Tyrants of Earth - The Legend of Artigan

If Ryan was being completely honest, Tar’el was a really crappy aura generator. The elf was actively dampening his emotions and using some trick to keep his own aura placid and contained. From a purely risk vs reward perspective, playing the music wasn’t worth the aura generation.

Of course, that assumed the music was just for Tar’el alone.

Phase three of the Artigan theme song continued to play, blasting down irreverent music down the solemn depths of a dead world. It wasn’t half as loud without the speakers but his aura did help spread through the ground. At first, whatever lurked down the tunnels would hear it, then start to creep closer.

Then the overwhelming stench of blood and war would hit them. Artigan’s aura promising them their deaths.

Then the creatures would run.

That was what was truly regenerating his aura reserves. Teasing the stupid elf was just a bonus. Tar’el had his eyes scrunched closed and was trying very hard to tune out both the music and his whistling.

Everything fled from the surroundings. All the creatures but one.