《Not Many Get A Second Chance》 Judgement - 0 (rewrite) This has got to be the worst day of my life. I missed my deadline for my mechanics project, I am late to my date with Sarah, and to top it off, the worst thing of all, I''m on a bus that is being hi-jacked, heading to some god-forsaken location. It started when two goons, already on the bus, pulled out guns, pulling white masks over there faces. They shouted for everyone to not try any funny business or they will blow up the bus. They revealed they had bombs strapped to them aswell as a bomb in a bag. They waited until the bus was travelling through the countryside, as close to their destination as possible before they started the hi-jacking. As evidenced by the fact that we are only roughly thirty minutes away, according to the driver. The taller of the two won''t stop trembling, something which I noticed since they got on the bus. I wondered if they were okay, but from the current circumstances, I think it''s clear that they''re at the end of their rope, desperate enough to perform this stunt. To start with, I tried deluding myself that this was all a dream, that I would wake up with a hangover in a bar, or at my friends or something. Just as I was mentally scolding myself for drinking too much because my friends didn''t turn up, a metaphorical cold bucket of water is poured over my head. *BZZZ**BANG* "AAAAAAHHH!!", a teen screamed in agony, blood gushing from his shoulder as he clasps it with his right hand. I freeze just staring at the boy, not thinking the bus-jacker had could do that. I look at the taller goon in horror, not realising how far they were willing to go for whatever the goal of this bus-jacking is. That is all that goes through my head as they pull out another gun and point it at me, their hand shaking. "G-Get that bag", the taller goon stutters motioning to a bag with their foot."E-Everyone else put y-your phones in the bag, a-and n-no funny business." The taller goon then points the gun forwards, ready for any foolish resistance. I quickly gather the phones and other items from everyone, I can see the panic and fear in the rest of the passengers faces. Some of them glare at me when I take their phones. I try not to think about it too much, I don''t want to die after all. The taller goon is still pointing their gun at the teen, their hand still trembling a bit from before. ¡°A-A-Anyone who tr-tries any fu-funny business and you-you''ll e-end up like thi-this- l-like this kid!¡±, they stutter."A-a-a-and don''t m-move o-or talk either." The rest of the seem to have gotten the picture. I feel slightly more relieved , after all, we should all be able to leave after this is all over, if no-one forces the twitchy trigger goon to set off the bombs. Silence fills the bus for the next fifteen minutes or so, when I hear them mumble, ¡°J-Just a-a little further. J-Just a little further and this''ll be all over.¡± Almost as if they jinxed it, sirens started blazing and red and blue lights start flashing from behind. I hear some of the passengers sigh in relief, but the police aren''t going to help much when this bus could be blown up any time. "Fuck!" the goons shout, "How did they find out?"Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. One of the passengers, a man in his mid thirties with short black hair and glasses, charges the taller goon pinning them to the ground. I get knocked over as well in the process as a few more people find courage and form a pile on the other goon. The bus stops suddenly as I, and all the others in the pile, are pushed forward from the momentum. I manage to look forward as I see a police barricade. "PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE!" a police officer demands through a megaphone, "WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED, DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND SURRENDER!" "I was so close", a tearful whisper comes through the pile of people,"I was so close, yet the bomb was a-" *BOOOOOOOO-* A blinding white fills my vision as a searing heat rips through my body, the pain unbearable. As my sight goes dark, I see my life flash before my eyes, my birthdays, schooldays and holidays all flash before me. Happy memories of my family and friends, even my first love. Bad memories of the bullies, deaths of loved ones and more. From my childhood I see everything, even some things I thought I''d forgotten, until finally I see memories of yesterday, of how I was forced into hi-jacking this bus and the mastermind behind it all.
It was a perfectly normal day, I''d just got back from an interview, which I probably failed miserably, but I guess I''ll never know now. I was preparing the final touches on my present to Sarah for her birthday tomorrow, a surprise vacation after exams finished. Just as I finished checking the schedule for tomorrow, I received a strange text.
Come to Salters Road Car Park alone before 19:00 or there will be consequences From 14:13
It was obviously junk mail, or one of those not-so-funny joke texts Donovan sends me, or maybe one of his puzzle messages which he sends that absolutely nobody ever solves. So I ignored it, I didn''t have much time to sort everything out for my date tomorrow. Even after that, I had to finish my mechanics project that needed to be handed in first thing in the morning. Having finished around six thirty, I decided to go to the Hancock, a pub near the university, to meet my friends and have a drink.
Around five-to-seven, I got to the pub and none of my friends were there. I buy a carlsberg and try to think of where they might be. Daniel, on the same mechanics degree as me, is probably gonna be up all night working on his project. Allan and Ron are probably going to arrive in ten minutes, finishing there work shifts at six-fortyfive. Jamie only ever turns up if Donovan sends.... well I guess that text probably wasn''t from him then. Jamie always liked to try and figure out those messages, they were usually broken into different parts and sent to different people in our group. He was really close to solving the last one, I think. I have another look at the text, it was sent at a time when Donovan should be in his mathematics lectures. Probably overthinking this, I rang Donovan, but it only went to voicemail. I tried my other friends numbers but it went to voicemail each time. However when I called Daniel, I noticed that the voicemail was different to what it normally was. Although I found it strange, I decided to wait for my friends till half seven, maybe a little later, nursing my beer.
