7/2/2024
Wu Shi Academy
"The time has come." Raiden said to the large groups of monks and the gathered Earthrealm champions after he had everyone gather in the courtyard. "You have all trained well and reached new heights as warriors who are ready to defend your realm. I have complete faith in each of you and I believe that together we will win this generations Mortal Kombat and ensure centuries of peace for Earthrealm."
Nobody spoke as Raiden talked. Even Johnny was silent as the atmosphere felt heavy for everyone. Dean felt a mixture of excitement and anxiousness within his chest. The day of the tournament had finally come, and Dean knew that he had become a fighter but was scared of what he might face. The races of Outworld are stronger and more mystically inclined than the people of Earthrealm.
"It is okay to be fearful of this upcoming battle. If any of you wish to abstain from this fight, you may do so now and suffer no dishonor." Raiden said and despite his nerves. Dean didn't attempt to leave and neither did any of the other fighters. "I see you all wish to fight. Let's not waste time then." Raiden said with what looked like a smile before he started chanting some magical words while his arms charged with electricity before he extended his hands outwards and created a mystical swirling portal as the group of fighters all stood up and were ready for battle.
Each of them had redressed in the clothes they wore when they first entered the academy while Dean chose to keep his monk style clothing as a badge of honor for his time here. However, attached to his waist was a ceramic sealed flask of Outworld whiskey that Bo' Rai Cho had given him yesterday as a gift of graduating from his teachings.
"This is money." Johnny said with a smile while he held out his phone and was recording the magical portal while Liu Kang and Kung Lao were the first to enter the portal behind Raiden.
"Knock it off." Kenshi said while rolling his eyes and walking past the celebrity who followed behind along with the rest of the group.
Dean actually wasn't sure what he expected from portal travel, but what he didn't expect was not only travelling a great distance in literal foot steps but he also didn't expect to appear on an old boat that was recently released from its docking place while Raiden himself was at the captains wheel and blasted it with lighting and some kind of object glowed in response and the ship started moving without anyone controlling it.
"Whoa. A magical ward stone that was programed with instructions on where to travel." Dean said as he walked up to the wheel out of curiosity and noticed the gold ornament type stone in the center of the wheel.
"A very astute observation Dean." Raiden complimented making Dean laugh nervously a bit.
"You can thank my Third Eye spell for that. It let's me gather information on anything I look at."
"A form of scrying spell? Interesting. Scrying isn't usually done for more mundane objects that you notice and is more typically used to gather information on targets or locations a great distance away. Your power still amazes and confuses me." Raiden admitted while Dean looked away a bit.
"If it helps you should know that I can only get the bare minimum of information right now. I need to level up the skill more for more precise explanations on what I am observing." Dean said back before he glanced back at his fellow fighters. The majority went into the inner workings of the ship while Sonya and Cole remained on the deck and looked out at the sea.
"Lord Raiden. This tournament is important, but everyone seems to have their own reasons for fighting aside from the fate of the world. I trust these guys, but I can't help but worry that someone might use their goals against them." Dean said with knowledge of Sonya's friend and commanding officer known as Jax and how she was clearly worried and impatient in trying to save him while Cole was fighting to save his family.
"Your fears are warranted but have faith in your comrades Dean. They are strong of will and heart." Raiden said in his usual sage like manner before Dean nodded his head and made his way down to the main deck of the ship to stare out at the ocean and saw a few fish and even dolphins jumping in and out of the water while they rode the waves at fast speeds.
1
The dark storm clouds came in fast, but they produced no rain, lightning or thunder. The harsh winds hit the old ship and gave some push back despite the ship persevering through it as the boat came closer to the island owned by the dark sorcerer known as Shang Tsung.
"We're here." Kung said as the entire group was on the deck looking at the island that came closer and closer to them.
"How did we not see this until now? It was bright and sunny a minute ago and now were suddenly on skull island." Johnny said while taking more pictures of everything for his 'cinematic universe' as he called it.
"The island is guarded by dark magical wards and incantations that hide it within a small pocket dimension that is in the boarder between Outworld and Earthrealm. The monks covered that in classes." Kurtis said back while the actor shrugged.
"I apparently slept through it." Johnny remarked before the ship docked near the shore of jagged rocks along with a few other ships.
[Quest Complete!
Name: Join the light or remain alone!
Rewards: 4,000 EXP, 1x Loot Orb, Membership in the White Lotus Society upon your return to the Wu Shi Academy!]
