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“Ok sis, I want these two.” (Kneeko)
“[Checkpoint] and [Time Stop] I see, really good choices.” (Lucy)
“I think so as well little sis.” (Kneeko)
“Done!” (Lucy)
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You have learned a new Active Skill [Checkpoint]. (Cost. 5000 Mana) (Mastery: -)
Allows you to set a checkpoint. If you die you will be resurrected at the selected area.
#1 Week Cool-down.
#Lose 5 levels and 75 random skill points per death.
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You have learned a new Active Skill [Time Stop]. (Cost. 1000 Mana per second) (Mastery: -)
Just like the name says, allows you to stop time.
#Every second stopped costs 1000 mana.
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Guhuhuhu* Very good. It only costs 5 levels to resurrect? Woaaa cheap. Guhahaha* Then I looked at the time stop skill. That was a very good skill. It costs 1000 mana per second and I had 37k mana, so this meant I could stop time for 37 seconds.
For such an OP skill, 37 seconds was a long ass time. I immediately went a bit further away and set up a checkpoint. Better safe than sorry and it doesn't really cost much. Once that was done, I went back to my perch and observed the guards and their patterns.
I anxiously waited for the sun to go down and for the convoy to stop for the night. I kept my distance in case one of them had some sensory ability and remained in the shadows. Finally as the sun slowly turned to a beautiful shade of red, the group stopped for the night.
It is then that I finally saw her, as they transferred her to her tent. She was wearing a red frilly dress and her hair was a mess. What struck me first was her swollen eyes and cheeks. She had visibly been crying a lot. Now I was pissed.
I reconsidered my plan, should I kill them all? I felt like doing just that but these soldiers were near level 300 and there were 50 of them... Bad idea. I first needed to prioritize An'dalia's safety and couldn't risk an all out battle.
I patiently waited for night to fall before making my move. I transformed into my salamander form and used [Time Stop]. With everything around me completely immobilized in a surreal way, I made my way up to her tent. I then stealthily slid under the doorway. After such a long time, I finally saw her up close.
She seemed collapsed from exhaustion. My poor darling, seeing you like that is ripping my heart apart. I immediately felt very bad about my plan. Was sending her along with them, luring Damyon into her bed then stabbing him truly something I could ask her?
I was torn, but I needed my revenge! On the other hand, was my revenge really more important than her? I couldn't say yet. Actually I could simply transfer to a private server and bring all my loved ones with me, then with admin commands simply delete Damyon and the rest.
Why was I doing all this?! To entertain myself of course but seeing An'dalia like that wasn't enjoyable at all. Thinking about this I made a resolution, I would ask her what she wanted to do and if she refuses to do it, then I would simply bring her back home with me and get Damyon myself, later.
I made sure the guards weren't paying attention and transformed into my human appearance. It was the black haired one of course since I didn't want her to recognize me. If she did, she was most likely to yell or refuse any help at all.
This girl hated my guts and was a stubborn one after all. I slowly crept next to her and placed my hand over her mouth which immediately woke her up. She looked at me with her giant round eyes filled with panic but immediately calmed as her eyes met mine.
Then, strangely she began to cry. What the hell? Did I do something? I then decided to lift my eye-patch to make sure.
“Kneeko?! It's Kneeko! He's alive, he came to save me?“ (An'dalia)
Uhh? What the hell? Since when was she ever happy to see me? No wait, how did she recognize me? She must be confused since this is a similar situation to the one she had been in before, in the castle. Me creeping in as she slept and all.. Cough* Cough* Time to show my acting skills.
“Shhh please don't yell or the guards will hear us. Don't be scared I'm here to help you.” (Kneeko)
She remained silent and weakly nodded so I slowly removed my hand. She was silently staring at me, then she extended her bound arms and gently touched my hair. Then she touched my forehead and seemed to look for my forehead stone.
