JAX

  STATUS CHAPTER

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  NAME: Jackson Utian

  AFFINITY: (BODY)(RARE) PSIONIC (EPIC)

  * PREFECT FOUNDATION (MAJOR).

  * SOUL SURVIVOR (UNIQUE).

  TIER: 1

  LEVEL: 26

  CLASS: (EPIC / UNIQUE) OMNIKINETIC (LIMITED EVOLVED); (+ 4 TO HIT POINTS, + 4 TO MANA POINTS, + 4 TO BODY, + 4 TO MIND, +4 FREE ATTRIBUTES PER LEVEL.)

  ATTRIBUTE POINTS

  HIT POINTS (HP): 1,062    FREE POINTS: 104

  MANA POINTS (MP): 1,062

  STRENGTH (ST): 262       AGILITY (AG): 262

  CONSTITUTION (CN): 262     INTELLIGENCE (IQ): 262

  WISDOM (WI): 262        PERCEPTION (PR): 262

  CHARISMA (CH): 33       FORTITUDE (FT): 32

  LUCK (LU): 32

  TALENTS:

  * PRECOGNITION.

  SPELLS:

  * PSIONIC VOID BOLT; INSTANT, 100 MP, CAST ONE BOLT OF VOID ENERGY. WILL DESTROY WHATEVER THE VOID CONTACTS. VOID ENERGIES ARE INTENSE AND DO NOT FIT IN THE NATURAL WORLD. ONLY VOID MAGES CAN SAFELY CAST VOID ENERGY. AS A PSIONICIST, YOU ARE USING THE ENERGY GENERATED FROM YOUR MIND. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW, THE FOOLISH, TO STUMBLE ON THIS ESSENCE. VANISHES HALF THE TOTAL HIT POINTs OF THE VICTIM, ONE CAST PER DAY.

  * PSIONIC BOLT.

  * PSIONIC BLAST.

  * PSIONIC WAIL.

  * MANIPULATE OBJECTS (WEIGHT).

  * MANIPULATE OBJECTS (DETERIORATE).

  * TRIP.

  * PYROKINESIS (OBJECTS).

  SKILLS:

  * WEAPON; (SPEAR).

  * MEDITATION.

  * STUDY.

  “Best of luck to all of you if I can not get out before you go in.”

  He looks around the safe room for clues, then draws his spear. With one last look around the room, he steps through the doorway, armed and ready.

  Jax finds himself in the middle of an open world dungeon, short knee height grass surrounds him as far as the eye can see. Warm winds blow from the south, judging by the sun. Herd animals are scattered in the distance far enough for details to be obscured. The grass has a faint metallic smell, when stepped on, almost reminiscent of blood. When he looks over the herd animals, all he can make out is that they seem to have six legs. Curious, he walks toward the closest. A loud buzzing noise sounds behind him. Jax stops, turns, and crouches, scanning the ground and sky. The blue, cloudless sky shows black three black rapidly growing dots. The direction of travel shows they will pass several yards east of his position. The odd bobbing and weaving flight pattern seems familiar. Jax waits for the fliers to get closer. He thinks he may get a better idea of what he faces. As the creatures fly closer, Jax’s face goes white with terror.

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  Mosquitoes three times bigger than he is. The proboscis is twice as long as his spear. ‘Not getting close to those guys. Use ranged spell work for sure. Hold on. Shit. Those are fleas. They have to be my size or a little bigger.’ The flying danger now passed by him. Jax turns back to the closest opponent. ‘Bolt spells to get it’s attention, then Wail for stuns. Move backwards and repeat.’ Jax cast double Psionic Bolt spells from each hand, hitting the giant insect. A loud, high-pitched sequel sounds, the Flea jumps away, turns and jumps back directly at him. Jax dodges and rolls away. ‘Shit. Forgot fleas jump. Oh gods, Oh gods. I may just die here.’

  Jax continues rolling away from the creature. He comes to a stop, slightly dizzy. He stands in a crouch, spear pointed at the giant flea. Jax cast Psionic Wail on the flea as it jumps directly at him again. The stunned insect, no longer able to control its jump, slams into Jax’s spear jammed into the ground. The flea hangs suspended from the spear, unable to get traction and reach him. Jax cast Psionic Bolts into the creature's head as fast as he can. The flea finally goes limp. Jax pulls his spear from the dead bug and loots it. Then notices that the spear is broken. With a sigh he thinks, ‘Spells only now, need to get extra spears for my tier the old ones are too worn to use in here. What the hell is resilin? The chitin, okay it gets used in armors and a few other things.’ With a shrug, he puts everything in storage.

