TD 1.4 BOSS ch8

TD 1.4

Chapter 8

I was teleported to a large cave area; the area was big enough to fit in one block of suburbs within it with no problems. Easily double the creatures from the third room. To my left and right were other parties, Parties I had seen before we were teleported to the dungeon. The 5 party to my right were what looked like cat people, a dark panther was walking over to me on 2 legs. This creature standing was easily 12 foot tall. With tight leather pants, buffed out abs that would easily be over a ten pack.

To my left was what looked like humanoid elves maybe? One of the male plate armored elves was staring at me with a surprised face. He also started walking over to me with his party following behind.

"I thought I killed you." The armored elf greeted, putting his hand out as if we were buds.

I then turned and looked up at the talk black panther, her naked nipples over her buffed abbs looked very exotic. Her face was humanoid with long black hair and black cat ears with white tips. She gave me a smile. "I feel like I've just been violated by your eyes." She stated in an exotic positive voice.

"I'm sorry, I've never seen your kind before, and honestly you are extremely attractive." I gave my best apologetic face, then turned to face the male elf who realized I wasn't going to shake his hand.

A female elf behind him wearing blue robes and silverish gray hair that looked like she was 25. The blue robes were tight around her body leaving little for imagination. She pushed herself forward to stand by the male then spoke to me reaching out with her hand to shake. "Sorry for the meathead…" She apologized dropping her shoulder into his side to push him out of the way. "Where is your party? They should be resurrected when you hit the boss room." She stated in obvious confusion.

I then looked at the enemies in the center of the large room, I didn't have time to chat. I started examining my enemies, which did include the elf that killed me earlier. A Skaven king was in the middle, three Skaven Mothers each with their own armies with nearly the same number as the ones in the third room. Three Skaven Fathers, each with twenty of the demonic hounds. Six Skaven Wizards, twelve buffed Skaven Brutes. Twelve Eldritch Skaven's, twenty-four Skaven Clerics, Fifty-four Skaven Hounds. Then on the far side of the large area, was a Skaven Queen. With her she had twelve Skaven Brutes, twelve eldritch Skaven's, twenty-four Skaven Clerics, and another fifty-four Skaven Hounds.

"Impressive, you soloed them didn't you." This time it was the Black panther lady, giving me a smile revealing her sharp teeth.

"Yes me' lady" I whispered giving her a slight bow. "I'm guessing we are all to work together to kill all of those rats?" I asked, wondering if it was better not to reveal the angel.

"It appears that way, only we are lacking big time. It appears only two groups have made it this far, including you." The blue mage elf responded. She was giving me a big smile but then the male elf grabbed her by the back of the head and forced her back. "Ouch! Brody why?" The mage demanded but he just gave her a look I couldn't see, but it was effective enough to make her back off.

An urge to knock him out for being violent with a female seemed to urge me into action, but I pulled it back. I didn't know their customs or cultures, so I could only make things worse.

"You're a human!" The cat lady exclaimed getting an intake of air from the rest of the cats, and even the elves.

"Impossible, a human would never be able to solo any dungeon!" A big muscle-bound Lion with a thick mane exclaimed. He looked around the large panther lady, obviously giving her a lot of respect and not pushing her out of the way like the elf.

"May I join your party little human?" The black panther asked, getting a shriek from the tiger looking cat with a large battle axe.

"You promised you would help us Sierra! Let us finish this together." The Tiger walked over to the side of her, also giving her a lot of respect.

"And I have helped. How I wish I didn't, I wish I would have soloed like this human. You must be something far special. You were the naked one! What did the dungeon give you for coming so unprepared? An Innate ability perhaps?" She whispered, kneeling before me putting us at the same height. "Well Human will you accept me into your party?" she asked again.

Before I could answer a slight tremor shook the ground, getting everyone's attention at the enemies behind us.

"We will go after the queen; you cat people go for the king." The armored elf demanded unsheathing his blade.

This made no sense at all; the elves were closer to the king's army charging, not the queens. The queen's army hadn't moved. This got a crazy look from the cat people as well.

