25 Amari's Power
The party climbed the steps up the side of the mountain, according to the map, this path would lead straight to the ancient giant city. The city itself was visible from where they were, various large structures lined the mountainside, large stone stairways and bridges connected the buildings, however, most of them fell into disrepair.
Ai, Amari and Kenji used [Flash Step] to cross a chasm that interrupted the broken path, looking back, they saw Hoat'l standing there. "Oi, You comin'?" Amari yelled out. "I dun have that blur ability, lass!"
Ai giggled, "It's pretty handy, you should learn it!" She yelled out as Amari blurred back next to the dwarf, tossed him, massive backpack and all, over her shoulder, and blurred back, setting the dwarf back down.
"You know, you could have just touched his shoulder or something." Kenji said, remembering how she had hastened his torment with Ai.
"Hehe, I know, just wanted to get his blood pumpin'." She said with a smirk as Ai glared at her.
"Aye, well thank you, miss Amari." Hoat'l looked down with a blush.
"Neyë! Kumash damun!" An Orc shouted out as it rounded the corner. "Anukh!" Another one shouted.
"About time!" Amari said and turned towards the party. "Lemme have some fun, you boys might wanna turn around, or Ai might beat your asses!" They looked at her in confusion, but heeded her warning, turning around, except for Ai who was curious.
Amari slammed her sword into the ground and unequipped her armor, sending it to her inventory, which surprised Ai. Her tan skin started to turn grey as her exposed body turned to stone, it began to crack and crumble, pebble and gravel growing rapidly out of her body as her form started to expand rapidly into a hulking stone monstrosity with her still normal head poking out of the top.
"RRRAAAAAAGHHH!" Her voice turned deep and coarse as she let out a deafening battle-cry.
The charging Orcs stopped and stared in shock, first with perverted looks as her body had gone nude, causing Ai's eye to twitch, then horror as she grew in size, none of her feminine features remaining, with the exception of her still flesh and blood head that stuck out at the top. She looked like a large rock golem.
"Let's get this party started, boys!" She charged forth, each step like a small earthquake. The orcs looked lost, unsure of what to do, until a giant stone fist came down, slamming one of the orcs into a fine paste.
"Urrraaagh!" The orcs bellowed out as they swung their blades hopelessly at Amari's stone skin, bouncing off without a scratch.
Swinging out one of her massive fists, she turned another orc to paste along the steep mountainside. "Is that all you boys got? Pft." She bellowed out in a gravelly voice, spitting out wet gravel that hit one of the orcs in the face, his skin started to turn from a grey-green color to red as rage began to take over from the insult.
The orc disappeared in a flash and appeared above Amari, swinging down his sword with alarming speed at her head.
*CHING*
Amari caught the blade between her teeth and twisted her body, sending the orc flying off the edge of the mountainside, tumbling down far below. She spat the sword out as it clanged down on the ground.
"Not bad, any of you other boys got somethin' else to show me?" The orcs stood there, trembling in fear as one orc appeared from around the corner wearing dirty brown robes.
Amari smirked. "Smart move, finger wiggler, it'll hide the shit your about to take." The orc conjured up a large 3 tiered circle but was quickly interrupted when Amari shot out her arm, stretching out and grabbing the orc shaman, crashing him into the side of the mountain, immediately crushing his arms and ribs.
"Oi, sis! Let me see some spells before you finish them off, I gotta expand my library!" Ai said with a pouty look on her face. Amari scratched her head with a large stone finger. "Ah, my bad sis, I'm going back to normal, look away, boys." The guys turned around instantly, not wanting to face either of their wrath.
The pebbles and gravel contracted back into her body as her bare flesh turned tan once more. She re-equipped her gear and pulled her sword out of the ground. "These guys were too weak for that anyway, yeah?" The few remaining orcs had watched in fear but grew in confidence once they saw her back to normal.
Looking at the Orcs with amber eyes, she noted their stats. "Hey sis, mind if I take these last guys on?" Ai asked as Amari nodded her head. "Sure, but one sec." She whipped her blade and, with a flick of her wrist, ripped one of the three remaining orcs into pieces. "There, three might have been pushing it."
Ai pouted as she summoned Agony. "I coulda taken em, but whatever. Come on boys, don't be afraid of this little princess~." She giggled in such a way that made Kenji and Hoat'l look at the orcs with pity.
The little girl in front of them couldn't be any less intimidating in her little blue, floral pattern dress, Ha, the orcs thought they had a chance. They thought.
The bat-like wings of the guard twisted around partway down the handle and the V-shaped blades condensed into a thinner blade with a more pronounced tip as Ai switched Agony to [Rapier Mode] to take advantage of the speed boost, she disappeared in a blur using [Flash Step] and slashed at both legs of one of the orcs from behind.
The orc howled and swung his cleaver behind him as he collapsed on the ground, unable to move his legs. Ai easily dodged to the side and stabbed one, two, three times rapidly into the chest of the other orc.
She used [Flash Step] once more to gain some distance and switched Agony to [Blade-Whip Mode], letting the blades hang loosely, she spun the whip above her head and flicked her wrist, sending the tip through the throat of the disabled orc, pulling back, she retracted the tip, the V-shape pulling the majority of its neck with it, killing the orc instantly.
"RRRRRRAAAAAAGHHH!"
Sensing danger, she quickly switched Agony to [Longsword Mode] and barely managed to parry as the surviving orc turned red with its berserk skill, swinging wildly at Ai.
*CLANG CLANG CLANG*
Using the orcs momentum against itself, she managed to parry each strike with ease, she decided to prolong this fight as her eyes turned amber and emitted the familiar blue aura, she wanted to see if she could copy the Orcs berserker skill. And sure enough.
[New Skill Acquired: [Berserk] Stamina Cost: 55% for 6 hours | Instant / 1 min
Effect: Fly into a blinding rage, increasing all physical base stats by 100% and decreasing all mental base stats by 50% for 1 minute. The body will become fatigued and weakened for 6 hours, reducing max stamina by 55% and all stats by 15%]
Ai smirked as she rotated her body, parrying the orcs attack into the ground. Twisting her body in reverse, she cut off the orcs head while he was still trying to pry his sword from the ground, ending him right there.
[Congratulations! You've reached Level 5!]
Ai walked towards the group with an innocent smile on her face, humming a gentle tune. "I~ got~ a~ level~" She said in a sing-song voice. Kenji and Hoat'l stared at the girl in disbelief with the same thought. 'Is this girl for real!?'
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[Name: Ai
Level: 5
Class: Cleric / Mage / Creation Mage
Stats: HP: 144 / 144 | MP: 202 / 202
STR: 20 | DEX: 19 | CON: 18(+1)
INT: 24(+2) | WIS: 18 | CHA: 15
New Stat Allocation: [+1 to stat of choice.][+1 to INT(Warlock Prestige)][+1 to CON(Paladin Prestige]
Class Up Unlock: [Cleric Automatically selected due to prestige]
Cleric Benefits Unlocked:
-Wield Shields & Heavy Armor without penalty.
-Wield Mace & Flail without penalty.
-Second Tier Divine Magic Unlocked.
Mage Class Expanded:
-Familiar Unlocked.
-Second Tier Arcane Magic Unlocked.
Creation Mage Class Expanded:
-Reduced cost of mana required to construct equipment.
-Increased construction speed.]
