Through the thick trees and colorful shrubs Insania sprinted on all fours without glancing back, fear and stupidity has always been an excellent motivator for humans to do things that one wouldn't normally do.
Despite how it's Insania's first time sprinting down on all fours, it all felt natural to her and she didn't make as much mistakes as a newbie would when they attempt to go full throttle with the passive, it was as if her character was designed for running on all fours but her human mind beg to differ. Shaking such thoughts, her eyes wandered over towards her pursuers.
'If any of those dudes have a higher Agility stat than me, it would be GAME OVER!.' Insania couldn't care less who they were, but their motives and intentions for attacking her are crystal clear!
"THEY WANT TO F*CK ME!"
"LITERALLY!" she panted and quickened her pace.
She zipped through a lot of Crazy Ant squadrons, usually comprising of 5-8 mobs hoping to shake off the three.
Among the three the Panthera Onca which was the Spear-wielder looked to be the fastest among them making him the most dangerous to Insania, so she veered right to stay as far away as possible from that maniac, in doing so she got closer to the Archer which is catching up to her despite not running down on all fours. What's worse is the f*cker is pretty accurate with his shots despite being in a high speed chase.
'He must've employed a target locking skill'
The arrows that the Archer shot embedded into Insania's body but was pulled off naturally, a testament to how miniscule the Archer's Strength attribute. Insania grunted and huffed in pain, but persevered and kept running.
The archer that is shooting at Insania right now should have 30 points in both STR and DEX in order to deal 10 damage with his arrows. Without the beastkin racial passive [Rockhide] Insania was sure that the arrows would hurt so much more compared to what she's feeling right now, despite bleeding profusely she still had time to calculate the f*ckers damage.
-18 (Critical)!
Some arrows kept connecting her body but none hindering her movements but then.
*Ting
you have been inflicted with [Fatigue] debuff*
'SHIT ITS A [Fatigue-Shot]!' As an aspiring Archer, Insania knew the only skill that can trigger this debuff notification.
[Fatigue-Shot]: Induces arrows with stamina reducing magic. Increasing targets Fatigue by 5% with every shot.(Stackable)
[Fatigue] Reducing targets stamina by 5% and decreasing movement speed by 2% per stack. (Stackable. If it reaches eight stacks target will get inflicted with [Over-Fatigue].
-10
*Ting
you have been inflicted with [Fatigue(II)] debuff*
"Shit!" Insania cursed. She's getting slower while the three is gaining on her.
"Kuahaha! you're mine little kitty" the Archer shouted with glee. Just a couple of meters behind Insania glanced at the Panthera Leo, he used his huge arms to launch himself forward gaining tremendous ground, which frightened Insania even more.
To propel a beastkin body using the arm like that he must have a really unbalanced STR to AGI stat ratio.
Running for less than 3 minutes Insania saw a salvation in the form of a huge chasm. 'Its the boundary of the Wistless Forest!' She excitedly remembered. On the other side is a field filled with high level monsters that could kill her in 2 seconds. Insania ran with all her might, trying to gain enough momentum so that she could jump to the other side.
"Guh" Insania became lightheaded, she didn't know if it was an Archer skill or some weird debuff, yet now her body felt extremely hot.
Her crotch itched! That gave her a maddening urge to "GOD I wanna rub it sooo bad!" Insania screamed and afterwards she lost control of her hind legs and stumbled like a toddler, falling face first to the dirt and rolled towards the chasm, but thanks to her stumble, a spear went off the mark again and missed her head by a hairs breadth.
"NO! " the Panthera Leo was outraged. But it didn't help the fact that their prey is heading straight to her demise.
Insania fell.
'Well this is better than getting gangbanged' she closed her eyes and waited for the death notification prompt.
Dying really hurts in Epic of the Gods, losing one level and waiting for 5 hours inside purgatory untill you can respawn is a heavy death penalty.
THUD! -60
"Urk...Huh?" Insania opened her eyes and wondered why she didn't die? she couldn't believe it and hurriedly checked her Hitpoints that showed 130/4.
She wanted to laugh so badly but the people above still looked below the chasm, she knew that if they hear her and decide to come down here... Then she might just go ahead and jump off the ledge she just landed on.
*Ting
you have been inflicted with [Broken Bone] debuff*.
[Broken Bone]: Individuals with this debuff will reduce their self regeneration by 98% and body parts with broken bones will be unable to move, this debuff will last from 30 minutes to 2 hours.
She looked up and saw the treacherous cliff.
"Well I can't climb that" she shook her head and looked towards a dim opening.
She waited for the [Broken Bone] debuff to disappear, and after minutes of rolling on the dirt like it was the softest mattress in the world, Insania stood up and entered the cave.
It's either death or move forward now, she had a [Town Portal Scroll] which is given to all newbies, but that'd be a waste without exploring this wonderful undiscovered cave!
Onille Arvurg brimmed with positivity for he had much more sh*ttier days than this when he was still an orphan, at a young age he was already acquainted with the horrors of life and knew that some things are much more sh*ttier than this... Like perhaps being abandoned.
Walking 20 meters inside the cave she saw a transparent wall erected, she could see that there is light on the other side, caressing it, her hands slipped she then concluded that she can't climb up. She punched it and instantly regretted
such an action.
-30!
Attacking the barrier is already futile, looking up she saw a small hole that's not covered by the barrier, racking her brain for a couple of minutes, she walked around the cave trying to figure out how to climb up.
"No rope... No ladder.. what am I gonna?" Pondering on it for a bit an idea hit her! She couldn't help but chuckle under her breath.
"Challenge accepted" she grinned and walked back to the ledge she fell on, she gazed at the bottomless chasm and saw a root, its thickness the same width as her arms, she needed it to be as long as her, so Insania proceeded in cutting the root out the dirt, digging it out was extremely difficult because she only used her claws but she somehow managed it anyway. Insania slapped herself after realizing something.
"Work Smarter Onille! WORK SMARTER!" Shouting at herself, Insania found the place where her body landed and saw a pile of shattered sticks. Then went over it and gathered all the sharp arrowheads, she then tied it all together and use it like a makeshift knife.
After an hour it was finished. "It doesn't look much but its honest work" Insania then stood at least twenty meters away from the barrier, gazing straight ahead and holding the newly formed pole. Insania already tested its tensile strength and the pole can strangely lift her up without snapping, she was satisfied after all she carved a 6 foot pole made out of an unknown root!.
"Amazing, I feel alive again" she chuckled then sprinted towards the wall. Estimating the perfect moment she stabbed the pole in front of her, with the momentum of the stop, she catapulted her body airborne.
Showing the full power of her highschool athleticism, her body twisted in the air and created an amazing arc, she passed through the barrier feet first whilst the pole got stuck on the dirt but it served its purpose.
-70. "GAAAH!"
*Ting
you have been inflicted with [Broken Bone] debuff*
Insania couldn't help but smile from ear to ear. That was EPIC! but the fall is also outrageously painful. Waiting for another 30 minutes to recuperate, Insania stood up, dusted herself and moved forward like nothing happened.
Another twenty meter walk and the first thing that greeted her were luminescent green lights that covered an entire room, the room was small and bare, but it still provided space for free unhinge movement. "This reminds me of a 1v1 boss room from Dark Sols"
Insania stepped inside the room and saw a figure move, the figures body was camouflage by the lights and exuded a metallic luster.
"Me and my big" Insania couldn't finish her sentence as a powerful HORN reverberated inside the room and opened a compartment in the middle that sprung what appeared to be a stone table.
I know I know what yer gonna say but heck...