《Law of the Forest》 Denial I was once a conqueror. I led vast armies and united a world, or so I thought. After the continent I was born on; from the union of a god and a human, was united under one banner by me. We found another continent and then another, it had been years since I last brought people under a single rule. So I took my army and set off to bring new culture and knowledge to my people and the people we would bring into us. What we found was death and destruction. I was eaten by a wolf the size of a large whale. And my army was crushed by the other abhorrent beasts that lived on this demonic land. I thought I would meet my father again and mother for the first time, however, mother failed to bring my soul to her and I was reborn instead. All I could hear as my soul was dragged into another world was her and father''s desperate screaming. ¡°It''s warm.. where am I..?¡± It''s difficult to think.. I can''t see or hear, my other senses are dulled. And my body feels heavy¡­ Thinking is difficult.. painful too.. I feel like a long time has passed since I woke. My body still feels weak, but my senses are recovering and it is taking less effort to think. What happened to me¡­? Oh.. I-I can see! I''m in some cave? Why am I in a cave? Where''s the fire? It''s still too difficult to move my head around to look at my surroundings. I feel, something soft and warm. I must be in a bed or at least a fur blanket. How did I survive? I must be totally broken at the moment.. Shit I''ll kill that damned colossal wolf. No wait it ate me.. then something or someone already killed it and found me.. then rescued and nursed me? Why? I''ll figure it out when I''m recovered..This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. There''s an absolutely massive silver wolf with a spiral horn on its head under me. And I mean literally under me as in I am laying on it. I only noticed this because a different horned wolf came up to me and licked me before the one I am laying on licked that wolf and then me. I cannot describe the kind of fear that I feel right now. I am a demigod and am so broken physically that wolves an order of magnitude larger than the colossal wolf took pity on me and are nursing me back to health. Hm. Wait, that doesn''t make any sense. Are these wolves sapient? ARE THEY THE INTELLIGENT RACE OF THIS CONTINENT?! Shit I haven''t learned their language, I won''t even be able to give them my thanks for saving and nursing me. I need to pay attention when they talk and use my magic to try and link words. Can I even do that in this state? Mother granted me this so that I could unite everyone but, I''ve never been so busted up before. Okay let''s try it ¡°squeak.¡± What. No, no, no. That was my imagination, let''s try again ¡°awoo¡±. Hm. I must be delirious, let''s go to sleep. ¡°Awoo¡±. I see. I''m insane. That''s the only possible explanation, I hit my head so hard that I lost my mind. Or the colossal wolf was a spell to cause insanity. Actually that makes a lot of sense, I mean why else would a magical beast the size of a whale exist on land? Yup, there is no damned way that I am a wolf cub. Nope. I am a physically and mentally broken demigod, not a baby wolf with a horn. I mean, there''s no such thing as a wolf with a horn anyways. I''ve seen every single beast on my continent and there were many different kinds of monster and magic wolves but exactly zero of them had horns. Being kille-eaten by that illusion colossal wolf just messed me up. BY THE ABYSSAL KING WHY THE FUCK AM I A WOLF!?!?! Depression I am currently attempting to learn the language of my caretakers, as I need to thank them for saving my life. You see, I¡¯ve figured it out. No, not the language. I¡¯ve realized that the reason for my transformation is that they did not know of my anatomy. So, they transformed me into one of their kind, and an infant at that for the increased recovery that children have compared to adults. Yes, they used their magical prowess to change me into a form which they could heal with their medicinal knowhow. See, it makes perfect sense! Even Izumo would be proud of my mental capabilities right about now. I wonder how that other wolder is doing right no¡­. Oh that¡¯s right. He died in the attack to that colossal wolf¡­ He was