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chapter 3

chapter 3

Monster toad Todd the Toad hp 15

a big poison toad,

ability spit very weak poison

tongue lash

Poisonous body can create several weak poisons and secrete onto body.

Massive Jump

swim

Todd the Toad got to it "Hello mister you looking for something"

"Well mister if you do me a favor i can point you to a perfect spot"

"Just blast those toxic toads over there that are looking to eat my tadpoles will you. Or get them away from my tadpoles mine are the ones i had hidden in those reeds over there. See normally the others would be in a feeding frenzy in the middle of the pond and mine would be unnoticed" I fired a ice dagger at the nearest toad missing him by a inch"

"i am bleeding you maniac. You hit me."

“Well there is under the tree if you want to hide under that you can use some mud to bury yourself”

“Well the tree over there is hollow if you sealed up that hole you could stay there.”

one of the toxic toads got creative “move it you maniac we have tadpoles to eat.”

i used a water wave spell on them and they were thrown into the air to land with a splat on the bank nearby

I ripped up a small tree as i moved off and crawled into the hole in the tree and pushed the branch over the hole.

Todd hopped over “Hello mister you mind cutting a few pieces from the hydra. I would like to evolve”

“well technically i am a animal monster so if i can eat some of the hydras brain i can evolve a trait or two”

“Yes sir can you make a little fire it will tipple my growth. I get from the food”

i quickly cut open the middle hydras heads and toasted a tiny portion with a small heat spell . I put it onto a leaf and teddy swallowed it greedily

“Thats all i can eat for now. Tell you what you keep the rest and feed it to me over the day i need to bulk up now that the Hyrda is dead this is prime territory”

Sun damage 3 hp

i nodded and began to carve up the heads

“hello mister your beginning to smoke”

“Ok Mister do not forget the eyes Just take the whole head eh”

“Right you are mister how about i become your minion or familiar”

“i just say i am willing to be your familiar and be bound by the laws of the familiar.

I will not injure you in any shape or form magically or otherwise or allow harm to befall you.

I will obey you as long as your orders do not threaten to cause me bodily harm or put me in mortal danger

I will not attempt to lie to you or withhold information that would lead you to the wrong conclusion

I will not threw inaction put you in danger or put my needs above your own.

I will assist you in any and all magics you may wish to use”

Todd looked happy or at least i thought he did

“Deal you will not regret this

i am willing to be your familiar and be bound by the laws of the familiar.

I will not injure you in any shape or form magically or otherwise or allow harm to befall you.

I will obey your commands

I will not attempt to lie to you or withhold information that would lead you to the wrong conclusion

I will not threw inaction put you in danger or put my needs above your own.

I will assist you in any and all magics you may wish to use”

You have been offered a familiar contract this is a contract bound by the gods do you accept

yes no

Contract accepted

“You will not regret this no sir. Your a skeleton and can not eat prey animals like myself I can digest other magical creatures and increase in level. I will wait a hour then eat another quarter of one of the other brains and repeat for the third. Then i go to sleep and evolve. I know all about it i have been around a bit. So i can tell you all about the ways to level up to. ”

Sun damage 3 hp

i moved back to the tree and looked down ti could see my tracks.

“Use water mister create a small wave it will turn the place to mud and wash away your tracks. Oh and take a small piece of ice with you to keep the head cold.”

Sun damage 3 hp

i took my place in the tree. And waited while Todd waded into the water nearby to keep a look out.

“So mister while we wait why do i not fill you in on some of the local habitat and what lives around the pond. The hydra killed all of the stronger monsters but there are still some of the weaker ones around that you can kill to gain experience Yes i know them all i listen and learn. There are some local wolves and such nothing major. I know a little because i listened while the hydra did not. The pond is a natural point for mana to build up. That Hydra ate so many advanced fish it fused with its brothers. The stupid idiot did not even try to set up some kind of sieve to try and stop the mana disappearing. But we could boss with that you could adsorb the mana from the fish that swim along here there are a lot of bonuses from that. Also humans have something called gold the bodies in the nest a few miles away will be worth something if we can find a middle man.”

“Well if i was say king of the local pond when i leveled up i would definitely level up to a legendary hybrid. The hydra was one so eating it will increase my level to that”

“What the hell are you talking about you traitor it goes by level of of age and i am older. I should be leader at least until the bigger animals push us out again”

i pushed my hand out of the hole and cast ice dagger.

“Agh my leg you cut my leg”

Todd Jumped off to finish of the toad.

A Wolf emerged from the bushes howled

“Lots of good food the Hydra dead. Come and get it boys”

i waited until he had taken a byte and then fired off two ice daggers form inside the tree

Todd came out of the pond and called “You mind if i finish him off i need the experience more than you”

I stayed still while Todd moved around the wounded Wolf firing weak acid at him. It took a while but the wolf had a wounded leg and Todd first acid spit hit its eyes. The blind wolf was no match for Todd.

