《Heaven's Grip : Orcs of Iaoue》 Cleansing 0 : The Prologue OINK. SNORT. SQUEAL. OINK. SNORT. OINK..? A white flash with a loud booming sound came and change it all.
YOU HAVE GAINED SENTIENCE
Something popped out. ''I don''t know what it is but something feels different''. I still as I was spacing out searching for something. I was trying to figure out what the change was, I tried to raise one of my legs, got nothing so Itriedshakingmy tail,and still got nothing.If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. ''pretty sure I got something'' is what I told myself, so I continued trying to find what this weird feeling was. Then I raised my head. OINK. OINK. OINK. OINK. OINK. SQUEAL. SQUEAL. SQUEAL. It was a mess, it seems my brothers and sisters found something weird as well and were rampaging round and round in our ''small village''. SNOOOOOOOOORT!!!!! The biggest hog came and made a loud snort to gather attention. But it seems he did not get what he wanted so he resumed making loud snorts here and there. BAM! KREUUH! The hog rammed the walls of our ''small village'' and it seems like he got what he wanted. All of my brothers and sisters passed on what they were doing and looked at the direction of the loud noise. BLURGHHUEEUEU! SNORT! BLURGHUE.! The hog was trying to say something but we really couldn''t understand what he said nor what he wanted. But I got a feeling that what he is doing is something relevant to our current situation.
NEW LANGUAGE CREATED: ''HOGARIN''
Cleansing 1 : The Hogs grumble* grumble* Two days after the event, we managed to assemble our ''horde'' as what our Chief tried to call it. We slowly adapted to our new lives since that''s the only thing we could do. As for our previous ''small village''? Of course, it was deserted, the reason for that is simple, we lack food. The farmer whose responsible for feeding us ran away after he realized something weird, where he heard noises-cum-conversation from ushogs. It creeped the old man outthat it made him run for his life. We rummaged the farm to find something to eat, we found out that the ''thing''it always feed us is missing, for some reason we can''t find it no matter where we look. All we can see in this dim storage room are a bunch of sacks with dried chicken poop like things inside it. We are currently searching for the mushy, gooey, slimy food that the old man always feed us. We failed. So we ate his field of vegetables instead, the taste may be bland but it still filled our stomachs. All of the farmer''s field of bland vegetables were devoured by us within a day. grum blee Eee* A melody of hungry stomachs can be heard as our ''horde'' keep moving away. OurChieftold us that he heard a voice saying ''MOVE, EXPLORE, SEE THE WORLD and MULTIPLY'' the last word was weird but for us, it seems to be what we do base on our instincts alone the word is kinda redundant if you really think about it. "USE THY NOSES, SMELL FOOD HOG-GUREEK", theChiefwent and used this thing calledSKILL.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.
You have receivedINSPIRE - I Physical Fatigue decreased by 50% Stamina Regeneration increased by 100% AF: You will slightly feel motivated
The melody of stomach noises increased and became louder, this is the indication that the skill was effective, not only did the march fatigue erased but the drive of eating something increased as we march faster and smelled for food. "FOOD!" Someone shouted after seeing a field of bland vegetable plant like those grown in the''small village'' of ours, it was pale green in a shape of a star above a big cabbage-like sphere and it has plenty of roots which were its flavor came deeper. "Hog-NSPECT" Imurmured and something popped into my head. A message screen with words on it, of course, I can read it since I got this thing called HOGARIN - I a passive skill of our ''horde''.
FLORA : STARBBAGE(Common) -a distant relative of the Mandrakes. +15 sate (FOOD) AF: Slightly Increases Libido.
It seems this Libido increases our inclination towards those kinds of activities, it seems that old man that grows these have some sort of a need for these things since he actually filled his field with nothing but this plant. "STOP, FEEEEEEEEEEED" theChiefshouted as we approached the field of wild starbbage. And devoured them in a very fast rate. It seems that this is still insufficient, so this marching will have to go further and further with the goal of filling our grumbling stomachs. Of course our lack of experience and naivety made it hard since if we were a little bit smarter, then we could have sent a small group for scouting and rationed the food left on the farm, but most of all we should have realised that the things inside those sacks, the chicken poop-like things are supposed to be mixed with water and be eaten, but that realization will come a little bit too late since we already left that ''small village'' of ours. Cleansing 2 : The River slurp* slurp* I dip my head into the long water flowingtrough. ''This water tastes better than the old mans'' I said to myself as I wag my tail happily. I saw theChief trying to stand in 2 legs right beside this long water flowing trough. This thing seems to be called a river, courtesy of the skill I obtained called.
INSPECT - I (RARE) MP: 5 Displays information about the target. AF: Show little to no amount of info.
"INSPECT", I used the said skill towards theChief.
NAME: ?????? TITLE: CHIEF
RACE: HOG SKILLS: ??????
HP: ?????? MP: ?????? STR: ????? INT: ????? AGI: ????? ?????????? ?????????? ??????????
The skill sure is consistent with its description, there was literally little to no info to this. Well, at least I know that theChief and I are called as Hogs. There is this thing called name. I got a feeling that we need this but can''t really explain as to why. I continued observing my surroundings and occasionally use my one and only active skill - inspect to almost everything I could see. As I use my skill, I fill my pig brain information of all sorts, things that may be useful later on so I continued doing it until the thing called MP ran out.... I collapsed.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. plunk* buff phht* I turn my head towards the sound. I can see one of my brethren fall sideways like an unrooted starbbage. I walk towards him,I can see some of us are also interested from the sudden collapse of the most active member of our ''horde''. This hog was one of the most eye-catching since the dude always moves like a wind. He does odd things, he stares at you then nods heavily afterward. He says weird words like this and that. But we are actually saved by him most of the time. A certain brother was about to eat a dazzling flower only to be bumped by him out of nowhere. Instead of apologizing, the dude was mad and said that if you want to die don''t let us see you and just ''Die in a corner!'', that seems to be the correct phrase for it. He followed it up saying the flower is POY-SON and eating it is tantamount to dying. It is hard to believe that by eating the flower will let you die, I refuse to believe that my stomach will be defeated by that mushy plant in front of me. So I asked him. "PROVE". The hog plucked a nearby starbbage that miraculously appeared when the situation needed it. He placed it on top of the erect dazzling flower. Soon there was a reaction.The pale-green starbbage withered and turned into ash. It seems like anything that touches that flower will have the same fate. thump* thump* thump* Our pig hearts beat loudly as the imagination of our fat withering appeared in our fat heads. The hog who was at the death''s door fell to its four knees. "THANKS". The hog merely nodded and continued to look around the vicinity doing his usual thing staring blankly towards something. That was like 7 hours ago, and I was acting like it happen a long time. As I walked near the collapsed hog, my brethren circled him as if the collapsed hog was an entertainment. "SNORT", I tugged the collapsed hog out of the encirclement. His eyes were closed and his breathing is heavy. ALL GOOD. That was the conclusion made by me, as the crowd dispersed. I woke up, the surrounding is dark. I can feel something rubbing my belly. "INSPECT"
SKILL FAILED. SKILL INSPECT LEVEL INCREASED INSPECT (RARE) - II MP: 6 Displays information about the target. AF: Show little to no amount of info. + Failure rate reduced.
As usual, I used this skill normally everytime something NOT normal happens. I happen to do it by reflex since I have been using the skill for 2 days non-stop. I will never do that again though, falling unconscious is not really funny nor does it feel good. But for now my MP seems to be plenty I think, so I can still use it once or twice. So I did it again while ignoring the level up message. "INSPECT"
FAUNA : ROOTWORMS (COMMON) -root-like worms that live under the tree hiding from the early birds. NOCTURNAL +30 sate (FOOD) AF: Good source of PROTEIN (helps repair broken tissues).
The hog simply smiled, moved backward and bore its boar snout towards the location of the worm and chomp at it. Happy, It told its brethren a new source of food. Cleansing 3 : The Encounter cook-a-doodle doo* As the sun rose towards the sky, I and my brethren kept digging the soil near those river trees. The mission is those root-like worms, not only are they tasty they also ease our hunger far better than those bland starbbages. It seems they are harder to find during the day since last night all of us have eaten a thing or two. As we kept punching our snouts into the ground we unconsciously made a long zigzag trench. Since I first found the rootworm near the bank, my fellows dig for the worms near the bank as well. Some hogs fell into the river, but amazingly, pigs can swim so it was fine since the water current is not that strong and the river surface was rather calm. "AUGH!"
SKILL OBTAINED BASH - I (COMMON) STA: 5 Deals a heavy blow towards a target. AF: Slight chance of stunning a target.
''shit I hit something'' i withdraw my snout from the ground and watched the thing I hit. "INSPECT!"
NAME: HOLEY MOLLY TITLE: NONE
RACE: MOLE SKILL: DIG, ????, ????
HP: ?????? MP:100 STR: ????? INT: ????? AGI: ????? ??????????
''OOOH'', I unconsciously gaped as I saw the status screen. This little guy actually has a name, the very fact that it had one made me excited for some reasons. "Sorry bout that, you alright", I said as I snout-poked the ''named'' little guy.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. < MOLLY POV > As I was happily digging a tunnel, looking for those tasty sleeping root-worms to bring back home. I was hit by something.
You have been STUNNED(5 secs). AF: Unable to move, use skill and a temporary loss of consciousness. Stat UNLOCKED (END) - enables to resist negative effects and increases defense from magical and physical attacks. (END) + 1
When I regained my consciousness, I heard a somewhat gibberish-language like noise, I raised my head just to see the illumination of the surface. It seems like I dug too close to the ground and was attacked by this big thing here. ''WHAAAT!''exclaimed by my inner self. I did not speak and did not move, or rather I can''t since my life will be lost if I do something stupid as that. Sweat was oozing out of my velvety fur. From my squinting eyes, I can see it looking at me, standing still like an idiot. I was in a dilemma whether to make a run for it or continue to play dead.
PASSIVE SKILL (ENABLED): DIPLOMACY - II Req: Sense the presence of others. -20 hostility from others. AF: Allows you to understand othersgesture. + Slightly increases positive impression received from others.
Then something weird happened. < END MOLLY POV >
You are under the influence of DIPLOMACY - II
Something within me feltfluffy, the curiosity towards this little guy wasalleviated. I looked at it and it was still not moving for some reasons. It seems to be that it was playing dead a natural state of paralysis that some animals enter when threatened. The words that I gave earlier was not understood, so I am having a hard time trying to converge my thoughts. So I tried to lower my height by laying down. I hid my front legs, more like I was kneeling while my back legs were raised, my butt as well. I wag my tail left and right to indicate that I meant no harm. The little guy named''Molly''seems to get it and started to move. The guy looked at me but I can still see it shivering even though I was still on my ''unhostile pose''. The guy nodded at me and gained a little courage as it actually came nearer. It was trying to say something but, likewise, I can''t get what it was trying to say. All I can hear is ''Squishy-ish'' noises that came from its snout. When I was about to open my mouth, a ''ting''like notification sound came.
The ****** recognized your effort and gave you it''s blessing TITLE ACQUIRED: The Multilinguist AF: Allows you to understand and communicate with other races. No language barrier can bar your path towards clear communication.
A weird smile came, ''what a convenient thing'' is what I thought. "Hi there". I said. I was rearing to try it out the title effect that is. My curiosity that was alleviated earlier rose again when I received the title. So the question and the cause of thy curiosity was the thing called NAME. I really want to know more about it, so I talked to the little guy again. The little guy was startled. It could not believe what it heard. The big guy who was making a weird pose actually spoke to him. Cleansing 4 : The Name "About that", The Mole Holey tried to explain how it got its name. It seems that Holey was once a Pet Mole and was named Holey Molly by its owner. But when the''Event'' came, he escaped and went to his birthplace, a mile or two from where he was abducted. When Holey returned, he realized that the loner-moles have actually gathered and turned into a Pack of Moles. It was weird but later on, he realized that doing so was more efficient, considering that they now have the ability to think and learn. Moley said that he was assigned to gather food in this area and the rootworms not only live near the river. They can actually be found anywhere as long as it is near a tree.They are mostly active at night and goes to the surface in order to have a glimpse of the moonlight and chew on some dead leafs. They sleep during the day and if you wish to find them, they are sleeping beneath a tree, mostly under its roots. He knows this since they have been eating them even before the ''EVENT'' Just like the Hog ''horde'', they also have a Chief Mole and they also call themselves as a part of the ''horde''. Moley, later on, told me, that the Chief can make names and it also gives a certain skill and something called stat. The things they receive would be based on their attitude, habit, or the name itself. Moley also told him that, he has the best name so far. Since their Chief''s naming sense could not be compared to a human. So Moley is actually proud of his name. As for the names of other moles, let''s keep that later when we actually meet them someday. After talking and promising to meet again with my new friend Moley, I went straight towards the location of theChief. Hisfavorite spot is the tallest tree few walks away from the bank. Like always, theChieftriedto walk with only two legs,but healways failed sincedisregarding the design of his feet, his hind legs were way too small to support his big body. As I walk closer, he noticed me and stopped his unbefitting and unsuccessful practice of futility. Maybe, just like me, theChief''spersistence might award him a title. ''but can we have more than one title?'' is what I thought. "HeyChief,got some new tasty information today as well". < CHIEF POV > ''Sigh'', today as well, for some reasons that I really can''t explain my mind tells me that standing on two feet rather than four is more efficient. BUT I just can''t. These feet of mine that excel from my brethren in terms ofstrength and beauty which makes me proud, failed me. My dampened mood vanished when I saw an incoming fellow ''Hog''.The guy who fainted yesterday, came to me with a smile saying...Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. "HeyChief,got some new tasty information today as well". I lowered my bottom and sat on the ground. The fellow enthusiastically told me about the things that happened to him earlier today. He said that when you do something with effort and dedication, you will receive something in return. It seems that a skill will be provided every time a certain action is performed. He also told me that, the tasty worms can be found even away from the river as long as it''s near a tree at night and below a tree during the daytime. We also talked about permanently settling here near the river since we can have access to water and food. He also said that it is safer that way since we can avoid other hostile beings and as well as discover more about our current situation. The best part of this afternoon talk is this thing calledNAME.
ACTION FAILED. The word "BRAVE" cannot be used.
ACTION FAILED. The word "WISE" cannot be used.
ACTION FAILED. The word "HELPFULL" cannot be used.
I got a broken skill. When the kid told me that having a name will help you become stronger, and you will receive skills and something called''stat''. I did not wait for tomorrow and eagerly used it towards him. But for some reasons, it won''t let me.
NAME (SPECIAL) Req: Think for a name befitting the target. An exclusive skill for Race Chieftains. An act and ritual of providing responsibility towards the target of the same race. AF: provides a SKILL and STAT
That is what the skill said, I got it when the kid told me about names and their function. It seems that awareness can give you skills too. Skills are useful and having them can make our lives easier. So naming my brothers and sisters is a great boon for our survival. But I just can''t successfully name one. There seems to be wrong in what I''m doing. I tried naming the kid words that befit him but it won''t let me do it. So instead, I ask the kid. "What name do you want?" As I looked at him, he seems to be thinking of something. "Hey,Chiefcan''t think of one. You name me," he said while shifting the responsibility. It seems naming someone really is a hard task. The thought of naming my whole brethren with names started to scare me.
ACTION FAILED. The word "CURIOSITY" cannot be used. HINT: Use Nouns. Avoid adjectives, most adjectives are reserved words.
''WHAT THE!'' those words were stuck inside me. The thing called Noun is the key to the success of giving names. Since that''s the case.
Action Successful +EXP You have leveled up. Status Screen is now Unlocked.
Cleansing 5 : The Crisis Cicada chirping is a signature of a deep night. But not tonight, the night was full of shouting, grunting and a spirit of festivity. After the Chief discovered the technique of giving names, he gathered all members of our ''horde''. Our brethren though curious did not ask for the reason of the gathering. They went to the ''Chief''s Tree'' and unconsciously made a circle around it. The Chief proudly announced the discovery. He declared that each member of the group should have a name. In order to fasten things up, he let them think of their distinguishing traits, favorites, and habits. As our brothers got their name, they shout it out loud making their lungs pop out of their mouths. When the last member of our ''horde'' was named. As if following a script, the moon shone its light, briefly concentrating towards the Chief''s Tree.
The Ritual of Responsibility - COMPLETED. + The sense of belonging towards the horde increases.
Being the moon as the only source of illumination. The degree of sight is minimal and we can only see silhouettes from afar aside from the things that are near us. We never knew that our noisy celebration will become the catalyst of an impending crisis. The ''horde'' that was used to be a gathering of domestic animals may have been improved but we cannot change the most basic rule of the world. ''Survival of the fittest''. GRRRRRR. POUNCE. A hog that was merrily enjoying the gathering a few seconds ago screeched as it breathes the last breath of its life.A shadow leaped out of nowhere can be seen eating one of our brethren. If this happened before the event. We domestic pigs might run like a headless chicken. But instead of fear, what I currently feel right now is a clenching, burning feeling in my chest. ANGER. Without thinking, I charged towards the feeding bastard. It noticed me but instead of moving or defending, the shit did not even flinch and continued feeding on my fallen brother. ''GROOOOOOINK!!'' the anger was turned into madness the mere thought of being underestimated made my mind go blank as I unconsciously activated a skill. BASH!!!! As my head was about to hit. It swiftly moves sidewards. The skill hit in my dead brother''s belly. The bite-hole in its neck gushed out blood and splattered towards my face. The blood woke me up from my madness as I saw the real appearance of the perpetrator. A big cat with white and black stripes. Has bulging hand muscles and a strong looking tail. It can never be compared with a house cat, in terms of size and appearance, the domineering presence that it gives can bring chills down to your spine. The moonlight made the cat''s eye shine as it glared at me. "INSPECT" I murmured as I slowly but steadily stepped backward.
NAME: REGULUS TIGRUS TITLE: DOMINATOR
RACE: TIGER SKILL: LEAP, POUNCE, CRUSH, ???, ???,???
