《The Divine Traits》 (Better map to come) isn''t up to scale but this is a map of the whole continent that Jericho is on hopefully I will continue the story up until he starts traveling the world then ascends into something like a god realm to I don''t know to continue his legacy or something. I haven''t thought of the whole story yet so ill get back to you on that.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. the map really isn''t up to scale the darkness is supposed to be ginormous and so is the noble land. but the traitless territory is supposed to be really small and have the cities really spread out that''s one reason why I won''t have Jericho walk into another city the other reason is the whole traitless church is hunting him so he will want to hide from civilization up until the border. Prologue During the dark of night in a small town, a golden glow can be seen a moment later a baby wrapped in a golden blanket made out of an unknown fabric softer than silk. Unknownto the world this was the birth of a new godling a holder of the divine traits. Given god-like powers. A blue screen can be seen in front of the Baby.
Transportation: Successful -Beginning world Adaption- Godling: Jericho Stormblood Mortal Name: JoshSupport the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. Status: Stable Givin Divine Traits: Archaic -Trait Holdup: 16 years- Rank: Harbinger -Harbinger bonus: Blessed class: Archaic intervention with Blessed Bonus: New class created due to circumstancesBlessed Archaic- Mortal Appearance: Brown hair, Brown eyes Godling Appearance: White hair, Red eyes -End of World Adaption- Message From Patron God: Good Luck My Son.
-The Screen Fades from existence questioned to even exist at all- After the Screen is gone the door opens and the Orphanageowner hurries and grabs the baby not even noticing the note attachedto him saying- To Josh- with the godly symbol stamped on the envelope. Chapter 1: Beginnings -16 years later- The council was aggressive, they were in full meltdown mode, there was another world out there that was high in magic and we still hadn''t found it until now. *The head councilmen shouts* "That''s enough!!!!" * a golden figure glows brightly to get the attention of the others* *the council quiets down to a whisper* "We found a planet with high magic what a big deal. but it doesn''t mean that its right for us to go straight away and send in all of our nonchosen children. We need to test the planet on how the people act to great shows of power, would they attack in fear or follow it? I suggest we send my son in as a harbinger." said the golden figure of the head councilmen *a silver being coughed for attention* "you just want to be the first to get the prize of this world" the silver being antagonized "Lithios we both know that''s what all of us want, but as king of the gods I give you my pledge that I will leave some of the rewards for the rest of you" *the whole room gasps* "Brother you can''t be serious, does this one child mean that much to you to give away a pledge?" questioned the silver being "We both know that our children can''t stay long in our dimension. The only offspring that I have had is running out of time. Hopefully, this will help make your mind up my son has the divine trait: Archaic." *the whole room gasps again* "We need to get him in that world now!!!" stated everyone one in the room at once ~~~~~~~~ Josh wakes up in a cold sweat, "that god damn dream again" muttered Josh, He gets up and yawns -somehow I feel like I am connected to that dreamlike its reality- Josh walks over to the bedside mirror looking himself over, his blank brown eyes and messy hair stared back at him, -everything looks good just need to get my hair down and get clothes on then i can go get some Delicious breakfast- Josh hurried to get everything ready then stormed out his bedroom door passing by some staff members of the orphanage he lived in, He almost ran into one who yelled at his passing figureThis content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "WATCH WHERE YOUR GOING JOSH YOU DONT HAVE TO BE IN SUCH A HURRY!!!" Josh laughed at that as he made it to the dining room just as breakfast ended. "ugh come on why do I always miss it" Josh whimpered "Maybe if you actually got up when we tell you too then you wouldn''t," said the head staff as she walked into the room, Josh studied her frame somehow her hazel hair and blue eyes made her look like she was 20 years old when in reality Josh was raised by her his entire life. "when do you ever tell me to get up?" questioned Josh, "every day but you never listen," said Jennifer the head staff "But I wanna sleep in, you need to wait and have breakfast when I get here" pleaded Josh "well too bad maybe if you helped out around here I might extend breakfast for you" taunted Jeniffer as she walked away. -hmph, ill show her, ill do every chore that I can find then she''ll have to extend breakfast- Josh thought with a smirk as he got to work. -5 hours later- "that was a hassle I still have so much to do" Josh cried to himself "I''ll just take a break and head into town" Josh started walking to the market to get lunch, as he passed an alleyway *a random girl screams* "SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!" Josh immediately turns and sees a guy with a knife holding a girl up "come on lady strip already you wanna have fun right?" said the man "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" said the girl, Josh couldn''t help himself he immediately said "GET AWAY FROM HER" the man turned around with a questioning face "kid stop play hero before you get hurt now scram" the man motioned him to leave but Josh just stood there standing in fear, the guy took it the wrong way "you little punk now you''re getting on my nerves" the guy rushed him with the knife, Josh just stood there unable to move in fear, *the guy stabs Josh and the girl screams* the screams carried through the alleyway and reached some guards ears who came to investigate "Stop right there!!" said the guard "Shit, Fuck you kid," the guy says as he runs off with a bloody knife, Josh laying unconscious on the floor with his hand on his stomach soaked in blood. Chapter 2: The Truth Unfolds -1 week later- In the town''s infirmary, a boy can be seen lying down on a table with a doctor treating his wounds a moment later the doctor gets up to tell the bad news to the women standing behind her. "I can''t help him, he is dying as we speak the only God can save him now," the nurse said grimly "I understand..." the women start crying uncontrollably But unknown to them Josh was now glowing with a golden hew. Under this glow his body was changing, His hair turned white his eyes turned red and his body started to refine. still, unnoticed a blue screen appears in front of the boyLove this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.
