《Anaraknakrium: The Cursid》


 Ch.1 Awakening

    Anaraknakrium


    The cursid By: Zekean


    I don¡¯t remember a lot but glimpses of images and voices that are unclear but seem important, that last vivid memory I can recall is a voice speaking to me about a curse and saying their sorry. After that everything just went black, when my consciousness returned there was only a feeling or an instinct mostly that hounded and resonated at the back of my mind. The hunger, unreachable and unbearable hunger that almost drove me to a point of insanity.


    After an untold amount of time I was able to gather my bearings and fight back the urge to feed. Beginning to clear up my mind and figure out my situation. Slowly I started to sense my surroundings, and myself the first thing I noticed is I am inside an egg, how i know this you ask? simple really I am surrounded on all sides and bathing in a thick glowing liquid that grants me slight visibility of my cramped temporary home.


    After playing around inside my little abode I noticed a few things about myself, one I remember being human, and two I am very far from what I once was quite a shocker but hey I should have guessed by being in an egg. Now a few details of what I can explain is I have eight legs, well over six pairs of eyes with a narrow cephalothorax and abdomen yep you guys guessed it I am the terror of all, nightmare to children and embodiment of screams yep a fucking spider of all things.


    (sigh)


    Now I am depressed seriously though of all things I just had to be born as a spider, now don¡¯t get me wrong I don¡¯t fear them(myself) or anything like that, they do have great advantages with amazing abilities being an apex predator and all. But they still have dangers lurking about and disadvantages as far as memory serves everyone hates them, including the difficulties of everyone wanting to squish you, Ah no point in moping around on things you can''t change, the bright side I can scare the living daylights out of everybody(Muahahah), but those things set aside I think it¡¯s about time I step out into the big bright deadly world.


    As I push against the egg I can start to feel it cave and crack, slowly push by push I burst forth and am overwhelmed by my new senses and the world around me, well better to say dark damp cavern. As I look around and get a better visual of the cavern a few things strike me as odd, for starters everything is fucking glowing like I was on an acid trip doused in pcp then stomped on by a unicorn, at first I had to attempt to shield my many eyes in fear of going blind but luckily after a few moments they adapted and I got my sight back(phew thought I was going to be crippled), now back on subject other than that everything was exactly like a cavern should be water dripping from the ceiling, a bunch of creepy crawlers and floating little balls of light with faces, yep everything is right on track. Hold up what in heaven¡¯s name are those immediately after noticing them I freaked out hard core and tried to cope with it, but nothing in my broken and blurry memory could explain them, at first I backed up as far away as possible and just stared at them and kept on staring but all of a sudden.


    [   Due to intense observation you have learned the ability (Observe) ]


    {Observe}


    [ability]


    This ability allows the user to learn information on target through observation however information shown depends on user''s strength and mana.


    (Cavern wisp) Level: 4


    Hp(25)


    Mp(60)


    Normal ranked monster in the specter family. Most commonly found in dark mana dense caverns and caves. Higher user and ability level needed for more information.


    ¡­¡­.(Pshhh)


    Ok I am back for a moment my brain just went caput, now back to reality what in the hell, a skill, hp, mp, and mana dense then that means I am no longer on earth but in a fucking fantasy world with magic. Ah great now I am fucked not only do I have to worry about the boot but also magic throwing crazies, zzzz.


    yep I am screwed two ways to Sunday.


    After mentally calming myself down and getting my bearing back in operation I decided to keep a fair distance while I keep observing the surroundings after I finished with that I decide to try something completely outrageous. That came from a quick flash of memory from my past about certain stories and games.(Status Open)


    Status


    Name:__?__


    If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.Race: Anarak (Ancient)


    Level: 1 (Exp: (0/100)


    Titles: Forsaken, Only a Thought, Anomaly


    Durability: 800


    Mp: 0


    Strength: 85


    Agility: 52


    Intelligence: 139


    Wisdom: 28


    Endurance: 0


    Dexterity: 71


    Racial Density: 375


    At first I wasn¡¯t sure what to make of it originally I thought hp meant life force in most cases like the wisps and other life forms, but in my case I have durability what the hell does that mean, and what is up with my race I thought I was just some common cavern spider. Let''s see if I can bring up more information for starters.


    [Race]


    The Anarak is a race of ancient spiders never to be created and was but a thought to the gods, it was decided they would bring too much chaos and destruction in their wake so they were tossed aside.


    The Anarak is the embodiment of hunger and chaos controlled by an insatiable Hunger, where they are to walk the world of Leis devouring and destroying everything in their way to bring the apocalypse to this forsaken world.


    Okay then that explains the title and my hunger but I¡¯m not controlled by it maybe it is due to being an anomaly eh whatever next.


    [Durability]


    Commonly used to tell the user their equipment and item¡¯s durability to assist in repairs and maintenance, however in some rare cases certain races use durability as a replacement for hp aka the user¡¯s life force, most common Examples would be the clockworks and automatons. Mostly non-organic life forms but due to being part of the Anarak an ancient(race) never to exist. This trait has been granted.


    Wow that is a lot to get around so what am I some bio weapon or something but aren''t i flesh and blood, (Never mind), Okay back on track now that i think about it never really bothered to look at myself(before). Now than let¡¯s see, still eight legs but there diffrent then what i recall they are very dense and sharp looking almost like harpoons, looking at my body it¡¯s the same as my legs a black glossy metallic look to it, hmm but i can still feel my blood(goo) and muscles so I am still organic but I guess I have more of a uh metallic outer carapace instead of tissue i¡¯m guessing interesting.


    Last but not least(this [trait or skill?] makes no sense to me whatsoever]


    [Racial Density]


    Being of the only race to have this trait in existence not much is known but that the user is able to increase their density by ingesting matter and magic, through this act the user can be the size of an ant but weigh the same as a mountain, more information will be updated over time.


    Holy crap isn¡¯t this really op I mean think about it I could crush cites, cause earthquakes and tsunamis¡¯ if i devour more and more mass. Now that I am done looking at my stats and information back to reality. (Hmmmmmm) I can feel my hunger nagging me so time to get some grub so, what is on tonight¡¯s menu. cavern wisp slushy urg almost lost my appetite(Hah), still that just sounded gross but i guess that''s the only thing really around as I slowly approach the unaware wisp? I can feel my hunger gnawing at me waiting in anticipation for its first meal.


    As I approach the wisp the more my hunger grows, forcing my mind into a spiral of a savage beast. My body¡¯s instincts take over bringing in all eight legs and compressing them to my main body, as they compress I feel them forming into a fine pointed tip at the front of my body giving it a spear head shape with two of my fore legs holding up my front aiming the tip at the wisp like a sniper lining up a kill shot. As if on cue two of my back legs rocket towards the ground at insane speeds, impacting the ground like a hammer I launch myself at lightning speeds with great precision, and within a moment I pierce right through its ghostly body straight to the defenseless core killing it instantly.passing through unhindered at frightening speeds i fear crashing into the fast approaching wall but contradictory to my thoughts my legs bend backwards making a circular disk shape, stopping my acceleration dead in it''s tracks like a parachute.


    As I get my motor function back under my control I approach the wisps core and began devouring it as i savored the flavor of mouth watering cotton candy, after a heavenly moment I start to get drowsy and approach where my egg was and find a small crevice, after I crawl inside I start to doze off calling a close to my first day of life on a strange new magical world.

 Ch 2.1 Cavern Exploration

    Chapter 2.1 Cavern Exploration


    After a woke up to a new day/night? I had noticed my body had a slight glow to it, not sure what It may mean or how It happened but I won¡¯t dwell on it unless it causes me some issues later on, another thing I forgot to look at was what I obtained from killing and eating the wisp from yesterday.  Giving a wild guess I say [notification] and Wa bam I am now looking at what I obtained from my actions,


    []


    Through killing cavern wisp you have gained 1 level.


    From devouring a magical being¡¯s core, you have received a permanent mana boost of: 20


    After being exposed to highly dense mana and bathing in phosphonate liquids you gain the trait


    [Bioluminescent veins]


    []


    Well now we know where my glowing problem came from let¡¯s see if there is a way to turn it off, Show [Bioluminescent veins]


    []


    [Bioluminescent veins]


    This allows oneself to gain a natural glow to assist in lighting visually difficult habitats, as it is part of your biology it cannot be turned off or removed unless through unknown means. As well turning the user¡¯s bodily fluids into a Grade A+ poison. (Does 900 damage periodically over 30 mins)


    []


    Well damn now I¡¯m a walking beacon, but hey luckily anything that harms me will be poisoned with a completely broken ability but hey I ain¡¯t going to complain. (Wahoo go natural defense)


    Now after completing my morning update, first thing¡¯s on todays to due list is find out more about my current predicament and explore further into the cavern¡¯s to try to find a way out alive.


    After climbing out of my crevice I start to stretch my limbs after being crammed up all night (idk just feels right), I prepared myself for what I may run into. Slowly looking around I notice there¡¯s only one exit leading from my circular haven leading further into the dark. After entering the tunnel and traveling a good distance, I came upon a two way split not really sure where either leads so I randomly chose the left path that starts feeling inclined leading upwards.


    As I travel further in I started to notice more and more skeletal remains scattered around the further I go in, now from what I know that can only mean one of two things first there is a strong being residing further in or that the owners of the remains had died naturally, but I¡¯m leaning to the prior simply due to evidence of battle markings and being gnawed on by something for dinner.


    Not being cowardly per say I kept on going deeper mostly out of the curiosity to know what I will be up against, as well as find out more information so I can plan ahead on how to deal with the problem. As I started to come to a rocky bend that blocked further visibility I started to hear signs of movement further inward on instinct I bolted to the closet rock formation to hide myself. Only now noticing that my feint glow is illuminating the surrounding area and realize that I am officially royally screwed. Patiently waiting while giving a Silent prayer that whatever is fast approaching doesn¡¯t notice me from the glowing rocks and just continues on its original route thinking it¡¯s just the glowing flora that¡¯s abundant in here not giving it a second thought.


    While being on full alert for the slightest sign of movement in my direction from whatever is approaching. I can start to make out voices and footsteps from multiple creatures, as they get closer I can now make out two separate entities¡¯. They seem to be speaking in an unknown language that sounds more like gibberish and grunting meshed together, after a few more moments they finally appear from the bend, as if on cue I immediately activate {Observe} to figure out what the short ugly creatures are.


    []


    Cavern goblin scout


    Level: 7


    Hp: 275 Mp: 40


    Cavern goblin gatherer


    Level: 4


    Hp: 128 Mp: 72


    []


    At first I wanted to wait tell they passed but as the information sunk in further either out of blind confidence or hunger I immediately thought of slaughtering them where they stood to test myself further. Coming to the decision of killing them I crawled into a better vantage point to get a clear line up of the goblin scout giving myself the best advantage I can achieve.


