《Contract: Restart》 Contract Restart:Prologue I was the best of my class...Why are you dumbfounded?Yes it is the truth. I Blake Freed was the best in my class I also was the most knowledgeable of us all in a group of 40. I was also pretty athletic myself, participating in Taekwondo buffed me up pretty decently. I ain''t very popular but I ain''t also a loner. I had a group of close friends. They were the ones I could always rely on no matter the circumstances...But that all changed when they betrayed me. I was walking my way back to the dorm. It was on the dark corners of the walkway when a group of masked individuals assaulted me. There were about 5 of them armed with bats and knives. They ganged up on me and well naturally I resisted them but even with my fighting experience 5 against 1 wasn''t a great odds. **Thrust** Blood spurted from my chest. The masked individual looked at me with rage and contempt as if saying, "You deserved it". I moved my hand on the individuals masked and took it off. Shock coursed through my spine as I noticed that the individuals face was one of my very close friends . He then punched me in the face I stumbled to the ground as the forced sent me reeling. This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. He and the other individuals then approached me and started beating me. Bats swung at me, knives was stabbed, kicks and punches was hit. I layed there taking all of their beatings dumbfounded and wondering why there doing this. When they finally had enough a guy spat on my face and they finally left.I groaned and still layed there without the strength to stand up or cry for help, my vision became blurry and my strength waning I finally colsed my eyes but a voiced then whispered to me "What bad luck you have.To be betrayed by a close friend.Say let''s make a deal I''ll let you restart your life on a new world...But you must help me in my endeavor,so will you accept?" straining my last ounce of energy I blurted out "Yes" Chapter 1 My head was spinning like hell and only darkness was seen. I slowly slid open my eyes. Bright white light enveloped me. I was dazed from the flash but slowly my eyes were trying to adjust to the light. I was in a small room filled with whiteness. Literally from ceiling to the walls to floor. I stared blankly at the surroundings and when I tried to stand up I noticed a presence behind me. There a kid staring at me with a grin across his face. He was no less than 3 ft. tall and has white hair to cover his head with shining and flaring red eyes. I was taken aback by his sudden appearance. He seemed to have noticed this and his grin became wider eventually becoming a smile. ¡°Welcome Blake Freed!¡± He said trying to sound all high and mighty like king. I almost laughed at how he spoke but trying to control myself I held it in. I gave him a slight nod confirming his gesture and then curiosity got the best of me. ¡°Umm¡­Can I ask who are you kid? And where the heck is you¡¯re parents ?s He gave me an as if shocked look. With eyes bulging out and his mouth made a big wide O in it. ¡°What? You couldn¡¯t have forgotten have you?¡± I gave him another **courteous** gesture trying to signal him enlighten me. He gave a deep sigh and then with a snap of his finger, memories came rushing to my head. The pain was so unbearable I fell on the floor in all fours. My head was screaming at me while my body relived its horrific beating. ¡°Make it stop! Make it Stop!¡± I cried whilst laying on the floor still with the unbearable pain continuing it¡¯s torture in me. ¡°Why should I. You were the one that has forgotten the things that have taken place. So it is only natural for you to have your mind freshen up¡± the kid blurted out this time with a sadistic smile. I could see that he was having fun in this shitty game of his. Well then kid I won¡¯t let you keep up with this fricking game of yours. I am not your fricking toy Asshole! I stood up trying to force my body to ignore the pain. Slowly I stumbled and latched onto the wall. I then painstakingly took a step nearer unto the kid who had now an expression well¡­ Of a kid who just got his Christmas present. This even made me angrier. What¡¯s up with that kid and his messed up expressions. That isn¡¯t an attitude of a goddamn 8 year old. I took another step forward, and then another, and another. I repeated the process until I finally reached him and tried to grab him but it seems that the last of my energy was drained on that last step. He made another smile almost reaching both of his ears. ***Snap*** The pain and bloody headache suddenly vanished as if it wasn¡¯t there in the first place. The kid then stared at me at the ground who was lying as if in a dying state. ¡°Well did you enjoy you¡¯re trip down memory lane?¡± He asked still with the smug look. Damn I want to punch this kids face so bad. My fist was clenched but I held it in and tried to respond ¡°Obviously not Asshole,¡± ¡°Yeah, I guess no one would want that kind of remembrance right¡± Well obviously kid, who in their goddamn mind would want that kind of trip, Oh man I want Punch him in the face, even just once just once I thought. But still I held it in this time I gritted my teeth. ¡°Hahaha, I could see from you¡¯re expression that you¡¯re angry!¡± he blurted out with an innocent looking smile. ¡°But that won¡¯t do you can¡¯t disobey me because I am a god and you are my follower¡± He ranted about Wait? What? A god? And Oh yeah there was something about a contract in my memory I kept on in my mind. ¡°I could see that you¡¯re confused this time . Well then let me explain. When you were dying did you remember the voice that whispered to you?¡± He asked ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Well that was me, now do you remember the part about being reborn in a new world¡± I thought for a second and gave him yet another ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Good, now do you remember the contract part¡± I thought for a moment and gave him a response ¡°Yeeeeeeee¡­¡­.ssss?¡± ¡°It seems that you are doubting yourself why don¡¯t I help you enlighten your memories again¡± He said as he flashed me his set of pure white teeth. ¡°Wait I remembered no-¡° I tried to interrupt but Pain coursed through my body yet again and my head felt like exploding. Again ¡°Aaaaaarrghhh!¡± I groaned as he kept on replaying the contract part in my memories. His sadistic smile made my way to me. Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Are the words that kept on racing in my mind. ¡°Make-aaargh!-it-stop!¡± I cried. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. But he didn¡¯t he enjoyed my situation and instead kept it going for another 5 minutes. What seemed like a 5 minutes of pure bliss and joy to him was like 5 hours of suffering and hell to me. He then snapped his fingers later on as the pain subsided finally. I kept on panting as I felt exhausted from the shouting and pain. ¡°Now do you remember?¡± He asked yet again ¡°Yes¡± I said as heavy panting and my gasp for air made its way to my speech. ¡°Now then let¡¯s move on to the terms of the contract, although I didn¡¯t state it in our initial talk. Here are the terms-¡° ¡°Wait, Fuck that contract and other stuff I want to know one thing first!¡± I roared as I got up from the floor as my leg was still wobbly but still I pushed it on ¡°HoooH!¡± he said with amazement as I managed to got up. ¡°Why did my Best friend kill me?¡± I manage to force out. I got another **shocked** response as he gave me a wider O shape in his mouth than before. ¡°I can¡¯t believe you, you interrupted me for just for that stupid question.¡± He said as he shook his head thinking as if he was filled with disappointment. Damn I really want to give him a roundhouse kick, Hes been getting on my nerves for a while now. ¡°Alright let me enlight-¡° ¡°No don¡¯t enlighten me¡± I interrupted. ¡°You can just respond normally¡± his face fell in disappointment. ¡°Well then let me say this, It¡¯s just simple jealousy! You humans have always been jealous of each other. Causing countless to die and creating wars just because of simple jealousy!¡± He continued on while trying to hide his laughter although he wasn¡¯t doing a very good job at it ¡°Your *Best friend* has always been jealous of you, him being second to always while you raked in the top spot every time!¡± ¡°But, I can¡¯t understand I¡¯ve always treated him like a brother!¡± He gave a deep sigh obviously seeing how slow on intake I was. ¡°You humans have a saying um¡­ let¡¯s see¡­ Ah yes If you can¡¯t beat them join them. Right?¡± I then reflected on what the kid just said. Well it was true that his best friend has always been second right next to him. Slowly dark thoughts swayed and swirled on my mind as little by little I became corrupted and then *snapped* I¡­.Changed The kid seeing the changes that took place in me began to flash his sadistic smile again. ¡°Fret not Blake Freed, I Kairos the god of the abandoned and desolate shall take you in as my follower.¡± He said I didn¡¯t even doubt his words anymore as he was the only person he can count on anymore. ¡°So if you¡¯re a god you¡¯ll reincarnate me right?¡± I questioned him with a fierce glare as the brightness in my eyes was now replaced by a dark shade of black. ¡°You see Blake Freed, in the world I am to send you there are thousands of Gods battling for domination, From the Major deities to the forgotten ones, and the more follower the god has the more powerful he gets. And it is your duty as my first follower to spread my Faith!¡± Again he continued on with his sadistic smile and as he snapped his fingers a scroll appeared on his palm. He unrolled it and a message appeared.
¡°I Kairos, god of the abandoned and desolate am bound to the contract and must under all circumstances reincarnate Blake Freed on a different world on where he hails from under the following conditions" - Blake freed shall become my follower - He is to spread my teachings and must worship no other gods other than me - He will receive blessings according his acts and the God he is in contract with will provide him with power as the spreader of his faith Will you accept? Yes No
¡°Yes !¡± ¡°The contract has been signed, congratulations!¡± He then rolled the scroll and then the room vanish and I was falling from the sky. Until *Bam*
Congratulations! You have been reborn
Chapter 2 I woke up in the embrace of a person. He was very tall probably 6 foot tall and had was well built. He also had blond hair and cerulean accented eyes complimenting his handsome face. He gave me a flash of his perfect set of white teeth as I thought. {Wow! The gods really blessed you with everything huh, man you sure are lucky, if you¡¯re from my former world that face of yours could have been a double edge sword} ¡°You did a good job Maria¡± he said with a whimpering tone in his voice. As a tear rolled from his eyes. {Oh man, a grown man crying? Come on you could do better than that at least hold it in!} The woman who was behind me whose name was Maria responded with a rather happy tone ¡°No, WE did a good job¡± {Oh I can¡¯t take it anymore I got ¡®a say something to this two love birds} ¡°Are you done yet because you guys are fricking ridiculous! Stop flirting in front of a person!¡± Was what I was trying to say but different words came out of my mouth ¡°Waaaaaaaahhhh¡± These were the words that came out of it. Then a sudden emotion tackled it¡¯s way into my mind. It was¡­Fear. My heart was beating faster and my mind was pacing back and forth trying to think up of what happened. I remember now, I signed a contract with that pathetic excuse of a god with a twisted personality. {Damn it I should have reconsidered that contract!} I tried to move my feet but I felt so weak that they only twitched. I then tied to move my hands closer to my face. What I saw were a pair of short chubby little hands of a newborn kid. So this was the meaning of being reborn! To start over from childhood again! ¡°Nooooooo! I don¡¯t want to start over and hit puberty again!¡± But ¡°Waaaaaaaaaahhhhh¡± was all that came from my mouth. Adam seeing me wail gave me a smile and started rocking his arms in a set of swinging motion. ¡°We¡¯ll name him Himalos right Maria?¡± ¡°Yes, dear¡± Are the last words that I heard before the rocking made me feel at Ease as my mind swayed into comfort and my eyes began to fell heavy as my lid finally shut itself. **** 3 years later*** A great feast was cooked up by my Mother, Maria as she placed a large roasted piece of Meat at the center. My father was taking something from his room. 3 years has already passed, and it was by decision of the Gods, that every living thing will receive it¡¯s stats symbol on the third year of it¡¯s life and only after receiving the stat will they give you exp. As night came we finally started the celebration, we ate heartily as my mother laughed at me for scarfing down on the food at such amazing speed. Well truth be told eating this much food was rare on my new life. {Since that fucking god gave me life in a new world and my family was a bunch of peasants!} My father Adam contrary to his handsome look worked in a blacksmiths shop, a grueling task and my mother was tailor in the village. Now naturally one could earn a decent income from this jobs but you see there was a slight problem. We lived in a backwater town in the Eastern Frontier where deadly monsters flocked the field. Oh yeah in this world It operated like an RPG game where monsters were common throughout the world. Although they don¡¯t drop items rather you skin and loot them¡­ Is what I heard from a passing adventurer. ¡°Happy Birthday Himalos, Here is a gift from your Mom and Me!¡± Adam blurted out with a smile feeling proud of his gift It was a small ring that had a small ornate gem shining. ¡°Thank you Dad! Mom!¡± I said happily as I place it on my finger. Then a Bright light shone on my chest flaring beautiful aurora lights. ¡°Oh, It¡¯s starting dear!¡± ¡°Yes, Maria¡± As the beautiful aurora lights shot beautiful glimmering streaks of light. But slowly after a few minutes the light died down and what remained was a red tattoo shaped in a diamond was all that remained. ¡°There it is dear!¡± blurted out Maria in a happy tone. ¡°Quick son, say show status¡± commanded Adam in an eager tone I did just that and said the words ¡°Show status.¡± A screen then appeared in my face and contained the following
Name: Himalos Godseek Race: Human Lvl: 1 Age: 3 Health: 110 Mana: 250 Health regen./s: 0.10 Mana regen./s: 0.15 Damage: 1-3 Defense:15 Popularity: 0 Title: None Strength: 10(+1) Vitality: 10(+1) The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. Agility:13(+1.3) Intelligence25(+2.5) Luck: 50 (+5) Wisdom: 15(+1.5) Charm: 45(+4.5) Dexterity: 10(+1)
SKILLS - Blessing of Kairos¡¯ Blessing lvl.1 (Beginner) - Spreader of the Faith lvl.1 (Beginner) - Warrior¡¯s instinct lvl.1 (Hereditary)(Beginner)
blessing of Kairos lvl.1(beginner)(passive) Blessed by the forgotten God Kairos¡¯ this person gains an additional 10% to all his stats
Spreader of the faith lvl.1 (beginner)(passive) As the forefather and spreader of the faith of Kairos, you will receive additional popularity according to how wide the faith has gotten
Warrior¡¯s instinct lvl.1 (hereditary)(beginner) A bloodline trait, coming from a bloodline of warriors you can sense enemy¡¯s bloodlust and auras. Additional effects: 2% chance sense lower ranking enemies weaknesses 2% Could determine how powerful the enemy is During battle may be activated giving temporary stat increase in agility and strength Mana cost: 30
I didn¡¯t know what to say. My stats were mediocre actually. I thought it would be higher since I got a God¡¯s blessing. But the blessings that he gave weren¡¯t actually much. {Curse that incompetent God. Does he really want me to work hard, why can¡¯t this new life go on smooth sailing.} I gave a sigh in my mind. I looked at Adam and Maria. They were anxious. They fidgeted with there hands and had eyes of curiosity gazing at me. ¡° Son show it to us!¡± Adam blurted out in an excited manner. He was already shaking from excitement. Is seeing stats really that exciting. Well I guess for a parent in this world seeing stats was what was going to discern there son or daughter from the average to the elites. ¡° Show status to Father¡± A blue screen went up in father¡¯s face. He earnestly scanned the contents and skills. He was smiling when he scanned the stats. Then he started to frown. My heart skipped a beat. {Oh damn, there can¡¯t be something wrong with my stats right?} I thought. When his eyes moved on to the skills list he gave a reaction of pure shock. His eyes widened as his brows made an arc. And his mouth gave a large O shape. ¡°My son is¡­is¡­is a genius!! I was taken aback by his loud roar, as my mom scuttled to my dad.¡± Really? Let me see it too dear, Himalos show it to mother as well!¡± She exclaimed in a yet another excited tone. ¡°Show status to mother¡± A blue notification box appeared on her face and with a burst of outcry she exclaimed happily whilst celebrating with my father and doing some sort of dance. ¡°our son has 3 skills and he¡¯s stats are higher than normal!¡± They both shouted out loud. {Wow really my stats are higher than normal? Great this is great at least that messed up God gave me gave me something I can praise hi for} ¡°How is it Mother, Father¡± ¡°Yes son, your stats are a lot higher than most others especially wisdom, intelligence and charm. You even got three skills, at most others will usually get 1 skill or even none! But my son got 3! The gods really has blessed us¡± Adam concluded without holding back his happiness {Really huh this means I¡¯m better than others but still this stats are too low, well I am still level 1, but still my charm was abnormally high, well I can consider since I had blond hair crystal blue eyes and my nose eyes and face are so perfectly compatible that you really would have think that I¡¯m from a nobles blood} ¡°Um Father why does warrior¡¯s instinct have the word hereditary on it?¡± I asked in confusion ¡°Oh that? You see some skill¡¯s can only be acquired through blood line, You see you¡¯re father came from a long line of warriors!¡± He boasted with a smug look on his face. {Hmmm, I see so some skills can¡¯t be gained no matter how hard you try eh, This world just got interesting} Chapter 3 ***Splash*** The large bucket filled with water fell to the ground as it made a large thump. A sudden notification then appeared on my face. Ding!
Strength has increased by 1
I gave a grin as the notification appeared. I took pleasure in the message since I decided to increase my stats. My parents as well thought that my stats was my ticket out of this peasants life. Thus I decided to engage myself in hard labor and trained my body to the utmost limit. I then went up the hill as there was a nice shade that loomed there from a giant tree. But then I thought up of a better Idea. I went inside of our house and there mother was sitting on a chair filled with neatly knitted scarfs and mittens. Winter was approaching so my mother thought that it was best if she knitted winter apparels so that it would provide the household with extra income. I ran towards the attic at full throttle. ¡°Don¡¯t run at the stairs Himalos¡± My mom shouted in frustration. ¡°Ok¡± I responded without looking back and. When I was finally at the attic I searched for a rope, and thereupon I found it. I then hurried again outside ignoring mother¡¯s yelling. I once again searched outside but this time for rocks. I saw a medium sized perfect for my small stature. I walked towards it and closely inspected the rock. {Good, This will do nicely} I thought as I tied a sailors knot around it and then I tied the rope around my waist. I then checked the rope double checking if it was tight enough. ¡°All right let¡¯s do this¡± I took a deep breath and started to run towards the hill whilst dragging the rock behind me. I was making small progress towards the top. It took me a total of 30 minutes to reach the top and then. Ding!
Agility increased by 1
{Great} ¡°Now all I have to do is gain that certain skill that I need.¡± I untied the rope in my waist and took a deep breath. I started doing some stretches and squats as well as few pushups since my body still can¡¯t handle my weight very much, I did the stretches for about 45 minutes and then another familiar noise came. Ding!
You gained the skill flexible body lvl.1(beginner)
Flexible body lvl.1(beginner) The users body will become flexible allowing it to dodge certain attacks that could do harm to the user¡¯s body. Effects: ? +5% able to negate critical attacks. ? +3% can dodge attacks
This surprised me greatly this wasn¡¯t the skill I was trying to generate but sill this was terrific skill giving me a chance to negate critical attacks is crucial in battles. I continued on with the stretches and then moved on to the squats and pushups. I did the squats and pushups for 2hours and a half, I then stopped right there as a familiar sound once again interrupted my ears. Ding!
Strength increased by 1
I ignored it this time and took a deep breath. ¡°Okay time to get serious¡± I raised my fists and leveled it to my chest. I then a shifted 70% of my weight to my back leg. I Took a forward step and gave a roundhouse kick leveled almost exactly with my head. A whish sound was generated as my kick made contact with the air. I was surprised yet again. I mean my kick was pretty high for someone who just started to practice . It must probably be because of the flexible body skill that made my kick higher than ordinary ones. I started to laugh at the thought of it. ¡°Wow ordinarily in my past life it would take a week of daily stretching to achieved that flexibility¡± {This is good} I thought and started to assume my fighting form again and started to throw my kicks. I started with my roundhouse kick again and then tried different ones. Axe kick, 45 kick, push kick, full moon, turning side, turning long and a bunch of other ones. I also mixed my kicks with a few punches. I threw some light jabs hooks and uppercuts. I continued on with this process for countless of hours. I was now bathed in sweat at my toils and labor, then the sound of miracle finally was heard. Ding
You gained the skill hand-to- hand combat
Hand-to-hand combat lvl.1 (beginner)(passive) Through countless toils and labors of practicing the foundation of fighting you are now able to inflict higher damage unarmed. Effects: ? Damage +5 ? Defense +15
Limitation Ignorance lvl.1(beginner)(passive) By pushing yourself to the limits you are able to push your body further and for longer time will be able to ignore it¡¯s complains. However you will suffer the drawbacks after 24 hours within its use.
I was elated with the skills that I generated. {finally!} I thought as I made gasps for air. Obviously exhausted, my body couldn¡¯t move from me pushing it to the limits. I collapsed on the ground and fell on my back. I made more gasp for air and I took a large deep breath. As air entered my lungs. My throat drew back from it. My lips were dry and my throat was searching for water. I noticed that the sky was already enveloped with the color of orange I panicked since It was almost nightfall. {Damn it mother will scold me if I return home late!} I swallowed my saliva as I tried to stand up. My legs were wobbly but I forced it to remain firm and I ran towards the house. Upon nearing the door I opened it and went to my room. But I first took a shower so as my mother won¡¯t complain to how smelly I am. I went to the bathroom and stripped of my clothing. I took the dipper and scooped upped the water from the bucket and poured it on myself. Brrrrrrr! The water was cold and the wind coming from the small hole in the wall didn¡¯t make it any warmer. As soon as I was over with my bath. I went directly to my small room, and fell on the hard bed ***Thump*** {Oh shit that hurts} I screamed in my mind as I got up and rubbed my face. It was smacked with red from the impact. {Darn it !, This bed sure is fricking hard} I complained in my mind as the pain kept me from my drowsiness and exhaustion. I then thought of watching my stats and how far it has gotten. ¡°Show status¡± Ding!
Name: Himalos Godseek Race:Human Level: 1 Age: 3 Health:160 Mana:250 Health regen./s: 0.12 Mana regen./s:0.10 Popularity: 0 Title: None Damage:8-13 Defense:0 Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. Strength:16(+1.6) Vitality:12(+1.2) Agility:14(+1.4) Intelligence:25(+2.5) Luck:50(+5) Wisdom:10(+1) Charm:45(+4.5 Dexterity:10(+1)
The stats progressed very well 3 weeks after my birthday; I guessed my toil and labor wasn¡¯t completely useless. What bothered me however was raising my intelligence and wisdom stats. I couldn¡¯t raise them since there was no books in our homes and whenever mom went to the village center or go to deliver my father¡¯s lunch. She wouldn¡¯t take me there since I thought I could go to the library to raise my intelligence and wisdom there. Instead she left me with our neighbor, Mrs. Almeers. A nice old lady with 2 grandkids twice my age and whom I think are very annoying. This time I tried checking out my skills. ¡°Show skills¡±
Skills ? Blessing of Kairos lvl.1(beginner) ? Spreader of the faith lvl.1(beginner) ? Warrior¡¯s instinct lvl.1 (hereditary)(beginner) ? Flexible body lvl.1(beginner) ? Hand-to-hand combat lvl.1(beginner) ? Limitation Ignorance lvl.1(beginner)
All of my skills were level 1 but 3 of them I just gained recently. I gave a deep sigh as I The other 1 skill boggled my mind. The blessing of Kairos, I didn¡¯t know how to level it up, I racked up my brain on how to level up the skill since it gave me a plus 10% to all of my skills. I¡¯ve figured out how to level up the warrior¡¯s instinct that I¡¯ll incorporate on my training next time. Whilst Spreader of the faith will probably level up depending on how much people I¡¯ll get to follow the faith of Kairos . I gave another sigh as I dismissed my stats and layed on the bed. Oh well I¡¯ll think about it next time, as my eyes slowly went shut and went to sleep. The next day I woke up early and felt pain sear through my body and then a message appeared on my face. Ding!