I awoke the next day, gagged and tied to a chair in a room with a dozen other people in the same state I was in. I didn''t know how I got there, as the last thing I remembered was being in the bar. The room had off-white walls on all sides with a hanging filament light in the middle. The door slammed open and three men wearing hooded cloaks and masks, making it impossible to make out any details, entered. There voices were distorted and unclear. They told us this was our punishment for ignoring their call, they put explosives in us, and to demonstrate blew up one of the others here. We were handed guns and each pair of people was given a different job, although I don''t know what the other jobs were, or why this happened. All I do know is that I messed up because I was scared of death, instead I became a goon to those people and lead other people to their graves with me. If their is a hell I''m probably gonna end up their. Come to think of it, I no longer feel the pain from before, nor can I sense anything. What is going to happen to me now? Judgement - 1 (rewrite) I don''t know how long has passed since the explosion, it feels like hours. And nothing is happening so there is nothing to do. I also can''t touch, hear, smell, taste or see anything. I just have me and my thoughts, is this all there is after death? Just having thought and experiencing nothing new for all eternity. But what can I do now? Other than thought, I can do absolutely nothing. Maybe if I think loudly I could get somewhere? That''s if there is something that could here the thoughts of... well I guess soul would be the closest word to what I am now. So let''s- *GuHagSRTASsowKiUYERTfekViSKI* ... What the fuck was that? It sounded like a horrible beast... Wait? Sound! I heard something! Or at least if felt like sound. But I shouldn''t be able to hear, so maybe it was somethings thoughts? I guess that makes a bit of sense, after all, I should be dead. But now there is only silence,it''s a little unnerving, knowing there is something out there. Unless it heard my thoughts and is closing in... ... Or not, it''s been silent for at least an hour now. And trying not to think is really hard. "HEheHeLLORElloECENrelTcenLYoDEtOCElyrEAdeeSceaEcEDsEnedNtLy" ? Was that a voice? It sounded like one, I couldn''t make out anything other than ''hello'' though, but that could have meant something completely different. It could hae been the same thing that made the noise earlier. "YODeUyoEARcEuEaSarAseLLaEdBEllYoOINGuGIArbeVENReingAgiASElvenCONaLDbECHAeEsecNCEiNondATchaaGLIncegIFEatiliVefeN" There it is again! But all I hear is gibberish. Is the voice trying to communicate? Or it could be- "a SeCoNd ChAnCe At LiFe" -just... Did I hear that right? That was not what I was expecting. Am I missing something from what I heard earlier, all that gibberish could have meant anything. This could be a demon trying to tempt me to make a deal, with that gibberish being some kind of incantation or magical contract. Hmmmmm. Although it could be genuine, I should wait for more information instead of just jumping to conclusions with the little information I have, something which has resulted from all the puzzles Donovan forced upon me. Still, these long gaps of silence aren''t helping.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. ------------------------ > TIME PASSES < ------------------------ "AlL OF yoU havE a cHOice to mAKe, BetweeN ReIncarnaTING on Your owN WorlD wiTh youR MemOrieS wiPed oR YOu can gO to A new WorLD wiTH All yoUr memOries IN Tact." Finally, the voice returned. That felt like an eternity. Wait, did he just say all? Does that mean there are others the voice is speaking to, is it other people who died on the bus? Is it just random people? What should I... No! I need to stop picking on the little details and focus on the big picture, I''m pretty sure I''m dead so there is no point in thinking of ''what if''s or other things I have no control over. So, from what the voice just said, this second life it is giving us would be putting us in a different world with the memories of our past life. I don''t buy it, this has to be some kind of trick or something. For all I know, excepting this deal could have disastorous consequences. Besides, even if this choice wasn''t so fishy, I don''t think I want to live in another world. One where I won''t meet my friends or family, one where I would remember the explosion, the pain I felt and the pain I dealt. I don''t want to remember all of this at all. I think it would be better if i just forgot everything and went back to earth. While I was deep in thought I hadn''t noticed the changes around me. There are now many blue glowing lights in the vague shape of a human, so many I can''t physically count them. Also, there is a giant white figure with six arms, four on his right and two on his left, his body towers over the blue lights, being five times larger than them. Although the arms and face are clearly visible, the rest of the body seems to be covered in a vague haze. The face, which I can''t determine is male or female, has an extra left eye and ear. As for the colour, all I can see is different shades of white, and I don''t mean white skin white, I mean pure white. Whilst I gaze upon the giant being, it moves and speaks. "If you wish To reincarnAte on your home woRld please will yourself To mE" Will yourself? What does that even mean? Some of them must have understood how to do it as they moved forwards, towards the originally empty circle where the giant is. So I should just think it? Forward, forward, I want to go to the giant, forward. It looks like it worked as I am now in a cluster of blue. But even though blue is all around I can still make out the giant, which is only a few feet away. roughly five minutes pass before all the blue figures vanish, including the one I had. Nothing else happens for another few minutes. Am I supposed to wait for something now? "NoW for thoSe oF you whO are going tO youR new liFe, I wilL give yoU #1@#6% ...... A guIde fOR yoU tO helP adaPT TO youR New worLD." With a wave of its right arm all the remaining blue vanishes, leaving nothing but the white giant. With nothing else left, does that mean the rest have reincarnated. Was I left behind? Hello? Can you hear me? "yEs!" The voice enters me and I feel pain and despair rip through me. This is bad! What should I... do? The pain... is... un...bear...able... "yOu ShAlL rEgReT wHaT yOu DiD!" My... thoughts... are... fa......... Judgement - 2 (rewrite) Th...a...a... Huh? All the pain from earlier is gone. Now all I see is green. That giant white figure left me behind on purpose, does that mean I''m going to live another life with my memories in tact? Is that why I''m still me?
Running Ori32system.reincarnation
! A blue screen? It''s like the blue error screen that comes up on computers. It says reincarnation so does that mean I''m being reincarnated right now.
memory_wipe=false running Ori32system.reincarnation.memory_wipe error &7qA5@#~ memory_wipe=true running Ori32system.reincarnation.karma
What? So if I understand this correctly, it was just about to wipe my memory? Then there was an error so my memory isn''t wiped but it says it is? So now I''m going through the karma, which is the sum of all the good and bad you''ve done in life. Crap! That bus-jacking will probably bring a lot of consequences. I think I might be screwed if this is important, which it most likely is.
Karma analysis 1%
It''s only at one percent? How long does it take to analyse karma? It''s as slow as installing a game on a computer. You''d think something as big as reincarnation would be a little faster.
Karma analysis speed increased
Really? Was that automatic, or can I control this with my thoughts!
Karma analysis complete
So, that''s it? That was way faster and easier than I thought it would be.
Karma Report
Positive deeds Karma Negative deeds Karma
Caring For Nature 76 Destroying Nature 926
Generosity 1,412 Stealing 297
Kindness 1,213 Cruelty 177
Following Laws 2,124 Breaking Laws 9,528
Honesty 812 Lies 593
Love 13,690 Hate 4,578
Nurture 1,092 Murder 52,354
N/A 0 Taboo< 50,000
N/A 0 Domain Damage 100,000
N/A 0 Rushed System 52,354
Total +19,419 -270,807 -251,388
...Well.... I guess, it could be worse. So this is a summary of all the stuff I''ve done through my life. I expected that I would have more bad things due to the bus-jackings. But I didn''t expect it to come out like this, quantified and easy to understand. I apparently dealt more damage to nature than I took care of it though. Surprising but I can accept that, I didn''t really have a green thumb. I was more focused on how things worked ever since I was a kid, I even spilled bleach on the flowerbed once. I can also accept stealing and cruelty are more than zero. Even murder being bigger than my total positive by almost three times is understandable, the whole bus-jacking is definitely the source of all that, if not, most of it. But Taboo? Domain Damage? What even are those? And I got a negative equal to my murder value for rushing the system? That is utter bullshit! Do you expect me to just stay here waiting for you to analyse my life. I wish the system didn''t show me the results and just got on with the reincarnation instead of showing me how badly I messed up.
