Gliding Urno Style

Lala turned the second her Alpha warned her, just in time for the tail to appear to try surround her. And what more could she do that to sweep to the side to dodge, and swing herself around on the branch, using gravity to her advantage to dodge, and putting the branch between her and the tail. She would not be caught so easily thanks to her Alpha. Lana swung herself in the drop dodge so that she could grab the tree trunk before hitting the poisoned floor, and begin to climb back up again while the snake recovered from it's two pronged attack. And once she had her foot, her aqua barb and foal horn were in each hand, and then they were driving in to the snake's tail flesh.

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The elf held close to her the magical grand tower shield as she came closer to the prey she had restrained. Just as the Green Squire could see the whites of her quarry’s eyes, just to be attempted to be struck in her own. The Shield stood between the two. But this.... monster. This foul beast! It’s strength truly was immense. With a flick of its hand it’s dagger flew hard and impacted her shield. The bastard! The dagger cracked through her shield and cut her across her cheek leaving a deep gash. “By all that is mighty in the nature deity’s domain! You! Broke my Bark Shield!?” She yelled out in elvish has the impact of the weapon nearly knocked her back. The poison she had been drenched in still affecting her slightly.

This was her chance her magic was about to run out. She needed to kill this beast. Or at least cripple it. It seems their was no easy path between the horrid monster in the brush vs the surprising beast in front of him. She had to give it all she had. The Elf could see all the amateur armor this one coated itself in. Even recognizing some human gear amidst it all. “Fer yer insolence! May the Nature Deity take yu! Ye wretched creature!” And with that she would begin to hack and slash at the downed Gnoll variant (artic hyena lol). It was simply to much of a threat to not go down swinging. It seems her fate was determined. But that didn’t mean she wouldn’t go down kicking and screaming. She kept swinging at the downed enemies elbow, a traditional weak point in most armors. The Elf wanted the arm that destroyed her beautiful shield,even if it killed her.

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Rage and pain would channel themselves through the snake's body as the blood darts struck the back of his throat. However, he would not stop, nor so much as slow down. If he had been stopped by such attacks as those in the past, he never would have survived long enough to become the calamity facing down these Kobolds and elf that he was today. The Eclipse King would bite down hard, his fangs sinking into the armor worn by Urnotia, desperately attempting to pierce the animal hides and puncture her flesh. Meanwhile, he would notice that his tail had missed the other, smaller Kobold. How annoying these tiny things were. While of little threat, they were a nuisance to grab a hold of.

Still, he could hear her climbing back into the tree, adamant to stay up here with him just like her apparent leader. Well, we'll just ssssee about that. The snake hissed to himself in thought...with the level of intelligence a mystical giant snake might have. As Lala climbed back onto the branches, apparently readying herself for an attack, the Eclipse King's tail would dart out once more. This time however, it aimed to strike Lala rather than coil around her and knock her from the tree to the ground below. He was done playing games. Slow and methodical he'd take this, separate them and one by one feast upon their bones. It would be...delicious.

Which left Urnotia in his grasp, or rather mouth. After biting, he would release her for only a moment as a large sphere of poison would appear from his gullet and attempt to strike Urnotia at point blank range. With any luck, she'd be poisoned, weakening her even more with each passing second and preparing her for...later.

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Urnotia would frown when she was bitten but only for a moment as while it had thought she had been the one caught, in fact it was the one who had willingly trapped itself. Urnotia would use her Organic Blades to pierce the Eclipse King Cobra's eyes while using her tail to slice at it's jaws in order to convince it to let go. Regardless her multi-wield attack was merely a set up as she wanted to see if she could use her magic in order to cause the massive snake to bleed more profusely from it's injuries and regardless if the mana cost was costly it would definitely be quite the dangerous magic she could potentially have in her arsenal. Ugh my armor, I was hoping to pass this on to my first offspring, but fuck it, it's better this way as it can't dodge my stronger attacks this way." she thought to herself keeping her focus on the massive snake which had her in it's jaws not showing any ounce of intimidation despite her current predicament.

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Kobolala would try her best to dodge yet again making sure to put another branch between her and the Eclipse King Cobra's attack before trying her best to hold on so that she didn't fall off this time. Hopefully she could act as a distraction this way Urnotia and Flinashiv could fight without being the sole focus of the massive monster.

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Unfortunately for the Elf, as much as she might have wanted to take his arm she had forgotten one rather crucial detail; Shiv was no longer wrapped up in the brambles. They fell from his limbs and he snarled, turning his head down to take the first blow on his helmet before swinging his left arm, claws out, towards her face. This strike also allowed her second blow to hit his gauntlets as he brought his head up.