“Kneeko? Where it that red stone you used to have?” (An'dalia) What the hell, how come she's so certain that it's me?
“Kneeko? I think you might be confusing me with someone else...” (Kneeko)
“Why is he lying to me? Is there a reason for him to hide his identity?“ (An'dalia)
“Ho sorry, I thought you were someone else. You said you were here to save me?” (An'dalia)
What the-... Are my acting skills so bad? How can she be so sure it is me? And now she's even going to pretend like it's not me because she thinks I have a good reason for it? My only reason was to prevent her from panicking so in these circumstances, there's no use to pretend...
“Sighh* I've never been able to fool you... What gave me away?” (Kneeko)
“Uhh? What do you mean? You think changing your hair colour and removing that stone on your forehead would make you a different person?” (An'dalia)
“Well yea... Duhh. Everybody else got fooled so far. How could you be so sure it was me?” (Kneeko) After hearing this she looked away and seemed to hesitate for a while. Then the turned back to face me with a serious expression and answered.
“It's... the way you look at me. It is so familiar I couldn't not know. It seemed very obvious to me.” (An'dalia)
“What does that mean? Do I look at you in a creepy way?” (Kneeko)
“No... it's... different. No one else looks at me the way you do. C- can you take me away from here? Anywhere other than here.. please.“ (An'dalia)
“Of course but...” (Kneeko) Tch, I can't ask her to go to Damyon's place and do the dirty work now dammit. She was holding my left arm, not wanting to let go. She looked like an abandoned animal needing help.
“Urg dammit, if I bring you back to your father, Damyon will come back for you...” (Kneeko)
“I-I know. Sniff* Sniff* I don't know what to do. Sob* sob*” (An'dalia) At this point she was snuggling in my arms, rendering me unable to think properly.
“Want to stay with me?” (Kneeko) I asked with as much seriousness as possible. She instantly looked up with a ray of hope in her eyes. Sighh looks like I won't need an answer...
“I thought you hated me. What changed your opinion of me?” (Kneeko)
“I- I don't really know myself... When I thought you were dead, only then did I realize you weren't my enemy.” (An'dalia)
“If I knew why I wouldn't be so confused right now.“ (An'dalia)
“Anyway, I'll get you out of here and we'll talk more later. The necklace you are wearing, when you pour mana into it you will be automatically teleported to me. But be careful you can only use it once a week.” (Kneeko)
“Really?” (An'dalia)
“This thing could do that ? If I had known...“ (An'dalia)
“I will go as far away from here as possible first, in around 5 hours you can just teleport to me. Is that ok?” (Kneeko)
I could see happiness in her eyes but also uncertainty. Actually what she felt was more like release than happiness. She knew her nightmare was finally over and she didn't need to be afraid anymore. Her family might have betrayed her, a powerful dragon was also after her, but she wasn't alone in this world anymore.
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Right now in her life, I was the only ray of light. Or maybe more like the darkness where she could hide and lay low in hope of revenge. Yes, we were meant for each other. Quickly I reverted back to my salamander appearance and ran away as fast as possible.
Once far enough from the guards, I flew in a straight line at a speed not many people in this world could reach. In almost 5 hours I had reached a familiar place where I knew we could talk in peace. It was my birthplace, the small pond I had hatched in.
Next I lit a fire, built a hut out of vines and began to cook a delicious meal. As I was waiting for her I began to think of a new plan to kill Damyon myself. Taking An'dalia from him should be enough for now. What mattered the most was that he was certainly going to be pissed about it.
As the meat was almost ready, my surroundings began to glow with a blue light. Then, there she was, right in front of me and still confused by the sudden change of environment.
“Welcome honey. Is everything okay? I made you something to eat, here.” (Kneeko) I handed a piece of delicious meat to her and a mug of water.
“Uhh? Ehh thank you Kneeko. Why is this place so familiar?” (An'dalia)
“You don't recognize it ? It's where I was born, where we first met.” (Kneeko) She then stood up and walked around a bit. She looked at the pond and seemed lost in thought.
