2025-12-12 22:00:39I glanced at the door, and after a small consideration, dragged two of the smaller cages to the door before starting to work on the beasts. I didn't expect it to be useful for long — and even if it blocked for hours, there was little benefit to being locked in a room with no exit.
I expected the barrier to last a few seconds at most. Not groundbreaking, but should be enough to give me some reaction time."Now, the weapon," I murmured as I glanced at the far-side wall, with several spears affixed. Unlike the weapons that decorated the walls upstairs — or the one that was given to me by Toross upstairs, to kill the caged beasts — the spears lacked the fancy decorations.I grabbed one, and realized the difference was not only the decoration. There was no magical sense of energy radiating from its surface, dancing under my fingers. No easy butchering for me, I realized.I walked to the weakest beast — from what I could ascertain from a glance — and stabbed. It tried to d
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#21: River Escape
Boring was an interesting way to define a sprint through an otherworldly forest filled with overgrown wild beasts that were getting exceedingly hostile to human life, with some kind of corrupting fire still spreading behind me.But, as the night started to fall down, that was the best description of my mood.The run was hard to describe as comfortable, even with all the advantages given by the stats, but monotone was a good way to describe it. Even the constant attacks of the monsters — with the beasts getting more and more dangerous the farther I had moved from the fire that was still ongoing.Regardless of the healthiness of such a mood, it meant that I had some time to consider my position. First, my assets: a five-denica piece of silver that managed to stay in my pocket despite all the chaos — the bigger piece unfortunately lost — a magical sword that I barely used, and a steel dagger that was at the end of its life due to constant usage.I didn't know exactly ho
#20: Night Run
After the great escape, and that amazing landing that stretched the meaning of what was athletic and what was not, I wanted nothing more than to lie down and wait for my panicked breathing to calm down.But I didn't dare to do so, for several reasons. The forest fire that was currently starting was one of those reasons. The sound of forest creatures, moving toward my location was another. A few creatures that passed near me were enough to confirm that, but I didn't know if the beasts would simply ignore me if the fire went out.Or, the fire could just continue spreading, which was hardly a reason to stay either.I started running. One that would have been counted as a desperate dash, barefooted, a weapon in each hand, but with my supernatural enhancements, it felt more like a comfortable dash."Almost as wondrous as my new life," I found myself murmuring, moving fast enough to put as much distance I could put with the fire, appreciating the weirdness of the life I fo
#19: Forest Landing
The moment I was forced to accept the promotion, a sense of … pulling appeared, emanating from me. The azure stones that were floating around me were impacted by that change immediately. Glowing strings appeared on them, and connected with me, far faster than I could even attempt to dodge, but even as the glow started to flow into my body, there was no sense of damage.I tried to stand up, but my body didn't listen to me.That was not the only energy that flowed to me. A second later, another bolt of red energy slammed against the top side of the vehicle, but rather than starting to corrode the metal as I had expected, it turned into a red mist, one that flooded toward me. It was slower than the azure strings of energy.But I failed to dodge it, lacking the ability to move in the first place.I prepared myself for a disaster, one that could be developed into an intense explosion of pain, one that might prove my end.The red energy entered my body obediently.
#18: Desperate Leap
When I arrived at the balcony, chaos greeted me, yet, I cared about two things above everything else.First, the barrier that was keeping the balcony protected, like invisible glass — was gone, I tested it easily by reaching with my fingers.Second, the state of the barrier was around the floating Court. I had a long range of tests I wanted to attempt, to see if it was triggered by objects that moving from the inside, by throwing several things to test. If it was triggered, I would've been forced to climb the roof courtyard, to see if I could somehow figure out how to sabotage it before Toross caught up with me.Luckily, those weren't necessary. I could see that the barrier was gone, even without throwing any kind of object.The horde of flying beasts, some barely as big as chickens, others large enough to rival elephants, filling the skies, diving toward the upper courtyard without any impediment was enough to show that, their numbers were enough to cover up the sky
#17: Crimson Corrosion
I was tempted to level up as I dashed in the opposite direction of the beast horde, only to take a sharp turn at the first opportunity, circling as much as the complicated corridors allowed.Corridors that I could remember more sharply than I expected, considering most of my attention was focused on trying to track the smell of the stables and the location of the other servants rather than just the layout.Memory stat was proving its worth.I moved as fast as I could manage as I listened to the sounds of combat, which was showing signs of spreading, more and more servants letting out crazed cries, begging for various aspects of Riven Fang for power and blood.It didn't make me feel any better about the sole skill I had in my possession. That Riven Fang title was clearly not good news.I only spent a second feeling bad about it. Ultimately, I needed to get away safely from whatever was going on, which was a challenge enough.Unfortunately, there was only one p
#16: Mad Gambit
I glanced at the door, and after a small consideration, dragged two of the smaller cages to the door before starting to work on the beasts. I didn't expect it to be useful for long — and even if it blocked for hours, there was little benefit to being locked in a room with no exit.I expected the barrier to last a few seconds at most. Not groundbreaking, but should be enough to give me some reaction time."Now, the weapon," I murmured as I glanced at the far-side wall, with several spears affixed. Unlike the weapons that decorated the walls upstairs — or the one that was given to me by Toross upstairs, to kill the caged beasts — the spears lacked the fancy decorations.I grabbed one, and realized the difference was not only the decoration. There was no magical sense of energy radiating from its surface, dancing under my fingers. No easy butchering for me, I realized.I walked to the weakest beast — from what I could ascertain from a glance — and stabbed. It tried to d
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