《Familiar's Chronicles》 Chapter 1: Worlds Upheaval. Come Forth, Udalth III! ¡°They really like to take their time to kill me, these zeros and ones.¡± Surrounding the area where Jord Udalth lives, a bunch of zeros and ones were glowing with a green tinge in a jet black darkness while engulfing and destroying everything in the virtual world where Jord lives, the VRMMORPG New Core Life Online. ¡°Well, at least I can appreciate more the sun in this place where I met that Player.¡± Jord looked up to the sun high in the sky. It is a place he will never be able to be because he was a Core Behemoth. Jord wasn¡¯t allowed to have the freedom to fly in the sky like humans do, although he had almost the same height of a Human child when standing on his two feet, human would be the last word someone would use to describe him. He was a Familiar and a Monster, and he was content with his existence, since it was the reason he had encountered the Player. Jord turned back his head with an elongated face to the house he spent his life creating using his Core¡¯s powers. He thought whilst showing an expression full of regret and melancholy, it is a shame, I was almost perfecting it. If nobody disturbed him, it wouldn¡¯t take too long to his lifetime job be completed and maybe that Player would come back to him after hearing about a gigantic palace close to the lake where they have met. But with the arrival of the Game Developers together with their nasty codes, it was all in vain. Maybe not, since he at least tried. I think the proverb was¡­ You can¡¯t accomplish anything if you stay idle for your whole life. It is better to me try and fail than sink into depression after that Player disappeared. However, no matter how he thought about beautiful words and proverbs, he couldn¡¯t stop his tears and indignation feelings at the sight of his house being engulfed by the darkness. Despite knowing he was a threat to the real world, Earth. Since he was a VR Bug, an NPC that gained sapience and became capable of accessing the Internet or even go to the real world. So he represented a danger to all the Earth if he caused havoc in the real world just like all his predecessors did after learning the truth about their existences. BUT! He already learned the truth many years ago when he met that Player and he never wished to even have a real body, he at most used the Internet to receive a University Degree and watch some cartoons. So why? Why are the Game Developers destroying everything? Jord from since he was born, he never bothered or hurt anybody. He just killed some nearby fellows NPCs to eat. It is the cycle of life, there is nothing to find fault or guilt. I just wanted to have a place to call home and bring friends to it, principally that Player! It is really necessary to destroy everything?! Turning back to the sunset, his tears fell on the hateable lake that almost killed him when he was younger and made him look to his current visage. Jord was covered with bistre scales and had a shiny platinum horn at end of his elongated face, a long tail, large and deep golden eyes that with their pure glow and compassionate expression seemed to expose to everyone the personality of their owner. I really tend to become arrogant when describing my eyes, maybe because they were the part of my body the Player most liked. On the middle of his chest, he had his greatest weakness and also the source of his earth power that made possible to him construct the palace, a brown diamond-shaped Core. He wore a dark green set of a ragged hooded cape and gloves with holes that he accidentally made using his retractable claws. Apart from his house, these were his most important belongings given to him by his best and only friend, the Player. Because he was a VR Bug he couldn¡¯t see the Player¡¯s name and never bothered to ask, since just the Player¡¯s presence was enough to reduce his boredom and wish for another friend in this world where he can¡¯t talk with his master or others NPCs. The zeros and ones finally gathered the courage to reach more closely to Jord. It was a fitting end, a AI killing another AI. When the sun was engulfed and the darkness filled the world, a message appeared at Jord¡¯s front. I can save you, you only need to answer me this. Do you want to live? Yes/No. With the chance of saving himself, he did what any other Familiar would do if presented with a similar choice. He said, ¡°no, thank you,¡± and pressed the ''No'' option. Being a VR Bug he knows that the message is not a prank from the developers because he can¡¯t see their messages. So based on the books he read on the Internet, it was some kind of higher existence trying to save him to do something or go on an adventure, or make new friends with a real body in another world. But Jord has already accepted his death, what is the meaning of trying to prolong his life? Won¡¯t you regret this? You will be able to build a kingdom and many of your dear houses! Press the ''Yes'' button and the salvation will come for you. Yes/No. ¡°No,¡± he pressed again the button. ¡­ Oh! Friends! You will have many friends and people to save. You are a kind and gentle Familiar, aren¡¯t you? So press the right button to help all sorts of people. You wouldn¡¯t let billions of people die, would you? Yes/No Jord perceived it was a tricky question and decided to just ignore the messages, cheater, it is unfair to put the scale of lives so high. I wanted to use it as a trump card to make certain you wouldn¡¯t let my future Master die, but extreme situations require extreme decisions. The Player -the one you have been always waiting for- will be in the world where we will be going. Jord narrowed his pure golden eyes and with his blood pumping more quickly through his metallic veins, he said. ¡°I know you are probably deceiving me, but¡­ go on.¡± The world, Onocent, that we are going is currently at the border of the Multiverse, away from the control of the Sixth Creator. So it is going to undergo the process of Upheaval of the first system created by the long-dead First Creator. There, my Master will be born and the Player too. I am certain of it because one of the Player¡¯s reincarnations has already been there in the past. So I want to you protect my, no, our Master from the Monsters created by the Upheaval. You don¡¯t need to make him a King by using the first system, just his safety is enough. And I will point the way to the Player. I assure you and it is not better to try and fail than sink into depression after that Player disappeared? ¡°Ha, so it is here where my words will bite me back.