Mhh i dont know about lenght of chapters

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Chapter III

Mhh… something smells beautifully.

I keep smelling it but now i also feel the smell of grass, earth and the fragrance particular to the ocean.

I open my eyes and there i see my two masqued companions sitting on a large trunk and grilling meat on a decent sized campfire surrounded by trees and behind me a sandy beach and the ocean.

But i can't appreciate that image entirely because for a while the *ding sound been hearing for a while trying to make me read one of those annoying windows that now needs me to call it to appear . Well its better this way at least they won't appear in a crucial time… but that sound sure is annoying.

I will it and it appears.

Protection of the shadow god temple is no longer active.

Fragmented soul condition activated

Fragmented soul.

Parts of your soul were forcefully removed from your main soul.

Mana regeneration will be greatly affected.

Mana regeneration 1 per hour.

Rotten body condition activated

Rotten body.

Parts of your body will not hold out long enough.

The smell of advanced decomposition will annoy NPC that stand near you.

+10% difficulty to befriend NPC.

The advanced decomposition makes your body unstable impeding you to perform at full capacity.

-50% to physical related stats.

Requirement fulfilled!

Rotten body condition

Assimilation skill earned.

Assimilation lvl 1 (0.00%)

Skill learned from extreme need to preserve yourself.

Allows you to take body parts from humanoid beings and integrates them in your being.

Cost: 50 mana.

With skill level part duration and potential increases.

Time until body part rots : 4 days.

Potential of body parts intact : 1%

Great just great… i managed to escape that place and now i find out it was helping me!.

I try to check my status window but when i do i only see question marks.

Well at least i learned this skill. I'll have to look for…. humanoid being?? what the fuck!?

I have to kill an humanoid being and steal a part of its body!?.

Uff!... let's calm down.

Making deep breaths i try to calm down, and after 10 minutes i succeed.

Calm mind skill earned!

Calm mind (passive)

Allows you to remain calm in dangerous and mind vexing situations allowing you to think clearly.

Mhhh what's a npc?... i can't seem to figure it out. Well like everything else i'm sure i'll learn it in due time.

Feeling quite hungry i stumble near the campfire.

Reaching it i take out my dagger and cut a piece of the meat.

“So good”

Its well done and quite delicious and i'm not saying that just because the last thing i ate are a couple of rats and its mother.

“I'm glad you liked it”

Taking out another slice after finishing the previous one i notice i'm the only one eating.

“Don't you need to eat” I ask them.

They look at each other and then answer something that makes me quite sad and guilty.

“We can eat but because of our condition its imposible to taste anything, if i would try to describe the flavour it would be of dirt” Eos respond in a quite sad tone.

And in this moment i swear i'm going to find a way to fix them and make them taste the most tasteful dishes they could ever try.

But i'm not quite sure how to do it. Is there a way to revive a person?

Well like always im sure ill find out sooner or later.

“So where are we” I ask them because last i know we ended up underneath water.

“Mhh i'm not really sure, it looks like everything changed from the last time we went outside… not that i remember much, but still for a teleport location to be underwater…” finished saying Baltoz.

“I don't know how much time takes for a terrain to be reformed in such a way but… i'm not very confident that less than 10000 passed… and in such a long time i'm sure none of the kingdom or empires that we know of still exist”.Said Eos.

Wow 10000 years!! Thats why they have memory loss its not because of their condition its because such a long time went by, i'm sure if such a long time passed i won't ever remember my name… well truth be told i didn't.

Next i see how Baltoz suddenly stands up.

“I hear a fight nearby” He says.

“Should we check it out?” He asks me.

I'm filled so i don't see a problem maybe theres someone who can tell us where we are.

I nod and he starts leading the way.

We enter a dense wood, filled with trees with thick roots protruding from the ground and several kinds of herbs that from a glance i can tell they have some effect i'm not quite willing to taste after the moss accident.

