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Post by Valo Stark✾ on Jun 8, 2020 23:52:40 GMT -5
Name: Summoning Gone Wrong [INT]
Description: There are always negatives when attempting a summoning and using the dark arts of the past without understanding all of the symbols. Yet, when one mistakes, the rune for “friend” with the rune for “undead” you start to wonder about the idiots in the world.
Minimum Number of Players: 1
Minimum Word Count: 2000 per person
Location: Aries Garse
NPC Information: Idiot Cultists are running around the outskirts of Aries Garse screaming for help. They’re wearing suspicious dark purple robes and need to be arrested for the fact that they unleashed monsters on the population.
Enemies: Ghouls x 6 per player
Ghouls are fleshy boney golems that walk on four legs. They charge at whoever nears them because they have a strong sense of smell and have intermediate health while dealing intermediate damage.
Special Conditions: Defeat the ghouls and arrest the cultists.
Last Edit: Jun 30, 2020 14:44:18 GMT -5 by Valo Stark✾
Post by Valo Stark✾ on Jun 29, 2020 2:20:18 GMT -5
The night life in Aries Garse was known to be quite nice the overall liveliness of the the town was just Valo's vibe. There was drinking, dancing, gambling just overall tons of fun to be had and trouble to get into. Valo had only visited Aries Garse once when he was younger and always thought he was meant to be born here instead of boring old Kikka. He loved Kikka though it grew to be his home, but Aries Garse was truly different to him. It had just the right blend of everything, it wasn't to fancy and nice but at the same time it wasn't that dirty or dingy. The night life was always booming, girls and money could found anywhere. And if you were smart by the end of the night you could end up with both. Growing up and thief and apart of a gang, gambling wasn't new to Valo at all. He knew how to gamble and he knew how to do it well, he just knew how to win as he put it. And if you can win the pot your'e most likely going to win the chics, they kind of just went hand in hand.
But unfortunately the young wizard knight wasn't here to gamble, or walk away with some girls. He was here to work a mission from the magic knights that he took up quickly once he saw the location. Upon arriving in Aries Garse he nearly cursed himself for coming here sooner, he had been a magic knight for a about a month now. He always found himself to busy to pay his favorite town a visit, and here was again to busy to take part in the night life activities. He sighed to himself as he paced back and forth on top of a roof looking down below at the bustling bars and shops. He almost had to remind himself why he was here in the first place. Some foolish cultist unleashed some wicked dark arts magic, letting loose a quite a few ghouls upon the town. The whole reason why Valo was on the roof was to get a better scope of the town and it's layout. He was also tasked with arresting the cultist for their idiotic mistake, so none of them were allowed to escape. Honestly despite all the trouble this job seemed like fun, destroy some ghouls and arrest the people that unleashed them. Perhaps if he could wrap this whole thing up quickly he could get in some gambling and maybe some other fun. But those thoughts would quickly fade, one he realized how dire the situation was.
Valo heard some shrieks and yells in the distance towards his right. The yells were quickly followed by some cries of "HELP!! HELP!!" the voice of scared elderly man running for his life. The yells piqued Valo's interest quite a bit, it was time start moving. He did some quick stretches, for his neck followed by some tricep stretches. After that he started stretching his hips and legs, given the situation he was going to have to be pretty mobile. He could use his broom now that he thought about it, but that wouldn't be any fun. Plus with his new lantern he could probably move faster without it. Without wasting another second he ran towards the shouts at a decent speed, jumping from rooftop to roof top. Until he saw where the screams were coming from, it was actually one of the cultists wearing a dark purple robe. Behind him was a two ghouls lanky but tall boney creatures, they were in fact quite freakish looking. They were definitely chasing the cultist and getting rather close, they were pretty fast. Valo hoped down from the roof and on top of a large box of crates, getting the attention of the cultist. "You there magic knight! You must help me! It's your job right!? Please!!" the cultist yelled towards Valo.
