《Re: Ent》 What is Survival, and what is Living? Chapter 1: What is Survival, and what is Living? ¡° ¡± = Speech ¡® ¡® = Thoughts * * = Actions or SFX¡¯s ~ ~ = Third Person [ ] = Time Skips I am freezing to death And bleeding to death But the blood is frozen so mostly freezing to death ¡®Sigh¡¯ I sigh mentally because my lips are no longer moving and some of my upper and lower teeth are frozen together ¡®Ah well, at least my death was cool, hehe get it? ¡°Cool¡±¡¯ [A few hours ago] The ferry I was on carried around 100 people including the staff. Our destination was the Antarctic. Our reason? To start our new lives. It¡¯s been 170 years since all the ice melted and what it revealed left the world slack jawed. ALIEN CIVILIZATION! Or rather, dead alien civilization. We found weird humanoid corpses which were deemed to be the previous owners of earth. After nearly 200 years of testing and exploring the cleaver people said it was safe. So for a world full of over populated cities and a crumbling eco system, an unpopulated, safe, ready built continent, was nothing but God send. Anyway, I was one of the many who went to live there and start anew. We were 3 days into the voyage and there was only 2 days left, everything was ok. But that all changed when the fire nation attacked. Nah, just kidding, it was the pirates not the fire nation. They high jacked our vessel. It was looking bad, we weren''t exactly "legal" immigrants you see, every one on board had there own story; be it fleeing crims, people ridden in debts they can''t pay or just lucky bastards like me who climbed up from the slums. I doubt anyone would miss us if we disappeared. luckily the fire nation didn''t know that. We (the passengers) were cuffed and only given food once a day. All the strong looking ones were shot in the leg and given basic first aid so they wouldn¡¯t bleed out, but they could not run. This, by the way, included me. Even under the circumstances it felt nice to be recognised. Well I am almost 6 ft tall and although I never had the money for martial lessons, you pick things up if you fight as much as I. I''m quite the scrapper, not trying to brag or anything. Anyways. On the 4th day after being high jacked the pirates found what they came for; one of the passengers was hiding millions, probably something they stole from the pirates going by how he was crying out to them before he was executed. Won''t say it served him right... but it served him right I decided to leg it, or "hop it", because the pirates probably figured out we weren''t legal. The waters were no longer as cold as it were in the past and if I could just get a hand hold on the hull of the prate ship, I can later climb aboard when there guard is down. This actually wasn''t the first time I''ve done this, although last time it was on a river, and my shot leg wasn''t in the best shape, plus I still got caught... But I don''t really have a choice if I want to live. I''m not na?ve enough to think they would simply let us go. It was quite easy sneaking to the edge of the ship as the pirates were all moving in one direction (their ship), just throw something in the direction other than yours and keep moving as quite as possible. *Sigh* thinking of what happened next makes me sigh even now, underwater. Just as I was about to hop of the ferry (literally). The ferry blew up¡­ Damn it there are pirates sill on board! Screw you pirates! At least wire you bombs properly! I was out side the range of the fire but the bomb was never an incendiary bomb, but a shock wave one. It put a huge tear in the hull and nearly split the ship in two. I was also was caught in the shock wave. The bones in my legs were almost turned to powder, I think my left lung was crushed and I probably had a bad case of internal bleeding and torn muscles. As if that weren¡¯t enough, a piece of shrapnel from the blast embedded itself in my lower back causing profound bleeding. I blacked out for a second due to the pain only to be woken by the burning cold water of the Antarctic sea. ¡®Fucking fire nation'' I didn¡¯t really struggle; I knew I was a dead man walking, Or swimming/drowning. I never really cared for life, and life never really cared for me. Never knew my parents. Although it says I grew up in an orphanage on my forms, I spent more nights outside than in. The orphanage had little room and I gave my space to the sickly little girl who was found with me. She was probably my sister but I haven''t though of her since she betrayed me for some food. Actually it was probably her betrayal that let me survive for so long, she hardened my heart and gave me a ruthlessness that I needed. Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. That said, I never did take revenge after I escaped, didn''t even take back the space I gave her. Went to the second layer of hell they call a school, more of a drug market and blade shop. I left top of my class (not really saying much) but had to turn to petty theft and pick pocketing to get my daily bread. University? That was way out of reach. Eventually I became a martial arts instructor and opened my own dojo where I lived. I had no "girlfriend" but I have screwed a few. In the 2212 riots my base (an abandoned tree house in the abandoned Part of the city) was burnt down. Strangely however it seemed that the only places with destroyed buildings were the slums and not were the upper class lived, heck there were palisades and soldiers lined up, as if they were expecting it... this happened all over the country. And then on my way to the new world I was blown up! HAH screw you. I was ok going quietly in this quiet blue world. But then I made eye contact with a woman slightly below me. She was making a red fog in the sea behind her, probably a heavy case of "metal in your back". Then I see her face, a desperate face, a stubborn face, a na?ve face. ¡®The little brat isn¡¯t even thinking off leaving her I don¡¯t really get it but is that what you call family love?¡¯ I think back to my youth, always alone with no one to support me, ¡®How many times did I whish for a mother to comfort me, or a father to guide me? Wow now that I think off it I was really weak and needy back then, well I guess kids are supposed to be weak and needy *mental sigh* screw going quietly, maybe I¡¯ll get some good karma by doing this¡¯ Using my hands and dolphin kicks to get to them I grabbed the cuff of the little girl¡¯s shirt in my mouth and the woman in my left arm. The combined effort of me and the little brat got us to the surface where I floated on my back whilst treading water with my right arm and floppy legs to keep the pair¡¯s heads afloat. Mine however was not supported by a 6ft buff guy so kept going under. ¡®Wow now that I look at them the brat¡¯s cute and the woman¡¯s a knockout straight 10. If you weren¡¯t unconscious and I weren¡¯t dying I¡¯d probably try flirting with you¡¯ My gaze drops to her chest which was sticking to her wet, half see through, shirt. ¡®Actually who cares, that won¡¯t stop me¡¯ ¡°n-n-n-nic-nice b-b-ra-bra¡± (me) ¡®I blame the cold for this atrocious pick up line! I¡¯m normally I slick playboy but right now I¡¯m not in my best state¡¯ The brat looked at me funny and might have blushed but I can¡¯t really tell since all our faces were red with the cold. ¡®Sorry brat, but I¡¯m no Lolicon, give it a few years and we¡¯ll talk¡¯ I was slowly losing my vision (and sanity) when a life boat came for us. [Present] Once out of the water I was laid on my side so not to push the shrapnel in my back further in. ¡®heh, still trying to save me? How cute¡¯ By now I could only see shadows and hear murky sounds. I was surrounded by 3 Big Shadows and a Small Shadow. There were also 2 more Big Shadows a few meters away. Soon however my 3 Big Shadows left to join the other two big shadows. ¡®Too late for me I guess¡¯ The little shadow however did not move. ¡®Probably the little brat, thanks but I¡¯m done for so hurry to the side of your watermelon mother little tomato, I hope you use the life I died for wisely young grape fruit¡¯ As if she could hear my thoughts she moved to where the 5 big shadows are after saying something I could not hear. Now I couldn¡¯t see anything beyond the blur that was probably my nose. My vision suddenly darkened and I lost all feeling. ¡®I wonder what¡¯s on the other side Hope it¡¯s nice.