After some time i start hearing the sound of fight… just how acute is his hearing, another mystery to solve.

As we reach a clearing, we see several humanoids fighting.

A one sided fight as i see it.

In the winning side are some dog headed group of at least 10 individuals, Kobolds....How do i know that? Well it doesn't matter.

And on the losing side a tiny beefy bearded man with a metal shield and a one handed hammer, a dwarf… and im not trying to know why i know that too,anyways hes trying to defend two human like females with pointy ears, or as i seem to recognise as elfs. One of them dressed in brown leather with a ´bow ,raining arrow to her enemies but her attacks are pretty weak and her rate of fire is too slow. The other one dressed in a blue robe and like Eos is holding a piece of wood but hers is 20 centimeters long sadly like her partner the fire balls she continuously casts are weak.

And unlike the giant rat i cant see anyones life not Baltoz, Eos or mine.

Now here's the question. Should i help the losing side or the dog headed one?

Well the dog headed are winning so i should even the things out.

Inspecting the dog headed group i see that like the other group they are in formation.

There are four rows of them, the first one consisting of two people with wooden shields and a one handed sword.

The second row ,of arches and short staff wielders launching proyectiles from them, and i assume they are mages or at least aprentices.

And the third one was weird, because again there is two people with shield only these one are made of metal and are dressed in a plate armor with a clearly superior sword compared to the first row of Kobolds.

Lastly in the fourth row theres a big sized Kobold in a robe and holding a staff the size of Eos but lower quality barking orders to his clearly subordinates.

Now if we wish to have a chance we should start with that one

Wisdom +1

Hooo!

So just of thinking of way to win i can get attribute points? I need to make sure to take advantage of that.

I state my plan to my comrades and get into position behind the Kobold leader not before putting on my mask and applying some berries to our bodies so they don't notice our smell… or more accurately mine.

Wisdom +1

Stealthily we approach the fourth row i attack the leader making fast pinpoint attacks with my dagger, first i aim for the neck and hit it at least 3 times resulting in huge spurt of blood… wasn't this the weakest dagger? it only has 1-1 attack.

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

With the fourth attack i behead him… how did i do that!?, beheading a being with a dagger and not slashing it but with stabs. Is it the weapon or me?

And while i finish of the leader Baltoz and Eos already finished the third row.

One of them is crushed by the huge sword, seems that the armor did not help, and the other one is roasted by a huge fireball that continues to scorch the second row killing two mages and two archers.

When i look ahead the first row is already decimated and the second row is desitned to the same fate.

Shortly after the battle ends.

Level up!

Agility +1!

Strenght +1!

Stamina +1!

Leadership stat has been created!

Leadership +5

Leadership

Allows you to command subordinates with effectiveness and precision,

+1% moral in your troops for each point.

Every five points allows you to command a unit with much greater efficiency.

Can't add points to this stat.

Pinpoint attack created!

Pinpoint attack lvl 1 (0.00%)

Allows you to attack at enemies weak point more easily.

Whit level increases attack to weak point.

+20% attack to weak point.

+30% attack for successive attacks on same weak point.

After finishing the battle i feel a little wobbly and the reek of smell coming from my body is awful.

Must be that condition…

I approach the leader body with the intention to fix it… but how does it work? should i tear an arm and put it in me? or like the windows just will it?

Mhh lets try willing it and saying out loud.

“Assimilate”.

A flash of light emits from ,the now that i see it over its head, Kobold leader and then all that remains is the head that i quickly grab and eat.

Intelligence +1!

Assimilate Lvl 2!

Assimilate status can now be accessed.

Current body parts

Kobold Leader (small group)

Rotten Body condition subdued

Duration 6 days 23 hours 55 minutes.

And do the same with the rest but making sure to eat just one of each of them after all when i eat one it tastes like honey… but the second one is just raw meat and i don't like raw meat.

Endurance +1!

Agility +1!

Intelligence +1!

Assimilation lvl 4!

