The System's World

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We started walking towards the doorway. We were walking for a little bit, going past the many holes that were on the ground. Nothing was popping out of the holes like when the first Roches' popped out of the first tunnel.

"Isn't this a little weird?" Arialle asked.

"It is. . ." Titus commented.

{Do you guys hear anything?} I asked Orion and Onyx.

{{I can hear them all over, but they are not moving towards us. It sounds like they are following us. . .}} Orion commented.

{{I can barely hear them at all honestly. . .}} Onyx said.

"Orion said they are all around us, but they are not coming near us. They are just following us." I told them.

"Why would they be doing that?" Titus then asked.

"I honestly have no idea. It is like they are waiting for something. Let's just continue forward for now." I mentioned.

We continued going forward, trying to listen, and watch the tunnels to see if we could find anything. We made it to about the halfway point, but the Roches still have yet to show themselves. Once we made it to about three quarters of the way, that is when we started seeing them. They started coming up in front of us near the doorway. There were about 10 of them in front of us. We ended up stopping because we were trying to figure out what they were doing. Finally, after about 5 more minutes of waiting. A huge Roche came out of the ground, and then a panther came out of the same hole. The panther growled something, then looked right at us. While looking at us, it started to get bigger. It started to stand on two feet, its paws started turning into hands and feet. It ended up changing into human legs, arms, torso, and then its head morphed into a human head. It had a smirk on its face, its eyes seemed dark also.

I looked at it while it was morphing into whatever it is.

[Name -- ???

Level -- ???

Health -- ???/???

Mana -- ???/???

Strength -- ???

Dexterity -- ???

Constitution -- ???

Intelligence -- ???

Wisdom -- ???

Skills -- ???]

{What the f.u.c.k. . . Why can't I view it??}

[Hmm. . . I'm not exactly sure to be honest. Hmm. . . It could be like from your world, a boss type creature maybe?]

{Not sure. . .}

"So, you're the ones that set off my illusion earlier. I was wondering who had done it. I'm honestly quite surprised you guys made it here without any mishaps." The person said.

I honestly couldn't tell if it was a male or a female. Its voice was a cross between the two of them.

"So, are you going to say something, or just stare at me?" It asked.

"I take it you're also the one that called the wolves outside of the cave?" I finally said.

"Oh, I didn't call them. My friend did." It commented.

"Your friend?" Arialle asked.

"Yes, the Wolf King outside. I wondered where he was considering he was supposed to watch the cave entrance." It pondered.

"No idea, when we came up to the cave there wasn't anything in front of it." Titus commented.

"Hmm. . . He probably got hungry, and went to that damn town. . ." It said.

"So, what might we call you?" I asked it.

"Oh?? You would like to know my name? I mean, honestly it is pointless to tell you, because you all will be dying here today. . . Since, you did decide to ask me that even knowing you won't make it out of here, I shall tell you. My name is Gondrax Kerlfox!" Gondrax exclaimed.

[Name -- Gondrax Kerlfox

Class -- Dark Druid

Level -- 15

Health -- 720/720

Mana -- 1000/1000

Strength -- 22

Dexterity -- 25

Constitution -- 72

Intelligence -- 90

Wisdom -- 100

Skills -- 6

Active Skill -- Poison Mist -- The user spits out a green colored mist that spreads in front of the user in a 10ft cone area in front of the user. This will do a base damage of 40 with 2 damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. This ability also has a hallucinatory effect. It will make you see your worst fears. This effect lasts for 6 seconds.

Active Skill -- Dark Poison Bolts -- This shoots out a poison shot that has the dark element wrapped around the shots. The attack does a base damage of 20 per shot. With a debuff of Armor Reduction. Armor Reduction stacks up to 3 times. Once it hits its third stack, it will have a 33% reduction. The poison does 2 damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. This ability shoots out 3 shots per usage.

Active Skill -- Grasping Roots -- This ability will summon roots around the targeted area. The roots will sprout up and entangle the person or creature in them. The person can't move away from the area unless the roots are cut away, or 10 seconds have passed.

Passive Skill -- Poison Master -- You have some insight on some of the poisons in the world. You can also use some of the poisons in your attacks.

Passive Skill -- Shapeshifting -- You can shapeshift into most types of beasts.

Passive Skill -- Poison Creature Shapeshifting -- You can shapeshift into poison type creatures.]

After looking at Gondrax, my eyes got a little bit bigger. It was honestly quite a surprise on its stats and abilities.

[[Arthrall: Be very careful, Gondrax is powerful!]]

[[Arialle: Alright, I will be!]]

"May I know the names of the guys I'm going to end up killing today?" Gondrax said with a evil smirk.

"Arthrall Pendragon." I said.

"Arialle Knighthaven." Arialle mentioned hers.

"Titus. Just Titus." Titus also mentioned his.

"Hmm, I've heard of two of your names before, but not yours Arthrall. Interesting." Gondrax said.

"How did you hear of their names?" I asked him.

"Oh, just through the underground trade. I can get information from there quite easily, but your name on the other hand. . . I've never heard yours before. So either you are a nobody, or you hid yourself pretty well. . . Haha. . ." He started to laugh.

