"These Gem Tourtisans belong to Great Altan Kahn. You will surrender them to me, along with the rest of your equipment," Altan said as he hefted an oversized scimitar that was on fire.
The threat of what he would do if they said no was clear in the glint of madness in Altans' eye.
Penny gritted her teeth as she tried to figure a way out of this. Then Luke used an identification skill, and the information was propagated to them through his party interface.
DING!!!
Name: Altan Khan (Brandon)
Title: Beta-Tester, First
Race: Half-Giant
Type: Humanoid / Giant
Level: 21
Classes: Horseman of War 21
Personal Skills: [Unstoppable], [Pursuit Hunter], [War Chest], [War Map], [Slavers Contract], [Sex Maniac]
Horseman of War Skills: [Flaming Sword of War], [Broken Second Seal], [Red Rider], [War Leader], [Spoils of War], [Belliscience], [Horrors of War], [Avatar of War], [Friendly Fire], [Art of War], [Cry Havoc], [Kali’s Destruction], [Presence of Ares]
Name: Donald Becker
Title: Beta-Tester, First, Murderer
Race: Half-Giant
Type: Humanoid / Giant
Level: 21
Classes: Bone Juggernaut 21
Personal Skills: [Unstoppable], [Pursuit Hunter], [Storage], [Mapping], [System Wiki]
Bone Juggernaut Skills: [Fang of Man], [Empowered Blows], [Chivalry], [Virtue in Extremis], [Armored Charge], [Legendary Strength], [Multi-strike], [Sweeping Slash], [Bone Juggernaut Weapon], [Bone Juggernaut Armour], [Duty Before Death], [Scrimshaw], [Art of Bones]
The Second person was covered in armor made out of bones. Human bones, because, of course, they did. A bone sword and shield rested in his hands. She could already feel that Des was more interested in fighting him than Altan.
Name: Shade (Gary Gallagher)
Title: Beta-Tester, First, Rapist, Mass Murderer*
Race: High Elf
Type: Humanoid
Level: 18
Classes: Horseman of Conquest 18
Personal Skills: [Manipulator], [Arcane Stability], [Storage], [Mapping], [System Wiki]
Horseman of Conquest Skills: [Generate Pestilence], [First Broken Seal], [White Rider], [Conquerors Shield], [Conquerors Bounty], [Plague Engineering], [Plague Burst], [Patient Zero], [Plague Eater]
The Third person looked like a dead ringer for Severus Snape, only with elf ears, and he was trying way too hard to look edgy. She had already decided she was going to castrate the rapist.
Name: One (Mia Lee)
Title: Slave, Priestess of Tova
Race: Human
Type: Humanoid
Level: 15
Classes: Enslaved Vestal 15
Personal Skills: [Pursuit Hunter], [Storyteller], [Sex Maniac]
Enslaved Vestal Skills: [White Arts], [Aura of the Sun], [Holy Auspicious], [Aura of Cleansing], [Reconstruction], [Hand of Mercy], [Holy Rituals], [Meditative Prayer], [Aegis]
Name: Three (Amanda Zu)
Title: Slave
Race: Human
Type: Humanoid / Slime
Level: 9
Classes: Enslaved Shamen 9
Personal Skills: [Pursuit Hunter], [Storyteller], [Sex Maniac]
Enslaved Shamen Skills: [Spirit Touched], [Elemental Ward], [Totem Creation], [Call Feral Spirit], [Spirit Friend], [Slime Totem]
Name: Two (Song Chen)
Title: Slave
Race: Human
Type: Humanoid
Level: 10
Classes: [Enslaved Druid] 10
Personal Skills: [Pursuit Hunter], [Storyteller], [Sex Maniac]
Enslaved Druid Skills: [Art of Life and Death], [Verdant Aura], [Nature's Resilience], [Barkskin], [Spore Burst], [Photosynthesis]
Penny felt her teeth threaten to shatter as she ground them together in silent rage. Fuck these assholes. She would drown them in demons and then sacrifice their asses to whatever demon god would have them.
Unfortunately, she didn't like their odds. Even if they outnumbered the new group, three of them were beta-testers, and Travis was eyeing them nervously. That, more than anything else, told her how bad of a situation they were in.
"So what's your answer?" Altan asked as a cruel smile played across his lips.
Before anyone could say anything, Chad spoke up.
"Fuck you chopsticks," he shouted.
Penny couldn't believe she was agreeing with Chad, but she did.
"Then You have chosen Death," Altan said calmly, smiling. Then he lept at them, his flaming scimitar held high, and the flames turned a hellish green.
His sword moved to remove Chad's head but missed as Penny blasted the guy with a Wind blade, knocking his sword off course and giving Chad just enough time to jerk backwards before the flaming scimitar took his head off.
"Kill him!" Chad screamed as he desperately tried to crawl away.
Penny had a better idea. And she activated [Get Naked]. The clothes of the so-called Kahn flew off his body like a cartoon character. She screeched like a child as he attempted to cover his privates.