"Can I kill the elves?" Another female cat person who came and brushed up against the black panther who gave out a deep purr in response. This cat was that of a mountain lion, Muscles that looked more defined than even the male Tiger.

Everyone's attention quickly turned to the green fireballs that looked like an unblockable wall about to drown us all. This was a major problem for me I didn't really have anything to block this from hitting me, and I knew it would kill me in one hit.

'That panther chick, and that elven paladin are powerful.' Gabe said, as if that was supposed to help me in some way.

The Paladin Elf blurred and sent out a half moon crest slice through the air that dispersed all the green fire. Maybe I shouldn't start a fight with this male elf after all.

'Ready to come out and fight?' I asked the angel; the Demon Hounds had moved very fast and were just a few seconds from coming upon us.

'No, if these two groups die, then we would most likely get a higher reward for being the only ones to complete it. Besides that, it's usually not wise to let everyone know your ultimate weapon.' Gabe answered.

'Umm, If I don't summon you, I'm probably going to die!' I blurted out in frustration. I decided to act knowing I shouldn't be the one doing the fighting and backed away from both of the parties. With them getting ready to engage none were looking at me, So I unequipped my class and activated my stealth. I didn't even have to say anything my Battle Monk Avatar already appeared in front of me.

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<Avatar of Bertram> level 5 (453/640 exp)

1400/1400 hp | 10/10 PW | 80/80 End

Str 3+10, Con 4+10, Dex 6+10

Class: <Battle Monk>

My main self didn't have to explain, I already knew I needed appear as soon as he activated stealth. He was useless even with his legendary class because he had no more power. He needed to stay hidden and protect our immortality in this dungeon.

'Let them do all the fighting just stand back and kill stragglers.' Gabe commanded in his Commander's voice. It was comforting knowing that this powerful Angel was in the back of my mind giving me the ultimate strategy.

To my surprise the panther chick appeared at my back side blind spot without me even knowing how she got there. It was so fast that I didn't even jump, which probably would have been embarrassing. I gave myself a silent cheer, I was wondering if she was testing me. I had true vision, so I could see all around me, and all the way across the dark cavern.

"Not joining your party?" I asked, still not looking back at her. A green bolt was heading our way, but before I could react the tiger dude hit it with the flat side of his War Axe. He seen us both just standing there, then started walking back to us.

"Hey human, you seen Sierra? She didn't come back here wanting to join you again, did she?" The Tiger asked walking to me with a look like he saw a fun toy to play with.

This surprised me' without looking back I now could see that she was in a stealth mode, just like my original self. So maybe she thinks I don't know, I favored her more than the tiger dude. But she was also dangerous, she could easily just kill me. Unless she thinks I'm that bad ass… I don't really want to start a fight with this tiger dude either. That gave me an idea.

"She's right here." I started pointing a lazy finger back to my right letting my hand rest on my shoulder.

"I have the highest stealth, stealth to rival even the gods. How is it that you know where I am." She said more than asked. Apparently, I was also her new toy she wanted to play with, probably thinks I'm super powerful.

'She is very powerful; it might not be wise to tell her your abilities.' Gabe cautioned.

'I'm kind of at a loss here… What should I be doing here?' I mentally asked, if they see me go and die after I killed a few they wouldn't think I was powerful anymore.

'I wouldn't know, I just know you shouldn't tell them your abilities. They are giving you a lot of respect for getting this far by yourself. A few of them would just kill you where you stand, because you're a human and weak.' Gabe explained. I could feel Gabe's embarrassment for not being able to speak softer. But that's what made me like Gabe, a true General in my mind.

The tiger had stopped, and try to look where she was… He had obviously heard her. Now he was also waiting to hear my answer. I didn't know what to say, so I fell for my hormones and let them fly.

"I'm always aware where the sexiest pu… Lady… is at." I answered. Looking to the left side I heard the mage female scream. Looked like she just got tackled by one of the demon dogs.

"Would you like me to go and help your elven mage?" She asked in a whisper that sent chills on my neck where she was leaning in.

"And lose the foreplay we got going on here? Are you trying to make me a harem?" Okay, I need to stop. My great grandkids will be reading this.