my favorite too¡­ Huh? Stop licking me! I¡¯m not in the mood for your tomfoolery large one! *lick lick lick lick lick* Stop it I say! The horned wolf that I am laying on continued to lick and caress me as if I was a baby for what felt like an hour. I fell asleep exhausted from constantly trying to push them away from my face. I miss my warriors and vassals...I trained them so well and Izumo was really fun to be around.. He always had some great ideas for infrastructure and machines. And he was damn good with healing magic and enchanting too. Fuck. Let recover first and find out if they saved any of my men as well. A few days have passed since then and I¡¯d love to put a lot of practice into my understanding of their language however, they rarely speak and I have been able to hear very few words multiple times and have no context for any of them. Which is severely frustrating. Let me learn your damned language so that I may thank you and ask about my precious subordinates!! If they are dead than I can let go and breakdown, it is exhausting to keep myself together after possibly losing everyone I love damn it! Hm. Where did that come from? I normally have much better control over myself. Even on the final campaign when we took down the Fallen, I withstood all of his mental attacks and slew him and his Black Knight. OH FUCK! Is it because my body has been changed to that of an infant''s?! Oh no no no nononononononono! That is very bad. Very very fucking bad! What if my magic recovers before the rest of me?! I¡±ll split myself apart from an unfocused thought wont I? Okay, language is now secondary. Time to train my mana again, I refuse to die in such an unsightly manner! So, training mana is much more simple than I remember it being. I was able to make it flow quite quickly, but it seems that I have lost all of my weaker attributes and cannot even begin to think of using even low level magic, at most I could probably perform some lifestyle level magic, with great effort. I¡¯ll focus on recovering my lost attributes.Healing magic is going to be the most massive pain to obtain again, so we¡¯ll start with that. I need something to heal, oh yea me! . .If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I have no injures, what the fuck. Okay, so am I just tired then? Are my resources what¡¯s recovering? I¡¯ve never gone so far as I did in that battle, not even with the Fallen, I lost consciousness after he thanked us for freeing his soul, but that was due to the damage I received not because I used every single bit of power in my body. I guess I have to wait for a while then. I¡¯ve waited for a few more days and it doesn¡¯t seem to me that my health status ha--
Name:[-------] Level: 1 Ability 1: [Elementalist] Ability 2: N/A Ability 3: N/A [Attribute]: [Fire]/[--]
Species: Horned Wolf [Crystal Variant] [Sapient] [SP]: 12 HP: 44[base] Hp: 12/12 Atk: 58[base] Atk: 6 Def: 44[base] Def: 6 MAtk: + 58[base] MAtk: 6 MDef: - 44[base] MDef: 5 Spd: 61[base] Spd: 6
Titles [Number only]: 5 Equipped Titles [3/3]: [Variant] {Default} [Beloved Child of the Goddess of Conquest] [Ruler of the World] {Redacted} Epuipped Skills: [Locked] [4/10] [Scratch]45/45 [Bite]30/30 [Empowering Strike]15/15 [Scowl]20/20 Known Skills Scratch [Physical] [Atributeless] Bite [Physical/Effect] [Atributeless] Empowering Strike [Physical/Buff] [Enhancement] Scowl [Debuff] [Atributeless] Cinder bolt [Magic/Effect] [Fire] [Unlocked Lv:5]
Attributes Unlocked [Number only]: 10/25 Inventory: [500/10,000] Units in use Equipment: [None]
AND NOW I''M SEEING THINGS TOO!! What even is this!? And there''s even more attributes than before what is this!? Where there undiscovered attributes?! The Fallen had never before seen magic. We assumed it was corrupted, but if this isn''t a delusion and magic cannot be corrupted like the All Father said, then that was actually regular magic? No wonder the Will of the World never did anything in response to them using magic, it was just regular magic! What a momentous discovery, right Izuna!? Oh. Right.... He''s not here.. Learning Wiping away tears,the demigod turned pup spoke to themselves ¡°No, he would not want me to stay like this. I need to deal with what¡¯s in front of me first¡± the pup looked at the screen in front of them.
