《The Undead Cultivator》 Prologue Waking up "Where am I? Who am I?" asked a boy who seemed to be 8 or 9 years old. "Ergh, my head hurts, it feels like it''s going ot split open.....and where is that damned dinging comeing from?" ''ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding'' "Focus on the dinging maybe that will lead me to someone who can help." he states to himself.This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. After following the noise for 5 minutes he finds himself infront of a large stone door, left ajar enough for him to slide through. Upon passing through the stone door he notices that the room he entered was actually a large library filled with old and decrepit books. ''ding''
10%......21%........55%.......87%.....100% Link Established Error Detected.... Memories Corrupted.... Beginning Restoration...
And then everything went black. Chapter 01 part 1 New user "State your name." A voice that is neither male nor female, neither young or old. "Who said that?" the boy asked. "I am the SYSTEM. State your name." The voice said. ''System, what the hell is that? Besides I don''t have a name.....should i just make one up?'' "My name is......Micheal Phoenix" proclaimed the boy. "Micheal Phoenix, you are the first new user added in 17,561 years. Your memories have become corrupted, this is due to your vessel conainted 2 souls that where forcefully merged, this however brings a benefit to both myself and you. One set of memories, contain a unique abilitycalled ''Immortal Cultivation'' this can be used as an update for me and for the my user''s. For you this means that the memories can be changed into skills and give you a huge advantage above the other users. Do you accept?" the system asked. "Can you explain what skills are and how they work?" Micheal asked.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. "This will be explained during the tutorial that will commence shortly. Do you accept?" The system asked. "I accept, is there anything else that needs to be stated to me?" Micheal asked. "Yes, along with the skills received from ''Immortal Cultivation'', as a new player you will recieve a 5 more boons, in the form of 2 skills, 2 pieces of unique equipment, and 1 accessory. These will be randomized but useful for you, The equipment and accessory will be soul bound so that no other may use them, and they will grow at thecost of 10% of your aquired EXP each, as well as adapt to you fighting style. That is all, are you prepared for the tutorial?" states the system. "I am ready." was all Micheal had to say as he fell unconsious for the second time since his awakening. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ After waking up for the third time that day, Micheal noticed that he was trapped in a cage next to a toture rack and a rotting corpse.
Welcome to the System Tutorial User#490,814,562,095,989. Skills awarded: Dragon God Cultivation, Heavens Slaughter Fist, Cloud Gods Step, True Demon Body Refinement, Skilled, Gifted. Equipment Detected: Leviathan Leather Armor (SoulBound), Wooden Sword (SoulBound). Accessory Detected: Earring of the Archmagi (SoulBound).
Chapter 01 part 2 New user
The SYSTEM has the following features: Status, Skills, Inventory, Quest Log, Codex, and for your use only until the next SYSTEM update Cultivation. Each feature has its own purpose. Status reveals your stats in a quantified manor I.E. STR 13 DEX 16 etc. Inventory is a sub space that can hold an infinite number of items in stacks of 99 each so long as the item weighs no more than 500 LBS. Skills should be rather obvious but it also lists ones feats, magic, and elemental affinity chart. Quest Log records any and all missions and/or quests recieved throughout your life, it also provides you with daily/weekly/and monthly quests that can range from 1 star(easy)difficulty up to 10 star(you will die before you can blink) difficulty, depending on your LVL, and current overallB(attle) P(ower) listed in Status. Codex is an excyclopedia of sorts that will store any information that you come across as well as provide helpful information dependendt on your WIS stat. Cultivation allows one to view the status of their meridians and DanTian, open additional meridians, and holds the chart responsible for mesuring your grasp on the Laws(all information prdovided has come from user Micheal Phoenix''s second set of memories missing information will need to be discovered by the user). You can access the menus by thinking or speaking the title of whichever menu you wish.
"interesting, I think i''ll go through each menu one by one to see if i can obtain any new additional information." Micheal mumbled. ''Status''
Name: Micheal Phoenix Level: 01 Class:
Titles: Race: N/A Class Level:
Additional Status Points: 0
HP: 120/120 HP Regen: 0.002/sec QI: 0/0
SP: 120/120 SP Regen: 0.002/sec QI Regen: 0.00/sec
MP: 120/120 MP Regen:0.002/sec
STR: 10 DEX: 10 VIT: 10
CON: 10 END: 10 CHA: 10
INT: 10 WIS: 10 SPR: 10
Welcom to the Status menu. For additional informantion feel free to focus on the section that you wish to examine. STR = Strength, DEX = Dexterity, VIT = Vitality, CON = Constitution, END = Endurance, CHA = Charisma, INT = Intelegence, WIS = Wisdom, and SPR = Spirit. Level and Class Level refer to your current capabilities and what skills/feats you have access to. There is no Level Cap but you Class Level will max out at 100 at which point you will need to undergo a trial to change your Class (you will retain all feats and skills aquired from your previous Class). STR affects how hard you hit and how much you can carry outside of your inventory. DEX affects how nimble your hands are(good for crafting/trap setting/bows). VIT affects your life force(longevity) and HP, as well as your resistances. CON affects your current health and HP as wel as resistance to disease and poisons. END affectsStolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. how much of a hit you can take, your HP and SP. CHA affects how others see you and how persuasive you can be. INT affects your MP and your memory (makes it easier to remember things/ can grant an eidetic memory). WIS affects your comprehensive capabilities and MP. SPR affects your spirit and QI, makes you less likely to give up and can also be called ones WillPower.
"Hmm, I wonder if each Stat has a limit per Level." Micheal said. ''Inventory''
ERROR Inventory unaccessable at the moment.
"Well that''s going to be a problem, let''s try Skills then" Micheal said with a sour tone.
Skills: Skill Points Available: 0 Feats: Feats Availible: 0 Elemental Affinity:
Dragon God Cultivation Beginner LVL 1 0% A cultivation technique granted to those chosen by the Dragon God. Undying A unique Feat held by rare undead crreatures. No matter how they die they will always come back. ''Evil never dies'' - Unknown Tier 1: Fire: F Water: F Earth: F Wind: F Thunder: F
Heavens Slaughter Fist Begginer LVL 1 0% A fist techniquethat is rumored to be ableto sunder the heveans and slaughterthe gods. Tier 2: Metal: F Ice: F Light: F Dark: F Poison: F Plant: F Wood: F
Cloud Gods Step Beginner LVL 1 0% A movement technique created by the goddess of motion. Its final stages are rumored to allow one to pass through dimensions. Tier 3: Space: F Time: F Life: F Death: F
True Demon Body Refinement Beginner LVL 1 0% The first Body refinement technique ever created. Upon Mastery the user will have an indestructable body that even upon true death will never decay.
Skilled LVL MAX Skills are easier to obtain and level. half the effort for twice the reward.
Gifted LVL MAX Double EXP
The Skills menu records all obtained Skills, Feats, and your Elemental Affinity. Most skills can be leveled up, though there are a select few that can only rank up by re-obtaining them through SYSTEM rewards. Skill Levels Consist of: Beginner, Novice, Adept, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, and Grand Master.Each Level consists of 10 sub Levels. Skills can be obtained through the use of Skill Points or by unlocking them naturally. Feats are rewarded through theSYSTEM just as titles are. A Feat can be obtained every once every 2 Class Levels and every 3 regular Levels. Elemental Affinities can only be upgraded bygetting closer to the elements themselves, I.E. training in a place of ice with ice based magic or ice based attacks will cause your affinity to rise. Once an Affinity has ranked up it will never decrease in rank without divine intervention. The higher an Affinity is the harder it is to train.
"Well that''s nice to know, but why do I have the Undying Feat? And why does my race not show?" Micheal asked himself. ''Cultivation''
ERROR Cultivationunaccessable at the moment.
"What the -?" ''Codex''
ERROR Codex unaccessible at the moment.
"Okay now that''s just annoying. I''m not even going to bother with the Quest Log at the moment because that would be pointless. Regardless now that I have that out of the way I need to figure out where I am and how to escape." Micheal said aloud. "Escape? There is no escape from here boy! you are a precious test subject for me. When I, The Greatest Scientist and Necromancer Jacob McGlord, am finished those fools at the acadamy will all learn what true fear is." A voice, not to far from the cage, proclaimed. "McGlord? That has got to be the dumbest name I have ever heard. And what do you mean test subject?" Micheal asked. "Child you are going to be the first Undead/Demon/Dragon hybrid. When the experiment is finished I will wipe your mind and make you loyal to me. I have just one question for you boy. How did you get out of the experimentation room and into my old library?"McGlord Stated. Chapter 02 part 1 First Quest "I have no idea what you mean. I woke up in a hall near a door and blacked out after passing through it, after that I woke up in this cage. For that matter what if the hell do you mean Undead/Demon/Dragon hybrid, wouldn''t that just be an undead demonic dragon or undead dragonic demon? Wouldn''t those already exsist?" Micheal asked. "In a conventional sense yes they exsist, but you, my precious experiment, will be.....different. I built your body using both Demon and Dragon rememnants, and through an obscure ritual I uncovered in this cemetary gave you life. The very fact that we are having this conversation proves that the ritual was a partial success. You were never meant to have a sense of self, you were meant to be a mindless puppet for me to command." McGlord stated.