"You have only need to ask." She answered, this got an annoyed grumph from the tiger. He looked towards the mage and swung his axe as if it was a throwing knife blowing up the three demon hounds that were on her.

'Can she see my original?' I asked, wondering how stealth exactly works. In games if someone has the same stealth then they can see others easier.

'No, only true sight and detect stealth… but the detect stealth is not always accurate either.' Gabe answered.

I then walked past the tiger and activated my stealth. Then I got an error notification.

*Warning* [Stealth] Cannot be activated while you are being perceived.

Perceived, interesting term to use I thought. But I recalled that the skill only worked when something or someone was watching me.

I fell into a sprint and was surprised about how fast I was moving, easily faster than a dirt-bike. OMG why didn't I do more strength before. With one last stride I came over a small hill and stopped and stared as if a deer in headlights. I had started as the last, and now became the first for the rest of the entire army. I was shaken out of my fright when a notification distracted me, I felt time slow to nearly a stop… Yep, I must have just died.

[Runt Survival] has been automatically triggered, as your death had happened within the next 10 seconds. This ability grants haste while within your 10 seconds of death.

I easily dodged a green fireball, then I summoned my Sword of something or other with a flick of my wrist. I believe I was doing the flick more out of a magic trick appearing into my hands as if I was magic. As soon as the blade rested in my hands, I felt a slight cold chill climb up my hand as I wielded it. I didn't have time to think more about it, as I deflected a large club heading for my head by one of the brutes.

For some reason time had not sped up, and I believed that if only kept haste active if I would have died within the 10 seconds. This scared the &()*& out of me, but again I didn't have time to ponder. I followed through with the sword dual wilding it to take the brutes head off. To my surprise the blade felt a bare resistance as the blade cut off its head like it butter. I ended up losing balance from my high strength swing, but my dexterity quickly corrected itself faster than I could even think.

I felt like a superhero! Still under haste I grabbed the club and smashed it into another demon hound before the club could disappear after the death of its wielder. Then I sliced off the head of another brute as I easily side stepped another demon hound cutting its head off with my blade almost the same time as the demon hound. I was moving so fast that I could see a slow drag of myself mixing with space and time. I recall dodging the fireballs, but the deaths I reaped felt as if it was so fast that I had a hard time wondering if I had done it, or just thought it. I kept hearing dings; I was most likely getting a big list of drops again. So many that the slots of my endless universe of space had to do an outward zoom, that it made me lose my footings, but like before my dexterity righted itself before my foot could come out to stop. I was a Superhero!

Sierra appeared behind me in my blind spot, unfortunately I have no blind spot since I could see all around me. I had just stabbed a Skaven Mother, one strike aiming for the center of her chest. I was rewarded with notifications that I had gained a critical strike. I realized that aiming for their hearts, or slicing their necks rewarded me with critical hits that killed them within seconds.

"You are skilled in critical strikes? That's a top tier skill! And how are you so fast?" The questions from Sierra were not done in her sexy voice. She was honestly surprised, as she looked down at the mother falling mother then back at me.

Thankfully a Skaven Father was seconds away from tackling me, so I moved out of the way. Then almost as if it was instinct, I brought the sword up as fast as I could then back down slicing the father's head off… Twice. I smiled, realizing she might not have just seen me strike the father. I planted myself and watched her face looking for her reaction.

She looked at my eyes with surprise, then followed my eyes as the father's head split from the body before it landed on the ground. Her face paled… Even through stealth my 'True Sight' was simply amazing. Satisfied, I turned back around and pushed down with my leg and shot forward. I felt like I was flying as I sailed over the two Skaven Wizards. I just stabbed down their neck removing the brain stem's connection to the spine.

Two fathers were standing in front of the king I was heading for, but I was surprised when my speed slowed down. I looked behind me and smiled at the road of death behind me, Sierra was still back there standing still watching me. I gave her a wink, and slowly turned back towards the king. They just stood there so I slowly walked towards them. I'm perfectly safe! Amazingly so if anyone was going to kill me, I would be under haste again, with 10 seconds to move away from the death.

