UPDATE gmgame's Epic Saga: The One Coin to rule them all: Chapter I, Episode 2

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Mar 9

Comment: The storm had now fully caught up, the growling of thunder was deafening. Badger walked down the muddy path, helped by the wind in his back. After dodging a few rocks, he arrived at the 9K crossroad. In front of him was a sharp cliff. He paused for a moment to look at the scenery. From here he was dominating the valley and he could see the forest flowing down into the marshes of anger. He was happy to have avoided taking that path in the forest.

"It's not too late" whispered a voice. Did he just hear that? He looked around... no one in sight. "It may have been the wind", he thought
Storm Leech: "Yess, I am the wind", whispered the voice
Bit: "Who are you?" Badger said, still trying to figure out where the voice was coming from
Storm Leech: "I am the Nobuaki, the storm leech. I came to fulfill my mission."
Bit: "What do you want from me, Storm leech?"
Storm Leech: "I want your esssence."

As Nobuaki words were spoken, a lightning bolt stroke with a deafening sound. Our hero felt an intense pain in his back. it seemed like his energy was being drained from him. He fell over the cliff...

All claws out, Bit held onto whatever was at hand. A rock, dirt, a branch! He was saved! at least for now, and with all what was left of his strength he managed to climb back to the edge of the cliff. Nobuyaki was still there, looking intensely with its empty eyes at badger struggling and a grin on his face.

Badger stood up, wounded but not beaten.

Bit: "Is that all you got leech?" He was fuming. The leech didn't move.

All claws out, Badger charged towards the Storm leech

Mar 11

Battle at the edge of the Precipice

Bit had a flashback. He remembered that voice. He remembered the pain that came with it. Yes, He had encountered the wraith before, in the darkest hour of his journey, at Mount Gox. He wished he would have all forgotten about his defeat.
But here it was, the ghost of Karpales had come back to haunt him. That leech, Nobuaki, was just another shape that the necromancer's spirit was using to materialize in this world.

Bit was furious, he felt his thirst for revenge running through his blood pumping in his clenching fists. He thrusted forward. One strike, two strikes... passing through the wraith's immaterial shape. Useless, the storm leech was impervious to badger's mighty blows. In return, a lightning shocked badger, throwing him once again down to ground, close to the edge.

Nobuaki extended his aetheral hands. Electric bolts dropped from the clouds into his palms, forming a ball of energy. The wraith was gathering power for a lethal blow.
if the charge reached 10k, it would be powerful enough to throw our brave hero over the cliff.

Badger had to sop him now. Resilient, he stood up, ready to pounce.