Wystan came toward me with several fruits in his arms. He looked at me with slight concern as I was slightly hunched over breathless. That fight with Alger left me slightly tired but not injured.

Devan: (I'm alright, I was just practicing using my weapon.)

Wystan: I hope you didn't push yourself to hard master. Wouldn't want you to be unable to fight if we were attacked.

He then handed me the same fruit as last time except a few were bigger this time. As I began to eat Wystan sat across from me pulling out two green crystals. They were really shiny in the sunlight and surprisingly big.

Wystan: Do you like them master? I found these while I was searching for your meal. When I consume them I should unlock two new abilities to manipulate the earth.

He then tossed the gems into his mouth consuming the gems. His eyes slightly glowed green before it dissapeared. I wonder what abilities he gained. We can find out later, right now we need to go down the fourth path. I finished up the rest of the fruit, and tried to use my ability Gorilla armor again.

But I still got an error, except it was different than the last one.

ERROR
Your body is not yet ready to don the silverback's armor

I'm getting closer to being able to wear their armor. Do I even need armor? My skin is tough, not even that bears teeth were able to penetrate deep.

S.Y.S.T.E.M: That may be user, but I had to slightly enhance your soul for you to fight it. You should hurry and go down the path, Wystan seems to be excited.

Sure enough when I turned to my left Wystan was slightly jumping up and down.

Wystan: Are you ready master?! We're close to finishing this quest! All that stands between you and victory are the enemies on this path! Let's hurry master!

He quickly placed me on his back and jogged down the fourth path. Quess waiting outside the temple made him slightly bored. While he was jogging he was singing a song quietly.

Wystan: Spendera natten i formation,
I gryningen marscherar vi mot strid...
Vi är redo att dö för vår kung
På fälten av Breitenfeld..

I didn't understand what he was saying but I feel I heard that before. Anyway not much was happening there was the occasional animal running by. As we were still walking a chill went down my spine. I have a bad feeling about this, but when have I never? We almost died on the second path, attacked on the first, and now we're eventually going to war with the gods. I was pulled from my thoughts when Wystan stopped and crouched down.

Devan: (What's wrong?)

He placed a finger on his mouth and pointed to the trees in front of us.

Wystan: You move on ahead master. I cant move through the trees without giving away our position. If things go wrong just scream and I'll come charging in.

I nodded before getting off his back and slowly moving closer to the trees. It sounded like people were chanting, and the strong smell of rotten carcasses hit me. I had to cover my nose just to not gag. It doesn't help that my sense of smell is more enhanced so I could still smell it.

As I came to the end of the trees I crawled on my stomach, making sure my scabbard didn't hit anything. The chanting was more clear and sounded like they were praying.

???: Χαιρετίστε τον Ερέμπους και τον μανδύα του σκοταδιού...

There I saw ten people in black hoods gathered around a altar. The altar had a slab covered in blood, and above the slab was a long spike connected to a chain. They stopped chanting and another person came out. But this one had black robes and a red hood, with a skull painted in red liquid on their back.

Just great the first humans I encounter turn out to be cultists.

???: Brothers, thank you for coming Ἔρεβος has truly blessed us. Today there is going to be a very special sacrifice to our lord! Our lord has delivered us the priest of Θεία!

He then gestures over to his right. There two bigger cultists appeared dragging out a much smaller man with a yellow robe on. I guess that the priest is the special sacrifice. He was attempting to struggle out of thier hold, but they were much bigger than him.

???: Let me go! I will not be sacrificed to your god!

They just ignored his yelling and took him to the altar where they then tied him to the slab. One went behind the altar while the other made sure he was aligned to the spike. The priest was visibly shaking at the large spike dangling above him.

???: Don't be afraid priest the spike will only pierce your heart. Rejoice, for this day you will be sent to our lord! I must admit I'm envious of you priest. You'll get to meet our lord, and he'll welcome you with a open tomb.

???: No! Θεία will welcome me into Elysium with open arms! But she'll send all of you to the darkest parts of the underworld!

Some of the cultists chuckled while the rest just stared at him.

???: Those are your final words? Very well, begin the sacrifice.

