《Depth's of Enhancement》 Prologue Cold, that''s all I felt today it was freezing I had just finished putting my things into my locker when arriving at school. What a disappointment today has been first after waking up this morning I couldn''t find my only jacket, then after rushing to make it on time for school my car wouldn''t start. Today has had a rough start I had to run to make it on time today, thankfully I lived only a few blocks away from the school or I''m sure I would have been late. No matter how rough today has been I''m going to make sure today is a good day, after all today is the day I Jacob Johnson ask Madison Jamely to the dance. MadisonJamely she''s by far the prettiest girl in the 11thgrade I myself am in the 12thnothing is bringing my mood down today. Arriving at my first period Mr.Jacobs Science class I sat down in my usual seat and waited for class to start. Soon enough the bell rang and Mr.Jacobs walked in holding onto his usual clipboard. < Attention class today I have a treat for you, since I still have some papers to grade I''m going to be putting on a movie so remember don''t be too loud other than that knock yourselves out. > Another movie sheesh that''s 3 days in a row now I know I should be grateful but honestly, I wanted to learn something new that¡¯s always been a habit of mine. No matter what the subject is if it interests me I wanted to know more science was such a subject but, nothing I could do about it. I started to doze off about halfway through the movie I had the same dream I''ve had for the past 6 years I don''t really remember it in much detail but, I see stars an open sky no buildings or anything of the sort in the way. The ethereal colors of space a long with the countless stars sucks you in I was falling into a deep slumber but, something strange happened in that dream strange colors started flashing in my head. First there was red, purple, green, and finally yellow I woke up before I saw anything else but, that''s never happened before I had goosebumps all over thinking nothing of it I decided to just watch the movie. It was a sappy romcom of a guy falling in love with one of his bosses, shortly after the movie came to a close the bell for next period ran. Everyone gathered there things and started heading out the doors, high school hallways are like traffic there''s a steady flow going one way and if you try to go against that flow you''re bound to be late for class. Walking towards my 2ndperiod Mrs.Willson for Math I started seeing thoseweirdcolors all around me, I decided once I got into my next class I''d ask Mrs.Willson for a nurse''s pass. Walking into Mrs.Willsons room the first thing I heard was. < Hey look it''s Freakshow. > The person who said that was Ricky Kelson same year as me, I got the nickname freakshow during the first week of school when I was called on by Mrs.Willson to answer a question on the board. The question was a college level question not knowing she asked me to erase the board while she gathered materials for the lesson I answered it surprising her. Soon after she decided that if I could answer this the whole class should be able to and assigned our class specifically extra homework. That is how I was dubbed the ever so creative name of Freakshow, ignoring the meatheads in the corner I walked over to Mrs.Willson who was sitting at her desk and came up with an excuse for going to the nurses. < Mrs.Willson can I go to the nurses office, I just vomited in the restroom downstairs and I''m not feeling so well.> She quickly wrote the pass and asked me if I needed someone to walk me down I declined her offer and went to grab my things, works every time I used this excuse quite a bit in 9thgrade the teachers won''t question you. As long as you''re not barfing in there room they don''t care. Grabbing onto the railings to go down the stairs I suddenly got a massive headache, once again the same colors appeared except this time it was more vivid I saw something or someone holding their hands in front of them as if to catch something. Soon enough I collapsed onto the floor shit no one was around right now it was the middle of class no one was roaming the halls, the headache became more and more intense it only took a few moments before I blacked out completely. Waking up I saw something completely different from the nurses office or even the school for that matter I was surrounded my other students from my school I couldn''t see any teachers, all of them looked passed out. A few moments passed before everyone started standing up as if on a timer there had to be at least 100 of us here not that I could really tell. Looking around we were in a large open space I could see no start or end but, it was white for as far as the eye could see. It seemed like forever had passed all of the students split into groups, me I was alone I had no friends it wasn¡¯t because I couldn''t make them.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. More of whenever I made friends they all said the same thing to me, that I cared more about studying than our friendship. Which in the end was probably true friends may last a long time but, knowledge is forever that was my view on the matter. After everyone was in there groups a rumbling started to happen and soon enough someone or more specifically something spoke. < Hello I am Trios I will tell you where you are going and what you must do before going there, you cannot return to your old world I am sorry for that but, a world of adventure awaits. You are going to Klios a world full of monsters and magic, dungeons and labyrinths however, this world is very cruel only the strong survive. So I warn you now a king will be summoning you you¡¯re power will be strong maybe even the strongest but, be warned the monsters of this world will kill and if you cannot kill as well you might as well give up on a life of adventure and live as a maid or a tavern owner in the city at least then you may survive.