《The ' tamed ' beast》


 Chapter 1

    Chapter 1


    Let the growth begin part 1


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    Authors note:


    <h2>Care may upset your guys stomache</h2>


    To all my dear fans that loved tBs , i love you and thank you for reading this.


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    The waves tossed their long boat high upon the swell and it suddendly jarred as the bow collided with the remaining floatsam of its discarded cargo.


    His hands were clouded with the crimson color of his own blood that originated from the burns and wounds caused by the rope the male was pulling in.


    This rope was tied to the main mast of the ship and the other end to another ship that cap sized in this blasted storm.


    Deckmen were abondaning cargo , throwing it outside into the raging sea , to make room for the refugees that were pulled onto this boat.


    The journey started with a fleet of 5 ships and only 2 were still holding their own against the raw power of the natural occurence.


    Or maybe it wasn''t a natural phenomenon? Maybe even casted by a powerful mage?


    As his body lurched forward he turned back to view the ashen face of the women he was destined to protect and ferried across the western sea. She sat with uncanny stillness , placid in her faith amid a stormy sea with her arms draped around her own knees.


    " So that is my knight in shining armor ... " she said for herself as the noises were drowned out by the whip like sounds the raging winds produced.


    Daniels mouth was agape by what he had just witnessed. Just like usual after every day of his high taxing low profit job the minute he entered his apartment he switched on his computer. There , mainly because of boredome , he looked through his mails first and found a email from a collegue he hadn''t heard anything about. In it was a attachment to youtube where a new games trailer was made to the public for the first time.


    As Daniel had always been more on the geek or nerd side he had waited for a opportunity like this ever since he left his mothers clutches. This was the first Virtual reality game with a acurate sense system that lets you move your own body inside of a game world.


    As he was now he had conquered many games. Name a MMorpg of the newest time , he had done it, But all were just so ... boring. Repetition of gaining max level , gearing your toon or character up , rinse and repeat. Everything was the same.


    Some claimed of inovative ideas but in the end run it was just another run-down the mill kind of game with go from quest area 1 to quest area 2 finish all quest and go to quest area 3. Others said their game was a sandbox game. Do what you want whenever you want. At least what they promised but if you weren''t part of a guild that had atleast 100 active , 24 h 7 days a week , players you could do nothing of what they promised.


    After all Daniel had always been more on the loner side. But this game , as it promised of Land covering enough inhabital area as the earth itself , Daniel had to experience it himself. Vast jungles , endless deserts and the raging see like in the trailer just now.


    But to Daniels surprise only basic things such as ordering a '' helmet '' , the equipment that allowed a dive into the system , he only found out about the systems how it worked and short feeds of walking avatars.


    This game had not made it public , ever since the production started , as it had suddendly appeared on this day and was to reach the stores in 1 week time.


    As Daniel continued to read , he instantly called the firm with his cell-phone , as it was closer then the House-phone , and ordered the capsule. With the marginal savings of 5000 Euros he had on his bank account , saved over the course of 5 years for a new car , he paid for the equipment and a subscription of 6 months.


    But Daniel wasn''t finished just yet , as he picked up the phone again and searched until he found the contact he was looking for.


    " Boss , i still have more then 160 hours of overtime. See you next month. " He spoke into the phone.


    " Huh , Daniel? Are you serious? Is everything all right? " His boss spoke in a concerned voice.


    Even though the voice sounded concerned for Daniel , he knew it better. Something along the lines of why are you taking a vacation for the first time since you joined this company 7 years ago! This is troubling me.


    " Sure is , so see you next month. " Daniel said and pressed the red button on the touch screen.


    '' Not like he can do anything about it , i have over 90 paid vacation days banked up from the last 3 years to begin with. '' Daniel thought and stored those thoughts for later.


    For now he set his mind to research as much as possible about the game , its contens , quests , classes , races and in general even rumours he could pick up. After all Daniel , even though he hated boring games , was a comitted person. If it had nothing to do with the real life at least.


    .....................