¡¯ However such light-hearted thoughts were forgotten as I was claimed by an abyss of pain and loneliness. AN Hello readers how did you like that? This is my first time writing something like this so tell me what you think, hold nothing back! -PervyPanda- Chapter 2: Guess It Runs In The Family Chapter 2: Guess It Runs In The Family ¡° ¡± = Speech ¡® ¡® = Thoughts * * = Actions or SFX¡¯s ~ ~ = Third Person [ ] = Time Skips Lonely, very lonely And painful, I can¡¯t feel my limbs anymore, or anything for that matter. I wonder if this is phantom limb pain. Not sure if the world is black or I just cant see. Not sure if the world¡¯s quiet or I just can¡¯t hear. Mot sure if I¡¯m floating or just cant feel. It feels as if my very soul is being eroding away in the darkness ¡®I wonder who I am again? No parents, grew up in a shithole, thief and homeless guy¡­ Yeah that¡¯s me I wonder what my name was. Shit I can¡¯t remember Ah well, doesn¡¯t really matter¡­ Is this hell? Not that bad actually, got used to the loneliness ages ago and what¡¯s life without pain eh? HahAHah HAHaHa HA, LIFE! Get it? I wonder if I¡¯m insane, probably went insane ages ago Talking of ages, I wonder how long I¡¯ve been here. I haven¡¯t got sleepy so might not even a day yet, or maybe you just don¡¯t get sleepy here. I should try doing something constructive, yessss I shall be cleaver when this shit is over Right, let¡¯s play some Uno whilst I think of things to think of¡¯ [Later] ¡®YEAAAAAAAAAA BOY, something¡¯s happening!¡¯ There was a small dot of white in the distance and I was slowly being dragged towards it. ¡®HAHAHAHAHA yeah put the peddle to the metal cuz I¡¯m picking up speeeeed! Vroom Vroom Oh I am definitely insane.¡¯ The white dot was more like a white sun now and covered the centre of my view. ¡®Is this heaven? Or maybe rebirth? I hope it is, I want to be a dark lord. And this time I¡¯ll learn from what movies tell us and kill all the nasty Hobbitses first Fucking Hobbits And THEN I¡¯ll go wipe out the Fire Nation and make my self the Dragon Born by killing the Avatar! Muhahahahaha PERFECT!¡¯ My delusions were rudely interrupted when I was yanked to the side and pulled through a golden door that just seemed to materialise there. ¡®What the fu¡¯ ¡°ck PUT ME BACK!¡± (me) ¡®Eh, I can speak.¡¯ Surrounding me is a golden grass glade; golden grass as far as the eye can see. With a beautiful figure standing in front of me ¡®Wha?¡¯ ¡°Watermelon Mama?¡± (me) *Thwack* Pain on my forehead, I was flicked by something ¡°That¡¯s my granddaughter you¡¯re perving on young man!¡± (???) ¡®Eh, granddaughter?¡¯ ¡°Who the hell are you?¡± (me) In front of me was a woman standing at about 5,10ft with bronze coloured hair, she had soft brown eyes, olive coloured skin and a rather revealing, semitransparent silk dress that showed of her two huge mountains. *Gulp* Looking at her I couldn¡¯t help but gulp and try to suppress the rising mountain in my pants. ¡°Pervert, but to go through the void yet maintain the decency to suppress your third leg and retain some of your memoires, you are quite the gusty pervert aren¡¯t you?¡± (Big Boob Lady) ¡°Huh? Erm, thank you?¡± (me) ¡°Your welcome¡± (BB Lady) ¡°¡­¡± (me) ¡°¡­¡± (BB lady) ¡®Even when she¡¯s annoyed she¡¯s hot, crap I really want to make her blush. Maybe if I take my pants off I could take her by surprise¡¯ *Thwack* ¡°Oww. WTF you can read minds?¡± (me) ¡°Yes, and my great grandchild could as well by the way, but I didn¡¯t need to, your disgusting face said it all. *sigh* to think I was about to make you my champion. Well whatever, pervert or not you still have a very strong will¡± (BB Lady) If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.¡°Huh? Champion? Dahell you talking about, or rather explain what¡¯s going on instead of casually insulting me, I¡¯m the Dark Lord you know! Plus I don¡¯t think you can call me a pervert whilst wearing that yer slut¡± (me) ¡°WHA? Slut! What do you mea- oh whatever. My name is Vinerva daughter of Minerva, so stop calling me Big Boob lady. I am the spirit of nature, beauty and the mind. You are here because I called you. Why did I call you? Because I want you to be my champion in your next life. And you¡¯re not the Dark Lord!¡±(Vinerva) ¡®So that was rebirth¡¯ ¡°Don¡¯t want to, I¡¯m Gonna be the Dark Lord¡± (me) ¡°No you¡¯re not.¡± (Vinerva) ¡°Am too¡± (me) ¡°Where¡¯s your horns then?¡± (Vinerva) ¡°¡­¡­¡± (me) ¡°Anyway, now that you¡¯re here you no longer have a choice in the matter¡± (Vinerva) ¡°¡­ Slut¡± (me) ¡°Shut it. When you saved my grandchild and great grandchild I had planned to just give you a gift in your next life however when I saw you keep your memories and most of your sanity, which by the way only happens 1 in every 100000. I thought I¡¯d make you my champion before any of the other gods or spirits notice you.¡± (Vinerva) ¡° ¡­. What¡¯s a champion and what do I get from this?¡± (me) ¡°Basically you just have to spread my name and get people to worship me so I can become stronger. And the stronger I get the stronger the powers I give you, my first champion, gets.¡± (Vinerva) ¡°What are the powers?¡± (me) ¡°Its random, you will have to find out yourself.¡± (Vinerva) ¡°¡°First champion¡±? Why did you choose me as the first and cant you just make some others?¡± (me) ¡°I am only a medium level spirit so I can only have one champion and I was waiting for some one with an extremely strong will as you¡¯ll need it if you¡¯re going to enter the world of gods, you fit the bill¡± (Vinerva) ¡°¡­¡­.¡± (me) *sigh* ¡°Fine whatever, I¡¯ll be your champion¡­ but first, can you do something for me?¡± (me) ¡°What?¡± (Vinerva) I recall my life time goal ¡°Can you give me horns in my next life?¡± (me) ¡°¡­¡­¡­.. really? That¡¯s what you ask?¡± (Vinerva) ¡°Yeah, and why not? Horns look cool.¡± (me) *Sigh* Well I guess it can¡¯t really be helped after going through the void, Fine, you can have your horns.¡± (Vinerva) She rested her head in her hand like she was enduring a really bad headache ¡®Wonder if she¡¯s okay, oh wait, no, she¡¯s back to normal¡¯ ¡°Right, now that that¡¯s sorted get a move on¡± (Vinerva) I was flung back into the void and started moving towards the white again. ¡°Oh yeah I forgot to say¡± (Vinerva) ¡°What?¡± (me) ¡°The rules of the Gods states that champions can¡¯t start off as sentient beings.¡± (Vinerva) ¡°Huh? What do you mean?