Limitation ignorance drawback will now take effect.
I ignored the message and waited at the door. Every step that I made pain coursed through my entire body as if I¡¯m being whipped yet I tried to ignore it. When I reached the door I stood there completely still Immediately Father came over and was surprised that I was there already and waiting for him. I had already figured out dad¡¯s daily habits . He wakes up early and takes a 2 hour run after that he returns home and takes breakfast and goes to the blacksmith shop that he works in, employed as the one that does all the heavy lifting. ¡°Father can I ask you for something¡± ¡°well this is a pleasant surprise¡± he said while laughing, his hair was shining even in the darkness. ¡°alright Himalos, what is it that you want? do you want father to bring you a gift from the village?¡± he asked. Knowing him he would probably just buy me a cheap trinket from the street and he¡¯ll just say he bought it at a very famous store since I still haven¡¯t went to the village center. I shook my head to indicate I don¡¯t want a present from him. Instead I opened at the door and went outside. He followed me outside as well and then I pointed at the hill near our house then I said. ¡°Can you make me a training dummy dad?¡± I asked matching it with innocent eyes as to convince him. I knew very well every parent¡¯s weakness. It was the fact that every parent can¡¯t ignore a his or her child pleading for something. ¡°Sure kiddo, but what will you use it for?¡± He asked this time in a perplexed voice. I can¡¯t tell him that I ¡®ll be using it for training. Since whoever have heard of a 3 year old knowing martial arts? ¡°I¡¯m going to show it to my friends and boast to them that my father is the best since he can make me this dummy!¡± I told him. Flattery will get you to high places and with just a little innocent eyes of a kid and flattery and boom! You get a full proof win-win guaranteed deal. ¡°alright kid, instead of running I¡¯ll work on your wooden dummy¡± As he walked outside happily with a huge smile on his face. Yes this is greats. Although It took him a week to make it and place it on top of the hill since he needed to get the materials for it. Over the course of that week I continued with my daily training and advanced my flexible body to level 2, while using warrior¡¯s instinct to give me additional strength and agility while practicing my hand-to-hand combat. The results Warrior¡¯s instinct was at level 2 while hand-to-hand combat was at level 3. I also gained +3 to my strength, +1 to agility, +2 to vitality, +1 to dexterity. When the wooden dummy was finally installed by my father he put his hands on his hips and gave a nod. He was satisfied with his work and patted me on the head. We then went back to the house and ate our breakfast, when he was done he got up and kissed my mother on the cheek and patted me on the head again as he went to work. When noon came I tied the rope to my waist again and ran towards the hill while dragging the stone. When I reached the to I continued on with my training regimen. When it was over I took up fighting stance and prepared myself to land some blows to the wooden dummy. I gave a strong punch at the pits and then. Thump! A sound came from the dummy as my fist made contact. I took my arm and yelped in pain. The wooden dummy injured me as well. It was so hard that my fist became bright red. My eyes began to water as the pain seared through my arm, but still I pushed on I continued hitting the wooden dummy and the pain kept on getting stronger yet despite all this my drive kept me going. ¡°Warrior¡¯s instinct!¡± I screamed as the skill activated I felt power surged through my body. I rushed the wooden dummy with a flurry of punches and kicks. My hand and feet were screaming at me to stop. I was wincing in pain inside of my head but still I continued on with the training for 2 hours. This time my feet and fists were both bruised and bloody. The skin on my fists were scraped while my instep was in bright red starting to give a shade of purple. Ding!Ding!Ding!
Hand-to-hand combat leveled up
Hand-to-hand combat lvl.3 (beginner) Through countless toils and labors of practicing the foundation of fighting you are now able to inflict higher damage unarmed. The user now has a basic practicality in hand to-hand-combat. Effects: ? 2% chance to stun enemy for 3 seconds ? Damage +8 unarmed ? Defense +18
You have gained the stat endurance
you have gained the stat Will power
Wow! I gained two new stats! Alright this is good! I took a rest as I went back home to prepare myself for later and I tried to think up of an excuse for my bruises and wounds. Notice to all readers Guys due to my laptop breaking I don`t think I can post any chapter soon. I am currently in an internet cafe writing this letter to you guys.. So I apologize to all the readers for the incovinience...So peace out guys Chapter 4- part 1 When I returned home sure enough my mother immediately saw my bruises and scrapes. She immediately hurried towards me and questioned me as if I¡¯m some sort of criminal and asked me where I got my injuries. I just told her that I fell down the hill and that my hand hit a few rocks while my feet got bruised. She gave me a doubtful look and I gave her the puppy dog eyes that says it¡¯s the truth. The puppy dog eyes worked like a charm and immediately she took the excuse as if it was the truth. I¡¯ll be honest it wasn¡¯t the greatest excuse one can think of but since I was still a child she couldn¡¯t believe that I could lie since almost every 3 year olds tell the truth. Mother then went and took out some bandages. She first carefully washed my feet and hands that were injured. Next she wrapped my hands and feet with bandages. Then a notification appeared. Ding!
You have been bandaged. Your regeneration speed increased by .50 per second
Once the bandaging was over I could almost no longer feel the pain anymore. ¡°thank you mother¡± She flashed me a warm smile and light almost enveloped my body as her light and warm aura enveloped the place. I was about to give in to her kindness when memories of my past came rushing in. I immediately unfold my eyes on the scene that was happening dark aura appeared on my side which countered my mother¡¯s loving and warm aura. It was cold and merciless. You could almost feel every terrible experience that one had to go through. I then held it in and my aura began to diminish. Good thing is she didn¡¯t notice it very much since she wasn¡¯t an adventurer. If she was one she would have immediately reacted to it. I gave her a smile and hug her she accepted it knowingly and patted my head. ¡°Next time you should be careful ok?¡± ¡°Ok¡± I respond. For the next few months I continued on with my daily training regimen. Increasing my stats and and skills. Until my 4th birthday finally came. My stats and skills now looked like this.
Name: Himalos Godseek Race: Human Level: 1 Age: 4 Health:413 Mana:275 Health regen./s:0.28 Mana regen./s:0.11 Popularity:0 Title:None Damage:12-15 Defense:21 Strength: 38(+3.3) Vitality:32(+2.6) Agility:35(+2.8) Intelligence: 25(+2.5) Luck: 50(+5) Wisdom: 10(+1) Charm: 45(+4.5) Dexterity: 28(+2.3) Will power: 29(+2.6) Endurance:35(+2.4)
skills ? Blessing of Kairos lvl.1(beginner) ? Spreader of the faith lvl.1(beginner) ? Warrior¡¯s instinct lvl.5 (hereditary)(beginner) ? Flexible body lvl.8(beginner) ? Hand-to-hand combat lvl.7(beginner) ? Limitation Ignorance lvl.3(beginner)
I didn''t know if my stats were high or not since I couldn''t compare my stats with others. Stats of course were kept in utmost secrecy, never revealing it to others unless you truly believed in them and trust them with your lives. I snickered at the thought, never would I trust anybody again. Fool me once shame on you but fool me twice¡­ Shame on me. I also found it to level up my skills now. Once the skill reached level 3 it became extremely difficult to level them up. Once when my hand-to-hand combat leveled up to 4 it took me 2 weeks to make it to level 5. Darn it remembering those training made me shudder at the thought. But now that I was 4,mother now agreed to take me to the village center. It was morning the next day after my celebration when mother called for me and said that she¡¯ll go to the village center and asked me if I would like to go with her. I immediately agreed and exclaimed at what she said. I jumped back and forth across the room in happiness. I can finally find a library and level up my intelligence and wisdom. So we made preparations and made way towards the village center. It took us 45 minutes to get there. I wasn''t shocked at the village because coming from a world filled with cities that could house hundreds of thousands of people. Rather the place looked pretty plain. There were people haggling for prices some chatting at the fountain in front of us. My head was turning side from side inspecting the village center. I asked My mother where the library was. She told me it was directly in front of the tailor shop she¡¯ll go to so I went ahead and joined her. When we finally arrived at the tailor shop I said that I¡¯ll just go to the library. She agreed and dictated that I should wait for her no matter what happens. When I entered the library what appeared to me was a small house filled and stacked with countless amount of books. There a few wooden tables and chairs was laid in the side. It looked like a common library only smaller. I looked at the counter and surely a woman about in her 20¡¯s was reading a book. She then noticed me and eyed me suspiciously. She got up off of her chair and made her way towards me. When she stood in front of me and I looked up to her. She was probably 5¡¯4 or 5¡¯5. She had curvaceous a curvaceous body. Her emerald green eyes poked at my soul whilst her beautiful golden hair swayed with her. I thought of her as a goddess. {A goddess must have descended} I thought. Still I steeled my heart as I stared at her beauty in awe. ¡°Can I ask you where the history books are Ms. Librarian.?¡± I asked giving her a innocent smile trying to ward off her beauty in my head. She still eyed at me intently and her cold piercing eyes seemed to have seen through my smile. She gave me smug look and asked me. ¡°Sure kid, but can you even read?¡± She asked. It was through I didn''t know if this world has the same language as us in the other world. I ducked my head . ¡°No¡± I replied. She snickered at my answer. ¡°But I¡¯ll learn it!¡± I said in an eager voice. The lady obviously taken aback by my reply and enthusiasm showed a smile. ¡°alright kid if you do learn the language within a 2 week¡¯s I¡¯ll reward you something.¡± She said Then a window popped in her face. Ding!
you have been given a quest
Language barrier The local librarian has challenged you to learn to read. You have been given a set amount of time according to the librarian. Quest reward: ??? Quest difficulty: G
{No way} I thought. As I saw the window that now popped in my face. ¡°I thought only the adventurers guild was capable of giving quests?¡± I asked her. She smirked at my remark ¡°Anyone is capable of giving quests even you! But most people use the adventurers guild as the medium on giving it out because of it¡¯s credibility.¡± She said with a hint of arrogance on her tone. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.¡°Alright then,I accept¡± I said. Ding!
You have accepted the quest
She gave a nod as I accepted her challenge. She then went back to her counter and continued reading her book. ¡°Feel free to read any of them¡± She said accompanied by a snicker One thing I hate more than being betrayed is being looked down by people and This woman I particularly hated. Thus I began to search for books history books mostly. But once I tuned open the book what gave way to my eyes was a complex language that I couldn''t understand. {Oh great! Another hurdle in life! This is why I hated going through life again} I gave a deep sigh as I looked at the book. This was going to be a long day. I got up my chair again and started searching for books. This time I started with the most basic of the basics. What am I talking about? ABC¡¯s of course. Every country has letters as the foundation of it¡¯s word so this world is probably no different. Thus my long and futile search for a children¡¯s book began. And after 2 hours to no avail I had already ransacked the place but not a single children¡¯s book!! I shook my head in disappointment. I went to the door of the library and took a final look inside the books¡­OK! Fine! You Win! At librarian so as to engrave her body erm¡­I mean her face so that I don¡¯t forget her retort. {Just you wait!} I declared in my mind as I made my way outside. I waited outside of the tailor shop for a couple of minutes¡­45 to be exact until mother finally came out of the shop. She had a look of worry in her eyes. Then a glint from her hand made me curious. I eyed the circular form in her hand that she was forcefully gripping. It showed a hint of reflection with a glossy look to it. It was 2 silvers! No wonder she had been worried. All her knitting was only worth 2 silvers it could only last them 3 days worth of food. And his father¡¯s pay only comes at the end of the month. This is bad I don¡¯t want to starve to death in this world. Mother came towards me and as she slowly approached she pocketed the silver in her pouch and went gave me warm smile trying to hide her worry. I gave her a smile as well trying to act like I didn''t notice her dismay. We went towards father¡¯s workplace later on. We passed through countless shops and after a few turns we arrived at a blacksmith shop. There was only one person inside while a shadow loomed at the corner. When it came to view it was father carrying a couple of bags probably filled with ore. When he looked at mother and me he smiled. {Man this family sure is full of smiling faces. Why the hell is it always so Full of happy faces. My jaw is already in pain from all the smiling that I did.} Father entered the shop and dropped the heavy bags on the floor. ***Thud*** The large bags made a sound as father ran towards us earnestly. We had a few simple chat and then mother¡¯s eyes changed she gave a whisper towards father and fathers expression changed as well. ¡°I¡¯ll try to work it out with the boss¡± My mother gave a quick nod as father went inside the blacksmiths shop. A few seconds later there was yelling and then a loud clatter. My mother got nervous and entered the shop. When we entered the shop the loud clatter came from the blacksmith as he swung his hammer at the anvil in frustration from father¡¯s ridiculous request. Apparently he had asked his boss or the blacksmith, for an advance wage payment. The blacksmith was taken aback by his ridiculous statement. His business was stable since adventurers often flock in this village since it was the only village near the monster¡¯s den in the Eastern frontier. But my father asking for wage would ruin his business since just last month he had done the same. There was countless of shouting and clamoring while my father pleaded. It was a pathetic sight until I finally stepped in. ¡°I¡¯ll work for you as an apprentice sir blacksmith so can you spare us father¡¯s wage this month?¡± I asked with goo-goo eyes stared directly him. My father was shocked from my word¡¯s. The blacksmith then considered my words. He stared at my stature inspecting me from head to toe. ¡°I¡¯ll consider it if you show me you¡¯re stats kid.¡± I gave a nod as I showed him my stats. And a window popped in his face. He thoroughly inspected my stats as his eyes went huge. ¡°Well you passed the requirements for being an apprentice with flying colors. Alright I¡¯ll give you you¡¯re father¡¯s wage this month BUT only this month!¡± He said as he flashed me a toothy grin ¡°No! You don¡¯t have to work son¡± Objected my father ¡°It¡¯s alright father, I would also like to know how to smith¡± I said as I gave him a smile. His worry and disappointment on himself didn''t disappear. Instead it just made it bigger. ¡°Alright then kid. The names Ashtrall, and I¡¯aint Mr. Nice guy when it comes to work. I¡¯ll drive you like a slave all day long¡± The next Day I woke up early along with my father . I also woke up with him two hours early before heading to the blacksmith shop so as to practice my hand-to-hand combat while my father takes his morning jog. Two hours later endurance raised by 1 and my father and I had breakfast before both heading off. Upon me arriving at the shop the Ashtrall was already there. He gave me a toothy grin while he gestured me to come towards him. When I came towards him he pointed at me a large stack of blades. ¡°See those blades over there? You¡¯re going to sharpen them¡± As he took a whetstone and gave it to me. My eyes stared at disbelief. This enormous amount of blades would take him all day to sharpen. Heck it could even take him a week. I gave a deep sigh, oh well nothing he could do about it anymore. I started by taking a blade and grinded it with the whetstone. It made a ***Shnnnn*** Was all that could be heard as I started sharpening the blades. A couple hours later an apparent sound came to my ears. Ding!
You have learned Blade sharpening
Blade sharpening Lvl.1(beginner) Through grinding the stone you are able to make it sharper enabling you to temporarily up damage. able to sharpen blades at reduced time. Effects: +15% temporary weapon damage increased Duration: 3 hours.
I gave a grin at the skill and started to work my way out of the pile of blades as my new skill slowly raised it''s level P.S I plan to make chapter 4 into two parts since it will be longer than I initially thought. And oh yeah good news I managed to borrow my aunts laptop for the moment and started typing right away. I can probably more or less update faster. :-D Chapter 4 part 2 The blade sharpening skill proved to be very useful as I needed less time to sharpening the blades. Still when lunch came I barely managed to sharpen half of them. At this rate it would take me all day to finish the remaining ones. Heck it could even take him 2. This would prove cumbersome as I still needed to learn how to read. I went outside trying to gain a little bit of air from the suffocating space of the forge. {I need to learn this language fast and time is ticking} Since it was launch Ashtrall gave us an hour break. Me along with my father went to a cheap diner to. There we ordered our food and had a casual chat. When our food was handed down to us(which was just an ordinary steak. A cheap one at that). We chowed down like there¡¯s no tomorrow. I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s from the fatigue or not but I thought it was the pretty darn best steak in the world. When we finished our meals we had another casual talk until. ¡° Dad do you know how to read?¡± ¡°Well I do know how to read, but only the easy words.¡± Eureka! Here I was cracking my head open trying to solve my problem and here was my solution. My father that I see everyday. I regarded my father lowly because I thought of him as just another lowly peasant. ¡°Then can you teach me please father?¡± I said while using an innocent and cute voice along with my goo-goo eyes. The deadly combo, was what I called it and sure enough he couldn¡¯t resist it ¡°well alright, education is important as well and learning how to read is important in life.¡± He said while giving a nod. We returned at the blacksmith¡¯s shop and upon arriving Ashtrall immediately set us to work like a bunch of slaves. After that meal my mind this time was set on finishing the task by afternoon. With my sword sharpening skill the task got a hell lot easier. By the time the last sword was sharpened it was already afternoon and a familiar sound came to my ears. Ding!
Blade sharpening lvl.2(basic) Through grinding the stone you are able to make it sharper enabling you to temporarily up damage. Effects: + less time required to sharpen blades +16% temporary weapon damage increased Duration: 3 hours.
When the last of the blades was sharpened Ashtrall came to me and inspected the blades one by one. ¡°Hmmmph¡­ You did a decent job¡± he said in a whisper ¡°But it still isn¡¯t enough. You missed some parts that needed to be sharpened¡± He growled in a deep voice. ¡°Each side of a blade is vital and them being sharp is the basic foundation of a good blade, missing a part of a blade to sharpen is like you missing an arm.¡± He kept on scolding me about missing parts of the blade. All I could do was lower my head and roll my eyes. I learned this great trick in my past life whenever I get scolded. You hear the preaching from the left ear and out with it in the other. This was clearly what I did when Ashtrall scolded me. When is was all said and done he tapped my shoulder and said ¡°But still you did pretty well for a beginner¡± As he pat me on the head and gave me a toothy grin. ¡°But don¡¯t let it get to your head kid!¡± My father and I left the blacksmith¡¯s shop and on the way home we stopped by the library. He entered the library and a few minutes later got out with two small books in his hands. Arriving home mother greeted us with a smile and urged us to come in since she already prepared dinner. We ate and had casual talk asking me on how my first day was. I then talked to hear about all the things that transpired during the day. When dinner was done father took the 2 books that he brought and taught me the basic letters languages and numbers. Within a few hours I quickly grasped the concept since it wasn¡¯t too difficult and my father was shocked as I immediately learned the letters and numbers. Normally it would take a week to learn the letters and numbers but since I was an 18 year old in a kid¡¯s body this was actually child¡¯s play(literally). Ding
Quest completed return to the library to claim you reward
We went to bed as soon as we were done and went to sleep quickly. The next day I woke up just as early as yesterday but since today was a day was Sunday(Yeah the names of the week are the same as my past life, weird I know!) and did my daily training regimen but this time I took a 2 sticks and started hitting the wooden dummy using both of my hands to use it. I first started with the left swinging it wide and then I followed up with the left stab and then a right slash. I alternated between the two and then I started picking up the pace. I swung faster and faster until I was unleashing a flurry of swings and strikes and every time it lands it makes a large thumping sound. It dragged on for 4 hours until. Ding!Ding!Ding!
You have gained the skill Dual wielding mastery
you have gained the skill stick fighting mastery
you have gained the skill Backlash blow
Dual wielding lvl.1(beginner) You are able to wield swords on both hands with great proficiency. Effects: ? damage is doubled when both hands are equipped with weapons
Stick Fighting lvl.1(beginner) You are able to fight with sticks with great proficiency and is able to inflict greater damage Effects: +10 damage when equipped with sticks as weapons
Backlash blow lvl.1(Active)(beginner) Using great speed and momentum you dash at the enemy and send upon a flurry of blows targeting random areas and inflicting as many blows as possible. Deals damage to the enemy. Effects: ? Stuns enemy target for 5 seconds Mana consumed: 100
After gaining skills and a few stats I went back inside the house and stared at the two books my father brought home. Since I know knew how to read I crept up on the two books and brought them to my face. A short Biography of the 9 races, The Gods and Goddesses. This two books seemed Are actually good. It seems at least my father knew how to choose good books. I started reading the first book, The racial wars.
Since time immemorial there always existed 9 races. The elves, humans, dwarves,orks,draco,werewolves,beastfolk,vampires, and demons. The elves were beautiful creatures endowed with great affinity for magic and great dexterity, often recognized because of their long ears. There are several different race of elves from dark elves to wood etc. .etc. Though frail and weren¡¯t many the elves proved to be a great race using magic to defend themselves. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.Humans were adaptive creatures equal in all aspects of life, and were considered to be average beings neither great nor bad. They have average mana pools and by harnessing technology they are able to stand their ground against other races. The dwarves were stout creatures with great strength and blessed with meticulous perception for art and beauty. They are talented in blacksmithing and art that they were considered to be elegant beings. They¡¯re bravery is also noted to be the top as they never back down from battle charging head on. Orks great in stature but weak minded people, they showed great strength however it seems that even their muscles has gone on to their brains, considering if they even have one. They are often identified as green skinned people with disgusting or horrifying appearance. Draco were held as divine beings next to gods and goddesses on the ladder of life. With appearances of a dragon they often shape shift in different forms so as tonot attract attention. They are very aggressive beings when it comes to territory and are also very secretive.With great minds and a lush pool of mana none dares challenge them. Though very few in numbers one draco was said to be able to destroy a small town. Werewolves are humanoid creatures coated with furs of a wolf. Though little is known about them as those that has seen werewolves has never seen the light of day again. Though they say when a fullmoon occurs it is the time when they usually appear. Beastfolk are monsters that have gained sentient minds and are capable of high intelligence. Beastfolk comes in all kinds of appearances and one could even encounter it at a forest or planes. Vampires are noble beings that value their immortality above all else. They are prideful and egotistic creatures and will often ignore you or hail you in disregard. Nevertheless theyare also strong creatures getting stronger by night. Next are Demons. Considered to be the epitome of evil. Demons hail from the southern lands and are intelligent creatures. They invade lands and take pleasure in the pain of others. It is advised to not go to the demon lands as once you entered you are already considered a dead man, and well may the gods bless your soul
Ding!Ding!Ding!
