Home of the dwarves: Mountain Place.

As we wandered around the forest the road we were walking on gradually disappeared indicating the how we strayed from the main path. The sea of trees blocking our sight and repetitive scenery makes it feel like we are walking in circles.

‘’do… do you know where we are?’’ I ask the gang hoping I'm not the only one who is lost

‘’I thought you knew…’’ Replied I with a concerned look. ‘’You were walking with such confidence I thought we were taking a shortcut’’ he added, glow slightly dimming.

‘’eh, hehe’’ I look away, scratching my- ‘’AAAHH!’’ MY CHEEK!

I double over, crouching while holding my cheek, keeping back the tears and strange warmth. I floats over my shoulder, face wrought with panic and worry ‘’AHH THERE’S SO MUCH BLOOD! ARE YOU OKAY!’’ he screams shaking me back and forth.

My vision swirls and not because of the tears this time ‘’d-don’t~ w-worry~ t-this happens~ all the t-time~’’ I manage to stutter out. He stops shaking me and looks over to side for confirmation.

‘’y-yeah that happens often… b-but don’t worry! He heals up pretty quickly!’’ side confirms, not lessening I’s worry at all.

‘’He…’’ I strokes my head while muttering something~ h-hey! Stop taking advantage of me like that!

‘’A-anyway! Let's just keep walking. We might find something eventually’’ I say, breaking free from his hold and strutting away… only to trip on a stray rock

‘’pfft’’ Dusting myself off and ignoring the suppressed giggles of a certain elf I take a look at the culprit, a silvery rock that glows a little bit. How did I not notice this? ‘’hey identify, tell me about this rock’’

Silverite drop – a special stone that increases the chances of you encountering strange creatures, +luck

‘’oooh pretty~’’ huh? Isn’t this some sort of legendary stone? It even increases my luck and encounter rate! Adventurers would love something like this since their whole job is to hunt rare monsters or something. How the helf did I find this with my short luck? Wait, do I have to carry it around me or does it still work in my inventory? ‘’hey identify, does this stone work if I put it in my inventory?’’

it has to be on your person to work, equip it and you will understand why.

Alright, ‘’hey Side, can you make this rock into something wearable? It's not very big so a belt will do’’ I toss the white stone to side and wait for her to do her crafting magic, ah! ‘’hey I, how good are you at crafting?’’ I asked expectantly, I mean, he Is an elf so there must be some degree of artistic talent right?

With a hearty laugh, I gives me the thumbs up ‘’HAhaha! Not at all!’’ well I guess side continues to be our only crafter. What can he even do other than float and give headpats?

Side finishes the belt, a wooden hoop with a white stone socketed in the middle, I wonder if there are more stones, perhaps ones that give infinite power and if I get them all I can control the universe! Oh wait, it’s a belt and not a glove. Should I name it Deltora then? And with the seven gems of each tribe, I will have the power to fight off the shadow lord! Ahem. I put on the belt and, save for the rough texture, is a perfect fit. White stone glowing in the centre with some room for more things to get socketed over time.

The silvery white stone glows brighter ‘’wow’’, does this mean it’s working? I shrug and continue on forward in that general direction. I mean, I found a cool rock that way so it must be the right direction, right?

Walking along the winding trees we spot a white figure, fur standing on end, eyes red filled with deep hatred and electricity crackling all over its body… it doesn’t look very happy to see us. ‘’hey identify, what is that?’’

Lightning wolf (Grudge) level 67 threat 78% - a wolf born of storms, specializing in speed and lightning type attacks it kills in the blink of an eye or leave you stunned. This one though clearly hates you for some reason. What did you do?

What did I do? Does it have something to do with this rock? No, the look in its eyes says this hatred is something down to the bones. I equip my magicite sword an- DODGE I jump to the left and with a flash of light a burning sensation rips through my right arm ‘’AAAHHH!’’ the unbearable pain stops me from thinking straight, I turn around and look at the wolf 30 meters away with scorch marks on the ground.

My eyes blur as the scolding iron like pain wracks my brain, I notice something familiar in the wolves mouth. Its mouth curved hideously into something like a grin as I make grasping motions with tears streaming down my cheeks. The thing in its mouth is a mangled up, a twig-like lump of meat holding a gleaming sword.