¡± Jord sighed and decided to tag along, ¡°okay,¡± I am going to regret this so much, but my longing is stronger than my reason. Are you going to make a contract with me? Yes/No ¡°Yes,¡± as Jord pressed the button, from thin air appeared a Grimoire made of leather with different symbols of all the elements bound by mini black chains engraved on it. *You just need to close your eyes and then you will be at the front of my future Master without feeling any discomfort.* The Grimoire with a masculine voice sent its thoughts to Jord without using messages at his front. Being a book kind of surprised Jord, however, its telepathic abilities not so much. After obeying it, Jord waited two seconds to open his eyes. And then at his vision, a dense and overgrown jungle materialized with plants and trees that seemed to come from the dinosaur era. Looking to the sides, appeared a Human? No, he was like a raccoon that has grown to the size of a human and was able to stand on his two paws. He also wore a strange brown animal pelt at his waist, the technology of here is at the tribal age or he is in the worst poor state I have already seen in my life¡­ maybe both. *He is our Master, Vimesh Quye.* The Grimoire said at the hands of the oversized raccoon. When Vimesh screamed, Jord noted he had an ash gray muzzle and the rest of his fur was gray. ¡°Ahh! Don¡¯t come here, Monster!¡± Vimesh took some dirt and began to throw it in fear at Jord. Jord frowned at Vimesh¡¯s display, but he knew that his actions in future would make Vimesh trust him, so he for now let Vimesh continue. ¡°A-Are you not going to attack me?¡± Vimesh used his five-fingered hands holding the Grimoire and stripped dense tail to cover himself while asking Jord with a high-pitched voice full of fear.This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. ¡°No, you are now my Master. I don¡¯t hope to you trust me from the start, but can you for now stop with the dirt? It is messing with my hooded cape and gloves.¡± Jord said while finding Vimesh¡¯s English odd. If the Grimoire had given him a way to understand his Master and the inhabitants of here, why Vimesh¡¯s words seem like an antique English full of variations? When Vimesh visually relaxed by dropping his shoulders, a message that wasn¡¯t from the Grimoire or Earth¡¯s Game Developers slowly became visible at the front of Jord and Vimesh. Congratulations! This planet, Onocent, has finally completed all the requisites to receive the first system of the Multiverses, the system of the First Creator or if you want to be more informal, the Empire Building System. Monsters will begin to spawn through all the planet and they will especially attack the people at night with incredible numbers. Arise above your peers and become a King to protect the people of the world! Or if you want, you can become a King to dominate them with an iron fist! The choice is yours! Good luck! First wave and Upheaval begin! ¡°What the-¡± Before Jord could finish his words, a wolf spawned above Vimesh with brown fur on it elongated face and red fur on it tails, ears, and paws. As it fell to the ground, it opened its jaws to try to eat Vimesh. Jord ordered his Earth Core to create a hatstand behind Vimesh to impale the wolf before it could reach close to his Master. The sharp pole together with all its pegs killed the wolf as it spilled blood on Vimesh¡¯s body and futilely struggled against the earth hatstand. You have gained 0.1 XP. You have gained the skill Impalement. Impalement: Thanks to you using a¡­ hatstand?... you are a strange one. Coming back to the skill. Anytime you try to impale something, it is easier to you penetrate your enemies¡¯ defense. Its power raises as you impale more enemies in a short period of time. If you use an Aura Point, you can evolve this skill. New Status Window Name: Jord Udalth Race: Core Behemoth Age: 52 Title: None Level: 1 (10%) TS (Tattoo Souls): None Class: None (Controller) Current Core: Earth Household Alignment: Neutral Good (+4567) RS (Racial Skill): Core Change AP (Aura Points): 0/1 Health: 300/300 Strength: 15 Manipulation: 22 Constitution: 30 Effect: 1 Dexterity: 15 Willpower: 122 [Skills] Active: Sprint, Earth Household Manipulation, Bite, Plunge. Passive: Impalement, Aeonian Song, Reading, Cooking, Design, Appraisal. [Quest] Current: None Jord had so many questions in his head, but thanks to the incessant screams of Vimesh, he will have to let this for later. ¡°B-Blood... BLOOD! BLOOOOD! AHHH!¡± Vimesh fainted while spasming like a patient with seizure or someone with blood phobia. Jord will have to be Vimesh¡¯s nanny for a while since Vimesh seems to have a true hemophobia. After putting him on his back and creating a tight earth blanket to not let him fall, the Grimoire at Vimesh¡¯s hands said. *Master¡¯s family and a group of people are probably going to be attacked as well, what are you going to do?* ¡°Let¡¯s save them, I won¡¯t feel good if those people die because they are weak as Master, and are incapable of saving themselves,¡± Jord said with a smile, when will I meet the Player? Anyway, saving people comes first. *I will guide you.* Jord created at his front a small house without furniture and then extremely curved it to its roof point to the front. Jumping on it and using his hands to hold on the roof, Jord commanded, ¡°O My Heart! If friends aren¡¯t coming to our house, the house will come to them!¡± Jord¡¯s Core shone with an affectionate brown glow and the house began to quickly grow to the front with an incredible speed. With the wind hitting his face and cape flapping, Jord manipulated the growth house to avoid the trees and follow the Grimoire¡¯s instructions. ¡°How about a little of backstory to make me understand what kind of planet is this?¡± Jord said after impaling another wolf at the house¡¯s front with a hatstand. You gained 0.1 XP. *This world before the Ice Age had something called Holy Woman that united all the Races and created six teachings that can¡¯t be disobeyed. They are...*