Intelligence has increased by 1
Intelligence has increased by 1
Intelligence has increased by 1
You have learned reading comprehension
You have learned Memorization
You have learned Identification
Reading comprehension lvl.1(beginner) You are able to remember important facts and parts of a letter or a book. You are also able to read faster than normal people. Effects: ? Able to read faster
You have learned memorization lvl.1(beginner) You are able to memorize simple letters, low quality paintings and simple illustrations. Effects: ? By memorizing illustration, sentences or paintings you are able to execute moves that was depicted in it.
Identification lvl.1(beginner) Able to identify simple objects.
Well I guess the 2 hour read was worth it plus I read some interesting facts. I the n started reading the other book. There are more than thousands God and goddesses of The continent. Some range from the major gods to the lesser ones up to the forgotten gods. Some of the major Gods are Draxia the fore bringer of fire and the Dracos. Lemus The god of Light and spirits. Ma-iorka The goddess of Deceit and lies. Trevotia the God of might and power as well as many more. Gods sometimes bless races giving them power beyond normal. The book contained then some basic information just like what Kairos said. I shuddered just remembering his name. I still can¡¯t remove that agony that I felt from him. I didn¡¯t realize it but my intelligence increased by 2 while wisdom increased by 1. I stopped reading and continued on training until night finally came. I leveled up dual wielding stick fighting to lvl.2. The next day we went to the village the same day and We continued on with our work. This time he made me sharpen a larger stack of blades than necessary. I started working with the stacks. Within 5 hours I¡¯ve already sharpened all of them and this time I made sure I didn¡¯t miss any spots or else the old man howling will kill me. On the other hand my blade sharpening skill was now at level 3 I took a break early and went towards the old man who was forging some swords. I took a stool and started watching him. Ashtrall was hitting the sword with such force that sparks flew. Every time he swung his hammer more sparks flew and over time the sword started taking shape. He then started folding the metal. He folded it a couple of times and then started hitting it again. Gradually the sword began to form and when it did he dipped it on the water. Steam erupted and what came out was a beautiful blade glistening. The only thing that was needed now was to attach the hilt. I stared there awing at his work. He saw me and gave a prideful grin. He waved at me to come closer. That I did and he stared at me. ¡°I could see that you¡¯ve been observing me for a while kid, what about sharpening the blades. I told him that I was already finished with it. He went towards the blade and started inspecting each one carefully. ¡°Well, well, I see that we have a genius sharpener with us. It has only been a day that you''ve sharpened the blade and you already sharpened them spot on. Looks like your training will have to move up faster.¡± I didn''t quite get what he said what does he mean The training will have to move up. ¡°Tomorrow you¡¯re going to start forging with me as you¡¯re instructor kid. For now go home early while your father will still stay here, because you¡¯re going to need every ounce of your strength tomorrow!¡± He said that before flashing me a toothy grin. I feel something bad is going to happen tomorrow so I did what he said and left earlier than usual. {Tomorrow will probably be hard} I thought before thinking of what horrors will await me tomorrow. Chapter 5 ***Bam!*** The hammer made contact with the glowing piece of metal. And every hit drained my stamina and energy from me. The metal was slowly taking the shape I had wanted and with every strike, little by little the blade made progress towards that shape. When the blade finally took the form it was supposed to be I dipped it in the water. Steam erupted in my face as the blade cooled down. I then took the blade and started attaching the hilt to it. I carved my name on the blade and when it was all done I gave a nod. ¡°Identify!¡±
normal Dagger A normal quality dagger made by a beginner smith though it doesn¡¯t give special effects the creator made it filled with great determination and heart. Damage: 10-15 Durability: 30/30 Requirements: 14 dexterity
It was a blade that he could equip. After turning in that quest yesterday before going home he gained 3 levels and the reward was unexpected. The librarian, Maria was surprised at how fast I learned then. Actually she said she was an adventurer from the city and moved here when she retired. She actually retired pretty young, saying that she got a grave injury from a quest and since then retired. She offered to me as a reward was how to teach me magic since she was a mage before. I was ecstatic. Yes! This is why this world is great! Magic, it didn¡¯t exist on earth but here it was pretty common¡­Hmmmph actually it¡¯s pretty rare but hey at least you could use magic here. And thus I am to be given training in magic. Ashtrall or should I say master Ashtrall came and inspected the blade that I had forged. He gave a quick glance at it and said that it was no good. He had me forge another pile of daggers until he was finally satisfied. He taught me how to forge yesterday. It took a toll on my body yesterday further giving an increase in my strength and vitality. Willpower and endurance increased as well. This forging continued on for the rest of the days of the weak until it was finally Sunday. I went to the library and there Maria was already waiting for me. ¡°Took you long enough kid.¡± ¡°my names Himalos! Not kid!¡± I declared ¡°Alright then Himalos, During our training our training you shall call me master, understand?¡± I gave her a nod and replied. ¡°Yes master¡± ¡°Good¡± Maria said as she gave a smile. She then went out of the backdoor and gestured for me to follow her. I did so silently. When we reached outside there was a small clearing and a few straw dummies. ¡°Alright Himalos for our first lesson you will learn how to draw out mana.¡± She then gave a quick pause to see if I was listening. She then continued on. ¡°Mana is present in every creature of the world. But only few are able to harness this energy. To draw it out focus on your self.¡± I did so. I closed my eyes and started to focus. ¡°Next try to imagine a river flowing, and then slowly approach that river and try to think of yourself as holding a bucket.¡± I could understand what she meant and started to imagine the river while I approach it carrying a bucket. ¡°Good last try to scoop up some of that water from the river and slowly drench yourself with the water.¡± She continued on I continued on with my visualization and followed her instructions. Slowly I felt the cold water fall on my body. I opened my eyes to see if I actually was drenched> To my surprise a dark reddish aura was enveloping my body. It was like steam gushing out from me. I was surely dumbfounded. Ding!
You have learned Mana channeling
You have learned meditation
You have gained the stat focus
Mana channeling lvl.1(beginner) Through focus you are able to channel your mana outside to your body Effects: ? Focus +5 ? Able to draw out mana proficiently
Meditation lvl.1(beginner)
By focusing on one inner self he is able to obtain greater perception of his surroundings Effects: ? +10 to focus ? +10 to inetelligence ? +10 to wisdom[/wisdom]
New status available ¡°Affinity¡±
Affinity
Fire:100%Water:0%
Earth:0%Wind:0%
Darkness:100%Light:0%
I stared at Master maria as she seemed dumbfounded. She immediately gained her composure. ¡°What your seeing is your mana. It manifest the color of the affinities you are adept with. My, my seeing an affinity with dark sure is rare. Mostly only demons get affinities with dark only a few special people gets it.¡± ¡° I see¡± {So that means I¡¯m special hell yeah!} I was partying in my mind and it seems that my joy leaked and the master noticed this. ¡°I would¡¯nt be so happy if I were you, you only passed the preliminaries there are mor to come.¡± I immediately straightened out and urged myself to focus on the current task. ¡°alright next is this she took out a dagger, Since I¡¯m pretty sure you don¡¯t want to be a mage take this dagger.¡± I took it from her hands and asked her what I¡¯m going to do with it. She began to smile and told me. ¡°use your mana manipulation.¡± I called out mana manipulation and an aura of black and red appeared. Master Maria gave a nod and started to speak. ¡°Next try to remember that river, This time try to think that rivers water flowing into your hand and gushing at the blade. I easily did what she told me and I opened my eyes. Mana was now being distributed to the blade. It glinted as the black and red formed a swirl around it. Ding!
You have learned Mana manifestation
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Mana manifestation lvl.1(beginner) By letting your mana flow to an object it is able to manifest . Depending on the users affinity It could give additional power, durability or defense.
¡°alright now try to identify the dagger¡± ¡°Identify!¡± Ding!
Common dagger(Manifested) A common dagger with normal quality. Due to users affinities the mana manifestated will add dfire and dark damage. Damage: 10-15(fire)(dark)
Wow I thought. This was a great discovery! Adding damage would be effective against monsters. Well that¡¯s todays lesson. Continue repeating the training and try experimenting a little. As she was about to leave I asked her. ¡°Master how do you cast spells?¡± She gave a quick smile. ¡°Well that may be a little advance for you but I¡¯ll tell you anyway since you pick up things fast. In order to cast spells you could read spell books and memorize the chant. BUT there is another way for you to use spells.¡± I got the fact that you have to read spell books since that was common in every game, but what got my attention was another way than reading spell books. ¡°First you focus on your mind a clear image of the spell that you want to use. Next Imagine yourself that spell manifesting outside and slowly draw out the mana that you need. Although you need to have affinities with the nature that is required in the spell that you want to use¡± ¡°wait so master if you want to create a fireball you need to have a certain amount of affinity with that nature?¡± ¡°Yes my dear student, truly you do catch on fast. Next is it is possible to create a unique spell only exclusive to you however there are risks in creating new spells.¡± ¡°Such as¡± I questioned ¡°Such as that spell exploding in your face or the spell going out of control. So I advise you not to use this method since it is very dangerous and you also need to focus highly to use this method.¡± She then left and went back to the library to man her post again. I smiled at what I just learned. I immediately started my training. I started to focus and used mana channeling. Once mana gushed out I used Mana manifestation on my dagger. After it manifested I tried to imagine the blade getting longer and was in the shape of a katana. The black swirl that formed in the blade started to extend and slowly it took the form of a katana. Ding! [you have created a new skill! Please set a name[/window] ¡°Blade extension¡±
Blade extension lvl.1(beginner)(Active) By using mana you are able to make the blade longer. Effects: ? Blade can extend 24 inches ? Added fire and dark damage Mana cost/s: 25
He saw the window and it seems that the new skill cost him a lot of mana. So at most he can only use the skill for 13 seconds. Nevertheless it would be useful. Eyeing the black red blade now in the form of the katana in his hand he now tried visualizing it becoming a short sword, then an tomahawk, next was an short battle axe. Ding!Ding!Ding!
Mana channeling has leveled up
Mana manifestation has leveled up
ou have learned the skill Mana shifting
Mana shifting lvl.1(beginner)(Active) The concept of using objects as an medium and by changing form you are able to create a temporarily different object. Effects: ? Able to change an objects form: can only change to shorts word, katana, tomahawk, and small battle axe. Mana cost: 100 per shift Duration: 1 minute
When he finish shifting he suddenly felt exhausted and fell to the ground butt first. The black red swirl disappeared in a cloud and the dagger reemerged. I guess that the endeavor was worth it. I didn¡¯t attempt at creating spells firs since his focus was still low and he needed to level up his intelligence and wisdom first so that his mana pool would increase. He rested his body byusing meditation. While he was in a state of Nirvana a few boxes appeared. Ding!
Intelligence has increased by 1
Wisdom increased by 1
I see so you can¡¯t just acquire intelligence and wisdom by reading huh? I continued on with my meditation until I fully recovered my mana. I tried mana channeling again as well as Mana manifestation. I then used mana shifting again. I changed it to a katana. I opened my eyes and tried to remain focus. I eyed the straw dummy and then I roared. --Backlash Blow!-- I dashed at the dummy and unleashed a fury of slashes. As each slash made contact Red and Black made a trail of the slash. Slowly getting faster and faster it became a dance of red and black. Without prior notice I prompted my pace to go faster. Slowly the dance became a blur and a tornado formed by the slash. After a few seconds I stopped. And when it was all over the straw dummy was cut into pieces. Ding!
You have created a new skill! Please name the skil
¡° Dance of the eternal.¡±
Dance of theEternal A black and red tornado of blades formed by the fast paced attacked of the user. It cuts at the enemy leaving it to pieces without mercy. Mana cost: 800 Duration: 10 seconds
I gave a grin and thought. {Its time to start some major Grinding. ****************************P.S***************************** I wanna thank Simon662 for telling me ho to make tables and Baalthegreat for letting me know my typos. I really appreciate the helping hand guys!TNX!:-D Chapter 6 6 years has undoubtedly past and over the years I have grown into a fine young man if I may say so. And over the course of those years I had continued on with my daily training regimen and my stats were¡­I don¡¯t know how to judge it because I¡¯ve never talked nor played with my counterparts. Thus I didn¡¯t know if my stats were great or bad. I gave a sigh as I opened my status. ¡°Status¡±
Himalos Godseek
Level: 5Age:10
Title:Apprentice Blacksmith
Popularity:600
Health:1255Mana: 972
Health regen/s:9.2Mana regen/s:7.8
Damage:25-30Defense:30
Strength:115(+11.5)Vitality: 92(+9.2)
Agility:89(+8.9)Intelligence:94(+9.4)
Luck:50(+5)Wisdom:78(+7.8)
Dexterity:85(+8.5)Charm:65(+6.5)
Will power: 85(+8.5)Endurance: 112(+11.2)
[td4] Mana channeling lvl.3(advance)
Blessing of Kairos lvl.1(beginner)
Spreader of the faith lvl.1(beginner)
Flexible body lvl.5(intermediate)
Limitation Ignorance lvl.2(Intermediate)
Warrior¡¯s Instinct lvl.4(intermediate)(active)
Blacksmithing lvl.2(advance)
Crafting lvl.3(intermediate)
Hand-to-hand combat lvl.3(intermediate)
Stick fighting lvl.9(beginner)[td4]
Mana shifting lvl.7(beginner) (active)
Dark pierce lvl.3(beginner)(active)[
Dance of the eternal lvl.2(beginner)(active)
Backlash blow lvl.6(beginner)(active)
Meditation lvl.1(advance)
Blade extension lvl.5(beginner)(active)
Dagger mastery lvl.7(beginner)
Although I did know some people who were close to my age. They were about 15 to 18 years of age. They are part of the village. Although when most of them reached the age of 15 they left the village. They returned three years later as F-rank tier three adventurers. Oh yeah I forgot that adventurers have rank as well They are classified from SSS SS S A B C D E F G With SSS as the highest and G as the lowest. Although reaching S rank is nearly impossible. They say reaching SS your power should be able to equal a hero¡¯s and SSS was supposed to be the feat of a God. Also Before you could Rank up every rank has three tiers. Such as when you start in adventuring you start at rank G tier 1. Once you have completed enough quest you then rank up to rank G tier 2.etc.etc. So them reaching rank F tier three was called as an amazing feat. Once they got back to the village they were appointed as head hunters to provide raw supply to the village from the wilds. However they got cheeky over time and has often left the bar, inn, and shops unpaid. However the people didn¡¯t even bother to stand up to them since they were the hunters for the villages meat and hide. Oh were you thinking about master Maria perhaps since she¡¯s an former adventurer She¡¯s rank D tier two, however she prefers not to but in on meddlesome things. Five shadows loomed over as they started approaching the shop. As they stood at the shop the first to speak was Maximus the leader of the five who was also the eldest of them which is he¡¯s 18.The others are James(17),Kyle(17), Bartoley(15),and Martilia(15).They were the assholes that I was talking about and the other one is female. ¡°Show me your finest blade.¡± I hate how he speaks. It¡¯s as if he¡¯s commanding me. However I obliged since Ashtrall has left me to man the shop today since he went to the city. I went to the backroom and slowly took the blade from it¡¯s stand. I then handed it to him. He took it from my clutch and gave a thorough inspection. ¡°Hmmmp. Good I¡¯ll take it¡± He turned around and started to walk away. Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. ¡°Wait, what about your payment Maximus!¡± ¡°We¡¯ll pay it later just put it in our tab¡± he replied as he got farther and farther. {Oh hell no, You ain¡¯t gonna walk out on me without paying! The old man will take it out of my pay and that blade costs 300 gold asshole. It¡¯ll take me years to pay the old man.} I ran full throttle at went past them and stopped in front of them . ¡°return the blade, I fully know you don¡¯t intend to pay.¡± Maximus gave a laugh while the members of his party started to put their hands on the handle of their swords. It was obviously to show intimidation and practically saying back off. No way in hell will I do that. I took a glance at each of their faces. And stared back at Maximus. ¡°If your so set in me not taking away this fine blade of yours...Make me¡± He said in an arrogant tone. Once he finished his sentence I immediately dived in at him. I took out my handy dagger sheathed at my belt. Ding!
You have equipped Fine dagger. Damage changed to 50-70
Maximus surprised at my attempt immediately took out his sword. ¡°Dark Pierce!¡± A black fog enveloped my blade and it slowly shifted to a small rapier. I gave a thrust at him as he deflected my thrust with his sword. Tch! If he deflects with the sword the quality will get lower and It¡¯ll be harder to sell it. I took a jump back and started to keep calm again. This time however his friends took out their weapons. Kyle took out his sledgehammer in his back. WTF! A sledgehammer really? Martillia a female with jet black hair took out her bow and started to fire her arrows at me. I gave a flip as I dodge then Kyle and James approached me from the sides with their weapons ready to strike. James and Kyle both swung it wide and I gave a duck to evade it. Bartoley a buffed out guy with a giant war axe came at me from above. He swung at me full force. I managed to dodge him but barely. Maximus then came charging at me head on. I hardly had any time to recollect my stance that I jump backed . But without managing to avoid the blade. He hit me at the shoulder with a thrust on it. It lodged to the skin but when I instantly jumped back it removed itself. This guys clearly knows how to fight as I thought five on one really isn¡¯t a good odd and I may be powerful but these guys have experience on the wilds. I clutch my shoulder as it went on bleeding. Maximus gave a hearty laugh as I continued to bleed. This time Martilia prepared to fire but I¡¯m not going to stand here and wait for you to fire. I started mana shifting and changed the dagger to a katana. I then used blade extension to extend the short katana and charged at her at full force. James and Kyle immediately guarded her and tried to cut me off . I ducked and rolled to avoid them . Bartoley was already lunging at me with his axe high on his head. I swept his leg and he fell on his face while Kyle and James came at me like mad mans. We exchanged blades and parried each other¡¯s strikes. But I was getting push back by them and I instantly shifted to a back stance and held my ground. As the two finally got closer I parried James slash and then held it high up. The strike of Kyle was parried by James¡¯ blade. Then slashed their stomachs. I changed the katana to a blunt edged and instead of opening their guts they were forced back rolling and knocking the wind out of them. Maximus along with Bartoley that was now up assaulted me. We clashed head on with bobbing and weaving body movements all the while parrying and slashing. I took multiple cuts while Martila continued to pepper me with arrow fire. I got hit on my leg which made me give a smaller margin of error since one error and I could be dead. Maximus and Bartoley now saw my sloppy movement charged head on aggressively. I saw my chance and immediately countered. ¡°Dance of the eternal!!!¡± A storm of blades assaulted both assailants that when it finally subsided they were both on the ground with white on their eyes. I was now panting as both was knocked out while I have lost a lot of blood. Martilia was still in the game and then she took a stretch with her bow and fired. ***********************************************P.S****************************************************************** Sorry If I haven''t updated in a while lots of things came up this week so here is chapter 6 although it''s a bit short I''ll make it longer next time. Chapter 7 I woke up dizzy. I was lying in a soft bed. I looked around the room. There were very few things in the room. There was a small table at the sides fully equipped with drawer, as well as a slim 2x2 closet. I realized then that I was at my room. Pain tingled all over my body as I realized that my shoulder chest was fully bandaged . I couldn¡¯t remember what happened so I tried to recollect my thoughts. If memory serves me right I was manning the stall then the 5 A holes went to the shop and took the blade without paying. Memories then came surging at me like they were late for class. The door then opened and their standing was my mother and father. My father was flushed red in anger while my mother looked like she was about to cry. My mother then came running at me and gave me a squeezing hug. Pain bolted up my body and I suddenly flinched. My mother realized this and stopped her hug. I greeted her with a smile while she responded back with a sad look. ¡°I¡¯m sorry Father,mother. I caused trouble for you.¡± I said with a grieve tone in it. ¡®Don¡¯t be son, Those Thugs clearly deserved the beating that they took from you.¡± Father said with a hint of anger in it To my surprise my mother agreed with father as well. Then she kneeled and gave me a hug again and started to weep. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, Himalos, I¡¯m sorry¡± She continued on with tears streaming from her. I didn¡¯t quite grasp the situation. My father then approached my mother and held her hands and took her shoulder. ¡°It¡¯s alright Maria(Yeah her master in magic and her mother¡¯s name are the same) we did the best that we could¡± My father said trying to comfort her. I was getting lost at their conversation. ¡°Father, what are you guys talking about?¡± I asked He gave me a look and then stared at mother. She immediately realizes his attention and quickly went out of the room. Once mother was outside father closed the door and took a deep breath. ¡°Did you remember anything son? On what happened to you.¡± ¡°I do¡± I then told him what happened at the day on how the 5 A holes took off without paying and then we had a fight up to me fainting.. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. I couldn¡¯t understand on this transition. He then regained his composure and asked me. ¡°Do you know how long you were asleep Himalos?¡± I got worried. Dad only calls my name on very important events or his seriously pissed. ¡°Probably a day?¡± I asked ¡°You¡¯ve been asleep for a weak. The arrow from Martilia was coated in sleep inducing poison.¡± I just nodded at his words and then he continued. ¡°After you were induced The remaining party members were quickly given aid while 23 of them were only knocked out, Maximus was seriously injured and was near death.¡± He stopped at this words and then looked at me. I was earnestly listening to what he was saying. I feel like something bad was going to. He took another deep breath and then exhaled loudly. The beating of my heart became faster. What is this heavy and ominous feeling that I¡¯m getting. ¡°you see when you were unconscious during that one week the head hunters complained about you in to the village elder and they said something about you attacking them. The village elder heard of their story and immediately summoned the village council. They came to a unanimous decision of giving you a punishment.¡± What the hell. I was being punished for defending my freaking rights. Well I guess rights don¡¯t exist in this world. As long as you have power you are king and emperor to them and they wouldn¡¯t complain to a thing that you do or say. ¡°They of course twisted the truth and told them that they were the victims and hat they paid you a wholesome amount of gold for the sword and that you immediately attacked them after you received the payment.¡± ¡°What!¡± I shouted as I flinched from the sudden pain that spread throughout my body. I felt anger seep through me. Those fucking Assholes! I want to kill them all. I should have just killed them when I had the chance. I hope Maximus dies from his wounds and if he doesn¡¯t I hope he becomes disabled. After father and I conversed and exchanged words they said that they tried all their might to defend me from the village councils judging. Even the villagers that saw the incident tried defending me but the village elder¡¯s and councilors¡¯ mindset weren¡¯t budging and they fully favored the headhunters. Five day has passed since I was pretty much healed. Master Maria(I¡¯m putting master for future reference on the librarian) came by and often stared at my wounds. She probably felt sorry because she can¡¯t use magic anymore because of the curse she got from her adventurer days. This was the injury she told me about when I was younger and when I was 8 she told me her story. My father burst into the room with my mother at her sides. They had faces of gloom and despair. He talked to me in whisper and told me that we were going to the Village hall. It took an hour to get to the village hall and when we entered there were rows of seats and a few podiums at the front. It kind of looked like a court room to me. In front was the village elders and the councilors staring at me with steely eyes. I was forced in front while my parents was separated from me. The elder then started to talk. ¡°Himalos Godseek son of Adam Godseek and Maria Godseek, you are charged with Gravely injuring the 5 head hunters while one is near death, you are also charged with endangering the welfare of the village for almost killing the head hunters that provide materials to various businesses.¡± He said with a loud booming voice. ¡°But elder those Assholes took-¡° I tried to interject but I was meth with another booming voice. ¡°SILENCE!!¡± I got startled by the village elders voice. ¡°You will not be allowed to spout lies in this room!¡± he interjected. It¡¯s no good. I don¡¯t know what those bastards told the elder but he¡¯s been completely brainwashed. Multiple shadows appeared behind the elder and then what greeted me was the assholes who was missing a member. ¡°Listen to the members of the hunting parties¡¯ testimony you savage apprentice.¡± Oh hell no! This elder just called me savage. Let me tell you I am a honored student in my former life and am probably more knowledgeable than you old man. ¡°Well Maximus, Kyle, James, Bartoley, and I was coming back from a hunt¡± said the bithcy woman ¡°Well after the hunt Maximus¡¯ long sword broke so we first decided to visit the smithy and buy him another new sword. When we arrived this¡­Person greeted us with a scowl and asked us what do we want. Maximus being a good person ignored his attitude and told him nicely that he would like a fine blade.¡± She kept on ranting and what the hell is with the good guy act. ¡°He showed us the blade and unjustly charged us 600 gold for the sword. Maximus had second thoughts about buying the blade since it looked to be less than it looked but Maximus thought that he probably had financial problems so he gave him the money anyways. And after we paid him the money he quickly assaulted us saying to hand over the blade back and then this is what happened. I managed to hit him with a sleep inducing coated arrow¡± She said while trying to force her eyes to cry. Man what a bad actor but the village elder just gobbled up their statement and nodded while trying to comfort the bitchy woman. Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. ¡°And there you have it that was what happened people of the village¡±. The villagers just nodded at the elders words while some even shouted and threw things at me. But those that saw what really happened tried to shout at the elder at my innocence until the hunters glared at them forcing them to shut their mouth. ¡°Therefore we the village council has agreed upon your punishment although you¡¯re actions earn you enough to be punished to death to be. The kind and merciful head hunters intervened and spared you the punishment instead you are to be exiled to the wilderness of the savannas and you are forbidden to ever return to the village if ever you are to return you will be shot without remorse and immediately killed.¡± The elder declared. My father and mother stood up and shouted at the elder on how unjustly it was. I mean what the heck I wasn¡¯t even given the chance to voice out my side of the story and was just given punishment. Guards approached them telling him to calm down. ¡°How could I come down my son is being exiled!¡± He roared whilst pushed away the guard. The large build of my father and well toned muscle made his power greater and the guard was sent sprawling all over the floor. ¡° I won¡¯t stand by idly while my son is to be punished. He knocked down several guards and the room erupted into a mess. My father was putting a fight while trying to get to me. My mother was supporting him as well with a chair on her hand. She slammed it on the nearest guard the chair broke while the guard was force to sleep. I stared amaze at how my father and mother fought the guards trying to get to free me. Then a sword stabbed my father¡¯s stomach digging through his flesh and the digging out of it. He was forced to kneel on the ground. I stared at who stabbed my father. It was one of the A holes James as he held the sword and drawing it out with a grin on his face. ***SWOOSH!*** An arrow flew with a swish of the wind and hit my mother¡¯s throat she fell to the ground quickly and blood oozed from her. My eyes widened in disbelief it can¡¯t be I screamed at my head. It repeated the words over and over again. I stared at the direction the arrow flew from and there it was Bitchy woman possessed a smile while her hands was drawing another arrow. My father who was stabbed crawled towards me and with amazing will power and force kept on dragging himself. ***SWOOSH!*** ***SWOOSH!*** ***SWOOSH!*** ***SWOOSH!*** Multiple arrows flew and lodged into his back. He coughed out blood as another arrow then flew and lodged at his shoulder. Yet he kept on dragging himself until he finally neared me. He gave a smile while blood was oozing from his lips. ¡°We¡­ love¡­ you¡­ Himalos.¡± He said in his last effort and then finally laid down unconscious with a smile on his face. Even to the end he faced death smiling. Yet I my mind couldn¡¯t compress what just happened in a blink of a few minutes both my loving and caring parents are¡­ dead. ¡°Aaaaaaaarrrrgghhhh!!¡± I shouted with force. I don¡¯t care if I die anymore I¡¯ll avenge both my parents¡¯ death. Black and red aura seeped out of my body. I didn¡¯t have any weapon with me so I tried the inevitable I thought the mana entering my body but instead of creating a separate flow I thought of it seeping with me blood and entering my veins. Slowly pain ached throughout my body. My muscles bulged bigger and the dark aura disappeared. My skin turned dark. My eyes glowed red and my blond hair turned black as well with Red appearing at the ends of my hair. Ding!