[Main Quest Alert!
Name: Mortal Kombat
Objective 1: Advance as far as you can in the tournament to help ensure victory for Earthrealm!
Objective 2: Help keep your teammates alive while on the island of assassins and literal monsters!
Rewards: 6,000 EXP, 3x Loot Orbs!
This quest has been automatically accepted!]
Dean took notice of the game screen in front of him while the large group made their way off the boat and towards the center of the island where several buildings had been located and soon enough the warriors had gathered in front of a large martial arts arena along with several other fighters while the host of this tournament sat in a large wooden and ornate chair on a large platform flanked by fighters of his own.
"Greetings warriors. You all have come here to face off in mortal kombat for the sake of your realm's survival. Each of you will be tested and if any of you advance far enough in the tournament you will face me." Shang Tsung said in a dark voice full of malice towards the fighters of Earthrealm; especially Liu Kang who the sorcerer was concerned about the most.
Activated his scrying spell to try and get a read on the sorcerer but was shocked with what he saw.
[Enemy Statistics
Name: Shang Tsung, Level: N/A
Nice trick boy. But you will soon regret what you've just done.]
[Third Eye has been rebuffed.]
In that moment Dean saw that Shang had narrowed his eyes and stared right at him and almost through him with a high level of disdain and annoyance.
"All of the fighters have been chosen. Now fight!" Shang said loudly before flexing his hands and suddenly several fighters had been forcibly teleported to different parts of the island.
2
"Damn." Dean said in confusion while he saw that he was inside of what appeared to be a dark forest with what looked like large trees with actual faces on them that proceeded to creep him out greatly. "I have time so let's try and roll for luck before the fight starts." Dean said to himself before reaching into his inventory and activated his loot orb.
1x Small MP Potion
2x Iron Bracers
1x Kronika Time Crystal
"That last item is a UR so that is pretty good, but the item is meant to be built into a weapon or possibly some armor since it's a crafting material." Dean said to himself before he equipped the bracers which fit over his right and left forearms and stopped at his elbows and wrists. They were leather bound with iron plates for protection and hardly weighed anything to him so he wouldn't deny himself the added protection.
"I should also update my stats and perks." Dean said to himself before he suddenly heard movement nearby putting him on high alert. "I guess that will have to wait."
Dean entered an Aikido stance and focused on his surroundings while trying to find where the noise of movement came from before, he suddenly got blasted by a horde of ravenous flying insects making him scream a bit and swat at the insects that did not come from Earthrealm.
Dean quickly focused and activated his Burst Ward spell. A modified skill similar to his normal ward spell that had leveled up to a basic ward instead of a lesser one, but this ward burst with magical energy around him to push back his enemies with sheer force and that was enough to kill the insects, but the damage had already been done.
You've been inflicted with the [x3 Flesh-Fly Poison] Debuff!
"Looks like the Earthrealm dogs have picked up a few tricks." A raspy and sickly voice said to Dean who saw an inhuman being step out from behind a tree.
This being is wearing a bizarre mask with his body being humanoid but skinless and showing blood and bile that covered his flesh. His left hand and forearm have been replaced by a spiked metallic club like weapon and he is only wearing dirty rags to cover his lower body as a loin cloth and surrounding his body are more of those damned flies.
Drahmin, Level: 40
Netherrealm Lesser Oni/501st Horde Lieutenant
"What the hell are you?" Dean asked in pure shock at what he saw and thankfully his powers kept him from losing his breakfast from the monsters' appearance and rancid smell.
"The name is Drahmin mortal, and you will die by my hands." Drahmin said before he rushed Dean with decent speed.
Dean vs Drahmin! FIGHT!
Dean quickly dodged to the left to avoid Drahmin's club attack and countered with a hard punch to Drahmin's chin but found that Drahmin's body was as tough as iron and sadly grossly sticky. The problem is that Dean noticed that the stickiness was adhesive somehow and he couldn't pull his fist away before Drahmin hit him in the gut with a strong elbow knocking all the air out of Dean's body before Drahmin kicked him back forcefully away from him and into a nearby tree.
Dean saw his health bar appear in front of his eyes along with seeing the skin of his knuckles having been torn.
"My body is my weapon mortal. You can't hope to best me in mortal kombat." Drahmin bragged before he extended his right hand; the palm of the hand split in two and out of it came more of those damned flies that were hungry for human flesh.