HP:850The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. MP:20 STA:330 STR: ????? INT: ????? AGI: ????? END: ????? ????? ????? LV. 11 ATK:??? DEF:25 M-ATK: 0 RES:???
This creature seems to be like us since it had a name and a race. As I was checking his stats the bastard spoke. "What you spacing out for,pig?" It then gave me a contempt full look. As I was about to close the inspect screen I noticed Chief and the ''horde'' made an encirclement being us at the center. I continued to walk backward as the tiger was about to pounce, I spoke. "You''re surrounded". The Tiger hit the brakes and stalled. Later on, a loud booming laugh came. "GRRRR-RA-HAHAHAHA" I looked at the tiger with confusion. ''what''s so funny'' I asked that question inwardly as the Tiger continued. "EVER SINCE THAT DAY, my daily dose of boredom was gone. But tonight is the best night ever, even FOOD now knows how to speak." "GRR-RA-HAHAHAHA". As if starting with a ''matter of fact'' tone. The tiger looked at the pigs that were surrounding him and smiled. That smile triggered a different response from us, as the ''horde'' made a dead rush towards the tiger. Being located atthe center, I will probably be hit by this stampede if I do nothing. "CALM".
CALM - I (UNCOMMON) MP: 25 Calms the mind of the living within a 20m. radius AF: Increases MP regeneration by 20%
I activated my newly acquired skill, this will allow those brothers of mine who are charging towards their doom due to the impulse, and let them have a clear mind. The tiger seeing a pig ''horde'' stampede incoming activated a skill. "LEAP".
LEAP - I (COMMON) Boosting the legs to allow stronger spring power when jumping. AF: After activation, temporarily increases agility stat by a little amount.
When the incoming pig horde came, I ran with them as well but it came to a halt. The target as if a bird soared towards the sky carrying a dead body in its mouth disappearing towards the darkness. There was a momentary pause. All of us can hear the cicadas in the forest chirping. The only thing left was silence... Cleansing 6 : The Resolve After that horrifying night, we were struck with the realization of our folly. It was a miracle that it actually took 3 days of peaceful eating and sleeping until something bad happened. I can still recall that even before''the event'',every few days a brother or sister will mysteriously disappear. At that time we actually did not care since all we know is how to sleep or how to eat more. Butby doing something like that here in this forest surrounded by tall trees and zero to none protection is a stupid conduct indeed, since it actually resulted in a death. We are currently gathered near the ''Chief''s Tree'', no one was in the mood of sleeping or eating since the safety of each and everyone is of concern. Some brothers suggested that we should leave this place as soon as possible, but it was automatically rejected since we know nothing about the outside world. Some also suggested of going back to the farm our ''old little village''. Some agreed to that, but theChiefstrongly object the idea saying that the farm was a place where we are raised in order to be eaten later on. That made the people who agreed to gulp since they too remembered the''mysterious disappearances''. TheChiefsuggested that we should stand our ground and make defense preparations for incoming predators. The ''horde'' was left with question marks. TheChieflater said that our current location is the best habitat that we can have since we have no neighboring race to fight against resources or territorial war, there was also food and water in the area. If we face the forest and make the river our backs, we can see the enemy across the river and that will give us time to prepare. We only need to always keep watch towards the forest, as for our current sleeping quarters which consist ofturnover sand near the river bank, we can try and change that. TheChiefasked for suggestions on how to fortify our ''camp''. And that is the reason why I am currently walking deeper into the forest with Pic and Nic. Pic is one weird hog, he always picks something that catches his eye and later on keeps them. His sleeping area actually has many things littered around it with different kinds of miscellaneous stuff from twigs to figs and stone to bone. "INSPECT"
NAME:PIC TITLE: NONE
RACE:HOG SKILLS: FORAGE, STORAGE, ???, ???,
HP: 290 MP:90 STA:110 STR:10 INT: 20 AGI:10 END: 6 ????? ????? LV. 2 ATK:30 - 38 DEF:5 M-ATK: 5 RES: 3
I closed the screen and went closer to Nic since I noticed that being closer to the target provides better success chance of inspecting and as well as more information. "INSPECT"Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.
NAME: NIC TITLE: NONE
RACE: HOG SKILLS: PROVOKE, GUARD, ???, ???, ???
HP:505 MP:25 STA:340 STR:15 INT:5 AGI:5 END: 15 ????? ????? LV. 2 ATK:46 - 48 DEF: 25 M-ATK: 2.5 RES: 7.5
Ever since our ''horde''members got named, I wholeheartedly used "INSPECT" and noticed something similar, most of my brothers have 2 skills and as well as this thing called ''LV. 2''. I remember seeing something like this from that bastard cat he was ''LV. 11''.I don''t really know what this thing is but I got this when I was named and as well as this thing called status screen. "STATUS SCREEN".
NAME: FIG RUBBERNECK TITLE: MULTILINGUIST
RACE: HOG SKILLS: INSPECT, BASH, CALM, BEMUSE, ANALYZE
HP: 610 MP: 465 STA:110 STR:15 INT: 25 AGI:5 END: 10 WIS: 35 VIT: 10 PER: 25 LV. 3 ATK:42 - 51 DEF: 3 M-ATK: 12.5 RES: 5
TheChief told me that my name was supposed to be Staring Pig, but when I received the said name it was automatically changed into "Fig Rubberneck" by unknown reasons. I also got 2 skills from the name and as well as a stat called (END) + 10. But the ''LV 2'' that I got became ''LV 3'' after the fiasco last night. Therefore, fighting or having experienced fighting will change the ''LV'' thing. I also tried using analyze on it, a skill I got after being named. This particular skill is quite handy since it clears up the things that I don''t know or the things that are new to me. "ANALYZE LV"
ANALYZE - I (RARE) ACTIVATED. LEVEL (LV) - is an indicator of progress for the''enlightened''. The level of experience earned by an individual in its daily life. #$)*)%&#&#&($#**$& #$)(*%)#&%#)#%#)@ ANALYZE SKILL level insufficient
Is what the skill said, in my opinion, the stronger the individual, the higher its level. Though that may vary in what strength we are talking about.So in order for us to level or should I say we need more experiences in order for us to be leveled higher. As I was in my''dumb state''while checking out stuff,Nic came and snout-poked my butt. ''What a rude fellow''. That is why he is called Nic because he is always snickering around like a happy go lucky pig. "Hey Fig, we should really move faster you know." as he pushed me forward. Pic smiled and added, "Fig I don''t know what you are doing but at least don''t slow our pace, the sun will not wait for you,ya know". "Sorry bout that", I insincerely apologized as I fasten my pace. We really don''t want to get lost in this murky forest at night so I reminded myself to not use my skills when we are moving. As we walk onwards Pic saw some long green vines clinging to a tree. He went closer to it and looked in my direction. "It is safe Pic," I said as I close my inspect screen. We''ve been doing this for a while now, Pic will be doing thepicking and I will be doing the inspecting as for Nic, he will cover our backs when we are doing our stuff. Pic, Nic and I were chosen to do this troublesome mission of gathering materials that are going to be used in our camp fortification since we, among the others, are the most suitable for the task because of our skills. Pic has this EPIC grade skill calledSTORAGE,the guy can store items inside his belly space. The hog actually is a walking warehouse which makes this mission 200 times easier. He said that there are things that cannot go inside, like items that are bigger than his mass and items that have no definite shape like water who needs a container to go inside. Pic also said that before the mission started he made sure to empty his stomach space in order for us to have more items stored in it. He said we can store about 15 items as long as we won''t break those rules. Picpickedthe hanging vines and rolled it in so it would not eat up space. We decided to go back for now because Pic''s belly storage was already full. We got a 10-meterish vine, 10 short poles that we got earlier by bashing a plant called bamboo and 4 irregular looking pig-sized rocks. We went back gloomily thinking about the long trek ahead of us. Cleansing 7 : The Plan I had a lot of fun during these past days. The thrill of hunting prey after the ''EVENT'' became harder but at the same time, it was more satisfactory. Especially the recent one, those pigs are quite scary when they bared their fangs instead of scattering like a drop of water falling on the surface, they actually gathered their courage and encircled a predator like me. That one pig can even talk, that really tickled my funny bone. The feeling of being surrounded by your prey is quite ecstatic, a feeling that I have never experienced before. But that night something weird happened, the adrenaline that was pumping my body came to a halt when a message popped inside my head.
You are under the influence of CALM - I AF: 20% MP regeneration
Instead of acting based on instinct and continue to look down on my prey, I sensed an impending danger, my tiger sense is telling me that if I continue and fight it out with this mad pigs then the possibility of dying would be high. The only option is to retreat, but retreating empty handed would insult my pride as a predator, so I grabbed this heavy carcass and activated my new skill called leap and disappear from theirsights.Those pigs are delicious but deadly - BURP. When we returned to the camp, the hogs were not sitting idly.The previous zig-zag trench that we had made when we were initially searching for those worms turned into a curving empty river, it was 4 pigs deep. Not only was it deep but it was also wide, It can be estimated to be 5 pigs wider. ''I now have a clue as for what the Chief was planning.'' I thought as we continued walking towards the Chief. He can be seen digging in the other end of the trench. It was rather far from the starting point of the trench which is near the tree where I collapsed but the Chief can still be seen since he was not inside the trench but was above ground trying to extend the trenches length. As we followed the trenches trail, we can see our brothers furiously digging.I can see red snouts left and right, but the hogs did not mind them since their survival is the highest priority, the pain that they feel have even improved the morale as the other batch of hogs who clearly came from resting started to dig. "Hey, Chief" shouted I as we walked closer to the guy I also used "inspect" when I''m at it.
NAME: PAIR REEVES TITLE: CHIEF
RACE: HOG SKILL: INSPIRE, RITUAL, FORTITUDE, ???, ???
HP: 1,505 MP: 519Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. STA: 760 STR: 30 INT: 24 AGI: 10 END: 50 WIS: 5 PER: 5 LV. 10 ATK: 76 - 81 DEF: 35 M-ATK: 12 RES: 25
''What a weird name,'' is what I thought. The Chief said that when he got ''LV2'' and obtained status screen he found out that he was already named. He was about to ask someone to name him, but it was unnecessary since he already got one and it was rather epic sounding to boot. He forced himself to believe that he "grew some balls and got a pair"since he became the Chief and the name is also an evidence of it. The Chief said that when he named the ''horde'' his ''LV'' kept changing it became ''LV10'', so I told him that maybe while thinking of names he was leveling his "naming sense" so that is the reason for the ''LV'' up. It seems Pic, Nic and Fig have returned. I stopped digging as I look towards the direction of the shout. Their mission was to gather materials for the fortification of the camp and based on their faces it seems to be a success. My plan was to copy the structure of the old man''s farm. The farm was surrounded by a wooden fence and outside that fence was a deep hole. I don''t know the reason for that but if I was the predator as long as I don''t fly like the previous one, I would be having trouble going inside the camp. I ask them to bring wood that can be stuck into the ground as well as something that can act as a method to connect those woods and also things that they deem useful as well. "SHOW ME," I spoke with an eager voice. With a plonk, Pic dropped the items one by one. I can see em'' vines, short poles, and rocks. "Good job but we need more," they did their job well but the items they brought back will not suffice so I have to calibrate my plan and make more teams of resource gatherers. I can hear ''Oh pig'' and some dejected sigh coming out from them, but I just ignored it and continued digging. ''I am hungry, walking sure took all the energy of my body,'' i sighed inwardly as I walk away from that demonic Chief. The mission was a success but for us to do it all over again sure is a downer. Fig just sighed and walked towards a tree and started to look for food, it seems that going against the Chief''s words are not registered in his vocabulary, while Nic just kept on snickering from watching me blow-up. That stupid Chief won''t even listen to me when I opposed the idea as if the effort that I gave earlier was not enough this evil hog will work me to death someday. The skill I got that I thought was a blessing turned out to be a curse, that opportunistic pig. As I curse the Chief, Fig called me out. "Pic come on man, I got some worms here," shouted Fig as he points the squirming worm that is trapped in one of his foot. Of course, as if nothing happened my previous depressed mood evaporated as I came near Fig, ''I really like this guy, how many times better would it be if Fig was the Chief,'' is a thought that popped out my mind. Not only was Fig cool, he also is very helpful and most of all he always gives me food when I''m down, unluckily Fig is a male, if only Fig was a female then I would have courted ''her'' long ago. Our feet swap and Fig continued to dig as I pressed the rootworm harder to not let it escape as I started taking some small bites. YUM. After finishing the worm, Fig told me to prepare for tomorrow since the sun is setting down another resource gathering would be impossible, I wholeheartedly agreed to that and went back to my ''haven''. But when I came nearer, I saw something... Cleansing 8 : The Sprout The hogs spent the night dead tired from working their selves to sleep. Loud snoring can be heard almost everywhere around the camp, some even slept inside the trench covered with dirt. The Chief learning his lesson did not allow himself to sleep. Protecting the horde is his priority along with some trustworthy brothers they patrolled the camp to ensure security. Even though they participated during the day it seems their stat made them more durable. The night passed peacefully with no abnormalities. As the sun started to rise, the pigs who were sleeping like logs started to rise as well. Before the Chief and the members who participated in the night watch sleep, the Chief ensured to organize the resource gathering team. He mentioned that other details will be left to Fig as they fall asleep on the spot as he snored loudly. Fig who was already informed yesterday made teams of three and initiated the mission. Since they already knew the path it was fast and smooth walking as their speed was faster than yesterday but only Pic got a storage skill so hauling the items became a problem. The hogs who got bash skills are left behind the bamboo area to continue bashing those tall bamboos. The bamboo broke from their insistent bashing as other hogs separate the bamboo according to length. The hogs with high strength stat were assigned in the rocky area to push some rock towards the designated area and made a pile. The remaining hogs continued to walk in order to reach the place where they got those vines. Since most of the vines end have fallen to the ground, they simply pull them from whence tree they were clinging from. Pic''s storage was indeed useful but using Pic as a hauling dump hog will tire the poor hog out so mainly relying on him for this whole operation is not suitable. Some brilliant hogs offered their opinions saying that each hog should carry one item, some agreed to this fair idea but it was trashed since if we are talking about the variables involved like the distance of each type of resource is not the same or the weight of the resource being carried is also not the same then the word ''fair'' is only their imagination. But fairness is not the point here said Fig, he then told the hogs that they need a way to haul the things faster and not who is faster or who hauled more. This made the pigs realize that doing that really was pointless so they continued using their brains to think of something. A hog who was pulling a vine exerted more force than needed and caused a recoil making himself roll over as the vine kept on wrapping his poor self. This prevented the hogs to almost overheating their pig brains from their brainstorming. The hog who just got an idea from watching the incident shouted loudly and told them her idea. It was rather simple, they only need to wrap the stone with vines and attach the vines to their bodies so they can walk while pulling, as for the short pole, they bite them in the middle and carry all three items at once. The idea was unanimously agreed since it was simple yet efficient. Pic placed 15 vines into his belly space and went to the rocky area. He told his brothers about the way of hauling and started wrapping stones with vines. Pic left and went back to the vine area to get more, as he was going back he can see hogs dragging vines towards the rocky area. When the sun was shining in its highest, Fig decided to stop collecting vines and wrap up for today. They moved towards the rock area and attached those vines in their bodies and planned to get the bamboo poles. They will also inform those who are handling the bamboo poles about their hauling arrangement when they pass by it so they can also get their stones wrapped with vines that were left in the rock area. A group of hogs can be seen dragging stones and carrying poles in their mouth. As they were dragging their stones, they mowed the ground and unconsciously made a trail. They can see Pic in the forefront walking normally without carrying anything. Some hogs pointed it out and actually cursed Pic for being lazy. Pic defended himself by saying ''got 15 items with me, in terms of usefulness I overpowered you by 5 times'' this statement only added fuel to the flame. If not for Fig interrupting, the hauling would have been halted. As for Nic, he was just snickering and always acting like a spectator not caring for a thing. When they were about to enter the camp Pic remembered something. He went close to Fig and said. "Fig I have something to show you, yesterday I saw something interesting happening in my ''haven'' and I forgot to tell you about it" he excitedly walked faster towards the camp. Right now the trench length has increased, it seems like the Chief and the patrol are still sleeping but the others continued digging and are actually making progress. There was also a pile of small and medium sized rocks in the camp. It came from the ground when they were digging, the hogs piled it up since it may be useful later on. I walked beside the pile of rocks and told the team to place the items beside it and dismantle the vines. We formed a line of short ununiformed poles as the Hogs dropped the pole, I can see bite marks in the middle but that''s fine. As we dismantled the rocks, it seems that the vines we used to wrap around the rocks have become mushy and wet so we bite that part off since we can no longer use that. It made the lines shorter but that won''t become a problem since we made sure that the vine wrapped in our body was long enough and we still don''t know the exact length needed. That''s the Chief''s problem, not mine. I gathered the team''s attention and thank them for their hard work. After my half-hearted speech, the hogs went and drank water from the river and find some worms to eat. I also drank from the river but instead of looking for worms I went to look for Pic. The guy said that he wants me to see something, I wonder what would it be. As I walk deeper towards our messy camp, though we call it a camp it was just actually a gathering place for us hogs, we don''t even have something to cover our heads with and we simply made marks on the ground to indicate our residence. When our body feels fiery we simply jump into the river and cool ourselves,I prefer sleeping under a tree''s shade though. As I passed by empty dwellings, I saw Pic''s back wagging his tail as he was fidgeting. I walked closer so I can have a closer look at what he''s been doing. It seems my presence was noticed as he twists his neck and looks at me. An excited smile immediately formed. "OOOHH! FIG LOOK" shouted Pic excitedly. As I followed Pic''s sight I saw a single stalk of grass growing on top of his dwelling, it was out of place since the area was littered with dry stuff and the only fresh thing in sight is that thing. "Ok it''s a stalk of grass," I said as I was about to walk away but Pic stopped me yelling. "NO, it is not a stalk of grass, it is a magical grass that sprouted out of nowhere. It grows fast too". he exclaims as he continued to fidget around that stupid grass. ''Stupid Pic,'' I walked away as I went to grab some late lunch. Cleansing 9 : The Implementation Animals live based on their primal instincts, reproduction, and consumption. And because of that, this stupid sowwon''t stop pestering me. I have experienced doing thatbefore the event but right now the heat that takes over my mind was now under control. "I told you, I don''t want to do IT" I walked faster, trying to get away from this ''Hog in Heat''. But women sure are persistent, when they want something, they can even uproot a tree just to get what they want. I went to the direction of the Chief to ask for help. Instead of receiving help, the Chief told me on how to successfully fulfill this woman''s desire instead so I walked away from this insensitive Chief and look for someone who''s willing to help me get rid of this sow. As I walked away, the Chief kept nodding his head as if he did a great job in coaching me. "Hey Jule, I really am not the hog that you are looking for" I left that cliche line as I jump into the river thinking that the water might help this stupid sow clear her mind. I was shocked to find out that even the Calm skill won''t keep this sow awayfromme. splash* The cold water, this refreshing water that removes the dirt in this ''fatty body'', but the word fat is no longer an adjective that I can use. The daily consumption of rootworms and daily fortification exercises changed our fat into muscles. Right now I can be compared to the Old Chief''s ideal body. This thick hand muscles this heavy legs, the fatty porky chin and the flabby cheeks can no longer be seen. All I can see in my reflection in the river is a Real-Hog-Hunk. Though that is also the reason why this stupid sowkept on bothering me. ''Sigh, with this kind of beauty I will really attract attention'' was what I thought inwardly, As I continued to compliment my beauty, Something bumped into me and woke me from my narcissistic day dream. The stupid sowcan no longer hold it and actually initiated physical contact. My speed in water was decreased and controlling my body in water is harder than it is in the land, so getting away from this sowbecame harder. ''Damn, so even the river won''t help me from this'' I''m currently cursing the wrong tree right now, though fulfilling this sow''srequest won''t let me lose a thing and at the same time it also won''t give me anything and honestly, I got a feeling that if I''ll do ITwith Jule this sowwill probably start sticking to me for the rest of my life and I really don''t want that to happen. My personal territory is currently being invaded by this sow, and I''m getting cornered right now.Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. As I was twisting my neck looking for reinforcements. I saw the hogs gathering, it seems like the trench has been completed. "LOOK," I shouted and pointed my snout in the direction of the horde. It made the hogs that are currently swimming in the river to look towards the direction I''m pointing. ''CHANCE'' I dove underwater and swam towards the river''s edge as fast as I could. Leaving Jule behind who was currently looking for me. The trench semi-surrounded our camp, both ends of the trench was 1 pig away from the river. The empty trench needs to be filled with water to improve its defense and that was what the Chief instructed, and doing that was rather simple. We only need to continue digging the trench''s end until it meets the edge of the river. That job will be dealt last since we still need to make an entry way as well as to install the bamboo poles. The real problem was making the fence, being 4-pedal creatures made it harder since we do not have hands to use for crafting. So we can only use our mouths to make the fence and the process was rather hard though. We decided that before plugging the first pole towards the ground we need to attach a vine on it. When we''re about to plug the next bamboopole we just need to attach the vine from the first pole into the second one so they will tether to each other. As for how we plug the poles, we let one hog lie down on the ground sideways, twist its neck facing the sky and place a pole in its mouth. Afterward, the hog will forcefully twist his neck back to its natural position and the pole will drill itself into the ground since the soil in the camp was rather soft. The job of plugging the pole was rather tiring since there are times that the pole will hit a rock making the pole fall and give a ''zappy'' feeling and the hogs who experienced it complained that their necks are aching after plugging 3 poles. This made the process of plugging poles to slow down. After experiencing it once, no hog would be willing to do it again so the plugging was momentarily halted. They then planned on how to make the entry way. The plan that unanimously won was the "filling the trench with rocks to form an entry way" because it was easy and when they were digging the trench, they often find rocks and those small and medium sized rocks actually formed a little pyramid somewhere around the camp. The next plan was the entry way''s gate. The hogs cannot try and recreate the old farmer''s gate since they don''t know how to make it in the first place, so the plan for the gate was trashed and they decided to heavily guard the entrance since they would leave it open, always open. That bastard Fig toying with me, after the resource gathering mission was over he thanked me for my ''hauling idea''. He then told me that I can ask him if I needed something. But he actually, he actually refused it right away. ''What''s wrong with mating,idiot.'' I think inwardly as I kept looking for that bastard. Cleansing 10 : Our State of Affairs It has been 20 days after the event, the hogs who were simple creatures easily adapted to their new lifestyles. They worked hard and assisted one another in creating an environment where they can have food, water and a sense of security. But peaceful days are only a seasoning of life and the world that they are living is a big cauldron that holds them as they are being cooked slowly in the fires of fate. TING!
