Skadi is facing the elder snake, her danger sense flares and dodges out of the way in time for the snake to breathe a fire hot enough to melt some of the floor, 'Weren't his gems black just a second ago,' she thought as the light in the mine died down the gems of the snake returned to being black she threw her axe against its tough hide. The axe got lodged into the snake as its gems turned green as it shot acid, she dodged as she warped to the axe. She had to use her feet to get the axe unstuck from the snake. She struck again but before she could pull the axe out the gems turned yellow and the snake became like an electric eel and she felt the shock throughout her whole body, she retreated a bit to recover. Now she understood, the gems are black because it can use any element it chooses, 'This elder snake is going to be more difficult than I thought.' She began to prep a big spell, using [Icy road] for better maneuverability she continually dodged different elements the snake would use while chipping away at its health. All the while the tiny ice particles from the icy road including her freezing the moisture in the air created several giant ice spike that floated above the snake. After the spell was built up enough she positioned herself in the out cropping of eggs where the snake did not attack. "Twas a good fight now goodbye." [Avalanche] numerous giant ice spikes fell from above the snake cutting it and impaling it in several places its eyes glossing over as it dies.
Sitting down and breathing hard Skadi collects the rest of the miriculum and puts it into the dimensional storage. 'Hmm I wonder how much more this bag can hold,' she began to take all the gems off the elden snake and even managed to put the couple hundred snake eggs into it as well, she was just shocked at how much space this bag had. Upon returning, Skadi wasted no time and returned to Irene and emptied the bag of its contents except the snake eggs. "I took off all these gems from the snakes, the color they hold is the element cast from the gem it looked usable so I brought them along. I also have a couple hundred snake eggs in the bag as well," explained Skadi.
"A couple hundred snake eggs? What did you get all those for?"
"Well I was thinking we could hire some geomancers to created a home made dungeon where we can keep the snakes and have them reproduce. Adventurers can pay us to both train there and collect the elemental gems that they can then keep."
"That's...actually a great idea. I'll help you get started you've more than paid for your equipment. I'd say yours and your parties."
The two of them both excitedly began to discuss their plans for the adventures training facility that her guild might be able monopolize.
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Soren's POV
This was each their third level up after fighting the lizardmen elites, "We must be getting closer to their vault," Soren announced. You were easily able to tell the lizardmen they had just defeated was an elite because these lizardmen were much smarter and these ones also wore armor were the other ones did not. Tempest nodded her agreement, throughout this dungeon she has been getting more and more comfortable fighting and carrying her own weight. So much so that Soren hardly had to watch out for her anymore she had finally seem to come into her own. The two of them continued to walk through the city, in the upper portions of the buildings which were also interconnected by wooden bridges. The meandered over bridge after bridge until they ended up in the furthest most corner of the city from the entrance where they found a giant stone door with a strange mechanism on the right hand side of the stone door. In front of the stone door was a marble platform with an artifact that held a similar shape to the mechanism on the door. The problem was there was moat around the platform with an elite lizardman in front. The lizardman roared and with the crack of a whip out came a long serpent like creature that neither of them have ever seen before. [Inspect]
Communicating his findings to Tempest left them still confused as to what they were fighting, "It has dragon in its name so be prepared for a breath attack if it has one," warned Soren as the two of them engaged their opponents. The two took off immediately not letting the other pair the opportunity to attack first, Tempest went after the elite while Soren went after the dragon eel. The elite shifted his focus to Soren and made an attack towards him once he got close to the eel [Blink Strike], the elites shark tooth axe went right through the space that Soren's body had just vanished from. He reappeared in front of the eel and made a slash.
< 100 dmg inflicted>
It was not a lot of damage compared to the amount of health this creature had on top of that the moment his weapon touched the eel a strong electric shock went through him.
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<-200 hp>
<+30hp>
<+30 hp>
Tempest capitalized on the opening that Soren had provided and made a huge gash in between the links of the elite's armor with her daggers. It roared in anger and began to focus its attacks on her, meanwhile, Soren had retreated trying to recover since his body felt numb and not as responsive as it should after he received the shock. [Predatory Gaze] Tempest glared at the elite, but seemed unaffected by the ability as she was forced to dodge another blow [Devouring Crunch] as the spectral fangs launched towards the elite completely severing its arm. [Sonic Shockwave] an enormous blast hit the eel almost forcing its head to hit the platform behind it, [Shadow Spike] spikes shot out from the floor stabbing the eel in numerous places each time the eel was physically hit it would illuminate itself with huge bursts of electricity and it would spell quite a bit of trouble to take it down especially without Soren's innate regen. Immediately after a particularly damaging shadow spike attack the eel reared its head back as blinding light started to build between its jaws, "TAKE COVER," Soren warned as he prepared to dodge the blast. Tempest, who had just finished removing her blade from underneath the jaw of the elite as it lay motionless on the floor, quickly began to transform. The lightning blast came out fast; Tempest who had finished her transformation was able to dodge it just fine, Soren who was closer to the eel, was forced to use shadow meld as he sank into the beasts' shadow. Once the attack was over the two of them used the opportunity to damage the eel as much as they could, erupting out of the shadow Soren slashed at it with his blade. Excitedly he instructed the fully formed lycanthrope Tempest, "It's electricity powers must need a recharge we can attack it without a backlash!" The two of them began to pummel the eel slashing and stabbing relentlessly. It still took a couple more minutes of continuous attacks to bring the dragon eel down.
