《Assassin's Revival》 Prologue - Assassins Resistance Strength slowly seeped from my body. While laying in a bed that was encompassed in white. Eternal sleep was extending its hand to me, and I could not resist...... On the brink of death and life. My mind felt groggy, like overdosing on medicine when feeling depressed.... Depression, something that takes the importance out of life. Bringing the loneliness, the sadness, and death. I died the minute I got the disease, I thought solemnly....Unable to to resist the call of the dead any longer, I finally let my mind rest..... But my mind, no......My soul was thrown into a heavenly void, full of chaos as well as peace. I stayed in this state of utter confusion for what seemed like decades, with time passing or staying still. I don''t know, time was like paradox in the ''void''. Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. Through the void appeared a black hole, it sucked all the mass from the ''void'' which included me. Hurtling through the black hole, I felt like I was on a roller coaster going in loops at the speed of sound..... As consciousness returned to me, I felt different from before. No, how should I say it. I seemed to have returned to my previous state. I had gotten a body..... Trying to open my eyes, I was unable too. Feeling like a kid, I used my patient mind gained from countless years of experience to wait... Prologue - {Updated} Strength slowly seeped from my body. While laying in a bed that was encompassed in white. Eternal sleep was extending its hand to me, and I could not resist...... On the brink of death and life. My mind felt groggy, like overdosing on medicine when feeling depressed.... Depression, something that takes the importance out of life. Bringing the loneliness, the sadness, and death. I died the minute I got the disease, I thought solemnly....Unable to to resist the call of the dead any longer, I finally let my mind rest..... But my mind, no......My soul was thrown into a heavenly void, full of chaos as well as peace. I stayed in this state of utter confusion for what seemed like decades, with time passing or staying still. I don''t know, time was like paradox in the ''void''. Through the void appeared a black hole, it sucked all the mass from the ''void'' which included me. Hurtling through the black hole, I felt like I was on a roller coaster going in loops at the speed of sound..... As consciousness returned to me, I felt different from before. No, how should I say it. I seemed to have returned to my previous state. I had gotten a body..... Trying to open my eyes, I was unable too. Feeling like a kid, I used my patient mind gained from countless years of experience to wait... ........................................................................................ I slowly but surely opened my eyes.........Looking around, I saw a wolf with a humanoid figure. Staring closely, my eyesight was abnormally clear and sharp. The humanoid wolf holding me pushed me into some kind of cave. The cave felt different as well, it felt like.....home. Looking around with my abnormal eyesight. I saw what seemed like pups all around me, they had wolfish features though. One, on the other hand was oddly white and different from the rest. Still on edge from this weird experience, I notice my body felt...well different. Looking down...."Oh god!" I shouted. Only to hear a high pitched bark come out of my mouth. I had the body of a wolf pup! Sleek, black fur covered every inch of my body. My hands became paws, and my teeth felt extremely sharp when I touched them with my tongue. Shaking my head, I try to put in order the events that occurred. First thing that happened was my death....That is certain. Anything after that is sketchy, the only thing I actually remember after my death is the odd sensation of being in a loop. Deep in thought a slapping sound echoed in the cave. Looking in the direction of the sound, I''m met with countless puppies rushing past me for the ''thing'' that hit the cave floor. My survival instincts kicking in, I too run in the direction of the sound, instead of running on two legs I had to run on four which I surprisingly did with ease. Catching up to the pups, I overcome them and reach the ''thing'', Only to be met with a rabbit. It was a bloodied rabbit. Stunned for a second, reality slowly sinks in. I ........have been reincarnated. Not as human but as some type of animal. This must be punishment I thought solemnly. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. I was....an assassin. Yes assassins do exist and they are common. If you think all the big bad killers are locked behind bars. Your dead wrong, dead. What makes an assassin good, is the ability to never get caught. Assassins are willing to die before risking capture. Assassins and other criminals are fundamentally different. They aren''t murderers who decide to one day to kill someone over a personal grudge. Or a psychopath who has a illness. You don''t become an Assassin, you are born one. Yeah...my family were all Assassins. Were they normal? ....no. Assassins are essentially contract killers they kill for a living theres no other way. My family from a young age trained me in the family business. I was taught infiltration, poison, weaponry, information gathering, and other important aspects of the job. To their utter surprise I was extremely good at everything. Assassin''s become