《Forest Dweller》


 Chapter one--The game show

    My  name is John Adams but now I am dead.


    I am floating looking at my dead body.


    Well I would be if it wasn¡¯t for all the fluffy things on me.


    Someone left the cage open again.


    I live with 3 roommates and all of them have an extreme obsession with these ¡°things¡±, and these ¡°things¡± have a strange obsession with sleeping atop of me.


    The ¡°things I am talking about is of course are  bunnies and there is an extreme amount of them.


    Last time I counted they had over 50 and that was last year and back then there were only 2 of the ¡°collectors¡±  here. But then a third moved in and he was like MOAR BUNNEHS, then I was to lazy to count.


    But now I don¡¯t have to deal with all the bunny talk and occasionally finding a couple poop nuggets on my pillow in the morning.


    ¡­¡­


    But what happens now.


    ¡­¡­.


    Nothing?


    ¡­¡­.


    I wonder if i can go through walls.


    ¡­¡­.


    B-tunk


    ___________________________________________________


    ¡°And that is the story of how I died and ended up here.¡±


    *clap*


    *clap*


    I am obviously in an interview with an angel for reincarnation.


    Those who particularly interesting endings always get reincarnated some keep full memorys.


    But most only keep snippets those who don''t have a good end just get replaced with a hopefully more interesting soul.


    ¡°Alrighty then Mr.Adams we have your contact details and we will call you ¡°


    And then I was gone.


    Floating in a blank space.


    With only a clock.


    Tick tock.


    It went on for what seemed like an eternity.


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    But it was only a couple hours.


    Then I felt my phone vibrate


    ¡°Hello This is John¡±


    ¡°Yes , Mr adams congratulations you got the job¡±.


    ¡°Ah, that''s good when do I start?¡±


    ¡°Right about ¡­ now¡±


    ____________________________________________


    Ah where am I?


    ¡°Welcome ladies and gentlemen to¡±


    ¡°wheel of Reincarnation¡±


    ¡°I¡¯M your host Crew Darey¡±


    Why is the after-life so strange?


    ¡°Tonight we have Mr John Adams whose cause of death was asphyxiation¡±


    ¡°LETS GET TO IT¡±


    ¡°John just press that button and then see what your future holds.¡±


    And I did as the extremely energetic game show host told me


    And then two screens start flashing


    The first one showed ... partial memory reconstruction.


    And the second one ¡­ Galgeraoth , world of sword and magic.


    ¡°OOO - what an interesting combination¡±


    ¡°Now for the last thing for tonight John please spin the wheel.¡±


    While i spun the wheel I pondered if the after-life was always so wierd.


    Tick.


    Tick.


    Tick.


    Tick.


    Tick.


    Tick.


    Tick.


    Tick.


    Tick.


    ¡°And on the wheel we have Animal¡±


    ¡°I hope you have a good time with your reincarnation Mr Adams¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s all the time we have for today folks, Up next is the ¡°The talk with Jesus¡± with special guest Truck-san¡±


    That was truly an interesting time I guess it my time to go though.

 chapter 2 Home

    My name is John Woofams.


    Though saying it feels a bit weird.


    Continueing on I died.


    Cause: asphyxiation by rabbits


    But now I have been reborn.


    And I am now a wolf - I think


    My death has a lot in common with my birth.


    I am once again surrounded with soft fur.


    This must be my mother.


    And with me is my three brothers and one sister.


    I don¡¯t know how I can tell the genders. It''s all a bit strange to be honest.


    But we are all wolves. I believe we are all in a den under the root of a large tree.


    It¡¯s been a days after I gain consciousness. But I can see that my siblings have opened their eyes and have begun trying to walk.


    So I try as well.


    ¡°Uff.¡±


    Walking on four legs is hard.


    But perseverance is how you survive.


    ____________________


    A few days later.


    I can now walk


    I found out that the floor of the den isn¡¯t dirt but a skin of a large animal ,This den is quite fancy it''s like I got a child of a noble reincarnation cheat.


