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Chapter 3 - The Village

Arriving at the source of the screaming and fire, Damian and Ymir saw a Village that was partly on fire, with large grey creatures, with muscular builds dressed in crude iron armor, killing and kidnapping the residents. 

"Ymir, focus on saving the people. I will distract the trolls," Damian said, and he placed Ymir down. 

"Wait, there are a lot of creatures. How will you deal with them?" Ymir asked

"I will figure something out,' Damian replied, biting his finger, drawing the dash rune on his legs. he also wrote the shield rune on each forearm and the strength rune next to it. 

[Dash Rune active: +20 Agility for 1 minute]

[Strength Rune active: +20 Strength for 1 minute]

[shield Rune active: Negates 80% damage for one attack]

Charging at the closet troll that was pulling a woman by the hair with a sinister grin, Damian jumped into the air and threw a punch at the troll's head, not killing it but causing it to stumble back and letting go of the girl.

"Hey, you go to her, she will protect you," Damian said, helping the village girl stand up. 

"Thank you, but my kids are still at home," the woman said, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Don't worry, I will help you, just focus on staying alive for them," Damian said before charging at the troll.

As the troll saw, the man attacked it; it roared in rage as it slammed its club into the ground. Reaching the trollorc, Damian threw a punch at its knee. Because of the stats boost, he was able to break the troll's knee.

"GRAAAAAA," the orc screamed as it swung down its club on Damian.

Holding his forearm up, he activated the shield rune, causing a shield to appear that shattered on impact, causing the troll's arm to fling back and giving Damian enough time to back up and create distance. 

Drawing the flame rune, he changed the shape so that his flame orb would take the shape of an arrow. Pointing at the troll, he sent the arrow flying as it made contact with the troll's chest, and it exploded, dropping the troll to the ground. 

{You have killed a Lv.5 Troll: +100 RP}

Holding his hand out, Damian spoke, "Gluttony," as a creature made of black and green mist began to leave his body and consume the troll.

Once the troll was gone, the mist returned to his body as he received a new notification. 

[You have used gluttony: +3 Strength/+2 agility/+5 Vitality]

With a grin, Damian picked up the troll's club and continued into the village. Running into troll after troll, Damian was able to deal with them with not much difficulty because of their low level. With each troll he consumed, he got stronger, making it easier to kill them. 

Reaching the center of the Village, he was disgusted by what he saw. A troll larger than the others, holding a broadsword, was sitting on a pile of human bodies, eating them as he forced a human girl to pleasure him. 

"Fucking hell," Damian said seeing the cage of trapped children next to the troll. 

Not wasting any time, Damian drew a multitude of flame runes on his arms alongside healing runes and shield runes. Activating them all at the same time, his arms were covered in flames. Even though it burned like hell, the healing rune helped him manage the pain. 

Seeing a human with flame covering his arms, the Large troll stopped eating and stood up. Pushing the woman out of his way, he clenched his long sword. 

"Well, human, have you come to avenge your fellow humans?" the troll teased.

"Nope, I'm just here to kill you, I feel like you would give me alot of points," Damian replied, grunting in pain. 

As both of them charged at each other, the troll swung his blade down as Damian threw a punch straight at the troll. But right before they could make contact with each other, a Ymir appeared in her titan form, biting off half og the troll's body in one swift movement. 

"I know you are my new master, but that was quite foolish," Ymir said as she emerged from the body of her titan.

"Come on, I was just starting to have fun," Damian sighed as he stopped all of his flame runes.

"Fun? Your arms are covered in burn marks," Ymir replied in confusion.

(It seems I was summoned by a masochist) ymir though 

As the two continued to fight back and forth, the Villagers who had suffered from this attack slowly began making their way to the village center.

Finding all of the trolls dead and their leader dead, they could not help but be thankful to their saviors.

"Please, young heroes, may we know your names?" said the old man with the long, white beard, as he held onto his cane.

"You can call me Damian, and this is Ymir," Damian replied

"Please tell us how we could ever repay you. We may be a small village, but we must thank you," the man said

"Do you know if these trolls had a camp?" Damian asked

"...Uhm, why do you ask?" the mad replied

"If you want to reply to me, I would like a map and the location of the camp," Damian replied, puzzling everyone.

"Do you plan to subjugate the camp?" the old man asked.

"Something like that. You won't have to deal with them again once I'm done," Damian replied

"I see, please give me one moment,' the old man spoke as he walked towards the largest house in the village.

As he did that, Damian took the chance to consume the remaining body of the troll leader.

[You have used gluttony: +13 Strength/+5 agility/+12 Vitality]

[New Skill: Trolls Regeneration[Lv.1: Heals 10% of max health while taking damage]

(Damn seems like Ymir was right I would have lost this fight,) Damian thought to himself, seeing the notification

[Yes, that was quite reckless], Val added, putting salt on the wound

(Alright, I get it. Just show me my new stats.) Damian sighed

[Status]

[Name: Damian Hargraves]

[Age: 19]

HP: 400/400 

MP: 672/1500

RP: 1,200

Strength: 34

Agility: 30

Vitality: 40

Wisdom: 14

Intelligence: 15

Skill: Rune Creation[Lv.1/10]/Gluttony[Lv.1/10] Trolls Renegeration[Lv.1/10]

Runes: Fire Rune[Lv.3]/Water Rune[Lv.1]/Healing Rune[Lv.2]/Dash Rune[Lv.3]/Strength Rune[Lv.2] Shield Rune[Lv.2]

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