¡± (me) ¡°Means your not start out as any humanoid being this time round¡± (Vinerva) ¡°¡­¡­¡­ WHAAAAAAAT! WTF! YOU SLUT OF a SON OF a BITC-¡± (me) And so, kicking, screaming and cursing I go onwards, to my new non-human life AN Hello, the author here. You may have noticed some of my writing is slightly awkward but that¡¯s not all due to me being new to this, but also because I was trying to clearly show our protagonists¡¯ personality and at some times it may have seemed strained. So now that our character is set I think my writing will get a bit more fluid from now on. Main Character = Perverted, cold, logical, slightly insane. Kind off childish in some areas and can be kind at times. -PervyPanda- Chapter 3: Status Report 1 ¡° ¡± = Speech ¡® ¡® = Thoughts * * = Actions or SFX¡¯s ~ ~ = Third Person [ ] = Time Skips < > = Status Reports - - = telepathy Awakening wasn¡¯t really pleasant. I tried moving my body but it felt stiff and I had a strange feeling of floating, at least there wasn¡¯t any pain. Vision was still blurry and all I could see were dark greens and lighter greens. Couldn¡¯t feel a tongue but then again maybe I don¡¯t have one. I could hear but only the sound of wind. ¡®God damn that fucking slut, leaving out the most important thing to the end. And Gods can damn her right? She did say she is just a spirit¡¯ My cursing was brought to a stop after a few minutes when I hit something hard but strangely comforting. It was dark brown and I was surrounded by green walls. ¡®Dafuq is this place?¡¯ Wherever it was, it made me extremely sleepy, so I slept. But just before the dream world claimed me¡­ *Ding* < Blessing of Vinerva: Analytic Sense Gained > < Blessing of Vinerva: Minor Telepathy Learned > < Blessing of Vinerva: **** ****** ******** Locked > < Blessing of Vinerva: Good Looks Gained > < Pragmatic Trait Retained > < Title: Champion of Vinerva Gained > ¡­ Appeared in my head ¡®Ugh, too sleepy to give a rat shit.¡¯ [After sleep] I woke up feeling refreshed. Well as refreshed as one could be in such a situation as this. ¡®Rightio, lets do dis crap¡¯ I then look around to find that I don¡¯t ¡°see¡± the same way I used to. It was more like 360 degree sonar but in colour, I also had another vision, it was sort of like thermal vision but instead of heat I could see¡­ Life, Life was golden in colour; the places with more life were brighter and more golden than the places without, I could also see life in the air, little golden dots that shone dimly. It seems I can switch it on and off and although it felt completely natural I decided to switch it off for now as it seamed kind of addicting. After the observations of my surroundings, I realised that the dark brown thing I landed on is soil and the green walls towering above me is actually just grass. I was in a forest and it was undeniably beautiful, like the ones you see in fairy tails with mighty trees and the greenest of green leaves that cast a green coloured shade when the sun passes through. And with my Life vision on it made an already beautiful forest, entrancing, I was near the edge of such a forest, I couldn¡¯t see where the tree line stopped however I could just sort of sense it. ¡®I feel very one with nature¡­ I don¡¯t like where this is going¡¯ The time of day was early morning and this I just knew. ¡®Guess I have a good body clock.¡¯ ¡®Next, damage report.¡¯ My body was round, I think, and covered in a bronze coloured shell, sort of like an acorn. Going by how big the grass is to me, I was probably very small. Although unlike yesterday when I was all stiff I now have a ¡°limb¡± that I can slightly move It was digging into the ground and had a level of awareness that I never felt in my past life. I could feel how much nutrition was near me, taste the minerals in the earth and sense the flow of water around me. My conclusion: ¡®WTF IM A FUCKING SEED!!¡¯ My limb was most likely a root and yesterday I was probably floating away from mama tree to find a place to grow. ¡®Dafuq! That slut, I know she said I¡¯m not going to be a sentient being, but a TREE? How the hell am I going to speak never mind make people worship her! Oya, wait wasn¡¯t there something that popped up before I went to sleep? What was it again¡­?¡¯ *Ding* < Status > Name: ??? Species: Ent Strength: 6 Defence: 9 Agility: 1 Vitality: 17 Stamina: 8 Intelligence: 493 ****: 9 < Blessings: 3 > < Traits: 1 > < Skills: 0 > < Titles: 1 > < Patron Status: Low Level Spirit + > ¡®Hah? You gota be shiting me!! This isn¡¯t a game! And what¡¯s an Ent? Aren¡¯t Ents the talking trees from Lord of the Rings?¡¯ Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.I got excited over the fact that all might not be lost. ¡®Patron means Vinerva right? LOL, she seems to have a complex on the whole LOW LEVEL spirit thing, hahahahah. Oh yeah I need to think of a new name for myself don¡¯t I. Well whatever, what came up last night were blessings, traits and titles I think?¡¯ *Ding* < Blessings > < Analytic Sense: you have been blessed by the beautiful spirit Vinerva and gained an Analytic Sense; This is the power of words and will help you when making choices. This has been influenced by the memories of your previous life. > ¡®Beautiful spirit my ass. So this is all because of my Analytic Sense? Influenced by my previous life¡¯s memories¡­ is that why it has a game feel?¡¯ < Minor Telepathy: you have been blessed by the beautiful spirit Vinerva and Learned Minor Telepathy; This allows you to speak in the mind of basic creatures within 15 meters. It also allows you to speak with any of your Species, Ent, within 30 meters. > ¡®This might be useful, and going by what it said there might be other Ents in this world. I wonder what will happen if this gets levelled up, I might be able to speak with humans. *Ding* < Intelligence + 3 > < 493 ~ 496 > ¡®¡­ It seems being clever gives me more intelligence, and it¡¯s probably so high because I have my past life memories. Standard.¡¯ < **** ****** ********: Locked at this moment in time. Requires stronger Patron to unlock. > ¡®So this will unlock if the slut gets stronger? Ok this might be worth doing, if it¡¯s locked because Vinerva is to low a level, it must be a pretty useful blessing¡¯ < Good Looks: you have been blessed by the beautiful spirit Vinerva and gained Good Looks; they will flock to you. Enough said. > ¡®¡­¡­. No comment.¡¯ *Ding* < Traits > < Pragmatic Trait: this trait has been retained from your previous life. It means you are cold and logical, calm under pressure and will not let emotions affect you in a life death situation. > ¡®Hmmm, sounds like me I guess.¡¯ *Ding* < Titles > < Champion of Vinerva: you are the champion of the beautiful spirit Vinerva and thus you have gained: 3 Blessings || +5 Vitality || || +4 Strength || || +3 Defence || || +2 Stamina || And Horns that will grow as you grow. > ¡®Huh? Oh yeah¡­ Horns¡­ How did I forget! I¡¯m ashamed of myself! To think I, this ME, the great and awesome ME! Would forget the true meaning of life! Ugh, I think I¡¯m going to be sick, if I can even do that. Right! I have wasted enough time! First I shall make a checklist, because they make me feel important 1. Kill all Hobbits 2. Wipe out the Fire Nation 3. Secure food and shelter 4. Enslave the Orcs and brain wash the Supard race (AN: god I love that LN) But how? It always skips to the bit when they already have legions of them. The white wizard traitor guy made them and Lapla*ce brain washed them, but I don¡¯t have either of those powers. Maybe when I find them I should give some presents to get on their good side, Should I capture some women? But I haven¡¯t seen anyone else yet nor do I even have the power to enslave them, or even move for that matter¡­ awww shit I¡¯m falling at the first hurdle!¡¯ My inner dialogue was broken by a voice that invaded my head. -HEEELP! - (???) AN Yey! 3rd chapter done, and finished on a cliff-hanger at that! Anyway, plz tell me what you think so far, criticism welcome and so are haters, they give me views. I have also changed the layout of my writing ever so slightly. Like I said last chapter I think my writing has got a bit more fluid, but if anyone has any advice plz tell me. Thanks for reading -PervyPanda- Chapter 4: Pokémon saves the day? Chapter 4: Pok¨¦mon saves the day? ¡° ¡± = Speech ¡® ¡® = Thoughts * * = Actions or SFX¡¯s ~ ~ = Third Person [ ] = Time Skips < > = Status Reports - - = telepathy -HEEELP! - (???) ¡®What! What is this? It feels like someone is talking right next to my ear, like headphones. Is this telepathy?