Fast on the heels of his first claw strike, his other hand lashed up withclaws of its own, aiming for her other eye and to cause further damage to her face, a deep growl of rage echoing from Shiv's throat. He then opened his jaws and snapped in much like he had seen the snake do, sinking his teeth into the Elf's throat and wrenching his head to the side to try and rip out as much flesh as he could and put her down for good. She had been a thorn in his side and he was going to remove it by force.

"I am the one blessed by the Huntress... Not you..." He snarled at her in Common, spitting out blood and meat.

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It seems this disgusting creature seemed more tenacious then ever. Not only did it tear away from it's entanglement but wrested it's arm around to evade the true harm of losing an arm. Unfortunately for this monster though, she too could do the same. It wrenched free and came at her with immense hostility. This thing needed to perish. Even if it were the last thing she did. The first attack came at her face. Why was this dull creature so obsessed with her face. Jerking to the side, it came down against her finely crafted helm and flew off from the impact as their next attack came. This thing was just plain vicious. Now the second attack came and she'd parry to the best of her ability and their weapons locked. It snarled at her and bit at her, she couldn't be afraid. The Green Knight had her chainmail cowl and breastplate between his teeth and her neck. Though it didn't care as her parry failed and this thing's teeth was all over our Knight. Thankfully it bit into her cowl and then did something it shouldn't have...

'Die you pest!' An Elvish Battlecry!

It's mouth was around her neck against the ruined chainmail. Using the opportunity she'd scan for a place to strike. Since this thing was enamored with her head, she should return the favor. At such a close range the beast would have no way to snakily evade her attacks. If she couldn't have it's arm then how about it's head. In one fell motion she sliced vertically across the creatures neck. She was running out of steam and her armor was turning to shambles. Her final moments seemed to be on the horizons.

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Having successfully poisoned his prey, the Eclipse King recoiled. Thankfully, he had loosened his hold on Tia when he launched his magic attack, allowing him to escape unharmed just barely. His body slid backwards unnaturally through the treetops, causing the branches to groan and creak in protest. He was no quitter, as he put distance between himself and the Kobold, but he also had only narrowly escaped losing at least one eye by the smaller creature's hand. No, with Tia poisoned he would play this out, allowing the poison to work for him. Soon she'd be slowing down, needing longer breaks, and that's when he'd strike to finish the job and devour her.

As for the other fur ball, that one had been quite an annoyance at this point. She should have been dead long ago, but she kept hopping through the trees just out of his reach. Perhaps he'd circle back in a bit to find her. Down below the elf and third fur ball continued their brawl, and the Eclipse King flicked his tongue with amusement at the thought of not having to kill them. They were killing each other for him, how hilarious. As soon as one dropped, he'd be able to swoop in and finish off the second. For now, he would simply sit in the tree tops and wait, watching for any movements from Tia or the smaller one. Thissss one hass a fire in her. Ssssurely sshe'll come.

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Urnotia would grit her teeth as she was poisoned it was annoying as her armor now had two puncture wounds in it despite everything else holding out so despite not taking any direct damage, she still got poisoned. This meant there was now a time-limit to this fight and she decided it would be best to concentrate attacks on a single target rather than split up. "Switch." she said uncurling her wings and gliding down towards the battling Flinashiv and that elf he was dealing with before lashing out with multiple strikes slashing down at the Elf's shoulders with her organic blades as she passed and using her tail to try and parry the blow that said elf was going to use to slice Flinashiv's neck. "I got poisoned, but Kobolala is still in the trees she'll back you up while I deal with this one." she spoke quickly to her male beta, she didn't like to interfere with his underlings battles but it seemed this situation was a bit more serious than she thought.

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Kobolala would remain in the tree but would let out a battle cry hoping to entice the Eclipse King Cobra to come at her rather than hide in the forest, locating it wasn't too difficult though with her ability to observe things. What she wished however was that she was more useful in a combat sense as while she knew her aqua barb could deal some damage to it, she wasn't confident that her other weapon would be as effective. "Hey you overgrown worm, stop being such a coward and fight me!" she said while climbing upwards before standing on a branch higher up on the tree. She didn't know if it could understand her but she would try her best to taunt it after her battle cry that way it could get angry enough to try and attack her.

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Flinashiv's blood rage was burning through his veins but he'd never let it get in the way of duty. When his Alpha shouted at him to switch he spat and spun around, letting his cloak fly around to take the hit if Urnotia's parry didn't work. Either way, he had a much bigger foe to face. He double-blinked and focused his mana through the orb in his nose. The vegetation around him appeared green but as before, he couldn't see through something blocking them.