  1. Exist only one Language, but you can add new words.
  2. Gloves with claws and Cloaks are the highest and most important symbols.
  3. Platinum, Gold, Bistre, and Dark Green are the most beautiful colors. Revere them.
  4. A higher age or close kinship don''t make the person more respectable.
  5. Don''t kill or fight when the moon is red. That day is too important to be soiled by the blood of anyone.
  6. Follow the Universal Honor before War.
*The people of this area don¡¯t know the second and third teachings because-* ¡°Sorry, but you will have to let this for later. We arrived at our objective.¡± Jord said noting people like Vimesh but with different animals as the base and some Humans, fighting giant rats while holding weapons made of wood and stone or shining minerals that threw some really basic spells at the rats, so this is their magic, but it is not too weak? ¡°Wake up our Master, I need an excuse to them believe I am not going to hurt them.¡± Jord used the house to smash a close rat and then impaled three rats close to killing some children at the back of the adults. *He will just faint again and I doubt someone here will take Master¡¯s words seriously. When the monsters die just make some houses and they will take you as their savior while talking with them. Since they were expelled yesterday they crave for a good place to sleep.* So his position is not high here? It will be a pain in the ass to make these people believe me. Jord continued to help in the fight by impaling more rats and taking care to protect the elderly and the children when another message appeared at his front. Level Up! You''re now Level 2. Because you are of the Controller type, you will receive +3.5 at Manipulation and +0.5 to the rest of the attributes. Jord killed two more rats and all the monsters attacking the people died, which made the nearby people look at him with fear, awe, and gratefulness. +3 to Alignment. He didn¡¯t want to the situation to escalate so he did what the Grimoire have said and created a big house with furniture at his side while saying, ¡°I didn¡¯t come here to hurt you, I even saved the ones that can¡¯t fight. How about I create houses to you and in exchange, you guys won¡¯t attack me? The beds are soft, I assure you. It took me five years to make a soft earth, I am confident they are comfortable.¡± One of the people that looked like a panther with amber eyes and maybe the leader, stepped forward and bowed to Jord. ¡°Thank you for saving my daughter!¡± Straightening back, he adopted a posture more strict and determined. ¡°But it is impossible to us trust you so easily. Although you can talk, who know that if we enter in this strange earth yellow cube we wouldn¡¯t immediately die?¡± There was some shouting at the back against the black tar panther¡¯s opinion. ¡°What are talking about?! It has already saved us and the children! It even made possible to nobody die in this attack! Stop being so distrustful!¡± The panther raised his hand and the shouting stopped. ¡°Wait, I still haven''t finished. Let me talk with it until the end.¡± He looked at Jord¡¯s eyes. ¡°Since we were expelled or better ¡®outcasted¡¯ yesterday by the Messiah, we wandered through the Worm Forest without a place to rest, and some Humans and Virofolks had become lost of our main group. If you find and protect them, we will trust you without any misgivings.¡± ¡°I will do it, just give me the general directions and I will use one of my abilities to search them.¡± Jord flashed a smile with his jaw full of teeth at the worried panther. ¡°Now it is just a personal and selfish request of mine. You don¡¯t need to care about it if you don¡¯t want.¡± The panther dropped to his knees and audibly hit his head full of fur on the ground while crying. ¡°Can you please find and save my wife? I can¡¯t leave this place to search for her since the majority here is weak and don¡¯t know well how to manipulate M.A.N.A. Carmina is also weak, so I don¡¯t even dare to-¡± ¡°Calm down. You are the leader here, aren¡¯t you?¡± Jord said. ¡°I will save her with one condition.¡± ¡°What it is? I will do anything.¡± The panther raised its tear filled face. ¡°My name is Jord Udalth, can you begin to call me in this way? It kind of hurt hearing ¡®it¡¯ so many times.¡± ¡°Just calling you by your name and you will help?¡± The panther said with disbelief stamped on his face. ¡°Just it,¡± Jord said. ¡°It has been so many years since someone used my name that I am beginning to even forget what it sounds like.¡± Jord slightly closed his eyes with sorrow while remembering the joyful memories with the Player and how his loneliness was- Jord stopped his reasoning before being too late and he starts to cry like the panther. ¡°Since you told your name, I should do the same. My name is Ethakon Feirith and I am counting on you, Jord Udalth.¡± Ethakon stopped crying and came back to the Leader Mode. ¡°I am going now, but it is hard to fight with him on my back. Can you take care of him?¡± Jord let loose the earth blanket and placed Vimesh on the ground. ¡°Vimesh! So this useless debauchee is still alive.¡± Ethakon despite speaking hard words to the fainted Vimesh, he seemed to be relieved and happy by Vimesh still being alive. Jord took the Grimoire from Vimesh¡¯s hands and went to a place far away from the group of people. ¡°Can you guide me once again?¡± The Grimoire sighed. *How a mighty Artifact of the beginning of the Multiverse transformed into a mere GPS?* ¡°You can complain, but you are going to do this anyway, right? I can feel you won¡¯t let innocents die, you are just like me.¡± Jord said with a smirk. *In what aspect?* ¡°We both are old men searching for a purpose to fill the void in our hearts. For me is the Player, and Vimesh is what fills your leather heart.¡± Jord said, laughing. *...When did you discover my gender? I thought I had used an androgynous voice.* ¡°You tried to hide? I from the start already thought you were a man. You need to get better at disguising your voice.¡± *...Fine, but if I am going to become a GPS, I will act like a true one and you will be the car.* *Calculating coordinates¡­ aside from a Human and a Half-Viro that are separated, the rest are in the same place. Calculating the shortest route.... turn left after sixty meters.* The Grimoire said with a robotic voice that seemed to be almost dying because of the bad quality of it. ¡°Shouldn¡¯t you be a mighty Artifact of the beginning of the Multiverse?! How come you accepted this so easily with a robotic voice so fake?!¡± *Hey, car. I said turn left after sixty meters.* ¡°I don¡¯t know who is more strange, I that use furniture and houses to kill or an Artifact that got into the role of a GPS so quickly.¡± *Just go on, Car.* ¡°Okay, GPS.¡± The Car followed once again the GPS¡¯s instructions to save people. Chapter 2: Corruption Jord hurried to the group of people at the west since he had already encountered and sent back the Human and the Half-Viro that is mute for some reason. On the way, the Grimoire explained to him more about the Virofolk and how magic works in Onocent. *The Virofolk like you have already seen, they had semblances to animals and the Half-Viro only had some parts of an animal like the ears, tails or even the eyes. What makes the Virofolk special is that they can transform themselves to become a real animal from Earth. But with the Upheaval this ability became kind of useless because this Viro form will make them at the middle of the battle lose all their weapons and armors, putting their life at risk to just receive a little bonus in the Attributes.