Issac took that moment to swing his hammer at Altan, only for the massive man to knock away the attack, his face turning red.
"I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU!!!" he screamed as he swung his blade slowly, almost comically slow, until the sword cleaved Issacs arm off at the elbow.
CRUNCH
"Ah … ahhhhh," Issac screamed as his arm hit the ground. The green flames caused his flesh to bubble, and Issacs scream transformed into vomit as he collapsed to the ground and regurgitated everything he had eaten and a good pint of blood.
"MOTHER FUCKER" Gareth screamed.
Sam drew an arrow and let it fly into Altans' chest. It landed with an impact that sounded like it had struck steel instead of naked flesh.
Des had lept towards the [Bone Juggernaut]. Even with his injuries from the Prismatic Serpent, Des and Donald slammed into each other like bone titans, and they crashed against each other again and again.
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"His skin is armored," Luke announced as he charged the Altan. Chad and Gareth followed right behind him.
The three of them devolved into an utter brawl as Penny sprinted towards the girls. But the Altan stepped backward just out of range, a cruel smile on his face.
"Shade. Do your thing." Altan says.
Penny crashed to the ground as the world started to swim; she felt feverish, and her limbs felt so heavy.
DING!!!
You have been afflicted with: Yellow Fever
You are [Diseased].
While you are [Diseased] with Yellow Fever, you may suffer: [Bleed], [Severe Nausea], [Bloody Vomiting], [High Fever], [Chills], [Severe Headache], [General Achs], [Fatigue], [Weakness]
"Pathetic," Altan chuckled as he started to monologue in the buff as he lorded his superiority over the rest of her party as they struggled to get up.
Des and the Bone guy were still fighting, seemingly unaffected by the whole thing, which was causing a massive distraction. Despite that, she could feel that Des was losing this fight. It was too soon after the Prismatic serpent, and he wouldn't last much longer.
Penny's eyes darted around, finding the edge lord nearby, looking smug. He was the one who had made them sick. Penny pushed herself forward, crawling towards him, praying he wouldn't notice her.
Then Travis teleported right behind him, startling him as he dodged away from the Lizard Wizard's sword and directly into Penny's embrace.
Penny activated [Get Naked] again. Causing Shade to Moon his paisley ass to the world as she wrapped herself around him, every inch of skin contact allowed her to apply more paralyzing poison with [Viper style: Touch of the Jellyfish]. Even as she did, it felt like her head was about to split open.
"What the fu--" Shade was cut off as Travis placed his sword at the man's neck.
"Cure everyone of the disease now!!" he ordered.
"Fuck yo--" Shade started to say, but this time Penny cut him off.
"Come on, baby, Cure everyone of the disease. If you do, I'll give you a little something extra later," she whispered into his ear, using [Charm Speak] and [Pheromone Control] to make him as complicated as possible.
She hoped this worked before she threw up on him, whether from the disease or her having to say those things to him, she wasn't sure which. Fortunately, it worked.
"Whatever you say, sugar," Shade mumbled as he waved his hand.
DING!!!
Shade has used [Plague Eater] on you to restore his Resources
You have been Cured of [Yellow Fever]
Then she plunged her sacrificial dagger into his heart. He didn't even have the time to scream before the skill activated, and her resources were fully restored.
"Remind me not to piss you off," Travis said just as Luke knocked Altan on his ass.
Just then, Penny felt Des die. Turning she found her Demon crushed remains turning into particle effects.
"I'll take the bone daddy," Travis said as he launched himself into the fight.
Penny turned and moved towards the three slave girls and ran towards them. Blood coated her hands and dripped from her sacrificial dagger. Shade’s lifeless form lay crumpled behind her. The girls were huddled together but looked unharmed.
"Come on," she said softly, her voice rough from exertion. “We need to get you out of here while they're occupied.”
The three women turned to her as one. For a moment, there was silence. No thanks, no sighs of relief. Just cold fury that made the hairs on the back of Penny’s neck stand on end.
She ducked backwards just in time to avoid a blast of light magic from taking off her head.
"Kill her!!" Mia said as she attempted to blast her with magic.
A spectral wolf leapt out from the ground as Amanda summoned it and sent it to attack her. Penny danced away from the wolf lashing out with her dagger, but the ghost wolf was partly affected. Song blasted her with spores, sending her into a coughing fit.
She needed space. Summoning up her mana, she conjured Des in his much weaker form. The demon immediately leapt at the spectral wolf, its bone blades hurting it where her little dagger had failed.
“Stop!” Penny screamed, her arms shielding her face from the searing heat. “I’m trying to help you!”
"Help us?!" Mia shot back. "Our Kahn protects us; why would we need you?!"
The other two shouted in agreement as they peppered her with spells. What the hell was wrong with these people? They were slaves. Did they have Stockholm syndrome or something? She didn't get much further into her thinking as Mia blasted Des and the spectral wolf to pieces with one of her spells before turning on her.
