Author note: I'm sorry I released this chapter at a later time than usual. I usually write immediately after lunch and I made pizza, so yeah, that took a while compared to usual (by made I mean preheat the oven then stick a frozen one in. takes longer than making a sandwich). Hope you enjoy the 11th chapter of The Demon Lord becomes the hero.
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So, how am I going to do this? I could try and set my arm but I don't trust myself to do that without help; or I could try and continue in this trap heaven. I could be lucky and come across the minotaur but I doubt it. My high luck doesn't really work except for the nice skills it gives me. My future doesn't really look promising. I am starting to see why other heroes died in here.
With nothing else I can do, I continue walking down the right path next to the pit. I wonder if there are any magic traps. It is a magic labyrinth after all. I really hope I don't come across any. If I did, I would probably die since I don't really have anything that can block magic. A metal scimitar wouldn't help me defend myself from a lightning bolt or pressurised water that can cut through anything.
For some reason, as I keep walking, the temperature keeps on dropping. I observe my surrounding because of that. The blue walls are paler than before but that's the only thing different. No wait, tripwire spotted. You can't fool me you shitty maze! I jump over the tripwire....
The floor falls beneath me. A very fitting thought goes through my head as I fall: Fuck me!
I land on what seems to be an ice slide. That must have been why it was getting colder. There was ice under the floor.
Anyway, I slide down the ice. I seem to be sliding a lot today. The only thing is, this time I will fall down a pit head first. Yay.
I fall down into the pit of ice and snow, onto my dislocated arm. and hear a cracking sound. That was not the ice, it was my bone splitting in half and going through my skin. On the bright side, my arm is no longer dislocated and I have all the ice in the world to stop swelling. On the dark side, I am in excruciating pain.
I don't have time to complain though. In front of me is an ice humanoid sitting on a throne. Found another guardian. Instead of hands and feet, it has large ice spikes. Its going to be a skating match. Ice skating isn't really one of my strong points. I kind of lived in a place that you would never expect snow in, an active volcano with its crater with a mix of lava and ash floor.
I try to get up but slip onto my ass a couple of times. After those embarrassing attempts, I finally manage to stand. The ice humanoid just stares at me. It's gaze chilling my bones. At least I think its staring at me. It doesn't exactly have eyes. It only makes a move when I draw my scimitar. It uses that movement as if it was a cue to move. It gets up and starts circling me. I was right in thinking this guardian would be agility based. Its circling me fairly quickly, skating around as if showing off.
I see Greeny next to me. He seems perfectly fine on the ice. I guess you would be used to it if you slide around on slime all day. I possibly have an idea. Nope, didn't work. Greeny can't take my weight. That was my best option, using Greeny to move around. There is still snow around the edges of the pit. If I can make it there, I will be fine.
I try to make a move towards it and saw a fast moment in the corner of my eye. I ducked out of reflex, only to have a spike of ice pierce the air where my head was and the guardian skating in front of me. I try to the guardian with my sword, only to hit nothing. It had already retreated and began circling me again. I have another idea now, if it's using this tactic and tries to perform a hit and run, I can just stop its movements at that time then attack it. I'm glad I fought the gorgon first.
I kick Greeny to the edge of the pit and onto the snow. He leaves a slime trail. Step 1 complete. The guardian takes this as a hostile move and goes in for the kill. I had been expecting this so I dodge again, only by a hair's breadth. It had sped up. That doesn't matter any more though. Its stuck. It had skated over some slime and now one of its legs was petrified and stuck to the ice floor.
It starts hacking at its own leg, trying to cut it off and get back to skating. I had already planned for it.
"Summon familiar!" (Drac)
(Drac is able to do this although it uses all of his mana. I forgot to increase his mana count when he leveled up last time, I will fix it this time. 20 intelligence should give 200 mana, not 180.)
Greeny appears in front of me. I rub my scimitar on him, getting slime onto it. Time to own. By the time I had minished, the guardian had chipped off its leg. Unable to balance properly on only one leg, it can't skate as fast. It could skate about twice the as I could edge forward on this ice. It didn't really matter though. It wanted to kill me as well so it went straight for me. It had a shorter range than me. Only an arm span while I had 2 and a bit. Able to meet its atrms before it could reach mine, I slashed across them. The petrification spread across them and allowed me to chip them of with my scimitar.
Still, blunt weapons still damage people and I was just below my ribcage, hitting my stomach, causing me to slide back and throw up some egg. Greeny was still there though and bounced onto the guardian, petrifying him. I edge over to him and start chipping away his head.
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I am fairly glad the ice humanoid didn't know the petrification was only temporary. If it had waited, it could have remained with its original speed and most likely killed me.
The head is eventually chipped off.
2nd guardian killed. 1 more to go.
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Amulet of StatisticsNAMEDraculus AsdainRace???Class[/tds][td2]Foreign WarriorLevel12Health210Mana200Strength25Intelligence20Agility26Wisdom31Vitality26Luck75Passive Skills:Lucky chance: Due to abnormal amounts of luck not normally found in a creature, you are twice as likely to activate a percentage chance activating skill. In addition, you are automatically given a 1% chance to have a critical strike wherever you hit an enemy???: An unknown passive. Will unlock when certain conditions are met???: An unknown passive. Will unlock when certain conditions are metDemonic aura (weak): Some low level monsters will naturally follow you, treating you as their masterActive Skills:Hero's shout: Grants the caster a 30% increase in stats for 15 seconds. Usable once per daySummon familiar: Summon a familiar to your side for a certain amount of mana. Cost=Level of familiar x 20I got hit by lightning multiple times: For a random amount of time, you can not be killed. You can still be damaged however. Costs All mana (Only usable with 100 luck)Titles:Slime nii-san: The youngest and weakest of the slimes recognize you as their older brother and will follow your orders. This is the result of the passive: Demonic aura (weak). Warning, you are not strong enough for them to treat you as their dark lord. Therefore, they will follow any stronger slimes in the vicinity instead.Mythical beast hunter: For killing a mythical creature, adventurers will treat you with some respect while you will be shunned and targeted by those who treat these beasts with great reverence.EquipmentSteel scimitar+15 dmgSteel kite shield (small)+5 defenseLeather braces+1 defLeather shin guards+2 defLeather breast plate+3 defDefense11Damage15Familiar-GreenyRacePetrification SlimeLevel10Health150Attack30Passive Skills:Petrification: Any enemy that touches its slime will temporarily petrify. Depending on the amount of slime, a larger area of the enemy will be petrified.
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Author note: Thanks again for reading. I am going to level up Drac at the start of next chapter. I went over my usual word count of 900 and went up to 1050. I didn't want to increase it anymore. Also, I wanted to release this chapter asap and it takes a while to think where I should distribute the stats.