¡¯ -HELP! PLEASE SOMEONE HELP US!- The voice was desperate and high pitched, although that wasn¡¯t all due to it being desperate but also because it was it was probably very young, it sounded like a young boy. I turn towards where I sensed where the voice was coming from, don¡¯t ask how I just could, only to find my sonar didn¡¯t reach far enough. ¡®Fuuuuuuuck! I really want to see who else can use telepathy, maybe they could give me some pointers and maybe I could enslave them! Although that would be pretty hard, with the whole, seed not even as big as grass, thing¡¯ -Help! Please¡­ *sob* someone? Anyone?- The voice was now more like a resigned whimper than a call for help, think Simba calling for help after Mufasa died ¡®Damn it! I don¡¯t want to call out with telepathy until I find out what the victim is fighting, it would be bad if I pick off more than I can chew. Not that I can chew, I mean I am a seed.¡¯ -*sob* Nooooo! Dufy! *sob* YOU GOD DAMN BIRD!¡¯ ¡®Bird? The killer is a Bird? But the voice sounded like a young boy, maybe a big bird? Come to think of it why is he only calling out with telepathy? My hearing is fine but I don¡¯t hear any shouts for help, and who¡¯s Dufy, sounds like a dog name. I kind of pity it, having a name like that. R.I.P Dufy.¡¯ ¡®Ahhhhhhh! Now I¡¯m really curious. Maybe the bird is some sort of magical man-eating bird, I mean I am an Ent so I don¡¯t really see the problem. RIGHT! I can take a bird, I was just worried that id be taking on a Demon Lord or something, that would be near impossible, even for me, this early in the game. Now I just have to figure out how to see them, beat the bird, and enslave the ever so grateful owner of the voice¡¯ The cries for help continued and since it continued it would seem the voice is doing a good job of running away ¡®Fukin, this is getting annoying. Eagle Vision activate!¡¯ As I said this, power started to well up inside me; actually power would be the wrong word. I felt electricity tingle in what felt like my belly. It reminded me of when I was hit by a taser gun for pissing on a police car. Good times. *Ding*
NEW SKILL CREATED
You Have Created The SKILLFar Sight
**** Point/s used to Create2
M*** Point/s to used to use1
M*N* Point/s left unused6
STATUS UPDATED: **** into M*N*
¡®I said Eagle Vision not Far Sight Get it right God.¡¯ Just as I finished scolding God the electricity in what felt like my belly disappeared and I lost my sonar vision and spent a moment in complete darkness. ¡®Fuck, did I really piss off a God?¡¯ Apparently I hadn¡¯t, because I regained my vision, but not sonar. I now had a more human like vision but narrower and with sharper details than my previous life. ¡®Ho Ho, let¡¯s see what kind of monstrosity is terrorising the land shall we.¡¯ As my new vision extended to where the voice came from, the expectations off, giant birds, crying children, dead bodies and dead dogs. Where HORRIBLY betrayed. What I saw was a completely white coloured bird, about the size and shape of a small sparrow but with a longer beak, picking on some ants. Yes, ANTS, fucking ants. -Ahahahaha! We¡¯re all going to die! Wohoooo!- The voice came from one of the ants, unlike the others who were all brownish with red hues, this one was jet black with purple highlights on its legs. And it would seem it just broke. The white bird who had been picking the off the ants on the edge of the group squawked, happily? ¡®Looks like the bird can hear the ants cry for help too, what a sadist. This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.The only word I can think off to describe that bird properly is: Arrogant. Yep that describes it perfectly, Arrogant as fuck. Rightio. I shall kill it.¡¯ I try thinking and then extending my thoughts to the group. Don¡¯t ask how, it just came naturally -Ermmm, Birdy over there, yeah, yeah you the one killing all the ants, I¡¯m gonna kill you so I suggest you get the hell out of here before I¡­ figure out¡­ how to¡­ kill, you. Crap- ¡®Damn it I was getting cocky over completing the first stage.¡¯ The bird ¡°twitted¡± a few times like it was laughing, looked in my direction and squawked, as if saying ¡°you¡¯re next modafuka¡±, and then continued to pick off the ants one by one. ¡®Arrogant twat. But maybe this won¡¯t be that hard, I just need to create another skill like before. Right! Before I felt a tingly feeling in my gut and shouted Eagle Vision, so this time I should just bring up the electricity and call out my new skill.¡¯ I recalled a memory from my past life, meditation. ¡®I don¡¯t have legs to cross which was basically the hardest part so this should be easy!¡¯ And it was, I concentrated on where I felt the power before build up inside me and after a few seconds I started feeling the tingle. However¡­ ¡®Shit, what should my skill do? I need to kill, or at least drive off that arrogant twat.¡¯ I think back, back to when my Dojo burnt down, back to when I was pissing on a police car, back to when I was stealing Bra¡¯s from back gardens and selling it to homeless people, back to a program I watched on TV when I was still in the orphanage, POKEMON! ¡®Yes! That¡¯s it! What was that move the plant thingy used? Ermmmmm¡­ I have it! Seeeeeeeeed Blaaaaaaast!!¡¯ (AN: dunno what it was actually called but the one where the plant Pok¨¦mon spits out a load of high speed seeds at the enemy) *Ding*
NEW SKILL CREATED
You Have Created The SKILLKamikaze
M*N* Point/s used to Create2
MAN* Point/s to used to use1
MANA Point/s left unused3
STATUS UPDATED: M*N* into MANA
¡®Wut? Well It guess it makes sense¡­ But really? Kamikaze? I guess I really did piss of a God.¡¯ My expression: one of a seed, who had just gotten married to his third wife, had a few kids, have pet cat woman, and two cute little sisters. Only for it all to be torn apart by a god who told me to open the basement to find that it had let out a rat infected with an incurable disease which went on to infect everyone I love, whilst I was out saving the world. (AN: reference was from Mushoku Tensei, if you haven¡¯t read it already, you can read it on the site: Baka Tsuki for free. Then you should drown yourself.) I floated a few cm above the grass for a second and then went flying at almost supersonic speed, strait through the arrogant twats head. Having had its skull crushed and brain turned to mush, the bird died instantly. I, on the other hand, came out the other side completely fine, albeit covered in brain matter, only to smash through a young tree that was in the way. This sent me spinning into an old oak which stopped my path of destruction at the cost of a 10cm wide crater on its trunk. *Ding*
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Giant Slayer Gained
Magical Prodigy Gained
