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Odious Creeper

Odious Creepers

The first twelve Creepers fall, but survivors demonstrate half-kilometer vine control and the ability to absorb crawlers crushed within their reach.

Story so far

The quest targets are classified as city bosses beginning around level 130. By the time Carl's teams mobilize, the count falls from fifty to thirty-eight. Prepotente has three credited kills, Eva claims one, hunter Fickler claims one, and one dies without a named killer.

The monsters control foliage across a wide radius. One group of three crawlers is squeezed to death by vines, after which the Creeper takes their body parts and adds them to its mass. Mordecai demands attacks from at least half a kilometer, preferably farther.

Appearance

A towering city-boss amalgam of animated vegetation and harvested body parts.

Role

Early kills reduce the count, but observed attacks confirm that conventional close engagement is suicidal.

Relationships

Prepotente — He earns three of the first credited kills.
Eva Sigrid — She earns another kill as the teams prepare.
Mordecai — His range requirement responds to their demonstrated vine reach.
Uncle Morty's Insta Lawn-Kill and Undead Repellant, Extra-Strength Edition — The new chemical is designed to kill them from range.
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 48
  • Fifty unprecedented sixth-floor plant-undead composites can absorb bodies, combine after dark, replicate, control vines, and attack with poison.
Chapter 50
  • The first twelve Creepers fall, but survivors demonstrate half-kilometer vine control and the ability to absorb crawlers crushed within their reach.
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