《The Ritual of the Summoned Ones》Scouting Skeleton's
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Hadrian was frozen, stunned at the mass of bones before him. Like a river it flowed across the landscape before him, a river of bone promising death to anything that dared to cross its path.
The skeleton army moved through the valley with precise coordination, Hadrian could not believe his eyes as he watched them sweep over the valley. Traveling end to end as if they were a search party.
“What the hell are they doing? They didn’t seem to have a scrap of intelligence, never mind the ability to move in a coordinated group. I’m mean damn, they literally couldn’t even open a door”
Hadrian was truly at a loss, not knowing what was going on. He thought he was beginning to get a grip of how things worked in the Dungeon but this had thrown him off, it was a complete curve ball.
With his curiosity getting the better of him, he decided to track the group of skeleton’s but not too far from the gate, not wanting to risk the chance of being caught by the group of skeleton’s.
Crouching down Hadrian decides to place Grace into his inventory and put his short sword on his back wanting to be as quite as he could but not wanting to be without a weapon if he gets caught off guard.
He watches from a safe distance as they travel every inch of the fields but strangely not going on to the field that the gate was housed on. The longer he watched the skeleton’s the more sure he was that they were actually searching for something.
Never moving through the same area twice and thoroughly sweeping the area before moving on. It was like a giant coordinated search group he used to see from his home planet when someone would go missing.
As they moved closer and closer to the town, Hadrian became more and more confident that the skeleton’s either have gained a greater intelligence or that they more than likely are being controlled by something.
“I swear to god if there is a Lich in this Dungeon, I’m going to stab a Lich, .....ha I have the best jokes”
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“Seriously though fuck Lich’s, stupid immortal dicks raise your undead somewhere else you fucking turds”
As the swarm of skeleton’s got closer to the town, they started to disperse. Like an explosion they split into multiple streams, filling into every road that leads in to town, going through every inch.
“They are definitely searching for something or someone, .... I swear to god they better not be searching for me”
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“Who the fuck am I kidding, they are one hundred percent searching for me aren’t they, this place fucking sucks”
As the swarms went deeper into the town, Hadrian noticed that a few skeletons were staying behind, waiting just outside the town.
Wanting to continue his quest to follow the swarm, hoping to find out where they would end up. Hadrian decided to get rid of the small group of skeleton’s that was blocking his way.
Taking Grace back out from his Inventory, Hadrian drew both of his blades and started to sneak up to the group of six skeletons from behind.
‘Ding’
'SKILL GAINED – TRACKING - LEVEL 1’
‘SKILL GAINED – TRACKING - LEVEL 1’
‘SKILL GAINED – IDENTIFICATION - LEVEL 1’
Stopping Hadrian notices the pop up in his peripheral vision, “Cool, but I get why I gained stealth and recon skill, but why did I get one for identification. Was it because I was watching them the whole time, trying to work out what they are doing?”
“Well might as well see what it does”
Looking straight at one of the skeleton’s, Hadrian activates his skill.
“Identification”
‘Ding’ 'NEW MONSTER IDENTIFIED'
‘IDENTIFICATION COMPLETE'
A screen appears In front Hadrian’s eyes, showing bits of information about the skeleton he identified.
' RACE : SKELETON INFANTRY '
‘ RANK : COMMON '
‘ INFO : A BASIC SKELETON RAISED FROM THE CORPSE OF A MEMBER OF THE TOWN’S GUARD '
“Okay not much useful information but it’s better than nothing, I suppose”
Creeping up to the group of skeleton’s, Hadrian readies himself for this fight, hoping that he could end it as fast as possible.
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Launching himself off the ground, Hadrian draws Grace and his short sword and sweeps them through two of the nearest skeleton’s bodies, cutting them in half.
‘click 'clack’ The upper bodies of the skeleton’s fell to the floor as Hadrian arrived at his next opponents, ripping through them both with them same ease, he activates one of his skills to end the last skeleton’s life.
“SWORD STRIKE!!!”