<[Sonic Shockwave] level up>
Panting, Tempest had transformed back to her human form, and Soren went to gather the drops. He was extremely happy, they had leveled up five times in this dungeon, the lizardmen were far stronger than he thought. They retrieved the elites weapon, an elemental orb from the dragon eel, and well as a good amount of its hide for an armor or two. They jumped over the moat and collected the relic to bring to the door's mechanism. Upon opening the doors they were greeted by a massive amount of gold, armor, weapons, and tomes unfortunately it was nothing the two of them could really use besides the gold so Soren put it all in his spatial storage to give out to his guildmates. They did come across a unique pair of daggers that Tempest immediately took a liking to so he replaced the ones she had taken from the bandits.
Stalker- C: Utilization of shadows, line of sight, cover, and silent footsteps to both track and stalk prey or to evade enemies
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Soren
Race: Trollkin Variant: Herculean
Class: War God
Level: 23/25
Health: 875/875
Str:147
Dex:110
Def: 97
Int:80
Vitality:175
Charisma:60
Magic: 100
Luck:100
Bloodline: Royal
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Blessing:???????
skill points (SP) available:44, 39 shop currency (SC), free upgrade skill box x2, random skill box x1,
abilities: [30% Magic Resistance-C] [Reciprocated Helper-C] [Charm Immunity-B] [Poison Immunity-A] [Indomitable Will-B] [Iron Hide-c] [Assassins Vision-B] [Troll Libido-D] [Hydra Regeneration-S] [Trolls Musk-D] [Omnispecies Reproduction-F] [Magic Amp-A] [Mana Cost Reduction-B] [Magical Malady Immunity-S]
Magic:
[light-D] [Radiant-B] [Holy-A] [Lightning-A] [Gravity-A] [Space/Time-B+] [Shadow- A]
Lightning Spells:
[Lightning Spear lvl-4] [Lightning Whip lvl-2] [Reflux lvl-2] [Lightning Guard lvl-1] [Zakir lvl-2]
Light Spells:
[Light lvl-1] [Healing Touch lvl-1] [Bedazzlement lvl-1] [Restoration lvl-1]
Shadow Spells:
[Shadow Spike lvl-2] [Shadow Meld lvl-2]
Space/Time Spells:
[Blink strike lvl-1]
skills: [Sanguine Flash lvl 3] [Polearm Mastery lvl 4] [Clawed Slash lvl 3] [Inspect lvl 3] [Lycanthrope Silat lvl 2] [Spike Bombardment lvl 3] [Hunters Stride lvl 2] [Sonic Shockwave lvl 2] [Dash lvl 3] [Haste Strike lvl 3] [Sunder lvl 2] [Concealment lvl 1]
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Inventory
-98 gold pieces
-black blade sword (midnight)
-lunar lance
-2 health potions
-2 mana potions
-1000 gp
-water magic tomes 2 beginner, 3 adept, 1 advance, 1 master
-shark tooth spears, swords, axes x4
-2 magic Tridents
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Race: Silver Mane Lycanthrope
Class: Savage Miscreant
Level: 7/50
Pack Role: None
Health: 675/675
Str: 93/113
Dex: 129/149
Def: 98/118
Int: 102
Vit: 135
Sanity: 100/50
Cha: 60
Magic: 100
Bloodline: Alpha
Blood Companion: Soren
abilities: [Predatory Senses- A] [Werewolf Hide- B] [Werewolf Constitution- S] [Silver Vulnerability- S] [Wolves Bane Vulnerability- A] [Animalistic Instinct- A] [Mana Manipulation-C] [Partial Transformation- C] [Full Transformation-B] [Silver Resistance-C] [Infectious Bite- S]
Magic:
[Beastial- Unique (U)] [Sun-A] [Lunar-U] [Star-A]
Beastial spells:
[Severing Claw lvl 1] [Devouring Crunch lvl 1] [Predatory Gaze lvl 1]
Star Spells:
[Aries(telekinesis) lvl 1]
skills: [Dagger Arts lvl-3] [Adamantine Claws lvl-1] [Lycanthrope Kempo lvl-2] [Stalker lvl-1] [Invigorating Howl-lvl 1]
Race: Amazonian variant (Behemoth)
Class: Primordial Warlord
Level: 5/80
Health: 750/750
Str:137
Dex:101
Def: 112
Int:90
Vit:150
Cha: 110
Magic: 200
Abilities: [Regeneration-B] [Immorality-A] [Danger Sense-B] [Disease Immunity-S]
Magic:
[Ice magic] [Wind magic]
Ice Spells:
[Artic Combat lvl-3] [Frostbite lvl-1] [Avalanche lvl-1] [Icy Road lvl-1]
Wind Spells:
[Weapon Augmentation lvl-1] [Fleeting Foot lvl-1]
skills:
[Nemean Lion Baran lvl 1] [Axe mastery lvl 3] [Identify lvl-2] [Boulder throw lvl-3] [Shield Master lvl-2]
Bloodline: Divine
Title: Blessed by God
Blood Bound: Soren