"smoke, woah that's way too big and thick to be a simple fire, and it's exactly where the village city is."
"that means. " they said in unison.
"something is wrong." Damon adds with a look of concern on his face.
Jolly summoned Bronco as they both got on and galloped off into the distance.
Once at the gate of the city which was currently still open a lot of faint screaming, crying and yelling could be heard. upon entering they couldn't believe their eyes as many buildings were on fire and had been destroyed.
Many battles were taking place throughout the city.
"what type of beasts are these, I've never seen them before." asked Jolly watching a scaly creature scale a building.
"they are not beasts, more like monsters not of this world." Shield interrupted.
"I suggest you help get rid of them now and get the details later." shield adds snapping them both out of their initial shock.
They both took off to the nearest sound of battle. Damon activated his skill oculus as electricity surged in his eyes manipulating his optic nerves giving him very good vision being able to zoom in and out.
Damon rushed in while generating two balls of electricity the size of a baseball.
"unfortunate circumstances,but looks like I get to practice my ki percentage output to create a new attack." he thought as he threw them both forward like a pitcher one by one aiming at a short stalky green bumpy monster with a huge nose.
They hit two goblins and one lower bane as it released a violent shock that lasted for five seconds jolting enough current through them long enough for Jolly to encase all of them in a ball of vines.
pschhh pschhhh the sound of stabbing flesh and yelps was slightly heard as the vines closed in on them. upon the vines fading huge thorns around eight inches could be seen on the inside of the box made of vines.
"Hmph learned that move last night too." Jolly says to Damon. Damon was impressed, but then again jolly always had a knack for using his power in many ways if he got creative enough.
the attack he just performed resembled a coffin made of vines with sharp thick thorns in the inside of them. once closed inside the thorn spikes would do the rest.
"looks like someone didn't get much sleep last night." Damon says
"of course not my mind was everywhere so I practiced in my room."
"well you're not the only one that can come up with good attacks." He shouted as he clapped his hands together activating down pour and cloud control. thick dark clouds emerged above him bringing heavy rain as he gradually pulled his hands apart with a great current of electricity popping and shooting everywhere. as his hands separated further the electricity condensed and shaped itself into a long spear vibrating with purple light.
Damon had learned his Demonic ki was purple and his original ki was blue. using it normally his electricity would be blue with a deep purple inside of it,but if he focused hard enough he could bring forth pure demonic ki.
turned out jolly wasn't the only one who figured out they could use more of whatever power they wanted to use even though they were fused together.
"enough with the showing off people are perishing by the minute." Shield says in anger. "fucking kids." he adds
Damon activated static jump reaching the top of a building zooming in on a troll a block away fighting an awakened soul who had summoned a tiger type beast with black fur and red stripes.
Shoooooom !
he launched the spear out of his hand at break neck speed drilling into the back of the orc completely obliterating it as burnt flesh spewed everywhere.
A brown skin boy with orange hair and eyes looked up in the direction of the attack and was amazed at the sight before him.
Damon was currently standing on top of a building with heavy rain pouring on him as his eyes crackled bluish purple. his dreads floated randomly off his shoulders looking like some kind of thunder god wearing an overweight brown cloak.
He still had no type of boots or shoes but the cloak given to him by shield was so long it nearly covered his feet as well.
Damon leaped down out of breath and panting hard. " you dumb ass, you're over doing it already, that type of attack wasn't necessary you're going to deplete your ki wasting it trying to show off." shield says scolding Damon like a father would.
Soul release chamber one Damon mumbles as purple and blood orange light burst from his being.
The basilisk bared its fangs as it came into view.
"come on girl we got work to do."
Jolly had taken off a block in the opposite direction as he faced off with four lower banes using his vines as whips for his weapon. the ashy red vines were a little different from usual as they too had big thorns sprouting from them.
"thanks Damon you helped me come up with this idea with your electric whips when we battled." he said to himself as he swung them creating deep gashes in the lower banes.
they screeched, clawed and gnashed their teeth at the incoming whips. Jolly stomped as more vines reached out tangling two of them up. a rush of energy flowed into his body as his eyes became blood red with energy. a wave of thorns covered in red shot out from around his body stabbing all four banes multiple times in multiple areas. there movement stopped as they flopped on the ground dead.
"whatever these bastards are, they aren't really strong, I thought those scales were tough but I guess not." he thinks to himself.
suddenly a sharp pain wracked his insides as he fell to the ground. his body heated up as his veins bulged in his neck and chest.
"arrrrrg the hell is going on." he manages to mumble in pain. a few seconds later the pain subsides and he feels weakened somehow.
"I suggest you don't steal these creatures'energy, your body is rejecting it." shield informs Jolly.
Shield was spectating them both at once like a split screen on a multiplayer video game.
"so that's what that was, ok got it." Jolly responded.
" hey Damon how many enemies have you killed so far." jolly asked via system connection. " One so far but it was as big as a small house"he added.
"I've killed four, you wanna see who gets the most kills."
Damon grinned from ear to ear. "how could I resist a challenge from you of all people."
" but not cheating this time, shield can keep count of our kills and the big ones equal four so now we are tied." Damon says.
if I must be included in this game you both are set on then how about this.
Ding! new quests have been received popped up in both of their line of sight.
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The most kills wins
Damon vs Jolly
rewards: choice between soul dagger or blood dagger
failure penalty: must run around the entire beast free forest fifty times in one day.
failure to complete penalty: all stats cut in half for two weeks
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Damon and Jolly didn't even look at the penalties before accepting the challenge.
