Rebirth : Lizard-man Party Leader Chapter 12 12. Ogre

Status.

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Name : Jamal Hendricks / no name monster

Level : 41 points available : 0

Species : Akkedis/ human soul

Strength : 1,000

Increases the ease to lift and damage objects and opponents

Intelligence : 200

Makes resisting mind control, solving complex problems, reading people, learning magic and skills easier

Durability : 500

Resistance of disease, sleep deprivation, injury of body and soul, temperature, starvation

Energy : 1,015

Increases pool of energy and energy rate

Health : 700

Increases pool of health and healing rate

Stamina : 303

Increases pool of stamina and stamina rate

Extra energy : 149

Luck : 134

Odds play out in your favor

Speed : 500

Increases reaction time, sensory perception, rate of travel, time perception

Agility : 200

Allows for complex movement's

Crafting: 800

Allows one to craft objects well

Special ability : adaptation

: forced conscription

: perfect mimic

: empath darts

: peerless regeneration

: excess energy

: acid blood

: webs

: spatial awareness

: dash

Adaptation : ability to adapt to any situation to survive. Dependent on energy levels.

Forced conscription: Anyone you defeat you can force into your party. Can order them unlimited times, but each order takes energy. All previous benefits from 'party leader' apply.

Slots : 4/6

Perfect mimicry: Can perfectly replicate any sound.

Lesser ability perfect recall is a side effect of this ability. Due to this lesser ability you will remember everything.

Empath Darts : Projectiles made from mana.

You can imbue emotions into the dart via mucus. The higher your level the longer you can make the emotions last.

Lesser ability Gastron mucus allows you to produce mucus through your skin. The mucus gives you minimal protection and allows you to scale vertical surfaces.

Peerless Regeneration: you will continuously heal.

Lesser ability Ample Strength doubles strength.

Excess energy : all food eaten will be stored as energy. Can use energy as extra stamina at will.

Acid blood : can turn your blood acidic at will.

Webs : can convert mana into webs. Adhesive and regular are the only options right now.

Every yard of web produced will consume one energy.

Spatial awareness : changes in temperature, air currents, vibrations, and smell will be recorded and used to locate prey. Always on.

Dash : Increases speed by a factor of ten. Quadruple the amount of stamina will be used every second it is active.

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So, at my current energy level I can make around five spools of web, that means I can make two thousand and five hundred gold without even bringing back anything!

I'm rich!

Shut up Patty!

"Okay, let's move ...arrh!"

I fell to my knees clutching my head.

A cornucopia of information came flooding into my unprepared brain. I could feel that it was around fifty-eight degrees Fahrenheit, I felt the vibrations my party's heartbeats made, and I could smell and hear my party through my skin!

Eventually my brain got the hang of it and the pain faded.

"Are you okay?"

(Jurea)

I nodded my head and stood up.

What was that?

< Information overload. Your brain hadn't been calibrated for all of that data. >

What the hell Patty! Why didn't you warn me?!

Shut up Patty!

"Should we continue to the boss?"

(Eric)

I looked at both of them.

They had signs of wear and tear, but seemed alright to me.

"We came here to kill a boss, we're going to kill a boss."

They nodded their agreement.

"Hey guys! All of that guys equipment is torn to shreds, but his bow is still sellable. He also had five gold coins on him, which I decided to share with y'all."

(Flora)

Flora came running back to us, carrying a bow and loose coins.

As soon as she was close enough, I hit her in the ass with my tail.

She dropped the bow to cup her ass, but held onto the coins.

"Ow! Why'd you do that?!"

"I've been in this dungeon for years Flora, years! And one thing all adventurers have in common is the fact that they always have a closable pouch to hold their money."

"The pouch could have been broken."

"Was it?"

"... "

"..."

"Yes."

Smack!

Another tail hit.

"Ow! There's nothing else!"

Smack!!

Two more hits.

"Ouch!!! Why would I lie and take this pain? Think with your tiny brain."

Smack!!!

"Ow!"