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    Through memory I bring my limbs to my body and compress them shaping myself into a spear head as I had done the day before, carefully propping myself into a downward angle and targeting where I calculate the goblin scout should pass in mere moments. I decide to take my compression one step further before they enter my kill zone, by applying the miniscule amount of mana residing within me into the very tip of my legs and along the creases where they meet hopefully giving me enough penetrating power to punch through the goblins body armor.


    With metaphorical sweat dripping down my back I count down the moment where I enact my plan to take out the goblin scout in one go eliminating what seems to be the stronger enemy. If it works I will immediately shift my legs behind my body launching myself backwards into the unsuspecting and hopefully confused gatherer. Not only gaining valuable experience, food and a better understanding of my limitations or possibility¡¯s but giving me a way to track others of the same race through scent giving me a much needed food supply and hunting ground.


    Finally, it¡¯s time to strike, propelling myself at an even greater velocity than before I can feel the pressure of the wind against every fiber of my being giving me an image of just how fast I am traveling, as the world seems to pass by in a blink of an eye I can sense my incoming approach directly into the goblins torso. In a matter of moments I can feel the resistance coming from the leather armor as it drastically slows my acceleration, in a panic I withdraw all the mana I have spread out and in a flash I explode it with great force from my back propelling myself even further.


    Threw my drastic action I can feel the armor cave beneath the increased force as my body punctures right into the goblins torso but I get halted before I can exit through it¡¯s back by the same fucking armor. Now panicked because I am stuck inside a goblin I start to thrash about ripping and clawing at its innards trying to find the entry wound to escape and finish off the gatherer before it either runs for help or starts smashing its brethren¡¯s body in an attempt to kill whatever just entered it.


    After an untold amount of time I can see small amount of light from the flora creeping in from my right, as soon as I start making my way towards it I can feel a sense of danger fast approaching, my mind is screaming at me to move faster and escape as an impending doom is about to befall me. As soon as I fly out of the corpse I feel immense heat and smell something burning only after gathering my bearings I turn to see what almost turned me into a well done spider steak. Woe and behold it was the fucking gather he cast a damn fireball at the goblin scout¡¯s corpse just barely missing me as soon as I finish thinking that the fucker looks right at me.


    Drained and exhausted I force myself forwards I must finish him off or I will die here I could just feel it, as I get closer and closer to the goblin it starts to scream and growl at me as if I will run. Mere feet apart from each other it decides to charge me with a club and in that moment time seemed to slow down, I could feel my muscles burning, my heart racing, and as soon as it happened it ended but what came after scared the living day lights out of me. I had opened my mouth further than I thought physically possible and projected (upchucked?) a black mass of goo right onto the charging goblin. At first nothing happened it just stopped running and tried to get the goo off of it but then everything just turned into a nightmare in a matter of moments the goo started sizzling and eroded the goblin tell nothing was left and kept on going into the ground making a seemingly endless hole.


    After the whole ordeal and finally being safe I rush to see if the scout had anything useful before devouring its body and scan to see if anything remains of the gatherer, as I look over the scout nothing seems useful to me or really I just can¡¯t equip, so I start to munch on its head working my way down tell the whole body is inside my bottomless gut, after sucking in the last of its toes I do a quick scan of the gathers resting place (gooing place J) there seems to be a small silver rock.


    After gathering the rock in my mouth I book it back the way I came, back to safety and comfort far away from Boneway. As I find my safe haven I slow down and start to relax slowly trying to crawl my way back into my crevice but am unable to. It seems I grew quite a bit during this venture, before I was about the size of a cat and now I grew to being about the size of a large dog. As I ponder what to do I just decide to smash my legs into the crevice like picks slowly making it bigger.


    Finally finished I crawl in a call it a night vowing only to return to Boneway after exploring the right path and getting stronger much stronger and the last thought before I enter dreamland was bacon, greasy crispy bacon and the urge to eat more endlessly was what calmed me into a deep slumber.

 Wisp Extermination

    Ch 2.2


    Wisp Extermination and Experimentation


    As my internal clock kicked in and let me know its time to wake up I felt a sudden and sharp pain in the back of my throat, at first I was panicking thinking I got some type of dieses from the goblins but after my episode I realized that the silver rock I had picked up was still inside my mouth and was pulsating sending massive amount of pain into my body.


    I attempted to spit it out but that didn¡¯t work so I kept trying and nothing I did was working from, force puking, ramming one of my legs into my mouth to wedge it out, trying to chew it and head-butting the rocks to knock it loose but it feels like there are strands forming around it and spanning out gripping everywhere it can be holding it in place.


    As I came to realization it wasn¡¯t going anywhere while the pain kept increasing and not being able to eat in the future I went back into a full on panic episode. Thrashing about and breaking pillars around me in further attempt to remove the rock praying for it to let me go.


    After an unknown amount of time the pain started to recede and along with it the rock had dissolved transferring a weird liquid into my veins through the strands, with it I felt a massive enhancement that was almost pushing me into a berserk state. Slowly I calmed myself and tried to pull up my notifications. [Notifications]


    [Notification]


    Through killing minor intelligent beings and eating them you have gained +10 wisdom


    Due to actions taken and discovering [Eroding Darkness]


    You gain this skill


    For eating your prey whole, you have received the trait [Quick eater]


    By eating unknown foreign object intelligence and wisdom is reduced by -3


    Unknown foreign object has started to assimilate itself with host body


    Unknown repercussions stand by for further information.


    Foreign object has begun altering host genetic buildup currently unknown.


    Host has survived alteration, through further gained information due to characteristics of foreign object it has been identified as [Eye of the fallen]


    Host is granted +500 to every stat for surviving the assimilation as well gained the ability.


    [ Eyes of the fallen]


    After looking at my notification I decided never to ingest a foreign object again, I seriously could have fucking died just now. I mean sure I got some great boosts from it but for the price not really.


    Deciding I have brooded over it for to long I decide to pull up the new traits and ability I received from this whole ordeal.


    [Eroding Darkness]


    This skill allows the user to turn its own organs and fluid into an acidic sludge that upon contact will not do anything until the target moves stimulating the chemical reaction. Upon activation it will reach temperatures of over 2,000 degrees along with a corrosive potency enough to melt through solid steel.


    Damage is based off of how much substance is supplied.


    If user sacrifices their entirety=(Dot= 2,000 Celsius X Acidic CP ^750= 1,500,000 sec/( couldn¡¯t find an actual measurement so for the story anything over 500 can corrode steel)


    Okay now I am officially broken but still I have to use my own body parts and fluid to activate the skill


    If I¡¯m not careful I can easily kill myself in attempt to fight enemy¡¯s. for now, I will not use it until I have tested it carefully to get a measurement of the conversion¡¯s needed moving on.


    [Eyes of the fallen]


    Not much is known about parts that came from the fallen god Kreiton who was once known as the high god of plagues. All that is known about Kreiton is that he was betrayed and cast out of heaven, striped of his immortality and then ripped apart by the gods feral¡¯s to be scattered across the world.


    Through assimilating kreiton¡¯s eye you have received the ability¡¯s.


    [God¡¯s Identify]


    [Gods¡¯ vision]


    [Plague caster]


    [Purify]


    I take back what I said about the price not being fare it granted me some ridiculous ability¡¯s along with a massive stat boost but for now I am on the verge of passing out due to hunger. I am not going to go back down Boneway for a meal so I have to decide on something else to fill me up. Smacking myself mentally across the head I had completely forgotten the [Cavern Wisps] from the day I hatched.


    As I looked around my safe heaven hoping my little outburst didn¡¯t scare the wisps away I was relieved to see they were still just bobbing around not realizing there about to be breakfast.


    Not really caring for playing it safe after taking on two higher level goblins these wisps are nothing more than worms to me now, instead of shaping myself into a spear again I just brake out into a full on sprint slashing at the wisps one by one with godlike precision that I think is due to [Gods Vision].


    Not really delving much on the thought I move forward and continue killing them in the dozens.


    Coming to a stop breathing in and out due to exhaustion I realized these things just won¡¯t stop spawning I mean I know I have easily killed a couple hundred but it doesn¡¯t even dent their population.


    While taking my breather I decide to figure out where the fuck they keep coming from and after a quick look around I spot it, they are spawning from the crystal pillar at the far right corner of the cavern.


    Not really sure if I should destroy it or not I decide to gather my spoils and eat them before I continue, while I was enjoying my appetizers I quickly realized that as long as they keep spawning I have an endless food supply as well as test subject for [Eroding Darkness].


    After deciding on my plan I begin to wipe out all of the wisps farther away from the crystal obelisk and proceed to work my way in. Hopefully after I get them rounded up I may find some way to keep them inside and around the obelisk so I can farm them. After about three hours I finish up exterminating all the wisps that are over 100 ft away.


    Oh yeah forgot to tell you guys but I can now see the time it¡¯s semitransparent and kinds stays in the upper right corner of my peripheral vision. It¡¯s also not my internal time either it¡¯s the actual worlds time based on your positon and as of right now it is 4:45 pm.


    But back on track after rounding them all up I proceed to gather up all the cores from the hundreds or maybe thousand I killed not sure really i will check up on that later, with all of the cores set aside near my crevice or more of a miniature cave now, I look around trying to find something I can use to trap them inside the 100 ft radios of the crystal. After looking around for an hour and with no luck there wasn¡¯t the slightest thing usable to build a fence.


    While I lay down pondering trying to find something that will help me in my fragmented memories a quick zap strikes me and I remembered some primitive cultures use bones for fencing.


    Even though I vowed never to go back to Boneway I need those bones for my future development and survival so i start my venture back.


    Knowing what dangers lurk down Boneway I traverse the path carefully working my way near the bend where the goblins came from, why that far in simple this is where the larger bones of animals and beasts are. Slowly I start to gather the bones while I keep a watchful eye on the path for the slightest change so I can escape as quickly as possible. After gathering about a dozen on my back it¡¯s about time to get back home and start preparing the fencing.


    Knowing that the amount I currently have isn¡¯t enough I work with what I have before going back for more, with the twelve or so bones I was only able to seal off a couple of feet, luckily the wisps are dumb and avoid that area so at least I know it will work once it¡¯s done. For the next 5 hours I sneak back and forth with bones slowly building more and more fencing and by the last trip I was able to finish it.


    It¡¯s now a little past 10 pm but I don¡¯t feel any fatigue from all the work today, probably due to the massive stat boost and an endless supply of grub, so instead of calling it a night I start my preparations to find useful measurements for [Eroding Darkness].


    Waiting for a wisp to spawn I start gathering about a cup of goo in my mouth testing the effects of a reassembly safe dosage for me to throughout, after about 3 mins it pops out and I immediately spit the black sludge that use to be green goo right onto the wisp before it has a chance to bob away, I watch as the sludge sticks all over the wisp stopping its bobbing motion for a sec and as soon as it moved I watched as it exploded everywhere.


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    Shocked as all hell wondering what happened I pull up my notifications and view the new entry.