New Quest acquired! Uncover the truth behind the Ritual used to grant you life. Objective: Learn the ritual and uncover it''s secrets. Bonus objectives: 1. Obtain Freedom. 2. Reach the first stage in Dragon God Cultivation. 3. Kill McGlord.
''What the hell? I didn''t expect this....'' Micheal thought as he mentally closed the window. "Hey Chief, how about you open this cage and un shackle me and maybe we can see where you went wrong, after all 2 heads are better than 1. I only say this because I bet it would suck for you to have a fully loyal soldier that constantly shuts down. Think about it 2 birds 1 stone."Micheal said.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ".......Fine but only because you made a few points that are worth noting. Just remeber I have my eyes on you." McGlord said.
You have convinced a less than credible Necromancer. +1 CHA
''That was also unexpected'' Micheal thought closing the window. The rotting corpse next to the Cage stood up and opened the cage freeing Micheal. "Wait that rotting corpse was you? What the hell happened?" Micheal asked. "Yes I am a rotting corpse, at the moment, and none of your gods be damned business is what happened. Now start walking, we are going to the Library." McGlord said. After a few minutes of walking they arrived at the entrance to the library, at this moment McGlord stopped Micheal and said "The moment you try anything not involving the ritual, experiment or not, I will destroy you". "Right but since I have no idea how this ritual works, i''ll need some time to study up on magic and different sorts of rituals so that I can actuall be of help..... Ah here''s an idea on how this can work for the both of us. Find a chain that can reach every corner of the library and shackle one of my legs, this way you can be certain that I can''t run away. This also enables me to be able to read up on whatever information you have involving rituals and magic so that I might be able to comprehend what went wrong." Michal said confidently. "I will give you 2 weeks in here to study. If after those 2 weeks are up you are unable to help I will dispose of you and try again." McGlord stated. "2 weeks should be enough time for me to learn what I can, besides I want to know more about the ritual that granted me life just as much as you do. Will I be supervised or will i have the run of the Library myself?" asked Micheal. "There will be 2 Skeleton Warriors gaurding the door to ensure you don''t try anything. There will also be 2 wraiths inside the Library that will keep a close eye on you and alert me to anything you may try." McGlord Stated as if it was the dumbest question he had ever heard. Chapter 02 part 2 First Quest "Ya, ya whatever you say. So just to clarify I get free reign in the Library but there will be Undead watching me and reporting back to you, correct?" Micheal asked. "Yes, just remember if you try anything I will destroy you." McGlord stated as two zombie walked in holding a long and thick iron chain. After getting shackled to the chain McGlord ensured that it was latched with no possibility for Micheal to escape and left. "Well now that thats out of the way, time to find what I need to find." Micheal said to himself as he walked to a random bookshelf. After rummaging the bookshelves for almost an hour Micheal had a small stack of books piled up on a small table in the center of the room. Grabbing the book at the top of the pile ''An Introduction to Magic'', Micheal started to read. "Magic is the foundation of all life on Terra Umbra. Within all beings is the potential to unleash magic, but Magic comes at a Cost. All Mages suffer a short lifespan due to the use of Magic, let this be a warning to all future Mages, Once you start down this road there is no going back, by tapping into your Magic you willingly sacrifice your life force.""Well that doesn''t sound pleasent, but it would explain CorpseFace back there." "The only known method to prevent a Mage from losing their life force is to become a Shaman. A Shaman is a mage who has made a pact with either a spirit of their corresponding Elemental Affinity or The Deity of that Element. To give an example a Mage with the Death Element affinity has the chance to form a pact with a spirit of death (the lowest ranking being a Will-o-Wisp and the highest ranking spirit being a Grim Reaper) or the Goddess of Death, Azrael. A Shaman has only three chances to form a pact, twice with a spirit and once with a Deity. Should a Shaman try to forcefully enter a pact or make a fourth attempt they would suffer from a Magic Backlash which in the worst case scenario is the death of the Shaman. A successful pact on the other hand, leads to the shaman gaining the power of the spirit or Deity which will be used to channel their Magic rather than their own life force.""Well, Maybe i should try forming a pact, who knows it might even work. I just need to find the proper book on how to do that." Micheal mumbled."Magic is split into three tiers, each tier with its own system. Tier one Magic contains the basic Elements: Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, and Thunder. Tier two Magic contains intermediate Elements: Metal, Ice, Poison, Plant, Wood, Light, and Dark. The final known tier of magic contains the advanced Elements: Space, Time, Life, and Death. There are more Elements but these are the primary ones."Micheal continued to read and re-read the book until he could recite every word from memory after which he followed suite for the rest of the books he had selected ''A History of Magic'', ''Ritual Introduction'', ''Monster Manual Vol. 01'' and at least ten other books. To Micheals surprise it only took him three days to memorize all of the books. Micheal decided that he would digest all of the information gained in what seemed to be the most logical way to him, Meditation.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. As if acting on muscle memory he sat in a lotus position, and began going over everthing he had read. In the process of this however, the Dragon God Technique started on it''s own and Micheal felt as if he had been pricked with so many needles that he would become a porcupine, inside and out, yet at the same time a calming effect took place in his mind and everything seemed to be easier to understand, the information itself seemed like it wwnted him to understand it and restructured itself in such a manner. Time slipped by and another eight days had passed during which Micheal had not moved an inch, if one didn;t look closely it would almost be like he was a statue made of Flesh. Micheal opened his eyes suddenly and released a gutteral growl that at first sounded like that of a newborn dragon.
Dragon God Cultivation Thechnique Level up! Dragon God Cultivation Technique has become Begginer Level 2 Cultivation Menu now availible. Cultivation Stage now Sprirt Realm Rank 1. All stats +5 QI up 100 QI Regen 0.02/sec QI Purification now availible under Cultivation Menu.
"Well that''s a nice surprise. I''ll have to check that later but first i need to find the book that contains the ritual that created me." Micheal said. After digging around the Library for three hours Micheal still couldn''t find the book that contained the ritual so he decided on another plan of action, get McGlord into the Library so he could ask him where it was located. So he turned to a Wraith that was just floating next to him and said, "Hey resting corpse face get your ugly mug over here, I have a question for you. If you don''t show I might have to destroy this library." A few minutes later McGlord came in to the Library looking pissed. "What do you want you rotten little pile of wasted materials?" he asked. "Where in the Nine Hells is the book that contained the ritual I am supposed to take a look at and see if I could understand." Micheal said in a calm tone. Chapter 02 final part First Quest "Hmph, you think that in a mere 11 days you have gained enough knowledge to find what I missed." McGlord asked in an annoyed tone. "I believe that I have read enough to try." Micheal said. "Fine, but this is your only chance, should you fail, well I think you know what will happen."McGlord said stiffly as he had Micheal unshackled. "Follow me, the book is in the experimentation lab. The room that you were created." They left the Library and went down the hall, after a few minutes they arrived at the room that Micheal had originally awoken in. Micheal decided to take a quick look around, the only 2 things that caught his eye where a large cauldron filled with a sticky crimson liquid that emitted a wicked and cruel intent, and a large array filling most of the rom, centered right beneath the cauldron. "The book is here, boy. Within the next 3 days you had best grasp what happened during the ritual or I will flay you alive and use you as spare parts." McGlord said as Micheal was reshackled and the Wraiths entered the room. Micheal grabbed the book and started to carefully examine it. The book was bound in the Fleash of an Arch-Fiend. The pages made from preserved Human Flesh whilst tied with Human tendons. The text was written in a strange blood like substance that shimmered in the candle light. The book held the title ''Agma Yong Changjo''.
For examining a Relic that pre-dates the SYSTEM you have been awarded the Skill: Inspect and +1 INT.
Inspect Begginer LVL 1 0% Inspect can be used to identify and appraise people, items, and beasts. More information can be obtained at higher levels. A high level user can block an inspection and pinpoint who tried to inspect them.
Closing the windows Micheal Slowly and carefully opened the book and began to read. "A Demon-Dragon hybrid is said to be an incredibly powerful being that can supposedly rival the gods themselves. Though this is just a rumor as such hybrids are incredibly rare maybe only 1 in every 10 billion beings born a year might be one. Even rarer than one being born is one that reaches maturity, as the bloodlines of Demons and Dragons counter eachother in such a way that the hybrid will ,9 time out of 10, die upon reaching puberty. The only theorized way for this to be stopped is for the being to find a way to balance for the bloodlines." "Well that most certaintly sucks. I wonder how the ones who reached maturity found a balance." Micheal mumbled to himself turning a few pages. "An artificial hybrid can be created by merging all the parts of a Demon and a Dragon in a unique fashion. The parts of the 2 races that are to be used need to be as fresh as possible, so as to increase the odds that the ritual will work. The higher the rank of the Demon and the older the Dragon the better, as this will make the artificial hybrid more powerful." As Micheal read through the book it started seeming more like a cook book rather than a book for creating an artificial being, as it spoke of the proper measurements for eash part from the bone marrow, to the amount of blood needed, to how long to let the body bath in the blood. Tens of pages on the method for preparing the materials and gathering them, as well as how to properly set up the array. The last few pages of the book spoke of infusing the aftificial hybrid with the casters Elemental Affinity. The only Element that seemed to be missing was Death. Micheal decided to make note of that and let McGlord know. After finishing the book Micheal set about memorizing everything the book said. 2 days later.