ASSIMILATION PERIOD COMPLETE
INTEGRATING THE NATIVE LAWS WITH LAWS OF F*&¡Â¡Á#^N
UPDATING #1224 WORLD DATABASE
WAITING RESPONSE FROM THE SERVER...
As we are celebrating the completion of our defense fortification. The time has stopped ticking and all things and beings no matter what they are, stopped breathing even the fallen leaves and the river flow has stopped. The sun and clouds stilled as a foreign yet familiar feeling aroused within me. This feeling is what I felt during the ''event'', an unexplainable feeling, an itch that you can never itch kind of feeling. TING!
SYSTEM SCANNING - COMPLETE
EVALUATING RACE SCORE AND STATISTICS
RACE RANKING (TENTATIVE) 1. DRAGONS 2. HUMANS 3. ELFS 4. DWARFS 5. GOBLINS .... .... 54. TIGERS 55. ELEPHANTS 56. BULLS 57. CONSTRICTORS 58. SHARKS .... .... .... .... .... 194. HOGS 195. DEERS 196. SHEEP 197. LLAMAS 198. GOATS ..... ..... ..... 555. RABBITS 556. MOLES 557. BADGERS 558. OTTERS 559. RATS ..... ..... ..... 998. ANTS 999. CLAMS 1000. STARFISHES
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SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT SCAN: 360 days
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RANKING LIMIT FOR THE NEXT SCAN: 500 SPOTS
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WARNING: UNRANKED RACE WILL RECEIVE SENTIENCE REMOVAL
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INITIATING REWARDS DISTRIBUTION
TING!
REWARDS: RANK 1-200 + Racial Trait + Patron God + Race Mutation (2) + Improved acquisitions (Skill and Stat) RANK 201-500 + Racial Trait + Patron God + Race Mutation (1) RANK 501-1000 + Racial Trait + Patron God
The information was too much, it made my pig brain cramp. There are many things that I did not understand, from the word "System" until the word "God". As I looked around it seems everyone was having a hard time too. ''I need to understand and analyze this ''event message,'' is what I thought inwardly. The useful Fig came to me and clarify things about that "System Notification". Though I get the important parts, I certainly still don''t get the things called Gods and System, not that I''m stupid or something its just that Fig''s analyze skill is low so don''t blame me. He informed me that Gods are powerful beings that us ''mortals'' must revere. "I don''t get it, never seen them and why are we called mortals anyway?" I asked Fig in a half-believing, half-doubting tone. Of course, Fig can''t answer that. So we just brush that aside and talk about other things like - REWARD. "REWARD".
REWARDS:Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. + Racial Trait + Patron God + Race Mutation (2) + Improved acquisitions (Skill and Stat)
Fig said that ''Racial Traits'' are special abilities or powers granted to an individual based on its race. "RACIAL TRAIT".
RACIAL TRAIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE: 1. SOLID SNOUT - Improves snouts. making them comparable to steel. 2. PIG EARS OF THE WIND - Improves ears. enhances hearing making wind whispers audible. 3. SMELL-FOCUSED-SNOUT - Improves nose. making noses bigger that can capture the faintest scent. 4. SPEAR-TAIL - Improves tail. Adds a spear at the end of the tail. The tail can now shoot and retract.
I personally want our ''Trait'' to be ''Solid Snout'', but even as the Chief, I cannot be selfish here so I talked about it with Fig. He said that this ''Trait'' thing is VERY important to us because this decision may change our lives forever. He also said that there is a chance that our race name will change after picking one of those. He also said that we never know how this will affect the other hogs who are currently not here with us and many other reasons. I admit that this hog is smart but he thinks too much. We gathered all the members of the ''horde'' for a meeting. Well, Fig was right. This decision will change our lives forever.
NAME: FIG RUBBERNECK TITLE: MULTILINGUIST
RACE: (HOGS) SPEAR-TAIL HOGS SKILLS:SKILLS: INSPECT, BASH, CALM, BEMUSE, ANALYZE, IMPALE
HP:1120 MP: 240 STA:330 STR: 20 INT: 25 AGI: 45 END: 10 WIS: 35 VIT: 20 PER: 30 LV. 7 ATK:60-70 DEF: 15 M-ATK: 12.5 RES: 5
I don''t know if I should be happy with this or sad. There are just way too many things that changed, the most eye catching is the race name. There are also changes in my stats, there was a huge drop and also major increases. A skill was given as well. To simplify things I got an increase in HP, a decrease in MP and a major boost in stats, especially in AGI stat. "IMPALE". I cast my new skill and my latest feature which is the SPEAR-TAIL, itstruck a wriggling rootworm. It hit and impaled the poor worm. I controlled my tail towards my mouth and swallowed the worm, whole.The tail which was way too long compared to the previous one was rather easy to use even though it was only there just a while ago. The Chief and the horde decided that the best option would be the Spear-Tail. As to why the horde decided that. Having a shooting and retracting tail will become handy in many cases and in terms of usability, it is the best among the rest since we lack ways to attack long range, even though Solid Snout can increase our attack and defense power. We still need to go close quarters in order for it to be useful. Though the PIG EARS OF THE WIND and SMELL-FOCUSED-SNOUTare good too, in the end of the day they are just support skills. There are already hogs that have the smell and hearing skills so we really don''t need every member of the horde to have superior hearing and smell. Though having them is an advantage, we can only choose one trait and Spear-Tail is what we really need right now. Having been informed that there are many races that can potentially become our enemies, the Chief and the horde decided to arm ourselves. Making the final decision to have spear-tails. Cleansing 11 : Our Patron God When the ''horde'' stabilized from the excitement caused by the race change. We started to realize that our stomachs are grumbling, so we did the drill and look for rootworms. These rootworms grow fast even with our daily consumption they never decrease, Pic also found out that these worms love to eat ourexcrete, he discovered it when he was pooping late night at a nearby tree. Those worms gathered around Pic''s poop and started to drilltheir heads in it. Pic''s new discovery made the Hogshappy since they can now use theirwasteas bait to increase the efficiency of their hunt. I don''t know why but I really don''t like that method of hunting for some reasons. What amazes me is that those worms eat their dead brothers, basically, those excretes are mostly worms. But lately, the worms are no longer fulfilling like before. When I eat 5 worms my hunger will be satiated. I usually eat it with starbbages that I obtained from Pic. As for why Pic has starbagges, it goes back to that stupid stalk of grass. It turns out that the grass was a starbbage sprout that sprouted in Pic''s place. He said that it may have been those weird little pebbles that he got inside thestarbbages'' bulb. Pic said that those starbagges grew fast and they can be eaten after 10 days from sprouting. Pic got new seeds and planted it around his ''haven'' and now his place is so lively from all those starbbages surrounding him. ''Good, my accuracy seems to increase as long as I always do it this way'' Before I shoot my tail, I made it stop above my head and aim for a nearby tree with its trunk as a target. What I notice during my daily practice is the drop of accuracy when I use my tail without activating my race skill ''Impale''. I moved deeper into the forest in search for new things to eat and might as well practice when I''m at it to improve my tail''s control. Though the Chief did not assign or even mention a task like this, I, being the most suitable Hog for the job did it on my own for two reasons. One being the worms can no longer satisfy my hungry stomach in terms of fulfillment and taste. Two I want to get some fresh air, maybe by randomly walking like this, I can meet another sentient being. Though I said deeper in the forest, it is still within the boundary of our territory. So finding a predator here is based on chance and that chance is quite low. Speaking of predators, that stupid cat did not come back. Though it''s cool that he didn''t, I really want to give him a taste of my new tail. While thinking about those dangerous thoughts, I unconsciously stepped out of our territory boundary. We made sure to establish our territory when we came here, it''s an animal thing somarking your territory is a natural instinct. ''Shoot'', I said inwardly. Our territory might be large but it was not endless, when we came here, this forest for some reason unknown is uninhabited. We can occasionally see birds, but those birds do not bother going down and talk to us. While little creatures can be seen too, they really are not a threat so we just let them be. Creature our size, I really want to meet them. Speaking of creatures, I wonder what happened to Moley. Sincethe rewards are claimable anytime Fig said that we should think more about it. There are still 3 rewards waiting to be claimed, my only hope is for them to not disappear and give us anything random.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. "PATRON GOD"
LIST OF AVAILABLE PATRON GODS: 1. THE RIVER GOD 2. GODDESS OF THE SUN 3. THE SUN GOD 4. GODDESS OF THE MOON 5. THE FOREST GOD
THE RIVER GOD The GOD that dwells within the River, made a place for the worlds first civilization. + Increases fertility ofsoil and livestock + Increases MP recovery rate
GODDESS OF THE SUN The GODDESS that represents the power and force of thesun''sLIGHT. + Increases the speed of growth of all crops and livestock + Increases HP recovery rate + reduces the casting time of magic.
THE SUN GOD The GOD that represents the power and force of theHEAT of the sun. + Increase damage of fire attribute spells and skills + Increases STA recovery rate + Increases M.ATK and ATK by 20
GODDESS OF THE MOON The GODDESS that represents the power and force of the moon. + Acquire Night Vision + Acquire Stealth Skill at night. + Increase movement speed and attack speed at night. + Automatically restore MAX HP/MP/STA when the night starts.
THE FOREST GOD The GOD that dwells within the forest, protector of fauna and flora. + Increases END by 20 + Increases nature attribute spells and skills. + reduce STA consumption when traversing a Forest. + reduce the time of Negative Status effects.
We got 5 choices for this one and I really don''t know where to start. Fig already explained all the necessarydetails before he went to the forest. He said that all the details are beneficiary to us and there are no negative effects in honoring those GODS, well I agree to that.The RIVER GOD and SUN GODDESS are exempted since the only one who will benefit to that is Pic. The real choices are the SUN GOD, GODDESS of the Moon and the FOREST GOD. I really want the FOREST GOD to be our patron though since traveling in the forest without exhausting is rather cool and we are already considered as creatures of the forestsince we live on it in the first place. As for those other GODS, the Moon Goddess is only effective during the night but those skills and incentives of hers are really tantalizing while the Sun God''s increase in attack and stamina recovery is cool too, but the fire attribute thing is quite useless since we don''t even know what a fire is. Cleansing 12 : Our Neighbors ''OH SHIT, OOOINK-SHIT,'' I cursed as I ran for my life. My (STA) was depleting at a very fast rate, though I don''t feel tired at all, my speed was reducing.
STAMINA ZERO A state that occurs when the body empties STA. AF: Body temporarily freezes for a period of time. - STA regeneration has stopped. - STA regeneration reactivation time left 00:19:59.
''NOOOOOOOOOOOO,'' I shouted in slow motion as I stumbled on the ground. My body ran out of (STA) so it fell, turned into an immobile state. I take the earlier statement back. It seems my body was already tired from running but my mind won''t register it since I''m currently being aggressively chased by these Leaf-Colored Creatures. "HEATHEN" "HEATHEN" "I''m not Heathen, my name is Fig I already told you that" It seems like they mistook me for someone else, and I''m the one who''s going to pay for that stupid Heathen''s debt. Since my body has already fallen, those leaf-colored creatures slowed down and surrounded me. "INSPECT"
NAME: IH-DIYUT TITLE: NONE
RACE: (GOBLIN) FOREST GOBLIN SKILL: EMPOWER, SPRINT, STUN, ???, ???
HP:666 MP:303 STR: 40 INT:6 AGI:30 END: 10 WIS: 5 VIT: 10 PER: 50 LV. 12 ATK: 100- 111 DEF: 10 M-ATK:3 RES: 5
''So they are called as Forest Goblins huh''. I said inwardly as I closed my inspect screen. ''It seems like my time is over huh,'' I sighed and closed my eyes waiting for my death. ''what''s taking so long?'' I opened my eyes and looked at them. They seem to be talking about something. And... "Heathen you speak the Old Tongue?" ask one of them. "No, what the fucks an Old Tongue!?" I frustratingly shouted since I''m going to die anyway. "YEAH! YOU SPEAK OLD TONGUE HEATHEN!" shouted the dude in a high-pitched voice as he grabbed my tail. He then launched me into the air, despite that short, thin body this guy is incredibly strong. The other leaf-colored creatures started to tie me with vines. All my 4-limbs and including my tail was tied as one. Now I''m really starting to regret wandering outside the territory.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. They drag my heavy body just like those stones we got during the camp fortification mission. The process was the same that it gave me mixed feelings. This makes me remember Jule since this vine dragging thing was her idea. I really should have just given her what she wanted. While steadily being dragged by these creatures, We went deeper into the forest. From afar, I can see familiar buildings, they are quite similar to the things I saw at the old man''s farm but in a lesser sense, since theirs are rather crude and poorly made and it is shorter compared to the old man''s. TING!
YOU HAVE ENTERED THE CAMP OF THE FOREST GOBLINS
BEEP!
ACHIEVEMENT ACQUIRED
CIVILIZATION EXPLORER You have discovered a civilization that is different from your own. AF: Report your findings to your ''horde'' to claim your reward. REWARD: +300 contribution points
''What the hell'' "ANALYZE Contribution Points" I reflexively used my analyze skill towards this new information.
