It was morning as Tizi and I stepped outside of our base along with one of my soul slaves, to carry weight. I brought along Ige, the woman with blonde hair. She had the necessary tools to get some materials that we would need to make a makeshift base near the volcano. I was ready to murder some ancient ass lizards.
We hurried around the mountain that Zint and I had gone up before. We made much better time that way. When we entered the valley where we had killed the Spino, we saw nothing.
We hurried through the valley. We would have gone around the mountains ahead of us, but everything went uphill towards the massive central volcano on the island. It was going to be a taxing day.
As we climbed higher and higher, the terrain became far more rugged, and the rocks became jagged instead of smooth. Once we crested the top of the mountain, I was ready for a break. But we were not going to get one because there was a group of velociraptors there. At the head of the group, there was a raptor with a glowing green aura and ruby red eyes.
As we reached the summit of the mountain, our eyes locked onto each other. The raptors started bolting towards us. Their teeth glistened, covered in yellow spittle as the sun behind us shone upon them.
In their eyes, was only eagerness towards the three prey which had so handily presented themselves forth. I'm sure that is what they thought, but I would fuck the all to hell.
Tizi vanished, Ige just stared at the raptors, and I ran towards them with my combat knife in hand. I amped every muscle in my body with about half of my mana.
I ran towards the green glowing raptor first. As I met him in the front center of the pack with the blade against his teeth, the blade shattered, but the raptor's teeth also shattered. My fist followed through into the raptor's mouth and it burst its brain like a balloon.
The other raptors were almost upon me, but I flung their former leader's corpse upon them, slowing them down for a moment. Just as I was about to rush towards one, its neck was slit and it fell on the ground. Tizi had killed it. I moved towards another.
It tried to bend down and bit my neck. But, while enhanced with mana, I was stronger and faster. I grabbed its maw and I forced it apart. I split both sides of its brain, right down through the center. I threw its body against the next raptor and jumped on top of the wriggling mass.
My hand reached down and ripped off the claw arm of the raptor. I used its own arm with a swipe across its neck. The raptor's eyes widened as its own appendage betrayed it.
There were two other raptors, but as I moved towards them, I noticed that they were spinning around, trying to fight an invisible enemy. I wanted to test Tizi, so I brought the four corpses of the raptors and I sat upon them.
From my bloody throne of flesh, I watched as both raptors were outmatched. As Tizi moved, she made no sound. With a spurt of blood, a raptor's arm was destroyed. Seconds later, its neck was slit.
There was only one more raptor. It jumped towards the area that it imagined Tizi was, but as it did, Tizi dispelled her magic and drove her knife through the raptor's eye and into its brain. She did not have a single scratch on her.
As Tizi walked over to me, I noticed my system window open up as it considered the combat session done.
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You have killed an alpha raptor (level 58). You have killed a raptor (level 27). You have killed a raptor (level 21). Your tribemate, 2502, has killed a raptor (level 18). Your tribemate, 2502, has killed a raptor (level 27). Your tribemate, 2502, has killed a raptor (level 29).
You have received 700,000/1,400,000 experience.
You have 424,000/500,000 experience needed for level 17.
*Congratulations, you have leveled up!*
^Hidden Quest completed: you, subject 6535, are the first to have dealt a fatal blow to an alpha. Reward → 1 Magic sigil.^
Health → 108/110 +. Stamina → 107/190. Speed → 100. Weight → 172.8/340. Strength → 250. Combat Sense → 100. Mana capacity → 16/35 +. Mana sense → 14.
Inventory: Soulstone, mana map, 4 bolas, 1 Makeshift set, 1 laced arrow, compound bow, 18 metal arrows, and 1 Magic sigil.
Skills: Ascendant → Soul Flayer.
Soulbound items: Magic → Ring of the Training Maniac.
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I cursed. "Damnit, I forgot to change the experience match to 8:2 between me and you. The others are probably happy with the extra experience as they gather resources."
Tizi shrugged. "It's not the end of the world. That wasn't such a hard fight, so I am sure that we can find more animals to kill."
I smiled. "Hell yea biitch."
My expressions turned back to being deadpan as I looked towards Ige. "Harvest their bodies. Drop all but 40 of the meat but keep all of the hide."
She smiled at me and nodded. She quickly brought out a hatchet from her inventory and advanced towards the raptor corpses.
As she started to harvest the bodies, I quickly looked over them to see if any had dropped sigils. The alpha raptor had dropped a Rare sigil while another had dropped an Uncommon one.
I took the Magic sigil from my inventory and stacked them all on top of eachother. As three portals opened above my head, each item fell towards me. As my hand touched each one, they entered my inventory. I quickly opened my Status screen to look at what I'd gotten.
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Status Screen:
Health → 110/110. Stamina → 106/190. Speed → 100. Weight → 224.8/340. Strength → 250. Combat Sense → 100. Mana capacity → 17/35 +. Mana sense → 14.
Inventory: Soulstone, mana map, 4 bolas, 1 Makeshift set, 1 laced arrow, compound bow, 18 metal arrows, 1 steel broadsword (Rare), 1 combat knife (Uncommon), and the skillbook Aura Implementation (Magic).
Skills: Ascendant → Soul Flayer.
Soulbound items: Magic → Ring of the Training Maniac.
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I was happy about every item I had received. I would have to use the broadsword a lot more and I was glad that I had gotten a new knife after having broken my previous one. I was extremely eager to learn my new skillbook. First, I opened my system search bar.
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System Search/ Command:
{Input: Select the last three items in my inventory and read their description.}
{Response: Aura Implementation → It is a consumable skill book item. This is a Magic skill which allows its user to enhance his weapons or body even further than just with a flow of mana. The aura created will be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, or violet depending on your mana capacity and soulstone growth. Upon use, it will also provide 4 mana control and 4 mana capacity. Note, this skill is not unique.
Uncommon combat knife: This knife is good for skinning animals if you want hide. Is also very good for getting close and personal with an enemy. Weight → 2.0 lbs. Damage → 30. Durability → 30 (50% increase).
Rare broadsword: This is a weapon that is used by those who are confident they can send anyone to hell. Can you use it, or do you have small arms? Weight → 50.0 lbs. Damage → 300. Durability → 1,000 (100% increase).
Do you have another question?}
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I quickly closed the system window and took out my Skill book. A system popup asked me if I wanted to learn it and I hit "YES."
I suddenly felt a small surge of mana within me as well as a good amount of knowledge which flooded my brains. If someone were to try to learn this skill, it would probably take years.
I quickly took a look at my status screen to add the point I had received from leveling up. I put it in health.
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Status Screen:
Health → 120/120. Stamina → 105/190. Speed → 100. Weight → 224.8/340. Strength → 250. Combat Sense → 100. Mana capacity → 17/39 +. Mana sense → 18.
Inventory: Soulstone, mana map, 4 bolas, 1 Makeshift set, 1 laced arrow, compound bow, 18 metal arrows, 1 steel broadsword, and 1 combat knife.
Skills: Ascendant → Soul Flayer. Magic → Aura Implementation.
Soulbound items: Magic → Ring of the Training Maniac.
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As Ige finished harvesting the raptor's corpses, we traveled down the other side of the mountain top.