-Beginning Trait configuration- Status: Dying -Due to circumstances of trait configuration, you will be restored but be forced under a random skill from your new class- Class: Blessed Archaic Skill choices: Divine Adaptions, Immortality -Randomizing skill- Skill chosen: Divine Adaptions Skill description: After every defining encounter you will gain a side skill, The only way to level upside skills is by using said side skill -testing stats- Level:1 -Stats- Str:14 Agi:14 Dex:12 Vit:16 Wis:11 Int:12 -Divine Stats- -stats unlocked: 1- Perc:15 -Divine adaptions side skills- Passive Instigator lvl1: you annoy your enemies with yourdivine energy enough to make them attack you or inspire your allies to fight for you when a confrontationstarts, Range unknown. (can''t be controlled always active) -end of trait configuration- Good Luck!
Chapter 3: The Godling In an instant, the screen and glow disappeared the two bystanders didn''t even notice they appeared at all. But they did notice that while they were consulting each other Josh had suddenly gotten up from the bed. "OH MY GOD JOSH!!" cried the women that Josh recognized as Jenifer "what happened?" question Josh as he got up on his feet "Um... you were stabbed and now you seem to be infected with a genetic disorder, But how are you walking?" questioned the nurse as she was the first to notice his new look "um that doesn''t answer my question I know I was stabbed but how am I alive and why do I feel so Good!!!" "Um... Josh, you have white hair and red eyes... WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON NURSE WHAT DID YOU DO!!!" Jenifer stated blaming the nurse "Nothing I swear," said the nurse defensively "I need a mirror" Josh said not believing the two as he walked over to the mirror in the corner. What stared back at him was not the same blank brown eyes and messy brown hair but a muscular body, white hair, and red eyes. Josh looked like he was about to faint when a white and golden envelope appeared out of nowhere in front of Josh, that was written out to Josh. "where did you get that Josh?" Jeniffer stated when she noticed the envelope still with a shockedface that seemed to get worse when she saw the envelope. "Um... what the fuck," Josh said when the envelope seemed to glow when he touched the seal. "that''sthe same envelope from the night we found you," Jenifer muttered under her breath "why have you never given me this" Josh stated agitated seeming to have heard Jeniffer "we thought it was dangerous whenever we tried to open it would burn us so much that we had to go to the infirmary but the envelope never caughtfire so we thought that it was too dangerous to give you" Jenifer stated in a concerned voice seemed to have finally recovered from the shock Josh started to open up the envelope and nothing happened it just slidopen and in the envelope was a letter seeming to have been made out of pure gold
To JerichoIf you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Josh if you are reading this then you have survived up until you got your traits. I must tell you that you are not human but a godling named Jericho, not Josh. you are the first godling of this world I sent you away to this world to become powerful and test this world''s people. The area you are in is the traitless. an area every worldthat people without traits live. I probablyshould explain to you traits since you wouldn''tknow about them here since the people hate them. They are powers that everyone outside of the traitless getsafter becoming 16 they come with great abilities called skills that do tremendousthings but none are as powerful as the godling traits. After you finish reading this message your god aura will be released, I suggest you leave the traitlessarea immediately. Sincerely The Patron God Gillius Good Luck Son!!!
