《Gaia's will and challenge》 Just a "normal" day with a strange twist Just a normal day is what it should have been. Get up at 6 am dress myself, brush my teeth, eat breakfast, take the bus to school, endure it and then go home. Right, that should have been it. A day everyone has had too many times to count. A day that so many would have had experienced in the future so often that they would get a headache just from thinking about it. And yet, it was the day the world plunged into chaos while establishing a new natural order. The first half of the day, of the 9th January 2018, was still as it should have been. I woke up while trying to piece togetherthe still blurry images my eyes gave me. I looked around my room. There wasn''t anything special about it, just a normal room. A bed, an old desk with my pc and a chair in front of it, and my wardrobe. The desk was as always a pure mess, my school folders and books and also some notes were scattered over it all over the place, while all my computer games collected dusk on the left corner of it. "Haaaa" I got up. Usually, it takes me way longer to find the motivation to get up until it''s nearly too late to get everything done just in time but today I just wasn''t as groggy as I was supposed to be. Must be because of the little nap I took yesterday afternoon. I often do that. It happens quite often that I fall asleep on my bed while playing with my smartphone. If it happens I usually wake up at 6 pm or 7 pm. Because of that I often can''t sleep until late night. Not that I plan to do so even if I could. The earlier I go to bed the sooner I have to go to school again, at least that''s what it feels like. I go into the bathroom to wash my face quickly and then brush my teeth. The house is mostly silent, aside from our dog. My mother is in Stuttgart, she has been working there for a month already. My father has to go to work rightbefore I wake up so he also isn''t home while my big sister is still sleeping. It''s only been a day since she had her wisdom teeth removed so she doesn''t have to go to school. While I do have an older brother, that useless idiot only has to wake up somewhere in the early noon as his shift only begins somewhere around mid-noon. So at the moment, I am the only one awake. As I finish brushing my teeth and thinking about such useless stuff, I go back to my room to get dressed. A plain black T-shirt, normal blue jeans and a black jacket as it is cold outside. I grab my bag and go downstairs, eat my cereals, grab my breakfast that my father left for me on the table and take my other thicker jacket and go outside to the bus stop. It''s 6.47 and my bus only arrives at 6.56 so I still have to wait here for nearly 10 minutes in the freezing cold. I don''t want to play with my phone as my hands would freeze if I take them outside my pockets, so I can only wait. I don''t have any friends among the other teenagers here, only some acquaintances. But I don''t know them enough to call them friends and just have some small talk with them. A while later the bus finally arrives. Halfway through, my pockets weren''t enough to stop the freezing -4¡ãC anymore so I wanted to get on that bus really quick. I walk in, show my bus card and try to look for a seat to sit down. As usually there is no open seat anymore. The buses this early are always full as the company behind them simply refuses to send a 2nd one. Sometimes in summer, there are even times where the bus is so full that some people have to either wait for the next one or just go home and grab their bikes. "Hey fattie, why so gloomy? You look like you ate shit for breakfast! Don''t tell me you really do?" Sigh, the usual assholes are finally back. Woohoo... I could have easily gotten through the day without them. I don''t bother to answer them. It would only give him and his friends more reason to annoy me. The one who spoke was Brian. When we were still in elementary school he was in class b while I was in class a. He still went through all the effort to daily insult and annoy me. I don''t even know why. Apparently, it''s my face that annoys him so much but he never talked about it while I was around so I don''t really know. I can only guess and my guess is that he is bitter at me for beating him up in the first grade when he found it was a good idea to claim the whole sandbox as his and drive out all the other children. Back then I still had a very short temper and even minor stuff was enough to foul my mood. Till this day he apparently hasn''t forgiven me for beating him up and embarrassing him. Even though it''s been so long. Seriously it''s been like 9 years since then. That was the 1st grade and he still didn''t better himself and still has a mountain-sized ego. I just endure all the noise of all the other teenagers around me as I wait for the bus to arrive at school. As usual, while listening to some of the conversations around me, I didn''t hear anything important. Just some simple small-talk without any worry about their future. Even though the future for our generation looks quite bleak, most approach it with "I''ll deal with it when I get there". As the bus finally arrives I hurry and get out as fast as possible. Though that doesn''t work as good as in theory as there are just too many crowding the exit. So it turns into some kind of shoving competition. When I finally get out I just ignore all the other ones around me and hurry to my classroom. The classroom is still mostly empty. The other buses from the other villages are going to arrive later and some of the ones who already arrived did a nice turn walked away and took out their cigarettes and lighters. I put my jacket on the coat hook and go to my seat. On the way, I greet Maurice, who is basically my only good friend in school. I still have some other ones who I get along with quite well but it isn''t really the same.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "Hi man"(Me) "Hello"(Maurice) "Do you have the homework for German?"(Maurice) "Oh wait I have to take out my stuff first, give me a sec."(Me) Well, I do have it but it is barely readable. My writing sucks hard and he knows it but he still somehow always manages to decipher it. Slowly the remaining few and our smokers arrive and then lastly our German teacher Mr Grammar as we call him as he doesn''t allow any kind of mistake in your grammar. Well, his real name is Frank von Zwielicht.
As the 4th lesson finishes, all the students no longer keep shut, and the room gets noisy instantly. "Have you seen the Bachelor yesterday I can''t believe he threw her out!" "Yeah right, even though the black haired one behaved like a real bitch" "Did you already reach the 6th level in...?" "I was in Magdeburg yesterday and there was ...!" *rumble rumble Suddenly the room quakes like in an earthquake which is nearly impossible in Germany as there are no tectonic plates that could rub against each other here and also no volcanoes. So there shouldn''t be an earthquake in Germany that is this strong. "Woaaah!" "Get under the tables!" "Keep distance from the windows" Well even though there have been no earthquakes in Germany we still have learned what do to in case we ever have our holidays somewhere where it could happen. So relatively quickly we were all under the tables. *sfx for glass breaking Some of the windows did break and the shards scattered all over the floor nearby. *crash Even some of the pieces of the ceiling fell down. The buildings in Germany aren''t built to withstand an earthquake after all so it was obvious that there would be some damage to the buildings. It was pretty good that we got under the tables quickly as the pieces of the ceiling could have inflicted some serious head injuries. However, instead of slowly subsiding, the earthquake continued for quite a while. Just as I got worried that the building may even collapse as more and more cracks started to form on the walls and ceiling and even some of my classmates looked like they would have a panic attack anytime soon, it just went dark all of a sudden. The light just seemed to have disappeared and I was in total darkness. I looked around while being quite confused about this as the sky was mostly clear of clouds and if a cloud would block the sun it wouldn'' be this dark. No way it would be. However, I also noticed that the quaking stopped and I couldn''t even hear my classmates whimpering in fear or anything else. It was as if my senses and body just stopped working as I also couldn''t speak or move. After a while, I was slowly getting more and more anxious as I thought that the only possibility would be that some debris fell on my head and I fell unconscious. However, that shouldn''t be possible as I was under a table and the tables were quite sturdy. So maybe the building did collapse in the end? But that wouldn''t kill me immediately. I would at least see how the walls fall together and the ceiling comes down on us. Even if just for a few seconds. So what happened? *Ding

Welcome to the "Room of Remodeling."
... ... ... The. Fuck. Is. This??? This reminds me of some notification that one would see in some games. You know the obnoxious kind that just suddenly appears and block a large part of the screen. Well, it looks like I can only wait and see what this pop-up-like window wants from me as it is the only thing here and I still can''t move!

In the "Room of Remodeling", you can change yourself in nearly any way you want.Whatever you see as a flaw in your current appearance, you can change it or simply completely change the way you look. You can also enhance your strength, intellect, agility, dexterity, vitality, stamina, mana and everything else. The room is provided by the gods, to give the humans the chance to change themselves to a form that is better suited for the times that are coming.
Ok... now, this is interesting. Though I guess I should also be worried as it could mean that I have just gone nuts and am now hallucinating. But I guess I''ll see if I have gone nuts after exiting this space somehow.
I am the system and will guide you through your remodelling, Number #987265
Number #987265? Does that mean that there are just that many people in similar situations as I am?

To be precise the entirety of humanity is in this situation.
The entirety of humanity??? That''s impossible. There is next to nothing that has a decent chance of actually happening that could affect the entirety of humanity. Especially not an earthquake.

You are right there are very few things that could happen so suddenly without humans even noticing, that could affect the entirety of humanity and with that also the entire planet earth.
Wait I just noticed but this... system is responding to my thoughts. I never heard anything about something like this. In the first place, what is going on here??? Explanation round. The system is a chatterbox! Hey, what is going on here? How is it possible for you to read my thoughts and what is this about "remodelling"? Also, what is this place? How come there is absolutely nothing here, how did I get here in the first place and why can''t I move?
To answer your questions: 1. Right now you are in the "Room of Remodeling", a room created by the gods in order to allow humans to modify themselves and acquire new or more power in order to survive the coming times. 2. I can read your thoughts as I am connected to your mind and partially a part of it. 3. You aren''t actually here. At least not physically. I only transported your mind in this space as it is way easier. The changes you will make in this place will be applied to your real body though. 4. At the moment you can''t move as you try to move the way you would do with a physical body, which you don''t have currently so it doesn''t work. You have to move with a conscious effort and actively try to move within space. Don''t imagine yourself walking but instead being push or pulled by your own will. It should work this way.
Okay... let''s try it. I''m going to question the absurdity of the rest later. So concentrate and then imagine... imagine... IMAGINE!!! I did it! I moved! Well, it''s only a few centimetres so it isn''t really anything worth bragging about. It really is quite difficult.
No, it actually is something worth bragging about. As I am the system supervising every human currently in the "Room of Remodeling", which is every human on earth I can see how about 80-85% of them desperately try to move even just 1cm or just yell around and not even trying to listen.
Really? I mean really really? While it was difficult because it is very slow and you can''t lose concentration for even a second it wasn''t anything that should be that hard.
No from my observations, there are only about 10-15% of the humans who can imagine their own will this clearly. Most of the normal humans just don''t really know how their own will should do it, what it should do and they can''t concentrate properly as they are still very confused by the current situation.
Yeah, I can understand the being confused part. Because I also am still quite confused you know.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. I mean what happened? Why did it happen? How is such "supernatural" stuff that feels like it comes straight from somebad attempt at a story with game elements even possible? And also this is just as important, you said something about preparing for the times to come? I mean what is it that we need to prepare for?
Allow me to explain as it is part of my task. All this has happened because Gaia, the spirit of the planet earth has reawakened. Because Gaia is back, Gaia''s energy, also called Mana is now spreading throughout the world and will influence everything that exists on earth. Because of this, all the gods that were slumbering as well have also woken up. These gods then came together in order to discuss what they should do from now on. This is very important because if the gods are awake, it is only a matter of time until the evil gods, the fallen gods and the apostles of the end will awake as well. At the same time, all animals on earth will slowly undergo their respective evolution which is now available thanks to the appearance of mana and humans will change as well. Though that is mostly not in their appearance, they will stay human but things that are regarded as "something beyond the limits of humans" will now be possible. Humans strong enough to crush boulders with their pinky or a random twig will appear in the future as well as great magicians and sages who can command the elements and partially bend the laws of the universe. This all is possible because of mana. However, animals and humans will no longer be the only inhabitants of the earth. Humans who have the diluted blood of the other sentient but now extinct species will slowly awaken their heritage. Given enough time they also would start to "evolve". They will slowly lose their humanity because the blood of the other races gets stronger the stronger they are. Which basically means that they will slowly transform into the race their ancestors were part of. Of course, another option is to have me awaken it right now forcefully which would mean one would undergo an immediate transformation into the race of your ancestors. And that isn''t all. If there are people who use mana with malicious intent they will taint the used mana. Such tainted mana will then gather and slowly form monsters. Monsters aren''t like mana beasts, the evolved form of animals who only want to live their own life and ensure the survival of their species. These monsters harbour nothing but malice and their only goal, as well as reason to exist, is to harm all species and destroy everything they encounter. And as these Monsters also can use mana they will taint even more mana which will give birth to even more monsters. Because of that and because it would take the humans to long to properly adapt the gods decided to create the "Room of Remodeling" where humans can change themselves and become stronger so that as many as possible will survive in the future. The "Room of Remodeling" acts as an interface where you can select the changes you want and...
OK!!! STOOOOP!!! Jesus Christ,give me a break. That was too much in a too short period of time. Please just let me rest for now. I didn''t even want it this precise. Also what the fuck?! There is just too much happening at once. Please clam down system.
I''m sorry, I forgot that the capabilities of the human brain are limited and humans can''t even use it properly. I will pay attention to that in the future.
Yeah, thank you. Though the subtle insult wasn''t necessary. Anyway let me rest for a few minutes and digest what I just read. The new me? Ok. I''m finally done cramming all that information in my head.
Good, then we can start with the actual reason you are here. Well then let me explain to you how the room works. The room itself doesn''t do anything. Everything here is merely a construct of the magic that reads your memories and searches for what would be the most comfortable and efficient way for you to use the options that are available.
So basically if I am the most comfortable with a game like interface and it also proves to be efficient enough in the eyes of the system of the magic then it will portray it to me as such?
Yes, that is the case. Now let me scan your blood to see if you have any heritage of other races that can be awakened. ... ... ... Process completed. 1 possible heritage found. Now identifying the heritage. ... ... ... #ERROR 404 Heritage not in the database. Searching for possible error in the process of identifying. ... ... ... #ERROR 404 No error in identifying process found. Now repeating the process of identifying heritage. ... ... ... #ERROR 404 Heritage not in the database.
Uhmmm... What does that mean? After all, the system was made by all gods that are not fallen or evil gods so every race should be known to them and with that also to the system, right?
In order to study the heritage, I will now initiate the manifestation of the heritage in the host.
Hey, wait a moment! Don''t just decide that on your own. This is my body we are talking about here. And study... do you want to experiment on me now?
Process completed. Now creating an image of the host with awakened heritage.
Phew. So the system won''t just start experimenting with me. That''s a relief. Now then let''s see what I would look like with my awakened unknown heritage. ... ...The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. ... Ok. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Just no! What the fuck! That ain''t me! No way in hell would that ever be me!
Analyzing body structure and function of organs. ... ... ... Analysis complete. Body overall: Shows a similar structure to humanoid species. Its height is 142cm. Torso: The body is mostly the same as most sentient species. It shows the most similarity to the torso of humans and elves. It has the female genitalia. Head: Is very similar to half-elves aside from the black carapaces extending from the neck, passing under the ear and ends shortly after on the cheek. Eyes are very abnormal. Teeth are very sharp and similar to those of carnivores. The hair is a pure black, it doesn''t properly reflect light. It extends down to slightly above the hips. Arms: Has a normal length for the size of the body. Shortly above the elbow, black carapace extends all the way down to the hands. The hands are also coated in black carapace and there are no fingers. Where normally fingers are, there are just claws of black carapace. Legs: Similar to the arms, the black carapace starts right above the knees. It extends down to the feet. The shape is mostly normal however there are no toes, only claws of black carapace that are a bit longer than toes would be. Tail: Just where the spine would normally end, is a tail of white bone-like material that is 1.20m long but can extend to up to 4m. The tip of the tail has a spear-like form. A very small poison gland has been detected in the tip. The tail is still formed like a spine with small spikes on top of it. Organs: Aside from the poison gland, there are no further special organs inside the body. However, all the organs are stronger than even those of dwarfs and beastmen.
Yeah... No. I don''t really like what I''m seeing. Well, maybe I should compare it to the current me in order to better understand it. Well, I''m slightly above 180cm tall and have messy dark brown hair that''s nearly black. My eyes are a mix of blue and green. I''m slightly overweight so I have the usual not-flat stomach, a wide frame and stuff you know. Just something quite normal. But this new "appearance" that I will apparently have if I awaken my heritage is... kinda... you know what I mean, right?
This is very interesting. You have a heritage that is not known to any of the gods so it is something like a new species. Even more interesting is that something like this should be impossible.
What should be impossible?
The fact that I can''t interfere with it now that it has already manifested. Even if you were to have some dragon or dragonmen heritage it wouldn''t be strong enough to completely refuse me and shut me out.
Wait did you just say it already manifested? Does that mean that these "changes" have already been applied as you said at the very beginning they would be?
Yes, that is indeed the case. In order to study what kind of heritage you possess, I had to manifest it unto you. However, as it blocks me completely I can no longer revert these changes or change them any further.
You must be kidding right? Please tell me you are only joking! I can''t accept this.
At the moment there is nothing we can do to change it. And once you have come in contact with mana and with that have received the protection of Gaia, even gods wouldn''t be able to change something like this.
No way! Wait what about the gods who made you and this room? They should possess more power than you. Maybe they can do something! And I mean like right now! After all, you said it would be impossible once I come in contact with mana which is once I exit this space.
I''m sorry but the only gods who have the kind of power to change the bodies, race and gender of mortals are also the ones who had to use nearly all their power, to grant me the power to change all 7 billion humans. So at the moment, they have to recover and can''t be disturbed. I also can''t keep you in this space for that much longer.
I can''t accept this. What am I supposed to do from now on with this kind of appearance? How am I supposed to explain this to my family? And why is that form female?
Sadly I wasn''t able to discover why it is female, I can only say that your heritage is quite different from all others I''ve seen so far. And as for your family and life from now on... I''m sorry but I can''t help you there. However be glad. Even though I didn''t have to do anything directly like granting you powers or enhancing your body, your body now naturally has the strength that won''t lose out to even the top strength enhancers. If I was to use the threat level system that was commonly used by the old races then you would be quite a threat, at least to normal humans. And that is even with your lack of real fighting experiences or techniques. Which means that once you have figured out how to fight in your new body you would easily be at the same level as the great geniuses.
I''m not that happy about that though.
It is about time to send you back. I bid you farewell. Maybe we will meet again.
Hey, wait! I wasn''t... quite...finished...ye... I fell unconscious.
I guess I''ll have to wait till they have finished recuperating. I need to report on this strange event.