You have learned the skill Body strengthening.
Body Strengthening lvl.1(beginner) By letting Mana enter your blood flow you are able to acquire greater physical power. Beware however as tomorrow your body will probably ache. Effects: ? +5 Strength,Agillity,Dexterity,Vitality,Endurance ? Damage is now doubled unarmed
Power surged throughout my body I broke the chain with relative ease. I stood up and charged at them. What happened next was a wave of red and black . I assaulted the first guard that I could get my hands on. I pummeled him with a kick to the gut . His armor bent to my kick and my power went through. He flew 3 feet to the wall. The next I assaulted two guards. They readied their halberds and pointed it towards me. They tried to stab me while they ran forward. I dodged and rolled at their feet. ***Backlash Blow!*** A merciless blow assaulted them as several of their I could fell have broke. They were forced to the ground with the white in their eyes showing. Several guards then surrounded me and with a fury of Kicks and punches struck them with unmatchable speed. Most of them taken aback with me instantly at their face. Didn¡¯t have time to defend themselves. When they all laid at the floor most of the villager was now outside of the hall. I took 2 halberds from one of the fallen guards and manifested my mana in it. I then shifted both to a long swords. I hacked and slashed several guards that kept coming until all that was left was The elders and the 4 A holes. James, Kevin and Bartoley charged at me while Martilia peppered me with arrow fire. Not knowing their lessons I didn¡¯t even bother to dodge. I merely parried their strikes and with superior speed and agility immediately countered. Kevin was the skilled of the three as he was able to defend my slash while the other two was cut open. Even with their armor it was like cutting Butter. Kevin got knocked to the wall and was unconscious. I ran towards Martilia who swiftly took something out of her pocket and threw it at me. ***Boom!*** It exploded with a large bang sending me sprawling outside from the window. I lay there bleeding with a gape at my right shoulder. Thankfully it wasn¡¯t a direct hit or it could have been fatal. Trumpets then erupted throughout the village. That only meant for the guards to mobilize if monsters entered the village but I¡¯m pretty sure this time it was meant for me. Martilia was now in the window drawing her Bow. I knew that If I faced her the guards would be able to catch up to me and capture me. So I did what every wise man would do. I ran. I ran towards the Savanna. I focused my mana on my feet and made a jump over the wooden palisades. I took a glance back and Martilia released an arrow and hit me at my thigh again. Aaaargh! Bitch! I¡¯ll get revenge for killing my parents! I¡¯ll definitely come back just you wait. Once I landed I ran forward without any direction while limping slowly draining the strength out of me and darkness slowly enveloped my sight until I finally fell unconscious. Chapter 8+bonus I woke up surrounded by tall meadows. I straightened myself and got up. As I initially stood pain surged through me from my legs. There was an arrow lodged in it. I broke it¡¯s tip and quickly drew it out. As it went out blood slowly streamed out from the wound. I ignored the pain and inspected my surroundings. I was in a savanna with very few trees and full of tall meadows. To my north was a rocky and barren land that seems to be devoid of life. The setting sun glowed with orange and yellowy gold as they mixed together making the savanna more beautiful. Blood still continued to steam from my thigh so I took my clothe and tear it apart. I then bandaged my leg and then Ding!
You have learned the skill First aid.
First Aid lvl.1(beginner) By giving quick remedy to wounds or sickness you are able to patch up small wounds.
As soon as I was able to finish patching up I then tried to recall what happened. My head almost burst as soon as my memories came to me. Tears slowly streamed out of my eyes. I dropped to the ground kneeling. I was alone again. No one to turn to. Kairos, my fucking god was has forsaken. No wait he was the God of desolate so this might have been his plan¡­or not. I couldn¡¯t really tell but one thing I do know is that I must never again trust people thinking that they will always be there for me. I was foolish for thinking that. Have I not already learned my lesson the first time I was betrayed? Man I guess the saying goes Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on you was a good implication on my current predicament. I laughed. Yes I laughed at how stupid I was while kneeling with tears flowing from my eyes. If people could have seen me they would have think of me as an insane person. But then It dawned on me. This world. Why have I even accepted that contract, am I simply a mere amusement to Kairos? A sadistic god that enjoys the suffering of others. Wouldn¡¯t it be better for me to just die? Lightning then came crashing in front of me. The nearest tree burst into flames as it made contact with the flash of light. What the hell! Was that a sign for me? Was that sign a yes or no? ¡°If that was a sign you fucking God, give me a rain if it¡¯s a no and a tornado if yes!¡± Rain immediately poured and the heat from my body began to dissipate. I guess that fucking God wants me to suffer more. Fine then if he wants me to suffer I will take along with me those Fucking Ass holes and that entire village with me. But first it was nearly nightfall and I¡¯m pretty sure that in these lands monsters would mostly spawn at night. I haven¡¯t ever gone outside the village in my 10 years in this new life and knowing that outside will probably be dangerous didn¡¯t even dare to get out. Oh how I regretted it now. I didn¡¯t know what kind of monsters there are in this place but it would be best that I find shelter for the night. I frantically began my search for shelter going through a random direction so long as I know it¡¯s not going back to the village. An hour has already passed and I found no good place for shelter. The sun was already almost down. And going to my last resort took off to a tree that I deemed to be high enough. I started to climb the tree and my thigh throbbed in pain. It started to bleed gain and my shirt got red. Once I arrived at the top I strode towards a thick branch that I deemed would be large enough to not break at my weight. I sat there with my back on another branch that overlapped. I just let the wound be since I didn¡¯t have any healing spell and early on tomorrow I¡¯m going to find a Queen glove herb. I learned different types of herbs and what their implications may be from reading medical books at the library. I guess knowledge really is power. Let¡¯s just hope there aren¡¯t any monsters that might spot me at night, or if maybe they do spot me let¡¯s just hope It doesn¡¯t know how to climb a tree. Or that I don¡¯t bleed out to death first. I started to feel drowsy so I went to sleep. The next day the Morning rays entered my greeted me and I woke up still sleazy. But then The pain in my thigh still throbbed this time it was far more painful. This is bad I could have gotten an infection and I felt like my strength was far less than yesterday. It seems I loss a lot of blood. I started to climb down from the tree and immediately went out to search for the herb. They mostly grow at the softer soils and I didn¡¯t know where it was so yet again I went out for another pointless search going at a random direction. 3 hours has already passed and it seems I managed to hit gold as I felt that the soil got softer and softer as I moved on. I guess lady luck was now starting to smile at me and not Mr. Grim reaper eh? Another hour has passed and now I am parched. Without water my lips was now starting to get dryer and my stomach growled as it hasn¡¯t eaten anything for hours now. I finally found the herb a few minutes later. It appeared to be like a gumamela (google it) plant with scarlet red petals and long stalks. I immediately picked it out of the ground and started to take the petals off. This was important part from what I read and started to chew on it. Once it was moist enough I took my shirt that I wrapped on my wound and plastered the saliva coated¡­abomination on my wound and wrapped it with my shirt again. Ding!
You have gained the skill Herbal medication
Herbal medication lvl.1(beginner) You are able to identify lesser herbal plants for sickness and is able to apply it on wounds and sickness. Effects: Lesser wounds and not so fatal sickness can be cured.
Now that I managed to solve that problem onto the next which was hydration a.k.a water. It was very hard finding water on the wilds. I just ignored the gnawing of my stomach for now since humans can survive a month without food but less than three days without water. I read in a book that the most effective way to find water was following animal tracks but this time I guess monster tracks. I gave a sigh I wish I just filtered that rain that fucking god gave me man I am such an Idiot. I started to investigate animal tracks and finally I found one. It had a hoof print on it and started to follow it to where it may lead. Hours has already gone by and a few crazy directions managed to find a running stream. Also I learned a skill called tracking. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Yes thank god! Without waiting for another second quickly plunged myself into the water and drank my fill. Lukewarm water entered my throat and my dry lips finally regained their moisture. I made a marker in my mind map on where the river may be. Then what aroused me was the movement of a bush or maybe a tall grass nearby. This indicated an predator¡­or prey depends anyway. I quickly got out of the river and jump into a hiding spot quickly. I then observed what came out. What appeared was like a cross breed between a lion and a rhino. It had a large mane on it¡¯s neck with fangs protruding from its snout and had two horns sticking out of its upper snout. It had a large thick gray hide that could probably prevent blades from piercing it¡¯s body. With a body less bigger than a rhino¡¯s it looked like a dangerous beast to encounter. My mind said to run away as soon as I can, my heart said to find a corner and cower in fear, but my stomach said attack that living meat tank. I didn¡¯t know what it was called so I just gave it a nickname Hairy balls. Which was quite true actually. Without any weapon all I have was my fists and feet. As soon as it turned it¡¯s back I immediately started to follow it. I tried to find the right moment to ambush it. Ding!
You have gained the skill Stealth
Stealth lvl.1(beginner) You are harder to find and you can hide easier and is also able to hide your presence.
Moments later I found the opening and Immediately pounced on it. I landed on Its back . It was alarmed and immediately started to flail wildly trying to get me off. I rode it like a matador and activated body strengthening as well as warrior¡¯s instinct and started hitting the back of its neck. Its mane proved to be troublesome. It was thicker than it looked and was far more harder. I kept on hitting the back of its neck with full force all the while trying to keep my balance as hairy balls kept on flailing. I kept on hitting in quick succession not knowing how long it will take. I was finally knocked off its back and landed on my butt. The beast immediately charged at me pointing its big ass horn at me. I rolled to the left to dodge. But hairy balls was far more agile than it looked. It quickly changed direction bulldozing all on its way and hitting square on the shoulder. I flew back with a snap. My left shoulder was dislocated and I lost 400 health points. Oh man if that hit me fair and square I¡¯m as good as dead. I immediately lodged back my shoulder on its rightful place and pain seeped as a snapping sound could be heard. I gritted my teeth and I was almost near fainting but I kept on my will and faced another oncoming charge of hairy balls. As it charged forth recklessly I made a sidestep and immediately grabbed its horn. As I grabbed it I forced myself to hold onto it and held it so that it wouldn¡¯t be able to turn its head. Forcing every ounce of strength I made and using a judo move I saw on tv before threw it down on the ground. It made an arc as it fell on its back. It¡¯s stomach was now exposed and I took this opening and activated backlash blow. A fury of punches assaulted it¡¯s stomach until it breathed its last wisp of air. I was exhausted from that but the spoils was great. With the meat now available and with great force broke both its horns and started to sharpen it with the closest stone I could get. It took 2 hours to make the horn sharp enough to penetrate it¡¯s hide. I slowly skinned it and then Ding!
You have learned the skill hunting.
Hunting lvl.1(beginner) By learning to track and setting traps or ambush you can hunt and find animals more quickly. Effects: ? Skinning is 5% faster. ? Able to create simple traps: ? Pitfalls ? Spiked pitfalls ? Easier to blend with terrain
The skinning process took a while and all that¡¯s left was a big carcass of meat. Without any lighting tools I could only think of one thing to cook it I thought of a fire spell and after a couple of tries finally managed to create one Ding!
You have learned the spell generate fire
generate firelvl.1(beginner)(active) You are able to generate a small spark of fire. Effects: ? Small fire damage 10 Mana cost: 20 mana
I gathered up a few grass and used generate fire skill. It immediately started to catch fire and I started roasting the carcass of hairy balls. I also leveled up 5 times when I defeated hairy balls and so I started eating once it was fully cooked. Later on did I realize that It would prove troublesome to sleep at the ground instead at the tree. **********************************P.S********************************************* Merry X-mas so here''s my Christmas present from me to you. Himalos Godseek(probably in the furture) Maximus(A.K.A leader of the assholes) Master Ashtrall Martilia(A.K.A Bitch) Himalos in his past life Chapter 9 Two months has passed and I haven¡¯t had the luxury of living a comfortable life in the wilds. Having been alert everyday every second I was in the constant fear of being dragged by Mr. Grim reaper to his home. Even at night I hardly had the comfort of sleeping. Deadly monstrous hyenas often attacked me when I have my guard down at night. ¡°Show status¡± Ding!
Himalos Godseek
Level: 24Age:10
Title: Blacksmith¡¯s apprentice
Popularity:-1600
Health:1400Mana: 972
Health regen/s:1.02Mana regen/s:0.78
Damage:45-60Defense:50
Strength:140(+12.5)Vitality: 102(+10.2)
Agility:95(+9.5)Intelligence:94(+9.4)
Luck:60(+6)Wisdom:78(+7.8)
Charm:75(+7.5)Dexterity:92(+9.2)
Will power: 120(+12)Endurance: 124(+12.4)
I was lurking in the shadows. Stalking .Waiting for it to make it¡¯s mistake. It chewed on a chunk of meat as it continued to gobble it up little by little. I finally found the opportunity and struck him with my spear. Splat! Blood gushed out as my spear made contact with another hairy balls. It¡¯s neck gave way as my spear was manifested with mana. I continued bombarding It with thrust and each strike dealing more damage than the first. The creature no longer taking the punishment finally went down in an pool of blood. I took every available part of the creature that can serve me. I went back to my camp with my looted hide meat and horn. I retraced my trail as I placed numerous traps on my camp and monsters occasionally fall to my traps. My camp consisted of a makeshift tent made from the hide of the creature I called hairy balls. It¡¯s hide served as the tarp and floor while the fur on its neck I made to a cozy pillow stuffed with numerous leaves. I started to sharpen my spears that was made out of hairy balls¡¯ horn. I had numerous numbers of them although they may appear sturdy they were actually quite brittle thus I occasionally search for flint to create a small skinning knife. ¡°Show skills.¡± Ding! [td4]Dagger mastery lvl.7(beginner)
Blessing of Kairos lvl.1(beginner)
Spreader of the faith lvl.1(beginner)
Flexible body lvl.5(intermediate)
Limitation Ignorance lvl.2(Intermediate)
Warrior¡¯s Instinct lvl.4(intermediate)(active)
Blacksmithing lvl.2(advance)
Crafting lvl.4(intermediate)
Hand-to-hand combat lvl.4(intermediate)
Stick fighting lvl.9(beginner)[td4]
Mana channeling lvl.3(advance)
Mana shifting lvl.7(beginner) (active)
Dark pierce lvl.3(beginner)(active)
Dance of the eternal lvl.2(beginner)(active)
Backlash blow lvl.6(beginner)(active)
Meditation lvl.1(advance)
Blade extension lvl.5(beginner)(active) [tr][td4]First aid lvl.4(beginner)
Herbal medication lvl.2(beginner)
Stealth lvl.8(beginner)
Hunting lvl. 9(beginner)
Body strengthening lvl.9(beginner)
In my two months in the wild I haven¡¯t went to the northern area where it was almost barren but somehow I could feel ominous presence from it thus I didn¡¯t went there. I gathered up my tools and started packing. But today, now that I was prepared I¡¯m going to start the exploration. I started to make my way north It appeared to be closer than it looked but to my estimation it was a couple of kilometers from my place. I placed my pack on my shoulder and grabbed my horn spear. Ding!
You have equipped horn spear damage change to 90-110
The journey was rather uneventful I took a couple of rest and occasionally hunted some hairy balls. They were the only monsters that I have hunted in the savanna and if you¡¯re curious on what their levels are there level 20. So once I reached past level 20 I started gaining less levels. It took a total of two weeks to reach the place. What greeted me was a huge and vast array of plateau that almost drowned the other half of savanna. Although the place looked barren there was a few wild plants that grew on the side of cliffs. But still there was no trees in the place offering from little to no shade at all. The sweltering heat of the sun beat on my skin so I went and tried to find a secure place to set up camp. It took a few minutes to set up the tent and once that was done I made another couple of minutes to create a pitfall. I then started to create more pitfalls which resulted in me digging the hard and dusty ground of the terrain. I¡¯m sure there was some monsters in here or probably none but it was best to be prepared. That¡¯s what I learned for living in the wild for two months now. Always be prepared! The sun started to set so I finished patching up the pitfall that it blended perfectly with the ground. I then returned to my camp and went there to rest. The next day I woke up early and started to find creatures that roam here. It took me a few hours until I finally found a creature. It appeared to be a giant bear with orange hide and was about 8 ft. tall. Its giant figure loomed at the horizon and quickly tried to hide. I stalked it for a couple of hours and finally went in for the kill. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. I jumped at its back and manifesting my mana at my spear. Black mist appeared in my spear and quickly hardened. ¡°Dark Pierce!¡± A sharp ray of black and red quickly sank at the bear¡¯s right chest. It growled in pain and quickly counter attacked at the offender. Its aggressive black eyes almost seemed to pierce my soul. It lifted its paws and quickly gave a large strike. I quickly ducked and rolled at the side to avoid its swing. I¡¯m pretty sure that one hit from it will quickly send you flying. It quickly sent out more aggressive strikes and swings. I bobbed and weaved at its strikes but since it was so large it couldn''t keep up with me and I finding the opportunity quickly went to its side and pierced its thigh. It gave a roar as the spear pierced it and the thigh bled. I quickly drew it out again and leapt back as the bear gave another heavy swing. I kept on the process of hit and run tactics until I finally gave the last blow. ¡°Dance of the eternal!¡± Black and red trails erupted as I was like a ghost hitting there and then disappear and then appear again. I was appearing and disappearing leaving the bear confused until it finally went down on the ground hard. A thud came and the bear was breathing no more. I started skinning the bear and kilos of meat from the bear was enough to last me for weeks. Sadly without any ways of preserving it within days the meat will probably spoil so I took large parts of the meat that could last me for today. Taking out my flask pretty much was made up of hairy balls¡¯ horn as well. I took a sip of water and went back to my camp to start breakfast. After that hearty meal I started the exploration of the plateau. Hours and a couple of monsters as well as lots of skinning later. I arrived at the highest set of view in the plateau and what my view gave me was a wide and dark ravine that was so deep you couldn¡¯t see what was below. The ground shifted and a twisting can be heard in the distance. My ear after a couple of weeks was now trained enough to hear a designated person¡¯s voice even in a crowded market. The ground erupted behind me and a giant snake came out. ¡°What the hell?¡± I shouted. The snake like creature pounced at me with its mouth wide opened as if that giant fucking snake in harry potter. I immediately dodge to the right and took out my spear. I manifested my mana and took a fighting stance. The snake like creature eyed me and its eyes speak of only one thing¡­prey.