ANALYZE - IV (RARE) ACTIVATED. CONTRIBUTION POINTS (CP) The ***** appreciates all living things. He wants to give chance for everyone. The Contribution Point act as a determinant of one''s usefulness. Make more Contribution Points to help your Race gain score and get a better standing in the next system scan. OBTAINED BY: 1. UNLOCKING ACHIEVEMENTS 2. SYSTEM REWARD #$)(*%)#&%#)#%#)@ #$)(*%)#&%#)#%#)@ #$)(*%)#&%#)#%#)@ ANALYZE SKILL level insufficient
CONTRIBUTION POINTS GATHERED: 1,450 CP USED: 0 CP REMAINING: 1,450 CP Do you wish to use them? (YES/NO)
''I have gathered that much contribution even without being aware of it''. I said that inwardly as I temporarily forgot my current situation then I chose yes. TING!
CONTRIBUTION STORE 1. Skill 2. Stat 3. Item 4. Privilege 5. Information 6. Miscellaneous
"ANALYZE CONTRIBUTION STORE"
ANALYZE - IV (RARE) ACTIVATED CONTRIBUTION STORE Exchanges contribution points into different things and services. AF: No further details.
''AWESOME'' The nervousHog disappeared and an excited Hog appeared as I checked the Contribution Store out. I have browsed the skill, stat, and miscellaneous options. It''s not that I don''t want to open the Privilege and Information options but this store won''t allow me by saying...
INSUFFICIENT CONTRIBUTION POINTS
This damn store won''t even allow me to browse. It seems that I need to earn more contribution points to gather more information about this thing called ''System''. I woke up from my reverie when my body collided with a rock. ''These stupid goblins and their harsh treatment, I''ll fucking remember this if I survived'' I made a promise, and my will to live surges. Right now my beautiful body was covered with scratches all over as we moved closer towards their camp. I used inspect on all the things I saw for the first time while being dragged, though I emptied my STA, I can still use my MP related skills. Those buildings are actually called tents, It was a place for reproduction, the inspect skill told me. I notice that those compact tents are placed 1 pig away from one another are starting to get apart and larger spaces started to form in between tents. As I get dragged deeper into their camp, I saw a tent, a bigger one and grander than the previous ones. ''It seems that their Chief lives here''. I thought as I remembered the image of our own Chief. Compared to their Chief, our Chief seems to be pitiful since he does not have this kind of treatment that befits his Chiefly status. As we entered the tent, a notification popped out. TING
YOU HAVE ENTERED A SHRINE OF THE FOREST GOD
''The night is coming and Fig has not returned. This is strange, that cautious Fig should''ve returned right now.'' I thought as I was standing near the camp''s entrance. Every member of the horde knows that the forest during the night is more dangerous during the day, we bitterly experienced this when we were traversing it during our search for a new place to live. Luckily at that time, we took the best decision andaction due to Fig. And that very Fig has not returned. Cleansing 13 : Our Faction When the moon hovered above our heads. I gathered the horde to discuss Fig''s situation. I hate to say this but that Hog''s usefulness can never be replaced by anyone even by myself. I really got this weird feeling that if we do not move tonight then Fig will probably be lost to us forever. "EVERYONE" my voice reverberates around the camp making my fellow hogs halt their movement. "Fig has not returned and it''s already night. I fear that Fig met some trouble and we should help him" I spoke those words as I look at each and everyone''s eyes. There was a moment of silence. ''As I thought, nobody would like to go into the forest at night.'' "Uhmmm, Chief in what direction do you think Fig went?" This question broke the silence. It was Pic, he looks to be greatly troubled. "He said to go down south since the north part of the camp has been fully scouted and that''s due to Fig''s diligence." I said the last part loudly and those Hogs who heard it lowered their heads in shame. After hearing that Pic went to his haven to Pick some things. Even though Pic is an airhead he still values his buddy. "I, your Chief will go find Fig. My brothers and sisters, please protect the camp when I''m away" I said as I went towards the entrance of the camp. "Wait Chief let me go with you as well" I looked back and see Jule running towards me. Good since you and Fig have already done the deed you can be considered as his Sow, huh. As we waited for Pic near the entrance I can feel a presence at my back. "So Nic you decided to tag along?" Nic stepped out of the shadows, his trademark snickering face can be seen. "Good all that''s left is Pic and we can start moving" as I said that I can see Pic running in our direction. I do not blame the ''horde'' for not helping Fig. Since their lives might be at risk if they look for someone who might already be dead, it''s really not worth it. So they also can''t blame me for doing this... "PATRON GOD"
LIST OF AVAILABLE PATRON GODS 1. THE RIVER GOD 2. GODDESS OF THE SUN 3. THE SUN GOD 4. GODDESS OF THE MOON 5. THE FOREST GOD
''Buddy you must stay alive'' I ran towards the Chief''s direction when a pillar of light fell towards the Chief. BEEP
BLESSING OF THE NIGHT + Acquired Night Vision + Night Stealth Skill has been learned + Increase movement speed and attack speed at night + HP/MP/STA restored to MAXat dusk
Tears started to form in my eyes as I stared at the Chief. ''Chief, thank you,'' these words came from the bottom of my heart. The decision for our Patron God has already been decided, even Fig agreed to it. Having the Forest God as our Patron God would be the best for the horde. The horde also agreed to it since they too are now considered as inhabitants of the forest. In order for us to have a better chance of finding Fig. The Chief selfishly decided to change the decision of the horde. ''Take that you ungrateful bunch of pigs, if not for Fig you wouldn''t even be breathing today.'' TING
YOUR HORDE REGISTERED INTO THE NIGHTWALKERFACTION
THE GODDESS OF THE MOON BLESSES ITS BELIEVERS WITH THE SKILLS FOR ASSASSINATION AND ESPIONAGE. EMBRACE THE NIGHT, THE MOON''S LIGHT WILL GUIDE YOUR PATH
After that notification, my body felt light.Themoon shone brighter, moments later the pillar of light that was surrounding the Chief dissipated.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Chief we need to move" The Chief nods his head but did not move. It seems like he is still checking the gains from having a patron God. "Come on Chief, read that stupid notification after we find Fig, it''s not like you can understand that anyway" The Chief looked at me, he was about to say something but the words did not leave his mouth, he started to walk andsaid that we should use our new skill called "Night Stealth" so we can avoid unnecessary encounters. "NIGHT STEALTH"
NIGHT STEALTH - I (PATRON SKILL) STA and MP: 5/min. Erases your presence and blends with the darkness of the night. AF: Dispells when your presence is noticed CD: 5 minutes after deactivation
We have to be fast since Fig''s life is more important than anything else right now. I was delivered here inside the Forest God''s Shrine and those stupid goblins did not even say anything and just dumped me here still tied, ''to think that this is not the place where the Chief lives.'' Is what I thought. Inside the tent was almost empty, there is only one thing in the center of this circular tent, at first I thought that these goblins acquired a miniature sun but it seems that this thing is called as an indoor bonfire, courtesy of myinspect skill. That bonfire is made of wood that was on fire and when the fire ate all the wood there would be black and white things on the ground called ash. I used to analyze multiple times in order to learn more about ''fire'', there was this thing called skill attribute to cast fire attributed skills to make fire, there are also things in the Contribution Store Misc that can create fire but I really don''t want to waste my CP just to make fire. Since I can''t do anything right now, I''ll just have to wait for my STA to start recovering and when it''s FULL I''ll start breaking this stupid vineand make a run for it. Other than browsing the Contribution Store, I really can''t do anything but look and check all the items available for purchase.
SKILL SHOP TIER - 1 (1,000 CP and above) 1. PHYSICAL 2. MAGICAL
I chose the second option, I already know what magic is since I used my analyze skill, though there was little information about it, at least I know something about magic. It said that magic is useful and dangerous at the same time. It uses MP to activate. So to summarize it in simple terms. If a skill uses MP then it''s magic, if its STA,then it''s physical. I really like my analyze skill since it provides minimalistic explanations and is always direct to the point.
SKILL SHOP > TIER - 1 > MAGICAL 1. ATTACK 2. DEFENCE 3. SUPPORT
I chose option one.
SKILL SHOP > TIER - 1 > MAGICAL > ATTACK 1. PURE MANA 2. FIRE 3. WATER 4. EARTH
Since it is not my first time browsing this shop, I noticed that you need to have supreme patience in order to purchase something. I chose Pure Mana since that thingis for the likes of me, unattributed.
SKILL SHOP > TIER - 1 > MAGICAL > ATTACK > PURE MANA 1. TOME OF CANNON BURST LV 1 (1,400 CP) Gathers mana in one point, channels for 2-7 secs. Each second can provide 50 magical damage, increases damage based on M.ATK ( N + (M.ATK * 2)) * CT Requires 2-second chant("CANNON") consumes 90/SEC MP chant ("BURST") to release. WARNING: WILL EXPLODE IF INTERRUPTED, CANCELLED DURING CHANNELING, UNRELEASED. 2. TOME OF MANA BALL LV 1 (900 CP) Release a ball of pure mana to hit a target. Can deal 30 magical damage increases damage based on M.ATK ( N + (M.ATK * 2)) Requires 2-second casting("MANA BOLT") and consumes 15 MP per cast.
Those are the only things that I can see since the System only allows you to look at the things that you can afford. That is the reason why I haven''t bought any from this store and I really don''t want to use my CP because my curiosity is preventing me from purchasing since I want to see more things from it. "SKILL SHOP, TIER - 1, MAGICAL, DEFENCE, PURE MANA," I said as if reciting a long magical chant. You really need to do this if you want to by pass that stupid store options and directly go to the things you want to see. Cleansing 14 : Our Escape
SKILL SHOP > TIER - 1 > MAGICAL > DEFENCE > PURE MANA 1. TOME OF MANA SHIELD LV 1(1,350 CP) Covers your entire body with Mana to absorb incoming attacks. Can absorb physical and magical damage. Requires 2-second casting("MANA SHIELD") and consumes 50 MP for every 200 damage absorbed. WARNING: CANCAUSE MANA ZERO STATE
"ANALYZE MANA ZERO STATE"
MANA ZERO A state that occurs when the body empties MP. AF: Body will receive ashock and cause extreme exhaustion. - STA consumption increase. - Receive Negative Effect Stun (10 secs.) - MP regeneration will stop. - MP regeneration reactivation duration 00:20:00
''What a cool skill, If I use this then I will not be killed on the spot if a cannon burst skill hit me'' was what I thought as I continue browsing the Contribution Store, a series of notification popped out.
BLESSING OF THE NIGHT + Acquired Night Vision + Night Stealth Skill has been learned + Increase movement speed and attack speed at night + HP/MP/STA restored to MAX every night
YOUR HORDE REGISTERED INTO THENIGHTWALKERFACTION
THE GODDESS OF THE MOON BLESSES ITS BELIEVERS WITH THE SKILLS FOR ASSASSINATION AND ESPIONAGE. EMBRACE THE NIGHT, THE MOON''S LIGHT WILL GUIDE YOUR PATH
We are currently moving south, the territory mark which was an area where it stinks of urine is still 500 pigs away. As for why I can estimate the distance, well it''s all thanks to this...
NAVIGATE - II (RARE) MP: 20 Req: places you have crossed. Allows you to locate the distance, general direction, and sometimes routes of a target area. AF: Accuracy improvesas skill increases. + increase distance accuracy
The forest was creepy at night since you''ll never know when something will pop out of nowhere. But receiving the blessing of the night made the uncomfortable feeling of something watching you disappeared and was instead replaced by a sense of security like the darkness has always been there to protect us. As we went closer to the mark I can see trees being punctured by something. In a closer look, it was pierced by a sharp object but the penetration was not deep. I think that this was done by Fig. I told the group about my findings and followed the direction that has trees with small holes. The stench of hog urine became stronger as we arrive at the end of our territory. The trees with holes became lesser as we move forward. ''Fig you really are one hard working hog'' I looked at the ground and see prints made by hog feet. "Guys we found our lead" We are on the right track and the Chief fasten the pace by using his inspire skill. The skill night stealth drained our MP and STA but the speed of our search was rather fast since our movement speed was increased because of the blessing and the buff that the Chief gave us. We reached the mark within 10 minutes draining only 50 MP and STA excluding the normal STA consumption whilst walking. If this was morning then I''m afraid that we need more than that to get here. As we moved onwards we can no longer see trees with holes instead leaves scattered and bushes destroyed. It seems like something was running around in this place in a hurry. Then there was another type of print that can be seen on the ground. It looked like a print that a bipedal creature would make. We continued following those prints. It seems Fig really was in trouble based on this evidence. The prints were sometimes following a straightforward path and sometimes it runs around a tree. Then the hog prints disappeared. There was no stench of blood so we can still positively think that there was no battle that happened, hopefully. Later on, we saw something familiar. A trail made by dragging something heavy. The size was the same size as us Hogs. You really don''t need to be smart to realize that this trail was Fig being dragged by those bipedal creatures. ''Fig wait for me. I''m gonna let you owe me one'' I said as we followed the trail Fig left. We followed the direction that the trail left and we found buildings from afar. Though it may be dark, our eyes were influenced by the effect of our blessing making the night''s darkness and day''s light to have no difference aside from the temperature. TING
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PATRON REWARDUnauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. The Goddess of the Moon was amazed by your fast adaptation and bold actions allowing your night stealth toincrease in proficiency. + 1 LV (Night Stealth Skill)
''Hoh, so even the Gods discover my greatness'' is what I thought but Pic was eager on finding Fig and went ahead of us. ''Not good'' I shoot my tail and grabbed Pic''s feet. I whispered, "Calm down Pic, we can''t afford to disturb this camp. Not only will we fail in saving Fig we will also die here". Though it did not make Pic calm down. It still halted his rash movements. "Jule and Nic you scout the perimeter of the camp while Pic and I will monitor their movements" as I said that we saw some shadows moving from afar. These guys are also making their nights'' watch so we really can''t afford to be careless. The stealth skill might erase our presence but it does not block sound nor smell. We hid behind a near bush as they pass by. They look like the old farmer but shorter and uglier. It seems they were the ones who Pignapped Fig. I see Pic trembling, this guy really doesn''t know how to keep calm if I let this idiot alone then this guy will definitely rush to his doom. From the number of these buildings, I can estimate they number much more that our horde. As the patrol pass by, we moved into another bush in an opposite direction. We can''t go deeper as their camp is not dark even at night. It seems they have captured many miniature suns and placed it every where in their camp. ''I wonder where they got those''. Unlike us, they seem to have a lesser vision at night since their eyes wanderaround if they look from afar indicating that they can''t see well at night. I have observed that if you look at something your eyes will hold still as they focus on something. Moments later Jule and Nic returned. It seems the Chief has chosen a different God from what was planned. My STA restored to MAX and I can break this shackle anytime but the problem is those stupid goblins have returned. And they have a new company, a goblin with a different air surrounding it. The goblin whom I think is their Chief is not larger than them but instead, he was smaller but he emits a huge presence not fitting with his build. The guy looked at me with amused eyes, he then spoke, "It seems your friend here is no longer a heathen" The goblins surrounding their Chief burst into hush murmurs. "Untie him so we can talk better" The goblins listened to the command and unfastened the vines. I stood without their consent and looked back at their Chief since he was staring at me I did the same. "Bastard!" "Idiot!" The goblins shouted words that I can''t comprehend. ''Maybe they felt that my behavior was very disrespectful'', that''s what their faces told me. "Calm down now," said the Chief as he went closer to me. "Why have you entered our woods, little guy?" I was puzzled by those words, because when I crossed the border of our territory. I was cautious enough to smell other creatures'' marking before proceeding. But nonetheless, I replied without leaving my eyes on the Chief. "I''m looking for something to eat" is what I said. The Chief seems to be thinking of something as he asked again. "Eat what?" ''What a stupid question'' is what I thought but by saying that loud will only lead to my demise so I answered his question by saying... "Anything that''s edible and tasty" To my words, the Goblin Chief smirked. "Like goblins?" he said in a strong tone and he whispered something. A powerful force surrounded the Chief as those words left his mouth. A strong wind came into the tent and flapped its entrance open. A pressure so strong that the weaker goblins started to kneel on the ground. "You misunderstood! I never tasted goblins before, and you don''t look delicious at all" I said defensively as I moved backward. ''Shit this guy thought that I''ll hurt his horde or something'' as I thought those words the pressure was getting stronger as the goblin raised one of his hand pointing at me and said "BURST!" "BOOOOOOOOOOM" Cleansing 15 : Our Allegiance "BOOOOOM" There was a loud sound coming from the center of the enemies'' camp. The goblins who were patrolling stilled and looked at the direction of the noise. They talked for a moment and started to go towards the location of that loud booming sound. Of course, we followed the group as we stalk them with our night stealth on. The sleeping goblins got out of their houses with puzzled faces. They might be thinking that their base was under attack and they started to make a commotion. ''Fig is this your doing?'' I thought as we followed those goblin patrols. The energy that the Goblin Chief gathered was shot towards me. My body did not respond and I closed my eyes instinctively. A strong force passed above my head and struck the tent''s wall. "BOOOOOOM" The wall of the tent that was made of wood and a collection of beast-skins that was stuck to one another by using thin vines exploded into bits and pieces as the destructive energy dissipated. A large hole was created that the goblins outside can be seen, they are still shivering from the fear and confusion caused by the explosion. I was thrown forward by the force of the impact making my body closer to the Goblin Chief. The Goblin Chief who had just thrown a destructive skill was now pissed by the destruction he caused and stepped on my head. "You made me do that!" said the Chief with veins bulging on his face. Not only did he lose his temper, he even missed his aim. Of course, he was pissed. I may have said something that I shouldn''t have said since it made the Goblin Chief cast Cannon Burst. I now know why the System said that magic is useful and dangerous at the same time. The stupid Chief just blew a part of his God''s shrine. Moments later another group of goblins came, A goblin with long hair wearing tooth accessories all over rushed inside the tent and saw one huge hole in the wall, a dumb Goblin Chief and a Pig Prisoner being stepped on the ground. "What the fuck just happened," said the new comer with a cold tone. "This..." the Chief was about to say something when the Goblin with a long hair and tooth accessories moved and slapped the Chieftains face. "Imbecile! This is the house of the Forest God. You actually dared and damage his Holiness''s property." The Goblin Chief lowered his head and saw me, our eyes met and the Chief gave more force on his feet as he pushed me deeper on the ground. ''Urgh, Stupid blaming me for your own stupidity'' I thought as blood started to leak out from my mouth. The goblins who were in the background bowed towards the new comer they then said in unison. "The Priestess of the Forest is the most beautiful and wise." As I heard that sentence more blood spilled out from my mouth for reasons unknown. The Priestess then moved her attention towards me. "You, state your purpose." ''Here we go again''. I thought as I think for a better response this time to save my puny life. That fluke earlier won''t happen again so I need to choose my words wisely as I spoke. "I wandered into your territory in search for food as for hurting or eating your kind has never been my intention," I said in soft and apologetic voice. The Priestess nodded her head and spoke "I see, I ordered my kind to place you inside the shrine so the Forest God will guide your path but it seems like you''re no longer a lonely soul that''s lost in this vast forest but a part of another horde who recently made a commitment and signed a pact with a Predator God!" ''I really don''t get the last part but it seems like they want me to become a believer of the Forest God and that''s the reason why they kept me here instead of killing me on the spot'' I was struck with the realization that our Chief really made a blunder this time, and I will really whip his ass when I see him. If he followed the horde''s decision and chose the Forest God then there might be a possibility that these guys will not be hostile anymore since we will have similar patron God. ''Dang Chief, you murderer'' as I cursed the Chief. Now that they mentioned it, I can now sense a feeling that is making me want to attack this bunch of Goblins. I opened my mouth and was about to say something when a commotion was made outside the tent, I can see a group of goblins making an encirclement from the Hole in the Wall. They were jumping and slashing something with their wooden clubs. Then a familiar voice was heard. "FIG! WE CAME HERE TO SAVE YOU!". As we followed the patrol guards, we were led to the center of the camp. The building at the center of the camp was large compared to the others and it seems that it was recently under attack as there was a huge hole in it. As we went closer, we can see goblins inside making a commotion.The guards stopped moving onwards and were keeping a distance from the huge building. On a closer look, there seems to be a creature beneath the feet of one of the goblins inside. As I try to focus on the creature, Pic rushed ahead. His Night Stealth was deactivated and the Goblin Patrols noticed him as they started to surround Pic and attacked him. ''DAMN!'' I think inwardly as I activated two skills at the same time... "INSPIRE"
