Aiden opened his mouth. Letting out a small laugh. "What can I say? I call myself the master-baiter! Wait, that sounds suspiciously close to a certain explicit word." He searched his surroundings. Relieved that no one was present to hear that.
DING!
[System]
-Initiating Regression Mechanic-
-Please Do Not Move-
"About time, I was starting to get bored cracking these stupid jokes!" He mumbled, imagining someone agreeing with him.
A pink light surrounded him.
Instantly sucking him into a portal present on top of him.
…
..
.
After the tiresome regression doing its magic.
Aiden found himself sleeping on top of the cold surface of the ruined castle.
"Hah. I really thought I wouldn't come back here. Hm, if I time this right, I can surely sneak attack that grotesque creature!" He thought to himself, imagining himself jumping off the roof, landing a kick on the monster, and ultimately defeating him.
"Snnrrrk… I can ssssmell you… hhhhnfffhh… Come out… come ouuut…"
A wet, dragging noise echoed through the passageway, followed by strange sticky pops.
"Not cool, man, did you really have to ruin my super cool idea?!" He whispered, hiding in the same room he was in his previous life.
But he was shocked by what he found inside.
"How are you already here?!" Aiden asked, looking at the figure before him.
"Shush, he's gonna hear you." The figure came out of the dark; it was Ryker.
Aiden stared him down, suspicious. "Fine, I'll listen to you for once." He whispered, weary of the monster behind the door.
He crouched and hid behind a wall.
"IIIIII kkknnowwww youuuu're innn hereeee."
The monster spouted, sniffing the air.
Aiden curled his lips into a disgusted expression. He glanced at Ryker, and their eyes met. "Dude, this guy's voice disgusts me."
Ryker slapped his forehead with his palm.
Out of nowhere.
A strange pile of flesh was tickling Aiden's neck.
He glanced at it, surprised.
But out of nowhere, a huge tentacle came from behind it, aiming to end Aiden.
In a split second, Aiden materialised a golden double-bladed sword. A red aura enveloped it.
He spun the weapon in a circle.
Blocking every single attack that's aimed at him.
Desperately, he threw the weapon in the air.
Letting the tentacle come inches close to piercing him.
But in an instant, he dropped his hand, directed at the tentacle, followed by the double-bladed sword.
ZZIIPP
The sword successfully managed to cut the tentacle into many pieces.
"Yes! That was a gamble, but seriously, life is all about risk!" He celebrated his successful new skill. But he wasn't done yet.
His eyes landed on the main body of the monster, and he scanned it from top and bottom, realising that it practically had no flaws.
"How am I gonna defeat this lump of meat?!" He questioned Ryker behind him.
"You forgot one crucial thing: this creature cannot regenerate its limbs as fast as we cut them." He mumbled, unsheathing his sword.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Aiden muttered under his breath, gripping his golden sword tightly.
Ryker nodded at him, and he let out a small smile before charging at the beast.
Tentacles came flying at them, but they dodged them all, even cutting others.
A certain huge tentacle came at Aiden.
Aiden stopped in his tracks. The golden sword disappeared from his hands, replaced by a bow and arrow.
He stretched the bow.
BOOOM!
An explosion rang out in the room, destroying it entirely.
"You didn't- COUGH. Think abou- COUGH that huh?" He mumbled, staring at the useless pile of meat in front of him.
Ryker glanced back at Aiden, curious about the explosion.
But that was a big mistake.
A sharp tendril came right at him.
But fortunately. Ryker dodged it, grazing his face in the process.
But milliseconds later, a second tendril manifested from the ground, piercing his hand.
He dropped his sword, clutching his hand in agony.
Aiden noticed this one-sided beating and decided to go help him.
"Don't worry! I'm still here-"
A fat tentacled slapped him in the face, slamming him against the wall.
He glared at it.
Preparing to shoot at it.
But another tentacle came out of the ground, slapping the bow out of his hands.
"You!" Aiden shouted in anger. He manifested a small dagger in his hands.
He charged at the tentacle, cutting it into pieces.
"Yooouuu cannnooootttttt beattttt meeeeee!" The monster whispered, glaring at his prey.
A demonic laugh came out of his mouth.
Directly followed by thousands of tentacles piercing the ground up in unicent.
But Aiden and Ryker already knew this. They manifested an aura, surrounding their feet, and jumped to the roof, tightly holding on.
"Whhaaaattt? Howwww didddd yoooouuu knowwww?" The monster questioned the two fighters, not thinking they would actually survive his previous attack.
"Hm. There's only one answer to this stupid question! Magic!" Aiden's words rang in the monster's ears.
Ryker looked at Aiden with a bewildered expression."Wha-?"
"Oh, cmon! You know that's just a joke!" He said, exploiting the monster's confusion. The dagger in his hands grew longer, till it turned into a greatsword.
He attacked the monster with it, and a red aura surrounded it.
In a split second. Two tentacles came in to block the attack.
"You're dead!" Aiden shouted, dropping every last drop of strength he had into this attack.
Ryker charged at the monster as well, and his sword came within inches away from the creature's eyes.
But it was quickly stopped by a third tentacle.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAA!" They all shouted in unison.
ZZZIIIP!
The monster's tentacles were slowly getting overwhelmed.
"NOOOOOOOO!" The monster screamed in horror as his enemy's swords cut through his tentacles.
DROP!
The creature's head rolled through the ground.
"Waaaaiiitt! Weeee cann tallkkk abouttt thisss!" The monster's decapitated head spoke.
CRUNCH!
Ryker's feet connected with the creature's head. Shattering it into pieces.
Seconds later, it's fully vaporised into a dark, eerie mist.
"Well done," Ryker muttered, letting out a relieved smile.
Aiden stared at him. "Hey, I thought you didn't smile," Aiden questioned Ryker, a small laugh coming out of his mouth.
"That's a question for another day, my work here is done," Ryker replied. A small blue fire manifested in his palm.
"Wait! You didn't tell me how you knew these events?"
But his question fell on death's ear.
Blue fire surrounded Ryker.
When it died down, no one was inside.
[Character Interface]
Name: Tentaculor [The Same Monster They Killed]
Age: 241
Level: 63
Race: Demonic
Status: Dead
Title(s): The Flesh Eater
+79 Strength
+109 Agility [Tentacles]
+10 Intelligence
Aura Color: Unavailable
Aura Core: —--
Mana Color: Unavailable
Mana Core: —--
--- SKILLS —
Tentacle Manifestation. (Lvl 21) Tendril Pierce (Lvl 16), Tentacle Slap (Lvl 9), Spike (Lvl 8)
--- USER STATS ---
STR: 327 | AGI: 570 [Tentacles] | Agility: 21 [Main Body] | INT: 64 | END: 59
PER: 427 | WIL: 109 | CHA: 2
HP: 00/1500| Stamina:00/– | Aura: –/– | Mana: –
EXP:--/–
Currency: —- (Not A Player)