Skippy stared down at the demon as he read its status over the party interface, it was an extremely lopsided build, but that was probably the result of the boss monster title. That title would double the user's Constitution, Endurance, and Intelligence stat.
"Everyone assign your levels while I buy time," Tom said as he started casting.
Skippy pulled up his stats as Tom pulled out a dozen sheets of paper. He fired off a barrage of fireballs at the boss. Skippy quickly ducked under the railing and opened his skill options. Most of the [Dancer] skill options sucked. They were made for actual dancing instead of true combat, but a few were really useful. Like the footwork skill he was looking for. Something to help him stay on his feet and keep him moving.
DING!!!
Skippy shot down the stairs to where the pseudo-demon lord was. The demon fired beams of essence magic from its eyes, erasing all of the magic Tom was dumping on it.
As Skippy flew down the stairs, Abaddon launched himself from the second floor with a roar.
DING!!!
Abaddon slammed his fist into the demon lord's face, driving a punch directly into its eye. The demon screamed in agony, stumbling backward toward the kitchen. Skippy hit the first floor running, his legs eating up the distance as he closed in on the demon; bringing his sword around, he activated a [Piercing Strike] as he cut through the demon's heel. Then he brought his second sword around and stabbed into the demon's second heel with a combination of [Soul Strike], [Power Strike], and [Venom Strike], injecting the weak poison directly into the demon's bone. He grimaced at his pathetic strength stat compared to his agility, and it was showing he would need more levels to compensate.
The demon lord roared in pain, oblivious to Skippy's inner turmoil, though that might be due to Abaddon punching it in the face repeatedly. Ripping his swords free, he kept hacking away at the demon's heel. He avoided getting stepped on as the demon lord stumbled around. Then the demon flashed to fire, its entire body turning into a demon-shaped flame. Abaddon fell through the flaming demon before hitting the ground.
Then, the demon became flesh again. All of the damage Skippy inflicted was gone as the demon reformed. He knew the demon lord had still lost HP, but the demon had repaired the physical damage easily enough. The demon's face, on the other hand, was a mess; Abaddon had destroyed its two right eyes, and his [Siegebreaker] skill meant that magical creatures couldn't just magic away the damage he inflicted. They would have to heal the old-fashioned way. Making Abaddon the most dangerous of them all right now.
The demon lord looked down at him, raising its hand to flatten the two of them when two bolts of lighting hammered into its head. Now that it wasn't using its eye beams to counter them, Alex and Tom blasted their spells out of the air before the projectiles could even get close.
"Now this is what I'm fucking talking about," Abaddon cheered as he charged the demon lord.
Abaddon leaped at the Demon as he was distracted by the barrage of spells from their friends and punched it directly in the dick.
Unwilling to let Abaddon take all the glory, Skippy charged behind Abaddon and activated [Power strike]. His sword was covered in a red glow as he sliced through the demon's leg, chopping it off and sending the demon lord to the ground. Then the demon flashed to fire, and the damage Skippy inflicted was gone, but that's ok because it still took damage.
As the demon tried to rise to its feet on its reformed leggings, Abaddon distracted it by leaping onto the demon's nuts and repeatedly punching the demon lord's balls while Tom and Alex kept up the barrage of spells.
The demon twisted, kicking Abaddon away as it stood up. Bringing its hoof down, it stomped on Abaddon over and over again with a burning rage that consumed all rational thought.
DING!!!
Skippy froze as he saw the notification. Was Abaddon actually dead? The demon lord kicked Abaddon's broken corpse over Skippy's head before whipping its tail around to splatter Skippy.
All of Sudden, Skippy could feel his [Rataskurs Instincts] skill give him a metaphorical slap, snapping him back to attention as the demon closed in on him. Distracted as he was, he realized he wasn't going to be able to dodge this time. Activating one of his newest abilities [Mirage Step], he took a step forward, disappearing and reappearing out of range of the attack as the demon's tail smashed into the afterimage he had left behind.
"You missed shit tits," Skippy called back as another one of his skills activated.
The demon lord roared in frustration as he lashed out at him. Skippy didn't even need to use a skill to dodge the attack.
"Skippy, buy me some time!!" Tom called out to him.
Skippy didn't ask for details. He didn't need to, Tom asked so he would give.
Skippy leaped onto and over the demon's tail letting his swords leave shallow cuts with another dose of [Soul Strike] as he ran towards the demon.
The demon ignored Skippy as he used his two remaining eyes to fire beams of essence magic at Alex and Tom. The effect was mitigated by the fact the two spell casters were far enough apart that the demon could only shoot at one of them as it rose to its feet. Skippy raced forward with another [Soul Strike] on his blade as he brought his sword directly into the demon balls. The already tenderized organ ripped under his attack, splitting open as he ripped through demonic scrotum.
"Hey, look on the bright side, you weren't using them for anything!!" Skippy called out.
The demon howled in agony before flashing to fire again again, partially repairing its balls. Turning, it punched Skippy, its fist rocketing towards him, forcing Skippy to leap to the left as its fist impacted the wall beside him, turning the brickwork to dust.
"Holy," Skippy was about to swear when [Rataskurs Instincts] alerted him the demons were about to smack him into the ground.
He leapt to the side as the concrete he had just been standing on turned to dust behind him, then had to dive back the demon's other hand as it tried to squish him, and then his luck ran out as the demon brought his hands together to crush him.
