Number 26
Yeah, I can finally fight again. It has been almost a week since I last fought, I was starting to think that I did something wrong and they disliked me.
The old guard pushes something in my hands before asking: "This is the first time you have used a weapon in the arena, right?"
"A weapon? Mr. Guard, is this a weapon?", I ask while looking at the sharp looking slab of iron in my hands.
"It sure is Boy, that is called a sword. It is a very simple weapon but very effective", he states.
"26, inspect the weapon.", Mr. Azil states
I can finally inspect something. Mr. Azil and Nic have told me about the wonders of inspecting, but this will be my first time trying it out for myself.
"Do you remember how to do it?" Nic patiently asks.
I happily nod before replying: "Just look at the weapon and say inspect."
Nic starts smiling and nods, signaling that I got it right.
Let's try it. I hold the sword in front of me before mumbling: " Inspect."
A blue screen pops up and I jump back in surprise.
Standard iron sword: attack 12-15
durability: 7/20
A standard sword made of iron that has seen better days.
Scaling: strength: E (+17) dexterity: (+12)
Level requirement: 1
Wow, this is much cooler than I imagined.
As I am marveling at the sight of the screen Azil coughs and asks: "Do you remember what we told you about it?"
I get pulled out of my thoughts and say: "Yes, now I will be able to use skills right?"
Nic smiles again and replied: "Good job remembering."
"Nic, what was scaling again?", I ask
He smiles before saying:"Good question, every weapon has a scaling. These scalings show how much a weapons damage is improved by your stats. There a multiple ranks. F means 1/10, E means 1/8, D means 1/5, C means 1/3, B means 1/2 and A means 1/1. There is also talk about an S scaling which means 2/1 but no one has ever seen a weapon like that.
"Wow it has a lot of bonus damage even if it is just an E scaling." I state.
Nic laughs: "Well, your stats are pretty abnormal."
You can see the disdain about the way Nic talks with me on the face of Azil. He coldly looks at me and barks: "Check your skills!"
"Yes, Mr. Azil. Skill list.", I stutter.
Bad blood (Class skill - passive)
Every time you deal physical damage to a target they will be infected with a stack of bad blood. The effects triggered depending on the total amount of stacks a target has been infected with.
10 stacks - Infection: The target will be slowed by 25% and agility is reduced by 25%
20 stacks - Weakening: Strength and Dexterity of the target will be reduced by 50%
30 stacks - Crystallization: The blood of the target will crystalize, dealing damage equal to 50 percent of its max health and resets the stacks count, clearing all the other debuffs originating by this skill.
These are the amount of stacks required for a human sized opponent. The amount of stacks required for certain monsters differs depending on its size. The amount of stacks required will be shown when identifying the target. The amount of stacks needed to apply an effect can also be increased depending on certain resistances.
Blade Wave (Class skill - Active) Style - Crescent Moon: Sends out a horizontal blade wave in front of you dealing 125% of the total physical damage and every target hit will get infected with 5 stacks. There is no limit of how many targets can be hit. (Range: max 15 meters)
Cooldown 10 seconds
No Cost Style - Falling Star: sends out a vertical blade wave dealing 150% of the total attack as physical damage. Can only hit one target and the target hit will be infected with 10 stacks. (Range: max 100 meters.)
Cooldown 20 seconds
Cost: 5% current Health Style - Full Moon: Sends out a horizontal blade wave in a full circle around you dealing 100% of the total attack as physical damage + 5% of the total attack per stack of bad blood the target has been infected with. If the target has more than five stacks a knockback effect will occur. All stacks of bad blood that infected a target will be consumed. There is no limit of how many targets can be hit. ( Range: a 5-meter circle around the caster.)
Cooldown: 30 seconds
Cost: 10% current Health
Blood rush (Class skill - Active)
Charge straight ahead (max of 10 meters) dealing 125% of the attack as physical damage. If an enemy is hit by this skill the cooldown will be reduced by 50% and the user will have the option of dashing back to where he cast the skill from. Infects the target with 5 stacks of Bad Blood.
Cooldown 20 seconds
Cost: 5% current Health
Blood Sacrifice (Class skill - Active)
Sacrifice a certain percentage fo your maximum health in order to increase your attack by the same amount. The reduced health can not be regained. Your new max health will become that value (Max. sacrifice 50%)
Duration 30 seconds
Cooldown 1 minute
No cost
(If you sacrifice 10% of your max health, your new max health will become the remaining 90%. This means if you have a 100 max health and you sacrifice 10% your max health will become 90.)