Name: ??? Lvl.: 125
Holy crap the level gap is way more than 50. I can¡¯t hope to survive this one. The creature immediately gave off a strong bloodlust forcing me to quiver in fear and sweat barraged outside my skin like there¡¯s no tomorrow. It gave a small smile. Wait, what the hell did it just smile? Hell no. My legs were jelly and I took great concentration just to keep myself from falling. Ding!
Willpower plus 5 for resisting a strong bloodlust
Great! I got added stats but that doesn¡¯t help me from my predicament. I readied the spear as the snake creature continued to slither around and eyed me. Its vibrant jade colored scale and venomous looking fangs was protruding out. ¡°well, well a human in this parts of the country is very rare.¡± It spoke. It spoke? Holy crap it can speak! I was taken aback by its sudden language capability and the snake finding an opening pounced yet again and its scales started to glisten flashing in my eyes temporarily blinding me. When I opened my eyes a large mouth was now pressed near my face and seems like It could swallow me hole. I jumped back and rolled on right again. Its fang managed to graze my shoulder and my cloth immediately tore apart. ¡°It¡¯s been years since I tasted human flesh. It seems going out of my dungeon once in a while is worth it!¡± He? Or she?¡­ Let¡¯s just go with it. It hissed with fire in its eyes. This creature was very dangerous I cannot emphasize that enough yet here I am being a fool. It slithered quickly and surrounded me with its elongated body and then its body wrapped around me fortunately I managed to jumped before It can constrict me but It¡¯s tail made a whip made like movement hitting me on the side fair and square. I flew a couple of meters back close enough to fall down the ravine. I tried to stand up as the snake like creature continued to slither forward getting closer and closer. My chest tingled in pain. It seems I broke a few ribs and my leg was pretty much broken. Well It seems this is the end. I closed my eyes as I waited for my death to come. Then crack. A crack emerged at the ground I was standing and then bang. A piece of large rock that I was lying on cracked from it and I fell. I fell on the dark ravine. What the hell am I going to die from falling. I won¡¯t even be able to get a heroic death like being killed by that monster? Curse you oh God of the desolate! The dark fog on the ravine slowly became thicker and thicker as I got further and further down until darkness finally enveloped me. *********************************P.S******************************* This marks the start of the new Arc I had my mind on for a while now also I tried to make this chapter longer but that would probably spoil the arc so this was the outcome sorry about it being short. I''ll make the next chapter longer kay? So peace out! XD Chapter 10 ---------------Eshkia¡¯s P.O.V------------------- The pitch black darkness enveloped the lands. Between these shadows Eshkia was scouting the ravine for the potential threat to their clan. Finding a few burrowers, they were nocturnal creatures that lived deep beneath the ground. They had the hideous appearances of a mole with thick spikes protruding out of their shoulder and 6 inch long nails on their three fingers. Normally one couldn¡¯t naturally find them but since the ravine was deprived of sunlight from the surface they occasionally pop out everywhere. They weren¡¯t a threat if they were alone but seeing as burrowers came in groups it would prove troublesome to the village. So drawing my bow and arrow I sighted my aim on the current burrower. I held my arrow until my hand was almost near my chest and then I released it. The arrow flew across the field quickly darting and then lodging itself on the creatures head. It drew back its head and then limped it backed again with no more life. The ground then erupted as several burrowers came out flying and making their way quickly towards me. I drew my twin blades that hung lightly on my back. Two burrowers was flying with their claws first and with a slight movement I dodge the creatures and then counterattacked. With their back exposed I gave a slash as I ripped open their skin and blood gushed. The remaining three dug and quickly re-emerged below me. The creature¡¯s claw came straight for my face. I quickly jumped backwards and gave a cross slash separating its head from its body. The other two made progress as they closed in on me. With a few dodge and strike all of them finally fell lifeless. I then sheathed back my blades and continued my scouting. I blended with the shadow again as I disappeared from sight and made my way forward. A couple of hours has already gone by and the farther I go the more monsters I encounter. It intrigued me as to why there were so many of them coming out. Naturally there would be a few of them out but this was unnaturally high. There must probably be a catalyst for this event and I found it out later on. As I made my way for higher ground I located the source of troubles. And there it was, no instead of it, let¡¯s change it to he. There he was. HE was a human scantily clad in a badly woven pelts of creatures I haven¡¯t seen before. He was lying in the ground trying to fight the hordes of monsters coming in his way. For a human I could say that he was actually pretty handsome. His golden hair flowed nicely as he made movements and he¡¯s facial features was quite attractive. His nose held high while his almond shape eyes glowed with cerulean blue. He wasn¡¯t actually short nor was he tall. From my deduction he was probably aged 10 to 13. Burrowers erupted from his sides and he struggled as to keep them away. His arms glowed with mana and then his shoulder up to his chest until it fully enveloped him. His golden hair changed to black with red streaks at the end of his hair. His eyes changed color to red as well. He fought them off furiously with one arm. He groaned in pain at his every movement and most of his punches missed. He probably couldn¡¯t see and was reacting based on his senses alone. Yet he managed to fend it off as more monsters came to swarm him. I didn¡¯t know what to do, should I let him be or help him? There was a chance that he could be a potential threat to our village. Yet I couldn¡¯t stand it as the boy kept on fighting for dear life. I quickly made a decision and readied my bow. I took three arrows and fired them of simultaneously. Swoosh. Three arrows landed on mark with three burrowers as more creatures came to view. The other burrowers was surprised yet they continued on their relentless assault. The boy didn¡¯t notice the burrowers yet he continued on fighting. It took a couple of minutes but it seems the boy was nearing his limits and he got a couple of wounds from the creature. The boy then finally passed out on the ground and blood was now gushing out from his head. He had a bad wound on his head. I quickly drew my swords and approached the boy. Manifesting mana in my legs I quickly sprinted towards the boy. As I approached him at full speed I slashed at a couple of burrowers and my sword met their flesh and cut it out like butter. A couple more drew near me and I gave a huge strike splitting the creature in half vertically. Its innards spewed out and I continued on my approach. I finally was near the boy and I fought to defend him. I couldn¡¯t understand though, why was I risking my life for someone I didn¡¯t know, hhmmppphhh? Perhaps he reminds me of my son he was close to his age after all. The creatures that came was now dwindling and they noticed that that the vulnerable prey has now become a deadly predator so they backed off and started to escape. I let them be since it would prove cumbersome and they probably wouldn¡¯t assault the village now that there are far less of them. I eyed the human as I thought of what I should do with him. Monsters would swarm again if I let him be in here but I don¡¯t know of what the people will think or do in the village once they saw him. Eventually choosing the latter I grabbed him and started my way towards the village. ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(00000)()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()( Bam I sung my knuckles towards a creature I couldn¡¯t see but I felt it¡¯s presence. It gave of a feeling of bloodlust and craving. I shuddered at its bloodlust and tried to fight it back with my own then multiple bloodlust started to appear and it overpowered mine. I could sense its presence as it appeared at my sides and the ground erupted. I quickly used body strengthening and then swung at it hitting it fair and square, I don¡¯t know where I hit it but so long as it made contact I could go on with that. More creatures tried to swarm me as their presence gave it off. They didn¡¯t even bother concealing their presence perhaps they thought that I was easy prey. Sorry but I ain¡¯t going down without a fight. I wiggled away as multiple pain streaked across my body. My hips, left shoulder, my legs my chest and even my foot. It seems like I broke a lot of bones in my fall. Good thing I managed to activate body strengthening that managed to keep me alive. I felt my energy draining as I fought back and little by little my vision was becoming dimmer and dimmer until I finally blacked out. Stolen novel; please report. I woke up quickly as my eyes emerged open. There was only da I felt presence so I quickly grabbed it and applied mana on my fist. It struggled as It yelped and screamed. ¡°HHHEEEELLLLPPPP!!!¡± it screamed. This wasn¡¯t a monster I though. It could speak well that huge ass snake could speak as well so I had doubts if this was even human. The door or I think it was a door ruptured open as several clanking sounds can be heard. Numerous presence can be sensed and I gave off my blood lust hoping to scare them away. Obviously it didn¡¯t work They gave off numerous blood lust again far outclassing me. It was like my blood lust was a simple anger while theirs was like really seeking a person to kill. Well I guess they don¡¯t call it blood lust for nothing? ¡°Stop with the blood lust you fools!¡± A loud voice interrupted The blood lust was immediately cut off and a new presence emerged two actually. I kept up with my blood lust even though I knew mine was nothing compared to theirs. ¡°Take down your bloodlust youngling you are no match for us.¡± The voice commanded. Yet I did exactly that. The voice had an intimidation in it so powerful you couldn¡¯t disobey. ¡°well it seems you understand young one.¡± The crowd then slowly grumbled against one another while the clanking of metal resounded. I couldn¡¯t understand on what they were saying but I¡¯m pretty sure the language wasn¡¯t human. Ding!
Due to exposure to darkness for a longtime you have gained the skill lesser night vision
Lesser night vision lvl.1(beginner) Your exposure to darkness has adjusted your eyes to it allowing you to see with small details in darkness. Effects: Can see a little at darkness
Slowly figures started to appear. The shapes of their bodies were outlined and what came before me was a medium sized outline of a person probably male, why male you ask? Because of its stature the creature had a broader shoulder from the outline of what I could see. ¡°It seems the prophecy was right.¡± The shadow commented while moving towards me. ¡°What prophecy?¡± I asked The prophet has foretold of that a human will fall in our lands l from the pitch darkness and illuminate our lands once again and lead us once more to our rightful place. And it seems that after hundreds of years of waiting it will finally be fulfilled.¡± He declared while the other shadows once more began to talk among themselves and the air once more was filled with whispers of strange language. ¡°Wait! I think the prophecy has got the wrong guy.¡± I said. The shadow began to move its head shaking. ¡°The prophecy can never be wrong. It has been foretold ages ago and you cannot deny the fact that you fell, it is evident in your body, we could see that you have broken a lot of your bones!¡± He said with a little bit of smirk in it. Somehow what he just said pissed me off and yeah I couldn¡¯t deny the fact that I did fall and wait. This creatures could actually see in the dark no wait, seeing as the other monsters could attack him in the darkness it isn''t actually surprising that they could see. I gave a sigh. What the hell I don¡¯t know what will happen next and I had tons of fucking question but I also made a few observations , yes even in the dark. Let¡¯s see First I could see(not literally) that there are a lot of them so the odds isn¡¯t in my favor. Next I was almost completely paralyzed so escape is not an option. And last is that I was somewhat in a room of sorts. ------------------------Eshkia¡¯s P.O.V----------------------------- I was right next to the elder who was talking with the human in his language. I could understand a little bit of their conversation since I managed to pick it off over the years. The human then started to start asking questions. ¡°Where is this place?¡± He asked. ¡°You my boy are in the depths of Yudiputalintika, the very depths of the ravine you probably fell in and this is the village of Gin-ag-o home of the shadow elves.¡± The elder answered. The human seems to have flinched at the mention of elves. ¡°Shadow elves? I haven¡¯t heard of that race nor have I read nor see one.¡± It said. The elder laughed at the humans words and started to talk. ¡°I am not surprised. We shadow elves has been erased from the history books and has been casted out by the other race of elves.¡± The elder said then slowly he began to flush red. ¡°Those backstabbing fools, we have been exiled in this ravine by an alliance of elves who have feared our power and affinity for darkness, spreading propaganda that we are the very reincarnation of evil ourselves!¡± the elder stated. The human just stared at the elder with is eyes wide open. He doesn¡¯t seem to believe what the elder just said. ¡°But today that will all change now that the prophesized savior of our race has finally calm. Though you seem weaker than what the prophecies foretold but no matter a little bit of hellish training from our Eshkia can make the greatest as well as handsomest monster in history.¡± The elder began to laugh. I looked my way towards him and he seems to have noticed. ¡°Oh that¡¯s right Eshkia you will train the human to make him stronger¡± He then started to leave and with a flick of his finger so did the guardians. The human and I just stared at him and began to protest but he slammed the door shut as he left barring all of our complaints. *****************P.S***************** Here¡¯s chapter 10 guys and damn blackout!(connected my router at my ups to start it up) I tried to give this to you in time for New year! That¡¯s right Blackout nor storm can¡¯t stop me from giving you your daily dose of chapters! :-D Happy new year guys! Chapter 11 a year has passed when I fell in the ravine and my injuries seems like will take about healed now. The village actually has no healers since all of them have high affinity for darkness yet there affinity to light is non-existence. Ever since the incident the elder visited on a regularly basis. Even the instructor what was her name again? Erm¡­ Esh¡­Eshvia? Noo um¡­. Ah! Right Eshkia! She visited on a weekly basis watching me if I¡¯m now fully healed. Over the course of those 15 months I wasn¡¯t able to move much and my body has grew accustomed to the darkness and now I could see their faces and features in detail. Eshkia the instructor was a beautiful female around the height of 5¡¯9 the average height of an elf. She had jet black hair as well as dark eyes she had a fine slim and curvaceous body. She also had looks of a woman in her early thirties though I doubt that¡¯s her real age, she could probably be over a hundred years old for all we know. Regardless this past twelve months without anything to do I just meditated practiced my mana channeling skill. Mana channeling leveled up to advance level 5 while meditation leveled up to level 4. My lesser night vision as well changed to night vision once it hit past advance. It then restarted to beginner after that. Well continuing on I was now practically healed and finally had the privilege to get out of the house. I wasn¡¯t allowed to go out saying that it would be dangerous since the other elves still doesn¡¯t know my existence and would probably attack me on sight. I actually asked him why he didn¡¯t say about it but it was actually pretty simple why the elder didn¡¯t disclose information about me to the public. He said that since I was still pretty weak the villagers wouldn¡¯t probably believe that I was the prophesized hero plus the fact that I was injured didn¡¯t help at all. So that¡¯s why he forced me on a training with that woman called Eshkia. So here I am outside of the village and literally outside. I was forced out of the village and even made to pass through the secret passage so that the other villagers won¡¯t see me. I was pretty far off from the village about 15 kilometers and I am currently being forced to fight countless of freaking monsters or what they like to call burrowers. Why am I fighting them you say? Let¡¯s take a walk through memory lane specifically about three months ago. I was outside the village along with my new instructor called Eshkia. She quickly gave a halt and turned around to face me. She took a searched inside her leather shoulder bag and quickly took out two vambraces. As well as leg bracers. ¡°This bracers and vambraces are imbued with advance gravity magic that only the wearer can feel. Each one is around 10 kilos¡± She said ¡°You will wear each one of these and over time we will add 10 kilos to each every day.¡± What! Is she out of her fucking mind! 40 kilos! WTF! I screamed in my mind and was about to run when she noticed this and quickly grabs me. I was then force to wear each one on my arm and legs although the total weight wasn¡¯t actually that bad. With my stats I could handle all of them. ¡°Wait! I forgot two more things for you to wear.¡± She quickly takes out a belt and a collar and attaches the collar on my neck first. I felt my strength draining as she attached it and when it was fully equipped a notification came to my view. Ding!
You have equipped collar of restriction all stats have been changed to 5
My legs and arms was like jelly and my arms hang droopily while It seems like I couldn¡¯t move my legs. What the hell! And then she attached the belt to my waist as well. Once it was equipped a notification popped up again. Ding!
You have equipped Belt of restraint. Bodily Movement has been decreased by 98%.
¡°Those two things that I attached to you are called the collar of restriction and belt of restraint. The collar takes all of your stats and absorbs it and will leave you with 5 as your base stats. All of your stats that you gain as well will be stored in the collar as well.¡± ¡°Next is that belt will impair your movement and you¡¯ll feel like in rigor mortis or probably worse.¡± She started to smirk. Oh great this is torture. No! this is worse than torture! I couldn¡¯t move my arms nor legs. They were so stiff that You¡¯ll probably thought I was frozen solid. I couldn¡¯t lift my hand as well Goddamn it! Fuck you bitch! I screamed in my mind although I didn¡¯t let it leak out of my mouth instead I asked. ¡°Wait um¡­Master Eshkia, after these have been equip, what should I do?¡± I asked her with a full condensed voice. ¡°Oh that we¡¯ll work on strengthening your body. First you¡¯ll climb the ravine up to the top and then get back down. You¡¯ll do this twice during the month¡± She said ¡°But what if I don¡¯t come back and just escape?¡± I asked her. After this question she gave me a smile. ¡°Oh don¡¯t worry. His ravine is magically imbued where once you reached the top You¡¯ll be forced to go back down contrary to your thoughts.¡± She said. I see so the top has a mind control spell where you couldn¡¯t disobey it eh? ¡°Also even if you do manage to get out, you¡¯ll be forced to suffer for the rest of your life. That items your wearing is magically imbued where without my permission you won¡¯t be able to take them off no matter how hard you try. You wouldn¡¯t want where your stats will forever remain in the 5¡¯s right?¡± she asked. Oh great no way out of this huh. I guess I¡¯ll just have to do it huh? I looked at the items and identified each one. I focused my eyesight and gave a hard thought. Imagine its history it¡¯s durability, its rarity. Imagine everything it went through. Ding!
You have learned the skill Identify
Identify lvl.1(beginner) You are able to identify unknown objects giving you simple details about it.
I then took a stern look at each one. ¡°Identify!¡± Ding!
Vambrace of Weights(Uncommon) Defense: 25 Durability: ??? This item is imbued with weight magic allowing it to be heavier than usual. Cannot be taken off Weight magic capacity: 100 kilos The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.Current weight in use: 10 kilos
Leg bracers of weight(Uncommon) Defense: 45 Durability:??? This item is imbued with weight magic allowing it to be heavier than usual. Cannot be taken off Weight magic capacity: 100 kilos Current weight in use: 10 kilos
Collar of Restriction(Rare) Defense:5 Durability:??? Collar made by a master tailor and enchanted by a master enchanter giving it the ability to siphon stats and replacing it with stats issued by the user. Cannot be taken off.
Belt f Restraint(Rare) Defense:10 Durability:??? Belt made by a master tailor and enchanted by a master enchanter giving it the ability to suppress body movements. Cannot be taken off.
Well she is telling the truth about them you won¡¯t be able to take themoff. ¡°All right one last thing those vambraces will double their weight the first week and then double after the next week and then double the week after that and so on.¡± She said with a great no casual expression face. ¡°Wait what?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right so If I were you I¡¯d get to training fast. Also the stats you earn won¡¯t be siphoned by the collar so now get to climbing cause you¡¯ll need all the time you can!¡± She shouted at me. I quickly dashed at the wall¡­ Well at least that¡¯s what I¡¯m trying to do. I grabbed my leg and tried to take a step. I made a large grunt as I took steps towards the wall. Unexpectedly a notification popped in front of me.
Willpower has increased by 1
Wow so my lower stats made it easier to increase them plus the strain on my body as well made it tougher but it could probably give me better gains later on. I took another step and a couple steps later I got another notification.
Strength has increased by 1
I gained another stat at strength and willpower when I finally reached the wall. I started climbing the steep ravine. Grabbing the protruding parts I started my ascent. The first couple minutes I was still fine but then an hour passed and my arms were already giving way to exhaustion. I was ready to fall any minute now but I kept on my perseverance. I grabbed a ledge and hauled myself up. What greeted me was a small and narrow cavern that could probably house my body. I quickly fell down on the corner and rested myself. I analyzed the points I gained on different stats like Willpower, Strength, Vitality, Endurance, and Dexterity. I rested myself for an hour and judging by myself I was decently rested started my ascent once again. Another hour passed and this time I felt exhausted but not like the first hour of my climb but still I¡¯m pretty exhausted and I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll find any cavern soon so I tried to find a ledge to rest at least. Another 30 minutes past and I still continued my ascent but still no resting place sighted. Then a few more climb and a ledge finally I found one. I tried to speed up my space to quickly reached it but when I went to grab another protruding rock my initial step hold crumbled and I fell. Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! I can¡¯t die! Not this way! I quickly used my body tried to control my myself midair. I neared the side of the wall and quickly plunged my arm into it and dust came from the wall as my hand was submerged in it. I initially stopped but not at the cost of my hand. I couldn¡¯t even describe what it looked like after the dust cleared off. It was fucking bloody. The skin was totally torn and Blood was dripping everywhere. Pain was coming from my hand and it definitely hurt especially once your stats was like that of a child¡¯s Ding!Ding!
For wise decision making skills while on the verge of death spared your life earning you plus 15 points to wisdom.
For totally enduring the painful experience you just went through has earned you a plus 15 points to endurance.
For being able to gracefully control your body in midair, has given you an additional plus 10 points to dexterity.
