《The Singing Puca Knight》 Death And A New Beginning My name''s Alfred Phoenix a 25 year old singer born to an above-average family composed of office workers and cooks when I was a child my dream was to one day step on that bright stage in front of the entire world and show them my love and passion for music cheesy huh? Of course like all things reality isn''t the same as your dreams instead of becoming a star I ended up as a college drop out who could barley get a job that pays my bills I was always told in high school that if you believed and tried hard enough you could succeed at anything but look at what all that hard-work got me a loner who''s only passion in life is clinging to his former dreams of becoming a star pathetic isn''t it? But enough of that I should start off by saying that telling you this I''m not looking for pity truthfully I only wanted to share this information with someone my family is too busy with their own lives to give any attention towards their drop out of a son who was naive enough to believe he could succeed in what millions of others failed at. Besides that at least I have one enjoyment in life and that''s music even if I can''t become a star it doesn''t mean that I can''t help others in pursuing their dream therefore I decided that I would help the younger generation shine as bright as they can before I die I''ll have no regrets. I said this to myself as I was heading towards the Children''s Hospital where my cousin who I paid little attention to as I in my high school years pursued my desires to become a star and ignored everything else irony isn''t it I who ignored my sick cousin in her time of need am now ignored by my very own parents truly a dramatic story. In my sights I could see a modern sized building with the big logo Johnson''s Children''s Hospital I walked towards the lady as I introduced myself. ¡°Hello, I''m Alfred Phoenix I''m here to see my Cousin Alice Phoenix.¡± The brown haired lady looked at me in surprise as she looked down the list when she saw the name it was as if seeing a ghost. ¡°Ah! You''ll have to see Dr. Michaels before you can see her unfortunately her condition has gotten worse as of late and the only one who could property tell you the situation would be him.¡± Hearing this I sighed in my mind to think that I was so focused with my own life I didn''t even know their might be a chance she could die. ¡°Dr. Michaels is currently on a lunch break he should be back in 10 min..¡± As she was speaking suddenly a white haired man with a bit of hair on his chin could be seen walking outside of one of the patient rooms rubbing his neck. ¡°Oh you''re in luck, Dr. Michaels Alice Phoenix cousin has come to see her.¡± ¡°Is that so? Send him to my office he''ll need a bit of time to intake this.¡± I pulled my guitar around my shoulder as I entered into his office. ¡°Take a seat Mr. Phoenix this shouldn''t take long.¡± I slightly blushed my scarlet hair out of my eyes as I asked the question that was on my mind for a while now. ¡°Could you tell me what''s wrong with Alice?¡± He had an expression on his face that just shouted pity and said. ¡°Your cousin has throat cancer if not swiftly dealt with she may be unable to speak again or worse die.¡± Hearing this my face twisted into pain to think that fate wouldn''t just curse me to a life of failure but that smiling girl who I thought could carry on my dream is fated to die or not be able to speak again either way is a terrible outcome. ¡°I..see is there anything I can do?¡± The doctor only fixed his glasses as he said. ¡°For now just spend as much time as possible with her.¡± And with that we''re back to this current moment of time as I look at that sleeping child with her flowing brownish-red hair. I remember when we first met she wouldn''t even respond with a nod of her neck if I were to talk to her only into I tried singing did she show a reaction then it started to become like this a routine of me singing to her so that she could fall asleep as she would move around when facing nightmares seeing this I truly pity her I thought my life was terrible but hers is even worse to be abandoned by all family expect a high school drop out is a truly terrible thing. Rattle Seeing her move around in her sleep again I started to sing a song. Oh darling Alice, My sleeping princess, Light shall shine, and when it does you''ll wake, with that same precious and bright smile as usually, do you hear that it''s the birds coming down to play sing with me as they fly. Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Oh Darling Alice, My Sleeping princess, There is nothing to fear, As your knight is here to protect you now, So feel free to fly in the sky sweet little butterfly, With your protector here now. As my eyes started to close and I finally let myself fall asleep I could hear footsteps as a loud buzzing sound ringed out in my ear, it was the monitor her heart rate was dropping. This took me by surprise as tears started to fall they said even if she fell the surgery she would have at least one more week and yet this short time we spent together felt like a decade even though she was unable to say a word her eyes by themselves converted her emotion to me through our shared love of music. Instantly nurses surrounded her as they bought her to the emergency room and with that Dr. Michaels with them after what seemed like seconds Dr. Michaels came out of the room with a bitterly expression on his face. ¡°W...what happened to her will she survive?