Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Escaping Certain Death

“Fuck you,” I say while gasping for breath. I continue to run and dodge the king's attack but every time I do I feel like it will be my last. The King Guardian is getting bigger by the second as more body parts continue to fall from the ceiling albeit a little slower than before. I fear if this fight drags out any longer this cave auditorium will be filled to the brim with this king guardian and then it wouldn’t take much for it to end my life.

“There has got to be a way to escape this cave while keeping all of my appendages intact,” I say as I duck under the giant king guardian's hand as it swipes at me. I look at the king guardians hand as it just barely grazes me.

“Good thing the only thing it has going for it is its size and I can dodge it for now, after a while it won’t matter much because sooner or later this cave won’t be big enough for the two of us,” I say while running away from it. I run until I’m a good 50 feet away from it, and I wait for it to strike me again that is until I feel an intense pain on the back of my shoulder.

“Ow son of a bitch fuck that hurts,” I say as I reach to find the source of my pain. I reach and I feel the skull of a guardian chomping down on my shoulder. I try to yank it off but with each pull I feel it bite down harder as if it’s a dog that just found the most delicious bone. I pull out a stone knife and stab him right between the eyes, and as I do the guardian releases my shoulder and falls over dead. I look back at where the guardian came from, and my mouth falls open. In front of me now stands 10 guardians and instead of going towards the king guardian they are now fully invested in making me their next meal.

“Oh come on I can’t catch a break,” I say while backing away from the approaching guardians. As I continue I see in the side of my eye the king guardian is getting closer and now I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. I pull out 2 Flintlock Pistols from my inventory and I rush toward the group of guardians.

“I only have five of these, so I need to make each shot count,” I say as I get within a few feet of the closest guardian. The guardian following its instinct opens its mouth to bite down on its dinner, and as it does it's in for a surprise as I shove my pistol in its mouth and open fire. It falls over dead but before it even hits the ground another guardian is upon me, instead of firing randomly at the new guardian I instead grab their arm. As I grab its arm, I place my backside into its hips, and I bend over while pulling its arm forward it makes me able to hold them on my hips and flip them straight over my back and onto the floor. The guardian struggles to get back to its feet and before it gets its bearing, I shove my ape leather boot into its head pushing it back onto the ground. I make quick work on its head as I begin to stomp until its head is nothing more than a dark red puddle on the ground.

“That’s two down eight more to go,” I say as I pull out another pistol. I ready my pistol aiming at the closest guardian that is until I feel the worst pain imaginable strike me across the side of my body. I look towards my side, and I see the king guardians fist coming in contact with my side the force is so strong it causes me to fly through the air toward one of the sides of the auditorium with such force it makes me think I will be nothing more than a red smudge on the wall. The impact of me vs. the wall is so strong it shakes the wall that I came in contact with.

STATS:
Name: Miles Egan
Health: 0/11

SKILL: Auto Activate
***Will to Survive***
Allows the User a higher chance to avoid direct, fatal injuries and live to fight another day.
SKILL COOLDOWN: 24:00:00………23:59:59…….23:59:58………

I feel a warmth spread across my body that I thankfully have only experienced once before and as it reaches my entire body, I feel life returning to my body.

STATS:
Name: Miles Egan
Health: 1/11
MP: 14/11 (+3(Honey Samon))

“Thank god for this skill but my god does it hurt,” I say as I rush to open my inventory and pull out a lessor health potion. I quickly uncork the potion and drink it as quickly as I can while keeping both eyes on the king's guardian and the eight remaining guardians. I feel the potion getting to work healing my broken bones; I feel it most in my legs as I am now able to stand and walk slowly. I know I’m not going to be running any marathons any time soon so I have to let the potion do its work but looking at my injured body gives me an idea. I wait as I watch both the king guardian and the eight remaining guardians getting closer and it seems like I finally caught a break as I notice that the eight guardians are moving almost twice as fast as the king guardian. I continue to wait as the first set of guardians gets within a few feet of me followed by the remaining guardians and lastly the king guardian at the very rear.

“I’m not gonna die here in this fucking cave,” I say as I pull out two undead bone axes “MY PAIN IS MY STRENGTH”. I feel the skills burning sensation coursing through my body and as it reaches my hands, I notice that they look to have a slight red shine to them. I raise my undead bone axes in a crisscross fashion, and I slash at the closest guardian's head cutting it clean off with little to no resistance.

