《Reincarnated as the companion of a God》Chapter 30: Exploring the ruins
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After that night , in which at the end I ended up sleeping, despite the fact that I was quite nervous and that Luna was crushing me dont letting me to try go out.
Well, as usually happens, I was awake before them, but I didn't dare to leave until at least Luna gave signs of being awake.
As soon as we all got up, we went out of the room and there were also waiting the two guards who were with us. Drake and Rhaegal noticed the murderous look of Luna had towards me, but they didn't ask anything at the moment, but they did look a little strange at the situation.
Before we started we had a breakfast, once finished we went towards the direction of the ruins. Once there I stood in front of the stone with the engravings that I read the other day.
I tried to imbue a little of my mana on the stone, it cost a little at first I was not used to doing this kind of things. After a few seconds the floor behind the stone began to open giving access to a descent, the bottom was illuminated but I could not see the end.
[System]: (Host received mana control)
[Kaiba]: (What can I do with it?)
[System]: (Apart from being able to imbue some materials with your own elements, you can also create other types of elements less efficiently.)
[Kaiba]: (Interesting ..) I was getting a little lost in my thoughts but was interrupted by Drake.
[Drake]: "Why have you just stood there staring at nothing Kaiba?"
[Kaiba]: "For nothing, if nobody has anything to say let's start going down."
We all started down the stairs, as well as we could since these were small enough for that reason it was difficult put our paws well on them, so you could see 6 dragons a little unbalanced trying to go down , although the worst part was taken by the guards they were bigger than us.
As soon as we started to go down, on the walls you could see like a kind of stones attached by an iron to the walls that lit up the place a bit. Although these stones might resemble the ones we saw in the dungeon earlier, these were white, and each one was shaped like a sphere.
After about 5 minutes going down stairs that seemed to have no end we reached its end, we followed a corridor which led to a huge room, but the ones that received us when we got there were the corpses of several dragonborns lying on the ground, some had mutilated body parts and blood spilled all over the place.
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[Agnus]: "Be Careful everyone, something is coming!"
When Agnus warned us, my presence detection ability shot up, there were about 30 enemies, close to us and it was not until they were too close that I could detect them.
Giant ant-shaped insects appeared from the darkness of the room, but they were the size of a person.
A wall of lightning rose in front of us instantly killing 20 of the ants.
In the background you could hear more of those giant insects coming towards us, making noise hitting their jaws.
Drake and Agnus started burning all the approaching insects, Stannor began to move very quickly, slicing into pieces each ant that tried to get close. It was hard for me to see where he was moving at such speed.
While I, Luna and Rhaegal began to protect the remaining flank, every ant that was approaching was cut by my claws and Luna's, although she had some problems before such a quantity, I did not have to worry since at the moment she looked in troubles, she launched a ray of light that ends up burning every ant in its path.
It seemed that they had no end, they were coming one after the other and I kept receiving presence detection information that more were still coming, if this got too long we were going to have problems.
[Kaiba]: (Come on Kaiba think, there must be some solution to this.)
I Kept thinking of a plan as we continued, killing our attackers. Then I realized one thing, the ants came from a common point, thanks to the fact that at some point they stopped taking care of the sigil that somehow avoided my ability, I could detect where a large agglomeration of those ants came from.
[Kaiba]: "We all have to move to our right, if I'm right they are all coming from that direction, if we manage to block their entrance we should be fine."
[Stannor]: "Good idea, I hope you're right, let's go there."
We all started moving towards that direction, in order to move further I used a little of my mana reserves in a spell with my Ice control, throwing some big balls of ice that devastated all the ants that were in the direction we wanted go, while Stannor tore apart the surviving ants easily breaking through.
After a few minutes of our fight, along with my ice balls and the streams of fire from Agnus and Drake we made our way, once there you could see several tunnels where these ants were coming out, there was no time to lose so I launched other balls of ice towards the tunnels and I used my metal control to create some plates that would close the tunnel avoiding the exit of more giant ants.
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After a few more minutes of fighting we managed to finish off all the remaining ants within the area, they were not very strong but they make up for it with all those numbers.