"so... seems I''mnot human" Josh tried to lighten the mood "what do you mean," Jeniffer asked "ill just leave you two alone" The nurse backed away to the door then ran "seems I''m some sort of godchild" Josh stated questioning "fine don''t tell me but what''s with the white hair and red eyes?" Jeniffer asked "seems that''s my trait" Josh stated cockily "oh and seems my real name is Jericho, I like it call me that," Josh said happily "ok slow down how did you open that letter and WHO THE FUCK IS JERICHO" Jeniffer seemed annoyed "it just opened and this is a letter from my dad and he said my birth name was Jericho" Jericho (Josh) stated "I give up... But you have a trait... OH MY GOD YOU HAVE A TRAIT!!! you need to leave like now" Jeniffer stated in a hurry dragging Jericho back to the orphanage "why do I have to leave," Jericho asked when they got to the orphanage while Jeniffer ransacked his room to pack "I''ll explain this once I''m done run and don''t come back you hear me, leave the city and go find other people with traits, traits are outlawed by the church they can sense some sort of energy that people with traits give off they home on it immediately and kill them once they are found, people aren''t created equal to the church, only a few people get traits here and when they do they overpower leaders or something and the churchwants to keep its power so they hunt them down but we are only 1 area of the world that believes in this the rest of area is ruled by people with traits, seems they have higher trait rates than people here I think but back to the problem you need to leave like now!!!" Jeniffer stated out of breath -is she insane?- just then a giant bang can be heard at the front door, seems the church has found Jericho. "you need to leave now!!!" Jeniffer says in a hurry as she almost pushes him out the window "follow our secret path that I showed you in case of an emergency" Jeniffer pleaded Jericho followed what he was told he jumped out the window onto the railing and he started climbing when he got to the top of the building he noticed the 10 figures charging into the orphanage in suits of armor with a cross on it. "what the fuck?" Jericho questioned to himself as he remembered for some reason he had to go he started jumping from building to building until he was out of the city and he ran and ran until he made it to the wilderness of a forest then he just collapsed and screamed "WHAT THE FUCK!!!" Chapter 4: The Convoy -1 week later- So far Jericho has been surviving on fruit from trees and water from streams because he doesn''ta weapon he hasn''t had the chance to hunt at all and the loneliness started making him wander to keep himself from insanity. That''swhy he reveled when he stumbled upona trade convoy. "thank god I found you guys I think I would have died from insanity" Jericho sighed "yeah yeah sure... um, the captain wants to see you. he is in the last cart in the back." the merchant says Jericho is then escortedby 3 abnormally looking, guards, the lead guard wore a red and black chainmail armor and what looked to be human colored scales on his hands the one behind Jericho wore the same uniform but had an aura of mystery around him plus a birthmark-like symbol on his forehead. when Jericho walked into the last cart he was hit back by a wall of temperaturethat was always changing with the main of the force resonating from a man in full iron armor with the same coloring as the guardsbut his body was obstructed by the waves of temperature. "What''s a trait bearer like you doing in the traitlessterritory?" said the iron man in a demandingtone, then in a strange way he burstout laughing. "you probablycan say the same for us," said the strange man then the man saw the puzzledlook on Jericho''sface "ah, you must have just awoken your trait that look says it all," the man said, -this guy is unreadable first he triesto interrogateme then bursts out laughing then he goes back to the same unreadable stature like when I walked in, Man what is this heat, cold? whatever it is it''s unbearable- "I supposeI''mgonna have to explain the whole thing, so in this world, there are 2 kinds of people in this world the trait bearers and the traitlessthose who are trait bearers have immensepower like us, it may developin temperaturepowers like mine or it might developinto who knows what, people speculate that there are as many kinds of powers as there are users. but they always developinto a class that defines your trait set and what powers you have, we mainly use those to indicate where in the party you are if you have defense abilities frontlines, damage middle, healing back and so on. but what I want to ask if you will join us, with that strange trait set we are sure to clear the dungeon out in no time, oh yeah you probablydon''t know what dungeons are, they are places where the magic of the world condense and form magic spheres called dungeon cores, these cores control the area where they are made and summon beasts to protect it which also have cores in themselves for the dungeon core to control these mini-cores are called beast cores which are really useful for summoner classes and are sold for a lot of cash, oh and the most powerful dungeons are in the traitless area because trait bearers aren''t usually in here so the magic is really dense..." the "captain" rambled on until he finally took a breath "Names Zelus by the way, Welcome aboard uh didn''t get your name?"Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. "It''s Jericho..." before Jericho could get another word out Zelus interrupted "welcome aboard Jericho your quarters will be in the second cart and what was your class called again?" "Um, I don''t know..." "just think stats and your stat page will come up with your class and physical attributes" -stats?-
Name: Jericho Storm Blood Class: Blessed Archaic Lvl:1 Race: Godling
Str:16 Con:16 -Divine stats-
Dex:14 Wis:15 (1.5 mp regen per second) Perception:15
Agi:19 Int:14 (+1 from recent events) Charisma:17
Luck:5
Health:160