Todd jumped over to me and called out “you there Terrence your the last toxic Toad left you go under the hydra and eat any fish trying to get a nibble of the hydra.Time for me to level up boss just give me a hours rest after i have evolved”

Todd began to increase slightly in size as i waited. A few birds came by and i practiced throwing dagger at them not that i hit them much firing from the shadows as i had to. But they could not land on the hydra body for long without a dagger almost hitting them

I fired a icy dagger hilt first at Todd when it came time to wake him up. “Ouch who threw that i am going to eat them.”

“i am a Toad – salamander variant. Watch this”

Todd spat at the ravens that were circling the hydra. Three of them burst into flames. “brilliant eh boss napalm spit”

he then jumped over to the hydra body and spat a weak black mist all over the body. “Did you see that toxic mist it will kill off all those flies we do not want them eating any more than we can help. Lets eat you have the rest of the brains and head. Cook them up and we can discuss where we go from here. The thing is boss you can not go out during the day and any neomancer worth there salt will not want a skeleton just join up they have there own lot and you have free will and all. Humans go to school to learn but your going to have to find a dungeon with a boss who will accept you and train us up.Not a easy thing to do or so i overheard some goblins say”

“Books that is great you can read then?”

“Your the best boss maybe she can buy us books of magic i always wanted to be able to use magic. I know where to get some gold we can have her buy some stuff for us in the market”

“Well i have only heard about them but they are one of the reasons those weak humans are able to stay on top of us monsters. Some of them specialise in building things like swords and armour and give these things to other humans for gold. You can buy books and armour and all kinds of stuff in the market. The stupid monsters do not have markets and there weapons and armour is crap compared to the humans. Makes me sad to be a monster. Well less talk more cooking use your magic to cook the meat i do not want to destroy any with my napam Yup that is fine oh the taste. Sorry you can not taste it boss it is like heaven.”

Todd spat out a little napam and ate the still flaming brain. “You know i bet i can digest the skull i have acid now hand them over.

Four black and one giant black wolf walked out of the forest. They sniffed around the dead wolf and growled.

Keeping my telepathy low i signaled Todd

Todd whispered “Sounds great boss.”

Todds scream was intense “How are you doing jerks get away from my dinner. That wolf corpse is my dinner find your own dead wolf to eat.” The wolves did not take it well they moved closer and started to growl. As they were in range and could not see me i used drain life on them. They i launched two icy blasts one to the left the other to the right i made sure the pack leader took the edge of both attacks. Two wolves died and i emerged in a hurry and slashed to the left beheading a wolf. The leader was still alive so i hit him with my hand stunning him. The final wolf took a acid blast to the face curtsey of Todd.

“Nice work boss could you let me finish the leader? Also his brain and guts would be a ”

It took me a few minutes and nine hp points of damage from the sun to cut now dead wolfs alphas head and stomach open. Todd pointed out the parts he wanted and i picked up the wolves and threw them into the lake.

“Sure thing boss i can toast these goodies myself. but i only have enough non acid toxin to do your sword properly”

Todd toasted the wolfs brain heart and liver and puffed himself up. “Thats great i have enough experience and food to evolve almost twice. With the legendary food and the wolf leader i am bound to get a great evolution thanks a lot boss this really means a lot to me so we should talk. I am about to evolve and i might be given the option toadman or lizardman. Toadmen have limited evolution options and Lizardmen have a bunch of restrictions i would prefer not to deal with. So any chance you could let be pick legendary status again after all legendary creatures live almost forever.”

i gave it some thought “Your the best boss i will go to sleep over here and you can wake me a hour after i have evolved i will just go check on Terrence i do not want him messing up.”

Todd jumped into the water and jumped straight out again “Agh cold it is freezing what the hell. Agh i am going to freeze to death” “Well that sucks all the best places to eat are under water and i need to have things done there are some beavers i can bully into building a dam and flooding a local river. It will be epic doubling the size to the local swamp”

“You are right your the best boss ever. Boss.”

Todd jumped out of the water and ordered the female Poisonous Toads to get busy he wanted the hydra underside protected he allowed them to take as much of the tail as they could swallow but they had to keep a look out and turn away anything not a toad or frog. After he was finished giving orders he jumped back near my tree and fell asleep in the shade.

A while later farmer level 36 Ryan and hunter poacher Lion level 50 moved arrived i could now see Lions name in my mind. Ryan took a look around and cursed “We need to find whatever the thing is that got my bees.” Lion took a look around and pulled out his bow. “No what you need to do is go back into town. What i need to do is stay here and keep a look out. That is a legendary monster a lower level legendary monster but still a legendary monster it must have come to find out what ate its siblings. Go get the adventures from town and let the major know we are going to have to post a bounty.” “But ” “No buts that is a serious monster the town has to be warned. Look at it this way the adventurers will kill whatever killed your bees will get killed by the adventures guild and it will not cost you a copper piece.” “Your right those adventurers will make short work of whatever did this i will head back now.”

Lion vanished into the forest and only i knew where he was allowed me to keep track of him by where he vanished into. As i waited i picked up a new skill

locational awareness you know your surroundings better than most less chance of being snuck up on. I picked up a piece of wood and threw it at Todd.

“ok ok i am up”

“Ok boss so what is the plan?”

“Why not die boss?”