bookpower Chapter 6: One Stone Breaks Bone
Chapter 6: One Stone Breaks Bone
Chapter 6: One Stone Breaks Bone
The rock which was starting to slowly become a boulder landed into the dungeon with a splat, a dead goblin below it. And it had gotten a new level, and a new skill.
Very handy things for leveling, these green thingies, the rock thought. Wasnt there that saying killing how-many goblins with one stone?
It was probably a good count by now.
But the dungeon had an invader now. And the dungeon reacted.
The rock perceived footsteps approaching, feet like stone hitting the brick floor. Or to be more precise, feet of bone.
A mass of skeletons, coming up a long-downward sloping corridor as one big horde. The rock saw them and didnt feel much fear. It was a rock after all.
But it did feel hot. It had braked once during the fall down here, and converted a nice bit of thermal energy for itself in the process.
Remaining stored Temperature: 150K
Enough energy to conquer a dungeon? Perhaps. But the rock had noticed another curious thing. The corridor that army of skeletons were shambling up on
It was a downward sloping corridor.
Energy Shift activated!
Converting [Thermal Energy] to [Kinetic Energy]!
5K = 5 m/s
New velocity for [Unnamed]: 5 m/s
Remaining stored Temperature: 145K
The rock prodded itself forward gently, onto to slope, and began doing its job. Being a [Rolling Stone]. The floor was smooth, decently steep, and very easy to roll in. Much more pleasant than the rough mountainside. And in front of the rock
The skeletons had stopped, hesitating in the face of the approaching projectile. The rock though saw only experience to be harvested, and rolled forth to the grindstone. The skeletons turned around, shuffling back towards whence they came, but they couldn't accelerate like a rolling stone.
It got near the skeletons, then used just a hint of its new skill, attaching an ethereal thread of sorts to the ceiling. And it swung up.
Pivot Point activated!
Direction: Up
Rotation: 112
The rock flew up, carefully using [Steer], and smashed into the first skeletons ribs, which were ground down to bits. It barely slowed down, only changing velocity by 5m/s as it bowled through.
Collide activated!
[Unnamed] Dealt 5 * 128.8 / 4 = 161 dmg to [Generic Skeletat novelhall.com
New Velocity for [Unnamed]: 14m/s
It continued forward, hitting the next skeleton in the hips as its speed barely slowed against the rather light boned warriors.
Collide activated!
[Unnamed] Dealt 4 * 128.8 / 4 = 129 dmg to [Generic Skeleton Tadd]
New Velocity for [Unnamed]: 7 m/s
Then it started to slow, getting too close to the ground, and skeletons were on all sides. Time for a shift. It used a hint of energy, aiming the new velocity towards the right.
Energy Shift activated!
Converting [Thermal Energy] to [Kinetic Energy]!
10K = 10 m/s
New velocity for [Unnamed]: 15 m/s
Remaining stored Temperature: 125K
It veered to the right, a [Steer] and the new burst of energy driving it, and two more skeletons were grouped together and smashed against a wall.
Collide activated!
[Unnamed] Dealt 6 * 128.8 / 4 = 193 dmg to [Generic Skeleton Couple Tudd & Tidd]
New Velocity for [Unnamed]: 8.3 m/s
Then the rock finally paused for a moment, surveying the results. Four destroyed skeletons in a matter of moments, with the rest fleeing down the slope as fast as they could. The rock braked in place, gathered a hint of heat, and did not hurry to the chase.
Because it had noticed something.
The slope was rather wide at the top, allowing the skeletons to gather side-by-side. But ahead there was a doorway and a narrow corridor. Just narrow enough for skeletons to move in single-file.
If it knew of such things, the rock would have received enlightenment on the joys of bowling.
So it waited, slowly rolling forward, gradually letting its pace increase. It waited as the skeletons clanked forward in a mad dash. And thenwhen the last skeleton had entered the narrow bitthe stone started rolling.
And accelerating.
And braking, and heating up.
And accelerating more.
Current Velocity: 25 m/s
It rolled forward, with the inevitability of stone, ready to grind all foes to dust. And got to the hallway. The skeletons were right ahead, shambling in a mad panic, moving faster as they heard the approaching rumble.
The rock lined up a shot, then attached a pivot point up to the ceiling, for just the briefest moment.
It flew up into the air just a bit, to about the skeletons hip height. Like a golfer lining the perfect shot, the driver finally hit home.
Energy Shift activated!
It instructed the flesh golem to walk in closer, to examine things. The lumbering giant took two steps forward.
Then the goblin realized the stone was hot. A bit under 200 degrees warmer than it should have been.
It realized something was wrong.
Too late, it was close already. The rock pounced, using up as much energy as it was allowed.
Collide activated!
[Unnamed] Dealt 9.5 * 128.8 / 4 = 305 dmg to [Flesh Monstrosity of Dra'ith]
New Velocity for [Unnamed]: 14.5 m/s
It blasted right through the flesh golem, which was far too soft to provide any issue for the red-hot stone, destroying it in an instant. Then it attached a pivot point to one of the room's support pillars, one just a bit to the right and started rotating.
All the way.
Pivot Point activated!
Direction: Right
Rotation: 360
It circled the full loop back as the golem fell down, slowly crumpling, with a panicking goblin on its back. The golem fell down just a perfect amount, bringing the goblin to the perfect spot.
The rock slammed right into the goblin, sending itself and it flying into the outer wall.
Collide activated!
[Unnamed] Dealt 6.2 * 128.8 / 4 = 200 dmg to [Great Necromancer Grogg]
New Velocity for [Unnamed]: 5.5 m/s
The goblin was squished in between a rock and a hard place, and the golem dissolved completely.
Level up!
259 / 150 xp
Discarding overflow xp
You have reached level 6!
Stats up!
Mass (m): 128.8kg -> 434.6kg
Diameter (d): 0.46m -> 0.68m
HP: 8 -> 13
And the rock fell down, still holding quite a bit of heat inside itready to continue challenging the dungeon. The levelup made it grow a lot more than before, which satisfied it immensely.
These things were just so handy! It had only rolled forward a small bit, and already it had been provided with energy charging and experience, free of charge.
It rather liked these dungeon things.
A door opened on the other side, and the [Rolling Stone] kept moving forward without hesitating more.
Quest:
Current Altitude: 5 257m
Full Status:
[Unnamed]
Title(s): Line-Ender, Patient Ambusher, Bane of Demons
HP: 7/13
Mana: 0/0
Level: 6
Experience: 0/250
Class: Rolling Stone
Sub-class: None
Race: Gneiss Stone
Gold: 0
STATS
Diameter (d): 0.68m
Mass (m): 434.6kg
ABILITIES
Collide
Steer
Energy Shift
Pivot Point