To my right and left were many demon hounds standing still watching me with teeth showing. I walked among them with a smile holding up my weapons. Then I made them disappear in a pop of black smoke. This got a confused look from the king, then he tapped his hands on the two Father's and motioned them to the side. They slowly moved and complained, walking away from him towards the sides where the hounds waited.

"You are very powerful, You're the first to request an audience before they die, or I die. Please, make speak your wish." The king boosted, which surprised me. I didn't think they could talk; I mean this is a dungeon… right? Sure, why not I'll play along, I didn't know of anything I could request. I honestly just wanted to kill as many as I could, because I was getting loot from them all. I had so much in my inventory. Then I got an idea.

"Kneel and call me master." I presented, thinking that it would upset him enough to start the fight back up.

The King hushed the father's from bickering any further, then gave me a long stare before he spoke again. "I can see that we do not stand a chance against you, yet we are the System's job to fight and kill or die. You have surprised me with your request to speak before continuing the killing. I shall honor you with a surprise as well." The King took a step forward, then dropped to a knee bowing his head. "I King Phorin kneel before this human and formally surrender to him." The King announced surprising me for sure.

Then to my right the green female system appeared besides me floating in the air looking down to the king that had just surrendered. She then looked at me shaking her head in slow motion. "Don't think I will allow this to happen Ragnarök or not, this is my realm!" She demanded continuing her long stare.

I mean what should I say to that, I looked around and obviously no 'one could see her or hear her. "Okay?" I responded thinking she was waiting for a response. This seemed to be the wrong response because she tilted her head back as if surprised, I hadn't argued.

The King thought I was responding to him, so he stood up from his knee. "Make your request, and it shall be done I'm afraid I cannot give much as this dungeon level is our world and we cannot ever go outside of it." The King started talking as if we were long lost buddies.

That made me wonder exactly how the dungeon was run, was it like a game where once I left, they would reset for the next person? But if that was true the king wouldn't remember his and his army's death. Or what about the one's they killed… "You have the loot from all the players that you kill in here somewhere?" I asked already guessing the answer was no.

The King began nodding his head as if he understood the question. "We have our living quarters within the system of the first dungeon, we all call it home. If you can travel there with us, I could give you all our saved loot from the hundreds of thousands of loot we've collected over a decamillennial. Tens of thousands of years." He finished as he pointed a hand towards the back of this large cave.

Just then Sierra appeared beside me still holding stealth, she knelt as if ready to pounce, but I looked back at her and held up my hand to stop. She looked up at me with big eyes, and straightened her stature then made her weapons disappear then unsheathed beside me.

This got a surprise from the beasts and fathers beside us but none of them moved. I then walked behind the king and Sierra followed. There were two large trenches we had to walk down and up to finally get to the back of the wall. The King then looked back at me to check if I was still there and backed away from the wall pointing as if I should see something there. It looked all the same, so I looked at him again confirming something to him as he took a step to the wall bringing up his hand on something that I couldn't see. He touched some kind of invisible barrier then pushed it with hardly any effort to the right showing a light that radiated all over the entire cavern showing what looked like white fire everywhere. It looked amazing. The white fire looked like more energy than even a star.

"We cannot bring it out of this area, nor I do dare believe that you cannot even enter. If you can enter, then I will gladly transfer you as much as you can hold." He gave a slight smile as if he had just won.

This was all strange, but I had to admit I was very interested in what I was looking at. I took a step forward and held my hand up in front of me to test the air. There was no heat… Could I enter? I then got an idea and walked up to the fury portal and kept my hand forward slowly putting it in ready to pull back. To my surprise my fingers, then my hand went past the white flames, and I felt nothing. I pulled my hand back to observe it, it was still there. This surprised the king, then he gave a short chuckle and entered the portal. I followed behind him holding up my hand to Sierra who was looking at me in shocked surprise. She didn't move past the spot I stopped her at though. Then I looked at the green system chick who was floating just above Sierra watching me. I gave her a wink and stepped through.

*Exemption Error* Non-dungeon-Skaven's allowed in this protected area. Solution solved, using your RaceBody ability…

*Congratulations on using your RaceBody Shifting ability for the first time! Awarded 1 ability point.

[RaceBody] activated, you have shifted into a 'Skaven Lord'.

