Day 251 (Continued):

Candy struck down but the orc was faster than her.

'Not that it would matter,' she scoffed.

But it did. The orc struck back at her with his yellowish green forearm protectors, and her downward vertical strike with her wisping hands was parried.

She immediately used the orc's own arm as platform to jump away from him.

She looked at her hands and then at the smirking orc.

"What did you do...?!" she hissed as she pulled out a wicked looking scimitar from within herself.

This was a little ability that all Fazes had; they could store one or two objects smaller than their head inside their body. Then without pause, she charged -disappearing for a second from everyone's view- and stabbed the orc in the chest, but only barely. The orc had a thick armor, allowing to survive the stab she made.

The orc looked surprised, but a vicious strike from it had her flying away.

She tumbled in the air before righting herself and landing down safely.

Her 'jaw' had been dislocated as well as shattered, but it quickly healed.

"What did you do...?" the orc growled in Common Human.

She was thankful that she carried with her her Shirou-gifted sword. While the oni had been very reluctant to give her this sword, he said that her style of fear-mongering battle style fit well with the sword's ability.

The Blood Theft, as the sword was named, had a very interesting ability: for every single strike she made against an enemy, she would steal a portion of their life essence and use it to heal or rejuvenate herself.

In essence, she was the battle version of a devilkin.

"Nothing much," she replied before she charged.

Again, she disappeared from sight and appeared behind the orc. She struck thrice before leaping back to avoid a horizontal slash aimed at her neck.

The orc looked very unhappy about being stabbed and slashed, but its thick armor and its own thick skin prevented much damage from being made.

Then the orc's right arm glowed. "Chains of Kobal."

Green chains shot out of the ground and wrapped around her wrists and ankles before she could even respond.

In shock, Candy forgot to keep her eyes on the orc. It charged at her and slammed its shoulder right into her solar plexus.

But the chains kept her in place and she was forced to take the full force of the strike, unable to bounce away.

Then, the orc grabbed her by the back of her head and smashed her down into the ground.

Unlucky him, there was a bit of a shade cast there by a nearby ruined wooden building.

She phased out into the shadow before appearing elsewhere.

'What is he? Is he a mage like Shirou?' she thought before disappearing once more when the orc used another "Chains of Kobal." She was prepared this time, and used the shadows to keep herself from being bound.

"This is why I hate fighting the spiritkin," the orc growled. "Don't even have the balls nor the bravery to fight us orcs in the face."

"We aren't stupid, little orc," she replied. "We fight smart."

With that, she disappeared again, only to appear in the orc's face with another stab to the very first place she already had struck before.


I growled.

I was not able to dodge the arrow. Unfortunately, I had a bit too much HP to die to a single shot from an arrow.

My right arm was not so lucky.

The arrow had struck my bicep and pierced through it. On top of that, the arrow had some kind of magic on it that forced my own blood to crystallize and jut out.

I pulled the arrow out, watching the trail of crystallized blood it left behind between itself and my wound. It was mesmerizing that such skills and spells existed.

I stood back up on the battlements and used [Sonar].

...

Candy?!

I jumped towards whoever Candy was fighting. She just took a tackle and her HP had dropped to half from that alone. It was made worse by the fact that she couldn't escape due to whatever those chains were.

I jumped on top of the slippery slopes of the wooden buildings of the lizardmen until I was above Candy's battle.

Yes, Candy was definitely in the danger zone with her HP reaching 33/120.

I jumped down.

'[Crushing Blow], [Double Strike], [Time Accel], [Piercing Blow], [Adrenaline Rush]!' I mentally activated those skills.

The orc didn't see me coming until it was too late. It saw my shadow and glanced over its shoulder to look, only to see me. It tried to jump away, but I got to him first.

It happened faster than even my eyes could handle in [Time Accel]. I struck him twice at the same time in the abdomen and the chest. The orc's armor caved in and it was thrown a hundred meter backwards. Its armor flew off as it spun midair.

To my surprise, the orc flipped in mid-air was fluently as Candy often do as the armor flew off, and landed perfectly on its two feet. Well, now that its thick armors are off, I could tell that the orc is a he.

"Che," he grunted. "So you came, Troll King of Carpathi?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Who are you?" I asked. "And what are the imperials doing here?"

The orc raider raised an eyebrow. "You attack us first and demand such answers?"

