGAIN BE CALLED WEAK!!!"

The rumbling stopped and it seemed like time itself stopped for a moment and then in the next instant she was out of her mind and back to the real world. However her sight was different than before. She could see strings connecting from herself to her teammates, the strings told her information that she knew she should not know, such as the fact that Loco has enough power to kill three of those centaurs without breaking a sweat.

The next thing she noticed was that she had a virtual map in front of her, one that she could control with her mind that showed her allies in white and her enemies in red. The virtual map included everything within a 100ft range and was very detailed in her eyes. However it seemed like that wasn't the only thing that changed with her eyes as she finally set her eyes on the enemies in front of her.

She could clearly see their health bars! This was a huge breakthrough! No one in this game had any health bar or mana bar, it was all about "feel". You had to know your own condition and also guess your enemy, but not her! That was when she noticed the last and most important feature that she had gained as she once more focused on the enemies. Everytime they moved she could see their future paths, such as what attacks they would attack with, how they would slice, stab or get to a better position, she could see everything they were going to do!

Having finally gained a proper grip on her class she smiled and focused once more on her brother and Loco. She shouted at Germaine,"Germaine! Heavy knight shield in 7 seconds! Loco launch your attack at the 4 centaurs at the same time, heartshot only! Jacklyn, in 10 seconds heal Germaine!"

The pair all silently accepted her commands and followed them to the tee. After seven seconds germain changed his long corralling shield into his original, skinnier heavy knight shield. The rams immediately started to run forward, however the centaurs still stood there trying to fight Germaine's shield. In the next second two things happened, one of the centaurs rushed forwards on Germaine's right, and stabbed him in the side, and then Loco came and used his blood bullet to take the heart shots that would kill all four centaurs.

Strategos then yelled,"While Jackyln heals, Loco go kill the rams! Headshot only!"

Loco quickly followed her orders and sniped the head of the now defenseless rams, instantly killing them. Germain was then healed in the next second, flawlessly ending the battle in less than 30 seconds.

Loco walked up to Strategos and patted her head, saying,"Great job! Did you figure out what your class does?"

Strategos nodded her head and suddenly her eyes widened as she stared at something that Loco could not see, and she silently whispered,"Leader is 3 for 3."

Germaine exclaimed in surprise,"What does your message say Istria?"

She responded to him,"The Oracle Saint has noticed you. You have gained knowledge on the secrets of your class."

Loco smiled and slightly chuckled,"Well I guess that just means we still have a long way to go to make everyone stronger!"

Germaine yelled out while pumping his fist and then suddenly he asked,"Ah! That's right, I completely forgot to ask, what is our guild name gonna be?"

Loco responded to his question with a slight smirk, saying,"There are three substances in this game that have no theoretical limit on their value. One of these is the name of our future guild. From now on let's get along for the benefit of our guild, True Silver!"