The others began to chant again while the cult leader went to the lever on the side. The priest closed his eyes beginning to mutter prayers and letting tears fall. Should I save him? Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, yes, n-

S.Y.S.T.E.M: The sacrifice is nearly complete, user.

Ok let's do this. I stood up, unsheathed my katana, raised it above my head and roared. The cultists immediately stopped chanting and faced me shocked. I heard thumping behind me, Wystan will be here soon.

???: What is that creature!?

???: Look what is that weapon!?

???: I dont know! What are you fools waiting for!? Kill it!

They were hesitant but still raised their daggers. The two bigger cultists pulled out swords but stayed near the cult leader. I readyed my katana at my side as I charged at the closest cultist. He couldn't react in time as I brought my blade up cutting off his arm.

???: AAAGHH!!! My arm! It cut off my arm!

With my free hand I picked him up by his face. He kept struggling trying to escape, his screams began to annoy me so I began to close my hand. He began to squirm until I fully closed my hand crushing his head like a grape. The other cultists were petrified at what happened to their comrade.

???: Dont attack one at a time! Swarm it!

The thumping was right behind me now. As two cultists ran at me with their daggers raised, I just stood there. They seemed to think I was scared so they smirked before trying to slash me. However, when they got close enough Wystan came jumping out of the trees squishing the two cultists into jam.

???: GOLEM!

The remaining cultists began to make a retreat. But Wystan stomped his foot raising large spikes out of the ground cutting off their retreat. He began to slowly walk up to them.

???: Dont fear brothers! Ἔρεβος has granted me the power to summon one of his servants! Σας καλούμε πρεσβύτερος ατρόναρχος!

The leader raised his hands and a purple light came forth. He then slammed his hands on the ground causing it to shake. The ground split open and out came a golem as big as Wystan.

It roared at Wystan before attacking him with its lava whip. Wystan raised his arm to block it, but the whip wrapped around his arm burning through slightly. It then placed two hands on the whip, this allowed it to spin Wystan and launch him into the trees. It then charged after Wystan leaving me to handle the cultists. They surrounded me and raised their weapons.

???: Stand down creature. If you're intelligent enough to wield a weapon, you must be smart enough to see you're outnumbered. How about this, if you surrender I'll make sure your death is quick and painless.

They then began to move closer to me, normally a group of people with weapons can take down a normal gorilla. But I'm no ordinary gorilla and I have a weapon. I raised my katana causing them to stop a little scared. I never had used some of my skills, so this should be good practice. I first tried out Rallying call, I felt something in my chest and when I roared it echoed for miles. I began to feel stronger and faster.

A few moments later nothing happened the cultists seemed to calm down, until Wystan roared and the other golem roared in pain. There didn't seem to be any animals nearby to answer my call. No matter, I'm still buffed from the Rallying call and I still had my sword above my head. I used my new skill from Alger Heavenly strikes.

Since my sword was already in position and I already used it before it didn't take to long to execute. As before my vision darkened, but this time the outlines were red. Nonetheless I striked at each one as quick as light, but made sure to save the leader for last. After a few more slashes just to make sure they're dead I stopped. When I opened my eyes time resumed, and all the cultists were cut into bits of meat except the leader. He was shaking petrified in fear, but then he spoke in a whisper.

???: M-M-Monster... w-what are you?

What am I? I'm a friendly gorilla with a katana and a golem as a friend. I haven't tried to speak English since I got here. Might as well try. I went up to him and proceeded to grab him by his neck and lift him up close to my face. I also used my other skill Intimidation.

Devan: I...am...a...ape.

My voice was deep, gravelly, and menacing, maybe because I haven't spoken in a while, or I had Intimidation active. Either way he was scared and looked at me with fear. As I was about to stab him with my katana a thought came to me. Can a gorilla tear a man in half? Probably... might as well test it out.

I proceeded to drop my katana and lift the cult leader above my head. One hand was on both his legs and the other his arms. He was confused yet still scared as he thought I might slam him.

???: W-what are you doing a-ape?!

I made sure I had a tight grip before I started to pull him apart. He was beginning to scream loudly, I would to if a gorilla was ripping me apart.

*Pop* *Crack*

A bit more strength added and I then heard loud pops and cracks coming from his body.

???:AAAGHH!! Please stop! I'll give you anything!! Ἔρεβος will give you whatever you desire if you let me go!!!