* *The Humans are the same from the Earth. And the magic here is ¡®weak¡¯. They use the Mineral Aether of the Number Aeonian together with poems to use basic Elemental Manipulation. For convenience, they call the energy inside of the Minerals necessary to activate magic of M.A.N.A.¡± Sincerely, I will just call it Mana. ¡°What do you mean by ¡®poems¡¯?¡± Jord said. *They can also be called of chants. To use magic you need to hold the Mineral that becomes more powerful based on its purity rate and shout a verse that yourself created. The maximum is two verses. And if someone sings a song instead of a short poem the power of the magic become beyond the limits allowed to exist. But only the Holy Woman and the Messiah are able to sing without dying or the Mineral exploding because of the concentration of M.A.N.A.* The figure named Messiah appeared a lot when the Grimoire talked and Jord wanted to ask more, however, their objective is close. How Jord knew without the Grimoire saying anything? A bellow of feminine rage was loud enough to Jord know exactly where the rest of the people are. ¡°Come, thrash! This Carmina here will shred all of you until nothing is left to your shit mother recognize you! It is your punishment for disturbing a lady when she is using the Nature¡¯s bathroom!¡± It seems Ethakon¡¯ wife isn¡¯t weak as he had said. *She still is the same, huh.* ¡°Do you know her?¡± *Story for another time.* Arriving at the battle scene, this time the enemy is just one, no, there were some rats sneaking in the children once again, Jord quickly impaled them. What is their problem with the children? ¡°Hey, if you also want to die, wait your turn.¡± The female Virofolk with the aspect of a leopard, bulging muscles, blond hair or blond fur on the head? And also wearing pelts covering her most important parts, said to Jord while fighting a slightly bigger wolf. ¡°I am here to help at your husband¡¯s request and I already rescued two people that became lost to prove it.¡± Jord tried to create another hatstand to impale the big wolf, but it was able to evade it. Maybe the wolf had seen the rats being impaled and learned from their mistakes? Not that it will make a great difference. ¡°If you are really strong enough to receive Etha¡¯s respect, so kill this damn thing. It is too quick for me to hit.¡± Carmina stabbed her spear at the wolf¡¯s direction, putting so much strength that from Jord¡¯s position was possible to hear the spear¡¯s wood cracking. But it was useless because the wolf evaded the stab and plunged at Jord. ¡°Now you are talking in a more easy way to understand. I just need to kill it, right?¡± Jord¡¯s Core shone. ¡°If you can avoid one hatstand, how about a bunch of them?¡± On the wolf¡¯s path, innumerable hatstands began to appear to impale it. But with its life in line, the wolf¡¯s legs became blue with a small wing tattoo on it and avoided all of them with a speed even higher than when it was fighting Carmina. The wolf had some strange speed ability to take it from danger, but it is just a futile effort because- ¡°Your path became too much predictable.¡± Jord used the hatstands to guide the wolf to a tree that he prepared a curved hatstand behind of it. When the wolf was close enough, Jord¡¯s Core shined with a blinding intensity and the hatstand behind the tree became hard as metal while twisting in the same place. ¡°O My Heart! Sometimes to friends go to your place, you need to,¡± the spinning hatstand with a sudden burst penetrated the tree that it was hiding behind and grew enough to reach the wolf, ¡°dirty your hands!¡± The hatstand impaled the wolf in the ground by penetrating its brain, heart, and stomach. The wolf hanged above the ground by the hatstand just like an animal in a barbecue before being served. You killed a Wolf Leader Lvl 6. You gained 16 XP. You''re now Level 3. +3.5 to Manipulation. +0.5 to the rest. +0 to Alignment. Was he that strong? No wonder the Muscle Woman had problem to deal with it. From the wolf¡¯s corpse, a small blue ball of light appeared and went to Jord¡¯s front. Congratulations! This is the first Tattoo Soul that you received by killing a Monster. Liberty Wings(Uncommon) Lvl 1: When you activate the Tattoo, your Dexterity will be increased by 10% and if your Class is from the Speedster type, you will passively have a small chance of avoiding an unseen fatal attack. Warning: At your current Level you can only have one Tattoo Soul and the process is irreversible. Choose carefully and if the Tattoo Soul is not adequate to you, you can give it to someone. You have one hour remaining before the Tattoo Soul disappears. Jord was unfortunately from the Controller type, so this Tattoo Soul was useless to him. Looking around he saw Carmina coming to his direction, he perceived she was the sort of woman that valued more actions than words and since he will have to live together with the people taking care of Vimesh, he didn¡¯t see a problem in improving their relationship. ¡°Accept it or not. It is your choice.¡± Jord threw to her the ball of light. Carmina caught the ball without fear in her black eyes and after reading the system¡¯s message, she grinned. ¡°I feel we are going to become great friends if you continue to give me such great gifts.¡± The Tattoo Soul fused into her hand and appeared as a small tattoo with a form of a wing on her legs. ¡°Are you a Speedster?¡± ¡°Yes, do you a problem with it?¡± She folded her fur arms.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. ¡°No,¡± Jord said while thinking, this world is strange. How is someone so full of muscles from the Speedster type? Carmina took the wolf with her and asked some questions to Jord before allowing the rest of the people follow him to Ethakon¡¯s position. While guiding them with his trusted GPS, Jord asked the system more about the Tattoo Soul. Tattoo Souls are the essence of Monsters and they can be obtained in two ways. ¡°What about the rarity?¡± They just represent how ¡®powerful¡¯ the Tattoo is. But there is an exception, if you receive a Tattoo with the rarity of Custom, means its powers will be based on your Attributes, Skills, and Race. So it is impossible to properly evaluate it. Arriving at the place where Ethakon and the others are, Carmina and Ethakon began to sprint when they saw each other. Ethakon opened his arms with a refreshing smile and Carmina let go of the wolf and spear. What a lovely couple was the first impression of this scene, but the next action of Carmina made Jord change his opinion. ¡°Stupid Chief!¡± Carmina roundhouse kicked Ethakon¡¯s abdomen, sending him flying. ¡°I told you we can¡¯t travel when the moon is red in the Worm Forest! Because of your stubbornness, people became lost and if that Jord Udalth didn¡¯t appear to kill a strange Monster, I would have probably died! What do you have to say in your defense?¡± ¡°I am sor-¡± Ethakon tried to speak after coughing blood, but Carmina kicked him again. ¡°Say louder!¡± ¡°I AM SORRY!¡± When Ethakon finished, Carmina lifted him up and roughly kissed him. ¡°Our daughter is fine?