Stamina:160 		Potential:25
Mana:140
Average stat for traitless:10 Usual Godling beginning -divine stats- level: 15 Skills ->
"um.. something called an blessed archaic with colored lines white and red under it, is that my class? what does it do?" question Jericho intrigued "huh weird class, never heard of it, well I''m gonna take a precaution and put you in the back," Zelus said "we will arrive in a week get some rest and get to know the others cause they will be keeping you alive and the same around, helps with team chemistry, Bye!" Zelus stated with enthusiasm after that Jericho was then escorted to his quarters ------ Chapter 5: The Dungeon -1 week later- Jericho was settling in well with the convoy he got to know the lieutenants of the "Dungeoneers" as they called themselves since they were in the same cart as him, there was Quid the Birthmark guardwho was actually really shy, Reynor who was the lead guardwho was really surprising, he would never stop saying whatever was on his mind. Jericho enjoyed the company since he was alone for almost a week. Then when the week came to a close they arrived at the mouth of what looked like a cave. Jericho joined everyone at the entrance to the cave "seems like its a wolfmen dungeon," Reynor said relaxed "well this was a waste," Zelus said "what''s wrong with a wolfmen dungeon" Jericho questioned "they are one of the most common and easy dungeons out there the only profit from this will be the boss core" Zelus answered -well, that answers my question Not, what the hell is a boss core... know what I''mnot even going to ask if he goes into a rant we won''t get this done- the group walked into the dungeon and was immediatelyassaultedby 3 bipedalwolf-like creatures "Formations now" Zelus Called outnot even in a panic Jericho was then sent to the back of the group with 4 other guardshe didn''tknow. "Jericho lets test if you have magic, try and pull energy from your body and move it to your hands" Zelus stated as he casuallyblocked and ducked attacks from the wolfmenIf you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Jericho tried to focus on his hands when immediatelythey started to glow gold, In the cornerof his vision a blue screen popped up
Archaic Skillset 1/¡Þ unlocked Ethereal
Ethereal Workshop Build any type of ethereal weapon in an instant, grade: slightly above average
Ethereal Blade Dancer: combat mode While using an ethereal weapon the weapon will attack on instinct and will take over for weapon form if the user is not trained also block any attacks thrown the users way
Ethereal Shift If the enemy tries to block an attack with a weapon the blades will fade through the weapon and hit the attacker
After Jericho read through the screen, 2 swords that seemed to almost be non-existent appearedin his hands and wouldn''t come off, Just then a wolfman broke from the defenders and charged at Jericho, right when it was about to stab Jericho in the gut his hands seemed to move by themselves and blocked the attack, his hands then seemed to move at the speed of light repeatably stabbing the wolfmen in what seemed to be every weak point Jericho could see *POOF* The wolfmen fell to the ground defeated and exploded from existence leaving behind a smallcrystal behind In the trees above a squirrel seemed to be laughing as he watched from his little alcove in the tree "Um..." Jericho muttered "hah these things are so weak" Jericho gloated every eye from the "Dungeoneers" was on him "What the fuck was that, new bearers aren''t that strong" Zelus announced his temperature aura fluctuated as if even it was surprised "um I''vebeen trained almost all my life in swordplay" Jericho lied, He hadn''t even seen a sword up until last week "well thank fucking god for that, we might have lost you without it!! man those swords are cool seems you''re a frontliner now" Zelus announced Jericho picked up the little crystal that the wolfmen dropped it vanished without a trace, but the group didn''t even notice it, but a blue screen did
First Beast Core Absorbed Exp gained:1000 You are now legible to level up, but due to being in proximity to a dungeon leveling up is prohibited
Chapter 6: The Boss -what the fuck was that?- "Ok move out men" Zelus Called The group went into the next two rooms before being attacked again. 6 wolfmen tried to jump the group even though they were on guard and in formation "Shields up" Zelus casually announced The frontmen or the "Tanks" as Zelus called them, put up their shields right when the wolfmen attacked they started swiping with their long claws or swinging with makeshift swords and maces. "Jericho this is practice for you, Jump in there and backslash them while they are trying to get past our shields," Zelus told Jericho Jericho immediately complied and jumped over the "tanks", the same thing happened like before and his arms moved by themselves with the phantom-like swords and sliced open the necks of 3 wolfmen that were trying to break through the shields. The next 3 rooms ended like this every time with Jericho attacking after the wolfmen hit the "tanks" shields,the wolfmen never saw him or his swords coming until it was too late. after each battle, the party would collect all the "beast cores" and place them into a sack which the people at the back had around their belts. after they picked up the cores they would tell Jericho to go scout the next room, and so on. The last room they encountered was like an entrance to a crude temple or something with stone stairs and a veryundetailed doorway at the top. "Let''s see what the kids got, let''s send him into the boss room alone, it''s only a wolf dungeon what kind of wolf boss could stand up to what he has been doing all day?" Zelus whispered to his lieutenants "Kid go scout the next chamber," Zelus said to Jericho Jericho did what he said since he had been doing that the whole time he didn''tthink anything of it and complied obviously not hearing what Zelus said Right, when Jericho walked into the room the floor seemed to drop...