You have receivedINSPIRE - IIIThe story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Physical Fatigue decreased by 50% Stamina Regeneration increased by 100% AF: You will slightly feel motivated + 10% physical fatigue reduction + 10% STA regeneration + Increase in motivation
"FORTITUDE"
You have receivedFORTITUDE- I MP: 30 Increases STR, END, VIT by (10) and DEF by (50) Absorbs 100 magical or physical damage AF: buff stays for 00:05:00
I never used Fortitude since I never got the chance to use it, to think of it, tonight is going to be our first experience in real life and death battle. ''Pic you bastard.'' I cursed as my Night Stealth was deactivated as well. Nowthat we are seen, we can no longer ambush and surprise our enemies. Jule and Nic were forced to appear as well. They did not say anything and just accepted the fact that Picwill eventually mess up in this operation. Nic used his own buff skill called "GUARD" to assist Pic and an illusionary shield appeared and rotated around Pic''s body. Then I heard Pic shout. "FIG! WE CAME HERE TO SAVE YOU!". Cleansing 16 : Our Situation ''SHIT'' instead of being touched by their timely arrival. I was feeling a different feeling. With 5 of us being here the chances of safely escaping would be lower. ''Don''t shout you pig head!'' I cursed Pic inside my mind as I see them mowing their way towards me. "HAHAHA" The dumb Goblin Chief began to laugh. He looked at me with eyes of amusement. "My Priestess, allow me to offer all of these creatures to the Forest God." The Goblin Priestess did not say a thing and was already tired of this nonsense. She looked at me for the last time then went outside the tent. (Moments before the explosion) When the Scout Goblins returned with a prisoner. It sparked my curiosity, I thought that it was just a normal animal that our Holiness keeps and protects, with the body structure of the said creature that they brought, the possibility of it being an enlightened is low. But I was naive, ever since that ''event'' the forest has changed. Not only does the creature enlightened he can also speak the old tongue much to my surprise when a fellow goblin reported. Since the first goblins roamed around this world, there was only a little amount of enlightened race that lives around the Iaoue Continent, this information came from the Annals that our tribe passes on each generation.The knowledge left behind by the ancestors in the mainland are scattered all over the world and no goblin can obtain all those knowledge within its lifespan. Though the goblins are not the eldest enlightened, we still lived for hundreds of years. Us being the descendants of Greenskin Monsters who feed indiscriminately was punished by the God of Forest and was turned into a weaker and smaller green creature who is never allowed to kill for food. During the process of planting the Forest God''s Stigma, the other Gods interfered and destroyed the process of applying the Forest Gods Stigma and instead changed it into their own Stigma. This event caused different kinds of Greenskin Monsters and thus later on categorized as ''Goblin Kind''. Those who received the stigma of the Forest God are known as Forest Goblins. We the forest goblins are not allowed to kill for the purpose of eating. We can only live by eating plant produce or already dead creatures. Though they are not allowed to kill for food, killing for the sake of protection and for a cause is a different story. That rule was left behind by the Forest God after the punishment. In the annals of our ancestors, those who break this rule will mysteriously disappear and was taught to be eaten by the ground. The tree roots that rest underground are the main suspects for this mysterious incidents as they are the Forest God''s hands and feet. That fellow does not provide a patron aura, making me think that he is an unaffiliated individual without a horde and a God. The enlightenedprisoner was being dragged towards the Chief''s tent but I ordered a goblin to intercept that and instead placeitinside the Shrine. I want to ask him some question and maybe I can make him my mount and ride him, wouldn''t that be cool? I continued to engrave symbols in my tooth necklace, this necklace signifies my authenticity as a Shaman of the Bor''Bor Tribe. Our current tribe is a branch of the Bor''Bor Forest Goblins in this part of the Forest. Our Chief, the son of Bor''Bor was assigned to protect this area of the forest against those disgusting Humans who always destroy the forest and its inhabitants. Though that was the order of the Great Patriarch most goblinbelieves that there was another reason for the branch creation and speculations are that this particular son of Bor''Bor is a great troublemaker. This particular son of Bor''Bor did not disobey or break any law. But his violent personality really made the Chief makecertain measures for the safety of the Tribe and avoid a future catastrophe that might be caused by this son of his. The mission of protecting this part of the forest is only a facade made by the Great Patriarch for his son. The establishment of a branch here is actually a type of banishment and also a trial that will be considered as training and preparation for his son. I was assigned here to assist this branch and allow newly born goblins to know the greatness of the Forest God and the responsibilities of being a part of the Bor''Bor Tribe. As I was fidgeting around my tooth accessories, a loud explosion can be heard from the location of the newly built Shrine. I ran as fast as I could towards the Shrine, many goblins came along as they saw me going towards the direction of the loud sound. As I opened the tent, I saw a huge hole in the wall, the Chief, and the prisoner creature. I asked for the cause of the commotion and when I was informed I slapped the stupid Chief, the guy actually dared to damage the Shrine. I used my rare inborn skill towards the enlightenedwhich is called...
INSPECT - VII(RARE)This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. MP: 11 Displays information about the target. AF: Show little to no amount of info. + Failure rate reduced + Failure rate reduced + Increase Information + Increase Information + Failure rate reduced + Failure rate reduced
NAME: FIG RUBBERNECK TITLE: MULTILINGUIST
RACE: (HOGS) SPEAR-TAIL HOGS GOD: MOON GODDESS FACTION: NIGHTWALKER ALLEGIANCE: PREDATOR ALLIANCE SKILLS: INSPECT, BASH, CALM, BEMUSE, ANALYZE, IMPALE
HP:1220 MP: 266 STA:355 STR: 20 INT: 25 AGI: 45 END: 10 WIS: 35 VIT: 20 PER: 30 LV. 9 ATK: 70-81 DEF: 15 M-ATK: 12.5 RES: 5
This guy seems to be called as Fig, a member of the Spear-Tailed Hogs. ''Oh,'' I exclaimed as I saw his skills, he also got the same skill as me. Though this guy is low leveled, he sure has potential. As I read more details, my brow started to curl. PREDATOR ALLIANCE. That word started to make my blood boil. All the thoughts of keeping this guy as a mount was lost. "You, state your purpose," I saidin a cold and intimidating voice. He explained in a very gentle and apologetic manner. ''Heh, as if I will believe a word that came from a predator''s mouth,'' I think inwardly as I nodded to him as if I am acknowledging his nonsense. "I see, I ordered my kind to place you inside the shrine so the Forest God will guide your path but it seems like you''re no longer a lonely soul that''s lost in this vast forest but a part of another horde who recently made a commitment and signed a pact with aPredator God!" Since I wasted so much time, and this thing here is of no use to me, I might as well leave and let the Chief decide what to do with this vermin. As I was about to leave the tent, I heard someone shouting Gibberish. "SNOR-TOOINK, GRRRRGGG, BLUUUEERGHH!!!!!!" Cleansing 17 : Our Teamwork Being surrounded by these bunch of bipedal creatures, my self-confidence dropped. There are just way too many of them and fleeing from here is going to be harder. We need to break this encirclement and breakthrough to reach Fig. When I look at the building in front of us, I can see Fig being stepped on, the negative feeling was slowly dropping and a strong sense of anger came as I look at the perpetrator''s smirking face. An enemy launched his body up into the air and aimed his club at my head. Before he could hit me, I activated impale skill and aim at his stomach. The enemy was impaled as I swing him still afloat to a nearby enemy as they collided with each other. Another enemy rushed towards me, I as well charged towards him. Since my height is shorter, I gave my limbs a burst and rushed towards him hitting his lower limbs while receiving a club on my back at the same time.
YOU RECEIVED BLUNT DAMAGE -30 HP AF: Blunt Damage causes swelling, the attacked area will receive more damage when receiving an attack.
I ignored the notification and pain in my back as I mowed the enemy, I used his body that is still hanging on my back as a shield to move forwards, this guy seems to be knocked out. The fallen enemies I left behind was pierced by Jule, she aimed at their necks killing them on the spot. ''What a scary sow'' I thought as I halted my steps. Nic is still acting as a rear guard and uses PROVOKE towards those who aimed at Jule, this guy knows how to control the crowd even as a beginner, he did that all while snickering. Pic, on the other hand, was sober after shouting those oh so worrisome words. He received Nic''sGUARD buffand was able to take some hits but the skill was broken after absorbing the capacity. He turned back and run towards our direction as some goblins followed his track. He opened his storage and dropped some things. He did not look back and continued to run towards us. The enemies that are following Pic stilled as they started to hold their legs, it seems like they are in pain. They started to fall and roll on the ground as they withered and turned into ash. ''Pic where did you get those scary flowers? don''t put them into your storage, you dunce!'' I think inwardly as I looked at those scary flowers, POY-SON that is the name that Fig warn us to never approach. That bastard Pic actually got his hands on those scary flowers.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. ''This daredevil what if you accidentally touch those?'' I really can''t get how this pig''s brain work but worrying about that right now is really inappropriate. So I met with Pic half way and the 4 of us are now gathered and formed into a cross. Me at the front, Nic at the back, Jule and Pic on both flanks. As we continued to push our way towards the building. The Goblin Chief moved his feet away, he went to the Hole in the Wall and looked at the transpiring battle. He turned his head and looked at me while saying... "You''re in luck kid, those Goblins are settler Goblins and they are weak. If you meet our Soldier Goblins then those friends of yours would be annihilated within seconds". I did not respond, but this guy seems to be telling the truth. We really do not have a chance in fighting these guys not only are we outnumbered we also lack experience. The best way is to flee away from here. I looked around the area as I stand, the Goblin Chief is looking down on us and doesn''t really see us as a threat. He thinks that he can kill all of us anytime if he wanted to. He went closer towards the rescue group. ''What an arrogant guy,'' well that works for us though. I moved closer towards the center of the Shrine. The firewas burning, ever since the hole in the wall was created, thefireburned stronger for some reasons. ''I will make you regret you dumb Goblin Chief.'' I thought as came in front of the bonfire. ''Though we may be weak for now... the possibility of getting stronger EXISTS!'' A fiery feeling burned inside my heart as I whip my tail towards the burning bonfire, the assembled wood scattered as the Shrine slowly lost its source of light. The moment the darkness invaded inside, I activated my newly acquired night stealth skill as I run towards the tent''s entrance. I made sure not to bump any random goblin on the way. I moved faster than I remember, as I made a curve line going towards the nearest torch, these goblin guys sure have many ways to make light. I extinguished the torch by flicking my tail and making it fall to the ground as it lost its light. The goblins inside the Shrine made a ruckus but, their response was slow and it made me extinguish more torch that surrounds the Shrine as I went closer towards the rescue team. The Goblin Chief noticed what I''m doing and started to activate another cannon burst skill and from the looks of it, his skill was aimed at the rescue team. ''OH SHIT'' I thought inwardly as I shouted towards the rescue team. "CHIEF AIM FOR THOSE MINIATURE SUNS. EMBRACE THE DARKNESS THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO VICTORY!" After hearing my words, the team scattered into different directions, it seems that they get my message. The scene where the light near the Shrine disappeared attracted the attention of the goblins allowing Chief and the team to move along the crowd of goblins as they activated their night stealth skill. ''May the Goddess of the Moon guide us'' without me noticing, I started to place my worries towards this Goddess that I never met before, as if it is the mostnatural thing to do. The Goblin Chief who saw the group fleeing in different directions, lost his target forcing him to shoot the skill towards the sky. The skill erupted as pure mana emitted a ''booming sound'' accompanied with a flash of blue light momentarily illuminating the area. After that explosion, another loud sound was emitted. "CHAAAAAAAAAASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cleansing 18 : Our Battle Two days have passed since that night. The Chief and the team, suffered different kinds of injuries as they escaped for their lives, though there were no major ones, the trauma of being chased that night can never be laughed at. We not only need to be fast but we also need to avoid making traces in order for us to not lead the enemy towards our horde. The Chief might not be that smart but when the time needed it, he can be very dependable. He ordered the group to scatter and run in different locations to divide the enemy forces when they chase us, not only did he made the right choice, he was clear headed enough to command not to leave traces. It may be his instincts telling him but that was still very commendable. Though we did our best, the enemy still located our camp. But we already anticipated the fact that they can track us down and it is only a matter of time. They were quite fast since our camp and theirs are not that far, to begin with. At least we were given two days to prepare. The Chief and the team had already recovered, so did I. After the horde was alerted about the impending crisis.They were not scared, but they wanted to fight it out with these new enemies. ''What simpletons, they never saw the enemies might.'' is what I thought. But I can never voice that out since I am the cause of this trouble at the first place. Although I can defend my self by saying... ''discovering those goblins early on can avoid greater crisis'' It would still not change the fact that I attracted trouble, so It is better to just shut my mouth and think of solving the current problem. The Chief and I told them to pack things up and we should start leaving. If the enemy chases us, we can slowly eliminate and hunt them at night and we can run during the day. This would probably be the correct choice of action. But the horde was already attached to this place and was reluctant to leave. All the efforts in making this camp were done by the horde and they really want to test it out. They also want to test their strength and the only way to do that is to fight. So the final decision was to fight it out. If the tide of the battle will be in our favor, then we will stay. But I really lack confidence about this, so we made sure to make an escape route or two. Running would be the wisest decision in my opinion. The horde is just way too weak. At that night of our great escape, I realized something and that is... ''The world is big and we are too weak''. If we want to live then we must obtain strength, and in order to get that strength as fast as possible, we need to kill. We need to steel our hearts and view every being that we encounter as our enemy. As for why, at the Goblin Camp, when the Chief and the team tried to rescue me. They defeated some of those goblins. They not only increased the efficiency of their skills but they also obtained levels from it. Especially Jule. Jule got a ''Title'' and as well as 5 levels. Based on that, killing is the best way for getting stronger. Though as Hogs, we are not meant to hunt and kill creatures. When you think about it, we ate worms, and those worms are considered as creatures. So the only factor is the creature''s size. Before the blessing of the goddess. The thought of hunting and killing creatures of our size are non-existent. It may be our lack of confidence or our lack of thirst for blood or maybe it is just our nature since we are not really natural born predators, to begin with. But right now, the feeling that seeks for blood and flesh is circulating within our beings. The hogs who are creatures who thought that they are fine with starbagges and rootworms for the rest of their lives are now emitting a strong bloodthirst.