> This was already too much to take in I could see the looks of horror on some faces others had looks of excitement me I could not hide it this excited me as well a world of new knowledge awaited magic what was it, how could one use it I wanted to know soon he continued his speech. < There are 13 pillars here in front of you these pillars represent a god of this world, the first pillar is mine The pillar of Trios it will grant you a 50% increase in health and 50 points in strength. Once choosing a pillar you will be granted 2 classes which the god you chose sees fit for you. They will examine your memories you''re past how you act and choose accordingly. The second pillar is the Pillar of Dios choosing his pillar will grant you 50 points in dexterity and the ability to use any and all ranged weapons.> None of these so far interested me if this world really relies on strength I have to choose wisely my decision could very well be either something that leads me to greatness or my undoing. < The 3rdis the Pillar of Juniper her pillar will grant you 20 points in charm and allow the using of the skill [Seductress] no information on the skill will be given. For the 4this the Pillar of Gerid his pillar will grant 30% increase in strength and the skill [Unbreakable Will] again no information on the skill will be given. The 5this Pillar of Manalyher pillar will grant a 300% increase in mana and learning spells you have basic knowledge of will be 50% easier.> The pillar of Manaly started to peak my interest but, I wasn''t sold yet. <6this the Pillar of Helix his Pillar grants a 60% increase in all professions and the ability to have more than 1 profession. The 7this Pillar of Leviry her pillar will grant a 50% increase in all nature related abilities and will guarantee the profession [Druid] I will tell you Druids are a very sought after class. The 8this Pillar of Tirido his pillar will grant a 30% success rate to all illusions and also grant the ability [True Sight] no information will be given.> True sight? I couldn''t really see the point in such a skill but I have no idea what it does so I could be wrong. < 9this Pillar of Dracix his pillar grants a 50% increase to all dark related spells and the ability to use [Death Magic] No information other than be careful will be given. 10this the Pillar of Istrid a 30% increase in mana and the ability to use the skill [Speed Reading] will be given along with [Perfect Memory]. 11this Pillar of Shiriel a 90% increase in all holy related spells and 50 points into Holy aura will be given. 12this the Pillar of Orpis a 50% increase in luck and the ability [Gamblers Fortune] will be given.> The one peaking my interest and the one I was truthfully dead set on at this point was Istrid all of the other pillars seemed incredibly overpowered why was this one bunched in with the group. < Finally the 13thpillar is the Pillar of Grakix his pillar will give 50% increase in wind related magic and the ability [Forgotten Wind]. That is all for the pillars now you know you''re options choose well for your fate relies on it once you choose a pillar you will be transported into the kings summoning circle, you will be transported to a different country depending on the pillar you choose so if you are with friends say you''re goodbyes now if you are choosing the same pillar well then good luck. There will be a status window and skill window you can open once you arrive truly from the bottom of my heart I wish you well make a legend for yourselves.> And with those words it was almost as if we could feel it something in the air vanished and we knew we were alone. Some groups had already gone through there were those crying still holding each other while some said their goodbyes, I looked around one last time seeing all of the students as I walked up to the Pillar of Istrid I got a few odd stares but, most just ignored me I could only pray that in the future we would not be enemies with butterflies in my stomach and a feeling of nausea I held my hand on the pillar soon a message appeared. [Goddess Istrid has assigned the classes Enchanter and Tamer] [Skill Speed Reading learned] [Skill Perfect Memory learned] As soon as I finished reading through the messages my world was soon drowned into darkness I couldn''t see it at the time I''m sure I wasn''t meant to see it but before I blacked out I saw one last message. [Goodluck my Hero] And with that I knew the journey ahead of me was going to be intresting. Chapter 1 Once again awakening from blacking out I had a humongous headache, looking around me I saw 3 people 1 wore a hood and was holding on to a staff I am assuming this is the summoner. The second was an old man he had a beard that came down to his chest, but by no means did it hinder his appearance he looked menacing like a body builder would look to someone who goes to the gym occasionally. The third was a female knight she wore silver armor that looked more for decoration rather than fighting it had a symbol of a rose in the center colored deep blue. A minute had passed by none of them had spoken a word they just looked at me from time to time then once again behind me, I think I knew what they were hoping for at least, more people. Minutes went by that then added up to an hour and once the 2 hour mark had started coming around finally the man with the beard broke the silence that however didn¡¯t help much. < ^$%* *#@(% (#@( #@*$* welcome #@*%@ city *#@*%@ Bagador @#*@$> Icould make out bits and pieces of what he was saying soon enough I got a message. [Feiran Language acquired 1/5] Once the man stopped speaking I spoke up. < I am sorry sir but could you please start over, I have just now learned the your language.