Dublin, Ireland
Thomas'' POV
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Ugh, I feel like a truck smashed into me while speeding down the M50. As I stood up I called out. "Status".
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Status</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Name</td><td colspan=''2''>Thomas Crowe</td></tr><tr><td>Age</td><td>20</td><td>Race</td><td>Human</td></tr><tr><td>Level</td><td>13</td><td>Gender</td><td>Male</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Class</td><td colspan=''2''>Blood Demon King</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Titles</td><td colspan=''2''>Demon King, Naive, Heretic</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Sub-Titles</td><td colspan=''2''>Immortal Monkey''s Succesor</td></tr><tr><td>Health</td><td>400/400</td><td>Mana</td><td>1840/1840</td></tr><tr><td>Health Regen</td><td>0.24/s</td><td>Mana Regen</td><td>0.62/s</td></tr><tr><td>Stamina</td><td>2600/2600</td><td>Stamina Regen</td><td>1.3/s</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''></td></tr><tr><td>Strength</td><td>130</td><td>Agility</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Dexterity</td><td>21</td><td>Intelligence</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Wisdom</td><td>91</td><td>Luck</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Vitality</td><td>20</td><td>Fortification</td><td>88</td></tr><tr><td>Tyranny</td><td>135</td><td colspan=''2''></td></tr><tr><td colspan=''3''>Unused Stat Points</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''></td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Skills</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Demon King''s Aura Lv 3 [21%] (P)
Demon King''s Bloodline Lv 5 [20%] (P)
Discernment Lv 2 [55%] (P)
Weapon Mastery Lv 5 [0%] (P)
Berserk Lv 9 [32%] (A)
Axe Throw Lv1 [9%]
Demented King''s Madness Lv 2 [31%] (P)
Blood Magic Lv 1 [47%] (A)
Authoritative Corruption Lv 1 [0%] (P/A)
72 Transformations [Partially Sealed] Lv 1 [0%] (A)
Golden Fiery Eyes Lv 1 [0%] (A)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Looks like that potion did the trick. Wait 4 luck? When did that happen? I''m pretty sure I had 18. Did the system really take away 14 points of luck? Well I guess I haven''t really been having a lucky streak.
*Rumble*
I guess I should go eat. Before I head down to eat I should look around while I''m up here.
As I gaze down the street looking at the blood, corpses and fire, I felt surprisingly calm as if this is what is meant to be. Previously I would have gotten sick or been horrified of this but now... now this is my goal. To make more than just this street look like this. I want the heavens to look like this.
As I begin my descent I picked up the drops that were surprisingly still there after passing out twice, nothing much just a few basic health pots and rusty weapons. I forgo the weapons as I have Ruyi Jingu Bang (RJB for short) and will probably never need a new weapon. What I need now is armor. I assume the Zombies won''t drop, and all I''ve seen Goblins wearing is loincloths. Guess after food it''ll be testing time.
I walked into my apartment where the corpse of my (former) roommate Connors undead body lay there with a smashed in skull. I walked around the body to get into the kitchen, pulled out some bread, butter and a packet of King (Brand of Irish Crisps/Chips). Nothing quite beats a King sandwich. Once I was done I went into my room and changed into a fresh set of clothes as my previous ones were torn to shreds after the battle with Lord Loss. Ease of movement should be priority so I put on a pair of tracksuit bottoms, a loose enough shirt and a thick hoodie. I put the rest of my clothes into my inventory after I went to get the long lasting food out of the kitchen.
With food and clothes sorted all I need is shelter. For some reason I felt the area wasn''t the best to hunker down so I went on my merry way. One of the great features of RJB was it''s compression. I could have it at the size of a USB stick in my pocket and when I need, BAM super size stick to whoop your ass. Either way I decided I''d head north, there should be more opportunities outside of Dublin rather than in at this point.
While walking I tried raising the skill level of Golden Fiery Eyes by inspecting everything I could see. I found that only new items gave XP to the skill, so no inspecting a car 10,000 times to raise skill levels. Even still as I was passing the destruction I still got the skill to Level 4. Since for Golden Fiery Eyes all I needed to do was look, while I did that I also trained with my blood magic. It was my first time using Magic(consciously) so it felt weird at first but as I got used to it my level of control rose, and the skill showed that as just from a 3 hour walk it was up to Level 5 nearly 6.