Warning!!! Warning!!!The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. 3 Boss level monsters detected User has walked into a boss room alone Possibility of survival with current level: 0.000067%
After Jericho saw the message 3 unnaturallybig wolfmen charged into the room from a hole in the wall. One of the wolfmen had red fur, another had yellow like fur, and the last one had pitch black fur "guys... HELP I NEED BACK UP HERE" Jericho screamed as the wolfmen charged at him, But no word came back to him from his group Jericho''s blades moved on their own to slash at all 3 of them on the snout to warn them off, but this just pissed them off, the wolfmen started to communicate with each other with barks and snarls, they started to circle Jericho, since he was by the wall Jericho couldn''t run away or climb out because the wall was to steep and the creatures would take the moment to attack him if he turned his back away from them. Jericho decided to take the first strike as he plunged his blades to the red furred wolfmen, He immediatelyregretted the decision as wisps of flame burstout of the mouth of the wolfmen with the balls of fire bursting towards Jericho he had to stop his attack and dodge. Right when Jericho dodged the yellow furred wolfmen decided to send its magical element at him, way faster than the fire Jericho had no time to dodge, Jericho seemed to be blasted with over 1000 volts of electricity, somehow not dead he tried to get up but that''s when all of the wolfmen started to pound on him with their claws causing blood to gush out of Jericho, -I''m not gonna make it, what did I do to deserve this-these were the thoughts that were flowing through Jerichos mind as he was ruthlessly slashed and slashed and slashed never seeming to end But right when things looked rough for Jericho, a loud rumble could be heard coming from the entrance of chamber way above Jericho At that moment a swarm of what looked to be magically enhanced squirrels came pouring out of the chamber door destroying everything in their path, Overbearing the wolfmen and seeming to absorb them into their swarm never to be seen again except for a clump of their fur, Just as fast as they arrived they left without a trace of reason as to why they appeared in the first place... A giant blue orb appeared in Jericho''s lap as he lied in agony from all the cuts the wolfmen caused him the orb seemed to recede into Jericho''s body with him only making a whimpering cry from the process
Boss core located beginning absorption... Synergy skill learned, Synergized with skill: "Instigator" "The Enemy of my Enemy is my friend" Skill description: Summons the mortal enemy of your foe to fight for you ----- Leveling up enabled due to dungeon being defeated Exp Gained from 3 Elemental Wolfmen killed:20000 Total leveled up:5 +10 to every stat including divine Stat points received:25 Skill points received:5 Have a good day!!!
Chapter 7: Rescue Out in the middle of nowhere in the traitlessterritory, a cave-like dungeon can be seen surroundedby membersof the church behind them a fire can be seen covering a caravan with screams of agony coming from inside of the burning caravan. Inside of the dungeon, a boy with white shaggy hair and deep red eyes with uncountable numbers of cuts and bruiseson his body can be seen laying on the floor of the dungeon boss unconscious and bleeding out. Two figures can be seen running into the room towards the boy, The two figures look as hurt as the boy with some burn marks on their bodies, one of the figures had a temperature changing aura encompassing him while the other had scale-like hands, when they arrived at the boy the scale hand figure seemed tosummon a blue glowing feather out of thin air "We have to go, his wounds are way too extreme for short jumps we need to do a long jump" Raynor stated to Zelus while Raynor looked over Jerichos wounds "That mana drain will be extreme we won''t be able to save everyone else then it will just be us 3 that will be able to jump!" Zelus almost yelled at Raynor "Their already dead Zelus, He''s the only one we can save!" Raynor yelled back "I don''tcare if you''re coming with me or not I''mjumping out with him to the nearest guild city," Raynor told Zelus "fine start the jump call I don''twant to die here today, anyway I think your right about them already being dead, we couldn''t even last that long against the first force of the church what chance do they have when their reinforcements arrive" Zelus said in an untrackable tone Ten seconds after Zelus said that the blue glow of the feather intensified until the glow encompassedall three of them, moments later nothing but burn marks in a magnificentdetail of patterns could be seen on the floor of the boss floor. -Somewhere in the trait controlled territory- When Zelus and Raynor jumped them, they appeared at the town of Reathler, a city where the organization of the guild is based. When they arrived they rushed to the hospital where some white mages and clerics worked when they arrived they were immediately brought into healing areas for them to be healed, while Raynor and Zelus were healed instantly, Jericho was in a serious state where they had to heal slowly and carefully and let the body heal most of the wounds or his body parts where the wounds were would become disfigured if they were healed immediately.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. -4 weeks later- Jericho could be seen in an infirmary bed with no cut marks or bruises on his body at all, At that moment Jericho opened his eyes regaining consciousness, the first thing he saw was a bright white light which made him blink more, Jericho raised his body up to look at the room, the room looked bland only 2 wooden chairs in the corner with the infirmary bed taking up most of the space, right then Zelus walked through the door to do his daily check up on Jericho. "What happened?" Jericho asked in a hoarse voice "Hmm? oh your awake good, well first while you were battling the boss a giant swarm of I don''t know some kind of mutated squirrels swarmed into the cave and making us dive for cover once they got to the boss room they ran back out of the cave and we never saw them again, then the church attacked, they were in their crusade gear attacking from all sides, we were still stunned by the squirrel attack to