[System]: (The host has risen 14 levels.)
[Kaiba]: (Oh at least they gave a good amount of experience.)
They all collapsed to the ground after all the ants were defeated.
[Kaiba]: "Okay, we should continue a little longer since I don't want to stay here any longer than necessary, it seems that we have already found the groups that disappeared, so we will go a little more to see if someone got out of this alive."
We went through the corridors, along the way we found several rooms but these were empty, it is as if they had left this place a long time ago, leaving nothing behind.
Well, that's what I thought until we got to a room different from the others, this one was much better lit and there was something in the middle shining.
We went closer to the room, until I entered, at that moment a kind of barrier was created in the entrance that repelled the others.
[Kaiba]: "But what ...!"
On the pedestal a purple cube rose, and began to shine until a flash came out of the cube. Blinded by the flash I could not see what have hit me, since I felt pain in the chest as if something had pierced me, a few seconds later I lost consciousness.
I don't know how much time has passed since that, I ended up getting a great headache, the pain I felt before in my chest was not there and it didn't seem damaged by anything.
[System]: (̸̧͇̤̤̊̓͑̌̈́̅̑̓͘͝♎̸̗̥̤͍͇͖̩̘̇͒͌̈́̚︎̶̥͍͔͎̮̱͊̀͜♏̴̢͖̞̗̲̼̹̣̈́̂̓̑̔͗̾̈͆̚︎̴̲͗̌̽♌̷̝͍͔̪̤̈́̽̃̽͝ͅ︎̵̨̰̠̺̚♏̷̧̮̮̑̈́̅̿̐͆̚︎̴̡̪̺̝̝̰́̇̌̉̈̿͗̒͑̕❒̶̢̧̡̛̖͖͓̭̪̎̀͗̔͘͘︎̴̛͈̺̀͒̏̐◻̴̧̧̰̖͉̱̈́̀̉́̒︎̷̧̟̩̣̯͈̳̹͋̃̄̈́͜͝ͅ♋̴̭̺̩̗͕̟̃̌̾̔͌̎̊͝︎̴̪͈̹̦̳̀͌̅̈́̚͝⬧̴̜̗̯̥͂͜︎̴̦̇ ̴̰̈́̀̄♎̶̡̹̞͇̥͖̬̦̘͈͊̈́͐͐̕︎̶̡̛̙̱̦̻̫̘̦͙̄̍̚͝♏̷͚̖͚͈͕̭̳̃̊͝︎̶̛̤̈́ ̷͇͚̼̮͓̗͎̭̿̾̒̅̔͝◻̶̡̘̼̖̤̔͐͋͠︎̷̫͉̲̞̩͙̻͐̿̀͑͗͑͊ □ ̶̛͓̺̖̳̙̳͎̽̑͗͒͠︎̷̼̻̞̪͉̺̬͓̖̼͑͛̾̈́̔̔̃̊̽♎̵̮̮͈̙̺̦̓́̑̀̅̒̽̅͜︎̶̡̝̠͔̰̅̊̿̎̍̈̌͘♏̷͎͎̻̯̳̹̗̩̗͖̅̉͂͘︎̵̘̇̎͐̇͂̆͌͜͝❒̵͔̗͎̦̭̂́̈́̓̒̈̿̂͝︎̷̡̛̫͔̹̲͎͖̻̟͊̄̈́̔̀̀́̔̚ ̴̖̣̺̗́♏̴̬̭̀͆͂͌͘͜︎̴̧̯̳̼̦̞́̔̋̂͛͋̋̚͠ ■ ̷͔̗̥͕͚͉͚͇̔̿̎̀̓̆̓̃͠︎̴̝̦͖̘̻̥̮̥̈́̈́̈̄̃̂̕͜⧫̸̡̹̗̱̳̭̘̆̿̍̓̔̽̓̚︎̸̜̯͈͌͊̏͌͑͂̓̑̕♏̷̠͉͇̣̟͇͓̏̈́̀͂͒̆͋̎ͅͅ︎̵͔̞̰̪̞̖͚̯̟̮̑́͐́͑͊̿̀͘͝ ■ ̵̡̋̀̊̊̏̋͝︎̷̹̹̻̹̘͇̞͐̚͘͝♎ ̸͕̠̙̖̹̣͇̱̮̓̀̍̓̓̚͠︎̴̢̢̡̡̘̘͍̬͎̪͆́̉͐͆♏̸͕̱̘̫͑͐̄̄̍̒̒́͊̕︎̶̰̼̠͌͋❒̷̻̎̒͝͠︎̴̠̤͋̅̊̌͆̄̃ ̸̡͚̺̪̺̘̦̲͊♏̶̧̮͎͓͎͑̍͗̃̈̈͜͝͝︎̷̢͚̝̺͕͙̲̩̼̟̀͆͐̀͘͘͘⬧̴̛̺̦̼͂̀̽̂͒͊̊̔̐︎̶̟̰͙̈́̅͝⧫̸̮͙̯̦͓̠̫̙̱̎͠︎̸̞̣̥͕͊͆͐́̉̓̕ □ ̷̘͕̱̠͉̘̒̄͒︎̵͎͙͖͚͍̘͕̅͂͑̾͂̇ ̵̹̓́⍓̶̧͉̝̟͉̂͝︎̴̧̡͕͚͓͉̭͉̫̑̒̽̆̈́͒͝ ̸̹͓̫͓̟͍̹̘̈́́̀̄̏̾̚͘̕⬧̷̗͔̠͔͋̑̆́︎̴̡̻͖́͛̍̆̽̾́̆͠ͅ♓̸͇̾͛̐̉̓́̈͝͝︎̷̱̩̀͑̒͜ ̵̡̟̻͉͎̥̼̿͊̇̓̆̀͗̇͝͝ͅ ● ̶̡̡̲͔̫͔̮̪͋̓͐̕︎̶̮̥̜͂͐͗̋̀͘͜ □ ̵̧̧̪̱͕͔̼̯̞̲̏̏͐̀̅͆̆͑͠͝︎̴̛͕̖̒̔͛̀͊̆͊̍̓ ̲͚̻̞̱ ̴̨̧̛̰̥̠̝̭͈̭̊͌̃♒̸̧͔͍̣̻̤̳̤͔͐͌︎̴̩͙̰͇̥̖̘̦͕̩̐́̓♋̴̨̤̥̼̼̯̮̦̼̌︎̸̲̤̈̈̅̓̋͘͝♍̷̟͒͗̏̂̍͊̂̈́̉̚︎̸̡̡̜͚͎̯̬̓̎̎̂͋̽͑͊́͝ͅ♏̴̘͉͍̎̋̎̓̎︎̶̡͈͍̰̫͇̬͒̉⬧̸̪͉̗̟̯̙̃͜͝︎̷̬͎͔̉̏̌͝ ̸̡̱̥͚̭̟̘̱̀̑̓͊̔̈́ͅ◻̷̨͉̫͔̺͔̓͂̏̈́͊︎̷̱̭̺̠̇̿♋̸̪̳͕̞̑̊͌͋̎̈́̍̒̓︎̸̥̗͙͚̙̗́̽̒̃⬧̴̈̎̆̇̽̚ͅ︎̵̨̞̞͇̠͕̹͙̪͑̂͒♋̷͓̦̮̱̗͎̓̃́̈̉̇̚︎̴̱͙̈́̈͐̕ ̶̯̤͚̺̖̪̰̹̓͛̓͘♎̶̳͎͓̝͍͖̖̖͙̯̅̋︎̵̳̫͇͓̰̺̈́̽♏̵̧̛͙̘͍͋͋͊̊̈̕︎̸̛̳̱̖̘̥̌̉͊̌̽̇̀͠ ● ̸̣͙̂̈́̀͐͌̄︎̸̢̡͈̱̣͓̦̙̞͛̈́͝ ̷̘̳͈̬͋͜⧫̴̧̀̄͝︎̴́̐̅̿̉͛̍̀́͘͜͜♏̷̳͓̜̈̊̏̍̄̉́̈́︎̵̛̙͙̱̫̈̈́͒̎̒̿̊̕̚❍̶͓͎͚̰̣͙̪̝̞̩̄͛̔̓͘͘︎̸̢̘͎͔̥͚̞̹͓͐̓̈́͑̕ͅ♋̵̫̜͚̠̮̤̔̃͛͆̀̅̒͗͝︎̶̧͙͉̙̄̒̉̚̚͠ ̴̥̩̗̠͇͋͛̄͌̅̈ □ ̴̨̜̮͇̯̦̱͔̪͉͌̌̿̀̉̏̽͘͝︎̴̹̬̳̖̪̮̤̠̇̽̃̓͝ ̶̣̪͔̯̺̹̆̈͋͐̀̾̊͘̕͜͝❑̶̛̛͇͔̓̑́̈́͂̚︎̵̪͖͉̇̎̓̀̈͑̚͠͝͝ͅ ◆ ̷̡̮͑͑̂̔͂͆̚͜︎̶̡͉̯͖̊♓̷͇͚̀̀̎̍̈́́ͅ︎̴̢͈̝̬̗̤̠̗̋̍̀⌘̷̢̖͙̂͆͂ͅ︎̷̭̼̰͇͇̟͍̖̀̎◻ ̴̧̝̹͇̗̤̝̄̈︎̶͉̟̜̫̅̈́⬧̸̫̦͖̈́̾́͒̀̿͊̔͘͝︎̵̛̛͙̝̀̍̑͐ ̷͓͌̆̂♎̵̲̝́̌͒́̇͛͝͝͝︎̸̳̳͈̫̋͑♓̵͕̻̘̝̝̎̅̆̈̆͂̈́̂︎̸̡̧̬̤̜̏̌̊̌͗̄̃́♑̵̹̭̔́͌̍̿̇̚︎̴̭͍̦͐♋̴̨͉̼̺̣̼̳̳̉̐͊̑̇̉̋͜︎̶̗̔̐̇̅͗̕ ̴̢̢̳̦̈͛̈́̍̂̈́͠͝͠ͅ♋̵̢̺̖̰͍̞̩̱͙͖̊︎̵̡̟̤̼͑͂ ● ̷͚̍͗ͅ︎̸̛̪̪̤̞̞͔♑̵̧̧͔͖̳͚͇͇͍̔̀͊̾͆̈́͜͠︎̷̝̠̯̀̍̑̐̓̉͒̚ □ ̶̨̖̏̓̈́̈́́̂͝︎̷̡̡͙̣̦̦͙͓́́̀̏͋̀͝ ̴̗̭̘̰͒̏̾̿̒͊͆͒̽͑♏̵̧̬̬͙͇͈̺̍́͑͌̊̄̈́̀̕︎̸̢̣̰̗͙̗̪͋͋̅͋̌̅̂͐͆̚ͅ ■ ̵̛̩̟̯̱̠̀͆̏̓̃̍̂͊̚︎̵̡̦̲͓̮͚̰̿͆̀̆͜͜ ̴̡̝̳̳̟̫̜̱̉͐̀̚⬧̶̨̛̮̫̻̦̇͆̌̉͌̕͠ ̱̗̭͎̹︎̶̺̹͋̐̀̓̆̽̂ͅ♏̸̭͈͖̊̀̿͗̍̉̉́͛︎̶̡͇̮̭͕̼͎̊̋̇͐͗̚♍̴̞̂͌̑̾̎͝︎̶̜̣͓͙͚̞̩͑̽̒͋̓̄̂̕͘❒̸͙̟̤̖̙̟̔̊͋̊̊͝ͅ︎̵̤͇̳̹̩̫͍̳͉̓̋̓̕̚♏̵̜͖̗̥̖̫̗͂̾̍̈́͑̒̔̏̈̃︎̴̪̻̪͕̘̼̾̏̈͑̌̎̒͑͒⧫̷̗͔̭̔̋̄̍͝͠︎̸̦̭̞̫͚͍̲͌̎̇̈́̅̎̐ □ ̴̩̙̫̮̪͖̺͙͔͐̌̉̋͂͐͝︎̵̭͕̘̪̯̔͒̈̽̓͂͘̕ ̷͖̦͈͐̀♏̸͍̝͇͎̹̻̿́̈́̊̚︎̴̗̳̫͎̰͂͆͒̍̃͝ ■ ̶̛̥̤̻̳̤̥̜͑̽̈̋͜ͅ︎̵̨̢̝̞̘̼̒̔̏͘͘ ̴̛̯̌̀̾̊̕͘♋̶̳̹͈̠͍̱̩̬͌̾̓̾̋̑̿̾̉︎̴̡̧̢̦̞̣̰̠͉̱̔͆͑̀̄͝ ● ̶̡̼̤̜̍͂̚︎̵̹͋♑̶̻͔͍͕̖̀̈̿̎͒̏̓̚͠︎̸̬̭̮̌̂̀̇̈́̆̎́̆ ◆ ̵̨̛̱̇̃͂̾︎̶̛͓̘̭̉̓̍̌͛̅͝ ■ ̶̞̜̪̰̹̪͍̱̫̐͑͘ͅ︎̴̫͂̽̾̌̍̉̅͝ □ ̸̪̩̈́̽︎̶͕͎͎͈̱͔̻̝̯̆̐́̉͛̋̕ ̵̨̧̖̙̗͍̜͚̤̞̊̉́͗͋͒͊͊♎̵͉͈́͗̑͋̀︎̶̛̣̘̣̜̦͖̠̬̈́͐̿̿̄͒͑̑͒͜♏̸̨̡͈̥͚̦̬̟̩̋̓́͑̓͋︎̴̻̲͚̭̱̯̬̣̍̋́ ̶͖̟͑̌̿͋͋̋̚♏̶̫͓́̊̏͝︎̶̡͕͔̩͓̫͇͎͐̽̀͗͑̿͝⬧̷̛̠̲͒͂︎̷̧̨̯̰̳̬͍͙̑̀⧫̵͔̳͈̻̰̭͚̂͊︎̶͎̝̺̮̓̈́̓͝͝ □ ̵͈̹̱̦̺̩̒̀̽̒͗̕︎̵̪̖̬̤̣̍⬧̴̨̠͓̤̝̬̰͖̆͆̔̋̈́̆︎̷̛̺̻̣̖̲̙̙͕̲̺̊̓͌̄̈́ ̵̱̖̰̘͇͍͕͎̥̀̐̑̈́̈́❑̵̛̦͓̝̰̗̜̈́̕͜︎̶͙̥͔̻̪̯͖̜̀̿ ◆ ̸̜̗̺̪̪̻͛͋̈́̿̀̉͌͑͐͘︎̷̢̬͚̬͈̼̱͔̰̠̈͒̿♓̷̢̜̺͍͈̳̈̊̕︎̴͙͆̀͑̂͒̋̓̚͠͝♏̴̡̛͔͉̝͙̑̕︎̴̦̳̈́̈̎̚͝ ■ ̵̛̼͉́̍̈́̓̔̎͌︎̷͖̳͍͚̈́̐͐͒ ̸͉̒̕⬧̵̛̫̖̲̝̫͈͕͇̳̍͂̂̒̎͐̀́︎̴̢̖̟̘̆♋̸̠̍̈́̋͗͒̆͝͝͠͠︎̵̢̦͍̺̝̮̜͓̋̔̎̐̍♌̶̧̜͕̯̰͈̉͋̍͐́͊͛̓︎̶̢̛͍͋̈́♏̵̢̧̮͇͕͍̺̖̈̐̽̀͂ͅ︎̷̣͌̊̿̑)
[Kaiba]: (But what's going on!)
I looked back and saw everyone on the ground without moving, although they seemed to be fine I could still see how they breathed.
It seems that the barrier also disappeared at the time of the flash and the entire previously illuminated room lost much of its brightness just the necessary light to see something around me.
I went to try to wake up Rhaegal that it was in front of me, but before I could do it I started to feel like my head was going to explode.
[Kaiba]: (System is happening!)
...
[Kaiba]: (No answer ...)
The pain was intensifying more and more, so before something happened to me again I went to try to wake them all up, but again it didn't give me time and I felt pangs of pain all over my body, instinctively I roared with pain.