Just as I was trying to get it up to 6, I noticed a blur in the distance. As I squinted and used inspect the info came up.
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Scorpion Ape</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>A monster fusion. Formed from a Gorilla and an Emperor Scorpion.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Level</td><td colspan=''2''>25</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Health</td><td colspan=''2''>1200/1400</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Status</td><td colspan=''2''>Bruised</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Has lightning quick and poisonous strikes with it''s tail with brute strength in it''s arms.</td></tr></tbody></table>
"An uncommon monster huh." Although it is over 10 levels higher than me, with Golden Fiery Eyes I can tell in Strength it is equal to me, while it outpaces me with agility for the most part I can make up for that with RJB. I launched myself forward at the Ape. As it notices me it quickly strikes out with it''s tail. Just quick I take out the mini-RJB to attack with.
As the tail and staff collide, it is clear that the staff won in the encounter as the Ape is knocked off balance. I quickly jab at the Apes throat with the staff.
-126
-320
The attack to it''s throat clearly did more damage than the tail, so besides to block I avoid striking the tail.
It swung a right hook, which had a glowing black aura around it. I quickly used Golden Fiery Eyes on the aura.
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<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''2''>Aura Condensement</td></tr><tr><td>Type</td><td>Active</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Condense your aura onto a part of your body. Requires an Aura ability.</td></tr></tbody></table>
*DING*
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''2''>Discernment has activated</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Aura Condensation - 40%</td></tr></tbody></table>
Discernment works like that? I thought it would only work if I was practicing a skill. So If I focus on the skill I can learn it as long as I fulfill the requirements. As the fist was still coming at me I purposefully narrowly dodged so I could get a closer look at the aura.
80%
Nearly there. The ape getting cocky after thinking it could me with it''s slow fists, swung again. Which caused the inevitable.
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''2''>Learned New Skill</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Aura Condensation</td></tr></tbody></table>
As Discernment is related to learning new skills and related to experience for already learned skills since I had been leveling up skills all day, it quickly reached level 4. The new skill acquisition caused it to directly jump to level 5.
As I had gotten what I wanted from the ape I quickly gave two quick jabs to it''s neck.
-340
Critical hit
-589
As it collapsed it dropped some coins, a pelt and a bracer.
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''3''>Scorpion Ape Pelt</td></tr><tr><td>Crafting Material</td><td>Grade</td><td>Uncommon</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''3''>Kong Arm Bracers</td></tr><tr><td>Armor</td><td>Grade</td><td>Uncommon</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Fortification Value</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''3''>Extra Attributes</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''3''>+5 Vitality
+2 Agility
+2 Strength</td></tr></tbody></table>
I immediately equipped the bracers and stored the pelt. And continued on my merry way. 20 minutes after killing the ape, I heard a scream in the distance. Deciding to ignore it, I continue walking. No less than a minute later, I see two women and a man running towards me with a Scorpion ape in tow. They screamed towards me.
"Help! Help us! Please!"
I smirked when I heard that.
I quickly dashed forward launching a aura reinforced strike towards the Apes head.
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''3''>Fatal Hit</td></tr></tbody></table>
The apes head split like a melon under the reinforced strike.
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''3''>Level Up</td></tr></tbody></table>
Sweet.
As I turned around the three people were there slack jawed. I quickly raised my staff and smashed their skulls in. What? What did I just do? I didn''t want to kill them. So why did I? I mean sure it will help me unlock the next form of RJB but I could have just done that with corrupt humans, so why? Wait didn''t [Demented King''s Madness] mention something about doing weird things and plans? Shit! Shit! Shit! So now I don''t even have control over my body! Fuck! Well now I have Innocent blood on my hands more won''t make a difference right?
I licked my lips in anticipation.
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<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Hidden Values</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Values of the player not shown to the player</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Corruption</td><td colspan=''2''>2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Madness</td><td colspan=''2''>14%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Rage</td><td colspan=''2''>37%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Blood Lust/Killing Intent</td><td colspan=''2''>88</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''3''>Blood Lust/Killing Intent</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''3''>A stat based on your desire to kill.
Affects Damage under berserk, and aura effectiveness.
Once a certain value is reached Killing Intent can be seen.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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A/N So there is Chapter 8 done. We have our MC''s first Human killing, skill leveling and for once we aren''t on the roof. So give me your views and ideas the story! I''ll reply If I see it. Till next time! Ciaossu!