The street was in a state of silence.
The bolt flew forth from the panicked guard's crossbow, the bolt drew closer and closer to its target. Ready to pierce it's enemy.
As the bolt rapidly approached the cloaked figure, Jothal watched on from the top of his horse anxiously. If he was honest with himself he hoped he really hoped to all the gods that could hear his voice that the bolt was able to somehow severely injure or kill this unknown man. From what he had seen earlier only fear was found at the very core of his being, the thought of being consumed and have your existence vanish was a terrifying thought.
"Anybody with any sort of intelligence would fear such a thought" - He mumbled under his breath as he watched on.
With everybody watching, the cloaked figure raised his right arm and lightning danced on his finger tips, and as a spell seemed to be almost complete.
"Thud"
The panicked actions of the guard cause the bolt to be fired at just the right angle in which it pierced through the cloaked figure's throat and exited from behind.
A spray of blood could be seen following the exit of the bolt dyeing the cobblestones red.
Loud cheers could be heard from the guards surrounding the street, but Jothal frowned at the sight before him, the figure was still standing tall despite such a grievous wound.
Before long the blood seemed to stop flowing from the grievous wound and something astonishing could be seen.
The blood was hardening at a rapid rate, soon breaking down into a dark mist and rejoining the the cloaked figure.
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(Warning: 20 seconds left on the Gaze of Deception)
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The sudden warning from the System almost cause Joseph to lose control of his illusion, as he stood by the opened door he was watching everything unfold, but now it was time to end this they had to get out shortly and quickly.
Joseph directed with his mind for the character he had created to throw the first Statue of Summoning.
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In the midst of the gaze of all the surroundings guards, the lightning on the cloaked figure's raised hand leapt from finger to finger and his palm raised towards Jothal. The lightning suddenly seemed to concentrate towards the middle of the figures palm.
Suddenly the lightning collapsed upon itself forming a small flat sphere with random lightning flickering from the edges.
As the guards watched on, a strange statue emerged from the sphere and landed on road next to the cloaked figure.
"Activate the Statue System now please" - Joseph asked the System while he watched on.
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(Affirmative Host)
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(Bing)
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(Bing)
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(Bing)
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(Bing)
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Joseph was slightly startled at first at the sound of the randomizing tool of the System having been selected and could not help but wonder in amazement at what kind of being created such a System if there was one.
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(Bing)
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(Bing)
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(Creature randomly selected: Ancient Corrupted Sentinel Guard)
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(Ancient Corrupted Sentinel Guard - Forged by master dwarf blacksmiths of old and used to safeguard their cities from enemies seeking treasures held within their treasuries. Taken as a prize of war and corrupted by Demon Lord Dar'oz of the third circle of Hell during the thousand year realm trials.)
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While Joseph was reading the description of what he had summoned he was at a loss, he felt a chill go up his spine and he could feel his hairs raising.
Soon he noticed something odd about the description, it said what he was summoning was forged by dwarfs so how he could he summon something not alive?
"System I think there's a mistake here, how could I possibly summon something that was forged?" - This was puzzling him, did these master dwarf blacksmiths give life to their creations?
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(Host is both correct and incorrect regarding the being that is currently in the process of being summoned.)
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(The origin of the Ancient Sentinel Guard was that of a mechanical being. The Demon Lord Dar'oz granted life to this ancient mechanical device by implanting a a minor demon birth seed.)
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Minor demon birth seed? What on earth was that? A disturbing thought arouse in Joseph's mind.
"System could you tell me what a minor demon birth seed is?" - As Joseph managed to ask the question of the System, a horrible and heavy aura descended upon the city.
Some of the weakest guards collapsed under the weight of the aura, others suffered more severe injuries where blood could be seen being coughed up.
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(A minor demon birth seed is the process in which demons are birthed from the very chaos essence of particular worlds in the multiverse. After a period of time chaos essence will crystallize and form various shapes and sizes, the shape and size of the chaos crystal will indicate the rank of the demon to be birthed from it.)
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(The birth of a demon can take from as low as 100 years to several thousand years without the assistance of a host it can attach itself to.)
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As Joseph thought over what the System had just told him, he was starting to get a very bad feeling and decided to ask the System a few more questions in an attempt at getting some peace of mind.
"Do you mean this demon lord or whoever put a demon crystal baby in this Ancient Guard?" - Joseph's mind was running at full speed trying to understand what he had just summoned.
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(Yes Host, that is correct)
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Joseph felt his last ray of hope starting to shatter, he had screwed up.
Just then he just remembered something important and just as he was going to ask....
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(WARNING.. WARNING.. WARNING.. WARNING.. )
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(HOST IS IN DANGER AND IT IS ADVISABLE FOR THE HOST TO LEAVE THIS AREA IMMEDIATELY)
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(HOST BLOOD SAMPLE HAS FAILED TO MERGE WITH ANCIENT CORRUPTED SENTINEL GUARD)
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(HOST IS IN DANGER AND IT IS ADVISABLE FOR THE HOST TO LEAVE THIS AREA IMMEDIATELY)
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The sudden warning came out from nowhere, Joseph held his head and yelled as the system screamed its warning to him. The loud warning despite being within Joseph's mind had managed to injure his hearing as blood oozed out from his ears.
He turned and ran back inside the house to make his escape.
Just as Joseph was about to close the door, the ground itself shook causing him to fall to the ground.
A deep sense of dread caused him to feel a strangling sensation making Joseph gasp for air.
He managed to turn around to look behind him and there he saw it.
A demonic giant of metal stood in the small street.
At this moment Joseph knew he f****d up big time...
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