  After watching an over large mosquito he attacks, casting Psionic Wail, the creature fall from the sky. While the dazed monster falls, he casts his Bolt spells, peppering the falling bug all the way to ground. At impact, he gets the kill notice. When he gains the loot, he finds more saliva, and more chitin. ‘The loot in this place, what the hells? Just focus, Jester, gah. Now they got me calling myself that. First kill everything in the sky around me, then loot the bodies. Second kill the fleas, then loot them. I can work this.’

  Jax keeps in a tight circle, killing the surrounding fliers. He opens with his stun, then Psionic Blast. The bolt spells are not making it through the caprice of the fleas. ‘I think I need some basic spells. These advanced class spells have their place, but nothing beats the basics for some things.’ With a future game plan in place, Jax kills the large bugs in earnest. Jax walks a circular pattern to cover as much ground as he can and kills all the insects along his path. Other than mana conservation. He has little trouble with the dungeon until the first sub-boss.

  ‘A fly. It looks like a fly. I hate this place. Wait Katie said, no sub-bosses. Why do I have a sub-boss. Something is not right.’ Jax meditates to regain Hit Points and Mana. While studying the monster. As he watches, he comes up with a plan. ‘Wings first keep it on the ground. Then legs on one side.’ Jax nods to himself as his plan forms in his mind. The fly lands, and Jax slams two Psionic Bolt spells into the fly’s right wing the six mental bolts of energy crack into the base of the wing. He follows up by using Psionic Blast, then Psionic Wail. The stunned insect, unable to get off the ground, is now a sitting target. Casting Weight Increase on the damaged wing.

  Jax stands back, waiting for the fly to take off. The fly jumps backward and is in the air. He concentrates on the wing, the fly attacks with a buzzing sound. Jax casts two more Psionic Bolt spells, then goes back to the Increase Weight spell. The fly misses as he jumps and dodges out to the fly’s left side. Jax rolls to his feet. The fly soars upward, a sharp cracking sound is heard, then the fly falls, one wing fluttering downward as the creature smashes into the ground head first. Not receiving a kill notice. Jax focuses his Psionic Bolt and Psionic Blast spells on the fly’s right side legs. When the right-side legs fall off one by one. The fly’s left legs attempt to gain traction. The left wings buzz and the fly spins in circles. The odd ground tearing in bloody chunks, the strange grass tearing out by the roots, leaving bloody trails behind. The fly’s spastic struggles cease, and Jax gets a kill notice. Alongside the kill notice, the dungeon announces another boss and a roaming world boss remaining.

  Jax stands thinking, ‘This guy was south. If I go north, I should run into the next boss.’ As Jax trudges north, he observes a large red mosquito in the distance. ‘That must be the world boss.’ He thinks, “All the other mosquitoes were brown or black. Mark this spot.’

  Jax reaches the northernmost point of the Dungeon, where he finds a large flea. ‘Figures, this place is so weird. Focus on the back legs and that strange spot on the belly.’ With a full Mana charge, Jax attacks the bug, Psionic Wail for the stun, and Psionic Blast on the back legs. ‘And repeat.’ Jax thinks. He pushes his casting abilities to the limit. Miss timing a cast, the flea jumps at him. The force of the movement separates a back leg from the creature’s body, and turning the jump into a sweeping sprawl across the ground. Jax capitalizing on the monster's misfortune. He cast Psionic Bolts at the tumbling creature, taking full advantage of the spell’s targeting feature. The flea tumbles to a stop, gaining its feet. It starts a lopsided, stumbling charge toward the Psi Mage. Jackson just continues moving backwards and casting damage spells on the doomed creature. After the kill notice, Jax walks up and loots the monster, gaining five pieces of rare ranked chitin and resilin. He casts Identify and Analyze once more on the strange substance, only to get ‘A SUBSTANCE USED IN ALCHEMY’

  With a shrug of his shoulders, he walks off in search of a giant red mosquito. Once more, thinking this is a strange place. The red mosquito turns out to be an easy fight, similar to the other mosquito fights just longer. The only thing of note is the loot drop. Epic ranked blood of the Sphinx. ‘A SUBSTANCE USED IN ALCHEMY’ With a sigh, and a shrug of his shoulders, he heads for the shining exit portal.