The war started. The apes spent quite sometime planning the entire thing. Cabal was a bit surprised and impressed by the meticulous plans they came up with the deal with their enemies.
They were currently planning to target the giant diamond fanged serpents because they had the most advantage against them. While they specialized in speed and poison , the apes , who specialized in strength and were resistant to poison were their natural banes.
Small scouting groups had been sent out , and small skirmishes had erupted here and there. The serpents didn't understand why they were being targeted , but that didn't stop them from fighting back. Several emissaries had been sent to push for a truce , but Cabal had them killed before they could convince anyone.
This was his advantage. An advantage possessed by a being who comes from a highly advanced society , who experienced this sort of things.
And all this while , he leaked his plans to their enemies to enable them to prepare to fu*k them up. In this way their 'war' was progressing badly in the normal sense. They were slowly wearing down the diamond fanged serpents but in exchange , both the werewolf and he elves had caused them some serious losses.
Cabal was happy with the arrangement. At this rate , by the time they gain dominion over the serpents , the apes would've become weak enough that even with the serpents among their ranks , the werewolves would be able to easily subjugate them.
Just like that a few weeks passed calmly.
...
Cabal strode into Mong Kong's chambers covered in blood. The semi giant apes had started their war against the wraiths. And things weren't going well. In addition , the Queens forces were also sneak attacking them.
Luckily , the addition of the diamond fanged serpents to their ranks had given them a slight edge , so the other elders didn't question his orders. What they didn't know was that they were suffering more losses than they were causing.
He chuckled as he opened his stats menu to admire his progress.
Name : Cabal (Salazar Midgard )
Race :Golem
Class : none.
Title : Monster shifter, Alpha , Nightstalker , Tribal chief
Level: 48
Hp:260/300
Mp:170/170
Agility: 120
Strength : 190
Intelligence : 210
Defense : 200
Stamina : 130
Transformations: silver furred wolf , lesser giant , three eye centipede , red eyed rabbit , Predatory crab , savage spider , sonic bat , steel backed rhino , flame lighting hawk , basilisk , four armed frost giant , spotted scorpion , dream fairy , delusional water sprite , semi giant ape , diamond fanged scorpion , lesser ghostly wraith , shaggy mountain lion , flame throwing crocodiles .....
Skills: reformation , universal translator , Assimilation , network , territory, partial fusion.
Evolution points : 589/10000
Cabal smiles. At this rate , by the time the war ended , not only would he have gained many more transformations , but he'd be closer to evolving again. He would've laughed for joy if he wasn't trying to be undercover.
He heard someone clear their throat and in an instant , he entered a battle ready state. Discarding the notion of hiding his full abilities in an instant , his left hand morphed into a crabs claws , his right hand into a wolf's and the wings of a three feathered falcon burst from his back , the the types of flames already swirling around them.
Whoever could've snuck into these chambers were not weak , not excluding the fact that he personally hadn't sensed them.
He turned to face his foe , only to come up short when he recognized the form of the elf king. The leader of the woodland creatures had an amused expression on his face as he regarded Cabal.
"You really aren't a normal creature are you ?" Assuming his form as a golem , Cabal took a step back and gave a slight bow as a sign of etiquette. "I'm surprised to see you here. In fact , how did you get here. This place is the most defended in the apes territory. "
The elf king chuckled at Cabals attempt at changing the subject. "The elves are a mysterious race. We were not made for battles , at least my particular species weren't, but we have our own mysteries. "
He waved his hand. "But that's besides the point. I've come to talk to you about something ..."
Cabal interrupted him. "If it's about the plans that the apes have concerning their next attack , don't worry , I'll make sure you get the full draft and have adequate time to prepare before before we initiate it. "
The elf kings expression fell as he muttered ," Os you don't know where she is either. "
With a confused expression , Cabal asked for reiteration. With a weary sigh , the elf king quickly recounted the events of the last few months, including what happened a week ago , when Queen Renova has headed of to personally deal with the humans.
"-We expected the battle to be short lived, lasting at most a couple of hours before she returned. But within a day , we lost contact with her. We can't even track he down. Our scryers cannot pick up anything , and we , the wood folk cannot sense her presence.
"You were my last hope in finding her , but if even you don't know where she is...."
Cabal fell silent for a moment as he quickly run through his journey through the dungeon with those humans. Now that he thought back to it , those guys couldn't have been up to anything good.
Why would people like them , go through a dungeon as harsh as that's without any objective. It just didn't make sense. Moreover , they kept talking about an artifact that they had to set up and spent quite a bit of their leisure time running maintenance on it.
It couldn't be just a coincidence. Cabal has a bad feeling about this.
[VOD is it possible to track down the Phoenix Queen with any of them abilities of my transformations. ]
[System Inquiry : professing ]
[Results acquired. Response : Negative ]
Cabals hopes were dashed. Is there really no way to find her.
[Recalculating using from a different angle. ]
[Searching ... results acquired : One possibility. ]
Cabal eyes lit up. What is it?
[Response : by using the system , it is possible to use a trace function to search for and locate anything that is bonded in anyway to host. Would you like to try ]
With a light voice , Cabal looked the elf king in the eyes. "I may have a way. "
...
In the depths of the Eldritch forest , there was a large transparent barrier. It's purpose was to ward off any prying eyes , and to impulsively divert any creature that tried to approach.
In the center of the barrier, there was a large glowing door frame , with pulsing tunes covering every inch of it. The runes suddenly lit up and threEeindividuals walked out it.
They were Erick and Selene , the two leaders of Epsilon , and walking in front of them , was the man who forced them to go on that harrowing adventure - Matthew Lockheart, the man known as the Purple Heartless Devilking and leader of the Skyless guild.
And they were looking at a gigantic figure that was restrained onto the ground with massive silver chains , with a giant golden collar wrapped around her neck. About half of the Collar has darkened and even as they watched , the darkness inched forward a little.
It was the Phoenix Queen - Renova.
The Heartless Devilking gazed at the Phoenix with ridicule. "How long until the Collar completely subjugates her will. We've been waiting for more than a week now. "
A human in glasses walked from behind the Phoenix. "I'm sorry but there's nothing we can do. The Phoenix's will is extremely tenacious. As time passes , the process will slow down instead of speeding up as her struggles become more desperate. We can only wait and hope that nothing goes wrong. "
Renova glared at the man before her. "When I break out of this , I'm gonna enjoy eating you alive. "
Although that look of disdain was still on Lockheart face , it lessened at her words as he took a few steps back. "Make sure to tighten the ice jade chains. Make sure that there's no way for her to break free. "
He paused for a moment ," I'd better go get the vice leaders of the Skyless Prison guild , in case your subordinates figure out what's going on and try to save you. " He chuckled . "But I highly doubt that they'd be able to find you. "
With a laugh , he disappeared back into the portal. Erick and Selene threw the Phoenix a sad look before following him.