《Appolon》 Prologue James Hanson is an 32 year old sergeant in the army.He is 170 cm tall,he has sharp features and blonde hair with emerald green eyes.He became a sergeant and was awarded the medal the honor after he saved his squad from certain death. ''Beep Beep Beep Beep'' Sigh... "Another day at work..." James gets out of bed and opens the curtains. "Huh,I guess It''s going to rain today,better take my umbrella." After getting cleaned he dressed up in his favorite gray coat and went to the shed to find his umbrella. In his shed various objects lie around,for example his hunting rifle.Since he was a kid James always enjoyed hunting together with his father.Now that he is gone,every time he hunt''s he remembers "the good ol'' days". Next to his hunting rifle resides various old maps that he made over the years.Hanson always had a knack for carthography and over the last years he even made money selling some of his "pieces of art" as he would say. He also was the traveling sort.He visited numerous countries and enjoyed many different cultures and cuisines.In his last travel however he contracted a disease but the virus was still in the incubation period, until now... "Aha there you are" he said as he grabbed the umbrella. As soon as he got out he started to feel dizzy."MaybeI should call in a day off" He leaned over a tree, this was the worst mistake of his life. "Boom" Lightning had struck him and now he is only ash... James finds himself in a vast expansion of white,neverending,frightening and confusing. "Am I truly dead?!!" He touches his body and screams. "What is going here?! I have no scars over my body,no heartbeat...I truly am dead.What now?I''m gonna wait for judgement or something.Sigh...This is irritating." He waited and waited, minutes turned into hours and hours into days all of that he didn''t knew, all he needed was one step further and he would fall into the pit of insanity. Later, a figure started to approach him hallucination or not he decided to yell. "Hello do you hear me?" After saying that the figure disappeared from sight. "I really am going crazy.God damn!" "You called?" The figure from before reappered behind his back in an instant. "Don''t scare people like that! So you died as well?" "Umm...no.Does the name Yahwe ring any bells young man?I was supposed to get here for your reincarnation. "What took you so long?!God knows how much time I spent in here.And after all, It was all your fault, YOU struck me with thunder . If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation."While that may be true I''m only partially at fault.Anyways the world in which you''ll be reincarnated is called Appolon.Do you have any wishes?" "Yes I do.I want to a snow elf and I want to be able to buy skills if i need them." "Hmm...Interesting.Can I ask you why want to be a snow elf?" "I want to have the elf longevity in order to explore the world and also because of their large mana reserves." "Well if that is all I will no longer keep you busy.Goodbye." He heard voices,yet he didn''t understand, he shrugged it off as he knew he has to learn to speak elvish first. Besides him stood two figures one male and one female,his parents .Torthriel was his mother, she had silver hair and azure blue eyes dressed with a white garment and with a silver necklace around her neck. Tirdirion was his father.Both of his parents were hunters. "What will we name him?" asked the mother. "What do you think of Elior?" "It sounds nice. Elior,our son..." ''Well since this is a fantasy world maybe...Show Status''
Status
Name James Elior
Age 0 years
Race Snow Elf(90%) Dragonkin(10%)
Gender Male
Level N/A
Class N/A
Traits
HP 50/50 Mana 1/1
DEX 1 VIT 1
INT 4 STR 1
WIS 5 CHA 3
''Not bad for a todler...Show skils''
Skills
Hunter lvl 6 Carthographer lvl 10(max) Cooking Lvl 4 Martial Arts lvl 5 Gardening lvl 3 Daggers lvl 3
Carthographer lvl 10 - This person has an peerles skill in carthography.Unlocks minimap. Growing Up Year 1 James loved spending time with his parents although they would leave to go hunting frequently.Most of the time he would meditate in order to gather mana inside his body.His father even carved him a wooden toy but he didn''t have time to play, he needed to get stronger. He won''t start physical training until the age of 8.Whenever his parents leave, the village elder, his grandfather Tirion, would take care of him.He would ask his grandfather to tell him stories so that he would learn more about this world. "And so demon king of Hades was defeated and the heroes zzzzzzzzzzz...." "He fell asleep...again. Sigh... At least I can get some meditation done.I did get a bit of information." ''The snow elf kingdom Lossendor is an Archipelago that resides near the ice cap, north of the continent of Argus.Our village is situated up in the north of the kingdom which