Soon enough we reach where the Cyclops was. It was located in a large clear area with no trees around. Think of a crop circle in a forest but the size of several football fields. This is definitely a trap. It smells like a trap. It looks like a trap. It feels like a trap. And there's other people around so it is a trap of some sort.
"Hey I rather not fight it in the open" I said to the party. They looked at me and laughed. They were definitely mocking me now.
"This just makes it easier" said Mary in an arrogant tone.
Don added to the insults with, "You can stay here if you want." Well that was a fine idea. I might take it.
I smiled at them and said, "Fine" while trying not to look angry or pissed off.
It seems they didn't notice that the Cyclops was armored up already which means it was tamed. The Cyclops was 20 metres in height and weighs so much that it made a sound comparable to a cannon when it moves. The party went ahead leaving me here.
[Is this the right choice?]
The people in the this won't do anything just yet. If I go out there the trap begins and I'll be screwed. The best option is to stay here and hope they finish the Cyclops off on their own though very unlikely.
"Piercing Shot!" Shouted Mary.
It seems they've started already. Her arrow few to hit the eye but the Cyclops moved and it hit the iron helmet it had on. Besides the helmet, the Cyclops had armor on its arms, legs, stomach and back which covered most of it. But it did not cover the joints and the eye which made them a target to hit. While the Cyclops did not carry any weapons on it which was a good thing it was still a giant that could kill you in one hit.
"Speed Bluff" Light came from Michael and covered the party.
I was out of range so it didn't affect me.
"Strength Bluff" Michael casted another bluff on the party. Now they were mostly set. It seems the Cyclops noticed the party and is able to engage.
BOOM BOOM BOOM
Barry ran to the right while Don ran to the left. Mary was trying to hit the eye but was missing a lot due to the large range she has to cover. The distance from the party to the Cyclops was 300 metres and the party was 100 metres away from me.
"Fireball" shouted Jenny. Several fireballs appeared in great numbers and bombarded the Cyclops with fire.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
But the armor it wore deflected most of the damage. Seeing this jenny prepared to cast the lightning shower spell on it but she needed some time to do so. Well this is going to take some time. I walked to the nearest tree that had the best view of the battle and leaned on it and observed the situation.
Both sides were now 200 metres away from each other. "Spread Shot!"
Oh it seems Mary had another skill. She strung up several arrows and shot them at the head as well. Most of the arrows hit but some still missed. This time she hit the eye.
"GGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
And she angered it.
[Bad Idea]
Yeah it seems they noticed it as well. The Cyclops had a angry look in its eye that was hit by some arrows and ran to the party. Shocked by the speed it could move the party tried to evade the rampaging giant they angered.
Thanks to Michael's bluffs they managed to do so. Barry now ran up to the Cyclops as he had the highest agility of the group and started climbing it. He reached the back of the knee with great difficulties and started stabbing it with poison knives. Do Cyclops have poison resistance.
[Not really. They're large to the point that it take a lot of poison to affect them]
I see so what Barry's doing is useless.
[No. If he continues for the rest of the battle the Cyclops will feel it sooner or later but I doubt he has enough poison and enough stamina to hold onto that thing for long]
Once again I felt a large amount of mana being gathered by Jenny. It looks like she finished her spell and is waiting to cast it.
"BARRY JUMP OFF NOW!" commanded Don.
He also noticed that Jenny was about to use the lightning shower spell. Barry immediately jumped off the Cyclops that was chasing Don and Mary who were taunting it and rolled on the ground as he landed.
"Lightning Shower"
A great number of lightning bolts rained from the sky and hit the Cyclops. It was a spectacular sight but it was very dangerous to use.
"GGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
It looks like the attack is affecting it. It is covered in metal after all. It looks like the Cyclops lost a large chunk of its health. The Cyclops was using its arms to try to block most of the lightning from hitting it directly. After 20 seconds the lightning shower stopped and the Cyclops was half dead.
"CHARGE!" shouted Don as he ran to the Cyclops.