"Yeah I guess your'e right." Valo said simply shrugging his shoulders. "But don't get mad when I gotta arrest you." Valo said before jumping up in the air towards them, landing both feet on one of the ghouls face planting it on the ground. The attack didn't kill it but it was enough to stun the creature for a bit. The other ghoul wasn't shy about responding to the new danger though two quick swipes of claws mad it's way towards Valo. He was able to hop back twice just in time avoiding the claws, but having to get off the first ghoul entirely. "Ooooohhhh you ugly creeps are aggressive huh?" Valo said towards the ghoul mocking it with a grin on his face. While he was about engage two of the ghouls he mind did ponder on how his partner on this mission was holding up. He knew the guy was from Azure Deer so he had to be tough.
WC: 824 / Total WC: 824
Health: 100%
Mana: 65
Perks Used: Herculean Strength: Those with this naturally deal junior physical damage, Intermediate level at grand tier.
Ghouls x1: Intermediate Health
Ghouls x1: Junior Health
Last Edit: Jun 30, 2020 14:44:42 GMT -5 by Valo Stark✾
Post by Kreig Rosenthal on Jun 30, 2020 11:46:17 GMT -5
It's been a few weeks and quite some time has gone by since Kreig had a bit of action. The last time he was sent out for a mission was to retrieve a sword from within the forsaken mountains. That task was rather lackluster and Kreig felt that he didn't received the proper reward for his due. If their was one thing he disliked, it was having the feeling that his time was being wasted. Hopefully things were about to change for the better. Just a few days ago Kreig receive a order from the Azure Deer squad captain Carmelita Krane to head down toward Aries Garse and investigate the whispers of a small cultist group that has been performing arts of dark magic. It was nothing to sniff at and for sure something that could prove fatal for many people if even the slightest mistake was to be made. After giving it thought; Kreig decided to accept the mission, because he knew that if he wanted to achieve his goals and become Wizard King, this was one of the many trivial things he had to overcome.
On this day Kreig was in the heart of Aries Garse. His investigation had gotten him bits of information about this cultist group. It turned out that they all seemed to dress in overly large attire covering all expressions and body language. The color of the clothing was usually of the dark and most commonly purple. This allowed them to produce fear within the villagers preventing them to dare stand in their way. It would also turn out that this group was using runes in coherence with brainwashing the innocent and transforming them into ghouls. The acts being committed by this organization is nothing short of a crime. All that are involved with such acts needed to captured and detained immediately. For as easy as this may sound, stopping the group will prove to be much more difficult than the thought.
Kreig was hot on the trails of what seems to be a member of the cultist. He was tailing him for hours but it honestly felt like days due to the nervousness. He made sure himself to stay in the shadows and maintain a certain distance before making any crucial decisions. After a while the trailing of the suspicious man had come to a halt. The man lead Kreig into an alley where many were gathered and conjoined by hand. The man in question never broke stride or had shown any signs of acknowledgement that he was being followed. As he marched toward the group a pair parted their hands allowing him access to the center. Ah, yes my precious anointed ones. We have gathered here to day for each of us have witnessed the truth. The truth isn't what the kingdom makes it out to be. For that reason WE shall spread the truth and WE shall prosper. The group interlinked by hands all began to whisper after a chant after. Bring forth yourselves the ones to offer our lord. The group then shifted the circle still holding hands but made a straight line. The man stood before all of them with his grimoire open and ask one simple question. Do you who believes in the truth offer ones flesh to thy savior? One by one each of them would respond. WE SHALL OFFER. With that the would man cast a spell which spread onto the pendants that lied upon their chest. It turned out however, that whatever spell he was using obviously had a serious drawback; The man was a false prophet.
Hey!!! You stop it right now!!! Kreig had enough of the current even and so he revealed himself to be watching the entire thing. Ah yes, the boy that's been following me around all day. Kreig was stunned. Impossible how did he know I was following him at all? A sinister laugh then came from the mans mouth as the would explain. From the very moment that you began to follow me I've know. While your tracking skills are quite formidable I can tell the you're also inexperienced. Sure keeping a distance and staying in the shadows are both fine, but your improper use of mana and lack of hiding it was very noticeable. So like I said before, the skill is there. What you're lacking is the experience part of things.