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An hour later we on the seventh floor, and Flora was still rubbing her sore butt.

"That was uncalled for!"

(Flora)

"No, it was what you deserved."

(Eric)

"Wasn't enough if you ask me."

(Jurea)

If you're wondering why those two are mad at her as well, it is probably because Flora found five hundred gold in the adventurer's sack and was just going to split one percent with us, and I said split as in she was going to keep some of the five coins!

I'm really thinking I should increase the amount of gold she has to pay to Jungo's daughter.

While we were walking I would sense monsters well before we saw them with my spider radar and Eric would kill them with an arrow.

This way we'd get more XP exploiting the fact that she has a lower level than all of us here, unfortunately with most monsters only giving two to five XP we have yet to level up.

Still, we are making great time and collecting hundreds of low-grade hearts to sell.

Eric could skin and separate all of the useful parts of a monster in under five minutes, with her here we'll be able to bring back more with us.

Now, I am not a money whore like Flora, I just realize that life is so much easier with money and lots of it.

If I make enough money, I can get Jurea or Flora to go to one of the major cities and buy me a fantasy mount!

Griffin I'm gonna call fly boy here I come.

Shut up Patty.

While I was congratulating my future-self on his impeccable choice in war-mounts, I felt /smelled/ whatever a presence coming from behind us.

"Eric! Behind us."

We all turned around weapons / claws ready to kill whatever dumb piece of shit monster was trying to kill us, and was met with the sight of a lost little girl.

Eric had already loosed her arrow at the enemy, luckily with my fast reflexes I caught the arrow out of midair.

"Are you alright?"

I bent down to comfort the girl.

"{Godly ....."

(Flora)

Before Flora could finish her spell, I jumped up grabbed her staff and covered her mouth.

"What do you think you are doing?! Killing a little girl is a new low - even for you!"

Flora shrugged me off of her.

"Please tell you didn't fall for that! If that thing is a little girl, answer me this - how did she make it past miles of forest filled with monsters and wild animals and six dungeon floors all to meet up with us?! And why not go to other adventurers, who don't have a party where half of the party members look like monsters?"

That... that actually makes complete sense, which means that... thing is a monster.

All of us who had taken our eyes of the 'harmless, helpless little girl' slowly turned back.

It was gone.

"Shit! What the fuck is wrong with all of you! The first gods damned rule of the dungeon is kill first, ask if it was possibly human later."

(Flora)

"I've been down here hundreds of times. The only monster that shapeshifts on the top floors are hayra slimes, and they only shapeshift into other monsters and adult adventurers!"

(Jurea)

"Well, this one obviously didn't get the memo."

(Me)

"What is a memo?"

(Eric)

"Just focus on the ceiling, they always come at you from the ceiling."

(Me)

Patty, why isn't my spider radar working?

<'Spatial Awareness' is not working because the slime is not moving nor releasing any heat.>

Shit! That's not good.

I slowly started walking forwards while keeping my eyes on the ceiling like all horror movies have taught me, when I noticed the floor tasted different.

And yes I said taste, fun fact spiders taste with their feet.

"Um ....guys, I think I know where it went."

Before we could react, it expanded rapidly, swallowing all of us.

I could feel my lungs burning, it wasn't only suffocating us - it was somehow pulling the oxygen out of us.

Patty .... what ..... are you...d.....doing?

Nope .....n...no questions here, do y....your thing.

So....hard to .....to .....to ....think.

Ability 'Polymorph' added. >

Without its mana heart the slime died, and we hit the floor covered in goo.

Thank..... you Patty.

We all were throwing up I don't want to know what.

Status.

