It hurts.
The deeper I dive, the bigger they grow. Feasting on those who are too weak to defend themselves.
Those who feast enough, lvl up. And those eat more. This is a never-ending cycle, and I just have to hope to reach the bottom and kill whatever is the biggest one here, and then I'll kill them all.
They are as big as my hand now, crawling all over me, biting and poisoning me while continuing to lay their eggs.
| Trait: Piercing Resistance lvl.3 |
| Trait: Poison resistance lvl.7 |
| Class: Mother of Spiders lvl 3 |
| Skill: Bless lvl.3 |
I Bite and I chew, tearing them apart, hoping to be faster than them, I am at it for what feels like days. I am growing thirsty, and the juices and Poisons aren't enough anymore.
What is this? I just open my eyes and see this statue. A Being so twisted, I crawl towards it, touching the statue.
The last blessing I had was taken from me once I got my Traits. This might give me a boost to con or something...
And so, when I touch the statue, I get a notification:
| You touched the statue of a dead god. |
| Your suffering has been transmitted to the [Celestial Mountain], to the [dread Council], the [Red club], the [Arch Fey], and the [Outer Abyss]. |
| The [Celestial Mountain] Rejected you. |
| The [Dread Council] is willing to strike a deal with you. |
| The [Red club] offers you Unlife. |
| The [Outer Abyss] Noticed you. |
| The [Celestial Mountain] the [dread Council] and the [Red club] Interfere with the [Outer Abyss]. |
| The [Arch fey] Send a wave of Amusement, before offering you a Minor Boon, depending on the Patron you choose. |
| The [Outer Abyss] Asks you for help and promises your survival and a Champion tier blessing. |
And now I am stunned. First of all, the bastards that are the gods rejected me, second, something asked for my help that even the dread council and the Red club actively rejected, and given that the Gods interfered, they really don't like them. And if I can trust the common knowledge that Fey love interesting things and are quickly bored, then this might be a really stupid Idea...
Which was confirmed when for a single second reality seemed to screech and the entire sky started to glow an eery green light for a while, to the point that even the spiders around me started glowing.
| Blessing: Champion of the Outer Abyss |
| The Outer Abyss allows you to grasp a fraction of its powers.
Because of the work of the gods, the Elder Abyssals have been weakened. The fraction of power you wield will grow every time you strengthen the connection between the Outer Abyss and the overworld. |
| Trait: Minor Fay bloodline lvl.1 |
| The fair folk has decided to intervene and grant you access to their bloodline. |
| Skill: Sacrifice lvl.1 |
| You Sacrifice something to the Outer Abyss. The more this object has a connection to you, the bigger the reward will be. Range: [lvl]cm. Can't Sacrifice something with higher Mental attributes than you if it is unwilling and alive. It deals 5 damage. If the target would die from that damage, it is instead ripped to the Outer Abyss. |
And so I decide to Sacrifice all the children I had, hoping it could help me.
The moment I activate the skill, a tiny tentacle shoots out of my body.
And more burst forth, it hurts even more than the spider bites. And then I start falling a little as hundreds of Spiders along my body start to be killed by the tentacles.
| You Sacrifice 316 of your children. | ||
| The Outer Abyss is disturbed. | ||
| The Archfey are Intrigued | ||
| You sacrificed 210 of [your] [Children] | ||
| The Outer Abyss looks at your skills. | ||
| The Outer Abyss Grants you access to the class: Eldritch Librarian | ||
| You have not yet Gazed into the Abyss, but the Outer Abyss allows you to learn its secrets. | ||
| The Archfey decide to Interfere | ||
| You are offered the Item: Library cloak. | ||
| You can clad yourself in this cloak, which will then look like the clothes of the librarians at one library that you have access to. You can then open all the books that you are classified to look into, and find every information by simply browsing. (Requires attunement) |
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Do you accept?
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I, of course, choose yes, as this might be my only chance to gain that kind of knowledge and Armor.
And then something unbelievable happens. I fall unconscious.
You know things are getting real when you manage to disturb the eldritch gods.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Pretty interesting, I like the type of body horror you're going with so far.
Thank you very much.
tftc
You touched the statue of a dead god.
Your suffering has been transmitted to the [Celestial Mountain], to the [dread Council], the [Red club], the [Arch Fey], and the [Outer Abyss].
The [Celestial Mountain] Rejected you.
The [Dread Council] is willing to strike a deal with you.
The [Red club] offers you Unlife.
The [Outer Abyss] Noticed you.
The [Celestial Mountain] the [dread Council] and the [Red club] Interfere with the [Outer Abyss].
The [Arch fey] Send a wave of Amusement, before offering you a Minor Boon, depending on the Patron you choose.
The [Outer Abyss] Asks you for help and promises your survival and a Champion tier blessing.
Interesting.
You Sacrifice 316 of your children.
The Outer Abyss is disturbed.
LMAO she disturbed them.
is this a world where they imagine the outer abyss as a horrible eldritch gods of isanity but in reality its rather a normal and chill dude ?
Would be funny and makes some sense.
@Mano7iz maybe...
You Sacrifice 316 of your children.
The Outer Abyss is disturbed.
What a weak abyssal being. Over in France they have an entire book about eating their children and the most delicious ways to do it. ???
@Er_Xy You really gonna just ignore that French trivia? It's true you know? "A modest proposal"
@DiscoDream wait, it actually exists? I knew the French are all kinds of f'd up, but damn (based on personal experiences meeting a total of 3 French people in germany)
@Er_Xy There is a reason why everybody in Europe (including the French) hate the French.