By the time he had finished speaking all of the sacrifices had completed their transformations. Hideous was the only thing that could be descriptive of them. Their flesh had beg to rot to the bone as they dropped onto all fours. Attack the boy!! Kill him!! The man gave the creatures an order to kill Kreig. Then then tried to cut and run while screaming for help. HELP!! HELP!! HE didn't make it far before another man dropped from the sky onto some crates. You there magic knight! You must help me! It's your job right!? Please! In which the new man would respond. Yeah I guess your'e right. But don't get mad when I gotta arrest you. He then sprang into action in which it looked like he enjoyed.
Turns out the ghoulish like creatures weren't the type to just follow orders. Instead they began an onslaught on Kreig, the cultist and the new guy. Before attacking anything, Kreig counted them all to make sure if this situation could be handled by the two. Hmm, so their is twelve ghouls versus two knights. That being said I should have to take out at least six alone. Yeah, this will be a piece of cake. Kreig grimoire then rose before him and he reached back with his right hand to grab a hold onto his thunder blade. With his left his grabbed the trinket he work along his neck and said a little prayer in a whisper. May the gods be with me Amen. The stage was set; the only thing now was to complete the mission.
Post by Valo Stark✾ on Jun 30, 2020 16:50:47 GMT -5
"Getting arrested!? I-I can't get arrested!" the cultist said backing up as Valo started to engage the two ghouls, he was in a very panicked state. One could practicality see the amount of fear on his face. He started to back up some more wanting to take advantage of the fact that Valo was distracted. But as he took another step he tripped on some cut wood and fell on his back. Making just a bit of noise for Valo to hear and look over at him. "Heeeyyy. Don't go running now." Valo shouted in disappointment. He wasn't a perfect position to stop him though, but there was hint of worry on his face as if he seemingly had it all under control. But Valo's eyes widened a bit when he saw more ghouls start to come in, but not only that he spotted a blue haired male as well wielding a wicked looking sword. He was wearing a Azure Deer cloak so that made it obvious that this was Krieg. Valo smirked and just at the last minute he swiftly dodged the injured ghouls lounge by hopping into the air, but as he came back down clenched his fist hard and landed a strong punch right on it's skull effectively taking it out. "Looks like the whole party is here!" Valo shouted in regards to spotting his partner on this mission.
Before Valo set off on this job, he was given a quick briefing that another magic knight from Azure Deer had already went ahead and did some prior investigation. But do to the growing threat of the cult Valo was sent in as back up to Krieg. And now here he was proving the said back up. He was glad he just so happened to run into Krieg just by following the danger, now they could work together to put an end to this threat. Valo started to back up putting some distance between him and the other ghoul. The ghoul still had it's eyes focused on Valo but was being a lot less aggressive after seeing one of it's own taken down quite quickly. It was enough to show Valo they weren't completely idiot creatures. Valo used this space to activate a new spell of his that he hasn't gotten to use yet since he tested it back in Hage. He was finally going to make use of his new golem spell Hi no tori in other words Fire Bird. He figured he could use his golem to keep track of the runaway cultist while he engaged the ghouls directly, plus some additional airborne support wouldn't hurt. His grimoire started to float behind him glowing a deeper red and orange color, Valo placed his palms together igniting a bright flame he quickly spread his hands apart releasing the fire but instead of an attack it formed into a bird made of pure fire. "Hi no tori!" Valo said excitingly, it was clear from the look on his face he was happy he successfully activated his first golem spell.
The bird stood about two meters tall, while being made of pure fire it did have some brown charred bones, claws and a long sharp curved beak to match. It's fiery wings flapped in the air awaiting for Valo's command. After tingling with excitement Valo got right back to business. "Tori make sure no cultist escape and try to run!" he said simply pointing in the direction of the runaway cultist from before. He didn't get far at all, and Hi no Tori was able to close the distance and stop him in the middle of his tracks. He wasn't going to try and attack a bird made of pure flame, the mere sight of it caused him to fall on his back again. "Aaahh!!! Ok! ok! No more running!" he squealed.
The ghoul that had it's viscous eyes on Valo began it's attack yet again, but Valo never took his eyes off of it just in case. Valo was able to beat the ghoul out on speed pretty well, so when it came in again Valo tucked both is arms in and simply swayed in closer to the ghouls midsection. He unleashed a series of four hooks, two coming from each of his fists. Valo's pure strength wasn't be taken lightly as the ghoul quickly learned reeling in pain now on the ground. Valo let loose another fist coming downward ending the creature. "These things ain't so tough! Just kind of ugly looking!" he would joke. Valo looked up though and looked rather surprised to see three more heading his way.
