《Fragment of Space》 Chapter 1 Arrival With a flash of light and a dimpling of reality, an average brown hair man looking appeared looking disoriented. Surrounding him was a passage that seem to be carved directly from living rock. Only some rough stone blocks lined the walls. Except for the drip of water in the distance the only sound was the man¡¯s breathing in the oppressive silence. What the hell, he thought looking around at his surroundings and taking them in. Walking forward he tried to remember how he¡¯d had gotten here, but the most that he could come up with was that it might have to do with the agate that he¡¯d been cleaning. Recently it had gotten a lot of press after sitting in a drawer for two years covered in debris. Still we hadn¡¯t been able to explain its near microscopic detail. There was a flash and, looking around now I''m here. Well might as well pick a direction, picking the way he was face seem to be the best option. Covering the floor were chunks of stone and clods of soil, carefully he moved forward pressed close to the wall. Scowling he tried two pull any info as to how he managed to get knocked out and dragged into a damn cave. Who has enough of a grudge to pull this sort of thing. Be a grad student in one of the best colleges in the county had pissed off more than a few people as them was only a few slots every decade or so. Up ahead a warm flickering light was cast on the damp wall. he crept further hearing sounded like speaking in a guttural language and the smack of flesh on flesh. Peeking around the corner were small squat green creatures. They had pointed ears, claws and a mouth full of pointy teeth. Snarling at each other, they were fighting over a dead rat with their backs turned to me. Shit! what are those things, some sort of mutant hillbilly? he thought feeling the grip of fear griphis heart as he watched as he realized something. ¡°These little shits look like Goblins,¡± at the sound they whipped their heads back at his voice, Pupil dilating as they saw me did I say that out loud? Panting and as he raced back down the passage his shoes slapping against the stone of the tunnel as he booked it back down the way he had come. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Stupid! I can¡¯t believe that I blurted that out. The goblins had been quick to grab their weapons of crappy spears and knifes as they gave chase. More of them had joined the group chasing me, pouring out of side passages as he sped past. he kept tripping and slamming into the dim walls, the torches spaced widely apart.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. His clothes were badly stained at this point, hanging like rags off his body covered in dirt and grime. Coming out into a huge space the ceiling and floor extending out into infinite nothing except for a thin stone bridge spanning the gap. From the other side of the bridge, a group of armored figures marched forward bathed in torchlight. They surrounded a central person with gilded and jewel incrusted armor. Waving franticly at the group, He ran over the men raising their shield in response and pointing their weapons yelling at him to halt. Hold up his hands up to show that he wasn¡¯t armed ¡°Please help me, these thing are chasing me. I don¡¯t know where I am.¡± ¡°What is the impedance we are wasting time.¡± An annoyed voice said from the middle of the group. ¡°sire, it¡¯s a peasant.¡± ¡°a peasant, how did it get leave to enter the dungeon. Get rid of it¡± he said ¡°Sire?¡± ¡°I said get rid of it, trash like it isn¡¯t worthy of being in a dungeon. Throw it off the bridge" Looking at the group in shock he started to back up with his hands still raised as a few of the stared to advancing on me. From behind the sound of yelling and clanging as the goblins came out from the tunnel behind me. As he turned to look one of the guards grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt easily lifting him off the ground and before he could even yell out he was falling. He fell and fell, and kept falling seemingly endless, till he came to a sudden stop somehow still alive. Though in pain like the worse belly flop in history. His conscious flicked as he noticed the ground he was laying on wobble like a waterbed, causing me to gasp ashis rubs throbbed in pain. A slight tingle spread overhis hands and before turning to burning as he started to sink. Shit, shit, screaming internally a blue springing into being as he yelled and thrashhis limbs sinking in. Underneath he could see bones and bits of armor as his head was pulled under. He could feel in horror as his limbs broke apart. Even with his eyes and mouth shut, the thing was eating through his lips and eyelids. He prayed to any that would listen, screaming with no mouth or tongue. Wakefulness began to slip from him as he reached for anything...ANYTHING¡­¡­. There, a spark of something glowing with a brilliant cyan. He reached out and grabbed it with everything he had a scream of color and noise and he felt himself get thrown back his last memory of bits of slime and items raining down. Chapter: 2 New Abilities The noble and his party were just outside the entrance to the dungeon when a powerful rumble could be felt shaking the mountainside that the dungeon resided in.¡± What was that,¡± the noble snapped, looking around snapping his hand to his sword hilt. Screeching, the birds in flew out of the nearby trees causing the guards to be even more jumpy. ¡°It came from the dungeon Lord As¡¯ter.¡± With a click, the noble removed his helm short blond hair fell free framing a chiseled jaw and piercing blue eyes. All of this was ruined the cruel sneer on his face. ¡°it doesn¡¯t matter to us; I tire from the dungeon. Take me to Lysandra¡¯s I wish to relax,¡± the armsman nodded as He shouted out to the group as they made their way forward. Deep in the dungeon, a room was silent for the first time in decades. Many items and bones lay scattered around with bits of jell still clinging to them. Dust and bits of rock drifted to the ground as a blue glow surrounded a small bump of bone sticking out of the ground. Slowly I came awake, a dark blue glow taking up my vision.