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Name : Jamal Hendricks / no name monster

Level : 41 points available : 0

Species : Akkedis/ human soul

Strength : 1,000

Increases the ease to lift and damage objects and opponents

Intelligence : 200

Makes resisting mind control, solving complex problems, reading people, learning magic and skills easier

Durability : 500

Resistance of disease, sleep deprivation, injury of body and soul, temperature, starvation

Energy : 1,015

Increases pool of energy and energy rate

Health : 610

Increases pool of health and healing rate

Stamina : 303

Increases pool of stamina and stamina rate

Extra energy : 567

Luck : 134

Odds play out in your favor

Speed : 500

Increases reaction time, sensory perception, rate of travel, time perception

Agility : 200

Allows for complex movement's

Crafting: 800

Allows one to craft objects well

Special ability : adaptation

: forced conscription

: perfect mimic

: empath darts

: peerless regeneration

: excess energy

: acid blood

: webs

: spatial awareness

: dash

: polymorph

Adaptation : ability to adapt to any situation to survive. Dependent on energy levels.

Forced conscription: Anyone you defeat you can force into your party. Can order them unlimited times, but each order takes energy. All previous benefits from 'party leader' apply.

Slots : 4/6

Perfect mimicry: Can perfectly replicate any sound.

Lesser ability perfect recall is a side effect of this ability. Due to this lesser ability you will remember everything.

Empath Darts : Projectiles made from mana.

You can imbue emotions into the dart via mucus. The higher your level the longer you can make the emotions last.

Lesser ability Gastron mucus allows you to produce mucus through your skin. The mucus gives you minimal protection and allows you to scale vertical surfaces.

Peerless Regeneration: you will continuously heal.

Lesser ability Ample Strength doubles strength.

Excess energy : all food eaten will be stored as energy. Can use energy as extra stamina at will.

Acid blood : can turn your blood acidic at will.

Webs : can convert mana into webs. Adhesive and regular are the only options right now.

Every yard of web produced will consume one energy.

Spatial awareness : changes in temperature, air currents, vibrations, and smell will be recorded and used to locate prey. Always on.

Dash : Increases speed by a factor of ten. Quadruple the amount of stamina will be used every second it is active.

Polymorph : can change into the form of those that you have consumed.

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Hey Patty, where is the oxygen ability it used on us?

abilities, ergo you did not receive it. >

Okay, does this polymorph ability mean I can transform into a human again?

No.

But, I thought since I was human... you could... do something with that?

<....>

Well?

Thank y... wait, if you could do that soul reconfigure thing, why did you say no at first?

Oh. My. God! You were just being lazy, weren't you?!

Your time?! You're a disembodied voice! You got nothing but time.

"If you're done arguing with Patty, can we get a move on? I want to get to the tenth floor today, not next year."

(Flora)

They were all standing up, as clean as possible considering.

"One sec, I want to try something out."

I had a list in my head of all the monsters I've eaten, either their hearts or flesh.

Acid ant worker.

Ambush spider.

Dronga.

Gastron.

Heela.

Imp.

Kobold.

Miraj.

Troll.

Etc.....

I picked one, then willed myself to change.

I expected the change to feel like a werewolf's change in the movies, slow and agonizing.

Instead, I plopped onto the floor as a puddle of goop.

Then, my body pulled itself back together, but instead of my beautiful scaly skin I had a hard exoskeleton covered with fine mana hairs.

I had become an ambush spider!

I also noticed something else, my spider sens....er.....radar (marvel don't sue me) is way stronger.

Hey Patty, why has the range on my spider radar increased?

Sweet!

"You can turn into monsters now?!"

(Eric)

Yes, I sure can.

They just stared at me.

Then, it dawned on me, spiders can't speak - through some use stridulation to communicate.

I thwacked myself with one of my new pedipalps.

I then willed myself back to my lizard body.

"Yes, I can."

"Why would you even want to turn into other monsters? Aren't you already ugly enough."

(Flora)

You know a mature man would just let that insult go, I'm neither mature nor a man (a human one at least).

Smack!!!

"Owww!.....my ass."

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A few hours later we are on the tenth floor, about a hundred yards away from the boss portal.

We decided to set up camp here, eat the rations Flora brought, and recuperate our strength.

After eating, I turned into my ambush spider form, keeping a look out not for more monsters but adventurers.

Even though there are dozens of entrances to the first floor, there is only one entrance to the boss room.