¡± She asked after releasing him. ¡°Yes, Jord had saved her.¡± Carmina sighed with relief and went to search her daughter. ¡°Where is Vimesh Quye?¡± Jord asked with the Grimoire is his hands. ¡°He is with his mother, just go straight and you will find him,¡± Ethakon said after recovering from the encounter with his wife. ¡°Thank you.¡± When Jord was beginning to walk to Vimesh''s direction, Ethakon said. ¡°Some children were too tired and their mothers took them to sleep in the bed of your house without any fear. They loved the bed and blankets.¡± ¡°I am happy to hear that.¡± ¡°So, if it is not too much hassle to you, can you make more houses in that place?¡± Ethakon pointed to a flat land amidst all the forest. They probably have cut the trees. ¡°No problem. Do you have any kind of special request? Like more windows, beds, doors, designs in the blankets or hatstands? I would especially recommend the hatstands.¡± ¡°If possible make as many as possible beds.¡± Ethakon bowed once again. ¡°I am really sorry for asking so many things to you. You have already rescued everyone and now is making houses for us. My father must be laughing at me now, how could I be asking more favors to the person that have saved my daughter?! I am my family¡¯s shame!¡± ¡°It is fine. Just for you already recognize me as a person is enough.¡± Jord went to the designated place and considered his options to permit the maximum of people and beds in each house without being too crowded. Doing some math and using the same square base to all the houses, Jord created ten houses with four beds in each one. He also added some holes in the walls to improve the air circulation, doors with earth knobs and some extra pillows in case someone likes to sleep with two or more below their heads. Jord finished the houses and went to Vimesh¡¯s location while everyone looked at him with grateful expressions, especially the children and the elderly. Seeing Vimesh and going close to him, the first thing Jord did was to wince and hold his breath at the smell of rottenness and¡­ something he can just describe as death and corruption. ¡°Who is¡­ oh! You.¡± Vimesh took his gaze away from the corpse, no, a female body that sometimes twitched and was the reason for the bad smell. ¡°Thank you for saving me and sorry for fainting. When I see blood¡­ it is as if this not even my own body and I can¡¯t control what I do. On most of the times I just faint without screaming and in others I do things I regret until today. For luck when I have sex with a virgin, I end up not seeing the blood because it is really hard to see anything on the night nowadays.¡± This is for real? He just said that without any shame? ¡°What is the deal with the book and you being my familiar?¡± Vimesh said with his short black hair and face full of sweat. The Grimoire transported itself to Vimesh¡¯s hands, provoking a gasp from him. *I''m a mighty Artifact of the beginning of the Multiverse and I have chosen you as my Master. If you release my seals, you would be able to summon more Familiars and receive grand powers. And this one at your front is Jord Udalth III and he is your Familars¡¯ King.* ¡°Even if you say all these things, I¡¯m not really interested in being your Master and having something like a Familiar. Since if I have one, maybe those two blockheads chiefs will make me fight at the frontline and this is the last thing I want. Just let me take care of my mother.¡± Vimesh threw the Grimoire to Jord. *What if I know a way to cure your mother? Would you still deny your ownership over me and continue as a coward?* This man really knows how to use the people¡¯s weakness. Vimesh with blank and void eyes as if without any kind of hope, said, ¡°I¡¯m listening.¡± *Your mother will die in three days. Your half-baked treatment in the last years using nearby herbs has finally reached its limit.* ¡°...¡± *And the only person capable to grant you a way to prolong her life is your Familiar, Jord Udalth III!* Jord gazed at rotten body not understanding how his powers would save someone so close to death. *If he becomes a King, he will be able to give you a Class to prolong more your mother¡¯s life. And he is also the only person capable to completely cure your mother in the future! The key to your mother¡¯s salvation is Jord Udalth III! So accept your role as my Master, you want to save her, don¡¯t you?* Vimesh looked at Jord. ¡°... when you help me prolong mother¡¯s life, I will become this book¡¯s master. But for now, just leave me alone.¡± ¡°What happened to her? I need to know to help her.¡± Jord said. ¡°She sang to use magic and the Mineral Aether of the Number Aeonian corrupted her body. It is now slowly decaying her while at the same time proving her nutrients to survive.¡± Vimesh turned back to his mother. Jord became wide-eyed at the prospect of singing while using magic be such big deal enough to let someone that is not the Holy Woman or the Messiah at this state. Thinking about the Messiah made Jord remember that he doesn¡¯t know why these people are here in the middle of a jungle. ¡°I came to this Universe today, so can you explain to me what happened to you guys be ¡®outcasted¡¯?¡± Vimesh sighed. ¡°Fine, it happened like this¡­¡± Vimesh explained to Jord that after an Ice Age where all the Races got separated, for years their group wandered through Onocent. But without a home and religion, tension began to born between the Humans and Virofolk. And then one day, someone from the Humans had invented the concept of a city. The people from both the Races were excited by it. When they were building the wooden city, a herd of swocs- the cows from here- had appeared and threatened the safety of everyone, so the person that had invented the concept of a city came forward and sang while using magic to kill them. As this person didn¡¯t suffer after singing the Holy Song, she became the Messiah. Months passed and the city was finished, however, she suddenly introduced a caste system that Virofolk without any talent as blacksmiths, artisans or other useful profession had to receive a slave mark to be in the city, if not, they would be expelled from the city. This led to the actual situation with Humans that didn¡¯t agree with Messiah or relatives of the ¡®useless¡¯ Virofolk had left the city yesterday and ended up becoming lost in the Worm Forest. As Vimesh finished the explanation, the night came. And with it, the Monsters too. Chapter 3.1: To the Dungeon! New Quest! First Bloody Night: The Monsters won¡¯t stop spawning until the sunrise, but if someone kills the Monster Chief of the area, they will stop spawning. Your objective is to survive this night using any means necessary to receive the right to use the Appraisal Skill. Main Rewards: 10 XP, Appraisal, +10 Free Attributes. Secondary Rewards: If you kill the Monster Chief of your area, you will receive a Custom Tattoo Soul. And if you kill the majority of Monsters, you will receive an Inventory. The First Survival Game will begin in twenty minutes! You can now use your AP(Aura Points). ¡°What are you going to do? They can spawn above your head just like we first met, so if you don¡¯t fight, you won¡¯t be capable of protecting your mother.