Author's Note: Konnichiwa!
Finally on Spring Break! I can catch up on all the sleep I missed!
…what? I have homework to do? FUCK THAT!!
Well, here's chapter 8…no wait…we're on Colossus 8…chapter 10? Ah, I'm confused
By the way, Kuromori's my favorite Colossus :)
Anyhoo, here's the next chapter!
Dormin Speech
Sound Effects
'Thinking'
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"Nng…" the Wanderer groaned as he woke up, feeling sore and reeking of lake water and colossus blood. Still a little dazed since his fight with Hydrus, the Wanderer slowly rose to his feet. He immediately fell back down, gripping his head; he had a major headache.
"Art thou all right?" Dormin's voice echoed through the Shrine, for once sounding sincerely concerned.
"Ung…no…" the Wanderer growled lowly. "I think getting shocked by a giant electric eel damaged my brain a bit, not to mention I stink. There's no way I can clean these clothes now."
"Thou could run around nude if thou would feel better…"
"No, I think I can handle the stench…"
"Very well. Thy next foe is…a tail trapped within a pail deep within the forest…a shadow that crawls on walls…"
"…what?"
"A tail trapped within a–"
"No, no, not the riddle again," the Wanderer shook his head, "What the hell does that mean? Crawls on walls? Is it some sort of bug?"
"Insects art not the only creatures that can climb walls…"
"Yea, I know, but what the hell kind of information is that?"
"It shalt be enough. Now, begone."
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"Wow…pretty…" the Wanderer said, looking around at his surroundings.
His search for the 8th colossus led him into a cave leading into a giant rocky cliff. At first he thought it would be nothing but dark and barren, but he soon found out that it led to a narrow, zigzagging path that wound around a waterfall. Agro walked slowly along the path, but the Wanderer didn't mind; the view was very nice.
Shortly following the waterfall was a wide, hidden lake which stretched out to a sort of structure. He made to dismount, but Agro whinnied, skidding to a halt and jolting him off of him.
"WAAA-" splash.
The Wanderer resurfaced, coughing out water. He glared at Agro.
"You stupid horse!! You always do this!!" he yelled. Agro simply whinnied and walked off towards some tasty-looking ferns.
'You've got to be kidding me…' the Wanderer thought, before turning and swimming to the structure. 'Fine, I'll leave you to your precious ferns, you fucking horse.'
Once inside, the Wanderer followed the path, only to find a dead end.
'What the fuck?' he thought to himself, looking around. He found two pillars, each with small ledges around them. 'Oh…'
After climbing up and around the pillars, the Wanderer jumped down into a pit, ran forward, climbed some stone blocks, and ran ahead.
He found himself in what appeared to be an old arena of sorts. Curious, the Wanderer walked up to the barred window in front of him and looked through it. The base of this arena-like lair spanned down for at least five stories. The walls had seen better days, as they were broken in some places. And resting on the bottom level was a giant black creature.
The colossus took the form of a giant lizard, with ridges along its back, shiny parts around its legs, and a big, fanned-out tail. From the safety of where he was, the Wanderer raised his sword. The beams of light focused on two parts on the colossus' back, but no visible sigils appeared. The Wanderer frowned. Where was he supposed to stab? The colossus' back seemed pretty thick…
Figuring he couldn't do anything on the top level, the Wanderer, noticing some stairs, walked down them. He was now in front of a giant, broken out opening.
"Woa…" he said to himself, looking down at the damage. He could literally see the floors below him. He took a step to far, losing his balance.
"Woa, woa, woa!!!" the Wanderer yelled out and flailed, managing to keep his balance. His commotion, however, caught the colossus' attention. The beast looked up at him, hissing.
"Ha! You can't do anything all the way down there!!" the Wanderer taunted. However, the colossus merely hissed again, walked over to the edge of the pit…
…and started to climb the walls.
"Oh son of a bitch…" the Wanderer moaned. The giant lizard moved fast, and in a matter of moments was next to the Wanderer. It charged up something in its mouth, then shot two shots at the Wanderer.
"FUCK!!" the Wanderer dove out of the way, just barely missing. The shots exploded around him into a thick, yellow cloud. The cloud made it difficult to see for the Wanderer, and when he tried to breathe in, it felt like he was breathing in fire.
Coughing and gasping for air, the Wanderer managed to break free of the cloud of smoke, but only for a moment. The colossus shot another shot at him, but the shot hit the nearby wall. The cloud still exploded next to him. Officially scared for his life, the Wanderer ran to the stairs, hiding out in between levels, out of sight of the colossus.
"Find a way to seal its quick movement…" Dormin's voice echoed in his mind.
"What the fuck!? There's no way in hell I'm going back out there!!" the Wanderer yelled at his disembodied 'companion.' "He's shooting mustard gas at me! MUSTARD GAS!!"
"Thou art not thinking clearly…"
"Oh, I'm sorry, but my mind hasn't been that clear since I got the hell shocked out of me, and now am being shot at with mustard gas isn't helping matters much!!"
"Silence!!" Dormin boomed, making the Wanderer slightly nauseous. "Hath thou forgotten thy past battles? Does thou not remember Quadratus? Thou art not thinking properly. Kuromori may seem difficult, but once thou seals its movements, thou can overcome it…"
The Wanderer calmed down enough to think back to Quadratus. Quadratus, Quadratus…ah! The giant bull! He remembered that fight. The thing rearing up, him shooting an arrow at its glowing hoof, it going down for him to…
Wait…
Glowing. Arrow. It going down…
"THAT'S IT!!" the Wanderer yelled out enthusiastically. He quickly sheathed his sword and pulled out his bow. Since the level he had been on was covered with mustard gas, the Wanderer ran down to the next level. When he approached the hole, he grinned; Kuromori was still looking at the previous level for him.
The Wanderer notched an arrow, pulled back, then let it fly. The arrow buried itself into Kuromori's leg. Kuromori let out a cry of pain, its leg dislodging from the wall and the glowing parts fading, but it still clung to the wall. The Wanderer let loose another arrow, which buried into the other leg. Unable to hold on with just two legs, Kuromori was dislodged and fell to the ground.
BOOM!
The shock of the beast's fall made the Wanderer lose his balance, causing him to fall to the ground below along with Kuromori. "WAAAAAAAAAAAA-OW FUCK!!!" the Wanderer yelled out, landing next to the giant lizard. He then noticed the two bright, shiny sigils on its underbelly.
"Aha!" the Wanderer yelled out, pulling out his sword. He ran up the giant tail to the first sigil, stabbing into it. Kuromori let out a cry of pain, and after a couple more stabs, the first sigil was gone. As the Wanderer ran to the second, Kuromori began to move its legs, much like a lizard, struggling to get up.
"Oh no you don't, I'm killing you right here and now!" the Wanderer yelled, stabbing into the second sigil. Kuromori was starting to get up, when finally the final blow was dealt. Kuromori roared out in pain, then curled back, going limp on its back.
(Author's Note: Yes, you CAN kill both sigils in one go. It's another Speed Run thing. As a matter of fact, I can kill him really fast. My personal record is about 50.2 seconds, when they give you 8 minutes to kill him, though the fastest I've seen is 49 seconds.)
"WH000!!!" the Wanderer yelled out, jumping up and down on Kuromori's dead body, celebrating. "Yea! I win, you lose! Me 8, you colossi ZERO! WH00-UNGH!!" he was cut short as the tendrils buried themselves into his chest.
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Author's Note: Yay, another chapter done!!
Maybe I should do that homework that was assigned…
Ah well! Please review people!