Tec Mage Chapter Fourteen: Beasts And Priest
Atlas was on a quest to find his tutor Loki, the two clues he was given was, one he left the city and two he was guided to a dungeon by mid level players, the only way that information had survive was from the city watch taking note of peoples coming and goings, Atlas decided to get the help of Drackens information network to get things started
Dracken was at home reading bits and pieces of info that had came in from the pigeon house that Atlas made, Atlas came in and asked for Dracken to help him find where Loki was, immediately Dracken pushed his notes and info to one side and wrote on four pieces of paper and strapped each pieces to a pigeons leg and let them go
"I've sent word to my captains, to gather info about Loki, the leaving time and the people that was with him" said Atlas
"Thank you, how much do i owe" asked Atlas
Dracken walked to Atlas and raised his hand in to a hand shake "nothing, your my teacher and treated me better then anyone before, i owe you and you'll never have to pay me"
Atlas throat was chocking up, it was a great moment that made the raising off his apprentices worth while, Atlas raised his hand and shacked Dracken hand "thank you Dracken, that's has made me feel so much better"
Atlas moved away from Dracken, he had a tear in his eye, he coughed and cleared his throat, right now he had to wait for the info to come in but waiting would be a waste of time, instead he got ready for the possible adventure out side the city
First Atlas packed a huge amount of food, his tools and materials that he had bought through out the three months of playing, then he equipped he's mage robe and checked his rings, Atlas had made lots of potions but used none, so he had a abundant amount of salves as well, he made the salves by extracting the oils from herbs and placing them in a bottle with ginger, lavender, roots and any flowers he could get from players, Atlas had to leave them in a jar for at least a week, the solution was drained and the herb solids were used in potions, the liquid was mixed with melted bee wax so the whole thing would turn in to an easy spreadable solid paste when cooled down, Atlas packed the salves with bandages and some random potions
Atlas had also made a iron spear for him self, it would of been a steel spear but he wouldn't be able to use it due to level restrictions, Atlas had one more thing to equip and it was possible his most useful discovery, he had made a belt from leather, it was a difficult thing to make as Atlas didn't have tailoring skill, it was nothing special even with a enchant from Atlas but the things that was tucked in the slots was the useful things, if anyone saw them they would think them to be just simple test tube filled with potion mix, each one looked to have enough mix in them to fully heal once but Atlas had managed to successfully transfer the enchantment from the bags that could carry more in a smaller space and reduced weight by 5x, so now the small test tubes could carry much more than what it appeared, Atlas had set up his belt and test tubes so they looked like bullet belts, Atlas had a ratio of test tube potions of 6 health, 6 mana, 6 mix of different attribute enhancing stat potions and 2 empty test tube for anything worth collecting, the whole thing was meant for quick usage Atlas put the belt on but instead of going around his hips he placed it over his shoulder leading down his chest and resting on one side of his waist
Atlas was ready and all he needed was the info from Dracken but even before that he needed to talk to Dracken about what could happen
"Dracken, i'm going to look for Loki but i may die" said Atlas
"Dracken looked pale and was about to say something
"Wait, i don't know if you know what a freedman is but i'm one of them, even if i die i will be resurrected in four days, so don't come looking for me if i don't turn up for a while" explained Atlas
Dracken look more relieved and less tense, at that time when Atlas finished telling Dracken about him being a freedman a pigeon flew into the coop
Dracken was reading out loud the info he had "mmm it says that a group of people in level 50 or so gear were bragging in a pub called the Nags Head that they had tricked a lower level freedman that they were going to power level him but instead when they got deep enough into the dungeon they left him there"
"Why would they do that" asked Atlas
"Apparently Loki has got in to a lot of fights with people and disturbed a lot of guilds friends, it says that Loki is a bit mad"
Atlas looked at Dracken with a puzzled look
"Loki turns out to do odd thing when he's not here, one of my reports about a week ago was that he bought a sled and went on top of a guilds roof and slide down it, breaking a leg but apart from that he was laughing, he's also been known to slap women's ass" explained Dracken
Atlas didn't see the weirdness in slapping women's ass, he him self wouldn't do it but had seen his work force do it to there girl friends