Running Ori32system.reincarnation.status_allocation Please select your race
I guess I''ll stop ranting now. I''ll probably be here forever otherwise, probably as long as the system would take to analyse my karma! So, let''s see, pick my race? So I could be like a turtle or zebra or something? Although, I guess, if this is another world, races from earth won''t be an option. I guess I won''t be human then. But how do I make my choice? Do I wait for the options to come? Do I make a choice without any options? I don''t even know what races there are so I don''t think it''s that. Do I will it forward with my thoughts? The karma analysis sped up when I wanted it to, so it''s worth a shot. ''Next''
Race selection
Family Races available
Undead 82
Demon 70
Insect 34
Beast 23
Mollusc 19
Pisces 10
Fungi 8
Reptile 5
Draconic 4
Amorphous 2
Avian 2
Mystery 1
Crustacean 1
Elemental 0
Plant 0
Fae 0
Celestial 0
Sapien 0
Ancient 0
Really? The second I think it, it moves on! This fucking, blue screened, nonsensical... Wait a second. Why am I getting so angry? I wasn''t like this before. Could that giant have done something to me? Or is it the fact that I have no body mean that my emotions are harder to control? Either way, I should stay calm and not nitpick on the system for this until I''m done.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. I have over a hundred races to pick from, although I don''t want to be some kind of demon or zombie, sadly they take up a majority of the options I have. It''s a shame all the cool sounding families have zero races to choose from, like ancient and celestial? Could the results be related to my karma? That would explain all the demon and undead options, at least a little bit. But I think I should have some of the good races as options, right? I did have a love karma of over 10,000, I should at least get some kind of good hearted family. Moving on, I''m guessing I have to use my thoughts to select a family, but I don''t know what races are available. Not to mention that I might not be able to select a different family afterwards. Draconic looks kinda cool but there are only four options, and they might all suck. Beast looks like the safest option, probably has wolves and other mammals, or the equivalent if mammals don''t exist. Both insect and mollusc families have roughly the same amount of options as the beast family, but I don''t like the idea of being a bug or a slug. Okay, I''ve made up my mind. Let''s look at the beast options.
Beast races
Name Grade Name Grade
Grey Wolf I Horned Rabbit J
Silver Fox J Blood Monkey I
Starlight Cat J Alrosian Wolf J
Bicorn H Smash Boar I
Bone Wolf (Undead) J Scalehound (Draconic) H
Capricorn (Pisces) I Feral Mantis (Insect) I
Cave Bat (Avian) J Iron-shelled Rabbit (Crustacean) J
Spotted Skunktail Civet I Hellhound (Demon) H
Little Fenrir H Swamp Hippo I
Devil Mare (Demon) I Cloud Sheep J
Alrosian Hedgehog J Larco Hedgehog J
Bone Horse (Undead) J Alrosian Fox I
That is quite a varied selection. Although, some seem to be part of another family, as well. I guess I have less options than I thought. Alrosia is probably a place in this new world, if the names of three of the races are to indicate that. It''s strange that the races have names of animals from Earth in them, but it clearly won''t be Earth I''ll be reincarnating on. At least I know this now. From the grades given, I assume that the closer to A the better the race is. Though better in what, is still unclear. It may be strength, life expectancy, or even intelligence. It could be something completely different, but based on scalehound and hellhound both being grade H, I''d wager that it''s one of those three possibilities. I should try and find out if I can select a different family before I make my choice. If scalehound is any indication I think draconic might be a fun family to look at. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get back to the selection. ''Close Beast.'' It worked!
Beast Family races removed from choices
... Of course it would remove the choices. I mean, why wouldn''t it? The system is more convoluted than Donovan''s riddles, and I could never understand them let alone this system. I could try to get them back, if this works like a computer, then I should be able to. ''Undo!'' ''Open beast!'' ''Restart'' ''Add Beast family.'' ''Open Beast family.'' ''I pick scalehound?'' ... Okay. We~ell, I guess that means I lost scalehound and some other interesting races. You know what? Fuck it, I guess I''ll remove demon, undead, insect and mollusc as well. I''ll remove fungi too while I''m at it, why would I want to be a mushroom? Why would anyone want to be a fucking mushroom?
Insect Family races removed from choices Demon Family races removed from choices Undead Family races removed from choices Mollusc Family races removed from choices Fungi Family races removed from choices
Remaining choices
Draconic 1
Pisces 1
Amorphous 1
Reptile 1
Mystery 1
... I lost to my anger again. If I could physically sigh right now, I would. I lost all but one draconic, I have no avian species left, and that shady mystery family is still there. If that race is part dragon I''ll pick it, but otherwise I won''t. I won''t risk losing my last draconic on removing that. If only I could have looked at them all at once, I wouldn''t have made the stupid mistakes I made.
Races available
Race Grade Race Grade
Slime (Amorphous) J Kobold (Draconic) (Reptilian) J
Dungeon (Mystery) - Spotted Gold-eye Pike (Pisces) I
...Well, I guess I should have tried that at the start. So I only have four races left to choose from now? Why wasn''t there a guide to... make it easier to adapt! That white giant said something about that, does that mean I don''t get that, even though I was forced into this? Fuck, now I get it! That white bastard must have messed with the system so that I get the worst possible race! I should think these races through carefully, so I don''t fall into his ploy. Let''s start with Slime. I don''t think I want to be one of... whatever it is. It sounds like I''d just be a lump of slime that moves, why would anyone want that? It sounds worse than being a mushroom, and it seems like it''s something which could do nothing. What about Kobold? It has both reptile and draconic families so it sounds decent, though it seems worse than the scalehound, it does seem the most tempting of the four races. But it is also one I have no idea what it is. It could be like what I assume the scalehound would be, just a normal animal with dragon powers Now for Dungeon. I honestly have no idea if that one is even a good idea. It reeks of danger, its grade is a dash. And what the hell is a dungeon anyway? I know that a dungeon tends to be another word for a prison that''s underground. so how would I live as something like that? Last but not least is the spotted gold-eye pike. Honestly, it sounds rare, almost like an endangered species, which could be risky depending on why it''s endangered. Although that was just speculation, even if it isn''t endangered I would still be living as a pike, which would mean I''d be living underwater for the rest of my life. Not that I don''t like swimming or anything like that, but would I really be able to stand living without feet or walking on land or being able to cook foods? It seems to have the highest grade, if I exclude dungeon, so it may be a good idea. Judgement - 3(rewrite) I''ve been thinking hard on which of the options I should pick for my race. I tried to get more information from the system, no response came through. In the end I can only use the name of the race and the families it belongs to to find what it is they will be. After all this time I think kobold would be the best race to choose. I would rather be something weak from a dragon family than some strong fish or weird mysterious thing, slime was obviously never in the running.