be ready for it they destroyed us, burning the caravan to ashes and killing most of the party, Me, you, and Raynor are the only survivors, the party bought us some time to get to you, when we did Raynor activated a Jump Call Feather, before you ask its an enchanted item that allows for teleportations from short range to long range, well long range you need a fast travel point and to travel there is a ginormous mana drain which broke the feather, then we rushed you to the hospital and got healed up" Zelus said -Ugh normal Zelus, why does he always seems to never stop talking- Jericho thought "Well since your up let''s get you out of this bed and get you signed up with the guild and get you into the academy since your here," Zelus said in an excited manner, as he grabbed Jericho by the hips and dragged him out of bed, towards the exit of the hospital Jericho noticed he was in nice clothing, it was a grey and dark red jacket with a black sling going across his chest, with combat leather pants and boots. "Wait when did I get these clothes?" Jericho asked "oh Raynor and I got you those while you were unconscious it''s for the academy, see the symbol on the shirt and sling, that''s your uniform and we got it custom designed for the jacket," Zelus said to Jericho "wait what academy and whats the guild?" Jericho asked in a shocked inquiring way "the guild is part of the government in the trait territory, it controls the combat education of trait bearers and is the employers of adventurers but since you just got your traits we need to get you signed up like everyone else who unlocks combat traits then you will have to go to the academy which trains the trait bearers to use their traits in combat and other ways, after you finish the academy you get a choice to be a guild member and fight for the guild in the military, join other guild branches like the mages guild which obviously controls the mages influence, join a nobles territory, or go off on your own as an adventurer, the academy will give you a semester of classes after that you need to pick your own classes to do, and have to pay with arena credits to join those classes" Zelus says as they arrive at a black stone wall fortress at the near center of the city with people entering and exiting everywhere Chapter 8: Enrollment Jericho and Zelus arrive at the black fortress watching the bustling crowd move in and out of the dark stone fortress Zelus was about to walk into the fortress with Jericho on his back "can you put me down now?" Jericho asks Zelus "oh yeah sure, Forgot you were up there," Zelus says as he drops Jericho on the ground "Ow, was dropping me really necessary I just got out of the hospital, ass whole" Jericho mutters while he gets off the ground Zelus ignores Jericho as they both walk into the fortress, Inside they find a long line leading to multiple counters, Guards were everywhere inside the fortress seemingly expecting something to happen at any moment. "Ugh, lines my mortal enemy, Don''t worry kid I got a friend in the guild he can get us up to the front of one of these counters in a jiff," Zelus states as he walks up to one of the guards "What are you doing! I don''t want to get killed for skipping the line" Jericho practically yells at Zelus "hey I need to talk to Christano, Tell him his old pal Zelus is here," Zelus says when he gets to the nearest guard "Humph, why would the Captain want to talk to a commoner like you" the guardreplies Zelus opens his jacket showing the guard something, the guardlooks surprisedthen says in a panicked way "Ok, sir right this way"A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. "come on Jericho, we don''twant to keep The cap waiting" the three walk into a back room where the guardstops them "He will be here in a minute, if you don''tmind me I have to get back to work," The guardtells Zelus 5 minutes later someone walks in fully armored in what seems to be black steel with a sword hooked to the person''s belt "Zelus!! my old pall how have you been?" the figure asks "I''mfine Christano, but I''mnot here to catch up sorry but I''mhere to get my friend here signed up with the guild and placed into the academy, but the lines too long can you just get him signed in now?" Zelus asks Christano "Hmm? Sure why not I know how much you hate lines and I do owe you a favor so why not, just go back out there and there will be a new counter opening up just go over to it and we''ll get him signed in" Christano tell the two 50 minutes later after that talk, the two walk out of the back room into the main area, where it seems the lines have gotteneven longer "did you really have to talk to him for 45 minutes, we could have gotten me into this academy already," Jericho asks Zelus in a pleading way "I haven''tseen him in years so I had to catch up with him," Zelus says A new counter opens up and the counter clerk waves the two over to the counter "so I hear you need to get signed in and get into the academy?" the clerk asks Before the two could say anything the clerk begins again "Just let me check your status..." the clerk mutters
*WARNING* Status Screen is being observed *WARNING* *All divine traits will be hidden from the viewer as well as true race and divine skills other than Ethereal Workshop*
"oh a blademancer, haven''t seen one of those in a while, well your all checked in, now about the academy, you will have to join in the Battle Examination just hold on to this feather and you will be transported there, and only the kid can go since he''s the one who is being Examined" the clerk says as he pulls out a blue glowing feather and hands it to Jericho Once Jericho touches the feather the glow brightens and encompasses him, after a few seconds him and the glow disappear leaving only Zelus and the clerk there Chapter 9: Examination Begins -Somewhere below the Fortress- A big blue flashcould be seen in an empty semi-large auditorium. After the flash 100 humanoid figures could be seen inthe hall including Jericho. A guy walked up onto the stage in a beautifulwhite robe with gold inlinedin the gown. The scene looked like an angel addressingthe human race of their place in the world. "Attention," the figure on the stage said, once he saw that no one was calming down or sitting down he yelled out with magic coating his voice enhancing the sound. "ATTENTION!!!" this got