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Han
Lv.2
Strength : E 435 - E 497
Endurance : G 231 - F 327
Dexterity : E 495 - D 539
Agility : D 584 - C 667
Magic : S 983 - SS 1093
Spirit Healing : I
Magic
[Gadol Mayim]
-This magic allows the user to control water
-If needed, can also summon water in exchange with mind
I command thee, ruler of the sea
Awaken from thy deep slumber
Thou art the reincarnation of Disaster
The devils from the depth
The monster born from fear
Thou name are Leviathan.
RISE!
[Arukah Gal]
-Infuse water with healing properties
-Chantless magic
Skill
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"My endurance point went up too much honestly." Han looked at his sheet. He looked at it until his eyes feel like they could pop out. "Well, I guess that what I get from getting gang up, but my magic and agility went up. So that's that."
"Aren't you suppose to be the 'big cannon' and not the 'fast moving rat'?" Pern looked at Han's sheet. He showed his sheet to Han. "Don't get the role mix up."
Pern
Lv.2
Strength : A 843 - S 956
Endurance : D 562 - C 641
Dexterity : S 923 - SS 1005
Agility : B 747 - A 816
Magic : E 424 - D 509
Hunter : I - H
Magic
[Sozdatel Molniy]
-Create lightning from the user's skins
-The intensity depends on the user's magic stats
-Chantless magic
Skill
[Zakalivaniye Kozhi]
-Passive skill that allow the user's skin to harden
-The hardness of the skin is relative to the user's adrenaline level
"Your Hunter ability level up." Han take Pern's sheet and comparing it with his own. "Your strength stats went up by 100 points but your dexterity is still your main point. With that magic, are you sure you don't want to focus on your magic stats?"
"You know how I fight right?"
"By becoming a wrecking ball that the enemy could use? Not a very effective way of fighting to be honest with you." Han said sarcastically with a little snicker. "And with your skill, you could be a lethal morning star."
Pern looked at Han with an annoyed face. He grabbed a chair and throw it at Han which managed to knocked him down. Pern then stand up and walked to the kitchen. He almost went upstairs when he noticed a torn piece of paper stuck on the cupboard. He took it and read it content.
The basement has something else.
What is he talking about? I hope this is a prank. He won't write something like this unless it is very important. "Han! Come here!"
"What?" Han's head peeked from the door. He looked at Pern with curiosity in his eyes. "What is that paper? Did Sutr update his status before he went out?"
"No. It's a warning." Both of their face went serious at the mention of the word 'warning'. "Sutr wrote us a warning so you should know the situation."
"It's not a prank right? What did he wrote?"
""The Basement has something else." That what he wrote and it doesn't look like a prank to me."
"Should we tell the others?" Han walked inside the kitchen and stand in front of the stairs leading to the basement. "And maybe check it for ourselves?"
"Yeah. The others can wait." With that, they both agreed to go to the basement.
*5 minute prior in front of the Babel Tower
"What took you so long?" A bored looking Tez muttered as he watched Zhul walked out from the Babel Tower.
"You have no idea how many questions they asked me and honestly, I wish they would just let me explain it."
Tez and Zhul proceed to walked alongside each other. They were heading to their new house/base.
"So, what news did you hear while you wait for me?" Zhul asked as he scanned his surroundings. They were more people right now coming from the dungeon. Most of them were looking for a bar or tavern that they and their party could enjoy.
"Not much. Freya familia haven't move at all. Loki familia are going exploring. Ganesha apparently want to house a party at his base. I heard it was regarding Monsterphilia."
"They are doing it again huh?" Zhul closed his left eye. He took a deep breath and hold it in for a few second and release it slowly.
"What are you thinking?" Tez glanced at Zhul. His voice was filled curiosity, it was like a kid asking if you have a game in your phone.
"Ouranos must be hiding something. He let Ganesha bring the monster to the surface, probably so that the normal people will feel normal around the monsters."
"Do you think he is planning to retired or something? Letting the monster roam free like the old days, but this time the so called, children could live in harmony with them?"
"Probably along that line except the retired one. He is not like any other gods or goddess. He didn't seek entertainment, he just wanted to help the lower world."
"Well like any good government or leader, they will hide something that the masses aren't ready to handle. Preventing any unnecessary bloodsheds and riots."
"Well you could say that they aren't being transparent, but in reality they are protecting the masses."
"But no one could tell if they are protecting or just doing something shady."
"Then they wouldn't trust each other and the next thing you know Evilus would rise up once again."
"So, what would our action be, 'Captain'?" Tez turned his head. A little laugh could be heard at the end of his question.
