More ass kicking by us! We have finally escaped the poverty black hole of Cressa, and entered Trovantain, land of the brave (and wealthy we hope). We found a mission with a decent sized reward, and all we had to do was kill some ants. Sounded easy enough, but these fucking ants keep sending more and more out after we kill them. The last batch included some pretty fucked up ants that cast searing rays and fearshit that whacked Vernon in one hit and sent the panzy Blink running for his life (not that it seems too hard to achieve that with the monk anytime of the day). But thanks mostly to Malif's Web spells (which I was clever enough to insist we get, pat, pat) we were able to take out even the last batch without too much drama. Of course Errol and Blink and Vernon probably don't agree with that assessment, given that they all almost got munched by the ants, but that is their job after all. I guess that we need to figure out how many more of these ants are in that hole, because I am definitely not going into the cave of death until I am relatively sure that we have killed most of the ants. I bet the queen ant bitch is quite deadly, given that she can produce these mutant fuckups.

And yet more time goes by when I am ready to train, and yet these other turkeys will not do it! Sigh. I guess it makes sense to take care of the ants first, but I will have someone's ass if I get level drained while having all this experience in my head! I feel that I will be ready for Nicolai's next test, as I have been practicing the sneaky shit over and over. Between being humbled by the Finger (my nickname for The Hand rep who tested me) and utterly failing at outsneaking the sentry at the smuggler's den, it has been made clear that I need work in those areas if I am to impress Nicolai enough to gain entry to his organization. Perhaps I will eventually be known as "The pinky" or "the Thumb" or "The Middle Finger". I know, I will take the name "You are Number One".