Those skeletons that headed John's way looked light red just like Skelly looked earlier that day. Just by counting there was about four them "Hey, Skelly keep them occupied! Play it safe, but there is no need to kill them, just keep them occupied. I want to try a couple of things first" Skelly moved his mouth and a metallic sound came out, and then headed toward our opponents. John took his staff and activated his flame, the flame was floating at the tip of his staff and was rebelliously floating and dancing around like it had a will of his own. John closed his eyes, and started focusing on the flame imposing his will over it, as he connected with his staff as medium.
The more John went against the flame's will and fight it off to do what he wanted, the harder it was to use. He started feeling the flame, while trying to connect to the flame he noticed that the flame just wanted to be free, the flame can't think or feel. He just hates being restricted like everything, that's living in this world. His flame intention was very simple it was is to burn, corrode and freeze whatever and whenever it wants. Learning more about the flame and having a better understanding of it, he started to entice the flame to do his bidding, like a demon seducing a human soul. "Hey little friend you see those right there",
Interface notification!
"User has unlocked a subskill of the Eldrich Flame: Flame communing and is able to communicate simple intentions to your flame"
That system notification was a little distracting but focused on those skeleton he pointed to the skeletons without looking at the popping window "you can do whatever you want to them" he said while swinging his staff toward the skeleton. By the time he tries to look at the notification it had already dissipated into non-existence. He had unknowingly closed it!
To John's unexpected surprise the flame had turned grey, the flame split up in three parts and started flying towards the skeletons and he started to had a light headache like the previous time he used the flame. While flying the flame stopped like a flame and looked more like a snowball, and then unto a grey looking crystal. The crystal hit two of them on the skull and smash the fuck out of them and the other hit the shoulder and the crystal got stuck into his shoulder and started to crumble down into his body and expanded rapidly.
"Hey Skelly destroy that skeleton that's closest to me" John told Skelly briefly. Skelly started pummeling the skeleton until his shattered the skeleton skull into a million pieces.
He connected to the flame one more time "Let's get that one right there" swung his staff again but toward the last skeleton standing up, the flame turned black and the flame was flying once again, but this time it was leaving a trail behind as the flame flying it seems as it drooling all over the floor and igniting unto a merciless inferno. The black flame was actually consuming the air it was touching as it was flying through the air and was growing slightly and John headache turned really bad feeling his essence was being drained away and then subsided. The flame hit the skeleton on the chest and it exploded blasting it off seven feet away.
Black motes were floating close to the bodies! Skelly had already absorbed his share since he was close to the skeleton he destroyed, he went absorbed his share and looted the bodies. He didn't really find anything unusual, other than worn down clothing and shoes he got from two of the skeletons. He passed the clothes and shoes to Skelly and he quickly put them on without questioning.
John really wanted to wipe the cemetery off, most skeletons were either stuck on their tombs and sealed he will probably leave those for later, but just to be at peace he finished off those lame skeletons that had tried to escape from their coffin with his staff, the ones that had their skulls poking out the ground. John didn't really want to deal with more loose skeletons for the time being, the more he gets done now the less problems he will have later. There were many skeletons that were in the same situation, that gave me and Skelly an advantage.
A total of 45 skeleton were killed by both John and Skelly! They have gather large quantities of motes, 3 torn shirts, 6 torn pants, 8 torn shoes, 2 face masks and killing those skeletons was like cutting vegetables on a cooking table. John had accumulated a total of 52 bodies counting the ones he had fought previously.
John opened his Interface Window:
Name: John Witherwood
Rank: Novice F
Vitality: Mediocre
Stamina: Mediocre
Dexterity: Mediocre
Intellect: Mediocre +
Strength: Mediocre -
Agility: Mediocre
Passive Skill:
Death Aura(Passive): User has 1% chance to make someone die if he has a strong emotion towards it. The stronger the emotion the higher the probability for it to be trigger. The user can turn it on/off at will. This skill can't kill things that are already dead or a rank above you,
Universal Skills:
The all-knowing identifying skill (Activation Skill)
Language skill gained:
1. Basic Eldritch Runes (Rank [F] - Stage 1/10)
2. Basic Eldritch Incantation (Rank [F] - Stage 1/10)
Spells gained:
1. Summon Lesser Undead (Rank F - Stage 1/10) (Incantation Spell)
2. Eldritch Flame (Rank F - Stage 1/10) (Control spell)
Subskill: Flame Communing (Rankless - Stage 1) - This skill helps communicating with flame,
the more the skill is used the higher the stage and the higher the relationship with the flame.
CLOSE WINDOW NEXT WINDOW (Spatial Pouch)
It was already getting late, he noticed that the sun had just begun to slowly drown in the horizon. Going to town was actually a two hour walk and going back really didn't seem like an option. Town wasn't visible because all the trees that were blocking his view towards it. 'Maybe I can probably make it through the night inside the Mausoleum' John thought. The Mausoleum is where they buried the most important major from our town, as an honor to them. It is said not to step in this mausoleum under any circumstance, since it was an important monument.
This Mausolem was called the Greyoak Mausoleum, it was actually build by one of the richest family in his town, the Greyoak family. The mausoleum was actually locked tight with a rusted metal chain, the mausoleum hasn't been open for years, since they only bury the best of the best majors, creme of the crop. John was trying really hard to open the Mausoleum he thought that since it was rusted he could yank it off.
Skelly saw that John unable to open it up after many times trying to do it himself and he quick tore it off. John looked at Skelly "Thank you..." with a little bit of an attitude. 'Why did Skelly helped me? I certainly didn't ask for his help.' John was actually really tired and irritated.