WC: 773 / Total WC: 1,597
Health: 100%
Mana: 65 - 10 = 55 + 25 = 65
Perks Used: Herculean Strength: Those with this naturally deal junior physical damage, Intermediate level at grand tier.
Quick Charger: Grants +15 Mana regen on top of your base while in combat, also allows you to regenerate mana on the first post you cast your spells.
Name of Spell: 火の鳥 (Hi no tori / FireBird) Spell Element: Fire Spell Rank: Junior Mana Cost: 10 | 5 Type of Golem: Balanced Applicable Perks: Puppet Master Description: The Hi ni tori are airborne golems made of pure fire. Reaching about 2 meters in size, they are simple in their usage. Using it's sharp beak and claws to scratch and slash. Also using it's wings to attack as well causing some decent damage. Hi no tori's can be used for transportation following the transportation guidelines for Junior ranked golem spells. They can carry one person at a time and fly at speeds of 5 m/s. They take simple commands from their caster using a mana connection and verbal orders.
Type
Power
Durability
Sensory
Range
Speed
Health
Balanced
20
20
20
20m
6m/s
Junior
Ghouls x1: K.O
Ghouls x1: K.O
Last Edit: Jul 4, 2020 13:22:03 GMT -5 by Valo Stark✾
Post by Kreig Rosenthal on Jul 4, 2020 4:38:32 GMT -5
After the short prayer his temperature flared as his eyes began to fade white. A small amount of electricity then started to ignite within his sockets. As the electricity grew larger Kreig would lift his arms and extend his fingers to resemble the claws of a bear. Lightning Creation: Lightning Threads!!!. The gathered electricity all began to concentrate and form tiny threads at the tips of his thumb, middle, and small fingers. His eyes would then return to normalcy as he shot off his first attack hitting three golems simultaneously knocking them backward. Oh yea, things are about to get electrifying. Kreig felt like he was the cool guy by saying such but really it came off rather corny.
This attack still wasn't enough to get a rise out of the three extra golems they were looking on. Instead the previous three had to defend for themselves. Why would the others not attack me? Do they have a ranking system of some sort? It can't be, they were just now turned into these creepy things. The previous golem would the regroup themselves and prepare for an attack. This time they would take the initiative and be on the offensive. The three all split up putting about three meters in-between one another. The two one the outsides were just barely within the peripheral while the other was dead center in front of him. Hmm, so divide and conquer is the plan huh? Kreig chuckled as means to taunt the ghouls. Then come, let me show you just how futile that is.
Each of on them was gnarling at the sight of the young monk. They all took a while before making their fist attack which gave Kreig the opportunity unsheathe his trusty lightning blade. His final taunt. Well come on now; I'm waiting on you. With the the first creature attacked. The one on his left hand side whom was about ten meters away had come charging in first. Quickly with his blade in his right hand Kreig filled it with man and fired a bolt of lightning toward the one on the far right nailing it center mass causing it to fizzle. He did this while keeping most of his attention on the left one charging in to fake out the one far right. The charging ghoul was now right at Kreig and attempting to take a swipe at him. However, the young man was just a slight bit faster and swung his sword overhead like a hammer a whole one-hundred eighty degrees cracking the ghouls skull.
This would leave the final monster to face Kreig all alone. Well that two down, just one more to go. He then looked in the direction of the beast. The ghoul then looked in the direction of the others that were watching the fight. No need to worry about them, they'll be joining right after you. Kreig insinuated that he'd kill them all. Then taking action upon himself Kreig walked toward the ghoul who was in an obvious state of fear. The tension build up was sharp enough to cut a knife. Kreig then slung his sword shaking off any debris of ghoul matter that was currently on it. The ghoul was trembling in fear and could hardly moves in its current state. This mattered not to the young mage as he gather all of his strength to deliver his final blow. Once he had gotten near Kreig stood face to face with the creature and locked eyes with it. May the gods be with you. Kreig's final statement was that a higher being would show sympathy tor the soon to be deceased monster. He then took his sword and thrust it at the mid section electrifying the ghoul on spot.
