Day 239
A cry rang high in the skies, echoing out above the small battle-torn part of the basin where the mountain pass spilled into it, the shrill sound making all bodies present who were imrsed in various tasks to clean up the aftermath stop whatever they were doing to stare up at the large dark figure flying over them.
Sombra seed excited to return to the ho she only knew of from my mories, whereas I only felt a knot of emotions for everything that had happened. There was simply too much on my mind to even spare a modicum of calm.
Watching the ground below, I could see a gathering of monsters, most of whom I had already long sensed were awaiting .
Rena, Grul, Ursa, most of the council, and a multitude of other figures who all held positions of authority and power within the clan.
But most of all, who took all my attention, was Bob and Mia.
Watching from the sky as Sombra closed in, I felt a sudden pang of Dj vu. This was all too similar to when I had returned ho from Maldrak, having just broken the chains of my enslavent. The fear, worry, anger, sadness, and even joy were all projected through the bond between and Mia was the exact sa I had felt then.
I could sense and feel her emotions just as strongly as my own, and on the front of it all, she was clearly angry.
As we landed and I dismounted Sombra, I wasn't sure how to handle the sight of my very pregnant wife. During my ti away, her belly had swollen considerably and probably would already be ready to give birth in only a little more than a month's ti. But not only that, Mia herself had changed.
Not only was she much more powerful, which was obvious from her presence showing through our connection, but she had physically changed too. Slightly taller, though she did still only barely reach my chest with my more than considerable height, she now carried about an air around herself that seed much more mature than her usually bubbly innocent self.
That was most likely attributed to her being pregnant and being so far along - soon to be a mother.
Still, she looked cute as a button, once again proving wrong in that she couldn't beco any more beautiful than she already was. From back when she had turned into a drow, I had long run out of things to imagine could be even better as everything seed more than perfect about her appearance. Yet, her evolutions only kept proving that wrong and making it harder for to take my eyes off her.
With the grey markings that frad her face having changed from the slightly crude and almost wild way in which they ran along her features to now seeming both refined and srizing, exactly like her eyes, drawing to them in how the markings flowed, she was stunning in all rights.
Her charisma must've gone through the roof as I clearly felt that if I let her charms through the defenses of [A Sovereign's Undying Will] even I would stand little chance to fully resist them.
Practically on instinct, I pulled up her status.
-Codex!-
[Codex - Mia Tal'chor]
Na: "Mia Tal'chor"
Race: Duriel
Sex: Female
Rank: C-
Level: 2/75
Health: 654/654
Stamina: 230/232
Mana: 829/829
[Attributes]
STR - 28
VIT - 98
AGI - 78
DEX - 45
INT - 145
CHR - 254
WILL - 46
MAG - 276
[Trait, Titles, and Skills].
Skills - 19
Traits - 9
Titles - 2
[Resistances]
Phy. Resistance - 29
Mag. Resistance - 68
n. Resistance - 16
[First Wife of the Sanguine Lord]
Grown she had.
It was shocking just how much more powerful she had gotten. But I didn't manage to get long to inspect her status as the very focus of my attention had closed the distance before I reached her myself, landing one loud slap to my cheek.
There was no pain of course, but the shock of it still easily frazzled . And yet again, before I had ti to react, she thrust herself into with arms clenched tightly around my waist, burying her face in my chest.
"W-where... did you go?" She spoke, her voice coming out both muffled and sad.
I didn't need anyone to explain to that she was upset over the fact that I had imdiately rushed to the Warlord's army after brutally killing the general assaulting our ho. During the ti-traveling back, which was little more than a day on Sombra's insanely fast wings, I had reflected on the fact that I had screwed up by storming out there for vengeance in blind rage for what had been done to Lily and my people.
"I... I'm sorry," I said simply, not having an excuse for my recklessness and bad restraint. "I wasn't thinking,"
I could feel through our bond that she didn't wish to be angry with , relief and joy hidden beneath it all, but she couldn't let off the hook that easily and I couldn't deny I really hadn't thought straight in those monts.
But as she peeled her face off my chest, looking up to et my crimson eyes with her own matching ones. She was finally smiling despite a couple of tears smudged against her cheeks.
"I-I'm sorry that I couldn't keep my promise," I apologized, barely able to et her gaze as I admitted the only other thing than Lily being hurt that had been gnawing away at .
Mia just looked confused at that, seemingly not understanding what I was getting at.
"But you didn't break your promise," She said.
I frowned, casting my gaze out to the silent battlefield where multiple workers were going around carting off the dead and burning pyres made from the bodies of the fallen enemy.
Seeing my mirrored confusion, realization seemingly ca to her.
"Master, you were only gone for a little more than a month," She explained. "The enemy was moving our way before they even knew of us so they ca much earlier than expected even without word reaching back to them."
I wasn't sure what to say to that.
I had really thought I had failed in the promise I gave to Lily as ti had entirely been lost to in those damnable Trials and with how I found my ho embroiled in full-out war.
A great weight lifted off my shoulders, I simply kissed the petite woman in my ears who was all too eager to et my lips with her own. Separating, I finally allowed my attention to befall the rest of those gathered here.
First, my gaze fell on the most noticeable amongst the crowd. And by that, I ant the monster that literally towered over everyone else.
Bob, who had already been absolutely huge before I left for the Trials was now even more so. He too had undergone an evolution, one that put his size on match with even a normal ogre, though he looked more like a Greek god with his hulking muscle-bound figure than a potbelly giant like most ogres did.
Flanking him were a dozen monsters, mostly orcs who so were even blood orcs. All females. It was his wives, which had grown in number and who all also seed to have undergone evolutions. The only thing I could say to that was; good for them, lest Bob literally split them apart. Still, even with the stature of their races, he was still more than twice their size at best, excluding one of them that actually was a unique-looking ogre woman I hadn't seen before.
So how in the hell they made that work, I didn't know - and I most definitely wasn't going to ask.
Having stood with the crowd, barely patient, he practically stord as Mia finally gave him a nod to give him his turn. I could only laugh rrily with the giant as he had to hoist into the air for a hug, the rumbles of his joy at seeing again making my head rattle from the force of his laugh alone.
Noting the shocking amount of strength in his hold, I found myself pulling up his status with much curiosity.
-Codex!-
[Codex - Bob]
Na: "Bob"
Race: Mortlr
Sex: Male
Rank: C
Level: 5/75
Health: 2218/2218
Stamina: 1199/1200
Mana: 0/0
[Attributes]
STR - 305
VIT - 232
AGI - 68
DEX - 92
INT - 92
CHR - 15
WILL - 58
MAG - 16
[Trait, Titles, and Skills].
Skills - 20
Traits - 9
Titles - 2
[Resistances]
Phy. Resistance - 46
Mag. Resistance - 45
n. Resistance - 23
[Sanguine Champion]
Baffled at his stats, I had myself look over it multiple tis just to make sure what I was reading was correct.
Not only had it been shocking to that they had managed to evolve while I was away. But to the extent they had with the ridiculous amount of power they had for their level, I was simply left floored.
"Okay - okay! Set down already, you big oaf," I laughed as there was hardly any appearance being put up for the rest of the clan.
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