Omg i hate myself I just accidently closed the nearly completed chapter... I really hate myself right now. I''ve been sitting here for like the past 2 hours to write it.Stolen novel; please report. So I will still upload the chapter today but it will still take some time.I hope I will get it done befor 8pm but it will probably be a bit later. I''m very sorry guys. PS: I have some trouble adding a picture in the autthor notes. If someone knows how to do that pls tell me. I need it for better visualization. First day after the change. Part 1 "Nhhh..." Ugh, my head is killing me. Mmh I am still in school so that means I slept in the lesson? Wait what? Why is everyone lying on the ground? Also, why are there cracks in the walls and the ceiling? This scene looks just like my crazy dream. But why is it like this. Anyways let''s stand up first. Then I can look for the reason. As I try to get up I grab the edge of the table to pull myself up. *clack I look around. Nothing is moving so where did the clack come from? I ignore it and resume standing up but again. *clack Mmmh is the reason the table? I don''t properly feel the wood surface so maybe it is. Thinking so I stand up without the table and the look at the table. Nothing. On the table is nothing but some folders, books and some dust that fell from the ceiling. So maybe it is my hand then? I look at my hand and... ... ... I see a hand with claws clad in black carapace. NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! That can''t be real. That dream couldn''t actually have happened! That just can''t be. Maybe I''ve just gone nuts. Yeah, that must be it. That couldn''t possibly be reality as it just defies too many natural laws. Yes, I have just gone crazy. I didn''t actually turn into some kind of freak girl. My real body is still my slightly overweight body that I know. Not some alien-like female body with claws, a carapace and some weird tail. Yes, I will just google some facility for crazy people. Maybe, they can fix this. Huh? The internet is down. I can''t look for some facility like this! ... "Sigh" Who am I kidding? I know that some normal case of craziness can''t do something like this. So am I hallucinating? No that also can''t be. Hallucinations aren''t this... real. They are more like distant memories. Quite blurry and several parts are simply missing. Then that means... I really don''t like the fact that this can''t be anything but real. So I look down and I see how my jeans and underwear have already slid down and I am currently going commando... Can it get any worse? ... OF COURSEIT CAN, HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN! I HAVE TURNED INTO SOME ALIEN-GIRL WITH CLAWS, CARAPACE ON MY LIMBS AND I HAVE A TAIL WITH A POISON GLAND IN IT!!! *heavy breathing Ok, calm down. Use logic and don''t get too emotional. If you do, you lose. "Haah... Phew... Haah... Phew" Slowly breath in and out, in and out. So what can I do right now? The fact that everyone else is still unconscious probably means that they are still inside the room. I am just already awake as my heritage somehow blocked the system. Other than that I can''t do much. Just disappearing from here would probably do more harm than good as communicating with others and getting to know what they managed to find out about the situation is very important. So maybe I should just confirm my changes? I also have to take a look at my face as it is bound to have changed and I didn''t pay any attention to it in the room as I was quite distracted by the carapace or the claws or the tail... or the fact that it is female.Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Anyways I want to use a mirror for it as the front camera of my phone is quite shitty. So I walk to the bathroom and I immediately notice several problems with walking. First of all, I am shorter than before and the same obviously applies to mylimbsas well so I have to get a grasp of my reach first, that is if I don''t want to constantly stumble. The second problem are my claws. As they are a bit longer than toes and so damn sharp that they can easily dig into the ground even if just a few millimetres, I have to pay quite some attention that I don''t accidentally ram them into the ground, get stuck in it and do a nose dive. I barely caught myself on the table in front of me when it first happened. That was also when I got to know that the claws on my hand are just as sharp. They easily dug into the wood of the table and were probably about halfway through the table. It will be quite hard to get used to it and not constantly slice apart whatever I am trying to grab. The third and also the biggest problem was my way too long tail. I, obviously enough, never had a tail so I couldn''t control it and it constantly hit stuff around me. And boy did that thing have power. While I was walking past a chair it slammed into the chair and threw it a meter or 2 backwards. With a simple swing, I didn''t put any power into that! The wood was also dented and splintered a bit. So I tried to bring it under control in order to not completely destroy my surroundings. I am lucky the chair didn''t hit anyone. Even more problematic was the poison gland in the tip of my tail. I didn''t know how to control it so I couldn''t let it scratch anyone lest I might actually inject my poison and kill them. Actually, I still don''t know what my poison does. It could kill them or it could paralyze them or who knows what could happen. I only know that I don''t want to test it on my classmates. So as I walked to the bathroom I noticed how the hallways were nearly completely blocked with unconscious students. I had to pay great attention that I don''t accidentally scratch or stab them with my "toes". It was somewhat ok with my tail as I only needed it to not come too close to the ground, though there were some close calls. While walking I splendidly ignored the feeling of something missing between my legs. I also ignored the breeze I felt on my legs while walking. Having no trousers sucks. When I was halfway to the bathrooms I remembered that with my new, lower height I won''t be able to use the mirror as I am too small. So I walk back to the stairways that I just passed by and go downstairs. My classroom is on the 2nd floor. On the 1st floor are the 5-7th graders. That means that the mirrors in their bathrooms are installed at a lower height. While thinking such useless stuff, I didn''t pay enough attention to my "toes" and they promptly dug into the stairs and got stuck while I did a "majestic" nose dive and fell down the stairs. "Ouch" My carapace apparently doesn''t have any kind of problem with just this much. However, it didn''t cover my entire body. So my thighs, upper arms as well as my torso and head are not protected. I injured my shoulder even if it was just a very small wound. It was barely enough to draw blood, however, some blood did come out. The moment I saw it I froze for a moment. My blood no longer had the signature bloodred colour. It was a deep purple instead. "I have... purple blood..." I tried ignoring it till now but I just can''t when faced with so much new, strange stuff that completely throws me out of my rhythm. This was just too much. Way too much. Small tears snuck into my eyes and I barely stopped myself from crying. Like so many others, I also had fantasized about what I would do if I was confronted with some absurd, world-shaking event that would change my life forever. And, probably also like most, I had thought I would be able to cope with it quite easily. After all, it''s just so exciting, I can spend my time worrying about stuff when I am ready for it or just later. However, imagination and reality are different. Mere imagination simply doesn''t have the same weight. You don''t really have the worries that come with such situations. It''s like getting hit by something or someone. You know it''s going to hurt but you don''t really know how much and most underestimate it heavily. Only those who have experienced such situations have an accurate grasp of the severity of it. Sadness, helplessness, a tinge of despair and some anger at whoever is responsible swirled around in me and desperately sought an outlet. Lost in my emotions I just punched the wall to my left. The school building is of moderate age. While there were bricks used in its construction the outer layer of the walls is concrete. *crack When my fist landed on the wall a resounding crack rang out. I didn''t feel any pain, however. I took my fist from the wall and became dumbstruck. There was a small web of cracks extending from where I struck the wall. I checked my fist, the carapace however only had some scratches. "Wha...t?" Shocked by what just happened, I had new thoughts occupying my brain and managed to mostly return to a normal, not depressed state of mind. So I decided to continue walking to the bathroom and try to find a way to cope with this situation later on. Out of habit, I walked into the bathroom for boys. Even if I would have noticed it right away, I wouldn''t have accepted it that easily and wouldn''t have just gone into the one for girls. I was quite stubborn sometimes after all. I looked through the entire bathroom but found no one here. It would have been quite "inconvenient" to enter the room while doing your "business". Imagine falling unconscious while peeing. It would be way worse if you were peeing while standing. I wouldn''t want to wake up in my own pee after all. Who knows, maybe out there is someone who would like it but not me. Getting back on track, when I looked into the mirror I couldn''t help but scold myself for thinking that this entire situation wouldn''t be so bad if I look like this. My mouth was petite and my lips had a perfect shade of pink. My nose was just like my mouth, small and petite. While my eyes somewhat reminded me of the eyes either a cat''s or a snake''s eyes. They were slitted and pretty big overall, giving me a slightly animalish yet cute appearance. Just like the system said, my hair nearly reaches my butt and is a pure black that doesn''t reflect light properly, or not as much as it should, making it appear as if analmost pure black, empty void fell from my head. My ears aren''t as long as those of the elves I know from fantasy but have a similar form. My body overall was quite small and slender. You know how elves are supposed to always be very slender? I look basically just like that. And my skin was perfectly pale yet still very healthy without any blemishes. While I did ignore the small mounds on my chest previously, when looking at myself like this I can''t do so. They are around a B-cup. Overall I give the perfect little loli type of feel. Cough aside from Cough the claws Cough carapace Cough and tail Cough Cough. So I kinda had to accept it. I, Mark D?mmerung currently 16 years old, have become a perfect loli. Cough claws Cough First day after the change. Part 2 Well even if I have accepted the fact that I currently have turned into an alien loli that doesn''t mean that I am ok with it and I will try to change it. Now then, I have currently accomplished my goal so I have to decide my next one. With the way, things are right now the best thing to do is probably getting used to my new body. With that said I can''t really do so right now. At least not properly because the hallways are nearly completely blocked and most of the rooms are too small for my tail. So I can''t move about properly in them. Well, normal movements are ok but it gets problematic when I try to do something like running or jogging as my tail swings about wildly if I do. So I have to find some open space. As it is only the beginning of January it is still winter and very cold. So outside is no real option because I can''t wear my jacketsince it has gotten too big for my new body. I think I can use the assembly hall. It isn''t used often and all the chairs in it are usually stacked on top of each other at the side. So there is a nice open space. So I have to get back to the 2nd floor. This time I properly pay attention to my "toes" and managed to not do a majestic nose-dive. I again walk between the unconscious students while trying not to hurt them The assembly hall is an extra building that is on pillars and connected to the 2nd floor. There is an emergency staircase underneath it as otherwise there would be only one exit. Anyways the way to it is quite long from my current so I have to walk quite a bit. Because of my lowered height, my steps are smaller than before and I also have to pay attention to my toes and the students lying around. So it takes much longer than before to get there, way too long for my own comfort. It''s really strange how walking so slowly compared to my previous normal speed just feels so awkward even though my body tells me this is a good speed. While walking I noticed that some of the students I recognize now look slightly different. Some had more refined features while others have gotten bigger. I wonder how they are going to dress themselves if they change their bodies too much. Not that I could talk, but I didn''t choose this so I am not responsible. While walking by a window I noticed something strange. The outside world was perfectly peaceful. Which at first glance seems just fine but, didn''t all humans fall unconsciousness thanks to the system? And wouldn''t that result in uncountable car crashes? However, when I looked outside, all the cars were standing still on the streets. Not even one car crashed into something. "Did the gods stop all the cars so that no accidents happen. But what about planes and trains or ships? How did they stop any accidents from happening there?" And that wasn''t all. All the workers on building sites and in factories? With all the heavy machines there that needed constant supervising it would not be surprising for many accidents to happen there. How did the gods solve that problem? It just doesn''t make any sense. If one were to go with the classic way something like this is possible then the answer would be: time has been stopped. However, I can move and I can affect the world around me just fine. I also noticed that the unconscious students and teachers that I saw were breathing. So that isn''t the answer. Then how...? Sigh, I suspect that no matter how much I think about it I won''t be able to figure it out. Let''s leave it for later.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. Finally, I arrived at the assembly hall. As I suspected, it was mostly empty. Which meant I finally had some space to figure out some of the quirks of my new body. I started with some light jogging. Immediately, I noticed several things. First of all my body is light beyond comparison. And not because I have gotten smaller and lost a lot of fat but just strangely light as if moving required no effort at all, as if I could just continue doing this for hours without problems. Probably the increased strength and everything that the system talked about. Anyways, learning to walk/run without stumbling due to my claws resulted in some awkward first minutes where one would think I was drunk. However, it slowly got better and after about 15 minutes I managed to jog at a comfortable speed without stumbling at all. Next thing would be to get my tail under control. I noticed that it''s swinging automatically while I run and helped keep my balance whenever I stumbled. Which is quite helpful but doesn''t change the fact that I need to learn to move it on my own and to stop it from accidentally hitting my surroundings. So I started with some light, controlled movements like slow swinging with controlled speed, keeping it as still as I can and just using it in general to get a feel for it. It is quite hard and I am barely making any progress but it still helps me to get used to my tail. Finally, after roughly 10 minutes I am somewhat confident in my ability to keep it from hitting anything I don''t want so let''s try something else with it. The system said that my tail is able to increase its length up to 4m. Now how do I do that... Maybe like straightening my back just this time with my tail... Since my tail still feels slightly foreign I''ll just try to use every muscle that I can at once. "Hnnghh" The result was that my tail just started quivering a bit. But then... *drip ... Some drops of a clear liquid came out of the tip. Ok, that wasn''t supposed to happen. So I currently don''t know how to extend my tail but I got some of my poison. That is of no help though. I mean it is good that I now know what it''s like to secret some of my poison but I can''t do anything with it at the moment. Mmmh, let''s postpone it for now. It is more important to control it at the moment then to know how to attack with it or extend it. So now I have to get used to the claws on my hands. I don''t want to accidentally scratch or even destroy whatever I am trying to grab. I can''t even shake hands like this. So I have to find a way to grab something without using too much pressure. ... ... DAMNIT!!! I tried several times already not to use the sharp edge of them too much as they''re simply too sharp but it doesn''t work any other way. Also having hands encased in carapace sucks. As it is a hard exoskeleton there are no receptors for touch. I can only tell when pressure is applied to them. I can''t pet my dog or cat like this. Would they even recognize me? Sigh complaining won''t help and I can''t change the fact that my claws are the way they are. So learning how to walk is the only real thing I can do at the moment. So I ran a few more rounds in the hall. Something quite important that I noticed while running was that I now had way more stamina. Previously I was not the sporty type and would start to lightly sweat after just a few rounds. But now it felt like nothing. I already knew that my strength is greatly enhanced, the same apparently applies to my stamina as well. My speed was also way faster than before. I don''t know how fast I was previously but I felt like I could do a 100m sprint in less than half the time I used to need. So I ran and ran and ran a bit more to know the limit of my stamina while also learning how to not stumble. Suddenly the door opens and a boy I don''t recognize sticks his head in to take a look. "Hello" He apparently is a bit shocked to see me as he just stares at me and doesn''t answer. The boy is quite a bit taller than me, not that it is difficult with my height. Somewhere around 1,80m, I guess. His face gives you kind of plain but still handsome type of feeling, while his hair is messy dark blond.He apparently has regained his witts as he withdraws his head and slams the door shut. How rude. I walk up to the door and try to open it but I notice that there is more resistance than there should be. He probably tries to keep the door closed. So I gather my strength and open it with one great push. The door literally flies open and I swear I could hear the hinges shriek. Well, my strength was apparently too much for him and now he lies on the ground and tries to get up. I just continue to walk to him. When I arrive in front of him I wave my hand andsay again: "Hello there" First day after the change. Part 3 "Hello there" "Please don''t kill me!" What? How did he get the thought that I would want to kill him? "Are you stupid? Why would I be after your life?" He looks quite surprised at my words. Which kinda hurts. How the hell did my appearance alone scare him so much that he thought I would want or even try to kill him? I mean don''t I have the perfect loli look and feel at the moment? What is so scary about it? He doesn''t look like he believes me. He is staring at my hands and feet and sometimes behind me. Oh, yeah I forgot about my claws and my tail. While I did think that most humans would react negatively to them I didn''t think it would be this bad. "You don''t look like you believe me." He nods. Wow, he is the honest type. Or he is just so scared that he forgot about the possibility to lie. I don''t like it. "Then tell me why do you think that I would want to kill you" He looks stupefied for a moment. Did you really react like that without even thinking about it? Just pure instinct? Do I really look this frightening? "You... you looked like some kind... of high ranked monster that... that is able to... take on human form." Really (sarcastic tone)? That''s it? The fact that I have some parts that look like those of monsters of some game was enough to scare you this much? Well, you could also compliment him on how fast he has accepted that monsters will appear in the future. Even so, his actions were way too exaggerated. Confirm the situation you are in first, then act. If he played so many games that he immediately came to the conclusion of me being a high-level monster then he should know just how many hotblooded characters ruined first impressions and created needless misunderstandings by not confirming it first. So how did he still manage to do just that? "So who are you. And what did you choose to enhance in the room?" "My name is Lukas Wielner. However, I don''t want to tell you what I choose" Hoh, so he isn''t all that stupid. Telling someone what you choose to enhance is like telling them your weakness. Most normal students would not think about such stuff and instead even brag about what they choose and what they can do now. Even if some of it is pure exaggeration it still can give you a rough idea of his/her abilities. However, considering that I blew him away so easily probably means that it isn''t strength. And most likely it also isn''t vitality as it took him too long to recover from that strike. So it is either agility, dexterity, his mana or he choose some kind of talent or ability. Not so bad actually. "What grade are you in" (me) "I''m in the 8th grade. After I woke up in my classroom down the hallway I heard some loud crashes. So I went to find out what it was. When the crashes stopped there were just some scrapping noises. I didn''t dare to go in till just now." Oops. I should have paid some attention to how loud the stuff I do is. So the others now slowly start to wake up. Then I should stop my testing and get back to my classroom. I kinda am curious as to what they chose to do in the room and how they will react now. I also wonder how they will react to me. Hopefully, it won''t be too bad.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. So I start walking back, completely ignoring Lukas who is quite surprised at the fact that I completely ignore him. When we come across his classroom I told him that it would be better to enter it for now and wait till his teacher wakes up. He shakes his head rapidly as an answer and can''t seem to wait until I leave. Sigh this kinda hurts. While walking through nearly all of the 2nd floor in order to get to my classroom, I notice that some students no longer look like normal humans. Some have partially adopted features from fantasy races. Some others have strange markings on their bodies and some of the boys look like he-man and some girls have some nearly impossible proportions. Nearly all of them now also look either quite handsome and beautiful. Obviously, always a different kind of handsome or beautiful. Most of the few students I encountered looked at me strangely, mostly with shock and some with a bit of disgust. Only very few don''t seem to mind my strange features. However, the ones who bother me the most are the students who look at me and my attire, which consists of only my plain black t-shirt that barely holds itself on my shoulders and goes to my knees, with lust. It creeps me out and feels incredibly disgusting. I glare at them coldly when I notice them. And while it is effective and most of them look away or lower their head, they resume staring at me shortly after I stop glaring at them. I really want to get to my classroom quickly. Luckily it seemed that my threatening claws and my tail deter everyone and I can pass unhindered. I really wouldn''t have lasted talking to the ones who look at me with lust. It is quite likely that my tail would have "accidentally" hit them. I knew that it twitched in their direction from time to time. So they saved themselves some broken bones. I still am not confident to stop such strong impulses. It seemed to react to my emotions after all. I managed to reach my classroom with no direct contact with others and finally entered it. Now those disgusting creeps could no longer stare at me like that. That was more of a relief than I thought it would be. Trying to temporarily forget about these creeps, I concentrated on the scene in my classroom instead. Out of the 28 students in my class, 6 were currently awake. 2 girls and 4 boys. Maurice was not among them, sadly. Right now all of them stopped whatever they were doing, which was mostly inspecting the situation they were in or inspecting their bodies without taking their clothes off, of course. They just stared blankly at me for a while, while I didn''t know what I should say to them so I just kept quiet. The 2 girls are 2 of the "bitch faction", meaning they are hypocrites and mostly only care for their own well-being while constantly trying to prove that they are independent. Most of the time they are just rude however and are blind enough to believe that, the fact that most don''t approach them, it''s a sign that the boys no longer think that they are helpless and try to be helpful while also subtly flirting. It honestly is very stupid but and I quote Sora from "no game no life" here: "It is easier to deal with an idiot that knows he is an idiot than trying to deal with an idiot who thinks he isn''t one." So if you try to tell them the truth they won''t listen and instead insult you. Such ignorance. Getting back on track. Apparently, the 2 girls, namely Lilie and Susan, thought that I was somewhat dangerous with my claws and all. They slowly positioned themselves so that 2 of the boys stand between them and me. The 2 boys were Maik and Sanan. I got somewhat along with Maik, but I didn''t have much to do with Sanan. In case you are wondering, Sanan''s father is from somewhere in Africa. That''s the reason he has that slightly strange name and also looks has a dark caramel skin tone. He was the really sporty type, even before the changes with the room. And judging by the state of his body he further enhanced his already existing qualities. Such as stamina, agility, and strength. He wasn''t the brightest though. He had black hair that he kept short and always had curls. Maik, on the other hand, was slightly crazy and already went to a facility for people with mental illnesses once. He is mostly stable though. His appearance didn''t change much, it was barely noticeable in fact and I also had no idea as to what he could have enhanced. Both of them were still stunned by my appearance when I decided to no longer entertain this staring contest. "Finally awake now are you? And, what did the system tell you about the current situation." They didn''t react. It seemed that they didn''t know what todo with me and with what I just said so they tried to wrap their heads around it before answering. As I was finally getting restless under their stares one of the other 2 boys who stood on the other side of the room decided to speak. "Might I know who you are first? Also, why do you speak like you have known us for an extended period of time? And as to the current situation, it is mostly as you see and we already agreed to not just start the discussion already when so many of us are still not here." Ah, he was Matthias. The quiet type who mostly stayed on the side and didn''t say anything. He is a logical type like me. And while I also stayed mostly at the side didn''t say much it wasn''t for the same reason as him. I was just shy and didn''t like attention while he found it bothersome. "Well I speak like this to you because we have known each other for quite some time, you know? And the answer to my identity is quite simple." I decided to just tell them. "I am Mark D?mmerung." Silence. First day after the change. Part 4 The silence lasted quite a while and I was just beginning to wonder if their brains shut down, when: "Don''t joke around! Mark is a fat gloomy guy. No way you are him. You also don''t talk like him and there were no options in the room that would let you change your appearance that much." ...They think of me as fat and gloomy? While I was slightly overweight it wasn''t that bad. We also had some other "fat guy" in class who was even fatter than me and they got along with him just fine. So why do they think this negatively of me? Also, I don''t speak like him? I didn''t change the way I speak. In the first place, how am I supposed to talk in a different way? Well, I can understand the part with my appearance. "Well then look at it this way, look at my shirt and then think about the heritage that we all got scanned for." I am still wearing my t-shirt after all. And I need them to believe me. Because when the monsters appear it will be advantageous to have a group to work with and while I don''t have a lot of friends I don''t want to lose the few I have. "Heritage? Do you mean that a heritage can change your appearance that drastically? But even then... I don''t really believe it and a t-shirt is not nearly enough." Well, he is a logic type so if you come with logic he will be somewhat easy to convince. But the others look still somewhat stupefied. While the girls look disgusted? I don''t really know how to describe that kind of face. Well first concentrate on convincing Matthias and then the others. So I go to my seat take my bag and... Slice right through the soft fabric of it. ...Oops "..." "..." I proceed with grabbing my phone that fell out and completely ignore their stares. Don''t stop now, don''t get embarrassed...! While taking my phone I pay attention to only use the backside of my claws so that I won''t damage it. ... Now that I think about it I wanted to first show him that I know the code to my phone. I never told it anyone so it would work somewhat. After that I wanted him to ask me some questions that could confirm my identity but... I just noticed that I can''t use my claws to enter the code. So I walked to Matthias and handed him the phone.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. While I managed to keep my face devoid of emotions, my wagging tail betrayed me. I desperately tried to keep it still but it didn''t work Stupid tail. He looked stupidly at my phone in his hand and apparently didn''t know what I wanted from him. "I can''t enter the code with my claws so enter it as I say." He seemed to have understood what I wanted from him and what I wanted to accomplish with this. He is smart as expected. So I whispered him my code, after all, I didn''t want everyone to know it. "It''s 29460" He typed it in and my phone unlocked. I looked at him triumphantly. He looked back at me, a bit unwillingness in his eyes. Wait so he just doesn''t want to accept that I could be Mark? Does he actually already believe me, at least partially? But I didn''t do much! Or does he also have a heritage and now he is concerned that something like this could have happened to him as well? That would be possible. Anyways I now have to completely convince him and then start convincing the others. "Now ask me some questions that only Mark, in other words, I, can answer." He thinks for a moment. "When is your birthday?" What kind of question is that? That is something anyone can know if he ever looked a bit into me. Well if he wants to know. "It''s on the 7th July 2001." I answer and look at him while making a face that displays obvious doubt as to why he asked that question. "What was your most recent mark in PE?" He completely ignores my doubts and continues asking. "It was a mark 2 in gymnastics." "What was our last excursion as a class?" "It was before the Christmas holidays, we went to Berlin and visited the Reichstag." He nods and thinks for a bit. Meanwhile, I am still confused as I don''t know why he asked such generic questions everyone in our class knows. Well, at least the boys. The girls have PE on the other side of our gym and it is separated from us by a wall that can be let down from the ceiling. Anyways why did he ask such useless questions and yet seems like he understands and believes me? "You still look like you don''t understand why I asked such questions." I nod as confirmation. "If you look around a bit you will see that everyone is here inside the room. Well everyone but Mark. And now here is a person who claims to be Mark and knows stuff only someone from our class should know. So if everyone is here but one and then a stranger appears that knows such stuff it is somewhat obvious who you are." Ahh yes, that is one way to do it. However, this method has the problem that the answers to the questions can be easily found out just by a little investigation. However, no one has ever had a reason to investigate me or someone else from the class. "So you believe me?" "For the moment, I am willing to believe, as it is impossible to tell what exactly could happen. So it is possible that you are indeed Mark. Once Maurice wakes up we can have him confirm it." Ok, that is enough for now. With this, my chances have risen at least. So I turn to look at the rest of the students who are awake. Sanan still looks like he is doubting me a bit however it has gotten better. While the 2 girls look at me with a strange face. Is that disgust or shock? However, there are some more emotions mixed in that I can''t read. Meanwhile, the no-name Ben who stands next to Matthias looks like he trusts Matthias''s judgment. I haven''t introduced him till now but basically, he is the type of guy who just perfectly fades into the background. However now he looks like some he-man copy. Did he have some kind of complex about his below average strength? So now I have 2 guys somewhat convinced that I am Mark and still have 2 more guys and 2 girls to go. ...STOP! Why does Maik look like he just had some nerdgasm??? That face is creepy. Please stop looking like that. I was just about to tell him to wipe that face of his face when a loud slightly female scream echoed out. "NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Ah, the scaredy cat of the class is awake. First day after the change. Part 5 With the scream, we all stopped what we were planning to do and looked at the person who screamed. The quite young looking boy stared with shock at the display of his phone. He had apparently checked his appearance with his front camera. I didn''t recognize him immediately but his clothes, his phone and the place where he sat were enough hints to guess his identity. "Ah, you woke up just at the right time, Maurice." "W-w-what? Who are you?" "He claims to be Mark. Now that you are awake calm down first and then we''ll talk." Matthias intervened. He is right though. He first has to calm down as he apparently is quite shaken by something. He usually doesn''t express his emotions much. We both did that, so we could talk to each other without having to mind what the other person thinks. That''s why we both became friends in the first place. We just don''t like the idea of a person openly rejecting us for whatever reason so we just don''t talk much to them. However, we could talk to each other without such problems as even if we thought it was weird we just didn''t express it and with that didn''t make each other nervous. He also is a giant scaredy cat and with that doesn''t like anything involving too much "risk" in his eyes. That''s why he likes the pc and I also play it a lot so we get along quite well. Anyways, the fact that he is this shaken means something big must have happened. As I look at him I notice that he actually changed quite a lot. Before, he was a slightly scrawny guy with short brown hair. He wasn''t exactly a sporty guy but still way more than me. He was also somewhere at my height, meaning around 1,80m. His face was quite ordinary but still possessed a strange charm that you just couldn''t figure out where it comes from. However now he changed into a little boy around 1,50m. Maybe 1,56m? He now also has shoulder length blond hair and sky blue eyes. Quite different from his previously brown eyes. His face changed just as much. Now his face literally radiates cuteness and also a tinge of handsomeness. So I turned into a loli and he became a shota? How high are the chances for something like this to happen? He probably also has a heritage as there is probably basically no way for him to change this much just like that. Also, he is quite shaken so he didn''t choose this, maybe? So what is his heritage? "Hey Maurice, do you have a heritage? What is it?" I just ask straight away and he appears quite confused as to why a little loli is speaking to him like she knows him very well. Can''t they even consider the fact that I am truly Mark, even without me proving it? It is a bit annoying to see your friends and acquaintances not recognize you. "I-I have the heritage of the incubus. But still who are you. Also... what are you?" I groan. In all stories and games, incubus and succubus are annoying to deal with. I hope his personality will stay mostly the same. "I am Mark. And I don''t even know myself what I am." No use in lying if I want to continue having him as a friend at least. At first, he looks stupefied. Then he looks at me with wide open eyes with shock written all over his face. "Yo-You are Mark? Mark is a boy though. No, wait if it''s a heritage..." He just spoke to himself for a while, while thinking quite hard. At least that''s what it looked like. After about a minute or two, he apparently calmed down. So I wanted him to confirm that I am me when he started asking me questions. He also wanted to confirm it, huh. "What game did we start playing in our own clan but stopped shortly after?" I was a bit surprised but still answered. "Depending on the genres of the game. It could be either shakes&fidget or warframe. There was also that one time in hero zero."If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. He nods and asks again. "What is the name I use the most in games?" "It is Hamsterlord." He nods again and asks the next question. "What did I ask of you this morning?" "You asked me if I had the German homework. I said that I had them but I would need to take out my stuff first." He nods and sighs. "Looks like you really are Mark. So just what happened to you?" "How should I know. I was in the room and got scanned for a heritage when it said I had one but it didn''t know it so it wanted to look into it and had to manifest it first. It didn''t even ask me first. And in the end, it wasn''t able to revert it." "The system wasn''t able to revert the changes? But wasn''t the system directly made by the gods? Shouldn''t it also have godlike powers? "It said that reverting the changes that my heritage made would require a power that only real gods have. So it wasn''t able to do it itself. And now it is too late it said." He looks like he is thinking very hard about it. While the others surrounding us look still like they don''t really believe it. Well everyone but Matthias and Ben. I know that mere words won''t convince them easily. It is better to just leave it alone for now and slowly prove it to them. The situation at the moment is stable now so we just have to wait for everyone to wake up. However, fate didn''t seem to like the idea of us just idly waiting. The door slammed open and 3 people entered. I didn''t really know the 2 at the back but there was no way I would forget the one at the front. It was Brian. He actually hasn''t changed all that much from before. His face was still mostly the same, it just looked like he did some fine tuning. It was still the arrogant face with green eyes and muddy short blond hair. His body, however, changed quite a bit. Before, he only did some sports, so he had some muscle but it was quite subtle. Now, however, he looked like a perfect teen model with a chiseled body. "Hey! Where is that bastard Mark? He is gonna receive a nice beating." My classmates didn''t seem to know what to do so they just stared at each other. This lasted quite a while and it didn''t look like he was going to receive an answer. "I''m asking you where he is! Just tell me already or I will get angry!" The boys didn''t seem all that scared or impressed and also the girls didn''t think much of it. When he saw that he got enraged and punched the open door. With a loud noise, he just punched through the door. While there are even some normal people who can do that, that is usually only with either old and brittle doors or very thin ones. This door, however, was still quite young and very thick. So it was also a sturdy one. The fact that he could punch through it, proved his physical strength. The boys of my class now became a bit worried while the girls were beginning to start panicking. I, however, wasn''t as impressed. First of all, I knew that I could crack concrete so why not wood as well. Also, I knew his character. He is way too prideful for his own good. When we were still in elementary school I didn''t beat him up just once. He often came back to get revenge but still lost. Thanks to his overblown ego and pride he thinks it is a sign of weakness to dodge an attack. So he never did, thanks to which it was quite easy defeating him. I really don''t know how his parents managed to make him tick like that. "Tell me already!" Lilie couldn''t endure it anymore. "Th-this girl here said she is Mark." Shit couldn''t you have kept quiet? "This girl is? Please don''t joke around or I will get even angrier!" How creative... "It''s true. She said It was because of a heritage." "A heritage? A heritage could certainly change someone that drastically. Ok girl, if you are indeed Mark then get ready for a beating, if you are just some girl then you can still "follow" me. I like the way you look." ... .... Did he just really say that? Did he really do that? First of all, did he just ask a girl that looks like 12 or something to "follow" him (I ain''t uselessly denying what I currently am)? And second of all did he just askme to "follow" him? Also, what is wrong with his taste? The others already took some distance from me because my tail started swinging about wildly and hit a lot of the tables and chairs. I didn''t even try to control it. Instead, I just thought about my anger and hate for that guy. A second later my tail seemed to rejoice and shot forward, extended to its full length of 4m, hit the wall right to his face and embedded itself in it. He didn''t even react. He just stood there, stupidly opening and closing his mouth. Shit. I just lost control over myself. It didn''t happen for so long but... When I was still a child I easily got angry and I would often lose control over my anger. This caused me a lot of trouble so I tried to learn to control it. When I was 11, I finally managed to do so and I haven''t lost control ever since. But with all the stuff going on today it seemed I lost control for a bit. Calm down. Calm down. Remove your tail and then defuse the situation. ... It''s stuck! My goddamn tail is stuck! Why does it make so many problems? Looks like I have to remove it per hand, well claw. So I walk in his direction and immediately his 2 goons/friends step up to block me. However, they are sweating quite a lot while Brian still hasn''t regained his witts. I just walk around the goons/friends and go to the place where my tail is embedded. I ready my claws and ram them into the wall. As expected, they go in quite easily. The piece where my tail is stuck is now quite lose, so I am able to pull it out of the wall and then remove my claws as well. A chunk of concrete still clings to my tail so I have to cut it out per hand. All the time, silence prevailed. No one dared to say anything and was waiting for me to say something. So after I am done freeing my tail, I turn to Brian and his goons/friends and ask with a sweet smile that also displays my sharp teeth "Is there anything else that you wanted?" First day after the change. Part 6 The 3 of them looked stunned. It seems they can''t quite process how I went from nearly killing Brian (which was an accident) to smiling this brightly. "And, is there something else?" "Yo-you, are you... what?" He appears to have finally regained his witts but he still doesn''t properly understand what I want. "I asked you if there was still something else that you wanted?" This time around he appears to have understood it. However, he didn''t say anything. He just went pale, turned around and attempted to leave. "By the way, I am Mark." I gave him this little comment on his way out. He turned his head as a reaction and looked at me with pure rage in his eyes and opened his mouth before closing it again, not daring to say something. I looked at his back as he walked down the hallway and felt some satisfaction. Now he will hopefully shut up and stop bothering me every day. Now that this is resolved I return to my classroom. Inside, not much has changed. The mood was still a bit tense and the girls looked at me with fear. Probably because they sold me out and it looked like I was ready to seriously injure Brian. So who guarantees I won''tdo that to them. Well, I won''t do that. I only lost myself for a moment. Now how do I explain this to them? "..." "..." It turned into a little staring contest as I had no idea what I should say in this situation. I mean what can I say in the first place? Because it didn''t seem like I could do anything right now I decided to let them sort it out themselves. I just returned to my seat and sat down, ignoring their stares. After a while, it seemed like they calmed down a bit. The boys began quiet conversations and also the girls calmed down but they still stole some glances at me to see if I would react or do something. Maurice looked like he wanted to talk a bit with me but in the end, decided against it. I just sat there and tried to keep my emotions under control while trying to grab some of my school stuff without slicing it apart. It didn''t work though. In the end, I gave up and didn''t try anymore as I didn''t want to destroy even more of my school stuff. From time to time some of the unconscious students woke up. They quickly noticed the suffocating mood surrounding me and started talking with the others. I noticed that from time to some of them would steal glances at me or even stare at me quite obviously. Apparently, the fact that I am supposed to be Mark drew some of their attention. Only when more than half of the class was awake did some have the courage to approach me. "Hey, are you really Mark, that Mark?" One of the few others I got along with, Steve asked me finally. Steve was a very nice guy. He was nice to anyone who didn''t give him a reason not to be nice. He was also very accepting and didn''t think much of it when someone had some more special interests. Because of that we had no problem with each other and got along but it wasn''t enough to call him a close friend. His appearance hadn''t changed all that much. Before he had short light brown hair and brown eyes. His face also was normal and not very special or all that handsome. While his height was a bit under 1,80m, somewhere around 1,75m maybe. He wasn''t fat but also didn''t really do much sport. And in the core, that hasn''t changed. His face was mostly the same, just a bit more refined features and he was a bit taller while having some muscles. They were more on the subtle side though. "Yes I am and if you don''t believe me ask me whatever question you want. Also, what do you mean by that Mark?" "Nothing, nothing important. And I believe that it is possible that you are Mark." Possible? So I still have to prove it, huh. After that, he seemed to be somewhat satisfied and went away. I just continued to be alone for a while. ... Skipping about 10 minutes forward the last of our classmates woke up. The classroom was quite noisy by now and most bragged about their new powers or their new appearance. However, in the next moment, everyone was silent and just stared in "empty" air. *ding
Now that everyone is awake, the status system has been activated. In order to view your status please say status in your mind. The system will guide you from there.