Post by Valo Stark✾ on Jul 4, 2020 16:13:31 GMT -5
Valo readied himself as the other three ghouls started to rush in towards him, he had his arms spread out leading with his right. His eyes focused this time facing three at the same time would not be so easy like it was before. It was going to take a bit more focus and some needed fire power which he had plenty of. His eyes darted to where his Hi no Tori was was, just to make sure the runway cultist was still there. One he confirmed his eyes trailed back to the ghouls, but a confused look appeared on his face as the ghouls halted their pursuit sniffing the air a few times before running in the opposite direction. The three ghouls stay close to one another as they ran, but it was as if their interest in pursuing Valo had vanished and had taken interest in other things. Then Valo had assumed the worst, why would they attack him after they saw the others go down. These ghouls aren't mindless creatures, they do seek carnage and blood but only to those they know they can beat. It's most likely they were able to sniff out other prey for them to attack. The other prey being innocent civilians.
No was no longer the time for jokes, Valo acted quickly. "Tori knock him out and bring him over quickly!" he shouted to his golem. The fire bird acted swiftly to it's masters order using it's large and strong beak to ram into the cultist head knocking him out. The Hi no tori grabbed the man by it's robe using it's claws and flew over to drop him by Valo's side. "I should invest in a restraining spell." he said quickly. He looked to his side and found some decent rope, grabbing it to tie the cultist up tightly just in case he woke up and tried to run again. He tied his feet extra tight to prevent that from happening, he placed his limp body up against the wall of the house. "That should hold him." Valo said confidently. Wasting no time his Hi no Tori lowered it's flight for Valo to hop on top, the flaming bird being more then large enough to carry it's master. Valo riding his golem standing up with two feet, looked over towards Krieg, who taking care of his side of the ghouls.
"Hey your Krieg right!? I'm gonna go on ahead after the remaining ghouls! It looks like they decided to change their course of attack!" Valo would shout towards hopefully loud enough for him to hear. "Cool looking sword by the way!" he added after his golem took off after the ghouls. He kept it as short as possible it was unfortunate that they didn't really get to speak much before hand. The lightning mage would probably make for a good ally to have seeing how he handled battle, he was fierce and strong but also respected the fallen. Such things were rare, some magic knights that Valo noticed let their 'power' get to their heads. It was nice to see someone who didn't.
Valo maneuvered his flying golem like a board of sorts as it flew threw the sky, it had decent speed it wasn't the fastest but it would do for now. What he really needed from his golem was not only the ability to take flight but also aid him in battle. In addition it's sensory skills weren't that bad, as it noticed one of the ghouls running straight ahead. None of the ghouls had reached an innocent life yet, but they were getting close tonights night life Aries Garse was a lot less active now. The reports of evil cultist and attacking ghouls had spooked most of his civilians. But some of them were still out and about, in addition some those cultist we're also on the run. As Valo and his golem got closer he noticed the ghoul was actually chasing after one of the cultist. His grimoire appeared to his side, as he activated another spell summoning two more golems to his side airborne. Now he had three Hi no Tori's ready at his command. His face was focussed but inside in his head he was gleaming with joy, it was like he had his own little gang of flaming hawks.
With simple gesture of his fingers, two of his golems swooped down and started to apply hit and run attacks on the ghoul. The ghoul itself was stronger than one of Valo's individual golems, but handling more then one while they held the advantage in the air would prove difficult. Their attacks leaving heavy scratches on the ghoul with their talons and beaks. Soon Valo jumped off his golem and landed on the ground going straight into a dash. "You after the man. Do not kill." Valo would say to the golem he just hopped off, preventing the cultist from running away. Valo continued his pursuit leaping into the air landing a hard knee strike straight into the ghoul's chest. Bringing it down Valo kept on the offensive landing three punches into it's chest as well defeating the creature.
His first golem had successfully captured the cultist easily, having him knocked out and in it's claws. He was alive just as Valo commanded. But there was no time to rest as he heard some loud shouts and clashing of swords straight ahead, it was soon followed by some screams. Valo ran forward his three Hi no Tori directly behind him one of them carrying the unconscious cultist.