¡± ¡°No...I''m afraid not if she doesn''t get neck surgery soon even if we do begin we''ll need organs to replace the ones that were taken by the tumor which we removed the only thing that''s keeping her alive right now is her will power alone.¡± He cast his eyes down as he said. ¡°Do you know any family members who could get here in the next 5 minutes and that would be willing to offering some of their organs to replace the ones lost?¡± ¡°No all of her other family members are too caught up in their own troubles to get here let alone care enough to donate some of their organs to her.¡± ¡°I see...¡± I started to think what have I done with my life other than produce failure I''m a highschool drop out failure of a singer and I don''t even know if I''ll be able to afford next month''s rent many may call me a coward for seeking the easy way out but at least I''ll be able to save someone who can still succeed where I failed therefore...therefore. ¡°I''ll donate the organs myself Doctor..just please save Alice.¡± He had an expression of shock covering his face as he said. ¡°Mr. Phoenix are you sure about this? There''s no guarantee that either of you two will live through this.¡± With determination covering my eyes I spoke. ¡°Even so if there''s a chance for her to live then that''s enough for me, you must understand that my original purpose for coming here was to teach her all I know about music and if I can succeed with this then I''ll die without any regrets at least someone will remember my name it''s scary you know having no one give a damn about you even if you were to pass away that''s how I feel everyday, and I think that Alice feels the same therefore I made a promise to myself and if it were to come to it I''d die for her.¡± Hearing this Dr. Michaels spared no effort into getting me to the operation room as fast as possible as he put me to sleep with gas. As I started to embrace the darkness I could hear a little girls voice singing to me it sounded like the voice of an angel no it wasn''t the voice of an angel it was...Alice! ¡°This one''s for you Alfred!¡± ¡°You opened my eyes to the good of this world without you I wouldn''t have been able to release my pain and fly into the sky to sing this song to all these people.¡± ¡°I was a bird trapped in a cage but just thinking of those short weeks we spent in that hospital together reminds me of your brave face as you had surgery to give me a new life and released me from my cage to spread my wings free as I had a new path to walk on.¡± Hearing this I started to cry to think that she realized my dream and became a star who singed in front of millions upon millions of people that grand stage that I had put all my effort in was finally seen with my own eyes. ''Wait if I''m dead then how am I crying?'' Only then did I realize that my life had just begun as I looked towards those blue windows that I had been ignoring.
Skill Gained! Shape Shifting [Beginner]
Title Gained! Puca Hatchling
''Puca What?!'' END The Upstart is born Day 1 I was surrounded in darkness as the terms Puca and shape shifting ran through my head, as far as I know I should have died during that surgery yet if I was still alive I should have woken up by now yet neither happened therefore their were two possibilities 1. I somehow fell down and knocked my head hard causing me to hallucinate or 2.I died and reincarnated to some new world now no matter how hard I wanted to just declare all of this a hallucination it seemed that it wouldn''t be this simple. Though what I needed right now was information and information I would get. ''Just my luck reincarnated to some weird new world with not even an explanation to all of this well at least I wasn''t sent to some hell with zealous priests attempting to rip out my soul but jokes aside I need to figure out what situation I am in and if I''m near any other people weather if they''re friendly or an enemy.'' With that resolve I forced my eyes open bit by bit what was in front of me were ugly little creatures not quite resembling Goblins from my world but they weren''t even the least bit less ugly with black skin and demon like yellow eyes with tiny horns poking a bit out of their skull covered by their pitch black hair, some had a few differences for example a few had markings surrounding their bodies or some were in the shape of a goat or horse but the majority had bodies resembling that of a combination of an imp and Goblin enchanting their dark skin was the cave hosting all of them outside the door you could hear footsteps going all across the place. ''Imp/Goblin like creatures with a few goats and horses what kind of monsters are these?'' Seeing the differences I inspected my own body even though I didn''t have much strength in my body due to resembling the stage of a newborn I could see that my skin was a combination of a pale gold and purple with the purple slightly consuming the gold. What happened next though shocked me one of the creatures near me body started to glow pitch black as an oil like substance started to surround it''s body and within 5 minutes it had taken the shape of a goat only then did the words shape shifter make sense it seems that this race that I was reborn as possess the terrifying ability of shapeshifing yet I couldn''t help but to hold a bit of curiosity in my heart wondering why they only took the shapes of goats and horses.