    [Notifications]


    Through correctly using [Eroding Darkness] on [Cavern Wisp] with the Dot= 15 Celsius X 15 ACP= 225/s


    Because of the dot being more then targets max hp along with [Eroding Darkness] being instantly applied upon motion it caused a severe combustive reaction on the wisp¡¯s body causing it to explode.


    Well hot damn that explains it, so now I at least know I have a measurement of:


    1 cup of Goo= Dot of 225/s=( 15 C x 15 ACP)


    Well now were in business even though every time I cast it on a wisp it will explode I will still be notified of the dps caused by [ED] upon activation. Now though I have an almost instant kill that I can use on the goblins without causing myself to die from expending to much fluids.


    As I meet stronger creatures il just have to increase the dosage to maximize damage without expending too much and getting more efficient. Hopefully the more I use [ED] the conversion will reduce so I won¡¯t need to use as much goo to power the damn thing because as of now I am probably caring around 1.5 gallons of usable goo but can only use is 24 times tell I drop dead and only 5-6 safely that¡¯s


    Horribly inconvenient not counting the fact the target has to move.


    With that weighing on my head heavily I start to get curious and want to quickly explore the right path way before the day¡¯s end, Heading back towards the split off pondering what could happen I can only hope it is something I can manage, as soon I a reach my destination I immediate start heading right keeping my body low and my pace quite, For the next 2 hours nothing strange happens just that the vegetation continues to get denser the further I head inwards.


    After I hit the three hour mark the pathway opens up into a large circular dome with plants growing everywhere from inside the small creek, from the ceiling, and along the giant mound that is centered in the middle of the underground garden. Being wary I kept scanning over and over again for the slightest movement hostile or not to bolt back home, as nothing seems to be here I move further in heading straight for the mound to get a birds eye view of the surrounding area.


    As soon as I get within 400 ft of the mound my instincts start screaming danger, almost as soon as it does what I though was a mound was in truth a giant mother fucking tortoise but not a normal one this fucker had rows of razor sharp teeth and skin that was made of rock and crystal, before I could even think the bastard shot boulders from its shell straight at me, as I tried to avoid them as best as possible but these things where massive creating craters everywhere they drop.


    Barely hanging on to my life it didn¡¯t hit me tell now but he had pushed me away from the exit and kept leading me closer to him, with no choice left I decided to run straight at him hoping to outrun what I hope is a slow giant and finding a way out of here. As quickly as possible I charge the lumbering fuck and brake left dodging an incoming leg that couldn¡¯t even be called anything but a shredder.


    While in the process of dodging his attacks I am quickly glimpsing around trying to find a new way out after the way I came got shut in, with no luck only seeing walls of green with no way to tell the difference I even lost track of my way into this mess. As those thought sink in I start to lose hope and lose strength welcoming death due to my stupidity.


    Stopping dead in my tracks and welcoming death the giants ceases to bombard me with boulder sized cannon balls and instead starts to slowly approach me opening its giant maw ready to swallow its well-deserved goo cup. As I watch helplessly of my impending doom a reflection of light hits me in the eyes making me look away, as I try to find the source I see what looks like an icy patch of coverage.


    Not thinking much of it at the moment I just randomly decide to test [God¡¯s identify] on the damn thing to pass the time before I die because it was the only thing that didn¡¯t fit the environment.


    As soon as I target it and active the ability I wave of relief and torrent of fire rage in me all at once because of one simple message blinking in my face:


    [Identified guarded crystalized stairs of the Crystal backed tortoise]


    Guarded for thousands of years never seen before by any being for the guardian never moves from its position, you are the first to see a long forgotten stair case that will lead to [Acrain Forest] for achieving the feat of moving the guardian you will be granted the passive ability [Crystalized Diamond Body]


    Not even sparing a second to finish looking at the notification I book it straight for the stairs, not caring of the possibility the fucker will sit on me I run right underneath him getting closer and closer to the exit before all of a sudden whack hit me only moment¡¯s away from me leaving, looking back he used his tail to swat me like a fly.


    Coming to realization that this asshole one let me just walk out without a fight I focus all of my mind and instinct on this one moment of life and death, noticing he is only approaching me without bombarding me I smile(metaphorically) this asshat ran out. With my luck finally turning around I identify the colossal while he slowly walks towards me.


    [Giant Crystal backed tortoise]


    Hp(10,560) | Mp(4,350)


    Highly resistant to physical and magical attacks due to being completely incased in crystal.


    Well fucking great got a walking fortress, being completely pissed I decide to dump 14 cups of goo into [ED] pushing it a little but if I don¡¯t kill him in one go I¡¯m fucking dead anyways with this hopefully I can recover before going into shock and dying of organ failure.


    As I fill my gut full of goo slowly churning it into the black tar like substance, I keep my distance as much as possible buying me time, luckily the fuck head is Hela slow. As more and more goo gets dumped inside my stomach I can feel the dizziness and headache kicking in as the final cup of goo gets added I almost fainted and barely hung on for the life of me.


    Staggering to keep my distance I finally can¡¯t take it anymore and stop moving watching as he gets closer and closer but when he is about 80 ft away my body lets me know that [ED] is ready. I Force myself to stand and get as stable of a stance I can and aim right for him launching the tar straight for his fat fucking face. Time slowed down for me as I watch him move his head at a ridiculous speed and dodge the oncoming tar then looking at me with victory in its eyes. As I watch it miss all my hope and will dies with it, and as soon as it it hit the ground I knew I was dead.


    With that on my heart time returns back to normal and I prepare myself to be eaten, as I soullessly stare into my oncoming killer I decide to look over my notification one last time.


    [Notice]


    Through using [ED] on [Devils Weed] in overabundance a massive explosion will occur in a 80 ft vicinity causing The original Dot of 3,150/sec for 20 sec to combine in one implosion dealing 63,000 dmg in 5 sec please get to safety.


    With barely anytime I force myself behind the boulders he had launched at me and hope I will survive the blast and as soon as I finished that thought, (Bo00000om) everything around me became chaos plants being uprooted and thrown around, the ground cracking then launching everywhere and the wind cutting into me from the sheer force.


    All of it happened in a matter of seconds and as soon as it came it left, once everything calmed down I decided to look over the boulder to see what the outcome was and in my disbelief the giant was gone and nothing but dirt and shredded vegetation and blood remained. Finally, the relief, exhaustion and goo loss kicked in and I passed out right there not knowing what may happen or if the explosion attracted other beasts leaving me defenseless and easy prey.

 Hey guys author here

    Hey guys if your reading my story thank you and still trying to learn the tables as soon as i do i''ll go bath through to fix the ch.


    But onto other news i can''t guarantee ch daily or weekly but i will try to get one ch out at least once a week. Currently just trying to fit in the time to write after work and with a baby on the way makes it a little difficult but please bare with me :).


    Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    I promise you guys though that my story is no where near what i hope for it to become so i wont be dropping it anytime soon.

 Acrain Forest

    Acrain Forest


    Not sure how much time had passed but I was jolted awake from severe pain all over my body. At first I thought I was being attacked but as I came to and my vision became less cloudy I realized I was just cut up and beat up as well as soar all over.


    Trying to figure out the state of things along with my body I call out [Status] and [Notification].


    Luckily the system is easy to use and friendly so they popped up like windows so I can switch between them without blocking out one or the other. For starters I focused my attention on my status screen to see if there are any severe changes or injuries.


    [Status]


    Name:__?__  Race: Anarak (Ancient)


    Titles: Forsaken, Only a Thought,  Anomaly


    Level 18 (exp: 572/12000


    Durability: 5,685/6,790 Mp: 2,760/3,890


    Str: 132(500)


    Agi: 79(500)


    Int: 158(500)


    Wis: 43(500)


    End: 45(500)


    Dex: 95(500)


    Racial Density: 842


    Well for starters my stats look great and everything seems to be in order luckily I only lost about 1,000 durability from the encounter still not sure on how to recover it though unlike hp that recovers over time. Thinking about that I came to a semi conclusion that I may need a blacksmith but are there even any within my vicinity.


    Brooding over that for a bit put me in a bad mood so I just decided to keep eating to increase my racial density hopefully it will make it harder for something to impact me and cause durability lost.


    While looking back over my status screen I realized I still don¡¯t have a name other¡¯s can call me by if I meet any that may not try and attack me on sight. Not really sure if this world has and special ceremonies that grant you your name or not but seeing as I wasn¡¯t supposed to exist or that I am even humanoid for that matter il just take a gamble to give myself one.


    Now I don¡¯t have the greatest naming sense or imagination but I think I really like the name Onigrakir, sounds mean enough fuckers wont mess with me but still reasonable that fiends won¡¯t mind it I think. (Hey guys author here if you guys got any suggestions comment and we will see if any fit better thanks.)


    After giving myself a name a whole shit ton of stuff just started happening I was lifted into the air and spun around like a spindle. Not sure if spiders get motion sick but I sure and the fuck am, as I was almost about to upchuck what remains in my stomach I stop spinning and all kinds of light start pouring out of me like the 4th of july. After a good while of me being a holiday a whole bunch of notification pings start going off and I am let back down softly onto the hard dirt.


    Wondering what the fuck just happened I look at my status screen once more,


    [Status]


    Name: Onigrakir Race: Anarak (Ancient)


    Titles: Forsaken, Only a Thought, Anomaly, Force Named


    Level 18 (exp: 572/12000


    Durability: 5,685/6,790 Mp: 2,760/3,890


    Str: 132(500)


    Agi: 79(500)


    Int: 158(500)


    Wis: 43(500)


    End: 45(500)


    Dex: 95(500)


    Racial Density: 842


    Seeing that my name was changed and all was good but I got a new title from it, as I look at the information given about the title it shocked me a little:


    Title: Force Named


    Through forcing a name upon yourself going against the worlds laws


    That state one need to have a naming ceremonies to receive the blessing of a name to separate beast from being. You have changed the strings of fate that bind you. Due to your actions you will now be identified by all intelligent species as an entity instead of a monster. However due to forcing a name some cultures may treat you with hostility and violence.


    Also by forcing a name like none other solely bound to your soul you gain +50 to wisdom and intelligence as well as being immune to control impairing effects.


    Threw gaining a name you have also been granted the ability to evolve as a special bonus due to your race.


    Whew didn¡¯t expect me giving myself a name would grant me all of that at least most is good but gota watch out for those racist fucks later on when I run into civilization.


    Finished with looking at my status I pull up the notification window that went of like crazy sense the battle.


    [Notifications]


    ¡¤       Having eaten 389 mana cores you gain permanent mp boost of 3,890( due to eating massive amount of mana cores you gain 10 mp instead of 20 per core from now on)


    ¡¤       Being the first to see [Crystalized stairs] you have been granted [Crystalized diamond body]


    ¡¤       Threw extreme actions using [ED] it has gained a sub-effect to cause sudden explosions on target if dot surpasses targets max hp.