Dracken responded to Atlas look "that's not all, when the lady's man would confront him, he has been know to slap the man's ass and then say, there, you can have one too, no need to be jealous"
Atlas had a small smile on his lips, Loki had big balls for such a skinny man, " i see, that is a bit weird"
Dracken carried on with his reading "the group had just cleared out a dungeon called Nest Of Blood Covered Gnolls, it turns out that that place has an average level of 60 but it's not certain that's where they went to drop off Loki"
"Well, i better go and ask them" said Atlas
---------------The Nag's Head---------------
Atlas had entered another pub, this one was much better than the other one he had visited before, the floor had cobble stones and it was clean, the tables were wooden but thick and strong looking, the mugs were made from hard glass and the booze looked expensive, Atlas had tried to make his own alcohol but it was still fermenting, he had also filled a enchanted barrel full of apple whiskey, the enchantment he used on the barrel was a toss up between the enchanted bag enchantment or a new enchantment that increased the fermented speed by 20%, he went for the speed increase, he already had a different barrel of honey mead with citrus fruit and another one filled with beer, he kept them in his room because he didn't use the room to sleep, so he could see the differences between good alcohol and bad
The whole place was lively, Atlas couldn't tell players from npc, but he could tell who he was looking for by the description that Dracken gave him, Atlas sat beside one of the party member "hello, i'm looking to trade"
The man Atlas was talking to started to pay attention, he wasn't that big and he looked like the mage of the group, "want you got and what do you want"
"i want some info" Atlas had to be careful in what he said, if he pushed to hard then the price would go up or even worse the possible mage would become quiet, i've heard that you've just cleared a dungeon and i was thinking about going there but i need info about the place"
"What will you give me" asked the possible mage
Atlas placed a health and mana potion on the table "not only that, i will enchant one item for you"
The possible mage looked at the potions, each one was worth 5 gold, and this was the first time he had heard about enchanting, "all right listen up and i will tell you about the place"
Atlas listen to the possible mage for 10 minutes, he told Atlas where the Nest Of Blood Covered Gnolls was and what kind of Gnolls there was in the dungeon, spells and traps were told to Atlas where they were and how to get around it
Atlas didn't really care about the dungeon but he had to be careful "how reliable is this info, what i mean is that in this world everything changes with time"
"Oh no problem, we were there just recently" explained the possible mage
That was what Atlas was waiting for "how long does it take for the monsters to respawn"
"Not long, half a day" said the possible mage
"So they will have respawned by now" asked Atlas
"Just about, if you leave now by the time you get there, they would of respawned"
Atlas had got the info he wanted, the first part was they had just visited a dungeon lately, but that in it self wasn't enough, they could've been to a different dungeon on the way back or there party could've spilt and gone to different places and the second bit of info was that they had been there with in a day, just at the same time as when Loki had gone missing,
"How many people do you suggest go in to the dungeon" asked Atlas
"Well, we all went down" the possible mage pointed to the people around him "so it's up to level and group class" explained the possible mage
That was all the info he needed from the possible mage, there was one place he could get the finally piece of information he needed to make sure Loki was with them "ok, thanks, what do you want enchanted" asked Atlas
The possible mage handed a short sword over, Atlas looked over it and identified it
Gladiator Sword Of Lightning: Durability 35/65. Attack 23~25.
A magic sword imbued with lightning.
Does 2~5 bonus damage to metal armoured targets and decreases movement with a 5% stun chance with each hit
Requires: Level 60. STR 100 intelligence 100
Equip: Grants additional 2-5 lighting Elemental damage
"What class are you" asked Atlas
"You don't need to know that" said the possible mage, classes were well guarded because of the paper, stone and scissors effect, one class could have a advantage over another or could be weaker
"Ok what do you want done to this weapon, i can increase the durability, the attack, or add stats to it"
"Stats, i want the stats" said the possible mage
After Atlas had finished enchanting, he left the bar to go to the east gate leading out of the city
The possible mage was in fact a spell-sword, meaning he had sword techniques and spells to attack, spellswords were weaker than a warrior in sword arts and weaker than a mage in spells, they were a jack in all trades, the spell-sword looked at his newly enchanted sword, now it had been identified he could see the stats
Gladiator Sword Of Lightning: Durability 35/65. Attack 23~25.