AN: Sorry for the wait, I was mastering the coding for the tables. Thank you again to whoever told me to find it in the forums. It took a while but I did it! Whoop Whoop Anyway Please comment, I enjoy reading them. I¡¯m also working on making my chapters longer as someone suggested. And stay tuned for the next chapter which should be out in a few days. PervyPanda Notice Hello Lets get right to it I have added the tags Horror and Tragedy and I have done this for a reason. There will be LOTS of death in the future, and I if I improve my writing skills like I hope to, there might be a few tears you will unwillingly shed. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.Well that''s about it, I just wanted to tell you all. chapter 5 will be up in a few days, which is longer than usual I know, but in return it will be longer than previous chapters. Thanks for reading PeryPanda Chapter 5: Ants and Names Chapter 5: Ants and Names - - - - - - - - - - ¡° ¡± = Speech ¡® ¡® = Thoughts * * = Actions or SFX¡¯s ~ ~ = Third Person [ ] = Time Skips < > = Status Reports - - = telepathy - - - - - - - - - - AN: If you don¡¯t already I suggest you zoom in on you page, I personally zoom in to 200% so I can sit back and still read the writing, I also use the arrow keys to scroll. Doing this makes long stuff seem longer. - - - - - - - - - - ¡°Hello there, it all okay now, you will be safe here. I don¡¯t know where you¡¯ve been or what you¡¯ve been through up until now, but it doesn¡¯t matter here. We all have experienced pain and we have all tasted grief, that is why we can understand each other ¡±(???) ¡®Huh? Wtf? Where am I? Ugh, oh yeah I did a kamikaze on that bird, and the what? I think I hit a tree. But where am I now?'' I confirm my surroundings ''Wha¡­. No way. Why the fuck are YOU here?¡¯ In front of me was a beautiful girl around the age of 15, dark purple dyed hair, dark blue eyes, at least C cup boobs and an altogether big sister like feel. ¡®¡­How did I forget¡­? O-Oh yeah, I remember now, its cause I didn¡¯t want to remember¡­ What you did to us. But if she¡¯s here, that means that I¡¯m¡­¡¯ I was on a doorstep leading into a hallway. The walls of the hallway were wooden, but you could hardly see that because it covered with countless children¡¯s drawing, paintings and handprints. To the left of me was a middle aged man in a black suit, his expression said nothing. To the right of me was a slightly overweight woman dressed in a florescent one-piece that screamed granny, she was in her early twenties and gave off a warm feeling. ¡®Yup, this is my third orphanage, I think I was five, almost six, at the time. The one to the left of me is some random dude who kept popping up during my childhood; looking back he might have been some sort of bodyguard? To the right of me is the social worker who was in charge of me when I was young. And in front of me¡­ is the woman who shattered my heart. Fuck, to think the trauma I got from this actually caused me to forget the whole thing. Well this is probably a dream then.¡¯ My third orphanage: Burny Stone, a 2 acre complex built for the sole purpose of taking care of troublesome war time kids. It had walls but just low enough so that people wouldn¡¯t feel trapped. It had security guards patrolling the grounds but none of them had visible weapons, no, they were all tucked away in the folds of their clothes, this I found out the hard way. There were hundreds of hidden cameras giving the orphans zero privacy. The "Care Workers" were all trained in basic martial arts and restraining techniques, although I doubt that sadism was taught, they all had it. It was basically a prison with the front of Children¡¯s home. I was kicked out of the previous two orphanages due to constant fighting and stealing. But can you blame me, by the time I understood the world and was capable of thinking logically, which was when I was around three, my parents or whoever was taking care of me, stopped, and I was in the middle of a wartime crises, one that turned out to be the second worst massacre of the century. I was picked up by other less fortunate people and passed around like so until I was four; when the people who were looking after me at the time succumbed blood loss after being shot in a mugging. Having lost my food source I resorted to begging on the streets which lasted four months until a cease fire was agreed and the war finally ended, albeit temporarily. That¡¯s when the government started to sift through refugees, orphans and other broken people, I fitted into all three; it would seem I crossed the border without realising it. ¡®Oh no, I don¡¯t want to do this again. Even if I know what¡¯s coming, even if it is a dream, I don¡¯t wanna do this.¡¯ ¡°Well? Whatcha waiting for? It¡¯s almost time for dinner you know.¡±(Purple girl) She holds out her hand before, waiting for me to grab hold. ¡®No. No. shit, NO! I don¡¯t want to! Stop it me!¡¯ Ignoring my pleas, my na?ve five year old body grabs hold of the hand readily, stupidly thinking ¡°maybe here will be different¡± and starts moving forward. ¡®FUCK! I don¡¯t want to go through this shit again Stoooooooop!¡¯ Almost crying, I call out, but to no avail. Or so I thought, just then the ground, no, the world started shaking. And with every shake I gained more control over my body. I had gained full control over my body on the 5th shake and then slipped out of the bitch¡¯s grasp and ran. I ran out of the door and started towards the gate of the compound, I just wanted out of here as soon as possible. However, as I took my first step the shakes returned and this time everything simply disappeared leaving my five year old body to fall into nothingness. ¡®Ahhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa¡¯ The shakes continued and I felt it in every fibre of my body. It was like everything was being torn apart at the same time. ¡®*sob* this is worse than the void. The pain isn¡¯t nearly as bad but the falling feeling makes it a hundred times worse¡¯ *sob* ¡®Fuck¡­ I want out. I¡­ I want¡­ OUT!¡¯ I hit something hard - - - - - - - - - - - - - With that I awoke. If I could I would be sitting up, sweat drenching my body and gasping for air, but I can¡¯t¡­ because I¡¯m a seed. ¡®Well that sucked. I wonder where I am now. Hope it¡¯s not another dream¡¯ It would seem not to be. My body clock told me it had been just over a day since I blacked out after hitting a tree, and that it was currently 9:39, why so precise? I dunno, I just knew. Also I was in far sight vision, so I tried to force myself to switch back to sonar. *Ding*
You have turned Far Sight off
1 MANA Point/s used to turn Far Sight off
Far Sight gained 1 level
¡®Oh yeah, I got a lot of notifications yesterday didn¡¯t I. Well I can look at them later; first I need confirm my surroundings and check my body.¡¯ Right now, I was underground. However I was quite close to the surface and there was a skylight right above me. Using my sonar I found that I was in a tunnel about 4cm tall and 3cm wide. I was at the end of such tunnel. I found that there were noting but tunnels surrounding me and occasionally something scurried through them. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. ¡®Hmmm? Ah yes, I saved some ants. I wonder if this is their home. If so, considering the tunnels there must be some pretty big ants around. (4cm is about the size of ¡®where you¡¯re first joint on your pinkie finger is¡¯ to the end (did the ¡® ¡¯ just to make it easier to read)) Whatever, body first, thinking later. Much like sex.¡¯ The first big difference I noticed was my shell, simply put, it wasn¡¯t there anymore. It seems that it has fallen off, probably after I hit the big tree. The second big difference I noticed was what the shell unveiled; monsieur me. And holy crap, am I sexy. ¡®Well actually I don¡¯t know what¡¯s sexy in this world but I just get the feeling; I am H.O.T. Maybe this is that Blessing, Good Looks in play?¡¯ In colour I am dark grey, not quite black, with three tiny golden veins that pulsated occasionally, running up my body, meeting at the top. My body reminded me of a dick, a very small one. It is half a cm wide and one and a half cm tall with it getting slightly bigger near the top. ¡®Guess that¡¯s where the first leaf is going to grow then, I heard that when you¡¯re a foetus the butt comes first and then we grow outwards¡­ maybe¡­ No, actually, let¡¯s not go down that road, it¡¯s too weird for me.