Michael's blood was boiling. He was eager to fight the incoming horde. The attacking humanoids didn't have any formation. They were randomly spread out through the southern edge. The wooden gates of the fortress closed. Foot soliders rallied behind it waiting for it to open. Archers positioned themselves on top of the wooden walls. Boremon Kingdom's side was organized. The forest around the fortress were cleared out to clear the view normal sentry guards could notice incoming enemies 5 kilometers afar. -Holy shit!- The commander of that fortress was surprised by the enemy's numbers. It wasn't a usual attack for sure.. When they were one kilometer afar, Michael started flying alone toward them with a water trail. Against 300 enemy troops. Wofer, who was sitting in the staff's tower, saw the water trail and was surprised by his comrade's speed. The growls of half animals could be heard. Especially bearmen, their hairy bodies, black noses and completely black eyes made them look more on the beastly side. Hedgehogmen had long faces with pointy noses and spiky backs. The rest of their skin was covered in sturdy fur. Foxmen were skinny, the top looked human except for their ears and the bottom was completely fox-like. Michael was close and enemies did not know of this hidden danger. On the surface that water trail looked like a weak ass long range water spell. Bzz! Buzzing Michael landed on the bearman on the front. He landed on the nose and immediately activated [Bite] [Poison] and [Suck]
25 Damage!
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Skill acquired!
[Hibernation](bearman) Effect: Slower your metabolism at least 80%
[Hibernation](frog) already in the skillset. Combining…
[Hibernation](frog) + [Hibernation](bearman) → [Intermediate Hibernation]
Effect: Don't lose any energy, recover and revitalize.
+1 endurance
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Too bad he got the most useless skill. After sucking once Michael immediately launched himself away from the bearman. Just a second away from that bearman smacking himself on the nose after Michael landed, he stopped his charge just to smack him because it was that painful. One bite wasn't enough to kill a bearman obviously. Then, after stacking [Poison] Michael landed on his right ear and used [Bite] and [Suck]. 25 Damage!
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Skill acquired!
[Bear with it] Effect: Doubles your endurance for thirty minutes.
+1 endurance
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Bzzz! Then left ear. "+30 Exp" the bearman was killed in three hits in five seconds. Michael activated [Suck] on the bearman's dead body.
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Skill acquired!
[Body slam] Effect: Deals damage based on the weight difference of an opponent.
Warning! If the user's weight is smaller than the target, the user may take some damage.
+1 HP
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Wofer saw the frontal bearman drop dead after slapping himself two times, like he tried to kill a mosquito. ~What the fuck?!~ he could only curse in his mind. So he gave milk to an absolute demon capable of killing a bearman in five seconds. He even carried that weapon of mass destruction on his shoulder most of the time. Wofer's respect toward Michael deepened. ~How lucky of me to have him on my side.~ Another bearman dropped dead. An average Boremon trooper wouldn't notice this anomaly, even if some did, they paid no mind to a few enemy troopers dropping dead. They were more focused on preparing themself to incoming skirmish. But Wofer knew and dread was running down his spine. He was even more scared of Michael than he was scared of an enemy horde. Michael gained another skill from the second bearman.
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Skill acquired!
[Bear’s strength] Effect: Doubles your strength for thirty minutes..