Welcome to the world of Vel¡¯kurs
Giant Colossal Slime slain 40,389 Xp Earned Error Can¡¯t incorporate Exp Error Soul Damage detected, Error Can¡¯t parse race, Race not found Soul Vessel detected Setting race to undead ¡°Skeletal Fragment Skill gained [Absorb] from Ancient Colossal slime
His head was killing Him, no matter where he looked the blue window remained in his view. Memory was more than a bit hazy, he started to panic as Places, family, even his name remained beyond him. Trying to move yielded nothing not even a finger twitch. Without a hint the blue windows disappeared leaving him in darkness. All that he could grab memory wise he latched onto desperately. The smug sneer of that man, glaring at him as he fell to his death, like his very existence was a stain on life. Rage, pure untainted without any trappings rage filled him as more memory fragments flowed back. His sudden appearance, the terror of the chase, and the callous murderer. I will get my revenge, even death and the tendrils of this hell won¡¯t stop me. After he calmed down some and centered himself, he tried to figure this out. Pushing back the horror of the void that Surrounded him. I fell and landed onto something rubbery, and then the burning started, winching at the memory. There was a flash of light and then so much pain that he passed out and then this. I could be in a coma, but real or a delusion I will fight back. This is like a video game with the window and what did that say about Xp and an Ancient Colossal Slime? If this is like a video game¡± Status¡±
Name: Race: Skeletal Fragment
Xp: 0/100
Level: 0 Class:
Titles:
Str: 0(.0005) Con: .00001* Dex: 0(.0005)
Int: 12(5) Wis: 11(1) Foc: .001(5)
Chr: 0*(2) Per: 1 Lck: 17
Condition: Shattered*, Soul Damage*, Traumatized*Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
Racial ability¡¯s: Undead Stamina
Stamina: ¡Þ* Health: .000 Mana: 5/*
Skills:
Res. Dark:100% Light-150%: Earth:20 Fire:0 Water:30% Wind:0 Lightning:5% Cold:1% Space:160%
Affinities. Dark: 50 Light:0 Earth:15 Fire:10 Water:5 Wind: Lightning:27 Cold:35 Space:100
Abilities. Absorb*
Yes, this is just like in an rpg, though there¡¯s a lot of stuff I don¡¯t recognize. Also why are my stats so shit.
Skeletal fragment: A new undead race to Vel¡¯kurs, barely more than a fragment of bone the weakest of undead, shouldn¡¯t pose a threat to even a new born human.
Wow really, this system has an attitude.
Shattered: your physical body has sustained damage beyond what any living being could survive. Reduction to strength, health regen, constitution and dexterity by amount of mass left. (MASS .0005)
Soul Damage: A portion of the user¡¯s soul was burned in a desperate attempted to survive. Racial ability Undead Stamina has been block till damage has healed.
Traumatized: User has sustained intense damage to their psych causing mental Stats reduction until trauma has been overcome.
No wonder I¡¯m such crap right now, I can¡¯t move, a feather could kill me and I have no senses to use. Wait didn¡¯t I have and ability?
[Absorb Lvl 1] Breakdown objects or materials for a change to absorb traits of the target on touch. Does not work on living creatures. Current mana cost 5 (current 2 % of success at Lvl 1 chance of trait gain) *Racial Bonus- Bone currently heals damage to body
This is it, he though. Maybe I can fix what¡¯s wrong with me, only problem is I can see for shit. He mused grimacing mentally as he mulled over his options. Remembering back to the light he saw before he perished, he focused his mind inward, trying to locate the source. After a few hours or days, he couldn¡¯t really judge time with no outside input he found it. At the center of his being a cyan spark-like flame dance. Like a living thing it dances and moved, its beauty moving him to fascination. Now that he had noticed this spark he could see thin traces of it leave the spark and span outwards along an oddly shaped chip of something.
Ability Gained [Mana sight] Lvl 1
Popping up was another blue box Mana sight hmm, his vison expanded outward. Bathing everything in the same color as the spark at his center. Like there was a cyan colored flashlight strapped to his head. Looking back at the chip a sinking sensation filled his being. I gg-guess I died. He wept at what he had lost, his body, his memory his home. What did he have left to continue for, no one and nothing remained. I still exist, my memory, body, and even name may be gone but I¡¯m still here. Gripping at this last fact as an anchor he looking around with mana sight noticing a shard of something next to his fragment. Well, he said sighing. I guess I¡¯ll go over this later let¡¯s try this ability. [Absorb], Nothing happened, he tried more forcefully. [Absorb]! Still nothing happened, I don¡¯t know what I¡¯m doing wrong, I didn¡¯t have this problem with mana sight. Thinking back, he went through the steps of using mana sight, oh duh I forgot to push a bit of -------the spark from my center. That must be my mana pool, drawing on his mana [Absorb].