*Congratulations on getting a King to surrender. You have obtained a hidden ability '[Skaven Call]'.

[Skaven Call (0)] Once every 24 hours you can summon The Skaven Army of King Phorin for one hour. This ability can be leveled up! Every level is added to the entire Skaven's army. Level cannot exceed 140.

The notification appeared without my request, so I read it quickly. Nice I can now summon the entire army of Skaven's! I thought level 100 was max level, maybe that was another overpowered ability. Being Ragnarök is going to have its perks!

I quickly dismissed the notification and looked around. It was just all white fire blinding everywhere. But then I looked deeper into the white and started to notice figures. Kind of like water and the outlines were barely darker than the pure white. Looking for these within the white flames I began to put things together. The king was directly in front of me to the side watching me, I couldn't see his emotions, but I could see him. I looked towards his face and waited for him to continue, studying his face hoping I could clear out the smear of everything.

The king gave a roaring laugh, then turned and continued to walk. I followed, it was tough though, it was as if the atmosphere was very tough and resisted me like water. I used my tail like a rutter to help me walk through the air. I was curious how the tail worked, and realized duh that is my tail! I then gave a glance back to look at it, but it was hard to distinguish what was me and what was white, so I continued to follow the king studying his outline.

He then made a turn and stopped looking back at me, pointing to some kind of big wall in front of me. I took a slow step forward and put my hand up to touch the wall then looked to the king. He gave me a nod to show that I should continue. So, I reached and touched the wall reading quickly what the notification ping was.

*Congratulations, you have found the Loot stockpile of the Skaven Race of the Tutorial Dungeon! Would you like to loot everything? (Yes) or (No).

Everything? I couldn't imagine how much it was, but I gave the question my answer 'yes' and I felt the vault suck everything into my inventory. Like before there was too much and my perception zoomed outward making my inventory bigger to handle all the new loot.

The King took a deep breath in surprise. I looked towards him and could see his arm on the wall. He must have seen it all just disappear; I wondered if I was the only one with an infinite inventory. I then studied the white fire energy all around me, it was thick like water. I reached out with my hand and with a flick of my wrist tried to pull the white energy into my own inventory. And it worked! I watched as my inventory began to collect into a large ball into my inventory. With a thought I gave it its own space and began sucking it all in to see what would happen.

The ball of white flames began to grow bigger and bigger making my perception increase expanding ever outwards. Then the very next moment my entire surroundings changed, and I was floating in actual space with my arms outstretched looking at the green system figure again. This time in the background were massive green galaxies all around.

"Ragnarök or not, I will not allow you to destroy my tutorial." She whispered as if very emotional. I will reward you with my blessing for you to start a new tutorial whenever you wish. The problem with this is that I can only give you three extra times as the dimension I have to teleport you back to is Hell Gate one's domain. He is very upset that you were taken away by Admin. Admin will not allow me to give you more then three tries, counting the first 10 years you're in right now. Saying this I realize you don't have to accept this deal, and you could probably easily destroy my realm known as the Tutorial. Admin will not even protect me from your strange ability to tear apart my realm. After observing the king, I will also kneel." She then floated down to the ground and came down on a knee.

"Bertram, I System Tutorial fully and completely surrender to you. I cannot give you anything that isn't earned, but I will serve you as my master so long as you do not destroy my realm again." She then gave a long bow.

The restraints holding me in place were removed and I was standing on an invisible plane the same as this system figure in front of me. I gave it a thought, then decided I shouldn't miss this opportunity. "I accept" I gave this a deep vocal in my voice to make sure it was understood what I had said. There was a notification ding, and I quickly opened it.

*Congratulations, you have unlocked a new title" System Lord".

*Congratulations, you are the first non-system member to receive a system rank! You can think of a new ability within the System itself!

System Lord! And I can think of a new ability within the System! I quickly began to think of a cool ability and went straight to an idea. I thought loud as I could towards the message 'System Hacker'. I used my understanding of hacking and pushed it onto this new ability.

*New Ability Created <System Hack> This ability is now attached to your new title "System Lord".

*Congratulations, you are the first human to create a new ability. +2 ability points.