> The man looked at me questioningly before repeating from the beginning < Hello summoned one I am Bagador King of the city of Falsif seeing as you are the only one here I am right in assuming you are the only one that worships Istrid.> < Well I don''t know if worships is the right word but, yes I came here because of Istrid.> Once I said that his face lit up. < Wonderful, wonderful indeed we must start preparations Leona here shall take you to your room we also took the liberty of preparing some slaves you may choose 1 to serve you. We prepared too many thinking that more people would be arriving sadly I was mistaken, that matters not however.> Taking in everything he said I could only nod slaves huh it''s not that it didn''t bother me I however took a logical stance here, no matter what I did I wouldn''t be able to change something like slavery in this world I am in no position of power I know nothing of the world. Me thinking of changing slavery at this moment would be like a newborn child playing with fire it just wouldn''t turn out well. < One more thing I must ask summoned one what is your name and classes if I may be so bold.> The knight known as Leona looked towards the king with surprise on her face, I had no idea why however I simply answered the man. < I am Jacob my classes areEnchanter and Tamer> I saw his face distort into a sad look but once again he regained his king of the world attitude. With that he left through the only door in this room once he was gone I looked towards Leona looking for instruction. With those words we started to leave I took one last look at the summoner he seemed to be in his own little world. We were walking through large halls currently sheesh I expected something fancy seeing as this was a king''s palace and all but, this was out of my expectations beautiful paintings covered parts of the walls and when there wasn''t a painting there were designs painted into the walls. Gorgeous was all one could think while walking these halls, truly a masterpiece to the crafters that accomplished this. Soon we arrived in a much simpler part of the palace the walls had no designs they were purely white, I would see a maid every now and then come from one of the rooms surprised at our presence here. < These are the servants wards if you ever wander here and can''t find your way out knock on one of the doors a servant will guide you back.> Well that answered most of my questions but what were we doing here exactly. We had reached the end of the servants wards we next headed down a flight of stairs, I noticed immediately that the smell in the air changed. The air was musty along with what smelled like animals had died here, once we reached the bottom of the stairs I knew what this place was. A dungeon or to be more exact a prison we started walking towards the end of the hall, I heard cries of pain and others begging for help it made my stomach turn. Never had I seen such a sight sure maybe in movies and other forms of media, but with my own eyes never I thought things like this were just a fantasy far away from me. Soon we entered one of the rooms and I saw 6 women and 3 men all were naked all were bowing on the floor. They were dirty as if they hadn''t bathed in months I could only pity them for having to live in such conditions. Soon Leona spoke once again. Walking over to the first person he looked tall extremely tall at that at least more than twice my height, soon I did what Leona instructed and thought the word inspect while looking towards the man shortly after his status showed up in front of me. [Name: Felix] [Race: Giant] [Classes: Barbarian, Axe Thrower] That was all the information given I guess the basics of the basics is all I get huh. Moving on to the next person I continued. [Name: Veronica]You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. [Race: Elf] [Classes: Archer, Natures Guardian] Like this I repeated the process on the other 7 people left until this was the information I was left with. [Name: Guntir] [Race: Human] [Classes: Shaman, Pioneer] ----------------------------------------- [Name: Fiona] [Race: Human] [Classes: Fencer, Blade Dancer] ------------------------------------------ [Name: Shiela] [Race: Undead] [Classes: Necromancer, Illusionist] ------------------------------------------- [Name: Jurgond] [Race: Dwarf] [Classes: Magical Blacksmith, Master of Metal] -------------------------------------------- [Name: Emilia] [Race: Beastman (Bunny Tribe)] [Classes: Priest, Rune Keeper] ------------------------------------------- [Name: Jessica] [Race: Beastman (Tiger Tribe)] [Classes: Sword Saint, Runic Knight] ------------------------------------------- [Name: Lisha] [Race: Succubus] [Classes: Seductress, Night Crawler ------------------------------------------- With that I knew my choice immediately I walked up to the one known as Emilia and told Leona my choice. Leona nodded and took out a key she then unlocked the cuffs holding Emilia as soon as she was unlocked she yelled in my direction. Icould see her sobbing while asking this of me however, I could see the faces on the others they looked at her as if she was dead already. Leona started unsheathing her sword I went paleat this she was going to kill her at least to my understanding she was. Not waiting to find out the answer I quickly gave a response in the direction of Leona. Leona looked my way her gaze was cold as if she did not care either way, sheathing her sword she gave me an answer but not before hitting Emilia causing her to kneel once again. This made me flinch I wasn''t expecting it, cruel was all I could muster as a thought. Leona quickly unlocked the second slave Jessica both of the girls stood up and positioned themselves behind me once they were unlocked and behind me Leona motioned for us to leave. Once we were out of the prison I