[Absorb] ¡°Iron Grain¡± failed material lost
The shard he was watching failed to do anything, but to his amazement the fragment that was his body shifted slightly and with a wave of tiredness he passed out. Chapter:3 Well I didnt expect that Waking up, he could feel the throb of a headache behind his ¡°eyes¡±, What happened? Bringing up his status he could see what happened right away. His mana was only at 1/?, the ability had taken all his mana to cast. Well damn, how long was I out for. Wish I had a clock, looking over his status page he came to his regens. .05 hr, it has taken me 20 hours to regain 1 point of mana and it did even get anything from it. He wanted to smash something or weep, but without eyes or hands all he could do was mentally sigh. Going over the use he went step by step and it only dawned on him to check the ability again.
[Absorb Lvl 1] Breakdown objects or materials for a change to absorb traits of the target on touch. Does not work on living creatures. Current mana cost 5 (current 2 % of success at Lvl 1 chance of trait gain) *Racial Bonus- Bone currently heals damage to body.
There it was absorbs ¡°on touch¡±, how was he supposed to reach anything with no limbs. Well I can see a at least the area around me using [Mana sight], maybe I could use it like a fishing line? Concentrating on his inner spark of mana, he threw tendrils of cyan thread from inside towards the fragment of what looked like bone. His conscience wavered from the effort, and he quickly checked his status page. 1/? , at first he thought he was confused thinking he hadn¡¯t used any mana, but realized he had lucked out and waited enough for a second point of mana to be regened.
Skill gained! [Mana Tentacle] Lvl 1, 1 mana a Tentacle at current level.
Checking his status, it looked like he had lucked and had managed to regen a mana point. Canceling the tentacle to his pleasant surprise he regained the mana. Ok quick recap, I need 1 point of mana to remain awake. If I cancel the mana tentacle it doesn¡¯t use up my mana. But using absorb uses all my mana and knocks me out. So using his [Mana Tentacle], he wrapped around the fragment near his own and pulled. It slowly slid along the floor till with a bump it gently knocked against his fragment. Holy crap, I think I felt that! Taking a deep breath, He hunkered down for a wait before realizing that absorb worked on touch maybe multiple objects could be counted as one if there all touching. And with each point of mana taking a full 24 hours I¡¯ve got plenty of time. So with the one tentacle he pulled himself around mapping out the room and pulling all the bone and bone scraps into one pile. Mentally exhausted he sat in the bone pile waiting for time to run out and gave him a chance to go over all that had happened, realizing that he felt better now that he had something to do. Time to form a plan, get my mass up, get out of this place, and take care of that asshole. Suddenly there was a shifting of the bone that caused him to vibrate.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. Crap I think somethings here, and a feather would be enough to Kill me. Activating [Mana Sight}, all he could see was a huge snout pushing around the bone scraps. Its breath along moving things around. He waited terrified as the thing moved the bones around looking for something. With a growl that shook the whole room, the creature left. Taking stock, his mana was maxed making him ready to try absorb again. Well it feels wrong to not have a name so how about Vanth? Checking his Status, it now listed Vanth as his name. Well here goes nothing, He activated [Absorb]
Success! Absorbed 4 pounds of bone, Reconstructing¡­
I really don¡¯t like the sound of that, He though before being hit with a wave of intense pain and passing out again. Waking up gave Vanth a surprise, I can see, and not using {Mana Sight]! Thought tilted on his side Vanth could see the room from the floor, bits of wood, metal, and other objects littered the floor. Weirdly he couldn¡¯t seem to blink or close his eyes. Taking stock, he felt heavier, and while still not having arms or legs he was able to move something behind himself. What am I, a snake now? Moving the limb behind, he was able to right himself with the use of his lower jaw. Using [Mana Sight] he looked himself over What the Status
Name:Vanth Race: Mana Skull
Xp: 0/100
Level: 0 Class:
Titles:
Str: 0(.005) Con: .001* Dex: 0(.005)
Int: 12(6) Wis: 11(4) Foc: 5(.001)
Chr: 0*(2) Per: 1 Lck: 17
Condition: Shattered*, Soul Damage*, Traumatized*
Racial ability¡¯s: Undead Stamina
Stamina: ¡Þ* Health: .001 Mana: 6/*
Skills: Mana Tentacle
Res. Dark:100% Light-150%: Earth:20 Fire:0 Water:30% Wind:0 Lightning:5% Cold:1% Space:160%
Affinities. Dark: 50 Light:0 Earth:15 Fire:10 Water:5 Wind: Lightning:27 Cold:35 Space:100
Abilities. Absorb*, Mana Sight
He was a skull covered in dim cyan colored flame, He appeared to have a snout on the end as well as four vertebra hanging from the back of his ¡°neck¡±. Well it looks like I¡¯m not human anymore. Large teeth, like those of a predator filled him mouth. It looked like [Absorb] had done its work and repaired the fragment that was his body. My stats have improved, It must be from repairing my fragment, maybe naming myself shows I¡¯m getting over the trauma some? Either way he had taken steps forward to his goals Also I now have enough mana to use absorb without passing out. Laying on the ground Vanth could see a few nearly undamaged items laying on the ground. There was a ring, a dagger, and strangely decorated bag. Let¡¯s go check these out.