Some don''t know what a status is. However, these are mostly the ones who usually don''t play games. I know what a status is so I quickly opened it. [Status]Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.
Welcome to the status system. The status system gives you information about your personal data, your attributes and affinities as well as your skills.
Your typical status screen, huh.
This is what the average status of a human before the use of the "Room of Remodeling" looks like.
Personal data
Name: Age: 20-30
Race: Human Condition: Healthy
HP: 100/100 MP: 0/0
Sp: 25/25
Titles
Attributes
Strength: 5 Vitality: 5
Agility: 5 Dexterity: 6
Intelligence: 10 Wisdom: 5
Affinities
Fire: 10/100 Water: 10/100
Air: 10/100 Earth: 10/100
Life: 20/100 Death: 0/100
Light: 10/100 Darkness: 10/100
Neutral: 20/100
Time: 0/100 Space: 0/100
Skills:
Mmh...
As a comparison, the average status for humans after the use of the "Room of Remodeling".
Personal data
Name: Age: 20-30
Race: Human Condition: Healthy
HP: 150/150 MP: 50/50
SP: 50/50
Titles
Level: 1 Class:
Attributes
Strength: 11 Vitality: 10
Agility: 9 Dexterity: 7
Intelligence: 10 Wisdom: 7
Affinities
Fire: 10/100 Water: 10/100
Air: 10/100 Earth: 10/100
Life: 20/100 Death: 0/100
Light: 10/100 Darkness: 10/100
Neutral: 20/100
Time: 0/100 Space: 0/100
Skills
In conclusion, strength, vitality and agility are the ones who changed the most. but why did the intelligence and dexterity not improve?
Now follows the explanation of the information listed in the status window. Strength- this attribute represents the power your muscles can exert. The higher this stat, the more power you can exert. Every third point in strength gives you 1 free point in vitality and agility. Vitality- this attribute aids your defense and your regeneration. It hardens your skin and your bones so that they can withstand more force. It also aids your regeneration and increases the amount of damage you can take before it becomes a lethal wound. It protects against illnesses as well. Every third point in vitality gives you 1 free point in strength. It also grants 10HP and 5SP per point. Agility- this attribute represents your speed as well as your flexibility and control over the movements of your body. Every third point gives you 1 free point in dexterity and every fifth point gives you 1 free point in strength. Dexterity- this stat determines your control over tools. The more you have the more difficult things you can do with tools. Intelligence- this stat determines your ability to learn new knowledge and also indicates how much knowledge you have. It also enhances your memory. Every point in intelligence increases your MP by 5. Every fourth point gives you 1 free point in wisdom. Wisdom- this stat represents your witts. The higher your wisdom, the better you are at using the knowledge you have. Every point in Wisdom increases your mana regeneration by 1MP every 10 seconds. Every fourth point gives you 1 free point in intelligence. HP- a representation of your remaining health. If it hits 0, you die. Injuries aren''t equal in measure at how much HP they take. A head injurie will take more HP than a leg injurie. Blood loss also reduces HP. MP- a representation of how much mana you can store. MP is used when using magic and some skills who fall under the magic category. SP- a representation of your stamina. The higher it is the more you can do until your stamina runs out. It is used mostly with normal actions like running but also in skills that do not require mana. Level- representation of your experience in the class you chose. The higher it is the more difficult it will be to raise your level. Class- a representation of your chosen profession. A person who works as a smith will have Smith listed here. Having a class makes it easier to learn and use class-related skills. It also gives your experience for your class when doing something related to your class. One level-up will grant you 4 free attribute points that you can use to further enhance yourself. Beware though that enhancing you intelligence or dexterity will only enhance your memory and general control over tools. Having a high dexterity won''t mean that you will automatically be able to handle tools you have never used before. It will only make it easier to learn how to use it. Affinities- are a representation of how easy it would be for you to control it and also how easy it is to learn how to control it. Having a high affinity doesn''t mean that you can control it automatically though so you still have to put in some effort. Every point in an affinity reduces the cost of all spells in that element by 0.33%. An affinity doesn''t increase if you know more about that element, it only increases the effectiveness of your spells. The only way to increase your affinity is to gain the favor of the will or god of that element. Sometimes there are people born with the blessing of one of the elementals or gods and have an exceptionally high affinity though. Skills- a list of everything you can do. It is a compilation of talents you have. For example, a student who doesn''t do anything else will not have many skills. He/she would most likely only have: Reading ?/10 Mathematics ?/10 Mental Calculation ?/10 And so on. While a person training judo, karate or some other martial arts would have that listed as well. And not only fighting skills are listed. Skills in making clothes or armor and weapons, as well as managing and other things, are listed. Not only such passive skills are listed. Active skills like {Harden} or {Firball} are also listed.
This concludes the tutorial on the status system and window. If you want to immediately view your status please think [Status].
I have to do it again? Well, who cares, gimme that status! [Status] I got my Status! Wait, wtf is this?
Personal data
Name: Mark D?mmerung (can be changed) Age: 16
Race: Comedentem sanguinem Nigrum Condition: Healthy
HP: 200/200 MP: 70/70
SP: 75/75
Titles Child of Life Child of Death Last of its kind Lost species Protected by Gaia
Level: 1 Class:
Attributes
Strength: 15 Vitality: 15
Agility: 14 Dexterity: 6
Intelligence: 14 Wisdom: 8
Affinities
Fire: 10/100 Water: 10/100
Air: 20/100 Earth: 10/100
Life: 50/100 Death: 50/100
Light: 0/100 Darkness: 50/100
Neutral: 50/100
Time: 20/100 Space: 20/100
Skills Unique skills
Passives German language mastery: 5/10 Mathematics: 6/10 Science (chemistry, physics, biology, astronomy): 3/10 English language mastery: 4/10 Social studies: 3/10 ... Judo: 1/10 Self taught close combat: 2/10 Extreme patience: 2/10 Actives Charge: 3/10 Endure: 2/10 Power punch: 1/10 Actives {Form Switch} Passives {Blood Siphoning}
... ... ... Sigh, let me sort this out real quick. Ok, first of all, let''s start from the top and then work till the bottom. If I was to try to take it all in at once it would overload my brain after all. So first is my name. No changes there. It would be pretty strange if that would change without reason after all. (It can be changed)... that note probably is there because my name is a male one while currently, I am female. I will have to get used to it sooner or later... Ok next is my age. Not much to say there. I am 16. That''s it. Next one. Ok, so this is where I have my biggest concerns as well as questions. First of all, I am a what? I can''t read that language. So I still have no idea what I am... sigh. Hey, system can you make it so that I can actually read my status properly?
On behalf of the request of the host, the race has been translated and the translation has been added to the status.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Comedentem sanguinem Nigrum--> Black Blood Eater
Black Blood Eater? Sorry but what!? How does that even make sense? Am I some strange vampire with carapace and a tail? At least I don''t feel like one. No, wait that''s beside the point. Calm down Mark... Ok, so in conclusion, I can understand the Black part of my race. Maybe the rest is tied to my unique skills. They don''t look like something you''d usually have. But let''s keep them for later as there is still a lot of stuff between them and my race. Next would be my condition but again, not much to say here. So let''s directly get to my HP. It is a cut above the average that I saw earlier so that''s good. However, I don''t know if there are some people who have even more than me so I shouldn''t get cocky. After that is my MP. The same situation as with my HP, huh. I wonder how much normal magic or skills cost. Otherwise, I won''t know if it''s a lot or not. My SP is again, in the same situation and I basically have the same problem here as with my MP. So let''s discuss this stuff later. Ok so here is where I have my second biggest problems and question. My titles are: Child of life, Child of death, Last of its kind, Lost species and Protected by Gaia. Exactly in that order. It doesn''t even take a genius to figure out that basically all of them aren''t normal and will most likely only bring trouble. Still, it''d be better to have a proper understanding of them. System if you would?
Child of life The will of life itself has decided to bless and protect you. Effects: Fixes life affinity at 100 (due to the effect of the title Child of death, it can only be raised to 50/100) Makes usually aggressive animals neutral or even docile to you (effect canceled due to the effect of Child of death). You have more lifeforce. It is harder for you to die.
Child of death The will of death itself has decided to bless and protect you. Effects: Fixes death affinity at 100 (due to the effect of the title Child of life, it can only be raised to 50/100) Undead and creatures that are closely related to death are neutral towards you (effect canceled due to title Child of life). Death takes a few extra breaks while coming to get you. It is harder for you to die.
Last of its kind You are the last of your kind. All others have already died. Effects: +50 fame It is easier to reproduce. You have to ensure the survival of your species so you are not allowed to die. It is harder for you to die.
Lost species You are a member of a species that has been thought to have been lost and extinguished. Effects: +50 fame It is easier to gain fame. It is easier to gain infamy In order to bring your species back to the world again, you have to live first. It is harder for you to die.
Protected by Gaia Gaia has decided to grant you her protection as she wants to ensure the survival of all endangered species. Effects: Gods cannot interfere with you. Gods have trouble detecting you. Luck is more likely to be in your favor. You are unaffected by miasma. It is harder for you to die.
Today just isn''t my day. Sigh, what''s with all these crazy titles? Seriously what the hell. I doubt that even a few hundred thousand in the whole world have titles as outrageous as mine. And most likely they don''t have 5 of that caliber! I just hope this won''t lead to too many problems. Also, what are this fame and infamous? I hope there will be an explanation about that later on. Also, why do my first 2 titles nearly cancel each other out? Why do I have them if most of their effects are canceled by the other one? Also, what is this bullshit about it being harder for me to die? Do I now have plot armor? No, reality isn''t that easy so it probably is on the minor side. I can also accept the rest of the effects but one of them is... not something I desire or would desire any time soon. What''s this about it being easier to reproduce. I ain''t becoming a mom any time soon. God just saying that feels wrong. Like really wrong. *shudder L-let''s forget about that part for now. That is something for the future me to worry about. Now we have finally arrived at the attributes and I can proudly say I am above average in everything but dexterity. This means that at least from raw strength, I am very good. However, as I don''t really know any martial arts I can''t bring out my strength properly. The reason why my intelligence is so high is probably because of my memory, not my actual knowledge. As for my dexterity, I just never was any good with most tools. I just preferred doing it directly with my hand and feel what I do through my skin. Well, it''s a carapace now. Now we have the affinities. They are strange, well at least a bit. First of all, aside from air, my affinity with the other 3 basic elements is average. My air affinity is better although probably not enough to do anything fancy with wind magic. After that are my life and death affinity. Both of them are at 50/100 so I should be able to do something with it. It probably isn''t all that easy to get an affinity at 50 or above. I also only have 4 of them because of my titles. Light magic is something that I will most likely never be able to use, at least not with how it stands at the moment. Darkness, on the other hand, looks quite good. Maybe that has something to do with my race.I mean I have a lot of black on me and even my race has black in it. Neutral... is also quite high. I don''t even really know what neutral does. Let''s hope it is something good and it will be easy to learn because I doubt the other elements are easy to learn. Lastly are time and space, which are both at 20/100. That means that I probably will be able to use them. However, I hope I will be able to increase my affinity with them later on as I''d really love to teleport around. Last but not least are the skills. I am gonna leave the normal skills out for now as they basically do exactly what they say they do. My unique skills, however...
{Form Switch} A skill that allows the user to switch between several forms. The amount of possible forms depends on the race of the user. Current forms: Battle form Normal form Currently selected form: Assault form
{Blood Siphoning} When the user inflicts wounds on an opponent, the user can absorb the blood of the opponent to heal the users wounds and restore HP. Current conversion: 10ml Blood=2HP
Sigh, another headache. So first we have my {Switch Form} skill. Currently, I am in an Assault form. So that means this form prioritizes agility and firepower in order to dodge most attacks while inflicting as much harm as possible in a short amount of time with minimum defense. The Battle form is probably more of a heavily armored but slow one. But what rouses my interest the most right now is the Normal form. I hope in this form I have normal hands. My other unique skill kinda scares me. It''s like an ability you would see from some end boss. But I guess this is where the Blood Eater part of my race comes from, so it''s a racial ability. With this kind of ability, a berserker kind of fighting style is most suited for it. Well, for now, I just wanna try out my Normal form. Let''s try activating it. ... ... How do I do that? On my way home How do I switch between the forms? System can you give me an answer? ... ... No? Ok, it''s no problem. I''ll just have to figure this out myself then. Hmm... It is a skill so it probably has something to do with either MP or my SP. However that also means that I first have to learn how to control my mana and how to actively use my SP. Heck it could even require both. So before I can switch forms I will have to learn how to control my mana and SP. Next up is... "Hey look at this skill, What does it do?" "Ha, my strength is higher than yours!" "If only your intelligence would be just as high." "Hey, why is my wisdom so low?" "Ooh, I knew your agility would be abysmal." "Shut up, it''s not like your stats are all that good either." ... Though I guess with how noisy it has gotten now there is no way I could concentrate properly. It seems that I have been lost in my thoughts for quite a while as all the others are already madly discussing their stats. As I look around I notice that several students have already figured out how to show your status window to others. That''s it! This way I will be able to show them that I really am Mark. So I approach them. "Errm, could you tell me how I make it possible for others to see my status window?" For a moment they don''t even see me as they look for a person around their height. I really hate being small. When they look down, they are stunned for a moment, before they finally understand that I am the one who spoke to them. "I want to prove that I rally am Mark and the status window shows your name, which means I can show you that I am Mark." They look like they just had the revelation of the century and immediately explain it to me. "It is very simple actually. You just have to think [Show status to person x] and then that person will be able to see your status. You can even hide certain things while showing it to others." So it really is easy. I thank them and start looking for Maurice. I want to compare our status. I won''t show my complete status to everyone though. Only those who I trust. I still think it is stupid to reveal everything about your abilities after all. There he is. Currently he is talking with Ben and Tim. Tim is your perfect average guy. His appearance also isn''t anything special. He only got rid of all his pimples. His hair is a dark brown and he keeps it relatively long. For a boy at least. "Do you have any idea what this skill could be?" "I don''t really know but if we think about the fact that you have become an incubus then..." They stopped when I approached them. "Hi" I tried to keep the atmosphere between us light so that I could talk to them normally. "Hello" "Hi Mark" Ben and Maurice didn''t seem to have a problem with me so they responded normally. Tim, however, opened his mouth to say something but froze when he heard Maurice calling me Mark. "...what?!" He didn''t stomach it that well. "Maurice, What do you mean hi Mark? I don''t see Mark anywhere!" "I am standing in front of you, you know?" Did no one tell him till now? "Nice joke girly but no, you aren''t Mark." I sighed. While he is a nice guy under normal circumstances, he can get unbelievably stubborn from time to time. So I just decided to show him undeniable proof. [Show status to Tim Klint] A small interface popped up in my sight that asked me what I wanted to show/hide. I didn''t want to hide anything. I trust these 3 here enough so there is no need to do so. His face showed surprise for a second before growing solemn. He just continued to stare in empty air, so Maurice and Ben started wondering what was going on. "Mark, what''d you do?" "I only showed my status to him in order to give him proof that I am Mark." They had this typical "Ah" face that many people have when they finally understand something. After waiting a little more, Tim seemed to have finished looking at my screen. Afterward he continued looking at me a bit more before suddenly... "Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... hahahahahahahahahahahahahah...."The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. He just broke out laughing whilst pointing at me. And he didn''t stop just after a short time, he continued for maybe a minute or 2 before I decided it was enough. I kicked his legs under him away causing him to fall. My tail seemed to have been upset as well as the students behind me have already fled from there. When he hit the ground he finally stopped laughing and fought for breath. "You should have seen that coming." Maurice also seemed to have had enough as he lightly kicked the sides of the on the ground lying Tim. "I kinda did but I still didn''t manage to stop myself. You have to see that one title of her, of Mark. I bet you are also gonna start laughing." After he said that he got up and expectingly looked at me. "C''mon show them your status. I wanna see their reaction." I just hung my head. After all, I knew that this was inevitable. So I just showed it to them to get this over with. As expected, Maurice also started to laugh while Ben managed to reduce it to some light chuckling. I made Maurice fall down before he started laughing as much as Tim did. "Ha ha ha very fucking funny. I bet testing my {Blood Siphoning} on you would also be very funny." I made sure to display my claws while saying that. I don''t want them to start teasing me too much over this situation as I really am no good in this kind of situation. It immediately worked on Maurice who seemed to remember the scene of my claws going through concrete from earlier and paled a bit while Ben just stopped. Tim however couldn''t stop himself from some slight chuckles here and there. Well I''m gonna leave it there as I don''t want to scare them too much. I also don''t want to risk losing control over my emotions again as I can''t guarantee that I wouldn''t hurt them if I did. "So what were you talking about before I came?" Maurice decided to answer. "We were talking about my unique skill as we don''t really know what it does." So he has a unique skill. Well, I guess that as an incubus that is to be expected. "What is its name? Also, have you tried asking the system to explain what it does?" "You can ask the system for that? I thought that only worked on the titles." Why would that be the case? "Ah..." He seemed to have gained some information from the system. However, he became red shortly afterward and looked at me awkwardly. "It''s eerrr... how do I say this?" "Say what?" "Well, basically the effect of my unique skill is to positively influence the minds of females around me. And that is just the first part of it." ... ... Sigh, why did I kinda expect this? However... "Why would that be such a large problem? You don''t interact with the girls all that much." "Well... If we go by definition then you also count as a female." ... I forgot. But even then I don''t think it will really work on me. I don''t wanna take any chances though. I don''t wanna deal with that so excuse me please. I slowly backed away. "..." They just stared at me awkwardly. I was just questioning whether I should approach them again, when the door opened and a person who resembled our maths teacher entered. The maths teacher we know is a man just a few years before the age where he can retire and his hair was grey with a bald spot on top. This teacher, however, looked a few decades younger and his hair also had nice hazelnut brown color. It was also without a bald spot. It was mainly just his face that resembled our maths teacher. "Ok it appears that all of you are here, which is good. The principal has come to the decision that it would be better for all students to return home for now in till the government decides what to do. Transports have been organized so there is no need to worry about that. Please don''t see this as a reason to stop studying though and do your homework properly as it shouldn''t take too long for school to continue normally. Anyone who has any questions please ask them now." He always had a bit of a suffocating air around him, which only has gotten stronger now so there wasn''t any sudden turmoil or something. There were no further questions. Most students were too preoccupied with their own situation to pay any attention to something else or think up a proper question. And those who managed to keep a calmer head knew that the school also shouldn''t know anything about the situation so they also can''t answer any important questions. It really was the best call to wait for an announcement from the government. However, wasn''t the internet down? When I woke up there was also no connection in general. I stole a peek at the screen of one of my classmates and saw that the internet and the connection have both returned. I wonder how they are gonna get everyone in the school home. There are around 800 students after all and they all come from 20-30 different villages. Driving all of them home would take till the evening or possibly even night. "In case you are wondering, the military has decided to help bring all the civilians home so that no mass panic or the likes could occur. It should take around 20-30 minutes for them to arrive. So please stay patient and wait until then." After that, he went to the front desk and sat down. Apparently, he now is tasked to make sure we don''t cause any trouble. "May I also know who caused the hole in the door and the wall?" The heads of the students who were awake when it happened immediately looked in my direction while I tried to make myself smaller. Some of the students noticed only now that the door and the wall were damaged. Some even looked at the hole in the wall like they''ve just seen BigFoot. After all no normal human can punch a hole in a concrete wall. Our maths teacher, Mr. Finnegan noticed that several heads turned into my direction and also looked at me with curiosity. "I don''t remember having such a small girl in this class. Would you mind telling me who you are." He smiled at me and said it in the typical tone you use when talking to a child. That kinda annoyed, but I tried to hide it. "Well, I wasn''t a small girl until just recently. And I am Mark so please don''t treat me too much like a child." He seemed to be taken aback by what I just said. "You are Mark? I''m sorry but can you prove that?" I mentally sighed. Don''t let them notice your dissatisfaction... [Show status to Flinch Finnegan] I could see how his brows arched when my status screen suddenly appeared in front of him but he calmed down shortly after. This time I decided to hide my race, titles and my unique skills. I don''t want him to come to a strange conclusion given their strange names. After looking at it for a short while he nodded and then turned back to me. "I see and understand. It seems you''ve said the truth. Please forget the way I talked earlier. But still who destroyed the door and damaged the wall?" I basically had no way out so I just said the truth, even if my parents are really gonna scold me for damaging the school building. I am really glad that they have no way of knowing that the damaged wall by the staircase is also my doing. "The door was damaged by Brian when he punched it, while I am responsible for the wall." His brows arched once more hearing that I managed to damage a concrete wall but he didn''t ask anymore. I really don''t understand why he always talks like that but suityourself is the only thing I say. After a while where I talked a bit with Ben and Tim while keeping some distance from Maurice, Mr. Finnegan got the notification that the military arrived and that we should go to the schoolyard. There we will get a bus that will go through 2-3 villages and take all the students who live in these villages. In the end I wasn''t able to compare statuses with Maurice because I wanted to keep some distance between us. I really don''t want to get influenced by his skill. The schoolyard was crammed with the students entering the buses and the teachers plus some soldiers paying attention that no accidents happen. My bus was the 3rd from where we exited the building so it didn''t take long to arrive there. Luckily the soldiers didn''t check every student whether they really belong to that bus so I didn''t have to prove myself again. The bus ride was completely eventless and I also just sat there and stared out the window. I managed to get a seat alone. The first village the bus got to was my village. Barleben, my village is a small one but still quite bigger than most of the small ones. My house is near the main road so the bus quickly arrived there. Now how do I explain my situation to my family properly? I will also need to do something about my clothes. I have become increasingly dissatisfied with just my t-shirt. Anyways I finally stand in front of my house. Let''s hope this won''t be that hard. Finally home After the bus dropped me off in front of my house, I stood in front of the front door and wondered if my brother and father are already home. If they are, this discussion would start out way more uncomfortable. After all, if I convince my sister then she would be able to help me with them. And my sister is really good at winning discussions. I finished gathering all my courage and rang the doorbell. With my claws, I can''t use my key after all. After waiting for a few seconds my sister opened the door. She changed quite a lot as well, huh. Maria, my sister was small for her age before the change. She also had red-brown hair in a bob-cut. Her eyes were a nondescriptive brown and her features were light. Now however who greeted me was a girl who looked more like a woman and had mature features. Her body was also quite tall and voluptuous. I think it would be close to 1,85m. Her hair and eye color were still the same, however. Overall she had the sexy older sister vibe. "Hello, little girl. How can I help you?" Ugh, my own sister is talking to me like this. And she doesn''t even react to my claws or my tail. Now that I look closer, I can see furry ears on top of her head. They are similar to fox ears. Her ears only enhance the sexy elder sister vibe. Looks like she became a fox beastmen. At least that would be the race that is closest to her appearance. She may also have become a kitsune, who knows. I''ll have to ask her. "U-uhm hello Maria. It''s me, Mark." She looked petrified. "Hey, Maria? Heeelllooo." I waved my hand in front of her face, trying to wake her up. It took a bit for her to recover. When she finally did, she looked very bewildered. "... I guess it would be better if you would come in first. There we can talk in peace." I just nodded. When I came in I was relieved to see that our dog at least hadn''t changed yet. And when he saw me he became excited and ran to me. He sniffed me and grew confused. Apparently, I still smelled familiar to him but he couldn''t recognize me because of my body. I wanted to pet him but I had to stop myself because of my claws. The hallway also served to take away some tension because it was something familiar. Something that won''t change that easily. "Come let''s go in the kitchen. Do you want to drink something?? I looked at my claws. "I don''t think that I can hold a glass with these." She also looked at them. We sat down at the table. The table was an old one. "So you said that you are Mark. Sorry but... I don''t really think that that is possible." I thought as much. "Then what if I provide proof?" "What kind of proof Do you have. I don''t think there is much you can have." We''ll see about that. [Show status to Maria D?mmerung] She immediately seemed shocked. Well, she was alone till now so she obviously doesn''t know about the possibility to show it to others. She looked through it with a concentrated look. This lasted for a while before she finally looked up at me. "Sigh what the hell. I... I don''t even know what I am supposed to say to this."If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. "Well I also don''t really know but I guess it wouldn''t hurt to get some clothes first. My clothes don''t fit me anymore." She seemed thoughtful at that. After thinking for a while she nodded. "I guess this could be something we can do at the moment. But still, how''d this happen to you?" "Hell if I know. While I was in the room and got scanned for a heritage. Apparently, the system didn''t know mine, so it just manifested it. This was what manifested. It also wasn''t even able to revert it." "So it was similar to me, huh." "But then why is your heritage so different? I mean I became some alien girl or insect girl or whatever I am right now and you became... what did you become?" "Me? I became a kitsune. I just have yet to gain more tails. By the way, how can you let someone else see your status?" "Just think [Show status to person x]. So it''s very easy." Shortly after a blue window popped up in front of me.