    Daniel showed no enthusiasm besides things that had to be done , doctors appointments , grocery shopping , etc , etc even his only pride and joy , his car , was a thing that belonged to past glorys.


    The only real thing he showed enthusiasm towards ever since his child hood was this game. That is why he slept only a maximum of 2 hours a day. Not because he was to occupied with refreshing pages for new information , where there was none , about it but rather even when he was loosely laying in his bed he couldn''t close his eyes due to excitment.


    But today he passed out on his keyboard not because he was phsically or mentally drained but just because the euphoria had worn of and left him without the required dopamin , joy transmitters inside of your brain , that had sustained his bodys.


    * ring* , * ring* , * ring* Daniels doorbell woke him up. Rubbing his eyes he tripped more then walked to the door as he was no morning person. Just as he was about to curse the brave mortal that woke a Lion during his required sleep , he saw a 2 delivery workers.


    " We are from F*D-E* , delivery services. Are you Daniel Olson? " The senior looking one of the 2 asked politely.


    " Uh-huh. " Daniel grunted towards them.


    Both slightly furrowed their brows at Daniels attitude considering it was 10 am , immediatly they thought that Daniel must be one of those unemployed bum that received their taxes!


    " You order a package. We are here to deliver it just sign here. " The senior one told Daniel.


    Daniel took the hand held touch device from the mans hand and used the electronical pen to sign with his signature. Both of them left and a package the size of a microwave was in his hand.


    As soon as he saw where the package came from , the morning drowsiness Daniel always felt washed away.


    " It''s here ! It''s here ! " Daniel almost began to caress the box like he used to stroke a lovers hair gently.


    But soon the poor lovers substitute fell pray to a box cutter. Taking out all the bubble wrapper which Daniel pooped with joy feeling reversed to better days when he still had both parents , he took out the equipment.


    Like holding a false statue of a god he had made his religion of choice Daniel held up the helmet. This feeling Daniel felt just now was beyong estatic it was pure bliss. Since a long time ago he had not felt so complete and whole as a person.


    Sure on his job , especially since he had to deal with customers everyday , Daniel could smile on command. Even though he couldn''t remember when he sincerly smiled for the last time nobody ever saw through it.


    But now this piece of plastic , electronic chips , lazers and whatever marvelous inventions they had placed inside this little piece of salvation made him smile as warm as thousand suns.


    Immediatly he connected the Helmet to his computer with a 10 meter usb Kabel and snuggled up in his hard but comfortable bed. With a buzzing sound the helmet came to life and started the process of scanning the not yet ready Daniel as he still held it in his hands.


    He quickly put it on and was sucked into the world , which he hoped , that could possibly be his salvation.


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    <table><tbody><tr><td>Welcome to > Other World < , the scan on the synapses in your brain has detected you are a first time user.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    A message window appeared before him , as Daniel was completly unfased by him floating mid-air inside of a completly white area.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Would you like to register and create your one and only character inside the mythical world that lays beyond this point?</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Daniel frantically searched underneath the window , that was still hovering in-front of him , for a yes and no button but couldn''t find anything of the like. A new thought appeared in his head.


    " Yes? " He asked more then said.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>The > Other world < is a collected phantasm created from multiple Fantasy worlds. Thus there are currently 256 starter races available. About 40 base races while the rest are either half-breeds or even slightly modified versions , such as Drow-elfs and Night-elfs. Each and every one has a different starting abilitys.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    As soon as Daniel had read this another window appeared right in-front of him once again.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>State what you desire in this world and a race appropriate for you will be selected.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " I want to be the strongest of them all. One that dives into battle , without second thought. " Daniel said.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Invalid request. Your desire needs to be more generalized.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now Daniel went into deep thought. His skills in twisting words had been honed to the sharpest , it helped dealing with troublesome clients , but he decided to answer as truthfully as he could. Over 5 minutes passed before he opened his mouth again.