WC: 932 / Total WC: 2,529
Health: 100%
Mana: 65 - 5 = 60 + 25 = 65
Perks Used: Herculean Strength: Those with this naturally deal junior physical damage, Intermediate level at grand tier.
Quick Charger: Grants +15 Mana regen on top of your base while in combat, also allows you to regenerate mana on the first post you cast your spells.
Name of Spell: 火の鳥 (Hi no tori / FireBird) Spell Element: Fire Spell Rank: Junior Mana Cost: 10 | 5 Type of Golem: Balanced Applicable Perks: Puppet Master Description: The Hi ni tori are airborne golems made of pure fire. Reaching about 2 meters in size, they are simple in their usage. Using it's sharp beak and claws to scratch and slash. Also using it's wings to attack as well causing some decent damage. Hi no tori's can be used for transportation following the transportation guidelines for Junior ranked golem spells. They can carry one person at a time and fly at speeds of 5 m/s. They take simple commands from their caster using a mana connection and verbal orders.
Post by Kreig Rosenthal on Jul 7, 2020 18:57:05 GMT -5
Standing over the dead corpse of the ghoul, as usual Kreig would give a small prayer for the fallen. It was unfortunate that these lost souls fell to such despair. However, to follow an elaborate attack against the kingdom he could not stand for. Also to follow unjust god was the ultimate sin. Both in which where were to be considered an abomination not only to his religion but to the kingdom as well. Why? Why would they stoop so low? What has the kingdom done wrong to sway these people? What is this truth that they speak of? Could it be that the very kingdom I am sworn to protect betrayed its people? Kreig questioned himself as he felt a bit of sympathy for the ghouls as he had to lay them to rest.
At the of Kreig's slight wondering off a voice could be heard in the back of his mind. Hey your Krieg right!? I'm gonna go on ahead after the remaining ghouls! It looks like they decided to change their course of attack! This snapped him out of his funk and brought him back to reality. Cool looking sword by the way! It was a weird interaction for someone who could lose their life at any moment. The guy looked as if he was having fun, riding along a creation he'd made. Kreig couldn't think of anything lower than a person that was willing to take a life with a smile on their face. Something for sure he would bring up if the two ever cross paths again. So that's the guy the sent as backup huh? Kreig's feelings was indifferent.
The last of the trio stood forth after Kreig's awakening. Once again they would assemble but this time two of them jumped behind Kreig forming a triangular formation. He knew then and there that this would be a piece of cake. Though these ghouls weren't brainless, they were far from what one would call intelligent. Tsk tsk tsk... The lightning mage then gave out a slight chuckle. You all really just don't understand do you? Alright, show me what you got. His grimore then started to illuminate a bright yellow as the pages flipped before landing on the perfect spell. Lightning Creation: Lightning Storm!! This would form a cloud just above the area. From this cloud would come striking down three bolts of lightning landing flush on all three ghouls.
You see I've told you once already. It doesn't matter what you do, it will be futile. These words only proved to make the monsters more temperamental. This would cause all three to attack simultaneously. Lightning Creation: Lightning Vanishing!! Kreig would vanish mid attack throwing the beast into a state of confusion. In that split second he'd take advantage of the confusion slip under the attack foe causing them to all strike one another. It took a while before one of the beast would realize that Kreig's smell could still be traced. HE IS THERE The ghoul replied dragging it's words before turning its body in Kreig's direction Once realizing they could still detect his presence the mage opted to no give the monster another opportunity. He launched his final attack . Lightning Creation: Lightning Threads! He screamed unheard before zapping the three ghouls to death.
Afterward his attention would shift over to a loud scream in the distance. The other young mage and his golems at the moment were one step ahead of him. Hey wait!! Don't be so rash!! You don't have to run off so quickly; you have someone here to help you. Kreig screamed as he was trying to capture the attention of the other knight. It was apparent the he was head strung on capturing the last of the ghouls.
