29 The Other Jericho (1/2)
Glaw emerged from Jericho as they arrived at the battle field. {I'll be outside of you until you calm back down. The turmoil of the elements in your body is too great for me to safely stay merged with you.}
”So we are here to help take out the monsters?” RuneHeart inquired.
Jericho shook his head. ”That big monster is my sister's friend. I thought the farmers were going to keep them save while he and the little one hunted.” He noticed the damage Ken was taking and pulled out his piano.
”What are you doing?” RuneHeart asked.
The bard flashed a deranged almost vile smile as he split into two. ”Doing what I do best.” {Glaw, will you go and join the fight?}
{I haven't had a good fight in a while. I'll take pleasure in it.}
The first Jericho started playing the song of Healing part 1 to heal up his allies health, stamina and magic, while the other Jericho walked towards the fight. ”Stop trying to kill my friends!” He shouted at the party.
The group of five looked over and saw Jericho's beginner gear. ”You are hilarious. You think we will stop just because you say so? Go back and cry to your mommy. Oh wait, she probably doesn't care either.”
The bard clenched his fist. His feelings of grief and regret he was already feeling sparked a depressed rage. ”So you won't leave peacefully?” He confirmed. Jericho's entire demeanor radiated an extremely ugly feeling.
They laughed as they continued to attack Ken, whose health was regenerating. ”Leave? When we have such a great boss here? You're delusional man. There is nothing you can do to stop us from killing this cat.”
RuneHeart stepped forward. ”I'll fight them. Jericho step back.”
”No.” Jericho replied fiercely. The light in his eyes vanished. They were filled with a dark void. ”I will not let these people murder my friends.” He stormed back to the piano in a fury to join his clone playing the healing piece. He pulled out the zither.
Loud heavy chords from both instruments echoed across the nearby farmlands as the once calming song from the piano turned fast, dark, ominous, and weighty. An intense feeling of doom and dread filled the enemies.
[You have created a cursed composition: Rhapsody of Doom]
[You have gained the rare skill line Death-Bringer Tier 3]
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[Rhapsody of Doom 1/10 Expert: A Rhapsody filled with unbridled emotions of grief, regret, rage, pain, agony and other powerful emotions. Enemies who hear this song will be filled with a feeling of dread and impending doom. They may experience mental aliments as a result. Once the rhapsody is completed, the player of this piece will enter a doomed state, receiving a -15% to all stats as punishment for desiring others to feel their own agony for 10 minutes. Adept bonus: Enemies who hear this piece will suffer a -3% to all stats. At the end of the piece, all enemies will receive the status effect Doom, -10% to all stats for 10 minutes.Expert bonus: The skills of enemies who hear this piece will cost twice as much Stamina, HP, and MP to use. Note that Rhapsody of Doom cannot be properly performed without the correct emotions. If emotions are missing, the composition will not produce the desired effects.]
Affected by the composition, the enemies started to fall. Lux took out the healer and a mage; Ken slew the tank and the rouge, while Glaw brought the other fighter to his death.
[Your murder count has reached 5 thanks to your pets and monster companions slaying people. The witnesses know the truth and have agreed that you and your helpful pets should not be punished for defending yourselves. Your murder count has been reduced to 0.] [You have greatly assisted in the deaths of 5 hostile mortals. You have gained 750 Exp and 650 MExp. Assign?]
{Assign to Mutable body.} Jericho murmured. [570MExp assigned to Mutable body. Mutable body has reached Adept 9/10] [You have 80MExp remaining].
Knowing that he didn't have enough to make a difference with his elemental skills, he assigned the rest into MC.
[You have entered a state of Doom for 10 minutes. All stats are reduced by 15%.] [You have 250 MC]
Unknown to the performers, Ken, who had returned to his animal form, was quietly looting the corpses.
”Wow, I underestimated you once again. That was intense. I haven't seen this side of you before. I always thought you were a peace loving freak with a short temper.”
Jericho took a deep breath and frowned as the light slowly returned to his still dark eyes, ”and it mostly likely won't be the last time you see it either.”
{We are back!} Ken called out. {Who won?}
The two felines stared expectantly at Jericho once again.
The bard laughed as he suppressed the dark feelings once more. He pulled out his last grilled fish and put it in front of Ken. ”You won by 8 Ken, the two of you are tied.”
The other musician looked shocked. ”These two cats were competing? How is that fair? The one is clearly a higher grade creature.”
Jericho nodded. ”Before, these two brothers were the same size. The big guy must have grown after the competition ended.”
Ken, with his much more regal and mature feline face frowned. {You aren't telling the whole world about me, are you?} He asked as he reached the halfway point in eating the fish.
Jericho shook his head. {Nope, just answering a question without sharing any details.}
Lux's saliva started dripping from his small mouth.
Ken looked over. (Here,) he passed the fish.
The smaller cat swallowed and looked up. (Are you sure brother Ken?)
The larger cat nodded. (You worked hard fighting those mean people; it would have been much harder without your help.) He pushed the fish closer.
RuneHeart gave a confused look to Jericho. ”Wow, they are so nice to each other. You mentioned that duet was called Competitive Kittens? I can't see how them competing would give off the feeling you did when you played that duet earlier.”
”If you had seen their competition you would understand.” Jericho replied still shaking slightly from the heavy emotions he just pounded out. {Ken, you are too big to fit in the box now.} Jericho teased to ease his own emotional burden.
{That is okay, I feel much better now that the cuteness is gone. So what is with the other person?}
Jericho crouched down and started petting Lux to continue calming down before turning back to Ken. {He is a fellow musician. He has something important to ask Princess. Let's go collect the rewards, sell some stuff and go find her. It is nearly afternoon again. We should still have some time before the patch.}
Ken gave a light nod. {Yeah, not getting attacked would be nice. Oh, the collar broke when I grew. My neck feels so much freer now. But more importantly Jericho, do you want to talk about what happened back there? You weren't acting like your normal self. When you started pounding on the piano, I felt like there was something almost…}
{I'll be fine} He interrupted. {And if you want, I can ask Moira to make you a new collar. I'm sure she would love to.}
{Please don't.}
The bard turned back to RuneHeart. ”We have a few minor errands to accomplish before we meet up with Princess. You can accompany us if you would like.” Jericho started to walk forward.
RuneHeart nodded. ”Sounds like a plan. I really hope she will agree to let me learn from you. Seeing you play just now made me realize how much there is to learn.”