Personal data
Name: Maria D?mmerung Age: 17
Race: Kitsune Condition: Healthy
HP:170 /170 MP: 100/100
SP: 60/60
Titles Blessed by the god of fire
Level: 1 Class:
Attributes
Strength: 12 Vitality: 12
Agility: 13 Dexterity: 8
Intelligence: 20 Wisdom: 11
Affinities
Fire:60 /100 Water: 10/100
Air: 30/100 Earth: 15/100
Life:20 /100 Death:0 /100
Light: 20/100 Darkness:20 /100
Neutral: 30/100
Time: 30/100 Space: 15/100
Skills Unique skills
German language mastery: 6/10 Mathematics: 7/10 Science (chemistry, physics, biology, astronomy): 4/10 ... Argumentation: 4/10 Piano: 3/10 Active Passive Innate mana control Active Foxfire
So this is her status. Hmm, her physical stats are lower than mine. However, the mind related ones are better than mine. I kinda did expect that. And with her unique skills... She may be able to teach me how to control my mana later on. "It is like I expected it would be" "Yes, it is. But let''s get back to the topic with our heritage. The fact that we have 2 different ones means that either one is adopted or our mother went around." "You know exactly that she isn''t the person to do that!" "Yes, I do. But that still doesn''t answer our question." "Then what if we call her?" "I think it is better to speak about something like this face to face. This is a very personal matter after all." Then that means we have to wait until she comes home. "Well let''s worry about that later. First, let''s get some of my old clothes that may fit you." I''m not really looking forward to that. ... ... Jesus Christ!? Never again. What is that extensive collection of clothes? And those were only her old ones! After she forced me to try on over 10 different outfits, we decided on a white sleeveless shirt and a black skirt. I can''t really wear trousers with my claws after all. I even had to wear panties. They are plain white but I still think I lost something important. The worst part was that I couldn''t touch the clothes myself without destroying them, so she had to dress me... please don''t make me remember it. After that, I could finally say that I was properly dressed again. Now let''s ask her. "Maria, you have that unique skill {Innate mana control} right? Then can you teach me how to control my mana?" "I don''t think I can properly teach you. At the moment, while I can control it, it''s more like an instinctual feeling. Like if you want to move your limbs, do you actively think about which muscles to move? No, you don''t, you only think about what you want to do and your brain automatically moves your muscles. This is similar." She''s right. Then if that''s the case... "Then is it possible for you to let some mana flow into me so that I know what to try in order to control it?" "Wait, let me try for a moment." She took my hand and I could feel how a warm trickle of energy flowed through my hand. So it''s like this. "Was that enough?" I nodded and then concentrated on myself. If it has to feel like a warm energy then looking near my heart should be the best. ... ... There was something! It was a very small reaction but still. Now I know that it is there at the least. So I have to try harder. I want to switch form already. ... There it is, a small stream. Now I have to take control of a small part of it. Mmm, it barely moves. "Hey, Mark I think that is enough for now." I heard my sister call me and woke up. I didn''t know what she meant with that''s enough so I looked around. The living room where I decided to practice was still the same. But then I noticed what she meant. I was sweating heavily and I felt extremely exhausted. "Nh I guess it is." "Come lie down for a moment. I know how hard it is to control it for the first time even with my skill." "But I will damage the couch with claws and my tail if I do." "Then sit down on the couch for a moment. I will get the sleeping bag. You can use it." "Ok" In the end, I fell asleep even before my sister came back. Interacting and "learning" "Are you really sure that she is Mark?" "I''ve seen her status screen, so it is true." "Nh..." I woke up thanks to some voices. I managed to recognize the first one as that of my sister, while the other one reminded me of my brother. I raised my upper body to look around. There was no person in the living room. It was still just the couch, the flatscreen and the small table in front of the couch. However, the door was open and I could tell that the voices came from the kitchen. It was right next to the living room after all. "But still, there is no way that something like this could happen and that we all have a different heritage. That just makes no sense." "At the moment it doesn''t matter that it doesn''t make sense. What matters is that we have to figure out what will happen from now on and what we will do from now on. We also have to learn to control our new bodies." It seemed that the 2 of them engaged in a discussion about me and our future. Well, I also want to talk so let''s get up quickly. So get up, make sure I didn''t destroy the couch or something while sleeping. And then walk to the kitchen. "The more important question should be, what can we do from now on? We don''t even know how the government will react to the current situation and especially not to non-humans or borderline monsters." "Well, I can change my form to a form that is probably more human-like." I decided to just join the discussion, the rest can wait after all. "Oh, you''re awake. That''s good. I don''t know how long I could have kept your tail from lashing out." Her face told enough about the trouble it brought. "Seriously just how much power is in that thing?" "I don''t really know. Though it was enough to penetrate concrete." Both of them seemed surprised at that. No, wait my brother has been surprised since I appeared. He looks like he became something like... I don''t know. He has some horns on the side of his head and I can see that some tattoos that look like tribal markings are on his chest. His features also have a more menacing look and his eye color changed to red. His hair also gained more of the reddishcolor, while his body has more muscle. It doesn''t look like a bodybuilder though. "So... you''re really Mark?" Apparently even with my sister telling him he still doesn''t really believe it. I just sigh and give him the best proof I have at the moment. [Show status to Jacob D?mmerumg] After the initial surprise, he sunk into his thoughts which you could easily see on his face. "Sigh I give up. If the system says you are Mark then who else am I gonna believe." "Good to know that you finally accept it. Besides, she seemed to behave quite comfortable around me and her behavior, as well as her mannerisms, are similar to Mark so I doubt she is anyone impersonating him. Such things aren''t easily faked after all."If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. "Yeah yeah. You can''t really blame me for not believing that my little brother turned into a little sister now can you." "Well, it certainly is hard to swallow." "Please don''t talk like it is a giant burden for you when I am the one who has to live with it!" "Ah right" was literally written on their face. "Well, I am sure you''ll get used to it." My dear brother, that is no good advice at all! "Can we get back on track already? I don''t really want to think about my future as a girl as of the moment." "Right, that would be better. But then again, what can we do at the moment? Before we can do anything we need to wait and see what the government has to say. In the meanwhile, we can only try to figure out why we all have different heritages." Yes, that is an important question but the most likely answer is that either both of our parents have a heritage so it was a bit random what heritage we got and one is adopted. I don''t think that our mother is the kind of person to sleep around after all. The faces of my brother and sister said that they also don''t think that mother slept around so I think we can agree on that being the most unlikely answer. "Well looks like we have to wait until mother and father come home so I think we should learn to control our new bodies at the moment. I think that it is the most efficient thing to do at the moment." Saying so my brother stood up and went to the stairways. Kasimir, our dog seemed to avoid him, which was unusual. Normally he always gets up and literally begs you to pet him. In the end, my brother went upstairs without even waiting for our response. "Sigh he is as tactless as always." "I think he knows what he is supposed to do but if he doesn''t want it he just doesn''t." "Maybe but it doesn''t change the fact that he should change that." Well, I guess I can''t really complain after all I also don''t act the way I am supposed to if I think that the person I am interacting with doesn''t deserve it. "It is true that we can''t do much right now though." "Well, he can''t so much. You and I still have a lot to do." The smile she had wasn''t a very warm smile. My senses screamed danger. "L-like what?" "Well now that you are a girl, there is a lot to learn and many things that you will have to do differently from now on. Education is important after all." "I think I will pass on this kind of education. I don''t think I will need it. I''d rather go to my room for now." "Aww there is no need to be shy. Also this can''t really be delayed." Her smile seemed quite scary and it also seemed that she wouldn''t really let me get away. ... "And remember to always put one on, okay? It is very important for your future development after all." "..." "Sigh I know you don''t want this but it is very important. We dont know how long you will have to stay like this or if there is even a way to revert it so it is better to learn this early on." "I know that already but at least let me hope. Also, let me rest a bit. I still am exhausted from my try on mana control after all." "You slept for roughly 4 hours, you know? I don''t believe that you are still tired." "Well, the mana isn''t the only reason I am exhausted. I think that if you consider everything that happened today then it is no wonder that I am tired." "Sigh ok. Go. I guess letting you get some real sleep won''t hurt. Just remember that we will continue this tomorrow." A groan was her only answer. Luckily the prawl of my door was made out of metal so there was no need to worry about damaging it. As I entered my room, the same stale air as always permeated my room. Nothing inside my room has changed. Something I am quite thankful for as l really can''t handle all these rapid changes that well. Before I went to sleep I decided to try and get a better mana control. It was something I really needed and it also didn''t hurt. I choose to sit cross-legged on my bed and again tried to control the stream next to my heart. It was very difficult to get it to even react. At first, I thought that all my efforts were in vain. But before I became too frustrated I noticed that every time I try to pull on the energy, there is a small reaction. However even after several minutes I did not manage to to do anything else. Looks like it''s going to take a while before I can change my forms. After I noticed my exhaustion even through my concentration I stopped trying. Overdoing it right now is probably not a good idea when I am not clear on the consequences of doing so. So I just laid down on my bed, but I didn''t cover myself with my blanket. I would just rip it apart with my claws. Mmm trying to sleep comfortably with a tail that prevents you from lying down on your back is pretty hard. After I found a good position on my side I finally tried to sleep. My sister is going to wake me up either way when something is happening. It''s also just around 4 pm so there is still some time till evening. It took me a while but in the end I just fell asleep. My father and caring big sister POV Maria "Phew" With this, I can now at least control my mana properly. After all, I want real control over it, not just some vague feeling. But it certainly is difficult. I''d barely be able to move it at all if I wouldn''t have the{Innate mana control} skill. I wonder how long it''ll take Mark to do it. Speaking of Mark, I reallycan''t believe that he turned into a little girl. I mean the difference between his usual personality and the look he has now is just so big. And he even acted more friendly than he did previously. Still, I wonder how this is going to turn out with him. The Mark I know isn''t the type of guy who accepts such things easily. Anyways it''s already 17:00 and our parents still aren''t home. It''s getting way too late. I mean I can understand that it takes quite long for our mother to return from Stuttgart, but our father should be home already. Let''s text him and ask what''s taking so long and when he''ll be home. *boom Suddenly, I heard a noise like someone slammed into a wall. I immediately open the door and rush to Mark''s room. The noisecame from there after all. I rip the door open. I thought that maybe Mark hurt himself accidentally because he misjudged his new strength, but instead I see how Mark''s tail has slightly embedded itself into the wall. Apparently, his... her tail hit the wall while she was asleep. However,he doesn''t seem to have woken up from that. But I can see that she throws her body around while sleeping. She seems to have quite some turmoil as she also slightly cries. Sigh, I was already wondering why she acted so composed all this time, but it seemsthat she just pushed all her worriesinto the back of her mind so that she doesn''t have to think about them. I sit down on the edge of her bed and gently stroke her head to calm her down. "Shh, it''s okay. Calm down. It''s going to be just fine." Slowly, she stops thrashing around, and eventually, she stopped crying. However, her facial expression didn''t relax much. "Just what am I going to do with you. Always trying to suppressyour emotions and never show weakness. You will only destroy yourself like that you know?" Mark always tried to be some kind of machine after all. I noticed very early on that he hated it when people saw his weak side after all and he also tried to hide it all the time. As if that''s possible. But that is just how he is. So I sometimes do this to help him calm down, even if he doesn''t know it. But she has really becomejust so adorable. It''s going to be difficult for him from now on, with all thesechanges that are even more extreme for her than for most others, so I hope he will come to terms with his new appearance as fast as possible. And I will teach him everything she has to know. There''s a lot he has to pay attention from now on after all. Well, now that she has calmeddown I will write father. It would be better for him to return as soon as possible. There is still a lot to clarify after all.
POV Mark I naturally woke up this time around. As I waited for thoughts to clear up I thought about the reassuring presence I felt while sleeping. I didn''t notice it previously but now that I did, Iremembered several times where I felt it. I wonder who is behind it. Now that my thoughts cleared up, I noticed that there was a dent and also a hole in the wall. My tail also had some fine dust on it, so I immediately knew what happened. "Sigh, let''s hope there isn''t any extensive damage." Luckily there wasn''t any more than that. I managed to not completely rip apart my blanket and bed while sleeping. That''s good. Now then... I got up and looked at myalarm clock to check the time. "17:22, huh." So I slept for a nearly one and a half hour. Well, that''s better than nothing. "Let''s see if my father got home already." So I opened my door and walked downstairs. "Mmmh you''ve changed quite a bit, Maria."Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. "As if you stayed the same. Besides this much is to be expected I guess, after all, we changed races!" "Weelll yeah. But In the end, we are we." "Ohh believe me your "son" changed quite a bit." "Which one do you mean?" "Oh, he is here already. I guess there wasn''t much sleep to get this time around?" The person who apparently is my father turned around to take a look at his "son". However what he saw wasn''t his son but a girl with long, black hair, carapace on her limbs, some claws and a long tail swinging behind her. Obviously, this girl was me. "Maria, who is this girl?" "Well, that is your "son" Mark." The grin on the face of my sister told me that she is enjoying this situation plenty. "I don''t remember... no, wait, if we''re talking about race change then..." "Hi, dad. You changed quite a bit, huh. Well, not like I am on to talk. Haha..." "Sigh, well this is unexpected. Especially that it is Mark. Mark would be the last person I would expect to ever transform into a girl." Just like I said, my father, changed quite a bit. Just like my brother, his eyes turned red and he also got some horns on his head. His body also got some more muscle and no longer has the beer belly. His face remained mostly the gentle one I know though. "So Mark, what happened? I don''t think this is some common occurrence after all." "Wait, you are not surprised or at least not that much?. Also, why don''t you even question it?" "I know who my son is if I see him. Also, I knew that something like this is possible." "You knew? What does that mean?" My sister decided to also ask some questions. "It''s a bit of a long story and I think it''s better to say this when all family members are present." "Sigh ok, since it is something that influences us all it''s only fair that we all get to know it. But still, you aren''t surprised?" "Hahaha! It takes more than this to surprise me." What the hell?! Your son suddenly turning into a little girl isn''t enough to surprise you? Then what would be necessary to surprise you? "So where is Jacob? I haven''t seen him since I came home." "Ah well, he is sleeping." "Then why haven''t you woken him up yet?" "You do know that he inherited your demon blood, right? So what do you think he turned into after he awakened it?" "Ah right. There was that. So he became a demon of sloth?" "Yes, he did. I already tried slapping him a few times to wake him up but it didn''t work." "Even that isn''t enough?" Considering his personality I''m not even surprised that he became a demon of sloth. I am more surprised that we have demon blood in our family. "So, what are we gonna do now?" I asked because I wasn''t sure what was going to happen now. "Well, I think I''m just going to enjoy a beer for now. After all, I don''t want to start any lengthy explanations before your mother is not home and Jacob hasn''t woken up." "Then that leaves us with wither just enjoying our free time for now?" "Not really Mark. After all, there is still some stuff that you have to learn. Also, We will have to do some online shopping for you. The system said that sooner or later monsters would appear so I want to do that before The roads are blocked for one reason or another. It also shouldn''t take too long until most of the civilians can start working again, so I want to get you some clothes as soon as possible. I bet you also don''t want to run around in dirty clothes or don''t have any at all." Ugh. I don''t really mind the shopping part but... "Can''t we just do the online shopping for now? Besides I wanted to finally learn how to control my mana so that I can switch forms as soon as possible. So I wanted to try that a bit more." "Sigh you know that you are just delaying the inevitable, right? You will have to learn all the stuff every woman has to sooner or later. It''s not something you can just ignore." While that is right, we don''t even know if my body will develop the same way the body of a human does. Heck, I wouldn''t be surprised if it turns out my race is quite long living and it will take forever for me to mature. Many fantasy races live longer than humans do and my new race is straight out of fantasy. "Yeah yeah I know." "You just don''t want to accept it, do you?" "Would you do it that easily? I don''t think you understand what all this means to me properly so don''t talk like you do! Also, don''t try to console me like your my mother!" I stormed out of the kitchen and ran back up the stairs. Opened my door entered my room and slammed the door shut. Shit, I lost control.