Post by Valo Stark✾ on Jul 7, 2020 21:34:47 GMT -5
As Valo ran forward towards the screams, becoming louder. Now he could no longer afford the time to banter and take things lightly. Actual innocent life may have been in danger his face was a lot more focused now. He was running ahead at full speed, his airborne golems struggling to keep up themselves. While very useful in many ways they were still lower ranked spells, when it came to it they were nothing to boast of in terms of speed and power. But Valo could no longer afford to waste the time slowing down for them. As he pursued ahead he heard the calls of Kreig from behind, calling to him to not be so brash and he was there to help. The Azure Deer knight was right in every regard, especially the part of Valo being brash. He indeed was, always rushing in wasting no time he tackled things head on at full force. That he did, but Valo wasn't absent of strategy and using his head. He deemed the best move right now was push on and stop the ghouls pursuit no matter what, so that's what he did. Once he got closer to the screams he started to make out where exactly they were coming from, another cultist! It was perfect another cultist he could snag and arrest while taking down another ghoul. The ghoul itself right on the cultist's back, Valo had to move faster.
His grimoire started to glow a red hue, while still buckled to his hip. The spell he was activating would drastically increase his speed to twice as fast as he was currently, a small trail of embers would be left as he ran faster and faster. He was able to close the distance between him and the attacking ghoul very quickly, but he wasn't finished yet. Not only did he need more speed, but more as well he didn't want to fight back and forth with this ghoul like he did the others. The best course of action was to end it quickly in one attack, as soon as he closed the distance when he was right behind the ghoul his grimoire flashed red again activating a more powerful version of his signature spell. "Niji Tenka!" the white haired mage shouted colliding his fist with the ghouls back in a burst of sharp flames. His spell having enough power behind it to destroy the ghoul instantly smoke rising from his fist.
He had successfully saved the cultist and took another ghoul but he had little time to rest, as he closed the distance he saw where the sounds of swords clashing were coming from. Three of the towns guards were defending themselves from the last two ghouls, they were about ten meters away to his right. As is golems finally caught up all three flapped their blazing wings by his side. Valo looked down at the cultist "Don't run or my birds here will eat you." obvisously he didn't mean it, but from the looks of Valo's face and his golems the cultist was not going to test that theory.
With that Valo ran forward his spell increasing his speed still active, he closed the distance between him and the remaining ghouls quickly. The guards worked together holding their individual shields up to block the ghouls attacks, but any second later and their guard was bound to break. Valo once close enough jumped into the air landing a strong and lightning quick kick to the ghoul on his left knocking it back to crash into some trash, while still in midair he spun his body and landed another kick to the ghoul on his right. But instead of knocking it back the force brought the ghoul head first into the ground leaving some cracks. Valo landed on his feet the ghoul he kicked in a enraged state tried to get up and attack Valo, but his improved speed led to two swift strikes from his fist connecting to it's rib cage. The power behind his blows proved to much as his last fist was enough to end the ghoul. With that being one left. Valo had his back turned towards it, as it lifted itself up from the trash and ran towards him also in a enraged state.
Waiting till the last minute Valo spun around and landed a strong roundhouse kick right on it's mid section, sending the ghoul flying back slamming into the wall ending it's life as well. Valo took a deep breath and let it out the threat finally neutralized, luckily no human lives taken.
The three towns guards had little injuries, and thanked Valo for saving their lives. He walked back towards the cultist he saved earlier his golems staying in place just as he commanded watching over him. For the most part the ghoul threat was taken care of, he also along the way was able to capture three cultist.
But he did wonder how many more remained, while in deep thought the guards he had just saved approached him the look of gratitude on their faces. "Thanks for the save, you really came through in the last second for us." one of them said sheathing his sword. Valo nodded in response. "Of course. Things were getting way to hectic I didn't want to lose any lives here tonight. Not from some careless mistakes of some cultist....Speaking of have you three?" Valo started to ponder really not wanting to let the rest of the cultist go free. He captured three of them so far but there had to be at least a few more. Luckily the guards came through.
"Seen the others!? Yes! In fact before the ghouls rushed us, we were successful in actually capturing quite a few." he said pointing not to far away to a group of cultist all chained together. There was about four in that group. "Excellent! I managed to capture three on my own so with your group that leaves us with seven. By the way I knocked one out and left him tied up a few houses down from the way I came. Someone should go pick him up. " Valo said looking pleased. The guard did have a look of disappointment on his face. That Valo had to question. "What?...What happened??"