Assassin''s through training. But I on the other hand knew how to mix poisons after one demonstration or make new poisons using a combination. I even had a talent in concealing my presence well. After I showed my genius abilities they trained me harder teaching me secret Assassination techniques and even the ultimate ninjustsu arts. I trained and trained, until my first mission. It was the Assassination of a rival company manager who held black mail material on our client. It was a high risk mission and my parents started me off with this mission to test my worth. I completed it efficiently, and elegantly. I shadowed the target home and when he let down his guard, to enter the house. A knife slashed his throat cleanly, the body guards were in hysteria. His death was extremely unexpected, I came in like blur running from behind concealment cutting his throat, and leaving behind a corner. When they checked they couldn''t find me. Since well....they didn''t look up. Yeah I climbed the side of the building, exited through the other side. Then I used my talent of being able to control my presence, to diminish it. Once I did, I blended with the crowd and went home. My parents were extremely proud. That time was probably the only time in my life, I enjoyed being an Assassin. After all when dealing with death, you get a sort of heavy feeling. You aren''t what most humans are.....happy. Yeah, some people are stressed or what not. But could you really say that after being born as an outcast of society. Trained from birth to kill people. Only.....only to get a fucking hereditary chronic illness....That kills you. It would compare to being harshly talked too by you boss. Chapter 1 - Evolution Another slapping sound could be heard, while the daily rush hour began. Puppies all swarmed forward, some of the more fit puppies taking the lead while the scrawnier ones were unable to keep up. Leisurely waking up, I explosively leap upwards while using the same momentum I overcome the other puppies and reach the food. Yeah....it was food. In here this daily food meant survival or death. We were fed only once or twice. Sometimes they even seem to forget us. While munching on a third of the meat, I toss the rest to the puppies. After all gaining their animosity won''t be a really good idea in this state. The minute I throw them some of the meat they send a grateful glance my way before tearing into the meat like savages. Great I thought, I might die before even being able to explore this place. Since, being stuck in a frickin hole. You can''t really spread your horizons. While thinking about how to escape my situation. The answer appears.....my supposed parents. Yeah family is a bit shaky in here. Closely observing it. Even though I could only see its head. It was pretty much shaped like a wolf with dark brown eyes which were bigger than the average humans. The also had a long extending snout which was lined with dangerous looking teeth. Suddenly a odd looking paw/hand grasped one of the pups by the scruff pulling them out one by one. When it was my turn, I was hesitant but I knew this was my only chance of escaping the cave. Gripped by the scruff of the neck, I to was thrown out into a hard dirt mound. Heading towards the mound I used my new bodies manoeuvrability. To change direction in the air and elegantly land besides all the dazed pups. After the last pup was roughly thrown out. I noticed a irregular thing about the wolf like creature. One, it was standing on two legs unlike us pups. Second, it was wearing dirtied trousers and broken armour on its top half. Which meant it had some form of intelligence. At least things were starting to look up I thought. As I followed the humanoid wolf. I assumed it would be quite easy to keep up with it. But it was quite difficult, the humanoid wolf had surprising agility and could probably out distance us. Still it held back, but we were still quite far off from being in the same league. I could have closed the gap, but I really didn''t want to stand out. After following the wolf at a leisurely pace I noticed the number of pups in the group were dwindling. Then it dwelled on me what this was. It was a test! probably a trial to test if you deserve to live. "Survival of the fittest." I thought. It''s the law no matter where we are I smiled evilly. After all the strong predominately will win. So you better get in the group or die. This sort of thing wasn''t new to me, so I took it in stride but I did notice some of the pups looking a bit tired. But wiping out all the pups necessarily isn''t a good idea either I thought. Dismayed at the naive behaviour of the humanoid wolf, we finally arrive at our destination. It seems to be a village of some sort. Entering through a bent wooden gate. The wolf glances back before continuing to walk along the shacks of houses. They seem old, and some creaking sound could be heard when some of the humanoid wolfs in the shacks moved. Oddly my senses were sharp enough to hear their step. I could hear things at least way better than a human and my sense of smell was extremely sensitive. I could even differentiate smells. They appeared as lines. All having different colours. Ring! Suddenly a light blue transparent window appeared in front of my snout. A little irked at the sudden ring, I looked at the odd shaped box. I was surprisingly able to read it. It appeared like it was written in english.