"Drop the act." Zhul half opened both of his eyes and glance at Tez. His expression showed how tired he is right at the moment. "We should update our status first. Then about Ouranos, like our god, we should be neutral."
"Neutral huh? Playing it safe or something. Use your clairvoyance to do something good for once."
"It's not really clairvoyance if you can't control it. It's more like De javu generator and I don't know which timeline did I just see. I don't know how to prevent it or how to achieve it."
"At least you could see the future right?"
"That's not what I meant though."
"By the way, should we contact Hermes? It's been 3 months since our last update and a month since he asked us on a quest."
"We have to make sure everyone is at the base." Zhul stopped walking in which Tez also stopped and looked at him. "Someone is aiming for our heads. At the moment we don't have any clues to who is it."
"You want to put Hermes in the list of suspects?"
"Everyone could be the suspect, it's too long to be considered a 'list of suspects'. Let discuss this on the base. Our course of action should be made when everyone is around so that there is no misunderstanding."
*Inside The dungeon a couple of hours before
*CRACK
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
*SLASH
"…"
The red-haired boy, Sutr, watched as the monster in front of him perish into a pile of ash. He picked the magic stone and put it inside the backpack he was carrying. He also carries two swords on his waist. He had just entered the dungeon and immediately get ambushed by monsters. He took care of them easily since they are an upper level monsters, but the amount of magic stones he got was tremendous.
Maybe wiping an entire floor of monsters aren't really the best way to generate money. Yes, he spent his entire time inside the dungeon going off-track from the main path and just went Maze runner inside the dungeon. He went to every corner and room in the upper floor, not missing a single one.
Vers going to kick my ass if she knew I slayed all the monster on the upper floor. Better go down if I want to make more money and not get my ass kick by Vers. Sutr cleaned his sword that he just used to slay a monster with while walking to the stairs. He is now on the 4th floor of the dungeon and if he wants to make a lot of money, he needs to go down.
Damn I am hungry now. Sutr reach inside his backpack and pulled out a pack of bread. Plain…well it's better than starving I guess. Sutr puts the bread inside his mouth when a monster emerged from the wall near him. He threw his sword at the monster's feet and pulled another sword. He quickly swings his sword, decapitating the monster in the process.
Sutr pulled his sword from the ground. Thank god I didn't drop my bread. All that times playing Five Nights at freedy's really pay off huh. Not the way I imagine it. Sutr said to himself as he swallowed the bread and continue on his merry way.
Ugh…. I am not a big fan of plain bread. Should have brought something else or sugar. Sutr eyes suddenly bolted when he heard a monster scream. A Minotaur?! At the upper floor?! Are you fucking kidding me?! He ran as fast as he could to the 5th floor. Irregularities? Really? He jumped his way on the stairs and landed on the 5th floor with a big thud.
When he lifts his head, he saw a minotaur coming at him. He launched himself at the minotaur. The minotaur, seeing it's opponent coming closer at him by the seconds, swings it's arm. Sutr lowered his body until he almost hit the floor and bypass the monster's giant arm. Sutr slashed the monster knees, paralyzing it from ever moving again.
That should stop it from going anywhere. Sutr jumped out of the monster reach, he didn't let his guard bit even if the enemy can't move. Sutr then pulled his other sword and procced with cautions. The minotaur was flailing both of it's arms. It probably didn't want to be turned into a magic stone or it was afraid of something.
Really look like a children bro. Sutr kept his distance. He could stand a hit or two but if he got grabbed then that's a whole different story. Why does it feel like I am fighting a baby? Damn stop using my emotions against me. It looks like this thing is running from something.
Sutr picked up a stone and throw it inside the monster eyes.
"GGGRRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
*STAB
Sutr used the scream of the monster against itself. He thrust both of his sword inside the monster mouth and sliced the monster's head in half. He then pushes his sword inside the monster's throat and he keep pushing until the monster body turned to ash.
"That should do it." Sutr muttered to himself as he picked up the monster's magic stone. He prepared himself to scan the entire floor for another minotaur when he heard a scream. This time a humanly scream.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
A certain white haired and red eyed boy ran past him with his face and body covered by blood.
What was that? Did someone spill some strawberry jam on that boy or something? Sutr watched as the boy ran up to the 4th floor and disappear from his sight. He heard a laughter coming from the direction where the boy was coming from. Who? He saw Vanargand, a level 5 werewolf from Loki familia holding his stomach and laughing loudly. He also saw golden-haired, golden-eyed girl, The Sword Princess. Those two in the upper floor. The Loki Familia have returned huh? That was faster than I thought.