I check my body that now its the same as the last kobold i use my ability on and luckily no longer reeks of putrid meat.

Leaving behind 5 heads that i can't find a use for,i grab the loot that consist in 1 silver and 30 copper coins a sword of the third row, a short wand, a wood buckler and head to where Baltoz and Eos are talking with the three member of the looser group,

I'm sorry to them but thats how i met them and if they don't prove it otherwise that's how they'll stay in my mind… and of course i won't say it to them... but still.

“Hello boy, i was talking here with your friend, are you familiar with the man called Alexei?”

Alexei?... who the hell is Alexei?.

Seeing my confused look he smugs and mutters Npc loud enough so that his two female companion hears it.

“NPC?” I ask him because i'm curious what that word mean for a while.

“Hehe don't worry is not important”.

Mhh.. i don't think he will ever tell me, then i'll just ask him for directions and be done with it.

“Could you please tell me if theres a village or something like that nearby?”

He scratch his beard and then point behind him.

“That way approximately 5 hours if you run non stop”

....Who could run 5 hours non stop!?

I look at him , with his short legs, huge shield and hammer… how the hell can he ran five hours straight?

Well i'm sure he has his secrets.

I stop looking at him and signal my companions to follow me.

But out of nowhere the three block my way.

“You know you could get lost”One of the elf say to me.

“Would you like us to guide you?”Asks the other one.

“But… i don't have anything to give you” I answer back.

“Not a problem , after all familiarity is the root of all quest”Says the Dwarf with a joyful laugh.

I don't know what he means but if they are willing to take me, and they don't expect anything in return i'm fine with it, after all who can pass a free service.

Just that when i'm about to accept their suggestion a mighty howl can be heard from behind us, where several kobold heads still lie.

There a two and a half meters Kobold with a plate armor shining in gold is standing and seems pretty angry.

The kobold now with a red fur and red bloodshot eyes starts charging at us.

Seeing this Baltoz and the dwarf put up sword and buckler acting as the tanks of the group.

They try to hold him so he doesn't attack the rest of us.

The kobold tries to bypass them and he succeeds.

As a last resource and just before the twin daggers that the kobold is holding reaches Eos, Baltoz lets out a huge warcry and charges at the kobold, and for some strange reason the kobold changes target and attacks Baltoz.

Showing incredible swordsmanship Baltoz deflects attack after attack.

Because this time Eos doesn't have to defend against ranged attacks she is using the white cord to heal Baltoz, and the two elfs are attacking him while the dwarf is deflecting the attacks Baltoz cant with his shield.

But the attacks are so weak… so its up to me to kill him.

I start running to the back of the kobold and start attacking a single point in the back of its knee.

A profound bleeding occurs but he is too focused on Baltoz to notice it.

Critical Hit!

Critical Hit!

Critical Hit!

After 10 attacks in the same spot a blood pool forms at its feet and he can no longer stand so he falls in one knee letting me climb up to his head and stab his neck, and just like the kobold leader i behead him...Still it baffles me how i can behead a being with stabs in a single point.

Lvl up!

Pinpoint attack lvl 3!

Stamina +3!

I assimilate the body, and of course i get a weird look from the dwarf and elves but not as much as when i grab the head and start eating it.

Agility +3!

Fame +20

Canine Nose

By eating the unique monster Rosen Kobold Vanguard you obtained a canine smell sensitivity.

Beings added to the devoured list.

Kobold guardian recruit.

Kobold archer recruit.

Kobold mage recruit.

Kobold guardian lieutenant.

Kobold leader.

Rosen Kobold Vanguard.

Finishing the head i will for the trait to activate and now i could clearly smell the foul smell of blood that lingers in this place.

No longer standing it i deactivate it… seems i'll have to get used to it.

“So shall we?”I ask the dwarf.

“Of course!”He says smiling wryly, seems my act made them uncomfortable.

And like that we head in the direction the dwarf pointed before the last kobold battle.

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