Light blinded Kal as he was wrenched away from Dalen’s mind and the strange structure. His soul pulsed in both his usual rage but also strangely approval. Kal could barely comprehend the sensation as it was diluted by the searing lance of pain carving its way from his core.
Words flickered by his eyes for what felt like hours, years, or was it seconds? Each one slammed into his mind and shattered what remained of his consciousness every time.
Multiple Scrying attempts: {
Dhinir: Tier 5 God of Conquest => Pantheon Divine Realm,
Uton: Tier 5 God of the Underworld => Pantheon Divine Realm,
Canmis: Tier 5 Goddess of Storms => Pantheon Divine Realm,
Earae: Goddess of Abundance => Pantheon Divine Realm,
[ERROR]: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,
[ERROR]: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,
He w~o hung~rs: ~~~4~~~~~~~~ => ~~~~~~~~~~~,
Lady of Blood: Tier 5 Abyssal Entity => Personal Abyssal Realm
}
All scrying attempts failed.
Petition for the acquisition of ERROR ~~~~~~~
[ERROR]: ~~~~Tier < Prerequisite Error
Spirit~~ERROR
Time passed while he was bombarded with the words over and over again. Power surged through and burned him as he tumbled through the chaos.
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“Kalum! Wake up! Now!” A small voice cried out and something bounced off his chest.
Kal opened his and the world spun. Green fire arced overhead and grotesque winged creatures flew in chaotic patterns at the edge of his vision. Then something hit his chest again and he looked down to see a broken thing with a feeble shell attacking him.
Tears poured down the broken thing’s face…
“Kalum!? You’re awake!” The thing’s tears vanished as it had the gall to smile at him despite its pathetic body and artificial- Flesh writhed against his mind, flesh but not flesh caressed him. Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…Kill… Kill… Kill..kILL…KiLl…KIlL…LLik…KilL…Kill…KILL. KilL…or die and be free…
Another corpse entered his vision and fired several arrows in quick succession. Some flew true, taking other corpses down but others barely marked their targets. Kal rose to his feet and the tiny corpse fell backward away from him in fear, as it should.
Slayer’s eyes scanned the corpses around him as he drew his sword and flames sprung up from his left hand to surge across his shoulders. He raised his sword as Edge of Malice flashed into being on it
-You are ours-
Slayer’s gaze fell up the small corpse but the thread of will connecting them made him snarl. But a surge of notifications drew his attention away from his first kill.
Title Upgraded: Defier of Dhinir [Unique] => Divine Deviant [Mythic]
Title Acquired: Resonance of Wrath [Epic] [Corrupted]
Title Acquired: Resonance of Freedom [Epic] [Corrupted]
Level up!
The Slayer’s body burned as power flowed into him and his mind quaked. He staggered backward as his sights flickered through the spectrum of mana and killing intent.
Kalum Lesta
Status
Class:
Slayer of Fate [Epic] [Anomalous]
Level:
72 => 73
Race:
Human?
Health:
4380 => 5100
Stamina:
7960 => 8290
Wrath:
12630
Attributes
Strength:
810 => 892
Agility:
520 => 601
Endurance:
796 => 829
Vitality:
438 => 510
Intellect:
593 => 642
Perception:
519 => 570
Will:
1252 => 1299
Wisdom:
527 = 610
Available:
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Titles
Ascendant, Core Bane, Core Smith, Divine Deviant, Planeswalker, Planar Appetite, Slayer of the Strong, Endurance Elite, Strength Elite, Will Paragon, Demon Slayer, Paragon of Man, Planar Binding I, Soul Seer, True Slayer of Demonkind, Thief of Ages, Fate Diviner, Exemplar of Defiance, Disciple of Destruction, Resonance of Wrath, Resonance of Freedom
Skills
Soul Forge [Rare], Wrathful Regeneration [Uncommon], Wrath Incarnate [Uncommon], Abyssal Consumption [Rare], Flames of Wrath[Uncommon] [Soul Forged], Slayer’s Intent [Rare] [Soul Forged], Slayer’s Apathy [Rare] [Soul Forged], Edge of Malice [Common] [Soul Forged], Flesh of Iron [Rare], Eyes of the Slayer [Mythic] [Spiritbound], Planar Linguist [Rare] [Soul Forged] [Partial Integration], Cloak of the Wrathful Spectre [Rare] [Soul Forged]
Race
Soul: Imbalanced
Kal felt as if he had just opened his eyes for the first time as he looked around to see the chaos. Ander looked terrified as he scrambled backwards and a sudden nausea welled up in Kal as he remembered what he was about to do.
His soul cried out for blood, to end the things around him and Kal could feel the urge grow stronger every moment. It was his wrath. Somehow it had climbed far past his old limiter and reached some new limit.
It was his will… He should have suspected that. It had been close. Too close. The only reason he broke free of his soul's influence was because of the will bonus he got from the level up and titles.
It would happen again any moment if he didn’t use it. But he had no way to remove it easily.
[Seeker Flying Horror | Abyssal Spawn 72]
[Seeker Flying Horror | Abyssal Spawn 73]
[Seeker Flying Horror | Abyssal Spawn 67]
Overhead a trio of flying horrors soared down toward Kal and Ander as arrows peppered them from the side. Another six flew from the remains of the abyssal anchor and shadow poured from their wings as they passed by providing cover for their allies.
Nyx turned to look at Kal just as a pillar of green flamed slammed into the ground between them, knocking her completely off her feet.
Kal felt a growl build in his throat but tried to hold it back,”Nyx, I will put them down but I can’t risk killing them. Not yet!” He failed.