*Congratulations, you are the first race to create an ability that can only be understood by you. +5 ability pts.

I smiled; I kept getting power ups. I gotta be the most boosted character, I was only a Ragnarök candidate.

"System Hack? If you keep to your word that you will not dungeon my system, you shall remain my master. Call on me, and I shall come. I can give you basic knowledge, beyond that all must be earned. I of course do not hold any such request outside of my realm. I can perhaps be more useful outside of my own realm. With a blink of my eye, I was back in the dungeon, standing where the king had been before in the middle of all the armies. No Skaven's were anywhere, it was completely empty.

I looked around to see the two other parties close by staring at me. Sierra appeared by my side and uncloaked getting a startle from the human paladin who was walking towards me.

He then gave her a look then looked at me. "What happened? Did you already kill the king?" His voice was different, not so superior.

I ignored his question and looked to the end of the cavern that was opposite the entrance. There was a large wall with a strange door that was big enough for a giant. I then began walking over there ignoring all of them, it was time for me to get back to being solo. A notification dinged and I mentally opened it while I was still walking.

*You have received a party request from Sierra Class:[Rogue] Race: Alterian Level: 28

I didn't stop my stride but was surprised by this, it was just like a game. Then a Cougars roar sounded all around the cavern. It even gave me pause and I looked back to see the Cougar jump towards us and drop right before me from high in the air not making a single sound from the landing.

"You are bound to take us through, you cannot abandon us!" The Cougar said this in a very angry voice, giving sense that he was about to attack.

Sierra then walked towards the cougar her ears were pressed behind her head showing her rising anger as well.

"I am bound to none, the worshipful Alterian can eat dung!" She proclaimed daring any to go against her, she looked at each of the Alterian challenging them all. None replied.

More notifications dinged, so I mentally opened them.

*You have received a party request from Bergner Class:[Mountain Lioness] Race: Alterian, Level: 3

'Hah' I thought as I looked at the cougar's well-defined muscles. She Stood at least 8' tall with fur and muscles. But her lady parts were just as defined and well-guarded behind tight leather garments. I wondered what leather they used, because back home we used their fur leather as clothing and carpets.

"I have no want to join any other parties, nor do I wish to take on any… Newbs…" I highlighted the last word looking them both in the eyes. After the short pause I continued. "I will only take you, if you truly bound yourself to me?" I asked, getting a startled look from them both. They then squinted their eyes at me giving me their answer of no.

I then touched the large wall portal and got another notification.

*Congratulations, you have completed level 1 of the tutorial dungeon. Would you like to proceed to level 2? (Yes) or (No).

Before I gave it my answer of yes, I mentally thought to my original to release. Once I felt my now avatar death god in my head I mentally thought 'stats'.

Name: Bertram Bullock, Level 9 (21542/40960) Race: RaceBody (Skaven Lord)

(1400/1400 hp) (9/10 Power) (30/30 Endurance)

Str 13, Con 14, Dex 6

Class: <Battle Monk; Sub Class: Ninja>

<Active Abilities>

[Title Equips] You have two titles you can equip: "Ragnarök", "System Hacker."

[Astral Projection Meditation] Duration: 5min, cooldown: 5min

[Summon Jhinn weapon]

[Summon Jhinn]

[Divine Avatar (1)] You can create a clone, experience gained of clone upon death or release.

[Class Equip] You can switch between classes!

[Stealth]

[System Hack] *Must have "System Hacker" Title equipped. Ability to manipulate system matter to your bidding.

<Innate Abilities>

[Sinner's Immortality] You are immortal! At least your brain is. You can never lose consciousness.

[Runt Survival] * Activates 10 seconds before death! Time will slow 10sec before your death to give you a stronger chance.

[Pocket-Realm (1)> You have your own realm, that living creatures can be stored in!

<Classes>

<Battle Monk> Rank: Emperor Grandmaster

Sub Class: <Ninja> Rarity: Unique Rank: Emperor Grandmaster

<Necromancer> Rarity: uncommon

<Necromancer Lord> Rarity: Rare

<Death God> Rarity: Legendary

<Professions>

[Skinning (3)] (82/160 exp)

[Leatherworking (2) (36/80)