434 Admiral Qualities
Blue crab blood spatters as the third mutated claw is cut off, it loses its grip on the Wabbajack too, sending it spinning up into the air, making Michael nervous whenever its tip is pointed in his direction.
His worries are justified too, as after its third rotation, another projectile it fired directly at Michael. At that moment, Michael realises that not all the Prince's were acting honourably, chiefly, Sheogorath, who seemed to be controlling the Wabbajack instead of the King Mud Crab.
He uses [Counter Spell] at the last second to block it, but it ends up being futile, as a shadow throws itself between Michael and the attack. "Darth!?"
His shadowy familiar gets hit, causing its form to bubble and morph, but Darth disappears before Michael could see the final result... The familiar bond was still there, so Darth wasn't dead... He just hoped the changes wouldn't be too drastic.
Shaking his head, he uses a cloth and wraps it around the Wabbajack to prevent it from going to Hircine, wanting to destroy it in the Aetherium Forge to prevent any more mother fuckin' dismembered baby hands from being created and or harvested, depending on where they actually came from.
He throws it into his inventory and finally turns his attention to Sheogorath's Champion, who was basically completely defenceless against Michael who was still perched on its back.
"Alright, let's end this." he mutters, retrieving his Aetherium Pickaxe and beginning to dig a hole in its shell. Once he breaches into the crab's flesh, he points a finger down and chants, "Laguna Blade." a couple times, completely frying the crab from the inside out, causing it to collapse in on itself.
With its death, all the remaining mud crabs go into what could only be called a feeding frenzy, devouring everything and anything nearby, including their own allies... This combined with Solitude's continued assault all but annihilates the mud crab threat, leaving man the victor in the competition between man and crab...
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A couple hours after the battle, once High King Torygg was sure another attack wouldn't be coming, a celebration is thrown... Though, this was more to get the citizens away from the gate so that they wouldn't see the mountain of baby hands that was once the wall. If news of this became widespread, Solitude might even become a 'cursed city', a place travellers all around Tamriel would refuse to visit, heavily hitting both the economy, foreign relations, and Skyrim's reputation as a whole, Solitude being the Capital.
Michael was basically forced to stay, being one of the 'heroes' of the day, preventing him from immediately hunting more Champions. Torygg had him stay and announced his name, among others, that'd helped in the defence of Solitude, afterwards granting him a large amount of gold as a reward.
He was eventually able to pry himself away so he could begin hunting Champions again... But first, updating his status.
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Name : Michael Tahlin
Rank : Legend
Stats :
Strength : 72.5 > 82.4
Agility : 190.6 > 218.4
Intelligence : 116.9 > 134.9
Birthsign : The Mage
Familiar : Darth, Dark Monolith Parasite
Abilities :
[The Mage] : Enables user to learn all magic-based skills 20% faster.
[Gandalfr] : Enables user to utilise any weapon at two ranks above their current proficiency while granting them the knowledge necessary to use them. While wielding a weapon, temporarily gain +100% in all stats.
[Vanntalfdir] : Enables user to walk on liquids as if they were solid surfaces, can be activated at will but continuously drains mana to function.
[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.
[Adept Mana Manipulation] : Allows user more control over his magic, spells, and some abilities. Mana efficiency and control of power is increased.
[Pain Tolerence] : Allows user to endure great amounts of pain with little to no negative effects as a result.
[Adept basic Swordsmanship(Two handed swords/One handed swords)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling swords.
[Adept basic Dagger techniques(Single edge, curved, straight, double edge.)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling daggers.
[Desensitized] : Things of a violent or shocking nature fail to draw a reaction like they used to. Emotions are dulled somewhat and user is more easily able to think and rationalize in high stress situations.
Affinities :
[Lesser Water Affinity], [Fire Affinity], [Lesser Space Affinity], [Lesser Darkness Affinity], [Ice Affinity]
Spirits :
Commoner Tier :
Shadow Shaman : Lvl MAX
Slark : Lvl MAX
Riki : Lvl MAX
Hero Tier :
Anti-Mage : Lvl MAX
Lina : Lvl MAX
Winter Wyvern : Lvl MAX
Legend Tier :
Rubick : Lvl MAX
Silencer : Lvl 17 > MAX
Magic :
Tamrielic
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With his Silencer Spirit finally maxed out, he had a new Spirit to pick, along with the roulette wheel to deal with. He quickly goes through it, but finds that his apathy towards it is unfounded due to the things he'd acquired from it.
A Mystic Staff, a very expensive staff that'd massively enhance your hero's Intelligence in the game.
A Blink Dagger, one of the most useful items in Dota 2, in Michael honest opinion. It'd allow your hero to blink around in a manner not all that dissimilar to Anti-Mage, with the exception that taking any damage would disable its ability for a limited time.
Lastly, was the artifact called Cloak of Flames. Which increased your hero's armour while also covering them in flames. Michael would have to test it further to make sure it wouldn't burn both enemies and allies, but he was pretty happy with it and the other items regardless.
Grinning like an excited child, he turns his attention toward the list of available Spirits he could pick from... Again, the options were both interesting and limited. The power disparity and usefulness between them were massively different, especially with what Michael wanted to achieve.
Kunkka, Juggernaut, Dragon Knight, Lich, Necropphos... In the end, Michael decided to leave it up to chance, not really knowing who would be the best pick. He draws a circle in the dirt and writes the names of the heroes around it before tossing a stick in the air.
It drops, and its point lands in a section... Kunkka?
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Hmm, then again, Juggernaut was looking good...
Ugh, fine, go hard or go home, right?
He selects Kunkka.
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Spirit : Kunkka
Level : 1
Abilities :
Admiral Qualities (Rank 0) : Gives the user inherent charisma when speaking to groups of people. Grants people under user's command a bonus to their damage, attack speed, and movement speed.
Torrent (Rank 0) : Summons a large torrent of water to shoot from the ground, lifting and stunning enemies caught in it.
TideBringer (Rank 1) : Enchants user's sword with Tidebringer's essence of the sea, making their next strike also hit nearby enemies.
X Marks The Spot (Rank 0) : User marks a target with an X, causing them to return to the same location after a few seconds, no matter what.
GhostShip (Rank 0) : Summons Kunkka's ghost ship, massively boosting the vitality of allies on it. Any collisions are dealt massive damage. Requires constant mana to maintain.
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Hmm, yeah, he probably should have expected the charisma bonuses since Kunkka was the Admiral of a navy. GhostShip is different from what he remembers... The description makes it sound like he could actually sail around on it...? Still, he wondered if crashing the thing into a Dragon would kill it. He had no idea how big the ship would be, but he was looking forward to finding out.
TideBringer was also a big surprise. Sure, it was stupidly powerful in the game, but he'd already seen some abilities get nerfed. He was glad to see that TideBringer wasn't one of them.
Though, he was a bit put out that he hadn't received the legendary blade. That meant that any other legendary weapons that are involved in abilities wouldn't be gained. He was thankful that he hadn't wasted any Spirit slots on mechanical heroes that required him to build stuff.
"Now, let's go test this out on some Daedri-Oh, shit!... Darth! What happened to you!?" he abruptly exclaims as his familiar appears before him...
Of course, Darth doesn't say anything, as he'd been changed from a shadowy hand to a shadowy foot...
"For the love of god, if I have to go around hunting fucking exodia cards to fix this shit I'm going to go crazy!"
