10/9 13:08 (Autumn, Night, Mysterious Island)
Sider, unaware that her death would mean the complete annihilation of the island she was in by the Three Divine Beasts, proceded forth without any further hesitation, well aware that by this point night fell outside of the cave but unwilling to give any further time to the Goblin that previously retreated from her.
She moved forward, her ears and nose searching for any possible ambust, incredibly weak eletric shocks releasing from her body, mixing with her Qi sense to try and find any trace of her targets, her eyes, well adjusted to the lack of light, pierced the darkness of the cave immediately, her Mana flowing in the ground to subtly alter it, thing impossible in a normal Dungeon.
Lightning-Attribute Mana coalesced into a physical form, crystallizing into her Thunder Gems, while rocks rose from the ground, the two materials fusing together to form in a vague approximation of her own greataxe
The Werewolf twirled her new weapon around, quickly adapting to its vastly different weight in comparison to her Living Weapon, weapon that she trained with from when she was but a child.
Some may wonder at the lack of hesitation in directly creating a weapon using the ground filled with this Fake-Qi using Mana while refusing to use her own Qi directly on the ground or the air around her however her sense of security had its foundation on the difference between Qi, Vital Energy and Mana.
She left the initial room, finding herself in a corridor that opened up in various directions, before nodding to herself, entering the first branch she found, still making sure to be carefull not to be ambushed from behind.
Mana flared around her body, solidifying in a short-lived and rough barrier that deflected the three spears thrown at her enough for Sider to dodge them, before she sent back a lightning bolt towards one of her newest adversaries.
Said adversaries consisted of another group of Fake-Goblins, seven this time, with at their lead a much more developed one surrounded by a dense layer of Fake-Qi wielding pratical clothes and with a sword in its right hand.
Immediately, with a sneer on its face, the D-Rank Fake-Goblin 1,6 meters tall jumped forward, swinging its sword with a mix of both great ferocity and surprisingly high skill, Fake-Qi and Mana sharpening around its blade in a [Sword Flash] directed towards the Werewolf.
Said Werewolf crossed her arms before herself, Earth-Attribute Mana flaring around her body to block the attack but to her immense surprise not only was the Mana somewhat ignored by the flying slash but it was also able to cut into her skin and flesh despite their natural toughtness as both someone with "Enhancement: Physicality" and as a Cultivator.
Sider scowled, her lips twisting in a sneer as the Fake-Qi tried to invade her body, slowly starting to rot from her wounds on her arms before she without hesitation cut off her forearms, spending a lot of Vital Energy to start her recovery while her Mana flowed in the ground beneath her, causing it to violently erupt into spikes that impaled its feets to the ground.
Soon after the black-haired one Channeled Lightning-Attribute Mana throught her feet, the ground and the spike themselves, causing the D-Rank Fake-Goblin to spasm as its nerves lit ablaze in pain, buying enough time for her next move.
She jumped forward, twisting in mid-air to land a savage kick to its head, forcing it to bend before landing an axe-kick directly on its neck, breaking it.
As the Fake-Goblin fell, she spun on herself, dodging two spear thrusts before blocking the third between her slowly regenerating forearms, Mana flaring around them to stop the Fake-Qi from invading her body, thing only possible because of its unfocused state.
Using her stumps roughly, she forcefully pulled the third spear and its wielder towards her and more specifically in a rising knee that sent it up, twisting on herself hastily to line up a kick on the side of its head, smashing it on the ground hard.
Without a moment of hesitation, Mana flared around her violently before it detonated with the force of a lightning bolt, deafening all five previously unharmed Fake-Goblins, killing the E-Ranked one she just subdued and putting out of commission the D-Ranker.
Taking advantage of the opening, she stomped on the ground, Mana flowing before the ground rippled underneath them, rising in cuffs around her targets' ankles, making sure they would not ran away.
The next step was transforming her left leg from foreleg down in its more bestial form, stopping on the only threat of this group's neck before pressing down hard, decapicating the Fake-Goblin at once.
Aware that it was a Cultivator, even if it was using that Fake-Qi, Sider did not stop there, solidifying Earth-Attribute Mana around her transformed right leg, before crushing its chest with a powerful stomp, its limbs flying away because of the force of the impact.
