You won't have any of that saving shit, and you walk up to him with your dagger. Seum, predictably, pulls your arm to stop you.
If you're too much of a coward to face this demon, fine, but I won't allow you to kill this man because it would be simple!Let go of me. You slowly hiss, your face looking like ones you'd only find in nightmares. The villagers step away in fear.
Seum proves harder to break. He's the tough sort of man, who strengthens in the face of danger. Somewhat surprising from a rogue.
I'll go in and kill the demon, and you aren't going to do a damned thing about it.I'm going with you. A mindscape must be fascinating!Not as much as you'd think.Before you can do anything else but snark at them, they have jumped into the streams. You yell in frustration, and stomp over to Melvin. No mortal commands you about, nothing ca-
You scream in pain as your arm burns intensely, you look upon your
Necrosis. A voice rings through your mind, deep and angry.
YOU SHALL OBEY ME.
You instinctively kneel, and pray for his forgiveness. He restores your arm, but you still feel drained. The villagers look at you with a strange mix of awe and pity.
Their pity fills you with rage, but you are smart enough not to have a second outburst after the first almost cost you an arm.
Seum materializes out of the streams, who slosh to the floor. The streams, not Seum.
Melvin starts coughing violently, as his body starts rejecting the demon's waste. It transforms into vomiting pretty quickly.
After about five minutes of all his bodily orifices ejecting black goo that fortunately dissipates, he stands up again. Tall and proud, like any overconfident mortal. Still, after all that it's surprising. He's a well-built man without demon corruption filling his body.
He then faints, and sticks the landing unto his adviser's chair. The villagers quickly get to work, silently carrying him to his room so he might recover.
So that demon was easy enough to deal with.Speak for yourself, I was the guy that had to distract him!You're the one in the dress who shoots fire, by extension people are going to aim for you first.So it died that easily to YOU?Look, I know where to stab and how to dodge, alright? well, the latter since after the fight. I leveled up.Bwuh?Oh right, you don't do levels using experience. I think? Well, whatever, I can construct infectious zombies now!Nono. You mean to tell me you instantly gain the knowledge after toil and trouble instead of learning how to do it through said toil?Mate, A monk once came into town to meditate upon peace. He leveled up and used his power to punch things harder. It does not make sense, but we don't complain about it, capiche?You pinch the bridge of your nose.
What do you do now?
HP: 17/20
Fatigue:26/30
Status: Solid form
Ways of doing damage: Poison Claws. Fangs.
Evil: 16/20
Bases: Underground complex inside city, tower, large temple.
Cult members: 44
Underlings :Goblin tribe. Basic workers(around 30 of them)
Inventory: Artifact amulet, Sweet protective clothing, 405 gold pieces
Party: Seum, Wander and you
Inventory: 305 gold pieces, basic weaponry, a glowy stone,A shortbow(three arrows), a maul, oil-covered reinforced leather armor, slightly melted flame mechanism, light leather armor. (Seum has a rucksack).
Way of travel: Horse.
Spells
Illusion
Vessel empowerment.
Cult supplies
Weapons and armor, Hammer of the Avatar. Basic food supplies, 11000 coins. A werewolf.
Poisonous animals.
Trading:
Rotten fruits, Deathrot ( of all kinds, poison, alchemy and home defense), goblin weaponry on occasions