《Unleash the beast》 Prologue: the normal highschooler Hello readers, this is my first time writing a story, so tell me if I ever do something wrong and I will try to fix it! The chapter releases will be random, but most likely never more than a week apart. Please enjoy and give it an honest rating! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd person Pov Unknown: "it appears the humans are about to create another realm" Unknown 2: "yes, you have to admire their advancements the past few thousand years. One minute they''re smashing rocks against wooly mammoths, the next their creating new realms with quantum mechanics" Unknown 3: "the funny part is that they don''t even realise the significance of what they''re doing! They even just call it a game!" Unknown: "calm down Thanatos." Thanatos: "yeah yeah, I know! Why don''t we treat it as a game too! Being an almighty God is quite boring." Unknown 2: "I agree, let us pick one human at random and put him inside they''re ''game''. And then we shall observe his adventures!" Unknown: "very well, we shall forbid ourselves from looking into the mortals future, just to make things more exiting..." 1st person Pov: Tomorrow was going to be my all important graduation from the cess pit of scum and assholes we call high school. And boy was I looking forward to it. My name is Tyler, and I have a fairly average looking face, along with a short black mess of hair that I have never combed in my entire life, I was quite proud of that fact. I am fairly tall with a height of 170cm, along with my glorious body being adorned with lean toned muscles thanks to my endless training in martial arts such as Muay Thai, kendo and taekwondo. My family has a long line of martial artists, my father thinks I should be no exception. Right now I was sitting in my class alone in the corner of the room where my desk was located, I liked being away from all the trouble some things called students. While I was sitting peacefully in my desk watching the clouds go by out the window, yes I know, quite the dramatic person aren''t I? The rest of my class were talking excitedly about either what they were going to do after graduation or about the new virtual reality game that was announced a while ago, it was named Ragnarok online and boasted a 99% realism rate. The first of its kind! It was set in a huge world just as big as our own, except it had monsters and magic! It was also set in a fantasy medieval world. I myself wasn''t really exited about it because I was more worried about my life after graduation, after all my entire life consisted of school and martial arts training. I guess I could become a security guard... I hope I become one for something like a night club. As I was pondering the rest of my life, our school idol and n¨²mero uno (number 1) beauty was slowly waking towards me. She was non other than Akane Migurichi, with her perfect and well proportioned body along with her dark hair and sky blue eyes, she was the kind of women most men could only dream about. And this very same woman was headed straight for my desk! Once she reached me, she flashed her million dollar smile and spoke in a soft tone. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. "So Tyler, what are you going to do after graduation? Any future dreams?" I couldn''t comprehend why such a woman was asking me of all people this question, so I answered truthfully. "I''m not sure about what I''m going to do in the future, I guess I''ll do whatever comes my way and hope for the best!" I said in what I hope sounded like a cheery tone. Then out the corner of my eye I see one of the less nice people in our class glaring daggers into me, if stares could kill I''d be dead a million times over. This glaring boy was a handsome bugger called Yamoto Yiguri, with his vibrant blond hair, green eyes and a sculpted face along with a slender, almost feminine body. Many of the girls dreamed about him. Not to mention the fact he was going to inherit a huge business cooperation from his father. He walked over in a dignified manner along with a condescending gaze, when he reached my table he stood quite close to Akane which caused her to shuffle over to the side further away from him, however he didn''t choose to notice this as he was too busy glaring at me, he spoke in a cruel tone. "Akane, don''t concern yourself with this pathetic guy. He will only become a hindrance to society. Whereas i will inherit my fathers business and become richer than this guy even in his wildest dreams." Hearing this, a frown appeared on my usually stoic face, and Akane look quite angry and was about to add gasoline to this already potentially explosive volatile situation. When I quickly spoke up. "Thank you for your concern Yamoto, but I will try my best to become an upstanding member of society and contribute as much as I can to our world." I said with a smile, however if one looked closely. They would see that my eyes were not smiling. Just before he could retort the bell rang, and using the confusion I grabbed my bag and using my best and fastest foot techniques I weaved between the people and before I knew it I was outside the school gates. From there on i jogged back to my dojo. Once I arrived I dropped my bag, took off my shirt and headed over to the training room. Whenever I was worried, sad, depressed or any other negative feeling a would train until it went away. And so I reached a room where the were sandbags and wooden dummies, I walked up the one of the wooden dummies and started bearing the stuffing out of it. Jab, left hook, spin hook kick, tornado kick, elbow strike. I left the dummy no time to breath, if it could. And just as I was about to finish of my wooden foe, I heard a deep guttural laughter that sound like the laugh of a wild beast that was found its prey. Then before I knew it, my world went dark. The next words I heard were deep and sounded like the universe itself. "Tell be mortal, what is your favourite animal?" These words surprised me, so I answered truthfully. My favourite animal is a Nobel animal that is like the wind,it can be savage and serene. It can hunt it packs or on its own, it values the strength of its leaders and will not have it any other way. "My favourite animal, Mr Mysterious sir.... Is the wolf." Chapter 1: First kill "The noble wolf eh? Good choice, if you said something like a hamster I would have killed you on the spot." I gulped at how close to death I had just been. Wait, were even am I? "Son, you are currently in the astral plane, were we gods like to lurk." Wait, gods! Holy guacamole! Should I offer him my first born or something? Wait I don''t even have a first born! "Don''t worry son, you don''t have to offer me anything, apart from your soul." This God can read my mind huh? Well that''s kinda invading my privacy to the highest degree, there are some thoughts never meant for others to see... "Haha! You are amusing human, you do not shake your knees and soil your pants in my presence. A strong spirit indeed!" In your presence? I can''t even see you, or even me for that matter. All around is just complete and total darkness. However, I don''t find it frightening for some reason. "Well anyway, let''s get this show on the road. I wanna see you have cool adventures and stuff." What? "I''m going to give it to you straight, we gods are bored. Especially me, THE MIGHTY THANATOS! I am the god of beasts and battle, I would show you my true from but your spiritual head would literally explode." "Well in that case, please keep your body hidden." "So he can speak" "Yes, and could you please get this going. Mr God Thanatos sir." "Very well mortal, in your realm there exists what you call a ''virtual reality game'' right?" "Mhm" "Well, your ''game'' is not a game at all. You humans create a new realm without even realising it, as well as a way to cross over into that realm, albeit partially." "So us gods will send you into this world so that you can adventure and give us gods some entertainment." "So why me." "You were the first human I saw" "That''s it?" "That''s it." "Okay, what else?" "That''s pretty much it, good luck in your adventures, mortal!" "WAI-" Then I felt a yanking motion, and it felt like I was in a fighter jet except it was going about 4 times as fast. Which is really fucking fast. Then it stopped and I felt like I was in some liquid substance, I was surrounded by weird squishy walls, along with some other objects. I tried to move, however over movement was extremely taxing, so soon I felt sleepy. I decided to take a quick nap and then survey my surroundings. *some time later I woke up to a feeling as if the walls were squishing me, then I realised they were pushing me. I tried to squirm my way into the direction it was pushing me. Soon I felt myself pass through some opening and then I was in what i remembered felt like fresh air. Then I felt something large move me and press something onto my mouth, wait. My mouth felt strange, kinda broken but yet it felt natural. Same with my spine and limbs. I ignored these feelings and drank. After my meal I felt sleepy, so I slept. *1 day later When I woke up I opened my eyes for the first time. At first the light stung my eyes, but it wore off after a while. Once I could see clearly I looked at what I was leaning against. I saw a gigantic wolf! It was huge, I scared at first. But the wolf felt safe, almost like a mother. Then I looked at myself and what a saw were for legs, dog legs. And a tail, a dog tail. Then i remembered what the God said. *"what is your favourite animal?"