Denizens of the Labyrinth

Book 2 Chapter One; Broken, but not dead



Jazmel leapt out of his sleep, he winced but he was alive and that was enough at the moment. His side was hurting and looking down, there was bruising all along his ribs. Great, they must be broken he thought to himself.

He looked at his stats and sighed.

Name: Jazmel

Level: 39

Species: Human

Rank: Seeker tier II

Class: Sword Scion

Health: 223/825

Stamina: 73/580

Mana: 400/760

STR:33 PER:34

VIT:29 END:32

INT:33 WIL: 41

AGL:32 DEX:33

Trait: HEART OF THE SWORD (BORN TRAIT)

Skills:

Slash (tier II)

Flight of the Blue kite (tier I)

Whirlwind (tier I)

Title(s):

FIEND SLAYER

SERPENT SLAYER

Unused Stat points: 0

16X WHITE GOLD COINS

867X GOLD COINS

Item(s):

2X COLD IRON ORE

BRANCH OF A TREE

SEED OF MIRETE

SHADOW WRAITH

TIER III ZHENG CORPSE

THUNDERBIRD FEATHER

HIGH DRAGON BLOOD

100X GIANT SERPENT KILLED

34X GREAT SERPENT SKINS COLLECTED

25X GREAT SERPENT CORPSES COLLECTED

42X GREAT SERPENT FANGS COLLECTED

17X GREAT SERPENT GLANDS COLLECTED

RUSTED HELM COLLECTED

X3 RUSTED GREAVES COLLECTED

2/3 PIECES OF THE PLAQUE

5X HEALTH POTIONS

5X STAMINA POTIONS

1X ANTIDOTE POTION

LEVEL 8

PARTY:

5/5

BAEK LVL 112

No changes, but he had not checked his notifications as of yet, he let the system pop up and immediately he flicked through the pop ups.

DING!

TIER III WENDIGO KILLED

REWARDS TO BE GIVEN!!!

LEVEL UP

EXP EARNED

WILL TO LIVE

+1 END

+3 VIT

His body was broken, his neck was still wounded and though it was not bleeding anymore. The wound was unhealed and then he remembered the words of Baek.

If bitten, you must treat it immediately!

Suddenly anxious, he worried how long he had been knocked out for and touching the bite, it was tender to it. He looked in his storage and drinking two potions of health. He felt his body begin to mend with the extra support. But he still felt raw.

He drank an antidote potion too, just to be sure. But felt nothing. He sighed and looking around and realised he had no idea where he was. He looked to the east and when he looked to the west he jumped.

The bodies of both Wendigo’s were there now, dead no less, but still he had forgotten about them and now he saw them, fear clutched at his heart.

The burnt one was smaller and now that he studied it, he could see that once upon a time, it must have been a man. But the larger one was something different, even in death the body was scary, it irradiated fear and Jazmel could feel it even now. He approached it and saw his sword still stuck in its stomach. He drew it and using reeds from the shoreline, he wiped the blade clean before scabbarding it.

DING!

SHADOW WRAITH AWAKENS

WILL YOU LET IT CONSUME THESE CORPSES?

Y/N

He accepted of course and his shadow expunged from beneath him and drew both corpses into itself. he watched as it did this, and the new notifications popped up.

SHADOW WRAITH LEVELS UP

LEVEL UP

LEVEL UP

LEVEL UP!

WRAITH IS AWAKE! PALDANE CAN SENSE TAINT IN YOU, WILL YOU LET IT CONSUME IT?

He accepted immediately and felt as his whole body was covered by his own shadow as it reached his shoulder and drew the rot from the wendigo from within him.

Master you are free from the darkness…

The shadow spoke in his mind and before he could respond the system chimed again.

SHADOW WRAITH CONSUMED THE TAINT

IT SLUMBERS AGAIN

He nodded at this notification and looking at his stats was happy. Still sore but on the recovery;

Name: Jazmel

Level: 39

Species: Human

Rank: Seeker tier II

Class: Sword Scion

Health: 473/900

Stamina: 130/595

Mana: 400/760

STR:33 PER:34

VIT:32 END:33

INT:33 WIL: 41

AGL:32 DEX:33

Trait: HEART OF THE SWORD (BORN TRAIT)

Skills:

Slash (tier II)

Flight of the Blue kite (tier I)

Whirlwind (tier I)

Title(s):

FIEND SLAYER

SERPENT SLAYER

Unused Stat points: 0

16X WHITE GOLD COINS

867X GOLD COINS

Item(s):

BRANCH OF A TREE

2X COLD IRON ORE

SEED OF MIRETE

SHADOW WRAITH

TIER III ZHENG CORPSE

THUNDERBIRD FEATHER

HIGH DRAGON BLOOD

100X GIANT SERPENT KILLED

34X GREAT SERPENT SKINS COLLECTED

25X GREAT SERPENT CORPSES COLLECTED

42X GREAT SERPENT FANGS COLLECTED

17X GREAT SERPENT GLANDS COLLECTED

RUSTED HELM COLLECTED

3X RUSTED GREAVES COLLECTED

3X HEALTH POTIONS

5X STAMINA POTIONS

SHADOW WRAITH

LEVEL 12

NO SKILLS

PARTY:

5/5

BAEK LVL 112

He stretched and even though the bruising had gone down, he was still tender. He made an origami swan to send but the system cancelled it as he tried to insert Mana.

DING!

SEEKER WITHIN LOCKED GATE, MANA CANNOT EXIT!

ONCE CONDITIONS ARE MET, ALL MESSAGES WILL BE SENT.

He sighed at this, but then he tried to remain positive. He was in a locked gate sure, but he was alive and for now that was enough. He left the shore and headed inland. Trying to figure out what his next steps should be.

So, he sent a message to Baek and Tango. Knowing they would not send until either he met the conditions, or he passed through the gate. He was a little worried, there was no quests or tasks set by the labyrinth, and so he was heading inland in hopes of finding something soon.


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