In another place, another realm entirely. A realm unlike the divine realm, a place no god would be caught dead in. In terms of danger, this realm ranked 1st. Nothing in this realm goes according to logic, in the distance is a waterfall which flows into the clouds. Above the clouds, a monster the size of a cargo ship is flying. Trees with colored leaves and some sentient enough to form a civilization. Some trees are ordinary but their leaves could cut Adamantine like butter. The monsters are were even stranger as some of them could reach 1 kilometer in height alone or even more. A single one of these monsters could destroy the whole earth in a few years, wiping out all life on it. This is the calamitous realm, The Monster Realm.
Nytri slowly opens her eyes although dim, she could barely move a limb. She notices that below her is a pile of ash, and the ground around her has caved in as she lies inside. She notices the red skies as in the area 2 kilometers has light as the area beyond it is filled with patches of darkness.
"W…Where am I?" she feels weak but knows she's severely hurt. "I'll wait and recover. I hope nothing comes here. I won't be able to resist if anything happens." She lies there as she notices the sun set and rise bizarrely 3 times, yet she hadn't even recovered a little.
[INFORMATION MAGIC DISPLAY LEVEL 6
Name: Nytri
Race: Unknown
Level: 82
Title: Champion of the Abyss
Base Stats:
HP: 137/51600
EP: 1462/72800
SP: 1419/69600
SoP: 24300
Physical Stats:
Strength: 1300
Agility: 3270 - Blocked
Endurance: 2170
Intelligence: 3140
Wisdom: 2940
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"3 Days, no recovery. This sucks. My healing skill is active but still nothing. The bleeding stopped so that's good. I have to find a way to heal, I'm sure I can find some herbs with the trees nearby." She tries moving as pain rush through her body and she stop. "Gahh! It hurts, so much." She gasps for air as she lies down.
"Right, my clones can help me, even if I'm injured they won't be when I summon them. They can find herbs to help me." Nytri activates her skill as her clones appeared before her, all 30 of them. The number reached 30 when her level of cloning skill reached level 6.
The clones appeared before her as one speaks looking at Nytri, "Dang, this is far worse than I thought."
Nytri feels relieved that she could summon them, "Guys, can you help me look for a safe place to rest? And herbs to heal me as well."
"Sure thing, we intended on doing that without you asking." The clone turns to the other 29. "Alright guys, let's split up, some of us will scout, some for shelter and some on healing duties. Remember to keep an eye out for threats, don't fight unless necessary." The clones nodded, another clone speaks, "Alright, I'll go ch- ". Their detection skill warned them of danger, the warning wasn't even this intense when she faced Zareth.
"Somethings coming, it doesn't seem to want to talk. Get ready to fight." A clone that seems to be the leader. Nytri could see through the eyes of the clones but didn't control them.
In the forest about 500 meters ahead of them a figure appears on a tree, it seems to be a monkey at first glance. "That thing noticed us? Still, I don't feel comfortable with it watching us, let's get real me out of here." They turned to get Nytri up but then 10 other clones activated Armored shell and made axes and swung it with all their strength. The monkey moved and appeared behind the leader in a second as the 10 clones scared it off.
24 stands before them and the monster, a four-armed monkey with a mask-like face with its head upside down. "GET OUT OF HERE!" She uses abyss elements and make the earth rise trying to impale the monkey as it dodged, she appraises it.
[INFORMATION MAGIC LEVEL 6
Name: Quadrogor
Level: 97
Base Stats:
HP: 350,000
SP: 200,000
Physical Stats:
Strength: 60,000
Endurance: 70,000
Agility: 80,000
Intelligence: 50,000
CONDITION: Hungry.
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"What?! This thing is that strong?!" Multiple roars come from the forest as monsters just like the monkey appear but they are in the thousands. The 10 clones serving as the rearguard for the retreat pales at the sight. One of these monsters are too much for her to keep up and they only had 60% of the real Nytri's strength.
"NO GOING BACK, TRY TO BUY AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE!" the 10 clones stand their ground as the 20 pick Nytri up and ran. The monster monkeys charges at them with the 10 clones covering themselves in ARMORED SHELL and charge towards them. They know they stand no chance but they are willing to buy even a second for the real Nytri to escape.
The monsters swarm them as they fight to their last breath, they want to take as many down as possible. So, they self-destructed.
*BOOOM BOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOOM* 5 are left as they follow the retreating Nytri planning on using the environment to lay traps for them.
The clones ahead also summoned the Clockwork Assassin Automata, this move exposed their location as they heard roars ahead of them. They react quickly and change directions as the 5 rearguards choose to stay at that location for the source of the roars to target them.
The 5 clones found out that their EP is giving them away, they noticed when Nytri summoned her clones. They use as much EP as possible making golems and automata to fight with them or a suicide charge.
Nytri's heart sinks as she could only watch, her clones are dying so easily. "Guys, this place is too scary." Nytri and the 20 clones continued to flee as the 5 remain to buy time. The Clockwork Assassin automata led them since they are good at scouting.
Nytri's clones are devastated by the loss of their companions, they saw how easily they'd die if it was them. As they return to the data lake, they began to converse with Nytri. 10 Clones were lost and Nytri didn't want to risk it to summon them, what if something bigger shows up?
Clone 1 arrives, "Me... we... failed."
Clone 2's voice sounds sad, "We were not strong enough to handle them."
Clone 3 sounds tough, "We need to improve our combat strategy." Nytri has managed to escape.
Nytri listened intently as her clones share their thoughts and ideas. "We'll need to come up with a new plan," she said. "But first, we need to heal and recover our strength."
Clone 4 speaks, "Me's right. We're all feeling weak right now. Let's rest and think of a new strategy."
Nytri nods in agreement. She closes her eyes and focus on her energy, slowly regaining her strength. She knows that they need to be cautious and come up with a new plan before facing the Quadrogors again.
The monsters stop pursuing them since they lost track of them and had to deal with the constructs. They conversed and strategized on what to do next. They analyzed the data they picked up and chose to avoid fighting at all costs.