I was happy with the added stats but no way in hell am I happy with a bloody arm. I reached out and grab for a part to climb on and pain continued to tingle on my bloodied hand. Oh great this fucking training is the fucking worse! I stared up and assessed on how far I¡¯ve fallen. It seems like I fell pretty far It¡¯ll take me a while to get back to my initial place that I fell from. The recent fall has pushed my adrenaline to the extreme thus I could hardly feel my exhaustion right now. I for one am not stupid as to not take this chance for granted. So I quickly set out to climb back up. It was one hell of a mess, my climb back up that is. Every time I moved my right hand and touched the wall pain quickly carries itself to my brain. It constantly racked myself but still the adrenaline dulled my senses so I can only feel a little bit of pain. I finally reached a ledge again and hauled myself up. Oh great it was the narrow cavern from before, which means I really did fell far if I probably didn¡¯t stop I would have hit the ground hard and died. So I quickly fell on my back and rested. Suddenly my eyes started to fell heavy and it slowly closed as darkness embraced me. *********************************P.S.*********************************** So here is chapter 11 and sorry for the loooooong update. You see when Christmas break was over Projects and tests greeted me with open arms so I wasn''t able to update as quickly and probably next week as well because next week my beloved exams are going to stay for a visit YAY!(You do realize that was sarcasm right?) I''m just joking! Of course you do...But really you do realize it right?Right?XD Chapter 12 I woke up and I immediately took a look at my left arm. It was freaking horrible. The skin was torn and flesh was very visible. It was bright red and now they sting real bad. Without the adrenaline to keep act as anhestisia pain was seeping in to me. It already stopped bleeding but still it was very vulnerable to infection so I quickly stood up only to fall on my butt again. That¡¯s right I forgot I still had the vambraces and bracers as weights. I pushed self to stand up and although it took a while I finally managed to do so. I grabbed on to the ledge and started to climb back up. The sooner I finish this task the faster my suffering would end. My ascent began and although I was still tired it now progressed faster since I knew very well the parts to grab on to. It took a gruesome two hours since my left hand now lacked the necessary capability to forcefully climb before I finally managed to get onto the checkpoint. This time I took two hours of rest and began my ascent again. The rest of the way was pretty much uneventful. I continued the process of climbing until I saw a cavern or ledge to rest I take an hour or two of rest and then I climb back up again. A week that¡¯s how much time has passed and the end was still nowhere in sight. My initial weight has now doubled¡­Twice. It was a freaking 20 kilograms each. And ever since the weight increased my progressed got slower and slower. Although I did gain a lot in y stats it still wasn¡¯t enough to quicken my progress in climbing. The week turned to two and I finally reached the top. How do I know this? Because I could feel very well the mind control spell that was forcing me to go back down. And I couldn¡¯t resist. My way back down however was faster than I thought and Within a week I was back onto the surface. ¡°Congratulations on your first climb now onto the second climb.¡± Eshkia said. ¡°What? I have to climb back up again?¡± No way in hell am I climbing back up again. The climb already took a toll on my body and my left arm still wasn¡¯t healed. ¡°Ummmm¡­ I did say that you¡¯ll climb it twice right? So now GO!¡± A lot of emphasis made on that go part as she started to shout. Goddamit I just got down and I don¡¯t even get to rest. I started to climb again until she was out of my sight. A week to climb up and then get back down that would prove to be harder. However since I already know the trail up and down It got faster and faster until within the end of a week and a half I already reached the top and I went back down. When I finally arrived Eshkia was already puffing red from anger. ¡°I firmly said to finish it within a month!¡± She angrily cried. ¡°But that¡¯s impossible.¡± I responded to her. Seems like that wasn¡¯t the greatest of response. Veins popped up in her forehead and a frown lined atop her eyes. ¡°Well, well, well. It seems I haven¡¯t affirmed that I am the master and you are the student.¡± She scowled. ¡°since the second phase of your training has been delayed lets jump onto the third phase as your punishment.¡± Well jumping a phase really isn¡¯t much of a punishment actually it¡¯s like finding water in the desert. ¡°Show me your stats¡± she said. I didn¡¯t try to hesitate because I don¡¯t know if she¡¯ll change her mind about that god given punishment so I quickly showed it to her. ¡°Show status¡±
Hialos Godseek
Level:34Age:11
Title: Apprentice Blacksmith
Popularity:-1600
Health:250Mana:50
Health Regen./s:0.16Mana regen./s:0.05
damage:15-20(unarmed)Defense:10
Strength:25Vitality:16
Agility:5Intelligence:5
Luck:5Wisdom:25
Dexterity:18Charm:5
Will power:23Endurance:26
???
Blessing of Kairos lvl.1(beginner)
Spreader of the Faith lvl.1(beginner)
Flexible body lvl.5(intermediate)
Limitation Ignorance lvl.2(intermediate)
Warrior¡¯s instinct lvl.4(intermediate)
Blacksmithing lvl.2(advance)
Crafting lvl.4(intermediate)
Hand-to-hand combat lvl.4(intermediate)
Stick fightinglvl.9(beginner)
Mana shifting lvl.1(intermediate)
Dark pierce lvl.3(beginner)
Dance of the eternal lvl.2(beginner)
Backlash blow lvl.6(beginner)
Meditation lvl.4(advance)
Blade extension lvl.5(beginner)(active)
Dagger mastery lvl.7(beginner)
Mana channeling lvl.6(advance)
First aid lvl.4(beginner)
Herbal Medication lvl.2(Subskill)
Body Strengthening lvl.9(beginner)
Hunting lvl.9(beginner)
Stealth lvl.8(Subskill)
Tracking lvl.6(Subskill) [tr][td4]Night Vision lvl.4(beginner)
Generate fire lvl.5(beginner)
¡°Show night vision¡± I didn¡¯t really grasp the night vision since I didn¡¯t open it up before. Other than allowing me to see at night I¡¯m hoping it has some other advantages as well.
Night Vision lvl.4(beginner) The user is able to see at the dark as clear as day. Beware though long exposure to darkness and then suddenly emerging at light again will temporarily impair your sight may take a few minutes to adjust back again
Hmmmmph. So there are drawbacks as well huh? Oh well it doesn¡¯t matter since the advantages were clearly greater. Anyway master Eshkia took a look at my stats and gave a slight grin. Well then let us start the third phase. She immediately let off an absurd amount of bloodlust but it still wasn¡¯t on par with that huge ass snake thing. The bloodlust caught me off guard and with my will power now being so low I could hardly resist at all. I couldn¡¯t breathe it was like I was being choked by the air and I dropped to my knees. I was about to faint when the bloodlust was immediately cut off. I gave a large inhale of air as the bloodlust disappeared. This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. ¡°Oh y did that bloodlust get you? I thought it was fairly weak.¡± That bloodlust was indeed weak but with my current stats it was strong enough to make e fait you bitch. I thought. ¡°Alright now then The third phase of your training began when that bloodlust was initiated.¡± She said to me. ¡°Now the rules of the third phase is simple¡­Survive¡± She continued as she immediately darted off farther and farther until I couldn¡¯t see her. What? Survive? What did she just do? I questioned to myself but then suddenly the ground ruptured and hundreds of mole beasts came out or also known by the elves as burrowers. I didn¡¯t even have enough time to react before a pack of burrowers came swarming at me. I tried to dodge but I wasn¡¯t fast enough and was swat on the chest. Their claws left a mark almost like wolverine as my chest bled. Shit! I see why this is a punishment now and not a rest eh. I readied my stance to prepare a counterattack. But first I have to actually Know what they are. ¡°Identify!¡± Ding! [tr][td4] A creature that is very rarely seen in the world. It can only be seen at the very depths of darkness and lives in a pack ranging from ten to a hundred. They are very aggressive and will attack anything on sight. May react to bloodlust.
Dark ground Burrower(exotic)Level: 58
damage:???Defense:???
Oh great! Just what I needed. It didn¡¯t have any information on defense and attack power so I guess I¡¯ll just have to estimate huh? Plus they all range around level 50 to 80. Another one of the burrowers gave a lunged at e and I prepared to strike back. With minimal movement I sidestepped and moved out of the creature and then kneed him on the stomach and then gave a one two punch with the last being an uppercut. It connected but the creature seemed unfazed by my attack. It just gave another growl and more started to swarm me. I quickly ran noticing that even my attacks couldn¡¯t graze it. But damn the creatures were faster than I thought or rather I was freakishly slower now. I didn¡¯t have enough agility plus the fact that I¡¯m wearing weights now even further slowed me down. Shit! Well then I guess I guess I¡¯m going to make my last stand here! I took a back stance and quickly gave a round house kick at the nearest burrower. It gave thcwak! Sound as it made contact and I immediately followed it up with a left hook and then a push kick to give more leeway for me to move. The creature didn¡¯t get damaged much but It gave me room so I attacked another one that got close. I used this combo over and over again to make way until they got familiarize with it so I changed my attack pattern to a round house kick and then follow up with a turning side kick after that I use axe kick to knock them down to the ground and stomp their heads. But the last part didn¡¯t go according to plan. With less strength now I could hardly push them forget about knocking them down. When my axe kick made contact and got jammed I was made vulnerable and the beasts took this as an opportunity so they quickly tried to strike at me. I tried to recoil back my leg and then quickly made a blocking motion only to be thrown back 2 meters by the strike. It gashed my shoulder with its sharp claws making it bleed. Another two came rushing at e but I quickly gave a cross block and grasping the opponents arm I used my back to throw him back to the ground. The other one struck me and I hit sprawling the ground. More of the creatures swarmed me and with a hundred of this burrowers I was good as dead but I¡¯aint going down without a fight! Bam! Thcwack! Swish! Growl! And shouting These were the only things that can be heard during the battle and now I was a measly claw sharpener to these burrowers as they seemed to play with me. The creatures was growling while they seem to be grinning. My body was filled with wounds and I am also losing a lot of blood because some wounds were deep while others only scratched the surface. My vision started to blur and I was exhausted from the fighting. Another swarm came and this time it looks like It was going to be my end so I prepared myself for the incoming blow that was going to come any moment now so I closed my eyes and waited for it. Any moment now, any moment. But that strike didn¡¯t came. What came was whizz of an arrow and the sound of it burrowing at the head of a burrower. They were startled by the sudden attack and was caught off guard. The speed was that of a blur as a female figure appeared. It was Eshkia with a bow now on its back while twin blades her hands. She started to slice apart each creature she came upon and they were almost cleanly cut in half by her. A burrower tried to swing at her but she gracefully parried it and then countered with an overhead swing of her sword. The fight was very graceful. It almost seemed like she was dancing while the beasts tried to catch her only for them to stop in their tracks¡­dead. The fighting lasted for a couple minutes as every time they attacked her they failed. The beasts finally acknowledge their defeat and immediately retreat and what used to be a hundred of them was now less than 45. Master Eshkia then took a glance at e and smiled with her bloodstained clothes and weapons. It almost seemed demonic as a beautiful elven was filled with blood . ¡°See, I told you, YOU must follow whatever I say and never disagree nor fail at it right? Now the punishment is over get up on your feet and lets revert back to phase two of the training¡± She said while casually grinning. I couldn¡¯t help myself as I stared at her in awe and fear. I then decided I must NEVER EVER! Complain nor retort or even fail at whatever she tells me to do! I have witnessed a fearsome beast on this day. ********************P.S**************************** Exams are finally over(Curse dem math and science!) and I have returned fro the dead like a burning phoenix.. Also if there are missing M''s and K''s I''m very sorry My freaking keyboard is on the fritz. So here is chapter 12 I hope you guys enjoy. Also I changed a few skills to subskills to make it easier to create tables(My sister deleted all my works! Had to redo it all from the start) Chapter 13 5 years,5 years of hell. That¡¯s how long I had to endure the hardships and pain. 5 years of dancing together with death and from time to time knocked on his door as well. The training was what can I say¡­Hellish?The first two years of the training we started from scratch.The training was for me to build up my stats or what you call grinding. The two years was fucking insane. I had to climb the ravine again but this time it was increased to four times and then after that 1 more was added and then another and another and another and another¡­well you get the idea. Until every month I had to climb up and down 15 times. On my estimate this probably took as long as 9 months.After the climbing part came the running part. The bracers and vambraces was set to 35 kg each and then she summoned up hundreds of burrowers. Thus I was forced to run while being chased by them. The first time I did this I was totally outclassed. I had a fucking handicap and so freaking slow that I was often almost caught by them only to accelerate again while dancing with death.Damn it just by recalling it gives me the shivers. Anyway this lasted for probably as long as 7 months. Now the third part was meditating.I had to meditate for the rest of the year but I still couldn¡¯t relax during this time. I was forced to meditate in an open plane of the ravine thus while meditating I also had to be aware of dangerous creatures. So I was able to develop the skill sense presence.
Sense presence lvl.4 By heightening the five senses in your body you are able to sense creatures from a good distance away. Maximum distance 3 meter.
Now for the third and fourth year was what I called the cooling off period or the a little bit easier period. During this two years I was trained in the use of weapons. And not just one weapon I was trained in a vast array of them. We went through a cycle throughout the year. The first month would be sword, the second month would be dagger, the third axe, fourth spear, fifth bow, and last was my personal favorite where I had a high affinity on it was the use of metal rods. Yes metal rods. By Incorporating the martial arts of Arnis or stick fighting I was able to become skilled and adept at using The two metal rods. So two years of training at using weapons as well as hand to hand combat form time to time resulted in a good fighting for me, but I wasn¡¯t just content in being a jack of all trades I actually plan on mastering all of them since I already started it I will end it as well. Now for the last year the nickname I gave it was the forsaken year where I was literally left alone during this year to fend for myself on the ravine. I had to fight hundreds of burrowers from day to day to survive as well as trying to use my ingenuity to create a temporary resting place and also I almost had little to no rest at all. I was lucky to get and hour of shut eye three at most. Though I took this time to try out a new spell that I invented. I called it Flare tempest!(pls add sfx: Thunder for more drama). When I had to face countless of hordes I used this skill which erected a blazing gust of fire which literally burned them down. Although when I invented this spell I suffered numerous burns on my left hand while I was gong through the prototype heck I was even considered lucky to not be toasted by my own spell. The feedback as well was great which drained almost all of my mana thus I only used the spell as a last resort. Truly the training event was worthy of the words LIVING HELL. And so 5 years has ended and here I am a fine young man of 17. My ruffled golden hair was now longer it reached all the way to my back and I had multiple scars cover my body now. Which made my muscles all the more shine to the eyes of the beholder. Walking through the back way of the village and moving towards the chief¡¯s mud house. Making a couple of turns so as to avoid incoming elves on our way. We finally arrived at the chief¡¯s doorstep and what I saw was a mud house probably 15 meter width and 18 meter length. It was made out of mud and probably a few bricks since there wasn¡¯t any available wood in here. So instead of a door made of wood it was entirely monster bones and hides. We pushed it open and what greeted us was a lean and tall smiling person that looked like in his late 40¡¯s with jet black hair that reached around his neck and facial features that screamed bishoujo during his younger years. I looked arouned inside and it was very plain contrary to the chief job that he has. You would think there would be more items but there was only a long couch with a simple small table in front with a few shelves on the sides filled with unnecessary stuff. Anyway what lay on the couch was a pile of neatly folded clothes with a pair of boots and gloves in it. The chief then took the clothes gloves and boots and handed it to me all the while saying. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°Hello my dear Himalos, it seems you have grown well during this past 5 years . Here take this and wear it, you look like a beggar in those clothes..¡± He says with a bright smile. I couldn¡¯t help but flinch on what he just said and I got the feeling that smile of his was just a fa?ade. Nevertheless I gratefully took the clothes and gave him a nod and answered ¡°thank you Chief Yrll(read as Earl)¡±. He then took a slip of note and gave it to me. ¡°And that will be your speech for tomorrow. Try to memorize it okay?Oh and don¡¯t worry it¡¯s written in human language.¡± He then flashed me another brilliant smile and took a leave. Through the front door and went further and further until his silhouette couldn¡¯t be seen. Eshkia then told e that he will return to his lodging as well since he hasn¡¯t seen it for 5 years as well. She also told me that I should rest as well for tomorrow. The roo I stayed in was the sae one from when I was making my recovery. So I layed down on the single bed bunk and read the contents of the letter. A few minutes of reading I was already enraged and after thoroughly inspecting it I was fuming red in anger. The content of the letter made it somehow that the chief saved(which in he actually did) And that he heart warmingly cared and nursed me to health. And then I insisted that I repay them in kind. So I said that If they can train me for 5 years I will kill the oppressive guardian of the pits that has sealed the in here for hundreds of years. What the hell! So the chief plans on making me his puppet and as a sign of Idol so that he could solidify his grip on the people of the village! Damn it even in this world politics is still corrupt and twisted but I¡¯ve already had enough of being a puppet in strings and being played on. This time the roles will be reversed, I will be the puppeteer and you shall become my puppets to play on till you break.So I burned down the letter and went to sleep. The next day I was woken up with bu a knocking on the door. It was still dark and it always is , Thus I already lost the concept of time but the elves had natural clocks in them so they naturally knew the year, day, time and month. Anyway the door burst open and what came out was chief Yrll dressed in finely woven robe with gold and silver lining on the end of the sleeves. He was neatly and perhaps much ore formally dressed for today. ¡°Get up and wear this clothes¡± He issued in an authoritative tone devoid of the facade smile he put on yesterday. What replaced it instead was a serious and stern looking face. I got up and did as what I told telling myself inside. Today I shall be the one playing with the strings. I was now standing in a fucking large crowd of people probably ranging from a hundred to a hundred and eighty. I was in a makeshift stage that was 8x6 long and the chief was ranting on something about well like the letter said. The I heard my name called up and I stepped up front. Yes today is the day I¡¯ll take over. I eyed the audience and they all had stern and serious looking face. Obvoiusly it was because I was the only human and whats more the chief said something about me freeing them. So I stepped up and began my speech. ¡°Greetings elven people of Yudiputalintika. I am Himalos Godsee, a human.¡± I shout in a booming voice. I then gave a pause and eyed each one of them again so as to see whether I caught their attention. And I did They began to whisper among themselves and I continued. ¡°Now people of the Yudiputalintika, I make no promise of lifting up the curse¡± The chief flinched at this words and eyed me probably thinking that wasn¡¯t part of the speech.¡±I do however pledge myself to save you all from the fear of being forgotten in the passage of times. I shall save you from desolation and Isolation, along with The help of my great god, Kairos!¡± The elves began to speak more among themselves and some had looks of worry. ¡°Now, do you all desire freedom?¡± They fell in silence. ¡°Do you all desire freedom?¡±I asked in a much more louder voice. A resounding yes answered with a heavy tone. I gave a smile and continued. ¡°Then follow me on the path to greatness and let me lead you towards the light that you all seek! I am salvation I am the destroyer of Isolation! I a Himalos vassal of Kairos!¡± I shouted to the top of my lungs. The elves then began a resounding chant. ¡°Kairos! Kairos! Kairos! Kairos! Kairos!¡± I gave a smile and looked at the chief. His head was beading a tankful of sweat and stared at me in wide eye.Probably thinking that didn¡¯t go as planned. I gave a smile and looked at the crowd and shouted again. ¡°I AM SALVATION!¡± ****************P.S********************** Sorry for the late upload. I had a hard time because I had to go to a lot of colleges to apply for admission tests, and yes I'' a high school student about to graduate this March. So anyway here is chapter 13 hope you enjoy it.:-D Chapter 14 Ding! Ding! Ding!
+ 1500 popularity due to the spreader of the faith
Spreader of the faith has leveled up
Spreader of the faith lvl.2 As the forefather and spreader of the faith of Kairos, you will receive additional popularity according to how far the faith has gotten
Blessing of Kairos has leveled up
Blessing of Kairos lvl.2 Blessed by the forgotten God Kairos this person gains an additional 10% to all his stats Additional bonus: ? Health increased by 200 ? Unknown ? Unknown ? Unknown ? Unknown
This were some of the notifications that I got after that speech. I was making the finishing touches to my weapons until a pop up appeared.
You have forged 2 new items. Please set a name______ _______
¡°Impyerno and Kadiliman¡±
Impyerno(rare)
Damage:100-150Durability:85/85
A pair of rods around 2 foot long created by a blacksmith nearing master level. It has tendency to flick out fire due to the smiths use of mana with fire alignment. Though there are a few discrepancies it was forged with the all of the soul of the creator making Impyerno. +Bonus fire damage
Kadiliman(rare)
Damage:100-150Durability:85/85
A pair of rods around 2 feet long created by a blacksmith nearing master level. It has tendency to spew out black mist due to the smiths use of mana with darkness alignment. Though there are a few discrepancies it was forged with the all of the soul of the creator making Kadiliman. +Bonus Darkness damage
+ I had removed my collar thus my stats returned to normal plus the fact that the added stats I got on training changed it entirely to what you might call OP. ¡°Show stats¡± Ding! [tr[
Hialos Godseek
Level:76Age:16
Title: Apprentice Blacksmith
Popularity:-1600
Health:4860Mana:1830
Health Regen./s:3.16Mana regen./s:1.28
damage:15-20(unarmed)Defense:10
Strength:486Vitality:316
Agility:345Intelligence:183
Luck:5Wisdom:128
Dexterity:278Charm:104
Will power:585Endurance:306
Faith:150[/td2][/tr]
[td4]Blessing of Kairos lvl.2(beginner)??
