Battle in the Catacombs

Seeing the wretches running at him a small smirk appeared on his face as he charged forward towards the wretches. His anticipation for battle built and his fighting spirit ignited as he watched all the movements of the wretches; predicting the movements he needed to make as he ran forward.

Activating Holy Seal, he jumped in the air over the first wretch who began elongating its neck to snap at him with its jaws. With a quick twist of the torso, he slashed at the wretch, cutting it vertically in half.

Landing on his feet facing the other four wretches Jason blocked two slashes directly with his shield, and let loose a blast of flame throw while ducking underneath a slash from another wretch. He angled his sword to block another slash with his sword sliding his sword along that arm to cut it off at the shoulder. With a screech that wretch backed away as another one took its place, raising its three arms with the intent to bisect Jason.

From behind the shield that was blasting fire, a wretch's head appeared through the flames with Jaws wide open to tear his throat out.

Jason leaned back and slipped under the sickles of another wretch attacking him, chopping at the head of the burning wretch that had attempting to slither over his shield. Jason's sword connected, cleaving the head from the rest of the body.

As Jason had his back to the wretch that he had slipped and was extremely close to it, the Wretch attempted to bite him on his back. Jason felt the pincer like teeth clamp onto his breastplate and slightly pierce through, partially crushing the breastplate with it's strength.

The notification Vitality 60/102 flashed before his eyes.

Gritting his teeth Jason reverse-gripped his sword and stabbed towards his back, while fending off the attacks of the other two Wretches with his shield. The sword flashed past his armpit stabbing through the skull of the wretch which he then pulled downwards towards the floor, forcing its guts to spill everywhere.

Jason then stepped to the side, dodging while blocking the continuous strikes of the wretches as he sliced the mandible of the now dead wretch off his back.

He then began sensing a large buildup of mana, and saw the cultist that had previously spoken charging a ball of green flame in his hands.

Jason wasn't willing to allow the cultist to release that spell and alter the course of the battle. He glanced over at the cultist as a light flashed in his eyes.

Instantly five jagged spears of bone jutted out of the ground surrounding the cultist from different angles, impaling through him as he became pincushion. With a cry of pain this cultist hung from these spears, unable to move with blood beginning to flow out of the new wounds.

Focusing again on the wretches Jason quickly began slashing back at the final two wretches in front of him. Dodging and blocking the different attacks swung at him, Jason finally decapitated one of the wretches as he slashed of the last limb of the last wretch.

Unwilling to admit defeat the final Wretch attempted to bite at Jason's head to which he responded with a simple sidestep and a slash, bisecting it at the waist.

Leaving it there on the ground to bleed to death, Jason walked over to the still breathing cultist who was hanging on the bone spears unmoving. When Jason neared him he could see that the man was in enormous pain as every breath was accompanied by uncontrollable spasms.

As Jason neared the cultist the hood on the mans face fell back revealing a youthful face. The man looked up and whispered to Jason, "H-h-how?" Another wave of pain wracked the man as he began to cough unceasingly. Jason assumed this man's vitality points had run out and was only waiting for death.

Walking up to the man, Jason said, "You still have a chance to redeem yourself before you enter the abyss. Tell me everything you know about the summoning that is about to happen."

Smirking the man let out a wheezed as he muttered, "So you know about that to?" *Cough* *Cough* "You're too late, I'll see you in hell." With a final breath the man relaxed completely and shook himself, causing irreversible damage as the jagged bone spears tore him apart on the inside.

The man slumped back dead, and The System sent him a notification.

[System Message – Five Wretches Level 1 killed. One level five Daren Hobnoker killed. 35 Experience Points rewarded.]

Jason unsummoned the bone spears so he could reach the corpse and loot it easily. As he was picking through the pockets, the corpse and the bodies of the wretches all disintegrated into light particles making things even easier for Jason.

In his hands there was only a cloak and a few silver coins, while where the wretches were there were only a few scattered coins and a single item.

Jason went over to pick up the four silver pieces and the pair of boots that had dropped. Seeing that the boots were at the uncommon grade and only increased his agility a little bit, he shrugged and put them on. 'Something is better than nothing right?'

He then glanced at his status as he began jogging down the hallway again, descending deeper into the catacombs.

[System Message -

User: Thanataion

Level: 0

Experience: 94/10

Titles: Mana Guru, Forerunner Forger, Extraordinary Forger

Class: None

Race: Human

Strength: 13 (+13)

Dexterity: 11 (+10)

Constitution: 11 (+23)

Intelligence: 11

Will: 17

Vitality: 75/102

Mana : 340

Defense:

Resistances: Necrotic +15

Proficiencies: Blacksmithing - 7/20 (Intermediate)

Skills: Mana Sense – 6/20 (Intermediate) | Mana Manipulation - 6/20 (Intermediate) | Iron Fist - 4/10 (Beginner) | Mana Strengthening - 5/10 (Beginner) | Flame-Throw - 9/20 (Intermediate) | Holy Seal – 2/10 (Beginner) | Night Eyes - 2/10 (Beginner) | Bone Prison - 0/80 (Expert)

Passive Skills: Mana Guru

Equipped: Frosty Longsword, Hellhound Heater Shield, Blessed Breastplate, Boots of Speed

Inventory: 30 Copper - 6 Silver - 2 undead medallions - Two maces - 2 Oak Shields - Helm of the Dark - Cracked Breastplate - Necro Claymore - Tower Shield - uncommon materials - Necro Tide Skill Book - eight health potions - one dagger - a holy staff. - 13 two handed swords - Boots of Speed]