A magic sword imbued with lightning.
Does 2~5 bonus damage to metal armoured targets and decreases movement with a 5% stun chance with each hit
Requires: Level 60. STR 100 intelligence 100
Equip: Grants additional 2-5 lighting Elemental damage
Strength +10
Intelligence +10
Atlas didn't do a good job in enchanting the spell-swords weapon but the spell-sword didn't know any better and so he was pleased with it "maybe i should learn some things about enchanting" said the spell-sword out loud
Atlas had all ready left the city after talking to the city watch, he found out that a description of the spell-sword was seen guiding Loki out side the city and towards the area of the Nest Of Blood Covered Gnolls, in Atlas mind Loki was in the dungeon
On his way to the dungeon, Atlas could see many new players hunting for rabbits, foxes and other low levelled creatures, Atlas had been playing the game for a bout three months but had failed to kill anything, now was the time to test out his magic, Atlas spotted a rabbit going about his business , Atlas casted Fire Trap spell under the grazing rabbit, the brightness of the spell made the rabbit jump away from the magic circle but that very movement caused the trap to ignite, Fire Trap had reached intermediate level and the Fire Trap circle was much bigger, it activated faster and the fire dome that ignited when activated was bigger and stronger but best of all the trap had gained explosive element to the spell
The rabbit was encased in a fiery explosion and when the trap had finish there on the ground was a dead limp bunny, Atlas picked up the dead body, the rabbits head dropped to one side and its feet was curled in to its body with what looked like pain, this was the first thing Atlas had killed in his life, he understood that meat came from animals but he felt guilty and sick that he had killed a animal just to see how his spells stacked up
There was nothing Atlas could do to bring the bunny back, Atlas felt miserable with what he had done, this whole experience brought back the sad memory of when his parents had died, Atlas thought he had gotten over his loss but this event brought it back hard and fresh, Atlas didn't fully understand why, it could be that it was a pointless death or even that this world was so real that it by passed the reason of it being just a game or it could have been as simple as the rabbit was cute and defenceless added on to it being Atlas first kill
Atlas looked at the rabbits dead body, it would be a waste just to leave it but Atlas thought it would be contradiction on his feeling to rip the body apart to get resources, plus he didn't know how to skin a animal, in the end Atlas decided to make a grave for it, but as soon as he put the body in the grave it dropped a copper coin, Atlas was shocked but didn't pick up the money, instead he pushed dirt over the items and placed a slab of thin stone that he cut with his tools from a near by rock at the tip of the grave, on the rock it said
R.I.P
Rabbit
A Peaceful Creature
Atlas placed a few wild flowers on the grave, then apologised to the rabbit, it was weird but it made Atlas feel a tiny bit better, he also vowed that from now on anything he killed he would use as much of it as he could
Ding
Due to you odd behaviour, true feelings and actions, the ghost of the rabbit has forgiven you, the small gods of the lands has taken notice of your actions
Atlas thanked the rabbit and moved away to carry on his mission
There was two level 10 warriors watching what Atlas had done, both had a confused look on there face
"Did you see that" said 1st warrior
"Yea, i did" replied the 2nd
"Why do you think he did that" asked the 1st
"I don't know but did you see his spell, he killed it with out any trouble, do you think he's a npc" asked the 2nd
Both warriors couldn't think that the action of this man was anything but a npc, they both went to check what Atlas had done, stopping at the grave they both started to read the stone head piece
"I just don't understand why he did that, he killed it then buried it and even made a head stone for it" number 1 said
"I know, i was watching the same thing, do you think it's a event, lets dig it up and see for our self" number 2 was getting annoyed
As the 2nd warrior bent down to move the dirt away a small earth quake shifted the earth and a rabbits paw left the ground, this action sacred the two warriors, they thought that the rabbit was a zombie and had risen from his grave, the 2nd warrior feel back on his ass and tried to shuffle away before he got up and ran away with the 1st warrior, all that could be heard was a distant echoing rabbit voice squeaking with what sounded like laughing and ever getting fainter, even the gods have a sense of humour.. some times