"Why did you have your wolf friend send all of its underlings to attack the town??" I asked him.

"Oh that? It was just so they wouldn't come into this cave." He said.

"You mean to tell me, those wolves were nothing, but your f.u.c.k.i.n.g doing!?" Titus yelled.

"Ohh. . . Are you upset? Too bad! I wanted to just scare the townsfolk off. I wanted them to run away, but instead they decided to put up a fight. So, I decided they weren't my time and effort anymore. I ended up having the Wolf King take care of them any way he saw fit. Did some of your friends die? Hahaha. . . If so, too bad. You will be joining them real soon." Gondrax said.

"You mother f.u.c.ker!" Titus yelled as he was about to charge into him.

"TITUS STOP!" I yelled.

"WHY!? He killed my f.u.c.k.i.n.g brother!" He yelled at me.

"Just stop, and think about the situation we are in right now. 17 against the 5 of us." I said, then turned my attention back to Gondrax.

"Hmm. . . Seems you are able to calm down that pathetic excuse of a rogue. . . Oh well." Gondrax commented.

"Why did you want in this cave so badly, Gondrax?" I asked him.

"Oh that? I wanted to be in the underground city here. I wanted to be the very first one here, and to make it mine! So once I heard about it, I set up all of this to where it would happen." He told us.

"So basically, you just wanted an abandoned underground city, wanted the outside town gone, and nobody to find out about it?" I then asked.

"Hmm. . . Yeah, basically that's it." He commented.

"Wow. . . That is pretty f.u.c.k.i.n.g lame. . ." I mentioned.

". . ." He just stared at me.

He just kept staring at me to the point it gave me the creeps. He then looked at the giant Roche next to him, and started making weird noises to it. It turned its head towards him, and did the same noises.

"It would seem that I've got to go, and try to get this damn door opened. So while I'm doing that, I'll send the minions of my Samone to take care of you guys. Oh, one more thing. Don't try to run from them. They can follow you where you go. Have fun!" He told us.

After he said that, he transformed back into the panther form, and jumped into the hole in front of him. Samone looked at us, then looked at the Roches that are still in front of us, and made some noises at them. Then it took one final look at us, then crawled into the same tunnel Gondrax went into.

The Roches then started crawling around, some went into the tunnels others stayed where they were. Three of them came charging right at us.

"Shit! He ran off!" Titus yelled.

"We first need to worry about these guys Titus." Arialle commented.

"I agree with Arialle. We can worry about him after we get done with these guys. I'll take one, you two take the middle one. Orion and Onyx, you guys take the last one. We need to finish these guys before the others join in." I told them while rushing towards the right one.

After I said that, I put my sole focus onto the Roche in front of me. I brought my sword to the right side of me, and once the Roche was close enough I took a swing at it. It didn't take much damage, but it did stop it from moving. He tried cutting me with his sharp legs, but I dodged out of the way of them. I then just kept swinging my sword at it, and dodge its abilities that it kept using. It got to the point where it was tired from not hitting me with anything. It has decided to try and run from me. I then took this opportunity to jump up onto its back, and stab my sword down onto its head. I knew it was critical just from the amount of slime that came out of the cut once I pulled the sword out. I jumped off the head, and rolled onto the ground. After I got up, I noticed it falling forwards not moving anymore. I knew I had killed it, so I went after the one Orion and Onyx were fighting. It took us maybe another 2 minutes to finish it off. I went to take a look at Arialle and Titus, but they had just taken care of theirs too.

"Watch it more incoming." I told them.

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I stabbed my sword into the head of the last Roche that was alive, Arialle took and used her Mutilate on it, and Titus just stabbed it. The Roches finally had enough, and died to all three of our hits.

"F.u.c.k, that was the last one. . ." Titus commented.

"Yeah, but we are not done yet. . ." Arialle mentioned.

"Indeed, we need to get those two out of that tunnel." I told them.

"GONDRAX!! GET THE HELL OUT HERE NOW!!" I yelled.

{Do you hear them still digging Orion?} I asked him.

{{Yes I do. Wait. . . Now I don't, I hear something charging this way.}} He said.

"Something is coming guys. Back up!" I told them.

Arialle and Titus jumped back about 5 feet, while I stepped back a couple of feet. Once We moved, something came charging out of the hole that Gondrax and Samone went into earlier. It looked right at us, and then morphed back into his Human shape. Gondrax took a look around the room, and noticed all the dead Roches. He looked at us with a scowl after noticing we didn't look hurt at all.

"How did you beat all of them?" He asked us with a snarl.

"We just did, now it is your turn." I told him.

"Fine, I'll deal with you five first! Then I'll get back to getting past the damn doorway." He commented.

I knew this fight was going to be hard, so I put the sword down on the ground. I pulled off my shortbow off my back, and took an arrow out of my quiver.

"Why are you using a bow? I thought you were a swordsman. . ." He asked.

"Ha. . . You really thought I was a swordsman? Even with us having two beasts with us?" I asked him.

"I honestly thought they were just following you. Anyways, let's get this over with." Gondrax commented.

I took my arrow, and put it into my shortbow. I then pulled back the arrow, and yelled my one move I always love using.

"MULTI-BARRAGE!"