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I shoot my bolt From Little Mr, it narrowly misses my target's head. Bradley frowns at this, at least I think he does kinda hard to tell with the helmet on.

"Hmmmm.....Loosen your shoulder abit, take a deep breath and-"

"-aim for the neck I got it!"

I take a deep breath, and lock on to my incoming target, the beast.... a Tri-ape, yes exactly what it sounds like, a massive ape with multiple limbs, heads and according to Arthur hearts too, it had segmented shoulders.... if that makes any lick of sense, 7 arms, 2 of which were coming from its belly and another one coming from its back, it had 4 legs too and..... surprisingly one head... though now that I look at it clearly, there are stumps protruding from its shoulder..

"This one's injured severely," Vince spoke, "Yes.... it's unusual that its still coming for us.... they never clever to begin with still..... well I better record this anyways!" Arthur said.

Yes.... now that I look at it, it's more like a corpse than any actual threat, even the way it ran was.... sad, maybe killing it would be a mercy.

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"Kiiiii!?" it lands right in the beast's neck, it trips and rolls on the ground comically before coming to a stop before Vince, "...." He stares at it for a moment before sinking an axe into its skull, the tri-ape twitches momentarily before going stiff.

"That was a nice shot, 6/10, you're getting better at that thing!" Bradley bellowed.

"..... just a 6?"

"You missed that thing 3 times.... I think 6 is generous..."

I sigh and retrieve the bolt from the tri-ape's neck.... it's covered In blueish slimy goop I shake off some of it and set it up for another shot, the bolt shimmers a white light before changing its shape.

"Man, Miranda must really like you to give you that thing, that thing was crafted with powerful spells, everytime you reload that bolt, it gets sharper and faster," Barney commented.

"Yeah... it's really something,"

"You don't like it?"

"N-no! I love it! it just feels too light sometimes!"

"All the more reason you train with it! Now you have 67 more to go," Bradley said while pointing at an incoming horde of monsters, monkeys, apes, gorillas and chimps.... not exactly the type of creatures I'd imagine being in this swamp, "That'll take all day! Can't yo-"

"No! Best you start newbie, we still need to reach Parazo's last stand by night fall," Vince commanded.

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I loose my bolt again, it strikes a massive green Gorrilla right in the eyeball, it knocks over a few other of its brothers as it plummeted to the group.

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Parazo's Last stand.... Parazo, that's the Name we toasted to before..... I wonder what that is.

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"Say..... Arthur,"

"...Yes? what do you want?" the lizardman hissed, I clicked my tongue, I didn't like that tone he just used but I'll hold it in, no point wasting time-

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Arguing with the scaly bastard, ".....Tell me about Parazo's last stand," "...Lemme guess, you don't know about their history either? Seriously rather than a cave, I think you grew up in a bloody hole! haha!" Vince frowned at that, and I almost snapped!

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"...The tale differs from place to place, I just wanna hear how it went.... from the source of course!"

"The sources are dead, all that are left are the stories, if you-"

"Are you gonna tell me or not!?"

"Watch your tone boy!" Arthur snapped, "I'll admit.... I can be prickly with my words.... but I will not take insolence from my lesser! Never!"

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I really wanna place this thing in between the bastard's bloody head, show him what a real bloody hole looks like.....

"I'm sorry," I said, I'll tolerate him.... I have to, until we decide to take on the tainted prince in his own turf.... I need as much information about this place as I can..... and it seems Arthur is the most Learned person here.... unfortunately.

"It's okay, you're young and foolish, it can't be helped really," Arthur replied.

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"..... Arthur, are you gonna answer the boy or not?" Sir George asked, "Yes, yes.... so what part of the story isn't clear to you?" Arthur asked me, hmmmm.... they are already suspicious of my character, this Parazo person is supposed to be common knowledge here.... so I need to be careful with my question else it would lead to other questions I can't answer.....

"His origin differs, some said they comes from the north, others the south, also their powers vary from person to person, no one knows for sure what they are.... at least that's the feeling I got..." I said keeping it as vague as possible.

"Hmmmmm, well you are right to ask that.... their identity before their rebirth is mostly.... a mystery, however it is theorized that they came from the same kingdom as the tainted prince! They underwent the rebirth for the sole purpose of slaying the prince!"

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"Just like the prince, they were doped up with as many abilities as possible, flight, strength, speed, telekinesis, you name it, they had it! unlike the prince they didn't lose their mind in the process, however despite their new powers.... they barely kept up with the prince.... he was on another level from them, the hill we're going to is the place of their last stand against the tainted prince!"

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"So why hasn't the prince attacked the other sites since Parazo fell?" I asked.

"Hmmmm.... I- we can only speculate.... perhaps he's injured from Parazo's battle with him or perhaps he's waiting for something, who knows,"

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That story is somehow reminiscent of the 'Hero and Demon lord' troupes from back on earth.... I hope that's not the case, if they're as powerful as their counterparts in stories usually are.... I shudder to think what would happen when I finally come face to face with him, he is linked to Cece and I's reunion after all.

I spend the rest of the afternoon slaying as many many beasts as possible, meanwhile Barney and Arthur cursed under their breath, it's seems they made a bet on the number of beasts I'd be able to slay before sundown, The number mustn't have been very high because in contrast to Pedro, Vince and Bradley they were as red as a bull.

"Here's your cut Junior," Pedro muttered while handing over 20,000 dashies, "..... Pedro, why do I feel like I'm being cheated....?" ".... I have no idea what you're on about," "..... but I-" "I have no idea what you're talking about...." "A-ah, my apologies then!" he gave me the coldest, meanest expression I'd ever seen, yikes! this guy likes his cash too much!

After I was done, we pressed further into the swamp, we surprisingly didn't meet too many enemies, "Told you they'd clear out later, the fools always end up fighting each other in death battles!" Barney bellowed.

We finally reached the bottom of a ghastly looking hill, it was corrupted with black, gooey slime, dripping from the spiky rocks around it! it gave off the vibe like this thing was alive and seriously injured.

"we're here and it looks like our target, is here too," Vince said, pointing to a set of footprints leading to a cave nearby.