fear....blood, these two things covered the forest area all around me.
the beast I was fighting nothing but an oversized lion that had the head of a human for some reason, with wings and a scorpion tail and it needed to learn its place.
but what place was that?
it was so fucking weird.
[avoid the manticores flames and tail]
this thing is called a manticore?
[yes]
the creature took advantage of my distraction, swiping it's tail at me while jumping backwards and into the air, it's mouth beginning to glow orange.
I really have to stop doing that.
I dodged the tail no problem, but stayed wary of it's flames, my guard raised as I was readying myself to dodge or tank the attack.
but ya know what, fuck it.
I dropped the defense strategy and pushed offense, jumping quickly into the sky, my hands growing metal claws as I flew, the manticore hurrying it's charge up as I got closer and closer to it.
with desperation it's maw flew open and white hot flames spewed forth like lava, my wings opening in an instant, one single flap pushing me above the attacks path as I continued towards the creature.
fear on its abnormally accurate human face.
it's wings began flapping quickly, it's body being pushed backwards, it was flying backwards, this little shit!
my claws started returning to normal hands, the metal instead growing over my wings, large vertical and flexible blades now at the very ends of my wingspan, the skeletal structure of the wings covered in metal, armor for them.
with a twist I began to spin, my wings tightening around me like a spiral, halfway to the manticore I activated my siphon while I shot towards the thing faster than a bullet, my body soaring faster than it could react, piercing and blasting through its large body, a massive hole through its lion torso.
it writhed mid air for one moment, dropping dead and flopping with a wet slap to the forest floor the next.
gross.
[+100,000 to stats, successfully reached mid tier god, abilities are more powerful]
[title updated]
[congratulations, you killed a creature that reached minor god tier]
[500,000 left until full god]
[hidden aura passive weather manipulation added to abilities]
[aura finally able to be added to passives]
[ability and passive are evolving to meet your power]
with a flick of my wings the blood splattered amongst the tops of the massive trees, an interesting red pattern forming, it kinda looked like modern art.
I ignored the thought and descended slowly to the ground, clenching my fists over and over, amused at the power I felt flowing through me, it felt different than before, more refined, more readily available.
[through shared stat gains the rest of the primals have entered minor god hood]
that's good, the stronger they are the less they'll call for me, I'll have more time to focus on things I want to focus on.
the first was I needed to finish what started this entire chain of events, I needed to kill Amira.
before I do that, amd belive me I don't wanna wait any longer I need to check what I have so far.
[before you do there are abilities you can unlock now]
perfect, I am lacking in the abilities department, I've kinda just been relying on passives and overwhelming strength.
[available abilities:
-(mind subjugation)- use your power and will to break and control the minds of those weaker than you
-(soldier creation)- create loyal and pwoeful soldiers who will do your bidding, weaker fhan you by one tier]
[available passive:
-(calamity boost)- gives a stat boost equivalent to the destruction, fear, panic, and death caused by you]
these were some really good options, the soldier one sounded particularly good, I mean having hundreds of minor gods under my control sounds.....AWESOME! but alot of work, something I historically avoid when I'm not interested.
[can only choose one]
I knew it!
this was gonna be hard.
it took me a minute and ALOT of back and forth with myself, but I chose (calamity boost), it was something that worked really well for me and I didn't have to activate it.
see what I mean about avoiding work when not interested, I left mind control and the army alone.
[passive being added to stats]
[bringing up stat screen]
[stat]
name: Syn Ev
race: primal
title: mid tier primal calamity god
HP: 500,000/500,000
STA: 500,000/500,000
LF:100/100(max)
STR: 500,000
AGI: 500,000
DEX: 500,000
race abilities:
-(form shift)[0/10]
-(primal siphon)[0/10]
-(godly heal)[0/10]
-(godly siphon bomb)[0/10]
-(primal weather manipulation)[0/10]
skills:
(godly primal martial arts:stage 4/6)
(primal authority:stage 3/5)
passives:
-(anti aging)
-(regeneration quick)
-(recover)
-(combat senses)
-(siphon boost)
-(bio metal)
-(primal god aura)
-(calamity boost)
this weather manipulation ability, I wonder what I can do with it?
[allows you to create and control storms and the weather]
I have to try something!
with a close of my eyes the knowledge on how to use the ability flooded my head, my hands raising as my aura surrounded them, my metal passive activating as dark red metal gauntlets appeared on my hands, simple metal with barely any design, they had claws on the fingertips, it looked basic but sturdy, like my hands just had a thick liquid layer of metal over them.
coooool!
with a wave of my hands clouds appeared and raged with lightning, strikes landing on several nearby trees, the wind picking up as my excitement grew, I calmed myself, the liquid metal looking gauntlets starting to vanish into my skin, the weather returning to normal.
I couldn't control or influence it anymore.
looks like the weather changes based off of my aura, that seems to be constant, and I could choose to use these gauntlets to control the weather myself, striking my enemies with lightning or a blizzard sounds insanely useful.
[good job on figuring it out]
looks like my fear of the system voice getting a personality had already come to pass, as long as it wasn't like last time I'd leave it be, but it was a concern for me, the last system voice practically controlled me, it basically owned me, I won't go back to that.
not if I can help it.
I closed the stat screen, eying the manticore corpse one last time.
I sighed, I had a feeling that this would be the easiest thing I'd be able to do for a while, what Im forcing myself to complete wouldn't be simple, wouldn't be easy.
sure I was a mid tier god but if I let myself stagnate here I'd have no chance if winning, it seemed she was always getting stronger, could I even kill her now?
I WILL!
I stormed from the forest, reigning in my aura as it raged for death, the death of one person.
---
Amira pov....
chills exploded up and down my spine, sweat bursting from my forehead, my knees weakening to the point where I was half collapsed by my throne, my dragon bitch trying to support me, my armored hand slapping her away, right now I was feeling something only one person had ever made me feel, genuine fear for my life.
Syn.