“This skill is amazing I’ll be able to cut through these things like butter,” I say as I continue to slice through guardian after guardian until there are only three remaining plus the king guardian. I exchange my undead bone axes for two pistols, not trying to take any more chances I point them toward the two closest guardians.

“Bulls Eye Shot, Bulls Eye Shot,” I say as I pull the triggers to both pistols and as I do I see both guardians fall to the floor dead. As the remaining guardian gets closer, I pull out a stone spear and thrust it as hard as I can onto the guardian’s head piercing it with my enhanced strength. With all the guardians now dead I quickly cast first aid three times on myself to fully repair my bones so I will be better able to dodge the king guardian. As soon as I feel my body recover, I feel my strength lesson as well, but that doesn’t matter much because I don’t think I can take this king guardian down even with my enhanced strength. I run away from the king guardian as it tries to take another swipe at me however with my healed body, I can dodge it just like I had before. I am able to make it to the opposite side of the auditorium, near the collapsed entrance and I attempt to pull at the rubble, but it does little to nothing to dislodge it. I continue to attempt to pull at the rubble while listing carefully for the king guardian or any other threats coming my way and then after a few moments of my pulling and prying at the rubble I hear it. I turn around from the rubble and I see the king guardian throwing its fist at a snails pace but with the weight of a Mack truck behind it, I wait to dodge until it gets within a few feet of me.

I quickly run off to the side letting the guardian's fist come down on the entrance of the auditorium, as its fist comes into contact with the rubble it sounds like a shockwave was sent throughout the cave. I cover my eyes as debris and dust come souring through the air at incredible speeds, after a few moments the dust begins to settle and as I uncover my eyes, I notice that the entrance has been made somewhat clear.

“It's not enough for me to get through but it's defiantly a start,” I say while scanning the area for the king guardian, “if only I had more strength to remove a little more rubble, I can make my grand escape.” At that moment I notice the corpses of the guardians are still close by, seeing the potential spoils in front of me an idea pops into my head. I run to the closest corpse and place my hand on its chest.

Would you like to loot the [Cursed Guardian of the Dodola Cave]
Yes/No

I click the yes icon and rush to the remaining corpses and do the same with the ones that are close by. I start the looting process on eight of the corpses and as I scan looking for the remaining three, dread appears over my face as I see the last three corpses right underneath the king guardian.

“Shit, the place is never easy,” I say as I rush towards the king guardian, “Burst of speed”. I feel the burst of speed skill course through my legs as I move towards the king guardian at an incredible speed and once I get within a few feet away from the king beast I see that he is attempting to slap me down. I, however, have speed on my side and the guardian just barely misses me and as I am able to slide between its legs. I move as fast as I can toward the three corpses, and I quickly start the looting process.

“It’ll take a while for the looting process to be complete so now I just have to survive until then,” I say while pulling out two undead bone axes from my inventory. I watch as the king guardian has begun to move its hands toward me trying desperately to grab me and hold me in place. The guardian is still too slow for it to effectively grab me, and I can easily move backward so it just barely misses me, but as I see its hand pass me, I see a bright red beam coming right towards me. I quickly try to escape the beam by moving to the right, but the beam comes out faster than any of his regular attacks. I am just barely able to avoid a direct attack however my left arm is not as lucky, and I see that my left arm is now a charred mangled mess and has blood gushing from random spots on it.

STATS:
Name: Miles Egan
Health: 5/11
MP: 8/11 (+3(Honey Samon))
Stamina: 5/11
Status:
Burn

***BURN***
Any Fire damage you receive is now doubled until your body naturally recovers/drink a burn potion to expedite your recovery.

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“Fuck this hurts,” I say while casting first aid twice to stop the bleeding. I watch as the bleeding on my left arm quickly dries up however though it does nothing for my charred arm.

“Looks like this won’t be that easy to recover from,” I say while feeling the hot touch of my arm. I then notice a swirling smoke of different colors appears above the king guardian.

“That’s it, that has to be the finished loot waiting for me to take my hand out and grab it,” I say while making my way toward it.

“RRROOOOOAAAARRRRR” the king guardian yells out while moving its hand to squish me against the wall. I am able to move out of the way just in time despite the pain in my arm, and I let the king guardian punch the wall behind me. Before the king guardian can pull his hand back, I climb on top of its arm and once I’m on top of its arm I run along it making my way towards its face. I am able the climb toward its face at a quick pace, and with my good arm, I take my undead bone axe and aim it right toward the king's eye. My undead axe is able to easily pierce its eye and as I pulled my axe back red blood spurts all over my face.