¡¯ The third and final thing I noticed was how much my root had grown. It had at least doubled in size and become twice as sensitive. The ¡®main¡¯ root (AN: first root, not sure what else to call it) had gained its first off shoot. ¡®Oooooh, I¡¯m not sure exactly how quickly plats grew in the other world but it¡¯s obvious that I¡¯m growing pretty fast. I think Oak trees only grow thirteen inches a year, and this is only my second, no, third day alive. Plus I¡¯ve already killed a bird and used magic or something, Speaking of that, I should check up on my stuff.¡¯ However before I could I sensed an ant approaching me and felt that it was the black telepathic one from yesterday. ¡®So I can sense who what things are if I¡¯ve already met them before?¡¯ I put checking my status on hold and waited for the ant to get to me As he got closer I saw him clearly for the first time, he was roughly twice the size of ants from my past life, and the highlights I saw on his legs yesterday were more intricate than I thought, think the stripes on tracksuits and then combine it with purple Chinese dragons, it looked EPIC. ¡®I want his legs, not homo or anything. I just want to rip them off and take them for myself.¡¯ His head was far from ordinary, he still had antennae but they were shaped more like deer antlers, and its mandibles weren¡¯t serrated like normal ants but looked like Katanas, the blade facing outwards. ¡®Ha-ha, well he looks dangerous now but he was screaming like a girl yesterday. Maybe I should play possum and then surprise him.¡¯ -Ah! Mr Sapling, you¡¯re awake now, good- (B Ant) He said in his high pitched telepathic voice once he got close enough. -What! How did you know? I wanted to startle you once you got close- (me) I said slightly sulking. -Ahahaha, it¡¯ll take more than that to startle me now, I mean I was almost knocking on death¡¯s door but was saved by a flying seed that one-shot an enemy we couldn¡¯t do anything about. And your vein things are glowing brighter now so I just presumed you were awake- -well I guess I¡¯m not something you see every day, Anyway¡­ where am I, how did I get here, who are you, who was Dufy and who¡¯s your leader, also how do you know my language?- ¡®Don¡¯t like small talk,¡¯ I expected him to stumble a bit at the sudden flurry of words however¡­ -this is my home, the Anna Ant Fort, we, the survivors from the bird attack, brought you here after you saved us and crashed into a tree. Actually we thought you were dead but then your shell came off and you started to grow rapidly so it was decided you were still alive. I am Bern, a Soldier ant and Translator, Dufy was my friend who died in the attack, and our leader is the Ant Queen Anna. And when it comes to telepathy, which I presume you know you are using, language doesn¡¯t matter. You speak and they understand, for example, I don¡¯t know what language you are thinking in, but I simply know what you¡¯re saying and respond accordingly.- He responded promptly. ¡®hmmmmm? Telepathy is pretty useful, and once again, R.I.P Dufy.¡¯ -You¡¯re clever for a kid.-(me) -W-Whatcha mean kid? - (Bern) -you, you are a kid right?- - NO! I¡¯m a seasoned veteran, part of the Anna council! Why would you think me a child?- -But you sound like a brat!- -No I don¡¯t, I have a very deep voice,- -What? Wait, seriously, you think you have a deep voice?- -Yes!- ¡®Actually, he is very small. Maybe this is normal?¡¯ -Hmmmm, well whatever. - (me) -*sigh*- He shook his head a bit - Anyway, may I know your name Mr Sapling?- ¡®¡­ Name huh? I wonder what would be good. I¡¯m aiming to be a dark lord so something evil sounding would be good. Maybe¡­ Damien, nah, too hard to say, I want mine to roll of the tongue. Markal, not bad, but doesn¡¯t really suit me, Sauron? Nah, Saruman, nope. But I like the ¡°S¡±s. I guess I¡¯ll go with this then, its and oldie but a goodie. -My name is Satan, future lord of all, prince of darkness, demon lord and general badass MoFo. Now, puny ant, take me to your leader!- -Puny was uncalled for!- -Huh? Ah, yeah¡­ sorry.- *Ding*
Status Update
You have named yourself: Satin
- - - - - - - - - - AN Chapter 5 done! As I promised it is a bit longer than previous chapters, they will continue to get longer. The dream thing will be continued later on and forgive how shit the writing is there, I¡¯m still starting out after all and dreams are hard. I have decided to make this a relatively slow moving Fiction, with lots of childhood stuff, training arcs but equally as much Tragedy and action, though I say that, Tragedy will not come into play until much later. I mean he can¡¯t lose a girlfriend he doesn¡¯t have yet, plus he¡¯s still a sapling. Tell me if you have any suggestions Thx for reading GIVE JackaJack RATES! -PervyPanda- Notice Hello Sorry but I was hit by a car soon after I posted my last chapter and hit my head quite hard leaving me with slight amnesia. No lies. I remembered this when I got home and saw this in my ''Favourites'' list It was actually a pretty close call for me, I swear I was almost transported to another world. I''m also ashamed to say I''ve forgotten the latter part of the plot I had before, however, worry not my friends for the masterful Panda God is amazing and hath already thought of a new one. it''s still got tears, drama, blood and sex so don''t worry. I think it''s good but I can''t really tell if it''s good compared to my previous one, since I forgot it. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Anyway, I still plan on giving our MC shape shifting like powers and he will get to civilization, so don''t worry about that. Concerning the new plot, that by the way (like my previous plot (I think)) won''t start until MC''s life has gotten running. Righto, I shall get started on the next chapter which shall be out some time next week Thx for listening to my rant Chapter 6: Epic Journey - - - - - - - - - - Chapter 6: Epic Journey - - - - - - - - - - ¡° ¡± = Speech ¡® ¡® = Thoughts * * = Actions or SFX¡¯s ~ ~ = Third Person [ ] = Time Skips < > = Status Reports - - = telepathy - - - - - - - - - - AN: once again let me thank JackaJack for the awesome idea of changing Satan to Satin ? (AN below was made at a later date) AN: *Cough Cough* this is you king speaking. As most of you know I was hit on the head pretty hard and then other shit happened, then I started re reading my favourite mangas and for some reason, got into pre 20th Century literature. Cut to the chase, this might get weird. - - - - - - - - - - ¡®Satin? ¡­ Is that what Bern (the ant) heard? Well it sounds ok. Whatever.¡¯ Currently I am being carried on the backs of Bern and a few other ants that were called over, to where I presume Ant Queen Anna is. I also found out some more stuff about Bern Firstly I asked why he was a different colour compared to the rest of the ants and apparently he was a variant called Mind Ants, not very creative but then again they are just ants. Anyway, mind ants are generally weaker than the normal ants, Soldier Ants, but in exchange have the innate ability to use telepathy and later on they get some mind reading abilities, it¡¯s said the top ability of Mind Ants is brainwashing. Right now Bern has mastered telepathy and can perform Mind Reading to a certain ascent. (AN: I wasn¡¯t sure what this word Ascent meant at first, but it just popped into my head and when I dictionaried it, I found it meant ¡°to a certain degree¡±. Not sure if it¡¯s used often so I just thought I¡¯d write this) Apparently he tried it on me before but for some reason was unable to, ¡®It might be due to me being the champion of Vinerva spirit of the Mind etc. I think I¡¯ll tell them that I¡¯m a champion later.