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Teyo fell unconscious, Rather he blacked out, and began to act by instinct. The trio behind him were battered and shaken. Everyone in the party got an alert.
" Honor tier - Cave Troll lvl 3 Slain"
Contributions evaluated.
Rewards given.
Teyo didn't bother with his alerts. He was so high strung a moment ago and all he could focus on now was his insatiable hunger. He had been in this state before, barely alive, hardly standing. But now before him a large meal. The only thing he could see was the poker sticking into the Troll's eye socket. He could hear the sizzling sounds of the meat being cooked in it's well the only thing he cared about was the shades of color in his Discern Ingredients. Climbing back atop it's head using it's burlap sack as a handhold. Teyo grabbed a hold of the spear and tugged, slowly the tip dislodged and pulled out. The eye stayed on the spear even through the palm of the Troll. Staring at it all he could see was gold. The color had changed from it's purple tint to gold since last he saw it, it's first leave of socket. Teyo did the only thing he wanted to do in that moment, he ate it.
" Troll Soul Infused Eye" consumed.
Choose from the Following
- +2 Strength
- Passive skill
- Active skill
Teyo chewed the eye slowly, it's texture was like that of a hardboiled egg with a warm runny yolk that oozed from it's center. The flavor was rather bland however, the char masking most of what was there. All in all it left Teyo a bit underwhelmed, but soon after finishing it, he snapped out of his near death haze.
He stared at the screen in front of him. He chose one and then looked back at his companions. They were all huddled together. Reilly seemed to be waiting for Teyo before she would cast a spell, just staring at him she waved him over. Courage and Valora we're holding each other. Courage simply trying to stop his sister from crying, barely alive but stable.
The whole ordeal left everyone in poor condition but the worst off was Courage, an arm gone and a heal had been cast but it did not come back. Teyo hopped down and stared back at the creature seeing a few shades of red and blue, but instead of dealing with it now he just went back and sat with the others against the stones that surrounded the small pond area they were at.
Courage simply looked at Teyo from the side as Reilly cast bless a couple more times using the last of her mana. As their bodies healed everyone sat together for a while catching their breath, wiping their blood, sweat, and tears. Courage broke the silence first.
" Thank you.. Teyo. Thank you so much" he said as his voice began to tremble. Valora looked over at Teyo as well shaking her head holding back from bursting into tears. Reilly simply looked at him and smiled as a single tear fell from her cheek. Teyo looked at all of them and nodded.
" Couldn't have done it without ya. Thank you guys. Who's still hurt? Other than the obvious? I don't have a pan anymore, but I think we can use that for a fire." Teyo said pointing to the large club the troll had. He then began to look around for the bat meat. Seeing it in a large pile close by he stood up to grab it.
Courage responded, " This is just a scratch, I'll be fine. Did you guys get a notification as well?"
Teyo said yes as he continued to grab the meat off the ground and put it back in the wing, everything covered in sand and dirt.
Reilly and Valora also said yes. A moment later Teyo felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked up to see Courage standing over him holding a gatcha ball in his hand. Obviously presenting it to Teyo, Teyo pushed his hand away. " Noooo way man you literally paid for that with your arm."
Courage sighed, he felt remissed about missing his chance to make up for Teyo saving his life. A second later still in front of Teyo he popped the praise tier gatcha in front of them. A moment later he held in his hand a elegant sword while a scabbard appeared on his side. The sword had a gladius style to it, straight and double-edged but with no hand guard. He flicked it around for a second and then sheathed it on his hip, after a few tries.
Reilly then also pulled out a praise tier gatcha, and the Valora as well. Teyo opened his menu and checked his mailbox. A few things were there.
"Achievement - Honor tier slain!"- Tavern Quest available
" Level 3 Cave Troll slain - Honor tier drop"
" Rare Creature Cave Troll slain - Party reward - Praise tier drop
" Troll Soul Infused Eye" consumed.
Choose from the Following
- +2 Strength
- Passive skill
- Active skill <- selected
" Enstone Lv1 "
Rare Racial Skill - Troll
Description: Encase a small object in the surrounding stone.
Activation - 1 Mana
Teyo looked at the skill and scratched his head. It was interesting and there were plenty of uses he thought of immediately like that of trap's for goblins. He was atop the Troll when he received the ability. A lot of things were going on in his head so rather than dally on the things he would rather hide and figure out later he pulled out his very own gatcha ball. Honor tier, it's shade was of a royal deep purple. He looked at the small cap on oneside and the swirling clear, yet foggy jade like otherwise. He popped the top and instead of the ball just disappearing after a random number popped up. The purple cap turned to smoke and swirled in the air. It expanded and began to take form around Teyo's left arm. A moment later a small bracer appeared as the smoke dissipated.
