28 Baby's First Deception

For over a thousand years, they've had that open bounty on necromancers, and for a thousand years, the undead are still the ones that rule all of South America.

If I want to hire some to serve on my ships or sell you as livestock, no one will stop me, for every sailor alive fears my very name.

No one cares about who me crew are and no one cares who your father is. You're all going to come with me where those necrophiliacs are and you will die before you're resurrected as undead.

If you're lucky, you may even keep a part of your free will when they turn you, hell bite your tongues off and kill yourself to save me the trouble of ferrying you all the way there. Me crew, is always hungry.

-a speech during a pirate raid by Captain Guillermo 'Davy Jones' Cotilla, Tier 5 Unofficial Ruler of the Caribbean

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Odd followed the Octo-pervert's directions and found himself surrounded by wood paneled walls after he climbed the stairs.

This! It was the first taste of civilization the Gob has had during his short life. Anything was better than those dirty, poorly lit caves. Odd didn't feel like obliging his curiosity, however, as this entire situation is just feeling more irritating and more useless as time goes on!

His last five days, his adventures, his struggles and evolution! It all was unnecessary as that damn scylla bastard could have fixed everything with the lazy wave of a single tentacle!

Well, technically, his mother could have ended the charade at any moment too, but considering the orc, Cripclaw, was going through so much to fix a single hand, he figured he was at least saving his mother some money.

'And take the final left,' Odd recounted the directions in his head as he continued his thoughts.

At least the fact that he's saving his mother money is a consolation.

Wait, his mother wouldn't want help from that fish asshole, what he's doing is NOT useless. And he's proving himself!

"Hey, you, what are you doing here?"

"Whats up?" Odd stopped and finally noticed a Hobgoblin and a pig nosed Porc standing by the door to the administrators office.

"Percy?" the Porc clamored. "I thought that you couldn't talk no mo?"

"No," Odd cursed to himself. 'I'm just an idiot.'

"I'm, uhh, I'm a new guy. Roark sent me," Odd added.

The Hobgoblin raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms in a defensive position, "Roark? The guy that can't be trusted with living Gobs in his group? The same one who's daddy gave him a pet Ghoul to play with?"

Odd fought back a gag as he was reminded of how Glette the Ghoul tasted as he killed her. It was more traumatic then exploding his own foot or getting acid in his mouth and eyes.

"That's what he said!" the pig-snouted monster said. "Did necro-boss finally have new Gob?"

The Hobgoblin scoffed, "Ya right, they say it took him almost five years to have Roark. I don't think the husk is a real Gob."

Odd felt his disguise was crumbling underneath him. He needed to act fast distract their thoughts by doing... something.

"Hey, why are you talking about boss like that, do you want to die?"

"What do you think you can do about it? You look lost and not very strong!"

"Well yea, I'm lost, but I'm still really strong!" Odd yelled.

He received an eye roll. This Hobgoblin not only openly hated his boss in a society where badmouthing your betters will cause your head to roll from your shoulders, but he was also a disrespectful bitch? Odd wanted to really kill him now!

"Why don't you take off that mask, or are your too ugly?"

Odd really, really wanted to kill him now, screw plans! He reached for his daggers while the two Gobs stared each other down...

"Hey."

"Hey."

"Heeeeeey!" the piggy yelled as he slammed his spear on the ground. "No fight here, fight later."

The Hobgoblin spat on Odd's hood and tilted his spear downwards.

It took everything he had in him not to kill the impertinent bastard. He only restrained himself, because he had a plan to kill him within 2 minutes.

"Whatever," Odd said as he turned around with a flourish. "I'll kill you later."

He made it around the corner, sweat dripping from his brow.

Odd unsheathed his knifes and took a deep breath. The hallway was too straight and too long. His stealthy magic would take a lot out of him to make it all the way. But, he wouldn't be Odd if he deeply pondered the consequences of failing in his actions.

The Living Ghoul activated his absorb presence, and sprinted down the corridor.

[Mana] 25/25

"Hey, why are you coming back here? I thought you were leaving?"

'Huh,' Odd thought as he ran. 'I guess I never wondered if that form of my [Yin Lightning Affinity] would fail. Of course it would now but not against the poker players?.' He should probably gain a better understanding of his most esoteric use of his magic.

[Mana] 15/25

"Who are you talking about, buddy?"

[Mana] 10/25

"The guy who's right in front of you, you stupid pig, what're you doing? He's gonna kill you, dumbass!"

Odd released the dagger in his right hand and it went through the Porc's chest, eviscerating his heart. He jumped over the left shoulder of the humanoid, causing the Hobgoblin to pull back his spear because the Porc's body blocked the way. Odd used his free hand and fully applied his absorption powers into the dying Gob.

[Yin Lightning Affinity] rose from 2.8 to 2.9

[Mana] 8/25

The Hobgoblin started to roar out an alarm, but Odd threw his remaining dagger at him, forcing him to duck, narrowly avoiding death.

Odd grit his teeth, pushed off the wall near him with a thrust of his speed affinity, then he applied his water affinity to his feet, and slid across the floor, towards the crouched Hobgoblin.

[Mana] 5/25

And Odd slammed directly into the spear pointed towards him. The Gob glanced down to find a hole in his chest, piercing his lung.

Getting hurt to kill was reeeaaally starting to irritate the Living Ghoul, but he couldn't dwell on the fact now.

He had a face to eat. And a fat Porc when he was finished.

[Body] rose from 2.1 to 2.2