The Skill Shape Shifting allows the user to transform into any thing they have eaten for a short period of time that increases the higher level it reaches.
Without any warning a warm sounding voice that was neither male nor female was inside my head, looking around I couldn''t find anything expect a few of them fighting with each other for food. ''Who was that?''
I serve the one who summoned you to this world my name is Cilec at your service
''The one who summoned me? Who is that person and what do they want from me?''
..He is the strongest God of them all the mighty meatbun!
''It seems that who ever made this thing forbid it from revealing their identity and gave it the ability to use sarcasm.'' ''All right then what can you tell me about this world.''
Long ago in the plane of Mortals Deities descended down to earth such as the likes of The God of Terror Egon or even less famous ones such as Aki The God of The Sky no matter where they came from or what their mindsets were with their followers, armies, and legions they fought for centuries all for one item and that was The Sword Of Perpetual told of in legend in many planes was said to be an item of unimaginable power that could wipe out a person''s very existence as though they never existed even if someone were to have multiple bodies stored the sword would trace that persons birth and erase them completely ignoring any magical or physical defenses destroying all lives within them. The bringer of this news was The Earthbound Kain known as a trickster who was one of the Leaders during The War between The Gods and Earthbounds a battle that lasted for 10 years straight, he was loyal to the side of Earthbounds into they refused to use trickery in battle during which he deflected to the side of the Gods 12 years later he revealed information about The Sword Of Perpetual stating that the Sword Was broken into pieces sent all over the Mortal Plane usually The Gods would be skeletal of such News from Kain but seeing proof in front of their eyes was a whole another story the Purple Shard wiped away any doubt seeing the powerful energy from within it bought out their Inner Greed, many gods present wished to gain that sword for themselves but had to conceal it since Egon was present, still due to Egon gaining this Shard it would spread all over The Planes bringing Gods who were long forgotten back in view even certain black sheep would rise out from among The Humans to gain power called The Champions Of Chaos. This Conflict was known as The Birth Of Flame And Chaos the shards were never gathered due to all the wars waged among god and men alike therefore most of the gods of the planes and chaos warriors died or went missing leaving only a few traces behind and those warrior decadents are the beings who roam this planet today even your newly granted race Puca is related to either one of the chaotic humans or gods besides that five major continents are known to men and elf alike inhabited by either the dwarven, elven, demons, demi-humans, or men that is all the knowledge that my creator granted me to share.
After hearing all this information it was much to take in but it gave me much more knowledge about this planets history therefore I decided to push all that other information back for later as I fell asleep to think about it more and with that the darkness embraced me. ******************************************************************************* Day 2 Waking up I could hear the sound of the entrance opening up as I started to sit up with that I also noticed that my kin and I grew in size not as much as those who were able to transform but at least now we aren''t the size of small kittings, heading into the room were creatures the height of a child they shared the rest of my kins glowing yellow eyes and pitch black skin with hair that went towards their back. One stood out the most and that was the tallest one with long claws I''ll refer to him as Elder Puca for now but he had proceeded to inspect each Puca one by one this went on for minutes into he eventually reached me mumbling to himself for a few minutes into he spoke out loud. ¡°Your fur reminds me of one of those cowardly bats that had almost killed me in that cursed forest while your eyes give off intelligence therefore I''ll name you Wyl.¡±
Congratulations! You''re now named Wyl.