Name:[-------] Level: 1 Ability 1: [Elementalist] Ability 2: N/A Ability 3: N/A [Attribute]: [Fire]/[--]
Species: Horned Wolf [Crystal Variant] [Sapient] [SP]: 12 HP: 44[base] Hp: 12/12 Atk: 58[base] Atk: 6 Def: 44[base] Def: 6 MAtk: + 58[base] MAtk: 6 MDef: - 44[base] MDef: 5 Spd: 61[base] Spd: 6
Titles [Number only]: 5 Equipped Titles [3/3]: [Variant] {Default} [Beloved Child of a God] [Ruler of the World] {Redacted} Equipped Skills: [Locked] [4/10] [Scratch]45/45 [Bite]30/30 [Empowering Strike]15/15 [Scowl]20/20 Known Skills Scratch [Physical] [Attributeless] Bite [Physical/Effect] [Attributeless] Empowering Strike [Physical/Buff] [Enhancement] Scowl [Debuff] [Attributeless] Cinder bolt [Magic/Effect] [Fire] [Unlocked Lv:5]
Attributes Unlocked [Number only]: 10/25 Inventory: [500/10,000] Units in use Equipment: [None]
Hm, this looks similar to that Dragon something er, table game, was it, that Izuna made. Well the er, stat sheet anyways. I wonder what my other titles are. Thinking that they tapped the box with [Titles] on itStolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
[TITLES] Description Effect
Child of Man and God As one who has been born between a goddess and a mortal man, you are part divine. Everything you do is boosted in part by your divinity. Add divine damage to all attacks, increases with level. Current bonus: [1%]
Beloved Child of a God [Conquest] [Love] {Equipped} Born of a Goddess and beloved as her only child, when you die you will rise to her pantheon as a Champion You are beloved by a goddess, as her child, Gods who posses animosity towards you find it difficult to influence you or damage you. Gods you do not know/hold animosity have a harder time contacting you Probability of god failing at contacting/harming you: [40%] Increases with evolution stage.
Child of Love You were born from unrelenting adoration between two beings who should not be together. As such you will love with the same passion Become stronger when fighting alongside someone you love. Familial, platonic, romantic, so long as the affection is mutual you will become stronger in their presence. When Fighting alongside someone you love gain 30% to all stats and heal for 1/8 of the damage you deal.
Ruler of the World {Redacted} {Equipped} {Redacted} {As you do not meet the requirements for this Title, the effects are negated} You conquered the world. As such you hold domain over it and its people, those under you are more powerful and those against you are weakened. Grants family/comrades boost = 50% of BST Grants your subordinates boost = 40% of BST Grants your Subjects boost = 30% of BST Grants your allies boost = 20% of BST Enemies'' stats are lowered by 33%
Variant {Equipped} You were born physically or internally different from others of your kind; perhaps both. You have access to the entire evolution tree for your species. You are able to seek the requirements for specific evolutions, you may also hold off your own evolution at will with no detriment. As a [sapient] you can also cancel and evolution of a subordinate or subject at will if physically close enough.
Well. That''s a lot to take in. I''m no longer considered the ruler of my world... well it makes sense if I''m really not there anymore.. I am surprised that there sin''t a lesser version of that title, however. [Child of love], huh? Its a little embarasing to be told that your family adores you that much though. hehe. But no wonder I felt stronger with Izuna and the others around, I actually was. I should probably check my other stats. I need as much info as I can gather if I''m to figure out what is going on.
Horned Wolf [Variant] {Crystal/Sapient}:
The horned Wolf is a somewhat rare monster of the [Fire Atribute], it posseses two large spiral horns one in front of the other. It is fast and has great Magic Attack, it is about equal to a regular wolf in physical ablity however, making it rather weak in a direct confrontation, as it has difficulty dodging attacks, and has low defensive abilities. A Crystal Variant maintains the Magic Attack of a regular Horned Wold while having equal Physical Attack and greater Speed. As a Sapient you are immune to Taming and can communicate via telepathy after your first evolution.