"Piercing Shot Piercing Shot Piercing Shot" Mary was spamming her skill on the Cyclops, Jenny was taking a break and Barry climbing to the back of the Cyclops' neck and started stabbing.
Looks like they can handle this on their own. Hmm? What is this feeling?
[Looks like the trap began]
Swwooooooooooossssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I heard something and Michael suddenly got hit by something and died. A grey flame was all that was left of him. The other four were surprised at the sudden attack. Suddenly I felt a large quantity of magic coming to the area.
[Shield yourself]
"Mana shield times 5"
I protected myself from whatever was coming. The others were panicking by the fact that their healer died. Then I looked up. I saw a massive amount of fireballs coming down from the sky. This was bad. Really bad. If it was aimed at me then I'm screwed. Even if it wasn't aimed at me then I'm still screwed.
[Use a Earth wall as well]
Right. I imagined a wall of Earth covering me and protecting me from the attack.
"Earth Wall."
The ground beneath me shifted and moved to directly block the impact.
BOOM BANG BING DING DUNG MUNG HUNG EUNG EING BING BANG BOOM
The Earth wall I made shattered on the amount of fireballs hitting it.
Mana shield took 431 damage
Mana shield took 562 damage
Mana Shield Broke
Mana Shield took 531 damage
Mana Shield took 749 damage
Mana Shield Broke
Mana Shield took 642 damage
Mana Shield took 321 damage
Mana Shield Broke
Mana Shield took 583 damage
Mana Shield took 530 damage
Mana Shield Broke
Mana Shield took 521 damage
Mana Shield took 499 damage
Mana Shield Broke
Mana Shield Skill has advanced to beginner level 6
Shit...my shields.
You took 2532 damage. You are on fire.
You took 1641 damage.
You took 1532 damage.
You took 2182 damage.
Eh? The bombardment stopped?
[Looks like you survived. Hurry up and real ease the first seal. You need the mana]
I checked the amount of mana I had and it was at 1613. Man if I took another hit then I would've died there. I tried to look around but there was too much dust to tell who and what was alive. All I know is that the presence I felt fired those magical attacks on the area.
Well they can't let the Cyclops be killed but wouldn't casting that much magic kill the Cyclops as well? When the dust cleared I saw my other 'team-mates' were all gone which meant they died. The body of the Cyclops was on the ground lying face down. Was it dead? I hope so. I started walking to it like an idiot.
"Well well, looks like you survived eh" It was a young male voice that had a distinct tone of arrogant mixed in it.
I looked around and saw myself surrounded by 30 no 40 people in cloaks. All of them were probably range classes since they attacked from afar with that much power.
[This is bad. You can't get out of this one. You better not die]
Shut it. I released the first seal and my mana absorption skill started up. I couldn't absorb the mana of these assholes since I'm too far away from them. What do I do? Anyway I can report the Cyclops was killed at least.
"Did you like our little pet? Awaken!" From the man's body was a purple aura(?) of some sort.
A bad feeling came form it and it covered the body of the Cyclops. Soon enough I saw the Cyclops come to life once more as it got up. Its body was no longer grey but more purple-red. I think this thing just got powered up. This is really bad! Shit! I can't escape!
[Looks like I have to help you. Release the second seal Eden]
Second seal? Yeah Warlic did mention it but I don't don't how to release it!
[Hmm...then I'll do it. 5 Element Seal Release!]
Suddenly I felt the same sensation when I faced the giant purple humanoid rabbit. I immediately noticed that my mana filled back to the maximum 10000. Wait didn't it go to 100000 last time?
[Ah my power when berserk which caused your body to overload and die. I'll make sure you don't go over your limit]
A power wave surge thing went out of my body like the ones you see in anime and cheap movies. The force of it pushed back the cloaked people. They were panicking. Well I would to if I saw a being that survived being basted by countless fireballs and suddenly went back to full power all of a sudden.
"Shit! Kill it!" shouted one of the cloaked people. Some of them pulled out bows and fired arrows at me while other started casting magic.