Atlas from this point on had to be careful, animals past the rabbits and foxes actively attacked with out cause, he had to rely on the skill sneak a lot but it was low level and so Atlas had to run away a lot so he could avoid killing the wolfs, when he was out numbered he used his Clay Hand to lift up the animals and pined them in the air by enclosing the hand around there body, this happen less and less with the sneak skills upgrade, trying to get pass higher level creatures with out being noticed increased the skill greatly, Atlas also rubbed dry dirt on him self to cover his scent
The dungeon was a hour walk away from the city but due to Atlas trying to avoid the creatures and being chased when he failed it took two hours to get there, outside the dungeon Atlas was wondering if what he was seeing was normal, the entrance was barren, not a single scout or guard was there, this made Atlas feel paranoid but it made it easier as well, just to make sure there wasn't any one there Atlas threw stones near the entrance...... nothing happened, so Atlas moved into the cave
Ding
You have entered the Nest Of Blood Covered Gnolls
At least this was the right place, Atlas made his way though the cave systems, it started to get darker due to no natural light in till Atlas was tempted to use mana flare but that would give his position away, he carried on moving down but even slower than before, after a couple of minutes in the dark and fumbling his way around Atlas decided to use mana flare, but a weaker and dimmer so he could see a couple of feet in front of him self but it wouldn't gain to much attention... hopefully, better see what's coming than getting attacked in the dark
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Atlas carefully moved forwards deeper in till he came to a open cave, he hugged the wall, turned off his flare and stayed silent and still, there was a faint light coming from the cave, near the centre was a gnoll sitting on a rock, gnolls looked like wolfs that could stand up on there hind legs and had what looked like iron armour and weapons, Atlas watch the single gnoll for awhile, the creature was sitting there with his ears lowered and he was touching his leg, when the gnoll moved he winced and Atlas could see he was injured, there was a arrow stuck in the gnoll's leg and this was the reason that he wasn't moving about, the gnoll kept trying to pull it out but Atlas guessed that it was a bard arrow and every time the creature tried to pull it out it would tear more flesh and bleed ever harder
Atlas felt sorry for the creature, every time it moved it would wince like a dog, the gnoll was alone so Atlas tried his hand, he moved out the open and walked closer to the beast, Atlas made sure to make a little noise as not to frighten the gnoll, the ears of the gnoll picked up and his head turned to Atlas, the creature tried to stand but almost fell over, instead he laid on one side, snarled and waved his sword at Atlas, Atlas couldn't have him move about to much, the noise might bring more gnoll and his leg was gushing with blood, Atlas need info but it didn't mean he had to torturer the beast
Atlas used his Clay hand and covered the gnoll with a flat side of the clay hand using the weight of earth and pinning him to the ground, Atlas walked to the gnoll, he was spitting with rage and foaming at the mouth, Atlas knelled down beside the gnolls head
"Can you speak" asked Atlas
No answer came, apart from the spitting and hissing, Atlas wonder if the pain was causing him to go feral, Atlas decided to help, Atlas pulled out some bandages and pushed back the fore head of the gnoll and tied the beasts mouth closed, the beast struggled even more but it had no where to go, Atlas had a look at the wound, the arrow was in deep and would cause lots of damage and pain if he pulled out, Atlas brought out a health potion from his bag also his salves, Atlas snapped the end of the arrow off, picked up a rock and hit the end of the arrow, the arrow shot through the leg and dropped on the floor, the beast was shaking with pain, Atlas uncorked the bottle and splashed the healing tonic on the gnolls leg, the effect was instantaneous, the wound started to heal and repair it self, Atlas smeared the healing salves on the repairing wound and wrapped the leg up, the shaking had stopped so Atlas unwrapped the mouth and placed the healing potion in the gnolls mouth, after he had finished Atlas asked the same question
"Can you speak" asked Atlas again
