There's a difference between between beasts and monsters.
Beasts are animals that have evolved to survive in their new resonance rich environment.
Monsters were created by the system and therefore don't have any inherited survival instincts such as hunger or pain. Self preservation is a foreign word to them as their only goal in existence is to grow stronger.
By what I see is that most monsters were based on folklore or mythology. Like the one sitting next to me.
One of the four ladies of seasons, the lady of summer.
Now the tale of the ladies of seasons is a tale that doesn't go to detail, like a fairy tale with nameless characters. All I know is a bit of her personality from the tale and her feats.
She's about as tall as me and judging by her physike probably as strong. Even though she's only dressed in a loincloth and sandals it's wrapped around her in such a manner it could be mistaken for a sleeveless dress.
Her radiatingly blond hair seemingly competes with the sun whilst her eyes might as well be molten jade.
Does jade even melt? Or is it like one of those weird crystals that just shatter to dust once it gets to hot?
That smile of her's yet has to fade which is a good thing. I'm not confident in a fight against her, maybe spring or fall fuck winter I might take on with blood sweat and tears.
But not summer, she's a brute like me which takes my core strategy of sheer strength away. I can't doubt that she has pyromental resonance which wouldn't be as much of a problem if there wasn't a chance of her overpowering me.
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She's every brutes nightmare, an enemy that's just stronger, faster and better than them.
With that much raw strength involved exact class weaknesses don't really matter.
Summer is almost always laughing, I'm making sure of that. She's basically a barbarian Queen when you crank the malice up to 7. Unlike the other maidens she used brute strength to earn her title.
How you ask? Easy.
Usually the ladies proof themselves to the mother of seasons with feats.
Spring revitalised a hollow tree trunk.
It's not really clear what fall did since in every tale it's something else.
Winter made an immortality potion or something like that.
And what did summer do?
She fought the sun.
She challenged the sun to a fist fight and fucking won.
She challenged the sun to a fist fight and fucking won and then ordered it to rotate around the world.
She isn't as strong as her folklore counterpart, but it's the principle that matters. She's willing to fisticuff anything and everything if challenged or not.
Suddenly her eyes focused on something in the distance down hill. Her smile widened.
"What is it? I can't see that well."
Instead of answering she grabbed my sword's handle and yanked it out of its sheath. I didn't resist, it wouldn't have been a smart move, but I did cringe since usually you use both your hands to unsheath a claymore.
Then she charged downhill at a terrifying speed but I knew I could keep up. But why would I?
This is the perfect opportunity to make a getaway.
I took off my sword belt and put it on the ground, not that she comes looking for me because her new sword is missing a sheath. She is the kind of person to do that.
With a steady march I made my way uphill.
Just now I noticed how sweaty I am.
It was a hot day.
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Költ is a loose end.
He will be brought back in time but his actions can't be foreseen since he's immune to the effect that forces him to do what he did last time.
Destiny's puppet was it called?
Anyone I or Költ interrupt on this run or one of or actions affect them then they're also free.
At first I thought only I could affect the flow of history but then I found out about Költ. At first I didn't think much of it but then I saw just how much he hangs around monsters.
As long he doesn't run into a ant Queen, lady of season, mandrake or a nettle growth I should still be able to predict things.
I felt an itch at the back of my neck