¡± Jord considered the last thing he wants to do in this situation and sighed at the prospect of having to do it because of Vimesh¡¯s safety. ¡°I will stay with my mother, if she dies, I will die too. Go help the others. I will stay right here, it is too dangerous to move mother¡¯s body in the middle of a fight. Her fragile body can¡¯t handle quick movement.¡± Vimesh said while stammering and holding tight the Grimoire in his hands. So his love is stronger than his cowardice¡­ damn, I will really have to summon that annoying thing if I want to help the others while ensuring Master¡¯s life. ¡°Come Forth, Dhasharan!¡± Jord¡¯s Core emitted a colorful beam that entered the earth and caused a lump of earth to float while beating like a heart. From it came the first illusion that Jord had thought to be a friend, but in the end didn¡¯t have sentience and only repeated the same thing over and over. Looking back in the past, Jord was naive beyond measure to think that a butler he specially made to his first house would be different of any NPC around him. At least the butler was strong and obeyed him. The lump of earth grew to an adult Human¡¯s height and began to create limbs to it movement itself. After a few seconds, at Vimesh and Jord¡¯s front, a man with silvery white eyes and a complete butler¡¯s uniform appeared while bowing. Straightening his earth tailored jacket (which makes no sense), vest and bow tie, Dhasharan said. ¡°Lord Third.¡± Jord with throbbing metallic veins in his neck, not enduring to hear the damn thing saying the same thing for more than fifty years, said while controlling his temper, ¡°protect this man and the woman while I am away.¡± ¡°Lord Third, Lord Third, Lord Third-¡± ¡°SHUT UP!¡± Jord quickly got away from Dhasharan before his anger made him destroy the butler or Vimesh asked him what a butler is. He went to Carmina and Ethakon¡¯s location whilst checking the skills he could evolve with his three Aura Points. ¡°I want to evolve Impalement, Bite and Earth Household Manipulation.¡± Impalement is now Bloodthirsty Impalement: Using any mean resembling impalement, you recover 0.5% of your Max Health from enemy killed. After killing anything by impalement, your next impalement will receive the double of power. Bite is now Earth Bite: If your feet are on the ground or on your Core¡¯s creations, your bites will receive the earth¡¯s power, increasing its strength and penetrative power. Metal Properties Manipulation has been added to Earth Household Manipulation: You can now make any construction of yours have ten metal¡¯s characteristics at maximum. Metal? Wait¡­ this means I can finally make a lustrous hatstand! It is as if a dream co- Jord¡¯s revelation of the century was interrupted by Carmina¡¯s boisterous voice. ¡°Good, you are finally here. Let¡¯s go kill these fuckers!¡± ¡°Wait, we can¡¯t leave this place unprotected. They can spawn in any place.¡± Jord said. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I have arranged some ¡®weapons¡¯ to anyone that seemed able to hold a spear.¡± Jord looked around, noting several Humans and Virofolk holding sticks, and the mute Half-Viro using only his hands to cut trees. ¡°These will be more useful than sticks.¡± Jord made appear from the earth oversized metal knives with holes in the pummels and pointy metal forks with the same holes to help them use as weapons.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. The people held the kitchen utensils with awe and Carmina laughed as she cut the nearby trees. ¡°So sharp! Now this is a weapon, but why this form seems familiar to me?¡± ¡°What is the plan?¡± Jord asked to take her attention away from the knife. ¡°Well, protecting the people is important so we will let the majority here close to your houses. However, I don¡¯t think that waiting for the sunrise is the correct way to survive this ¡®Survival Game¡¯. So I, you and Etha will advance against the herd of Monsters to kill the Monster Chief.¡± Jord nodded and began to exchange information with Ethakon and Carmina about his abilities to increase their teamwork until the time limit ended. ¡°I have two glaring weaknesses, if someone touches my Core I will become immobile and I am weak to water, making impossible to me swim,¡± Jord said after hearing about the strong and weak points of Ehtakon and Carmina. ¡°Is it really fine to be telling this to us?¡± Ethakon said. ¡°We have only met today, I can¡¯t say I approve you being so naive,¡± Carmina said with a frown. ¡°I know I am being naive, however, I want to construct a trustful relationship with you two, so displaying my weaknesses is a necessity.¡± Jord¡¯s golden eyes shined. ¡°Will you two use this information to kill me or use it to protect me from water and someone touching my Core? You two can consider this as a gamble of an old man that is risking his life to have some friends. Nothing more or nothing less. Just a gamble.¡± Jord said with a smirk. Ethakon and Carmina became silent at Jord¡¯s words. And just before the time ended, Carmina asked with wide-eyes after some switch had been turned in her head. ¡°YOU ARE A OLD MAN?! How many years do you have?¡± ¡°Hey, it is rude to ask someone¡¯s age. But I have fifty-two years.¡± Ethakon and Carmina sighed with relief. ¡°Thank the Holy Woman, after knowing you and hearing your voice we were worried that maybe you were a child because of your size. We can now fight with peace of mind.¡± ¡°Is my voice that childish?¡± Jord said with distress stamped on his face. ¡°Yes.¡± Ethakon and Carmina said at the same time. It was as if Jord could hear the Grimoire saying, ¡®who need to get better at disguising voice, me or you?¡¯. Jord cursed his eternal childish voice because of the settings of the New Core Life Online that even as a VR Bug he couldn''t change and heard the signal to the Survival Game¡¯s beginning. Good Luck! Chief Bloody Bones with the Soulkeeper¡¯s permission surged from the Abyss to test you and see if you are worthy of your True Name. Chief Bloody Bones spawns a legion of undeads at your front and uses goblins as the normal spawn in your area after every ten minutes without being defeated. At Jord¡¯s vision, countless skeletons and zombies appeared from thin air. The skeletons were gigantic with differents white-smoke base forms, some seemed humans and others were some kind of dinosaur. The zombies were completely made of Humans or Virofolk, with their flesh and soul decaying, they in Jord¡¯s mind looked like Vimesh¡¯s mother principally because of their scent. Carmina roared to the skies and activated her Tattoo Soul. ¡°HUARRRR!