    ¡¤       Threw death defying stunts and pushing one¡¯s body to the extreme all damage inflicted either from enemy¡¯s or oneself is negated by 30%


    ¡¤       For defeating a being that far surpassed your level and power gain permanent passive boost of 45% move speed, 25% atk speed and 15% more density per meal(racial)


    ¡¤       You Have gained 5 level for defeating 389 Cavern wisps


    ¡¤       You have gained 11 levels for defeating Giant crystalline tortoise


    ¡¤       Threw force naming you have severed your bonds with fate, whatever the future holds is now in your hands.


    ¡¤       Threw being severed from fate she has granted you [Revival] for if you died you would have been erased permanently


    Holy fucking shit talk about a great way to wake up so far everything has been a great boost after almost loosing my life but a few things I need to check out first and number 1 on the menu is:


    [Revival]


    Due to being severed from the string of fate if you had died your soul would had been wiped from existence never to reincarnate.


    However due to the kindness of one of the last remaining goddesses she has granted you [Revival], This passive will allow you to revive at your last safe haven eternally until you are able to mend bonds with the universe to either reincarnate normally or go beyond mortality.


    Well hot fucking damn thank you goddess of fate, she seriously just saved my ass hard core, didn¡¯t think me naming myself would have permanently caused my ass to go poof. Up next is,


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    [ Crystalized Diamond Body]


    For being the only being to have seen the [Crystalized stairs] you have gained


    this passive.


    ¡¤       For now, it makes your body diamond strong so even the strongest force cannot crack you.


    ¡¤       Your bodily organs and fluid now gain a multiplier of 5x


    ¡¤       Your able to change your body to look like a crystal or rock like formation to camouflage in rocky environments.


    ¡¤        Your body is worth its weight x10 in platinum coins(Be Careful)


    ¡¤       You can now survive in immense heat, pressure, and forceful situations(Volcano Diving wohoo)


    Whew another great batch of bonus applied defiantly helps my survivability. After I got done looking at all the new things I gained I decide to switch my attention back to the stair case which granted me a lot of them.


    As I approached the stairs I realized they had a crystalized cover that went over it and had no means to move it, at first I was about to give up but then remembered my body is now diamond like so I built up force in my foreleg and slammed it down piercing right in the center causing the cover to shatter.


    As I stared down into the stair way I saw what I hoped was actual sunlight and not some pcp enhanced flora, knowing fully well that safety and alertness can save my ass I slowly move my way down the stairs further and further in. As I near the end it starts to flatten out leading towards what I do believe should be this cavern systems entrance.


    Holding myself back from bolting into the open air and sky I keep my slow alert pace minding my surroundings would really hate to get fucken killed before I see the sky.


    What seemingly felt like eons was actually only a few minutes but I finally reached the opening, as if I was just born I started to cry(Hiss) not sure but I cried seeing the outside world full of blue skies, white clouds and every now and then a giant flying fortress made of scales but either way I am alive.


    As I calmed myself down and stopped my creepy and insane sounding cry I started to look at the forest in front of me, vast, luscious, dark and really green was all that came to thought. But none the less I am forever watchful


    And as I peered further into the woods I saw beasts and monsters of all sizes and forms, some that looked like they came straight from hell others that seemed natural before it¡¯s face and antlers split apart showing a black void that sucked a fucking giant bear inside then closes it and went back to eating grass like it didn¡¯t just fucking happen.


    You know I accepted it was a fantasy world sure, dragons sure, me being a spider sure why not, but a fucking deerhole(deer + black hole) ah hell fuck na. Give me some meds, give me back my unicorn stomped veggies. As I was going into a state of pure insanity everything else just kinda went bye bye.


    After realizing what the fuck I was doing I calmed my shit and came to a quit understanding and that is the world is a fucked up place either suck it up and ram your cock down its throat to make sense or go lay in a ditch and die. I chose the latter, after being in the cavern I forgot some very basic things a spider has as an arsenal and that isn¡¯t grade a poison goo or a fucking makeshift napalm, it was my limbs and my webs.


    If the ground is dangerous take to the trees and if the trees are dangerous well you better fuck up whatever is up there because there are more ground based creatures, then ones in the air.


    After deciding to build my new base up in the trees I approach a very thick and seemingly sturdy tree and begin climbing like a mountain climber with picks.


    Instead of having normal barbed hairy legs my are smooth slender and durable so had to improvise. As I got higher and higher I was getting exhausted not because I was weak just that these fucking tree are fucking huge.


    For hours I climbed until I reached the top of the trees and once I reached them I started to spin my black webs(yep there black and as strong as steel), endlessly spinning an intricate web spanning from treetop to treetop working my way down doing from trunk to trunk tell I ended about 150 ft in the air. Being satisfied with my work I start to prepare some fail safes by carving out one of the trees trunk creating a nice little burrow where the outside is coated endlessly with my thick sharp webs so whatever gets close will be sliced to smithereens before it even gets close enough to smell me.


    After I finished doing that I decide its about time to go get dinner and what I have selected is a white giant hare, its exactly like a regular hare but its about the size of a horse and eats meat. But other then it being fast and having sharp teeth the shred its prey it is completely vulnerable from above.  As I pick up ones scent I start jumping from the treetops getting closer to its vicinity before I lay my web and lower myself from above quietly and stealthy where I will then wrap my web around its body strangling it and cutting it up but if that doesn¡¯t work I will use [ED] as a last resort.


    Finally reaching its destination I begin to prepare myself and have [ED] already ready in my gut just in case, as I start to lower myself I quietly spin some web to use to capture it and as I get a mere 5 ft from its crouched body(Bam BAM baM), what sounded like gun shots alerted the hare and as soon as it stood upright it almost bolted and got away but not before I quickly shot out the [ED] causing it to start dissolving.


    Before It could escape because I didn¡¯t use a lot to kill it because I need to eat but just enough to cause severe bodily damage to limit its maneuverability.  I quickly wrap its body and hook it too one of the tow lines I had prepared beforehand that uses a very large branch as a counter weight to haul it into the treetops.


    With tonight¡¯s dinner being secured and safe I then focus my attention in the direction from where the loud shots came from. With no visible beasts or creatures in the vicinity I start to head in the direction to find out if there are sentient beings around me or if it was just a tree falling or a beast¡¯s battle.


    Keeping to the treetops I cover mass amounts of ground and I pick up a strange scent that triggered a memory(Gunpowder), And as far as memory serves only humanoid beings can make it. Picking up my pace I get to the edge of the forest line that opens up into a circular clearing with smoke rising and endless noise.


    Keeping to the shadows I observe the humanoid beings but they all come in different shapes, sizes, color and features that are strange and new to me. While keeping a watch I start to notice that they are all wearing the same uniform, and armor while others have a symbol this leading to one conclusion there either a mercenary gang or there here on orders from their country to expedite the area.


    But going just off of looks and efficiency their here on their country¡¯s orders, not really sure of the reason not do I care but I continue to observe trying to learn as much about my first encounter with sentient races other than the fucking goblins that barley count.


    Noticing slight differences in their uniforms I come to the conclusion the more stripes the higher their rank along with different greeting¡¯s each one uses but while I was observing them unbeknownst to me I was under a watchful gaze as well with an unknown outcome.

 Side Story: Berkel

    Side Story: Berkel


    There isn¡¯t much to know about me my names Berkel I was just a simple village boy that grew up on the outskirts of Meghan the strongest kingdom out of the four, I was raised with a strict hand from my father and a nurturing love from my mother at first I hated my father for his rules and punishment.


    But as I got older I realized that it was concern and hope behind his actions he wanted better for me and to teach me right from wrong and to be a good older brother for my twin sisters that will be born in a few months¡¯ time. After coming to the realization that I need to be a man and a great older brother I stepped up around the village.


    For the first few years after my sisters were born I spent every waking moment helping my dad in the fields and the smithy, going around assisting the other villagers with day to day tasks, only after that I would spend the rest of the day with my siblings after mom finished their teachings.


    We would run amok getting into everything and just enjoying the world and out time together, as the years passed I became a man and had to help more around the village which I welcomed I still spent time with my sisters but soon I had to move out and make my own home. With my 18th birthday coming to a close I spent the next week with my sisters, father¡¯s and villagers help building my house a little way from my parents.


    In our culture once a man has built his home he is to pick a profession and find a good wife to wed and lay to make future generations, I was never short on marriage proposals after all I was a hardworking, caring and great with kid¡¯s man but I just didn¡¯t feel like settling down yet I still wanted to satisfy my burning blood first.


    Not soon after that actually 5 months after deciding I wanted adventure a kingdom wide announcement was made that they will be venturing far to the west into the forest of Acrain, where massive beasts of all sizes reside along with untold riches. After hearing the news from the messenger I ran to my parent¡¯s home and told them I wanted to apply for the scouting force.


    At first my mother and sisters started to cry and beg me not to go while my father restrained himself from beating me silly but after looking into my eyes and seeing my determination he sighed and accepted. Turning to my mother and sisters he told them I am a grown man and console them explain how I would be alright and how their boy was strong. After hearing those words I too came into the family hug and started balling saying il be fine and il come back when I am on leave along with trying to send mail monthly.


    For the last three weeks I was there before I would be deployed to the capitol to receive my training I spent every waking moment with my family and helping around their house not leaving once.


    And as time does it flew by in the blink of an eye and on my sisters 11 birthdays i departed for the capitol bags in hand.


    For the next gruesome three years they drilled into out unit every formation, command, intel, surviving regimen and training method into our bones to make sure we survive and make it back home with all the news from the expedition.


    After our training we were all station in our own division, most of my friends got sent to different ones while a couple came with me. And from that day The Fesdar Division began.


    For the following 6 months we marched on and on through marsh lands, mountains, valleys, rivers and the badlands before we reached the end of the explored land the border of the Acrain Forest.


    For years none have dared explore it in fear of what lurks in the undergrowth and the darkness where the sun will not shine for the trees block out all light refusing the heavens.


    After reaching the boundary we set camp for a week to recuperate and regain our energy as well as plan safety measures as well as defensive formations, we were not cutting corners on the venture for we all want to return to our family¡¯s and bring back great news to the kingdom we love.


    For the first few days fear started to take root for at night the sounds of beats and monsters fighting would wake us at every moment violent, ruthless and gnarly sounds wiggled their way into our minds, Thankfully the kingdom decided to put a priest in every division to buff, heal and purify to increase the odds of success.


    As far as we knew there were a total of 31 divisions that are spread out along the border to enter at different points to increase the chance of finding riches, ruins or anything of value along with as much information on the beasts we meet that¡¯s why we also have a cataloguer.


    As the week¡¯s end approached we began to hype ourselves up in preparation for the march into darkness. And the day finally approached as we got into our defensive formation shield barers on all sides, the blasters behind them with all supportive units in the center along with our division captain.


    If your wondering what I am then your probably guessed I would be a shield barer but you would be sadly mistaken I am the trump card the Juggernaut, positioned in the back I am incased in a power suit made by the dwarfs that has 4 separate launchers on the shoulders with a great sword in my right hand and a cannon on my left. Fully powered by mana cores where if a single one goes bad it could cause an explosion that will cover an area of 275 ft.