The gnoll had calmed down a lot and wasn't in a rage, "small" spoke the gnoll
Atlas assumed he meant a little bit, "that's good, take me to your leader" Atlas felt a bit foolish after saying those words
Atlas released the clay hand from the gnoll, the beast got up fully healed, he looked at Atlas then at his sword, Atlas saw in the beast eyes a struggle, in front of him was a human and humans were the enemy but this human had helped him and fully restored him, this was unheard of
Atlas could see that this could go either way, Atlas place his spear on the floor and took out some dried meat and offered it to the gnoll, the young gnoll dropped his sword and grabbed the dried meat, while the gnoll was eating Atlas picked up the sword, it was chipped and rusted, the gnoll had stopped eating, his eyes were wide and looking at the blade and then at Atlas
Atlas didn't want any trouble but had to show he wasn't bad, "repair" Atlas repaired the weapon, it looked brand new but Atlas wasn't high enough level to repair all the durability, just the look of the thing, attack rating and some of the durability
Atlas stabbed the sword into the ground and backed away from it, the gnoll grabbed the sword and looked at it, he then hit the sword on a stone to hear a loud ringing sound coming from the sword, he looked satisfied or as satisfied as a wolf can look, he then strapped the weapon on to his back, Atlas didn't enchant the weapon because if it went bad he didn't need to be over powered by his own enchantment,
The beast started to walk "follow" the beast said, he was moving to the exit of the cave, Atlas didn't waste any time and followed, the gnoll had a torch and lit the way for Atlas, as Atlas moved deeper in to the cave systems he could see more torches and with those torches were more gnolls but these looked stronger and had better equipment, Atlas tried to not notice them, there was no chance that if they attacked he would survive
Half an hour went by of continues walking, the place was like a maze, he would of been lost if he didn't have this young gnoll leading him, Atlas didn't know how long it would take to get to the leader if he was fighting them all but he was making good time, Atlas came to a worn looking wooden door and the gnoll opened the door for him, the room Atlas entered was filled with bottle of strange looking liquids and animals body parts in jars there was a table and chair in the corner and in the centre was a flat rock big enough for a person to lay on
"Who's this" asked a gnoll in the corner of the room, this gnoll was bigger and looked richer than any Atlas had seen before, he had a smooth cotton robe that was glowing slightly, Atlas knew it was better than his, every thing the big gnoll had was better compared to Atlas gear
The gnoll that had lead Atlas here explained in grunts and the waving of his hands, when he had finished the bigger gnoll waved his paw at the gnoll and he left, Atlas was left alone with the giant gnoll
"What do you want" asked the gnoll
Atlas was momently stunned, this gnoll was intelligent enough to speak normally, Atlas had to ask "what are you"
The gnoll looked Atlas in the face and smiled, a wolf smiling was a creepy thing to see, it was all teeth and sharp ones at that
"i'm the priest and healer of the Nest Of Blood Covered Gnolls, now what do you want" asked the gnoll priest
It made senses that this clan had a healer, but such a well spoken one made what Atlas had to ask even easier " i'm looking for a friend that i heard was trapped here, his name is Loki and i want him freed" said Atlas
The priest gnoll sat down on a chair, he pulled out a pipe and started to pack it with a green weed "yes, i know of the person you are talking about, we have him locked away"
This gnoll was behaving like a human and it was throwing Atlas off "well i would like him freed"
"I can't do that" said the priest gnoll
"Why, what do i have to do to free Loki" asked Atlas
The priest gnoll was tapping the weed deep in the pipe, "nothing, maybe something, i don't know, i like the way you didn't attack the gnolls and i also like the way you healed the injured gnoll so i will tell you more about the gnolls"
The priest pointed at the empty chair on the other side of the table and gesture for Atlas to sit, as Atlas sat down, the gnoll priest started to talk
"The gnolls have strict rules and one of those rules is the strongest rules the clan and there rule is absolute, meaning no order from the leader can be turned over" the gnoll had a deep drag on the pipe