He found the massive black splotch that was the Cobra and climbed up the tree, hissing and spitting as he reached the top swung out with his jaws first, aiming to clamp down just under the Snake's own jaw and give him the right grip, then again with his strength just his legs would probably do, to swing both of his claws up and carve out the Snake's eyes, making sure to try and make it bleed as much as possible. Flinashiv had learned the weak points of creatures like this by now, he knew how important the eyes were.

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It all happened so fast, her attack cut into an invader which felt good to see some blood, yet all that meant little as the incoming pain of getting stabbed in the shoulders overcame her. Her armor was ragged and practically useless now. Surprisingly the beast she was entangled with took it's jaws off her neck and jumped into the trees. Verde was already bleeding, so these new wounds wouldn't help her in the slightest. "By the Goddess. Another?" She mumbled as her sight began to fade in and out. Stumbling forward she took a knee. Breathing heavily it seemed the blood loss would be the true victor. "Not yet! I'll make it home!" She stabbed her sword into the ground and stood up strong. She held her arm up high. "Shield!" Instead of her tall tower shield, a small round buckler appeared on her non sword arm, showing the wear and tear of the elf. She twohanded her blade and looked at the disgusting bat creature. Verde ran forward and wouldn't give up! She quickly sliced into her new little prey aiming right at those pretty wings specifically the left wing.

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The Eclipse King watched curiously as his prey descended from the trees. Now what was she doing? He heard the smaller one crying out where she hung from the tree, but paid her little attention. She had proven herself to be of little threat and it'd be easy enough to snack on her from the treetops once the others were dealt with. Meanwhile, the furry female creature barked something at the male who was engaging with the elf. Speaking of which, she looked a bit worse for the wear, and the snake licked its lips with utter glee. As he did, the male furball took off towards the trees, surprising the Eclipse King as he made a beeline for his position. This simply wouldn't do, he had no interest in this creature, not yet. He seemed far too full of life and...anger.

No, the female and the elf, those were his prey right now. Injured and ripe for the picking. The massive snake slithered down the tree trunk, hitting the hard earth just as Flinashiv made it to the treetops. Without missing a beat, he slithered forward at great speeds, like a fanged locomotive, opening his gullet wide for the elf. With the two engaged with one another, they'd have little hope of escape. As he approached, his body would stop its slither and his large tail would rise up in an attempt to knock Urnotia into a nearby tree trunk. If successful, he may even be able to knock the wind out of her as his tail lashed into her stomach. With the considerable size different, the snake tilted its head sideways and, if successful, a single fang would attempt to impale the elf's throat, while another would impale her stomach.

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Urnotia would observe the incoming strike and rather than try to block it would flap her wings with a jump and glide backwards out of the incoming strike, it was fortunate that she chose to forego attacking at all to instead dodge as sure enough she would perceive the Eclipse King Cobra come out of nowhere and snap up the elf in it's mouth causing her eyes to widen in shock at how close she was to having the same fate befall her. "Well, that's annoying. We better kill this thing before it can ruin what's left of the elf's armor." she said in Kobonish to her Beta's while shifting her course and gliding up higher so that she could keep a bird's eye view on their surroundings. She could hear Kobolala once more trying to cry out with a battle cry and another taunt to keep it's attention on her as she knew Flinashiv was most likely skulking somewhere trying to capitalize on it not deeming him a target to attempt to finish it off. Urnotia was more so prioritizing being a shot caller than anything else at the moment as she didn't want it to get the opportunity to sneak attack them like it had the elf.

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Kobolala (she just repeated what she did last post):

Seeing the snake move away from him only made Flinashiv angrier. He snarled into the air and dropped off the tree. He wouldn't be able to move fast enough to stop the snake from stealing the kill on the Elf but he'd make sure it wouldn't be able to turn and lash out at Urnotia. Shiv lowered his body as he charged forward, even at times dropping onto all fours and letting his large, clawed arms drag him forward just a little faster. He then crouched and leaped forwards aiming for the upper half of the snake to drive it into the ground.

If he was successful he'd immdiately start swinging his claws down across its throat and neck, aiming to dig in and tear as best he could. He was going to make this slow, he was going to make this snake pay for not only taking away the kill of his pack but also daring to attack and try and murder his Alpha and friend! Flinashiv was furious.