Loading Basic_Kobold_template.sdf Load complete Calculating karma bonuses Congratulations! For gaining 1,000 karma in generosity you have acquired a random tier 0 skill from the Charity skill pool Skill acquired: Gift Heart Congratulations! For gaining 1,000 karma in kindness you have acquired a random tier 0 skill from the Kindness skill pool Skill acquired: Strengthen Team Congratulations! For gaining 1,000 karma in following laws you have acquired a random tier 0 skill from the Law skill pool Skill acquired: Command Congratulations! For gaining 1,000 karma in nurture you have acquired a random tier 0 skill from the Life skill pool Skill acquired: Healing Touch Congratulations! For gaining 10,000 karma in love you have acquired a random tier 1 skill from the Love skill pool Skill acquired: Heart Magic Congratulations! For gaining 5,000 karma in breaking laws you have acquired a random tier 0 skill from the Pride,Conquer or Anarchy skill pool Skill acquired: Mind Control Resistance Congratulations! For gaining 1,000 karma in hate you have acquired a random tier 0 skill from the Envy or Wrath skill pool Skill acquired: Bloodrush Congratulations! For gaining 50,000 karma in murder you have acquired a random tier 1 skill from the Anarchy, Cruelty or Wrath skill pool Skill acquired: Cruel Eyes Congratulations! For gaining 50,000 karma in taboo you have acquired a random tier 1 skill from the- error skill pool not found Congratulations! For gaining 100,000 karma in domain damage you have acquired a random tier 2 skill from the- error skill pool not found
I... I guess... I guess the karma had more importance than I thought in reincarnation. But what the hell are skills? Why did taboo and domain damage both come out with no skill? Skill should be about your talent in certain areas, although some of these so look like talents, some of these are... Well I guess I''ll find out what this skill business is all about, if it is important. For now let''s continue.
General Information Classes Pools Attributes
Name N/A Name Level Experience CP Name Value Recovery Name Value Name Value
Race Kobold Kobold 0 0 0 Health 6/6 0.1/hour STR 1 DEX 1
Age N/A - - - - Stamina 11/11 0.7/min CON 1 AGI 1
Sex N/A - - - - Mana 6/6 0.55/min END 1 INT 1
- - - - - - Energy 7/7 0 VIT 1 WIS 1
Skills
Name Level Mastery Name Level Mastery
Dark vision 1 0 Burrowing 1 0
I should really slap myself when I''m able to. This is like one of those video games I played when I was little, though I don''t remember much and some of it will be different to what I remember. Attributes are quite easy to understand, I remember or can easily guess some of them, but what would END, VIT and CON be, I can tell they are short for something but what. Unsurprisingly, I can''t get any information on any of this, or anything for that matter, Guess I''ll just go and guess. Classes should be something like specialisations or the stuff you are capable of in the long run, I have the kobold class which means I can do stuff a kobold can do as a kobold. That seems kind of redundant. Well it doesn''t look like I can do anything here no matter what I try so I guess I''ll just go to the next part.
Calculating Reincarnation Shop Points [10][10][8][7][8][3][8][6] 5,760 Shop Points
Class Shop Skill Shop Attribute Shop Trait Shop
Now we''re getting somewhere! It looks like I can buy stuff to add to that table earlier and three of the shops line up with parts from earlier. Only... the trait shopis crossed out for some reason, maybe there''s a way to open it, or maybe there isn''t. Anyway, which shop should I open first? Since I don''t know what is good to start with it''s hard to decide. I already gained a lot of skills from the karma prizes, so getting more seems pointless. The attribute shop is probably gonna be a little more complicated than the class shop, looks like I''ll start with classes.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.
Class Shop
Upgrades Combat Classes Labour Classes Production Classes
Other Racial Classes - -
This... this is a lot more helpful than I thought. So I was more or less right, classes are what you can do, but it raises a few more questions. If I can select another racial class does that mean I am both races.If so, what was the point in picking a race to be to start with. I guess things will become clearer if I just check it out. Let''s go with racial classes.
Class Shop
Racial Classes
Name Cost Name Cost Name Cost Name Cost
Bear 3,000 Slime 2,500 Canine 700 Wyrmling 550
Longfish 1,100 Songbird 750 Wyvern 500 Mananangal 1,000
Rabbit 4,500 Fire Elemental 800 Crocodile 100 Alu 5,000
Vampire 1,000 Eagle 700 Pangolin 800 Spearder 5,500
Zombie 500 Fiend 2,000 Horcha 4,800 Earth Elemental 400
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There are a lot more options than I expected. I could even become a zombie, though I obviously won''t pick that. The real question is, what will happen to me if I have two racial classes. It''s not something I want to risk, although it is really tempting to buy one. I don''t think the price is completely related to the class though as slime is really expensive compared to vampire. Even if I''m wrong about slime, there is no way that a rabbit is stronger than a bear. Maybe it''s related to how close I am to that class. Crocodile is only one hundred points and it is a reptile.There are more pages, but I doubt there would be anything cheaper than one hundred. Although, looking at the classes, some seem more generalised than I would have thought, like canine. Canines are dogs and there are many different breeds of dogs so I wonder why it''s like that? Damn, I keep getting more questions as I work through this. Let''s try out the crocodile, I''l only get answers by trying things out.
Warning! You are selecting a second racial class (Crocodile) that does not contain a bi-racial subtype! There may be a racial clash which could be detrimental to your growth! Are you sure you wish to select this race?
Yes No
Nope! I''m not risking it. I will not buy a new racial class. Please return me to the class shop. What should I buy next.
And I''m done. I spent all my points and now I have nothing left to purchase. With that all I have to think is think next.
Confirmation. Have you finished spending your points?