"Our leader has demand it that no more humans invade the nest of the gnolls and so has taken a hostage, that would be your friend Loki" as the priest gnoll spoke the smoke left his mouth, he looked like a demon wolf
Something the gnoll priest had said woke up Atlas "your not the leader"
"No" replied the gnoll priest
"Then why did that gnoll bring me here" asked Atlas
"He likes you, and didn't want you harmed" answered the gnoll priest
"What do you suggest i do now" asked Atlas
The gnoll priest placed his pipe on the side of the table, he lent forwards and placed one elbow on the table "there's not many humans that will listen to a beast like me, you are different, let me tell you about our leader"
Atlas was listening hard to what the gnoll was saying, any hint of a way to get Loki and him self out wasn't going to be missed
"The leader whos name is Norl the feral butcher is a coward he doesn't fight for the pack and stays away from hard fights and only when the enemies are weakened" said the gnoll priest
"The only way to over write his order is to be come the leader and that invokes a one on one fight to the death" remarked the gnoll priest
Ding
New knowledge has been discovered about the Nest Of The Bloody Gnolls
+ 2 to wisdom + 2 to intelligence
"I don't know if i can beat you leader" said Atlas
"That wont do, an outsider can't be leader, it has to be a gnoll of the clan, but the only one who can stand against him is me and even that won't be enough"
Atlas was rubbing his chin, "so what your saying is you can only release Loki if you take the leader ship from him,but your not strong enough"
"Its not like i'm not strong enough, it's because i'm a healer not a warrior, for a healer i'm incredibly strong" said the gnoll priest
Atlas was taping his finger on the table, "i might be able to help you with that"
"I thought you might" said the gnoll priest "lets get started stright away"
"Wait, i need a promise from you first" said Atlas
"What is it" asked the gnoll priest
"I need a promise that you will let both me and Loki go free and not to attack without cause, what i mean by that is you can defend your self and home, but don't go and attack humans or there city and property" asked Atlas
"mmmm, i understand" said the gnoll priest as he breathed out more smoke from his pipe "but i think you misunderstand, i'm doing this mostly for you so you have to do some thing for me"
"What do you need" asked Atlas
"Security, my clan keeps getting attacked by humans and killed by them, i want a way to stop it" the gnoll priest turned over the pipe and taped the ash out on to the table
Atlas thought about it, "i can only promise that i will try to help"
The gnoll priest stood up "i believe you, i believe you will try, ok deal" he lifted his paw and now that Atlas was closer to the paw he could see that it was just like fingers but longer and stronger than i human, Atlas shaked hands with the gnoll priest
The first thing Atlas did for the gnoll priest was to enhance his items, repair then enchanting every single part of the gnoll priest gear, one other thing Atlas did was lend the gnoll priest his rings to boast his stats, Atlas made a meal for him that increased his hit points by 750, finally Atlas pulled out his 3 test tube from his belt across his chest and made the gnoll priest drink a little from all three of them, this boasted his stats by 20 points in dexterity, strength, wisdom and intelligence, Atlas couldn't do any more for him
The gnoll priest picked up his staff, and started to walk to the door,he opened the door "are you coming" asked the gnoll, "you might as well, if i lose then you will be next, there's only two gnolls who wont attack you"
Atlas followed the gnoll priest deeper in to the caves, Atlas had to ask "what's your name"
"We don't have names, well only the leader has a name" replied the gnoll priest
"What should i call you" asked Atlas
"mmmm, my teacher called me beast but i think that was just a joke" replied Beast
"you have a teacher, who" Atlas was stopped
"We'er here" Beast was next to a door " you can come in but hide your self behind a boulder and don't interfere
"Before that i have a ideal that might help you, drink this" Atlas handed Beast a green potion
Beast poured half of the potion in to his mouth and Atlas pour the other half in to his mouth "it's not done anything" replied Beast
"It's to protect you from what i'm going to do" said Atlas "just keep him talking for as long as possible, the longer he doesn't attack the greater chance you will win"