Spreader of the Faith lvl.2(beginner)
Flexible body lvl.5(intermediate)
Limitation Ignorance lvl.6(intermediate)
Warrior¡¯s instinct lvl.8(intermediate)
Blacksmithing lvl.2(advance)
Crafting lvl.4(intermediate)
Hand-to-hand combat lvl.4(intermediate)
Mana shifting lvl.3(intermediate)
Dark pierce lvl.3(beginner)
Dance of the eternal lvl.4(beginner)
Backlash blow lvl.6(beginner)
Meditation lvl.5(advance)
Blade extension lvl.5(beginner)(active)
Weapon mastery lvl.4(beginner) ? Dagger mastery lvl8(subskill) ? Sword mastery lvl.7(subskill) ? Spear mastery lvl6(subskill) ? Stick fightinglvl.3(subskill)
Mana channeling lvl.6(advance)
First aid lvl.4(beginner)
Herbal Medication lvl.2(Subskill)
Body Strengthening lvl.9(beginner)
Hunting lvl.9(beginner)
Stealth lvl.8(Subskill) ? [tr][td4]Tracking lvl.6(Subskill)
Night Vision lvl.4(beginner)
Generate fire lvl.5(beginner)
Reading Comprehension lvl.5(beginner)
Memorization lvl.4(beginner)
Identification lvl.1(beginner)
Sense presence lvl.6(beginner)
Flare tempest lvl.3P(beginner)
I had finished forging my weapons now and I immediately went to the training grounds where a group of twenty individuals waited for me. This were some of the braver elves who had no more personal attachment to the village where their relatives are all dead. And they were the ones who truly yearned for freedom from this pit hole and willing to sacrifice their lives to get it. I smiled at this thought and took them with me to the journey. But before that we had a month of preparation time and I taught them a crash course of military formations. And one of it was the phalanx formation where rows of soldiers that range to 16 long and 16 long width. But since I only had 20 men I had to make do with soldiers long and 5 soldiers width. And the next formation was the testudo(Google it) formation also commonly termed as the tortoise formation used during siege. But I felt that this would be effective against AOE attacks. So we drilled during the month and I engraved it to their body and minds that they would remember it anytime. During those preparation time I got closer to each and every soldier however the closest persons were Jak¡¯tell and Mont. They were brothers who has had enough of the villages cowardice and thus they volunteered. The brothers were actually twins and had the same features with black hair, a finely chiseled body that was about 6¡¯2 tall and an average looking face. When we finally left the village the people waited for us at the entrance and we set out equipped only with spears and leather armor with steel shields that I crafted. We took a 2 hour walk towards the guardians den until a group of burrowers confronted us. 13 burrowers emerged from the ground and intently attacked us. ¡°Phalanx formation!¡± I shouted with intensity. They immediately moved with grace and swiftness that Before the enemy can lunge at us the formation was already done. A row of shield was plastered up front while we waited intently for the to get closer. When the enemy came closer spears immediately protruded stabbing them to their deaths. ¡°Melee!¡± I yelled again. The formation immediately broke and each soldier engaged in combat. I took my metal rods out and immediately went into action. Making a wide arc I swung my rods at the closest enemy. It hit the target at the upper part of its head as it made a splat sound when the creatures head erupted in a ray of fire, and blood burst forth spewing on the ground. I then went out and searched for another burrower. This time I saw one still quite far away. I connected my rods together and then using mana shift I changed it to a spear that was about 4 feet long . I plunged it at the nearest target it sank at its stomach. And then slashing it horizontally blood spewed out opening its stomachs and showing the insides. The clashing of steel on flesh rang throughout and I went back and forth like a shadow on the battlefield. Slashing cutting and smashing that was what I did throughout the battle. A burrower emerges from afar I strike at it with my spear. It comes near me I sash its head open with the rods. The battle continued for an hour. With me trying to save a few elves that were in danger. Unfortunately not all of the was saved. 3 of them died during the battle. We took a momentary rest after the battle and took each and every available thing fro the burrowers. If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. We had a two hour rest as well as a snack from the body of the dead burrowers. Hey? Monster meat is delicious! Taste like chicken! Anyway we continued on our way towards the den of the guardian. On the way we met more creatures and fought them off. We got closer and closer until we encountered a new enemy. It was a freaking bat that was 8 feet wide and 3 foot long. It¡¯s sharp claws protruded out of the tips of it¡¯s foot. Kind of like a velociraptor. It¡¯s dark and fierce eyes screamed of death. The only difference it had with a regular bat was that it¡¯s skin was colored violet with a tinge of green on its belly and and legs. And then with its enhance hearing it quickly flew towards us with an ear piercing scream. ¡°Screech!¡± ¡°Aaaaarrghhh!¡± We all screamed. The scream was like that of a flash bang momentarily impairing our movements. The creature took this opportunity. The creature slashed the Martri¡¯gard, one of the elves who was a staggeringly 6¡¯7 feet tall. His body was torn in half separating his torso from his legs. He had a dumbfounded look as death crept his way towards him. The other elves saw what happened and immediately started to panic. They were now in disarray due to the fact that their comrade has been killed in a blink of an eye. I quickly tried to rally them with a shout. ¡°Shields up! Testudo formation!¡± The elves quickly arranged themselves accordingly to the formation. We now had a missing gap of 4 but they were still evenly laid out with me joining their ranks. I can¡¯[t let them die I thought. I need at least most or half of them alive to show them what I have done for them. Plus the fact that those who survived will spread my feat to the other villagers, so for that matter I will have to keep them alive. The elves began to enclose themselves in a row of 5 shields at front in a column of 4. The back row of the formation place their shields atop overlapping with each other. The formation was completed just in time as the creature made another sweep as it crashed on the shield. The front liners took the full brunt of the attack and was knocked back open. The formation was immediately destroyed. Well so much for tactics. ¡°Dodge!¡± I quickly yelled as the bat like creature made a 360 degree turn and came in for another swoop. But they were too late. Another 3 was quickly deprived of their lower and upper halves of their body. Shit! I thought as the creature began to scream again. But this time the pitch of its voice was far higher. Suddenly a flock of bat like creatures as well the same to the former ones only difference is that they were only about 4 feet wide and had a rather blue skin. I grabbed my rods and instantly transformed them to short swords. I huddled up the remaining elves and we formed a circular formation. We were fucking cornered. My journey can¡¯t end here! I thought as I grabbed my vambraces and slid them off of my body. Next was the bracers in my foot. Without the initial weight wearing me down I felt as light as a feather. The flock swooped in on us and went in for the kill. ¡°Prepare yourselves!¡± I shouted as we all too stances waiting in for the bats to get closer. When they were 8 feet near the ground I quickly reverted my short swords to a spear and threw it at the bat. It crashed on its head as it fell down fro the sky dead. I ran towards it and retrieved the spear and once again transformed them to short swords. I casted Body strengthening, Warrior¡¯s instinct and limitation ignorance .The next moment was a cascade of red and black. I swung my blade at a bat near me. It countered with a clawing movement towards my face. It was slow, a hell lot slower compared to the violet ones plus the added fact that I no longer had weights was like a turtle trying to fight a wolf. I dodge to the right and immediately slashed its gut open. Moving on to the next target was its fang protruded and tried to bite me only to no avail. With its mouth wide open I changed the swords to a spear and stabbed it right through its mouth and went through the back of its head. I quickly grabbed the spear and creature and threw it at the nearest bat. It slammed on him hard as he fell to the ground. I took this opportunity and quickly identified him. Ding! [td4]A blue skinned bat with a wingspan of 4 feet. It is fast when in id air but is terrible when on ground. Rumor has it that they are led by a bat that is twice there size and has variant properties. Their sin is priced highly on the market.[/td2]
Name: black hearted Azure batLvl. 65
Damage:???Health:???
Ding!
Identification has leveled up.
Damn it so in conclusion that purple bat must be there leader. After all it is the only bat with different properties. I gave an arced slash at the fallen bat and went on to the next. And then a blur of purple swept at me as razor sharp claws scratched me on the shoulder. It flew again and went for another swoop. Oh hell no! I wont fall for that one again. I readied my swords and when it was about to strike I leapt above and slashed at its right wing. It fell on the ground rolling as it quickly recovered and tried to retaliate with the claws on its arms that are, I must say as sharp as the ones on its feet. ¡°Identify!¡± I yelled. [td4]A purple skinned variant of the black hearted Azure bat. They are the said leaders of the flock of black hearted bat. They are twice the size of the former bats Their skin is priced highly on the market.[/td2]
Name: black hearted Amethyst batLvl. 75
Dage:???Health:???
Oh I see so you¡¯re the leader huh? And our levels aren¡¯t that far so I guess I could consider you a worthy opponent. I changed the shape of my swords to a katana styled one and immediately leapt in to attack. It gave a shrilling scream as it immediately backed off and retaliated with a clawing right. I ducked and quickly gave an upper slash and cut a part of its right wing. It screamed even more intensely as It now charged at e with reckless abandon. Though I must say he¡¯s also actually pretty fast on the ground. It jumped and dug its sharp raptor feet at e but I jumped back to avoid it. The creature missed and its feet dug its way to the ground. I assumed the opening and slashed at its head quickly trying to end the fight. The creature saw this and another intense scream filled the ravine. No it wasn¡¯t just intense it was deathly. And when the scream ended the bat wasn¡¯t there anymore. What was there was a ghost like bat form with blazing purple flames on the side of its body. Oh fuck e. It can use mana? Just great. The bat creature flapped its wings that were now made of fire and a gust of flames struck its way towards me. Oh no you don¡¯t! I leapt at the side and a claw marked its way towards my chest. I rolled down to avoid it and then when I finally neared it the creature quickly dissipated and then it returned to its normal form with its wound healed. WTF! Now it has regeneration abilities. I guess this means I have to end it in one move. I leapt back again to recollect myself and then focused on the enemy again. It started to flap its wings to fly but I quickly dashed forward and when I finally got closer the creature tried to grab me with its legs but I dodged and then with the momentum I activated My strongest close ranged skill. ¡°Dance of the eternal!!!¡± I screamed A whoosh of movements can only be seen. 1,2,3,4,6,8,11,14,18. The attacks that was imbued with fire and darkness attribute mana can slashed its way on the creature. I tore down its right wing and then the left. I then capacitated its legs and then slashed open its gut but remarkably the creature was still alive after all that gruesome punishment. I gave a smile as the creature bravely kept its will and still tried to fight back. I honored him by not holding an ounce of my power giving him one of the most remarkable death. ¡° Flare Tempest!¡± A storm of fire barraged the body of the creature and burned in a rupture of flames. I turned around as the majestic flames of red burned him down. ¡°Pray to Kairos that you be given salvation.¡± ******************P.S****************** Here is chapter 14 guys and sorry for the long update.Please forgive me :-P Chapter 15
Charisma stat has been generated.
Leadership stat has been generated
We moved on after the encounter with the bats and skinned each and every one of them. Hey it said that there shins are very rare so they will probably fetch a hefty price in the market after we get out of here. Along the way we lost a total of 12 elven soldiers during the fight with the bats and I managed to tale in some very important info that for some reason the elder disregarded to fill me in. Anyhow it seems that there are 3 gates that guard the way towards the exit. And each of these gates has a guardian boss that blocks the passage way towards the next gate. It seems that we managed to get past passed the first gate unknown to us. And that the purple bat was the first guardian boss. So on our path towards the second gate we encountered quite a few more of those bats but there was no sign of another guardian boss. With us losing quite a lot of my men it seems like my campaign election to elder plan is about to go to the dumps. No way in hell am I letting that happen! So on our way to the second gate we went by a slower pace making the remaining elves train under me. But with the sudden decline in en it seems they were now reluctant to follow under my leadership. So I had to fix that problem. We went through a few skirmish with beasts of different creatures without any casualties except for a few slight wounds and bruises. This restored some of their moral and gave me a boost as a leader. The next encounter we had to fight a couple of hundred of burrowers aided with aerial capability of the bats and somehow one way or another we managed to win impeccably without any casualties only some wounds. This greatly restored their faith in me as well as giving them countless of experience with dancing with death. This leveled them up greatly which made our way towards the second gate a whole lot easier. Another bat came gliding towards us and using the testudo formation and evenly distributing the shock when the bat hit us we weren¡¯t even moved by more than 5 inches. The elves in the front immediately stabbed and hacked the bat out of its wits. A group of 50 burrowers was now rushing on their way towards us. While another group of 15 bats was sweeping in the air trying to find the right moment of attack. Huh, they may be strong but the weak has a way of fighting the strong. And through organized formations as well as cooperative battle we have managed to get this far without sacrificing anymore manpower. 5 bats then dove at us in bullet like speed. Upon crashing on the upper shields the formation buckled as they intently crashed. However to their disappointment it wasn¡¯t broken but they were quickly impaled by multiple spears as small openings emerged from the top. The crowd of burrowers was now nearing and we immediately switched to a phalanx and the outcome was the same as the bats as they were impaled as well. I was stationed along with them as we didn¡¯t have enough manpower. When we were immediately swarmed the formation was immediately broken. We quickly engaged in combat as the enemy now had a higher casualty. Holding both of my rods I smashed it on the nearest burrower where with a splash of fire and darkness the enemy¡¯s head quickly erupted. Transforming both into swords I quickly dashed off and used dance of the eternal. Black and red blur formed as each and every burrower on my way was sliced on their gut with fire and darkness erupting along with the unforeseeable slash. By the time the fight was over we were freaking exhausted so we made preparations to rest for the day. We created a small campfire and set up guard duty alternating between ourselves every hours. The campfire flickered as the burning embers swept through the darkness. I was fully awake unable to find the power to sleep. It has always been like this ever since I was trained in the ravine. I learned how to sleep for 20 hours without sleep only to take a small nap in between. I even learned on how to go on for days without a single wink of sleep only to be fully asleep for a day after without gong for it. I took the spears and shield fro everyone to maintain them. Sharpening and polishing was all I could do since I didn¡¯t have the adequate tools to repair them plus the clanking noise might attract nearby creatures. So I made do with sharpening and polishing them regaining some of their durability as well as adding a temporary plus 5 damage to them. When all was set and done I took a meditative pose and started to reflect on my fight. I was bruised scratched and wounded by that chrysanthemum bat. It seems I underestimated the creatures of the abyss thinking that there would only be burrowers here since they were the only ones I saw during the 5 year training course. And since I was already familiar with them I thought it would be easy. But I forgot I have one crucial disadvantage¡­Teamwork. Being raised alone with hardly any interaction with the other kids back then had made me a loner but the fact that I have to protect the elves didn¡¯t occur to my mind. I actually also had to train them since they were actually inferior to me and master but they nevertheless they were still quite strong. However they also had the same problem as I had since it was in their very nature to be alone and when they hunt they were mostly just be themselves as well. Waking up form my meditative trance I took off the weights and belt from me. Numerous pop ups then appeared in front of my eyes. Ding!Ding!
Movement restriction has returned to 0%
Temporary movement bonus has been gained. +10 to agility and dexterity for 4 days
This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. I then took my time and slowly went to sleep. The passage became steeper and steeper as we pressed on. It was becoming far harder to move as we occasionally bumped into ourselves and shields made clanking sounds as it echoed all throughout. We had to be wary of this so as to not alert any of this presence. The way eventually became too small that only 3 elves can fit in an alleyway shoulder to shoulder. An hour went by and everything went smoothly. We haven¡¯t encountered any resistance so far. It was oddly quiet¡­Too quiet but that all changed when the burrowers attack!(pardon the line) Multiple holes erupted from the walls and out they came leaping towards us claws at the ready and jaws open almost rearing to take a bite at our flesh. Shit! This place is to small for the phalanx and I didn¡¯t thin there would be a place this small! Damn it I should have taught them The orb formation or even the wedge. I have regretted that decision of not teaching it to them but the past is the past and we are currently in a bad predicament. ¡°shields up!¡± I shouted at them Shields were immediately raised and the bashing of claws immediately resounded. Grabbing my rods I changed both of them into short spears. I then used blade extension and out they emerged. 4 feet long spears. One of them sparkled red with flames bursting from the tip while the other emanated a black mist . Positioning myself like a professional javelin thrower in the Olympics. I threw the red spear with all my bodily strength. A streak of red flames trailed midair as it soared and hit the a body of a monster and burned its way out of it and continued its flight while gradually losing speed. Eventually it buried itself on a throat of a burrower as it latched on the side of the walls 30 feet away from me. The attack killed about 8 yet the degree of the injury from the burning flames of the spear was about twenty victims. Taking hold of my spear I rallied the troops and ordered for them to do a 3x3 testudo formation instead of the regular 4x4. Shields at front and at top, spears at the side ready to strike any moment from now. I was at front hacking and stabbing anything at my vicinity. Piercing through the hides of the burrowers lie it was nothing more than paper was easy. It plunged itself on the flesh of the creatures. I then slashed it open and continued on. Making a horizontal slashed I cleared away the nearest enemies and immediately yelled. ¡°Melee!¡± They immediately opened up their shields and stabbed the burrowers in their vital points. It wasn¡¯t the most favorable situation for us however If I continued with that form of attack I would soon be swarmed and burrowers are especially dangerous in groups. Sure I fought them every day back then but that was in a LARGE space where I had room for comfort and make use of my agility and speed. But in this alley they had a total advantage. With numerous tunnels they could pop up from anywhere as well as limiting our movements. Changing the spear into a short katana and then using blade extension I managed to produce a regular size katana. The elvens were putting up a good fight despite the odds. Ave¡¯lon a male elf that looked to be 24 bashed its opponent away from him and with a fluid motion stabbed it in the chest. Jaz¡¯tech a female elven who was beautiful enough to be compete in miss universe and most certainly come out as the winner, had already abandoned her shield and spear but instead clutched dual knives in her hand. Her quick and agile moves completely dominated the enemy as she made a flip and landed on the shoulders of the burrower and quickly slit the enemies throat open, like a skilled assassin. It was then did I realize that each of this elven warriors had their own distinct style of fighting. But by incorporating my stratagems that they were totally new, instead of giving us more of those firepower it rather hindered us than let us advanced. Those lives that were lost could have been saved. Damn it! I cursed at the insides of my thought, but still with their individuality it would be very hard to use their fighting styles. However if I do managed to create a battle plan and formation using their unique prowess this would ultimately save us the time to recover and move on. The idea flashed on my mind however that would have to wait as we were on a very tough bind. My thoughts were recalled as I made another horizontal slashed and then yelled as I activated flare tempest. ¡°Get down!¡± I yelled as they quickly reacted to y orders and hugged the ground. A wave of heat slowly enveloped the area and then a gust of flames burst as I directed it at the numerous numbers of burrowers. They tried to quickly flee by digging holes and running towards their tunnels. Only they weren¡¯t fast enough . The lucky ones managed to flee while those that weren¡¯t were charred or already turned to ash. A quarter of them was dead while those that managed to hide quickly went out and lunged towards me. I jumped back. Again the burrower swung to me while I barely managed to slip away but still managed to graze me at my right cheek. Forcing my leg muscle I quickly gave a jump along with an ascending slash. Blood spewed out from its guts to its head as it quickly fell to the ground in a pool of its own blood. **Boom!** Rubbles and debris flew midair as dust began to fill the narrow alley.. I( gave a cough as the dust slowly began to disperse and a looming shadow of a giant appeared. When it finally cleared up I could only utter two words in astonishment. ¡°Fuck me.¡± ***************************P.S************************* I am totally sorry for not posting any sooner. Well you see the thing was I had lots of things that RL managed to use to fuck me up such as Taekwondo promotional exams and etc. So I am totally sorry and here is chapter 15 guys oh yeah I could probably post chapter 16 by saturday or sunday. SO I ask for your forgiveness again and I hope you enjoy:-D Chapter 16 Hey guys I forgot to introduce to you to the monster ranking system so anyway here it is Common¡ú Unnatural¡úExotic¡úMythological¡úLegendary¡úDivine being ******************************************************* The creature that towered us was pretty much the same as the other burrowers. Only thing was, this one was 23 foot tall with a thicker fur and a ting of black in it, as well as its claws that sparkled like silver in the darkness. ¡°Identify!¡±
Name: Black blood burrower(Exotic)level:90
Damage:???Defense:225
Said to be the supreme leader of the underground creatures known as burrowers. Its astounding black fur is said to be impenetrable to common weapons while its silver claw can penetrate through thick steel. It was also deemed as the keeper of the second gate.
I let out a drool. Holy crap! So if I literally butcher it up and take down those claws and use it as materials to forge new weapons I wonder what will come out. Anyway I retracted my thoughts and focused on the danger ahead. Another barrage of burrowers then sprang to action as they targeted the elven company. A bloody mess spewed forth as the enemy lunged and swung their thick arms hoping for it to land. The elvens however were no pushover. ¡°We can handle them captain Himalos!¡± Anel¡¯kol shouted. It seems that during those weeks of fighting countless hordes of burrowers. As thus my personification has now been alleviated and they now almost have complete faith in me. The elves were now fighting solo and sure enough the enemy was no match for the nimble elves . *Roar* It let of a large howl as air pressure emanated from him
You have been affected by roar of damnation ? Movement speed has been impaired by 15% ? Attack damage reduced by 20 ? Defense has been reduce by 15 ? Critical chance rate has been reduced by 15%
Oh shit! Those are some major debuff. I thought as the gigantic burrower swung its massive right arm trying to smash me flat. I quickly dodge it and then. Bang! Rubbles and Debris flew as dust scattered while I quickly recovered and ran towards the massive right hand that was still stuck at the ground. Changing the sword to a black axe. Putting all my weight and swinging with all my might It hit the creatures right hand with a splat. The axe penetrated the creatures hand but it was only skin deep with no great wound. It was almost like just a scratch.
You have dealt 50 damage
The creatures health bar then appeared before my eyes.
9950/10000
Its eyes flashed red as I could clearly see it was now enraged. It retracted its right hand and then made a sweeping motion as it bulldozed the ground. It was fast, too fast or maybe I was just slower than I initially was thus I got slammed into the wall as a pop up appeared.
You have taken 515 damage.
WHAT THE FUCK! The damage output is so freaking high! Not only that but that black blood burrower was like a tank and damage dealer in an RPG game. I have to take this thing down quickly! Prolonging this battle would serve to my disadvantage. ¡°Warrior¡¯s Instinct! Body Strengthening!¡± I roared. My body changed in a flash. My blond hair charcoaled itself to black with red tinges in the end. As well as did my blue eyes shifted to crimson red. My body quivered while my muscles trembled from the sudden flow of power. Grabbing the axe I quickly dashed forward with the weapon at the ready to cleave. I sprang like a bullet as I zigzagged along the lines to confuse the it. It barraged me with swings as I tried top dodge each and every one of them. More rubbles flew and dust scattered. Seeing as his strikes weren¡¯t connecting the creature then quickly attempted to grab me. I quickly rolled over dodging the enemy¡¯s grasp. Quickly recovering I ran with all my effort in it. The creature attempted to grab me again but seeing this I quickly gave a slide like a professional baseball player. I stood up quickly continuing my run and the went past the creature passing through the between of its legs. I made my way towards the wall where the spear that I previously threw was latched on together with the burnt body of a borrower that hang together with it. Jumping towards the wall and then back flipping as I grabbed the spear and then landing solidly on my feet I positioned myself and threw the spear with all my might. It flew straight and true as a brilliant streak of flame flashed through the sky and then disappeared as it landed on the backside of the black blood burrower. [/window] You have dealt 150 damage.[/window] What the Fuck! That didn¡¯t do much of a damage. The creature spun around now much more angrier than before. It let off another huge roar as it dug underground and disappeared. Fuck me! This is going to become a whole lot harder. Boo. A crater appeared below me as the creature let open its jaws as it tried to swallow me. Oh hell no! I am not going to die a dogs death as I nimbly maneuvered myself midair as I avoided its jaws just barely. Landing softly on my feet at the ground. I analyzed the creature on his pros and cons . Its fur is thick and its defenses are almost impenetrable so a lot of cutting power was needed. I changed the appearance of my weapon to a broadsword. I ran quickly adjusting my speed to a higher degree so that the enemy won¡¯t be able to escape underground. It quickly tried to burrow underground but seeing this I jumped up and latched myself on its back. It went down on its tunnel and dug down. Rubbles and Dirt went past me as I kept on clinging its fur. Changing my broadsword to a rapier I quickly use the skill dark pierce. I stabbed its back on the same point over and over again and numerous pop ups appeared.