The Elder Puca nodding at the name he proceeded to name the rest of the Pucas. When the elder Puca confirmed that each Puca was named he waved his hand at one of the smaller Pucas as they took command. ¡°Listen up hatchlings! Rest time is over the king has called all Pucas to the outside those bastard Goblins are attacking us again since our change in leadership.¡± With that the Pucas surrounding the tallest one started to push my kin and me towards the outside what surrounded us was a forest with a blue sky on top of us. Being surrounded by all the other Pucas was a red eyed Puca with an axe in it''s hand with a few cracks in between it giving out orders. Puca King > ¡°Send the runts towards the Goblins in the frontline, keep our strongest men hidden in the trees the shitty Goblins won''t even notice that they fell for our trap as they''re deceived by our weak attack power by then it''ll be too late.¡± Some of the senior Pucas showed expressions of praise on their faces while the younger ones were clearly afraid this was the same for me of course I who had no experience in a brawl let alone a death match between monsters was in a troublesome position but if I was able to survive this battle then I''m sure that I can gain much needed experience from this battle that would ensure my survival besides that I''m also interested in testing out my transformation skill while I don''t have any forms right now if I''m able to steal a part of the foes body it should be possible to obtain, as I was lost in thought one of the senior Pucas started to yell. ¡°Get over here and receive your weapons brats you''ll need it!¡± Hearing this I ran over as a line was quickly formed between the Pucas some received swords and bows that seemed like they could crack any moment while others had only gotten weapons that were half way together when it was my turn I received a spear that was in normal condition though it looked like it would snap if too much pressure was applied I saluted the elder Puca as he nodded in response. This had went on for 10 minutes into.... ¡°Boom! Boom!¡± Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.Sounds that resembled that of bombs ringed out. Puca King: ¡°Shit those god damn Shaman send out the runts quickly! Quickly!¡± With that we were forced into heading towards our doom as the older Pucas sent bloodlust towards our direction, I could only shake my head as the Pucas ran around in chaos during times like this I could keep my calm by just singing to myself even when looking at the overwhelming odds of our forces losing against theirs I had this one though In my mind it was live live and survive for another day fix all the mistakes you made in your past life with this one. ¡°The Cats Chases The Rats as they try to flee yet even with it''s insignificant strength it clings to life with all it''s might.¡± ? Slash ¡°The group of cats keep killing the Rats like flies yet no matter how many times they slay them their desire to live inspires them to keep fighting for another day for one thing and that''s hope!¡± ? Slash ¡°And with that The Rats prepare their claws as they fights with all their might!¡± ? ''The Goblin slashed down upon my spear I could feel it starting to break and I would have no chance of resiting with my minor spear skills but even so even so I fought, fought as hard as I could I wanted to live and I wouldn''t let this monster prevent that, I teared and bit at his shoulder as pieces of his flash were ripped out yet even so the Goblin wasn''t fazed if anything it only served to anger it as it sent me flying. boom! My spear broke as the club was coming towards my neck yet unseen to me were the other twenty Pucas supporting me as they shouted out my song. ¡°Die! You Trash!¡± ¡°The Cats Chases The Rats as they try to flee yet even with it''s insignificant strength it clings to life with all it''s might.¡± ? Slash ¡°The group of cats keep killing the Rats like flies yet no matter how many times they slay them their desire to live inspires them to keep fighting for another day for one thing and that''s hope!¡± ? Slash ¡°And with that The Rats prepare their claws as they fights with all their might!¡± ? click Instantly one of the female Pucas hiding in the forest shot her arrow towards the Goblins head slaying it though in response revealing it''s location but succeeding in giving us the advantage of Morales. Even with that we were barley able to hold off one Goblin as we fought with all our might hundreds of us were slain while a few of us including the twenty who helped me with 2 dead were able to escape as we got to a safe location my group could only constantly repeat these words as cheers rung out. Puca #1 ¡°We survived! We survived!¡± Puca #5 ¡°If not thanks to that weird noise he made back then I don''t think I would have been able to get over my fear like that.¡± Puca #8 ¡°Te..teach me how to make noise too!¡± There were eighteen Pucas near me but the ones who stood out the most were the two boys who were obviously much older than me yet I still wondered why they were on the frontlines, the younger Puca girl with the bow though seemed to be closer to me in age shown by her inability to speak very well, as I was thinking about this I could see some windows that I didn''t look at yet.
