《TWIG - The System Can't Save Me, But It Can't Stop Me Either [a gamelit-portal-fantasy-poem by eric river]》Chapter 041 - What fun is fighting monsters when there’s reading left to do
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CHAPTER FORTY ONE
What fun is fighting monsters when there’s reading left to do
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~ Name: Hawk ~
Title: All Seeing
Class: Mage [lv149]
HP
[167]
MANA
[210]
ATK
[197]
INT
[185]
DEF
[161]
SPD
[86]
I’ll be honest, I’m surprised you’re answering the call
You once said you wouldn’t mind seeing the kingdom fall
But you are mage, and mysteries always tempt you
Hopefully what you discover won’t disappoint you
~ Name: Oak ~
Title: Ghostly Archer
Class: Sorcerer [lv103]
HP
[103]
MANA
[262]
ATK
[95]
INT
[184]
DEF
[75]
SPD
[96]
It’s been a very long time since you’ve answered to the king
Do you hope he’ll have forgiven you for everything?
Use that marksmanship of yours to choose the correct path
But be wary, there is more to fear than one king’s wrath
Hawk and Oak had passed the messengers on their journey
But they were unseen for they were moving too quickly
No humble messenger could dream of catching Hawk in flight
And Oak was always just beside her, every day and night
“Hawk, my dearest, must we really bother with that king
Even his advisors likely do not know a thing
Mightn’t it be best that we go straight to the empire
There we could research this matter to our hearts’ desire”
Oak’s voice cut through the cool wind that rushed past his stern face
But even then, not a single hair was blown out of place
Despite moving much faster than Leaf could run on the ground
His voice was clear and drowned out every other sound around
“In any other case, I’d leave the king to his affairs
I’m no more a fan of his advisor’s twisted stares
But after centuries of balance all across the land
Something has me worried which I cannot understand”
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As if to interrupt her on their long flight, just ahead
A portal had appeared that would fill any man with dread
A monster flew out of it and the portal closed behind
A wyvern just as big and mean as any you could find
~ Name: Unnamed ~
Title: Portal Monster
Class: Red Wyvern [lv38]
HP
[75]
MANA
[26]
ATK
[182]
INT
[19]
DEF
[114]
SPD
[93]
A wyvern of the second tier, a dangerous creature
It’s claws and fangs are sharper than most armour would endure
Large enough for demons to ride onto the battlefield
It has the blood and pride of dragons and would never yield
Achievement: Swatting a Fly
Hawk, it didn’t even see your mana covered fist
Before it found you its torso became a bloody mist
It would not be proper to bestow you a reward
That was like leaf falling in the path of a sword
“The gods may be in panic but they’re stingy as always
I haven’t gained a status boost in six or seven days”
Hawk just clicked her tongue as she flew on without a care
The wyvern’s corpse fell down, giving a sleeping bear a scare
“That just because you don’t challenge yourself anymore
You’ve not broken a sweat since we last went off to war”
Oak chuckled as he recalled the last time they had fought
The war had been so short and boring, he almost forgot
“That was not a war, the empire simply learned its place
That emperor just needed that smile wiped off his smug face
I’d thought the tiny army that they sent was an insult
With only fifty ships, they should’ve foreseen that result”
She rolled her eyes, remembering her time in the army
A mage commander, standing proud before her enemy
The king had promised her a fight worthy of a reward
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But in the end, she still felt like an unused, rusty sword
“Hawk, my love, I would like to make one thing slightly clear
We’re only going there to see what news there is to hear
Little Sky should be just fine, but still we must hurry
We mustn’t make the king feel he can call on us freely”
Hawk nodded in agreement sighed with great disdain
“Honestly, human affairs are always such a pain
We should have run away to live among the southern elves
They no how to keep such troubling matters to themselves
Remember in the old days when our only enemies
Were the portal monsters, oh give me those days back please
Why that king insists on making his big kingdom grow
Makes me skeptical about how far humans can go”
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