"Shut your fucking mouth if you want to play word games with me!" I roared, my temper already breaking through and [Intimidation] activating on its own without me having to tell it to. "Your empire has raided my land without just cause! For that alone, I have the right to slay all those who fly the imperial flag!"

The orc jerked back a bit before snarling. "You think you're a big shot because you got rid of some human usurper, do you?"

"I happen to have kicked your other raiders out of my land too with less than a hundred of my own warriors, so yes, I do think so," I snapped right back.

He glared at me. "Fine then. I am Jarlmani Grothus, the clan head of the Grothus Clan. I am the leader of this raiding army."

I scoffed. Raiding my lands was not enough, so they turned on their own allies? How low can these guys go? "Well, you and your clan are not leaving here alive," I growled.

Before he could reply, I shot forth like a cannonball and slammed into him.

But Jarl was not a clan head for nothing. Especially not a ORC clan head for nothing. Perhaps I should have thought about it beforehand.

He took my charge with his own, and while he was smaller than me by a good half a meter, he carried a weight of his own.

We crashed into each other and bounced off.

Then to my surprise, Jarl jumped off from midair and struck at me with a dagger he had under his clothes.

In my surprise, I grabbed the dagger, and squeaked a bit when it pierced right through my right hand.

With a blink, I realized that I had the advantage now.

"Checkmate," I told him, to his confusion.

I reared my left hand back and -!

'[Double Strike], [Double Strike], [Double Strike]!'

A total of six hits, each worth about 300 physical damage.

A total of 1,800 HP against an armorless enemy.

The mangled and disfigured body of the orc fell backward, dead.

I let out a sigh of relief as I pulled out the blade out of my right hand. Unfortunately for me, my entire right arm was now useless until I got it healed.

But I think it was worth it. Aside from Shirou, I haven't run into anyone that can withstand one or two blows from myself. This orc, though, dead now as he may be, withstand an entire arsenal of my skills point blank, even if that survival only lasted so long.

Even I couldn't last that long. My HP could be rounded to 700.

If I was faced with [Double Strike], [Piercing Strike], and [Crushing Blow], I would be dead.

The orc survived, even if he had armor.

I was impressed.

I slumped down, the exhaustion taking toll on me as well as the huge chunk of HP that I'm missing.

"Chief!"

I looked up.

Candy was standing over me. She was trembling slightly, but that was to be expected when she had barely a quarter of her HP.

I just grinned. "Let's find the rest of the bastards." Then I paused. "But before that..."

I knelt over the dead orc clan leader.

"Sorry about this."

I cut off the orc's head, projected a spear, and staked the orc on top of it.

"Okay, now let's go."


As I went about parading with the dead clan leader's head, the orc raiders began to run away from the lizardman city by the droves.

By the next hour, the city was clean of any orcs.

It just left me with the dying and tired lizardmen along with my own men. So I had most of my men round up any still-fighting lizardmen to be taken prisoner while Candy, a rest of my warriors, and I went to secure the city.

With that, the Ironwood Clan and I had dubiously conquered our first city.


I met up with the town leader. The man was a lizardman noble of the Nest of Pyrcol, who apparently have been leaders for this town of Warrhl-Ye for the past three generations. He also spoke very fluent Common Human tongue.

Lizardmen were ... very similar to reptilian kobolds, I had to admit. They both had scales and didn't stand very tall like trolls. The only difference would be that reptilian kobolds looked more structured and tall while the lizardmen looked more flat and like a snake.

"So you intend to conquer our kingdom?" Sashik Pyrcol asked me.

I nodded.

We met in the middle of the town square for all to see; I had nothing to hide.

"Why?"

"Because your 'king,'" I airquoted here. "Has been helping the very imperials you were just raped by to raid my land and my people."

Truthfully speaking, most of the bullywugs were not my people, but they were on my land. In past month or so, the bullywugs have also been quiet and keeping their head down. But an attack on my land so close to my people demanded attention.

Sashik frowned. "This is the first time I've heard of this," he said.

"It doesn't change the fact that your king brought my people upon yours on his own."

There was a pause before Sashik knelt before me on both of his knees. "Then I pledge myself and my town to your clan under condition that you are just and fair."

I blinked once and then twice. "I accept."

[Conquest of Warryl-Ye: Success!
-1 troops lost
-87 defenders lost
-66 raiders lost

Resounding Victory!]

Ping!