Penny activated [Get Naked] on all three of them. Causing all three of the girls to scream as their bodies were put on full display.
"Stop fighting me," Penny ordered, trying to use [Charm Speak] and [Pheromone Control] again to neutralize them without killing them.
It did not work. Instead, Amanda and Song lunged forward. Penny reacted on instinct, slashing at the two girls as they tried to pull her to the ground. She was hoping that if she couldn't make them come to their senses, she could paralyze them.
That hope quickly died as Mia cast cleansing spells on the two of them. Worse, Amada's body was covered in thick bark, deflecting her dagger while Song's body regenerated like Abaddons. Worse, she was slowly accumulating injuries as the two girls punched, kicked, pulled her hair, and even cast weak spells against her.
She called for help, but the others either couldn't answer her plea or didn't hear her.
At one point, she was too slow, and Song punched her in the gut, knocking the wing out of her and sending her stumbling backwards. Another [Spore Burst] from Amanda filled the air around her, choking Penny as she tried to rise. Her lungs burned as she coughed violently, her vision blurring. She dumped her dagger into her [Storage] so she wouldn't lose it as she tried to talk them down again.
“You don’t have to do this!” Penny said, trying to reach for [Charm Speak] again.
"You're not worth Altan's attention." Mia … no, One said smugly as she gathered more mana around herself.
The Spell punched through Penny's chest, burning a hole in her torso. She couldn't even scream as her lungs were destroyed. She realized with an almost calm certainty that she was going to die.
Penny turned to see Luke and the others still fighting Altan. She didn't see Travis. She really hoped they remembered to return her body to Tom so she could come back. She had done all she could, and now it was time to rest. She closed her eyes as notifications flashed before her eyes.
<[Pursuite Hunter] has Reached Level 16>
<[Pursuite Hunter] has Reached Level 17>
<[Storage] has Reached Level 2>
<[Storage] has Reached Level 3>
<[Storage] has Reached Level 4>
<[Viper Style: Touch of the Jellyfish] has Reached Level 11>
<[Viper Style: Touch of the Jellyfish] has Reached Level 12>
<[Viper Style: Touch of the Jellyfish] has Reached Level 13>
<[Charm Speak] has Reached Level 9>
<[Charm Speak] has Reached Level 10>
<[Charm Speak] has Reached Level 11>
<[Walk of Shame] has Reached Level 17>
<[Pheromone Control] has Reached Level 3>
<[Pheromone Control] has Reached Level 4>
<...>
<[Pheromone Control] has Reached Level 9>
<[Get Naked] has Reached Level 3>
<[Get Naked] has Reached Level 4>
<...>
<[Get Naked] has Reached Level 8>
<[Air Magic] has Reached Level 20>
<[Ritual Sacrifice] has Reached Level 6>
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Name: Penny Noel
Race: Human
Type: Humanoid
LVL: 15
SubRace: Caucasian
Age 18
Health: 765
Stamina: 1025
Mana: 1040
Health Regen: 9.6 per hour
Stamina Regen: 13.5 per min
Mana Regen: 5.2 per min
Titles: Free*, Breaker of Chains
Immune
N/A
Resistances
N/A
Weakness
N/A
Bane
Manslayer
Classes: Courtesan 5 / Warlock 5 / Bard 3 / 2 Unassigned
Total
STR: 13
AGIL: 52
DEX: 42
CON: 57
END: 39
PER: 39
INT: 52
WILL: 13
SPIRIT: 39
EGO: 26
CHA: 71
LCK: 13
Base
STR: 13
AGIL: 52
DEX: 39 +10%
CON: 52 +10%
END: 39
PER: 39
INT: 52
WILL: 13
SPIRIT: 39
EGO: 26
CHA: 65 +10%
LCK: 13
Personal: +4 CHA +3 AGIL +3 INT +2 DEX +2 PER
Racial: +3 CON +2 END +2 SPIRIT +1 EGO
Level Bonus: +1 to all Stats
Skill Slots: 18/60: Skill Points: 0
Personal Skills
* [Pursuit Hunter] - Level 15 >> Level 17
* [StoryTeller] - N/A
* [Storage] - Level 1 >> Level 4
* [Meditation] - Level 1
Courtesan 5/11
* [Viper Style: Touch of the Jellyfish] - Level 10 >> Level 13
* [Charm Speak] - Level 8 >> Level 11
* [Walk of Shame] - Level 16 >> Level 17
* [Pheromone Control] - Level 2 >> Level 9
* [Get Naked] - Level 2 >> Level 8
Warlock 5/11
* [Summon Demonic Familiar] - Level 12
* [Empty]
* [Air Magic] - Level 19 >> Level 20
* [Ritual Sacrifice] - Level 5 >> Level 6
* [Demonology] - Level 9
Bard 4/6
* [Bardic Music] - Level 1
* [Extended Song] - Level 1
* [Air Guitar] - Level 1
* [Whisper Wind] - Level 1