John Wilson
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"So how far is your den?" Lucius asked, trying his best to make out his surroundings. Without his solar crux, he didn't have access to his night vision. So he was relying solely on his sense of smell and hearing. "It's beside the water, a distance away from Shavak's den," Avankor replied. ~He's probably referring to the river... then it's this way,~ Lucius thought to himself before turning the cart. He could just barely make out the sound of water gushing in the far distance. "Sigh, I don't think…-
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"Should I use my mantle?" Avankor asked, perhaps assuming that Lucius's silence was due to the decay that blocked their path. "Oh, don't worry about that," Lucius replied. With that, he used his crux to inject his energies into the ground, parting through the decay that plagued the path in front of them. And just as he had expected, the decay began breaking down, before converting into usable energy. However, something rather odd happened, as if the decay were alive, it began trying to fight back,…
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Wise and Guhron had done well to hide their tier markings, as most of their body was covered in shoddy leather clothing -which in reality wasn't much different from what hunter-gatherers wore. "Y-You are correct," Lucius replied, realizing that he ought to get some clothing soon. Even if it wasn't necessary due to the protection his skin already gave him, it was still embarrassing for sub-par creatures to seem more civilized than he was. ~But still, the 8th tier doesn't sound right,~ Lucius thought…
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Wise lifted its massive arms to block the oncoming attack, seeing as how it was too dizzy to properly move out of the way. However, that did little to stop Lucius's attack. The speed with which he had launched himself basically made him a bullet, and as tough as a golem's skin was, it wasn't stopping his claws. With a thump, Lucius pierced into Wise's skin, the momentum from his launch enough to push the latter back. Coupled with its dizziness, it lost its balance, and this was all that Lucius…
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"There's at least 3 of them moving together. We should leave, there'll be easier encounters," Lucius said. Avankor and the chief hesitated for a moment, before looking at the golem's body. "What about your hunt? Will we leave this for the other golems to devour?" the chief asked. Lucius had completely forgotten that consumption of once sentient creatures was commonplace here. However, he had already stained himself enough by what he had made the creature go through. And anyway, there were a…
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After realizing that he was making no progress with his attempts to pierce through to the core, he decided to switch tactics. Instead of trying to break in, he would just break it entirely. So he wrapped his energy around the core, before constricting it from all directions at once. Initially, there was a strong resistance, but soon after he could feel cracks appearing on the core. Strangely, the golem went silent at this, a mortified expression on its face. As this energy seeped out, he could…
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* Lucius had just about had enough of this golem. Sure, he could understand it not wanting to let go of prey, but did it really have to cast such a destructive spell? Even worse, to kill something as small as he was? Still, despite its destructive power, much of its damage seemed to have been absorbed by the trees around him, so he was barely affected. Though he had to admit, being trapped under so much debris would've killed him if his strength stat hadn't been maxed out. ~Good thing I told the…
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And just like that, large amounts of ground energy began converting into solar energy. He controlled as much as his crux would allow him before sapping it from the ground, right into his crux. He quickly noticed that the toll he felt from using Kumulipo spells was very different from that of the normal crux. Where the normal crux felt like it was melting his brain if he strained too much, this instead felt like his mind was being frozen. In fact, what he was feeling couldn't even be called mental…
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As expected, things weren't going to be that simple. Though he couldn't be entirely sure, he could feel that the ground had an energy of its own, repelling his and preventing it from spreading into the ground. From the direction his solar energy was being deflected, he could tell that the ground's energy moved in streams, like a massive river. And unfortunately, the wave-like nature of the energy coming from his crux did nothing but create ripples in the infinitely large stream - Ripples that were…
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Avankor's face turned from one of skepticism, to one of shock, then to one of understanding. He seemed to be thinking; "Of course, this is Havon after all." And even after they had trekked a good distance, the look of surprise never left his face. By this point the decay had spread to Lucius's shoulders, however, he did not seem to decrease in speed at all. It was almost as if he felt no pain. But that was furthest from the truth. The pain was there, gnawing at him, constantly tempting him to…
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