* So I guess he turned me into a wolf, I didn''t really mind. Because I really did like wolfs, they were awesome creatures. I awkwardly crawled away from who I presumed was my mother, then I tried to awkwardly stand up. Trying to manoeuvre my four limbs at once was like trying to write your name with both your hands at the same time, difficult. Eventually I managed to get on all fours in a spread stance with my legs, I then tried to walk, or trot I guess. I awkwardly put one leg i front of the other to move around in a small circle, I fell over a few times but eventually I got the hang of it. Then while I was still practicing walking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strength has risen by 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This surprised me so much I fell over, then I remembered that the God had put me indies the new game ''Ragnarok'' so I guess the game mechanics still affected me. Even though I was a monster npc. "Grrrrrr" The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. I heard a low growl, I looked at the sour pace and saw my mother. She was still lying on her side with my 2 other siblings lying next to her, I understood instinctively and had my feed. Once I finished I decided to try something, I thought really hard in my head ''open status'' -------------------------------- Name: Fenrir Race: Wolf pup Level: 1. Titles: none Strength: 6. Agility: 5 Wisdom: 3. Intelligence: 3 Stamina: 6 Magic affinities: darkness 100% --------------------------------- My stats looked pretty pathetic, apart from my magic affinity which looks pretty good. For now I will train my body to raise my strength and agility, I will inquire about the other things later. This procedure of being fed by my mother either by her milk or dead bunnies she brought us repeated itself for a few days. 2 days later I don''t know if it came with age but we could now understand our mother, albeit only basically. We could understand orders like ''eat food'' or ''sleep now'', it was a pretty primitive way of sleeping. My strength had also risen by another 7 points and my agility by 6. I could now jump, walk and even sprint around the forest plane that was our home, we lived in a clearing next to a dense forest. Our mother told us never to go into the forest as it was a dangerous place full of deadly beasts. Today mother told me to go hunt my first rabbit, I was exited as it would serve to show me how used to this new body I am. I leave our cave and venture out into the grassy planes, I sniff the air with my heightened sense of smell. Once I caught wind of a rabbit I bolted towards it, I ran for about 5 minutes while going so fast that the grass whips past my face only as a blur. I slow down as a sense myself reaching my target. I lower myself to the ground so that the long grass covers my whole body, I slowly inch closer. Ready to pounce at a moments notice, then I reach a small clearing were 3 rabbits were grazing. Two of the rabbits have a name tag above their heads, indicating that they were both lvl 2 rabbits. But one caught my attention, he was the one closest to me. Me was larger than the other rabbits by a margin, being almost as big as me! And I was around half the size of my mother already! The name tag read ''lvl 4 alpha rabbit" So this guy is like the rabbit king huh? He will do nicely as a gift to my mother. I launch my self at him, jumping about 4 feet, i clamp my teeth around the back of his neck the second I reach him, sending us both sprawling. I misjudged the toughness of his fur, while my teeth were sinking into his skin I can''t get to the spine, so instead i savagely claw him with all 4 of my legs, the rabbit gets up and desperately throws itself with a powerful jump into the a nearby tree back first. I get the wind knocked out of me as I get crushed against a tree and accidentally lose hold of him, I sprawl to the ground a quickly get up, only get receive a brutal kick to my ribs. I fly about 6 feet and feel one or more of my ribs break, I growl and despite the pain, get back onto my feet. The rabbit and I glare at each other, daring one another to make the first move. I decide to take the dare. I bound over to him and he throws himself at me too, preparing to deliver a power side kick. Just as its about to hit me I only just jump over the outstretched foot and clamp my teeth around his open neck. I feel a crunch and the rabbit dies immediately. ------------------------------------------------ Lvl gained Lvl gained ------------------------------------------------ I felt relieved that the fight was over, and also a little sad that it was over already. I looked around to make sure the surroundings were clear, which they were. Then I grabbed the rabbit in my mouth a started dragging it back to our den, despite the pain from my screaming rib cage. *a few hours later When I arrived at our den a grisly site was before me. My mother lay dead, covered in her own blood and littered with cuts. My siblings lay dead beside her, I felt a lot of sadness in my heart, because despite only knowing her for a short time, she was still my mother. And I felt a lot of anger in my heart, and I vowed to find and kill the people that did this! However for now, whatever killed them is still out here, so I head into the once place where I could hide and get stronger for now. The forest. Chapter 2: New home, new neighbors Hello readers! I read your comments and I wanted to say, don''t worry. From here on the pace will slow down. I will still try my best, but if I do still manage to screw something up. Slap me across the face and tell me to fix it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Before bounding into the forest like a madman, or mad-wolf. I walked into my blood splattered cave that looked like something out of a horror film. When I got inside I realised something, the blood was still wet. That meant that whatever killed my new family, was still near here. I decided to speed things up a little. I looked at the walls of the cave, there was one long gash across the wall, an animal would have trouble making that. It almost looked like a sword mark. Then, to confirm my suspicions. I closed my eyes and blocked off all sound and sniffed the air, I needed to block out all unnecessary senses to boost my sense of smell. ------------------------------------------------------- Locked onto the trail of traveller SwordSlasher[Raging Dragon] Direction, North South ------------------------------------------------------ Traveller was what us npc''s called players, and it seems that Raging Dragon is the name of their guild. This will do for know, if he has the power to kill my mother who is still stronger than me than I won''t last 5 seconds. I take one last look at my dead family, to imprint it into my memory. Then I walked out if the cave, across the planes, grabbing my dead rabbit friend. And into the forest. As soon as I got into the forest i heightened my senses so that no predators could sneak up on me. The first thing that I am going to need to survive in this forest, is a den. Fortunately there were other creatures that like to build dens, like my lunch that I''m dragging along the floor with me. I sniff the air, and lock on to the smell of several rabbits, then I walk over to the source of the smell. Dragging my lunch with me. Once I am about what feels like 10 feet away I drop my lunch, and slowly crawl over to the source. When I reach it I see a den. This den is smaller than my last den, especially the entrance which. Could only just crawl through. But I could fix that with a bit of renovation. When I get in the den, I see a simple hollowed out cave. There are no tunnels, just a large empty space. Apart from the 3 shivering rabbits I front of me, I look it them. And then I pounce, and close my jacks around one fluffy rabbits neck while pushing down the other two with my paws. I quickly kill each of them, then sit up and admire my work. Next I drag the corpse of the alpha rabbit in here and feast on my prey. They tasted fabulous. Then I slept, hoping that my rib age would recover from the alpha rabbits brutal blows. And also thinking about the 3 strength points I got from dragging the alpha rabbits fat ass all the way here. Life was looking up. the next day When I woke up I thought something ''Why does the cave look smaller'' I got up and tried to force myself through the small opening to my den, when I finally got through I saw that I was around the size of my mother, maybe slightly larger. Around 90-95cm when on all fours. Also, my ribs were completely healed, seems that I have quite a handy regeneration ability. Well next thing on the list is to find a lake or something. Because I want to see my glorious reflection. Once I sniffed out the smell of fresh water, which smells like there is a lot of moisture in the air. I bounded over to it. Once I arrived I got down to make sure there were no predators. All I saw were a few deer and rabbits, good. I walked over to the water, scaring the shit out of a few rabbits. And saw my fabulous self. After admiring myself for a while, I decided to go and hunt. But no rabbits today, today my prey were the deers with the really sharp looking antlers. I looked around the lake and eventually spotted a solitary deer, I crept around the lake until I reached it. Soon I could make out the name tag on its head. Red deer lvl 5 * Once I was close enough I leaped at the deer, burying my claws into its body and clamping my jaws around the back of its neck. Using my momentum to throw us both to the ground. Luckily I was on top, so I started tearing chunks off the deer using my sharp claws. After a while it stopped struggling, so I started to feast. It was quite an easy kill, I wished all my kills were like this. But I knew they wouldn''t be. ---------------------------------¨C--------------------------- Lvl gained -------------------------------------------------------------- Once I had finished my grisly meal I looked for my next target. I repeated this process on another 5 deer, gaining another level. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. Once I had finished feasting on my 5th deer I decided to try my luck at some larger prey. As I was tracking down a strange smell of some creature, I thought to myself at how I never seem to get full, but I never feel hungry unless I haven''t eaten for a prolonged amount of time. A very handy ability. Eventually I reached the source of the strange smell and I saw three classic rpg monsters, Goblins. However, one goblin was larger than the other two looked more menacing. The two goblins were bare handed while the larger goblin held a Flint knife, their name tags read. ------------------------------------------- Goblin lvl 8 ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Goblin lvl 8 ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Hobgoblin lvl 10 ------------------------------------------- Goblin: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/cryptidz/images/1/19/11-5-goblin.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141231142921 Hobgoblin: http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/4/40/Kerschak.jpg/250px-Kerschak.jpg this except without the armour or swords and only about 150cm tall. I decided that these goblins would serve as my prey, so I did the thing that any real man would in such a situation. I threw myself at the nearest goblin and bit his head off. His surprise was still rendered on his bodiless face as it was bit off. The nearest goblin was quick to react and threw a clumsy punch my way. I batted the punch aside with a paw then I raked my claws down his arm and tore his head off with a wet crunch using my powerful jaws. Now the only one left was the muscular hobgoblin. He looked at me wearily, then abandoned all ideas of a plan like a true hobgoblin and ran my way screaming. I ran at him too and we met halfway, he swung his knife at my face which using my instinctual reflexes, caught in my mouth. I then pushed him down with my claws. He started desperately beating me with his powerful fists. Each blow giving off a dull thud. I then proceeded to tear chunks off his body with my claws until I reached bone, ignoring my protesting body that was being battered with his fists, then using one final push I crushed his heart. It was quite a bloody battle, but that''s what happens when two beasts fight to the death I suppose. I rolled off the hobgoblin and decided to rest for a minute, trying to ignore all the pop up windows in my vision. ----------------------------------------- Lvl gained Lvl gained Lvl gained ------------------------------------------ some time later When I woke up I immediately cursed myself for falling asleep in the open. It was a miracle I wasn''t killed while resting, then I saw a pop up window that had still remained. Strange I thought, and I read it. My confusion slowly turning into excitement. ------------------------------------------- Congratulations, you have gained the necessary experience to evolve You can currently choose two evolution paths: Path one: Shadow Wolf (rare) The shadow wolf uses shadows to his advantage to trick its foes with illusions. This shadow fiend is the epitome of fear and darkness and strikes terror into the hearts of thousands. Wielding its shadows this wolf is a fearsome foe. Unfortunately the shadow wolf does not gain many physical upgrades. Path two: Steel Wolf (rare) Unlike the usual evolution path, the iron wolf. The steel wolf is even stronger with its claws and fangs being as hard and as sharp as steel swords. The fur of the steel wolf also acts like an armour, blocking out even the sharpest of blades. This big bad wolf is the last thing you want to run into while visiting your grandmother. Unfortunately the steel wolf can not use magic. ------------------------------------------------------- Well the choice is pretty freaking obvious! I say with confidence evident in my voice. "I choose pathway....." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tell me in the comments wha pt you think he should pick! Although that probably won''t change my decision, I just want to see what you would all pick! Btw sorry if the story is feeling a bit rushed, I needed him to get stronger and fast for the dangerous creatures of the forest, like bears..... Also don''t worry, I will show you his stats in the next chapter, after his evolution, he also might gain a few new stats... Chapter 3: Goblin genocide "I choose pathway 2!" I can''t be a shadow wolf now, while using illusions and speed does seem appealing. With all the dangerous beasts in this forest, I''m sure almost all of them will be faster. Also, illusions and tricks can only get you so far, the second I run into an enemy who is smart enough to see past my tricks I''ll be turned into a fur coat. And while I sure I would make a pretty damn fine fur coat, being alive feels much better. So the only choice for me so far is to get better defence so I can''t be killed too easily, not to mention the fact that I am a martial artist, so instead of magic for now I will focus on my strong points. But I am getting the feeling that I will eventually end up with shadow magic wether I like it or not... ---------------------------------------------------- Evolution will commence in ten minutes Recommended that you find a safe place for you will be vulnerable while evolving --------------------------------------------------- Will do, Mr pop-up window sir I rush as fast as I can to my den, tear up some shrubs an barely manage to squeeze through my opening, then I place the shrubs at the entrance to hide my den. I can''t have some player walking in and seeing a sleeping beauty like me. Then I get in a comfortable position and my world turns black as soon as the timer hits 0:00. I then proceed to have a dream about chewing on bones.... *Later that day When I wake up I''m greeted by the darkness of my cave, I decide to see if there are any changes to my body so I try to stand up. *THUD* Ouch, I hit my head on the roof. Wait, since when was I that large? The roof was at least a whole meter above me before, that must mean I am a little over 2m tall just on all fours! I know wolves have large growth spurts, but wow. I crawl over to the entrance which now looks impossibly small. ''Well shit'' I thought. *several minutes later Once I had finally a clawed myself out of the now minuscule hole I took a deep breath of the cold night air. ''Looks like I need a new den'' I thought to myself. I caught wind of several monsters nearby, so I took away from them in the direction of the lake so I could get a good look at myself in all my gigantic glory. As soon as I left the ground I flew about 10 feet at an unbelievable speed straight through a tree. After i ploughed through the tree I hit the tree behind it and smashed into it with a loud THUD. Surprisingly that didn''t even hurt, I guess my body was quite sturdy with the steel fur. I then out if curiosity clawed the tree, which nearly cut it in half. I have concluded that my claws were very sharp, and my fur is extremely tough. After this I ran in the direction of the lake, slowly getting faster and faster. Getting used to my new speed and strength. Once I reached the lake and looked at my reflection a beautiful and deadly looking wolf greeted me, yes that wolf was me. And what a sexy beast I was. I had a pristine silver coat with streaks of white and black running through it. The majority of my back was black where''as my sides where mostly white. My face was a mixture of white silver and black. My lean legs were a glorious white colour, and my eyes were deep blue like the sky. To describe me in one sentence was be ''Beautiful and dangerous''. Dang, the lady wolves will come running with a body like this. He looks just like this: http://www.3d-hdwallpaper.com/bulk_images/desktop-wolf-art-wallpaper.jpg Come to think of it, apart from my family I haven''t seen many other wolves have I? I''ll have to investigate later. but for now I should test our my new abilities and stats. ''Open status'' -------------------------------------------- Name: Fenrir Race: steel wolf (variant) Level: 8 Strength: 65 Agility: 60 Wisdom: 15 Intelligence: 15 Stamina: 55 Dexterity: 40 Physical resistance: 30% Magic defence: 20% Magic affinities: darkness 50% Ice 50% ---------------------------------------------- Hmm, it seems that the evolution has affected all my stats, and even given me new ones. I''m pretty sure I didn''t have dexterity before, or physical resistance. It seems I also lost half my darkness affinity, but gain a new affinity. Maybe it will show itself when I evolve a second time. Then I remembered the vital things that were in every RPG almost ever, maybe since I evolved I would have gained some. ''Open skills'' ----------------------------------------------------------- Steel fur (passive) level 1 beginner This ability raises the defence properties of your fur, it also makes it nice and warm during the cold seasons. Most weak physical blows will bounce right off, however powerful blows will only retain 70% of their original power. It is the same with magic attacks, however they will retain 80% of their original power. Current effects Physical: 30% Magical: 20% ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steel claw/fang (passive) level 1 beginner This ability hardens and sharpens your claws and fangs into the sharpest of steel swords, made for tearing off flesh, as you level this ability it will become sharper and gain new effects. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.Steel tail (active) level 1 beginner This ability will cause you tail to harden into the densest steel,,it to be used as a club or a shield. When activated your tail grows into 1.5x the size so that it can cover the length of your body. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow, what handy abilities! The two passive abilities would be very useful but what caught my eye was the active ability I had gained, I decided to test it out. I thought in my head ''Steel tail'' Then before my very eyes my tail turned into solid steel and lengthened until it could reach my face when outstretched, wow this would make chasing my tail a lot easier! No, bad thought. Get out of my head, chasing my tail would be pointless. I decided to test our my new tail so I followed the trail of some goblins, they were a fair distance away. Around 2 km, thankfully goblins are very smelly. I decided to train my reflexes so I sprinted across the forest at a blinding speed, going around in large circles to lengthen the time before I reached the goblins, the trees were blurring past me and the wind felt like it parted out of respect for me. It was a surreal feeling, dodging trees at the last second, playing chicken with oak trees, dodging deer. After a short while I arrived at the source of the stench, I slowed down into a crawl and poked my large head out of the bushes. What I saw was a large goblin encampment, goblins were everywhere. Around 50 goblins, 30 hobgoblins and one large extremely muscular green thing that could only be an ogre. It stood a staggering 3 metres tall, towering over even the tallest hobgoblin. The ogre: http://oceanofgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/of_orcs_and_men-free-download.jpg He was wearing basic leather armour over his tree trunk like legs, I guess he must be the one in charge. I decided that with these brutes here, my forest would never be safe. So I had to kill them, I formed a basic plan in my mind. They had to eat right, I''m guessing they send hunting parties of around 3-4 individuals, I would ambush these hunting parties and kill them. I would repeat this until they notice that their hunting parties stopped returning, hopefully once they realised this it would be too late. It was a very basic plan, but I wasn''t really known for my intelligence. I always didn''t like action more. So I waited until they eventually sent out a hunting party with 3 goblins and 1 hobgoblin, their levels were 8,8, and 10. Once they were a sufficient distance from the camp i ambushed them from behind a large bush, leaping over the bush I grabbed 2 of the goblins heads with my claws and sliced through their brain with my talons. Then i whirled around and bit off an entire goblins head, seeing this the hobgoblin sprinted away from me as fast as he could, but I leaped over and smashed him against a tree with my tail using steel tail. He was thrown into a tree with a wet a CRUNCH, and died instantly. I quickly feasted on the goblins to leave no evidence. Then I sneaked back to their camp to see if another hunting party is sent off. *2 days later It seems that goblins aren''t very smart, because they sent out another 9 hunting parties out before they realised something wasn''t right, now it seems the their ogre commander is going to go out with 5 of his finest hobgoblins and destroy the source. As I watched him leave the camp I smiled wolfishly to myself. All was going to plan. Once he had been gone for about 10 minutes, I inched closer to his camp. Currently all the goblins and hobgoblins, which amounted to 20 goblins and 15 hobgoblins. We''re sitting around a campfire waiting for their boss to return with some food, seeing this I sprung into action. I leaped across the clearing between me and the goblins and to their horror, I landed in the thick of them. Instantly killing 5 goblins, then I swung a claw at lightning speed across the faces of 4 hobgoblins. I sensed several enemies running towards me so I activated steel tail and swung it directly at them. I felt a wet splat on my tail and new that 8 more goblins had died, then while biting the head of a hobgoblin I swung his body into several of his friends, causing then to be flung several feet. I then slaughtered the goblins surrounding me and bounded over to the dazed hobgoblins that were battered by their dead friend, I landed on two of them with my back claws. Killing them instantly and gored the rest of them to death. I got up and admired my handiwork, surrounding me were what could once be called goblins and hobgoblins, but we''re now piles of blood, bone and flesh. I flashed a blood filled smile that would cause even Chuck Norris to piss himself. "GROAAAAAAAAAR" I heard an ear piercing roar and looked at the perpetrator, only to see a mass of green muscle wielding a club, running at me screaming bloody murder. Now the real fight begins... -------------------------------------------------------------- HAHAHA, he chose the steel wolf! But don''t worry, he will eventually get magic and live up to the name Fenrir. I will also be introducing the payers soon, should I create some different pov''s? Or just stick to Fenrir''s? Also, do you want me to make him evolve again after this battle, or make him evolve after an even more amazing battle I have planned? If you do want him to evolve, what would you evolve him into? Your answers probably won''t change my desision but I am curious. Reply in the comments. Chapter 4: Wolf vs Ogre "GROAAAAAAR" The ogre screamed in fury after seeing its encampment showered in the blood of his comrades, his 5 hobgoblin guards also let out a shout of rage and charged with him. I saw that the ogres tag read ''lvl 14 Brutish Ogre'' ''I need to thin out the numbers, my fur is tough but I don''t like the look of that studded club'' I thought looking at the ogre. I grabbed a large hobgoblin in my mouth and hurled it at the group, and then threw another one, both of the battered corpses flew towards the group at high speeds. One of the corpses smashed into 3 of the hobgoblins, send them flying with it. The other corpse flew at the ogre, who just batted it aside with his hand, like it was a fly. This meant that there were still two hobgoblins charging at me along with the ogre. I decided to risk it and find out just how tough this ogre was, so I leaped at him. Turning as I flew and smashed my tail into him using my skill ''steel tail''. The ogre caught it with his left hand, causing him to slide back a few feet along with a few of his fingers breaking. Then making all his muscles bulge out and go into overdrive, he raised his club. I watched it rise with dread, as soon as he started raising his deadly club I tried to jump away but despite his broke fingers he held firm onto my tail with an iron grip. He then yanked me back towards him and brought down his club with a shout of exertion, straight down don''t my spine. I closed my eyes and hoped my steel fur could take it. "YAAAAAAAAAAAH" *THUD* I felt his club smash down on my spine, causing me to get thrown to the ground like gravity had increased by 100x. Luckily my spine didn''t break, if it did I would have died immediately. However I could feel some serious internal injuries, I looked at the ogre only to be met with raging red eyes. The two hobgoblins rushed at me from behind the ogre, but the ogre spun around and smashed them into jelly with his club. It seemed that he could differentiate between friend and foe while in an enraged state, seeing this the remaining hobgoblins ran into the forest screaming. While he was distracted beating the shit out of his comrades I rolled away and sprung to my feet. Lowering my centre of gravity with a low stance so that I could move out of the way at a moments notice. The ogre turned around and when he saw me he roared again. The fury evident in his eyes like someone had set fire to his soul, and charged me like a bull. Getting ready to swing his bat around in a large arc he roared. "GROAAAAAR" I ran at him to and we met halfway, just as his club was about to hit me I gripped the dirt with my claws and pulled myself down below the swinging club. I could feel the air rushing past me as the club swung over me missing by only centimetres. My adrenaline was working in overdrive so I watched it swing by in slow motion, he then took another step forward because the club was upsetting his centre of balance. As soon as his leg came into view I I swung my claws at it, the claws only managed to get to the bone and then stopped. But it was enough. Using my momentum I then used my skill ''steel tail'' and swung the tail and the open bone. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.Because there was no tough skin in the way, my tail smashed through his kneecap and flipped the ogre over. But the ogre displayed his fighting prowess and while mid side flip, swung his bat at my front left leg, returning the favour. I cursed my blunder as I felt the bones breaking like twigs despite my tough fur. As the ogre hit the dirt on his side, using my back legs I pounced on him. However the ogre was expecting this as he threw away his bat and grabbed me around the throat with his good hand, only just stopped me from tearing out his neck with my fangs. Instead I pushed against his arm, and clamped my teeth around his shoulder. He grunted with pain and started trying to strangle me using his good hand and beat the side of me with his broken hand. I felt blow after blow of his monstrous strength raining down on me. I then dug my back leg''s claws into his thighs to keep me locked onto him and lessen his grip on my throat, then ignoring the pain I started goring his chest with my good and bad front claws, tearing chunks of tough flesh off him. We rolled around like this for a while, him strangling me and beating me while I bit him and clawed him. Slowly his grip lessened and his beatings got weaker and weaker. I wasn''t doing much better either, my claws started slowing down and my bites tore off less and less flesh. I also was started to feel several broken ribs from his fists, this ogre was putting up a fight. I knew if I didn''t finish this soon I would die wether I won or not. And I don''t want to find out wether or not an npc can respawn. Then as my vision started growing darker and darker, I felt my claws finally get through his inches and inches of thick skin and flesh and reach the softer stuff. Barely conscious anymore I speared my claws into his chest cavity using my good claws and scooped out his heart, throwing it into the air i wrenched myself out of the ogres death grip and using my battered legs I jumped into the air and ate his still beating heart. Surprise was rendered on the dying ogres face, but it soon changed into one of respect as he muttered his last words. "Twas a good fight, I''m glad to die to such a fearsome beast..." "Grrrrr" ------------------------------------------------------------ For clearing goblin encampment you gained 20% more experience for each kill Lvl gained Lvl gained Lvl gained Lvl gained ------------------------------------------------ I growled in agreement with the proud and fierce ogre before rolling off his body and letting sleep embrace me. But not before I saw the person in front of me, she was a pretty little thing. A human woman in leather armour wielding a short bow, she muttered one thing before I fell asleep. "Stop recording" ''Oh shit'' --------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry if the chapter is a little short, I didn''t want to drag out the fight too long, despite the amount of fun I had while writing it. The suspense continues! What on Ragnarok will happen to Fenrir? Tell me what you would make happen in the comments. Though it won''t sway my decision i always have fun reading the comments! Notice! hello all, I would just like to say something I forgot to say in the early chapters, but it''s too late now to edit that so I''ll put it here. I would like to say that npc monster levels do not represent how strong they are accurately, for example a level 30 wolf would still not be as strong as a level 25 dire wolf. So even an group of level 10 players would have a hard time taking down a level 8 dire wolf. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. Ha get me? Thanks! As always there is a new chapter on the way! Chapter 5: A bad situation 3rd Pov: That day back on the realm known as earth, a certain video went viral across nations. It was a gameplay video set in the ''game'' of Ragnarok online. It depicts a fearsome battle between a huge 2 metre tall wolf and an equally large ogre who was absolutely packed with muscle, unlike the usual ogres who were normally just ugly fat-asses. The wolf looked like a rare iron wolf variant, but it''s fur, claws and fangs had a more silver sheen to them. This caused a stir up because wolfs and ogres never fought, let alone rare variants. People watched with bated breath as the scene started with a noble looking wolf sitting amongst bloodied corpses. Then a large green ogre roaring and sprinting towards the wolf, rage evident on his ugly face. Then they watch with excitement as they fought with expertly timed slow motion scenes made by the unknown producer of the video. Then the viewers all cheered when the wolf emerged triumphant, leaping into the air and eating the ogres heart. Then they felt sadness and respect for the dying ogre who remained a good sport despite losing. That day a legend became known inside the game Ragnarok online, it''s name was the... ''Silver wolf''.... 3rd Pov: Astral plane Thanatos: "Hey Loki, I just thought about something, what if the humans create a new ''game'' and they lose interest in their current one?" Loki: "don''t worry Thanatos my brother, I have already taken care of that." Thanatos: "do elaborate brother." Loki: "I tampered with the earth realm and their mechanics so that they may never create another ''virtual reality game'' until I allow them." Unknown: "very good Loki, I''d imagine that they''re all banging they''re heads against a wall in frustration right now." Loki: "thank you for the praise, almighty lord Oden." Thanatos: "fucking kiss ass" Loki: "HEY" 1st Pov: Fenrir I groggily opened my eyes with a loud wolfish yawn, and then remembered my dire situation. So I sat up fast. *BANG* Owwwww, it seems I hit my head on something hard. I look up and see thick long metal bars, it seemed that they glowed a soft blue. ''Oh fuck no'' I thought to myself. "Haha! Did to use that, the dumb mutt hit his head on the bars! Hahaha!" "Calm down ShiningMetal, we are in the Dark bear forest after all." I look to the source of the sound and I see 3 people sitting around a campfire looking at me, they are staring pretty hard too. ''What do I have something on my face?'' I thought bitterly. Of the 3 people sitting around the campfire one them was the woman I saw, she had long dark blue hair and a well proportioned body. She was quite the beauty. Her blue name tag read: [BlueBeauty lvl 15] A bit full of yourself there. Too bad I plan on tearing her pretty head off her pretty body. Of the two men sitting beside her once was wearing an extra shiny set of full body armour, apart from a helmet for his good looking face. What the fuck? If your wearing armour that expensive you might as well wear a helmet too, you narcissistic turd. His blue name tag read: [SwordxMasterz lvl 15] wow, what are you like 12 years old, what''s with the x''s? The other man was without a doubt the one that frightened me the most, he was wearing leather armour made from various pelts. Some of them were wolves, I could tell with my sense of smell. Luckily none of them belonged to my family. Above his head was a blue name tag it read: [ShiningMetal lvl 16] But my situation was not looking good, they were all at least 1 lvl above me and there were 3 of them, looks like I''ll have to bide my time before I can escape. *1 day later None of them have even logged out once during this whole time, I guess that the announcement that in Ragnarok online time will go by 4x slower compared to the real world was true, there was a lot of arguing about that. So far, all that they''ve been talking about was what to do after this, and about how many fur coats they think I could be turned into. This conversation sent shivers up my spine. Although they say that they''re heading out of the forest and into a nearby town, I realised a few hours ago that we were in fact going deeper and deeper into the forest. This made me really nervous because I had discovered something during my time living here, the monsters get stronger and more dangerous the further in you go. And one thing I noticed was that we were being hunted. Our hunters smelt strong, and I they were so close now I could hear they''re footsteps. And by the sound of it they were large creatures, and in this world, large almost always means dangerous. Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. They sounded just over 150m away, I was getting more and more nervous. *1 Hour later The dumb players were just trudging along, totally oblivious to their surroundings. I guess they thought they were going in the right direction. I was sitting in a cage that was too small for me, so I had to curl up into a ball to fit. I was being dragged around in a small wagon which was being pulled by the two men, while the lady sat in the front of the carriage. I guess that they''ve already established a hierarchy, good for them. "Let''s settle here for the night" ""Yes mam"" Oh god no. They didn''t, oh shit they did. They actually decided to settle here while our hunters were closing in on us and would arrive in minutes. I desperately started barking and howling, trying to tell them to get me the fuck outta here. "Woof, woof, AROOOOOOOOOOW" "Shut up you mutt" Oh no he didn''t, nobody calls me a mutt. I growl at him which he ignores, then I notice something scary. Everything just went quiet, every single sound in the forest, the birds chirping, occasional growling and trees rustling all stopped. And the even more scary part... Was that so did the smell and sound of our hunters. I froze, my instinct was telling me that we were in a very bad situation. A very bad one indeed. Then I looked in front of me and saw a huge black stone right behind where Mr Narcissistic was sitting, the Rock was huge. At least 4m tall. ''Strange, that rock wasn''t there before.'' Then the rock opened its yellow eyes, stood at its full height and spread its huge black arms, and I saw the rock for what it really was. It was a huge black monstrosity standing over 5m tall, with a barrel shaped torso rippling with Muscle. It stood on two long thick legs ending with terrifying claws, it''s arms were almost as thick as tree