Jake sprinted through the overgrown streets, heading for another of Los Demonios’ secondary bases. A swarm of his minions followed closely behind. The crawlers scuttled on their long, powerful legs, while wingclaws soared through the air above. He navigated through the city, taking occasional turns at intersections and getting gradually closer to his destination.
At one point, as he reached another intersection, he noticed sothing on his left. He knew he needed to take a right, but there was sothing strange on the left-hand street, so he sent his minions a ntal command to halt. Then, he turned left to examine the object that had caught his attention.
He saw a multistory building with sothing strange attached to its front wall. Having never encountered anything like it before, Jake approached the building to examine the oddity. It was so kind of deford mass that appeared to be of organic origin, stretching across the entire section of the front wall up to the windows on the third floor.
What the hell is that? Jake thought. The strange matter resembled the Corruption covering every surface in his lairs, but it wasn’t exactly the sa. It was very dark, though not as black as the Corruption. It visibly pulsed with a strange life, as if it were a living organism. Jake also sensed waves of heat radiating from it, causing the surrounding air to shimr slightly.
Whatever it was, Jake didn’t like it at all. He was getting really bad vibes from it. He wondered what it could be, but no possible answer ca to mind. Could it be another form of Corruption? What if there was another Corruptor like himself hiding in the city?
Jake found it hard to believe, though. So far, he hadn’t seen any signs of another morphus in the city. If there had been another one, he would definitely have crossed paths with it by now. So, while this strange mass resembled Corruption, it was clearly sothing else entirely.
Jake stepped up to the wall covered in the strange mass of organic matter. Morphing his right hand into claws, he swiped at it. His sharp talons carved deep grooves into the mass, but to his astonishnt, the scratches healed almost instantly.
Undeterred, he morphed his other hand into claws and launched a fierce flurry of slashes at the strange organic matter on the wall. He tore chunks out of it, creating long deep gashes, but they filled back in almost as soon as they were made. He maintained his relentless assault for a couple of minutes until he finally gave up. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t inflict any lasting damage on this bizarre substance.
He took a step back from the wall covered in the strange mass, examining it once more. It resembled the organic protective matter covering the bodies of shamblers and whippers, shielding them from damage and regenerating after taking hits. However, unlike that, the mass covering the wall was far more powerful: its regenerative abilities worked much more efficiently, almost instantly repairing any damage he inflicted, no matter how severe.
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Jake had definitely never encountered anything like that before. Still, he was determined to find a way to damage it. Opening his mouth wide, he launched a glob of acid at the substance-covered wall. It splattered against the surface, sizzling and smoking for a brief mont before completely disappearing. Any damage it did to the mass was imdiately repaired.
Jake could hardly believe what he was seeing. Nevertheless, he had a few more tricks up his sleeve. In his inventory was a collection of gemstones that could bestow him with a variety of elental attacks. He planned to experint with each one to determine if the organic matter had a weakness to any of them.
For the next several minutes, Jake busied himself with exactly that. He retrieved a couple of gemstones from his inventory, absorbed them into the flesh of his hands, and then attacked the substance covering the wall. After noticing that one type had no effect on the strange mass, he would retrieve a different set of gemstones and try again.
Every ti he absorbed a new pair of gemstones, the previous magical elental effect was replaced with the new one. He tried attacking the substance with every possible elental effect but achieved no results at all. Acid, frost, lightning, and fire magic had no effect on the mass whatsoever. Explosive damage did create small craters in the material, but the mass instantly regenerated, returning to its original form.
It was no use. No matter what he tried, he couldn’t seem to inflict any visible damage to the mass. Jake finally gave up for good. He had used several of his gemstones, which weren’t easy to find, for absolutely nothing. Well, not exactly nothing. At least, he now knew that the strange substance was literally indestructible against any type of damage. If there was a way to damage or destroy it, he had yet to discover it.
Morphing his hands back into human-like form, he took a few steps back, staring at the strange matter covering the wall. With a thought, he attempted to summon its description, and a piece of information flashed in his mind.
Na: Ravage Contamination
Impacted Area: Less than 1% of the Overall City Territory
It was both intriguing and alarming. This was the first ti he had co across the so-called Ravage contamination. A flurry of unanswered questions raced through his mind. What exactly was this substance? What had caused it? He felt certain that, although the strange mass seed harmless at the mont, it would inevitably lead to so really bad effects in the future.
As he stared at the contaminated wall, he noticed sothing troubling. The substance was indeed creeping upward, and pretty fast at that. While he had been focused on trying to damage it, the mass expanded, climbing to the fifth floor and engulfing the previous two levels. This was definitely a cause for concern. Whatever was occurring was alarming.
When he checked the city’s contamination level again, he noted that it had increased to 2%. The patch of Ravage contamination in front of him was clearly not the only one in the city. There had to be more occurrences of this bizarre substance coating buildings sowhere in other areas of the city. The Ravage contamination had obviously erged not long ago, but it was spreading at a concerning rate.
It was alarming, for sure. However, Jake wasn’t certain what he could do about it at the mont. He would return to this matter later, but for now, he needed to focus on the task at hand. Turning away from the contaminated building, he ntally ordered his minions to follow him and resud heading toward the Los Demonios’ secondary base, the destination he had been headed for before he was distracted by this oddity.
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