    _________________


    Later that day.


    ¡°Aahhhhhh¡±


    That was a good nap.


    Then I heard a sudden noise


    Gdump


    What was that


    Omgomgogmomg


    Mother why are you not scared.


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    GDump


    Its coming it.


    OMG


    It''s a big and scary wolf


    Mother come protect your defenceless children from the big bad wolf.


    Ah. is that meat.


    Mother why are you happily accepting the food.


    ahh..


    It must be father.


    Such a dependable papa.


    Bringing in a nice meal for the family.


    But papa is really big and he has shiny golden stripes he must be rich.


    Is he a lawyer wolf, or no it can¡¯t be,


    Papas a Drug dealer.


    no it can¡¯t be true.


    No he¡¯s a good man errr wolf, a good wolf.


    He must be a noble wolf


    Born with lots of money and power, yes a king wolf.


    A royal wolf!


    Ding


    Skill gained


    Identification (rank 1)(level 1)


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Name</td><td>Papa</td></tr><tr><td>Race</td><td>Royal wolf</td></tr><tr><td>Level</td><td>Strong</td></tr><tr><td>Profession</td><td>Drug Dealer? lawyer?</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Wow what a convenient game like feature.


    But isn''t this information a bit vague.


    Strong? A numerical value would be appreciated!


    And why is there even a profession box he¡¯s a wolf!

 chapter 3

    I am now 2 months old and I have begun going out with father and my 4 siblings to hunt I also found out that we are giant wolves and father is the current strongest form of the giant wolf the royal wolf he is actually pretty scary and and big he is as big as a horse.


    And if he let them a human could ride on his back.


    But I too am also big I¡¯m the same size as a regular wolf would be


    When I grow up I want to be just as strong.


    ________


    Ah we found something.


    Ah it¡¯s my mortal enemy a


    Rabbit


    But it''s got a star patch on it


    A star bunny.


    Ding


    <table><tbody>


    <tr>


    <td>Name</td>


    <td>Villain #1</td>


    </tr>


    <tr>


    <td>Race</td>


    <td>Star bunny</td>


    </tr>


    <tr>


    <td>Level</td>


    <td>weak</td>


    </tr>


    <tr>


    <td>Profession</td>


    <td>Super villain</td>


    </tr>


    </tbody></table>


    Stop right there criminal scum.


    Your reign of terror ends here.


    Fear me puny mortal for I am the night I am JUSTICE


    --NUM--


    Ah no it''s still alive.


    What a terrible thing


    Hanging alive from the mouth of a wolf that is double your size.


    What do I do?


    Shake it?


    Bite harder?


    I guess I¡¯ll do all of the above.


    Ding


    Level up


    Stats adjusted for new level.


    Ah It¡¯s too bad I can¡¯t see what that does to my stats.


    Actually I don¡¯t know what i look like


    I wonder if one day I will look super cool though.


    ___________________________


    When we returned to the den mother saw me and started licking me.


    That¡¯s how canines show affection right?


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    Yes praise me more.


    ___________________________


    I awoke suddenly when something hit my head


    A rock?


    Ding


    <table><tbody>


    <tr>


    <td>Name</td>


    <td>rock</td>


    </tr>


    <tr>


    <td>Race</td>


    <td>rock</td>


    </tr>


    <tr>


    <td>Level</td>


    <td>rock</td>


    </tr>


    <tr>


    <td>Profession</td>


    <td>Rock</td>


    </tr>


    </tbody></table>


    Yes that was very informative skill of mine


    <table><tbody>


    <tr>


    <td>Identify level up</td>


    </tr>


    </tbody></table>


    the skill level up is nice but,


    I wonder why this fell down , probably nothing ill just go back to sleep.


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    I was woken yet again but it was my parents barking outside, I wonder why?


    my siblings are waking and going outside


    I shall follow then!


    -BARK--BARK--BARK-


    Ahh its visitors.