Lesser Track. Learned
"What is this a game?" I said out loud, only to hear weird gurgle sound come from my mouth. Some of the remaining pups stared at me weirdly, while the humanoid wolf even turned back to give me a look of dismay. Shutting my mouth, I silently followed the humanoid wolf. Not willing to embarrass myself like I did then. Within time the window disappeared without a trace. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. But I didn''t notice I was too focused on my findings. I could gain skills like within a game. Which really got my blood pumping, I may have been an Assassin. But, I too was a avid gamer. To relieve stress I played a lot of games mostly going with the rogue race. I even became a top player within some of them. With my heart beating with excitement, the humanoid wolf stopped at a clearing. Another was standing in front of it and it was covered in ragged robes, with a poor looking staff that had a small blue gem at the end. When the other wolf like creature left, the one in robes raised his staff and mumbled some words. Suddenly a light blue mist surrounded us. Weary at the mist, I calm myself using the reasoning that they wouldn''t kill their own kind.....indiscriminately. The blue mist enters our bodies and travels to distinct presence beneath our navel. It was like a well, being filled up with water. Over flowing then draining by letting the water enter or very soul. Suddenly the familiar ring could be heard.
Evolution. Initiated.
Able to evolve into Rare Variant. Accept?
I didn''t really care either way so I just said "Yes." The same gurgle sounds once more emerged but no one seemed to care. They too were undergoing a miraculous change.
Ke''ar Kobold. Evolution initiated.
Suddenly the blue mist permeated with my soft pup body, enlarging it and rearranging it. I felt surprisingly no pain like I was numbed with an anaesthetic. After the process was over my distinct presence stopped over flowing and my new body was revealed. I felt an odd source of omnipotence. But I quickly buried it deep down. Rule number one of an Assassin overestimation of yourself will lead to death. I remember this rule like its my bible. It saved me many times in.....my old life. Testing out my new body which was surprisingly much more agile and stronger. Ring! Ring! Ring!
Kobold Language. Learned.
Human Form. Learned.
Lesser Track. Upgraded to Intermediate Track.
I inherently for some reason new how to use these abilities. But I was overjoyed at the human form . It would allow me to change my form to that of a human. This would let me live among them with no consequence of discrimination. Letting my kobold lips form into a smile. My canine teeth gleam dangerously in the sun. For now I decide not to use my human form. I don''t want to attract attention so I''ll just assume my current form. After flexing my new leg muscles, I can tell this body is perfect for an Assassin. The perfect balance of speed and stamina. It was extremely lean as well Probably since I"m a variant I thought. I had muscles rippling through my body while dark, sleek fur covered ever inch of my body. The only downside seemed to be that I was a bit short. The other kobold I saw, was at least 6''1 feet tall. But I''m around 5''9 or 5''10 ish. I let a small sigh escape my snout. My below average height will always follow me, I think unhappily. Suddenly the kobold mage. I''ll assume he''s a mage since this seems to be a fantasy world, started to talk. "Young ones.... Welcome to the family! Our ways may be harsh. But our life law is ''A life saved. Is a life worth selling in return" he says while letting his canine teeth gleam.