took a deep breath the air was much nicer here, soon a thought came to me as we were walking to what would be my room. My stomach once again turned at the thought, disposed because they were no longer needed. This world is cruel just from what I have seen in my few hours here I understand now, if I want to survive I too must change. Holding onto my morals in a world like this will only get me killed if I want to live I need power. That however, seemed far away even Leona here I knew was much stronger than I could even dream of being, I would not give up though Enchanter and Tamer I can only pray that the power I seek would be found in the secrets of these two classes. Arriving at my room I looked around it was huge there was a single bed in the middle of the room, it was large at least double what my bed back home was and I had a king size mattress. The room was a solid white all around there were books on a shelf towards the right side of the room, and a door on the left side. Even though the room was simple having only a bed and a bookshelf it felt comfy I had a similar set up back home, my bed and a bookshelf was all that was in my room. With those words she left the room closing the door behind her. After she was gone I looked towards Emilia and Jessica they flinched at my gaze, Emilias ears looked as if they were supposed to be a pure white but, they were a dirty brown my guess is from being in that prison for so long. The same with Jessica her ear and tail more visible than Emilia''s also had a dirty brown look to them from the original yellow. They looked ashamed of their current appearance but I got my reply from Emilia. Both of them started walking towards the door puzzled I called out. Emilia replied. Was there another entrance to the bath hmm. Isaid to them as I pointed towards the door on the left side. I got the same crazy look from both of them before Jessica was the one to speak up. There were different baths for nobility well I guess that didn''t surprise me that much I motioned for them to go towards the bath on the left. They looked at each other as if I was crazy before looking back at me and bowing Emilia again was the one to reply. Even though they tried to hide it as they walked into the bath I swear I saw a smile on the face of Jessica and although not as apparent on Emilia as well. After they entered the bath I grabbed a book off the shelf and laid down on the bed. The title read ''The first hero'' ''Once there was a hero very brave and noble he came from a family of farmers, no one expected this young boy to ever become someone of legend. The hero first awakened when the demons attacked his poor village, his family slaughtered with nowhere to go the hero picked up his family blade and fought so he could live.'' Soon I felt power coursing through me I felt it caressing my eyes my focus sharpened like never before and as I turned the pages of the book it was as if the knowledge poured into me. Page after page only a minute had gone by and I had finished the book. However, it seemed to take more out of me then expected as I soon passed out but before my world turned dark once again a message appeared once again. [Skill Speed Reading 1/5 Unlocked] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the bath two girls were seen washing each other unknowing of the events occurring outside. the one with bunny ears said. the one with tiger ears said. They both sat in silence after that thinking of what was to be, and if the man outside that door could truly become their savior or would he become like some of the other summoned heroes afraid of the world enough to become servants of those with power just to live only time would tell. Chapter 2 Awakening from my slumber, I noticed something different today I felt heavy I don''t really understand how to explain the sensation other than. Think of it like swimming underwater except I could breathe it didn''t actually make me any heavier as I could see from moving around my arms. More of I like noticing something I never knew was there. Questioning my sanity I decided to try and forget about it for now I think I would send Emilia or Jessica to the library if there was one hopefully to get me books on the subject of magic. Yesterday I''m sure that¡¯s what the feeling was when I felt the power rush to my eyes, I gained a skill and I don''t know why but I was certain I could activate it again. Even though I had the skill I needed to know how exactly I could replicate that effect with different parts of my body, if power was truly my goal I felt this was the place to start. I looked around the room for the two girls, only to find them sleeping on the floor hmm this bed was huge I didn''t see a real reason for them to be there, but I guess that would be too much even for them. Yesterday I let them shower in the noble bath which they already disagreed with me on, seeing them sleep on the floor is kind of bothering me though. Deciding on bringing up the matter later I let it go for now. Going to the bookshelf I swapped out the book of the first hero for a book titled, ''Tales of the northern country'' once again going to lay on the bed I opened the first page. '' The northern country, shrouded in mystery this ancient land is unconquered. Nearly 300 years have passed since the discovery of the passage leading to the northern country yet no one knows what truly lies behind the mystery of these lands. Strange tales have come forth from people that have traveled there and come back alive. Most see it as plain insanity some of the things spewed from the mouth of these old souls have long been forgotten. Let this book be a container for all these strange tales.'' Once again my eyesight sharpened and the information flowed into me this time however, I tried to hold back the amount it took out of me as the last