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. Even the Chief can be seen with red-eyes and veins popping on his face. These two days, the Hogs were becoming hungrier and more aggressive, that they started uprooting trees since they could no longer be satisfied with just 3 or 5 worms. The trees that near our camp have been uprooted out of the soil and are now laying on the ground. The hogs during the second night upon receiving the blessing of the goddess started to hunt small creatures for food. They did not bite those poor small creatures. Instead, they impale them and they directly place said creatures inside their mouths and started chewing the fur, flesh, bones, and blood altogether inside their mouths. The hogs later discovered that by doing so, their hunger could be satiated and those small creatures were tastier than those worms and starbagges Though I believe that those small creatures tried to communicate with their predator, not all Hogs can communicate with other races. To think of it, I am the weird one for trying to do that in the first place, that Cat was right, why would you bother talking to your prey when you will eat them and be done with it in the first place. Me accidentally hearing the Cat talking to himself at that time was considered a blessing, since it avoided a major catastrophe by saying something amusing to its ears. But, the current situation is different, our enemy is not that Cat, but a horde of forest goblins who have gained sentience much earlier than us. Not only are they stronger since they know more skills and abilities than us they seem to have larger numbers than us as well. When the horde saw the goblins, at first their reactionswere like ''meh'', but when all the goblins have gathered outside the camp, they have begun gulping their non-existent saliva. The goblins started besieging the camp, they did not directly attack but it seems like they are waiting for someone or something. And then a voice came... "YOU DISGUSTING PREDATORS! , REPENT!" The goblins who heard the voice repeated the last word in unison. "REPENT!" At the center of that curve defensive line where the entrance of our camp was located. You can see a line of goblins started to break and they are making a way for the owner of the voice. "The Great I, Bol''Bol the son of Bor''Bor will offer your lives to the Forest God to amend for all the crimes you have committed." Said the Goblin Chief in a loud, arrogant voice. ''This dumb Goblin Chief, of course, he came.'' I thought as I responded to his lame battle cry. "Goblin Chief, this is a misunderstanding, we never intended to hurt you or your horde" The hogs did not get what the goblins are saying, but the words I gave were understood by them and they seem to be very displeased at what I''m currently doing. My apologizing tone hurt their feelings for some reason. But I really don''t want to fight these bunch of green bastards if I have to. So if we can resolve this by peacefully talking, then that would be for the best. "WHAT NONSENSE, NOT ONLY DID YOU DESTROY OUR SHRINE, YOU ALSO KILLED SOME OF OUR BROTHERS!" ''this guy, you are the one who destroyed your shrine in the first place, Chief and the Team only killed your kind as an act of self-defence.'' Is what I thought, since he already stated it that way, then we can only try and ask for forgiveness from our rashness and if it won''t work, then the only choice left would be, to FIGHT! "WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT OH GREAT CHIEF, WE ARE WILLING TO OFFER YOU ANYTHING AS LONG AS YOU RECEIVE OUR HEARTFELT APOLOGY". I shouted in response. The horde, when they heard that they shouted various words, like... "NONSENSE" "STOP THAT FIG" "LET''S KILL THEM ALL, AND BE DONE WITH IT" The goblins only heard snorts and oinks, while the hogs heard hisses and grumblings. And that works for me since their words can''t damage the negotiation that I''m currently making. Though the possibility is low, it is not zero, so I might at least try. Hearing my apology, the Goblin Chief tried to be cool and acted as if he was thinking so hard that he placed his right hand towards his head and rubbed his temple. "WELL THEN, SINCE YOUR RACE IS A STUPID RACE, AND YOUR GOD IS A DISGUSTING GOD. THEN THIS GREAT CHIEF WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE. YOU ALL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES WILL SERVE THE GREAT FOREST GOBLINS, YOU WILL ACT AS OUR MOUNT AND AS WELL AS OUR SLAVES FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES" ''There really is no more left that I could do,'' is what I thought. All the things I knew during the time I was captured, I already reported it to the horde. The Chief and the horde were surprised to this report since the report is all about the Contribution Store and its usage. The Chief ordered all the Hogs to open and discuss the items being sold inside their contribution store. Unlike me and the Chief, most hogs only got tens of contribution points while some like Pic, Nic, and Jule got CP in hundreds. I and the Chief got in thousands. This made things harder since not everyone can purchase Skills or Stats with those meager amount of CP. The horde made a decision to talk about the things available in their store and purchase the things that can increase our strength as fast as possible in preparation for this day. ''Oh well, who in their right mind would agree to that.''I thought as I translated the words towards the Hogs. Their response was rather expected. They shouted, and stomped their feet and later, those stomping and shouting became united, as they shouted the words in unison. "KILL" "KILL" "KILL" "KILL" "KILL" "KILL" As those words reverberated the surroundings. The goblins got annoyed and started their attacks. Though they might not understand our words, just the looks of our blood lusted faces the answer to their offer is clear. FIGHT! FIGHT! Cleansing 19 : Our Decision The goblins launched their attack as they tried to jump into our camp. The lousy moat we created made the goblins speed slow down as they were swimming towards the gate. Those who got near the gate became sittings ducks, as some hogs near the gate used their tails in order to pierce those invading goblins. The goblins who reached and tried to climb the gate got impaled as well. Though not all goblins got impaled due to stat differences, those goblins were instead knocked back towards the lousy moat. Those who managed to land inside the camp received hard snouts and got bashed when incapacitated, they were later on pierced in the middle of the throat, as per Jule''s instruction. Jule noticed that damage dealt multiplies depending on where it hits. The defense is distributed to your whole body but the proportions are not the same. Like our snouts which are harder and our bellies which are softer making them our weak spots. What Jule observed from the fight was that goblins died every time she aims at their neck. Jule hit those goblins at their body but they won''t die right away, so she aimed at different parts of their body until she discovered their weak point. She got all the test subjects since Chief kept making those damn goblins fall into the ground that night. The goblins who noticed that the head onwards and attack strategy is not working so they tried to go at the open entrance since that was easier to access and they do not need to swim the lousy moat to get inside the camp. But when the goblins went inside, The atmosphere changed as something was being absorbed into a particular direction. The pressure near the area intensified as pure mana was being gathered to a single point. A hog covered in blue aura was standing in front of the entrance way. I purchased it. Seeing its effect first hand really changed my mind of collecting CP. "BURST!" The rushing goblins evaporated as the blue energy hit them. The goblin Chief who saw me using the same skill he used to oppress me and his fellow goblins got a twisted face. He immediately cast the same skill. "CANNON!" Since we are facing each other I might as well cast the same skill. "CANNON!" Though the Goblin Chief started the skill first, I really have no plan in channeling it to its maximum. After the minimal channel time required was met I released the skill right away as the Goblin Chief was flabbergasted to my action he released his skill as well, a little slower than mine. "BURST!!" The two pure mana energies were released at almost the same time as they collided with each other causing them to explode near the Goblin Chief since I released mine first. The weaker goblins near the explosion evaporated making the Goblin Chief''s face spasm in anger. Though pure mana is noisy and flashy it really does not affect a large area. Even the ground only got a lump on its surface. There was even no debris floating since the area that was affected the most was the area of impact. Almost everything disappeared as the blue energy dissipated. The tough looking goblins who are guarding the Chief seems to be fine. It seems that the power of both our skills has a slight effect on them. The Goblin Chief stopped looking down on us and made a command in an angry shout. "ATTACK ALL TOGETHER!" He rushed forward leading towards the entrance as the goblins followed him. Instead of worrying, the Hogs were instead smiling. The Chief noticed the weird atmosphere and was about to command something when the ground they were standing on collapsed. The goblins who were rushing forward fell into a pit trap. Though it was made in a hurry making its width short, we made sure that it was deep enough to not let anyone climb or even use weird skills like that stupid Cat. Of course, it was my suggestion to place the pit in front of the entrance and it is their fault for being stupid enough to not even doubt why the camp entrance was loosely guarded. The goblins in front were pushed into the pit as the running goblins halted their rush. But the damage has been done, their Chief has fallen into the pit. The remaining goblins who are still above ground no longer have command and are just stupidly rushing towards the nearest hog and it became a mess as the hogs surrounded the pit and separating the goblins who are already inside while preventing those goblins who are still outside the camp to join the melee by blocking the camp entrance. Pic came and dropped rocks towards the pit. His storage level has increased and can now take 50 items inside. Pic dropped all 50 pig-sized rocks towards the pit and God only knows what the goblins felt when it hit them. After the pit trap card was activated. The goblin command shattered as they saw their fellows die one after another. Those who are outside the camp started to run as for those who are still trapped inside rushed towards the other end of the camp and jumped into the river. The hogs were too tired to chase those escaping goblins and instead inspected their surroundings. The Chief shouted and declared... "VICTORY!!" The hogs even though they were spent and exhausted forced what little energy remained within them and shouted as well. "VICTORY!!!"
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YOU HAVE GAINED A TITLE
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The ****** was amazed by the creativity in the usage of an auxiliary skill. SKILL SPECIFIC TITLE ACQUIRED: "The DumpHog" AF:Skill "STORAGE" will receive qualitative change.
STORAGE - III (EPIC) MP and STA: 15 STORE: Allows you to store items within you storage dimension. LIMIT: Items smaller or equal to users mass. Item must be firm and has a stable shape. Non-living things only. EJECT: Allows you to eject an item from your storage, items will be dropped at the specified location. LIMIT: eject target must be near the user. TITLE EFFECT EXPRESS DELIVERY: Increases speed of item ejected from the storage towards a target direction. Force applied depends on (INT * MP amount used) WARNING: Item ejected will no longer be protected by spatial force and will no longer defend against external and internal forces from damaging it. AF: Storage capacity15 items. + 5 max capacity + 10 max capacity + 20 max capacity + 25 max capacity (Title Effect)
''Awesome'' Though using the storage that way was not my idea, at least I am the owner of the skill, so it is still considered as my achievement. Looking at my surroundings, It can only be described as a mess. The camp that we made with all our efforts combined had experienced a total wreck. The lousy moats water was turned into blood, as the bodies of dead goblinscan be seen floating. The defensive fence we made was also destroyed as dead bodies of both goblins and hogs are scattered near it. We may have won the battle but as I looked around, the dead bodies of my fellow hogs are all over the place. When you think about it, aside from gaining experience, the horde really lost too much. Though they are my brethren, I really do not feel any sense of loss as I see them lying on the ground dead, never to stand again. Ever since the start of the event, I really don''t have feelings for the other members of the Horde aside from my buddies. Well as for the feelings I got before the event, I only thought of myself. As I was thinking to myself, a bloody Jule approached me. "Pic, the Chief is calling for you." The sight of Jule being covered with blood alerted me. "You hurt somewhere Jule?" Jule did not reply and just smiled a scary smile and went towards the direction of another Hog. It seems like she was monitoring the death count and as well as calling the members of the horde to gather. ''leaving this area is no longer an option but a necessity huh'' I thought as I went towards the Chief. As I went closer towards the Chief I can see his appearance, just like Jule, he also was a bloody mess. Though it might be enemy blood, there was still the possibility that the Chief is hurt somewhere since all the hogs have fought in a crazy brawl. Especially the Chief, he was fighting more goblins than the others. "Pic we need to gather the dead bodies of our brothers," said the Chief with a melancholic voice. "Why? It doesn''t feel good to place them inside me though" I ask since it''s gross to do that kind of stuff. "Please Pic" ''Urghh'' I agreed to the Chief''s request since the dude was acting that way. I am still holding a grudge against the horde so I really don''t wanna do this. Though it may be harsh, that''s what I really felt. Indifference. As I started to collect dead bodies inside me, I saw Fig staring blankly at the rock filled Pit. "Hey, bud. Stop blaming yourself. You saved the Horde. At least we did not receive a surprise attack. Because you know since you prevented it, by discovering them goblins first, right?". I tried to console him because he might be feeling guilty about the death of our brethren. Though those bastards abandoned you when you were abducted, you still cared for them. "I''m not thinking about that Pic. I''m worried about the consequence of killing them" says Fig as he snout-pointed the dead goblins. ''Huh?'' I know this guy is weird but to have pity for the dead enemy is beyond weird. He even killed almost half of those guys by his shrewd plans. He continued speaking. "When we went to their camp, the area was freshly built, the force that attacked our camp in an estimate is only half of their numbers and from the looks of it, there are still more enemies left that can harm our horde. I''m afraid they will call for reinforcements and hunt us down in full force." I''m not sure about that since I never noticed it in the first place, and I never bothered with those kinds of things to begin with. "We can just kill them all, you know" I spoke what''s in my mind. Fig shook his head and moved towards the Chief, I moved towards the opposite direction since I need to store the dead bodies. ''Well, if they come I''ll just drop stones at their heads and flatten those bastards,'' Is what I thought as I continued storing dead bodies. You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story."So, this kind of thing is now part of our new lives," I told myself as I continued looking around to assist my fellow hogs who are tired, snoring and lying helpless on the ground. This battle was a real eye opener. The lives we lived in that pigsty might be safer, but that life sure was boring. If I were given the chance of living that kind of life again, then I would kill the one who offered it. After the battle, I and some brothers with good conditions were asked to provide this magical thing to my injured comrades. Since we cannot carry them during battle, we hide this magical item somewhere in the camp. I grabbed(mouth) the magical item called HP pots that were currently attached to my tail, this thing was purchased from the CP Store. This will help you avoid death, and the Horde used most of their CP in buying this thing since they can''t afford to purchase skills nor stats, is what the horde decided. All the Hogs who can''t purchase stats or skills bought all their remaining CP into HP pots, though some are against it when the Chief told them that by doing so they can preserve their small lives. The Hogs no longer hesitate and purchased it. They only cost 50 CP and will automatically provide you 250 HP. I opened the HP pot and the contents fall towards a hog who was clearly at death''s door. If this takes any longer this hog will die since if you receive a wound, the thing called HP will start draining and it will only stop if your wound will be fixed. The hog''s body absorbs the HP pot as the wounds that littered his body slowly vanished. He tried to stand but his stamina was low so he fell to the ground again. "Don''t bother standing, there are no goblins left, we made sure to kill all those bastards, even those who are feigning death were not spared." The hog nodded and continued to lay on the ground. As I look for other injured brothers, I saw Fig and the Chief going somewhere, they might be planning for the next step of action that the horde will take. The dead bodies of goblins are gathered in one place, I don''t know what this is for, but the Chief specifically instructed this and even told the horde to collect all of em''. The dead bodies of our brothers are placed inside Pic, I can see the guy with a down cast face moving around collecting em''. The sun might be preparing to sleep but I and the horde are just about to start. BEEP!
YOUR HORDE HAS INITIATED THE FESTIVAL OF BLOOD
Cleansing 21 : Us Heartache I went towards the Chief. He seemed to be deeply sad about the turn of events. But that did not stop the Chief from moving forward since he was busy gathering the dead bodies of the goblins and piling them into one place. The Chief told me that there is this thing called offering and this will allow you to receive favor from the Goddess. He told me that there are many types of offerings. One of them is called Festival of Blood where you need to gather blood and flesh to serve as an offering towards your Patron God. He told me that since the Goddess is a member of the Predator Alliance she would happily receive blood and flesh. The other Gods might have different requirements but we really don''t need to know them anyway. The Chief did not mean to surprise the horde about this offering thing but because of the recent string of events, he doesn''t have the time to do so. ''Well, the Hogs are used to surprises so it won''t really matter much.'' is what I thought. As the believers of the Goddess of the Moon. The Hogs became active at night but that does not mean we are inactive at day. Of course, our body needs to rest but as our stats increase the duration of sleep, in our lives have decreased as well. Not only that, every time the sun descends and the moon arrives our bodies will be rejuvenated from all the fatigue we receive, one of the effects of our Goddess''s Blessing. Making the statement ''sleeping as a Hobby instead of a necessity'' is no longer considered as a joke but a reality. Analyze ''Festival of Blood and Flesh''.
ANALYZE - V (RARE) ACTIVATED FESTIVAL OF BLOOD AND FLESH (OFFERING) The Goddess of the Moon will temporarily allow her clone to descend from the realm of Gods. The clone will grant you one request. AF: Chance of success depends on the offering. Items offered will be lost either success or failure.
The Chief muttered something and the dim illumination of dusk turned into darkness. Deep darkness. As the sky above our heads sparked and cracked. The great moon revealed its appearance vanquishing the darkness. A little shiny dot started to travel towards us. As the dot started to grow bigger, a dazzling silhouette with the body structure of a goblin and the old farmer arrived in front of us. The scattered Hogs in the camp started to gather towards the silhouette, even the sleeping Hogs opened their eyes and rushed towards it. The Chief and the horde unconsciously bowed towards this silhouette, even I am not an exception. ........ ........ ........ (cicada chirping) ........ ........ ........ ''This...'' nobody spoke we kept bowing our heads. The being in front of us didn''t speak, it did not do a thing either. The Chief spoke breaking the silence. "Oh, great Goddess. Please, I offer you this pile of flesh and blood." ........ ........ there''s no response and the silence continued. ........ ........ the hogs started to raise their heads and give in to their curiosity. the silhouette no longer shone and the surroundings turned intobloody red hue. An eerie feeling dwelled as the Goddess respond. "This offering, I''ll accept, speak thy desire." The being spoke in an indiscernible voice it was not soft nor hard, feminine nor masculine and the tone was emotionless. "Oh great goddess, please bring our fallen brothers back to life." The Chief asked pleadingly as he poked Pic to release the dead bodies. Pic nodded and moved side ways as he brought them out one by one, forming a long line of dead bodies. As the final dead body was placed a notification popped out.
TRANSACTION FAILED
INSUFFICIENT OFFERING
At the same time the notification appeared, the dead bodies of the goblins started to shake. The pile was crushed by an unknown force as it turned into a pool of blood. The moon slowly absorbthe pool of blood temporarily making the moon red, the silhouette ascended towards the moon along with the remaining drops of blood. Nobody spoke, but red tears started to fall from the Chief''s eyes. The Chief collapsed as the red background turned into black making the surroundings dark. Moments later, the area was illuminated by the moon and the stars as if all that happened earlier was nothing but a dream. The Hogs who were mystified by the happening started to get noisy, they looked at me with eyes asking about ''what the hell was that'' kind of look. Of course, I told them about it and they made disheartened faces. It was a failure. The offering that the Chief tried to execute failed, the hopes of reviving the horde members who died was shattered. Though I really don''t believe that those who died would turn back to live again. The Chief still clung to the possibility no matter how little it was. We brought the Chief toward his camp spot so he could rest. The Hogs are still grieving, but there was also a portion who continued living just the same and hunted for little critters. When the night ended, the Hogs decided to throw the dead bodies of our brothers into the river. When the Chief rose from his slumber, he spoke about the remaining reward. "REWARD"
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The Chief decided to move on and was in a rush to get stronger. He went on the details about the remaining reward since the 4th reward was a passive one and have already been gained. "RACE MUTATION"
RACIAL MUTATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE: (2 POINTS) 1. ELONGATED TORSO (1PT)-Increases the length of your torso. Making your body longer. 2. HUMANOID PHALANGES (2PT)- Changes the structure of your fingers in all of your limbs into humanoid hands and feet. OPTIONAL: This also includes limb stretching, increase the current length of your limbs by 2 times. 3. HUMANOID HEAD(1PT) - Changes your skull structure into a humanoid one. The head includes 2 eyes, 1 nose, 2 ears, 1 mouth and you will able to grow hair. 4.WINGS (2PT) - Provides a pair of Wings that will allow you to fly. WARNING: some body structuresare not suitable for flying. 5. SET OF HUMANOID LIMB(1PT) - You will grow a new pair of Humanoid Limb(Feet/Hand). .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... 16. LONG TAIL (1PT)- Adds a long tail into your body. Constant Placement above the anus. 17. ENHANCED HIDE (1PT) - Adds another kind of protection in yourskin making it more rough and solid. 18. EXTRA EYE (1PT) - Adds an Eye to any part of your body. The eye receives the same sight with naturally born eyes. WARNING: Creatures without a sense of sight are advised to not pick this option as this does not include the Sense of Sight ability.
