As the sun began to turn to dusk he saw a massive cloud of flying undead bird-like creatures the size of large dogs flapping towards the defenders as they began to form lines. Everyone looked up and saw an older Gobume with red robes appear on top of one of the outposts as he raised his hands in the air Marcus felt the wind pick up. As it did he noticed the Gobume man was waving his hands in the air he began to unleash a massive gout of flames as the air ignited and exploded with a force that knocked some off their feet as Marcus looked up he finally noticed it.
“Mastery 8! Lords of Fire and Ash Commandment: Heaven Sundering Flame!”
He conjured a swirling inferno, a fire tornado that roared to life with a fierce intensity from what looked like a mile away. It began to draw in the undead fliers, their charred forms spiraling helplessly around the fiery vortex. Some ground-based troops were swept up as well, their figures engulfed in the blazing whirlwind. To those who witnessed it, the sky seemed to have split open, unleashing the very fury of Hell itself upon the battlefield as the Gobume soon collapsed into the arms of another soldier. As the skill ended the sky began to rain burning embers from the undead fliers like rain.
As the ground troops began to show he finally noticed just how massive twenty thousand undead looked like and it was terrible. It looked like something out of a horror movie as Shamblers and Ghouls ran towards them. Earth and Plant Mages summoned traps and activated them and crushed a large swath of shamblers as stone and wood shards impaled hundreds at a time as more filled in their ranks and continued towards them.
Ranged gear users began to launch powerful blasts, bolts and arrows at the undead as they continued moving on and as soon as they were also in bow range. The defenders were not safe as a sea of arrows and javelins began to fly and rain down on them as the supports came in and blocked the sea of arrows with light, shadow and metal shields as they bounced off he finally saw his fight, The Undead Goliath.
The creature towered at five stories tall, its colossal arms and legs a testament to its terrifying strength. The skin stretched over its massive frame was the pale hue of ashen bone, pulled so taut against its face that the bulging muscles threatened to burst through. Several of these monstrous beings brandished bone tails and appendages, uprooting trees with ease and hurling them like missiles at their attackers. The ground trembled as walls of earth erupted skyward, and the battle commenced with a fury that shook the very core of the earth.
“Let's go to work!"
Marcus leaped from the top of the barracks with Celeste in one arm as he extended his whip and wrapped around a tree and pulled them towards a massive pile of shamblers.
“I can clear a landing spot." Celeste formed a finger gun with her hand, aiming it at the ground. With a fierce concentration, she unleashed a brilliant burst of light from her fingertips. The radiant energy exploded outward, scattering more than a dozen shamblers that blasted apart. As the chaotic scene unfolded, he threw Celeste into the air. Marcus, using his extended whip, transformed it into a shimmering, silver concussive wave that spun around him with a dazzling display of force. In mid-air, Celeste continued to release intense blasts of light, each one illuminating the surroundings with a blinding glow. As she gracefully descended, she surveyed the area, noticing the ground littered with the fallen creatures they had dispatched. Together, they pressed forward, their path now clearer as they advanced towards the formidable figure of the Goliath.
“My Energy is Light Green Marcus!”
After training with Celeste he put together a vicious spin cycle like technique using his extended whip and the sonic form as he cleaved through bodies he just rushed forward as Celeste followed behind him and shooting out light barriers covering his body as the various arrows and necrotic blasts hit him.
Level Up! Level 51
Level Up! Level 52
“Alright now the real fight begins."
Celeste called up and she looked up at the Goliath. Marcus stopped spinning and jumped back as the monster stomped where he was as he grabbed Celeste and used his immense strength to leap away and gain distance. This monster began swiping and struck them with the weight of a mountain with such a speed that the air began to ripple.
“Lucinda’s Blessing!”
“Light Lord’s Rebuttal!”
Celeste wrapped them both in a barrier of Light as Marcus turned his shoulder to absorb the brunt of the below; they immediately flew towards a large stone rock as the rock shattered against his armor; he continued to roll as he held Celeste close, wrapping her in his arms. As they stopped rolling he looked up and saw that Celeste's leg was clearly bent at an angle that was not right.
“It's fine! Tight me around your waist and strap me in close. My leg will take an hour to fully heal after using my gloves master 3 ability.“ Without further hesitation Celeste pulled out thick leather straps and wrapped them around her torso like she was a baby. Celeste continued to fire and launch shields as arrows and debris continued to be thrown at them.
“Ok. We gotta stop that thing. Do you have any ideas?” Marcus looked at Celeste as they continued to make their way over to the rampaging Goliath heading straight for the backline support of the Outpost.
“To rush it, and don’t stop. I can only use this technique once and I will be almost completely out of Energy but with how fast it swings. I don’t think we have many other options. We don’t have strong enough ranged damage, right? Your whips' sonic damage is based on your wisdom right?” Marcus nodded as he began to slash his whip at the ghouls and shamblers rushing towards him.
