Beyond Chaos – A DiceRPG

519. Quest II

‘Curses to your fathers and their fathers before them!’ Rose cursed, holding her fists up towards one of the urka, creatures of earth. ‘Damn your blood back to your first mother!’ 

The others within the Red River Squad thought the same as the pair of young men, who they believed to be no more than Experts, leapt into the fray. 

It all made sense, however. One of them was an Iyrman. 

Fighting Spirit: 3 -> 2

Attack - Wraith
D20 + 9 = 20 (11)
D20 + 9 = 25 (16)
Hit!
Mana: 18 -> 17
Ability: Divine Smite
2D6 + 2D6 + 7 = 24 (4, 6)(3, 4)
24 damage!

Attack - Wraith
D20 + 9 = 11 (2)
D20 + 9 = 16 (7)

Onward Soar: 1 -> 0

Mana: 17 -> 16
Spell: Hex

Attack - Wraith
D20 + 9 = 22 (13)
D20 + 9 = 27 (18)
Hit!
Mana: 16 -> 15
Ability: Divine Smite
2D6 + 2D6 + 1D6 + 7 = 23 (2, 3)(1, 4)(6)
23 damage!

Attack - Wraith
D20 + 9 = 16 (7)
D20 + 9 = 27 (18)
Hit!
Mana: 15 -> 14
Ability: Divine Smite
2D6 + 2D6 + 1D6 + 7 = 23 (3, 3)(2, 4)(4)
23 damage!

Adam slid under a wide fist from the earth creature, pebbles scattering across his puthral armour, while the creature swirled, and he could swear he could see a face. The earth jittered at him, the noisiness lost to the shouts and prayers of the Red River Squad. 

“How long has it been?” Adam asked, dodging under another wide swing of earth, before he exhaled. His mind focused in front of him, and his dance began. Wraith’s cool metal reassured him, as he cut into the face of the creature, the amorphous blob still jittering at him. The heat of the divine magic spread through him, piercing stone and earth deeper. 

“Some time,” Jurot replied, his entire body red as he swung recklessly across the creature’s chest, though barely scraped across it. The earth beneath his feet had shifted, causing him to land a superficial blow across the erta. 

Adam laughed in response to Jurot’s response, wondering when they had fought last.

Jurot remembered. 

No, it wasn’t that he remembered, it was that he hadn’t forgotten.

The last time they had fought side by side, it had been against an insurmountable foe. The Iyrman’s neck pulsed, and his eyes turned white. His entire body grew hot with greater rage when he recalled the time. He stood still in front of the erta, still holding up his shield, at it was the way of the Rot family, but he held up his axe, and swung downwards simply. It struck across the creature’s side as it made to strike Jurot, though it jittered noisily as Jurot expended one of the charges within his axe to deal a great wound within his foe’s simple mind.

Phantom was no normal axe. It had been enchanted with a Greater bonus, a +2 to hit and damage, but Adam had enchanted it to deal 2D6 damage normally too, half the damage being Psychic damage, which struck one’s mind. It was a weapon that had been designed to deal with Jarot, the first person who had defeated Adam in his third life, Jurot’s grandfather. 

Even with Phantom, Jurot had been unable to stand against the Lord of Flames.

Wraith was also no normal axe. It had been enchanted with a Greater bonus, like Phantom, and like Phantom, dealt 2D6 damage, though it was purely an increase in the steel’s cutting abilities, though they were not the only enchantments within the axe.

Adam tried to cut into the creature again, but the earth had solidified across his axe, but he kicked it, pulling his axe away. Thunder rumbled from ahead, as one of the earth creature’s earthy guts splattered across the battlefield. With the focus of his Fighting Spirit, Adam could find a greater chance of striking an enemy, being able to see slightly more clearly. 

‘Thunder?’

Jurot, who had taken a blow straight to his jaw, had activated Mighty Roar, the magical shield Adam enchanted.

The Half Elf inhaled deeply, flexing his muscles, before forcing himself to act once again. His bread and butter technique was awkward to use within the forest, especially with so many people around him, but his skill with his axe was much better when facing a singular foe. 

Adam slid to the side, and pointed at the creature with his axe, while waving his shield, channelling his Mana from his heart and through Wraith, which could be used to channel his spells. 

“You’re mine,” Adam chanted, his magic taking hold onto the creature, his mind focusing now on the spell. He slashed across the creature, his axe flashing white hot with divine magic, and stones and earth dropped at his feet, cut cleanly in half. 

This was his way of fighting, to charge right in and take out a creature quickly. Each of his blows could have taken down any of the Red River Squad members, and he had dealt enough damage to knock out an Expert easily. Though the creature had lost much of its mass, it still seemed relatively healthy as it shifted and aimed a blow at Adam again.

Something tickled the back of the Half Elf’s mind, his body growing cold with a sudden realisation. 

The sound of thunder.

It was Mighty Roar.

Might Roar which had been enchanted by Adam himself, one of his first enchantments, enchanted roughly two years ago. 

Adam was fairly certain he had never heard it before.

“Hyat!” Rose shouted, her fist, which crackled with fire, struck across the urka’s form. Its skin was hard, though that was to be expected considering it was made of earth and stone, but she could feel how it resisted against her blow. Her companions found themselves unable to penetrate its body, their blades and magic bouncing off the urka’s stone body, even with the assistance of Kadija’s magic.