"Ward." Dean cast as the magical shield appeared around his body as the flies crushed themselves against the shield from the force of how fast they were flying. Each Netherrealm insect crashed onto the ground before Dean stood up on wobbly legs and realized the poison in his body not only ticked away at his health, but it also has a paralyzing effect and he noticed that his muscles started to grow stiff. "I'm not done yet." Dean said defiantly before he deactivated his protective spell and quickly equipped his blade of Tonasha and Snake Fang earring on his right ear before he charged at Drahmin.
Drahmin raised his club in defense while Dean slammed his blade down towards the Oni. The club withstood the blow, but Drahmin was pushed back a little bit before Dean kicked him in the chest, knocking Drahmin back a few steps thanks to his enhanced strength and Drahmin being unaware of the enchantment on the weapon.
"Damn you." Drahmin cursed as the eyes of his mask shined a dark crimson red before Drahmin's body suddenly changed as his muscles grew larger and blood and puss started leaking out of the visible veins on his body. Drahmin let out a scream of anger before counter attacking with his club. Dean countered the blows with his blade and realized that Drahmin's enhanced strength was a problem since each blow made Dean backstep and feel the strong vibrations through his great sword.
"Your too stubborn!" Dean shouted before getting pushed back against a tree while Drahmin had his club clashing against his sword with great force and Dean quickly got out of the situation by raising his dominant leg and kicking Drahmin in the nuts as hard as he could making the Oni stagger back in a painful groan. Dean didn't hesitate and with his sword he swung at the Oni's legs with a wide and powerful swing cutting clear through both limbs, making Drahmin fall to the ground in pain and losing a lot of blood.
Dean didn't want to get any more surprises from the demon and since the monks had prepared them for moments of when to show mercy and when not to. Dean quickly went to Drahmin's right side and swung his sword downwards at his neck and decapitated him.
Dean wins! Fatality!
You have gained 15,000 EXP!
You have leveled up! Level: 20-21! You've earned 5 Attribute Points and 1 Perk Point for a total of 50 Attribute Points and 10 Perk Points!
You have gained 1x Face of Kun-Lo mask!
[Ward] has leveled up! Level: 5-6!
[Great Sword Mastery] has leveled up! Level: 18-19-20!
[Burst Ward] has leveled up! Level: 3-4!
"That was too close." Dean said before he fell onto the ground by the tree as the debuff affecting him was still in effect and sadly he didn't have any penicillin or other meds in his inventory which means that he would have to wait for this debuff to subside on his own, which was going to take an extremely long time according to the timer.
"That guy would have killed me if I didn't have this sword." Dean said as he saw the sword now had several dings and chips from the first real battle it seen with him. "Damn." Dean groaned before forcing himself back up to his feet and walk away from the destroyed corpse.
As he walked, he took the time to try and enhance himself a bit.
[Statistics
Name: Dean Domino, Age: 25, Race: Human
Title: The Gamer, Alignment: Good, Level: 21 [4,000/25,000 EXP]
DT: 15.5, Status: [x3 Flesh-Fly Poison] Debuff!
HP: 12,560/12,560, MP: 19,230/19,230
Strength: 36, Constitution: 40, Vitality: 38
Dexterity: 41, Intelligence: 30, Wisdom: 35
Charisma: 36, Luck: 50(?)
Attribute Points: 50, Perk Points: 10]
[Statistics
Name: Dean Domino, Age: 25, Race: Human
Title: The Gamer, Alignment: Good, Level: 21 [4,000/25,000 EXP]
DT: 15.5, Status: [x3 Flesh-Fly Poison] Debuff
HP: 14,700/14,700, MP: 20,120/20,120
Strength: 56, Constitution: 50, Vitality: 58
Dexterity: 41, Intelligence: 30, Wisdom: 35
Charisma: 36, Luck: 50(?)
Attribute Points: 0, Perk Points: 10]
"Awesome. Now onto the Perks."
Available Perk Points: 10
[Life Giver] has reached MAX rank!
Available Perk Points: 9
[Toughness] has reached MAX rank!
Available Perk Points: 8
[Iron Fist, Rank 1] Perk unlocked!
[Iron Fist] has ranked up to Rank 2!
[Iron Fist] has ranked up to Rank 3!
Available Perk Points: 5
[Assassins Grace, Rank 1] Perk unlocked!
[Assassins Grace] has ranked up to Rank 2!