Yes No
This came up last time I completed everything, I tried undoing one of my class purchases when I first bought them to see if I could (obviously I would have bought it again as I really wanted it) but I couldn''t. When this happened I thoujgth I''d try it again, it turned out that only some things could be undone, I also never managed to get into that trait shop. This system seems to make no sense at all with what I can and can''t do. So I have now triple checked everthing I have and even changed a few things I could. Now with everything done I have finished, I wonder what else I have left to do.
system.reincarnation.allocate_status is complete adding karma prizes running system.reincarnation.body_finder system.reincarnation.body_finder complete running system.reincarnation.system_memory_wipe system.reincarnation.system_memory_wipe complete system.reincarnation end send.soul
The green light in my surroundings seems to be getting brighter and brighter. Well it looks like the system... uh? I know I was just doing something with those blue boxes, but what. What have I been doing since I enetered this space. I''m starting to feeltired.I feel warm, that''s... strange.... This is the... first...sens.................. Judgement - Extra *rumble* *snore* *rumble* *snore* *rumble* *yawn* That was a good long sleep. How long has it been? 100,000 cycles or 1,000,000? I can not remember how long I set my alarm for. Well I might as well have a look at the my full systems diagnostic to see what needs a little tweaking.
Warning! T617 system damage severe! Warning! O32 system damage severe!
What! How! I should have been warned if another god was attacking my system. What woke me up then and how long have I been sleeping?
Cycles since alarm set: 18,353 Cycles remaining: 81,647
Not even 20% of my sleep cycle has passed! What the corrupted karma could have happened, O32 is one of my best reincarnated systems. There should not be anything that could cause a problem with it, not to mention the gods from that world are too devoted to the original reincarnation god of their planet to even dare to mess with the system that governs it. It is quite laughable that they think that piece of garbage system they had could work without any maintenance. Although, it gave me a bunch of insight into possible ways of using souls, even though it was garbage it was quite innovative. On the other side, T617 is a world that I have had repeated issues with. On multiple occasions I have had to interfere with the progress of the world directly, destroying civilisations, causing wars, all simply to delay progress while I collect data for my research. The last time I interfered was when I caused the death of a human called archi-something, he was developing technology beyond what I found to be acceptable levels. Honestly I had hate to think what would happen if I had not put an auto-war function which caused wars when technology advanced too far. I am only using this manaless rock to uncover what a manaless soul is like. It is an odd dimension, one that has no mana. I guess I will check the T617 data first and figure out what happened there.
T617 damage report energy eruption occurred in #error# places on T617 Souls.KarmaReport.Database 99.99% corrupted Souls.History.Database 71.8% lost Technology.data non-functional 87,540 souls received karma from foreign system system.reincarnation 50% functional
This is worse than I thought. How could the system have received so much damage. And I will need to save as many of those souls as I can before they fall into this foreign system.
Things just keep getting worse the foreign energy frequency is from O32, in order for me to lose no energy from this I will need to split the souls in to 2 groups. I at least I managed to stabilise the souls so they will not break. I will have a look at O32ssystem quickly so I can patch it while I solve this mess
O32 damage report The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.Energy breach from foreign system. System.reincarnation.MemoryWipe.newSouls non-functional System.reincarnation.store.traits non-functional 87,540 foreign souls received karma fromO32
At least the main parts of the system are still functional, if those got damaged I would be in trouble. However, now if the memory wipe for new souls is damaged, new souls will reincarnate with their memories intact., if I do not give them any stimulus soon their mind may break and they will end up being useless. There is too much work and not enough time to sort out all those souls, it would be much easier if they could... but will they... I might as well give it a shot. Now how to great them? I remember clearing your throat is a way mortals get the attention of crowds. I will try to transmit a noise like that then. *GuHagSRTASsowKiUYERTfekViSKI* That should get their attention, it might scare them a bit but now if I just activate my system thought transmitter I should be able to ask them. Now I should have a look at all the souls around here. I can see several among them who have the mark of damaging my system, their karma is almost completely alienated from their original system because of it, if I send them to O32, even if they have their memories, they will not be able to do any damage because of the gods there. Ah the thought transmitter is now active, now to greet them. "Hello recently deceased!" I see that they are all confused, It is understandable, but death is a natural thing the quicker I tell them the better off they will be. I am having trouble processing all their thoughts though, I thought I would be able to handle less than 100,000 easily. I should just get this over with so I can fix the system "you are all being given a second chance at life* Their reactions are not what I was expecting, why are do they not understand? Nonsense noise? My thought transmitter should be translating directly to their minds. The system- Oh. The thought transmission is going through T617 and O32 as well as directly. Make no wonder they were so confused. Part of the message is still stuck in the O32 transmission so I will just send it through. Done, and it looks like a lot of them are catching on. I will just leave them to contemplate for a little while, while I make an emergency function to allow the souls to go through reincarnation in O32.