As if time has frozen around him, Hadrian feels his body fall completely in sync. As if an unknown energy is rushing through it, forcing every once of force his body can produce into his arms to create the most singularly powerful slash it could.
‘WOOOOSH’ The air surrounding his blades were forced into a storm, the pure power unleashed from the skill, ripping through it. Any part of the skeleton’s body unlucky enough to cross its path was ravaged until it was nothing but dust.
“................”
“Holy crap, that was cool”
Hadrian collapsed on to the ground, the skill taking more out of him then he thought it would.
Ding' 'CLASS EXPERIENCE GAINED'
'6 DUNGEON UNDEAD INFANTRY DEFEATED'
'600 EXP ACHIEVED'
'CLASS : SWORDSMAN EXP 1100/1000'
'CLASS HAVE LEVELED UP'
‘STATS INCREASED'
‘CLASS SKILLS LEVELED'
'SWORD MASTERY – LEVEL 3’
'EYE OF THE SWORDSMAN – LEVEL 3’
‘SWORD STRIKE – LEVEL 2’
'NEW CLASS SKILLS UNLOCKED'
'CLASS SKILL UNLOCKED – DUAL WIELDING MASTERY'
‘CLASS SKILL UNLOCKED – SWORD FLURRY’
‘THE PATH OPENS UP TO YOU, CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY TO OPEN MORE PATHS'
'PATH OF THE SWORD 10/10’
‘PATH OF THE SWORD COMPLETE'
‘THE PATH HAS GRANTED YOU STRENGTH'
‘NEW SKILL GAINED - BATTOJUTSU'
‘PATH OF THE SWORD II HAS BEEN OPENED'
'PATH OF THE SUMMONED ONE 10/10’
‘PATH OF THE SUMMONED ONE COMPLETE'
‘THE PATH HAS GRANTED YOU WISDOM'
‘NEW SKILL GAINED – PARALLEL THINKING'
'PATH OF THE UNDEAD SLAYER 6/10
'NEW PATH FOUND'
‘PATH OF THE HUNTER UNLOCKED'
'CONTINUE WALKING YOUR PATH TO EVOLVE'
“Holy shit that’s badass”
It feels them, it feels them destroying its infantry, it’s warrior’s, humans once again have infested its floor.
Rage eclipsing any fear it felt before, The Floor Boss sends the command for all it troops to head to the location of the slain skeleton’s, hoping to end this menace before the human can kill any more of its warrior’s.
Standing back up Hadrian readies himself to search for the bulk of the skeleton’s, wanting to find out where they are heading, hoping to discover the secret of what caused the change with the skeleton’s.
'CLICK' 'CLACK' 'CLICK’ 'CLACK’ 'CLICK' 'CLACK'
But before he could, the skeleton’s found him, like a wave they flooded out of the city.
“HOLY SHIT!!”
Bursting into a sprint, Hadrian got out of there as fast as he could, not wanting to be caught in the flood of skeleton’s.
“Motherfucker, someone is definitely controlling these things!!”
As Hadrian got closer to the field that housed the Gate, he noticed certain skeletons were faster than others, breaking through the crowds of skeleton's, pitch black full plate armored individual's, red eyes glowing through the slits of their helmets, wielding great swords longer than their bodies.
"Fuck that"
Throwing his Blades into his Inventory, Hadrian pumps out all the speed he can.
As soon as he reaches the field, all the skeleton's stops dead.
Not wanting to risk it, Hadrian doesn't stop into he's right next to the Gate, turning around Hadrian looks over at the mass of skeleton's around him, at the front of each group was a black armoured being.
Standing 7 feet tall wielding massive blades, the very air warped around their bodies.
"Yeah fuck that and fuck them"
Walking through the Gate, Hadrian see something flying at him before he makes it into the Gate.
Landing in the safe zone, Hadrian see's what was sent flying at him, it was the blade that was wielded by the black armored figures.
Well half of one, in his back bursting through his chest.
".....oh fuck"
Collapsing on the floor, the experience of traveling through the void of the Gate and the blade in his chest, ripping every ounce of energy he had.
Unconscious on the floor the blood leaking from his chest and back.
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