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Chapitre 100: Sought After

After taking back Tiffania's personal effects from the burning wreckage of her former home, the duo left to go back to the cave they slept in the previous night, intending to use it as a base while they plan out their attack on Cendri.

Unfortunately, Michael had underestimated just how quickly Reconquista would react to hearing of his existence. The duo was slowly making their way through the forest when a faint sound occurred far off in the distance. Neither was sure what it was, but it reminded Michael of an old documentary he watched on dinosaurs, T-Rex's in particular.

"God, please don't let there be T-Rex's wandering around this fucking place." mentally intones, not wanting the true 3D Jurassic Park experience.

"What was that?" Michael asks, wondering if Tiffania had heard something like that during her time living here. However, when he glances at Tiffania to hear her answer, he notices just how pale she'd gone. "Tiffania? Is something wrong?"

She nods, retrieving her wand from whenever she hides between her breasts. "I-It sounded like the Dragons my father's soldiers used to ride." she mutters.

"Dragons...? Fuck." he mutters, grabbing her hand and pulling her low to the ground, trying to make sure they weren't visible from above. The canopy above them provided relatively good cover, but the people riding the dragons were mages, and would likely have ways to enhance their vision or even detect people.

The two sit there next to the tree, waiting to see if the dragon knights had spotted them or not. Michael even made sure to store his sword and daggers, preventing the light from catching them and alerting the enemy above.

The flutter of many wings audibly fly past them, but don't seem to be stopping. A few minutes pass and Michael was somewhat sure the knights had left. They might return to the area however, so they needed to reach the cave before another patrol comes by.

"Quick, let's go." he whispers, holding Tiffania's hand as he leads the way.

Another few minutes go by without the dragons returning, allowing the duo to relax slightly, "How strong are those dragon knights? Do you remember at all?"

Tiffania shakes her head, "N-no. Sorry. My parents tried to keep me hidden and wouldn't let me watch them train..."

"Don't apologize, Tiffania. We're friends, I won't hate you for not knowing something." he says and she nods with a small smile.

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Thankfully, the duo eventually gets back to the cave and hunker down for the day. With the dragon knights out and about, it'd be safer for them to wait for things to calm down before going ahead with their plan.

Tiffania sits over next to the wall with the Magical Theory Book, and Michael opens the Book of Commoners to see if those few peasants he'd killed would level him up.

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Name : Michael Hunt

Rank : Common

Stats :

Strength : 14

Agility : 19.1 > 21.6

Intelligence : 15

Abilities :

[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.

[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.

[Basic 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.

Affinities :

[Lesser Water Affinity], [Lesser Fire Affinity], [Lesser Lightning Afffinity]

Spirits :

Shadow Shaman : Lvl MAX

Slark : Lvl 18 > MAX

Spirit Slot +

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Michael can't help but grin as he spots the 'MAX' next to his Slark Spirit and the new Spirit Slot. A new Hero and new items would drastically increase his power, which'd help with their plan concerning Cendri.

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Spirit : Slark

Level : 18 > MAX

Abilities :

Slithereen Strokes (Rank 4) : Allows user to swim with the same proficiency of the Slithereen race.

Dark Pact (Rank 4) : After a short delay, user purges most negative debuffs and deals damage to enemies around him, while also dealing damage to user. (User takes half damage)

Pounce (Rank 4) : User leaps a large distance while leashing any enemies he lands on. Leashed enemies will be unable to escape user for the duration of the ability.

Essence Shift (Rank 4) : User steals the life essence of enemies with each melee attack, draining each of their attributes and converting them to temporary bonus agility for the user. If user kills a target under this skill's effect, user will gain 0.1 Permanent Agility(Scales based on opponent strength).

Shadow Dance (Rank 3) : Active effect : User is able to shroud themself in a cloud of shadows that render enemies unable to target or detect them for the duration. Passive effect : User gains bonus movement speed and health regen while unseen.

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Now that Slark was maxed out, he'd be able to interact with the actual hero, but before the picture can animate, he activates the roulette wheel. He knew a bit about Slark's character, and wasn't too keen on getting into an argument right now. He'd talk with them later and see if they'd be useful or not...

For now, he just spins the wheel using small actions to stop Tiffania from immediately noticing.

The wheel spins, but the first prize is the Tumbler's Toy, much to Michael's chagrin. It's an artifact from the game that allows you to jump your character forward a short distance, kinda useless for him, and even if it was, he wasn't too keen on carrying around a 'Horse on a Stick' toy.

He quickly stores it in his inventory before spinning the wheel again, slightly harder this time. The soundless clicking causing Michael's back to straighten.

The next prize... Another IRON BRANCH!?!...

Michael quickly composes his breathing to stop himself from throwing a tantrum, spinning the wheel for the last time and hoping to god whatever it is would be good. "Come on, come on, come on!" he whispers, eyes tracing the wheel as it spins and eventually lands on... A Fairy Fire.

A small green, glowing item that resembles the wings of a butterfly or a fairy. In the game you could use these to heal you in a pinch, and they passively increased the damage you did slightly. Michael lets out a sigh, it wasn't what he wanted, but it was still useful nonetheless.

He puts the Fairy Fire in his pocket, intending to give it to Tiffania to use should she find herself in danger. He wasn't sure how powerful the heal would be, but it should be enough to save her life.

With all his prizes expended, he flips to the main page where his free Spirit Slot was, pressing it and immediately selecting Riki.