[Assassins Grace] has reached MAX rank!
Available Perk Points: 2
[Dragonborn, Rank 1] Perk unlocked!
[Dragonborn] has reached MAX rank!
Available Perk Points: 0
"Whoa." Dean said to himself as he took a deep breath and felt new strength within his body. His Iron Fist and Assassins Grace skills augmented his righting power by making him hit harder and faster as well as getting better at evading attacks, but the Dragonborn perk was special, and Dean had unlocked the requirements for it by simply having a magical lineage which was something that he didn't even know himself.
The bonuses it gave were unknown at the moment, but it also opened up new and unique looking perks he can gain in the future. Dean decided to worry about that later and simply focus on the objective of surviving this tournament and started moving through this strange forest.
"I hope the others are okay." Dean said to himself before his senses flared to life out of nowhere and were screaming at him to evade something and turn around, so he quickly jumped to the side and turned around to not only see ice had landed and formed a puddle on the ground where he stood but he also saw a woman standing on a tree branch dressed in black and blue ninja like attire with spiky blue hair on her head and fair skin.
Frost, Level: 62
Lin Kuei Elite Cryomancer
"Your reflexes are impressive, yet you nearly died to a weak Oni." Frost said loudly before she jumped down onto the ground and started walking towards Dean with an icy aura forming over her arms. "Face me in kombat." Frost said before several black and blue clad ninjas had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and surrounded her.
"Frost, our orders are to aid Earthrealm. Not endanger them." The leader of the group said as he was dressed in a light green and dark blue ninja uniform with a ninja themed mask over his head.
Hydro, Level: 80
Lin Kuei Elite Hydromancer/Sifu of the Lin Kuei
"I was simply testing him Sifu. I wish to see what this fighter has to offer." Frost replied in a cold tone of voice. Not a voice of malice mind you but a voice of curiosity.
"If that's the case you can wait until the tournament is over and get permission from Lord Raiden." Hydro said before he turned around towards Dean. "Forgive her rude introduction. Her people skills are lacking but she has an honorable heart of a warrior." Hydro said before clasping his hands together and bowed to Dean who decided to return the gesture with his own bow.
"I can let it slide I guess but who are you people? Raiden didn't inform us of you or of us getting any help from a ninja clan."
"Lord Raiden was under the impression that we would be aiding Shang Tsung, however our previous grand master has been banished out of the clan and his replacement has decided that we shall help defend Earthrealm instead of aiding Outworld." Hydro responded causally and with a jovial attitude.
"No worries I guess but next time she wants to talk she needs to use her words instead of sneak attacking me with ice." Dean responded as Frost simply crossed her arms and rolled her eyes while Hydro laughed.
"If Frost attacked you in such a way that must mean she saw some potential in you. A girls heart often senses such things after all." Hydro said before some of the other Lin Kuei started nervously stepping away when Frost let out a strong icy aura that started spreading out decently far and froze the ground from her anger at her instructor. "Easy Frost. I am simply jesting."
"A jest that was not necessary Sifu." Frost replied while reabsorbing her icy powers after noticing that she had accidentally lost control in her state of anger.
"Frost you're a strong warrior of the Lin Kuei. You must not be so fragile like a snowflake and instead be strong like an ice sculpture that you can forge." Hydro said while he walked closer to Frost and playfully ruffled her hair; much to Frost's embarrassment and annoyance.
"Who are the Lin Kuei if you don't mind me asking? My name is Dean by the way." Dean said to the ninjas who turned towards him.
"We are a centuries old clan dedicated to Earthrealms defense. More can be explained later, but for now it would be best if we gathered the rest of your allies. Someone has been eliminating many warriors including most of our ninjas in quick succession. If Earthrealm is to survive we must fight together." Hydro advised and Dean wasn't sure what to do at the moment but ultimately decided to side with the ninjas and let them lead the way through the forest.
"So, I'm guessing that whoever or whatever is hunting you isn't someone who is friendly." Dean said to Frost as the two walked together.
"The thing attacking us calls itself Scorpion and I will kill it when it appears again." Frost replied with narrowed eyes.
"You…You don't mean that this island has giant scorpions, do you?" Dean asked causing Frost to scoff.
"No, it's what the wraith calls itself Scorpion. He is strong and skilled. I'm not sure if Sifu or grand master Sub-Zero could defeat him in single kombat. But I must be the one to extinguish that wraiths fire." Frost replied and Dean could pick up that this fight was personal to Frost for some reason and he decided that it would be best not to ask any intrusive questions to a newfound ally.