time this happened I blacked out straight after. Willing the pool around me to use less and less, my goal was accomplished with ease thankfully as I could feel my body growing weaker. Going from page to page I the stories some of the travelers told were unbelievable but, something inside of me told me they had to be true. ''One explorer of the northern continent spoke complete nonsense to most, but if one listened closely to his tales you would hear of a world no one could imagine. Races of giant trees guarding forest, Dragons roaming the skies but, the most interesting of them all was his tale of a village not large in size but neither small. "The village among all of these monsters one would think would be destroyed in a night, what you ignorant young brats don''''t understand is that the world is large. Very large at that, in this village I was not allowed entry what was required to enter was you to be in your 5th class advancement. Something only heard of in legends, my best guess is that those in that village were strong enough to fight these monsters of Myth and Legend. Sadly I am too old now I cannot go back oh how I long to see the sights once more." Those gathered around to hear his tale could only laugh at the old man thinking he had gone completely insane. Something in me when hearing this story told me what the man said was true, whether it be the tear in his eye or the sadness on his face I believed this old man you reading this book what do you think.'' More entries like this followed throughout the entirety of the book, honestly speaking I did not have words to quite explain how I felt about this. Part of me wanted to go and explore this place but, I knew if left this palace as I am. More than likely I would die, right now having no idea what an Enchanter was either wasn''t helping. Controlling this power that helps me read faster the only conclusion I''ve come to is that it is mana. During all my struggling the someone knocked on the door, I immediately gave a response. Soon enough a maid holding a cage entered the room, what I saw seemed to be a normal fox inside the cage. Setting down the cage she gave a light bow and then left in a hurry. Even if they say for me to tame well I had no idea how to actually accomplish that. Soon I heard stirring from the two sisters still sleeping on the floor, not giving it any attention I once again looked back towards the monster that seemed no different from an everyday fox to me. Bringing my face closer to the bars I saw something that caught my eye, This fox its eyes we foggy but, from what I could tell it wasn''t blind another thing of note were its ears. They were quite long at least twice the size of a fennec fox back on earth. Thinking of a way to tame this creature I got an idea, I closed my eyes and searched for this unknown energy inside me willing it to come to my fingertips I felt it. The power coursing through my arm slowly I brought it to the fox, not fighting back it accepted my touch. Pouring my energy into the fox I tried making it flow as steady as possible, I heard the fox Yelp however, I was determined to continue at this point. Going forward with the process I felt a connection start to form slowly but surely I saw myself through the eyes of this strange creature until finally a message appeared. [Jocia tamed] [Skill Taming unlocked] Feeling light headed I made sure to open the cage before once more going to lay inbed, I felt weak as if I''dgone days without eating. My eyelids feeling heavier and heavier I couldn¡¯t fight it, before I once again fell into darkness I thought of something. Feeling like an idiot for never thinking of this before, if I was receiving messages like this there had to be a status screen of sorts cursing at myself for being so dumb I fell asleep once more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bringing my sword down on the throat of the last ogre a sigh of relief escaped my lips. Today was extremely productive I had finished my request from the adventurer''s guild to eliminate the 8 ogres that have been roaming the western side of town. The request was marked as A rank usually entailing it to be done in at least a group of 4-5 people, that did not matter to me though. Blessed with this strengthalthough more of a curse I was an Undead. Undead quite a vague race of different creatures ask anyone and they will tell you the same, we are created through the death of someone with strength at the peak of their 3rdclass however, we never retain the strength or the memories of that person. There are a variety of differences in undead from Lichs, to Vampires, and even Ghouls falling under the category I fell under the category of Lich a better and much easier way to explain would be, I am a corpse.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. We are no different from everyday humans though some of us even come from the body of elves however, there is a major difference between all of us that is our body in general can range from horribly disfigured to spotless without a blemish. Washing the blood of my blade with a cloth I always kept handy I collected the materials needed for the request the left ear of every ogre. Once done I started heading east back into town. Taking just under 2 hours to arrive I walked into the adventurer''s guild there seemed to be quite an uproar today as the door swung open the noise spell casted on the place obviously gave out. As usual the idiocy is on full gear, ignoring the crowd gathered around 2 unknowns to me I wasted no time at skipping to the front of the line for the request turn in counter. Saying nothing I placed the bag I had over my shoulder on the counter and showed the woman its contents. Ignoring the last thing she said I asked her for something of mine. Was the only reply the woman received she however, paid