And done, that took a bit longer than I hoped. I want to move onto fixing the systems before they cause more errors, I have already had to apply some emergency patches whilst I was making this function. Now to get back to the souls. "All of you have a choice to make, between reincarnating on your own world with your memories wiped or you can go to a new world with all your memories in tact." Now I will just form one of the forms I usually use to communicate with the gods. I will also need to figure out a method for them to choose. I know I will just make a quick function to show the souls as human shaped lights. I will also move the souls close to me away so that I can have those that make 1 of the choices move towards me... and done. Now to have them quickly make their decision. "If you wish to reincarnate on your home world please will yourself to me." That should be simple enough to understand, oh and some are coming towards me, although it looks like a few of the instigators are coming over here. It is a shame I can not send all of them back to T617. Alright, it looks like all those who want to go back to T617 are here. There are a few less than I hoped,I need to split the karma from the 2 different systems. I guess I will just select a few non-sentient souls that got dragged up as well, there are so many of them that I do not add them to my system because it would take up too much space. Most of them shattered though and all that karma from the 2 systems they had is just floating there. ...I think I have gathered enough souls now. First of all I will take all the karma of T617 from the souls that will not return there, then I will split it among the souls that are going back and take away the karma of O32 from them and split that amongst the souls going to O32. Now that that is done, I will just make a few gestures with this body as I send the souls to the correct systems. I have to make sure I give the O32 souls a guide to operating the system so they are not so confused. Then I will deal with the instigators. Hmm? they are asking why they were left behind, there are so few souls here now I can just talk to them all individually at once. While I do that I will give them their punishment., pouring negative karma into their souls until they faint, it may help them in the long run, but for this life they will experience tremendous torment. TBA - 1 *yawn* Is it... morning?... It''s still... early... I can... pro''ly... sleep... I''ll just....phone... *crack* What!? I''m up! I''m up! "Gasha! Gasha!" Eh? "Gagraagashra" I... What the fuck is happening. Where am I? *CRACK* ...I...I should probably stop moving, whatever that sound was, it didn''t sound good. I need to think, I... I.... oh god... I died. That reincarnation, it was real, that weird, well I guess it was a god, was telling the truth, I remember they said I will regret what I did, but how? Anyway, if I reincarnated, I should be born now or still in the womb or... god dammit, I''m such an idiot. I''m in an egg! Which means I can just break out. *Crack**CRACK**CRACK* I''m out! It''s not that bright, but I''m out and alive. But what am I? I have arms and legs and hands, I am clearly some kind of reptile, but what kind of reptile on Earth seems almost like a humanoid... right, I''m not on Earth but a different planet. I was forced to reincarnate on a different world, with my memories intact, by that god. Looking around, I see roughly fifty eggs, some intact. Since there are so many eggs around, i should be in some sort of pack like species, if not a community. Looking at the others that have emerged from the egg, I can''t see many differences. For lack of a better name, for now I''ll name my species reptile-men. Each reptile man has two arms, legs and one tail. Each hand has triple jointed fingers, similar to a humans, however there are only four fingers, which includes a thumb-like one. Each finger has a sharp claw on them. The feet have four toes each with a claw on its end, and are rather long. The tail is roughly as long as the torso with spikes going all the way along their back. Each reptile-man is covered in scales with darker patches on the head. The patches on the head seems to differ between each reptile-man, but each one has a longish snout, comparable to a dog''s, with a horn above the nostrils. Above the eyes are ridges, which I assume are like eyebrows which go backwards to form a spike on either side of their head. The most notable thing I''ve notices is that we can see in the dark, although I can''t seem to see any colour. If the looks and the grouping is any indicator, I should be a part of an intelligent species, hopefully not too primitive. I have noticed that a lot of the reptile-men have started to eat there eggshells. now that I think about it, I am rather hungry. And, if I don''t eat my eggshell, it likely will be eaten by the others.*gulp* Here goes nothing. *crunch munch munch* Ugh. It''s leathery and dry. Not that I was expecting anything else. I don''t have much of an option in terms of food right now. "GRAA!" That.. Was that a yell? Fuck. Could there be predators around? In the direction the noise came from I can see a few Reptile-men gathering. Should I go closer? If there is a predator, I don''t want to be killed by it. But if it''s a reptile-man stuck in their egg or some other difficulty, I could help them out. Out of concern I decide to approach. As I get closer I notice some of the reptile-men seem to be eating something. Did they kill it? Or are they just eating some eggshell. One raises their head and I see blood and bits of flesh on their mouth. As they move away, seemingly full, I see what it is they are eating, a dead reptile-man. They are eating their own kind, I know some animals on Earth ate each other as children, and even some adults ate the kids. But I never thought I''d see it with my own eyes, let alone being a part of that species. I realised that their were a lot of reptile-men around, with seemingly no adults, but I thought the eggshell would be enough to fill us up for now. I hope that-The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. "Gah!" Ow! Fuck! I feel a sharp pain on my back as I fall. As I look back I see a shadow approach. Instinctively I reach out with my arm and push them away. I see a flash of red.
Kobold killed. You gain 26 experience
Eh? That''s distracting, I need to focus. Right now, I need to make sure I don''t get killed. I can see the body of the reptile-man that attacked. They are lying on the floor, unmoving. Three deep cuts are on their chest, blood pouring out, a familiar nauseating smell fills my nose. My mouth salivates as I approach the corpse and- *Crunch munch munch* The meat fills a craving, a desire I never knew I had. The juicy meat and the blood gushing down my throat, the crunch of the scales, I feel something, something liberating. I never knew eating could make one feel so... free. *Crunch munch munch**Shlurp munch slurp*
Ah~, that hit the spot. As I look back at the half eaten corpse, it dawns on me. I just ate one of my own kind. Why? Why did I suddenly have an unstoppable desire to eat? Why was it so fulfilling? I don''t feel bad about it, but I should. I just killed and ate a living, breathing thing, but other than the shock I feel that I''ve done that, I don''t have any other strong feelings about it. Thinking back, I don''t feel much about all the people that died in that explosion either. Is this who I am? Just a heartless murderer, not feeling anything upon reaping the lives of those before me. I know I felt terrible when I was in that empty void, the dread and disgust at what I''d done, the pure hatred that bubbled up when I thought about what the mastermind had done, the misery of not being able to see all the people in my life ever again. But now I feel nothing, is this race not even capable of empathy? Has my new body caused me to think differently. I mean, it''s obvious it has, but how much of me has changed. Are my new instincts slowly changing my view? Will I still be me? Am I even me any more? No! Of course I''m still me, it doesn''t matter what happens I won''t let these instincts change me. Maybe it''s something else that causes those feelings, I can''t believe that just because I''m in a new body, everything about who I am will change, but if I''m already being effected this much, what about when I grow up... Of course! I''m still growing, maybe all my emotions are being suppressed as some defence mechanism. I might be wrong or there might something else contributing to this, but I doubt I would have made it far if I was unable to act due to my regret. I wasn''t taking any of this seriously before. I need to start thinking of how to live my new life. I never thought this was a dream, but i think, subconsciously, I wasn''t treating any of this as real. It doesn''t matter whether this is real or fake, I just need to live my life my way!