    4 humans


    one has a nice jacket I wonder if hes important or if i can just take it?


    no there are more pressing matters to attend to than that.


    When they saw the humans my brothers all ran away


    and sister seemed to stay still like a possum in headlights


    -bark-


    Father looked back and barked once in a cool manner


    "Go Take your sister to a safe place, I shall distract the hunters here while you escape" -father probably


    don''t worry I will look after my sister father


    And so we ran


    ___________________________


    And ran some more


    ___________________________


    Then found a cave


    ___________________________


    we stayed in that cave until we could not hear the sounds of battle.

 chapter 4

    ding


    <table><tbody><tr><td>


    Your father Royal wolf stage(3/5)


    has fallen during the challenge to pass into stage (4/5)


    as the eldest son of the previous forest king participant of the canines, you have the right to ascend the throne and attempt to evolve into the forest king.


    </td></tr>


    <tr><td>


    Do you wish to participate (Y/N)


    If no this will be passed onto another potential participant of your faction


    </td></tr>


    </tbody></table>


    Hmm this seems interesting I will choose


    YES!


    ding


    <table><tbody><tr><td>entering evolution room in...3...2...1</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Welcome evolution room</td></tr>


    <tr><td>This is where you can customize your evolution </td></tr></tbody></table>


    I could see what i believe to be myself and two large menus either side.


    I am Just a plain looking black wolf


    I don''t have anything that I wish to change so i guess I should just use a default


    I then watched my fur started to change colour to forming a white line starting atop my head then dissipating near my tail.


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    I was woken up abruptly by three messages


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    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have passed stage 1 of your challenges [br]


    (Aquire Right too ascend the throne)You have gained White stripe</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have passed stage 2 of your challenges [br]


    (Have a child or sibling able to ascend the throne in case of your failure) You have gained silver stripe</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>To pass into stage 3 of your challenge[br]


    (Claim land of your own)  for golden stripe</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I shall start this challenge in the morning for now I will sleep


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    I woke up early morning just as the sun was about to rise,


    In the early morning light I got a better look at my cave and noticed it was one of two on this black cliff face


    There is a small one slightly elevated from the ground with water slowly running out and flowing in a small stream


    The next on is larger around 3 meters width, close to 100 meters away from the water cave.


    If I remember  correctly wolves would urinate on trees then scratch them to rub scent from glands in-between the toes to mark the outline and then howl at night to tell all the others that they own that area.


    So I went to refill my territory marking tanks.

 chapter 5

    Its been three days since I started claiming my land I have been spreading urine in and area of around 600 meters centered on my cave. While I was walking around I encounter what I would call a goblin but it was very large and had a golden stripe down its back.


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    every night so far me and my sister have been going hunting but we have found many different  and I have gain 6 levels and have grown considerably larger almost double the size of my sister who I guess has stopped growing and the only reason that I got bigger was because of my evolution.


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    usually nights are uneventful but the biggest thing so far was a dream where I was running through plains with flowers and chasing butterfly''s : regular dog dreams. but tonight was very different  I was back in my human form but with a tail which felt weird and dog ears on my head, and I was in a school like room but with only one desk which I was seated at.


    With me was a woman in robe like attire.


    "welcome to my class room Mr. John "


    "Do you know what the content of this course is?"


    ........


    "no I cant say that I do."


    ....


    "well This course is about Forest King challenge of which you are participating in."


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    "You have passed The third stage by claiming land"


    "next is to protect it from 2 attacks from either another challenger or from the humans.


    "There is one candidate from all major predators of the forest"


    "The Canine;You, previously your father"


    "the Ursine , the Feline, The goblin, The Orc And the Arachnid"


    "And that is the basics of the challenge "


    "as a gift you get to chose one element to instantly master and you will also get a humanoid form which you can transform into like  you are now. any questions?"


    "yes uh.."


    "No? that good then you will wake up now"


    ----


    I woke up as she had said after interrupting me asking my question So I guess I will have to work it out my own