[LvL Up!
+6 END]


Day 252:

To bolster the half-dead town's garrison, I left behind seventy of my best warriors, including Candy, to keep it safe. I led the rest of my men back to Ironwood City to gather more warriors and to discuss my fight with the Grothus Clan head with Shirou.

On the way back to Ironwood City, I invested the points I had racked up.

All into END.

Ping!

[Insectoid Regeneration (Trait)
I can regrow my limbs, literally.
*Effect: Passive HP Regeneration multiplied by 10x.
*Effect: Adds +100 Armor (-20% Physical Damage Reduction, -10% Kinetic Damage Reduction)
*Effect: Once a day, you can regrow one limb completely (if removed completely initially)]

I cut off my own right arm, which freaked everyone out, and then proceeded to regrow it on the spot.

Three of the warriors fainted on the spot.


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Omake:

They were spies for Duke Edessa of North Salmance.

The duke had recently declared war of independence against the Kingdom of Galburia had single handedly won all battles against the said kingdom. After seven battles and the death of six thousand men, Galburia surrendered, and the Duke became an independent ruler.

His first act of rulership?

Spy on the neighbors.

To that degree, he had sent spies to all nations around his duchy. This included the Ironwood Clan.

The duke was wary of the Ironwood Clan. The said clan had, after all, demolished an army fifty times their size on two different occasions.

To that end, he had sent his spies to Ironwood Clan for two things: 1) Steal any new technology or magic they could and 2) Report to the duke on the status of Ironwood Clan.

When Ironwood Clan's chief had led most of the warriors out to the clan's first offensive war, the spies had thought that it was a great time to steal.

They had been ... somewhat right, but they ran into Senna.

Yes, the beautiful and aloof Greater Fairy who controlled the Fairykin faction within the Ironwood Clan was the one they ran into.

They thought her weak. And she was.

If one was to compare her to the likes of Chief Ruto, Sokar, Candy, and Shirou.

To the likes of these spies?

She was equal to an archmage.

They got found right after raiding the Citadel of the Ironwood City, and they struck at her with their daggers.

Senna merely asked the trees to crush the intruders.

The trees, the very trees that she and her fellow fairies had bound to the entire city in its founding, rose up as one. Tendrils of roots and branches struck out like vipers. They tore through the intruders swords and ripped them apart.

By the morning, citizens of the city would only find small smears of blood on the Citadel's castle walls and a few on the seemingly innocent ground.


(Chapter + Omake End)

(Extra information beneath Char Info and Factions)

(Answers to reviews will be in the bottom as well at the wayyy bottom)


Character Status by the end of Day 252:

Naruto
[Imp Ruto] [Troll Ruto] [Chief Ruto] [Troll King] [Baron Ruto]
LvL 124
The Gamer

Race: Zandalari Troll
Class: N/A

HP: 168.5(+600) (+22.5 HP per hour regen)
Mana: 1,710 (+12.0 per minute regen)

STR: 1200(900(SGMII))
DEX: 151
AGI: 261
END: 396
INT: 192
WIS: 204
CHA: 115
Unused Points: 123

Spirit: 36
Magic: 25
Power: 34

Control: 102
Armor: 200(100)

Fame(Prestige): ? +1035
Infamy: +150

Traits Taken + Earned:
Ambitious, Quick, Genius, Cynical, Stressed, Content, Teacher[Neutral] (Unavailable), Power Overwhelming, Strength is Key, Wroth, Strength of the Greatest Mountain (SGMII), Family Commander, Insectoid Regeneration

Racial Traits:
Beast Slaying (max)
Troll Blood (max)
Troll's Unarmed Mastery (max)


Unique Skills: (Pure Combat Skills marked by X)
Berserker (LvL 5)x
Clairvoyance (LvL 2)
Magic Resistance (LvL 2)x
Observe (LvL 51) + Structural Analysis
Projection (LvL 34)
Reinforcement (LvL 10)
Sonar (LvL 32)
Time Decel (LvL 1)
Mountain Killer (LvL 1)
x