You have dealt 60 damage
You have dealt critical 70 damage
You have dealt critical 90 damage
You have dealt critical 120 damage
¡­ We flew midair as we appeared to the surface again. I cling on to the creatures back like my life depended on it, which was actually kind of true. It tumbled on the ground rolling trying to wiggle me free which he succeeded. I rolled my way to the ground as the creature ran towards me again with its gleaming silver claws. It barraged me with strikes as I nimbly dodge it however it manage to struck me horizontally as I flew midair and the creature seeing this ran again at full speed like a train and then using its unbelievable leg power it jumped sky high and tried to flatten me as I was till in midair. Bam I was hit again and dived towards the ground with incredible speed. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.
You have been dealt 3000 damage
WARNING! You are in critical health avoiding battle is advised
I made a crater as my body fell towards the ground. Rubbles flew and more dust scattered as I lay there in my back contemplating on how many bones I¡¯ve just broken. I coughed up blood as I tried to get up and pain surged throughout my body. No! I got ¡®a get up! I can¡¯t die here yet.
Limitation Ignorance has been activated.
Pain slowly faded as I continued on. All right the skill has been activated. I got ¡®a make use of it quickly. The giant burrower continued to charge on only to stop mid way and raise its giant fist. What¡¯s it doing I thought as It viciously slammed its paws towards the ground and the ground shattered as I lost my footing. Seeing this the creature made yet another sudden charge and slammed its fist towards me. I quickly rolled to the left and countered by changing the rapier to an axe and cleaved it on the creatures back side where the spear that I threw dangled.
You have dealt 200 damage
I grabbed the spear that hung on the creature and then changed it to a katana. Activating dance of the eternal I barraged it with numerous slashes and strikes and slowly hacked at its backside wearing it down little by little.
You have dealt 100 damage
You have dealt 120 damage
You have dealt 135 damage
You have dealt 146 damage
You have dealt 170 damage
You have dealt 195 damage
¡­ The damage slowly accumulated as I continued my strikes. The creature was in pain and quickly balled its fist and slammed it at me. I flipped midair avoiding its strike. The fist slammed on to the wall and It ruptured as numerous debris flew. Landing on all twos I uttered the spell. ¡°Flare Tempest!¡± A gust of heat wave filled the cavern and then imploded as a cascade of fire struck towards its body.
You have dealt 800 damage
Great even my strongest spell wasn¡¯t much of a help. Taking a look at my mana meter I was pretty much nearly depleted after that use. I could probably use it one more time so I¡¯ll leave that as a last resort. The creature rolled on the ground trying to put out the flames . I used this opportunity and Charged at it. Swinging my sword at a complete arc I slashed at it and then another upward slashed and then a horizontal one. My pacing became faster and faster until I was almost out of breath. I have dealt numerous damage but the creature has already put out its fire and his health was still only halfway towards zero. It let off another large roar.
You have heard Roar of anger. Enemy creature has entered berserk stage. ? Enemy creature¡¯s defense has been doubled. ? Enemy creature¡¯s attack power has been doubled
The creatures fur then rose and its silver claws glowed golden. Oh great so it still had an ace in the hole ability! Oh great! Just great! This battle seems like it could fuck me up anytime. But still those abilities are almost cheat like. If this is still just the second guardian I wonder about the third guardian. Running in almost at the speed of sound the creature suddenly appeared near me. It almost defied the laws of physics at how large the creature was its speed was freaking near impossible its size. I jumped back quickly narrowly avoiding it swing. The pain was now slowly returning as I could feel that the Limitation ignorance skill was slowly fading. I got ¡®a kill it quickly but how with its freakish defense. Then it hit me how about a skill that could ignore defense? If I could do that then it would be great. So focusing myself I imagined the skill being created. My fists passing through the opponents shield and armor as it struck on its organs and pounding his insides.
You have created a new skill Ethereal Blow
The skill backlash blow and Ethereal blow has been combined and created as one.
The skill Ethereal poundings has been created
Ethereal poundings lvl.1(beginner)
Ignoring the enemy¡¯s defenses you destroy the foe from the inside rather than the exterior Mana cost: 860
Woah! that¡¯s new but I don¡¯t have time to contemplate so rather than a fist I imagined a blade this time cutting through its organs.
The skill ethereal blade
The skill Ethereal blade and Dance of the eternal has been combined and created as one
You have created the skill ethereal Blade swarms
Ethereal Blade swarms lvl1(beginner)
You ignore the enemy¡¯s defenses and cut your foe from the inside rather than the exterior rendering his defenses useless
Okay this is it! This is the skill that I really want. Seems like the gods have finally taken mercy towards me. So without further ado I quickly charged at the creature. It roared as It made strikes and swings that I quickly dodged. Swinging his massive fist towards me I felt like dancing with death and when I was finally close I called out. ¡°Ethereal Blade swarm!¡± ***********************P.S********************** So here is chapter 16 guys and currently its still 10 p.m here in the Philippines so technically its still Saturday thus I have kept my promise. So I hope you enjoy chapter 16.:-D. Chapter 17 Hey guys I''m back!!! So as a "thank the god for being back" gift here is chapter 17 and I am taking down the hiatus page. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Common¡úUnnatural¡úRare¡úUnique¡úMythological¡úDivine My sword phased through the creatures arm as it re emerged again when I took it out of its body. The phantom like strike cut through him like butter and blood ruptured as his massive right arm collapsed to the ground a large grueling arm can be seen in a pool of blood. But I didn¡¯t stop there. Jumping high up in his shoulder I cleaved right through him and numerous wounds began to appear as the phantom blade phased through his flesh and when it re emerges a wound appears.
You have dealt 400 damage.
You have dealt 350 damage.
You have dealt 650 damage.
You have dealt 200 damage.
You have dealt 480 damage.
¡­. The damage out put was high and effective but It wasn¡¯t enough to kill him. So landing on the creatures back I began to assault the nape of his neck like a certain anime that I watched years ago where they faced giant monsters that ate them like snacks. ¡°Aaaaargggh!!!¡± A vicious assault of phasing blades began to assault his neck as more damage pop up appeared.
You have dealt major damage! Damage dealt 1500
You have dealt major damage! Damage dealt 1300
You have dealt major damage! Damage dealt 900
Roar It let out a scream as it flailed trying to grab me with its remaining arm. No way in hell am I letting you get me! Jumping high up in the sky I started to twirl midair grabbing momentum as He gave off a large slash which grazed me.
You have been dealt 100 damage! Warning you are in very critical condition Healing is advised!
Get the fuck out of my view you fucking pop ups [like those goddamn ads when you¡¯re surfing the net]. Using my last ounce of strength I began spinning and hit the back of his neck until I cut through it cleanly with blood spurting [reference attack on titan]. Until I hit the ground flat. Bam! I fell on my face along with the creatures giant head on my side. And a second later the burrowers massive body fell on its front as well with its head dismembered from it. Looks like I¡¯m going to die this time huh?
Limitation ignorance drawback will now take effect. Temporary Paralysis will now take effect. Damage intake of 10 per second will now take effect. Duration until drawback cease:15 hours
Black Blood trickled down from the severed head and began to form a pool of it. It slowly started to flow towards my face until it reached my cheek. Yuck! It looks like crude oil or tar. But without the energy t o move I couldn¡¯t resist it. The blood flow continued on until it reached my open mouth. It entered my lips and then my tongue got a taste of it and then a window appeared.
You have tasted Black blood Elixir! ? Health regen. Changed to 15 per second ? Debuff has been cleared
What the fuck? So that black tar looking thing was actually a potent elixir? My body started to wriggle as I slowly tried to move and it actually worked! I slowly got up and took a look at my health. Shit! 230 remaining health huh? I then eyed the black blood and quickly used identify.
Black blood elixirMythological
Black blood that came from the almost unseen black blood burrower. Its potency in potion making is very high and is considered an S grade material in potion making. Kingdoms are even said to go to war for its blood. Its effects are unknown when consumed raw
Holy! That black blood wasn¡¯t actually just for naming sense huh? But seeing as my health was still pretty low and that black blood was still flowing from the body, I ignored my disgust as I didn¡¯t have the luxury right now to be picky. I went to the carcass and started to sip fro the blood.
You have drank Black blood Elixir! ? Health regen. Changed to 50 per second temporarily ? Mana regen. Changed to 50 per second temporarily ? +25 to agility ? +25 to strength ? +25 to endurance ? +25 to dexterity
Holy! That is some potent shit. It even added things to my stats. I thank the gods, no rather that one god that let me lived through this. Though sometimes his way too much of a sadist. I began to eye the carcass that was all that¡¯s left of the beast. It would be too difficult to drag the entire body back so instead I cleanly cut off a chuck of its body taking it with me. I then inspected the landscape. The once narrow alley now expanded to that of a freeway plus it was littered with holes now due to the constant digging of the monster. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.Retracing back my course I went through a couple of dead end until I finally found them. They were now clustered together and being driven back by the creatures and although they were putting up a fight a casualty has already been invoked and now most of them has numerous injuries. Taking a look at my health, it was almost fully regenerated now so I quickly darted off like a rocket and went on to save the elves. Taking both of my blades I started to slash away at the creatures. RIIIP!!! This were the sounds that came from the torn apart body of the creatures that were being dismembered by myself. The creatures that saw me taking away at them one by one like the grim reaper quickly reverted their assault at me seeing as I was the one that faced more danger than the current group. I gave a small shrug as they started to claw at me with several few making contact. Hwaaaarrrrggghhhhh! I screamed at the top of my lungs as I quickly used backlash blow with my mana now recovered thanks to that black blood. Multiple slashed rained down on multiple enemies as they were torn open or cut to half with my strikes. The battle raged on for an hour until the creatures finally retreated with them losing a lot in their numbers. I fell on my butt as I finally had time to rest. The elves were already lying on the floor gasping for air as they struggled from exhaustion. Taking a look at my health bar it was already at the halfway point. Taking the chunk of meat that came from the black blood burrower, and quickly using fire magic to roast it I took a quick huge bite as I ravaged it wholeheartedly caring little for the elves who were already half asleep due to exhaustion. I slowly fell asleep after wholeheartedly eating the piece of meat. Darkness consumed me and my consciousness slowly drifted away. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I met her on that fateful day, She was a divine being during my 3rd year on high school. She was smart, beautiful, and kind. She attracted all kinds of looks from the students at school. And from some sort of twist from fate we were classmates or rather seatmates to be exact Her lustrous silver hair stood out among the class along with her emerald green eyes and pale white skin. She was indeed very beautiful. She was probably a foreigner I once thought at the first sight of her when she entered the room. Heck even most of the boys jaw dropped when they saw her. But when she started to speak to introduce herself her voice captivated everyone. It was very soft yet it gave off a sense of healing your soul. When she was finished the teacher instructed her to sit at the back part right next to me. When the teacher said that I got a few glances hinting of jealousy, nevertheless I just shrugged it off and when she came to her seat I just continued on with my work. However after a couple of weeks we started to chat with each other and coincidentally we became on friendly terms with each other. A few casual chats became an everyday talk and eventually we became best friends. Yeah having a girl-----friend[ mind you] was actually soothing. I told her all of my worries and problems from time to time but, there was only one thing that I kept to myself¡­ It was the fact that I liked her. One day when I came to school she still wasn¡¯t present. It was weird, she was usually one of the early birds to arrive seeing as she was from a rich family and had a personal driver escorting her to and from school. I just thought of it that she was late but during that day she never came. It was strange for her to be absent as she disliked missing school. I tried calling her phone but she wasn¡¯t answering. I dialed a few more times yet I couldn¡¯t get any answer so I went to her house to visit. When I rang the bell a personal maid came out and told me this words. ¡°The madam is on the hospital, the car that she was on got into an accident¡± I immediately rushed to the hospital asking the counter on what room she was on¡­ She was on ICU. I wasn¡¯t allowed in so I went to her parents to ask how she was. They just ignored me and gave gloomy look saying. ¡°Just go home for now, It¡¯s best that you do not know.¡± I did just that with despair in my heart however the next day I received a call from her parents saying, ¡°She¡¯s gone¡± I felt like heaven and earth collapsed under me. Tears started to flow out of my eyes and my head repeating the words that were said. I started to regret and wished, I wish you got ill during the day your car crashed, I wished you didn¡¯t come to this country so that you could avoid the accident, but most of all I wished I got to say the words that I held onto my heart for so long, I love you. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I woke up from sleep. That was weird, why did I dream of that event that I put to the deepest part of my mind and swore to never dig it back up again. Oh well I just ignored the dream and continued on . Standing up I looked at the peacefully sleeping elves that were dead beat from the wave. ¡°Wake up!¡± I shouted at them. They immediately scrambled to get up with a weary look in their eyes. I gave a faint smile at them as I announced. ¡°We¡¯re moving on to the last gate, I¡¯ve already destroyed the second guardian So now grab your things and pack up because we¡¯re going, but first we¡¯ll have to make a detour¡± as I led them to the dead carcass of the black blood burrower. Surely that black blood would prove to be indispensable later on. +++++++++++++++++++++P.S++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ T^hank you for the support guys and waiting for me this past month, unfortunately me playing in the competition got cancelled due to "GRADUATION", and damn it a month of training was wasted . I literally cried because of the competition and me wasting my time. During that month I could have supplied you with chapters so I am very sorry guys. Chapter 18 We pressed on towards the dead carcass of the black blood burrower. On the way we encountered a few more ordinary burrowers but they for some reason immediately avoid us when we draw near towards them. I just shrugged it off probably because of the death of their leader. Anyhows, the trip was pretty uneventful. A couple of minutes of walking and we were there, although I did have a couple of migraines it wasn¡¯t that bad so I just ignored it. When we finally arrived their lying in front of us was the carcass of the black blood burrower. I immediately ordered them to butcher it up and collect every drip of blood available. A few hours pass and we were finally done sacking the last piece of meat, though I don¡¯t know how long it would last without any preservatives on it, probably a day or two, four tops. Gathering the bottle full of blood and sack full of meat we pressed onwards towards the last gate guardian. A huge door. A fricking huge door! And I¡¯m not just talking about 5 to 7 meters huge. I¡¯m talking about 20 to 35 meter huge door. It was intricately carved out of natural stone and placed skillfully along the sides of the wall. It appeared totally natural that If you didn¡¯t intently try to find the door you could have passed it up and miss it, though the way we discovered it was purely by coincidence. But before we entered the room we prepared ourselves and rested for a couple of hours before finally having the courage to open it up. AS the door slowly budged open. A noisy creaking sound came from it. That¡¯s strange , it was made entirely out of stone so how come it can produce sound like that, nevertheless I still ignored it and slowly entered the room. There was a foul smell in the air and one can tell what the smell was from the first sniff¡­ It was the smell of the dead. ¡° Be careful.¡± I warned the elves as they huddled closer to each other while rattling noises keep on ringing from their shields clashing. The place was far darker than the outside. Even with my night vision I could only see faint in here. It¡¯s like darkness has totally consume this place. RUMBLE An eerie sound came from the front, we immediately halted and steeled ourselves for whatever may come with weapons at the ready. Clutching my steel rods tighter the rumbling became louder and louder as the elves felt tenser and tenser. Suddenly a huge gaping mouth shot open towards us. Jumping to the sides I narrowly dodge it by a margin of inches. The others also managed to avoid it. One however wasn¡¯t so lucky. As it was totally taken by the giant jaw and then quickly disappear back into the abysmal darkness. It seems that even the elves natural darkness affinity even they couldn¡¯t see much in this place. Clutching my rods I quickly changed them to katanas and barking at the elves to huddle up and make a circle to protect each other. The rumbling noise rang throughout again this time from west of us. I quickly activate flare tempest and direct it towards the rumbling noises. The bits of flame illuminated the room and A giant serpent appeared.
You have uncovered information about your enemy.
[td3]Name:Azgalor the Hydra[/td4]
Lvl:150
It¡¯s the same creature I first met outside of the ravine and what the hell! It was the last guardian and not only that It even increased its level by 25! HISSSSS! Its long whip like tongue flickered in and out. As it eyed each and every one of us. Its predator like eyes shoned golden light in the pitch black room. Shit! I thought and wait what the hell! Why is it named Hydra? I thought hydras had multiple heads. But I guess Looks can be deceiving and I learned one thing in this place that names aren¡¯t just for show. Taking an iron grip on my katana I charged directly towards the serpent followed by the elves on my back. Taking a jump and quickly slashing downward on its neck It easily evades my strike with its flexible body. The serpent quickly retaliates by constricting at me. With a quick jump I barely manage to evade it. ¡°Human! In this pit? How interesting. And yet you seem distinctly familiar?¡± It hissed in a serpentine voice. What the hell! It doesn¡¯t even remember me when it¡¯s all his fault for me being in here. Gritting my teeth in anger I quickly activate Warrior¡¯s instinct and Body strengthening. While I was activating my skills the elves were busy on their business as well. They¡¯ve surrounded the serpent and lashing out strikes at it with their spears. However it seems the natural armor of the creature is far more sturdy as the spears can¡¯t even penetrate through it. HISSSSS. It signaled in anger as a pool of green slime quickly jolts out from its mouth drowning an elf in green slime. ¡°AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!!¡± The elf shouted in pain as his body dissolved with the green liquid. Shit! It can spit out poison? And not just ordinary poison Corrosive poison! ¡°group together and use testudo formation when it spits out that liquid¡± I order them quickly. They immediately clash together to form the testudo with shields above and front. Clutching my swords tighter than ever I immediately dash towards him and making one giant leap before him I activate Dark pierce and focus it to attack his head. If its natural armor can shrug off slashes then how about penetration moves. BANG The now slender and pointed katana hit his body squarely. It eyed me and let off on what I can describe a sly grin. Shit! Even that move was useless? It immediately counters by slamming its tail at me like a whip while the other elves were dragged along with me. They flew like birds, I did as well actually. We all toppled to the floor in heavy dusts. HISSSSSS! It let out another hiss as another spray of green liquid quickly flew from its mouth. The elves were quick to react as They immediately stood up and jump sideways trying to evade the spray. However another one wasn¡¯t lucky enough to dodge. Shit! Another one gone. Quit killing them! There my living proof to present to the village you know! I screamed in my head not trying to reveal my intentions to the elf that I actually didn¡¯t treat them as comrades but rather as tools, well more like camcorders actually. This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. I changed my swords into spears as I threw the dark spear flying towards the creature. It¡¯s black streak couldn¡¯t be seen due to the darkness of the area. BAM! It struck the serpents tail as he tried to deflect it. It sunk itself to it that the creature screamed in agony. Well that was surprising, the spear actually managed to penetrate its body. I immediately dashed again activating Ethereal Blade Swarrms. RAAAAGGHHHRRR!! I dashed towards it while evading the green liquid it sprayed towards me. I slashed its body horizontally as It inserted itself to the body and re-emerged on the other side while tearing through its skin on the other end . Blood dripped as I continued to slash at him. HISSSSSS! It screamed as the serpent flailed and struck at me with its whip like tail while the spear is still imbedded at it. You know it king of reminds me of a dinosaur. I casually avoid it and counter attack by slashing at the tip of his tail. The spear penetrated slicing down the tail from the body. ¡°What are you doing you fools!¡± I screamed at the staring elves. ¡°Quit staring and start attacking while I distract him!¡± I screamed at them angrily while I avoid the jaw of the serpent as it tried to gobble me up once again. They immediately snapped out of their trance and started to strike at him. Swords and spears clashed at its body while the creature just shrugged him off not bothering at them since their weapons can¡¯t even penetrate its natural armor. It instead focused on me finding I was much more threatening than them. I quickly take out the spear stuck on the tail I just chopped off and immediately changed both spears to axes. the serpent once again charged at me but this time I stood my ground and activating Ethereal blade dance. The creature got closer and closer until it was only inches away from me did I sidestep with a spin and then with a downward motion I gave a huge slash to its head severing it from his body. Blood dripped from the creature as I changed the axes to the normal rods. That¡¯s strange? Usually when I kill a creature I get a notification on exp and the likes, why didn¡¯t I get one? Was what was going on in my mind only thing is flames spewed out towards me as I quickly rolled to the sides. I quickly looked at the body of the serpent only this time there was another head on it now. What the fuck! So that¡¯s what the name meant, a hydra that can regrow its head, actually its pretty common on games and movies but I didn¡¯t think it would actually happen to me. SHIT! I took a look around to see that the elves were still okay not fearing the now regrown hydra. Shit! I changed into my katanas again but then an agonizing headache stuck me. AAAAAARGGGGGHHHHH!!! Bloodshot red enveloped my vision as my consciousness vanished.
Black blood drawback will now take effect
Beastial takeover learned
Beastial takeover activating
Black blood burrower taking over
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Unknown elf¡¯s P.O.V+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The redeemer, was what we called him. We followed him all the way from our village to the last gate to take up his promise of escaping this damnable place. And he was making good on his promise as we were making progress. Yet at the last gate guardian battle something strange happened. The redeemer had a cold and deathly aura around him as His eyes were red and veins were popping around his muscles. And then an agonizing scream came from him. It was so loud that even the Hydra that we were facing flinched from him. He ran towards the hydra and started to recklessly slash at the guardian. We quickly followed on his lead as I slashed at the creature with my sword only to be deflected back again by the natural armor. Damnnit! I can¡¯t even penetrate its skin. Yet the redeemer struck at the creatures skin like butter easily rendering it¡¯s flesh. The redeemer seemed different with it¡¯s cold and deathly red eyes along with the chilling aura that came from him. It seemed like he was a¡­beast. We fought for a couple of hours and 12 severed heads were rolling on the floor. 7 of which came from the hydra who was now dead with no more heads to regenerate. But the others, they weren¡¯t the heads of the hydra¡­It was my companions. He killed countless of us not even regarding his allies and here I am following him thinking that he could lead us into a better future but now I am kneeling before what I thought would be our savior but rather our¡­ executioner. This was my last thought as his swords cross strike at my head severing it from my body. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ok. I know I was gone for another two weeks, well that''s because I had graduation practices and graduation And right now I am officially a high school graduate so to make a long story short I am sorry for the long update...again And please follow,favorite,rate and comment on my work tnx:-D