    Hearing this may make you wonder why in the hell would anyone pilot it and why would anyone use it where if the core gets damaged you could wipe out the whole unit, and those are good questions but through trial and error the dwarfs were able to make the new mana cores out of mithril and orichalcum making it damn near indestructible unless a dragon decides to use it as a chew toy.


    So if any big baddies come out il pummel the fuck into particles before it can even meow, now after we all get into formation we start are trek into the forest, after about 30 yards in visibility becomes almost nonexistent so we have the shield barer¡¯s active their mana charged flashlights on the shields along with my fog lights located on my torso.


    As we march further in we start to run into beasties most of them are small fries so the blasters take care of them, but once in a while I get to come into play and it¡¯s saddening how easy this expedition is getting but that may be me becoming overconfident. After we have marched for over 16 hours we spot a clearing up ahead and start to approach it to set up a base camp to make reconnaissance easier.


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    But as soon as we get within better visible range of the clearing we notice its infested with SlyBacks, which are basically miniature sized dragons without the wings and size but instead are fast with razor sharp talons while their body is lined in fine fins that can cut through iron like butter.


    While in some cases they act alone but most of the time they are a pack minded species that group up and take down even dragons if they have enough, so defiantly not something we were glad to walk right into. Without warning they start to stir from their afternoon sunbath and as on command we start unloading into them.


    In most cases I would be bombarding the area but it could alert even more monsters to our area and cause us more trouble then we already have so we left the damage to the blasters which where handling the situation well until something we only ever heard about in children horror stories from heroes that have long past. A Quadra Meg SlyBack Alpha Female the worst thing to run into after a male which we won¡¯t run into if there is a female for she eats her mate after giving birth to a litter and I do believe they are the ones we are currently blasting to pieces.


    So as you could guess she raving pissed and the blasters cannons don¡¯t have the force to blast through her hide and that where we could only prey nothing else is in the vicinity if she is here. As soon as she comes through the tree line heading straight for us I whip out our strongest arsenal the A.R.K which stands for Anti-mana rail-accelerating Kinetic launcher that basically super charges a piece of condensed metal, applies an anti-mana rune then fires the metal at about 3,000 mph giving it enough force to pierce up to a full grown wyverns hide and searing a dragon¡¯s.


    Within moments I fire of three rounds two to the legs dropping her to the ground and one straight into her head exploding it instantly. Even though these things are insanely useful they drain the mana cores by about 15% per shot, cannot be made in bulk like the blasters cannons and have terrible accuracy at long distances.


    With the mother out of the picture the blasters finished up the SlyBacks without further delay and we began to clear out the bodies cutting up most for their meat, hide, claws and fins for materials.


    With an outpost set up we began rolling out the tents and setting up the communication system, along with setting up wards along the perimeter to scare of any beasties.


    With the primary concerns set up everyone starts to settle down and relax after a long day¡¯s battle, some started mingling and others got to their own tasks but I decided to wonder of to the back of the camp and just daze of into the forest relaxing my body from being in the suit for the past few months.


    As I almost fall into a nap from the warm sun, the gentle breeze and the chatting behind me something catches my attention in the tree tops, at first I thought it was some type of bird but as I looked closer and focused my attention on it I froze, what I was staring at was anything but a bird 12 pairs of eyes that glow like a rainbow, its limbs and body lined in glowing streaks, a metallic shimmer that shows it has a hard exoskeleton that¡¯s damn near metallic, the size about the same as a mule and if you look closer you can see human like intelligence radiating from its glossy eyes.


    At first I wanted to book it back to the tents hope in my suit and eradicate the fucking thing but as I calmed myself down realizing it¡¯s not doing anything nor looks like it plans to as though more curiosity is felt from it. As it watched our division from above quietly in the tree tops so did I watch it from the shaded rock I am resting on. As times passed it just continued to watch and seems to learn our interaction¡¯s with each other causing me to wonder something myself, most would call me insane hell even I would because only beings that go through the naming ceremony will show up in the standard identify everyone uses day to day while we use observe on beasts and monsters this helps differentiate being from beast. But no matter how long I stared at it observe never activated leaving all but one thing left and as I call out [Identify] I am shocked at what I see and as if the being noticed it was being inspected it jerks its head looking at me with its beady eyes as if it was trying to read my soul.


    As soon as it caught wind of me it bolted through the tree tops towards the west deeper inwards and I didn¡¯t plan to attempt a chase for it, instead I looked at what popped up before I got side tracked by it noticing me:


    You have used [Identify] on an unknown species due to this limited information is shown, fur further details please ask target for more details for update.


    Name: Onigrakir Race: ???? (????)


    Level 18


    ????: 5,685/6,790 Mp: 2,760/3,890


    After looking at what was shown I was speechless not once have I ever heard of any spider being that big nor looking anything like that now even identify can¡¯t explain what I just saw and what is with all of the question marks I mean all I got was its name, level and mp. Everything else like the race sure I can understand not knowing that but what about that 5,685/6,790 shouldn¡¯t that be hp if not then what the fuck is it.


    As I torment myself trying to figure out what I just saw my division captain comes up to me and asks what¡¯s wrong because I guess I look depraved. After explaining to him what I just saw he got the most bizarre expression that then turned into a grin while facing me he said: Now we have a target that must be caught alive at all costs to be brought back to the king.


    And those words marked the events that will come to be known as the Acrain Forest Desolation Catastrophe.

 Growth and The Hunted

    Growth and the hunted


    As I was watching the humanoid species mingle about and converse with each other I got intrigued and decided to stay longer than I had planned, while I was observing them I attempted to learn as much as possible before I had to call it a night and head back to eat my dinner. Slowly I was starting to understand some words but of course they aren¡¯t teachers so they won¡¯t pick up an apple for ex and teach me the word they use for it.


    Even though they didn¡¯t I still picked up a few things for ex. What they call a tent, friends, lovers, food, cooking, and ranks. (now I am not going to delve into creating a while new language it would just be pointless and confusing so for now everything is still in English J)


    As I was doing this something started to tickle the back of my metaphorical neck and it kept getting stronger before I realized it my sensor¡¯s went off and I jerked my head to look at what the cause of my concern, and far away from everyone else was a man laying down on a rock seemingly enjoying the sun nothing to strange all but the fact he was staring right at me.


    Luckily he didn¡¯t burst out screaming monster in the trees grab the pitch forks and torches(lol) and start a whole burn the fucker scenario. Not being one to test my better judgment I bolt it back through the trees heading for home an attempt to get as far as possible in case they decide to give chase after all they could most likely also use identify and figure out I am a walking platinum mine.


    With nothing holding me back I pick up my pace faster I say faster I move, running from an untold event, only after draining myself of my reserves and reaching my home do I relax and let out a sigh of relief, thinking there is no way in hell they could follow me this far. Moving towards the area I should have dinner strung up I start to salivate thinking of the juicy fats and blood and curious of how my first mammal will taste. After all even if I wanted to I couldn¡¯t eat the tortoise it was by far to big even for my insane mouth opening skills and the goblins don¡¯t count they were damn near just like me goo by the time I got to eat it.


    Then again it was mostly my fault for freaking out and shredding his innards to dust but hey I was like a day old what do you expect. Getting side tracked in my own thought I came to the area my dinner should be and just as I hoped its still there dangling from the tree tops just waiting to get eaten by me before anything else shows up. Not waiting to find out if I would receive dinner guests I wrap it up and haul it back to my burrow/nest not sure he he.


    As I get home dinner in tow I lay down and start eating it lazily due to exhaustion from all the excitement from today, it took me about a good hour and a half to finish eating it and mostly filling me up for now. Before I call it a night I decide to clean up the mess I made and get rid of all the bones, great news is due to my webs being so fine and steel like all I need to do it stomp on them to shake the blood and guts loose watching them fall to the forest floor.


    The bones on the other hand il keep and set aside for now tell I can make myself sometime of storage area so I can use them later to make something I guess always agreed to the saying rather have and not need then to need and not have. After gathering all the bones and setting them off to the second of the three trees that make up my triangular shaped platform I head back to my burrow/nest and let my body fall into a deep sleep.


    While I was asleep I had my first dream not really sure what to make of it for it was really blurry and fragmented the few things that stuck out was a woman screaming at me not in the bad way more of like concern. But I couldn¡¯t make out the words no matter how hard I tried to focus on it. Another part of the dream was me being surrounded by flames not normal ones either but gold and black so I think they had a deeper meaning then a normal fire.


    While I was trying to get as much out of those to dream frags I was snapped awake by my warning system(Instincts) going haywire not really sure why, I mean I am over 800 fucking ft into the air as well as being surrounded by wires that could cut through most things with ease.


    So instead of panicking like I normally would due I decide to peek out and find out what is causing my body to react with such concern, crawling out of my humble abode I notice the first sign of morning are about to peak through the canopy so at least I was able to get some good sleep. Either way after walking along my platform looking all around me the whole time there was nothing there at all. Not a bird in sight, or bugs to speak of just an overly quite atmosphere and that¡¯s when it hit me, the forest is never this quite.


    Realizing my stupidity and hoping it wasn¡¯t to late I let my instinct out full bloom forcing my body to create adrenalin in case I need to bail, crouching as low as I can to my platform watching overhead for a dragon or even a bird that may be targeting me for a snack, but nothing nada no whooshing and wishing sounds at all. Getting more concerned that there is something around me I can sense it but I can¡¯t smell, taste, hear or see it was really nagging me.


    Not finding the source and the feeling refused to go away instead it just got worse so I decide rather be safe than sorry I bolt it heading north deeper into the woods, adrenaline pumping goo flowing and trees passing me by getting increasingly faster, I wasn¡¯t playing around and it kept increasing my speed because no matter how fast I got I could feel it in every fiber of my being something was on my ass but no matter how many eyes I had and not matter how good I could see it wasn¡¯t showing up.


    There is one thing about running from something I could see and know is chasing me but being chased by something I can¡¯t see but can feel the danger it possesses if I stop scares me 100x more, so I forced myself to go faster and faster attempting to get as far away from it as possible I started to add sharp turns, sudden dives then wiping myself somewhere else with my webs like a good old heroes¡¯ movie I remember.  But nothing was working and the fear I felt just got worse to where I could feel my goo freezing over and my breath¡¯s becoming shallow.


    Before I knew it I ran into something I couldn¡¯t see shocked and afraid I tried to get away but every direction had the same wall surrounding me from all sides, up, down and around.


    As I kept thrashing and jumping I could feel the space around me kept getting smaller forcing me into a more compact cage and I couldn¡¯t do anything but hiss and bash myself against it.


    By the time there was no space left for me to even move an inch I had already exhausted myself from the running and struggle, with nothing left I waited for my impending capture or death not sure what my captures had in store for me or who they were.