"Frost, remember your teachings. Fighting with spirit can take you far but blind fury will cripple you." Hydro advised before the group came up to a small clearing in the forest. "Wait." Hydro announced when the group entered the clearing before he kneeled down to the ground.
Then suddenly Dean's senses came to life once again and he smelled something…He smelled gun powder. A smell he recognized from the firework canons at the Wu Shi Academy. At that moment he was wondering why his senses had slowly started getting sharper, but he didn't have time to focus on that for too long before he got low to the ground as soon as Hydro shouted for everyone to get down.
After that a storm of bullets assaulted the group. Dean stayed low to the ground while Frost covered herself in a dome of protective ice much like Hydro did with water, but the rest of the ninjas weren't so lucky and were torn apart by high caliber gunfire.
"Damn we got some stubborn ones." A voice said loudly; Dean looked up and saw several thugs walking up to the group wearing clothes that represented the infamous cartel known as the Black Dragon.
Dean was able to scan the cartel members with no issue or resistance and saw that they were normal guys with no special powers or anything but that wasn't the issue. The issue is that they had numbers, guns and had Dean and the two surviving ninjas pinned down.
However, before Dean got up, he saw the domes around Frost and Hydro change and morph into many spikes that rocketed towards the Black Dragon members when their respective domes broke. Some cartel members hit the floor while the majority of them got skewered by large railroad spike sized daggers of ice and water that cut through the normal humans like a hot knife through butter.
Before the rest could fire their guns in retaliation, Frost and Hydro had already launched their attack as Hydro generated water from the ground underneath them and imprisoned each thug with a prison of water while Frost finished them off by blasting them with ice that froze the prisons inside and out leaving the cartel members as nothing but frozen corpses in prisons of egg-shaped ice.
"Remind me never to piss you guys off." Dean said as he stood up and saw how two ninjas destroyed an entire attack force of Black Dragon members with close to no effort.
"I wish that lesson was learned by those assassins before it was too late." Hydro said as he kneeled down to one of the corpses of his fellow Lin Kuei sadly before closing the ninjas' opened eyes.
"Shang Tsung will answer for their deaths." Frost said with an angry look on her face.
"Shang has a lot to answer for. I might not be as strong as you two, but I'll help you avenge your people." Dean said since Shang was after him too for his scrying attempt and he didn't plan on dying to the old sorcerer anytime soon.
"You won't live long enough to do that." A new voice said causing the two ninjas and Dean to look to the south and see new figures walking up to them who clearly were other Black Dragon members.
Hsu Hao, Level: 37
Black Dragon Lieutenant
Jarek, Level: 38
Black Dragon Lieutenant
Tremor, Level: 56
Demi-Earth Elemental
Hsu Hao was muscular and had some cybernetic looking attachments to his body while Jarek was leaner and has a whip attached to his waist while Tremor, himself was clearly buff and his entire body seemed to be made from molten rock that burned the ground as he walked.
"They don't look friendly." Dean commented bluntly before getting into his own fighting stance with his great sword in hand.
"Leave now and you won't be harmed but if you seek kombat it will be your end." Hydro said in a serious tone of voice while Hsu Hao scoffed.
"You think we're going to walk away from a place like this? The Black Dragon never back down from a score." Hsu Hao said before turning towards Tremor and Jarek. "Kill them."
Tremor, stomped his foot and rising out of the ground towards them are several spikes of sharpened rocks that caused the trio to separate and avoid the trap. Hsu Hao rushed Hydro while Frost attacked Tremor leaving Jarek to fight Dean.
Dean vs Jarek!
"You picked the wrong time to try and be a hero boy." Jarek said with a sadistic grin before grabbing his whip and attacked Dean who barely held onto his sword when the whip lashed at his exposed right arm while he rushed Jarek and aimed to slash him but Jarek was fast and dodged out of the way allowing Dean to quickly stash his great sword away into his inventory before extending his hand as he fired his Energy Bolt spell at the Black Dragon member and saw the attack hit him in the chest knocking him down onto the ground allowing Dean to rush in and attack Jarek with a series of punches to his chest and face before Jarek slashed Dean with a hidden knife that looked to be some form of combat knife that was hidden in his pants.