it no mind as anyone who knew Lunaria long enough knew she wasn''t much of a talker. Once again with the one worded reply all she got was. Breathing a sigh she walked over towards the bar and took a seat. Asked the gentleman attending the bar, a simple reply once again escaped her lips. The bartender giving a slight nod as he grabbed a bottle from the back pouring it into a mug and dashing the top with cinnamon. With that she zoned out from everyone else in the bar, cinnamon she didn''t know why but it tasted so good to her even though she couldn''t really taste most things. After all these years she came to the conclusion that it was something the person whose body she now inhabited liked. Even if undead didn''t keep memories they couldn''t change what the body itself was used to and enjoyed, forgetting about all of that Lunaria simply enjoyed her milk with cinnamon taking in the simple pleasure of it. That was soon ruined by a hand that gripped her shoulder though. During this moment everyone in the guild was silent, this idiot of a hero just decided to grab onto the one person in here he shouldn''t have. Those two idiots that were talking when Lunaria first walked in where seen Visibly facepalming this idiot signed his death certificate. Even with all this going on though Lunaria gave no response simply continued drinking her milk unaware of the hand on her shoulder. This hero however, would not give up feeling ignored his face started visibly turning red in rage. Slapping the cup from her hand this hero had made his final mistake. With a swift motion and a flash Lunarias blade fastened around her waist started glowing a pale purple light she grabbed the handle and seemed to vanish from sight before quickly as she disappeared. Reappearing behind the hero. The hero shivering in fear could only slowly nod at her, ordering her usual from the bartender once again a mug was brought out with the same milky liquid that was topped with cinnamon. Sheathing her blade she took the mug and walked over to the request counter where a certain woman was holding a bag in the air motioning her to come forward. This time taking no time to enjoy her drink she gulped it on down in 3 huge chunks. Her only response to this was simply but heartfelt Making her way through the crowd and leaving from the door she entered from she made her way eastbound towards the newly discovered dungeon. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Backat the guild however, a frightened hero made his way towards the request counter. The woman unable to answer could only reply with the response they were told to give at times like these. Burning with rage he unsheathes his blade and pointed it towards the woman, this action was a stupid one no one would dare make. As if on que everyone else other than the hero''scompany drew their weapons until a fat dwarf walked forward and was the first one to break the silence. Even though he was filled with rage from being embarrassed so earlier he knew this wasn''t the right course of action. So he spoke up to those in the room after sheathing his blade. At this everyone in the guild laughed together as if once again on que. This once again brought on fits of laughter from the crowd, until once more the dwarf spoke. This only seemed to fuel the hero further as he went to look at the board the sign read as follows. Lunaria-Class S Do not engage in combat unless willing to die we the guild hold no responsibility for your actions. There was a portrait of her underneath it made with magic the detail was astounding, from her long black hair her pale skin and her eyes, the thing that made her stand out the most her eyes. They were a ethereal purple when looking at them they seemed to suck you in. While admiring the beauty of the portrait the hero heard the dwarf speak once again. The hero couldn''t stand it though he knew he could beat her somewhere in his mind he had not given up, he would grow stronger for the next time he met that woman would be her last time breathing. The hero had however, only tunneled on the one spot for Lunaria on that board were over 100 names and pictures and that, list were only the monsters signed up for the guild. chapter 3 A week, a full week had passed since I had left the royal library. Honestly I wanted to leave but, there was just so much information in here. Speed reading was helpful but I had enough mana in me to use it a total of maybe 60 times that seemed like a lot at first. Until I realized it took me almost half a day to regenerate that amount and once my mana ran out I always felt extremely tired I found out that losing all of my mana is what caused my first 2 blackouts with magic. My status wasn''t too great at least according to the books I''ve read, compared to some of the other heroes of legend at least I was well extremely weak. [Name: Jacob Johnson [Classes: Enchanter, Tamer] [Race: Human] [Level: 1] [Health: 100] [Mana: 90] [Strength: 5] [Intellect: 56] [Wisdom: 10] [Dexterity: 3] [Luck: 1] [Skills: Speed reading, Perfect memory, Taming, Enchant: Simple, Feiran Language 1/5] That was my status everytime I looked at it I could only laugh I was weak, here I was wanting power and the more I looked at it the more depressed it made me feel. Multiple books focused solely on the research of the heroes stated that every hero summoned so far has started with at least 80 points in every stat. A whole 80! Here I was with a 5, 10 and 3 at least he 56 intellect wasn''t horrible still nothing compared to heroes of Manaly that start with over 150 Intellect. Only releasing a sigh at my misfortune I continued to stuff myself full of knowledge. Soon enough I heard footsteps approaching, only moments later I saw Emilia come into view. Currently those two are training on their own as there is no need for them to be with me