[Hmm...I'll show you a special trick you can use in this form. Cast a mana shield]
Why? Who care, I wonder what this trick is.
"Mana Shield"
The usual mana shield appeared to protect me. Hey at this rate the mana shield will be broken you know.
[Wait and see]
Arrows and magic attacks were flying to me and were hitting the mana shield.
Mana Shield took 341 damage
Mana Shield took 874 damage
Mana Shield took 1421 damage
Mana Shield took 735 damage
Mana Shield took 642 damage
Mana Shield took 531 damage
Mana Shield took 956 damage
Mana Shield took 1674 damage
Mana Shield took 1421 damage
Mana Shield took 751 damage
Mana Shield took 777 damage
Hey my mana shield isn't breaking! What did you do llyfr?
I made the mana shield skill rank up to the intermediate levels. You'll be able to do this normally when you level it up to that point. Also the damage subtracts from your mana so be careful but its still better than taking a direct hit since it negates some damage.
"Shit! Nothing's working! Get the Cyclops to attack it!"
"GGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR"
The Cyclops made a loud sound and started to charge at me. Your a pest right now. I imagined the Cyclops being pushed up in the air by wind.
"Wind Gust"
Fooooooooossssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh
Suddenly a large quantity of wind gathered and pushed the Cyclops 20 metres in the air. I'm surprise how much more powerful I am in this state.
[You get a bonus to your power or rather I am able to influence your body more easily when the second seal is undone. Be warn though, the mana absorption goes out of hand in this state. I advice you don't use it too much unless you want a horde of beings to kill you]
I see....now to take care of this thing. I imagined a massive ice tower coming out of the ground and hitting the Cyclops.
"Ice Tower"
BANG
A tower of ice, 10 metres in diameters came out of the ground and hit the Cyclops in the stomach. It spat out some blood before the ice tower collapsed due to the weight and fell to the ground.
"Damn you.....Awaken!"
The purple aura thing went to it again and it revived once more. Man I have to deal with these guys first before the Cyclops die. Those guys at the information guild are mean. I can't really deal with the other guys if the Cyclops is targeting me but it keeps on reviving when I kill it. What do I do?
[What about making a big hole in it. Use Creation Magic to make this. Its called Torrwr]
A image of a golden spear appeared in my head. It was as tall as me in length and at the tip was a very stylist blade. The blade of the spear was mostly flat with the middle being the thickest part and it had I think wings engraved onto it. The blade itself was around 10 cm long.
"Creation Magic: Torrwr"
Creation Magic advanced to beginner level 2
Concentration increased by 1
The same spear that was in my mind was created in front of me and the skill levelled up! Wait, what's was the point of making this thing?
[Now imagine it becoming bigger and say enlarge]
I imagined the spear becoming 10 times bigger than it was right now and ignore the fact that I was being attacked.
"Enlarge"
The spear 'grew' to what I envision it would be and it floated in front of me for some reason. Why was it floating?
[Telekinesis. Its the one of three weapons you can control at will without using any external power to do so. You can control it at will]
Isn't that kinda overpowered?
[Not really...it takes an enormous amount of mana to sustain. Now hurry up and kill that Cyclops]
Yes yes. I imagined the now giant spear spinning around in front of me. As soon as I got that thought the spear did just that. Good. First I need to get rid of all the extras. I imagined the spear sweeping the ground and hitting a large number of those cloak guys.
Swwwwwwwwoooooooooossssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
BANG
The spear moved diagonally to the ground and hit around 4 or 5 people at once due to its great size. When it hit the ground I moved the spear to target another group of enemies.
BOOOM
And then I lifted the spear up high and smashed it vertically on a another bunch of enemies. Lets see....there are 13 enemies left I think. There are 14 presences I can sense including the Cyclops. Maybe I should leave some alive to interrogate them. I'll leave 3 alive and kill the rest. Now its kinda hard to kill them with this gigantic spear now. I imagined the spear returning to its former size.