“Yes, I recognize it now. You were right there... so small, so cute.” (An'dalia)
“Guhuhu you are going to make me blush. Come and eat, you look skinny and tired. I built a hut for the rest of the night, feel free to ask anything you want.” (Kneeko)
“T-thank you Kneeko. For saving me and, everything.” (An'dalia)
She nibbled on her piece of meat and went to sleep as I kept watch. I was incredibly tired as well but I stood strong, determined to keep her safe. From the way she acted I could tell I was more like a friend than a lover to her, I would need to change that gradually...
A while later I jolted up after realizing I had fallen asleep while leaning on a tree. I looked around and realized An'dalia was sleeping next to me using my lap as a pillow. She must have crept in as I was sleeping. I was happy, she didn't seem to hate me anymore. I smelled the surroundings and confirmed we were alone so I grew a vine dome over us and drifted to sleep while gently patting her head.
That night I had a very strange dream, I dreamt that An'dalia was fighting with Asta and Irya... I hope such thing won't happen. Actually I don't think my dragonesses will have a problem with it but maybe An'dalia would... I would need to tell her one way or the other.
Thump* Thump* Thump* The sound of very heavy footsteps woke me up from my dream. An'dalia was still sleeping and I decided to taste the air to know what was creating these loud vibrations. It tasted like, nothing I had ever smelled before. Was is a plant? Was it an animal?! It smelled like a mix of both.
GROUHAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!* *Bone chilling roar* Grrrr the fuck is this again?!
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STATUS
[table=#800000]PROFILENAME:KneekoLEVEL:723GENDER:MaleMONEY:120451G 23S 29CRACE:(Chimeric) Newt "Tadpole" (Common)MONSTER RANK:Medium HighHEALTH:7160STAMINA:6090MANA:37100STRENGTH:3258 (+550)(M)INTELLIGENCE:3095 (+600)SPEED:1472 (+150)DEXTERITY:73 (+150)(H)VITALITY:1 (+700)CHARM:1 (+415)LUCK:55 (+215)AGILITY:1043 (+150)RESISTANCE:2224 (+700)(S)ENDURANCE:94 (+500)SKILL POINTS:0FAME/INFAMY:-71500 (Seriously Evil)CLASS:-------------------TITLES:
Spoiler :
☑ Death's Demise
☑ Divinity
☑ Don Juan
☑ Dungeon conqueror
☑ Elemental Master
☐ Grave Digger
☑ King of the pond
☑ Sphinx Slayer
☐ Stone turner
☑ Toxic Powerhouse
☐ Tree puncher
☑ Tycoon
☑ Vindictae Clan Member
PASSIVE SKILLS:
Spoiler :
Amphibious (-)
Anti-Reptile Venom (S)
Basilisk Acid ©
Blunt Weapon Mastery (E)
Dual Weapon Mastery (D)
ID Hide (-)
Intimidating Aura (On)
Obscuro Poison (B)
Poison Immunity (-)
Unarmed Mastery (D)
Viper Neurotoxin (A)
ACTIVE SKILLS:
Spoiler :
Checkpoint (-)
Deadly Breath ©
Gardener touch (S)
Humanoid shift (-)
Luminar (E)
Poison Spit (D)
Sad puppy eyes (B)
Tail Whip (B)
TerrorEyes (B)
Time Stop (-)
Vindic Flames (B)
Vindic Wave (B)
Vines Hell (B)
Viper Bite ©
ARCANE LIBRARY:
Spoiler :
Arcane ClayBolt
Arcane EarthBolt
Arcane LightningBolt
Arcane MagmaBolt
Arcane FireBolt
Arcane FrostBolt
Arcane WaterBolt
Arcane WindBolt
Arcane Gatling
Immovable Mountain
CHIMERA FORGE[/table]