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The Eclipse King would swallow hard, the elf remains going down deliciously. His forked tongue darting over his crimson lips, the taste of warm, metallic blood giving him new feeling and new strength, even if only mentally. A fine meal in the midst of a battle such as this. Chirping came from the trees however, the smallest Kobold goading him on and trying to get his attention. If that's what she wanted, so be it then, he would gladly oblige. However, as he began to slither towards her, the chirping sound suddenly became a deep, bellowing roar that echoed across the valley floor. The Cobra paused, momentarily surprised and unsure. Had he made a mistake? Miscounted the number of enemies he had around him? Surely that hadn't come from the same tiny fur ball he had been hunting earlier.

Unfortunately, the Eclipse King would have little time to ponder these thoughts as Shiv crashed into his neck. Strips of scales and flesh peeled away as he gushed blood, one wound more than the other. The snake hissed in pain and anger, his tail curling up and attempting to wrap around the kobold's neck. However, this was only a distraction as he wanted to hold Shiv in place, even if only momentarily. The Eclipse King lashed out, his fangs primed and attempting to sink into Shiv's furry belly.

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Urnotia had taken to the sky in order to dodge and had managed to keep gliding when all of that chaos happened however now her pack needed her and she was very much into ensuring they managed a win here. She would narrow her eyes dissecting for weaknesses before swooping in from the Eclipse King Cobra's blind-spot and lashing out with a flip tucking her wings so that she could easily complete the revolution in order for her Organic Blades & Organic Barb to be used to slice like a buzz-saw. Her aim was the top of the Cobra's head going for his eyes while he was focusing on dealing with Shiv, whereas her organic barb was aimed to slice open the top of it's head. Either way she would continue her spinning so that when she landed the sneak-attack she would be able to continue her slicing down it's coils albeit using her tail in a bid to get it to loosen up from squeezing her Beta.

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Kobolala was pleased her distraction had worked and had been preparing to dodge for her life, unfortunately Flinashiv's sneak attack had gotten him attacked for good measure, but she could observe her alpha doing something and thus would try to help the best way she could. "You overgrown worm, you're pathetic you don't hold a candle to our pack!" she taunted and would climb so that she could stand on a branch and get a better look at the action. "Come on! You don't scare me!" she said cocking her hand back and then throwing her Horned Foal Horn at the Eclipse King Cobra's open mouth hopefully she would hit the back of it's throat and cause it to gag a distraction which would surely end it.

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Shiv hardly seemed to care about the tail coiling around his neck, he knew his cloak was about to be destroyed by it but it protected him enough that he was still able to fight. Then the Cobra snapped in to try and bite his midsection, unfortunately due to the dark it probably didn't realise the fur covering Shiv's midsection... Was brown, not green. The snake's bite would instead find Rock Wolf pelt and damage that instead but that meant its mouth had closed with Shiv's arms being free.

He let out an exultant roar and channeled his mana through the organic orb in his nose. His claws suddenly blazed with green energy, sparkles leaving them as he swung both claws overhead driving them into the Cobra's nose and front of its head and attempting to hook his claws in before focusing his strength to try and rip the wound open even wider, roaring his fury into the Snake's face.

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The combination of attacks would prove too much for the Eclipse King Cobra, as it seemed that teamwork could fell even the mightiest of beasts as these Kobold's had proven to their opponents as such each of them would benefit from the knowledge that it was their combined might that resulted in the death of the beast. It would slump to the ground and the Kobold, Urd and Flind would all collapse from exhaustion from the battle that resonated throughout the forest. In fact there was actually an echo of power which was released when the Eclipse King Cobra was slain as it's kin keenly felt the loss of their status within the Great Forest while other species now saw an opportunity to rise up and take their rightful places within the hierarchy of the forest. In the East, South, North and West there were all new rulers, in the corners of the Great Forest where the civilized races were their beacons which kept track of such things would ring out and the heroes who were itching to prove themselves would begin to move after all the status quo was now broken...

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Would you like to Rank-Up?

If Yes (Kobolala Post Initial Reject):

If Yes? (Flinashiv Post Initial Reject):

If Yes? (Urnotia Post Initial Reject):

If No (Any):

The first thing each of them saw were their respective deities in their specific text asking if they wished to Rank-Up, the first to get a message was Tia "Due to fulfilling requirements: Rare Superior Species Vampire Spawn Shinobi (Divine Protection of the Demigod of Blood) Unlocked. Due to Ranking up you can now see your descendants status by thinking "Lineage" in your mind.. The second to get a message was Shiv "Due to fulfilling requirements: Witherling  (Blessing of the Demigoddess of Nature) Unlocked. Due to Ranking up you can now see your descendants status by thinking "Lineage" in your mind.. The final one to get a message was Lala "Due to fulfilling requirements: Felwrought Kobold Unlocked. Due to Ranking up you can now see your status.. With that Vamstia would awaken with the first thing she noticed being the fact that her wings weren't present any longer which caused her to frown as she touched over her body and felt how naked she was. She would admire her pale skin with her scarlet eyes narrowing as she knew she still possessed her organic blades but she couldn't see any of them at least until she moved her hands back and her organic blades emerged from each of her wrists. She was surprised but it came in handy even though it wouldn't be easy for her to wield something else in a combat sense it might be useful when she just needed to carry something light and still fight.