+4 INT for memorizing an advanced Alchemical Tome.
''Alchemy?'', Micheal thought, ''McGlord said this was a ritual book.....I guess that he was mistaken.'' Closing the window and book Micheal stood up and moved to inspect the array and cauldron. He covered avery possible angle and got as close as he could to the array''s runes. This took him all of his 3rd day. Exactly 72 hours after leaving McGlord entered the room in a huffy manner, as if he was beggining to fret over something. "Tell me boy, have you found anything yet?" McGlord asked in a hurried manner. "I found 3 things that you may have missed. First, the book speaks of infusing the artificial being with the casters natural Affinity yet stated nothing about what happens if somebody with the Death Elemental Affinity is the caster. Secondly, it looks like some of the runes used for the array are broken or not correctly angled. Lastly, the book is an alchemical tome, did you know that?" Micheal stated bladly. "What did you say?! An alchemical text? No information for if the caster has the Death Affinity?", McGlord shouted. "That is exactly what I said. The book contains the process for every Element except for Death. My guess is because this process is supposed to create a souless puppet whilst the Death Element is, as far as I can tell, the closest Element there is for dealing with souls, thus giving me a soul and life." Micheal stated as he took out the book and flipped it open to the last few pages before handing it over to McGlord. Taking the book from Micheal, McGlord started to skim through the pages he was shown, only to find that Micheal was telling the truth, the book was indeed alchemic in nature and did lack the information on users of the Death Element. Strong killing intent started surging out from McGlord as he stared at Micheal, "You have indeed noticed somethings that I failed to notice. As such I will keep my word you are free to go. Now leave before i change my mind.", McGlord said in a rage.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. "Huh, it looks like I mistook you. I thought you were the type of person who would go back on thier word. Since that is not the case I will be going now." Micheal said. Just as Micheal walked passed McGlord he felt a sharp pain in his back. Things started going black as he heard "Yes you are free to go, but the resorces used to make you, those stay as they are my property." The last thing Micheal saw was McGlord holding a Ritualistic dagger the sas covered in blood, his blood.
You Have Died. Undying feat activating. 5 days until ressurection. Body re-creation in progress. 1% Complete.
''That bastard killed me. I mean sure I expected it but still. 5 days untill I return to the world of the living huh? Interesting. I guess I might as well take me time and try Cultivating again.'' Micheal said to himself as a window opened in front of him.
Realm: Spirit Rank: 1/10 Laws Comprehended: 0
Meridians opened: 5 Meridians closed: 30
Accupoints opened: 100 Accupoints closed: 478
QI Purity: 1% Pure Time to purify to 100% : 4 day
True Demon Body Rank: 0 Heaven Slaughter Fist Rank: 0
Cloud Gods Step Rank: 0 Dragon God Cultivation Rank: 01
The Cultivation menu tracks your Cultivation Realm and it''s subsequent rank, the Laws that you have comprehended, the ammount of Meridians and Accupoints that are open/closed, QI purity and the legth of time it will take for youe QI too expel all impurities from itself and your body, as well as what stage(rank) you have reached in any techniques that align wit Cultivation. The amount of Realms are unknown, but the known Realms consist of: Spirit, Origin, Profound, and Heaven. Each Realm has 10 levels or ranks, only by reaching the peak of the 10th rank and breaking through will you be able to proceed to the next Realm. Your Meridians and Accupoints can be opened and enhanced here, granting more QI and how fast your QI regenerates, be warned opening certain Meridians and Accupoints will be very painful, if not deadly, if not opened properly. QI purity is important because it determins how much more powerful your attacks will be as well as how much QI is used by them, QI will only purify itself during meditation. The higher the rank a technique has aquired from 0 (hasn''t been used or untrained) to 100(fully mastered), determine the amount of power and QI output it requires, Cultivation techniques used to further your realm are affected differently that techniques used for attack, movement, or defence, as it determines how smoothly the QI flows and how much you regenerate. Hint: A strong and stable foundation is more inportant than instant power, puch to the limit then break through.
Closing the windows Micheal Decided that since it would take 4 days for his QI to purify and he had 5 days till he went back that he would take 4 days to cultivate and practice his techniques on the last day before returning. Slowly 5 days had passed by and Micheal opened his eyes to find the Library that he had spent so much time in before he was stabbed in the back. He carefully checked the Library for signs of McGlord and his undead servants, only to find the undead torn to pieces and hear shouting and runniong coming from the direction of the experimentation lab. Looking out the door Micheal saw McGlord, battered, covered in blood, and missing his right arm, Running in his direction being chased by a group of people who looked like they were out for blood. "Filthy Necromancer you dared to steal children from the nearby villages to experiment on." A voice shouted, sounding with a righteous rage. McGlord slid into the Library and rudhed to close the door and block it with anything he could get his hand on. "What the hell happened to you, corpse face?"Micheal siad from around the corner of a shelf, out of McGlords line of sight. McGlord jumped and screamed like a little girl, then turned in the direction of Micheals voice. "You....where are you? How can you still be here boy? I killed you and dismantled your body." He said scared stiffless. Micheal used this moment to torment McGlord, "Body? Ah that''s right you killed me. I guess I need a new body then don''t I? Why don''t I just take yours?" "Because even if you did take my body you would be killed mercilessly by those bastards out there. They have come to enact revenge on my on the behest of the villagers. I''m dead either way so I don''t really care.", McGlord said in a defeated manner. "Your right you are dead, so why don''t I kill you, that way I can enact my revenge on you." Micheal said as he appeared right next to McGlord and through out a fist that was covered in a bloody light. McGlord didn''t even have a chance to dodge as the fist connected with his chest and painted the wall and shelves with blood, bits of bone, and chunks of internal organs. This was the Heavens Slaughter Fist technique that Micheal had learned to the 1st rank.
Quest Complete! You have successfully killed the Necromancer imprisoning you and gained true freedom. Bonus objectives Completed. 1.Kill McGlord 2. Obtain the first rank of Dragon Gods Cultivation. 3. Learn More about your origins and the ritual that gave you life. Rewards: 2000 EXP, 5 skill points, 2 Feats, Class Tree Unlocked.
Class Gained: Monk
Congratulations you have finished your tutorial mission. As a Reward for clearing your tutorial you may select twoof the following: 1. You may keep the undying feat. 2. You may select another class. 3. A Demi-Plane created just for you. 4. Get Reincarnated as a different race.
"Well, that was unexpected. He died so easily. Oh well, lets see here.......Monk seems fitting so we can forget about the secend reward, and if I reincarnate I have to practice all over again, so that''s not gonna happen. Looks like I choose rewards number 1 and number 3.
Undying feat aquired. This Feat enables anyone to be ressurected every time they die. It is impossible to truely die as long as you have this feat. The Stronger you are the longer it will take for you to ressurect.
Demi-Plane aquired. this Demi-Plane is only accessible by you and those you deem worthy. It can be accessed by saying or thinking ''enter Demi-Plane'' or by using the ring granted. The Demi-Plane is the perfect safe house and training grounds. A time dilation affect has been granted to your Demi-Plane. The time dilation can be enhanced as you futher your Elemental Affinity for Time or you comprehend the Laws that govern Time. Current time dilation 10-1. (10 hours in is 1 hour out.)
Ring of Primal Choas gaind. Ring of Primal Choas equiped. Ring od Primal Chaos cannot be unequiped.
Chapter 3 part 1 Cant Leave
Due to overdrawing your QI, Life Force has been used. Find treatment immediately.