Shield smiled inwardly as if they fell right in his trap.
"if I have to watch you play your little games I have to start getting some entertainment out of the deal." shield said to himself.
The race for the most kills began as they moved deeper in the city.
"Calvus." a strong masculine male voice called out.
Sir Hughes had reached the area where the injured were being kept with twelve more people who were severely injured. one young man had his stomach ripped open and his insides were almost hanging out.
Calvus, mumsy and a female and a male mongrel walked up to help the injured get inside.
"you two must be with Bison and the man called spade is that correct." sir Hughes asked the two unknown faces.
"yes sir we were brought here with our wounded people and are assisting to protect this area." the male mongrel with black long hair and goatee says.
sir Hughes looked at them both for a second still thinking about the power of their race. "very well then."
"Sir Hughes." a female voice called out in a panic.
"Nurse heart, how are we doing with helping the injured. sir Hughes asked.
"that's what I came to inform you about after I sensed your soul core up here, we have a problem." we are completely out of spirit fruits and the equipment in the bunker isn't of much help. I'm afraid many people with severe injuries will succumb to their wounds including four of the ones you just brought here."
Hearing the woman called nurse heart words and seeing sir Hughes face become slightly worried the male mongrel spoke up.
"sir Hughes is it." the young man asked
"yes ahhhh...." mavin, my name is mavin."
"Ok Gavin speak."
"Can we speak over there in private." he asked politely pointing to a wrecked building a few meters away.
Sir Hughes acknowledged his request.
" our people could help with the healing sir Hughes, as a matter of fact one of our injured that is currently unconscious from a head injury has amazing healing capabilities. I was informed by Bison of you and so I know you know we are much different from you and your people."
"Our kind has natural fast healing that starts after ten hours for most of us while the ones who have completely harnessed our natural healing powers are very much faster."
"How fast." sir Hughes asked intrigued to learn more about this race called Mongrels
"well our leader, his wounds would heal in a matter of seconds no matter how severe they were, but it would also have a large energy draining effect so using it during battle was actually a double edge sword."
"I'm saying this because I understand you informed spade and bison who informed us to not use our true forms, well the person I'm speaking about is in the bunker unconscious and could really help your people. If nurse heart prioritize getting her back on her feet she can help,but in order to save the ones near death she will have to use her true form sir Hughes."
Sir Hughes now understood what Gavin was getting at. He didn't want to startle or cause confusion in the midst of battle. the mongrels were fully capable of protecting and fighting just as well in their human forms using a little of their power which many would brush off as abilities.
even awakened souls had abilities that changed parts of their bodies to a degree like kimbo did while covering himself with his white rocky ability fighting Damon in beast free forest ,but sir Hughes knew their transformation would be something entirely different.
"wait that could work." sir Hughes said out loud.
"I'll speak with nurse heart and you lead her to the young woman you spoke of and get it done."
Sir Hughes hatched a plan in his head to bypass all the paranoia he was having with them revealing what they truly were and after speaking with nurse heart his plan was in motion.
Sir Hughes once again dived back into the action.
Damon had downpour and cloud control still active. instead of just using his rain for his own benefits he used it to dampen and put out many fires in the area he was in.
He was now face to face with two trolls and three orcs.
"eleven points coming right up." Damon says by looking at the two trolls who were worth four points each and one point each for the three orcs.
"mmmmmm another pest to exterminate." one of the orcs says while picking its teeth with a broken femur bone of a human it recently killed spitting out a chunk of flesh.
"Maybe we should save and cook this one's meat, I like my meals roasted." another one says with a glare of anticipation in his eyes.
"the monstrosity speaks it seems, well not for long." Damon says
"alright girl it's time to show me what you got." Slithering from right behind one of the trolls who were the main ones destroying most buildings the basilisk snapped its neck back striking one of the trolls legs while Damon activated crackle as whips swung forward wrapping around one of the orcs neck. The orc vibrated and shook violently as his eyes bulged and black smoke came from beneath its feet. with the heavy rain the shocks were more intense as the orcs head exploded.
The other two orcs rushed in as Damon deactivated his whips engulfing his fists with electricity.
"my combat skills need to get better what's a better way than fighting for your liiiiiiiife." Damon yells while jumping up throwing a super man punch to the face of the first orc sending it stumbling.
static popped off him temporarily paralyzing it by seconds, but long enough for Damon to gather himself once more by pushing an electric ball into the other one chest.
The basilisk moved swiftly from the troll she had bitten who was now laying dead on the ground with purple bubbly foam coming from its mouth. the trolls body had swelled up like a giant hot air balloon in seconds as it instantly gave off a pungent smell as if it had been dead for days.
The air turned hot and black in the area as the basilisk opened her mouth sucking in a deep breath. A condensed black flame ball shot out low to the ground and raised upwards crashing into the second trolls backside completely peeling the flesh and burning his lower half.
from the waist down the trolls body looked to be melted up mush that turned greenish black like slime as its bones snapped like toothpicks because of it disproportioned body. the troll grunted and screamed like a pig going to the slaughter while it used it's arms to pull it's torso forward crawling away like a beaten dog.
the basilisk slid in its path and looked into its eyes as the back of its body coiled up. her tail became like crystalized charcoal with a sharp point as it sprung towards the trolls face.
Pschhhh ! driving its obsidian sharp pointed tail into its huge skull the troll stopped moving as its eyes drifted into the back of its head.