trunks and had long dark sinister claws, it was also covered in thick black hair. And had a bears head, filled to the brim with sharp teeth. Above its head read the name tag [Dark Were-bear lvl 22] Were-bear: http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/126696/4094120-6063068485-Bear_.jpg Then with one lightning quick swipe it cleaved the Knights body into thirds. When the other two players saw this, they didn''t even have time to scream as several more were-bears jumped out of the darkness and tore them into little pieces, then one thundered over to my cage. I pressed myself at the back of the cage at the last moment, dodging a swipe that would have taken my head off. As his claws hit the cage that I couldn''t even scratch the cage burst into pieces. I then tensed my stiff muscles and leaped out if the cage, dodging a downward swipe and the last moment. I then sprinted into whatever direction, as long as I could get as far away from the were-bears as possible. The trees blurred past me as I sprinted away, at first the were-bears tried to chase me but gave up as I was much faster than them. Soon I reached an abandoned cave that looked like it could fit 5 were-bears it was so large! I leaped in and checked my surroundings, good it was clear. I then sat down and thought about my situation, I had let my guard down and been captured. Then I had been rescued by murderous were-bears. And now I was stuck in the middle of their territory, I sniffed the air and knew that I was completely surrounded on all sides. This part of the forest was infested with were-bears and I was stuck in the middle. If I tried to use my speed to escape I would be intercepted by a were-bear and cut into pieces, while I am faster their godly reflexes would overpower me. While I was drowning myself in depression and self pity I heard a loud growl at the entrance to my cave, "GRRRRRrrrrrrrr" I looked up and the colour drained from my fur. There, standing in the entrance to my one way cave was a were-bear. I was trapped in this cave with a fucking were-bear. It was a David vs the Goliath situation. And I didn''t have any stones..... ------------------------------------------------------- The epic battle will commence in the next chapter!! If he comes out victorious (I haven''t decided) what do you think he should evolve into? Answer in the comments below! Your input could change the fate of Fenrir. Chapter 6: Battle between beasts For a few seconds the Were-bear and I just stare at each other, unflinching. Daring on another to make the first move, unfortunately the were-man took the dare. I did not want to fight an unknown enemy so quickly, so I ran at him too and tried to manoeuvre my way around him, but he would not let me. He just executed a rough turning kick, fortunately I only just managed to turn myself to the side so it didn''t hit me in the face, but it still sent me flying into the back wall if the cave, I felt a few of my ribs break from the powerful blow. I struck the wall with a thud and fell to the floor, but I quickly sprung to my feet ready to dodge an incoming attack. Luckily my intuition was right as I saw a clawed hand swiping towards me at an unbelievable speed from the left. I jumped backwards and batted the clawed hand to the right using my own clawed paw, thus causing the big brute to lose his centre of gravity. He leaned to the side exposing his left rib cage. I quickly deduced that clawing it would be pointless as it would take several strikes to get through its tough fur and I only had time for two strikes. So instead I spun around, activated my Steel tail and slammed it into his rib cage as hard as I could. With my steel tail skill now up to beginner level 9 I knew that I could cause some damage. (after using it in many hunts and on the ogre it had levelled up several times. But alas, it was now at a bottleneck.) I felt several ribs break as my tail slammed into him and he flew several feet into a nearby wall. However he was quick to recover, so before he hit the wall he spun around and hit the wall feet first. He softened the impact by using his legs like a spring and jumped off the wall using pure leg strength, flying straight at me with his claws outstretched, I rolled over to my side frantically trying to dodge him but he managed to rake his claws along my torso. ''Fuck!'' If not for my steel fur that attack would have gutted me, instead it just cut a few inches deep, I spun around as fast as I could. Then my instincts screamed at me to jump forward, so I did. I was lucky I decided to follow my instincts because we''re I stood before a huge clawed hand swung down and scarred the earth. I now was standing up on my hind legs right up against the were-bear. Most would think that I am screwed right now but the truth is that I may be in the most advantageous position. With his long arms and legs being a disadvantaged up close, I started trying tearing off the hair on his chest with my two front paws. After 2 seconds of lightning fast clawing I reached the flesh and managed to deliver one deep gash across his chest before he brought a knee up into my gut, sending me flying up and into the roof, after smashing my head on the rock hard roof I started falling down. About 2 metres above the were-bear I started spinning as fast as I could, while the were-bear began sending an uppercut my way. It was almost as if everything started happening in slow motion, me spinning faster and faster while his fist was rushing up to meet me. I met his fist with staggering blow from my ''steel tail'' ability, with me falling and spinning my steel tail had gravity on its side so when it met the fist a loud wet *CRUNCH* resounded across the cave. The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. After hitting his fist I was still recovering from his earlier knee, so when he kicked me I couldn''t even defend myself. I flew once again across the room and into the wall. *THUD* I hit the wall with an unhealthy sound and rebounded off it. I only had the time to look up to see a set of claws raining down on my head. I rolled away and leaped to my feet, and then bounded across the room, away from the dangerous were-bear. I shakily got my balance and looked over my opponent. Fuck! He was still guarding the door. But one of his arms was just hanging limply by his side, it looks like I managed to turn his arm''s bones into dust. His bare chest was now also dripping blood with four long and deep gashes across it. He was still standing tall though. Gotta give the tough bastard credit. I hadn''t fared any better, my rib cage was broken in too many places to count. My insides turned into jelly and 3 long gashes across my body, dripping my life blood on the cold hard cave floor. My breathing was shallow and laboured, shit. I hope a rib didn''t puncture one of my lungs, if it did I would be fucked. We once again started our staring competition, the torturous silence continued for about a minute. Then we both made our move, he rushed at me and used his good arm like a spear and was thrusting it at me, so I did the one thing he wasn''t expecting, let it pierce straight through me. I felt unimaginable pain as his hand speared all the way through my innards and out the back on my body, then he looked me in the eye. Confusion evident on his face. Then his face grimaced as he looked down and saw my own clawed paw piercing up through his Bare bloodied chest and through his heart. I looked at him with a proud look in my eyes as I watched him die, then we both collapsed on the ground. ''Hehehe'' mother fucker messed with the wrong wolf. ---------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations you have gone through the necessary experiences for a new evolution! Pathway 1: Dark steel Dire wolf (unique) This fearsome creature uses the aid of darkness to sharpen his claws and strengthen his fur. Darkness is his ally and light is his enemy. This big badass wolf combines the magic of darkness and the prowess of physical combat. If you choose this class you will only be able to learn darkness body enhancement magic. Pathway 2: Beast man (steel variant) The beast man is a beast that has decided to give up the majority of his bestial heritage to become almost human. However this beast man has the ability to strengthen his limbs into the hardest steel, making him into a deadly weapon of brute strength. If you choose this pathway you have the potential to learn any magic up to a certain degree. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- TADA! Finally finished. Sorry if the chapter was a little short, I have been pumping out chapters like a machine all day. So tell me, what would you make Fenrir choose? Human Beast? Or Savage Beast? Tell me in the comments below! Chapter 7: A new evolution I barely manage to think in my mind. ''Dark steel dire wolf'' I can''t afford to choose beast man now, whilst it would be good to know that I could actually put my martial arts to good use. If I turn into something potentially weaker now, I''ll be devoured. I felt sleeps cold embrace. I sure as hell hope I don''t wake up dead. 1 day later "Grrrrrrrrr" I wake up let out a low grow-like yawn, when I sit up. I realise two things. One, my head was now roughly one metre closer to the ceiling than it was before. Two, my fur coat had changed. I turned my head around as far as it could go and I see out the corner of my eye that my coat had a new colour, a bit of orange. I was a little confused as to why I have orange fur, but it could be useful. With the bit of orange it would be easier to blend into my forest surrounding, and if I got blood on it, it wouldn''t show as much. Fenrir: http://orig12.deviantart.net/57c2/f/2013/129/9/1/carolynmoskowitz_wolf_by_fleurdelyse-d64oqxi.jpg I then decided to check out my stats. ''Open status'' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Fenrir Race: Dark steel dire wolf (unique) Level: 16 Strength: 135 Agility: 130 Dexterity: 120 Stamina: 125 Wisdom: 75 Intelligence: 75 Physical resist: 45% Magic resist: 35% Magic affinities: darkness 100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hmm, it seems that I got a huge boost to my physical stats, and a fairly large boost to my other stats. My darkness also went back up to 100%, I guess I''ll learn ice during a later evolution. I had also levelled up to 16 after killing that were-bear. Now for the second observation I have to make. ''Open skills'' ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dark steel tail (active) (steel tail rank II) intermediate lvl 1 The dark steel tail wraps your tail in steel and darkness, the steel is to crush bones and the darkness is to penetrate through armour. Wielding this ability you will be the bane of all Knights. -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark claw (active) beginner lvl 1 Wrap your claws in darkness, increasing their length my 2x and sharpening them to the highest degree. Can penetrate most armours, however it is weak against magical barriers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shadow veil (active) beginner lvl 1 Cloak your body on darkness and become the shadows themselves. Your scent and all minor noise you make will be masked. Experienced hunters will notice you with this skill still low levelled as they will feel your presence. Does not work in direct light. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dark steel fur (passive) (steel fur rank II) intermediate lvl 1 This ability causes your fur to be made out of darkness infused steel, the strongest form of steel ever discovered. This fur will block out all minor attacks completely, and soften the impacts from devastating blows. Current effects: Physical resist: 45% Magic resist: 35% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hmm, it seems that all my former abilities have upgraded into rank II, and I''ve gotten two new abilities. Dark claw is going to be very useful, increasing the length of my claws is going to be vital to my survival. Dark veil will also be extremely useful for whenever I either want to make an escape or surprise attacks. For know I will try to level up all my abilities, first I will try and use dark claw. ''Dark claw'' Before my very eyes my claws grew two times in length, and looked darker than the shadows surrounding me in my cave. I decided to test how long I could hold this ability for. *5 minutes later The claws retracted, and I was feeling extremely drained, I felt like I just ran a marathon one legged. It seems that I can only hold the form for roughly 5 minutes, this means either I have to train my ability to last longer, or make all my battles shorter. I''ve decided to do both. I eyed the corpse of the were-bear out the corner of my eye, I walked over and started feasting. Once I had finished, I surprisingly felt good as new. I guess eating replenishes my magic reserves. ''Okay time to train my other abilities'' I thought ''Dark veil'' Then my body seemed to meld into the shadows, it felt very strange. A bit like being underwater but being able to breath. *10 minutes later I melded out of the shadows and felt extremely tired once again, ten minutes was quite good though. But not good enough, I would have to train the abilities. And the best place to train is in a fight. I ate the rest if the were-bear and walked out of my cave and into the dark forest night. Almost at once I was bombarded with the trails of were-bears, I chose to follow the trail of two were-bears. Once I arrived I saw two were-bears feasting on the corpse of another were-bear, cannibalism. I activated shadow veil and crept closer, once I was about 6 feet away I leaped at the nearest were-bear, deactivating shadow veil at the last second and activating shadow claw instead. I could use both at the same time but it was much more taxing on my body. I swiped at the back of his neck and I felt my claws slice through the flesh like butter and hit something that gave a bit of resistance, but they soon cut it. The were-bear dropped to the floor dead. Yes, I had severed his spinal cord at the back of neck. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. His friend whirled around and sent a clawed hand from the left my way, I spun around to the right and turned his arm bones to dust with my ''dark steel tail''. Then, stepping in closer I used my momentum to slice open his stomach with my ''dark claw''. The were-bears innards spilled out and onto the forest floor, but the were-bear didn''t care and leaped at me. I jumped up using my hand legs and dodged his claws, and using my own claws I cleaved open his head. He tumbled to the ground dead, I landed with a soft *thud*. I then proceeded to devour their bodies to regain my energy, then I headed in the direction of two more were-bears. 1 day later I had killed over 50 more were-bears and levelled up another 3 times. I was now headed back to my cave when I heard something which surprised the living shit our of me. "STAY BACK! GET AWAY FROM ME! *sobbing sounds*" This surprised me, so I was naturally curious. I activated ''dark veil'' which I had levelled up to beginner lvl 7 and bounded over in the direction of the screaming, when I arrived I saw something surprising. There was an elf girl standing with her back against a cliff face, currently surrounding her were non-other than 6 were-bears. My instincts driven into me by my slightly perverted father from the earth realm kicked into action. Flashback Father: "SON! This is my most important lesson for you!" Me: "yes father!" Father: "if you ever see a pretty girl in danger, save her! She may give you..... Rewards." Father: "hehehe" *end of flashback I deactivated my ''shadow veil'' and threw myself at top speed right into the were-bear that was about to finish the elf girl, I swung my claws around mid flight and activated ''shadow claws'' which I had managed to bring up to beginner level 8. I flew past him and slit open his throat, causing him to fall backwards clutching his bloodied throat. I continued flying right into another were-bear, spear tackling him. He managed to claw my shoulder, drawing quite an amount of blood. I speared my dark claws into his chest and through his heart, killing him instantly. I then jumped off his body and positioned myself between the rest of the were-bears and the elf girl, who was now dumbfounded as to why I was protecting her, which I was too. Two were-bears attacked at the same time, one going low and the other high. I jumped, spinning around and slammed my ''dark steel tail'' right into arm of of the wear-bear that went high, the tail smashed past the outstretched arm and into the face of the were-bear, then I landed on top of an angry were-bear that started furiously clawing up my stomach. Before he could get through my tough under-fur and spill my innards I started clawing him back, I first severed the tendons on his shoulders so his arms would no longer be a nuisance, then I leaned down and tore his throat out with my teeth. Now there were only two left, one of the two started sprinting at me while the second got ready to jump. I tried to dodge but the were-bear tackled me head on, I fell on my back with the huge were-bear on top of me, trying to tear my face off. As soon as I hit the dirt I used all four of my legs and pushed the bear off me and sent it flying into a tree behind me. I looked up and saw a huge shadow rushing down to meet me, my instincts kicked in and I rolled to the side. Only to see the second were-bear hit the earth with a huge *BANG*. I sprung up, and as I rose I brought a clawed paw infused with ''dark claw'' up and dragged it from the Bears waist all the way up to its neck, going several inches deep. It responded with a long side swipe with all its power behind it, I didn''t have time to doge so I tried to soften the blow with my ''dark steel tail''. I flew several metres back and rolled along the ground for a few more feet, the strength of were-bears was scary. I was disadvantaged because I had to protect the elf girl, she was sitting there and chanting something I couldn''t understand. I think she was a resident of this realm. I heard the air parting so I ducked, only to see an arm shoot out where my head once was. I responded by charging forward and stabbing the attacker in their exposed stomach with a thrust from my ''dark claws''. I angled my claws up and pierced their heart. Then I heard the earth shake, I looked to my left and saw the last bear only a few metres away and winding up a swipe that I wouldn''t be able to dodge. Then the elf girl stopped chanting and she glowed with a soft green light, then thick roots rose up from the earth and wrapped around the Bears legs. This only stopped it for barely a second, as it just tore through them lie, they were made of paper, but it was enough. I rushed him and tore out his vocal cords with my teeth. Then I pushed him down and ravaged his chest into ribbons. I looked up at the elf girl, ''did she just use magic?''