since I''m only reading. They run errands for me every now and then but, that¡¯s about it. She bowed and soon left me alone, chips I found out that a summoned hero had created these he was said to be a master chef. Quite a few inventions were brought into this world like toilets, the banking system, and proper methods for farming. Sadly most of them are dead but, I could only give my silent thanks for the creations they had accomplished in making. One more thing that I had discovered was what enchanter truly is, when I woke up from my taming, after looking over my status for the first time I tried something. Using the same method I tried when I accomplished the taming, willing the mana to the tips of my fingers I held it there. Slowly I felt it change writing the word howl in feiran, the image started to appear in the air. The blue color of the words made you feel as if you warm when looking at them, after letting my control of the mana go it happened an ear deafening roar was let out the sound originating from the word. Once the roar was over guards rushed over to my room almost immediately. Sheesh it was a hard time explaining that one but, since then when a strange noise is heard from the library no one gives it much attention. Honestly I couldn''t see the uses for this magic but, I''m sure there was something I could do with it. Feeling something curling up against my back I turned around to see the jocia I was now call Snubzy I wasn''t very good with names I know. Through the books in hear I found out jocia are blind but they had an extremely good sense of hearing so even though they are blind, they are not to be taken lightly in a battle. Stroking Snubzy on the head I went back to reading the book in my hand, every now and then reading books manually was the best method. Letting my mana regen while reading allowed for more uses of speed reading daily. One thing about this world I learned through using speed reading was, skills had to me manually activated there was no just think of it and whuala. You had to feel your mana will it to move the way you want to achieve a certain spell or ability to my disappointment, being able to just think the ability name would have made things a lot easier. The book I was currently reading was on item classes, it seems items such as weapons, armor, magic tomes, and health potions all dropped from dungeon bosses. Bosses would drop 1 item for your class, items also came in 6 different classes starting from common, uncommon, rare, mythic, ancient, and god class. To give a better idea on just how rare items were the book also gave examples, common and uncommon items were used mostly to equip large armies as they dropped most often by clearing the first boss of a dungeon and could also be crafted by blacksmiths quite easily. Rare items were a lot harder to come by, they were used to equip high ranking officers from a dungeon and were seen most on adventurer''s that have been active for quite a while. Here''s where it got interesting mythic class items these items were extremely sought after it seems once an item got to mythic class and above, a boost in status would occur when equipped. Mythic items also had special effects although there are only about 20 mythic class items per country so no one really knows what these effects do as it¡¯s a close guarded secret. Ancient class items well those were just a dream to obtain, there were 5 ancient class items it seems they were acquired long ago over 800 years ago by a group of 6 summoned heroes. All of these ancient weapons are held by the country Firadeimthat also happens to worship the goddess Shiriel, this made me feel a bit uneasy. Any of the people that chose her pillar might be able to get their hands on one of these weapons and that made for bad news in my opinion, there was nothing I could do about it at this point so there wasn''t much use in mulling over it. Finally god class items well these were a bit special, there was only 1 god class item in existence but, here''s the catcher no one could actually use it. Funny right well, it seems god class items had steep requirements such as specific classes, level, race, and stats the god class item was held in the Tyradelf they worshiped the goddess Leviry it seems. Tyradelf was a peculiar country it only had one entrance well as far as anyone knew it only had one entrance however, you had to be invited into the country. Surrounding Tyradelf there was a huge forest, it seems the king was a master mage in his 3rdclass and he constantly kept a barrier around the country. The barrier would cause the trees to make you wander endlessly if you were not invited in by, the king himself.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. Closing the book I laid back to feel Snubzy on my curling up on my right arm, I often found myself doing this in the library. Not because of weariness, there was a painting at the top of the royal library it was beautiful. The painting depicted 3 stars falling to the world, from left to right the story proceeded as follows, 3 stars fell to the world 1 green, 1 blue, and 1 purple once having fell these stars transformed. Beautiful creatures emerged from these stars these creatures lived happily together in peace. One day something different happened the creatures looked toward the sky only to see multiple objects falling, these objects were not stars though. What these objects brought to the world were twisted forms of all the creatures you could imagine, the stars wanting to continue in peace reached out to these creatures with their twisted forms. Twisted not just on the outside but, inside as well these creatures did not want the peace of the stars they needed power to quench their needs. This brought on a war between the two, the stars were strong incredibly so they defeated creature after creature