Micheal closed the windows and fell to his hands and knees on the verge of passing out when four people entered the room. "Where are you necromancer scum? We saw you run in here." one of them said with a rightous tone. "Um....Vi I think you might be stepping on him, also theres a child right there, he looks injured." said another, in a velvety voice. Looking down Vi saw what remained of McGlords body and Micheal collapsed right next to it. "Hey kid, you still alive?" she asked. "He''s barely breathing Vi. Let me treat him first then we can ask him questions." The velvety voice said. "Fine Yuki treat him but we need answers if somebody took this necromancers life then we don''t get the full pay for the mission." Vi said. ~1 Hour Later~ "There he''s been treated and is partially awake. He can answer some questions but he needs time to fully heal. So young one can you tell us your name?" Yuki asked. "Micheal...my name is Micheal Phoenix." Micheal said. "Ok, so Micheal can you tell us what happened? Who was it that killed the necromancer?" Vi asked. "It was some guy in a black cloak. He said that the necromancer had overstepped his bounds and tried to play god, that both he and his experiment would have to die to rectify things." Micheal said. "Guy in a black cloak? What did he look like? Did he say his name?" Vi asked in a rushed manner. "In order: yes, no he was wearing a mask, and no he didn''t but he did mention an organization." Micheal said. "An organization? Did he say the name?" A third person asked curiously. "No, after his said what he said he threw a single fist and killed the necromancer then went to attack me when you burst open the door. Then he just vanished." Micheal said. "Attack you? Wait you did say that this person said that his experiment had to die as well.....are..are you the experiment?" asked Yuki. "..........Yes. The necromancer decided to use me as a catalyst to create what he called an ''undead Demon-Dragon Hybrid'', there should be a book about it in the room where he was experimenting on me. Just down the hall from the library."If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. "Tris go and check for this book. if it''s there then we need to report this. Micheal we''re gonna get you outta here ok?" said Vi. Shortly after Tris returned with an old book, "Is this the book you meant, kid?" She asked. "Ya thats the one." Micheal said. "Let''s go. Micheal since your still injured i''m gonna be carrying you." Vi said. Carefully picking up Micheal, Vi held him in a princess carry, which made him feel embarrassed for some reason. As they neared the door Micheal started figiting and eventually let out a soul rending scream of pain causing everyone to jump. "TAKE HIM BACK INSIDE!" The last person yelled after a moments hesitation. "He''s been bound to this place somehow. Tris, Vi go get Big Sis she might be able to figure out a way to unbind him. Yuki and I will stay behind to see if we can take care of it or at the least find out what is binding him here." "You sure Luci?" Tris asked. "Ya i''m sure. Go get her we''ll be fine here. besides you two can move faster if we stay behind anyways. If i''m right it shouldn''t take more than a week for you to get there and back." Luci said. "Fine but take care of yourselves. We''ll be back soon." Vi said. As Vi and Tris left, Yuki and Luci carried Micheal to a room with a bed. "Yuki, you continue to treat his injuries, I''ll try and find where the other end of the bond is at." Luci stated. ~3 days later~ "He''s gone!!" Yuki shouted. Upon hearing Yuki shout Luci ran back to the room, "What do you mean he''s gone?! he was injured and could barely stand. Come on let''s go look fo r him, it''s not like he could have left htis place so we should be able to find him.You start with the library where we found him. I''ll start at the other end. Shout if you find him." She said. After searching for nearly four hours the girls had searched every inch of the building they returned to the room. Luci and Yuki sat on the bed as Luci said,"Where in the nine hells could he have" "Could you please not sit on my chest, your rather heavy". "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH", both girls jumped and screamed. "Wh...Where did you come from?" Yuki asked in a shaky voice. "Well when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much, or are just feeling really, really frisky", Micheal started. "Not like that you brat, where did you go after you left this room four hours ago?!" Luci shouted. "Ah, you meant like that, well I was feeling a little stiff so i decided to try and go for a short stroll through the halls." Micheal said, Blatantly lying as he had decided to try and enter his Demi-Plane. "Say girls, mind if I ask a question or two?" Micheal asked. "Fine, it''s not like we have any thing else to do as we pass the time. What do you wanna know?" Luci said. "Ok, great. First: Who are you people? you came in here and chased down the necromancer and now your trying to get me all healed up. Second: Do you know what essence is?" "Those are easy to answer, the four of us are a party of adventurers. We took a /quest to subjugate the necromancer that lived here because he was kidnapping children from the nearby villages. As for essence, it''s the energy inside of Monsters, Demons, and Spirits. Why do you ask that?" Yuki answered. "....Whatever he did to me in his experiments seems to have infused me with three different types of essence. The SYSTEM is telling me that it has bound me to the place it happened to keep me alive. If I leave without expelling one type of essence i''ll be destroyed when I leave, both body and soul. Chapter 3 Part 2 Essence Purge Micheal showed them the notifications that hte SYSTEM had given him.
Undead Essence Detected.
Demon Essence Detected.
Dragon Essence Detected.
Warning!Essence typeshave created an imbalance inside the host. Purge at least one essence to restore balance.
Undead Essence: The Spirit Force of the Undead Race. Pros: Undead will not be hostile towards host, Undead Evolutions are available. Cons: Diminished effectof holy magic, Elemental Weakness dependent of Undead Essence form (rank/Evolution, I.E. zombie/wraith/revenant/vampire) Starting Form: Will o'' Wisp Rank 1/10 Essence Points required to Rank up: 100 Error Cannot Purge Undead Essence due to #&!@*^$(Undying)Ability
Demon Essence: The Spirit Force of the Demon Race. Pros: Demons will regard you as one of their own, Demon Evolutions Avalible. Cons: Despised by members of the Holy Empire,Elemental Weakness dependent of Demon Essence form (rank/Evolution, I.E.Imp/Incubus/Arch-Fiend) Starting Form: ImpRank 1/10 Essence Points required to Rank up: 100
Dragpn Essence: The Spirit Force of Dragons and Dragon-kin. Pros: Dragons and Dagon-kin will not be hostile towards host. Draconic Evolutions possible. Cons: large chance of being hunted by Dragon Slayers once host starts showing Draconic properties. Starting Form: Dragon egg Rank 1/5 Essence points required to rank up: 300
"Micheal, this is a bit problematic, to be host to even one type of Essence outside of the Essence of ones race is very rare yet you have three. Were you born with them? and what ability is it talking about?" Luci asked. "I don''t know, as far as I can tell they just showed up, nor do I know about the ability." Micheal said "We can figure that out later, For now I suggest you do as the SYSTEM has prompted you to do and purge at least one of them. Since you cannot purge the Undead Essence that leaves Dragon and Demon Essences but we would need a cover for your undead essence and the one with the lowest risk of harm that can be used is the Dragon Essence, so it''s my suggestion that you purge the Demon Essence. Besides I''ve seen what happens to people who have it.....The Holy Empire will torture and eventually break and kill the Host, they did so to my little brother infront of the citizens out Kingdom." Yuki said.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. ".....Bis Sis Yuki, your right, I will get rid of the Demon Essence as I would rather not get tortured by a group of people who think that they are doing holy work." Micheal said Being called Big Sis by micheal made Yuki feel happy, almost as if she had her younger brother back,"Good, just listen to big sis'' advice and you''ll do just fine. So how long will it take to purge the Demon Essence?" She asked "I don''t know. let me check, Purge Demon Essence." Micheal said
Purging Demon Essence will restore balance within the host. Purge will take 4 days and will grant host 1000 essence points.
"It will take 4 days and it seems that removing it will restore the balance to my internal essence. I''ll also recieve a few essence points which can be used to rank up my Undead and Dragon Essences." Micheal told them "Alright, you get started and we will stand gaurd just to be safe, after all we don''t know what will happen when the Essence is released." Luci said "Thank you Big Sis Luci." Micheal said -2 days later- "The Essence has created a pretty thick miasma hasn''t it, luci. It seems like the undead here are starting to change." Yuki siad. "Agreed. Should we set up a barrier and wait for the others to return or should we use them to train?" Luci asked. "We should train, we cant always rely on Tris and Vi we need to get stronger as well." Yuki said "Very well, we will take turns luring one to a nearby area and train that way so not to overwhelm ourselves."Lucie said -2 more days later- "Luci, Yuki, we''re back with Big Sis....ugh whats that horrid smell?" Vi asked. "That smell is a miasma made from pure essence. Judging from the color I''d say it was pure Demon Essence. It seems to be coming from deeper inside, I fear a demon may have arrived while you were away, if Luci, or Yuki were hurt and worse, killed...." Said Big Sis. Upon hearing such a thing Tris and Vi shared a worried look with one another and took off running towards what might be the source of the miasma. A few minutes later they heard the sounds of laughter. "What is going on here?" Big Sis yelled "AHHHH, Big Sis, don''t scare us like that. We were just talking with Micheal." Luci said. "Micheal, the boy woke up?" Vi asked "Yup, he woke up and he''s already healed and better yet he can leave now." Yuki said "Since that is the case go get him, we need ot leave immediately. There is no telling when the demon that created this miasma will return." Big Sis said "Um, Big Sis there isn''t a demon here this was created by Micheal...."Luci sheepishly said "The boy made this miasma?! How?" She demanded As soon as the words left her mouth the door behind Luci and Yuki opened up and out walked Micheal. "Are you Micheal?" She asked, as soon as she made eye contact with Micheal she felt a burning pain around her neck. ''it can''t be, the pendant should only react to to the families bloodline.'', she thought. "Yes, I am, who are you?" He asked "My name is Sayaka Phoenix, the leader of this advernturer party called ''The Valkyries Blade'', and the soon to be head of the Phoenix Clan. Luci tells me you are the one who created this demon miasma is that true? if so how did you do it?" Sayake asked "Oh? your name is Phoenix as well? Regardless, why do you want to know if i made this miasma? Are you a person of the Holy Empire?" Micheal asked "No, I despise the Holy Empire, they kidnapped my younger brother 3 years ago." Sayaka said,"What do you mean ''as well''?" "Exactly what it sounds like I mean, my name is Micheal Phoenix, and since you aren''t a person of the Holy Empire, the answer is yes I did create this miasma but not on perpose. It happened while I was purging Demon Essence from my body as it was creating an imbalance with the other 2 that I am host to." Micheal stated "IT CAN''T BE!!!!" Sayaka yelled with shock in her eyes as she stepped closer to Micheal. "EH? What can''t...gofffuuu", Micheal started to ask when he was cut off by Sayaka hugging him. "My dear younger brother, how did you come to be here?" Sayaka asked. "Younger brother?" Everyone yelled in surprise. Chapter 3 Part 3 Leaving for the Clan "Yes, you, Micheal, are my younger brother. One of the pendants I am currently wearing belonged to you, when we made eye contact it activated and started burning." Sayaka said as she removed the pendant from around her neck and handed it to him."If the pendant glows with a golden fire then it proves that you are my younger brother." As soon as Micheal touched the pendant it flared with golden fire and etching 2 designs onto itself. "I was right. Mother and Father will be ecstatic to find out that you are still alive." Sayaka said as the pendant started glowing. "Um, Big Sis, why is the fire etching designs onto the pendant?" Luci asked "Oh that''s becasue the pendant is made from the essence stone of a powerful monster. It is mearly etching the forms of Essence inside Micheal." Sayaka said,"That reminds me, Micheal you said that you had 2 types of Essence what are they?" "One is Undead Essence and the other is Dragon Essence." just as Micheal said that he felt a pull coming from the pendant."Um sis, is the pendant suposed to feel like it''s pulling a part of me inside?" "Wow, Undead, Demon, and Dragon Essence''s, no wonder you couldn''t leave this place, and yes it is supposed to feel like that at first as it is merging with the essences that you have when it is finished it will start absorbing the essence released by monsters and demonic beasts that you kill and inturn purify the Essence within as well as make them stronger. But enough of that for now tell me how did you come to be here?" Sayaka asked. "I don''t know I have no memories beyond those of a few weeks ago. I awoke in the necromancer experimentaion lab and all I knew was my name, not even the SYSTEM knew who I was." Micheal told her. "The SYSTEM didn''t know who you were? Impossible.....unless the Holy Empire has found a way to do such a thing." Sayaka said in a disturbed voice. ''Ding''
Pendant has been bound to host''s Essence. Access to the Essence system granted. Begining absorbtion and purification of expelled Essence. Converstion rate 1% purifed Essence= 10 Essence Points. Time till absorbtion of expelled Essence 2 minutes.
