Pushing forward the battle continued to battle the Ogre. However as the battle stretched on the Ogre was evolving becoming better at using it abilities and guiding its horde of ogre cosplayers.
Battling the massive creature as I met his club face on once again, diverting the force of the blow to side allowing me to escape the might of the blow.
In doing so I danced in a perilous battle against something several times my size, an event which was all to common in the last few weeks. Maneuvering through another wave of annoying taints. Cleaving through them as I pushed to be at the center of the battle once more.
When the Ogres kicked the can, well Ogres besides the forty foot monster in front of me I lost the ability to manipulate ash, which was honestly an aura farm ability rather then an actually useful ability.
I hoped that I would get the ability back, because it was cinematic. As the battle continued the reapers waltz moved on. An erratic tempo of eldritch madness, magic, swords & clubs.
The lackeys of Ogre horror where easy to kill but where distracting, their boss also kept on getting better. Luckily I was dealing with this here and not later. Moving in close enough I slashed through the calf of Massive creature already immobilized the wound weakened him further. For whatever reason it lacked the Regen of the High Chief which was a blessing.
"FJALMINARRRRR" The Ogre screamed the name, which is funny considering that they never where like 'whats your name' or anything they just went with Fjalminar and stuck with it.
Would I now have to list Fjalminar as an alias on government forms? Would I ever fill out random pieces of bureaucracy again? Maybe this system thing wasn't all bad.
Snapping back to the fight as another horde of taint tried to hold me down a quick twirling of my sword sowed their demise. Ducking low as the club of my main enemy swung down striking the land to my left with terrible force. Reorienting myself I slashed the forearm of the Ogre Entity. Pushing the offensive as the battle lulled for a moment. The Ogre spit blood as the cursed energy from my dagger was slowly building up, the strangeness of the Ogres existence actively weakened the power of the curses.
Jumping high I landed on the shoulder of the Ogre, his eyes filled with brutal cunning looked at me with pure contempt. Dragging my dagger along the length of his back as I jumped off as it massive paw tried to crush me like a mosquito. The Ogre has a blanket of blood ebb out of the wound. At his feet and a major weak spot I chopped his big toe clean off and this time he bellowed in agony. He tried to maneuver into a position where he attack me he was alas unable. Wreaking havoc on his exposed and weakened back his taint poured in but were unable to do much.
Blood flowed and showered the ground, it origin bellowing in rage and pain. It was a brutal sight a giant on one knee long blade wounds running along his body. Deciding to push through I began to hack at the knee that was on the ground, this time the Ogre tried to rip at me grasping. Everytime he got close I prodded at his fingers with stone constructs though nothing as big as the snake. Taking another slice at the exposed knee resting on the floor I flet my sword hit bone. Dam, I was going to have to spend some time maintaining the sword. It was not a bone saw.
With the leg permanently inoperable I moved to the one holding up the giant. The Song of Vengeance fought with a desperate vigor, ripping and tearing pieces of rocks from the earth and chucking them at me. Not exactly the brightest idea as they simply went Kaboom in the Ogres hands until he opted to hurl his weapons at me with vengeance. These proved to be better projectiles, as I had to duck out of the way from them.
With another swipe at the standing knee and the revirbiration through my blade that indicated bone. It took nearly seven minutes if ducking, weaving, and curse nicks in order to free the Ogre of its leg. Falling down melodramatically, laying down I walked towards the head slicing through the taint creatures that still came at me.
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Looking at the massive creatures head it eyes brimmed with pure hatred and a fair amount of despair.
"Fjal-min ar, you have—bested me" the final statement took several labored breaths from the creature.
"If it's any consolation you were a right pain in my ass" I responded as I still had to kill the taints that came after me.
"It... It is not" The Ogre responded.
"Well this is typically were I have a nice chat with my enemies before their death but I'm tired, destroying civilizations is tiring work" I said before without much ceremony stabbing the annoying bugger in the head.
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[ERROR Level Up Notification]
You have slain a burgeoning Eldritch Entity the [Song of Vengeance]. This Entity had not yet signed the Accord of [Redacted] and hence you cannot gain experience or levels from slaying. The energy of Entity is being absorbed. As this a Tutorial the System shall take a 10% energy tax, 90% will be used to create the rewards from this kill.
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[Song-Slayer]
Unique Title
You have slain an Eldritch Entity Completely, while others bear similar titles as each Entity is Unique so Is the title rewarding their demise.
Effects: [Absence of Song] and [Song Of Ash]
-[Absence of Song]
Grants the owner of this title the ability to create pockets where sounds are blocked completely and can't be created in this space.
-[Song of Ash]
When in tandem with the Pseudonym [Fjalminar] the user can Gain [Ash Manipulation]
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[Achievement Earned]
[Lovecraftian Hunter]
Epic Achievement
Slay a hundred beings belonging to or influenced by the higher plain of Paradox.
+Trait: [Mental Fortitude]
-[Mental Fortitude]
Your mind is adept with dealing with the very things meant to shatter it granting a measure of resistance from these forces both magical and mundane.
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[Achievement Earned]
[The Trifecta of Extra-planar Fuckery]*
Legendary Achievement
Well in the lower ranks 2-5 slay a Divine Beast or Deity, slay a Cosmic Creature or Being, and slay a Eldritch Entity.
Effects: [Tri-Soul Essence]
-[Tri Soul Essence]
You can now have three natures, your current body becomes imbued with a miniscule amount of Cosmic Energy, your Divine half is strengthened, and a new Eldritch Shadow is created. You gain a Cosmic Energy Pool and an Eldritch Comprehension Meter
*The name of this achievement had been audited by a system administrator due to the name of the Achievement not being easily translated into your native tongue.
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[Note from System Administrator]
Don't worry about the achievement Kien is just a behoovement and you aren't the first, it ain't common though.
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A wisp of somewhat familiar energy entered me, though this one was far more comfortable to me. At the same time I felt a stronger connection to the part of me chilling in the Divine plains. Finally I felt a strange itching and looking down my shadow waved at me. Yeah could I get a therapist please that would be nice. What achievement would grant that the 'Mental Issues Collector' hell knowing the system it would grant you a skill or trait for it.
Also why the hell couldn't I level up, eh? Strangely level stingy system.
I would figure out what the other stuff meant later. Right now I needed a nap, big time. Rounding up the puppet army I marched out way back to Ruins. Which was no longer an apt name for the structure, full scale labor intensive construction was being undertaken. The walls stood proud once more, fresh masonry and details revirvbrated through the structure in artistic style.
My eyes drouped as the sleep beckoned me stronger then what I remembered being normal. The puppets dispersed back to their positions lugging the Spoils of war to their web weaving war criminal named Anastasia.
Entering my forge I took off large amounts of the armor on me and the various armaments before I collapsed and felt sleep draw me into its soft embrace.
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[Cosmic Origin Growing]...
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Anastasia's P.O.V
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Kien had come back dragging two absolute massive Ogres, one a thirty foot tall [Pinnacle Ogre] and the other just called [Death's hymm of Vengeance] bearing eldritch influence!
I began to examine the specimens while Kien Slept...
I only became alarmed after I realized that Kien was still sleeping as In he hadn't awoken at all in two days. Was this normal for those that sleep? Eh, probably fine.
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Dream-Realm(Kien)
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I awoke in haze shifting images and illusionary creatures appeared before me, until the shifting stopped and I was stationary once more. Two figures stood their, one a radiant light the other a twisting anomaly the antithesis to understanding.
We where Kien, but I was me... And We overlooked a card table with figures speaking and dealing.
