[Night]Like the word over this sentence said, it"s night, the stars and the moon were brightening the ground.
Marco: It"s time…
Marco was standing next to a carriage made of gold that will take him to the monster"s den while smoking, there was no one around him… This would be the perfect sentence to use if it wasn"t for the 4 men that were surrounding Marco, each one armed with a stick.
Young Man 1: Traveler… I heard you are this year"s sacrifice.
Young Man 2: We can"t allow someone unrelated to sacrifice themselves! Let us take that responsibility!
Young Man 3: The sacrifice must be one of us! We won"t put that burden on you!
Young Man 4: We won"t kill you. We"ll just knock you unconscious for a while…
Marco sighed and his body was surrounded from a orange aura, he used "Start" so he would finish this quickly. Then, with the cigarette in his mouth, he walked towards the group of 4 people, the first one immediately slashed at him with his stick.
But he just grabbed the stick with his right arm and pulled the young man towards him, before smashing the man"s face with his right elbow, stunning him, then Marco grabbed the stick and thrusted at another man that was coming towards him.
The man kneeled in the ground while holding his abdomen, where he was struck, meanwhile the other two rushed at Marco together, trying to hurt him.
But Marco"s arms were too fast and grabbed their necks, before slamming the two of them in the ground.
Then Marco turned towards the stunned man, and grabbed his left arm, then he pulled it and used his other arm to break the left arm, making the man scream in pain.
Marco: And that"s one…
Then Marco turned toward the other two in the ground, and stomped on their legs, making them scream too, and breaking a left leg and a right one.
Marco: Now the last one...
After that, he turned towards the last one, who was trying to get up and rushed to Marco, he sighed and took out his cigarette, before headb.u.t.ting the incoming young man in his forehead.
The last young man fell in the ground while his head was bleeding a bit, Marco walked toward him and crouched beside him.
Marco: So, will you give up?
Young Man 2: N...Never…
Marco: I knew you would say that...
Marco let out a sigh before slowly putting the tip of the cigarette on the man"s neck and stepping on the man"s right arm, the man yelled in extreme pain since at his neck he was being burned from a cigarette while his right arm was under Marco"s boot.
Then Marco moved his other leg over the man"s shoulder, and stomped over it, dislocating the man"s right arm.
Young Man 2: AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
Marco: Tsk…
*Ding*
*Special Quest[Successful]: Break a limb for each human enemy that comes before you beat Yamata no Orochi*
The men couldn"t move anymore from the pain they were feeling, then Marco turned towards another direction, expecting another man, but instead there was Alice, looking at the men in the ground.
Alice: *Sigh* Pathetic…
Then she slithered beside Marco, and Marco asked.
Marco: Where"s Tamamo?
Alice: ...She went back to the castle. It looks like she didn"t want to a.s.sist you directly. So, she left this in her place. She told me to deliver this item to you.
Then Alice gave Marco a strange ball of fur about the size of his hand, it was slightly warm and fluffy.
Marco looked at the ball with dead eyes.
Marco: "She went back to the castle", yeah, f.u.c.k that… Tamamo I know that"s you.
The ball didn"t shown any sign of abnormality, while Alice looked at Marco with curiosity. Marco sighed and pulled out another cigarette.
Marco: "System, lighten it"
*Ding*
At that sound, the tip of the cigarette started to lighten up, Marco inhaled some smoke and exhaled it into the air, then he took out the cigarette from his mouth and put the tip of it on the ball of fur.
Tamamo: Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch! Remove that thing from my tails!
Marco did as she said, then the ball jumped out from Marco"s hand, it started growing and unfurling, revealing Tamamo who was holding on her tails that had a burned spot and glaring at Marco.
Tamamo: Geez, what the h.e.l.l is your problem?! Are you r.e.t.a.r.d?!
Alice: ...You should have seen his dark humor then…
But Alice"s sentence was ignored from Tamamo and Marco, while the latter put back the cigarette in his mouth and answered.
Marco: If you want only to watch then don"t hide it, I can fight her alone, I can even control wind and earth as I wish, so the possibility for me to lose it"s really low, you don"t need to lie and hide in my backpack.
Tamamo just gritted her teeth and mumbled things for herself…
Tamamo: The youngsters of today don"t give even a bit of respect to their elders…
Alice just told Marco.
Alice: Just as usual, I won"t a.s.sist you. If you fall, which I greatly doubt it, you really will be the sacrifice.
Marco nodded and Alice vanished like every d.a.m.n time, then the Chief showed up.
Chief: Thank you for waiting. Oh? Where is the Mighty Snake?
Marco: Alice is playing somewhere else, me and Tamamo will go.
Chief: I see. If there are too many people then Yamata no Orochi could figure out that something is wrong. Now then, please step into this carriage.
Marco and Tamamo, who turned back into a ball and entered Marco"s pocket, where he usually put the cigarette, stepped on the carriage, which was lifted from multiple villagers.