Atlas walked in to the leaders cave using sneak and placed him self behind a boulder, looking over the boulder he could see the leader gnoll, Atlas knew he was the leader because of the red name above the creature, he was almost the same size as the gnoll called Beast but the leader was gear up in different kinds of armour, Atlas assumed that these were the drops of players because he was too well equipped for a level 65 boss
It was time for Atlas to do his part in the fight, Atlas used his Ball Of Fog spell and held the ball in his hand, the spell was in intermediate level which means the ball of fog was bigger and thicker and caused more fog to be emitted and from the spell, Atlas held the spell in his hand and brought out a new bottle, its shape was different from the healing and buff potion bottles, it was tall straight rectangle bottle and had poison in it, not every potion Atlas made turned in to healing items and this one was a nasty poison, when Atlas tested this potion on him self, he had to drink two potions to stop him self from dying
With the spell in one hand and the uncorked poison bottle in the other Atlas combine them both by pouring the poison on the fog, the two mixed and the now poison fog started to leak out, Atlas used gust to redirect the fog to the area of the leader gnoll, in moments it was all over the cave floor and Atlas could see that the leader was breathing the fog in and with luck he wouldn't notice
Beast walked in with his staff hitting the ground, this cause the leader to take notice of the noise, Atlas was listening carefully but most of the noise the two were making was just growls and some times human words, Atlas didn't worry about the poison affecting the gnoll called Beast because he had already drank the antidote
Beast was doing a good job keeping the leader gnoll talking but after five minutes the gnoll leader was getting up set and he jumped at Beast, the leader hadn't pulled out his weapon but was going to use his hands, Beast pushed his staff in to the face of the leader, pushing him back, it was amazing, Beast was over powering the leader, it looked like Beast was physically stronger than the leader
The leader fell back but got up immediately and pulled out his weapon of a claymore, he started to swing and so did Beast both of them were hitting each other but the leader had a weapon meant for damage but it still wasn't one sided, Beast used his magic and healed him self when ever he had the chance, the leader hit points were low and he knew that if this battle went on he would lose his life, the leaders sword started to glow, it was obvious to Atlas and Beast that this was going to be a skill, Beast raised his staff and blocked the skill but due to the power of the weapon, skill and the gnoll it shattered Beast weapon and pushed him back on to his back, the leader was over Beast body and had his sword glowing and ready to strike, the power of the next strike would kill and as the leader was about to release his skill a thud happened beside Beast, a iron spear had appeared, this freaked out the leader, he backed off and started to look around for were the spear came from
With this chance Beast picked up the iron spear and pieced the neck of the leader, the look on the leaders face was of surprise but he still wasn't dead, Beast moved forward and decapitated the leader, there was no hesitation, Beast didn't want what happen to the leader to happen to him, hesitation was the leaders killer, as soon as the decapitation happen the gnoll priest known as Beast was covered with a bright light and a new title was given to him "Beast, the healing gnoll"
Atlas rushed to Beast side, "well... that was close"
"I don't understand, he had so much more health, he shouldn't have gone down that easy" said Beast
Atlas didn't want to tell Beast about the fog but he had to know and so Atlas told him about the poison in the fog and how he drank the antidote all ready
"I see, well a deal is a deal, lets go and free your friend" beast moved on
"can i have my spear and rings back" asked Atlas "and what about the ex leaders stuff"
"Yes of course" Beast handed over Atlas things and searched the loot, after he was finished he handed over a item form the ex leader "what do you think this is"
It was a necklace but it was in a ghost form, "identify"
Ding
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Nothing , nothing was written, Atlas knew his identify skill had worked, " i don't know, it say nothing" said Atlas
"Ok then, do you want it" asked Beast
"Sure, but don't you want it" asked Atlas
"Lets say it's a gift for saving my life" Beast handed the item over "lets free you friend then" and with that Atlas followed the new leader of the bloody gnolls to the holding cell
End Of Chapter Fourteen: Beasts And Priest