Olgron went ahead to scout out a safe route so Dreu found himself with the three other honey badgers. Now that they were part of his roster, he checked the prompt for their information.
< Lv 1 Demon Honey Badger (Zanraz):
Description: This creature is fearless when faced with difficult foes. Normally, the creature prefers solitude but demon honey badgers do group up if one of its kind is capable of leading them. Due to its strength, ferocity and toughness, this creature finds very few opponents foolish enough to challenge its might. Those that crossed its path and made it antagonistic must suffer the consequence of a battle to the death.
Recommendations:
-Pick combat for this creature carefully as honey badgers are notorious for taking on any opponent regardless how outmatched they are.
Skill:
-Temper Tantrum (Lvl 1): Active. Once the user is antagonized, this skill activates automatically, giving the user +50% boost to both attack and defense. While this skill is active, the user cannot stop fighting until it or its opponent is defeated. No limits to uses or cooldown.
-Thick Hide (Lvl 1): Passive. Grants the user +100% defense and resistance to venom.
-Fearless (Lvl 1): Passive. Immune to fear debuff effects. While under fear debuff, gain +25% attack. Attack gains can stack.
-Chomp (Lvl 1): Passive. Activated whenever the user bites a foe. Applies bleed debuff on bitten foes, can stack up to 3 times.
Status:
+45% attack and defense from combat experience. >
I’m glad I didn’t have to fight these honey badgers. Zanraz alone can probably defeat me easily. I don’t even think I have a way of getting through his defense. What about the other two?
< Lv 1 Demon Honey Badger (Predis):
Skill:
-Temper Tantrum (Lvl 1): Active. Once the user is antagonized, this skill activates automatically, giving the user +50% boost to both attack and defense. While this skill is active, the user cannot stop fighting until it or its opponent is defeated. No limits to uses or cooldown.
-Thick Hide (Lvl 1): Passive. Grants the user +100% defense and resistance to venom.
-Fearless (Lvl 1): Passive. Immune to fear debuff effects. While under fear debuff, gain +25% attack. Attack gains can stack.
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-Slash (Lvl 1): Passive. Activated whenever the user claws a foe. Applies bleed debuff on bitten foes, can stack up to 3 times.
Status:
+25% attack and defense from combat experience. >
< Lv 1 Demon Honey Badger (Khezira):
Skill:
-Temper Tantrum (Lvl 1): Active. Once the user is antagonized, this skill activates automatically, giving the user +50% boost to both attack and defense. While this skill is active, the user cannot stop fighting until it or its opponent is defeated. No limits to uses or cooldown.
-Thick Hide (Lvl 1): Passive. Grants the user +100% defense and resistance to venom.
-Fearless (Lvl 1): Passive. Immune to fear debuff effects. While under fear debuff, gain +25% attack. Attack gains can stack.
-Bone Crusher (Lvl 1): Passive. 25% chance to activate when engaged in melee combat with foes. Applies bleed debuff on foes, can stack up to 10 times.
Status:
+65% attack and defense from combat experience. >
Temper tantrum, thick hide and fearless are skills shared among all the honey badgers? It’s terrifying how strong four of these honey badgers are compared to the rest of my roster.
The young man then checked on the bleed debuff, learning that they could stack if they originated from different skills. While Dreu was overjoyed with the four new additions, he was puzzled by their levels. When Ror and Brornun joined him, they were at level 3. This indicated that they had combat experience in the past and had leveled up before they met with him. Given the nature of honey badgers, he refused to believe that the four new additions didn’t get enough experience to level up. Yet, his prompt clearly indicated that the honey badgers, at least the three before him, were still at level 1.
They either require a lot of experience to level up or they couldn’t level up before. It’s a shame the prompt cannot provide more information on this matter.
Not wanting to just stand outside the cave mouth, the young man invited the three honey badgers into the cave. The demon children were still asleep while Bartok and Loryss watched over them. Dreu introduced them to one another before he called for Azurys and Bunted, remembering what he was up to before the honey badgers arrived.
< Lv 1 Demon Bat (Azurys):
Skill:
-Aqua Sight (Lvl 1): Passive. User can see 1 meter beneath the water surface regardless of water clarity. Ability doesn’t extend the sight range of the user.
-Mini Whirlpool (Lvl 1): Active. Creates a mini whirlpool within 5 meters of the user. Whirlpool harms weak foes and slows the movement of medium foes. Limited to 10 uses per day.
-Aqua Armor (Lvl 1): Passive. If the user is within 1 meter range of water and is attacked, an aqua armor automatically forms to make the user immune to all damage and debuffs. Limited to 1 activation per day.
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< Lv 1 Demon Bat (Bunting):
Skill:
-Spell Shield (Lvl 1): Active. User can cast a spell shield on itself or an ally to protect against low level spells. Limited to 2 uses per day.
-Wind Armor (Lvl 1): Active. User is surrounded by wind armor that can block physical damage. Limited to 10 uses per day.
-Tailwind (Lvl 1): Active. Once used, all flying allies gain +10% movement for 1 hour. Limited to 2 uses per day.
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Now all the bats went from having very niche roles to being much more useful in more cases. It’s definitely been a fruitful night. I hope we have enough to help us escape the demon realm. A few more allies as strong as the honey badgers would be nice too.
A few hours later, Dreu introduced the honey badgers to Ragellon before he went to bed, knowing that he needed to be rested for the following days. The demon child didn't say much after the introduction but Dreu could see from her expression that she already trusted the new arrivals.