    " I want to have the ability to go where ever i like and do battle with anything that comes at me. " Daniel stated.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your race has been selected in regard to your wishes. You are destined to become a Wraithling.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Daniel pictured himself having a incorporeal body and floating through the air , based on the name alone , but his delusions got destroyed pretty quickly while the next window pooped open.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your looks have been used as a base and projected on a Wraithling, you may alter your appearnace.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    In-front of him was a figure with grey-ish ill looking skin. The arms spread out at its sides. It had long and thin brows a rather plain looking face , but what missing were the scars or slabby skin from a orc.


    It looked exatcly like a human in regards of bodily structure , besides the ears that were pointy but for some reason bits and pieces of those ears were missing. While the brows were thin the hair atop Daniels avatar was thick.


    With 6 foot it was the same size as Daniel and had the violet eyes both of them shared and the red-blond hair color.


    " Change hair color to white and now make the skin a darker gray and the freckles disappear. Good , done. " Daniel said as he was satisfied.


    Daniel never had freckles around his face but his arms were covered by them as well as his shoulders. This was one thing he hated about his body , among the slight over-weight , his round face and his plane face in general. But the grey skin agumented these features and it looked good. His long white hair hid the round face as well so Daniel was happy.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Select the name of your Avatar.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Daniel , as he was an avid reader , just took the first thing that came to mind as he saw his own new body.


    " Angorod. " He just finished and a new window appeared.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your muscles , flexibilty and brain activity have been considered by the system resulting in increased or decreased stats. During your adventure your height , weight , hair and others things change.  Welcome to the > Other world <</td></tr></tbody></table>


    A sucktion assaulted Daniles , or now Angorods body , as the white world around him faded for a black one.


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    The world that had turned black soon changed and he saw a woman lying on furs inside what looked like a cave. Massive shouts of pain and promises of strangling the person who had done this to her were uttered. Now Angorod noticed the increased belly size this female had to her comparibly lighter frame.


    '' You can''t be serious .... '' Angorod thought.


    A man entered the small cave and kneeled besides the female holding her hand. She pressed down on the mans hand so hard even the male began to cry out in pain. With a push from the women a little crying bundle of grey color emerged from the between the females legs.


    '' Gross ... but i would have thought that i would appear in the little babys body now ... '' Angorod ranted in his mind.


    But more shouts , screams and promises of revenge were uttered and a second baby appeared. More and more exited the motherly embrace. But even though Angorod thought this was already gross , he now noticed the first baby attacking the second born.


    Little teeth , that seemed to be razor sharp , dug into the second borns pointy ears. As this was the most surprising Angorod forgot that babys weren''t supposed to crawl around or have teeth on their first day of birth. Also the punch the first born just landed on the other baby slipped Angorods notice.


    Another feeling of being pulled around assaulted Angorod once again and it became dark , warm and slippery around him. Something pressed hard on him and instantly Angorod knew what was happening.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been automatically accepted


    You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.Eliminate or subdue all of the competitors to become the leader of the group.


    Competitors remaining 10/10</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' Cool ... , i just get pressed out and instantly have to fight for my life.... '' He thought.


    Now as he was the last born of the 11 weird brown , black and even red eyes of his '' siblings '' focused on him. Judging by Daniels knowledge he knew this was similar to hyenas behaviour directly after birth and now he had to fight his way to be the '' alpha '' over the pack of new borns.


    Angorod leaned forward and lost his balance in the process , as his limbs were incredibly shorter now. But his outstretched arm landed a clean jab with all of his bodily weight on it.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have landed a jab straight to the skull. Due to your weight behind the blow you have inflicted 25% more damage plus an additional 400% resulting from a new born babys not yet hardend state of the bones.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have killed one of your siblings in the fight for supremancy Quest has been updated.


    Competitors remaining 9/10</td></tr></tbody></table>


    His mother that had just lost most of the pain , was watching the scene and opened her mouth.


    " Ulgar , should we name that one already? " She adressed the man besides her.


    " No , my love. He could not be the last living one , lets be patient. " The man said.


    Angorod was stunned beyond comparison , this was the worst experience in his life so far! But soon he realized it was after all just a game. