I wanted to go to the center of the world, but I noticed a problem. Indeed humans will not leave there immediately because it is in this place that the masters of this world reside. So they are too weak to go, but if they are too weak then I will surely be.
Chartas: "What can I do?"
I know, I'm not going there and I will stay around and kill as many humans as I can take out, but I know I can't kill them all by myself, so I'll have to find allies. I tried to look for the tribes that were around and finally I chose the kobold tribe that was around.
I had a choice between them and the goblins. The kobolds will listen to me because we are the same species and the runaways may have taken refuge there.
Chartas: "Let's go find my family. "
Then I went to the Black Mountain, which was a volcano.
The closer I got to the Black Mountain, the more I noticed that there was something strange. Indeed there are no animals around.
Chartas: "Is it going to erupt?"
So I started to touch the ground looking for the slightest jolt but I felt nothing and couldn't see any sulfur in the air.
Chartas: "It's strange I haven't met any living creatures and there is no Kobold guarding the bottom of the mountain. All these strange things. I hope nothing's happened. "
As I was following the path that had been dug out of the rock and led to the top of the mountain, I saw dead Kobolds' bodies strewn across the ground. I came closer and tears fell from my eyes. It wasn't tears of sadness, it was tears of rage.
Chartas: "What have we done to deserve this? We were living quietly and had finally reached a time of peace. To finally get slaughtered by these humans."
So I had the idea to gather the bodies together and then give them a proper burial. But as I touched one of the bodies, I felt it was still warm.
Chartas: "So that means that they have just died, I started to look at the top of the mountain. I can still save them or at least help them. "
So I started to run towards the top and on all the way, I saw only Kobolds' corpses and no human body, well I saw one so my idea was true.
Chartas: "So they can reappear, but they can't do so indefinitely. I just need to find out how many times they can do it. "
Finally, I reached the top of the mountain. I could see a group of 20 humans facing about 30 kobolds. The kobolds even with the advantage of numbers were gradually losing strength because they had poorer stats and bad equipment.
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I couldn't jump into the fray like that. I had to be equipped with an armor and a weapon. I looked for armor in the mountain of corpses before me, but there was nothing, for they were all destroyed.
The only thing I found was this. It was a simple axe, even the scan described it as such.
Iron Axe: A perfect axe for chopping wood but you can also use it as a weapon to slice flesh. If equipped, all your attacks will inflict an additional 11 damage.
I now understood the usefulness of the equipment. Indeed, they greatly increase your combat capability.
Author: I chose the axe because it's my favorite weapon and I'm tired of the main character always using a sword or a saber to fight. It gets boring in the end.
I was now equipped and ready to fight. So I rushed to the back of the human camp as they did not know I was there, I could inflict severe damage on them. I stabbed my first opponent in the back. He tried to turn around, but I gave him a second blow, this time my axe went into his skull. After I killed him, I gained the skill of axe mastery.
Axe Mastery Lvl 1 (2/50): You wield the axe like a lumberjack's son. You can now attack in positions that you never thought possible before.
Weapon Mastery does not increase my damage but my handling of the weapon in question and the higher the level of this skill, the easier it will become for me to use it. Something strange happened too. Indeed I gained 2 proficiency by killing him and also 10xp because his body remained on the ground.
Chartas: "So we earn XP if they're in their last life. Good to know."
I could see the enemies were going to jump me now that I'd killed one of their own. So I opened my status and put all my points constitution so that I will receive less damage for each attack launched towards me.
Why didn't I choose to increase my attack? Simple because with my weapon and my poison my attack was more than enough.
Strength -6
Constitution -9
Endurance -7
Dexterity - 9
Willpower -11
Intelligence -4
Charisma - -2
Luck -3
Perception-7
Attribute Totals (54)
The fight continued and finally, after coming back to life three times, there was only me and one human left.
Author: Sorry this fight wasn't very important so I didn't describe it in full but don't worry future fights will be better.
Human: "It's either you or me, young wolf. "
I did not pay attention to his words and rushed towards him. I aimed at his head with my axe and he stepped back to dodge it, but I had anticipated that he would react this way. I used my tail to propel myself towards him and managed to slice his shoulder off.
You have just dealt 47 damage but your opponent's armor halves the damage. He, therefore, suffered 23 damage points and 5 poison damage for a total of 28 damage.
He only had one more blow left before he died, but so did I. So we stopped moving and stared at each other looking for an opening.
The human made the first movement and as he was about to slice me open and think he had won, I spat a small ball of fire in his face. He was amazed at what I had just done because I hadn't used it at all in the fight and the worst thing was that the flame smelled like shit.
Chartas: "What do you think of my flaming fart. It'll put you in a corner."
He tried to regain control of his body, but I had just pierced his heart. Just when I thought I had won the latter, I kicked myself and fell into the volcano. I woke up on a rocky spot with a big door in front of me.
Chartas: "I fell into the volcano, but what is this thing?"
On the door, it was written this. This door can only be opened by the descendants of me Crag the Grave Dragon and once you complete the trial you can inherit my powers. So I walked to the door and tried to open it.