¡± She advanced to the legion and began to rip apart all the Monsters, even the ones that seemed like female children asking for help with the words ¡®mom¡¯ or ¡®mommy¡¯. What happened to the plan? Ethakon followed his wife in silence while killing the Monsters with his metal fork, making Jord follow them to ensure their safety without any plan. Jord while impaling the majority of zombies and tearing through the skeletons with his Earth Bite and claws, perceived a strange fact. He wasn¡¯t receiving XP at all! A skeleton with the form of a Tyrannosaurus, two blue balls of light floating above its skull, shouldn¡¯t they normally be inside?, plunged at Jord with its open jaw in flames. Jord created a metal closet on the way of the dinosaur skeleton, stopping its attack and also restraining it by binding the closet to its teeth. Jord manipulated two big knives to destroy the skeleton''s head before it could break free from the closet. The knives gleamed at the same tint of the Moon, severing the dinosaur''s head and all its body fell apart. When Jord though it was over, one blue ball of light burst out and the skeleton¡¯s bones began to reconstruct themselves and- Jord with one of the metal knives destroyed the other ball of light and with the other crushed the dinosaur''s bones, preventing the skeleton¡¯s revival. It is good to have a restoration power, but if it takes too long, it is useless in combat. You killed the Skeleton Leader +2 to Alignment Even after killing a strong Monster with two names, Jord still hadn¡¯t received XP! Although he received some Alignment he doesn¡¯t know well what it serves for in a fight. But this situation which he doesn¡¯t receive XP could only mean one thing. The First System didn¡¯t want to facilitate this Survival Game by making everyone gradually become more powerful after killing some Monsters to raise their Attributes and their chances of survival. What a bad taste ¡®game¡¯. Jord continued to go through the legion and ended up meeting Carmina and Ethakon after there wasn¡¯t any normal Monster in their way, only their final objective. However, they took too long to find the Monster Chief. Goblins has spawn through all your area. ¡°Good night, Lord Third. I am Bloody Bones and I am here to test Your Excellency in this obsolete Empire Building System. Don¡¯t worry, no weakling will appear here to disturb us.¡± The Chief Skeleton with flesh tissues all around its body and a puddle of blood on its feet, bowed just like a gentleman. ¡°Then, let¡¯s begin the test with these ¡®animals¡¯ as your support.¡± Four red balls of light lighten up on Bloody Bones, two above its skull and another two at the socket of his eyes. Carmina and Ethakon speeded up to the Monster Chief¡¯s location before Jord could warn them about the balls of lights. Chapter 3.2: To the Dungeon! Vimesh looked up to the green-skinned Monsters and decided to not care too much about them. After making a test on his mother today and discovering her time limit, even his cowardice couldn¡¯t make him flee to survive, so he just blankly stared at the Monsters while seeing on the corner of his eyes the guardian of dirt tapping his chin of earth. ¡°What¡­ Ran, do you really want to eat these lowlifes?¡± The yellow guardian talked to itself. ¡°What I am going to do with you? You become quite spoiled because of the Second¡­ fine, we have to protect these imitations anyways.¡± As the moon mysteriously gleamed even more in this location, it cast a grand shadow on the guardian of dirt. Vimesh began to tremble as he felt as if the essence of evil and darkness were emerging from its slumber. The Shadow warped with life and a baleful aura not belonging to this world, and sixteen silvery white eyes with black slit pupils opened at the same time on it. Provoking a primal fear on Vimesh and the goblins. Eight elongated heads with random flickering blue arrows through its body surged from the shadow. When one of them looked at Vimesh, he felt his life escaping him as if being stared by the death itself, no, it was an existence above the mere and simple death. The snake-head lost interest on him and began an onslaught on the goblins that stayed still while being shredded, gutted and eaten. Entrails, members, and blood flew everywhere whilst the eight snake-heads had their lunch. Some Goblins¡¯ remains and blood arrived at Vimesh and normally he would already have fainted, but his flesh, nerves, blood, bones and even his soul seemed to be screaming to him, ¡¯DON¡¯T ANGER IT! DON¡¯T TAKE YOUR EYES FROM IT! YOU WILL RECEIVE A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH!¡¯, not permitting him to faint. However, no matter how loud his soul screamed, it couldn¡¯t stop the normal Vimesh¡¯s body reaction watching such carnage and blood flying. He perceived the reaction by feeling a hot liquid forming a puddle under his feet. The eight heads finished their feast and returned to the guardian of dirt¡¯s shadow. Being free from the pressure of that Monster, Vimesh almost slumped on the ground, but a stupid question coming from deep of him won over his intelligence in this moment where he couldn¡¯t properly reason. ¡°W-W-What are you?¡± ¡°Humm¡­ it is a difficult question.¡± The yellow guardian rocked its head to the sides. ¡°In the most purest and simple terms, you can say I am an Avatar and Ran is my counterpart.¡± ¡°Wha-¡± ¡°Before I forget, no even try to say to Jord that I can say anything beyond Lord Third or about Ran¡¯s powers. It is not like I am threatening you, I am just saying this to save your time. Because ¡®We¡¯ and Jord are subjected by the Destroyer¡¯s System that is much more powerful than this First Creator System. So I can¡¯t talk with Jord or help him, and nobody can tell him about my true self. Even if you try to say or write something, you would be impeded.¡± When Vimesh was trying to process everything and ignore the blood to not faint, the Grimoire said. *Vimesh Quye, this is a chance to improve yourself. Others people are being attacked by the goblins right now. If you go to the center with your mother, Dhasharan will have to follow you to protect you two and kill the goblins, in this way helping to lessen the injured by the goblins¡¯ attacks.* ¡°Why would I do this?! Do you know much blood will I have to see or the fear I feel close to that shadow?!¡± Vimesh hysterically screamed while trying to crush the Grimoire for making such suggestion. *How much time will you continue tied to your father¡¯s ghost? If you don¡¯t try to face your fears head-on, you won¡¯t marry or act when it is time to save your loved ones! And what would your mother think of you if you had a chance of helping your friends and didn¡¯t do it?* This damn book! It is not like I don¡¯t want to save people or become some kind of hero. I just can¡¯t! I- Vimesh in his disoriented mind ended up looking to the place he swore to never look again, his mother¡¯s smiling face. Don¡¯t look at me with this face! Why do you always smile even at the death¡¯s door! AHHH! STOP! Vimesh¡¯s deep and forgotten memories on the corner of his brain were reactivated and he saw his father¡¯s large back protecting him. Vimesh¡¯s father was a man of few words and always did his best to protect his family. So it is as if fated that his end would be protecting his useless son. As his father and mother¡¯s blood coated Vimesh, his father turned to him and said his last words¡­ Coming back to the present, Vimesh wept and gently place his mother on his arms. Without any words, he began to slowly tread through the blood and go to the place where there is more shouting. *Good, one step at a time. Moving forward is the only path left to you transform yourself.* ¡°Nowadays even an imitation wants to change his Fate and Destiny. The Multiverses became crazy, however, considering my past I can¡¯t complain too much.¡± The guardian of dirt followed Vimesh while whistling. ¡°On the day of the Third¡¯s death, we will become one again and met the Second. This doesn¡¯t make you even more excited about the future, Ran? I even want to sing right now!¡± A horrible tone-deaf song resounded through the encampment together with cries of fear and death.If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.