POV Maria "You know you pushed him too hard there, right. You have to take on things like these slowly." "Sigh I just don''t want him to close his eyes to reality. It''s necessary that I push him constantly otherwise he will only live in his own delusions, denying reality. You know that he tends to be stubborn and if people really want to, they can believe their own lies. I just don''t want that to happen to him." "You talk like some real big sister that cares too much for her little brother, you know?" "Maybe because I am a big sister that really cares about her little brother, well sister now." I really do after all. especially with the way he is. He just requires someone to help and console him. Even if he doesn''t want it because then he would need to accept his flawed self and his own weakness, which is something he just can''t. He really tries to hard to fulfill the expectation of others even if they don''t actually have them. in the end, you cant say he just thinks too much of the possible opinions of the others. Someone has to help him here and there. Also, he doesn''t even realize that he still behaves like when he was a child. He just tries harder to hide it. "Just don''t push him too hard. Let him come to terms with it on his own. if you try too hard he will just hate you after all." "Sigh he just tends to think too much about opinions even though emotions are what really matters." "You know exactly that he doesn''t even understand his own emotions and you expect him to understand the ones of others. Don''t ask the impossible." "if he wouldn''t try so hard to not have any emotions then he would also understand them better and he would be able to understand others." Ever since he''s been 11 he has tried to seal shut any emotion. And while it did give him the ability to think logically, he lost the ability to understand why people act the way they do, when they act on emotions. "If you want to stop the little devil in him, be my guest. You know that even when he was still 10 he was able to contend an 18-year old in strength when he was enraged. It is natural that he tries not to get enraged or anything else. Now that mana has reappeared and he awakened his heritage I don'' know if we could stop her at all." It certainly is troublesome. But then again, why was he so strong, even back then. If it was his heritage influencing him even back then, wouldn''t that mean that many other humans also act weird because they are influenced by theirs? But I never noticed anything from my heritage. Anyways, with the way things are right now, I think it is better to leave himalone and cool his head. Meanwhile, I can start picking out clothes. A meal with family and Donald Trump does it again POV Mark Well, that was stupid of me. Sigh, why did I react like that in the first place? Now I have got an unpleasant apology to do. Aside from that, I noticed that my control over my emotions has diminished greatly since the change. That means that I will have to try and regain the level of control I had previously. One more thing on my to-do list I guess. Still, my sister could at least try to be a bit more considerate. I mean, how the hell can she even think that accepting this change is gonna be easy. How would she like it to become a boy? No stop that Mark. That''s just your bitterness speaking. She just did what she thought was for the best. You don''t have to like it. Just don''t get worked up. Sigh, ok so what now? There isn''t much I can do at the moment and I don''t want to go downstairs yet, I guess I could go and see what is going on on the internet. I bet there are all kinds of new conspiracy theories and stuff going around. It''s also going to be very interesting to see how the various religions are going to react to this. Who knows, maybe it turns out that some high ranking member of the Vatican has some demon blood. That''s going to be very interesting. While thinking about all the possible news and theories that could be on the internet, I started my PC. It didn''t take long for it to start up. I entered my password. Luckily, I could still type, if I barely use any force at all that is. Using my mouse proved to be a bit more difficult though. My first few tries left some shallow gashes on it. Browsing through the net, there really were all sorts of crazy stories. Already, there were guys who proclaimed they met the gods, that the system mentioned. There were some who wrote of their new "epic" powers and how they would become great sages, knights or heroes in the future. Others wrote of what they could now accomplish with their enhanced bodies. How even they as some average Joey could break bricks easily or how they now were as fast as top athletes. The more interesting ones were the ones who didn''t delve into delusions though. There was some American strong arm who now was able to lift things with 1 arm when he needed both of them previously. There were guys who really liked weapons and now they were able to pull off some moves that you usually only see in movies it anime. Some people also decided to do something like a documentary on all the changes they and their friends have. The guys of "Men at arms" tested out the weapons that previously were too heavy to wield them properly and were surprised at the results. And the more intellectual guy had nearly eternal discussions about mana, the gods, Gaia, mana beasts, monsters and the evil as well as fallen gods. What could they be? What is their goal? How will that influence us? Are some of the folklore or the myths true? If there are gods, then what religion was right or was even one of them right? What is possible with the use of mana? How will society develop from now on? Will the countries be able to keep the order, when all the criminals became superhumans? Will guns still be effective? Will they work when monsters and mana beasts start to appear? And the list went on and on. Seriously there was just so much stuff, way too much to grasp it all properly. What I was more interested in though, were the videos and posts of people who awakened their heritage. I wanted to know what other races there were and what kind of problems they have already noticed. I noticed very soon though that there were basically none others that had changes as extreme as mine. Or at least, among the ones who decided to post about their changes, there were none. 3 of the typical fantasy races appeared the most often among the posts. They were the elves, the dwarves, and the beastmen. The beastmen came in a great variety. Basically, any of the mammals existed as beastmen as well. While some of the rarer cases were the likes of lizardmen or the harpies. And while some of the more stranger ones like dryads or demons as well as some mixed blood were there, I didn''t find anyone who was similar to me. I mean I expected as much, considering my titles but I still hoped that there would be someone.Stolen novel; please report. So in conclusion, I can say that at the moment, I am the only one I know that has changed this drastically. But still, there''s just so much stuff going on. Reddit''s servers are nearly crashing from all the people on it. Snapchat and the likes are also jammed with people taking videos and pictures constantly. Honestly because of the excitement felt by the people, I don''t think it will go down anytime soon. "Mark, dinner is ready." "Eh... yeah, I''m coming." I didn''t even notice that my brother opened the door. Looks like I got a bit too absorbed. While going downstairs, I noticed that there were some deep scratches on the stairs that fit the claws on my feet perfectly. Oops It appears that I didn''t pay any attention at all when I was running upstairs to escape my sister. "Calmed down?" My father stood in the hallway. He was a bit worried about me, it seems. "Yeah, I did. Sorry, I just lost my cool for a moment." "Don''t worry, it''s not something you should think too much about. Besides, I''m not the one who you should apologize to." "Yeah" I entered the kitchen. My sister sat in her usual seat on the right side. Her expression was slightly sullen. "Erm Maria? Sorry about before. I just was overwhelmed by the situation and needed to vent my stress somewhere. I''m sorry." Her expression quickly brightened. "Ahaha don''t worry. I also pushed you a bit too hard." I nodded to her and sat down. I just noticed this but... was the smell of meat always this intensive and delicious. I don''t think it was like this before. "Hey Mark what''s wrong? Calm down will you? You nearly hit me just now." Huh? I look behind and see that my tail is swinging around vigorously. It seems that the smell git me pretty exited without me even knowing. "I-I''m sorry I didn''t even notice. It''s just that the meat smells so good." My father made a confused face. "It''s just the schnitzel from yesterday though. There isn''t anything special about it." "That doesn''t matter, it smells amazing." "Well if you say so." When my father got the pan with the schnitzel, it really was just the schnitzel from yesterday. But what''s with this smell? Our dinner consisted of some schnitzel, potatoes, chopped carrots and some brown sauce. However... "Urgh, dad what''d you do to the potatoes? They taste like really bad." "I didn''t do anything to them. Maybe you just got a bad one?" I nodded. Maybe it was just a bad one. Thinking so, I decided to leave them for now. Instead, I decided to leave them for now. Instead, I choose to eat some schnitzel. Even while cutting it, I noticed that the smell was even stronger now and I could hardly hold myself back. When I bit into it, I couldn''t believe that this was a mere schnitzel. The texture was perfect and while there was no meat juice, the meaty taste still somehow spread through my whole mouth. It was a completely new experience! You couldn''t compare this to just "some meat"! How can some schnitzel even taste this good?! I greedily devoured the rest if the schnitzel. However, even after eating the whole schnitzel, I was still not satisfied. I just needed more! "Hey Mark, slow down. You eat like you''ve been starving to the point of death!" Apparently, my father found my new and desperate love for meat a bit strange. However, when I paid some attention I noticed that I had actually discarded my knife and the fork and started eating with my hands. "Dad, how did you get the meat to taste this good? This is the best I''ve ever eaten." "Like I said already I didn''t do anything with any of it. I just made it like I usually do." He seemed perturbed that I suddenly found potatoes disgusting and had a crazy love for meat. Sure I always liked meat but it wasn''t to this extent. So this was a bit strange to him. "Could it be related to your race change?" My sister also seemed to have wondered what was going on and came up with a possible answer. "Well, maybe. I don''t really know what I turned into after all." But it still is possible that my race has influenced what I find tasty. Or more like, it changed my taste buds. "If that''s the case then we need to figure out how it changed." "I think judging by the fact that she seemed to dislike potatoes andloves meat I would say that it''s similar to that of carnivores." "How about you try the carrots and see if they also taste bad." I took some carrots and... "Ugh, they are even worse." I don''t think I have the vocabulary to describe this kind of taste. I just don''t wanna eat again. "So that means that I will have to make more meat meals from now on. After all, I doubt you will eat vegetables or fruits at all if they taste this bad." "So the changes are even more than what I had thought, huh? This sucks. I don''t even properly know myself." "Now, now it isn''t that bad. Also, we will work this out somehow. Besides we all changed race, so we are in similar situations." I just nodded. Suddenly, all our phones vibrated. My father quickly checked and his brows creased after a short while. When my sister checked hers I also looked at her screen. I don''t want to scratch my phone with my claws after all. There was a message from the news. President of the USA, Donald Trump officially stated his opinion on the recent changes: "We will have to adapt to this new situation. The military, as well as the FBI and CIA, should react with strong measures to make sure no big problem occurs. In my eyes, at the moment we should pay the highest attention to the stability of our country even at the cost of some individuals." Jesus Christ can that guy make at least one smart decision at least once! Are all the advisors and ministers just for show?! Meeting Ugh, how can someone like him become president? While I, obviously, am no expert in politics I know that saying something like this, which can easily be interpreted as "If necessary, human rights? What are those?" is very bad and stupid. Like, there are already enough rumours and suspicions about the actions of the CIA and FBI. So it is incredibly stupid to say something that can easily cause a giant controversy. "This is probably going to cause yet another wave of outcries from several parties." My sister also seemed to have arrived at a similar conclusion. "Well not that it has anything to do with us. This shit-storm is going to be in the political world and we are quite far away from that world." My father seemed to take it more relaxed and didn''t seem to think about it that much. He was mostly right though. We don''t have anything to do with politics and the chance that we would get caught up in any of this is very low as we are just random citizens without any importance to those people. "Let''s just let the politicians deal with that while we get used to all these changes. I think that is the smartest thing to do at the moment." "That''s right. Besides, even if we were to do something it''s not like we actually could do something." My sister also seemed to agree with that. Unless they suddenly start changing laws and stuff I, we will not be influenced by this at all. Besides, I still have to learn to control my mana so that I can change my form. I want to have normal limbs as soon as possible. "I''m gonna return to my room. I want to try and control my mana some more." Both of them just nodded. So I went up and again searched for that warm stream near my heart. Finding it wasn''t a problem, just as before, but trying to control it was still useless. No matter how I tried to move it and no matter how much effort I put into it. After trying some more for a few minutes without any results I was too exhausted to continue. I lied down on my side and tried not to rip my bed apart. Thanks to my tail I can''t even lie down on my back. It''s just way too uncomfortable.
Like that 3 days passed. During this time we got to know several things. First, my mother hasn''t managed to come home yet. Apparently, because she works for the tax office and the fact that the way from Stuttgart to here is quite long forced her to stay there for the time being. Second, the government of Germany, our government released its plans for the immediate future. Even though we don''t even have a properly elected government at the moment. The plan of our government, for now, is a wait and see approach. Since they don''t know what else will happen and they also haven''t figured out everything that changed (how could they with all that has changed), they decided to slowly sort through the situation. The normal citizens still have to stay home most of the time. We can walk around but there is a curfew. They don''t want superhuman criminals being able to run around the cities freely at night after all. Only the people working for the state still have to work. Since many people went through quite some transformation, however, the army and police are busy going around and confirming every registered person in the villages, towns, and cities. As many changed so much that the data in their passport and the likes are no longer accurate. Especially for the ones who changed as much as I did. Third, most of the other countries also released their plans for now. Most of them take an approach similar to that of ours, however, some decided to rush things a bit more. They try to speed the registering of the changed people as much as possible while also trying to form collaborations to research mana. At the same time, there are many rumours of strange programs that the governments are trying to get through but no evidence so far. Fourth, the situation in my family is stable. Even with the race change for us all, there doesn''t seem to be a huge problem. However, the most important one was the fifth. This one concerned me and my change. I found out quite a bit about my changes in the past few days. The more problematic ones were the ones concerning my behaviour. Not only did I start to prefer the night quite a bit and started hating the sun more and more, I also noticed that sometimes it is nearly impossible to control my emotions. It seems that the race I changed into is a race that is prone to act on their emotions. Besides the changes in what I eat, I also became a bit more playful. Playful as in like a cat. You know how cats like to imitate a hunt or a little fight or how they play with their prey? You could say it''s similar to that. I more and more enjoyed sneaking up on things and I had a certain urge to get into a playful fight. My curiosity also leapt by bounds. I just can''t stay still anymore and can''t concentrate on one thing for too long. The next thing would be my senses. I didn''t notice these at the beginning because of the shock and because my brain wasn''t used to this kind of information so it wasn''t able to process it. I read that up on Wikipedia when I noticed that my senses got better with every day. My eyes were now, probably, comparable to a cat. I had night vision, you could say. My hearing also got better but not by much. It was just slightly above that of humans. And while my nose wasn''t even close to that of a dog or even a cat, when it came to blood I doubted there was anything as good in smelling it as I. I was able to smell it when a child injured itself on the small playground at the end of the street. Even though all the windows were closed, I was able to smell the scent of blood. And that scent is really intoxicating, nearly addictive. The next notable thing would be that I feel like I am pretty close to achieving controlling my mana. Since I practised controlling it several times a day it seemed that I will be able to reap my rewards soon enough. I really want to switch to my normal form as soon as possible. These claws of mine were really inconvenient in daily life. I can''t even dress myself or grab something without having to pay attention so that I don''t accidentally destroy it.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Right now it is mid noon and I am sitting on my bed. It has suffered quite a bit over the past few days. There were cuts all over the mattress and the blanket. I''ll have to replace them soon. Anyways I wanted to try controlling my mana again as I have felt like I would be able to do so pretty soon. So I started to concentrate and tugged at the mana near my heart. It was the place with the highest mana concentration in my body, at least as far as I could tell. I already knew that the mana coursed through my entire body but the concentration was so low that I was barely even able to feel it, much less try controlling it. As I continued tugging at the concentrated mana near my heart and tried to make it move like I wanted my breath got ragged and I started to sweat. However, I still continued. After some more time, for the first time, the mana moved. My goal this whole time was to isolate some of the mana so that I would be able to control it as a separate entity from then on. And finally, some mana stretched out and separated itself from the main mana lumb. It was very small, just a few drops but still it worked.
Skill {Mana control} learned
So it is a skill. Good, that will allow me to see just how advanced I am in it. Obviously, since I just learned it, itstill is lv1. Now since it''s still mid noon I still have plenty of time to try to change my form to the normal form. When I tried to stand up to grab me something to drink before I try, I noticed that I couldn''t move. What the...? Why can''t I move? The answer came just after that. "Finally you did it. I was already getting tired of waiting. Well, I suppose it was still faster than what a normal human could have done so it''s fine." It was a beautiful female voice. However, it seemed to have come from everywhere yet nowhere. Who? My room is still empty so where is this voice coming from? "Right I didn''t even introduce myself. If I were to use the name that is the most known one then it would be Gaia so you can call me that." Gaia? As in that Gaia? The Gaia that is the earth itself? The Gaia that has woken up not long ago and is responsible for the reappearing of mana? "Yes, I am just that Gaia. Do you know any other ones? Well, let''s leave that alone for now. Instead, let''s talk about why I am here. You should already have an idea because of your titles." You mean the part that I am now the last member of a lost species? Or the part where I am protected by you. Maybe the part where Life and Death view me as their child. "It''s the first part. You are only protected by me because you are the last member of a lost species. And while the part of Life and Death is also important, we can discuss that later. Though I don''t know when I will be able to get some more free-time for you again." By the way, how can you even speak to me like this? Also, why can''t I move. Did you stop time or are you simply restricting me? "I temporarily stopped time. Now don''t ask me how I did it. You wouldn''t understand it in the first place and it would also take too long. As for how I can talk to you?. Now that you have learned the basics of mana control, I can use the mana to stimulate your senses directly with mana and make you perceive my voice just through that." Ok, so why are you here. You already said that it''s about me and my species but what about it? "Well mainly to give you some basic information about what you are currently so that one day you won''t accidentally harm or even kill yourself because you didn''t know something about your species. I guess I should just start with some basic facts. The reason you are the last of your species is because, back then, when I decided that your species was more of a threat to basically all the other species on earth than any good, I decided to seal their heritage inside a random bloodline of humans so that if I ever decided to try and revive the species, I wouldn''t have to recreate them from nothing." Wait so you personally removed my species from earth? How? "I removed them because their instincts to hunt and kill were uncontrolled. While they had human intelligence, they raised their children in a way that made them more like monsters. They didn''t know self-restraint and would kill or at least try to kill anyone who they wanted. And because of just how strong an adult of your species was, It was really problematic for the other species back then. And how I removed them was relatively simple. They existed at the time where mana was still common sense to anyone. And part of their natural way of living included actions that needed mana. This is actually the part where they get stronger by consuming blood and lose strength if they didn''t consume blood for a longer period of time. An ability like that doesn''t really work without mana so once I drained them all of mana and made them all unable to use mana anymore they got weaker and weaker and finally were unable to survive." Uwahh that''s a nasty way to do it. Was that really necessary? "Back then, it was. In several parts of the earth, they already drove many species to either near extinction or complete extinction just because they didn''t like them." Sigh well what''s done is done. So what more should I know about my species? "I already mentioned that you would sooner or later get weaker if you don''t consume blood. Incidentally, this is also why your species is called Blood eater. The next thing would be that you should make sure not to inject your poison into anyone you don''t want to suffer. Your poison is pretty nasty. It makes sure that a wound will continue to bleed for a long time. You could say that the effect is just like haemophilia. It also reduces the natural ability of the body to heal. After these effects have worn off it causes heavy dizziness." So it basically makes it very difficult for the affected person to heal and makes sure that the wound will continue to bleed. And after that has worn off the person gets ill. How long do these effects last? "Well, it depends on who or what you inject. Since it varies heavily depending on what race were talking about let''s just leave them aside for now. If we were to talk about a human then you could expect the first part to last about 8-10 hours. It depends on how much poison is lost with the blood that is lost. While the second part can last for a day or two days if nothing to stop it is consumed." So long enough for anything to happen. How does it even work? "Basically, it stops the blood clotting so the blood will just continue to flow. The natural healing process is reduced because it makes the cells, at least temporarily, unable or nearly unable to split. Explaining the illness-like part is just too troublesome so I will leave it at that." Sigh, I really don''t want to deal with all this shit. ...So is there anything else? I already noticed that it changed my behaviour a bit and enhanced my sense. "Well, not really that much. You already know most of how it affects your personality and behaviour. Your senses also won''t change all that much anymore. Just be careful with anyone who has either been chosen or blessed byGod. It would be even better if you don''t interact with them at all. Even back then there were many gods that either hated your race or wanted to use your race so it would be better if you were to go unnoticed by them or at least be strong enough to survive on your own before they set their sights on you." So even more trouble is coming my way. Woohoo. As if all this race change and gender change is not troublesome enough already. "It can''t be changed. I decided to give your race one more chance and so lifted the seal once I awakened. And you just so happened to be the only member of the bloodline that had the heritage awakened." Why were you sleeping, unconsciousness or whatever in the first place? And what will happen from now on? The system already mentioned the existence of fallen gods, dark gods and apostles of the end. "It still is way too early for you to learn that. I will tell you once you have become strong enough if you ever do. After all, it depends on how you decide to live. You will know when you have become strong enough so there is no need for me to tell you. Anyways, since I just reawakened there is still a lot for me to deal with so I will have to stop our conversation here. I will contact you once it is necessary or the opportunity arrives again." Wait! Is there a way to reverse these changes? Also, How do I change forms? "I guess I can still answer this. First of all yes there is a way. But I am the only one who knows it and can do it. And since I want you to revive your species I will not allow it. And secondly, changing forms is very easy now that you can control your mana. Just rouse some of your mana and then concentrate on the overall state of your body The system will help you." Damn it! Her last words still echoed and slowly faded. After it completely faded I was finally able to move again. Sigh, so much trouble and so much stuff to think about. I won''t be able to sit down and concentrate at the moment so I will try to change my form later on. For now, I need to calm down and drink something. 15 minutes later I have finally been able to calm down. I had some small talk with my sister and was forced to agree on another lesson about stuff that I need to know as a girl later on in the afternoon. Urgh. For now, I want to try and change my form already. I am getting really tired of my claws already. Finally changing forms Okay, so Gaia said that once I have roused my mana, probably as much as I can, I should concentrate on the overall state of my body. Does that mean like viewing my entire body in my thoughts? Or does it mean that I should concentrate on the form of my body, the one it currently has? Let''s just try both of them. So first is rousing my mana. That means that I will have to concentrate on my mana again. This time around, I manage to separate a chunk of my mana quite quickly. However, it still took around 30s. After that, I imagined looking at my body from a 3rd person view. I waited a bit and tried playing around with both of my mana or imagining myself from a different angle, however, nothing happened. In the end, I couldn''t keep my concentration on my mana anymore and the chunk returned to the main chunk at my heart. So that isn''t how you do it. That leaves the 2nd method as the most probable. So again, take a chunk of my mana and this time I concentrated on the form of my body as a whole. Immediately, I noticed what was different. I just suddenly received knowledge about how to change my form from nowhere. That was probably the system helping me. According to the knowledge, I had to move my mana and infuse it into my body as a whole without any intent. If I were to give my mana an intent of some kind then it would try to accomplish just that. That is also how body strengthening works. If I infuse mana without any intent however then it would activate my innate racial magic which enables the change in the first place. ... I already tried for maybe a minute but I still wasn''t able to infuse mana in the entirety of my body. I always only managed to infuse some parts with my mana. When I then try to infuse the parts that don''t have any mana infused yet, I would always lose control over the mana in the already infused parts and it would return to the main mana chunk. Which was really frustrating. Luckily this wasn''t nearly as exhausting as learning how to control my mana. 1 minute later I finally managed to get my whole body infused with my mana. Now 2 images of me appeared in my mind. The first image was of the current me without any carapace other than the small parts on my cheeks and neck. I still had the tail though. The second image was me nearly completely covered in the carapace. The carapace covered my entire legs and arms. However, it looked like my limbs have swollen a bit and my arms have become longer. They reached down til my knees. The claws on both my feet and hands were also longer. My limbs are thicker probably because the carapace is thicker in that form. My back was also covered in carapace plates and along my spine white spikes protrude. My sides had some carapace plates so that I could still bend my body properly. My hairnow also looked a bit strange. It resembled the hair that Kerrigan had after being turned into the Queen of theBlades but still remained deep black. That form really looks like some real monster. I am quite lucky that this wasn''tthe form I had when I awakened. I quickly concentrated on the first image. After consolidating the image in my mind I felt that the mana in my entire body reacted.I don''t know what it did or how it did it, I also had no capabilities to try and figure it out. I was too busy screaming as my whole body felt like it was sliced up and burned at the same time.
POV Maria I was currently thinking about what I should teach Mark today. Since he turned into a girl there are many things that he now needed to know. I already explained the importance of a bra and showed him, her how to do it but she currently still refuses to wear one. Next would probably be periods and your appearance. I still can''t believe that he spent nearly the entire first day in nothing but his T-shirt. Suddenly, I was interrupted by a high pitched, gut-wrenching scream that could be heard throughout the entire house. Immediately, I sprang up from my bed and ran to Mark''s room where the scream seemed to originate from. I hastily opened the door and entered the room. I gasped in surprise. I saw Mark thrash about on his bed. He wildly punched and kicked out and even clawed at his own skin, while it ripped open or fell off. He bled purple blood from both his eyes and nose. His tail wildly hit both the wall and the bed. The carapace on his limbs burst open, revealing the muscles beneath and with it the purple blood. "MARK, MARK!!! What is going on?" I tried to restrain his arms so that he would stop clawing at his own skin and rip it open even further, however it seemed that her strength was just too great. While I was able to grab his arms, I wasn''t able to do anything other than that. I immediately lost my grip on them as he moved about.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. When I tried to grab them and try again, Marks'' tail hit me is the chest and threw me against the chair that stood in his room. Luckily, it didn''t hit me with the spear like a tip but the impact still made me unable to breathe properly and felt like it broke some ribs. Thanks to my vitality, however, I knew that I didn''t break any "Gasp... Gasp" I tried to get some air in my lungs but it seemed like it wasn''t possible for now. While trying to regain my breathing, I could only watch as Mark continued to bleed and loose skin and carapace. And while I at first thought that something bad was happening, I noticed that everywhere where wounds came into existence, a patch of fresh skin would quickly take its place. Dammit, if only either father or even Jonas would be here. Both of them went to the supermarket to buy stuff so Mark and I were currently alone. By the time I managed to breathe normally again, there were only small patches of the carapace remaining. Only the claws were still whole. In the next moment, however, they just fell off. The resulting wounds bled heavily for a few seconds before stopping. After that, bones sprouted from the mutilated hands and quickly reached an appropriate length. Next were flesh, veins, and tendons. They all grew within seconds before forming normal fingers and thumbs. At last, nails grew. The same thing happened to Mark''s toes as well. With the fully regrow fingers and toes, the last patch of skin and carapace fell off and were again covered with fresh skin. Mark also finally stopped screaming and fell unconsciousness on his bed. Mark started screaming only a few minutes ago and yet she already returned to normal. The bed looked like some person tried itself on butchering without any kind of instructions. Blood was everywhere and patches of skin and carapace as well. Accompanied by his claws that fell of, it truly looked gruesome. I barely managed to contain my nausea and struggled with myself to even approach the bed. Marks now looked like some normal girl. A beautiful and very cute young girl. The only, still strange features were her tail and the pointed ears. Both of these remained from her previous appearance. A new addition was her nails though. They were not only slightly longer, they also resembled claws a bit and were pitch black. Marks was still covered in his own blood and some fallen of skin that clung to him. The clothes were drenched and destroyed, just like the bed. I doubt that you can still sleep in that. I quickly wrote my father a message that something happened to Mark and that he is now unconscious. After that, I started preparing a bath so that I could wash Mark. When the bath was ready, I picked her up from her bed and carried her into the bathroom. I let her sink into the bathtub and started washing off all the blood and the remaining skin that clung to her body. "Really, just what did you do this time?" First, she changes gender and now this. Didn''t you already have enough changes for one week? Naturally, there was no answer. So I just continued washing if the blood. It took some time but I finally finished bathing Mark. Her hair was also drenched with her own blood so I had to wash it as well. After drying her, I carried her into my own room and laid her down on my bed. With her current body, she didn''t weight a lot so it was an easy thing to do.