means that there is a posiblity of an ice troll raid at any given time but grandfather assured me that trolls only raid the border regions. I''ve also learned the snow elf''s natural affinities which is water and fire...that is nice but my status tells me I''m 10% dragonkin whatever that is" ''Analize dragonkin'' Dragonkin - The dragonkin are a powerfull race of fighters.Their only difference from a normal human is their lizard eyes and their skin which is known to be tough as iron.It is said that dragonkin are qi practitioners. ''Qi huh?...I''m really going to have fun in this life'' Year 5 James was conflicted.No matter what he did he couldn''t level up and couldn''t buy any skills.He would get to the bottom of this later. During those years he managed to gather quite a lot of mana. One day both his mother and father come up to him. "Dear do you know what day it is?" "No mommy I don''t..." "How could you forget this son" his father said."Today is your birthday.You are finally 5 years old.Come here to see your gift." He saw a fine carved bow that brought a smile to his face and tears in his eyes.His father wanted to teach him how to hunt. "Don''t cry..." his mother gave him a hug."From this day onward your father will teach you the art of the bow." ''Knock Knock'' "Hello dear!" "Father you came." "Grandpa I thought you had a meeting with the council." "And to miss my favorite grandson''s birthday?" "But I am your only grandson!"said James with a pout. "Come here look what I got you" James saw an old and dusty book in his hands.He didn''t like books too much back in his old life. "Not so excited are you?" his father said."This is no ordinary book son, your grandfather noticed some of your esoteric qualities." "Yes indeed.I have seen that you have the potential to become a mage so I decided this would be a nice gift.Apart from your hunting lessons I would teach you the Lessandori,Pavian and Ruscan languages." ''Inspect'' Novice Mage Book - A book with all the essentials to start your training in the path to magic. James POV: Today I''m going out hunting with my dad.I dress myself in my white fur coat as I remember what dad told me ''Have you noticed why are all the animals have white fur?A predator has to be cunning but that doesn''t mean that the prey could not.Right here in the snow is the perfect hiding spot.'' "Are you ready.? " "Yes." "Then lets go." We head to the shore.Dad takes a pouch and filles it with water.After his thirst is sated I ask. "Dad what are we hunting today and why did you drink water from the sea isn''t it salty" "Who told you sea water is salty it has always been sweet to the taste.Here have some." With weariness I take a gulp and ... to my surprise the water was refreshing. "We are going to hunt some deer today son and today I think you are ready to have your first kill.Up north there is patch of grass and Silver Deer gather to have a bite.Soon we will have a bite as well"he said while licking his lips. "Dad why are you so excited?" Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings."We haven''t had deer in months son. Aren''t you tired of rabbit stew and fish.Fish!My pride of an hunter will not allow me to eat those water lizardz any longer.I know what risks I''m taking letting you have the kill shot but I trust you can do it and if you don''t well...let''s just say you''ll live of walrus fat for the rest of the year. I know how much you ''like'' it." I gulped.We arrived at the spot but we found no deer and we waited untilanimals showed up. "See that big one over there.Draw your bow.Fix your shoulders how I taught you.Aim. ''I never used a bow during my hunting days in my previous life so I tensed up a bit'' Relax think of the deer meat,now think of the walrus fat...yes the slippery,disgusting walrus fat" "DAD!Stop!I''m trying to concentrate." ''I take aim and shoot... Hell yeah'' I scream inwardly. Bullseye!Well better said ''deerseye'' "Good job son" dad hugged me. ''Skill earned Marksmanship Achievement skill earned EagleEye'' I heard in my head.''Analyze Marksmanship'' Marksmanship lvl 2 - You''ve had your first kill with the bow.You are finally a marksman. Effects: + 1 dexterity per level Passive Bonus increased proficiency with a bow +10% EagleEye max - Crazy luck or not your first kill with a bow was literally a bullseye. Effects : Passive Bonus +50% eyesight Passive Bonuses do not increase with the level ''These skills are great compared with the present my vision then was like a blind''s man.I can see at a greater distance as well.Also with one dexterity per level of marksmanship I can become as swift as the wind.'' I helped dad carry the deer back home.This hunt was truly bountiful. Year 6 James POV: ''I''m taking the Ruscan lessons with my grandfather but I know this is french.I never learned french in