Due to repeatedly reinforcing your convictions, a new attribute has been gained: Willpower(WIL) WIL+1
Another blue screen! Last time I ignored it because I was focused too much on the... well I guess it wasn''t really a fight. I know I saw those during reincarnation, I think I remember doing something with them, but I don''t remember anything but the blue, nothing about words or numbers. The previous blue screen vanished already, and I didn''t read it, so I don''t know what it said. It wasn''t blocking my vision in any way, as the screen seemed to be in front of me, yet I could still see clearly. Even if I close my eyes, it''s still there. The problem is, it does take away a portion of my awareness, so it is slightly distracting. I know what the words mean, but I don''t understand what the screen is trying to tell me. I do feel like I have more control over my instincts, though, even if only slightly. If this willpower attribute increasing affects me this much, there must be other attributes which would affect other aspects. That could explain why I so easily... so easily killed that reptile-man. That other screen must have been about some other attribute, probably something like muscle power or strength. If only I could look at them all, like some kind of attribute screen or table, I could probably understand more about what is happening to me. After I finished pondering on the blue screens, I started wandering around the cave. I noticed the reptile-men closest to the corpses seemed to be more vigilant of each other, whereas the reptile-men in the rest of the cave weren''t. It''s obvious why, the ones who have seen another killed in cold blood are more aware of the danger they could be in. Although, I did see some digging in the ground and eating the bugs they find. I guess that''s another source of food, but if we don''t leave here soon, we will run out of food and start killing each other. TBA - 2 "GRAAAH!" *sigh* that makes twelve reptile-men I''ve heard or witnessed dying. I haven''t killed another, and I hope I won''t have to. From the looks of things, although it should be obvious, this world acts slightly differently than Earth. For starters, every time one of the reptile men were hit a red number floated where they were hit, and fades away around two seconds later. Curious about it, I looked carefully at a bug as a stabbed it with a nail, and although very small, a red number appeared on the bug, too. The only other thing that seemed to be different, other than that blue screen I saw, were what I aptly name, air rocks. These rocks seemed to emit clean, breathable air. Around the remains of the eggs , I found these air rocks. I don''t know if they purify the air or if they just create fresh air, but if it weren''t for these, I''m pretty sure all of the reptile-men, myself included, would have suffocated. I had found the exit, however it was blocked (hence the suffocation if it weren''t for the air rocks). Having had a look all around the cavern, I know that this is the only exit. The only problem is, I don''t know when I will be able to leave. Bored and needing a distraction, I tried as many ways as possible to pass the time, such as gathering information on the red numbers that appeared, or trying to make the blue screen appear again, which I failed to do, I even counted the number of reptile-men there were here, one-hundred-and-seventy-thr.. I mean,one-hundred-and-seventy-two. But even after all that, I''m still board. In the end, I decided to hide behind a stalagmite and wait for the exit to open. If it is the family, tribe or whatever it is that this group is called, then I have nothing to worry about and I can leave safely. However, if it is a predator, or perhaps an enemy tribe, then I will wait for the opportune moment to run away or fight the enemy,hopefully I''ll be able to do the former if the need arises. *RUMBLE* And it looks like the wait is over. As I feel the vibrations through the ground, I peak around the stalagmite, only to notice that a cloud of dust appeared around the exit. I tense myself, ready to act the moment anything appears. From the cloud of dust, several reptile-men appeared. Each reptile man was roughly fifty percent taller than me and the other reptile-men already in the cave. Their heads moved, looking around the cavern. With no indication, the reptile-men leapt forward, moving towards groups of reptile-men. They swung with the clubs in their hands, hitting between one and three reptile-men. These grouped up reptile-men were the ones who ate bugs, when they were hit, red fives,sixes and even sevens appeared. Having witnessed the brutality, I hid behind the rock, hoping not to be found. Hoping to be hidden long enough to think of a way out, after all, there was no chance I could fight them. Alas, I only was hidden for five seconds before one of the larger reptile-men found me. I tried to flee the second i saw them, but I wasn''t used to my new body. I could perform simple things like walking and eating, but running was an entirely different matter. I scrambled away, tripping and rolling along, hoping, praying for something, anything to help. All hope left my body as I felt something grab my tail, I flailed, trying to break free. But then, I felt a pain on the back of my head, I started to feel dizzy as my vision blurred, I collapsed, struggling as hard as I could to get just a little further away, crawling and clawing as hard as I could, until finally...
I awoke, drowsy, unable to figure out where I was. As I regained clarity, I wildly flailed around, only to realise that I was on a fur of some kind. I''m... alive? I thought those larger reptile-men were going to kill me. With seemingly no threat to my life, I calmed down and looked around the cave. The cave is probably about as large as small room in a house, in this cave there are four other reptile-men. All four of them are still unconscious, but other than that they seems fine. A few seconds pass and a larger, and older now that I think about it, comes in through the only entrance to the cave..This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "Shluo crsn," the older reptile-man snarled, whilst they grabbed my arm and pulled me up,"Shly ychluch osuchu!" I allow them to pull me out of the cave and into a tunnel, since there is nothing much I can do. As I was pulled through the tunnel, I noticed there were a couple of reptile-men in front of me getting the same treatment. Whatever is happening, I don''t feel a sense of danger. If they wanted to kill us they would have already done it. Besides, if they didn''t knock us out and separate us into smaller groups, I bet there would be more than a few more deaths. After having walked for several minutes through the tunnels, I ended up at a sort of religious area. The cave I just entered has three exits, including the one I just came through, one to the left and one straight ahead. On the right side however, there is a sort of slope leading up to an altar. Behind the altar is a reptile-man with a fur cape-like thing. This is the first time I''ve seen a reptile-man wear clothes, for now I''ll call this one the priest. By the tunnel straight ahead I see two older reptile-men one was leading a group of seven younger reptile-men away. The only other older Reptile-man in the area is leading individual younger reptile-men to the priest and then sending them to the tunnel opposite me. I am lead to group of three younger reptile-men who haven''t been led to the priest yet. The older reptile-men that brought us here left back through the tunnel we came from, probably to find bring more reptile-men who just woke up. As I waited, I took note of what was happening each time a reptile-man was led up to the altar. First of all the priest would place their hand on the younger reptile-man''s head, then they would chant some kind of incantation, followed by a several second pause. Afterwards a different incantation would be chanted and then the younger reptile-man would be sent over to the older reptile-man waiting by the tunnel opposite the one I came through. The first incantation always seems to be the same, but the second incantation has a different ending each time, I''ve only heard it three times so I can''t be certain if that''s always the case. Finally it is my turn. I am pulled towards the alter, in the same manner the other reptile-men were, and left to stand in front of the priest. They place their four fingered hand on my head. "Gnsnsnchgnshegna," they chanted, the same chant as normal.