+1 Strength
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Bzzz! Third bear dropped. As quiet as a mosquito and drops of rain. Michael was flying from one beastman to another. Arrows and various spells from the fortress started reaching the horde. Michael had a body count of five already. The horde got closer. MIchael killed one foxmen “+20Exp”, [Cunning] skill that gave +30 luck for thirty minutes and then he went to try out a hedgehogman from his buffet “25Exp” and got no skills out of it. For Michael it was the best and easiest to kill the bearmen. Because they gave more exp, were slower than foxmen had more uncovered skin compared to others. Foxemen were first to reach the walls. Because of their agile and light bodies they could run up the walls. Hedgehogmen turned into multiple balls of spikes. Bears took them and throwed over the walls, some balls even hit the archers and killed them on the spot. Average arrows and spells were only effective against foxmen, but they were fast and hard to hit. There was a few intermediate archers and mages in the fortress capable of taking bearman and hedgehogmen’s head. The fight within walls started. Hedgehogmen and Foxmen focused on taking down archers and mages before the bearmen could break into the fortress. Slam! The bears started hitting the gate. At the beginning of the fight, Boremon’s forces were at a disadvantage; they didn’t ever encounter a raid like that. Later into the fight they were more coordinated. The fight was fierce for fifteen minutes… But bearmen never came. Morale of hedgehogmen and foxmen plummeted; it was obvious that they would lose a fight at this point. Some of them who realized that their plan completely failed or the bearmen had betrayed them, runned over the walls and deserted. Losses on both sides were not equal. Hedgehogmen as well as foxmen took out two people on average. One fourth of them escaped, half of them were killed and another one fourth were injured and enslaved. The fortress of 600 hundred able soldiers and 100 staff. Turned into only two hundred of the strongest and fiercest warriors of the fortress, thirty disabled and 99 staff. -Waaa!- one of the soliders raised his sword in victory at a sight of enemies retreating. -Wooo!!!- rest of the soldiers joined him in a great victorious roar. Boremon’s army celebrated while Michael was chasing down deserters. After five minutes of a mad celebration, hugging, shaking hands and hitting each other’s foreheads, it quieted down.
-Where the hell did the bears go?- Commander of the fortress couldn’t wrap his head around what just happened. Usually, tribes wouldn’t fight alongside each other. The maximal fortress raid that ever happened was made up of 170 Warewolf. The tribes teaming up could overwhelm them easily in no time. They would be completely obliterated if the bears showed up. The first trooper that climbed the walls to look for bears shouted. -Bears are lying on the ground outside!- That message surprised everyone. -Waaa!- the same soldier that started the previous celebration shouted again from within the crowd. -Woooo!!!- the rest followed again for another minute. It wasn’t weird that they celebrated this much. They never had fierce fight like this on the southern border. When they sent out a guy to inspect the bearmen bodies he confirmed. -The bears are dead!- -Waaa!- that one solder shouted -Wooo!!!- the rest followed. Soldiers started recuperating, some of the staff started nursing injured other staff were commanded to collect beastmen bodies to skin them for leather and to cook them. The messenger on a horse was sended out before the skirmish, about the incoming 300 combined enemy troops, and after the victory, updating on the situation with requests for more supplies, funding and soldiers for that fortress. Michael has finished his chase and started coming back to the fortress.
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Achievement Unlocked!
[That one warrior]
Description: Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back. ~Heraclitus
Requirements: Kill at least a hundred in one skirmish.
Effects: +5 luck, Skill: [Hero] Effect:Doubles your strength, health, mana and endurance during war. It’s required to have more than 200 participants on both sides.
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-Wofer! Where is your water ability?- Commander asked. -I have no mana, because of my age it recovers really slowly so I think it will come back in a day?- Wofer lied. -Was it the statement or a question?- commander doubted Wofer because of his tone. -Statement Sir.- Wofer could only stop the bleeding, move injured and apply bandages, because he didn’t use water after the skirmish his pay might be slightly reduced. Michael landed right outside the fortress to look at his stats. He was level eleven now. His stats increased and he gained evolution point when he reached level ten.
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Host description: Male | Name:Michael | Nickname: Master Pipsqueak | Race:Magic Mosquito Marauder(lvl.11)|
Skills: Mental screen{Permanent} | Biologic power cap removal{Permanent} | Eternal life{Permanent} | Eye of angel{Permanent} | Death Drink | Water walking | Suck | Fly | Death Finder | Dungeon Master | Magic Affinity | Water Wielder | Water Movement | Water Spawning | Glow | Stick | Echolocation | Bite | Poison | Cobweb | Mental fortitude | Flawless Wings | Fierce Predator | Obelisking | Melodic Mind | Word Wielder | Item finder | Intermediate hibernation | Bear with it | Body slam | Cunning | Hero |
Achievements: Death Seeker | Sucker | Master Pipsqueak | Unwavering Ruler | That one warrior
Stats:
Health:34 | Strength:25 | Agility: 24 | Endurance:28 | Mana:33 | Luck:61 |
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Michael didn’t feel the need to come back immediately to Wofer. Instead he used the evolution point on the spot.