¡¯ Anyways, our journey was slow moving, not because Bern and co. was slow but because I had to stick my root into the ground every thirty seconds otherwise I felt I would dry up, and being away from the sun left me weak and tired. However as it was slow moving it gave more time to observe my surroundings, not that there was much to see mind you. The tunnels we were in were gradually getting wider and taller as we continued, with more and more ants passing at more regular intervals. The ant types we were passing also changed, before there were just Soldier Ants which were brown with red hues but now there were more dark brown ants with bright yellow highlights, almost like they were wearing a high visibility jacket. These new ants were called Worker Ants and they were in charge with building, carrying etc. Apparently Worker Ants and Soldier Ants were the most common variants for ants but there were a few more rare ones like Mind Ants. ¡®Aww shit, getting dizzy again,¡¯ -Sorry, need to stop- (me) - Okay- (Bern) *sigh* This is a major pain, not to mention kinda embarrassing, not sure why. In this situation I think I should ask my trusty alter ego that I gave birth to when I was in the void. *Gachang* Hi Santa Babezzz, u heard the prob right? Xxx =] Yes I heard it mother Wot shud I do? Lolz *^_^* Isn¡¯t it simple? No, that¡¯s why im askin u!!! stfu lmao Just start training again mother, knowing you you¡¯ll be fine Oh yh! Rite, I 4got tehee pero, thx Santa! Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. No problem. Bye now Yh byebye xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx luv ya :¡¯( You too *Gachang* Ahhhh it¡¯s so nice to have such a clever alter ego¡­ Right, stamina training start! Lmao stfu lol fo dayz (AN: ¡­ Yeah looking back on this after I¡¯d calmed down a little, I have NO idea where I was going with this. But it seems kind of fun so I¡¯ll just roll with it) And so my first training phase started Firstly I just started to try extending the intervals between when we need to stop and I also asked Bern to give a tiny pebble, of which I wrapped my main root around and started to weight train, my secondary root I just lifted up and down. Due to this our speed dropped considerably, before I needed stop every thirty seconds now it¡¯s every seven seconds. However I do not mind. If this is what I must do then so be it. I tell Bern that after we have stopped five times with seven second intervals, we will extend the intervals too eight seconds. And the break is always twenty seconds long, no longer no shorter. This may seem like a long break and that¡¯s because it is, but there is a reason for this, I measured that it takes thirty seconds for me to get back to full stamina after a seven second journey. So I will cut it just short so as to extend my training (contradictory as it may seem, but if you think about it you don¡¯t want to get back to full stamina when in the gym but always put strain on yourself), thus giving me time to clearly mark my limits. Once I got to the eight second intervals, third rep, I felt my first limit. (AN: so he¡¯s done his 5 seven second repetitions and moved onto the eight second repetitions, he got stuck on the 3rd rep.) Having done stupid amounts of training in my previous life there was no mistake that this is my first wall, one that I must overcome. ¡®Just one more Rep, one more and I¡¯ll take a sixty second rest, I probably look pretty comical right now, a dick shaped sapling lifting pebbles as if they were weights¡­ I¡¯m getting depressed now¡­ or rather, is it really not going to happen?¡¯ What I speak of if the second objective of this training, a test. Remembering how I got extra Int from being clever I was wondering if I could get notices for when I did physical training. *Ding*
INTELLEGENCE + 3 496 >> 499
STRENGTH + 2 16 >> 18
STAMINA + 2 11 >> 13
Sta used: 11 Sta unused: 2
And it would seem so. ¡®Right, I want to get at least one more break through before we get to the Queen¡¯s place¡¯ Thus the epic journey continues¡­ By the time we stopped I had gained 2 more Stamina points and 1 Strength point. Currently we were to the right of an entrance to a small cave like place. The inside of the cave was giving of a faint glow. -This is where the Queen is?- (me) -Yes, shall we enter?- (Bern) -Lets- (me) - - - - - - - - - - - AN: Phew, that was hard work. Sorry it¡¯s late, I know I said it¡¯ll be out last week but other stuff happened and it got delayed Tell me what you think of the training, to long? To short? OK? And as always thanks for reading. PervyPanda
Oh, forgot to say sorry this one''s kind of short but I didn''t really have time Chapter 7: History Lesson… Yeyyy~ - - - - - - - - - - Chapter 7: History Lesson¡­ Yeyyy~ - - - - - - - - - - ¡° ¡± = Speech ¡® ¡® = Thoughts * * = Actions or SFX¡¯s ~ ~ = Third Person [ ] = Time Skips < > = Status Reports - - = telepathy - - - - - - - - - - We are entering the cave like place. The cave it¡¯s self was completely out of place in an ant mound from my previous world, I mean, I have watched a fair share of ant documentaries and this was never mentioned. But then again neither was talking ants and Mana and shit. Once again I can only contemplate on how different this world is from what I knew. Anyway, back to describing the cave. It was more than three times my height and very wide, somehow imposing and majestic even though it is made of dirt, it gave of homely feels at the same time. I thought it was just plain weird. When I entered upon my chariot of ants, I was greeted by gold and riches beyond my wildest imagination! ¡­ Nope, just kidding. I was actually greeted by a big fat ant ass. More specifically, a big fat ant ass giving birth. Not the greatest first impression. - Ah! Sorry Mr Satin but it seems we have arrived at a bad time, the Queen is busy making siblings- (Bern) - Yeah I can see that. ¨C (me) Actually I can see too much *SKREEEEECH* I was interrupted by a mind numbing screech; it was so horrible I changed the ¡°C¡± to a ¡°K¡±. - Achaaaa~ seems like giving birth is painful huh? ¨C (Bern) - I know right, it¡¯s even painful for the men watching it. It¡¯s like watching your favourite take away restaurant burn down in front of you.- (Me) - Take away? Restaurant? What¡­? - - Ehhh~ nothing. ¨C - Anyway, let us go to the waiting room. - (Bern) - What? You have a waiting room? - Bern led me to a smaller cave to the left of us -¡­ there really is a waiting room. I can¡¯t imagine you having many visitors though; or rather shouldn¡¯t this be outside the cave? - - What can I say; the architects didn¡¯t really think about it. But to be fair, when this was made we weren¡¯t as evolved as we are now. - - hmmmm¡­ wait, evolved? How old is this place? - - Almost two hundred years I think. Queen Anna is our 36th Queen. When we came to this forest we were simple Fire Ants but due to this forest being on a Ley line, thus dense in life force and mana, we were able to evolve into an ant variant in exchange for our fire manipulation. - (Bern) - ¡­ wut? - A lot of terms and random bullshit was spewed at an alarming rate so I stopped Bern there and made him explain everything he just said. And to the screeches of the Ant Queen giving birth I once again came to the realise how fucking weird this world is. It was quite a long talk and we had to go back over some stuff because Bern sucks at explaining. Anyway, I¡¯ll sum up the main parts in an order that¡¯ll make it easy to understand. Firstly, I¡¯ll fill you in on some of this world¡¯s common sense. All beings have Levels of Sentience. There are two types: Levels of Race Sentience and Levels of Personal Sentience. Levels of Race Sentience is basically what your race¡¯s potential power is at, for example worms have a Race Sentience Lvl of 1. This just shows that you can¡¯t get that strong being a worm. That said, there are ways to Lvl up your Race Sentience, but I¡¯ll explain that later. Humans, by the way, have a Sentience Lvl of 8, alongside Orcs and most of the Beast Kin races. Lvl 9 beings include Elves, vampires and the Basilisks. Lvl 10 beings include Wyverns, Demi-Gods and Sprits like Vinerva. Beyond Lvl 10 are fully fledged Gods and Dragon Kings, stuff that are way too OP in the mortal realms. And yes all the fantasy beings I just named exist in this world. I went through a lot of, ¡°No way!