He activated [Mirage Step] again. The demon lord clasped his afterimage between its hands as Skippy reappeared on the Demon lord's shoulder, right next to its neck. Raising his sword, Skippy activated: [Manifold Strike] [Power Strike], [Piercing Strike], [Soul Strike], [Far Strike], and [Venom Strike]. His blade extended, puncturing through the demon's neck and out the other side, inflicting weak poison and soul damage along the entire length. Then the demon turned its head, and his sword's extra magical length shattered.
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"Goddammit, thick dick, you broke my tip," Skippy screeched as he dodged again. Despite being the DPS, he was little more than an insect to the demon lord. All he was managing to do was piss the bloody thing off. On the plus side, the demon was completely pissed off and was now ignoring his friends in favor of trying to kill him. Yeah.
Then Skippy got a notification.
DING!!!
"Get FUCKED!!!!" Abaddon roared as he slammed into the demon's back leg with an even higher strength stat than the demon lord.
There was a sickening crunch as the demon's knee shattered under the impact. The demon lord collapsed, roaring in pain as it fell to all fours. Skippy took the opportunity to run along the demon's back, leaving ineffective cuts along its back as he tried to whittle away at the demon lord's health. Then he felt Tom start to buff him.
"Blades of Water, Speed of Light." Tom chanted.
All of a sudden, Skippy's speed and strength shot up as his blade was wreathed in water and light magic. Swinging his swords, he began to hack away at the forest of spikes on the demon's back as Abaddon tried to fuck up its other leg as much as possible. Even with his enhanced swords, Skippy could feel how much resistance the demon lord's body was putting up, his blades weren't cutting as deeply as he wanted, and it was infuriating.
Then the demon rolled, flipping over and knocking both Skippy and Abaddon off of its body. Skippy had to leap off the massive demon's back as it rolled, his bloodline skill [Great Escape] giving him an edge. Flying off the demon's back, he bounced off the wall and brought his swords back around with a single [Poison Strike] directly into the demon's side with the meager mana he had recovered. Skippy realized he could now see green veins start to crisscross the demon's red skin as the poison started to build up enough.
"It just hit the 10% mark!!" Tom called out. "Skippy, take out the eye!!"
"Which one? The tiny one between his legs or one of the ones that looks like pimples on its face?" Skippy asked as he activated his racial skill.
Skippy felt his stats jump up just a little yet again as his stamina started to drop. Unfortunately, he really didn't have enough stamina yet, so he didn't have long before he passed out, and then he would be truly fucked. But that just made this more fun. Now, it was a race to see which of them hit the ground first.
He flew across the demon's body, leaving shallow cuts all along its body as he danced back and forth.
Slash, slash, stab. Stab stab stab
The demon grabbed him out of the air, but with his enhanced state, he slashed through the demon's figure and leaped at its head. The demon had been trying to blast away Alex's spells with its eye beams, but Skippy wasn't having any of that. Using a combination of [Power strike] and [Soul Strike], he slammed his two swords into the demon's two remaining eyes, disabling them permanently.
The demon roared in agony, and Skippy lept off, launching himself up to the second floor of the pit, just in time as three massive lances of lighting from Alex impacted the demon's chest using the opening Skippy had created to avoid the eye beams. Then, all three lances exploded, tearing the demon's chest apart as lighting arced through its body.
The demon flashed to flame to repair the damage, but that was expected at this point, and it was too little too late as Abaddon slugged the demon in the stomach just as Skippy leapt off the second floor.
The demon doubled over its neck, perfectly stretched out in front of Skippy. Skippy dropped his second sword and gripped his right sword with both hands as he activated a full [Manifold strike] again. [Far Strike] extended his blade with a magical edge, [Piercing Strike] got through the demon's tough skin, [Soul Strike] increased its staying power, [Power Strike] gave him a 50% increase to his strength stat for this attack, and [Venom Strike] added weak poison to his blade.
Bringing his sword around as he fell through the air, he chopped down with everything he had as [Stamina Burn] consumed everything he had to power his ultimate strike.
His blade cut through the demon's neck like a hot knife through butter before slamming to a jolting stop as his sword impacted the demon lord's spine, stopping him cold. But not before he had already torn through the demon lord's artery. Despite his disappointment, Skippy couldn't help it as he landed. He raised his right hand in a rock and roll sign and screamed out his victory to the world.
"DECAPITATION!!!" he yelled. It was slightly ruined by the lack of an actual decapitation and his Alvin and the Chipmunk voice, but it felt so good.
Then, he felt the energy leave him as his stamina hit zero. He collapsed to the ground, fast asleep, but not before he saw two notifications flicker in front of his eyes.
DING!!!
That was all he got before his vision went black, and he fell into the world of dreams.
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Base
Personal: +4 AGIL +4 PER +3 DEX +3 LCK
Racial: +3 AGIL +2 DEX +2 PER +1 CON
Bloodline: +5 AGIL +5 LCK
Level Bonus: +1 to all Stats
Mini-Character List
Tom: Our Protagonist, the groups healer, and the face of the party
Alex: Tom's best friend the group's wizard
Skippy: Tom's friend, a squirrel, and the group's duelist
Abaddon: Tom's friend, a lizard man, and the group tank
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