Chief: Now then, let"s go. It will take an hour to reach the cave, so please be patient.
Marco: Got it.
[1 hour later]
The carriage reached the entrance of a cave, and the Chief spoke.
Chief: This is as far as we can carry you. From here, Yamata no Orochi"s power will carry you in. Now then, we shall depart…
Then he and the villagers hurried away from the spot, leaving Marco over the carriage, then he turned toward the entrance of the cave, suddenly the carriage started to float without any support, and it"s pulled deeper into the cave with Marco on the top.
If he used the 1st Gate now, Yamata no Orochi would sense it and prepare for a surprise attack, so he held back. Meanwhile, Tamamo was coughing in his pocket due to the amount of ashes and smoke from the turned off cigarettes under her, but it was ignored from Marco.
The carriage continued like this for awhile, until it slowly descended and a voice said.
?: Now, sacrifice… Reveal yourself to me.
Marco did as the voice said and stepped out from the carriage, then, in front of him stood Yamata no Orochi, the eight headed dragon…
The scales of the body were dark green, it had 8 tails and 8 necks, the necks were long but they didn"t have a real head, instead, there were the naked chests of women with the same looks, black long hair and a strange golden crown with a number made in katakana, from 1 to 8.
The women over the necks of the beast didn"t have arms, only chest, b.o.o.bs and head, and all 8 of them looked happy at the sight of Marco.
Yamata no Orochi: Oh… This year"s sacrifice is another cute young boy. Now, come closer. There"s no need to be afraid, I"ll drown you in the height of pleasure… You don"t seem to be from the village… But you look delicious, so I don"t care.
Like the Cerberus, each head was independent from each other, Marco slowly walked forward, he looked calm, but Tamamo from his pocket could sense that Marco was ready to strike her at the best moment.
Then 2 of the 8 heads moved forward with a smile, and two long tongues came out from their mouth, they almost reached Marco…
Marco: "Sylph…"
Sylph: Yes!
Suddenly, Marco"s body became light like the wind, and he activated the 1st Gate, then he immediately used Thunder Thrust, and pierced the main body of the monster, shocking the heads.
Yamata no Orochi: Y-You…
Marco: I"m here to take you down…
Then Marco vanished once again from the spot, reappearing away from the monster, but it seems like she was able to follow his movements and glared at him.
Marco then started to run around the monster, while the heads were turning towards him to see where he would go, but she didn"t moved anyway.
When Marco reached her side, he sprinted forward, but unexpectedly a green tail hit him, and he was slammed on a wall, spitting saliva from the pain.
He fell back in the ground while clutching his chest, and she started to get arrogant.
Yamata no Orochi: Hmph, it seems that the first hit was only a lucky one…
She turned toward Marco, while he put himself in a boxer stance, he would stay defensively until he will achieve the 3rd Gate, then he would attack.
One of the heads shot forward towards Marco, but he narrowly dodged it by jumping over the head, and then jumped somewhere else, to avoid getting surrounded from the heads.
Marco continued to dodge thanks to Sylph"s help, and the 30 seconds pa.s.sed already, so he used the 2nd Gate, his movements became faster, but Yamata no Orochi didn"t gave up and continued to attack him, 15 more seconds pa.s.sed… And she caught him…
Right now he was bounded from Yamata no Orochi"s tongues, and was struggling to get out, but some heads started to talk.
Yamata no Orochi: Hehe… The game finished, now let me hav- Guh!
She was interrupted when a sharp pain came from her tongues, and looked at Marco that was snapping them apart one after another.
Yamata no Orochi: W-What is this strength…
Marco was using Gnome, he was getting really heavy and was able to snap her tongues, getting free.
Then Marco sprinted towards the monster, and body slammed it, surprisingly, Yamata no Orochi was thrown backward of some meters from the unexpected strength that Marco shown.
But she immediately stopped and swung one of her heads to Marco, who braced himself for the impact and was flung against a wall, but unlike the other time, it didn"t hurt much.
Marco fell in the ground and runned towards Yamata no Orochi to throw another hit.
Yamata no Orochi used one of her limbs to attack back, but unexpectedly, Marco vanished from the place, he temporarily deactivated Gnome to make him light once again, and since she didn"t expected it, she was unable to see Marco, who was in front of the head n. 3, the farthest.
He activated Gnome again and threw a heavy kick to the head, stunning the head for some moments, and before the others could bind him again, he used his tails to grab the ceiling and throw himself somewhere else.
Marco looked back at Yamata no Orochi, and put himself in a stance to dodge more incoming attacks.
[SPECIAL QUESTS]
1st. Kick Gabriel"s a.s.s
2nd. Achieve coexistence between Monsters and Humans
3rd. Kill Illias
4th. Return to Lucifina"s grave
5th. Visit every places in Illias Continent, Sentora and h.e.l.lgondo
6th. Turn back to Sabasa Kingdom
7th. Visit Kitsune Village using the Nine Tailed Cub System
8th. Defeat Yamata no Orochi