my past life, I know spanish and I hope that will help me.'' "Good my boy now repeat after me "Je ne l¡¯ai pas fait.Je n¡¯ai pas touch¨¦ cette femme.Vous cherchez la mauvaise personne." ''Looking at my grandfather''s expression something tells me I should not repeat that but then again I should play his game. Afterwards he taught me some glyphs and their meaning and then went to do his work. While I was alone I went ahead to the woods and tried to create some spells.From the book I to get a mild understanding of magic.It basically said use your imagination.Well the warlock,wizard,witcher or whatever you wish to call this profession uses his knowledge of the world''s physics and bends It to his will sometimes even breaking said laws. I already figured out some basic spells like fireball,firebolt and their ice equivalents.I know what I''m trying to do is dangerous and because I couldn''t level up I have nothing better to do because I forgot to ask God to fix me up with an Interdidimensional satelite and tv. I begin with a simple fireball but then compress it and I create an hotter core within, this makes it rotate and with some help from me It is rotating even faster. I pointed to a tree and then I released it.'' Boom The flame hit the tree in the center making a a hole as big as an head and setting the whole tree on fire ''Sorry Tree.Man that took quite a lot of mana'' I thought not knowing that instant karma was on it''s way. A branch hit James knocking him unconscious. He woke up near a fire all tied up.He looked up and he saw an ugly blue skinned creature withtwo large tusks potruding out of his mouth wearing nothing but a tiger fur.He also had a knife pouch and a spear attached to his backside. He screamed. "Heya there mon shut up!Never seen a troll like self?" "N-no.." it was weird that he understood the language but that did not matter. "I don''t have time.I have to take my prey back to the village. C''mon lets go!" "What prey ?" he didn''t see any animal around . The troll had a wicked and evil smile on his face. "Take a guess mon." He was terrified.He wanted to cry but he couldn''t .He needed to escape. First Blood James POV: ''Come on James don''t panic you''re a veteran for god''s sake.Let''s go over the facts: Scary grinning troll check. Spear check.It can slash and pierce with ease at relative safe distance from the enemy. Knife pouch check.4 knives in total.Good for close quarter combat and also throwing. I wonder if I can see his stats.I issue the command observe in my mind. Name ? Race Trolloid Gender Male Level 8 Class Novice Alchemist Secondary Class Intermediate Warlock Traits HP 800/800 Mana 600/600 DEX 16 VIT 12 INT 14 STR 12 WIS 22 CHA 2 This guy is pretty strong.WHAT two classes?He doesn''t look like a mage to me. If only I can get one of his knives...but I''m getting ahead of myself I''m all tied up and I don''t think I can put down an 7feet tall troll by myself, I''m just a kid. I think I''m gonna try talking to "him".'' "So...you''re going to eat me or am I wrong?" ''BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! "You should see the look on your face!You expect me to eat you.YOU of all people!! Take a look at yourself mon!Eating a scrawny little kid such as yourself would be an insult to my pride. All you have to do is to help me.Consider my request a debt...your debt" "A debt?...I would''ve remembered seeing you before." "I rescued you and healed your injuries.Look kid all I need is some food and a place to rest for the night and I''ll be out of your hair." The troll takes a knife and frees James. "You''re very considerate.I would''ve expected a troll to be more...fierce" "Don''t jump to conclusions kid.If it were up to my family you would have made a very tasty soup.But I don''t care about any of those bastards anymore." James decides to take a seat closer to the fire near a stump. "Did something happen?" "I''ve never been much of a hunter, I took an interest in other arts such as alchemy and the arcane."He takes out a book from a bag sitting besides him."See this? This taught me everything I know about alchemy.My village saw my profession as a joke,partially this was true because barely anything grows in that frozen wasteland.So I decided to leave my old life behind in pursuit of my dream." You can have the book as a bonus if you help me." "You''ve got yourself a deal, but on two conditions" "Name them" "One you give me your weapons,I promise to return them once you leave Two you leave before sunrise" "Alright" "James...my name is James" "My name is Ku''we" "Do you know how to sneak?" "Well... better than most trolls." "That will do" ''I think I''ll use my minimap to go back to the village.My parents must be worried.I don''t think I''m gonna do any magic experiments in the future.Ku''we comes to me and covers my mouth,I try to protest but suddenly I hear a hissing sound.A giant blue snake approaches us with great speed, we hide behind a tree.It stops near us.Observe'' Name Zhaketux Race Jormund Snake Gender Male Level 13 Class N/A Traits HP 2000/2000 Mana 0/0 DEX 23 VIT 50 INT 23 STR 26 WIS 8 CHA 3 ''I know we can''t run.I don''t know what Ku''we is thinking we cannot amount a surprise attack.We''re basically two heat signatures in the middle of the night during winter,but then again we only have 3 months of nice weather.We cannot hide, we cannot run so our only option is to fight this thing.'' Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road."We can''t run from this thing and we can''t hide for long.Does this snake have any weaknesses?" "It is weak to fire.Kid, I''ll try to keep it off your back.Remember to aim for the head.I''ll go first" ''I hear him shout [Flame Vortex] so magic isn''t chantless grandpa must think I am prodigy of sorts.I form two javelins of fire in my hands, should I aim for the eyes?What am I thinking It''s pitch black, the only way to truly ''blind'' the bastard snake is to take out It''s infrared sensing.Aha above It''s nose there lies the third orifice.Gotcha now! I aim and throw the magic javelins.One of them misses and the other hits dead center.Target stunned'' "Kid I don''t know what you did but that clearly disoriented it [Firestorm]" ''A large fire engulfes the snake'' "What still not dead how much can this guy take" ''I take a look at It''s HP 800/2000.Well It''s time to finish this.'' [Fire Blast] A torrent of fire erupts and kills the snake.With a loud thud It''s body falls to the ground. "Kid I didn''t know you were that strong I mean look at the snake thats a lotta damage." "Thanks I guess." ''Suddenly I hear a voice in my head. Achievement unlocked - First Blood - unlocks leveling system You may now choose a class - one can choose multiple classes,classes go from level 1(novice) to 10(expert) a class can only be leveled up using class points, a class can have multiple subclasees You have gained 5 levels -25 attribute points 10 skill points 5 class points'' Skill points - skill points can be used to improve the level of your skills or to aquire new ones from the skill shop Hmm...let''s pick a class The following classes are available: Ranger - Capable of using a bow or a spear a ranger is a person who uses nature as an advantage be it camouflage,trap making or ambushing. Mage - ABRACADABRA says it all. Fighter - Capable of using fists and swords or swear words. Monk - Want to learn to use qi choose me. Asssasin - What is life''s greatest illusion? Paladin - This but a scratch. Bard - ? Gunner - ? I think I''ll put three levels into the mage class and two in the ranger class as for attributes 10 VIT 5 WIS 5 DEX and 5 CHA will do.'' Name James Elior Race Snow Elf Dragonkin Gender Male Level 5 1st Class Intermediate Mage(3) 2nd Class Intermediate Ranger(2) Traits HP 600/600 Mana 900/900 DEX 21 VIT 15 INT 8 STR 6 WIS 17 CHA 10 Hmm...so I gained 100 mana per mage class level and 5 DEX per ranger class level.1 VIT equals 40 HP while 1 WIS 40 MP I''ll check my skills later. I look up to Ku''we and I see him take some scales'' "Are the scales valuable?" "Yes, they are used for jewelry or used to make scalemail armor.Jormund''s scales are sturdy and resistant to cold but also very light.I''m just taking a few for a necklace for myself I wouldn''t be able to sell any anyway,no offense but snow elves aren''t just going to let a troll anywhere their towns. "None taken.I think we should head over to my house.So what do you plan to do?" "I think I''ll head over south to the continent.Every one will know the name of Ku''we the Jormund Slayer!"he flexed his arm while doing a pose on the snake''s head "Haha yeah I hope we meet again.When I get older I plan to adventure as well" After a while I got closer to the village and I see a few torches some kilometers away.''Elior'' I hear someone shout...damn I bet mom and dad organised an entire searching party. I got closer and I see my mom. "Elior!We''ve been looking for you for hours do you know how worried I was " mom comes and gives me a crushing hug but stops when she sees Ku''we,guess the word sneak wasn''t part of his vocabulary.She drew her spear. "Elior stand back and close your eyes." "Mom wait he saved my life." "You''re sure?"mom asks. "Yes he''s harmle-well almost harmless.You should have seen him he is a cool mage.He wants a place to eat and sleep and I offered my house but we got delayed because we had to deal with a jormund snake an-" "YOU WHAT?"she glared daggers at me.It seems I forgot that mothers excel at being scary. ''GULP'' Meanwhile Ku''we was laughing at my situation. "AND YOU TROLL DO YOU THINK YOU''RE EXCUSED!" "Run Forrest, RUN!" I hear Kuwe say. And run we did.