“ROOOAAAARRRRRRR” the king guardian yells out in pain.

“That’s for my arm asshole,” I say while jumping off the king guardian and towards the cloud of smoke that’s been forming behind him. Once the smoke comes into contact with my skin it follows me down to the floor and as I reach the floor, I wait for the smoke to fully dissolve into my skin. When my body has fully absorbed the smoke I feel a plethora of sensations, I feel my skin get tighter, my body feels lighter, and I feel healthier than ever before. I minimize all the popup menus and I go straight to the crafting screen and go right to the skills sub-screen.

Monster Strength:
20/20 [Any Monster Soul]

I immediately click on the monster strength icon and then after a few moments, a bright white bubble floats in the air. It floats up and down at a rapid pace almost begging me to touch it, after a few moments I decide to place my hand on it. As soon as my hand comes into contact with it the bubble pops and I feel a warm sensation float into my head.

***NEW CRAFTED SKILL***
Monster Strength:
MP Cost: 8
Skill Cooldown: 3hrs
Ability Duration: 1hr
You have unlocked the beast within, triples your current strength as well as altering your appearance.

 

“Now we’re talking,” I say with a slight smile, “Monster Strength”. As soon as the words leave my lips a feel my upper body grow to almost double in size as well as growing thick fur all over my body; on top of that I also feel that my head has begun to change shape.

“THIS IS WEIRD” I mean to say in my normal speaking tone, but it comes off as a yell as well as it being deeper than I ever thought possible. With no time to waste I rush towards the king guardian and throw a fist out as hard as I can towards it. As soon as my fist comes into contact with the guardian he, unfortunately, doesn’t even budge.

“SHIT THIS STILL ISN’T ENOUGH TO HURT IT,” I say as I abandon the plan of trying to kill it and rush towards the exit. I feel a gust of wind behind me as the guardian tries to grab me once again but I’m still far too quick for it to grab me. I see the entrance to the auditorium right before me and while I’m still rushing towards it, I decided to throw my shoulder into it. The rubble begins to succumb to my strength, and as it starts to crumble. I throw piece after piece of the slowly crumbling wall at the king guardian trying to slow it down.

After a few moments, the entrance has opened enough for me to escape, and as I start to make my way through the narrow entranceway, I feel something grab my ankles. I look back to see that the king guardian has abandoned its gigantic shape and now there are hundreds of guardians slowly trying to pile into my makeshift entrance. I am able to kick free of the guardian that grasped my ankle, and now I am rushing through the tight corridors of the cave. I constantly hear the guardians growling behind me and more terrifying I start to hear them in front of me. I turn a corner of the cave and come face to face with three more guardians and out of reflex I throw my fist out toward the first one’s head and it splatters into a big bloody mess.

“EWWW SO GROSS,” I say as strike the other two just as hard and as I do I feel bite marks on my shoulder.

“GETTTTT OOOFFFFF,” I say while elbowing the guardian off me. I continue to run through the cave ignoring the crowd behind me and focusing more on speed rather than killing the guardians. I run through the cave for around fifteen minutes and I open my local map every once in a while to track my progress. To my surprise, I am close to the entrance of the cave.

“I GUESS NOT CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR TRAPS MAKES THIS WHOLE THING FASTER,” I say while closing my map. I continue to run until I see sunlight starting to emerge from the entrance of the cave, however, that light quickly vanishes similar to somebody turning off a light switch. I stop in front of what was once the cave entrance that is now completely sealed off with the rotting flesh of a wall of guardians. I hear the guardians that were once behind me getting closer and closer and the wall of guardians in front of me getting bigger.

“SCREW THIS,” I say as I run headfirst into the wall of guardians. I big boom is heard throughout the cave as I hit it with full force, I notice the part of the wall that I hit has now become less solid. I continue to hit the wall of guardians over and over again until I start to see light poke through their bodies. I take my claw-shaped hands and poke right toward the light and pull at the bodies around it shoving them to the floor and now there is a human-shaped hole in the wall. I push myself through the hole constantly feeling the bites of the guardians but after a few moments, I am successful in escaping the wall. I see bright sunlight in front of me and I run as fast as I can toward it. As my vision becomes clearer, I see the waterfall that was in front of the entrance, and I run and jump through it falling into the pool of water below.

Quest Complete:

Emergency Quest: [GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!!]

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