9 What?
They both reached a standstill as they both glared at each other when Clarion surprisingly pierced the chest of the Udaeus and broke the Monster Core.
But even more surprising was that the Udaeus didn't die and instead threw him away leaving his axe pierced in its core. "THAT...SHOULDN'T...HAPPEN...". Said Clarion with a very enraged tone and face as he faced the Udaeus and the wound in his entire body that was caused by the sword of the Udaeus, healed already.
Clarion summoned Draupnir and prepared to throw it at the monster Rex's core when all of the sudden the Udaeus roared and summoned a lot of Spartoi. So many Spartois that saying A lot was too little. The entire room was filled with spartoi with enough space to move forward. And that they did, they charged forward to the position of Clarion who was looking at them menacingly.
Clarion didn't stand there and charged forward with Draupnir in hand to the near Spartoi, killing it by piercing its head but receiving a sword to his chest in compensation. He didn't care as he just continued forward to the next Spartoi receiving wounds from left and right as he slashed, pierced, destroyed, and burned with his lightning.
Clarion noticed that he was starting to get overwhelmed so he decided to unsummon Draupnir and fight with his fists. Something a lot of adventurers would consider reckless but they didn't possess his insane healing abilities.
He charged forward to the nearest Spartoi, once again receiving a sword in his chest but he punched it in the head, making it explode, and continue to the next one by grabbing its arm that was slashing toward him and the spartoi to hit other spartois until it died. Slowly but surely, he was getting near the Udaeus, who was trying to remove the axe from its core but couldn't because of the magic coating it.
The Udaeus seeing this roared once again and spawned more spartois, surrounding Clarion with an endless monster party. But he continues forward no matter what. Left, right, grab, throw, kick, those are the actions he repeated to kill the spartois but in the end, got pinned to the ground but the dozens of swords pierced through him.
When he couldn't move, the lightning started to condense and seemed to be more alive as it bounced from one monster to the next one. His body started to condense more and more lightning with each second and then when his wounds instead of being red by his skill Undying Rage, were blue because of his other skill Blessing of the storm.
His purple eye turned blue, his red eye turned blue, and his fingers had lightning dancing in between when all of the sudden.
/RAAAAAAAAARRRGGGGGHHHH/
He roared and the lightning exploded in every way and turned all the time near him up to 15 meters away from him into a charred zone, killing every spartoi in its way and letting Clarion stand up.
Once he stood up he glared at the Udaeus and the Udaeus glared back. One against one. A monster standing before a monster of a human. They stood there for a while until a pebble dropped from the ceiling to the ground and when it hit the ground. They both roared and attacked.
Clarion charged forward with his right arm cocked back, ready to punch the core with the axe, and the Udaeus lifted its remaining arm and made a slashing movement toward Clarion.
Clarion saw the sword and with his purple-now-turned-blue eye stopped the coming attack because of the skill. The Udaeus seemed to notice this because it dropped its sword and tried to smash him but Clarion was near the Core.
He punched toward the now-damaged core and when his punch hit, it made a cracking sound and then got destroyed into pieces, making his axe drop to the ground now that it didn't have support.
Clarion stood there, glaring at where the core of the Udaeus was located with an agitated breath. Minutes passed until he calmed down and he dropped to the ground with tiredness obvious on his face. "sigh... You were a difficult fight, Udaeus, but you were an enjoyable one." said Clarion as he got up, picked Shadowmourne, and then turned back to the entrance where he saw a giant black sword dropped on the ground. "I didn't know the Udaeus dropped something".
He picked it up and ran toward the exit of the boss zone and decided to go to the surface. After a lot of running, dodging, and killing monsters he finally arrived at Rivira, the city on the 18th floor. 'I want to sleep mused Clarion but remembered the prices here are extremely high so he continued forward and after a lot more running he was once again on the surface.
Some people looked at him strangely but very few of them looked surprised as those few were looking at the giant black sword. Those that looked at him strangely did so because of the state of his clothes. His boots were now charred black with some rifts here and there. His pants had a lot of holes and seemed burnt, but what attracted the attention of the onlookers was his chest as he burnt his old shirt when he used his skills.
It was evening when he saw the sky 'I wasn't down there for a lot of time huh' mused Clarion as he continued to walk toward the Bast residence.
Once he was there he entered and inside met with the other members and asked them how went their forced expedition. They replied complicated and dangerous but got extreme results, as they went up a rank in at least 3 different stats with just these hours than the last three days. When they asked him where did he get the sword he answered "I killed the Udaeus and it dropped this"
They were shocked but when they saw the state of his clothes they thought 'It must have been a hell of a fight. And a lot of pain'. Clarion asked where Bast was and they replied in the office, so he went there to update his status. Once inside he saw Bast with a worried face pacing around the room so he interrupted her actions "You seem worried. Don't care about the future, but instead try to mold it with your actions".
"I can't stop worrying, you all are my children". Replied Bast and sighed.
"I appreciate your concern but I will show you that you shouldn't worry too much. That is a promise, Bast".
"Yeah, I hope so. Why are you without a shirt?" asked Bast with amusement on her face.
"I came from the dungeon to update my status". "Oh come here then". As she started the ceremony, she asked him about his fights, and then, when he was about to reply, she shouted "WHAAAAAAT? YOU FOUGHT THE UDAEUS!!!!?"
When he answered he got a reprimand for trying crazy stuff that he shouldn't do, like fighting a monster rex 2 times. 'So she gets fragments of my memory?... Interesting" thought Clarion as he was getting admonished for his careless actions.
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Name: Clarion Pax
Age: 63
Level 4
STR: B 798 --> S 998
END: B 775 --> SS 1101
DEX: C 682 --> A 876
AGI: C 697 --> A 887
MAG: SS 1047 --> SS 1120
DEVELOPMENT ABILITIES
Abnormal Resistance: G
Mage: B
Magic Resistance: A
SKILLS
Undying Rage: Gives Healing capabilities and strength the greater the feelings of anger. At maximum, the host can heal from a pierced heart or smashed head, and release heat from the body but loses its mind.
Eye of the Fallen King: Gives the host manipulation of the environment. The stronger the action is greater the consumption and the brighter the glow it emanates.
Blessing of the Storm: Gives the host control over lighting. The host can enchant weapons with lightning but it will burn them over time. The host can enchant himself with the risk of being damaged by magic.
MAGIC
Atlas Grip: Bind the beings marked as enemies with immense pressure. The host cannot move after finishing the chant.
chant: You who are the bearer of my strength, keep my enemies at bay. You who were punished to bear the weight of heaven, make my enemies bear your weight. ATLAS GRIP.
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"After the stunts, you pulled it's no wonder your status is like this...sigh... I will level you up Clarion". Said Bast to which Clarion just nodded without saying a word.
Name: Clarion Pax
Age: 63
Level 4 --> 5
STR: S 998 --> I0
END: SS 1101--> I0
DEX: A 876 --> I0
AGI: A 887 --> I0
MAG: SS 1120 --> I0
DEVELOPMENT ABILITIES
Abnormal Resistance: G
Mage: B
Magic Resistance: A
SKILLS
Undying Rage
Eye of the fallen King
Blessing of the Storm
MAGIC
Atlas Grip
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After she finished updating his status she wrote it down on a piece of paper for him to see it. Clair just took it and after he read it he fave it back to Bast and said his goodbye as he wanted to sleep to end his long-lasting day.
Once inside his room, he dropped Shadowmourne on the ground, took a shower, and then dropped tired on the bed.
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That's all for today, my people. I hope you enjoy the charter and have a good night/day