While the forms of the other two urka’s had slimmed down considerably, the urka ahead of them still towered over the six figures. ‘Noor, take them!’ she cursed, rolling to one side as the urka slammed down beside her, kicking up earth from the floor. Her mind raced as she wondered whether they should flee.

Fighting Spirit: 2 -> 1

Attack - Wraith
D20 + 9 = 14 (5)
D20 + 9 = 25 (16)
Hit!
Mana: 14 -> 13
Ability: Divine Smite
2D6 + 2D6 + 1D6 + 7 = 32 (4, 6)(5, 5)(5)
32 damage!

Attack - Wraith
D20 + 9 = 11 (1)
D20 + 9 = 28 (19)
Critical hit!
Mana: 13 -> 12
Ability: Divine Smite
4D6 + 4D6 + 2D6 + 7 = 45 (3, 3, 4, 4)(1, 2, 6, 6)(3, 6)
45 damage!

 Adam raised his shield, managing to deflect a blow, and slipped under it as he focused himself. His arm whipped as he cut into the creature’s side, his axe flashing white hot again with divine magics. The earth creature jittered wildly, before it shifted like a bending river. The earth around it began to loosen, stone and earth raining down Adam as its form began to dissipate. It grew wider and taller, trying to swallow Adam. 

Adam stepped forward to meet it, swinging his axe wildly across it, his blade catching something deep within it, a shinier piece of earth shooting out, before the jittering stopped and the earth dropped ahead of him. Seeing that it was now still, Adam charged forward, noting how large the earth creature in front of the six still was. 

He could see past them too, watching as Jurot and the earth creature slugged it out, earthy fist against axe. Each time Jurot struck it, it jittered noisily, and as it struck Jurot, thunder rumbled outward from the Iyrman, causing more of its earth to scatter all across the area.

Antony, the heavily armoured warrior, managed to strike deeply into the creature, and yet found his greatsword did not manage to sink as deeply as he expected. ‘Right!’ he thought, remembering that the creature was not an ordinary beast. 

Raila, the heavily armoured Devilkin, managed to cut across the creature’s side with her maul, but barely cracked across the earth. 

Rose inhaled deeply, and though the creature made to slam her, a bolt of fire skid across its skin, while a white beam pierced through its earth, dropping some of the earth. She shouted again, her fists striking the creature’s chest, barely managing to reach deeper within, before she pulled her fists out, allowing the earth to tumble out, before she bowed, managing to dodge a blow. 

Zishan stepped around to try and find a better spot, stepping up beside Kadija, who was still chanting, trying to call forth another beam of light. “We should-,” he stopped, watching as the large form of purple leapt into the fray.

Fighting Spirit: 1 -> 0

Attack - Wraith (Flanking)
D20 + 10 = 14 (4)
D20 + 10 = 16 (6)
Miss!

Attack - Wraith (Flanking)
D20 + 10 = 17 (7)
D20 + 10 = 28 (18)
Hit!
Mana: 12 -> 11
Ability: Divine Smite
2D6 + 2D6 + 7 = 18 (1, 3)(1, 6)
18 damage!

Adam grunted as his axe sank into the earth, though it was already loose. He pressed his axe forward, managing to strike deeper into it, his axe flashing hot with divine magic again. 

“Step back! Support Jurot and me from the side,” Adam commanded, pulling his axe out as the earth shifted to face him. The group took the chance to pull away from the creature, trying to scramble to find their ranged weapons, while Kadija chanted.

Adam did not hear a rumble this time, but the jittering grew louder as an axe fell across its shoulders, and Jurot’s shadow loomed across Adam. The Iyrman stood on the creature’s back, forcing the shield against its back as he pulled Phantom out of its back. 

“Man am I glad to see you,” Adam said, as a bolt of fire passed between him and the creature, striking a nearby tree. Adam had no time to make a comment, as the creature’s shadow loomed over him. He dropped to a knee and raised his shield as it slammed its heavy might onto him, with such great strength that Adam almost sank into the earth before it. His muscles began to burn with effort.

Attack - Wraith (Flanking + Bless)
D20 + 10 + 1D3 = 18 (7)(1)
Hit!
Mana: 12 -> 11
Ability: Divine Smite
2D6 + 2D6 + 1D6 + 7 = 24 (3, 5)(2, 3)(4)
24 damage!

Attack - Wraith (Flanking + Bless)
D20 + 10 + 1D3 = 30 (19)(1)
Critical hit!
Mana: 11 -> 10
Ability: Divine Smite
4D6 + 4D6 + 2D6 + 7 = 48 (1, 4, 4, 5)(1, 2, 6, 6)(6, 6)
48 damage!

The earth creature slammed down on Adam again, but the Half Elf clutched his axe tight, shifting his spell from the previous creature to the creature currently raining down earth and stone against him. 

The Red River Squad paused, watching as the mass of moving earth continued to strike down on Adam, whose shield was holding up well against its mighty blows. Their eyes were glued to the pair.

Adam heard a cut, followed by its jittering.

Suddenly, he twisted his body, slashing upwards. His axe barely scraped the earth, though with his divine magic, he left a glowing gash across its chest, before he spun, Jurot doing the same as they cut through its sides, hacking into it from opposite sides, before both struck something within it.

Clink.

The creature crumbled, the earth falling around them, before a shinier stone dropped from between their axes. 

Victory!
Elementals (Earth)
XP Gained: +600
XP: 9 600 -> 10 200

Call a Priest!

BUT NOT FOR ME.