That woke up at least the two guards, while I fell to the ground because the pain I felt throughout my body intensified even more.
For the last time I tried to make the system work to see what was happening to me but nothing, I could not see my own state, from the pain I ended up losing consciousness, the last thing I saw is how Agnus approached to me and started dragging me out of this place.
I know well that this episode is very short, but it was enough to upload something while I continue. This delay was due to the fact that I was without a PC for a few days, in addition to the fact that when they brought me the new parts, they failed, so I was even longer without a PC until the new parts were brought to me, but I'm back and I have some idea than another to continue so soon there should be more.
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Exuperius [DISCONTINUED]
Terravest. The northernmost continent of the world known by many names of legend, but is most commonly reffered to as Athora, has, for eons, served as the land of exiles. Human criminals, dark elves, grayskinned orcs and dwarves that preffer mining with machinery over the traditional pickaxe alike, have come to call this half-frozen hellhole their home. It is a land of great strife, calamity and crisis, where one legendary tale ends only to begin the next, heroes fall down and villains find themselves thrown into lava. Around seventy years ago, a legendary figure appeared out of seemingly nowhere and conquered three human nations, forming a kingdom worthy enough of being called a small empire. However, at the eve of his heirs ascension, the legend breathed his last, leaving this same bloated, chaotic realm without the pillar that kept it together. Already, the carrion nobility, still spiteful for being denied their "rightful" place below the sun, rise up and gather at the court, each eager to consolidate their own power in these troubled times. Tempers flare, power is exercised without restraint and no one expects the hedonistic prince to succeed at keeping the realm together. Alas, as is often the case with such tales, not everything seems to be as it might at first appear and the vain lords of the realm may yet come to regret their carrion will. --- The Content Warnings are there for a good reason. ---
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Saints and Sinews: Wrynn Legacy Book One
Adalsindis is unstable and rebellion is brewing. The monarchy is destabilized and grasping for scraps of their crown, their only weapon against the almost unending tide of unholy creatures is Saint Florence. Cloistered and chained in the pits below Ciaran Abbey, young Sister Florence longs for her freedom. Days and weeks string together in an endless blur of blood and ash as she is used to bolster a dying religious regime. Milo Andilet, mercenary tracker, monster in his own right, races against time and foes to find his target before the Exemplars. His position at his fathers side at stake, but does he want it? ------------------------------------------------- This is going to be an at least three book series, I will be posting static updates on Thursdays with occasional Monday bonus updates if I had a good weekend. Once this book is finished I will be releasing it to retailers however the original will stay up here on Royal Road. Down the road I will expand the world of Etiofath with more stories and books, however they will not center around the characters from The Wrynn Legacy.
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The Bride of Gojo Satoru
Ena Kita is the last member of the Kita Clan, who were the gift of God during the prime era of sorcery. Because Ena's lineage is sacred, she's forced to marry Gojo Satoru, a powerful sorcerer whose offsprings can bring luck to the world. At first, she only used him for freedom when she was eighteen, but now she's head over heels for the man after ten years of being engaged."I can't believe I've been engaged with you since young," "Why are you complaining?! I know you love me!" However, when shamans heard about Sukuna incarnating a teenager's body, the Kita Clan grew worried for their last descent. Ena was never told by her family members that her face resembled the past lover of Sukuna. "Sukuna, you better watch how you speak to my wife." Gojo Satoru stood in between me and Sukuna. ///PUBLISHED: 11/5/2020ENDED: 06/07/2021This is on fanfiction, ao3, and quotev :)
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Why Gun
Decades after humanity's triumph over the zombie menace, a revived pizza delivery guy is repeatedly kidnapped, confronting him with the question of violence, and why the answer is gun. --- This is an 11-chapter novelette and my first ever solid and complete story, even as short as it is. I sincerely hope you'll enjoy it :) Chapters will be posted every day for 11 days—gotta maximize that exposure!
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The A.I.P. Mystery
At Ms. Pinnicle's San Francisco Orphanage, there is a detective. An detective that has a mysterious case, involving the A.I.P. mystery.
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