“It won’t to dick all to it all. You have to get in his face and pummel it with your hammer and stop it from regenerating. It can probably heal as fast as you can. I can buy you a single second but you gotta be able to reach him.” He nodded as he summoned his boomerang to his hand.
“I am gonna teleport there as soon as my boomerang reaches melee range with the monster.” With that he turned his head around and raised his hand in the air as his Boomerang began to glow brightly as he threw it as hard as he could as his boomerang flew straight.
“Zero Toss!”
As the both warped there the monster reflexively swung in his direction as he kept flying through the air keeping velocity of the boomerang.
“True - Light Lord’s Rebuttal!” Celeste called out as they were covered by an expanding ball of light that slightly pushed back the undead paw as it shattered the light shield as they reached the face of the monster Marcus pulled back and hit it with all of his might as he heard it stumble before falling on his back.
As it fell Marcus used his whip to extend it and wrap around the face of the Goliath clearly blinding it as it tried to remove the whip he landed landed next to the head of the monster and grabbed the top of its skull as he began to pummel the top of the massive creature’s skull with his Hammer.
Mark of Decay!
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As the sickly red from his hammer began to spread from the head of his hammer to the skull of the monster he continued to hammer blows and punches to the scalp of the monster as Celeste used both of her arms to hold on to him as he was beginning to move so fast that the edges of his armor was beginning to glow from friction. Bone fragments flew off in random directions as he tried to get through its thick skull.
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Despite its size and strength with his strength now well over 90 after clearing several groups of undead he was clearly stronger as he held it down grabbed the fractured bits of its shattered skull armor and he rained blow after blow on it. After several seconds of attacks it moved to try and cover the top of its head as it threw his boomerang and attacked its arms as and continued to try and crack the skull of the monster as he skull began to cave in he smiled and began to rip off bone fragments from the skull.
“Rip and Tear motherfucker! This is for Oakbend!” He unleashed a sickening grin as he began to rip out the monster's brain as it screamed in pain as he ripped out chunks and chunks of brain matter as it began to shake on the ground violently before he saw above his head.
+200 Kills - Partial
Level Up! Level 53
As he turned around he noticed that his energy was below half. He would have to conserve his energy and let it recover naturally or he would be out of energy. As he rushed over to several people fighting a Flesh Golem. This one was clearly much smaller than the others but it still used its several arms with bone spikes on them to slash and shoot them at people as a Solume man with a complexion matching Celeste got impaled to the ground as Shamblers began to rip the limbs off of him.
As he threw the boomerang at the Flesh Golem as it smashed into its side it launched a powerful spike at his chest.
“Lucinda’s Blessing!” The spike hit him square in the chest and pushed him back as he felt one of his ribs crack from the pressure as his health went from yellow to Light orange. Celeste called to him as he dodged the second spike.
“I have enough energy for a shield or a decent regen. What do you want?”
“Regen. I can take a hit as long as I have health I should be alright.” She nodded and formed a finger gun before she shot him in the chest and his health began to slowly tick up from orange to back to yellow as he rushed forward.
“Phantom Hunting Grounds” As a massive aura erupted from underneath his feet as the Golem looked down quickly before looking back at him. Marcus smiled as he smashed it square in the jaw with his hammer and he heard the bones in the jaw shatter as it was rocked on its back foot.
As he wrapped his whip around its neck he pulled on the whip as it went flying back towards him it swung. He sidestepped the claw moving himself closer to the golem as it missed him it used its other claw to perform a powerful overhand claw.
Marcus smiled as he threw his boomerang at the monster as it crashed into the head of the monster he roared out in a powerful bellow.
“Zero Toss!”
With those words, he obliterated the distance between them and unleashed a torrent of devastating hammer blows. Each strike landed with bone-crushing ferocity, the skull shattering under the relentless assault of such intense blunt force trauma, collapsing into a mangled ruin.
+75 Kills - Partial
“How is your leg doing?” Celeste leaned over his shoulder and yelled loud enough so he could hear.
“I can barely walk now I think but it is set and the muscle tears have healed.”
Marcus nodded before he continued.
“Let's go over to more of the Flesh Golems.” She nodded as he leapt over closer to the Outpost as thousands of undead were fighting against guards and soldiers as Shamblers were fighting them.
“Let's go for a spin cycle. Hang on.” As he extended the whip Celeste wrapped her arms and legs around his chest as he leaped over and began to cleave through hundreds of undead with just the force of his whip.
Level Up! Level 54
Level Up! Level 55
Level Up! Level 56
Level Up! Level 57
As he finally reached the Flesh Golem Celeste spoke up.
“My leg is good, I am gonna hop off now.” Celeste cut herself free of the leather bindings she hopped off.
“I have noticed that it seems like we share Kills now. Even though I didn’t really help, I have leveled up 20 times. I have been dumping it into Constitution, Stamina and Wisdom in that order.” As she landed she pulled out a silver looking hilt that she soon activated and a purple looking beam saber erupted as she rushed forward.
“Let's go Slowpoke!” Marcus smiled before he leaped forward toward the Flesh Golem before it used its bone-like tail to swipe in his direction.”