everyone''s attention immediatelythe hall became quiet almost instantly. "Thank you, if you all will please sit down and I will explain things to you all," the figure said once the person on the stage saw everyone seated, he started to explain the examination "I will be your examiner today and throughout the week or however, it takes to get this over with. The examination is more like a battle of the fittest, you all will be transported to an island isolated deemed worthy of the battle once the battle starts you all must kill each otherto survive, the last 10 people will survive and be accepted into the academy, the other 90 will die" once the figure stated it this he stopped talking for his words to seep into the people below. Jericho was wide-eyed, scared and mad at Zelus the most. The figure continued to speak "it seems you all have been told earlier about what will happen today, good but I will continue to explain. You all will get a partner in the battle to survive with if you both survive, you both will be roommates throughout your time at the academy. I suggest not to hide; if you are detected hiding throughout the whole match and get zero kills during this examination, you won''t get in and will be immediatelykilled once you get back. That is the fate of all cowards in this world, its a dog eat dog world out there, this examination will prove who has the right to survive in this world, with that said good luck, the seats you are in are made to teleport you to the island in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." the figure said and after his count down a large blue flash could be seen throughout the whole auditorium after said flash the room was emptied except for the figure on the stageIf you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. -Somewhere on a "random" island- Two bright blue flashescould be seen in a thick forest, just like they appearedthey disappeared randomly. Jericho jumped back right after he felt he was back on the ground, activating his blad workshop ability, instantly two etherealblades appearedin his hands as he looked uponthe girl that appeared next to him. The girl was a brunette, with green eyes, she wore a feminineversion of his uniform. "u-u-um, I''mgonna guess we''re partners" she finally stammered out after a few seconds of them staring directly at each other" "I''m Jenna" she said Jericho stayed staring at her for a few more moments until he finally sighed and said "I''m Jericho, you might be right that we''re partners if that''s true we need to start moving we are in a hostile environment, with no food, shelter, and no idea how far the nearest person is that will probably kill us." Jericho then let go of the connection to his swords, and they disappeared Jenna looked at them disappeared and firmly stated: "if we are gonna work together we are gonna need to know each other''s skills and power class, I''m a battle class geomancer, I''m gonna guess you''re a battle class bladesmith based on those ''swords''." "yeah you could say something like that, well let''s get moving, we need to move to an open plane, preferably one with some shelter," Jericho said they started to jog in a random direction, Jenna explained her class saying that she can change the landscape into offensive powers, while Jericho stayed silent about his powers, about an hour later they came into an open plane with a waterfall and cave, two other people were there drinking from the river connected to the waterfall Jericho stopped Jenna before they went out into the open, "see them there; if we want to survive we need to kill, and that means we need to kill them so while I go out and fight the front lines, I''m gonna need you to make their area enclosed with spikes that curve towards them like a cage" Jericho ordered Jenna nodded, then Jericho formed 2 ethereal swords in his hands and ran in, right when he got near the two by the waterfall, he could feel the ground tremble as giant spikes started to enclose around them, Jericho ran and started to slice and stab at the two, try as they might block the swords phased through their blocking and Jericho managed to get in 2 fatal wounds on one of them, just as that one fell, and fireball flew at Jericho''s face, the ground trembled again, and a line of spikes blocked the fireball and started to wave into the mage impaling her through her torso. the ground shook again as the spiked cage went back into the ground with Jenna on the other side sweating crazily while panting she said "well we now know that this thing is real, but bad things aside we have shelter now!" Chapter 10: Survival to the end It was mid-day when Jenna and Jericho had the Camp set up. They had set up a makeshift doorway at the entrance of the cave with Jenna¡¯s geomancer power. ¡±now what?¡± Jenna asked ¡±we need food¡± Jericho coldly replied as he scanned the exit of the forest clearing ¡±I¡¯ll go hunt for food while you barricade yourself in the cave.¡± Jericho turned and said to Jenna Jenna was about to say something as Jericho ran out of the forest clearing into the forest A half an hour later, while Jericho was. Hunting he heard some leaves rustling behind him, Jericho materialized two swords in his hands just at the right moment, when a wave of flames started to rise towards him. A figure with a greatsword charged from out of the trees at Jericho, when the brute was in sword distance Jericho slid down to the floor and chopped with the force of both of the swords straight through the man''s legs, cutting them clean off spraying blood everywhere even coloring Jerichos hair a little. Jericho heard a high pitch scream as he slid away from the legless man, Jericho turned to see a petrified little girl, she had to be at least 4'' 6 she had purple eyes, black hair, and wore a torn version of the uniform Jenna had on with blood splattered on almostall of it. Jericho looked into her eyes and just saw pure terror, he wanted to stop, but his momentum seemed to have carried his swords with enough power to decapitate her fully, the head rolled right in frontof Jericho, Jericho looked down with no emotion, nothing at all made him sad or terrified that he had just decapitated a child, but his eyes they said it all, they had the look of petrified terror and deep mourning. -what the fuck is happening to me, why can''t I fucking take control of my body!,Why can''t I fucking just lay here and die, I just fucking killed a child and I can''t even cry for it, what the fuck am I!!!- these were the thoughts of Jericho as he looked down on the decapitated head