POV Mark "Nh..." As I woke up, I immediately noticed that my entire body felt sore. When I opened my eyes, I noticed that I was no longer in my own bed. I looked around and saw Maria sitting at her desk and looking at me. "Are you awake now? You nearly gave me a heart attack when you started screaming like that. Especially with what happened to you. How are you feeling?" Ahh, I remember now. I was trying to change my form when suddenly my entire body hurt. Wait did it even succeed? I raised my hand so that I could look at it and was glad to see that my hand now looks like the hand of an actual human. I mean sure, the fact the black nails was a bit surprising and also annoying but it was still acceptable. "So it succeeded." Finally, I can live like a romal human being again. Well mostly normal. I could still feel my tail so I didn''t part with that thing. "Ah, I''m sorry Maria. I didn''t expect that that would happen. And currently, while my entire body is a bit sore, I am fine otherwise." "That''s good to hear. I was already that some serious problem may have appeared, given how much blood you lost but if it''s just some soreness then its okay. By the way, what were you doing that causedthat?" "I finally learned the mana control skill so I wanted to try and change my form. And as you can see I was successful. Though I didn''t expect that changing my form would be like that." I don''t actually remember what happened while I was changing my form but from the way she described it and the way it felt, it should have been quite something. "Also how long was I unconsciousness for?" "Ah not that long. It''s only been like what? 2 and a half days." 2 and a half days? How is that not a long time?
POV Gaia Sigh, what''s with all these gods? They are nearly completely reliant on their believers in order to something in the mortal world and yet here they are discussing the course the mortal world should take. Even though they should know that the world almost always takes its own course they still pretend like they can control it. "Now that the non-human races are still without any strength or foothold in the world, we should try to weaken them as much as possible or even eradicate them." Oh my god. Should I not say oh me or something? Anyways why can''t he just once, even once stop trying to commit genocide on the non-humans? Just because he is the god that made the human race his chosen race. "I already told you so many times, even before the war that I would not participate nor allow such actions, dear god of light." Speaking of non-human races, I forgot to tell her that it would be better to try and understand as much as possible of her innate magic before attempting to change forms. Otherwise, it will lead to a lot of pain and a real mess. I just hope that she doesn''t have any kind of permanent problem now that she did it so forcefully and without proper knowledge. Haa I think I am just gonna leave this god alone for now. He is just too annoying. I still have to make sure that no sudden mana surge happens somewhere on earth. News POV Gaia Currently, I was making sure that the dragon veins don''t have any mana leakage thanks to the still unstable mana. If there were any leaks it would cause all animals to go through instantaneous and spontaneous mana-evolution. However, that wasn¡¯t what made this so dangerous. It would also cause them to go mad and attack anything they see. With how the humans are prepared for something like this, which means absolutely unprepared, it would only cause a lot of chaos and casualties. Suddenly a black figure with no clear form appeared before me. I wasn''t surprised though. I knew him after all. "You sure are working hard. I thought I would see you lazing around like you did back then.¡° "It¡¯s you, huh. What do you want? You can see that I am busy right now.¡° " Tell me, why can I feel their presence. They are supposed to be completely extinct. So why can I feel the presence of one of them?¡° Sigh, I knew it wouldn¡¯t be possible to hide it from him. They are his chosen race after all, though I did not expect him to notice it immediately. "When I erased them, I decided that if I was to give them another chance I didn¡¯t want to have to reconstruct them, especially since that would create an imperfect being, so I decided to seal their heritage in the bloodline of some humans. I thought that since this is the closest to an actual restart that we¡¯ll ever get, this would be the best chance to give them another chance.¡° He nodded at that. "Then why is it so weak? Even the newborns of back then had stronger presences.¡° "Do you really think that their heritage, over all this time, remained complete? Especially since the seal went so long without any mana supply. It is a miracle in the first place that it lasted so long.¡° "So you¡¯re saying that parts of it were lost. So now she is an incomplete version.¡° "Yes, that is the case. At the moment, while she has the base of one of them, she is incomplete. However, don¡¯t expect that she will ever regain what was lost. She currently has the options to either regain what was lost or to become something new that only shares some parts with them. And remember, I will not allow you to interfere with her. She is the one who will choose what she will become. I don¡¯t want it to end like last time.¡° "And, is she alone? I can feel some other reactions but they are basically nonexistent.¡° "She has some siblings, but they didn¡¯t have enough of their heritage in them remaining to awaken it even partially.¡° Satisfied, he turned around to leave. "I¡¯m serious. Do not interfere. Do not tell anyone about this and do not forget what I am capable of. Her race deserves a new, fresh start.¡° He turned his head and looked at me for a bit. " I know. I couldn¡¯t forget even if I wanted to.¡° He quickly disappeared and I was left alone in my realm. "Phew, ok that¡¯s that. Now, what was I doing again? Ah right, the dragon veins.¡° I quickly focused on the dragon veins again. Only to notice that what I have feared has already, happened. A large amount of mana leaked from a dragon vein in the country called Germany. "The location is¡­ near Stuttgart. That is a bit away from her so hopefully, she won¡¯t get involved."
POV MARK "What do you mean 2 and a half days aren¡¯t that long? That is way too long.¡° "Well considering what happened to you, I would say that it was to be expected. Besides the doctor, we called over said that as far as she can tell you are perfectly fine.¡°This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. You do know that that still doesn¡¯t guarantee that I am fine. "Anyways, it seems like you finally managed to change your forms. I have to say that like this you look even cuter.¡° Ohh I¡¯d like to see her face if she sees my battle form. Cuz¡® that form is not cute at all. "Not like I want to be cute,¡° I mumbled to myself so she didn¡¯t hear it. "Did something happen while I was unconsciousness?¡° "Mmhh not really. Oh right, yesterday They said that starting today people should return to their normal jobs. That is the only thing worth noting.¡° "Then what did you tell my school what happened to me. Also how come you are home. Judging by the sun, it is still early noon, probably.¡° "Well, we simply told them that you needed one more day to get accustomed to your changes. They accepted that so it¡®s no problem. And if I wasn''t home then who would take care of you while you are unconsciousness. Our mother isn''t him yet, though she is on the way to finally return. They sure kept her there for quite long." Mother, huh? One of the few persons who have absolutely no problem to know what I think. She also is the only person I ever speak to concerning what''s troubling me. "Then that means tomorrow I will have to go to school." I wonder how things will turn out in my class from now on. Hopefully, it won''t turn out to be too strange. Before any of us could say anything else we were interrupted by a loud growling. "Pfwahahahahaha I see that you are hungry huh?" My stomach growled as loud as it possibly could. I nodded, but why is she laughing. A growling stomach is nothing strange after all. I was about to get up when I noticed that aside from underwear I was wearing nothing else. However what bothered me even more was that I was even wearing a piece of underwear that I normally don''t wear. "Maria, did you put this bra on me?" "Of course I did. It''s something you will have to get used to and since you are normally just rejecting it I used this chance to get you used to it." "Are you serious? Why are you even so persistent about it?" "Because I don''t want my little brother, who turned into a little sister to have problems with future development." Seriously? I just stared at her and then shook my head while sighing. If she wants it so much I can hardly just say no. Though I will try to avoid using it too much. It just distracts and bothers me to have something like this strapped to my chest. "Ah, this reminds me that the clothes you wore while changing your forms are no longer usable. You shredded them into pieces while doing it after all." "Then, are the clothes you gave me on the first day washed? If so then I can wear them again and we won''t have to look for something else." "Yeah, they should be. Wait let me get them." My sister went out of the room and downstairs. Shortly after she returned with the sleeveless white shirt and the black skirt. I quickly put them on. This time around I could do so alone. I no longer have claws that would shred them to pieces after all. Though my nails look like they are a bit more durable and sharper than normal ones. After I put on the clothes, we went downstairs. After looking through what our kitchen had to offer, I decided on some blood sausage and ham. I decided to eat in the living room so that I can watch some TV while eating. While watching TV and eating, I had some small talk with my sister who accompanied me. I finished my meal and was just about to put away the dishes and remaining foodstuff when... "We interrupt the current program with breaking news. Since half an hour already have there been reports about strange looking animals as well as animals that are way out of proportion near and in Stuttgart. It has also been reported that these animals are extremely aggressive. Kelly is in the heart of Stuttgart to report. Kelly. "Thank you John. The current situation is quite dire. Animals of all kinds have been sighted and reported. All of these reported animals are way bigger than they normally would be and sometimes can barely be associated with any known animals. This wouldn''t be too much of a problem if it wasn''t for their aggressiveness. The hospitals here in Stuttgart are already full of injured people. And many of them are in serious condition. However, there have been no reports of casualties as of yet. Hey, what''s that? "Look out it''s coming!" "Argh, my leg!" "Come here you beast!" The scene switched back to the man in the studio. "It appears that the team has faced some difficulties. The authorities have already warned that civilian to not get close to Stuttgart. People living close to it also should consider evacuating. This is all the information we have at the moment. This is John of the Tagesschau." The TV switched back the normal program but I immediately turned it off. "H-hey what do you think is going on there." I asked my sister as I was seriously confused. "I don''t know. But I do know that there is not much we can do. Let''s just hope that mom is already out of there." My sister also had a worried face. "Yeah l, let''s hope." After this incident, I was slightly depressed because of my worry. I returned to my room and tried to calm down, albeit without success. ... I passed the time somehow with surfing on the internet and looking for more information but didn''t find anything useful. Evening arrived without me even noticing. When we had dinner the mood also was depressed. They asked me how I was and such things but it was more out of courtesy. My father and my brother were just too worried about mom as she had not arrived yet and we also got no news from her. She also wasn''t responding to her phone. At the end of the day, we all went to bed without knowing anything feeling worried and depressed. Changes in school The next day started equally depressing. None of us talked much and we were slightly tense as we waited and hoped to receive some news from our mother. As the government told the citizens to return to work that means school also started again. Apparently, while many buildings look like they were badly damaged during the earthquake, only the older buildings are damaged so badly that there is any danger of them suddenly falling apart. So our school is still fine. They are going to repair it during the winter holidays. Today I wore a black shirt and jeans. I used an old jacket of my sister as well. However as the jeans of girls are way tighter as those of the boys, it still feels slightly awkward. My sister also managed to force a bra on me. I didn''t want to drag the mood down any further so I just agreed. The news still reports that the situation near and in Stuttgart is quite dire. By now there were even confirmed casualties. The army also arrived there somewhere in the night and are trying to get rid of these animals and evacuate the civilians. However, the situation is not resolved yet. I took my school stuff and went to the bus station. Since my sister also recovered from her operation so she also could return to school. While waiting for the bus, the students around me excitedly talked with their friends about the stuff that happened in the past few days. Some also had some trouble recognizing each other. As with me, showing the status screen was the most effective method to prove their identity. I noticed that among the roughly 20 students here I and my sister were the only ones who you could easily identify as non-human. Maybe some of them also were non-human but managed to hide it. The situation on the bus was just the same. I saw no other non-humans. It got a bit awkward when they noticed my tail. "Hey, what''s that?" "Oh, that looks cool." "You mean more like scary." "You think she would allow me to touch it?" "Idiot. There is no way she would." Uwahh I hope they will just continue to talk behind my back and not try something. I honestly don''t know how I would react. Probably irritated. I have yet to recover most of my control over my emotions. My sister was in a similar situation, though there were no comments of her looking scary. The comments were more centered about her body. After the change, she truly had a great body. But she also seemed somewhat troubled by the conversations about her. In the end, no one approached me because of it and my sister was left alone as well. It''s quite funny that those who think that my tail is scary took some distance from me which gave some comfortable space on the usually crammed bus. The bus stopped at its usual stop and we all went to school. Here in Wolmirstedt, there are 3 schools and 2 of them are basically right next to each other. The one is a high school and the other one is a secondary school. I go to the secondary school while my sister goes to the high school. I plan on going to a high school after this year though. So my sister and I part here. I go to my school and finally see some other easily identifiable non-humans. One of the girls on the other side if the street had some wolf-like ears on top of her head and also a wolf tail just above her butt. One boy I walked by, looked like a grown man just way shorter. Just about my height but with full muscles and a beard. I also saw a person who I could not identify as either gender with green skin and leaf-like hair. I wasn''t quite sure what that person was. If I were to go just by sight then it would be a dryad but as far as I know, dryads are all female and usually can easily be identified as such. So maybe this person is from a race that is similar to a dryad but not quite the same. I only look at them though. I don''t know them and just because we are all non-humans by now doesn''t mean that we have to be friends. I arrived at my school and went in. While walking up the stairs I noticed that the crack that I caused in the stairways is still there. I really hope that they won''t somehow figure out that I made that. I continued walking to my classroom. Some of the students, who saw me during the first day and managed to recognize me thanks to my tail, looked confused at my hands and feet. When they saw me, I still had claws after all and it looked like they were part of my body so how did I get rid of them, is probably what they are thinking. When I arrive, I see that they already managed to exchange the door with a new one. That was quite fast, I thought it would take them longer than this. I walk into my classroom. Immediately, some heads turn in my direction to see who the person who just arrived is. Some looked surprised, others a bit scared and the rest just ignore me afterward. Maurice, who has already been brought here by his parents also noticed me. "Hey, Mark. You look somewhat different." "Hi, Maurice. Yeah, I managed to use one of my unique skills to get rid of my claws." Incidentally, as my claws just cleanly fell off while I was changing forms, my family decided to keep them for now. You know like when a tooth gets pulled out. You usually keep it as well. Same principle here. "Ah, that''s what it was. By the way are you sure that you went to get so close to me? You know with my unique skill which I can''t even turn off." "Yeah, it''s ok. I figured that I would notice if I started having strange thoughts as there is no way I would have them under any other circumstances. I will only take some distance from you when I notice such strange thoughts." "I see." I walked to my seat and put my stuff down and sat down. However, I was slightly troubled by how I should sit. Thanks to my tail I can''t lean on the rest of the chair if I sit normally. After all, it would be between my back and the rest if I do. So one way would be to stick the tail through the opening between the seat and the rest while the other one would be to just not use the rest. In the end, I decided to not use the rest as the other option is likely to cause an accident the moment I forget about it. I wasn''t quite sure what lessons we would have today. There were no changes to the timetable on the website so I just took what I would usually need on a Tuesday but I don''t really think that with what has happened that this day would be like a normal Tuesday.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. After sitting down, I waited for a few minutes without really talking with anyone. After these few minutes, our class teacher entered the room. "Okay, could you sit down please and put away your smartphones. There is a lot that we need to discuss." Our class teacher is a woman in the middle of her 50s. She is quite small and keeps her hair short. She is strict but still way better than many of the other teachers we have as she still understands humor. "Quieten down, please. There are several announcements that I will have to make and I don''t like repeating myself. So then, first would be that we need to affirm the identity of those who no longer can be identified by appearance alone. This is just to make sure that no stranger gets mixed up or something. I know that some of you would use this chance to pull some pranks with their identities. I am going to call your names in the class book. If you are called please answer with a yes or something and then show your status to me. Any questions? No, ok then let''s start. Hannes Assb?ck. "Here." "Paul Busch." "Here." ... "Mark D?mmerung." "Here." [Schow status to Christine Landri] I answered in my obviously female voice, which caused several heads to turn in my direction. While there were some who knew that I turned female, namely, those who were awake during the incident with Brian, it wasn''t really something they would talk about when there is so much other stuff going on as I am just some introverted guy to them. Most of the people who turned their head to me looked at me incredulously. Some of the girls looked at with expressions that I still could not identify. Something between shock, interest, pure surprise and sometimes a bit of disgust. The boys weren''t too different but their expression was nearly always just interest and surprise which made it easier to read. Ms. Landri also looked at me with surprise and shock apparent on her face but quickly caught herself. "This is a really strange situation you are in Mark. If there is ever something you need to talk about, just come to me. I''m sure there will be plenty of it in the future." I nodded but I would most likely ask my sister more often. She cleared her throat before continuing. I didn''t pay much attention afterward as I wasn''t really interested in my classmates. The only other people who received some shocked or really surprised faces were Maurice, Ben and some others who changed their body and faces beyond recognition. Maurice and I were the only non-humans though. "Ok, then I have confirmed that everyone is here. Now, let''s get to the next announcement. The government has decided that every school should teach basic self-defense as well as how to behave in an emergency. I''m sure you all already have heard of what is happening in Stuttgart. The government wants the people to be as prepared as possible as we don''t know where and when something like that is going to happen. Because of that, most civilians will receive some kind of training in that regard." Some unrest stirred amongst the students. "At the same time, one battalion of soldiers will stay in each big city in order to respond to such outbreaks even quicker. The instructor we will get is also from the army." This caused a great deal of concern. The way it was portrayed made it seem like the situation is completely unpredictable and dangerous. And while it is just that, I honestly don''t think that something like that is going to happen anywhere else anytime soon. After all, if that were the case then you could say goodbye to modern and civilized life. And I don''t think that gods or Gaia would allow that. "The instructor will be arriving tomorrow and we will have this training for 2 hours every Wednesday and Friday. Some of the subjects will have to suffer because of that but survival and stability of society are more important." The students could no longer stay silent and began talking amongst each other loudly. Ms. Landri let them do so for a short while, probably to allow them to sort this out properly. "Okay, that''s enough. Calm down now." In the end, she had to stop them before they started screaming at each other. "I know that this is very exciting and all but please do try to remain calm. You are already in the 10th grade after all." The class slowly calmed down but there still were some occasional whispers amongst the students. "That''s that. A new timetable for school will be given to you tomorrow as well. Remember to bring your P.E. clothes tomorrow. That''s it for now. Let''s start the lesson already." Ms. Lindra happens to be our English teacher. Luckily I''m pretty good in English so I don''t need to pay too much attention here. The day went by without anything too extraordinary. Some of my classmates came to me and talked a bit about how it is being female. Not like I can say much about that yet. Some others still doubted that I am Mark but as they had nothing to prove their point and I had something to prove my identity most of them at least accepted that I am Mark. The most annoying ones were the girls who approached me though. They continued to talk about how I could ask them if I ever needed their help. And if they weren''t like that then they looked at me with eyes full of scorn and maybe some disgust. I mean, I can understand them somewhat as becoming female is probably the dream of many perverts. Or possible transgender people. Both are things that are usually treated with quite some scorn so... Even though I didn''tchoose this. Not like they would believe me even if I told them. I talked some more with Maurice, Tim, and Ben. I also got to see Maurice''s status window.
Personal data
Name: Maurice Meier Age: 16
Race: Incubus Condition: Healthy
HP: 160/160 MP: 90/90
SP: 55/55
Titles 2nd Son of the Incubus Main Family
Level: 1 Class:
Attributes
Strength: 12 Vitality: 11
Agility: 10 Dexterity: 9
Intelligence: 18 Wisdom: 10
Affinities
Fire: 10/100 Water: 10/100
Air: 10/100 Earth: 10/100
Life: 20/100 Death: 20/100
Light: 0/100 Darkness: 40/100
Neutral: 50/100
Time: 0/100 Space: 10/100
Skills Unique skills
Passive German language mastery: 5/10 Science: 4/10 ... Mana control: 1/10 Active Charm: 1/10 Illusion: 1/10 Passive {Incubus charm} Active {Dream Walker}
His physique is a bit below mine, however, all the mind related stats, as well as his dexterity, are higher than mine. We are still clueless about his title and his family also doesn''t know what it does and why he has it. It doesn''t even have an effect. I also decided to take a look at what his skill {Incubus charm} does.
{Incubus charm} A skill that only Incuby can possess. It causes women around the Incubus to naturally feel at ease and relax. It also makes it harder for women to have any kind of negative feelings towards the Incubus. Additionally, it makes it easier to make women fall in love with the Incubus. Keeping eye contact with a woman for more than 5 seconds will plant a seed of love in that woman.