You are being appraised
I feel a strange something wriggling through my head, unable to acknowledge what the blue screen is saying. I feel that something squirm through my whole body, it doesn''t hurt, but it doesn''t feel pleasant either, almost as if every part of my being is being examined by this... this thing. As I came to, I felt a wave of relief pass over me, the surprise on the priests face puzzled me, did something go wrong, normally the priest would only wait ten or so seconds before chanting the next incantation. Did something go wrong, was that wriggling thing not meant to happen? "Osgh ignclu she Egraggo Gnosgnos." Before my guesses got too wild, the priest chants the second incantation, this time I feel a warmth flood my body, ridding me of the worry from earlier
You have been named Your name is Egraggo Gnosgnos
So, this was a naming ceremony? I have to admit that I do feel ''something'' from getting a name, but that earlier sensation fills me with fear. Now that I know that those blue screens show more than attribute increases, I wish I had read those two screens I missed. I left the altar and headed down to the group of younger reptile-men that had already gained their names. It''s a shame I can''t communicate with the other reptile-men, I have too many questions, and not enough answers. I guess I''ll just have to learn from listening and context, but the way they seem to create sound is so different, I can barely tell the difference between a growl and their language. Whilst trying to figure out the language, a group of seven was formed and we were led away by another older reptile-man, who came from the tunnel opposite the altar. I wonder where we will be taken to now? TBA -3 I, and the other six young reptile-men, were led through tunnels which branched every few minutes. After the third branching, we arrived at a room that seemed to be an armoury. In the room, there were a dozen or so barrels, each with handles of various weapons pointing out of the top. I even noticed a pile of daggers in one corner, but there was no armour. Most of the items seemed to be made from bone, barely any wood or metal. Even the barrels were made from clay. The leading reptile-man pulled one of the young reptile-men in with him. As I was about to follow, the two older reptile-men who were already there, blocked the path. It was just like the naming ceremony earlier, all I could do was wait around for my turn. When the first one left the room, or should I say pushed out of the room, they were holding two daggers. They were about to attack one of the other reptile-men, when one of the guard''s tail swept under their feet, knocking them over. The guard then wrapped a belt around the fallen over reptile-man and tucked the two daggers into the belt. This happened three more times, with slight differences between the way each reptile-man acted, before I was taken into the weapon room. Upon entering the room, I was pulled over to the pile of daggers. I guess they won''t allow us to have better weapons, but are they seriously expecting us to fight the moment we are born. It''s barbaric, though with the sheer number of eggs that hatched, I guess they have to thin the numbers somehow. Though I guess animals on Earth left their young to fend for themselves, I could consider myself lucky I was reborn as a species with enough intelligence to give names. Lost in thought, I picked up different daggers from the pile. They were all mainly sharpened bones or fangs attached to stone or with the handle carved out of the bone itself. I selected two daggers that were curved, their handles were also carved from the bone as I can imagine the stone handles not being that strong, especially since they are made from two parts instead of one. Having selected my weapon, the older reptile-man held a dagger and swung it, then they held my arm and slowly moved it in the same way they did. I mimicked their actions, slowly to not seem too strange. They kept moving the dagger in different ways, changing every time I seemed to copy their movements.
Congratulations! You have gained the skill [Dagger Technique] Dagger technique is now level 1
Information flowed into my mind, how to use a dagger, deflecting, slashing, stabbing, all sorts of methods. I stood there trying to process the information that suddenly appeared in my head. So there are skills too. The more this blue screen shows up the questions I end up having, the fact that it seemed to literally pour information into my head didn''t help either. But I won''t get any answers until I can actually talk with someone. I believe my sudden stop indicated to the older reptile-man that I gained the skill, which seemed to be the goal of this exercise, as they pushed me outside, like what happened to those before me, but unlike the other reptile-men, I didn''t try to attack the others, I simply allowed the older reptile-man to wrap a belt around my waist and placed the daggers in the belt for me. A dozen or so minutes later the final reptile-man had gained their daggers, after which we all were led down the tunnel again.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. This time we entered a large cavern. The cavern, much like everywhere else so far, is made of nothing but rock and dirt. I saw several groups of younger reptile-men in this cave, one group leaving just as I got here. Now I guess it''s time to wait even more, huh? This new life has been mostly waiting for things to happen, then I heard a stomach rumble. I looked at the source of the noise, only to find out it was the adult-reptile-man guiding us. They made us wait while they headed towards the tunnel a few adult reptile-men were entering and exiting, most likely to get us some food as the adult reptile-men exiting the cave were holding earthen containers and taking them to the groups that entered before them. A short while later, they came back with two other reptile-men, each one holding an earthen container. Inside the container were some strange balls. The three adult reptile-men each ate one, and then gave some to the rest of the group, though I noticed their facial muscles twitch when they ate them. I took a bite into my ''food'' only to immediately spit it out, like the rest of the young reptile-men did. This food was foul, dry and tasted what I thought rotten food would taste like, some of the young reptile-men were even coughing, trying to get the taste out of their mouth. Why would they give us such wretched food? I questioned, as the adult reptile-men ate another one each. The balls were only about the size of my hand, and the containers were large enough to hold ten each. If this is the only food we are getting today, then I should eat it. It''s better than starving, and I might have to eat it again in the future. *GULP* I tried to swallow it as fast as I could, ignoring the urge to throw up. I managed to hold it down, to the shock of the older reptile-men. They didn''t give me another, though, but the other young reptile-men, probably as a sense of rivalry, tried to eat theirs as well, only two managed to eat it with the rest spitting it back out. After the ''meal'', we left the cave through yet another tunnel. The tunnels slowly got wider and wider the further we walked through the branching complex. Once we reached the point where the tunnel was wide enough for all 10 of us to stand side by side, the three adult reptile-men had us stop. The older reptile-men drew their weapons, one had a spear and two had a sword and shield. Moments later, the sounds of scratching and hissing could be heard from further up the tunnel. The six and I drew our daggers from our belt as the older reptile-men stood in front guarding the rest of the group. Two giant grey rats as tall as the adult reptile-men charged down the tunnel. The two shield holding reptile-men each slammed their shield into the charging rats, a red ten and thirteen appearing where they were hit. One of the rats lashed back, clawing at their attacker, the other assaulted by a spear, which caused a red thirty to appear. The rats retaliated, breaking the spear and causing one of the adult reptile-men to fall over. The more injured rat, after breaking the spear, charged past the fallen reptile-man and charged at one of the young reptile-men. Two of them jumped at the rat, with daggers in hand, and slashed down at the rat, only to cause ones and zeroes to appear. The rat bites down on one of the reptile-men a red seven shows up as their body went limp. Killed in a single bite, terror filled me as the rat''s gaze fell upon me and mine fell upon the bloody neck of the dead reptile-man. The distance between us shrank in mere seconds, the claw flashed before my eyes. My arms were in front, trying in futile to stop the charging monster. I feel an impact as I loosen my grip on the dagger, a howl echoed in my ears as I felt pain coarse through my chest.