Taming, huh? That doesn''t sound pleasant if you have a sense of self. Good thing I''m immue though. So my Magic and Physical Attack are equal, I recall having a + next to my Magic Attack, what does that mean? Will it grow faster or better thsan my other stats? Ugh, I really don''t want to go through my inventory... There''s so much stuff in it. I can''t belive my spaical storage was so closely linked to me that it would follow me into another life. AHHHH!!! DAMNIT I''LL LOOK AT IT! I CAN DO THIS!
After two hours of going through this, I can''t equip anything because of my level or species. Well I found one this but...
Heart of Ifreet the Fire King
Boost Fire atribute attacks by 100% consumes twice the [Mana]
I mean its a great boost and all, but I''ve yet to find my mana stat on this table. And, I even tried to use my most basic Fire magic: [Cinder Bolt]. It failed even though I did everything right, although it did show up on.. my stat table! I can probably relearn my magics by trying to do them!
[Species requirement not met, learing of {God Blade} failed] Wait what!? Why?
[-----] does not posses hands and is not bipedal
Oh. So I need to be able to hold a sword with my arms for that.. When I tried to learn [Empowering Strike] it worked though?
Skill: [Empowering Strike] descriptions: Hit your opponent with a weapon/body part,if sucessful inscrease [Attack] stage by 1(max 6)
Oh, it doesn''t specifically need human arms to be used, does it? I just have to hit someone with it. Shit, then aren''t all of my non-magic skills worthless? I was not even a good mage, I fought witha sword and shield. I wads a frontline fighter taking hits and keeping my mages and artillery safe from attack. I could take a blow that would split a mountain in half... Now... I''m fairly certain that a regular sword could cleave right through me.At least I''m a [Crystal Variant]. So I don''t have the same weaknesses as regular mages did. I would straigh never leave this cave if I was just a regular mage, er wolf. Not alone at least, that does not sound safe at all sinc eI never leaned any stealth skills aside from the most basic presence masking, and that only worked on weaklings you''d never sneak up on your equal or sneak away from someone stronger than you. Hm? I feel like I''m forgetting something? . . . WAIT I CAN ASK THIS THING QUESTIONS!? This changes a lot of things! How do I equip a title?
Choose [TITLE] to equip/unequip
Child of Man and God
Beloved Child of a God [Conquest] [Love] {Equipped}
Child of Love
Ruler of the World {Redacted} {Equipped}
Variant {Equipped}
Unequip [Ruler of the World], Equip [Child of Love] [Equipped Titles updated] Okay. how do I equip skills? [You cannot edit equipped skills until you reach Level 5, or become and adult] I am an adult though? Wait, oh no no no no. You cannot be serious.... I''M A BABY TOO!? Not a chapter 2 So, chapter three is gone. It''ll be back later in the story but I''ll be writing a different chapter three cause this one feel, rushed and out of place to me. The explanation is too early and it feel like there is too much going on at once. So I''ll be slowing the pace otherwise I''d run out of things to write way too quickly. A part of me wanted to just leave it and try to keep going with what I had but, that would leave this much lower quality than what I personally find acceptable. This will be deleted when the new chapter three comes out who knows when. But since I have four days off starting tomorrow I might be able to muster something short.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Also, yea the chapter was kind of long compared to the other chapters. Which I''m not entirely sure I want? I may end up fusing chapters one and two not sure. Probably won''t? Maybe? Who knows anyways it''s a process I have a few things for later chapters ready but I need to get to that point in the story. So I ended up rushing and didn''t like the result. Also there''s a lot of fluff here because I am not sure I have the minimum words needed to post this explanation. Oh and this won''t be the same as the basically indefinite haitus of Abyss. That still needs a LOT more fleshing out cause there''s a lot I want to do with it and honestly I''m not at that level of skill as a writer yet and won''t be for a while. So I want to level up so to speak before trying that again. Probs gonna be down for a couple of years tbh. It''ll be be a super slow process for that one. Anyways, hm, I started that a lot. Well whatever, anyways, I''m pretty sure I have enough words now.