Ding!
[Ghoul spotted]
[Ghoul]]
[Stats]
[Strength: 5]
[Speed: 5]
[Dexterity: 5]
[Awareness: 5]
[Abilities]
[Shape-shifting: A Ghoul is capable of shape-shifting and mimicking the voice of a target. They are extremely terrifying beasts that can easily lure out people, separate them and kill them]
[Claw retraction: A ghoul can use his razor-sharp nails as a weapon in battle, allowing it to elongate and retract at will]
[Lesser undead: Ghouls can reanimate the dead around them. This can only be done with corpses and it loses its effect when the corpses are destroyed]
[Night empowerment: In the darkness of the night their strength is boosted temporarily granting them +4 to all stats.]
[Fear inducement: Injecting its venom into a person's body through a wound, it can create hallucinations of the person's greatest fears. As long as the target is a hundred yards around the ghoul, the hallucinations will continue and the ghoul will always be able to find him or her]
[Fire weakness]
Scary!
Sol was shaken by the stats of the enemy ahead of him and the information given to him. The only condolence he got was its weakness to flames which explains why it quickly retreated.
Damn it!
Sol frowned but didn't retreat and maintained a composed face. Right now his stats were halved due to the drawback of the bloodline mode he used back then.
[Name: Sol Ark]
[Level: 2]
[Family: Ark]
[Tribe: Sixth]
[Title: Locked]
[Bloodline: Cerberus]
[Ark core: Infant Phase]
[Bloodline: Locked]
[Warlock Core: Sealed]
[Stat]
[Unassigned points: 0]
[Strength: 4-2]
[Speed: 4-2]
[Dexterity: 4-2]
[Awareness: 6-3]
[Exp: 20/100]
Sol gazed at his stats and frowned deeply. With his dexterity further decreased he could barely control the flames which kept flicking on and off on their own. He had to put more effort to keep turning it on.
Heh!
The ghoul revealed a wicked smile as figures began emerging from the shadow, revealing over ten goblin corpses walking forward like mindless zombies.
[Undead Goblin]
[Stats]
[Strength: 2]
[Speed:2]
[Dexterity: 1]
[Awareness: 1]
"Lesser undead!" Sol frowned deeply and with hesitation, he turned and ran.
As someone with this level of experience, he knew when to retreat and when to fight. In his current condition taking on one of those goblins won't be a problem but with that many, he can be easily flanked from the sides.
Sol thought of Theresa who he left behind and is currently running. The fact that the ghoul turned to her and approached him meant it had been keeping an eye on them. He couldn't help but wonder if she was alright.
Swish!
Sol jumped over a log of wood in his path and rolled over before continuing his escape. His speed may be the same as that of this lesser undead but they were sluggish and couldn't run, if not he would have been caught already.
Huff!
Huff!
Sol controlled his breathing while running through the forest and not looking back. At the back of his mind, he could feel a pair of blood-red eyes pinned on him, as if it were locked on him.
Bam!
Sol tripped and began rolling down a slope leading downhill which he failed to notice because it was dark.
Argh!
Sol cried out as he rolled a couple of times before hitting his back on a tree planted in the slope, stopping his descent.
Ah!
Sol gasped for air as his mind raced. He has never felt so much pain all in one day. Even his death in his past life was a swift one, he barely knew what happened.
Sol looked up and saw the clumsy undead Goblin rolling down the slope while making strange sounds.
The ghoul?
Where is it?
Sol panicked as he noticed he had lost sight of the main threat!
Hak!
Unstable flames lit up in his hands as he turned but it was already too late!
Swish!
"Arrrgh!" Sol cried out in pain as five crazy long nails stabbed into his right shoulder, pinning him to the tree behind him. Blood poured out of the wound and the figure of the ghoul emerged as it casually approached him driving the nail deeper into his body.
Shit!
Shit!
Shit!
Sol's mind raced as more blood poured out. His eyes were getting heavier as he lost more blood but even then he could still make something out of the ghoul's true figure.
It looked like a youth his age but a corpse with long unkempt black hair and a slim body. This beast was completely naked with pubic hairs but no private parts. Its face was still that of Theresa and that was what made it more terrifying.
But annoying for Sol!
Bam!
Sol stamped his feet on the tree behind him and grappled the nails stabbed into his body with both hands.
HAK!
Fierce flames surged in his hands and the enemy quickly retracted his nails in fear!
Thud!
Sol landed on his legs but he felt too weak to walk, cashing him to fall to his knees.
Huff!
Sol drew in the cold air as he saw the ghoul directing its claws at him!
Keep moving, don't stop!
Keep moving, don't stop!
Bang!
Sol shot forward like a spear, racing toward the ghoul!
Swish!
Black claw raced forward but under the illuminating light of Sol's flames, the ghoul lost its night empowerment boost, dropping its stats back to five points!
'You just have one chance!' Sol screamed in his mind as he sidestepped to dodge the attack but his hands were still grazed, causing blood to squirt out but even then he didn't stop running!
Swish!
Sol closed the distance between it and the ghoul, before diving forward and smashing into the ghoul and trapping it in a bear hug.
Roar!
The ghoul tried to retreat but it was late as Sol grabbed onto it and held it tight. His eyes shone with murderous light as he used all the power he could muster to say a single word.
"HAK!" Sol bellowed as fierce flames exploded from his body, surging into the air like a fire geyser
Hissssss!
The ghoul let out shrill painful cries but it wasn't going to let Sol get his what just like that.
Chunk!
Before Sol could speak those words again, he felt the fangs of the enemy sink into his left shoulder. He was yet to scream out in pain when the ghoul placed its fingers on Sol's body and elongated its nails.
Swish!
Blegh!
Sol spat out a mouthful of blood and bit his lips tightly. His eyes revealed fierce fighting will as a low chuckle escaped his lips.
"Thank you… The pain is proof that I'm still alive" Sol laughed madly as he tightened his grip on the ghoul.
HAK!
Fierce flames exploded again surging into the air.
....
At the top of the slope to see two figures standing and watching the bloody battle going on. If Sol was here he would be shocked to see Theresa Vlad standing beside Cecile Vlad with her face lowered in shame.
"He is Sol Ark, son of the disgraced former sixth tribe chieftain… Father will not be happy if he finds out you are hanging around with someone like him" Cecile said with a deep frown.
"But he saved my life… the least you can do is help him!" Theresa complained and Cecile frowned.
His strong will was shaken at the mention of the fact that Sol saved his sister.
.....
Hak!
Hak!
Hak!
Time and time again the flames surged fiercely while the ghoul kept screaming in pain while retracting and elongating its claws constantly.
Brrrrrr!
After using Hak for the seventh time in a row, Sol felt lightheaded and dizzy. His grip on the ghoul finally loosened and he dropped to the ground, passing out instantly.
Shhiiii!
The Ghoul stood for a while with its body completely scorched. Under the power of night empowerment, it could definitely survive this but while standing so close to and exploding to all that fire, even a being of its level couldn't survive this.
Bang!
The scorched corpses fell and above the symbol embedded into Sol's hand, a strange letter which represents six appeared above the seal placed on his hand.