"One of them the leader got away actually, he slipped by when the ghouls came." Valo's eyes widened just a bit. "Which direction?!" he asked quickly, the guards pointed left and Valo sped off. Letting one get away was not an option, especially the leader of the whole pack. His spell was still active giving him a massive boost in speed still, he was able to close the distance much faster than anticipated. The last runaway cultist started to come into sight, once Valo spotted him he increased his speed. He waited till he was close enough and leapt in for a tackle, pinning him down to the ground. "Pheewww. Gotcha! No run away cultist tonight." Valo said standing up, leaving his foot on his back. "And that makes eight and job well done." he said to himself. He picked the cultist up and dropped him over his shoulder making his way back towards the group of guards.
"He was quick but I got him." Valo said once he returned and dropped him back on the ground with the remaining cultist. The guards grinned from ear to ear. "Thats all of them! Should be no more cultist weird stuff again."
Valo grinned waving them off. "Hopefully."
[Exit]
WC: 1,260 / Total WC: 3,789
Health: 100%
Mana: 65 - 5 - 20 - 20 = 20 + 25 = 45
Perks Used: Herculean Strength: Those with this naturally deal junior physical damage, Intermediate level at grand tier.
Quick Charger: Grants +15 Mana regen on top of your base while in combat, also allows you to regenerate mana on the first post you cast your spells.
Name of Spell: 火の鳥 (Hi no tori / FireBird) Spell Element: Fire Spell Rank: Junior Mana Cost: 10 | 5 Type of Golem: Balanced Applicable Perks: Puppet Master Description: The Hi ni tori are airborne golems made of pure fire. Reaching about 2 meters in size, they are simple in their usage. Using it's sharp beak and claws to scratch and slash. Also using it's wings to attack as well causing some decent damage. Hi no tori's can be used for transportation following the transportation guidelines for Junior ranked golem spells. They can carry one person at a time and fly at speeds of 5 m/s. They take simple commands from their caster using a mana connection and verbal orders.
Type
Power
Durability
Sensory
Range
Speed
Health
Balanced
20
20
20
20m
6m/s
Junior
Name of Spell: フレアアクセルVセカンド (Fureaakuseru V Sekando / Flare Accel V Second) Elemental Type: Fire Rank & Spell Type: Intermediate | Physical Reinforcement Range & Speed: Self Mana Cost: 20 | 10 Stats Effected: Speed - 10ms Applicable Perks: Full Blitz-
Full Blitz: By taking this perk, your magic is able to push past the normal limits of your bodies speed. When using a Physical Reinforcement spell that buffs your speed, you can increase it by an additional 5 m/s. At Grand Rank you can increase said spells by 10 m/s. (Note these bonuses do not stack.)
Description: Simply an upgrade to Valo's first Fureaakuseru. Allowing a much greater increase in speed, swiftness and reaction time. Using this spell in combination to Valo's natural speed truly pushes past the limits of an average human movement speed. The small embers still present this time growing a bit in size becoming much more visible to the naked eye.
Name of Spell: 二次点火 (Niji tenka / Second Ignition) Elemental Type: Fire Rank & Spell Type: Intermediate | Attack Creation Range & Speed: 20 m/s | 40 meters | 20 meters AOE Mana Cost: 20 | 10 Stats Effected: Power Applicable Perks: Apex Predator-
Apex Predator: For every Attack creation spell that deals damage on a person, you will gain +3 power stack-able buff caps after 5 attacks or +15.
Description: A more powerful version of Valo's original Saisho no tenka. Following the same steps the base of the spell is simple in nature, but this time it can be used in either a punch or kick like motion. A eruption of red and orange flames will release aiming to damage and burn an intended target. Still capable of using it at a distance or point back range. Turning into a AOE with much wider range than the original when striking the ground.
Ghouls x1: K.O
Ghouls x1: K.O
Ghouls x1: K.O
Ghouls x1: K.O
Ghouls x1: K.O
Ghouls x1: K.O
Last Edit: Jul 9, 2020 21:15:57 GMT -5 by Valo Stark✾