"Hey maybe it has something to do with the person in black that killed the necromancer, maybe he worked for the Holy Empire." Yuki stated. "That is a problem to figure out at another time for now we should leave." Vi said. "Big Sis Vi is right. Big Sis Sayaka let''s go, I want to see our home and meet Mother and Father. Oh the pendant has finished binding with me. Hey Big Sis Sayaka, what are essence points?" Micheal asked "EH?! You have access to essence points? How? Can your Essence''s Evolve?" Sayaka asked "Yes, and yes." Micheal said." Purging the Demon Essence gave me 1000 EP(Essence Points), and now the pendant is try to absorb the expelled Essence at a conversion rate of 1% Purified Essence to 10 EP. It will be finished in about 2 minutes." "This is great, since that is the case we definitely need to get you back to the Clan so that you can learn everything that the clan knows about Essence." Sayaka said. -Meanwhile at the Phoenix Clan- Grand Elder what do you mean Micheals pendant has started to glow? It was cracked and on the verge of shattering just over a week ago was it not?" asked the Clan Head. "Yes sir it did, but 4 days ago it mended itself back toperfect condition and now it has begun to glow and etch essence symbols into itself. This can only mean that Young Miss Sayaka has found the Young Master and given him his pendant that she carried these past 3 years." stated the Grand Elder,"Whats more is it seems that the Young Master has multiple Essences." "I see....Go and find Sayaka. Bring her and Micheal to me immediately." ordered the clan head. "As you command, sir." Said the Grand Elder as he left the hall. "Micheal you have returned to us. Quickly come home before it is to late." The Clan Head said under his breath. -Back to Micheal''s Group- "Ah the air out here is so much better than inside those ruins." Micheal said as he took a deep breath. "Micheal, when your Essence awoke you should have awoken your inborn Class, can you tell us what it is?" Sayaka asked. "Ah, I''m a Monk. Do you know what a monk is suposed to do?" asked Micheal.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. "Monks are a rather obscure Class. From what little is known about them they can bend the natural elements to their will much like a Spell Caster Class but they do so in a different way. If I recall Correctly Father is also a Monk as is Grandfather. Looks like you will have to start taking classed after we return." as Sayaka was saying this the ring of her middle finger flashed a red light. ''Sayaka return home immediately and bring Micheal with you. The Head wants to see you both.'' Sayaka''s face turned red as she responded,''Grand Elder, we where just about to returrn to the clan. It seems that the mission my party took to kill that necromancer that was kidnapping children led us to him. Apperently whatever happened to him these past 3 years has sealed away his memories if it wasn''t for me carrying his pendant we never would have known it was him. Please report to father that Micheal''s Class has also awoken, he is a Monk and will need to begin his training.'' "Big Sis, What was that flashing light on your ring?" Micheal asked "My ring has the ability to transmit thoughts between the Clan and myself. It is an item that cna only be used by members of the clan who have our blood. thus those who marry into the Clan can never use them." Sayaka said. "I see, I wnder if my ring can do the same." Micheal wondered aloud. "Your ring?" the girls askedsimultaneously "Yes, I had it on when I woke up in the necromancers lab."Micheal said as he showed them the Ring of Primal Choas "I''ve never seen a ring like that before, it seems to be made of an incredibly high grade soul stone. Does it have any abilities?" Tris asked "Yes a few but I''ve only gained access to a few of them. One is the ability to create a portal to a pocket dimension that I own thanks to the ring and the other is a void dimension that can store an unlimited amount of objects as long as the object weighs less that 500 Lbs. if it weighs more than that it will need to be broken down so that I can store it. Time passes dfferently in both areas. in the pocket dimension time flows 10 times faster and will only get faster as I get stronger and the void dimension time doesn''t pass at all so things will always remain as fresh as the day it was stored." Micheal told them "Incredible, it seems you have the perfect training ground with on you and it goes wherever you go. How many people can enter it?" Vi asked "Ignore her she''s a training junkie and you just told her that you have a place that can fit 10 hours of training into a single hour." Luci said "It can take as many people I want it to take. They just need my permission to access it first. If you would like big sis Vi I can grant you permission to enter so you can see for yourself but mind you it grows as I grow so not only will it get bigger but the time will flow even faster as I level up. For the moment there is a time limit for how long one can be in the pocket dimension, 4 hours. That means that you get 40 hours of training before you are forcefully ejected. This will also change as I get stronger and if my understanding of time itself grows it can change as well." Micheal said "Please do" Vi said as she was drooling," heheheheheh, 40 hours of training in just 4 hours this is great." Micheal made eye contact with Vi and opened the pocket dimension, saying,"Permission Granted." As he said those two simple words a band of light appeared on Vi''s wrist forming a braclet.
Permission to enter Micheal Phoenix''s Personal Pocket Dimension has been granted. Braclet formed. Welcome Vivian Threshold.
"A braclet?" Vi asked "It seems that when you get permission to access it determins what form the item required to enter takes." Micheal said "See you guys in 4 hours," Vi said as she vanished inot the pocket dimension "Well that was interesting, lets set off. Luci, Yuki, Tris, when we get back to the acadamy we will have to split up. I''ve been called back to the clan with Micheal." Sayaka said "That''s fine," Tris said "If you say so." Said Luci "Alright." Said Yuki As the group left they didn''t notice a figure clad in black staring at them from atop the ruins. "Interesting, the boy knew nothing of my exsistence yet still passed the blame for McGlords death onto me." ????,"I have to report the escape to his holiness and inform them the project was a success. He houses 3 souls and can even access their powers and plays host to thier Essence. When the time is ripe I hope that I am the one who is given the order to extract the souls and Essences." -3 days later- "alright this is where we part ways. After I''m finished with the clan I''ll return." Sayaka said "Ok, but first, Micheal could you grant hte rest of the girls permission to enter the pocket dimension?," Vi asked "Sure." Micheal said
Permission to enter Micheal Phoenix''s Personal Pocket Dimension has been granted. Necklace formed. Welcome Beatrice Longheart
Permission to enter Micheal Phoenix''s Personal Pocket Dimension has been granted. Earring formed. Welcome Yukino Inukai
Permission to enter Micheal Phoenix''s Personal Pocket Dimension has been granted. Anklet formed. Welcome Lucifer Brightsoul
Flashes of light appeared on each of the girls as the items formed. "Thanks Micheal, we''ll be sure not to abuse this or let anyone else know about this," Tris said "Thanks big sis Tris, if I get lucky maybe I''ll see you guys when or if I get to join the acadamy." Micheal said "Let''s go Micheal, we have another week until we reach the clan if we go by foot but if we rent a carriage it should only take another 3-4 days. what do you think by foot or by carriage?" Sayaka asked "I think we should go by carriage, I want to see Mother and Father as soon as possible. Besides the sooner we get back to the clan the sooner I can start my training and the sooner I can go and attend the acadamy with you and the others." Micheal said "Ok by carriage it is then." Sayaka said. -4 Days later outside the Phoenix Clan- "Here we are, Micheal. We will go straight for the main hall." Said Sayaka. "Ok, lets go big sis." Micheal said. As they approached the gate the gaurds stopped them "Halt, this is the territory of the Phoenix Clan. State your Name and what business you have with us." "My name is Sayaka Phoenix, you dare to bar my entrance?" Sayaka said in a tone that chilled the blood of the gaurds and Micheal "Miss Sayaka I apologize we weren''t expecting you to return anytime soon, but who is the child next to you?" asked one of the gaurds "There will be an announcement to the entire clan shortly." Sayaka said as she pulled Micheal with her beyond the gates. Chapter 3 Final Part: Reuniting & Slave As they passed through the gate the guard had questioning look on his face, but let them pass without further questions. "Sister, why did you not tell that guard who I was?", Micheal asked. "As I stated there will be an announcment released to the entirety of the clan in a short while, Father and Mother will want to see you first before telling everyone that you have returned safely." Sayaka stated bluntly. As they walked down the road towards a small mansion Micheal''s eyes were darting left and right taking in everything they could. He saw various groups of people, some with pointed ears, some with animal attributes (i.e. ears, talis,claws, etc), some held bows, others held swords or staffs. What caught Micheals attention about most of them however was that almost 70% of the people he saw where all earing a collar of some sort. "Hey, Big Sis, why are those poeple wearing collars?", Micheal asked quietly "Those people are slaves. Some wee sold into slavery either as Crime Slaves or Debt Slaves, while others where born into slavery. The Debt Slaves are used as Guards and as infintry in the clans army until they pay off their debts at which point they are released and given the option to either remain or leave. Crime slaves however are forbidden from ever holding a weapon again and are used as manual labor, they perform the repairs to the clans holdings and work the fields. As for those who are born into slavery they are made into slaves to pay for the sins of their parents, unless one of the parents is a free-man in which case the non slave parent decides whether or not the child becomes a slave. Everyone has to follow the rules if they are to own a slave such as Debt slaves cannot be used for......Mature activites were as crime slaves can. The rules regadring such things for those born onto slavery however are a moral grey area." Sayake told him before recognition appeared on her face,"One of the rules for us Direct Descendants is that upon the awakening of our Essence we are to recieve a Slave who is to swear an eternal loyalty oath, the only rule is that it has to be someone of the opposite gender, my slave, Gustov, is a Lycan who was born into slavery, and has served me loyally for years to the point that he has more than earned the freedom I granted him." As Sayaka finished telling these things to Micheal she saw that he had a look of both confusion and expectance. After walking in scilence for another 10~15 minutes they had reached the main house, as soon as Sayaka and Micheal set foot beyond the walls surrounding it the door burst open and out walked 4 people 3 men and a single woman. Micheal looked at all of them and used ''Identify'', unfortunatly all he was able to see was the names and age of the 4.