    Breathing heavily, battered and exhausted I continued to keep my awareness at max hoping to catch I glimpse of my captures before I lose consciousness, and the last thing I remember before it went dark was I giant suit with glowing eyes saying something and bam lights out.


    Berkel¡¯s Pov:


    After the captain decided that we were to hunt the spider down and capture it everything around camp started moving like clockwork (get it lol), everyone got geared up and started planning on how we were to capture the being that had a name and was sentient.  After all it¡¯s not every day you meet a new race that can think for itself or even understand simple things.


    Now the hard part is when we should implement the plan after all if its nocturnal we would need to set up during the day or vice versa, along with us not knowing any of its capabilities were playing it very safe and by the book.


    For now, what we do know it that it was out during daylight so it must sleep during the nights hopefully if not I may be ones of those special cases that can stay up for months on end then hibernate for a couple of years never being seen again tell they show up out of the blue.


    So with that figured out we start gathering the needed equipment after all we want it alive not dead or injured, so first things is the shock batons, shock grenades, sleeping gas, mithril net, and of course the S.C.C which stands for Spatial collapsible cage. Now the S.C.C will be used as a last resort because it will only activate once the target has escaped past a certain margin which will activate the collapsing function brining in the walls forcing the subject into a compressed space. Yes it sounds great but problem once its active it can¡¯t be stopped, the area inside can¡¯t be altered so no sleeping gas to force it to sleep so the subject will be left rampaging inside and in most cases will cause severe injuries and death.


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    As all the gear has been gathered and everyone is ready we start heading west where I last saw it heading hopefully leading back to its home, For hours we kept moving west with no signs of it at first we almost gave up and backtracked trying to find any traces of it changing direction, but right before we did one of the blasters had spotted a slight shimmer in the tree line. Catching everyone¡¯s attention hoping he wasn¡¯t seeing shit so we can finally get some progress we all look up and just as he said there were fine strand of web going every direction in the trees.


    That was one thing we had overlooked at first we decide it was in the trees only to observe not that it resided within them so we kept to the ground looking for tracks coming up empty handed. With a ray of hope we kept heading west keeping track of the webs but soon we didn¡¯t have to as they got more and more dense the further we moved inwards.


    After about another hour or so we came upon the densest portion of webbing and decided it must be up there sleeping and that this was its home. And as we thought this thing is very intelligent not only traveling by the tree tops but creating thousands upon thousands of webs from the top to the ground where we almost could have alerted it if we didn¡¯t pay attention by tripping one sending vibration to its nest.


    Another surprising thing it all of the trees within a 600 ft radius are wrapped in them and at first we didn¡¯t think much of it but after dropping a leaf on one strand it cut it in half cleanly letting us know that they are not to be trifled with.


    With no way to scale the 800+ ft to reach its platform to throw sleeping gas or net it we were left with no choice but to use the S.C.C., After setting it right beneath the spiders home we all activate our stealth devices and retreat out of the 2,000 ft enclosure, upon reaching the safe distance we all activate the last part of the S.C.C which is the H.F.S.D standing for high frequency sonar disturber causing the target to sense extreme danger causing it to go into a panic mode until it decides to escape.


    After about 30 mins we get our first signs of movement and now everyone is able to view the being and they all gasp, the creature truly is beautiful if you set aside your child hood fear of the creepy crawlers that were on your walls.


    After another 15 min it starts to panic and bolts north and when I mean bolt if we didn¡¯t have the S.C.C there was no way in hell you could catch this thing, but because of one of the features of it we are able to view what happens inside through a streaming video. Of course it shocked us at how fast the thing could move but it took it one step more out of nowhere the green marking lit up and the creature rocketed all over the place pulling of ridiculous acrobatics and maneuvers that even our best pilots would cry over.


    But because of its immense speed it was closing in on the border at dangerous speeds and at first we thought it was going to splatter on it and die while we watched unable to help it.


    However, through either a miracle or some unknown trait it collided with the wall and came out unscathed each time it kept trying to escape until there was no more room for it to move locking it in place.


    As we approached the creature it became even more breath taking, smooth and glossy limbs with no imperfections, a glowing trail going over its entirety, matched with the ever changing eyes and no noticeable mouth markings or fangs.


    Before were even able to get within 15 ft it¡¯s eyes close and it passes out from either exhaustion or concussive reasons, as soon as it does we have the priest start healing it.


    When we started to move to finish collecting all of our gear to head back to the kingdom


    With our new guest the priest starts yelling and speaking gibberish in his native tongue.


    Wondering what the hell he¡¯s going on about I approach him and he quickly explains that none of his healing spells are working and what is thought to be its hp is decreasing slowly overtime.


    Panic started to set into everyone after all they didn¡¯t plan to kill it only capture and bring it back to their great city, but with the new development what could they do when even the priest is unable to heal it.


    With time being of the essence everyone starts throwing out opinion, ideas, and family remedies non sounding like they would work after all they are targeted to hp which the creature seems to not live with. With more and more thoughts thrown out I decided to bring up something that kinds fits: What about repairing it I asked and everyone shut up.


    When no one said anything I begin to explain that it could work just like the clockworks and automatons that reside in the cities where they use durability instead of hp I mean look at it doesn¡¯t it seem metallic in some way. Not knowing what to think they all start to converse looking at me periodically when all of a sudden the captain comes to me and asked if I could repair it.


    I Mean maybe after all I had helped at the smithy in my younger years and now I am in charge of maintain the power suit, but still those and it are two completely separate situations.


    On the verge of ripping out my hair I decide to try it anyways and approach the creature and cast [Repair] on it, as soon as the words left my moth a bright light washed over the creature and its information was updated in my identity log: Race still unknown but you have discovered it uses durability instead of hp to determine its survival. With those words repeating themselves I begin to cast it over and over again tell it is fully repaired.


    Critical moment out of the way everyone breathed a sigh of relief and resumed packing up, with over 8 months left to travel everyone decided that the creature should be put into a hibernated state tell our arrival for it¡¯s safety.


    Noting down everything that happened in my logs gave me a new found goal in the world and that is to help the creature to the best of my ability for I have the responsibility of releasing the knowledge to others and putting it into this situation I only prey that the city will be as generous and understanding then many who wont be.


    Pov MC:


    So tired and heavy like the world is crushing me, with the last amount of strength I have I force myself awake and am able to pick up a little bit of information it seems I have been captured and am currently being taken to a kingdoms capitol, with my last thought being never again will I be caught I fall into a deep slumber.


    As I enter into my inner world something beings to approach me quickly, before suddenly stopping a mere feet away, as I read the panel I am shocked and after understanding what it is I feel a grin grow across my face:


    [Evolution Available]


    Please choose one of the three options will take effect after gaining control of your body.


    ¡¤


    [ Royal Anarak]


    Being of royalty one will gain untold powers at the cost of current form.


    [N.G.B Anarak]


    Through your knowledge of science and the [Eye of fallen]


    Your granted this one-time option to become Next-Gen Bio Anarak


    (Unknown Benefits)


    [Crysoul Anarak]


    Granted due to slaying the giant crystalline tortoise


    Grants Further crystalized and diamond enhanced body (Unknown benefits)


    ¡¤

 A Few things

    Not sure if i am able to give in dept visuals to you guys through writing but hopefully this helps. These are a few designs that may match or get close to a few things added into the story as it progresses. still trying to find an image that best describes what i have in my head on what mc looks like but not finding one, however if i cant il attempt to draw a simple image to assist if you feel like it and kinda want to know what the power suits will look like in the future hear is a link to a collection im making for the book art. None of these are owned and or made by my all rights go to the artist.


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 Side story: Ezekiel

    Side Story: Ezekiel


    My name is Ezekiel, I am a citizen of Dekiis kingdom of shadows and mystery, we have remained in the shadows of history being known to exist but nothing more than that. It was just a normal day like any other where we wake up go an hunt around the kingdom to keep our skills trained on the monsters that line out kingdoms land. With the morning being a successful hunt we start to return but as soon as we do the kingdoms [Bell of Silence] starts ringing.


    To understand the significant of the bell I will first have to tell you a bit about myself and my kingdom, I am not a humanoid nor is any of the kingdoms people, we have three distinct races that inhabit our floating city. With the most abundant being the spectral, many would link them to wisps but you would be sadly mistaken they are born from a couple that split have their energy fusing it into a new being, they can go through all forms of matter expect for mana walls, along with many other neat abilities will get to later.


    Second in line would be the drenai (yes wow drenai one of my fav races someone has ever created) they don¡¯t boast a spectral body nor can they walk through walls, however they and masters in the way of mystical energy and crafting artifacts to boost themselves or ally¡¯s. Last time we had a inter fight happen that was between a spectral and a drenai, we had to rush the spec it the healing ward because it got blasted into a mana wall the drenai made with a Warhammer.


    And lastly we get to my race only boasting about a population of 127 quite low you would be thinking and correct you would be, unlike the other races we our unable to reproduce using normal methods after all were reapers. Even if we have the lowest population we carry the most power and weight in the kingdom, being able to live for thousands of years most of the positions on the council are taken by the reapers.


    And if you wondering how old I am I am about to be 67 years old I am one of the newest additions to the reapers bloodline.


    Now with a little about the races I can explain the bell, eons ago our ancestors were hunted down and were almost exterminated by the races of that time, left with no hope they all marched south were they almost killed each other off. With the help of the drenai they were able to calm the situation and understood each other¡¯s suffering. At this moment the three races combined heading further south into the drekai chasm.


    With only the clothes on their back to marched forward looking for hope and a place to call home, threw months of travel they came upon a floating platform that hovered above the ground mere feet. Not thinking much about it at the time they decide to climb upon it to rest from the world below, with some rest for their weary body¡¯s one of the drenai speaks up about using this for our city.


    I guess back then they questioned him after all it was barely of the ground but just enough that creature won¡¯t climb it, but continuing the story the drenai explained what if we use all of our strengths to boost the levitation of the plat form to raise it further into the sky¡¯s, with the drenai artifacts, spectral¡¯s plasma and the reapers void attribute. They were able to raise the platform above the clouds bordering on the point of losing oxygen.


    With a city and kingdom founded they began to work like no other, constructing homes, tools, buildings, factory¡¯s, etc. But they ran into a problem to reach the ground took to much time and was becoming a problem, with the drenai focused on the task to find a means to travel from the ground and back up instantly.


    Through trial and error, they were able to make the way gates big bulky painfully obvious portals that would allow one to travel to and fro, but we ran into the problem of beasts coming through them and into the city, after perfecting the way gates to make them enter a semi spatial rift that split it from the world into another dimension.


    Now with the main stuff on the table the drenai were always seeking new things in the world and by applying the process of the way gates they were able to make the [Bell of Silence] with a single purpose to signify that something new has entered the world witch would ring alerting all of us to return to the city immediately.


    Upon returning back to our city we make way towards the Atrium where we will be able to view the new existence as well as locate it. Once I reached the atrium everything started to get exiting after all not once has it ever rung so this is a completely exiting event, as I get a comfortable space and everyone start to quiet down the counsel announce their speech blab la and then they activate the [Eye of Revelation].