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Spirit : Riki

Level : 1

Abilities :

Dagger Specialization (Rank 0) : Massively increases speed of user's growth when using daggers of any kind.

Smoke Screen (Rank 0) : Throws down a smoke bomb, silencing enemies and causing them to miss attacks.

Blink Strike (Rank 1) : Allows user to teleport behind an ally or enemy.

Tricks of the Trade (Rank 0) : User disappears for a short duration, attacking the backs of nearby enemies throughout the duration. Once over, user reappears where he had previously been standing.

Cloak and Dagger (Rank 0) : User fades into the shadows, becoming invisible. Attacking the backs of enemies grants bonus damage based on the user's Agility. Becomes visible when attacking or attacked, cannot go invisible while enemies are observing user.

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Chapitre 101: Snarky Fish

Michael was surprised by how useful most of Riki's abilities actually were, compared to Slark who had two almost useless and highly situational abilities(Pounce and Slithereen Strokes), all of Riki's kit was usable.

For Dagger specialization, while Michael was more interested in improving his swordsmanship, he knew there were going to be situations where daggers were the preferred option. Plus, now that he had Slark to potentially teach him, and eventually Riki, he could have them both tutor him in the best way to actually use daggers. He'd consider both masters at using Daggers, so it really was a win-win.

Smokescreen would be incredibly powerful, especially in this world where mages were his main threat... A single smokescreen and he'd render powerful opponents almost useless without their magic, something he was looking forward to testing soon enough. He wasn't sure how long or large the actual smoke cloud would be, but hopefully it'd be similar to its game version.

Blinkstrike was the first skill he'd levelled from Riki's Spirit, mainly due to how manoeuvrable it would make him. A single blink would allow him to kill almost any unprepared opponent, mage or not. The only annoying thing about it was that it had to have a valid target to use it... No blinking around like Antimage or Queen of Pain...

Tricks of the Trade was a strange ability, in the game he mostly used the ability to dodge enemy spells or large groups of enemies when combined with a Battlefury(Axe that allows you to Cleave many units at once in-game). He wasn't sure how useful it'd be outside the game, but he was still looking forward to using it.

Last and certainly not least, Cloak and Dagger, the main reason he'd picked Riki in the first place. This ability was simply broken in the game, but it seems that there were a few limitations on it compared to its game version. "Can't go invisible while being observed?", this meant that to use the invisibility component of the ability he'd need to try hit and run tactics, not all that hard with Slark's abilities, but still a bit of a downer.

Of course, he was right about Slark's abilities combo'ing with Riki's. Cloak and Dagger would make Shadow Dance almost always active when in use. Plus, Essence Shift stole Agility, which would be used as bonus damage when attacking enemies flanks. Truly, once he maxed out Riki, he'd become a ridiculously effective assassin.

When finally done considering Riki and his future options he decides to see about speaking to Slark, but before that, he focuses on Riki's portrait in the book. The man himself was depicted laying atop a pile of gold coins in a room barely illuminated from the moonlight streaming in through the single window.

Riki himself looked just as weird as Shadow Shaman and Slark, though, he wasn't as unappealing. Michael couldn't really nail what race he was, but he was either a Satyr, a Tiefling, or something in between. Either way, he had dark blue skin with large twisting horns growing out of his head, his even darker blue hair peaked past them and he had a weird beard that trailed along the bottom of his jaw, never marring his actual face.

Riki was small, perhaps even shorter than Michael, which was a surprise to say the least. His eyes were an almost whitish-blue, and seemed to glow in the darkness, making it obvious if he was looking at you or not. His clothing was something you'd see on a regular commoner, so nothing special aside from the two large two-pronged daggers that rested on his hips.

He goat hooves, three fingers, and a large furry tail that swayed behind him, all of these attributes only making it harder to figure out just what Riki actually was. He looked like a demon, but Michael knew that the demons in Dota were far more terrifying than Riki... He was definitely not looking forward to eventually meeting one.

After taking one last look at Riki, he closes the book and stands, inadvertently catching the attention of Tiffania who was noise-deep in her book at this point.

"Is there something wrong?"

Michael shakes his head, "No, I just gotta do something deeper in the cave, keep an ear out in case the Dragon Knights come to pay us a visit." he says as he walks away, Tiffania nodding at his words, "Will do!"

Once out of earshot of Tiffania, he opens the Book of Commoners and turns to Slark's page, watching as the picture begins animating itself again. Yeah, Slark looked even more disgusting than before, with drool and other fluids leaking from him at random. He was standing on a dark beach with the ocean battering it behind him, but was now looking around in confusion.

"Wah, what happened?" the fish asks in a harsh, gravelly voice that grates on Michael's ears. "Last I remember I was tryin'a get me some of that Slithice... Ah, right. She stabbed me!?" he exclaims, but isn't looking as shocked as he makes out.

"Yo. Slark?" Michael asks, causing the fishman to jolt awake and look up, his jaw opening wide as he gapes at the peculiar sight of Michaels face in the sky.

"What the fuck...? Naw, I must be dreaming, I am NOT seeing a giant brats face in the sky... No, nope! NO!" he mutters, looking ready to flee into the sea.

"Hold on there you moist prick! I need to talk with you!" Michael growls, causing Slark to crook one of his unblinking eyes at him.

He draws his curved dagger and points it at Michael, which would look funny from Slark's perspective... "And who are you to tell ME what to do!? I have half a mind to climb a mountain just to shiv that stupid face of yours!" he angrily retorts, his visage looking far more intimidating than Michael had actually expected.


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