. Well it must have been a very taxing spell because she was now passed out in the floor. I decided to bring her too my cave because it was dangerous out here, I grabbed her by the hem of her clothes with my teeth. Then I picked her up off the ground and headed back to my cave. She was extremely beautiful, soft golden eyes along with vibrant golden hair and a well endowed body. She only looked about 17 or 18, but I did hear that elves aged very slowly. Once I arrived at the cave I sat and waited for her to wake up. ''Well what the fuck now?'' I thought grimly. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Well that''s the end of that long chapter. Should I make the mysterious elf girl a new companion? Or the starter for some epic quest that will make Fenrir famous across the world of Ragnarok and Earth? Tell me what you think I should do, because I''m torn between the two. And I don''t really want both because the elf girl will just be a hindrance on his epic quest. Chapter 8: I got trolled Well, rather than stare at the pretty girl, I guess that I should start to plan my next course of action. I''m not quite ready to encounter human civilisation as I would probably be destroyed as a monster, or hunted down by malicious players for my coat. It''s a rather scary thought that people may end up eventually wearing your skin, in my next life I swore to never wear a wolf made fur coat. What i wanted to do for now was conquer the forest, as a past martial artist being the strongest is somewhat of a dream for me. Okay, so my plan of action and ultimate goal for now will be to make the forest my kingdom, and the inhabitants my bitche-*cough*-underlings. But I don''t want to be tied to the forest, so don''t be thinking that I''m going to be starting my own little beast Kingdom, that was only metaphorical. I''m a lone wolf through and through. Okay, so I have to get stronger first and then kill everything in my path like the beast that I am. Looks like I''ll be doing some serious grinding later on. Now onto this elf girl, I think that I''ve done enough for her. Looks like she''s still sleeping, I guess I''ll leave her be and venture deeper into this forest. I know it''s kinda cruel to leave her in were-bear infested territory, but I''m no longer a human. I need to throw away those useless aesthetics if I want to rule this world. I should''ve left her for the were-bears in the first place. I walk out of my former cave home and into the direction of the centre of the forest, I could tell the direction by smell. Oh, looks like I''ve run into a hungry were-bear, hehehe. Looks like I''m in for an early lunch. Elf girl Pov: As I see the enormous wolf walk out of the cave he brought me in, I silently open my eyes. Oh. My. God. That wolf, he is strange. When he brought me here I thought it was to eat me but he just brought me here and left. Hmm... My name is Clair Sylvia, I''m the second princess of the elven Kingdom of Yggdrasil. I was always brought up in a secluded environment, I''m a second princess so my only value is to be married off to another Kingdom or nobles for diplomatic purposes. My mother thinks this way, but my father actually dotes on me quite a lot. So, naturally I wanted to see the world before I was married off. Being the naive idiot princess I was I went to the ancient forest of Yggdrasil looking for adventure, ignoring all the warnings about the dangerous beasts that make their home here. I mean, if the travellers could do it. Why couldn''t I? So I ventured for hours into the forest, now that I think about it. It was a miracle I wasn''t killed by a monster earlier on, in fact. I didn''t run into any monsters before the were-bears. It was terrifying, seeing the creatures looming over me. Saliva dripping out of their fang filled mouths. I new that I would die here, by my own stupidity. Then he came. He leaped in, as if moulding out of the shadows themselves. Slashing, biting, tearing, throwing and mercilessly killing all those who opposed him. He was even more terrifying than the were-bears. The way he fought was, like a true beast. It was actually kind of beautiful for an elf to see natures most prominent predator fight with its true strength. But for now. I needed to leave this forest and inform my father about that beast. That I found a suitable candidate for.... That. Fenrir Pov: Okay, so after killing a few were-bears on my way here. I''ve finally reached my first checkpoint. I can smell a new group of monsters beyond this point, this must mean that I am currently bordering on the territory of the were-bears and the territory of some new monsters. Frankly, thinking of a monster that can dominate were-bears is fucking frightening. But I digress. I sniff the air and lock in on a single monster, then I activate shadow veil and stalk after it. It''s about half a kilometre away from me right now, but I soon reach it. What I see in front of me from the shadows is an iconic fantasy monster, the troll. It has a short brown fur coat covering its entire body apart from its chest, stomach and face. God, it''s like it''s trying to show off its abs. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. It has long arms like a gorilla and is hunched over, he''s even using them as extra legs like a gorilla too. However, it''s legs are short and thick. It''s roughly about a foot taller than me on my hind legs and has a body that is covered in muscle. It looks like it could snap me like a twig. It''s face could be summed up in one word, ugly. It''s two eyes are black and has a serious overbite with oversized teeth for its already large mouth. Hmm, those long arms will be a problem, they will make it extremely difficult for me to get through and to its vitals. However, it''s legs look like it''s not much of an agile monster. His name tag read: ---------------------------------- Forest troll lvl 32 --------------------------------- Okay, this guy is way out of my league. But the combination of my beastial and martial artist instincts were driving me towards the prospect of a bloody battle to the death. Well fuck it, I always trust my instincts. I crept slowly across the shadows of a large bush until I was behind the monster. Then I leaped at him like a bullet, slicing through the air with my dark claws until I reached the troll. But to my surprise he swung himself around at lightning speed. ''What ferocious reflexes'' I thought. As he was turning he brought out an arm and used it like a club, smashing into my side. I only barely managed to bring out my ''dark steel tail'' to block the blow, which sent me flying into the trunk of one if the nearby massive trees. I do seem to fly into trees quite a lot lately. I manoeuvre my body mid air so that I hit the tree with my hind legs, bending them to soften the blow and launched myself back at the troll. Who promptly brought his other arm swinging down in an arc motion. I twist midair and meet his clawed fist with my enhanced tail. *CRUNCH* His fist gets turned into jelly while I hit the ground and roll away, I look up and see a troll with one arm, only hanging by the skin and the other smashed into a bloody pulp. I managed to slash his other arm in my first attack. Then, too my horror. He started to regenerated his arms, I watched as one arm slowly started to re-attach itself while the other mended it''s broke bones. I needed to halt the healing process, by the looks of it his arms will be good as new in about 30 seconds. I decided to do the simplest thing and the only thing I thought of at the moment, exhaust his regeneration. Then attack his vitals. I pushed myself off the ground and flew past him, slashing his arms as I went past, his once godly reflexes now wasted with his broken arms. But he still swung the things at me anyway. Only much slower than before, making it easy to dodge around the hunks of meat. I repeated this process again and again, run doge slash, run dodge slash. It was a simple hit and run technique. Soon the troll was littered with deep and shallow cuts all over his abdomen and arms, I noticed they were healing at a significantly slower rate than before. So I decided to finish this fight. I ran with my body angled to run past the troll again, but changed direction at the last moment. Dodging under his arms and straight into his chest, I leaped up and but a chunk out of his throat. Then I slashed his vulnerable wind pipe with my dark claws. The troll got used to my hit and run technique so he didn''t expect me to run straight at him. This was his ultimate downfall. He fell died and fell backwards, hitting the dirt with a thud. ------------------------------------- Level up Level up Level up ------------------------------------- Hooray, I guess that this makes me level 29. I began to gorge on the troll to fill up my exhausted mana supply and health. Despite having broken arms, the troll did manage a few hits. Hmm, I guess for now I should find a new lair.... Notice This is a notice about this very story. Okay, the reason that I''ve been on hiatus for a while now is because I had this sudden and irresistible urge to write this new story that I''ve been concocting inside my fucked up mind for a while now. So I planned out a whole story line that''s full of surprises and (hopefully) heart wrenching moments. I practically orgasm every time I think about the new story I''m writing. I know that this whole thing is like I''ve slapped you in the face and then threw you head first into a huge pile of rotten dog shit. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. I know I''m being an asshole, but my creative urges cannot be controlled by ANY MAN. including myself. (I''m like a beast) You can check out my new story here: Spartan More chapters on the way, for both stories.