"I like him, father; let's go," Hydie said as she danced out of the room past Windorf, who was still looking at me.
I centered myself, and stood up straight, and walked forward. I prepared myself for what was about to come as I approached Windorf with my eyes locked with his.
<Make it count; it will be a long time before you get another chance to talk to Time.>
Hero's voice was the last thing that I heard before I was back in that place as I pressed my hand to Windorf's chest. Nothing had changed, and then Time asked me one more question, but then it became something completely different.
"Do you think that your Soul is worth its weight? I asked this not as Time, but as the man that you questioned. You asked me this very same question before we agreed to this, and I am still unsure how to answer it. I know why you choose to do this, but I don't understand the question. You don't know what I am talking about, and I might have overstepped myself, but
I closed my eyes briefly; I needed to take everything that I had just seen in. Time or Mark was someone that I was obviously close to, but I disagreed with.I could see why I would have trouble stomaching this problem, but there was something else; the Demons. A Demon at the center of this all, and I was helping demons.I knew that all demons couldn't be the same, but I would have to remember that Mex and the rest were still Demons. The one at the Center of Everything was trying to flood all the worlds with Demons, but I had given up everything about me to put a plugin on them.<What are you talking about? What happened?>I can't tell you, and it wouldn't matter if I did; none of it has anything to do with you. We are both playing different games on the same chessboard. The only difference is that I have already played as you, to reach for a spot as a god, but It wasn't to my liking.
There was a lot to go through, but not a lot had changed with my stats, but I did get a better look at the totems, and I was interested in Kali's totem; it looks like I wasn't going to need the help from the system for that.That would leave Veronica, but If this System was going to work in the way I thought it did, then I would be given something to help, maybe change her somehow. That might be asking for a lot, but at this point, I really wasn't sure what a lot should be constituted at.Hydie squealed with excitement as I burst forward; the Wind Force that the Pact lent me boosted me. The Primal Totem made me fast and strong, which made me even faster, but there was an edge to this Pact.The wind is strong and can be violent, but it is also very fragile. Because of my Water Sphinx Totem, I was able to feel that my body was actually weaker, but I was being pumped by the Wind Force.I burst out of the tunnel onto the plateau and then turned to the path fo
I didn't bother going to the Demon Fish Village; I would see them when I returned from rescuing Missy. For now, I ran into the rolling waves until I was up to my waist, and then I took a deep breath and dove in.The ocean water was cool and refreshing after running so hard, but I perceive hot and cold differently now. I felt them, but I was no longer affected by temperatures outside of the normal.I released the Water Sphinx Totem and then activated the Water Undine Totem, and suddenly I felt a massive boost to all my senses. Even my Wind Pact felt stronger, and then I got an alert that popped up, and I swam forward.[Totem Sync] Acquired!{When 10 Meters from a Bonded Partner, the Totem Marks power increases.}"How are you going to find these people? It's dark, and you can't see in the dark, right?" Hydie asked me, but I pointed to my ear.I could already hear the vibrations from the Sahuagin; they never seemed to stop mourning their women.
Hydie put a hand on Shirzik's arm, and the creature began to change. I don't know if Hydie could read my mind, but I was looking at Aquaman on the Juice once she was down.[Designer Reality Merge Fluke] Acquired!{5% chance for Experienced Designers Touch to become physical and tangible, not just an illusion.}"What is this?" Shirzik asked as he touched his handsome face.Wow, I might have to get Hydie to give me a touch-up after; The Ugly Fucker was looking better than me! I was the Ugly Fucker now!"You are the lucky winner in this draw, it looks like, and now you are stuck like this," I said with a grin."You're kidding me, right? I even sound better! Even the ones of us that are average are leagues above the Barracuda men now! BWAHAHA!" Shirzik laughed out in joy, and the other Sahuagin joined him with cheers.They would no longer have to cry out the horrible howls, but this was only half the battle. The other half was getting the
I had never seen anything like the colossal horned four-story tall octopus that was floating forward into full view. I was still nearly three stories tall, but this creature was vast and looked like it wanted to get handsy with all those tentacles.What could this female creature want with me? What was this thing anyway? Octopus didn't have horns or grow this big.Yup, there I go again with that idiot first-world brain. It didn't matter what this grayish blush multi-armed horned disaster looked like, it seemed to have a problem with me, and I needed to deal with it."Who are you, and what do you want?" I asked after Hydie fed me air to fill my big lungs."Me? I am The Goddess of the Sea! What do I want? It's quite simple, I will consume you, and then I will reform and bind your body with my magic! After that, I will empower you and use your system to help me finally kill that dirty little tramp and her idiot of a flying father! KACK KACK KA KA!" The Gray
"This is bad, but do you think that something that big will care about us?" Hydie asked, but I had seen too many crazy shark movies to act rationally.I was being taken to Missy by a pair of worried-looking Barracuda men. Everyone else in the village of the Barracuda Folk was running around and rushing to leave."I don't want to take any chances. It is easier for them to all move to shallow water, and then they will be out of reach. I also think that this might be good for both races if they can learn to work together then maybe they would have problems in the future. Plus, I will be giving them a healthy stared down before we leave with Missy," I explained, and Hydie sighed."I guess that this is good for everyone, but I still think that there is no reason to get everyone to leave without their stuff," Hydie told me, but I had activated her totem."Can't you feel that it is more than just the two massive things? I can hear many things that are coming our
The world seemed to collapse on me as the horde of sea monster fish, sharks, and whales. All their eyes glowed a strange pink but brighter and more neon than what I had produced."What are you going to do?!" Hydie asked in a panicked voice."Get us out of this, but I need you to make sure that you are holding on to Missy. I can't do this and hold her," I said, and I felt Missy press into me, and I let go of her, but there was a Hammerhead shark with arms coming at me.Right before it got close enough to hit me, I knifed my arm into the place where the long hammerhead met its neck, closing my fist at the last moment. There was a snap, and the shark was sent spinning into the next one that was coming for me, sending them both spinning through the water away from me.I started to swim up fast and used the claw of a monstrous lobster that tried to attack me, boosting me up.It was no good, and the monsters started to follow me up in a spiral. And bare
Mex wouldn't be a hard sell or any of the others, but I wasn't sure about Nixi. This was her idea, but she didn't seem the type to bend a knee, but she might surprise me.Everyone wanted off the island, and it wasn't like I would treat them any differently than I do now. So, the next thing to worry about would be Doa, but that would be coming sooner than later.I was just coming out of the last path, so I started to slow as I jogged back to Mex's Keep. I was starting to feel exhaustion starting to set in, and I just wanted to get the girls settled in and then to bed.It was still early, so I could probably sneak in before anyone noticed, but I was almost sure that one person would be awake.As I jogged over the bridge, I hoped that I could make it to bed without an encounter with Lidy. she was going to be pissed at me for missing out on making her eggs and the other stuff, but I was more than worn out at this point.The courtyard of the keep was qu