"Shrink"
The spear shrank to its original size and I aimed at the very very frightened enemies. I shot the spear at the one that was trying to run away from me.
BANG
The spear quickly pierced a hole in it and hit the ground again.
[Eden try to finish this quickly. Your body can't take much more]
Right. I quickly imagined the spear piercing and killing every one expect for three. The spear quickly flew and it just that.
"RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAARRRRRRRRRRR"
Oh the Cyclops. I imagined the spear growing to its previous large size and said, "Enlarge". The spear grew and floated in front of the Cyclops. The best way to kill the Cyclops was to make a big hole in it and for that I need some rotation. I spun the spear so that it was like a drill and pierced the Cyclops straight in the middle.
You have levelled up
You have levelled up
You have levelled up
You have levelled up
Fighting Spirit increased by 1
Quest 'Hunt the Cyclops' has been completed
Collect reward form information centre. Warning: You must bring proof of the act of killing the Cyclops in order to be rewarded
You have levelled up
You have levelled up
Fame increased by 100
I levelled up to level 92 which was nice of the Cyclops and finished my quests as well. Now to deal with the three that are running away. I imagined the three being sucked into a place by wind.
"Wind Vortex"
The three were suddenly pulled into the centre of the spell. I then imagined them being beinf encased by ice.
"Ice Prison"
Ice started to quickly climb on their body and trapped them in ice. The ice however did no cover their faces so they could talk to me. Hey llyfr you can stop the power surge now.
[Right. Seal!]
The feeling of the large power that was flowing through me throughout the battle slowly faded away. The markings on my arms and probably all over my body stopped glowing as well. I kept the first seal undone so I wasn't completely defenceless if there was another trap. I walked up to the three that were trapped in ice as they were struggling to escape.
"Hey." I casually said to them.
When I said that word the three suddenly flinched and looked at me with fear. Their teeth were chattering either due to the ice or fear of me. Eventually one of them spoke up.
"What do you want with us?! Haven't you terrorised this land enough?" said the man in a righteous voice.
It kinda pissed me off. Even in this world, people try to justify what they do without considering other people. Well I might as well mess with this mind a bit before killing him.
In my most charismatic voice I replied, "And what have you done? You people used a Cyclops to sacrifice innocent to fuel your own schemes."
The three looked at me with hatred now. Good, its makes it easier for me to extract information off you if your emotional.
"You need to make sacrifices for the greater good!" said the same man.
The other two seemed to agree with this one. Well I can't really get anywhere if this one is speaking. I imagined making an iron sword.
"Creation Magic: Iron Sword"
A iron sword was formed in my hand. I gripped it and pointed the blade at the guy's neck.
The man was sweating now but still had the courage to speak. "Well look at this! This demon is going to kill me because he cannot best me in conviction"
I sighed at the man. He was definitely delusional. I once more replied to this fool.
"No, I found that I have no use for you."
Before he could utter a word I slit his throat. Blood seeped out of the deep cut and the man's head fell dead along with the rest of his body.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
One of the other two started screaming in fear. He was crying. I wonder why? Its not like he was going to die as well. Oh wait. I was going to kill them all anyway. An evil smile appeared on my face which prompted the man to scream even louder and the other one to sweat heavily in fear.
"Oh shut it." I stabbed the man that was screaming in the face which killed him.
His this the iron sword broke. It seems even when the skill levelled up, the durability of the things I make are still low.
I looked at the other man left alive and said with a bright smile, "You'll give me all the information I want right?"
The man nodded to my question which I replied, "Good. Now did the information guild send this group to kill me?" The man nodded again.
"Good that's all I need"
I grabbed his face and crushed it. My hands were stained with his blood from the act...not that I actually care. An eye for a eye, a tooth for a tooth, death for all that cross me. Now how the hell am I going to take this Cyclops back to the city?
[Hmm....use a combination of wind and earth magic to drag this thing back?]
This is going to take a while. But first I have to loot the thing.