Bastion Phoenix Age 88 Male
Karl Whirlz Age 38 Male
KatjaPhoenix Age 35 Female
Ashura Phoenix Age 35 Male
"Sayaka, is this him? The boy you claim to be your missing brother?," asked Karl. "Yes, Uncle Karl this is him," Sayaka said "It is him I can feel it, I would know my baby boy anywhere, after all IDID carry him for 10 months," Said Katja. This caused all the people in the area to turn towards her. "That maybe so but his blood still needs to be tested, Boy hold out your left arm." Ordered Bastion as he removed a small silver dagger and a small black orb. As micheal sent Sayaka a confused look only to see an stoic look upon her face, he held out his left wrist as he was ordered to, as he did a flash of silver cut horizontally across leaving a cut at the base of his palm. Blood slowly began to flow from the shallow cut onto the orb causing it to shange from it''s black color to a crystal clear one, only to have it change once more to a deep red color akin to fire. "He has passed the test and he is indeed my grandson", Bastion said with a hint of joy in his voice. "Come tonight we celebrate his return and tomorrow he shall go through the assessment to deem how his training shall start since Sayaka has reported that his class is Monk." "I agree whole heartedly father but there is still the fact that since his Essence has awoken he needs to receive his first slave to tend to him as per the clan rules, I shall take him to the slave housing to help him choose and inform him of the rules of owning a slave." Katja said. "Ah, your right Katja how could I forget, you go with him whilst things are prepared here and Sayaka explains in detail on how she found Micheal." Bastion said sheepishly as he motioned for the rest to enter the main house. Katja reached over and gentle grabbed Micheals hand and started chanting,"Oh Spirits of Light I beseech thee to come forth and restore the flesh of the wounded {Minor Heal}." As she finished chanting her hand glowed with a soft white light and Micheal felt the cut itch for a second as it healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, resulting in him staring at his mother with surprise written on his face,"I Didn''t know mother was a White Mage," He said.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. "Silly boy, I''m no White Mage I surpassed White Mage and Class Up''ed to Priestesss when I was Carrying you. It was your father that conviced me to persue the path of healing as it meant that he would have another reason to protect me, I initially wanted to Class Up into an Undead Hunter but he was convinced that if I did so it would mean loosing me, that fool he walks the path of the demon monk but still worries about his family." Katja said with love flicking in her eyes. ----15 minutes later--- "The rules for owning a slave are rather simple, yet can very from each catagory of slave, crime slaves: cannot carry weapons, must have at least 1 meal a day, and must have the bare minimum housing, can be used for experiments and other such activities, can never be freed. debt slaves: may carry weapons, 3 meals a day, and commoner housing, cannoy be used for experiments and other such activities, are only slaves until they work off their debts. As for those born into slavery, the conditions are up to the master." Katja explained as they arrived at the slave''s housing. Upon seeing Katja and Micheal aproach the gaurds infront of the housing inquired as to the reason for the visit, only to be order to summon out all of the young female slaves. A few minutes later, all of the requested slaves were lined up in front of them. "Alright Micheal it''s time for you to pick your slave, if you so choose you can make requests of shorten the amount of slaves to choose from." Katja said Micheal looked at all of the slaves present, some looked confident whilst others looked scared, before stating,"I wish to see those only born into slavery, if possible." roughly 95% of the slaves were sent back to the housing, all of the ones sent away looked a little upset, whilst the remaining slaves looked confused. Micheal started using ''Identify'' on the remaining slaves before he pointed at 5 slaves and said that the rest could leave. The remaining 5 slaves looked confused, what was so special about them that this person had singled them out.
Natalia Female age 13 Class Knight LVL 1 Race: Dragonewt(Fire)
Hitomi Female Age 7 Class - Race: Half DemonKin(Oni) Half BeastKin(Black Cat)
Wendy Female Age 10 Class Alchemist LVL 1 Race: Elf(High)
Cassidy Female Age 11 Class Witch LVL 1 Race Gnome
Jean Female Age 12 Class SpellSword LVL 1 Race: Human
After taking another glance at the remaing 5 Micheal fell grew curious,''Why does that girl, Hitomi not have a class while the other do, has she not awakened her class or does she just not have one.....interesting....'', after a few minutes of being quite Katja asked," Is there a problem with Micheal?" "No, Mother I was just thinking. I pick her", Micheal said whilst pointing at Hitomi. "Alright then, Please follow us young lady, we will take you to preform the ceremony to make my son your master and teach you the rules that you will need to follow." Katja said Looking scared Hitomi lowered her head and quickly stood 5 paces behind Micheal, matching his pace step for step. Noticing this Micheal smiled slightly, whicch Katja noticed before Micheal started Taking steps that looked out of place, long stpes ,short steps, random stops, and many other strage steps only to notice that after a few falters the girl managed to match his pace once again. ''Interesting she can copy my movement techniques begginer steps.... I wonder what else she can do.'' After a few minutes of this Katja reached over and slapped Micheal on the back of the head and told him to stop teasing the girl. "Yes, Mother" was all he said before fixing his steps. Shortly after they arrived at a small cabin with 3 rooms. A bedroom an empty room and the main room. Katja pulled the girl to the bedroom and told Micheal to stay put and not to peek. After a few minutes of silence he heard a loud splashing sound and a young girls quite scream, the splashing laster about 5 minutes before a small tub was kicked out the door by Katja. 15 Minutes after that they came out from the room, Katja looking as she did when she entered, Hitomi bathed and in a set of clean maids clothes(image link at the bottom), Hitomi then bowed to Micheal and quietly said "Master." Micheal felt his face flush for some reason and his breathing became a little ragged, KAtja saw this and chuckled to herself," It''s time for the ceremony, come along you two." Katja stated as she walking into the seemingly empty room, only to see that it held a few items of a shelf not to far away from them, namely a branding iron and a blade similar to the one that Bastion had used on Micheal to test his blood. Katja closed the door and had Hitomi expose her back to her, berfore grabbing the branding iron and chanting," Spirits of Fire, Hear my call, Ignite", a small flame came into existence and merged with the branding iron making it red hot and maliable, she handed it to Micheal and told him to imagine a symbol that would become his slave seal. Closing his eyes Micheal tried to picture a symbol but couldn''t stop seeing Hitomi in her outfit standing next to him, eventuall the image began to fade hissilhouette fadede and became white whilst hers became black eventually they started swirling together and a portion of theirsilhouette''s flew into each other before stabilising in a perfect circle. He then felt a tug and opened his eyes only to see that the brand had changed to become the circle he had in his mind, and Katja pulling the branding iron out of his hands before setting it onto Hitomi''s back leading to her screaming in pain. "Micheal take the blade and cut your finger, just enough for a drop of blood to flow out, make sure you drop that blood onto the brand you have made." Katja ordered him in a rushed voice. After doing so he felt a sudden throbbing pain in his head only to have it quickly fade away and felt a presence in his mind folloing it''s direction had him looking directly at Hitomi''s back. "Congradualtions Michealm, this girl is your first slave, I''ll lead you to the small house that has been set aside for you and allow you to get aquainted with each other." Chapter 4 Training Begins Michael awoke the next morning in a room he didn''t recognize, not that he would recognize many of them. Before he could get out of bed, Hitomi walked in with a towel and a wash bucket,"Good Morning, Master, breakfast will be ready in a few moments and your Grandfather is here to talk to you", she said. "Thank you, Hitomi. I''ll be out shortly," replied Michael. ''What could my supposed Grandfather want.....The only things that comes to mind is either Sayaka told him about my rings abilities, my Monk class, or my Essence.'' Micheal finished washing up and got dressed in clothes that had been set out, as he dressed he used inspect on the clothes.
