When choosing, I had to see what I wanted to carry and what I wanted my companions to have with me. Epsilon had his katana and wakizashi for dual wielding. With a powerful Protector like him here with me, I did not need any of the sword creators. I had my master sword and my rapier as well. Dylan, Jake and Tanner could also stay here too. Range was always a good thing to have. Chad and Mason made the arrows and long bows. If they shared their weapons with one another, that was the same as having 2 great archers. I could take them with me. There were 2 more slots left in the party. Brooks had a staff. Perfect for us taking prisoners after dealing some non lethal damage. For the last party member, I decided to simply choose at random. That resulted in Garret with the great axe being chosen. All available slots for the party were now filled up. Looking at Chad and Mason, I told them to make the special weapons. "Make it with a lightning damage bonus." I told them. Both of them were all too willing to get on all fours. Their backs arched as they pushed it out for 3 whole minutes.
Mason and Chad sighed when they finally got it out. I gave Mason's bow to Chad. I also gave Chad's quiver of arrows over to Mason. That way, they both would be able to shoot arrows as archers. They could do their normal piercing damage as well as all the added lightning damage. Both of them were a bit confused as they thought that it would be me using them. I pat them on the head and ruffled their hair. They really liked that. I had set them all as masters of their particular weapons. They were not a total novice with all the others. They were just not as good. Being that they were all level 115, that was not a major problem. There was no NPC that would be able to go toe to toe with them in a fair fight. There would need to be a really strong Player to challenge them in combat. Chad, Mason, Garret and Brooks were extremely happy to be coming with me to the villages. As a Sage, I had leveled up to level 1009. I could obliterate any NPC I came across. That is the reason we had Protectors in the first place. They went out to interface with local NPCs for me. My job was to police Players.
Looping around and walking, we moved towards the first tribe. I looked at the Protectors and told them not to kill any of the Ynnubs if they went hostile to us at first. "Just stop them and keep them off of us. Only if it comes down to that." I said. The nodded as we went along. When we got near, we saw there was a shack filled with hay and a large garden filled with grass, carrots and leafy plants. Getting closer, a few of them that could see us looked at us directly. Half of them ran further into the area of the tribe. Another quarter stayed back. The final quarter, 2 adolescent male Ynnubs, decided to come closer. "Hey. You two are human." one said. "You also don't look pregnant to me." the other said. They were getting closer and swapping glances at each other. It was clear they were planning something. "I'm not a human. I'm a harpy which is very different. I am also a Sage. I want to help you out and make sure predators don't eat you all." I said. One of them smirked and yelled "You could help us by giving birth to my eggs!" Both jumped high in the air and tried to kick us. We all dodged.