Dean jumped back and looked at both his bleeding arms before balling up his fist while Jarek quickly rose to his feet. The left arm is cut, and the right arm is gashed from the whip. Dean was hesitant to use his great sword on a person unlike in his earlier fight, so Dean decided to play to his strengths and crossed his arms as he withstood several whip lashes from the cartel member and even surprised himself with how he was able to take the blows.
They hurt but not as badly as they should have hurt. Dean silently thanked his teacher Bo' Rai Cho and his gamer powers for enhancing his body to this point before he grabbed the whip with his right hand when he found his perfect moment to retaliate.
"Your fast but predictable. In a fight you always need to keep your enemy guessing." Dean said as he repeated his teachers' words while Jarek struggled to pull his whip back with an annoyed and mildly shocked look on his face when he found that he was struggling to regain full control of his weapon.
Dean however, wrapped the whip around his hand to secure it before he once again closed the distance between himself and Jarek who tried cutting Dean again but this time Dean was able to evade the knife thrust and tightly gripped his wrist before harshly twisting it making Jarek yelp in pain as he was forced to drop the knife when Dean applied focused pressure on the wrist before adding me.
Crack!
Jarek screamed in pain before taking a few steps back and holding his arm as his wrist had just been broken. In his painful moment he didn't realize he just lost both his combat knife and his whip; Dean stored both weapons away in his inventory before he quickly tackled Jarek and maneuvered himself behind the Black Dragon member and put him in a powerful chokehold that Jarek couldn't escape with a single hand. He scratched and clawed with his good arm before Dean stopped his arm with his legs and held his arm back and stretched Jarek's body in a painful arch making him struggle more in futile resistance before he slowly started to black out. Dean held on and waited until Jarek was fully knocked out before he released his hold and dusted himself off.
Dean wins!
Jarek has been [Subdued]! Your EXP has been halved for not killing him!
6,000 EXP!
1x Steel Combat Knife
1x Leather Whip
"I need to help the others." Dean quickly said before he started making his way towards Frost and Tremor. He saw the cryomancer struggling with her enemy who countered her ice powers with his own molten rock that sprung up from the earth.
Tremor had his back turned and didn't see Dean approaching allowing Dean to charge up his Energy Bolt spell again and fire it at Tremor's exposed back, but it hardly phased the geokinetic who slowly turned his head towards Dean.
"Die with the rubble." Tremor said in a deep gravely voice as he flexed his arm and caused a literal tremor below Dean's feet along with having rocks get out of the ground towards him; Dean quickly responded by activating his Ward spell to shield himself since he couldn't find his foot but saw the sharpened rock pierce through his ward and impale his right shoulder making him yelp in pain as he was knocked to the ground before rolling back up to his feet with his arm heavily damaged.
Tremor kept an eye on Dean while also focusing on Frost as he extended both his hands outwards and sent a blast of molten rock towards her that the ninja quickly countered with her own ice blast while Tremor quickly summoned up several large molten rocks out of the ground and had them rain down upon the cryomancer who dodged the rocks while throwing multiple ice daggers towards Tremor, but the daggers melted when they neared him since he kept raising his body temperature to insane levels.
"This is getting nowhere fast." Dean said as he tried to think about what he could do to help before he remembered the attack that Tremor hit him with along with the attack that Frost had been using.
Tremor's body was tough, but he kept Frost at a distance and kept up the heat to prevent her from getting close with her ice since her ice did seem to damage him and pierce through his defenses, meaning that his tough skin wasn't unbreakable.
"Focus." Dean said to himself as he his mana to generate a new spell. His magic was soon given physical form above his hand as he focused on a piecing weapon he could use at a distance and the first thought that came to mind was an arrow. So, Dean managed to create a golden arrow that was sharp enough to cut through stone before he focused and sent the arrow outwards towards Tremor's back and his aim was true as the arrow pieced Tremor's back making him scream in pain and lose blood from the wound while Dean had a smug smile on his face.
You've created the [Piercing Arrow] skill!
"Sorry rock dude but I'm not going to sit back and let you kill my new friends." Dean said back before Tremor raised both his hands and summoned a large burst of lava to erupt out of the ground near Dean causing him to move aside from the lava that melted the ground before he was suddenly struck in the chest by a bowling ball shaped rock that felt as if it cracked several ribs making Dean cough up some blood as he fell to the ground before slowly moving the miniature boulder off his chest.