That’s right, it got my arm

Level up

With one massive crunch, the wolf swallows my right arm leaving the sword to clatter as it drops to the ground. Blood pouring from my stump I muster all my strength to charge at the smug wolf. With a look of complete disdain, the lightning wolf turns around and runs.

M-my arm…

Level up

‘’H-HEY! G-GET BACK HERE!’’ I try to catch up but the wolf is too fast, it even goes so far as to look back and laugh at my attempts to catch it.

No. no. no. no! I need more speed! ‘’status!’’ while running I open my status and pour all my unused points into speed boosting it from 50 to 95

With a sudden burst of speed, all the trees around me merge into a hazy blur. The wolf looks back and notices the distance between us rapidly closing, panicking a little it raises its speed further blazing a trail through the forest and leaving me in the dust once again.

‘’D-DON’T GO! AAAAAAAAH!’’ pouring strength into my legs I up the pace, each step leaving deep gouges in the ground and wind whipping everything behind me.

Speed up

I catch a glimpse of the wolf up front, a white blur similar to a heat haze followed by lightning. Running so fast it leaves a trail of fire like it is attempting to run back to the future. NO! I NEED MORE SPEED!

Speed up

The distance between us shortens once more. Just by a little bit, but this isn’t enough! MORE SPEED

Speed up

I'm still not going fast enough! Time to use my trump card! SUCK SUCK SUCK

Speed up

My speed increases up a notch, enough for the wolf to start panicking. Is this how sonic feels when chasing that egg only to be shown how slow he is since EVERYONE IS FASTER THAN HIM

Speed up Total speed 100, Title get: Superhuman speed, Speed +15%

My body suddenly feels lighter, like some chains were lifted and I can zip around like a hummingbird. It didn’t feel like this when I got the strength title.

The wolf panics and sprints, drawing on the power of lightning to increase its speed. The lightning around the wolf all converges into a single streak behind it like it is riding a lightcycle. The bright light burns my eyes but I continue increasing the suck stacks, shockwaves blasting out behind me as I cause craters in the earth with each step. Vision narrowing as I close in on my target.

Speed up

The wolf slows down and a barrel into it at top speed, crashing through multiple trees before tumbling through open ground and forming a crater.

We wake up face to face and glare at one another, I cough out some blood and clutch my stump. Taking a closer look I notice the wolf isn’t doing so well either, with a cut up throat, bleeding stomach and a broken leg, I wonder how it got those wounds. We glare at each other, hatred piling up as blood pours, I CAN’T TAKE IT! I rush over with the last bit of my strength and swipe down my remaining left hand. The wolf also rushes at this time and with a wide mouth pounce while drawing upon the last scraps of the lightning element in its body.

In the final clash, I managed to be just a bit faster and sink my claws into the wolfs shoulder. An ear-splitting explosion erupts right on my face as the wolf blows up with one final smirk, lightning raging through my body and tearing up the ground.

Level up

Vision fading to black as I fall over unconscious.

Status: why the hate? Name: Sucksuke Level: 60 Race: Beastkin - Cat Class: Assassin HP: 1656.19 MP: -- Str: 125 (+60) Sta: 59 (4.64) Spd: 101 (+33.33) Agi: 42 (+15.2) End: 50 (+8) Vit: 47 (+10.11) Int: 40 (-8.14) Wis: 33 (-3.72) Unspent points: 5 Skills Cheat skill: Succ lvl 32 Restore lvl 21/50 Accuracy lvl 7/10 Item box lvl 11/20 Night vision lvl 5/15 Translate Identify Feline reflexes d tan͏c ar̵ Feline intuition Luck down Feline curiosity Martial arts: Hand-to-claw combat lvl 5/10 Sharp claws MAX Swordsmanship Swordbreaker style lvl 6/10 Summon sword style lvl 3/10 Titles Otherworlder Beastkin - Cat Character creator Cheat skill holder Sucker Main character One who stared into t̴he abyss Scaredy cat Black cat Natural airhead hold E to heal cut me some slack Pyrophobia Superhuman strength Snowball warrior Dungeon diver Cross-dresser Baboon king One who overcame calamity Superhuman speed Party members Every Side Character - level 48 cardboard mage Illuminate - level 36 light elf guide