Arthur wipes his mouth whilst walking away from the church, Savúl following closely behind with a very worried expression.
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Humanoid consumed, allocating stat points!
4 strength
5 Perception
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A new ability has been unlocked!
Healing (This power upgrades the previous stage "Mild Healing")
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Enough exp for an ability
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Name{Arthur Martinson
Age{18 years and 3 months
Species{50% Arachnid, 50%Immortal,
Titles{Son of a God, Bearer of Gluttony
Abilities{Absorption, Hibernation, Arachnid Web, Beast Form, Healing
Passives{Adaptive Digestion, Regeneration, Arachnid Climbing, Night Vision, Sickness Immunity, Insect Strength.
Curses{Gluttony's curse: Ravenous hunger
Health{100%
S T A T S
Strength: 21(2x) --> 35(2x)
Agility: 28 --> 32
Precision: 18 --> 22
Perception: 30 --> 36
Charisma: 8 --> 10
Defense: 10
(A/N: New stats include the time skip between chapters 12 and 13)
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"Let's head to the tavern, I want to drink," Arthur says as his eyes slightly glow a deep orange
Savúl sighs "Well that's something we can agree on, always disturbing to see you do that"
Arthur snorts as he pushes open the tavern doors, sitting himself down at a table and hollering to the barmaid. The barmaid gives a smile, finishing up with the table she was working on before moving towards the pair.
"What will you be having today?" She says with a customer-satisfaction smile.
Arthur straightens his back "I'd like a beer."
Savúl skims over the menu "A whiskey, on the rocks" She thanks the barmaid and focuses over to Arthur.
"So, Verlachó. Want to talk about your recent... Urges?"
The orange-eyed teenager looks at her in surprise "What..? I'm a teenager Savúl, you know how it is."
Savúl facepalms and her brows scrunch, quietly cursing a 'seriously' before continuing her original question. "Eating, Arthur, you're consuming everything we have a mission to kill, aren't you worried that it'll get too much?"
Arthur scoffs "Get too much? What's that supposed to mean, I'm getting stro-"
The mature woman cuts him off with a knife between two fingers he laid out at the table "Are you that foolish Verlachó? Have I taken you for a fool?" Her eyes, now glowing orange stare at him intensely.
Arthur flinches at her sudden change in demeanor. Quickly retreating his hand "What's all this about?" He confesses confusedly.
Savúl moans in disbelief "Do you not feel the urges more often than you did before?"
Arthur thinks for a second "I guess, but what's so important about that?"
Savúl yanks the knife out of the table "If you continue down this path, then you will be the perfect monster for Bill to use as he pleases, stop this nonsense."
Arthur gulps slightly, seeing her determination. "Alright... I'll take it easier, sorry"
She sheathes her knife into her leather jacket before sighing "Don't be sorry to me, be sorry to yourself"
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Quest received - Savúl
Fight the urges
Reward - ???
Failure - New Beast Form
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Arthur's eyes snap with attention to the quest he received. His mind races 'Why is the reward hidden when the failure seems superior?' He thinks before looking up at Savúl, her face looks distant as she looks wistfully towards the bar. Is she... worried about him? He notes that as the barmaid steps through the back of the bar towards their table two glasses, on a tray. She plops them down on the table.
"If there's anything else, just call me over!" She smiles widely before turning to leave.
Arthur lifts the mug of beer to his lips
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Warning, drinking more than 2 liters of this beverage will fail the quest
Drink in moderation host!
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Arthur blinks as he stares at the screen 'Is this thing serious? Only two liters??' He curses internally as he continues drinking his beverage, he peeks over at Savúl, who's already downed half of her glass of whiskey and is currently biting down on one of the ice cubes.
"What are you looking at Verlachó?" She says nonchalantly.
"Nothing in particular, you're just very pretty," He says just as nonchalantly back as he downs the rest of the beer, his orange eyes reacting to the beverage.
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1 liter consumed, passing 1 more liter will fail the quest.
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Savúl chokes slightly on her drink as she coughs profusely, cocking an eyebrow in both amusement and disbelief. "A compliment from Arthur himself? I'm flattered" She chuckles.
Arthur cocks an eyebrow back in response, did he just see a blush or was it his imagination?
"Yeah well, don't expect to hear it all the time, don't need you growing an ego." He says with a teasing tone.
In response, he feels a playful shove on his shoulder. "Pfft, you dork". She laughs as she downs the alcohol. Her eyes glowed in response. "So, where do you want to rest today? Camping as usual?"
Arthur sighs "We could rent a room for a night" he grumbles as he stretches
Savúl's cheeks seem to change shade from that comment "What in the hells do you mean Verlachó?"
The young boy chuckles as he sees her face "What are you insinuating? I just said we could sleep in a bed for once"
Savúl quickly composes herself. Someone here may be a lightweight. "Ah, of course. You never know with teenagers these days." She says, slightly nervously.
The orange-eyed teenager leaves a silver coin on the table before heading out the door, Savúl behind him. They head to the nearby inn. As soon as they step through the door, bells hanging by the door begin to jingle, and a cheery voice comes from the backroom.
"I'll be with ya in a second!" A sweet and cheery voice comes from a young girl coming out of a doorframe twice her width and thrice her height. "Naw, looky here! Yalls lookin' for a room for two?" She says with a very particular accent, one that goes very well with her body frame, a dwarf!
"Yes that would be wonderful" Arthur gives his best friendly smile as he hands the woman ten silver coins. "One night is all."
The young girl winks at Arthur and hands him a key "Enjoy yourselves tonight honeys"
Arthur ignores the comment and looks at the number engraved on the key. After a bit of walking "Alright, we're here"
"Finally, I can't wait to rest," Savúl says as she stretches, before freezing in the entrance. "There's only one bed, Arthur"
The orange-eyed teenager peeks in and shrugs. "So what? It's not like we've been sleeping practically next to each other for like, four months"
Savúl rolls her eyes at the comment, before Arthur already takes off his shirt and pants, lying down in the bed. Savúl slightly flinches at how casual he is, but relents. Taking off her shirt and pants too, before shouting "No peeking!"
Arthur's eyes remain closed, before eeever so slightly opening to embrace the beauty of her body. "Damn," He subconsciously says. Her eyes snapped directly into his, her face red as a tomato. Following this, a series of cuss-words in an unknown language combined with an attempt to choke him with a pillow.
"Stop it! Savúl, you cheeky-" He says as he flips her around, holding her near-naked body in his arms as he's practically pushing her down onto the bed with his own near-naked body.