Jord maintained distance from the fight to find a chance to destroy all the balls of lights at the same time while Ethakon and Carmina imprudently charged at the Monster Chief. Bloody Bones stomped on the puddle of blood and three spears of blood appeared, two by themselves went to attack Ethakon and Carmina, and Bloody Bones held the final spear. ¡°I will burn them!¡± Ethakon from the sack on his waist took out a scarlet Mineral. ¡°Ahydrite! The revolution can be destroyed, but not the flames of my heart!¡± Finishing the short poem, the Ahydrite Mineral released a small burst of fire that engulfed the spears. However, it was useless because the spears of blood easily bypassed the fire and if it wasn¡¯t for Carmina kicking Ethakon to the sides, he would have died. The spears losing their original target went to Jord whilst Bloody Bones advanced and traded blows with Carmina and Ethakon. Jord produced a barrier made of four metal closets to stop the spears. Perceiving the spears stopped on the third closet, he prepared hatstands below the field while increasing their density at maximum. Goblins has spawn through all your area. ¡°Die!¡± Carmina became more urgent with the new goblin alert and took one Bloody Bones¡¯ spear thrust to reach close to him. Holding her knife with a maniacal grin, she cut Bloody Bones¡¯ head off. ¡°Get away from it!¡± Jord yelled as one red ball of light burst out and another spear appeared from the puddle of blood below Bloody Bones. Jord¡¯s perception of time seemed to make the scene move slower and he could see Ethakon¡¯s desperate face. Jord considered his options, the hatstands below the earth aren¡¯t quick enough to save her because even if I destroy the lights or Bloody Bones¡¯ body, that bloody spear can move by itself and also is able of cutting through my creations. Then¡­ There is only that way that harms me too. Jord concentrated in the knife on Carmina¡¯s hand and put his hand over his Core, making him immobile but also capable of giving more complex commands to his creations. Bloody Bones¡¯ spear reached the fur of Carmina¡¯s neck and a little of blood began to spill out- Explode!, Jord¡¯s urgent command made a great amount of Essence Energy flow through the knife and create a mini-essence field around it that immediately exploded, and threw Bloody Bones, the blood spear and Carmina away from each other before the spear could take Carmina¡¯s life. ¡°Blargh!¡± Jord vomited a mixture of blood and his organs. As always, controlling the Essence Energy inside of him to do anything out of the normal caused the same thing to occur inside of him, meaning the explosion inside of his body made him lose two-thirds of his health. ¡°Carmina!¡± Ethakon ran over to the fallen Carmina without caring about the already reformed Monster Chief which ignored him. ¡°A man that only sees one thing in the most important times isn¡¯t worthy of being killed.¡± Bloody Bones rushed at Jord while throwing spears of blood. ¡°Don¡¯t you think so, Lord Third?¡± A chance! Bloody Bones was coming straight to Jord, so it was easy to Jord accurately aim at the Monster Chief. He at first made the hatstands he had saved until now attack all of Bloody Bones¡¯ ball of lights and ducked under the spears of blood. The metal hatstands plunged straight to the balls like a snake bouncing at its prey, strong and swift. The first two hatstands reached their target, destroying two of the three red balls. However, even with two hatstands going to the same and last ball, they couldn¡¯t destroy it. Because Bloody Bones did something that Jord thought to be impossible until now, it used a field of Essence Energy to propel itself backward to escape the attack and moreover it didn¡¯t suffer any visible damage by using so much Energy! ¡°H-How?!¡± Jord stammered while feeling his injuries healing. ¡°Oh my, could be you thought you were the only one capable of using the Essence Energy, the pure energy flowing through our souls, Lord Third? How did you think I am making spears of blood? Maybe you should consider receiving more education from your parents.¡± The Monster Chief with flesh tissues and one red ball of light on its eyes, said with a snicker. ¡°Shut up! And I don¡¯t have parents, I am just a computer program!¡± Jord snapped at Bloody Bones by making him remember that the figures he could call of parents, the Game Developers, tried to kill him and destroy his palace. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, it seems I have touched some forbidden topic of yours.¡± Bloody Bones bowed while speaking in a low-pitch tone. ¡°However, Lord Third. I recommend to you find a substitute for a parental figure and some kind of son or daughter. To have a family to protect is a good thing, maybe it could even make you grow even more quickly to defend them from the others. Although you shouldn¡¯t become like that ¡®imitation¡¯.¡± It pointed to Ethakon wailing over Carmina¡¯s body. ¡°Why am I receiving advice about family from a skeleton?¡± Jord said with a groan. ¡°Let¡¯s just go back to the fight.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a shame we wouldn¡¯t be able to do it, our joyous and short time together ended. You have already passed my test and killed me when you used your impalement¡¯s weapons. But because I wanted to talk with you more, I cheated and used an Essence field which I have been prohibited by the Soulkeeper.¡± Bloody Bones¡¯ body began to disappear in a cloud of white lights. ¡°He is trying to bring me back.¡± ¡°Why are you just standing there and talking with me? Shouldn¡¯t you be trying to kill Carmina and Ethakon or the people from the village?¡± Jord frowned, no understanding the Monster Chief¡¯s actions. ¡°How many people do you think that exist in the Multiverses? I assure you that even the Sixth Creator doesn¡¯t know, so for me killing one person or one million, it is the same thing. The Multiverses won¡¯t miss them, so why bother to kill them?¡± Bloody Bones shrugged. ¡°My objective from the start was only to test you. Killing you or other people was never part of the plan.¡± ¡°Even if we had continued to fight with me using more Essence, it would still be useless, I wouldn¡¯t be able to defeat you.¡± The Monster Chief pointed to Jord.¡± Because you still have three trumps cards you hadn¡¯t told anyone, don¡¯t you? They are your horn, you other Core, and your Song.¡± Jord widened his golden eyes and sweat began to appear on his body. ¡°You have quite a knowledge about me. I wonder, how did you discover all of this?¡± Fuck! He is right about the first two, but what did he mean by Song? Bloody Bones smirked with his flesh mouth dripping blood. ¡°Goodbye, Lord Third. Until we meet again when you die and the Fourth born.¡± It crushed his own ball red of light and skull head amidst the white lights surrounding it, killing itself to not answer Jord. You killed the Chief Bloody Bones Lvl 9 You gained 128 XP +100 to Alignment You are now Level 5 Quest: First Bloody Night Completed! Distributing Rewards¡­ Main Rewards: You gained 10 XP, the right to use Appraisal, +10 Free Attributes. You are now Level 6 Secondary Rewards: You received the Tattoo Soul(Custom) Lv1: Oversoul. And an Inventory.