    With it starting up i am over my seat in anticipation what will it be, a new metal, flora, monster, creature just so many possibilities with me almost on bursting point it finally shows us the image an egg.


    At first no one was sure what to make of it I mean it was an egg shaped object that had no defining points but the metallic sheen it had. Watching to see if anything more happens we were glad to see movement from within letting us know its about to hatch and on cue, a spider comes out.


    A lot of the females started screaming and quite a few males did as well(lol), heck even a couple of the council shivered after all spiders are still one the most despised crawly in the world next to roaches. Me on the other hand was amazed at how beautiful it looked, nothing I have seen in my 60+ years of life have ever been as beautiful, and at this moment I decided on my future husband and mate,


    Shocked aren¡¯t ya reapers don¡¯t have a gender until they have decided on their future mate which will depend on either becoming male/female, As I decided it would be my mate I wait until after the viewing of my cute darling slowly exploring the cavern he¡¯s in like an adorable child. With it over I left saddened that I couldn¡¯t see more but I have more important matters I must find my parents.


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    And as you guys have probably guessed reapers cannot mate with one another they get attached on a spiritual level with their fated mate that will then be able to breed and create a new reaper in a void womb. This may sound convenient but it is what has caused our decline after all are mates are decided by fate meaning if there isn¡¯t one, they died, or we never meet then nothing but loneliness.


    Luckily my parents found each other and have been happily married for the past 600 or so years both holding a seat on the council, my mother being the reaper while my father is a race known as the Dreadari, basically he¡¯s a big badass that is one of the few races that can go toe to toe with high dragon.


    Though they don¡¯t live as long as a reaper will when one bonds themselves to us they will also share our almost eternal life until decided otherwise.


    With a goal in mind I run to my parents¡¯ home after all whenever they got done with important stuff they like to go play around. Thankfully I will get there before there done to prevent it from happening so I can talk to them about my decision to go on a journey to the west to find my future hubby. After all its not everyday fate gives you his persona and location.


    As I arrive at my parents¡¯ home I proceed to walk inside and wait in the living room, after about an hour or so they finally walk through the door giggling and flirting like always. As soon as they notice me they stop after all who wants to get frisky with you baby in the room (yes I am still considered there baby zz). After fixing themselves up a bit they come into the living room looking worried after all I never come by unless it¡¯s something life changing (J).


    Once they sit down and mom magically brings out drinks I start talking to them about the revealing, and how it was great and all them whole heartedly agreeing and that it¡¯s great to see new races coming into the world. As the small talk continues I slowly prepare myself to break the ice and let them know my plan.


    Pov Mother Tikera:


    Well today sure didn¡¯t go as planned first the bell then the revealing and now my baby is here acting weird talking about the event that just transpired and not getting to the point, at first I thought she was afraid of it after all my baby¡¯s a soft heart (always hoping she become female), with her continues rambling I restocked the drinks and brought out a few snacks darling always does get a little grouchy after not eating for a while, and defiantly don¡¯t want it coming out during this talk once she gets done saying it.


    With it sounding like the conversation is about to come to a close she drops a bombshell that makes me and Dilen spit out our food and drink.


    Pov Ezekiel:


    As I noticed my rambling was getting worse trying to avoid the subject I take a quick breath and just say it: Mom, dad I am going on an adventure to the west to find my husband with or without your consent.


    As soon as I finished saying that both my parents went blue then spit out their food and drinks all over the place, at first I thought they were going to be mad and try to lock me up but contradicting me my mother ran up to me and started saying something about knowing I would be a girl or something like that, while my father seemed to just hold his chin in deep thought trying to link everything together.


    As if on cue my father blurted out about me meaning the spider that they just saw and that it¡¯s too dangerous to travel to the west without help after all you will be exposing yourself to the kingdom of Qeubol of the warlords and marauders.


    As I listen to his overbearing concern I snapped at him saying that I am going and that nothing he does or says will stop me, after all it took momma over 1,700 years to find dad not wanting the same for me I just explode on him.


    Whew never was like that I guess the change is starting to happen going to get hormonal now and everything is going to change.


    After my father realized that he can¡¯t change my mind he at least begged to let him hire some bodyguards to go with me, I didn¡¯t see a problem with that as long as they didn¡¯t get in the way of me meeting my fated then they will be fine.


    As quickly as possible I packed all my important gear and equipment along with water and food, after making sure I had everything I went to meet my dad at the guild office where he said to meet him and the new bodyguards that will be traveling with me.


    It didn¡¯t take me long after all the guild was maybe a couple of blocks from my place, as a rounded the corner I saw my dad stating out from with what looked like an army. Quickly I ran over to him and asked what he was doing, only saying that these are my guards all 300 of them.


    Getting a headache, I decide to kick dad in the knee dropping him to the ground and then telling a vast majority of the guards they are relived and picking a select handful of the best for myself.


    With that ordeal out of the way I was left with seven guards all the best out of the 300.


    After finishing up I have the guards help me carry father back home so I can say my farewells to both of them before I leave, after reaching home and setting dad down on the couch I spend the last couple of hours with my mom talking about food, and what changes are going to happened to my body and then going over to dad and saying il be fine and safe.


    With everything in order I start my first trip away from home to find my future husband not knowing what the road ahead entails or the dangerous heading my way, with great trials awaiting me I step through the warp gate into a new life.

 Side & Teaser: Inner Realm

    Side & Teaser: Inner Realm


    With my world going black and my consciousness fading I


    was left in fear of what my future holds for me, as I started to drift I fell a


    tug pulling me out of the darkness and as soon as I caved I ended up in a barren


    land with nothing but black sand and a crimson sun.


    With only what I remembered before passing out I at first


    thought I had died and ended up in some spirit realm until I respawn at my last


    safe haven in the trees. However, as time in the space continued to flow it


    started to rub me the wrong way it feels to natural as if I am walking inside


    my own body.


    With nothing happening and no sign of me waking up I decide


    to start trans versing this barren land to see if I can find out more about


    where I am or find a way out of this damn boring space.


    With what feels like hours of walking in I think a straight


    line but never works that way I cannot see an end to this plain, with nothing


    but the sounds of my steps reverberating on the sand I my mind starts to wane.


    As the weight of insanity starts to weigh on my psyche I begin


    to lash out at anything and everything around me, with no change or events


    arising from my actions and the space remaining the same I give up. Why should I


    keep moving forward when there Is nothing ahead in any direction nothing to


    change this bleak existence I am currently living?


    Giving up I just plop where I


    stood letting out a sigh of defeat, as I lay there pondering what am I going to


    do where nothing changes and I get nowhere I start shifting the sand beneath me.


    With my continues actions of


    moving the sand it puts me in a trance where I become empty focusing on


    nothing, being nothing.


    Through my meditative state a thought arose as if I had


    reached enlightenment, the notification about an evolution. Now call me crazy


    even though it said I wont evolve tell I regain control of my body never said I


    couldn¡¯t test it for a ride.


    After all, if I am not dead, not in heaven or hell,


    reincarnated then I must be inside my inner realm like the monks from memory.


    If my theory is correct I am able to bend this realm to my


    will after all it should in truth be me.


    As I came to a decision on my plans I proceed to enact


    them, at first nothing seemed to be working but the more I pushed it I felt a


    light tug almost telling me I am on the right path.


    Pushing myself further mentally I begin to form an image


    with the evolution choices popping up in front of me, after an untold amount of


    mentally draining myself I was able to materialize it.


    With a new found hope and purpose in this dead world I begin


    to look over my option¡¯s once more, yes all of them sound and could very well


    be great in their own way but one just hit¡¯s home to me, After careful


    consideration I select N.G.B Anarak.


    Within moments of selecting the evolution my body starts to


    pulsate uncontrollably spouting energy left and right. As the energy release


    starts to quicken and escalate I can feel my body being torn apart and my body


    morphing into an abomination.


    As the pain intensifies I prey to black out to ignore the excruciating


    pain I am experiencing but falling into despair as I recall I already am


    unconscious and not being sure if it¡¯s possible in this realm.


    With no hope insight I bite down as a massive surge of pain


    rips through every fiber and molecule inside me, second by second the pain


    intensifies forcing my fragile mind to shatter releasing the hold I had over


    the beast within.


    Being unable to pass out I watch


    from the sidelines as what I have been holding back locked far away deep inside


    my inner being is unleashed in this hell hole. Glad that it happened in here


    instead of the real world but also fearful of what would happen if this thing maintains


    control and is released upon my wakening.


    Drowned in concern and fear I can only watch as this other


    side of me forcefully rips our body apart under its own violation further


    driving it mad. With every limb, every chunk of flesh, and every organ being ripped


    to shreds the darkness grows and the beast hungers.


    Guilty for causing this, guilty for unleashing it, guilty


    for my own weakness I cower in hate for myself. Only watching it happen and not


    stopping it like I should I wallow in self-pity.


    As the minutes go by our body regrows then is ripped apart


    by the monster over and over again. With every passing second my rage grows


    with every passing second my tolerance and fear runs thin, soon my patience and


    cowardice runs out and I explode through the darkness forcing my way towards


    this entity inside me, as I get within feet from it I force feed it my fucking


    legs drilling them ever further down its bottomless maw.


    With it coming to realization its under attack it focuses


    its attention onto me instead of ripping our body apart, as soon as it does we


    begin to clash, slash for slash, bite for bite, we continued our internal


    battle fighting for dominance.


    As our fight escalated the stakes raised higher we began


    using [ED] on each other, not realizing the danger of this until we were too


    late. With each cast, every hit the erosion starts to take its toll, but not


    like normal after all instead of on tissue we used it inside our mind eating


    away at parts of our self.


    As the effect began to show we both halted and began to


    panic, yes the alter ripped our body apart but now realizing it was out of


    survival and instinct I understood that it is not entirely bestial and that it


    knows were screwed.


    Setting our differences aside we began doing everything to


    slow and stop the erosion before it¡¯s too late and we wipe our existence out


    becoming nothing more than a veggie. With nothing working it begins to hiss and


    thrash in panic with me almost following along, With the seconds counting down I


    can feel myself fading and fragmenting.


    Losing hope, I begin to scan through everything about


    myself trying and praying that there is something I gained that will allow us


    to survive this ordeal, on the brink of vanishing I recall [Quick Eater] not


    bothering with it originally thinking it just allowed me to eat faster cost me


    a great start. In truth it not only allowed me to eat faster but also grants


    the ability to eat and absorb anything without repercussions.


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    of the tar eating away at out surroundings and ourselves with the alter realizing


    what I was doing it to beings to assist, after a close call we were able to


    absorb every last drop and refocus on each other.


    Not caring anymore, we stare each other down, sizing one


    another up, trying to figure each other¡¯s stand point and mostly me trying to


    figure out just what the fuck this thing is. With my original impression of it


    being I mindless monster trying to destroy us and everything around it now


    putting me in a state of confusion after all it did help save us either out of


    survival or just because it deserves more thought.