Vampire skills Drain(Racial - Trait)
Sink your fangs into a target stealing 10% of the targets maximum health and mana. Does not work with a target who is more than 5 levels above you.
5 seconds cooldown
Blood magic (Racial - Active)
Active combat skills are locked
Equilibrium (Racial - Passive)
When your health falls below 20% of your maximum health all your mana will be drained and changed into heat with a 1:1 ratio.
Cooldown: 1 day
"I have so many skills. How should I use them?", I ask
Nic's smile dies down as he says: "You don't need to think - just feel, my old skills looked a lot like those, your body will remember what to do. Just go with the flow."
"I will do as you say, now let's fight!", I shout out full of enthusiasm.
Azil snorts and states: "You forgot again, idiot. Always check your status window before combat to see if you have any restrictions blocking you."
I look down and mumble: "Sorry Mister Azil. Status."
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Name:Number 26TitleprisonerRace:VampireClass:Crimson BladeLevel:43Unspend stat points0Health:430/430Mana:430/430Strength:136Dexterity:94Agility:136Armor0Wisdom:52Intelligence:52
Bonuses and Restrictions
Crimson Blade: - Deals double damage when wielding swords
- Can use the crimson blade unique skills
- Can not use any other active combat skills except the crimson blade skills
- Life steal: Every attack with a sword heals for 20% of the damage done
- Cannot trigger a critical strike.
Vampire: - Health regens at triple speed
- Takes half damage from dark and dead magic
- Takes double damage from light and holy magic
- For every enemy killed all stats will be increased by 1% (Number of times this can occur is capped at the total level). Fades away after 10 minutes of not killing.
- Can use the racial skills of the vampire race
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Let's see, no negative conditions restricting me so I am good to go. I look up and give a thumbs up to Mr. Azil but he just looks away.
I start walking towards the big entrance of the arena and with my enhanced senses, I hear the guards talking.
"Who is he talking to?" a young voice asks.
"He claims that he can talk to his old personality and the progenitor, but I think he is just crazy.", replies an old voice.
So they also think I am crazy, I may not know a lot and act like a child whatever that is, but I am not crazy. One day I will show them they both exist. As I get close to the gate one of the gate guards gives me a thumbs up and starts opening the big gate. As I enter the arena, I am almost blinded by a bright shining artificial light focused on me.
After a few seconds, an announcer starts talking: "The next fight will be between Number 26 and a raid squad of orcs. This time Number 26 has been given a sword, so what kind of skill will he show us?"
A gate in front of me opens up and five orcs walk out. Two holding stones, two wielding clubs and one that is a lot bigger than the rest and does not wield any weapon.
Let's do what Azil told me. "Inspect."
Orc fighter lv 45 : a Elite fighter of the Orc race. Health:500/500 (stacks:10-20-30)Orc fighter lv 46: a Elite fighter of the Orc race. Healt:510/510(stacks:10-20-30)Orc rock thrower lv 41: a orc that trows stones in order to compensate for his lower strength. Health:460/460(stacks:10-20-30)Orc rock thrower: Lv 40 : a orc that trows stones in order to compensate for his lower strength. Health450/450(stacks:10-20-30)Orc Goliath:lv 56 : An orc that has surpassed level 50 making his body undergo changes and placing him in a whole different league than the rest of his kin.Health:750/750(stacks:15-30-45)
First, Number 26 will be fighting against the four normal orcs and after that, he will face the Goliath. After he gives this information the crowd bursts out in cheers.
As I read the information given to me by inspecting I notice that the description of the goliath is quite different. I look at Azil and Nic and ask: "What is with that surpassed lv50?"
Azil shakes his head and promises: "If you survive the fight I will tell you, knowledge does not help a dead man, oh and if I stood in your place I would check my attack."
A grin appears on my face and chuckle: "Sure, Mr. Know it all."
He sighs: "How come you only sort of grow up when you need to fight? Really, I am a part of you and that change even gives me the creeps."
Still grinning I say: "I don't know, but when I need to fight I can feel myself synchronizing with you, guess that I should thank you Mr. Progenitor. Sure would be nice if I stayed this way when not in combat instead of returning to that childish self."
He mumbles: "Thank yourself, not the progenitor."
Not having heard him, I ask: "What are you mumbling?"