Cleansing 22 : Us Moving The night has come and the Chief has not returned. It''s not like I am worried for that troublemaker since the guy brought half of our branch members, he even brought all of our soldier goblins. Those soldier goblins might have small numbers but they are still part of our elite. The Chief himself can also be considered as strong for his generation. That guy even dared to mess with the daughter of the Ka''lay tribe''s Patriarch. He caused a wreck in their place, raped the princess and killed some goblins. Patriarch Ka''lay was enraged and was about to wage war against the Bol''Bol tribe but their elders managed to calm him down since they could not afford to pay the price of another tribal war. Patriarch Ka''lay could only swallow his anger and ask for compensation for the lost honor, by making the Chief as his own son in law as well as 200 pieces of Kuchi (a magical seed that increases VIT and fertility one of the Forest Goblins major currency) making the Bol''Bol Tribe''s Patriarch to scratch his head with no other choice but to agree. But those events are history, I, for the second time was proven as naive. A bunch of goblins are running with haggard looks and are desperately trying to reach me. They dropped to their knees and bowed their heads making loud thuds as it hit the ground. A symbol of deepest apology is currently being performed by the goblins. I originally thought that these goblins are those vagabond ones from their looks as they are rather messy and dirty. But the mark of the Bol''Bol tribe was etched at their necks, a tattoo of the twin fangs. "WE APOLOGISE PRIESTESS" The goblins shouted in unison, as they continued to catch their breaths. ''What the hell happened?'' I looked at their sorry appearance. I can recall some of the faces in front of me, they are part of the members that the Chief brought towards those hog something creatures. "Where''s the Chief?" The goblins who are still kneeling shuddered when they heard that question. Moments later the goblins exploded into sobs as numerous noises can be heard as they tried to speak but no words can go out from their mouths, only tears, and snot. Then a goblin can be heard in a crying voice... "Dead... sob, the Chief, so..." "WHAAT!???" I just can''t believe the words that entered my ears. "Those guys just gained sentience for a little amount of time and are considered as 2nd generation enlightened. How is that possible?" The sobbing goblins took a deep breath as they temporarily stopped crying as they dropped their heads deeper into the ground. I calmed myself. There is no way I would believe it, my brain is forcing me to reject the news. "Did they made collaboration with other races?" "No priestess, they did not. The Chief led the charge and fell into a pit trap" ''That idiot'' "How could you let the Chief fall into a stupid and simple trap like that? Where are the soldier goblins?" "They followed the Chief and fell as well. It happened in a flash. The Chief and Soldier Goblins fall into a pit and rocks started to fall out from the skyblocking the Chief and the other''s path of escape" ''How can this be happening. There''s a limit to stupidity'' "Did you see the Chief''s dead body?" The goblins shake their heads sideways. "If that''s the case... HEED THY SUMMONS!" A horn was blown as the sound reverberated around the camp. The goblins that are sleeping came out of their tents and started to gather towards me. "Tonight all of us should make preparations. First thing tomorrow we will march and rescue the Chief" I told all the goblins that are currently inside my dwelling. The goblins outside were curious as to why they are being summoned in the middle of the night but nobody asked and all of them complied. When all the goblins were gathered outside my tent. I went out and shouted. "Protectors of the Forest!" The goblins clenched their right fists and banged it towards their chest as a response. "PREPARE FOR BATTLE!". The Chief told the hordeabout the options for mutation. He was rearing to get those HUMANOID PHALANGES when I told him that if you got humanoid limbs, you can now act just like those bipedal creatures, walking on two feet. The Chief who already did something selfish that time when he chose a different Patron God, no longer has the guts to make selfish decisions that have permanent effects towards the horde. So this time, he will listen and obey the words of the horde and obediently discuss the pros and cons of each choice. But before all of that, I strongly disagreed on the time of mutation being now. Since we are still currently on a hot spot. The members of the horde also agreed that those goblins as neighbors would be suicidal. We already have a conflict with each other and are currently on the receiving end due to our casualties. The pit where the goblins are dumped is left alone. We really don''t care if the goblins inside are dead or alive, so nobody gave a fuck about it. If they are dead, then they are lucky since we gave them a place to rest, eternally. If they are alive, well at the time they get out of that, we are already gone so there is really nothing wrong about leaving that pit alone. We decided to cross the river and move forwards, far away from this place. Since we don''t have things to bring with us, our pace was rather fast. We made sure to not leave traces like prints, so as we walk, we continued to wipe the traces that are left behind by using our tails. If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.The horde discussed the mutation thing as we walked. There are many opinions that differ to each other like, a certain hogwants to have a thing called wings. Of course, I told them what wings are. After knowing its purpose, other hogs wanted to have wings as well. But I and the rest of the horde have second thoughts about having wings and flying. What will happen if you fly and those wings stopped moving? That question scared the pig shit out of them. There are also hogs who wanted to place an eye at the tip of our spear-tails. Of course, that''s stupid. The hogs received friendly tail lashes for their stupidityand no hog wanted to joke around anymore. If you place an eye at the end of the spear-tail, then we will have to change our race into eye-tail jokes aside, we not only wasted a mutation point but we also lost the penetration power of our spear-tails losing one of our main offensive attacks. The feeling of your extra eye bumping into something when we use impale gives me shivers as well. Cleansing 23 : Us Mutants When the sun was about to rise, we marched towards the enemy''s camp. The goblins drank morning dews from the leaves as they increase their march. The goblins who are informed about the Chief''s situation last night managed to hold back from marching after they finished their preparations. Moving at night would be hard for us since our enemies are creatures of the night and fighting in their pace would be disadvantageous and might cause more casualties. We can only pray that the Chief is still breathing when we get there. Though the possibility of the Chief being captured is high, I don''t believe that those creatures are capable of making negotiations so the Chief might still be inside the pit alive or the worst case scenario would be dead. If by chance they did something about the pit that might cause the death of the Chief and the others then we can only blame fate for toying with us. A goblin who managed to escape yesterday''s defeat can be seen running towards me. "Priestess, we have reached their territory" I ordered the group to be cautious as we moved at a steady pace. A heavy stench of urine can be smelled floating in the air. ''what a primitive and simplistic way of marking a territory.'' As expected of those 2nd generations enlightened. It really made me wonder how they thought of those tactics to defeat the Chief. ''Even if the Chief is stupid, It would still be difficult to deal with him'' I kept those thoughts aside as we are now close to the location where the battle occurred. "Scout the perimeter" The goblins obeyed my command as they scattered in different directions circling the area of the enemy''s camp.They returned with dejected faces. "Priestess, they have left" A goblin spoke with a voice filled with anguish. It seems like they really wanted to get revenge for the Chief and our fallen brothers. We moved into their camp. It was quite different from what I expected on how a 2nd generation''s camp would be like. A water defense and a wood defense. They have basic defense structure, just like those humans and their little hamlets. ''This is weird, how are they related to those dirty humans?'' I thought as I continued to survey the area. There are no dead bodies laying on the ground. The traces of battle are still fresh. It was clear from the damages caused in their wood defense. The water defense''s water also has the color of blood mixed. I moved into the place where the Chief was last spotted. It was a path made of rocks that are stacked into one another. ''Where do they get this kind of wisdom?'' It''s really amazing how those creatures made all of these stuff within a short amount of time. In front of me, a goblin can be seen calling for my attention. ''So this is the trap that they made'' Right in front of the entrance, A large pile of rocks can be seen. "Gather everyone and get these rocks out of the hole." The goblins moved swiftly as they drag one rock after the other. As they pulled more rocks out, they could also recover dead bodies of our allies. They separate the dead bodies and the rocks as they continued to haul the pit. ''Strange, aside from the bodies inside the pit, there are no other dead bodies. Even traces of it being eaten cannot be found''. Moments later several gasps can be heard. "THE CHIEF. THE CHIEF" ''Oh. it seems they found that idiot'' I moved closer and peeked inside the pit. The broad backs of the soldier goblins can be seen and were forming a circular formation. They huddled themselves together just like a petal revolving around the base of a flower. ''This bastard might be stupid but his luck''s not bad'' The surrounding goblins merrily pushed the soldier bodies aside and aimed for the Chief. The Chief was knocked unconscious and was currently being carried by the goblins within the pit. The goblins above thrown a makeshift rope made from vines into the hole and wrapped it around the Chief''s body. After doing so, the goblins who were rejoicing recovered from their glee and turned towards the soldier goblins who they pushed aside unintentionally. With their strong bodies, it seemed that no one died and was just powerless to move those rocks. Luckily there were spaces in the rocks that made the air enter inside, allowing these fools to breathe and not suffocate. When the Chief was pulled out of the pit, the goblins slowly lay him on the ground. I went closer to the Chief and inspected his body condition. ''only bruises, scratches and a pale skin nothing fatal huh'' I softly slapped the Chief''s face a couple of times to wake him up. His eyes slowly opened as he grasped for air, the dude stood and angrily shouted. "CHAAARGE!" ''dunce'' I thought as I slapped my forehead. "Shut up and look around genius" The Chief looked around when he heard my words. From rage to anger and from anger to puzzlement. "WHERE ARE THEY?" A kind goblin manages to explain the situation. The Chief then bowed his head in shame, not only was he defeated, he lost almost half of his branch. He looked at me trying to say something but he didn''t open his mouth and sat on the ground instead. "We need to go back Chief." The Chief raised his head, then shook it. ''this idiot'' "You want to chase them?" The Chief nodded his head. ''Why am I the one who''s assigned to baby sit this bastard'' "What would you get by doing something like that Chief?" The Chief stilled and was deep in thought. "Forget it, as long as those creatures live in this forest we can still find them. But for now, the best way of action is to go back and heal those who survived, you really need to reflect from this Chief. Luckily, aside from our enemy, only us knew about this fiasco, so retrieving your honor can be done later." The Chief with a reluctant face nodded at my proposition. ''Oh well, this guy needs to mature fast. If those 2nd generations can do something like this within months, then our safety...'' Chief Pair tried to reopen his opinion of having humanoid limbs, saying that if we got those we can work efficiently and we can create more things. Our fighting potential would increase since we can free three of our limbs instead of the means of using 4 limbs to rush on an enemy or as balance when we use our tails. This I agree. But Jule and some of the hogs opposed to the idea, saying that by doing so, not only would we expose our weak spot, which is our stomachs. We would also need time to adjust from being 4-pedal into being 2-pedal which required an amount of time and we currently don''t have such thing for the moment since we are running away from those goblins. I tried toopen my mouth and offer some help to the Chief when something... Cleansing 24 : Us Mutants (2) The horde temporarily stopped. In front of us, buildings that are quite familiar can be seen from a far. There were lots of them in varying sizes. The hogs cautiously gathered and made hush whispers to one another. ''It''s similar to the old man''s place but there are no plants'' I thought as I surveyed the area. "Inspect"
STRUCTURE: HAMLET(COMMON) A small sized human settlement composed of houses with minimal to zero defense structures. AF: newly colonized area that lacks security.
''Oh. A human camp'' "Analyze human."
ANALYZE - V (RARE) ACTIVATED HUMAN A humanoid race with high civilization, high intelligence, innovative and diplomatic race. AF: An ancient race believed to be descendants of gods.
''Oh. So the old man was called a human. Moley met them as well but it''s weird that our old man did not name us when he''s human.'' Chief Pair said to hide far from it for the moment and wait till dusk so we could start our infiltration by using our blessing skill - Night Stealth. The hogs who got eye skills and hearing skills added that there seems to be no one inside the camp. But the Chief insisted on waiting for dusk just to be sure since we cannot afford to have new enemies. As we waited for dusk, Jule approached me. "Yo Fig. I just want to remind you about something." ''Not this again'' "You know Jule, I need to talk something with the Chief so..." Before I could move, Jule blocked my path. "No you don''t Fig, I know you are running away again." ''Shit. I know that I couldn''t run away forever but for Jule to be this straight forward.'' "No Jule, it''s just that our situation is dire and doing those things are rather inappropriate." "You already said that excuse when we returned from the enemy camp last time." ''Urghh. It''s JUST mating and that''s all. But why am I being so wussy about it.'' I tried to calm down and composed myself. "Ok Jule, but I want to clarify things." "Just once," I said with a firm and solid voice. Jule burst out laughing with jeering snorts. "Then what are you waiting for?" ''You gotta be kidding me'' "Seriously Jule, right HERE?" Even though we were hiding from the human settlement our fellow hogs can still be seen moving around. "Why not?" "For some reasons, I really feel uncomfortable being seen doing the deed" "Come on Fig, I know you are weird. But nobody gives a fuck about being seen mating" Jule said as she raised her butt. ''Shut up, cause I give a fuck'' I mounted on top of Jule and inserted my thing. *oaah Jule released weird moans as I humped her. "Faster Fig... oaah...use more force." I complied with Jule''s request as I slowly enjoyed humping her. Some hogs saw us since Jule''s moans are rather loud as they stopped to look and then walk away as if nothing peculiar was happening. ''Damn it. At least leave some expression when you saw someone mating. Damn it damn it.'' I cursed as my weirdness was just proven by that fact. Angry, I used more force and even added mana every time I pushed my thing. *OHHHHH. (FIG) "YEAH moaarr.. give it to me Fig... AHHHHHHHH." My seed spurted inside Jule as I ejaculated. I left the scene with mixed feelings. ''I feel like I lost something important.'' I continued to move away from the spot and found myself a clearing. I sat in the middle and recollected all the happenings ever since theevent. ''It''s not like I haveplans or something, but I really want to see more about this world.'' This kind of thought might be the reason why I don''t want to attach myself to Jule. I really want to go out and see the world, and by doing so I need to leave the horde. As I was lost in my thoughts dusk came.
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The Chief and the hogs started to infiltrate the hamlet. But just as expected, there was no soul in there. The Chief gave the signal to come and all hogs went around the hamlet excitedly. Since the area was not that large, the hogs rounded the hamlet quite fast and shared their thoughts. One hog brought a twig and gave it to me, curious about what it is. "INSPECT"
TOOL: WOODEN SPOON(COMMON) A human tool used for eating, stirring, and serving food. AF:Rots with time.
Another hog brought another item from the hamlet and gave it to me as well.
TOOL: TWIG BROOM(COMMON) a long-handled brush of twigs used for sweeping. AF:Twigs fall from time to time.
As if it''s the most natural thing to do, the curious hogs brought different kinds of items to me. Since I too am curious about these, I inspected all of them.
ACCESSORY: TRINKET(COMMON) a small ornament that is of little value. AF:Believed to bring luck.
MISCELLANEOUS: PIECE OF CLOTH(COMMON) woven or felted fabric made from wool, cotton, or a similar fiber. AF: Low quality.
I continued to inspect the things while telling the hogs about their details, they asked more question about what''s that and what''s the use of that. It made things harder since I need to use both analyze and inspect to fulfill their curiosities. Since almost everyone gathered around me, the Chief announced something. "WE WILL STAY HERE FOR AN AMOUNT OF TIME, THERE ARE THINGS THAT I WISH TO CONSIDER AND I HOPE EVERYONE WILL COOPERATE." The curious hogs who were listening to me moved their heads and faced the Chief. "Come on Chief, tell us that later" (HOG 1) "It''s not like those goblins will still follow us until here, it''s already been 3 days" (HOG 2) "YEAH" (MULTIPLE HOGS) The Chief hearing them could only sigh, he looked at me with pleading eyes asking for help. "Uhmm. Guys, I think we need to listen to the Chief. I can tell you about these things afterward anyway." I said as the hogs reconsidered whilst pouting. *kuf! kuf! The Chief then continued... "First is, we do not know where we currently are. Though I know that nobody cares and no one knows anything about this place, I still want to stay here for the meantime before we continue moving on. Since we don''t have a destination and moving around blindly might get us trouble, so making scouting teams to scout the forest would be the wisest thing to do in my opinion." The hogs who were pouting gave the Chief a glare. "THAT''S IT?" (MULTIPLE HOGS) *kuf! kuf! "Second is, the Mutation stuff." The hogs expressions change as they heard the word "MUTATION". They no longer half-heartedly listen to the Chief but was rushing excitedly towards him instead. Cleansing 25 : Us Mutants (3) The hogs swarmed the Chief as they voiced out their opinions about the mutation making their voices overlap each other. The Chief pacified them and told them to talk one by one. There are top 3 choices that are quite similar: 1. The Humanoid mutation. 2. The Wings acquisition. 3. The Torso enlargement plus an extra pair of limbs. This time the Chief thought of a solution on how to decide the mutation path since nobody wants to give way making the decision for the mutation to drag on. He asked the hogs to raise their tails when their preferredmutation path was called. The highest amount of tails would be the mutation path the horde will take. The hogs agreed to it as the solution was very reasonable. The Chief said loudly. "WINGS" A group of hogs led by Pic raised their tails, the Chief pointed a corner and let them move aside. The Chief continued. "TORSO" A group of hogs who were led by Jule raised their tails, she then glared at those who haven''t raised their tails as if threatening them to raise it. ''Oy, that''s not allowed Jule'' is what I thought, but the hogs who were being glared atdidn''t succumb to Jule''s threats. I saw the Chief breath a sigh of relief. Calm down Chief, I already convinced a huge amount of hogs. When they tried to ask me a favor, of course, I told them to return it whenneeded. Seeing that nobody else raised their tails, Jule tried to persuade them by explaining different kinds of things. But still, nobody raised their tails. The Chief, I and the Hogs who haven''t voted yet gathered together. Pic''s group was lesser than both of our groups, just by looking at it while Jule''s group almost have the same numbers with ours. In order to determine the winner, we pick a hog of our group and pair it with a hog of Jule''s group. The group that got a hog without a pair wins since it has more members. A huge smile can be seen hanging on the Chief''s face as the pairing was going on. ''It''s for the greater good Chief,'' Though I felt bad for Jule. We cannot allow those humanoid limbs to pass by, just thinking about its potential, there are just way too many possibilities for it too. A powerful flash of light brought forth a strong energy wave.The lightturned brighter and brighter, before finally engulfing the entire hamlet. I felt a burning sensation seemed to set all of the parts of my body ablaze.Along with the continuous burning of my body, I could distinctly feel my body was starting to change slowly. My hind legs were currently being stretched aswell as my front legs, therewas also an itchy feeling as every second passes by. When the light started to change the form of my hands and feet, an extremely frightening agony constantly grated on my hands, even turning my vision blurry. I passed out. When I woke up, a different kind of scene was in front of me. The hogs who now have long limbs with humanoid hands and feet are lying everywhere in the hamlet. ''It seems like I''m not the only one who lost consciousness.'' I thought as I tried to movearound. But for some reasons, I can''t use my new feet and hands. ''If an enemy comes, then all of us will die.'' I forced myself and attempted to move my hands, this time I felt a response. The finger in the middlewas raised and the others were clenched. Moments later, I saw Fig trying to move as well. He too was trying hard on how to control our new limbs. He turned his neck towards my direction and was trying to say something when a notification popped out.