¡±s, ¡°They exist?¡±s and ¡°I don¡¯t even care anymore.¡±s to confirm the facts. But if you¡¯re thrown off by that¡­ I think you should take a break, maybe watch some slice-of-life anime. Moving on, the second Level of Sentience are the Levels of Personal Sentience. Simply put they are just like your player levels in RPG games. They are also the key to moving up your Race Level, mentioned previously. Levels of Personal Sentience are gained the same way as they are gained in RPG¡¯s, through experience. Kills do give you exp but you don¡¯t really need to, you just have to live your life to the fullest and gain ¡°Experience¡± in its purest form; Work experience¡­ Nooooooo~ Anyways, Levels of Personal Sentience go up to Lvl 100 no matter what your Race Sentience is and once you get to Lvl 100, you get the choice to make/join an evolved version of your previous race in the Race Level above. Not sure if I worded that well so I¡¯ll give you an Example. If a Worm which has a RSL (Race Sentience Level) of 1 and had somehow reached a PSL (Personal Sentience Level) of 100. It would have the choice of joining the Greater Earth Worm species that have a RSL of 2, and if it would reach Lvl 100 again it could evolve into the Giant Earth Worm species that have a PSL of 3. Etc. Etc. Right, now I think you get the point. After Bern had explained this to me for the second time I heard the ever so familiar *Ding* *Ding*
Having learned more of this world, your Analytic Sense and Status has updated itself
Status Update: + Can now see your Race Sentience and Personal Sentience Analytic Sense Update: + Can now see creatures Race Sentience + Can now tell if a creature¡¯s Personal Sentience is higher or lower than your own
INTELLEGENCE +20 499 >> 519
After the blue boxes faded away I saw a blur above Bern¡¯s head, when I focused on it to the point I could make out its outline, it suddenly solidified into an another blue box If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.This blue box:
Bern
RSL: 3 PSL: Higher
Next I shall explain LeyLines LeyLines in the previous world were invisible lines that ran across the ground where places of historical/natural/supernatural importance, happened to line up. There were many natural phenomenon¡¯s and beautiful formations that lined up neatly with places of historical importance. And if you were to dig a bit deeper you would find that there were many supernatural happenings there also. Many have reported seeing Magic, Werewolves, Demons and the like on LeyLines. (AN: Ley Lines are real btw, just Google it. If you want to search ¡°Ley Lines in England¡± it¡¯s pretty interesting (I am English btw)) If you are wondering how I know all this, all I can say is, I was bored is ¡­ really bored. LeyLines in this world are much like the previous world¡¯s LeyLines. They are places of Historical and Natural importance. They are also the place that¡­ exhales, for lack of a better word, Mana. Everything that sits on or near a LeyLine is considered a Mana dense environment. Just like this forest. Having learned all this I heard the¡­ *Ding*
Having learned more of this world and still be in a form that can be considered a Beast
+ You have gained the sense to tell when you are near a LeyLine + You feel the effects of Mana exhaustion less + You gain EXP quicker when on a LeyLine
INTELLEGENCE + 5 519 >> 524
The ¡°Beast¡± thing annoyed me a bit but I ignored it because I had come to yet another realisation: One stating that there probably was Mana back on Earth, Just very little of it. I realised that the Magic and Supernatural stuff that were said to happen on those LeyLines back home probably did happen (or at least some of them anyway). And that the historical stuff was drawn to the Mana (because Bern said that people naturally gather towards Mana) and that the Natural Wonders were probably caused, or at least influenced, by Mana! At the revelation I heared: *Ding*
You have solved a great Mystery of the world! And you¡¯re not even there!
INTELLEGENCE + 101 524 >> 625
You Have Gained the Title: Grand Detective
Well not that I really mattered. I¡¯ve already died there after all. At least I got good stats for it, and a Title. I''ll check them later Anyways, enough of the background and doggy theory stuff, let¡¯s move on. Bern¡¯s ancestors were Fire Ants, literally. Unlike the fire ants I knew of these had minor manipulation over fire and acids. They were a war minded and proud, their bites left acid that could burn through skin and when in trouble they self destructed. This may sound all well and good but there was a problem, Fire Ants are STUPID. Like, really, really stupid. And stupid warring ants with self destruction abilities¡­ things didn¡¯t go too well. After being driven into a corner by all the species they pissed off at their previous forest, the Fire Ants had no choice but to accept that they had bitten off more than they could chew and high tail the fuck out of there. One way or another they had arrived here and decided to stay. After twenty or so years of rebuilding and repopulation, they did what Fire Ants did best. Start pissing off the inhabitants.But this time it was only those who pissed them of first, mainly the JuJak¡¯s (those arrogant looking birds that started this all) This time the war went surprisingly well and the new, slightly cleverer Fire Ants managed to drive away a few of their predators and also managed to Evolve whilst doing it! They Evolved into what I see now: the Kingdom Ants! The very rare RSL 3 Kingdom Ants have exchanged most of their fire bending techniques for intelligence and almost unlimited Variants that can be born, like Bern the Mind Ant. It seems that only the Queen and her Royal Guard Ants (which are another rare variant) have the ability to self destruct. Now most of the ants only have a minor resistance to fire and very few have retained their acid glands. Good thing too. If they were still Fire Benders I would have to wipe them out. Having become cleverer and lost the ability to self destruct the new Kingdom Ants flourished and drove off all, save one, of their predators. The Kingdom Ants made a peace treaty with their one remaining enemy (the JuJaks) and then flourished in numbers they never had before. Time passed, as time does, and the Kingdom Ants continued to grow, establishing Ant Mound two, three and four eventually bringing us to the present, when an old enemy has once again attacked the Kingdom Ants. If you¡¯re wondering how Bern knew all this it is because he has Genetic Memory, a side effect of being a Mind Ant, other than Bern only the Queen has Genetic memories. [Back to the present] - That¡¯s quite the life story¡­-(me) - Yep¡­-(Bern) - I see you have finished filling in our guest Bern - (???) A woman¡¯s voice came from the main cave - AH! My Queen! - (Bern) ¡®Oh yeah, the screeching has stopped¡¯ - I humbly apologise for keeping you waiting - Says Bern whilst lowering his head - Don¡¯t, you just did the annoying shit for me - (Queen) ¡®Unlike Bern¡¯s, her voice is surprisingly normal. Slightly haughty sounding but then again, she is a queen. - Queen! Please! That isn¡¯t a way for a queen to speak! - (Bern) ¡®Bern¡¯s getting worked up¡¯ - Pfft! What a nag¡­- (Queen) ¡®Quite a nice voice actually¡¯ I think I might like her¡¯ - Well? What are you waiting for, come in then. - (Queen) ¡®Well then. Let¡¯s get this started¡­¡¯