Basic Skills:
Adrenaline Rush (LvL 4)
x
Archery (LvL 23)
x
Ambush (LvL 16)
x
Baiting (LvL 30)
x
Blade Mastery (LvL 19)
x
Blunt Weapon Mastery (LvL 16)
x
Charging (LvL 18)
x
Crafting (LvL 17) - Construction (Subskill)(LvL 12)
Crushing Blow (LvL 14)
x
Double Strike (LvL 11)
Fireball (LvL 7)
Fishing (LvL 9)
Gamer's Body (LvL MAX)
Gamer's Mind (LvL MAX)
Greater Leadership (LvL 4)
Intimidation (LvL 15)
Language (LvL 3): Zandalari, Carpathi Impish, Common Human, Orcish
Lesser Knowledge Connection (LvL 1)
Lesser Regeneration Magnifier (LvL 1)
Listening (LvL 18)
Mapping (LvL 10)
Negotiation (LvL 9) - Vassalization(Subskill)(LvL 1)
Persuasion(LvL 2)
Physical Durability (LvL 39)
Piercing Blow (LvL 2)
Running (LvL 37)
Teaching (LvL 9)
Throwing (LvL 25)
Trapping (LvL 27)
Unarmed Mastery (LvL 20)


Background Systems (Hero-tier Update):
Life of a Gamer
Achievement System
Class System


Carpathi Ironwood Clan (Ironwood City):

# (reference) (important figures) (x = evolutionary stage)

69 Trolls (WoW) (Ruto, Iskan)(xx)
65 Onis (Shirou)
(xx)
16 Faze (Candy)
(xx)
1 Phased (Sokar) (xxx)
21 Vashta Nerada
(x)
52 Greater Fairy (Senna)
(xx)
38 Kobold
(D&D) (Dresa)(xx)
19 Mountain Dryad
(xx)
34 Imps
(WoW + D&D)(x)
7 Hell Hounds
(xx)
39 Fairies
(x)
21 Incubu/Succubi (Riddle) (xx)
51 Draenei (Na'Deri'in) (True Race)
51 Humans () (True Race)
22 Taurens (Xumalhoof) (True Race)
27 Beastkins () (True Race)
45 Grey Dwarves(Golt, Golthaum) (True Race)
25 Arakkoa (Kakreem) (True Race)

Warrior Count: 115

Total: 603


Ironwood City:

Fame: 1500
regionalPower
: 2.0


Important Figures!

Ironwood Clan

Ruto - Great Chieftain of the Ironwood Clan
Iskan -
Troll+Imp racial leader, small chief. In charge of training new recruits. Leader of the Ironwood Highland Warriors (warrior order).
Shirou -
Oni racial leader, small chief. In charge of education, production, and strategy.
Candy -
Faze+Vashta Nerada racial leader, small chief. In charge of scouting and intelligence. Ironwood Ranger Captain.
Senna -
Fairykin racial leader, small chief. In charge of food and recruitment.
Dresa -
Kobold racial leader, small chief. In charge of mining.
Riddle - Yodr factional leader, a small chief.
Na'Deri'in - Na'sh factional leader, Draenei racial leader.
Xumalhoof - Tauren racial leader.
Golt - Dhan'Thal tribe chieftain.
Golthaum - Dwarves representative on the small chief council.

Vassal Tribes

Jeghal - Ruyure Tribe (tribalPower: 9)
Qreldo - Werwen Tribe (tribalPower: 11)
? - Nomore Tribe (tribalPower: 3)
Boulosu - Bouldon Tribe (tribalPower: 10)

Allies

Duke Christopher Zepolya of the Tranyl-Carpathi


Faction Standings:

? Orcs -300
Carpathi Ironwood Clan
+1000 (regionPower: 2.0)
Carpathi Swamp Valley Bullywug Petty Kingdom -1000
Retvoa Trade Company +80
Nomore Tribe +700 (Vassal)
Ruyure Tribe +600 (Vassal)
Werwen Tribe +600 (Vassal)
Bouldon Tribe +600 (Vassal)
Duchy of Transyl-Carpathi +600 (Ally)
(nationalPower: 13)
House of Zepolya +1000 (Ally)
Kingdom of Galburi -100 (hostile)
(nationalPower: 30)
Yoal-Cohkam Orcish Empire -250 (hostile) (imperialPower: 9)


Personal Standings:

Andrews Maulta +65
Christopher Zepolya +120
Sholva z'Retvoa +100


Personal Equipment/Inventory:

Peacemaker (Rare)
Ironwood Warrior Armor Set
(it's just black and white standard armor that looks on the surface like Stromwind guard's)
Contract Emblem for the Barony of Upper Carpathi


Review Replies + Author's Notes:

*Sorry about Riddle to those who were expecting succubixRuto. I was going to do it but it became ... unnecessary. Not with Ruto's continual exposure to Ruto anyway.