" Bulwark Bracer"
Honor Tier
Shield - Wrist slot
Description: Pressing your hand down towards your arm with a defensive intention with make a small ethereal buckler appear. It will take a total of fifteen damage before it breaks. It needs a day to piece itself back together.
Teyo smiled brightly. It had hardly any weight, and could be deployed quickly. He immediately tested it showing off in front of the group. Courage and Reilly gave him a quick nod of appreciation admiring as if a bit jealous. Valora's hands were up to her cheeks and her eyes were wide in shock. She quickly approached Teyo smiling asking him to show her how it works. Teyo smiled and obliged her.
Reilly opened her capsule and a flash of a second later a large hat like that of a cowboy appeared on her head. She took it off and then grimaced. Once at it's style and then another at it's ability. Courage laughed at her as she grumped. " Haha What you look cute just wear it" He said. The next moment Reilly put it on his head and then pulled it lower angrily. A second later Courage smiled and then flicked it up, " Why, thank you"
"Shut up your next gatcha is the trade got it?" Reilly retorted and went to grab the wooden club to drag it over.
Valora pulled out her gatcha and activated it and a second later a ring appeared on her finger. " Ohh wow look no way!! It's a moon ring!" She said as she made a fist in front of herself from which the ring shot out a cone of light like a flashlight. Teyo surprised saw it and then gave her the same satisfaction of asking her to show it off and how it works. They began to make finger puppets on the cave wall.
Sometime later the group had taken the bat meat and washed it in the small pond. Teyo had also chopped up the club the Troll had which seemed to be just a large branch that it had been carrying. They made a decent size fire and after cooking the bat meat using the ingredients on hand Teyo made some Cave Crawler Kabats, fully healing everyone and granting another duration of dark vision. The difference here was his score went from that of dishwasher to a new level he hadn't seen.
"Cave Crawler Kabats"
Grade- Novice Chef
+5 Health + 5 hours of Dark vision.
Description: Kabobs of bat flesh, braised and seasoned with the fresh taste of spicy cave weeds and the brittle crunch of spider bits.
Value: One Dull Experience gem
" Huh interesting, what did I do differently? Is it really just washing the meat and a proper fire? More health and a higher duration. Not only that but it gave me a value on it and a description. This is actually super lucrative. One gem for one Kabob? I didn't even put any experience gems into this. Perhaps Reilly is right." Teyo thought.
The group sat around eating for a bit. Eventually the group only had about two hours left and standing next to the corpse of the troll didn't seem like a good idea for much longer Teyo Decided he would check out the Troll to see if there was anything left on it that was of value, he was also quite curious to see what it's face looked like. After giving it a once over he ended up cutting off it's sash which was just a rope tied with a burlap cloth to cover it's, downstairs bits. Teyo ended up with a good fifteen foot rope and he also took a couple finger nails, for some reason they were purple. The group all agreed that eating the creature seemed a bit gross, even by cave spider standards. The stink of it and the overall dirt of it definitely didn't appeal to them. Teyo then cut into it's chest and after awhile and a waist deep dive Teyo popped out of its chest covered in blood and gristle. However in his hands was a large almost football sized gem. It was almost like a piece of obsidian but rolled in a light dusting of dirt. Obviously just a large Dull experience gem. Teyo tossed it over to the group then immediately dove into the water to wash off. Ironically the small glowing fish in it were just small minnow's. Teyo had found out earlier when he washed the meat. Either that or they were slimes and understood that they would lose if push came to shove, which it were he didn't know. They all moved clear across the pond wherever he had approached.
Stepping out of the pond clean of blood Teyo approached its head. He wanted to see it's face and decided pull off the burlap sac hood it wore. As he pulled it back the gross smell of rot and decay filled his nostrils. The trolls gross mouth flopped open. After a second the skin on its face and flesh on its skull quickly began to wither and fall away from it's skull leaving behind a strange and grotesque body attached to a skeletonized skull. The burlap sac in Teyos hand began to shrink until all that was left was a small sac with holes big enough for two eyes and a mouth that seemed to frown. Teyo Looked down at it and up to his team who were all slowly gathering all the food he cooked, putting out the fire and grabbing the remaining wood. All of them were oblivious to him and what he had done to the troll. A second later Teyo looked
down and the burlap sac in his hands was smiling. It leapt up from his hands onto him covering his face.
Teyo fell to the ground tumbling and frantically grabbing at it as it clung to him trying to be worn. He wanted to call out to his team but it began to stuff itself in his mouth.