"This is different..." she said her voice having changed and it was quite pleasing to the ear despite there being somewhat of an accent. She also noticed something with her teeth and she would feel some pressure which when released caused her upper canines to drastically lengthen while the rest of her incisors sharpened. She got a feeling that usually this wasn't the case but for some reason her teeth had been altered by her organic barb hence the drastic change and while she could still talk it was more guttural similar to how it was when she was an Urd. "This is weird." she said out loud noticing that the part of her which resembled her previous self was her hair due to still being crimson while her face still had the triangle markings though now they looked like birthmarks. As for the patterns which used to be on her fur, they now resembled tattoos which she actually didn't mind because they complemented her pale skin nicely. "I see I'm not the only one who changed though..." she said seeing Felolala who she recognized due to her being the most like her previous self albeit being a bit more reptilian and seeming to have wing stubs.

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What at first probably seemed like a portion of dead undergrowth, possibly killed by the Cobra's poison, started to move and shift. With a low groan, Shiv pulled himself to his feet after his choice and shook himself off before looking at his claws. He was somewhat disappointed to see that he was no larger than he was previously but something about him felt different. To people looking at him he'd almost seem dead, his chest and stomach painfully taut across his ribs and organs. Here and there on his arms and legs, small dirty white patches of bone could almost be seen where the fur was thinnest. His face was the greatest change however, the skin too tight around the bones of his face, his lips pulled back over teeth like black stone. His eyes had turned black as well, just a pinprick of shining white to note where he was looking. He turned to look over his comrades, shifting his limbs, feeling just how strong he was.

"All of us, quite different." He intoned, his voice taking on this strange hollow echo-ish note, a small hyena-like laugh following as he clacked his teeth together. "Strange how different I feel and yet all the same, body is tight, muscles are strong." He cackled and turned his eyes to Tia. "Names are new, who are we now? I know who I am... Withoshiv, Witherling, cold." He told her simply, lumbering over to the body of the Cobra and placing his hand on it, it was cold too. "We should carve this, bring it back, find the... Elf-thing that it ate, carve and use her too. Though if you tell us to leave it, I shall." He said, turning to glance at Tia, letting her call the shots, he knew she was powerful, greater than he was and he was happy to play second to her.

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Vampstia would hold her belly as she could tell by the time they got back to their den she would give birth to her offspring and she would contemplate this while Withoshiv spoke, indeed what he said was correct but she didn't want to have to drag it. Though it was fortunate he seemed to be offering to do so, perhaps he could do so while Felolala watched his back this way they would make it back to the den in record time. "Indeed...we shall drag our spoils back to our den, my child will be here soon and I do not wish to give birth out in the open. Can you drag it, Felolala will keep watch on the ground and I will keep watch in the air so we can make it home quickly." she said before looking for a nearby tree to climb as she could innately feel that she would still be able to glide even though she lacked wings. Sure enough at their quick pace they would quickly return back to their den without any issues.

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Withoshiv Racial Skill (& Language Skill since you maxed it and it wasn't added):

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Vampstia Racial Skills & Some other Ranked up Racials since they weren't added:

[Withoshiv Offspring]
Dire Kobold (Tier I, Variant) Boon of the Goddess of Nature
Male
Possesses 2 of Higher Tier Parents Skills (Despite being the same tier, one parent is a Sapient who has not ranked up thus skills will come from Shiv) in addition to Starting Kobold Skills (Organic Barb & Basic Natural Weapons) & Due to Goddess of Nature's favor 1 of the inherited skills will be a higher rank.
Skills
Basic Puncture Strike
Climb
Nature Mana: Ball (Boon)
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"I shall take the carcass, these muscles of mine are... Strong." Shiv hissed as he stepped up to the snake, wrapping most of its tail around his body to ease the weight. He then reached out and dug his claws under some of the scales and into the rents on its body where it had been wounded and using them as handholds started to drag the snake out of the clearing and towards the den. "Felolala, I trust in you to watch over me. I have no doubt there are foul scavengers out here seeking to steal a true predator's kill." He chuckled at that, a strange, hollow, echoing noise and clicked his teeth together. It was time to head home and perhaps even... Meet his own child.

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