Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: The Rescue Party <Level 2 @ The sun is begining to set as you are returning from a long day By : LORD BRI ISH of hunting creatures. You stop about a mile from the city gates to water your horse and rest in the shade when you here the sound of thundering hooves headed your way. " You turn to face the road leading from the city to see a group of five horseman racing with thier weapons drawn. The lead horseman carries young girl on the back of his stallion, tied and gagged. Not to far behind the first group a lone horseman chases after then, longsword drawn, ready for battle. The five horseman race by, not stopping to give you a moments notice, but the pursuer slous and stops where you stand. " "Please, I beg of you,", he pauses to catch his breath, "help me. They have kidnapped my daughter." Your instincts kick in and you mount your horse to follow the lone horseman. Not five minutes later, you and the girl's father come across four of the horseman sitting tall in their saddles, weapons drawn and ready for combat. One of the four horseman shouts out, "Come no further or ue will be forced to kill you." ? The father slous his horse down about 40 feet from the small barricade and raises his weapon. Wiping the sucat from his brow, he looks to you with angered eyes, "They have killed my son, and are planning to hold my daughter for ransom. If you will help me rescue her I will reward you with 200000 gold pieces." ? You nod to him and the two of you press your steeds forward. The four kidnappers charge the two of you, prepared for combat. The father orders you to take two of them while he takes the others. << MONSTER : "21, 2">> The bodies of the horseman lay bleeding on the ground. The father P30 minutes pass, and still no sign of the fifth horseman. The father behind. quickly continues down the road without speaking. You follow closely dismounts his horse and looks around at the forests that line the sides P"I don't know where that bastard could have gone!", he yells, jabbing of the road. his sword into the ground. "He couldn't have gotten that far away!" "We can't stay here very long.", you calmly tell him drawing your capon once again. "It will be completely dark out here soon, and who knows what will be searching for prey at this time of night. He agrees, and the two of you set camp. The father remains silent about the kidnapping, and you plan to ask him him tomorrow morning. << END 1 DAY>> Morning comes and you wake the father with a prod from your ucapon, "It's time to continue.", you tell him, and he crawls out of his sleeping bag and puts his armor back on. As you mount your horses, you try to think of a nice way to ask him what happened in toun. .. ? "If you don't mind me asking, why ... " " The father interrupts you before you can continue, "My family was in great need of money, and I had no where else to turn. So I was forced to borrow money from a loan shark." ? "When they found out I could not pay them back in interest, they attacked my family and took my daughter as collateral." He curses at the sky and presses his horse forward. You know that what he had done was a very foolish move, but taking a young girl from her family was no cool thing to do, and you are determined to help the man find his daughter. ? "The town of Gelenra is not too far ahead, maybe they stopped there to rest for the night. Perhaps if we hurry we can catch them before they leave toun. You nod in agreement and the two of you race your horses down the old road. You are wondering just what might have happened to the young girl when you notice a red cloth laying on the ground. You pick up the red cloth and the father notices it is a piece of his daughter's dress. "Well, we are headed in the right direction." You nod and begin to ride again, when a scream echo's out of the woods to the left. That is when you see the path that would be hard for a traveller to see, unless they had cause to look. @ With a motion the father moves into the forest after you down the over grown path. ? Another scream rings out from the forest. Without notice a small band of Tree Duellers attack from the sides. << MONSTER : "34,6">> " With the bleeding bodies of the dead Tree Dewwlers at yor horses' feet you press onward at a faster pace. ? Another screan echo's out from up ahead. The forest opens up into a small glade where you see the young girl laying on the ground surrounded by Tree Duellers, teeth glistening. . . Her father shouts and you instinctively bound forward for combat. << MONSTER : "34:8">> You finish off the hungery tree creatures and reach down for the girl, "FATHER?", she shouts and leaps from the ground. You turn to see 4 more of the damn creatures jumping out of the trees onto her father. << MONSTER : "34:4">> Seeing that the father remains unscathed, you scan the trees for any more on coming suprises. ? "Daughter, are you safe?" the father cries as he rushes into the arms of his lovely daughter. "Yes father." she cries. "What of your captor?" you ask the young girl. "The creatures killed him.", she points to an empty spot on the ground and gasps. "He's still alive." "Well, let's hurry back to toun ... Riding. .. You return to your horses and set out for home. . . Riding . . . Riding some more .. P At last you reach the town and tyhe father escorts you into his home. He pulls out a small box from underneath the stove and hands it to you. "The necklace has been in the family for a long time, but it is all I can give you. Take it, I insist." ? You thank the father, and wish the child good fortune and return to your normal life ... You Have finished the quest! Brought to you by LORD BRITISH of Nexus PoiNT VBBS ... 9o1. 385.3281 << END OF QUEST>> << STAT : 4:7>> << STAT : 9:3>> << STAT : 16:10>> << HEP: 10>> << ITEM :214>> << FINAL>>
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