As he said, it is an extremely troublesome skill. While comparing our statuses I noticed that my strength, vitality, and agility all fell by 2 points, which brings them to 13 for strength and vitality and 12 for agility. This is probably because I changed my form. Strange that I didn''t notice this till now. The school day ended and I returned home. It wasn''t as bad as I thought it would be. Though the times where I had to go to the toilet were extremely embarrassing as I couldn''t use the boys'' toilet anymore. It is already troublesome enough when I am at home but I still manage to ignore it. I returned home at 3 pm. It would still take some time until someone else would come home so I am alone for now. Confirmation So I am alone for now... My sister will get home in roughly an hour while my father and my brother will come home somewhere between 7-8 pm. Hmm... what do I do now? Nothing interesting is on the TV at the moment. I also checked RoyoalRoadl with my phone when I was in school and there were no new chapters on the stories I read. I guess I could try to learn more about my ability to change forms. I noticed that I could look into how it works when I first used it but at that time I thought that looking into that could wait for later. I''ve experienced the result of not knowing it first hand so I will try to change that. It will most likely be necessary for me to change forms again at some point and I want it to go smoother when that happens. So I go to my room and sit down on my bed and concentrate on my mana. I have to coat my entire body in it again and then concentrate on the overall state of my body to enter the phase where I can try to analyze this innate magic of mine. As I have already done so once before, I manage to do it relatively quickly this time. Though it still took several attempts but not as many as last time. Now that my entire body is coated in mana and I have managed to enter the phase where I usually select the form I want to change into, I instead focus on how my mana acts in my body and look for something that could tell me how all this works. Once I did that, I felt how my intuition took control and guided me to my head. Or more specifically, my brain. The moment I inspected the mana in my brain my head was attacked by an unreal amount of information. Pentagrams, equations, and instructions all flew wildly through my head and most of it was completely incomprehensible to me. My concentration was instantly destroyed and my mana dispersed. This left me heavily exhausted. Until now I only moved my mana inside my body or on my skin. Because of that, the mana was not consumed or anything and always returned to the mana lump near my heart. However this time it was dispersed and didn''t return. I quickly checked how much MP I had lost. The result was that I lost 20 MP reducing my MP to 50/70. Just losing 20 MP made me this exhausted? I feel just like I did in my old body when I ran for 30 minutes straight. But seriously, what the heck was that. All that information and I don''t understand anything about it. Well, nearly anything. The only thing that I managed to understand, was that it somehow changes the structure of my muscles as well as skin and their properties while molding them into shape. All that with a ton of information on just how it does that. It even mentions how to remove your ability to feel pain as that is impossible to avoid. It somehow temporarily messes with my nerves and my brain but I don''t understand how just yet. I can imitate the effect though. It is possible to use my mana to block the signals my nerves would send. The only problem is here that without the correct method, I won''t be able to remove only the pain. Meaning that I will have to completely cut off all feelings from it. This also makes me unable to use whatever I have cut off for as long as I cut it off. At least I won''t have to go through another traumatic experience so that''s still something. Now since I can''t understand anything else about the process yet and I would just lose even more mana, I will leave it at that. I will rest for now and recover my mana. I don''t need to sleep though. This exhaustion is more like you just need to rest and then you will be able to continue instead of an exhaustion that causes sleepiness. I play a bit on my phone while waiting for my mana to regenerate and my exhaustion to go away. It only took a little more than 20 seconds to recover my mana, however, I was still exhausted for several more minutes. I wonder why? Anyways, I am completely recovered and bored so what do I do now. The time is roughly 16:30 so I still have half an hour until my sister comes home.The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Since I don''t have anything else to do, I just continue playing on my smartphone for a while. Roughly half an hour later I can hear how the front door is being unlocked with some keys. That means my sister is home. I put my phone away and go downstairs to greet her. "Hi, Maria. Anything interesting happened to you?" "Oh hi Mark. Well, nothing too interesting but a bit did happen. Let me just put away all my stuff and then we can talk." I nodded, went into the living room and sat down on the couch. Maria came shortly after. Most of what she told me is just the same that I was told in school so that was nothing new. However, there was still something else. "When I was about to leave the school there was an announcement that we received new information from the military about the situation in Stuttgart. Apparently, the military decided to seal of Stuttgart so that none of these strangely strong and aggressive animals will get to attack other villages or cities." A logical choice. The more they spread, the more they will be able to attack people and the more casualties there will be. "This was successful until earlier this noon. Some of these animals managed to escape Stuttgart and have started rampaging in the vicinity." "Wait for a second, they managed to break through this noon and we only get to know this when it''s already nearly evening?" "They didn''t want any kind of mass panic in the cities near Stuttgart and tried to eliminate them before they would be able to get anywhere. However, when they noticed that they failed to do so they made it public." Like it was planned my phone vibrated. When I checked, it was because the news that reported about what my sister just told me. Sigh what a situation. "Yeah, I just got the news on my phone." She smiled at me with a helpless expression. According to the news the strange animals managed to break through and are going north. All cities in the immediate vicinity are already in the middle of evacuating or preparing to do so. Magdeburg also lies north of Stuttgart. However, the 2 cities are 480km apart so there is no risk at all, is what they say. "If it''s that bad,do you think that Mom is okay?" "Don''t worry she should be. After all, she was already on her way home when this all started so she shouldn''t be directly caught up in it. She probably just met the military on her way as they blockaded the roads." "Nh..." *ding dong "Maria, are expecting some guest?" "No, I don''t. Well, it''s probably just the delivery man or something. I did order some clothes for you after all. I''ll go get it." Maria stood up and went to the front door. form the living room I could only hear some bits of her conversation. "... from the Bundeswehr... Maria D?mmerung?" "Yes, I am." "... other family members home?" At this point, I got too curious and decided to see who our guest is. Standing in front of the gate was a man in military clothes and a clipboard in his hands. "My little brother, well little sister now is home. The others aren''t." "Now little sister? What do you mean?" "I mean that after that event, my little brother became a little sister." The soldier paused for a moment before writing something on his clipboard. "Ok then. This is the first time something like this has been recorded so it is possible that someone else may contact you at a later date. Anyways I am here to confirm your identities and general information. For that, I would appreciate it if you would show me your status without withholding anything." Ah, right there was something like that. We quickly showed him our statuses. Maria did it first. The soldier didn''t show any particular emotion while looking through it. "Am I right in my assumption that the little miss next to you is Mark D?mmerung? If so could you please show me your status?" "Yes, I am Mark." I quickly showed him m status. I just want to get this over with quickly. The soldier, who didn''t really show any emotion while looking through my sister''s status did not manage to conceal his emotions this time around. His face showed obvious surprise and bafflement. He vigorously wrote on his clipboard while looking through it. After he finished, he quickly fixed his expression and returned to a neutral one. "Okay, that''s all for now. Do you know when your other family members will return? I need to see their statuses as well." Maria decided to speak. "Well, our father and big brother will return somewhere between 7 pm and 8 pm. Our mother was supposed to return yesterday already. A few months ago she was transferred to the tax office in Stuttgart. Because of the appearance of these strange animals, she was supposed to go home yesterday but she hasn''t arrived or contacted us yet." "Is that so. Would it be alright if I would come again at half past 7 pm? Or should I return tomorrow?" "I think it''s alright to return today in the evening. It would be same tomorrow as well after all so it wouldn''t make a difference." "Then I''ll do just that. Have a nice day." With that, the soldier walked over to our neighbors and repeated the whole procedure while I and my sister went back inside the house. I hope that the fact that the soldier was so surprised by my status won''t cause any trouble later on. School day and the beginning The rest of the day was eventless. When my father and brother returned we had some small talk. The man from the Bundeswehr returned later in the evening as well and finished his list. He didn''t show any particular emotion. We had dinner and I tried once again to learn more about the way I change forms but didn''t make any progress. I went to bed around 10 pm. The next day also was eventless, until the instructor from the military arrived, which was a bit into the 3rd lesson. We were told that for convenience''s sake, the 10b would also take his lessons with us. The lessons would take place in the sports hall so changing into appropriate clothing was required. My sister didn''t have any old sports clothes remaining so there was no need for me to do so. Luckily. I don''t think I am ready yet for that kind of thing. Changing in the girl''s room... Anyways, because of that, I was standing at the side of the hall with just socks and my normal clothes. The instructor looked like a rugged old man who was always grumpy. However, it was easily noticeable that he did some kind of training as he had quite a lot of muscle. Well, that or he modified his appearance to look like it. He was waiting for the rest of the students to gather when he noticed me. "Hey, the little girl over there. Why are you still in normal clothes? Don''t you have any sports clothes?" "Eh? Ah, yes. Because of the change, I no longer have any fitting sports clothes." "Ah, so that''s what it was. Then make sure you''ve got some next time. I don''t wanna see you without them again." "Yes, I will get some new ones." Even though I''d like to avoid it for a bit more. Shortly after that, Brian entered the hall and quickly noticed me. He threw me some menacing stares but didn''t do anything else. Looks like he still feels somewhat scared from our last encounter. It only took 2 more minutes until the rest of the students finished changing and gathered in the hall. "All of you quieten down! I want to start already. Then, first of all, let me say that basically all of you are way to slow. If the same what happened in Stuttgart were to happen either here in Wolmirstetd or somewhere near here you would need to be way faster than this. The next time we have some lessons together I want all of you to be here and ready within less than 5 minutes." "Isn''t that way too short?" One girl managed to say something before everyone else. "When several dozens of cockroaches the size of a medium-sized dog come running at you, you will know that there is no fast enough." "Huh? What do you mean? There are no cockroaches that large!" "Lying for no reason. What kind of instructor is that?" The students who could not believe what the man before them just told them started whispering. "Quiet! For those of you who think that I am lying, I''m sorry to disappoint you but I am serious. The news already reported that the animals come in strange appearances and are abnormally strong. However, that was only in the beginning. As time passed, many animals became bigger and bigger and their appearances started to become more strange. The current situation is that many bugs have become as large as dogs, rodents vary from small dog size to large dog size and dogs are as large as bears. If you don''t want to believe me then that''s that. But I will still instruct you with that in mind. Now start running some laps. I need to know how good your stamina is. While the status tells you many things, there are still individual differences. Run until I say you can stop."Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. Many students still looked at the instructor as a liar and complained but I believed him. No, I had to believe him. He stank of blood. And not just his own. I could smell dozens of different smells on him and many of them were at the very least not from humans. So I started running without complaining. As my new body was very light and vastly superior to my old one, I had no problems doing so for quite some time. The instructor just watched for a long time, roughly 20 minutes before he started calling out to certain students that they could stop. The first few that he told to stop were those who were slightly or extremely obese before the change. Even if all their stats but the ones related to the mind increased, if the base was low then it still is somewhat low afterward. Within the 30th minute, he called out 7 students. None of them were people I really knew. After another 5 minutes, he again called out 3 students. This continued for another 15 minutes where he occasionally told students to stop running. I was slowly starting to sweat more than before but I still didn''t have any real problem. "You there, the little boy. Yeah, you. You can stop." Ah, it seemed that Maurice was called out. After that, we continued running for 15 minutes where he also called out Tim and Ben. I was now starting to sweat heavily and my breath also became rugged. "Ok, that''s enough. You can all stop now. Running for an hour straight is enough for now. By that time you should have managed to get into some kind of a shelter. For those who haven''t managed to last that long, we will have to work on that. " "Ugh finally." "I already thought we would be running the entire day." With some wheezing and heavy breathing, the remaining 13 students stopped running, including me. "Good. Rest for a minute then we will continue." I looked for Maurice and found him sitting on a bench. "Man I already thought that you were running better than before but to think it was to this extent." "Yeah, it''s really ridiculous compared to before." "To think that the slightly obese Mark would ever be able to keep up with the more sports orientated students. The world must be turning crazy." "Judging from the past few days, wouldn''t you say that it already is crazy? If someone told people that there would be mana, that gods really exist or that usually docile animals would cause an entire city to lockdown then that person would instantly be declared as someone who has lost it." "Right you are." "Break time''s over. Gather up." The students sluggishly gathered in front of the instructor. "Hurry up already. I already told you that you are too slow. Do you think that some crazy beast would wait for you to get away?" "You keep talking about these crazy animals, why are you so fixated on them?" "First of all, because I was told to do so. Other than that... I''ve seen some of the footages of these animals. As well as some captured ones they took for research. Believe me, they aren''t something you want to encounter. And when you do, you will want to be able to run away from them." The tone in which he said that sounded like he really, really knew what he was talking about so no one said anything. Though I think there is more to it than what he told us. Such a smell of blood isn''t just there for no reason. "Anyways, that doesn''t matter right now. Let''s get to the next thing..." Afterward, we did some more normal exercises to see our limit. Nothing really special. He said that he would only start giving us the real training once he has evened out the difference between our physical abilities a bit more.
This continued for a few days. During that time nothing exciting happened. I had school and lessons with the military instructor while I was getting used to my new body and my situation. The world was slowly recovering from the shock that everyone received and the situation in Stuttgart was also improving. The Bundeswehr managed to clear out most of the "strange" animals and parts of the city were accessible again. However, that also came with its bad news. As they were able to enter the city again, they were able to see the destruction that these animals caused. The news reported that the last time they counted the people living there was in 2015. At that time the population was 612.441 thousand. The military estimates that roughly 25% of that number died in this event. Most parts of the city are also heavily damaged and are in need of extensive repairs. There is still no news of my Mother. It appears that she was caught up in it after all. Hopefully, she is just hiding somewhere. The government has also started investing a lot of resources into a project to find out what has caused this. They want to be able to stop this from happening again. The animals that managed to escape Stuttgart and were traveling north-east have mostly scattered and most attempts to find these have failed. The big packs that stuck together were already eliminated, as far as we know at least. Today is Friday and I went to school like I normally do. Little did I know that this day would be this second worst day of my life. Premonition POV ??? Ahh, this smell. So nostalgic, so fragrant, ...so LOATHSOME!!! Weren''t they already extinct?! After all they did, didn''t they get their punishment! So why, why can I smell them again! In ancient times they devastated these lands and imprisoned me! Did he lie to me? He told me Gaia punished them and made them go extinct! Yet here we are, after the great war, at the start of the new era and I can smell them! Once I have freed myself completely, I shall get my answers from him. But I am still lucky. Normally I wouldn''t even be able to smell the surface. However, it seems that Gaia has become weaker. To allow a leakage of the dragon veins... Hmph. But it''s good that she did. It''s good that they aren''t completely extinct yet. Now I can kill them myself, now I can hear their screams myself! With the horde of mana beasts, my kin entered the surface again. And they are already coming for them. Let''s see who it is that has managed to survive the punishment of their species. Or... did Gaia let them live? Did she allow them to pass on their blood? Bah, the answers I can get once I have freed myself from these accursed chains. Just you wait for me...
On Friday, I woke up with a slight startle. Just now, it felt like something went wrong, horribly wrong. Like... something that only wants to harm noticed you. I was having slight cold shivers. However, I didn''t think too much of it. I just had those feelings from time to time and almost always they meant nothing. At least not to me. It did happen that when I had such "guesses" that a person I know would have some accident later on but it never was anything serious. So I just thought that maybe someone I knew would harm him/herself today in some kind, but it would probably stay at a small injury like a small cut or something. I checked the time on my phone. Just before 6 am. A little earlier than what I''m used to but no problem. I walked over to my wardrobe and took out some clothes. The clothes that my sister ordered from Amazon arrived yesterday. Most of it (aside from the underwear) was more or less gender neutral. It wasn''t anything really feminine but also not really what boys would usually wear so I was comfortable wearing them for the most part. Though she did order some outfits like small dresses or skirts and the like. Probably to tease me with them.Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Anyways I took a pair of jeans and a blue Shirt. Sadly, I noticed that boys underwear is quite uncomfortable when you don''t have that what boys usually have. So I was kinda stuck with panties. I still did refuse to wear a bra, not only because it was uncomfortable and I didn''t want to (what with being a former boy) it also wasn''t strictly necessary. My breasts (as strange it is for me to say something like this) aren''t yet that big that it would be kinda necessary. Something I am quite thankful for. Being fully dressed I brushed my teeth and somewhat fixed my hair. As I am not used to having such incredibly long hair, it didn''t do much but at least it no longer fell into my face all the time. From time to time it''s quite annoying to have such long hair. I''ve already asked my sister if she could at least cut it a bit shorter. I would then get a proper haircut during the weekend, but it was to no avail. The scissors we had at home weren''t able to cut my hair properly. Not only was it extremely difficult for my sister to cut even just a small strand of my hair, the scissors didn''t last for more than just a half a dozen strands. My sister had to use so much force with the scissors that the blade broke in the end. And to make it even worse, the few strands that she managed to cut were already back to their previous length the next morning! So we just gave up on the idea to give me shorter hair. With my appearance fixed (not that there was much to fix, my hair kept itself almost entirely healthy and fixed) I went downstairs to eat breakfast. My father was already sitting there and was preparing the lunchboxes for me and my sister. "Oh, Mark. Already awake? Quite early for your standards." "Morning. Yeah, for some reason I woke up a bit earlier than usual." "Well, I think its'' good that you got up early. Better make a habit of it. That would help you in many aspects." "Mmh. Maybe." "Come, sit down. What do you wanna eat? Some ham, salami, what else do we have...?" "Ah, ham is fine. I actually quite like ham." My father grunted once in approval and took a piece of ham out of the fridge. He also took a plate and a knife out of the cupboard and put it down in front of me. "Thanks" We already knew that for some reason vegetables, fruits or anything that is not meat or fish tastes extremely horrible to me. We''ve tried mixing some vegetables with meat or just eating both of them at the same time but even that didn''t really work. The result was like when you eat a soup and accidentally bite on a peppercorn that was in the soup as well. It tastes good until you bite down. So while I could probably force myself to eat vegetables like this, if possible I''ll avoid doing it. This is also the reason for my completely meat filled lunchbox. While I ate some slices of ham and my father was preparing his own lunchbox, my sister also came down. "Morning Mark." "Morning Maria." "Morning dad." "Morning." She walked to the closets and took out a bowl and a spoon, then to the fridge and took the milk and the cornflakes standing next to the fridge. ...Even though it''s only been a few days I already miss the cornflakes. She sat down and filled herself a bowl while I finished my ham. I got up and went to the bus station. School invasion part 1 It was during the fourth lesson that the chills I had this morning returned, just stronger. I''ve never had chills this strong so I already thought that something wasn''t quite right. However, what was supposed to happen? As long as not too many coincidences happen in succession, there isn''t a lot of stuff that could really happen. The current lesson was maths, so I wasn''t really interested in it and preferred starring out of the window. There I noticed something strange. A "person" in a cloak entered through the main gate. Now, it isn''t something unusual that from time to time there is someone entering the school during the normal lessons. However, these people don''t wear a cloak that hides their bodies nearly completely. But most importantly, they look more like, well a person. This "persons" figure alone seemed strange. The person had a hunchback and yet was still really tall. While I can''t accurately tell from this distance, he seems to be around 2 meters. And judging from how the cloak behind the person seems to be held up by something, the person probably has a tail. Well, I also have one so that doesn''t say much about him. Or her, who knows what the gender of that person is. Speaking of which, thanks to the fact that my tail distracted the person sitting behind me, I had to move to the back of the classroom. Anyways, the person entered the school and I was no longer able to see him/her. I turned my attention back to the class and paid "some" attention to our teacher.
POV Cloaked Person So this is the building where someone of their species is. Compared to what existed before the great war it is disappointing. The Lord has given me the task of making it possible for our kin to enter the building without being noticed. Our kin is too strange for the humans who have lived in this mana-less era. This building seems to be a building where they teach their young. I can hear many adults talking about many different topics while giving the young tasks and questions about them. But some of the things they teach their young are strange. What is this useless talk about how gravity had to be discovered? Also, why do you need to know how to compare poetry? How can they use something like that for their magic? The lesson about poisonous substances and acids is way more useful.This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. Ah, forget that I need to get into the basement of this building. There I will be able to tell my kin where to go. This seems to be an entrance. And there is also a staircase leading to the basement. How convenient. But still, why did they build a building of this weird grey substance? It wouldn''t even be able to withstand the magical weather. There also is a complete lack of security personnel or wards. Well, I won''t complain, this makes my part very easy and relaxed. Just send a small magical puls and my kin will know where I am and with that, in which direction to dig. Looks like this will be an easy mission.
POV Mark The fourth lesson ended and I had already forgotten about the cloaked person. During the short breaks, I usually read or play on my phone. However, this has changed as of recently. At the moment there was just too much going on that distracted me. Especially the internet was all over the place. People just couldn''t stop arguing over the recent events and what they mean or could mean. Even though we basically don''t have any further information on them. So where they get their ideas from is an enigma to me. Anyways, in the last few days, I interacted way more with my friends than usual. Usually, most of us only grouped together and then did our own thing, not actually interacting with each other. Sure there were exceptions but they were more or less rare. We just had way more to talk about, now after what has happened. So we discussed some stuff (mainly about the stats and skills) and tried to figure out some of the more strange things that have happened (when compared to the rest). We were just talking about whether there is a limit to the stats or if you can stackthem infinitely when a small tremor ran through the school. "What was that?" "Eh, what was what?" "Didn''t you feel that?" "Do you mean that tremor?" Maurice seems to have noticed it as well. Some other classmates also seemed to have noticed it. "Yeah, you got any idea what it could be?" "How should I know? It could be anything." "Yeah, but do you know what could-" We were interrupted when we could hear screams coming from the hallways. "What happened now?" "Why are they screaming so much?" Several questions were wildly asked by the students. Steve, who was seated quite close to the door got up and walked up to the door before opening it and sticking his head out to look around He looked out into the hallways and stood still for a few moments, before quickly withdrawing his head and slamming the door shut. The loud slamming of the door got the attention of almost all students. He had an ashen face and was sweating heavily. "I-I don''t really know what''s going on out there, okay. But I sure hope this is just a dream. School invasion part 2 "What''s wrong Steve? Why do you want this to be a dream? What''s happening?" His reaction confused me quite a bit. He isn''t someone who is afraid easily so it is strange for him to react like that. "A-Ah well, a monster attack." He seemed a bit overwhelmed as he leaned against the door and slid done until he was sitting. But still, a monster attack? "Do you mean like what happened in Stuttgart?" "No, no this is somewhat different. It was reported that the animals in Stuttgart still looked like normal ones. At least at the beginning. But what I saw was... Not really comparable to an animal. At least I know of none that'' looks like a fricking hairless bipedal mole in XL size!" He closed his Eyes and shuddered. Did he just say hairless bipedal mole? Erm, what? "Are you sure that-" I had to stop speaking in order to keep myself from choking. I smelled so much blood! I wasn''t able to smell anything else, the smell of blood was just too intense. The smell probably got into the room whenSteve opened the door. Some of my classmates used the silence to speak their own thoughts. "What are you talking about? Hairless bipedal moles? If you''re going to lie at least choose a reasonable one." "Yeah, that''s right. Giant moles, what a joke!" "Come on Steve. What is really going on out there? Or should I go take a look myself?" Only a few actually spoke up but one could see on their faces that most agreed on what has been said. Steve jerked his head up and gave them a blank look, before getting agitated. "I didn''t lie! I have told you what''s going on there and nothing else! Also, no one will open this door! If you want to go and encounter these monsters be my guest! But don''t draw their attention to us!" AfterSteves sudden outburst, silence prevailed for a short while. Well as silent as it could be when dozens of students were screaming in pain and panic throughout the whole building. It didn''t seem like anyone wanted to be the first one to speak up and possibly agitateSteve any further so I spoke up. "Steve, it''s okay. But screaming will draw their attention as well so it is better to speak normally at most. And I believe you. I can tell that the school is being attacked." He visibly calmed down before sinking his head back into his hands. Meanwhile, the others looked at me in confusion. "And how the hell can you tell that the school is being attacked?" "I can smell all the blood that has been spilled. And it is not a small amount. Anyways, we have more important stuff to do at the moment. Matthias can you call the police and tell them the school is being attacked. Also, ask them if they can deploy a SEK-unit. Can a few of you please help me move some the tables to blockade the door. I think not is only a matter of time until they arrive here."You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. Matthias seemed a bit overwhelmed and didn''t react right away but I trusted that he would make that call. Meanwhile, I walked over to one of the tables closest to the door. A few others also got up to help me. Among them were Steve, Tim, Ben, Maurice and one of the really quiet girls, Lilly. The others just stood or sat by still unsure what to do but didn''t say or do anything to stop us. We moved several tables over to the door and stacked them as well. During that, we were able to hear how the screams stopped altogether in some parts of the building while new ones broke out in others. And they got closer to us. Matthias also caught himself while we were barricading the door and tried to explain the situation to the police over the phone. Some other classmates started writing on their phone or calling someone. Maybe they wanted to contact their parents, maybe some of their friends who also attend our school. Who knows. Anyways, now we should be somewhat safe, at least I sure hope so. My body has been feeling strange ever since I smelled all the blood. It''s like something is really exiting it. Hopefully, it''ll stay at just that. "Mark, the police said they''ll be here in around 15 minutes. However, it will take longer than that for a SEK-unit to arrive. They said we should stay put, if possible." I nodded. That much was to be expected. The unit would have to get here from Magdeburg after all. That leaves us with plenty of time to run into dangerous situations. After all, I don''t think that the attackers would be so nice to let us be. My thoughts were confirmed when not even a minute later the door shook once then twice. "Do you think that the monsters already got here?" "Maybe it''s just our teacher trying to get in." "If it was our teacher then he would call out to us. No this isn''t someone who is here to talk or something." The door stopped shaking for a moment. Maybe it went to get some of its comrades? *boom Suddenly, a loud boom echoed through the room. All the tables who blocked the door visibly shook and moved back by quite a few centimetres. "Yep, that confirms it. Whoever or whatever is trying to get in isn''t here for a pleasant talk." I said, having confirmed my suspicions. Now, what do we do... "T-Then what do we do?" I don''t know said it but it sounded feminine. "Well, the simplest solution would be to stop the person from entering." "But isn''t door already-" *boom Before she could finish speaking, the assailant tried to ram the door open again. And again all the tables moved back slightly. This isn''t good. "The door is barricaded for the moment, but if we don''t push the tables back it is only a matter of time before they no longer do. We have to stop the tables from moving." I said and moved to move the back. Thanks to the situation even those who weren''t really convinced before, now are plenty convinced. So almost everyone went to keep the tables in place. The assailant tried to open the door again. And then once more, before it stopped. Whew, seems like it went away for now. Though I think it will come back but with reinforcements. "Ah, that was scary. I really thought that it would break through." "Don''t relax too much Steve. I don''t think it has given up just yet. Most likely, it will bring back more to help it." "You think so? Don''t most animals give up when they think it isn''t worth the effort?" Tim asked, sounding like he really hoped that it would stay away. "Steve said that they don''t really look like animals but more like monsters. So I am not sure if we can apply the standards of normal animals to them. But then again, these are just my assumptions and they also have no basis to them." He nodded but didn''t seem to take it too seriously. Or he just does his best to not take it seriously. "We''ll see if it comes back. If it does, we just have to keep the tables in place again." "Yeah, at the moment that''s all that we can do. By the way, Maurice, could you not look me in the eyes all the time? Or have you already forgotten about your skills?" "Ah, my bad. I''m just not really used to it yet." "You better get used to it quickly. Otherwise, you will accidentally charm a lot of women." "Un" Let''s see how long it will take for them to get back here. Hopefully, we will be able to hold the door until the police arrives. School invasion part 3 We only got a few minutes of rest before they tried to ram the door open again. During the first try, the door momentarily opened enough to be able to see the attackers. The description that Steve gave us didn''t give them enough credit for how grotesque they looked. Pink shriveled skin with some hairs here and there were only one of the things that made them unpleasant to look at. Combined with their long snout and barely noticeable eyes, it truly looked terrifying. But what made it really scary were their claws. The claws that are normally used to dig were soaked in blood. Normally the claws of a mole are only a few centimeters long, which is still surprisingly long since they themselves are only about 12-13 centimeters big. However, thanks to the increased size of these "moles" the claws are also way bigger. If I were to guess their size I would say the moles would be 1 meter and 30 centimeters. The claws are probably around 30-40 centimeter. Altogether, it was a sight that would send most normal straight into a panic, if encountered personally. This was something that quickly took effect. "Hiieh!" "W-what the fuck is that?!" "Maurice, calm down! Maurice!" Maurice was known in our class for being a scaredy cat. Since he didn''t show any fear or panic until now I thought he would be somewhat okay, but just the mere sight of these things made him reel back. And he wasn''t the only one who was influenced by their sight. Several others flinched or straight up had to look away. Others froze up once they saw the blood-soaked claws. Meanwhile, the ones who were able to ignore what they saw desperately increased their efforts. After all, they weren''t nice enough to let us deal with the frightened classmates first. "Shit, this really isn''t good." If this keeps up it is only a matter of time before we are unable to hold out. "Matthias, you got a plan?" I asked, hoping that he would have at least an idea that would help. "Does it look like I got one?" He answered as he pushed his entire body against our makeshift barricade. I was about to give Maurice a light slap, in the hope it would help him get his shit together, when I heard the sound of splintering wood. "Ah c''mon, did they really have to that?" The sound came from the door. The moles seemed to have decided that it would be easier to just use their claws to take the door apart instead of ramming it open. "Shit, get away from the door!" Matthias quickly decided to call everyone back. The gaps in the barricade are big enough for the moles to go through so anyone who would stay at the barricade would quickly get him or herself injured. I helped Maurice get back on his feet when something suddenly pulled on my behind, no my tail. I turned around and saw, that my tail had been grabbed by one of the moles and it was pulling on it. "I really don''t have any luck." I pushed Maurice away from me, just before I myself fell backward. "Mark!" Damn these moles. I quickly got on my knees and pulled hard with my tail, hopefully breaking it free. It didn''t. The mole just fell over from losing his balance but he still held onto it. "Damn let go!" In my desperate attempts to break free, I didn''t notice the second mole who approached me from the side. When I did, I was already in its range. It raised its hand, or rather its equivalent of it and then lunged at me. I desperately tried to take a step back but was still unable to thanks to my tail. "Mark!" It hit me directly in the chest. I gasped before screaming out in pain. Its claws gave me 5 long cuts across my chest. One could even see that my ribs were damaged.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. I screamed and screamed until I had no more air. Then I collapsed.