Title Gained! Survivor
Level up! Level up!
Puca Language Skill Gained!
Skill Upgrade Goblin Transformation Gained!
Seeing the Goblin Transformation skill pleased me greatly as I looked at the other windows. ''Cilec what are titles for and how does leveling up benefit me?''
Different titles are created according to how you respond to a situation in this world there are many benefits but also negatives that come out of gaining certain titles, as to leveling up they''re used to raise your stats each stat makes you more powerful the higher they''re the stronger you''ll become as you explore this world you''ll see many individuals with different levels and stats that will require you to respond in different manners.
''I see, I''ll save the points for later then you never know when they might become important.'' With all the greetings out of the way the more intelligent Pucas started to introduce themselves. First was the sword boy who always had a smile on his face which was creepy when you realized what creature he was exactly. ¡°The name granted to me is Xhondo nice to meet you!¡± Next was the boy who gave off a scholarly aura. ¡°Mine is Malthar it''s a pleasure.¡± The blow girl with strange markings around her body spoke next while still cleaning her used arrows that she slayed some of the Goblins with. ¡°..I''m Lucy noise you made during battle helped me overcome fear thank you.¡± In response I only smiled as I said. ¡°There''s no need for thanks after all I would be the same if I didn''t have my singing to distract myself with.¡± ¡°So that''s what you call noise singing?¡± Lucy seemed to be fascinated with singing but I pretended to ignore it as I turned towards the strange looking Puca hiding behind Xhondo who started to introduce herself. ¡°I..I''m Alice n...nice to meet you.¡± Hearing that name made my heart go numb as I forced myself to separate the two different persons from each other judging by the way she spoke either she was shy or afraid of me I don''t have the time to confirm either of the two right now therefore from the way they introduced themselves Pucas seem to not have surnames in this world so I had just decided to use the one given to me by that elder puca. ¡°My name''s Al..I mean Wyl a pleasure to meet all four of you.¡± With the greetings over we three had talked about how they landed up at the frontlines when they were clearly older than the rest of us. ¡°Well it''s a strange story but I''ll sum it up quickly that old bastard who leeches off the younger Pucas work he calls himself The Pucas King but in truth is nothing but a puca who''s overrun by power he had even gone and killed our father the former chief of this clan silencing all those who opposed him even the other Puca chieftains don''t even have a tiny bit of thoughts about rebellion especially when we''re facing war against the Goblin and Orc clans since our change in leadership giving him the opportunity to send more of us to our deaths by putting us two in the frontlines while making use of our deaths.¡± ¡°I see, what do you plan on doing then I''m sure that if you head back there then he''ll just continue with his tyranny I for one am not going to stay in that deathtrap especially after this experience.¡± Xhondo with a smile on his monstrous face said. ¡°I can''t face him right now but I''m sure that if we follow you that we''ll eventually become strong enough you may be weaker than us right now but it was shown to me during our battle against the Goblins that you have potential after all your voice cleared away all doubt about risking my life to save you.¡± ''While I''m not looking to become some sort of monarch in this world I won''t mind if someone chooses to join me during my travels and plus in this situation I''ll take any help I can get.'' ¡°I''m not against it if the rest of you agree then so be it.¡± Malthar only gave a slight nod and Alice quickly said yes. While Lucy gave confirmation in her own way. ¡°Hn.¡± With that Xhondo as the rest of the Pucas translators gave a slight gesture as he said. ¡°Please take care of us Wyl.¡±
Title Gained! Upstart Leader
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