Nyx flinched at his voice but nodded in understanding as she rolled to her feet to land beside him. Kal willed Cloak of the Wrathful Spectre to cover the two of them to help drain his wrath and on a whim wave his hand over Nyx’s quiver applying Edge of Malice to all of her arrows before drawing two daggers from his amulet and infusing them with Flames of Wrath.
The strain of his wrath lessened but barely. The two skills did almost nothing until they were actively used. So he used them.
The sudden activation of Cloak of the Wrathful Spectre stunned the coming flying horrors and activating Eyes of the Slayer along side his killing site made picking them out through the concealment simple. Kal felt the power of his latest titles flowing through his body. It was almost as if Wrath Incarnate was already active as his body urged him to use it.
Kal lept into the air, throwing his two wrath infused daggers with a crack. One pierced the shoulder joint of a flying horror spraying dark blood into the air its wing flapping uselessly by its side as it fell from the sky. The second caught one in the neck. It didn’t die but its flight path did as it tumbled end over and exploded into flame as it crashed into the ground.
With his hands now free Kal clasped them around the neck of the last of the three and crimson flames burst from his palm in a wave to completely cover the demon. The shadow mana pouring from its wings sputtered and died as it was burned away by his wrath.
Kal swung himself onto its flailing back as it plummeted and stamped down on its spine. Blood and bone burst from its underbelly as Kal pivoted to leap from things back. Mid-air he drew two more daggers and sent them to pierce the spines of two more flying horrors.
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Mutilation bonuses surged through his log but he ignored it as he landed on the ground spying the source of the felflame attacks.
[Felflame Conjurer| Abyssal Spawn 57]
[Felflame Conjurer| Abyssal Spawn 67]
[Felflame Conjurer| Abyssal Spawn 76]
[Felflame Conjurer| Abyssal Spawn 54]
There were a couple hundred feet away standing in a circle as felflame surged around them. Kal’s perception was high enough that he could just barely make out their harsh abyssal chatter.
“It is him! We must flee! Quick prepare for-”
The demon’s words cut off as Exterminator’s Regards spun through the air and cleaved through its body at the waist. Its torso fell to the ground in a pool of dark burning blood and fire. That wasn’t all, the blade continued through to the side of the circle to hack the legs off three more demons.
Their group skill detonated with a flash of green flames, the entire group fell screaming as Kal saw the backlash of the broken skill hit them with his Eyes of the Slayer. Downing them so brutally was a risk with his wrath so high but both the urging of his soul and the need to stop them from escaping made it hard to resist.
Health:
5100/5100
Stamina:
7932/8290
Wrath:
11030
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Mutilation bonus added to total.
Nyx had not been slacking while Kal wounded the demons before he had reached the ground, a dozen arrows had found their mark. Piercing hearts and eyes each arrow pummeled them to the ground.
With the fear effect of Cloak of the Wrathful Spectre washing over the wounded demons they scrambled to flee from Nyx and Ander instead of striking out, giving the Shadow Archer the perfect chance to lay down some hate and soon the notifications started coming in.
You have assisted Nyx Velanoir in slaying [Seeker Flying Horror | Abyssal Spawn 72] experience awarded.
You have assisted Nyx Velanoir in slaying [Seeker Flying Horror | Abyssal Spawn 73] experience awarded.
You have assisted Nyx Velanoir in slaying [Seeker Flying Horror | Abyssal Spawn 67] experience awarded.
You have assisted Nyx Velanoir in slaying [Seeker Flying Horror | Abyssal Spawn 69] experience awarded.
You have assisted Nyx Velanoir in slaying [Seeker Flying Horror | Abyssal Spawn 54] experience awarded.
Kal let out a sigh of relief despite the fire still burning in his chest at the lack of wrath generation.
Health:
5100/5100
Stamina:
7957/8290
Wrath:
9921
You have slain [Felflame Conjurer| Abyssal Spawn 76] additional experience awarded for killing a higher leveled entity
Health:
5100/5100
Stamina:
7957/8290
Wrath:
10793
Kal grunted at the sudden jolt in anger, “Nyx! Target the scions. I will round up the flyers!”
Normally that would be terrible tactics but Kal needed Nyx to kill the scions before they died from the backlash and lack of limbs. The flying horrors were still beast-like demons but they were definitely smarter than the average garghound. Now that they knew they had lost they had already begun to fly back towards the tower.
However, they still weren’t out of range. Kal reached into his amulet and withdrew the largest sword he could find. The sword was significantly longer than he was tall but was surprisingly light.
You have assisted Nyx Velanoir in slaying [Felflame Conjurer| Abyssal Spawn 57]] experience awarded.
You have assisted Nyx Velanoir in slaying [Felflame Conjurer| Abyssal Spawn 67] experience awarded.
Kal hefted the blade to his side and dumped as much wrath in the blade as he could infusing it with both Edge of Malice and Flames of Wrath. The moment he was done he planted one foot forward and spun hurling the huge sword through the sky. Covered in crimson fire and the blood-light of Edge of Malice it looked like a crimson disk as it spun toward his targets.
Two of the remaining four died as has instantly as the sword bisected them length ways sending the carnage of their burning remaining like rain to the stone and metal ground. The remaining demon hissed and started moving in evasive patterns and was now far enough that Kal doubted he could hit it.
Kal infused another weapon, an axe this time and prepared to throw it at the final demon as his wrath surged from the last two kills. But he didn't need to worry.
*Boom*
Before Kal released the axe Nyx fired an overcharged shot and it sped by his head like a comet, the wind buffeting him as it passed. It struck the demon in the back of the head and just like the prophet nothing remained to keep the demon flying.