The pain returned again with a bang, forgotten due to the adrenaline rush when the creature had attacked him at the door. His downward trod turned into an agonizing limp. His face contorted into a tight-knit frown.
Why does this virtual pain have to feel so real?!
As soon as he reached the basement, he looked around. The floor had some unused boxes lying strewn about, most of it holding clothes and other unnecessary items some NPCs apparently had discarded.
If only I had another healing potion!
He breathed deep and took out a white cloth from one of the boxes and wrapped it tight around his wound. Although not deep, the cut was long, ranging from his upper thigh to his knee. Warm blood trickled down its sides. He felt weak and sat himself down on an empty crate covered by a wooden plank. Thankful, he caught his breath, hoping that the monster had decided to move on. There was no sound upstairs either and no sign of the tentacles. Perhaps the Voidspawn had moved on. He hoped so.
Looking around, he saw a narrow passage leading underground.
He strode towards the opening and saw that it stretched far, connecting basements of one house to the others on this side of the street. He raised his brows in a deep furrow, wondering what purpose they could serve.
Weren’t the houses vulnerable this way?
On the walls to either side were runes inscribed, the language was the same as that on the gate. Again, he wished he could read and understand it. Why there was a need for an ancient lexicon in such a game as this, he didn’t understand. He decided that soon he'd need to find out how to decipher the language of Atlantis.
Behind him, a window smashed and the shards of glass floated in the air for a moment before they broke against the walls. The sight of a speeding tentacle sent him running along the passage as quick as his feet could carry.
He was running short of breath and the air in the passage was quite musty and foul. He wanted to ascend from this rut of a path he had taken and longed for an exit, desiring fresh air. Yet there was no sign of an opening.
Behind him, the monster closed in, the walls breaking on the side that faced the street. He turned left as he reached a dead end and just as he had done so, the steely claw of a tentacle smashed into the wall, missing him by inches. Seeing that it took its own time removing it from the wall, he quickened his pace yet again.
It was strange that there was no opening into the other basements, otherwise he could have climbed upward. Every section of the wall was closed in.
The ceiling turned wooden and in front of him a ledge that connected the two walls. He jumped, clasping it tight with his hands and swung atop it. He looked on as the creature passed underneath. And then he looked toward the way he had come and saw the wall splintering. He hit the wood hard above with the butt end of his spear.
After a few tries, the ceiling came loose and he climbed out, just in time before the monster came barreling after him. He slashed at one of the Voidspawn’s hundred mouths and escaped the tentacles that intended to lash him.
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A deft jump on the Voidspawn’s mushy head and a somersault later, he landed on a lone alleyway between the house from which he had jumped loose and a four-story building composed of white brick. The only way he could see was to climb it.
He scaled the rocky wall by lifting himself up with quick movements of his feet, narrowly missing the lashings of the Voidspawn’s tentacles. Climbing onto the roof, he found the monster couldn’t reach it.
It tried to climb, but he kept hitting at its eyes with the pebbles he found at his feet. These pebbles wouldn’t stop the Voidspawn however, and he'd eventually run out. He had to think of something else.
He then grabbed a torch used a flint stone and steel set from his inventory. Lighting the torch, he threw it down at the creature. The fire burned through the skin of the Voidspawn. The tentacles swished hither and thither, hitting houses and buildings alike. The mouths of the Voidspawn opened wide as if to consume the reddish yellow flames, but as if on some cue, the Voidspawn disintegrated into black goo, the tentacles slithering inside the puddle. The only thing left was the fire, and it began to spread. Smoke belched from the road below.
Incinerate: Difficult
Temporary Subdue
[+170 XP]
Skill Unlocked: Incinerate
Delivers an Instant Kill or will temporarily subdue an opponent when you light them on fire. Chances of Instant Kill are 50%. Greater chances for Instant Kill increase with higher levels. Requirements: Level > 7, Agility > 4, Intelligence > 4, Willpower > 4
Congratulations!
You have defeated a Level 10 Voidspawn. In addition to your gained XP, for your bravery and prowess you will be rewarded with the following:
+1 Agility
+1 Intelligence
+1 Willpower
He heaved a sigh of relief but he knew that the monster would just respawn within a few minutes. He had to get as far away from this part of the city as possible before the creature rose from the ‘dead’ to enact its revenge. He'd likely need to gain several levels before facing that creature again. He probably wouldn’t be so lucky next time.
Quickly pulling up his HUD, he accessed his character sheet to check how close he was to Leveling Up again.
Conquest: Player Stats
Name | @Hellekith
Class | Warrior
Level | 11
Experience | 4,120
XP to next level | 180
HP | 650/1,100
Mana | 75/100
Strength |Total: 14 | Original: 5 | Level Ups: 1 | Bonuses: 8
Agility |Total: 8 | Original: 5 | Level Ups: 2 | Bonuses: 1
Stamina |Total: 12 | Original: 7 | Level Ups: 5 | Bonuses: 0
Intelligence |Total: 7 | Original: 1 | Level Ups: 3 | Bonuses: 3
Willpower |Total: 9 | Original: 2 | Level Ups: 6 | Bonuses: 1
Allan sighed. He didn’t have much further to go before he could attain Level 12, but going up against that Level 10 Voidspawn again would be difficult.
I gotta get out of here.
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