They told him that they were in the gallery, so Masami visited exactly the said location. At first, he was amazed by how the structure was made, albeit destroyed, albeit not Joyan, it was deluging. There were photos framed upon each wall, but most of them were already destroyed because of the skeleton behemoths Masami could see from afar, thus sparking a small burst of flame upon the left pinky, targeting the said creatures. The gallery has been quiet because everybody was going after the lich, but Masami had only ever cared for reducing the damage of the city, just like how he was told. Plus, he gets experience from battling these creatures, even more as to slay them, and then he'd be strong enough to get his guild members and guild master to praise him. Now, Masami isn't so lustful for such praises, but performances and fighting are two whole different things. Masami wasn't being cautious, either, suddenly charging in after shouting "Kojiki!" with his arms stretched out, leaping and stepping unto a circular platform two-meters away from him, then leaping once more into another circular platform – when he was in the air after the last leap, he blew through the mask, targeting one behemoth, whose appearance is extremely different from the ones before. It wasn't dead, but simply immobile at the moment. Now that there's one down (as of the moment), Masami leaped the second time, going for a kick over the second behemoth's head, whom wasn't so far off from the previous one. While he was still at it, the third behemoth continue to lunge towards Masami, but he was still in the air after the kick – with a hand raised in the air, Masami slammed the hand on the ground, creating walls of flames and that vanished upon reaching twenty-meters. Such wasn't enough, still. 308/1275 「-15% WC reduction via Guild Perk.」 北正美 |
A City Under Siege [QUEST; SOLO]
Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:18 pm
Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:30 pm
After that attack, all three of the behemoths were down on the ground, their limbs still twitching just like bugs, trying to live after stepping on them. Masami was sure that these were still alive, somewhat, but then he didn't want to deem himself as being paranoid. Thus, creating distance, Masami sat on the ground while looking at all of them from a distance, waiting for something to happen. The glow on the behemoths' chests were still shining, thus giving Masami confidence that these were still alive. Now, he was getting tired of waiting; the moment he stood up from his seat after ten or more minutes, one behemoth after another started to abruptly stand up once more, their tails swinging like crazy. The walls were breaking because of their abnormal movements, causing Masami to loose balance because of the sudden shaking of grounds. He was falling directly into a behemoth's mouth, and— Chomp. Masami was swallowed whole, inside the behemoth's stomach he was. It was darker here, even if the behemoth's skeleton was out in the open just like that. He wondered which behemoth this was... the first one, the second one? Even if Masami was calm, of course he wanted to get out of this... not like he'll get digested, anyway. If he was, then he should've felt the hot, stinging pain of acid and fire crawling into his skin... fire! Masami could easily get out of this – with a pinky raised, Masami breathed into it, and he didn't stop until he explodes out of this behemoth. Because he was enclosed as if stuck inside a box, it was expected that the magical fire would affect Masami, too – but for some reason, although he felt the flames, it didn't hurt. Not one bit. He finally had his feet stepping on the ground after the behemoth exploded, releasing its' hostage. 619/1275 「-15% WC reduction via Guild Perk.」 北正美 |
Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:45 pm
Two of the behemoths were caught giving their attention towards the sudden boom of noises, and witnessing one of their comrades' death. They charged at Masami, whose grin itched upon his own face without his awareness at all. On the inside, he was anxious—at least he thought he was, because moments like these cause such nervousness but... they said that your should worry more, if you're no longer nervous, right? What is there to worry about? Masami charged the same time the behemoths did, but he only had to choose one, thus kissing the tip of two fingers and pointing it towards the second behemoth, on the right, then pushing it towards Masami. This was exactly how he wanted it to be; now that the behemoth, surprised and forced to charge faster than the one who is now five-meters away from it, Masami met with the creature's end when he blew through his finger, killing it the same way it killed its' comrade. Now, was the last one afraid? After witnessing his second comrade's death, after realizing that it was now all alone, the last behemoth stood still on its' position, shaking its' head and doubting whether to run away or not. The behemoth Masami took out was no longer found to be moving, and the gleam on its' chest was no longer working. Now, Masami walked forward, and the behemoth was unable to move at all. With curiosity, Masami asked it: "Are you afraid of me, now?" Of course, as expected, the behemoth would not move. After all, it isn't human, which was why Masami was so confident in destroying it, or mutilating it, anything to ease such suffering. He touched the head of the behemoth, whose struck with ease and fear, letting Masami put it into an end, as well. 922/1275 「-15% WC reduction via Guild Perk.」 北正美 |
Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:57 pm
To be feared, just like that, Masami knew that it initially felt good. However, after 'purifying' the last behemoth, just like that, Masami felt a cry from a mere child... a child, was that why the last behemoth wasn't as aggressive as the previous two? Could it be that this behemoth was once human, or at least a human soul that got turned into something else? Now that Masami had realized how awful it was to exterminate things that used to be human, Masami's ease and confidence immediately turned into grief. He covered his lips, trembling as he slowly walks back, trying to un-witness the situation he created for himself. As expected, as much as he's self-aware, his eyes has turned wet after that stinging pain from the inside crawling into the outside. This is who Masami is going to be, he never knew that being feared would be such a hassle. "I'm here for the cure, for the cure..." Masami told himself in order to calm his own self down, wiping the tears off of his face using a single arm. "They aren't human." With his lower eyelid and upper mouth twitching in response to the stress he felt, Masami continued to wipe his face with his arm. "That darned lich." he audibly thought, simply looking for something to blame. It was a bratty move, knowing that not all liches are evil after that experience in the dungeon, however... why is it that all liches are to be blamed and feared? Masami was sure that the lich circulating and destroying the areas of the city is definitely evil, compared to his guild member—or master? Masami was following a lich, too. Now, he doesn't know what to think about, shooting an attack towards a skeleton creature that flied towards Masami in a quick pace. Once again, he has gotten enough of this place, crushing the smallet creature with his own hand after realizing that his attack had missed. "Better get these bandages fixed." he thought, walking away, and watching his own hand bleed through that subtle, single sacrifice. Just like the others, Masami was now going after the lich. 1282/1275 「-15% WC reduction via Guild Perk.」 北正美 |
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