Toliaro the Son of Sunlight sent another lance of power at his foe. His Crystalized skill, [Sun’s Judgement], activated as the weaponized sunlight pierced the shroud that kept his foe hidden from sight. Now revealed, his skill would burn the creature as long as it attempted to hide itself further. It was a powerful skill, Divine in rank, Tolario’s trump card when fighting against The Hidden.
The creature in question howled as its nature was revealed to the light. A long and lithe frame of corded black muscles made up the basic structure but that was where the similarities to any normal creature ended. Without the shadows that covered it like skin, its makeup was revealed. Like an animal skinned and then animated back to life the creature was grotesque with all of its muscle groups and bones exposed.
It tried to hide by pulling shadows back to cover its body, only to burn under the [Sun’s Judgement]. It howled louder even as Tolario rode the light to get higher before sending another lance of power at The Hidden, causing it to slam into the ground with an impact that shook the surrounding area.
Toliaro hovered lower, riding the light with careful steps so as not to overwork his magic. Reaching the bottom he found the creature rising from a crater and limping badly. He raised his hands, preparing to finish the creature off, when the strangest sight arrested his gaze. Between the two combatants, a small green figure emerged from the sheer cliff face of the mountainside. It walked with the help of a gnarled staff, a green gemstone set into the top. Tolario and The Hidden both stopped and stared at the strange creature even as its features shifted from annoyance to outrage.
Toliaro attempted to [Identify] the strange creature and was met by a system message that sent a cold feeling rushing through his sun-powered body.
[Error - Nonsystem Entity Discovered]
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Dug was having a bad day in his opinion. It had started out fine until all the hullabaloo had happened outside his front door. But to make matters worse, once he had stepped outside he wasn’t met with the vast beautiful expanse of bogs and fetid swamps that was his home. Instead, he was met with a disgustingly wide-open mountain vista with clear crystal lakes and forests as far as the eye could see.
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And to top it all off he had two noisy neighbors making a racket early in the morning when any sane goblin would still be sleeping. One of those neighbors was a properly ugly-looking thing which only made it more palatable to his goblin sensibilities, at least when compared to the paragon of shininess hovering in the air above him.
It looked human enough, although its skin was the wrong color, and Dug figured humans didn’t shine like the Ever-fire in the sky. However, there was just one glaringly disgusting thing about the figure that the goblin couldn’t stand.
It was taller than him.
“Whatchya want tall-folk? Why you botha Dug huh? Notta nuff tall things to be doin? And why yousa two beez fightin in front of Dug’s house eh?” Just his luck that some tall-two-legs with powers was fighting a beastie nearby. He stared little daggers at the shiny man-thing before turning to the beastie in the hole. He walked over to it, caring little for its aggressive stance and slavering jaws. It darted at him but he cared even less for its little display. He simply ignited his eyes and bopped it on the snout. With a whine, it slammed into the ground at his feet and lay there whimpering in pain.
“Der der,” Dug crooned, “Yousa beez a good boyo and isa not need tah hit youz again.” So saying he moved along to check on its wounds and grunted in satisfaction before turning to look up at the tall-two-legs. A tall-two-legs that had a large spear of light in his hands and was in the process of throwing it at him. It screamed something but Dug couldn’t understand it.
He sighed and ignited his eyes, gripping Obu tightly. The spear didn’t do much when it collided with the goblin’s body, much of it dissipating before it even arrived. The light that made up the spear was siphoned away to fuel the goblin’s growing flames.
Dug sighed again as the tall-two-legs’ eyes widened in astonishment. “So yousa use the Ever-fire eh. Too bads for you. Isa do too. Torka Iksha Malkumsh.” He breathed the spell into life and felt the joy he always did when he used the sacred flame. He watched the tall-two-legs try to escape. They always tried to do that too. He spoke the final word and watched as a second sun bloomed into green flame where the tall-two-legs used to be. “Waag.”