Screwed up, RoyalRoadl logged me out from inactivity so when I tried to post this it prompted me to log in and everything was lost so very late.

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As it ambled closer the boss began to raise its tentacle-like appendages and began to press them together. It created an awful noise by rubbing them like a cricket chirps using its back legs. A noise similar to nails across a chalkboard rang out echoing across the tunnel.

Debuff: Deafness and Flinching

Emperor and the villagers became unable to move or hear anything. Blood came out from the ears of some of the villager's ears while others actually fainted from the noise. Emperor decided to stand defiant and laugh in the face of this impossible to win situation.

Skill failed due to Deafness debuff, Skill failed due to Golden Mosquito Leader's level.

'Figures not even my newest skill will do anything.'

Before Emperor could recover from the debuffs he was hit hard by the boss and got launched to the side into the wall and fell into a pile of miscellaneous things like bones, dried blood, and feces. Emperor watched in apprehension as the mosquito closed in on the rest of their forces then a sudden darkness fell.

Debuff unconciousness

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Emperor felt like a fish floating in the depths of his conciousness with only passing thoughts giving him company. Eventually he fell onto a path and stood up but there was no floor. He started wandering around while looking around even though there was nothing to see. Every once of a while a thought would pass by him and he would turn to look at it but couldn't grasp it. Eventually something particularly strong passed by but was blurry. It continued to pass by but he couldn't comprehend it as though it was mocking him. Eventually he fully grasped it in its fullness.

"Spiritual Healing" ???

Health and Stamina fully restored, All debuffs cured, acquired Title: From the Brink

Emperor woke up bombarded with windows and a whole group of curious people. All of the villagers that he sent back to the village, Schmied, Stagola, and a few unfamiliar faces appeared before his sight. The others like Kendrick, the kids, Khan, and the rest were nowhere to be seen. Emperor quickly opened his quest window on becoming the Lord of Sicheren Untergang and found it mostly unchanged.

Not again, they're alright but missing. I'd be missing too if I hadn't fallen into this pile of sh*t. He looked closely at the new additions of people and found most of them had armour made from wolf leather, scrap metal, or both. It was more inconsistent than the villager's armour as though they didn't care how they looked or thought they looked cool that way.

"These are more champions like me that recently started in the village." said Stagola noticing Emperor's curiosity.

'There's about 50 of them, so many started out recently in the village.'

"I was only able to convince about one-fourth of them, the rest will join us after grinding a bit." said Stagola

'This isn't even all of them yet so many, definitely the influence of the video.'

"So what happened here?" said Stagola finally.

Emperor finally began to speak and told the story of what happened in the tunnels up until the point he passed out. After he finished Stagola called out.

"This must be destiny, my calling for reinforcements has given us a chance to fight the boss and save the village. Of course to give the Lord himself a second chance as well." said Stagola

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Everyone cheered then they all delved into the dungeon. A few straggling mosquitos were found along the way and killed with ease by the villagers. Along the way Emperor asked Stagola a question.

-What was that skill you used back there to revive me?

"Spiritual Healing, just your average healing spell obtained by patching people up. It also can heal debuffs so I used it on you but I can only use it a few times in a row. Took quite a few tries to remove all the debuffs though, gotta grind it before it becomes more useful."

'Average? Sounds quite advanced to me, but grinding it sounds good so no need to say anything.'

Emperor also checked out his new title.

-Show Title From the Brink

Title: From the Brink

Rarity: 1 star

You were brought to the brink of death and debuffed horribly. But you made a full recovery due to a skilled healer. You're brush with death makes you more familiar with death itself.

Benefits: +10 Endurance, increased familiarity with undead and those who've survived similar incidents

Disadvantages: Less respect with churches as your miracle healing was not done by them and is considered witchcraft

'Nice benefits, the disadvantage well seems like a disadvantage but I can ignore it for now as this isn't a religious area.'

They managed to quickly reach the first chamber which contained the tainted lake with the larvae. Everyone except Emperor and Stagola were amazed at the sight. They instead were worried due to the absence of mosquitos in the chamber and what it meant. They came nearer to the lake before one of the beginners ran towards the lake. He sat down near the edge and began drinking the water. He did this because he read in a forum that doing odd things can lead to unexpected benefits.

He then started foaming from the mouth and a larvae sprung from the water and latched itself to him. Before people could react the noob turned completely pale from blood loss then dissipated as his health ran out. Some of the noobs thought it was cool while others were disgusted. Stagola then killed the larvae before it could drag itself back into the lake.

Soon they were trekking alongside the lake with the villagers, Emperor, and Stagola killing any larvae that popped up. The noobs began asking Schmied to incorporate the chitin and other loot like bloodstones into their armour. Which ended up creating freaky falmor and daeda-like armour as though the game was Skyrim. At this time Emperor asked for some armour repairs as well. They ended up taking a break before entering the next tunnel. At this time many of the noobs allocated their points or logged off while the villagers ate and rested.

Schmied asked Emperor "I can fix yer armour but I need some materials to do so"

Emperor promptly digged through his bag and passed over the Alpha Wolf's pelt, a normal wolf head, and some mosquito chitin. This odd loot surprised Schmied but he got straight to work.

Emperor decided unlike the noobs he wouldn't allocate any points until the next time he met the boss so he wouldn't waste any of the points. Besides stats increase faster when they are relatively low.

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Haha no boss battle for you yet, this holds half the content chapter 21 originally had but its more detailed than the original. Blame RoyalRoadl for the lateness or me for not noticing I wasn't logged in nor copying it before submitting. Either or works for me.

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