Immediately after she kicked its head away from herself and the rest of its body as a safety before falling down upon the rest of the Fake-Goblins, dodging their retaliatory strike from their weapons and limbs before continuing the fight, transforming fully with "Form: Humanoid Wolf" and using her "Enhancement: Transformation" to accelerate her recovery immensely, using her left hand to pick up her makeshift-greataxe to decapicate the remaining Monsters at once.
After carefull observation, the Werewolf was sure of the death of all seven Fake-Goblins and the absence of any further presence in the room, she dropped her Transformation at once, trembling briefly because of the backlash caused by it.
Sighing and thankful for the briefness of the fight, Sider stood straight up, turning towards her axe and swinging it around a couple of times to fully adjust to her new arms, before turning towards the arms she cut off previously but not finding them or for that matter any of the corpses, anywhere in the room.
She sighed. "I have a terrible feeling about this." She lamented quietly before proceding deeper in the cave, quickly and to her immense displeasure finding it to be a dead-end. "Oh, come on." Before her rant could start in full, she jumped left, mostly dodging a crossbolt bolt except for a scratch forming on her right cheek as her hand flashed forward, burying itself in what she felt as one of those Fake-Goblin's stomach, before ripping her target apart with electrified claws.
As its now visible corpse fell, its Technique or Artifact no longer hiding it, she quickly turned her full focus towards the cut on her face, scowling even harder once she felt the burning liquid present in her wound, liquid that was keeping her wound open while worsening it, before concentrating a burst of Mana and Vital Energy there, quickly expelling this poison as the dart vanished into nothing. "Oh, I hate this place!" She affirmed her displeasure for everyone nearby to hear. "And now you vanished too." She lamented to the now absent corpse of the Fake-Goblin she literally just killed.
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10/10 2:31 (Autumn, Day, Midrar)
Somewhere else, in a slightly different time and place…
A sweet smell fille d the four Mates' room, waking up Sabel once again as her unfocused gaze tried to find the origin of said scent, quickly finding a copy of Luna made out of Black Blood holding a tray with various pastries on it, all of them seeming to be homemade ones.
At seeing her confused gaze through her clone, Luna smiled confidently and, considering how her arms were currently busy by Amber and Mafel, she firmly embraced her cute little Human with Auric Arms. "Surprised? Even if I dislike and don't need to eat, doesn't mean I don't know how to cook for other People. Especially when it comes to sweets." She affirmed, the last part said at a much lower volume.
Amber followed suit Sabel's example by waking up, stretching slightly before noticing the new for her presence of Sabel and Mafel in their bed and remembering her current state of dress, or rather undress, blushed slightly, looking away from the eyes of her Mates in embarassment before forcefully calming down and resolutely meeting her Mates' eyes, unwilling to back down.
Luna smirked before turning her gaze towards Mafel, the Elf still sleeping despite all the movements around her, her smirk widening as a teasing light formed in her eyes.
Taking advantage of the fact her two Mates were awake, Luna slowly and casually leaned towards her grey-haired Mate before teasingly playing with one of her ears, making her jump up with a yelp and a pout on her face.
"You do know that you don't need to fake being asleep to remain in my arms, don't you?" Luna teased, sitting up while holding the now-very flustered black-haired one on her lap.
"How could you accuse me of so blatantly taking advantage of my Mate's trust. You wound me." The grey haired one commented calmly, blatantly sitting up to more easily enjoy the sight of her three Mates all close together, especially considering how two of them were currently naked and leading Amber to hide back beneath their blanket with a yelp while Sabel, embarrassed, hid her face in Luna's chest.
Luna's smile widened further in amusement. "In that case, I offer my excuses on my erroneous assumption about the motives behind your action of feigning sleep. I am sure that you just decided to guard our bodies while we were sleeping, didn't you?"
"Exactly." The former Boss Monster nodded, her eyes not leaving Luna's body in the slightest, distracting her just enough for her to yelp at feeling a couple of Auric hands poking Mafel's spine.
Luna sat up fully, embracing Sabel from behind with her pale legs trapping the Human in place while her arms embraced her other two Mates to either side of her, Auric limbs emanating from Luna and proceding to offer breakfast to the four currently busy with planning their day and their later ambush.
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