Silk Cheongsam: a red silk shirt embroidered with a golden dragon and silver skull. Def: +0. Ability: auto-Repair, Unknown x4.
Silk Pants: A pair of black silk pants. Def: +0. Abilities:Auto-Repair, Unknown x4
Silk gloves: A pair of fingerless silk gloves. Def: +0. ATK: +0. Abilities: Auto-Repair, Unknown x4
Silk Shoes: A pair of silk shoes. Def: +0. ATK: +0. Abilities: Auto-Repair, Unknown x4
''Unknown abilities.......huh I wonder what they are regardless I shouldn''t delay any longer, time to go'' Michael left his room and headed towards the smell of cooked food. As he entered to room he noticed Hitomi with a flustered face and Bastion was chuckling. "What''s so funny, Grandfather?" Michael asked. "Well boy, I was chuckling at how flustered yer slave girl is about how to set out yer food. The way she has it plated reminded me of my Stella, Have a look", Bastion said as he held out a plate covered in food. The only way Michael could describe the way it looked was like it was plated by a newlywed wife, which slightly surprised Michael because he didn''t know what that actually looked like, all he could do was let out a small grin and stare at Hitomi causing her to become even more flustered. As he took note of Hitomi¡¯s flustered face, which he thought made he look a little cute, he noticed that his grandfather''s speech pattern had changed. ¡°Grandfather, why is it that you are talking differently than you were yesterday when we met?¡± Bastion gave him a small nod before replying.¡±yesterday was more formal and I had no choice but to talk like that, to be honest I¡¯d rather speak plainly and now I can because the formalities are over and done with. I digress though the reason I came over is to start your training as a monk and member of the Phoenix clan, as well as to let you know that since you have a slave that has yet to undergo the awakening ceremony to find her class or classes that she will be taken for a short while to have it done. She will be back shortly before the day¡¯s training is done. Now eat, but not to much, I don¡¯t want you vomiting on the training field.¡± Michael was confused,¡±Grandfather what is the awakening ceremony? Sayaka said that my Class came about after my Essence was unsealed but made no mention of a ceremony.¡± Bastion made a small frown when he heard that, so he explained. ¡°The awakening ceremony is what usually causes one¡¯s class(es) and in the case of the essence bearing clans to unlock and unseal ones class(es) and essence. It seems that you had yours unsealed when you were found, perhaps it was whoever killed that necromancer did it¡­.I will have to think on it.¡± Shortly after Michael followed Bastion out and into an empty field that contained training equipment, practice scarecrows, targets and the like, as well as a large building that contained various pieces of equipment that could not be left out to be affected by the weather. Bastion entered the building and came out with a pair of bracer with claws that looked like what trainee knights would where which he tossed to Michael,¡±Put them on lad, they are limit bracers, tier 6. Though they seem mismatched they will suit you quite well as a pair since each matches your Essence Types. And don¡¯t worry about removing that ring of yours the bracers will fit adjust to fit around it.¡± Michael did as he was told and suddenly felt sluggish and heavy, even his thoughts had slowed down to roughly half of what they should be. This made him become alert as he felt it was a trap. Upon seeing Michaels face Bastion started guffawing harshly. ¡°I know you have the inspect skill lad I felt you use it on me yesterday when we met, go ahead and use it on the Bracers.¡±Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! Michael lifted his arms which felt like large heavy stones and started at the bracers ¡®inspect¡¯.
Limit Bracers: A mismatched pair of bracers designed to make one feel their current physical, mental and spiritual limits. Made from the bones and flesh of an elder arch-lich and ancient dragon and soaked in their blood for 66 years. Tier 6 of 10. Effects: Shows limits on status screen. Makes one feel their limits at all times until limits have been broken. 24 hour cooldown before effects take place again on wearer after limits have been broken. Claw attachment can be used as a weapon.
¡®Status¡¯
Name: Michael Phoenix Level: 01 EXP: 2000/150 Change Class
Titles: Race: Human Essenceragon/Undead
Class: Monk Class Level: 01 CXP: 0/100 EP: Neu: 100, Dr: 0, Ud: 0
HP: 120/120 HP Regen: 0.002/sec Qi: 100/100
MP:120/120 MP Regen 0.002/sec Qi Regen: 0.02/sec
SP:120/120 SP Regen: 0.002/sec Meridians
Str: 15/40 Dex: 15/32 Vit: 15/61
Con: 15/41 End: 15/38 Cha: 16/39
Int: 20/50 Wis: 15/50 Spr:15/45
¡°Can you see the limits of your current self, boy?¡± Bastion asked Michael. He nodded in response. ¡°Good tell me what it says. I need to know so that I can set up a proper training plan for you, and I mean all of it no skimping on the information, just to be safe i¡¯ll use analyze on you to see if you¡¯re lying to me.¡± Michael repeated all that his Status screen showed him to Bastion and ended up focusing on the Class Change section that was available, a Large List appeared in front of him and removed the Status screen.
Classes Change List: ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? Chemist ??? ...
The list continued on for quite a while before Bastion slapped Michael on the back startling him causing the window to close. ¡°What in the Blue Blazes have you been staring at for the past hour boy?¡± Michael considered lying to him before figuring that would be a bad idea. ¡°The class change system that I seem to have access to, it was really long and almost all of them are unknown showing only ???. That and I was considering leveling up since my EXP is more than what is required.¡± ¡°How long would you say that list is?¡± Bastion asked with a serious look on his face,¡± oh and no leveling up until i give you permission.¡± Michael glowered for a bit when he was told he was forbidden from leveling up, but responded to his grandfather,¡±The list has about 10 or so pages if i was to write it out, and that was only what I saw.¡± ¡°10 pages?! Maybe it wasn¡¯t just the classes you have but maybe also the variant paths¡­..this is something i¡¯ve never heard of before¡­.wait it took you this long to only get through that many why?¡± ¡°The bracers¡­.remember?¡± ¡°Oh right, I forgot they also affect mental capabilities.¡± Bastion said with a sheepish grin. ¡°We will begin your training now with basic warm-ups and exercises whilst I make a proper curriculum for your training and lessons.¡± Chapter 5 Elsewhere, in the Holy Capital ¡°Ah ,so the boy has returned to his family, and you claim that you sensed the seed inside of him, Kimon. Pray tell, which seed was it? A seed of War? Of Death? Of Pestilence? Of Famine? Of Conquest? Tell me which of the banners the boys seed falls under.¡± ¡°Your Holiness, the boy holds the seed of Pratan, The World Cleanser. The seed has merged with his undead Essence, and has become inseparable from him. I believe that is we still seek to use him for the organizations endgame that we should send a skilled wielder of a Death Seed to train him, as well as use this as a means to keep tabs on him at all times. Though I must remind you that the boy has lost all of his memories due to the seed merging with him and that idiotic necromancer¡¯s experiments.¡± Declared Kimon. ¡°I see, and who would you have us send to watch him? The teacher who grew too attached to him? The girl who declared herself his for all time? Either choice would suffice since, as you have stated he has no recollection of them. Though i feel they would choose his well being over that of the organization. Unless¡­¡­. Yes fetch those two, we shall send them but they will not be themselves, we shall remove their free will and sense of self, they shall become the Dolls that they were originally meant to be.¡± The high Priest declared with a look most lewd upon his face as he thought about the two females that he would be sending away. ¡°Your Holiness, I have one more thing to tell you. Pratan is not the only seed i sensed.I felt a Dragons seed that has merged with his Draconic Essence, it felt both Ancient and Powerful, yet Young and Weak.¡± Kimon stated ¡°Yes I can feel it even from here, it is Greireis, The Eternal One. One of the Dragon counter parts to our own power, that of the Horse-mans Banners. If i am not mistaken, the cause of his memory loss is the seeds merging with him. Their power eclipsed him so entirely that they consumed most of his soul but in return have granted him power beyond that which even the system could understand. Our one true god has told me so herself. In time the System shall add these new abilities and powers to itself once it has gained full understanding of them.¡± Stated the High Priest. A few moments later a pitiful looking man opened the door declaring,¡±Your Holiness, I have brought the two as you have asked.¡± Behind him two females, one a Nephilim named Esa. The other a Tiefling named Lilki. ¡°¡±Your Holiness¡±¡±, they both declared as the kneeled before him. ¡°I have a very, very special mission for the two of you, involving a friend of your Michael Phoenix. He has returned to his home and needs those to teach him to wield the power we granted him before he was spirited away by a necromancer. You are to keep an eye on him at all times and report back to Kimon directly but, as i feel that you would betray us to aid him in whatever he decides to do in the future. You shall be stripped of all free will and sense of self, to become mindless dolls who can only follow orders and never deny the orders of your superiors, in this case Kimon and Myself. You will only be able to accept minor orders from the boy. Should you resist you will be put to death as traitors.¡± The High Priest declared with a wicked smile of his face, the ritual, a short one, ending as he added a few more words whilst they still retained themselves,¡°When you return, should you do well, i will reward you with time warming my bed during the night, it is more than you lesser beings deserve but i reward my pets well.