We arrived in an open plain, its crimson leaves rumbling with bitter pain. Across three species, thirty-two njòmbòs sought the other's ruin. The keening moans echoed through my flesh, the flurry of blood a stench of failure and death.
One red tinted species mimicked a floating surfboard with gray eyes—no surf in the river tonight with that ugly trash— attacking using shockwaves.
The second one was brown, shaped like a triangle. Blind, they combined an incredible agility with extensive pitted limbs to damage the enemy—and they can't even win!—the lombìdià paling before their abilities.
The last one had an oval virescent frame, fronted by two antennae—constantly twitching! — Twenty black hooves edging its abdomen allowed its movement—without stumbling—its maw spewing a thick and sticky earwax-smelling web to capture and weaken its prey.
One would think the last species would be disadvantaged, but superb teamwork and wily tactics leveled their foes slowly, but surely.
"Baby, don't make a move while I check their stats out," I said.
"Understood."
How do their mightiest fare?
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(Level (i): 57) ~General Information (i)~ (Next Level (i): 26%)
[Sub-Species (i): Glòpò (i)] TÈMÈNÈ (i): {Level 8 - ^100%^} [Species (i): Njòmbò]
[Rank (i): Bolòba Nùmé 2] WÙSÙ (i): {Level 7 - ^98.2%^} [Type: Mamèdòkwa (i)]
[Sex (i): Female] ÉWOLÈ (i): {Level 8 - ^100%^} [Height: 4.93 ft]
[Weight:168 lbs] ÉLÈKU (i): {Level 8 } [Blood Type (i): Uya RX] [Age: 7 (Born: 3 Fàkùki 491 AWS Mùndo)] [Birthplace: Tùbaia-Mbando of the Apa Plains]
~Status (i)~ Normal (Awake)
~ Ngùdis Bwindèa (i)~
1° |Night Vision (i)| ** Permanently Active **
2° |Energy Detection (i)| ** Permanently Active **
3° |Levitation (i)| ** Permanently Active **
~ Inherited Ngùdi (i)~
1 °|Shockwave (i) (Level 57/Next level: 73%)| [Kàmba Ngùdi (i)] ** Active **
Cost: Varies according to time length and intensity|
Current Cost per Intensity (i): 0.075% of Total Wùsù every second|
Activated: 5022 Times
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Pretty useful attacks coming from the strongest of those species … what about the other one?
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(Level (i): 64) ~General Information (i)~ (Next Level (i): 1%)
[Sub-Species (i): Atiòpi (i)] TÈMÈNÈ (i): {Level 9 - ^48.6%^} [Species (i): Njòmbò]
[Rank (i): Bolòba Nùmé 2] WÙSÙ (i): {Level 8 - ^100%^} [Type: Lòngòlòngò (i)]
[Sex (i): Female] ÉWOLÈ (i): {Level 9 - ^46.68%^} [Height:11.88 ft]
[Weight: 357 lbs] ÉLÈKU (i): {Level 9} [Blood Type (i): Opò GT]
[Age: 5 (Born: 5 Còmapò 493 AWS Dipùmbwè)][Birthplace: Tùbaia-Mbando of the Apa Plains] ~Status (i)~
Injured (Awake)
Éwolè Recovery: + 0.12% per second
~ Ngùdis Bwindèa (i)~
1° |Night Vision (i)| ** Permanently Active **
2° |Energy Detection (i)| ** Permanently Active **
3° |Limb Extension (i)| ** Permanently Active **
~ Inherited Ngùdi (i)~
1° |Hard Claw Generation (i) (Level 51/Next level: 49%)| [Wùnja Ngùdi (i)] ** Active **
Cost: Varies according to time length and intensity|
Current Cost per Intensity (i): 0.12% of Total Wùsù every second|
Activated: 4397 Times
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Bastard knows how to scrap, huh? Neat … the last?
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(Level (i): 39) ~General Information (i)~ (Next Level (i): 39%)
[Sub-Species (i): Mwabàmukàlà (i)]TÈMÈNÈ (i):{Level 8-^88.2%^}[Species (i): Njòmbò]
[Rank (i):Bolòba Nùmé 2] WÙSÙ (i): {Level 7 - ^96.39%^} [Type: Òwasè (i)]
[Sex (i): Female] ÉWOLÈ (i): {Level 8 - ^79.13%^} [Height: 4.03 ft]
[Weight: 320 lbs] ÉLÈKU (i): {Level 8 - ^100%^} [Blood Type (i): Tahi EY]
[Age: 8 (Born: 3 Dèkètè 490 AWS Blù)] [Birthplace: Tùbaia-Mbando of the Apa Plains] ~Status (i)~
Injured (Awake)
Éwolè Recovery: + 0.03% per second
~ Ngùdis Bwindèa (i)~
1° |Night Vision (i)| ** Permanently Active **
2° |Energy Detection (i)| ** Permanently Active **
3° |Enhanced Tèmènè (i)| ** Permanently Active **
~ Inherited Ngùdis (i)~
1 °|Web Secretion (i) (Level 39/Next level: 94%)| [Kàmba Ngùdi (i)] ** Active **
Cost: Varies according to time length and intensity|
Current Cost per Intensity (i): 0.090% of Total Wùsù every second| Activated: 2742 Times |__________________________________________________________________________________________|
So the future winners are the weakest, huh… "All right babe, you'll take on the Atiòpi, the ones shaped like an A, and I'll take care of the rest. Be careful, they're really fast. As soon as I'm done, I'll help you out. How does that sound for you?" I said.