In front of the sword princess was a red stained wall. The blood stained didn't completely cover the wall as there is an outline of someone sitting there when the blood sprayed out.
If the Loki Familia is here then everything will be okay I guess. Time to go on my merry way. With that, Sutr continue his journey deeper inside the dungeon.
*At the base present time
*Knock *Knock *Knock
Tez and Zhul arrived at the house and now was standing in front of it.
"Just open it. I didn't lock it." Pern's voice was heard coming from inside the house. It sounded distant somehow.
*CREAK
Zhul open the door and saw the pile of cooked meat on the table. He also saw a chair laying down on the floor with three other chairs being pulled out from underneath the table. Three? So Sutr didn't go to the Dungeon. That's not something you can see everyday. Zhul walked inside the house and into the kitchen. He didn't see anyone which make him suspect that they were in the basement or upstairs.
"Where are you guys?" Zhul asked out loud as he close his distance with the stairs.
"Down here!" Pern's voice came from below. His voice was heard with the sound of something heavy being moved.
"What are you guys doing?" Zhul asked completely confuse by his friends antic. They were lifting box after box, they looked like they are making a pathway into something. "Is there something in there that you want?"
"No. Its because of this." Pern gave him the torn piece of paper.
Zhul looked at the piece of paper. "Is this a prank or something? Who wrote this anyway?"
"I hope it is a prank. The one who wrote that is Sutr. He gave us a warning."
"Did you ask him directly?" Zhul folds the piece of paper and kept it inside of his pocket. "He doesn't give warning easily. The last time he gave us a warning, an entire floor collapsed. This better be a prank."
"If this is a prank, he won't be gone by now."
"He is inside the dungeon?" Zhul face showed how shocked he was. "Then who is the other person? The one who sits on the other chair."
"Hermes."
"….." Zhul took a deep breath before he releases it all in one go. "News really get to him faster than I would like it to be. So, what did he ask? Did you give him any kind of information?"
"Probably." Pern put down the box he was carrying. He looked at Zhul before he continues. "He learns something, that's I am sure of. But what did he learn is something I don't know."
"….Jeez." Zhul pinched the skin between his eyes. "Tez, go and find Hermes. Invite him here, says that we want to update our status. Pern, go to the Dungeon and look for Sutr. Bring him home as fast as you could. I'll handle his warning."
"What are you planning?" Pern stopped what he was doing and searched for a weapon inside the weapon barrel.
"Gave him a warning. He can learn what he wanted but he have to safe his own butt if something happens."
Tez was gone when Pern asked Zhul what is he planning. He knew how dangerous the situation could get when gods found something to entertain them. The thing is, they could lose their falna if Hermes die. And nobody want to restart from the start.
Pern pulled out 4 daggers. He went upstairs, get his chains and walked out. He was running as fast as he could. His destination was the center of the town, The Babel Tower. His goal was to find Sutr. He needs to move fast if he want to find him. There is no telling how many floor has he conquered in the interval between his descend into the dungeon and now. Please don't make it hard for me.
"Found something." Han's voice didn't sound like he was happy. He looked like he just receives more works after the first had just finished. "And I don't like it."
"What did you find?"
"This." Han showed him a section of the wall. It was clearly meant for a door but the previous owner paint it the same colour as the wall. From far, it looked like a normal wall, but upon closer inspection, there is gap.
"Before we open it, here." Zhul handed Han 2 daggers. Han just breath out a tired sigh. He really wanted to use his magic but it looks like that won't be possible here.
They push the door and the sound of running water quickly greeted their ears. There was no light on the other side of the door, but the light from the basement was enough for them to figure out where it leads them to. The Sewer. The door leads them to the underground sewer that connected the entire town.
"Do we have a lamp or something?" Han asked as he squint his eyes, trying to looked past the darkness.
"There is a couple upstairs. Go and fetch them. I'll watch this place."
Han went upstairs and Zhul thrust a short sword into the abyss. Nothing huh? What did I-!? Something suddenly attacked Zhul's sword. His sword was sent flying. He can't hold it in his hand as the attack made his fingers go numb.
What?! Zhul jumped backward, far away from the door. The door was located at the other end of the wall from where the stairs are, so he can run upstairs if something dangerous come out. He watched the door patiently, then it came. Zhul eyes bolted when he saw what the thing on the other side of the door.
How!? Who brought it here!? It's meatless fingers grabbed the edge of the doorway. It's hard legs went inside the basement. As light showed what it was. It lifts the big sword it was carrying which was made from earth.
It was a spartoi.