"I said get your ass out there and kill them quickly!" he barked
I can see Nic shaking his head before nagging: "26 you should not act like Azil, he is a bad influence."
Azil jumps towards Nic and shouts: "This bad influence is keeping him alive!"
Nic replies with a serious tone: "At what cost?"
Azil stops and lets his shoulders and head drop.
I smile and say: "Come on guys, don't tear up my mind just before the fight."
I grab the iron sword and can feel my heart calming down. I have no idea how to use a sword or my skills so don't let me down fighting instinct.
"Attack."
Attack:82-88(12-15 weapon + 29 scaling x2 class passive)
I exclaim: "Wow even with such a shitty weapon my attack is this high."
Azil laughs "What did you think? You are one of the biggest abominations that ever walked around. Your stats are that of a progenitor, the leader of vampires. Just for your information, there only ever existed 7 of them and your class is a corrupted hero class from the humans."
The crowd has finally calmed down and the commentator starts talking again: "Release the four normal orcs."
The chains binding the orcs come lose and both of the rock throwers immediately throw a rock at me. I jump back to dodge them and release a skill.
"Blade Wave - Crescent Moon"
The crimson blade wave hits all four of the orcs dealing 105 damage to each of them. The reason why it deals full damage is because none of us is wearing armor and agility only decided if an attack hits you, not how much damage you resist.
The crowd is shocked by this skill and the commentator shouts out: "What kind of skill was that?! Even with a bad weapon it still dealt so much damage!"
"Blood rush."
My body releases a crimson aura, I take 22 damage and I shoot of impaling the lv 41 rock throwers dealing 105 damage. I do not stop my assault and start slashing towards the orc who already has been infected by 15 stacks and thus has been slowed and has his ability reduced. Numbers start appearing above his head.
"82"
"86"
"88"
After the last attack, he falls down lifeless and my Life Steal also refilled my health completely. The other orcs still looking dumbfounded at what just happened. The other rock thrower is the first to make a move and throws a rock towards me, hitting my leg and dealing 46 damage.
I let out a small cry of pain, their attack is really brutal. How is a normal person supposed to defeat four of them with such a crappy sword? Well, to bad for them that I am no normal person.
I look at the rock thrower and hit him with my Blade Wave - Falling Star, dealing 132 damage and healing me for 26 hp (=Health points). Now the rock thrower has already been infected with 15 stacks.
The two clubmen start running towards me and swing their clubs at me. I lift my sword in the air and draw a circle in the air with it before shouting : "Blade wave - Full moon" and lose 43 hp
I hit all three of the orcs and deal 103 damage to the first Fighter, 108 damage to the second fighter and 147 damage to the rock thrower and knocking them all back and healing myself again in the process. Blood rush has come off cooldown and I use it to dash toward the rock thrower losing 22 hp, but at the last second he dodges me and throws a rock towards me dealing 42 damage.
This is the big disadvantage with skills that cost health, as long as they hit everything is fine but when I miss, I take damage from both the skill and the counterattack from the enemy.
I send a crescent moon towards the rock thrower, dealing 108 damage, killing him and healing 22 hp.
"Health"
health:388/430
I look at the two remaining damaged orcs and smile:"Now it is your turn."
The two of them starts running towards me and I run towards them. The first fighter tries to hit me but I parry his attack and kick him towards a wall dealing 46 damage - I really love my broken stats. The other one raises his club, but before he can even strike I start slashing at him.
"86"
"86"
"84"
Those three attacks heal me for 51 hp.
Let's finish this, I raise my sword to take the life of the gravely wounded orc, but the other fighter throws his club at me, and deals 64 damage to me. I get knocked aside and loose my sword.
I scramble up and jump toward the almost dead orc and sink my fangs into him, draining his remaining 31 hp. I throw the corpse aside and pick my sword up again.
"Inspect"
Orc fighter:256/510 (stacks: none)
"Health"
Health399/430
"Blood rush"
I lose 22 health and charge towards the last orc, he can't dodge in time and gets hit - losing 102 health and I regain 20 health.
I slash 2 times at him dealing a total of 154 damage, killing him and healing 31 hp.
His corpse falls down and the stadium bursts out in cheers. The commentator starts shouting: "What overwhelming strength, who would have know number 26 was this strong?! He utterly decimated those poor orcs and look at his hp, he is barely damaged!"
I guess is should check my health, I whisper:"Health"
Health428/430
As the cheers die down the commentator shouts: "Release the Goliath!"