Dibìé smiled. "Fine. Then let's go!" he said.
We ran down the pathway, knowing what I had to do.
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5 °|Earth Mastery (i) (Level 60/Next level: 62%)| [Wùnja Ngùdi (i)] ** Active **
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Current Cost per Intensity (i): 0.0020% —> 0.070% of Total Wùsù every second| Activated: 2 Times
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Remaining Wùsù: 100% —> 99.96%
Wùsù Consumption: 0.040% (0.070% - 0.030% of natural wùsù recovery) of total wùsù per second
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That's good enough, though I'll pay more than a fair share on that one…
Using the ambient soil, my razor-shaped sludge spears sprung out of the ground, skewering every mwabàmukàlà and three glòpò on the spot, while the rest shrugged them off.
What a successful first strike.
Oh-oh, they're coming for me now.
Gotta fight back.
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5 °|Earth Mastery (i) (Level 60/Next level: 63%)| [Wùnja Ngùdi (i)] ** Active **
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Current Cost per Intensity (i): 0.070% —> 0.0020% of Total Wùsù every second| Activated: 2 Times
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Remaining Wùsù: 99.52%
Wùsù Recovery: 0.028% (0.025% + 20% of initial wùsù recovery rate - 0.0020%[Earth Mastery]) of total wùsù per second
Current Total Wùsù: 99.548%
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The five remaining glòpò zeroed in on me while Dibìé shifted away to prepare lightning-based attacks against the boners-happy Atiòpi who rounded on him.
It's starting to become a weird habit down here…
I weaved away every shockwave they sent, but their movements compounded with their flatness made them hard targets using earth tricks. Rushing then piercing them with fire should be efficient.
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3 °|Fire Mastery (i) (Level 47/Next level: 1%)| [Wùnja Ngùdi (i)] **Inactive** —> ** Active **
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Remaining Wùsù: 100% —> 99.928%
Wùsù Consumption: 0.072% (0.1% + 0.0020% [Earth Mastery] - 0.030% of natural wùsù recovery) of total wùsù per second
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Perfect! Now we gotta move fast or I'll run out of wùsù!
Passing by the breath of multiple shockwaves grazing my curly hair, I scurried to my closest foe, ducked another wave, my fiery blade lancinated the Glòpò through its mouth, allowing a last kiss with the floor…
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You are critically injured! You lost 17% Tèmènè and 10% Éwolè.
Your continuous injuries made you lose Tèmènè at a debilitating rate!
Tèmènè Debilitating Rate: 0.6% every second
Remaining Tèmènè: 95% —> 77.4%
Remaining Éwolè: 100% —> 90.05% (Remaining Éwolè + 0.05% of natural éwolè recovery)
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… as I took retaliatory shockwaves searing my flesh.
"Damn … fu*kers…" I said, setting my jaw.
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Current Cost per Intensity (i): 0% —> 0.150% of Total Wùsù every second| Activated: 3 —> 4 Times
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Current Cost per Intensity (i): 0.1% —> 0.0020% of Total Wùsù every second| Activated: 6 Times
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Your wounds are debilitating!
Would you like to increase your ébango output to interrupt the bleeding?
Warning: Increasing your output will more than halve your wùsù recovery rate and double your éwolè recovery rate for the next 15 hours.
[YES] or [NO]?
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No choice there…
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You chose [YES]. Ébango output increased.
Ébango (O.C. Inactive) temporally becomes Ébango (O.C. Active)!
You will receive twice the usual output given by your ngùdi.
Hemorrhagic external and internal wounds terminated.
You are healing! Your Tèmènè isn't debilitating anymore!
Remaining Tèmènè: 74.4% —> 74.7% ¤ Recovering 0.3% Tèmènè every second ¤
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Remaining Wùsù: 98.92%—> 98.63%
Wùsù Consumption: 0.29% (0.3% + 0.0020%[Fire Mastery] + 0.0020%[Earth Mastery] -0.014% of natural wùsù recovery [Penalty: usual recovery rate will return in 14 Hours 59 Minutes]) of total wùsù per second
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Gotta heal myself before it's too late…