After a party enters the portal, it closes until an hour after the boss or adventurers die.

We could always wait, but it's an hour after the boss / adventurer(s) dies, and if the adventurer(s) suck it could take forever.

I mean it isn't unheard of for some adventurers to die after being exhausted by hours of constant battle.

I felt something coming from behind us.

I spun around, used my pedipalp to shoot a web, and once I felt something tugging on my web I yanked it back - hard.

The imp I snagged with my web flew at me at high velocity.

I caught it in my pedipalps and squeezed the life out of it, then I chowed down some more.

"That's even more disgusting when you're a spider."

(Flora)

I just stared at her - real easy to do with eight eyes - then transformed back into my real body.

"Let's just do this."

We headed for the entrance.

Once we passed inside the boss room we are greeted by a loud roar.

Druuw!!!

A giant twenty-foot ogre stood about fifty yards away.

The ogre was the apex of the apex here on the first ten floors.

With skin as hard as steel, two large horns jutting out of its forehead, bulging muscles, long reaching arms ending in hands that could turn a boulder into pebbles, and a mouth filled with the rotting flesh of its past victims it stood unsurpassed on the lower floors.

I didn't even attempt to talk to the others, we went over the plan a dozen times out there.

If we failed, we wouldn't get a do over.

I launched myself forward, once I got within twelve yards I activated 'Dash'.

A huge fist that was crashing down at me at incredible speed slowed almost to a stand still.

I jumped onto, then ran up, its arm.

I jumped onto its shoulder, and from there ran and punched the ogres face with all of my might.

That made it stumble a couple of steps.

Druuuw!!!

Mini status.

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Health:700/700

Energy:467/1015

Stamina:133/303

Excess energy : 678

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Still good.

I start shooting darts rapidly at the ogre, not a single dart penetrated its skin.

It still enraged it enough for it to focus solely on me - which was the plan.

"{Inertial carry}!"

The punch it aimed at me made it sail through the air and hit the ground a couple of yards away - hard.

"{Inertial carry}! {Inertial carry}! {Inertial carry}!"

Every move the ogre made, made it over shoot its original destination, and sent it flying into the ground or walls.

This in of itself wasn't enough to kill it, but it brought us time.

Mini status.

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Health:646/700

Energy:123/1025

Stamina:0/317

Excess energy : 143

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Seventeen minutes into the battle and I am running on empty, Flora probably is too.

None of that mattered.

Just as the ogre was getting ready to take another swing at me Jurea's hammer flew through the air and smacked it in the head, causing it to fall to its knees with blood dripping from a head wound.

I used my webs to catch her hammer and fling it back to her.

She caught it without pausing in her dash to the ogre.

As she was rushing the ogre, I saw an emotion I thought it lacked in its eyes - fear.

Ignoring that fear it smashed its fist on her, Jurea used her hammer to block the hit.

The ground spider web cracked, she just shrugged it off and jumped to hit its kneecap.

The sound of breaking bones filled the room.

Druuuuuw!!!!

It back-handed Jurea, she flew backwards.

She dug the spike side of her warhammer into the ground stopping herself.

She stood up and charged at it again.

What followed was a back and forth between them.

It would knock her down, she would get back up and break some more of its bones.

Every minute they fought she got stronger and it got weaker, until it was a heap of pulped flesh waiting to die.

"Jurea stop."

She looked at me and nodded while stepping away.

This was the plan all along, stall until Jurea was strong enough to kill it.

Every hundred seconds her fight meter goes up by one, so at seventeen minutes she is ten times as strong, and she already is fifteen times stronger than the average human.

There was no way the ogre was going to beat her, it... he had no chance.

This marks the first time I have actively sought out a fight, normally I fight just to survive.

I'm sorry, but I have to get stronger.

"Eric, finish him off."

Eric took out her sword and stabbed him repeatedly until he died.

Status.

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Name : Jamal Hendricks / no name monster

Level : 52 points available : 1190

Species : Akkedis/ human soul

Strength : 1,000

Increases the ease to lift and damage objects and opponents