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"Status Screen"
NAME: PAIR REEVES TITLE: CHIEF
RACE: (HOGS) SPEAR-TAIL HOGS TYPE: DEMI-HUMAN GOD: MOON GODDESS FACTION: NIGHTWALKER ALLEGIANCE: PREDATOR ALLIANCE SKILL: INSPIRE, RITUAL, FORTITUDE, IMPALE, NIGHT STEALTH BLESSING: NIGHT''S BLESSING
HP: 2,605 MP: 519 STA: 840 STR: 60 INT: 50 AGI: 25 END: 60 WIS: 25 VIT: 60 PER: 15 LV. 31 ATK: 126 - 141 DEF: 65 M-ATK: 25 RES: 30
''Oh,'' I exclaimed as I shouted towards Fig. "Fig what the hell''s a Demi-Human" Fig stilled, the usual fast response did not come. ''Maybe there are many things that are related to Demi-Humans,'' While waiting for Fig''s response I continued to move my hands. Now I can make grasping motions,I can move my feet as well. I put some force on my back and spring my upper body upwards trying to make into a sitting position. I failed. *BAM My head hit the ground as my upper body fell. The noise woke up some of my brothers and they too started to move their limbs. ''This is frustrating,'' I continued to spring my upper body upwards, but then again a mysterious force continued to pull me back into the ground. *BAM *BAM *BAM ''I hope this is temporary, or else,'' Cold sweat started to appear on my face as I thought of the idea of permanent disability. Cleansing 26 : Us Adapting It has been 2 days since the mutation. The hogs have more or less adapted towards their new limbs. With a slightly awkward feeling, they still accepted the fact that they were no longer the 4 pedaled creatures they were used to be. Some rejoiced about the change, but therewas also a portion who were unhappy about it. The ones who hated the change the most were the female hogs. When they became 2 pedaled their teats started to show and they disliked the fact that moving on all fours for a long period of time will hurt their backs, so they could only continue walking on two feet and display theirsoggy teatsfor everyone to see. The Chief was the only one who felt euphoria from the change. When all of us woke up after the mutation, the Chief only took a day to adapt from the change. He started to move those limbs like crazy, he ran and ran again and ran around on two feet that after consuming most of his stamina, he experienced stamina zero that day not once but twice. The Chief''s well-built muscles are now currently being displayed for everyone to see, not like before, the Chief''s abdominal muscles are only appreciated by the ground since it can only be seen when he stands on 2 feet. ''Maybe that''s the reason why he always wanted to stand on two feet,'' I felt dumb for a second when I thought about that being the Chief''s driving force toward humanoid mutation. I saw Pic still trying to move his new limbs in order to stand but he always stumble and fall since his knees will crumble everytime he walks, I really wanted to help but there''s really nothing I can do but tocoach and cheer for him since it''s a part of his body then only he could learn on how to use it. There was also Nic after we fought the goblins he was acting rather weird, I may be too busy to ask for the reason but if he wants us to know then he should''ve told us already, so I am assuming that he doesn''t want to talk about it, so I lefthim alone. Unlike the other female hogs, Jule was proudly displaying her beautiful teats, when you compare her teats to the others, then it can only be described as a female version of the Chief. ''Holy pig, is that really Jule, how can it be that her body is more well-built than mine,'' I grimaced as I discovered the fact that my body was rather wimpy compared to the Chief and even most of the hogs. I moved away from the rest of the hogs and went inside a house that was now considered as my dwelling. I sat on a thing called ''chair'' and looked at the different items placed on a thing called ''table''.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. The hogs were no longer curious about the stuff that they found here in this hamlet, some kept their items, while the others throwit away and those items ended up inside Pics stomach. I already checked all the items since most of the items are the same, it only took a day to finish inspecting them. There are items that really caught my eye, especially this thing called ''glass''. ''Where the hell did they get this kind of thing,'' was what I thought at first, but it was actually madeby them which left me flabbergasted. The thing called glass was used by the humans to carry water towards their mouths, which in my opinion was rather stupid. ''Why not directly drink the water from the source, placing water in a glass thendrinking it afterward is so stupid that it really made me wonder why they created this beautiful thing just for that,'' I continued to doubt the human''s so called intelligence as I surveyed the items on top of my table. There was only a little amount of these glass in the hamlet, though the others broke due to the hog''s bruteness, I still gathered the broken shards and placed them in a corner of my house. There was also this thing called ''silver'', there are many different things that were made from this. It is said that this silver came from the thing called ''mines'' which were located at a thing called ''mountain''. The silver that currently is in front of me is of various forms, there is a silver ''spoon'' that also has a weird intended purpose that was actually used for delivering the food into the mouths of those humans. There is also a thing called silver ''food knife'' which allows you to cut food. ''What the hell, those humans don''t have teeth or something?'' I tried to recall the old farmer''s teeth and remembered that he only had a little amount so I accepted the fact that these knives are of great purpose. There was also a thing called ''fork'' which has a similar function of a spoon. The best thing that attracted my attention the most was the thing called ''gold''. They are little shiny things that are used by the humans as a medium for a thing called ''trading''. ''Oh well, what ever that is, these things are quite pleasing to the eyes,'' I continued to analyze the things and found out silver too can be used for trading, there is also a thing called ''copper'' that is used as well. Though I am curious as to why did those humans left behind their things, I did not put it to heart since I learned different kinds of stuff that might be useful when I go around the world someday. I already experienced the fact that the power of the thing called knowledge is absolute for my survival, so having more things to learn is a must. When I was lost in my thoughts, Jule came inside my dwelling. "Hey Fig, why do you gather those rubbish, you can''t eat them you know" ''Urgh, what an annoying sow,why can''t you just leave me alone already'' I thought as I stood up and prevented Jule from going near my table and damage my stuff. "Jule, I am busy, what do you want?" I asked Jule as I blocked her from entering further. "Fig I want to mate, the other sowsare currently pregnant and I really am curious as to what kind of thing will pop out of my hole." .... .... .... "WHAT!???" Cleansing 27 : Us Scouting I wasn''t shocked about Jule''s invitation since I''m already used to it. Instead, I was shocked by the fact that some of the female hogs were actually pregnant right after the mutation. After the event, the pregnant hogs mysteriously lost the things they were carrying inside their bellies. They were shocked about it at first but then decided to forget about it since it was more convenient for the horde when moving around places. Although this topic was mentioned one time, the hogs seriously did not care about it. During the event, there were also no little hogs around making me wonder where the hell those little guys went. I am not sure if the already born babies grew up automatically or the babies disappeared since we hogs don''t socialize before the event and the female hogs who bore those little hogs don''t really care much about their youngsters. "What''s with the surprised face?" Jule said with a puzzled expression.I ignored Jule as I slowly but steadily pushed her outside my dwelling. ''How could you not know the significance of this matter'' I could only sigh as the thought of the horde increasing its population was rather a huge matter for me. When we were out of the house I told Jule multiple of times to never go inside when I''m out. I ran as fast as I could towards the Chief and left Jule hanging. ''It''s not like I don''t care for you, Jule. But I really got a feeling that the newly born hogs will be different than the previous ones.'' I really can''t explain it but the matter of caring for one''s young will have a qualitative change was what my senses were telling me. When I reached the Chief''s dwelling which was the tallest building in the hamlet and was rather convenient to look for since it was placed at the center of the hamlet. I saw the Chief holding a thing called ''rake'' some houses got them but most of them can be found in an abandoned lot near the hamlet with a weird forming ground which was actually called as a ''plot''. The Chief was practicing. He said that this ''rake'' here will become an extension of his limbs and will hit the enemy hard when we first saw that item. He slashed the air with his rake, hacked, pierced and chopped. Despite the Chief''s muscular build, his movements were rather fluent and fast while displaying his agility and mastery of using his newly mutated limbs. I can''t even see the rake when it''s moving. ''Wow. If an enemy got hit by that. The poor rake would surely break'' I approached the Chief while making heavy steps in order for him to notice my presence. The Chief halted his practice and spoke without even turning back. "Cool right?" "Urgh, It was but you destroyed that cool image by acting like that" *cough *cough "So what brought you here?" "I was about to ask you about the pregnancy of some hogs" "What''s there to ask for Fig?" ''Oh come on, even you Chief?'' I thought inwardly as I went closer to the Chief and murmured something. "WHAT!??" The Chief shouted when he heard my words. Well, what I told the Chief was rather scary in my opinion as well so that would be a natural response, I guess. "How can you say something like that Fig? Did you got it from your analyze skill?" The Chief was now sweating bullets since he might be the cause of this massive pregnancy of the horde. "No I didn''t. I only got a feeling that it would be like that though" I told the Chief with a mischievous smile on my face. The Chief breath a sigh of relief as he continued to practice and was now ignoring my existence. ''Hehe, suits you right Chief. Who told you to show off that muscular body of yours around.'' I went out of the Chief''s dwelling and was planning to go around looking for those pregnant hogs when I saw the first scouting team return, I changed my mind. "Is there something new?" I asked as I looked towards the current leader of this scouting team, Nic. Nic smirked and moved towards the Chief''s dwelling while saying... "Come, you hear it with the Chief" "I just went there but yeah might as well listen to it when the report is still fresh" I followed the scouting team as we seek an audience with the Chief. Though Chief Pair might be the Chief, he doesn''t act arrogantly like that Goblin Chief and the hogs treated him just like any other hog, he too treated the members of the Horde as his brothers instead of being subordinates. It really made me wonder why the goblins care about their Chief so much that they were actually willing to die for him. The Chief was repeating those flashy moves he made when I first went in but this time he stilled and made no weird spiel. ''Damn so that was actually scripted, this pretentious hog how many times have you done this already?'' I cursed the Chief in my mind as the scouting team was awed by the Chiefs flashy display. He turned around and faced us when he saw me, his brow curled but it returned to normal like it never happened as he squatted on the floor. "So how was it Nic?" "Nothing new, we moved at dusk and withdrawn when dawn came. Even while moving as fast as we can, we could still not leave the forest" "At least there was no danger in the northern area and we can consider it as a safe route, so did you mark the path?" "Yeah, we also made sure to locate water sources when we''re at it." "Well done, tell Jule to gather her team so they could depart when dusk comes, let her go towards the west. Jule will be more efficient since she has navigation skills" I agree with that statement, Jule even introduced thefour cardinal points to us and even made plenty of examples on how to determine them. Nic confirmed that with a smirk. Nic and his team left the Chief''s dwelling. "Hey Chief, I don''t see the point of the time duration of this scouting team. Why not let them move further and only return when they saw something new?" The Chief nodded his head but did not automatically reply. Moments later he stood and said. "I am afraid that those humans might return, so we cannot afford to allow the scouting team to be away for too long." The Chief walked around me, as he was revolving his eyes were focused on me. "Yeah,there sure is a possibility of them returning but it''s not like we could not negotiate with them peacefully. The analyze skill says that they were a diplomatic race." The Chief stopped moving and pointed a wall, I looked at the direction of the wall and saw a cloth hanging on the wall. "What''s that?" I askedas my curiosity was triggered. Cleansing 28 : Us Doubts I walked closer towards the wall. The hanging cloth was rather attractive that I got a weird feeling rising inside my chest just from looking at it. But before I could even use my inspect skill, the Chief spoke. "This is the reason why they will return. This thing here raises my mood and sometimes makes me fierce. I''m definitely sure that they forgot to bring this with them and will come back for this." I nodded my head and used inspect. "INSPECT"
EMBLEM: AZKATHO KINGDOM BANNER (COMMON) - A banner with the 3 colored triangles forming a trapezoid of the Azkatho royal family. The triangles symbolizehierarchy. The blazing red color in the middle symbolizes courage and bravery. Its blue color on the left symbolizes peace and tranquility. The green color on the right symbolizes prosperity and fertility. A common yet popular banner made by the citizens of the Azkatho Kingdom. AF: Increases fighting spirit slightly.
There were lots of new words that I find hard to understand so I used my analyze skill a multiple of times. "Analyze Emblem" "Analyze Kingdom" "Analyze Banner" "Analyze Color" "Analyze Triangles" "Analyze Trapezoid" .... .... .... After I finished inspecting and analyzing the cloth that was in front of me. I got excited. The word Kingdom is a human thing where they have a King that will rule over all the other humans who lived within the King''sterritory called Kingdom. ''So this hamlet is called the Azkatho Kingdom,'' I said as I made a conclusion. I wonder where the King and all the other humans went by leaving theirkingdom empty. There were no traces of battle, the situation was so weird so I decided to think about it later. I looked at the Chief who was clearly waiting for me. "Chief this thing here is called a Banner. That attractive thing in the middle of the cloth is called an emblem. That emblem thing belongs to the Azkatho Kingdom which we are currently occupying, that means that thing in the cloth is a mark and a symbol of their territory." I explained my findings in a simple and direct manner. The Chief still has a question mark hanging over his head so I added. "They abandoned their kingdom Chief, that means we can make this area our new territory" The Chief nodded his head as if indicating that he got my point, he then said. "So will they return or not?" It seems like the Chief was still worried about those humans coming and getting this banner thing, well I can''t blame him since he only thinks for the benefit of the horde so I will try and erase some of his doubts. "I do not know if they will come back or not but I am definitely sure that if they do, it''s not for that thing," I said as I pointed the banner. "How can you say that Fig? This thing seems to be important, my gut is telling me that they will come back for that." "The analyze skill told me that this thing is common and can be found anywhere around the kingdom." *ZAP!!!! A strong realization hit me. Since this item was common then we should have found them everywhere in this kingdom/hamlet. Then why is it that the banner was only placed within the Chief''s dwelling. "Chief we are in deep trouble. Those human Kingdoms are probably huge and this hamlet is not a kingdom and is only a part of it." With a worried look, the Chief responded. "Why are we in deep trouble? Stop being mysterious and directly tell me Fig." The Chief was getting anxious since he trusted me so much and my words have already saved the horde a multiple of times. "If they return, they would probably attack us on the spot. If those humans discovered that a part of their territory is currently being occupied by another race then they should be enraged. Plus the missing people who used to live here might misunderstandus as invaders making the situation more complicated since we have no information about those humans or even their numbers but there is one thing that I am sure of Chief." "And what''s that?" Sweat started to gather on the Chief''s head. "We will be annihilated," I told the Chief my heartfelt thoughts. The Chief was shocked about my prediction, the belief that we were now stronger than we used to be was true but us being stronger than those humans who were our predecessors was so wrong that just thinking about it reminds me of the bloody battle against those goblins. The thought of the power of that Goddess who recently descended and those humans who were actually descendants of said Goddess scares me to death. When you think about it, we were used to be raised by those humans. "Are they that strong, I don''t believe you Fig, that old man in our old place was not that strong looking in my opinion," The Chief who recovered from his shock tried to calm down and think things thoroughly. "I know nothing about their physical strength Chief, they might be as strong as those goblins or stronger but that''s not the reason why I said that. They are smarter than us Chief and that''s scary, think about it. I''m not saying that we were smarter than those goblins since we defeated them, but what I''m trying to say is that the human King might not be as stupid as that Goblin Chief and also there are things that can make the situation more difficult than it already is. Things that I am referring to are those so called "weapons" that the goblins were using. Did you saw them, right? Those things the goblins were carrying?." The Chief nodded his head, he too was thinking about using weapons even before the mutation. So how can he not know about them? "Then what abouthuman weapons?" "How can you be so sure that those humans have weapons and stuff?" The Chief keeps on denying reality but I am not gonna blindly believe that they don''t have one since they can even make more complicated stuff like this house we are currently in. "Just look around Chief," I said as I started to move out of the Chief''s dwelling. When I was near the exit, the Chief spoke in a hurried voice. "We can''t afford to move Fig, the Hogs are still adapting with their new limbs and also those pregnantsows,we couldn''tjust leave them here and if we bring them, they will only slow us down when we start to move." The Chief followed me out of his dwelling with a perplexed look. "Then we can only do one thing Chief."