>>6308859The creatures barrel into you with no regard for their safety. A few manage to scratch you, but despite their aggressiveness, they are unable to pierce through your armor. You continue swiping away at the creatures with your axe. Severed limbs and other body parts go flying left and right as the monsters are hacked apart. One of them leaps towards you, landing on your shoulder, however you quickly pluck the creature off with one hand and throw it into an oncoming group, knocking them down. You summon bolts of lightning from the axe to crash upon them. It was that powerful display of magic that finally puts some fear into their hearts. Any of the monsters that had managed to survive your attacks go scurrying off into the forest with a whimper.
-5 HP from combat. Tristain: 51/72 HP
You turn towards Butch to find him surrounded by several corpses of his own. You’d hoped to get a glimpse of what his Crest did, but he doesn’t need to call upon its power to dispatch these foes. His sword glows brightly as it slays the final creature, a look of hatred twisted on its face even as its head flies through the forest.
>“I think that’s all of them.”“The hell are these things supposed to be?” Butch asks, picking up one of the furry corpses and examining it closely. He gives it a curious sniff. “You ever see anything like this?”
>“Never. I can’t believe you’re touching it with your hands though. They’re disgusting.”“Think they’re edible?”
>You blanch in horror. “Are you joking?”“That guy said we need to hunt our own food. And all that fighting has got me starving. Some milk wasn’t going to be enough to fill me up.”
>“Uhh…I think I’d rather wait to see what the food on the other floors looks like first. Eating this feels…weird.”“What, you think you might get sick or something?” Butch asks. “Suit yourself then. I’ve never gotten sick from eating meat. I hear it’s an effect of my Crest. Say, that was some interesting magic you used. Think you can light me a fire? I want to cook this.” He says, dangling the monster in front of you.
You produce a cooking fire, and watch dispassionately as Butch gets to work. There was no way you were eating that crap…
>During his climb of the tower, Tristain will need to periodically eat or suffer a stat penalty. Eat the monkey?>A): I’ll try anything once. (RES x LCK Roll: 53% to avoid sickness.)>B): Absolutely not. (Peckish Hunger: -1 to all stats temporarily.) 