¡± A look of horror flashed across their faces before all traces of emotion and personality disappeared. They were then dressed in cloaks and set in a wagon bound for the Main branch of the Phoenix clan. The days past and became months, before they reached their final destination, they had been assailed by monsters no less than 34,698 times(each an individual monster) and by bandits 183 times. Upon entering the territory of the Phoenix clan they felt something for the first time since they were stripped down to the mindless dolls they had become. A sense of warmth that they couldn¡¯t describe. It wasn¡¯t long until they arrived at their final destination and left the wagon. As they walked up to the gate a boy of about 10 years of age ran past them at a speed that shouldn¡¯t have been possible for his age, only to hear ¡°DAMMIT BOY STOP RUNNING AWAY IT¡¯S TIME FOR YOUR DAILY LESSONS. NOW GET BACK HERE BEFORE I TELL HITOMI NOT TO MAKE YOU ANY SUPPER!¡± the boy stopped and turned back towards the voice. When the girls saw him they felt that same warmth as when they entered the territory of the Phoenix clan, why was that. Their heads started hurting at the same time, they fell to their knees, screaming in pain. ¡°Gramps come quick there are some people here who seem to be in quite a pit of pain,¡± The bot yelled. The girls passed out after hearing the boy call for help. Whilst they were unconscious they enters a strange foggy realm. ¡°WELL KNOW WHAT HAVE WE HERE, TWO FEMALES WHO KNOW OUR HOST YET CANNOT REMEMBER DUE TO SUCH A MINOR CURSE. TELL US CHILDREN IF WE REMOVE THIS CURSE WILL YOU SWEAR UNDYING LOYALTY TO THE BOY? TO HELP HIM GROW INTO A FINE VESSEL FOR US TO UNLEASH OURSELVES UPON YOUR WORLD? I CAN ALREADY FEEL THE POWER OF OTHERS INSIDE OF YOU THUS PRATAN CANNOT GRANT HIS STRENGTH. BUT I WILL. SWEAR TO AID NIANLONG AND MAKE HIM INTO A FINE DRAGON. NO MAKE HIM INTO A FINE WORLD CLEANSER, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GRANT YOU STRENGTH BUT I CAN GRANT YOU THE POWER TO STAND BY HIS SIDE AT ALL TIME. AFTER ALL THAT IS WHAT THE TWO OF YOU SWORE IN THE PAST. WHAT IT WAS YOU SAW IN THE BOY BEFORE HE BECAME OUR HOST I SHALL NEVER KNOW. REGARDLESS. MAKE YOUR CHOICE MORTALS.¡±Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. As the voices rumbled throughout the strange realm both girls agreed though not without hesitation. They had made Michael promise? When? Who was michael? Why did it hurt that they couldn¡¯t remember? ¡°¡±WE AGREE¡±¡± Both of them shouted with all of te strength they could muster. ¡°HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA VERY WELL THEN TAKE MY GIFT, ¡®THE UNDYING¡¯. YOU HAVE CHOSEN WISELY CHILDREN TAKE MY GIFT, ¡®THE DRAGONESS¡¯ BLESSING¡¯.¡±
You have received the blessings of two supreme beings. The Undying: a trait that prevents permanent death. The stronger you are the longer it takes for you to resurrect. Even capable from returning from a drop of blood. The Dragoness¡¯ Blessing: A blessing from a supreme Dragon solely designed for females to become dragoness¡¯ after a period of time. What type of dragon the traits holder becomes is dependent upon their personality. Acts as Draconic Essence. Makes one Mate for Life with their beloved and become a part of their hoard (Harem) should the recipient of their love wish it to be so.
The curse of the doll has been removed, free will and sense of self returning. Memories being restored. Time until full restoration: 6 years, 4 months and 15 days.
Michael¡¯s POV After the 2 girls past out Gramps and I carried them towards the infirmary designated for travellers, but something inside me said to take them elsewhere, to take them to my abode. I had no idea why i felt like that was the proper course, and Hitomi would be furious that i brought two unknown women into our hose. Though i haven¡¯t the foggiest as to why she gets so mad about such things, i¡¯m only doing what i felt was right last time¡­.. How was i supposed to know that the girl was actually a Majin. Though the system did recognize her as a tamed monster, which if i¡¯m being honest should have been a dead give away for me. Ever since that day hitomi has forbidden me to share my meals with anyone not approved of by her, and most definitely not and creatures i encounter whilst training with gramps. I digress, after we arrived at my home we set them in the guest room to let them rest. Hitomi was furious at me for bringing them here. After we set them in bed, hitomi and grandmother chased us out of the room with a spatula and frying pan in each hand, declaring that if we, and i quote ¡°set one foot inside that room before they learned who the girls where and what they were doing in the Phoenix clan then not only would we not get any supper for a month straight but we would have to sleep on our respective couches.¡± it made me curious as to why i would have to sleep on such an uncomfortable thing when i had a room all to myself¡­..except for the nights when Hitomi thought she was being sneaky and slipping into my bed with me, the only reason i ever noticed was because gramps would slipp snakes and spiders into my bedroll when we trained away from the clan. A few hours later, Hitomi POV Master brought home more women again. What am i gonna do with him, well at least these two aren¡¯t Majin. That slime girl and dullahan are so annoying. There isn¡¯t anything i can do about them since they have become his tamed Majin, though they will eventually evolve into something different and become even more beautiful. The slime girl can change her body shape at will to do whatever she wants with master. If it wasn¡¯t for masters grandmother i would never have been able to beat her down and make her understand that i was at the top of the food chain in here serving master in any way possible . the Dullahan isn¡¯t nearly as bad since she mostly just trains but when she removes that damned armor i can¡¯t help but feel inferior to er, in both looks and size. She has declared that she is masters knight and thus must serve his every need but thankfully she accepted the rule of first come, first serve. We each have our own rooms. Kimiko, the slime girl, has a room designed especially for her races needs. Moist and dark yet at the same time is basically an indoor garden where she grows so many different types of flowers. At this rate she might evolve into a Pink Slime¡­¡­ if she does i must keep her away from master till after his coming of age ceremony. As for Rachel, the Dullahan, her room is shaped like a Dojo, full of training equipment and various types of weapons and armor. Though one day when i was cleaning her room i came across a different type of ¡®training¡¯ equipment and scolded her. She said that she had to train herself for master. As for my room, it¡¯s as one would expect from a slave turned assassin maid though in comparison to the others there is a lot more frills and almost everything is covered in hand drawn pictures of master. I even collected some of masters discarded items. In my closet i have the plate and fork he used for the first ever meal i cooked for him. 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Ah i drooled a bit. I¡¯ve consented to share master but all others must first pass my examination and test. Ah the girls are waking up now. Time to see what is going on. sorry For those of you that are still waiting for a next chapter, i have to apologize for my silence, i''ve been in a messy divorce/custody battle with me EX-wife, and cause me to stop writing ofr a while, as such i have forgotten where i was going with this and will be re-writing the chapters that are already out and (hopefully) adding some new ones as well. That being said I do plan on changing a few things mainly about the MC''s progression and beginings. Once again I apologize and hope you all will enjoy the re-write when it comes outThis story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Prologue Prologue ¡®Huh, so death is this boring huh?¡¯, I asked myself as I floated in a dark void. I had no idea how long I had been there in the darkness. ¡®Wait am I dead? Last thing I remember was reading one of my favorite books for the umteenth time and then, nothing¡­¡­ Ya i¡¯m gonna guess that i¡¯m more than likely dead.¡¯ ¡°Not so much, dead as fell out of the petri dish.¡± A voice, neither male nor female said from all around me. ¡°I can sense that you are a little confused. I am what you would call the source, all dimension and all realities were crafted by me. Let¡¯s take the petri dish analogy that I used a moment ago. Every reality inside a dimension is a petri dish on a shelf. The higher the shelf, the higher the dimension, the stronger the soul, et cetera. Entities like yourself who fall outside of their respective petri dishes are rare but you are not the first nor will you be the last. I can however send you into a different reality, that would suit your soul, but you cannot be human in this new reality, your soul wasn¡¯t suited for what you life was for which is what caused your nihilism and depression. Do you accept my offer?¡± ¡®What¡¯s the catch? There is always a catch.¡± I said ¡°True there is always a price to pay, in this case it will be you memories and personality, you will have to be reforged in the process and come out a new soul but you will have some gifts in exchange, give and take as it were, I take away your memories and knowledge and personality, in return you receive a new life in a new reality that matches what you desire, a few gifts, and a fresh perspective on life. Sound fair to you?¡± The voice asked.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. ¡®What would these gifts be? Am I allowed to pick what they are? And why ask? Why not just do it?¡¯ I thought at the voice The voice said. ¡®I want a great set of cultivation techniques, the ability to use all forms of magic without restriction or restrain, the ability to come back even from death to a state I was in before death, though to make that one within the bounds of reason, it should be timed and take longer the stronger I get. Lets see, that''s Three, what should my last to be¡­¡¯ ¡°That¡¯s four not three, removing the restrictions and restraints counts a gift for your ability to use magic counts as an additional gift. But smart of you to add the conditions for your fourth gift.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what I should ask for for my final gift. So surprise me.¡± I thought. If this is real i was going to lose everything that made me, well¡­ me. Then the pain began it felt as if I was in the middle of a roaring inferno in the core of the sun, or at least that was as close as I could come with an analogy, and then nothingness.