    With nothing happening I try a long shot by attempting


    speech, now remember I have yet to vocalize anything other than hissing and


    crying. With my attempt I am able to squeeze out +What are you+.


    Just those words alone made my throat almost rip, and now


    hoping it understand speech but also being able to squeeze out a response I wait.


    Alter: PoV


    Dark, cold, alone and hungry these are what I came into existence


    feeling, blind of my surroundings with nothing more than slight feelings of


    danger and warning I was able to enhance them, with more time passing I gained


    the ability to start seeing the outside world through the Host.


    With each passing moment I observed and influenced some


    things slightly either through hunger or warning¡¯s I was able to satisfy myself


    and my urges.


    Noticing the main is slightly carefree at moments worries


    me so I begin to inforce my presence and the feelings of danger and


    alertness.


    Thankfully he began to keep an eye out at all times and


    take things slower, like hunting the wisps again instead of going back to the


    goblins.


    But the dumb shit decided to push his luck and began to


    explore the other pathway instead of improving our self.


    While I watch and keep an eye out something about this new


    place gives me a bad vibe so I start to seep it into the main. As if it was a


    fly the fucker rubs it off and keeps going towards the center.


    Not giving a shit anymore I decide to flood him with mass amounts


    of fear and warning, luckily it was in time before a fucking giant beast beings


    to unleash attacks left and right on us. With us barely surviving I vowed to


    never let the main get us in those situation again.


    With us moving out of the cavern and into the forest I decide


    to help push the main into deciding to live in the trees instead of on the


    forest floor to increase our safety and survivability.


    But of course he has to destroy all of my hard work by


    going towards the sounds of danger, at first it was fine staying in the trees


    minding our own business but then without him realizing it we were being


    watched. So I forcefully jerk our body¡¯s head to look at the figure.


    Without delay we began to bolt it back home, back to safety


    and comfort thank god. After eating the main goes to sleep while I keep watch


    during the night. Noticing something was off I began to release darkness into


    the main¡¯s dream stimulating him to wake up so we can run.


    As I almost thought we escaped from our hunters I relaxed a


    little causing the main not to realize the danger coming that put us into our


    current situation. As the main passed out we woke up in a strange environment it


    took me a second to figure out it was our inner realm but the main was a tad


    bit slow J.


    Noticing the main began to wane


    I started to worry every time he gets bored or a little fucked in the head he


    does stupid shit that puts us in danger time and time again.


    Hoping nothing happens was too much and as soon as he got


    to bored he force materialized the evolution screen, with no time to prepare he


    fucking chooses to test the evolution forcing him out of the chair and me into


    it.


    Knowing what I had to due I began assisting the evolution


    by ripping off body parts so they can regrow and change into the form the


    evolution will grant us. And of course the main took it the wrong way and led


    to this huge as fight that almost caused us to become brain dead due to his irrationality.


    After the whole ordeal he then has the fucking galls to ask


    what I am, like fucking seriously what the hell does he think I am some


    monster, well fuck never mind. After calming myself down I am able to say +We


    are one and the same+.


    PoV:Mc


    After hearing what the entity said short burst of feelings


    and memories start to flash before me linking it to our survival. With guilt


    overhead I am able to apologize realizing that this is another part of what


    makes us and had kept us safe this entire time from my stupidity.


    With an understanding quietly


    said we focus back to our body, with the efforts from let¡¯s just say Sedaris. Our


    body finally finished its evolution.


    Not really sure what to think of it after all it changed immensely,


    before we were about the size of a mule, eight legs, 12 sets of eyes, and metallic


    now how to explain. Well for starters were big really fucking big like a tank,


    still 8 legs and slender but with what looks like some form of armor plating


    that pulsates, and we lost 4 sets of eyes but gained 1 set that resembles


    cybernetics.


    With just the rough description let¡¯s move onto further


    details, it seems were able to shift our form in certain ways in no way


    shapeshifting. For example, we can merge our limbs together to make a much


    larger durable limb, or merge multiple limbs into the main body giving us a


    slicker shape but with a definite image of immense durability.


    As I begin to test the eyes a few noticeable functions are


    time distortion kind of like when we are in life threating situation but now it¡¯s


    at will, along with enhanced visual processing. With some functions that i can¡¯t


    access in here. With that feeling I also notice there are more functions unavailable


    in this inner world.


    Deciding


    it was enough examining I proceed to get use to the new form after all I am now


    by far bigger than before. With not knowing how much time has passed getting a


    feeling of our body I decide that this one just feels so satisfying for both of


    us with a decision made we were about to gun it through this barren land when


    all of a sudden the world starts to shatter before us and unimaginable pain


    rips through our mind causing convulsions before falling into a coma.

 March of War

    March of War


    With the roars of the drums we march, at the roars of our


    beats we hunt when the final beat thumbs we charge for blood.


    With a decision made we are the leok tribe are destined


    towards the scouts of Meghan towards the west, with every drum beat we march


    onwards to bring a proclamation upon them for trespassing through our domain


    unwelcomed.


    Being part of the wandering kingdom of Dionacris the


    rightful rulers of leis we are bound to uphold the challenge of war to any and


    all creatures tell they bow before us or buried beneath us.


    Through ages of conflict we


    have held our position in power out gunning every other kingdom, but being


    unable to conquer them due to their petty alliances.


    So to drive the nail in effort to incite a war we will


    slaughter every single Meghan parasite that plagues our world.


    With our march of war¡¯s end fast approaching the blood of


    our fallen will be smeared upon us before the slaughters calling.


    Our bodies begin to quake and tremble not out of fear but


    anticipation as our first glimpse of scouts signal the charge. Who needs orders


    when thousands of maniacs mow through the grounds like a tsunami of chaos and


    death.


    With every moment being their last they scream and plead


    beneath our feet drowning in their own blood begging for mercy.


    As the tides move we scour


    every inch of the border killing all parasites in our wake making our way


    through the forest we come upon the last remaining division.


    Pov Berkel:


    After capturing the Anarak and transporting it safely


    into a hibernation chamber that is located within our command tent, we begin to


    gather the last remaining gear. As everyone starts working on the tasks at hand


    I head on over to the communication tent to see if our com specialist was able


    to reach any other division to inform them of our capture and plans to head


    back to the capitol.


    With my entrance I am suddenly halted where I stand, as I


    stare at our com spec yelling into the radio fear starts to sink in, why easily


    the only explanation for the coms to be down and no one responding is that they


    have all been killed.


    Unlike the coms we had a couple years back the improved


    version links every single unit into the divisions channel that is shot into


    the atmosphere linking itself to the natural mana waves in the surroundings. So


    as long as one remained the signal should be able to be picked up however as of


    this moment not one is being detected.


    With the realization that something or someone is hunting


    down our allies the fear begins to grow and slight panic starts to be noticed,


    after informing the captain the decision to change our determined route to the


    capitol from the way we came originally to instead transverse the northern


    mountains away from any known civilization.


    The importance of our survival and return has been set to


    the utmost importance to report the news and the attack to the king to decide


    on if we are under attack and to retaliate or pass the blame over to monsters


    of the forest.


    With decisions made we begin to pack post haste and


    within moments a slight disturbance is picked up on our area scanners reporting


    13 hostiles moving in formation to our location.


    No time to strategize every one gears up while I proceed


    to equip my power suit and switching from the A.R.K to the tactical assault


    rifle.


    With preparation the best they can be we prepare for our


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    As the second upon contact countdown we patiently breath


    waiting for them to break through the foliage or give their exact location away


    where we will then proceed to take them out a quickly as possible then


    evacuating north towards the mountains.


    With the sensors going haywire signifying that they are


    mere yards away every one line up their sights preparing to tag and bag any


    bogies that pass into the clearing. We wait with bated breaths.


    In moments gunshots begin to


    go off as the targets begin a mad charge towards our location strapped to them


    is pounds of explosive cores. Without delay we begin to shred into them in


    attempt to drop them before they clear the safe zone detonating and causing


    multipole casualties on our side.


    Bogies dropping down left and right then exploding began


    to set worry in our minds that if the enemy can sacrifice a dozen men then they


    surely brought more and now with the explosions going off then our location has


    been compromised and we don¡¯t have much time to bail out if we don¡¯t leave now.


    As the understanding washed through everyone in the


    division our captain proceeds to give the order to retreat while I and two


    blaster remain to give cover fire before we ourselves bail the hell on out.


    With a plan set a majority of them retreat while giving


    suppression fire on the move helping relive some pressure on us who remained.


    Within minutes they were able to escape far enough to get out of harms range so


    we proceed to retreat under heavy enemy fire.


    Almost entering the tree line that would have given us


    enough cover to go into a full on sprint a sound of drums begins to hammer into


    our ears, causing us to momentarily halt and turn around to see multiple


    platoons coming straight for us on RhyKons, Not knowing originally who we were


    dealing with but now we have no doubts it¡¯s Dionacris the kingdom of warlords


    and marauders the only crazy enough fucks to domesticate RhyKons an underground


    monstrosity that upon entering sunlight becomes hardened like steel and


    entering a berserk state bulldozing everything in its path.


    As the realization hit us re


    turned around and used everything we had to further increase our speed of


    retreat one thing we are not prepared for nor equipped for is taking on


    multiple platoons of Dionakrins.


    Not wasting time to look behind us we begin covering


    ground at new found speeds as the forest begins to spread apart more we know


    were approaching the northern tip where it connects with the Altki Mountain


    range witch will be our escape route and only hope of survival.


    As soon as we enter the split off we notice the rest of


    our division traveling on the mountain ridge heading east quickly, with no time


    to spare we begin to scale the rocky cliffs and walls not giving a damn about


    safety currently. With more energy use were able to propel ourselves upwards


    and meeting up with the rest of everyone informing them of who is after us and


    the urgency to escape.


    With everything calming down to some extent I remember


    the Anarak that was still in the commanders tent with extreme fear and concern


    I run to the front to meet up with my commander to see if he was able to


    retrieve him before the fight broke out or during their retreat, praying for


    the safe retrieval I approach my captain asking if they were able to retrieve


    the command tent and the hibernation chamber.


    As my question left my moth everyone¡¯s eyes immediately


    dropped and the captain remained a firm gaze before saying¡­.(Cliffhanger)


    (Sorry it¡¯s a lot shorter


    than most of my chapters but this is mostly meant as a transitional chapter for


    what will happen in the story)

 Poll Results

    So due to royalroads update the poll was removed so if any one was wondering N.G.B Anarak was chosen through a land slide with Crysoul coming second. Will begin building evolution chapters after i release a bit more plot building ones that will build off of March of war. Also i due apologize if the title made you think a big war was going to happen in that ch but don''t lose hope there will be wars brought into the story after i am able to further increase my skill on that subject.


    This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.As always thanks for support and will try to get next full chapters out as soon as possible.