in a flurry of magic and blades. The creatures however, did something unthinkable, knowing they could not win like this the creature that the stars saw as their leader started to slaughter his own kind. Growing stronger and stronger from every one of his own kind he consumed the stars did not know what to do, finally the final battle came it was just the stars and the 1 creature. The stars were the first to attack magic flying the creature was not phased, he simply flicked the magic away with his claws and ran forward towards the stars. Feeling the danger the stars tried to retreat the stars however,were snatched up by this creature unable to fight back. The green and purple star seeing they had no choice looked towards each other and nodded, both taking a hand of the blue star used it to Pierce their chest. Looking on in horror the blue star cried both stars fading away with a smile, feeling himself grow stronger the blue star fought back an intense battle was fought between the two until the blue star got the upper hand. Piercing the creature with his blade the blue star was overjoyed having finally defeated the creature, that did not last long though his sadness he soon felt it crying over the death of his friends the blue star did not know what to do. His sadness seemed to last millenias until finally the blue star did something he decided to join his friends wherever they were. Piercing his own chest the blue star soon faded sorrow visible on his face. This painting was my favorite thing in this palace by far, I admired this painting for as long as I could until I heard footsteps. Looking towards the direction they were coming from a hooded person soon came into view, I knew her at least as much as you could get to know someone who didn''t respond to your questions. The only reason I knew it was a she was because of the small bump forming over her chest so naturally I came to that conclusion. She didn¡¯t do much she only came and sat in front of me every day since I arrived at the library for around 4-5 hours, it was a strange habit but I couldn''t judge seeing as I had basically lived in this library for a week. Noticing something different about her I called out. Icould see the bangs coming out from her hood, she nodded but not before turning her head quickly and adjusting something before turning back. She was a strange one I will admit that but, well it''s fine we''re all strange in our own way I guess. For the next 3 weeks I knew what my goal was, reading all the books this library had to offer might come in handy at some point so deciding wasn''t hard this was my goal. Opening my next book I went continued on reading. ************************ Opening the door I walked in the room, the smell was foul it smelled of sex and alcoholI quickly closed the door behind me I looked around the room searching. Soon spotting the person I was here for surrounded by women as he indulged himself in their bodies I spoke to him. He scoffed at me I could see the fat around his neck shake when he spoke. Quickly leaving his chambers I closed the door behind me, almost immediately taking a deep breath of clean air I sighed. How such a pig is to be our next king, the kingdom surely to fall, that being the last of my task today I decided to head to the library. Pulling my hood overhead I made my way towards the library, for the past week visiting him has been my only solace. The summoned hero was a peculiar one unlike heroes of old he didn''t want to train with our knights or want to do anything other than read really. When he first arrived I half expected him to be like some of those idiots from Mudhiel that quickly got suited up in armor and left the city to fight monsters, most of them died immediately it seems however, some survived. They though are now servants of the higher ranking officers in Mudhiels army not wanting to fight monsters that was there only option for survival. Being a court mage''s apprentice I had come to realize something about this kingdom, everyone no matter who was only uninterested in anything other than that which will give them more power in the court. Take me for example I am a Chronomancer and Gravity mage once applying for the position of court mages apprentice and being accepted immediately. Showered with praise for my classes and questions of my abilities and levels, most of my abilities took insane amounts of mana to cast. Once that was discovered people became uninterested now I was justan errand girl really. Walking into the library I walked over to the area Mr hero had set up in, not knowing his name that is what I called him. Everyday he would ask me questions and try to get a response from me but, today he said something that truly surprised me. Feeling my cheeks grow warmer I quickly turned and tucked the stray hairs back, facing him once more I nodded and proceeded to sit in my usual place. Not speaking was a habit of mine I was shy growing up in the outskirts of the city will do that to you, there isn''t was never anyone to talk to other than my mother and father. Right after their passing is when I signed up for court mages apprentice it was a sad time for me but, I had to get over it. A world like this where death is ever present weeping for loved ones is not something you can do forever. Looking over at the hero once more and smiling I thought to myself no matter what keeping him safe during the dungeon exploration would be my task. Making sure he did not end up afraid of this world was my goal I would be sure to accomplish them. ******************************* Neither of them knew at the time but, their meeting and journey together would spark a new age across the continent one of sadness, one filled with hardship, one that would come to be known as the age that changed what the very word power ment. The age of heroes.