POV Gaia Ah, this is really bad. "Gaia, what is going on? How could you let a situation like this even occur?!" "I didn''t want something like this as well. You know very well that at the moment we can barely even contact the mortal realm. How do you expect me or anyone else to be able to stop this from happening?" "This whole situation wouldn''t have happened if you would have paid proper attention to the dragon veins. Accidentally letting one of them leak and not only driving all animals in the surroundings mad but also disturbing the magic formation that sealed these subterraneans. If you would have done your job then nothing would have happened. And look, they are slaughtering my children!" "Sigh, it has already happened, so we really shouldn''t be discussing how it happened, but how we can help them." The god of light finally calmed himself. He really is a difficult one to work with. "Nothing. There is nothing we can do. You just said so yourself." Which is exactly the reason why discussing this is completely pointless, is what I would like to say but that wouldn''t help one bit as well. "Remember this Gaia, because I will." He gave me a meaningful look before teleporting back to his own parts of the divine realm. Sigh he sure likes to keep grudges. He nearly always complains when " his" humans die in some larger event. Didn'' he also want to get revenge on the Goddes of water for that one time where and an entire armada of human ships sank thanks to a storm? Ah, anyways I should really help him, no her a bit.
3rd person POV The scene in the classroom had already turned into something akin to a bloodbath. Several of the students were already lying in their own blood. Many of them unmoving. The remaining few students who weren''t injured or dead moled themselves up in the leftmost corner and held the moles at bay using the chairs and tables. However, the situation wasn''t good. Wooden chairs and tables could be sliced apart by the moles once they got in a proper strike. "Ha-ahaha looks like we will die here." "No! We will make it through this! Only a few more minutes until the police arrives." "Look around. Do you really think we will survive?" The situation truly looked like they would only be able to hold out for a minute or two. They were getting tired and more and more chairs and tables were getting destroyed. Unbeknownst to them though, the situation was about to change. One of the students lying on the floor, a little girl with long black hair and a white bone-like tail stirred. It was Mark At first, she only twitched a bit but shortly after, she managed to raise her head. Mark simply stared ahead for a few seconds before her eyes seemed to lose all light. It was like any semblance intelligence left them. Then, a noticeable change occurred. The skin of her arms and legs started to darken. Her nails grew longer and merged with her fingers and toes, slowly forming claws. Her arms started to become longer as well. Meanwhile, her hair clumped together in strands which then encased themselves in a coating of chitin-like material. However, it didn''t end there. After limbs and the hair finished transforming, Marks torso also transformed. Her back and sides underwent a transformation similar to that of her arms and legs. The skin transformed into a carapace that, once it was finished, was an armor of carapace plates that overlapped each other. After it seemed like her transformation had finished, white spikes shot up along her spine. The students, as well as the moles, were oblivious to Marks extensive transformation. They were only made aware of it when the mole closest to her screamed inhumanly. All the students and moles, who weren''t expecting to get attacked, froze due to how sudden it was. The moles quickly found out that one of them was the source of the scream. The tail of Mark had penetrated the Moles back and the tip of it came out of its stomach. Something that no one really paid attention to at the time was that no blood leaked fem the wound. However, they did notice that the big cuts on Marks'' chest slowly healed. The students were greatly confused. How did Mark survive that attack? How was she able to move at all? But the most confusing part was, what happened to her? Meanwhile, the moles became enraged. This was supposed to be easy kills for them but now one of them had been greatly injured. Its survival chance was questionable. However, Mark wasn''t bothered by her surroundings. She couldn''t be bothered as her mind at the moment was completely occupied by just a single thought. ''BLOOD! GIVE ME YOUR BLOOD! MORE MORE BLOOD! She released a high pitched, blood-curdling scream full of bloodlust before getting into a crouching position. The moles finally woke up from their stupor and immediately ran over to Mark. They were out for blood. But so was she. Mark ignored the other 4 moles coming at her and jumped to the 5th-one who was still impaled by her tail. With her jump, she closed the distance of a little over 3m immediately. The Mole moved to the side, ignoring the pain. It seemed like Mark would miss her jump. Then, Mark used her tail to pull himself to the mole. Having corrected her trajectory she directly lands on the mole and plunges her claws in its body. The claws on her hands penetrated deep into its chest while the ones on her feet dug themselves into its hip. Yet again, the mole released a horrific inhuman cry. However, now it could retaliate. It raised it''s paws and tried to get Mark of of it but failed due to being unable to get past her carapace. Its long claws slid of of it and left scratches but were unable to grab her or injure her. While the mole attacked her back Mark used his claws to make more and more cuts across its chest. Moles weren''t fast animals and these giant ones were no exception. So the other moles were still unable to get to help their friend when it fell and stopped moving. Finally, Mark stood up and turns her body, glaring at the moles. Only now did they notice that barely any blood came out of the wounds. It seemed like there was barely any blood left in its body. When they focused on Mark again, everyone noticed that the cuts on her chest had already healed. Her classmates were horrified and shocked by what just happened while the moles looked at her with anger. She, however, only growled like an animal before crouching again. The moles got ready and then... she leaped. School invasion part 4 The moles were quite close when she leaped which meant that she was immediately upon her target, giving it no time to dodge like the previous one did. She descended with a wild duty of her claws upon the mole and immediately opened several deep cuts. The mole responded in kind using its claws to attack her unprotected front. It brought up its left paw and positioned it so that Mark would impale her own stomach on it due to her leap. With the other one, it attempted to swipe at her head. Mark, while still in a state where she had no reasoning and acted almost entirely on instinct, moved her left arm to block the claws coming for her head and completely ignored the other ones. She let them impale her through the stomach. When she was close enough, she dug her right hand onto its shoulder and used her feet to stay on top of the mole. This time, the mole couldn''t keep its balance after Mark landed on it and fell over. Both of its hands were occupied so it couldn''t dampen the fall n any way. It hit its head on the ground and blacked out for a moment. However, Mark also lost her grip on it and fell over it, landing right on front of another mole who was quite close. By now, the moles had, thanks to their already fallen comrade, learned that attacking her back and sides were useless. So it aimed at Marks'' head with a quick swipe. However, it was blocked by her tail before getting struck in the throat by Marks'' claws. It wheezed for a few times before collapsing. Meanwhile, Mark was already in the air again, targeting the same mole she did earlier. Within seconds she was upon it an assaulted it with her claws. Due to how close she was, the mole was unable to use its claws properly. They were way too long. It desperately struggled but on its own, it was unable to free itself. The relentless assault stopped when another mole attacked Marks'' head and she head to dodge by jumping to the side. While still in midair, her tail whipped around and penetrated her attacker through the chest. It coughed blood. As she landed, she turned her head and angrily glared at the moles. Her stomach had already healed and only her purple blood gave away that she had ever been injured. With an angry, high-pitched howl she leaped again this time focusing the still uninjured mole. The Mole didn''t try to retaliate and instead choose to try and run away. If one would be able to read the expressions of a mole, then one would be able to tell that it was utterly terrified. Normally, someone as slow as a mole would have no chance of getting away. However, luck was in its favor. Marks'' tail was still deep in the chest of a mole and was, thanks to its serrated structure, stuck. Her leap was stopped midway when her tail couldn''t extend anymore. She got yanked back and fell on the ground. Once she got up she heavily pulled on her tail, anchoring herself to the ground with her claws. However, she didn''t pull it out of the mole. The mole had already died due to blood loss and was simply dragged over to her. She used her claws to cut around the flesh where her tail was stuck and finally freed it. By now, the remaining mole had already managed to flee into the hallways where more of its kin would be to help it. All the moles on the classroom, however, were already dead, most having died to blood loss. As if the earlier, frenzied attack was a lie, Mark calmly sat down and cleaned her claws from the blood by licking it up. When she finished she got up and slowly walked towards the door, completely ignoring the classmates that were still petrified. Her prey were the moles and the hunt was on.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.
After the call from Matthias, the police moved quickly. A SEK-team was already on their way and the normal police already sent some men ahead while they call all available officers. After what happened in Stuttgart, the police didn''t want to take any chances when it came to monsters or strange animals. It took them just slightly more than 5 minutes to call everyone, another few for them to gather and then some more for everyone to get armed and ready. The SEK would have to come from Magdeburg so it would still take them some time to get there. However, the police couldn''t delay and as such departed. Within half an hour, they arrived at the school. From the outside, the school looked mostly normal. However, once you paid some attention to the windows you could see that most of them had blood stains on them and barely any movement behind them. The men that were sent ahead by the police had already managed to save some students who were lucky enough to be right next to an entrance. However, they didn''t dare to go in any deeper in until reinforcements arrived. Once the police arrived, they quickly made a plan. They would send in a team of seven officers from every entrance, which numbered 3 and try to clear the first floor. Then they would start scouting out the second floor and send in teams afterward. While they hoped that the SEK would arrive in time to help them they couldn''t just sit around and do nothing until they did. From the few students that they had already gotten out, they acquired some information about what they were dealing with. Since the moles were coming from the basement, they would have to station most of the officers at the stairways to stop any more of them getting to the upper floors or even outside. They would only go into the basement once the SEK was here. The normal police wasn''t equipped for a frontal attack on an unknown enemy with unknown numbers. Besides their primary goal was the safety of the students. When the teams were in position they didn''t waste any more time and quickly got into the building. The resistance they encountered was fierce but it barely posed a problem. The moles were slow and had nothing that would protect them from bullets. As long as the police notice them before they managed to get close they stood no chance. And moles weren''t exactly good at sneaking. As such, clearing the first floor was relatively easy. However aside from some very lucky ones, most students were either dead or in critical condition. Several ambulances were already on their way, the police called them shortly after arriving but it would still take them a few minutes to arrive. Minutes that many of the rescued students didn''t have. The officers tried to save as many as they could but first aid only got you so far when you were dealing with several centimeters deep wounds and severed arteries. Several minutes passed and one student after another succumbed to their wounds. The ambulances arrived and quickly got to work while the police started their assault on the second floor. However, the second floor was different from the first. Instead of moles on the hallways, they only encountered one thing. Corpses. Corpses of both moles and the students littered the floor. What happened? Who or, judging by the wounds on the moles, what did this? Where was the person or being now? Does it attack humans as well? As the hallway was empty, they checked the classrooms. At first, it seemed like the classrooms were in the same situation as the ones on the first floor. Most were dead and occasionally they found some who were still alive but wounded heavily. However, they all were devoid of any moles. Only in one classroom did they find a large number of uninjured students. However, nearly all of them were, at least mentally, completely absent. They just stared ahead and didn''t react when spoken to. The few that were responsive didn''t want to talk. The Medics said that most likely they are very heavily traumatized. The teams returned with the injured students and reported their strange findings. Because of the existence of this unconfirmed being seemingly capable of killing so many moles on its own, the police was slightly hesitant to send the teams to the third floor. However, their dilemma was solved when the SEK finally arrived and took over the command. They did not have any problems with sending some teams up to the third floor. However, they never got to do that. The officers guarding the stairs to the basement were being attacked by something that was most definitely not a mole. School invasion part 5 POV SEK-officer After what has happened in Stuttgart, the higher-ups were extremely worried that its fate could repeat itself somewhere else. Because of that, when we got a call that a school was being attacked by some kind of animal, no monster, quite a lot of officers were deployed immediately. They even contacted the army so that they could prepare and act immediately in case this turns out to be more than just an attack on a school. Anyways the point is that right now nearly the entirety of the local police forces were here and 30 SEK-officers as well, while the army was on standby and ready to act. Under normal circumstances, this was extraordinary and normally wouldn''t happen. Under normal circumstances that are. "Move Move Move!" At the moment, we were trying to get to the normal police officers guarding the west entrance. Just after we arrived on the scene and gotten all the information that the police officers had gathered, they were attacked. However what attacked them was not only a mystery but also a problem. All we really knew about the attacker was that it wasn''t a mole and that it was able to fight several police officers with guns on equal footing. Our commander decided to split us 30 in 3 teams. 10 for each entrance. It was important that none of these monsters would be able to leave the school and get into the rest of the town after all. I was in the team sent to the west entrance. 5 normal officers went with us so that they could help the injured officers while we went into the building. Or fought with that unknown attacker. When we approached the entrance we could hear gunshots, proving that they were still fighting. Our team leader signals us to move faster. Shortly before we managed to enter, the gunshots ceased and silence followed. Did they get it? Or were they... I think most if not all of us wanted to ask these questions however no one did. Not during the mission. We entered the building and started searching for the officers. We quickly found them at the bottom of the stairs. Dead. And with them, a humanoid being clad in something that resembled the carapace that insects had. A long white tail was on its back and its arms were strangely long. When we discovered it, it was in the middle of mutilating the corpses creating more and more open cuts who, for some reason, didn''t bleed.This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. We got ready, our guns already aimed at the being. The being hadn''t noticed us yet. We glanced at our team leader to see what he would decide. He raised his hand to give a silent signal when the being whipped its head around and glared at us. Due to the suddenness, we froze for a split second. The face of the being was like that of a small girl. However, the empty eyes and all the blood on it made it seem like a monster. The blood and gore was quite a contrast to her cute face. Before the team leader could give us the signal, she released a hiss and jumped back and ran into the basement. Some of us fired a few shots at it but missed due to its astounding speed. "Stop firing! Save your bullets." After the last echoes of the gunshots disappeared, silence prevailed yet again. "What was that?" I couldn''t keep my curiosity contained anymore. Just what was that? It was unlike anything that I had ever seen. "I don''t know but I do know that it is dangerous. And that we can''t let it leave this building. Anyways we gotta move on. And keep silent, we don''t know how good its ears are." I nodded. I knew that this wasn''t the time to ask too many questions. We inspected the corpses a bit and noticed that most of them barely leaked any blood. In return, quite a bit of a thick purple liquid was splattered all over. The corpses were marked with deep cuts and sometimes holes. Probably from its tail. "What a gruesome way to die." Most of them didn''t die cleanly. Very few of the 10 dead officers had wounds that would kill them quickly. They were most likely killed by receiving wound after wound after wound. And yet there was almost no blood at all. At least no human blood. We suspected that the purple liquid was the blood of the being. What else could it be? We gave a quick report over the walkie-talkie and then proceeded to enter the basement, chasing that creature. Our leader gave the other team a quick warning about that creature as it is possible that they will encounter it. I peered around the corner, expecting to see a large amount of these moles that the police has shown us. But instead, I saw nothing. The hallway was just empty. While it was strange, I decided to ignore it for now. With a short gesture, I signalled my team that there was no danger. We entered the hallway and went to the closes door. It was our job to find out where these moles had come from so we had to check every room. 6 of us took position around the door while the rest would enter. I opened the door minimally so that my colleague could look inside. Nothing happened so I opened it just a bit more. Still nothing. In the end, the door has been completely opened and the room was empty. We did a quick search through yet found nothing strange. At the next door, we repeated what we just did. This one was also empty. We continued on and checked another 3 rooms. Until now the basement has been completely empty and nothing beside us could be heard. I was about to open the door of the 6th room when loud gunshots reverberated through the hallway causing us all to wince and swivel around, guns ready. Just after that, a voice came from the walkie. "We found ''em! I repeat, we found ''em!" Our team leader quickly replied. "What is your position? Do you need backup?" "Just follow the gunshots. The hallway is mostly straight anyways. And while we don''t really need backup, I don''t think we have enough ammunition to kill them all." "Got it. We''re on our way." he turned to us. "Well then, get ready boys. As you''ve heard,we will follow the sound of the gunshots and then help team beta.We still haven''t found that creature, so stay vigilant" We nodded as one and started moving towards the source of the sounds while keeping an eye open and our backs covered. Battle in the basement As we moved along the empty hallways, with the only sound being the gunshots, I got a bit nervous. While the SEK is basically the equivalent of the SWAT in other countries, in the past few years there have been barely any situations that would require us to move out so many have only their experience as normal officers (training does make it better but doesn''t substitute real combat). I am included in this group. Anyways, we must be quite close to them already as the gunshots no longer stop the shouts of the officers and the inhuman screams of the giant moles from reaching us. It was like a neverending cacophony of screams and gunshots. We went around the last corner of the hallway, reaching its end and also the last door. The door has been shredded to little pieces that have been scattered all around. In front of the doorframe, we could see the officers of the other team, positioned around the door and constantly shooting or reloading. Through the gaps in their formation, I noticed that the floor was littered with dead bodies of these grotesque creatures and their blood. From what I was able to see, it really appeared like we would have no problem fighting them as they were unable to get close. Our only real problem would be ammunition. Our leader quickly notified the other team about our arrival, telling them that we would now provide assistance. Quickly some of them got out of their formation just to be replaced by us. Our leader asked why they aren''t using something like flashbangs. Apparently, when the team opened the door, the moles immediately surged towards them. At first, they decided to throw in a flashbang and the close the door so that they could easily pick them off once it went off. However, this strategy proved to be useless as the moles simply cut through the door. The flashbang also proved to be not as efficient as they thought. While the flashbang did its job with all the moles currently in the room, once they killed those, it was immediately filled again as more moles came from the hole in the wall on the back of the room. And they didn''t carry all that many flashbangs so they decided to use them sparingly and save the rest for later. "That''s everything for now." "Understood. Then what do you say, should we fall back and regroup with the remaining team or try to push them back for now and then establish a perimeter while they come to us?" "With how easy it is I''d say we should establish a perimeter. To make sure that they don`t go anywhere." "Then let''s just do that. Ok boys, listen up, now that we''ve found the place from where these moles come from, our objective has changed to establishing a perimeter while the last team is headed our way. So make sure to push these things back into the hole where they came from! Don''t be stingy with your bullets! Like they always say, SPRAY ''N PRAY!" While it was somewhat difficult to understand him over all the gunshots, we all understood what he meant. Immediately the number of gunshots nearly tripled while the moles that came surging from the hole fell over thrice as fast. In order to not reduce our overall fire rate, we took turns shooting and reloading always switching with the one behind us. This insane slaughter continued for a whole 2 minutes where nothing but gunshots could be heard and the floor became a single big pool of blood. Finally, the flood of moles from the hole lessened until no more moles exited it. It seemed like the moles decided that this wasn''t working, at all. "Good job boys. It seems like we will be able to rest for a moment. Just in time as well." Yeah, if this would have continued it could have become quite a situation. After all, not only is our ammunition about to run out but also our guns are nearly glowing orange hot from all the firing. Quite a close one if I may say so myself. Also, some of us were unable to bear the sight of what we were causing or rather, had caused. They threw up and were genuinely terrified of what they just did. A slaughter like this doesn''t usually happen after all and many of us have killed much more than maybe a few insects. Usually, it isn''t necessary to use our guns, especially not with the intention kill so many living beings. Whether or not they will be able to continue with their job after this, we will have to see. Anyways, it was good that this didn''t last any longer as then it would have been possible that we would have had to retreat. Also that this turned out to be something this big was truly unexpected. Because of that, our leader decided to ask for more than just some officers and ammunition.The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. "Commander, we''ve accomplished our goal of locating the entry point that the moles use. We''ve also already killed a large number of them and have driven them back for now but we have no idea what to expect in the tunnel that they used to enter the building. I honestly doubt that we alone, even with the 3rd team backing us up, have enough firepower and manpower to deal with this on our own." "Good work out there. I''ve received your report. I''ll request for the army to send some soldiers along with extra ammunition. Also, how dangerous do you think these moles are?" "To be honest, sir, from what I''ve seen, aside from their numbers and their ability to dig such large tunnels, even through concrete, their actual fighting power is low as they have as of yet not shown any kind of ranged attack and have only charged at us. And well, as they are moles this charge isn''t exactly fast." "Good, then we should be able to do this job with minimal causualties. I expect the army to arrive with their reinforcements in about 10 minutes. Don''t do anything until then. If it''s like in Stuttgart then they will still have cards up their sleeve that they haven''t shown us." "Yes, sir."
POV Commander of the moles "Mhmm..." What a tricky situation. At first, I thought that this mission was going to be easy as they had no immediate defences in place that would have held us up until their soldiers arrived and we would be able o quickly slaughter all the children here and kidnap the only one that''s still alive of them. But to think that it would almost immediately go berserk... How troublesome. Additionally, the way their soldiers fight is truly strange yet very effective. These strange ranged weapons that cause loud bangs whenever they are used are weapons that I haven''t seen before. And they are so effective. Ah, what strange things have developed over the time. Ahem, I should stop admiring their strange weaponry. I can do that later. Now then what to do about these soldiers... Someone who uses ranged weapons tends to be weak in close quarter combat. After all, it is much more effective to specialize on one thing. That means that forcing them into it would work best. Maybe... yes a pincer attack. With how few they are at the moment that would work really well. "Kufufufufufu, hahahahahaha!" Yes, that should work!
POV SEK Officer (same one as before) Several minutes had passed since then. During which, we tried to rest the best we could. However, with the smell of faeces, barf and blood permeating the air so heavily, it was hard to relax or even just rest at all. We had retreated back to the last corner of the hallway in order to rest. The 3rd team had also arrived and stood guard at the door while we rested. However, we also had to guard the other side of the hallway. We still hadn''t found even a trace of that creature. We restocked some of our ammunition with the stuff that the 3rd team brought us but we were still far from fully armed. Some quiet conversations could be heard between some of us but overall we were either too tired or too tense for a normal conversation. Besides we were still in the middle of a mission so we just kept quiet. Suddenly, the ground shook and a low rumbling could be heard. "What was that?" "I think it came from that wall." It came from the wall I was currently leaning my backagainst. It vibrated for a moment, before cracks formed on it. "Quick, get ready!" "Everyone, gather!" "Don''t forget your weapons!" Orders were wildly thrown around while everyone quickly assembled. However before we could even do anything else, the wall burst open, creating a cloud of dust through which it was hard to see and a lot of flying debris that injured and knocked over several officers. Right after that, something moved within the dust. "Get back! Get back!" However, it was too late. Moles burst forth from the new hole in the wall assaulting us. And at the same time, moles also came from the room where we previously fought. A pincer attack! With blazing guns, we retaliated, however, they were too close. By the time we had managed to aim properly, they were already in front of the officers at the very front (including me), using them as shields and attacked. Their sharp claws easily sliced through the fabric and kevlar of our uniforms. Kevlar was made to stop blunt impacts after all. My thigh was deeply cut, I fell to the ground and hit my head hard on the ground. As a result, my sight was blurry and I had trouble getting up. When I was back on my knees, the mole who attacked me previously attacked me again, this time aiming for my chest. I raised my guns, trying to block the claws with it. A terrible sound of groaning meta could be heard as its claws hit it. I was thrown onto my back yet again and could only watch as the other paw, equipped with claws neared my head. I closed my eyes, already preparing to meet my maker. Then, a sound of tearing flesh could be heard. But it didn''t come from me. Or from officers who were in similar circumstances. No, it the source was in front of me. I opened my eyes and saw a long, bone-white tail penetrating deep into the throat of my attacker. It spat blood and then collapsed, only still held up by the tail. Behind me, I could hear a thud as the owner of the tail fell from the ceiling. It got quiet for a moment. The sudden intrusion of a foreign element into the fight made everyone pause and take a look at it. However, the creature didn''t care. It only cared about one thing and everyone who looked into its eyes knew what that was. Blood It released a howl before leaping head first into the hole dragging the still impaled corpse behind it. Its rampage had just started.