There isn't really anything I want or need I'm a gorilla. Back to the task, I felt something drip down my arm and land on my face. As I looked up I saw his stomach and back slightly bleeding. Yay progress, I then added more strength causing him to bleed and scream more.

???: AAAAAGGGHHH!!!

His screams are as annoying as the last one, I better finish this. I proceeded to use Primate strength to finish him quickly. The amount of increased strength instantly ripped him in half. His guts flew into the air before it landed on my head and arms. Surprisingly I didn't feel any remorse for doing any of what I did. Blood, bones, and a bit of flesh rained down for a moment before stopping. So gorillas can rip a man in half with relative ease.

I dropped the severed body of the cult leader before picking up my katana and going to Wystan's fight. When I arrived I saw Wystan ripping off the other golems arm off. The golem reeled back in pain before spewing lava out of its mouth at Wystan. I was about to go help him but he yelled out to me to not.

Wystan: Let me handle this golem master! I will show how much weaker he and his master are!

With that, Wystan launched a boulder at his head stopping him from spewing lava. With the golem stunned Wystan pounced on him pinning him to the ground. He started to repeatedly punch his chest, trying to get to his core. The golem wasn't going down without a fight, as it formed a magma weapon and stabbed it into Wystan's side.

Wystan quickly backed up and pulled out the blade causing light green blood to leak out. The golem formed a new arm and attempted to attack Wystan with his whip hand again. But this time Wystan caught it and proceeded to rip it off along with his hand. The force launched the golem onto his stomach. This was the perfect position as Wystan stomped his foot sending spikes through his entire body.

The golem surprisingly wasn't dead yet as it tried to push himself off the spikes. Wystan formed his hands into hammers and waited. Once the golem had its head up, Wystan brought the hammers together on his head shattering it. His body went limp and fell back on the spikes. Wystan was panting and reformed his hands back to normal.

Wystan: That was a great battle, master. How did your fight go?

Devan: I ripped the leader in half and reduced the rest to slices of meat.

Wystan: Impressive, you've even learned those human's language.

Devan: Yep.... oh yeah they were about to sacrifice a priest let's go check on him.

Wystan: You go ahead master I'll catch up. I must bury my brother, even if we were enemies we come from the same earth.

I nodded and made my way back to the altar of Ἔρεβος and there he was still praying. I used my strength to rip off the rope holding him down. He slowly opened his eyes and slowly got up. His eyes were bright blue and I just now noticed how small he was. I was about 198.12 cm on my knuckles and he reached just below my forearm.

???: Thank you for saving me sir.

Sir? Did he not get a good look at me? He's still drying his tears so I guess not.

Devan: Not to be rude but who are you?

???: Oh how rude of me I'm-

He cut himself off as he yelped and stared wide eyed at me. He fainted and fell into my arms as I caught him. I then remembered I still had blood and guts all over me. Hope he doesn't scream and try to attack me when he wakes up, that would end bad for him.

As I was thinking about what to do now something shiny on the altar caught my eye. I laid the priest on my arm and moved closer to the object. It turns out it was the golden fruit on top of a book. By this time Wystan came back with something in his hand.

Wystan: I'm finished master! Is that the sacrifice you were speaking of?

Devan: Yeah, he fainted when he saw me covered in blood and guts. By the way I found the fruit and a book.

Wystan: Wonderful!

I first grabbed the book and had System store it in my inventory. I should really be picking more stuff up and looting. Wystan then reached out and grabbed the fruit sending us back to the start. That somehow took all day as the sun has already set. Wystan moved over to a large area to sleep on while I started to build another nest.

I was going to put the priest on one of my previous nests but his body began to shiver.

S.Y.S.T.E.M: It seems the human will be sick in the morning unless there is a heat source nearby.

It's not really that cold out. But that could be because I have fur and Elemental resistance. For the priest not to be sick tomorrow I placed him in my nest and laid down next to him. He began to bury himself in my side before quietly snoring.

This reminds me of when I was still a infant and I would hug my mothers side for comfort and warmth. Good times.... I slightly miss being a child. Oh well I'm about to become a silverback soon so that's something to look forward to....

Goodnight everyone.....