"Death comes to all." Tremor said as he quickly neared Dean with speeds that didn't typically suit a large man like him and the moment, he stopped running he jumped into the air and his hands changed from fists into large rock hammers that he planned on crushing Dean with but luckily Frost sent Tremor flying away by blasting him with a large torrent of ice power that sent Tremor crashing hard into the ground.
"Thanks for the save." Dean said before forcing himself back up to his feet. Frost didn't reply and instead focused her ice and two javelins that she tossed at Tremor who didn't counter in time and felt both javelins pierce his body through his chest but being the tough bastard he was, he heated up his body again and melted the ice weapons.
"You will all fall." Tremor said before the ground beneath them started to shake violently which showed that Tremor still had more than enough energy to fight. As his entire body began to shift from molten rock to molten lava itself and the heat, he was generating was insane.
Both Frost and Dean felt as if their skin was about to burst into flames and the air felt too hot to breathe but in a moment steam burst around Tremor as Hydro dosed his molten form with a massive surge of high-pressure water. Frost was quick to attack as well as she focused a great deal of her ice power into her hands as she took a martial arts like stance before extending her hands outwards and blasted the molten man with a powerful beam of ice based magical power.
Dean was tempted to make a Dragon Ball reference when he saw that, but he thought better of it and when the two ninjas stopped their attacks, they saw that Tremor had vanished and in his place was a massive hole in the earth.
"I didn't think he was the type to run away. I wanted to fight him some more." Frost said with a disappointed attitude while Dean collapsed to one knee before he reached into his inventory and quickly took out his health potion and downed it as fast as he could and thankfully, he started to feel its effects working on his wounds despite knowing that they wouldn't fully heal him.
"You showed great courage Dean. Allow me to help you." Hydro commented before he walked over to Dean and coated his hands in water before placing them on his chest and Dean found it rather soothing and noticed that his damaged ribs started to slowly feel better…They weren't instantly healed but the pain was fading. "My Arcana is unique, and I can heal people with it. It helps in training and on missions but let me know if you still feel pain."
"You fight good for a monk, but you stayed out of the action too much. When the tournament ends, I want us to fight so I can show you what a real mortal kombat battle is like." Frost said in a tone that was almost respectful to Dean causing him to smirk.
"If I survive long enough, I'll gladly spar with you but unlike you I couldn't withstand lava temperatures in a close-up fight. Seriously that dude's power was insane."
"It certainly wasn't just an Arcana or if it was, he was extremely blessed. I dare say he is on his way to getting even stronger as time goes on." Hydro warned in a serious tone while still focusing on Dean's healing.
"Kinda like me. Damn." Dean replied as he let Hydro work his magic while mildly kicking himself mentally for wasting a health potion when Hydro was already going to heal his injuries. "What happened to the guy you were fighting?"
"He is unconscious at the moment. I killed his allies, but I don't want to create anymore corpses today. Besides I've ensured that he wouldn't pose a threat to us in kombat ever again."
"How exactly?" Dean asked.
"I used high pressure water to cut off his hands before healing them into numbs of flesh." Hydro said back to Dean who now had a newfound fear of Hydro and made double and triple sure to never cross the Lin Kuei.
END
New Spells:
[Ward, Active Level: 6
You can create a magical protective ward around you or around others to protect them from harm.
Number of Wards Available: 2 at a time.
Using more than one ward increases the MP cost!]
[Burst Ward, Active Level: 4
You can summon a ward around yourself that explodes in outward force to knock enemies back and deal some damage.
Deals 120% Concussive Damage!]
[Third Eye, Active Level: 4
This is a low-level scrying spell capable of gathering information on anything the user is looking at.
Skill will fail or be rebuffed by people with higher mental stats than you, stronger magic or unique perks and skills that counter scrying spells.]
[Piercing Arrow, Active Level: 1
You can focus your mana into an arrow that is strong enough to pierce armor and other durable objects.
Deals 200% piercing damage!]
[Automatic Puppeteer, Level: 3
By focusing your mana through your body's muscle fibers and bones in a specific manner you can program your body to move and act in a specific way without your brain impulses telling it to do so.
Duration: 2 minutes]
A/N: Okay I have written down the spells that were in this chapter along with the spell I forgot to mention last time. Also, Dean is getting stronger and what exactly is the Dragonborn perk?
I can tell you it isn't a Skyrim reference that's for sure. So, stay tuned to find out what happens next. Also, please remember to fav, follow and review. Thank you.