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As Jericho saw the screen he started to weep, he wept for the girl''s death, he wept for the entire hour, after the hour he started to get up, he walked to the now dead legless man and looted his corpse, he didn''tdare to look the girls corpse, even with Battle Form activated he still didn''tdare to loot it or he would literally break, he found a bag of fruit and some dried meat on the man those were the only useful items he could find on him,If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. Jericho walked back to the cave to see Jenna sitting on a makeshift rock bed relaxing, "Finally, where have you been!" Jenna pretty much yelled at Jericho "here eat up" Jericho tossed the two bags to Jenna and walked to the back of the cave, not showing any emotion towards her, but inside he was screaming and weeping. -About two days later- Jericho had been silent for most of the 2 days that they had spent since he last went to get food, they had taken down 2 more groups that had wandered into the opening to the river, they had supplied enough food for about a week, the problem is that the groups kept on getting harder and harder to kill, as if each kill just made it harder. "We need to move, this place isn''t safe anymore" Jericho announced on the morning of the third day "sure.... are you okay?" Jenna asked with concern coating her expression "yeah why?" Jericho asked "you seem depressed, you haven''t talked in the past two days, and whenever you fight you seem to be somewhere else, that just doesn''t seem to fit you at all, even though I''ve known you for like four days, it just doesn''t seem right." Jenna responded "well its just this whole damn examination, it''s just scary, killing actual people... it... it''s just is traumatizing..." Jericho half lied he didn''t want her to find out about the battle form or his actual background, he thought it might scare her or something bad might happen to her since he didn''t know what else would happen due to his race and class, "same here, guess people just show their emotions differently, we''ll make it through this, lets move out!" Jenna tried to lighten the mood up a bit the pair started to walk out of the forest opening when an arrow flew right in between Jenna''s feet, she screamed when she could see a volley of arrows falling towards them "Shelter!" Jericho ordered Right before the arrows fell onto them, a stone like a barrier blocked the arrows making a "PLUNK" sound "ill take care of the archer, try to back me but stay safe inside here we don''t know what his teammates power class is" Jericho said as he ran out of the safety of barrier, Jericho looked into forest, he noticed a shine of an arrow aimed at him, Jericho leaped as the arrow flew towards him, barely dodging it "shit this is just getting harder and harder!" Jericho hissed under his breath once Jericho landed he rushed at the archer right when he was about to plunge his phantom swords into the man''s skull the man backflipped, while in the air he nocked another arrow, the arrow started to glow with an azure glow, the man was about to release the arrow right when he collided with a stone spike, destroying his forward momentum, sending him to the ground, Jericho gladly plunged the blades into the man''s chest, Jericho started to loot the body when he heard Jenna''s scream Jericho charged towards the unknown threat that attacked his teammate when he managed to make into the clearing he saw what he thought a monster of a man, holding a behemoth-sized Warhammer slamming down towards Jenna... Time seemed to slow as he watched the eventual death of his teammate before his eyes! Jericho saw red, he dematerialized one of his swords with a quick flash, he then instinctively created what looked like an ethereal set of five throwing knives, he then instantly threw the whole set at the titan of a man, all but two hit the man, with a "Plunk" then a "CRACK" the man fell, thankfully not harming Jenna in the process Jericho now seeing Jenna safe let out a sigh of relief, out of the blue the whole world seem to shout one thing "Examination complete! Eight out of Ten surviving teams detected! now activating protocol Homeland01!" The world seemed to gain a tint of deep azure blue as both Jenna and Jericho started to glow with the same effect as the teleportation feathers Update So I¡¯m just going to be blunt With you all. This idea is going on pause; this fiction was more of a test to see if I liked writing and if I could do this in the future, well I''m happy to say that I Love to write! But the idea of this fiction didn''t stick with me. I''m not saying I''m going to drop this fiction entirely I''m just going to put it on hold for future me to come back to it. That doesn''t mean I''m quitting writing entirely; I''m going to make another story that I have been thinking about over and over, this new story kind of connects with my experience and feelings about my life in the past I feel like I need to make this. All of the people who helped me throughout this I thank you with all my heart just there weren''t that many of you that helped me fix and change this story into the right direction, this led to my quitting of this idea. To all who will comment saying that I''m a shit author that skips from concept to concept never finishing one well your kind of right sort of I need to find my groove and find something that works with me but still fuck you. I''ve had trouble with getting time to write due to school yes I''m still in high school that may or may not surprise you guys, but it''s true. People probably are going to say that this explains why all my products are shit because I''m just a stupid teen, well a) fuck you guys yeah I know who you are and b) thanks to my program that I''m in I''m going to graduate with an associates degree so ha I am smart somewhat. Well I''m hoping you guys hear from me in the next few days I am going to try and get my new idea forward and release it to the public. That''s all for now thank you all for your support.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.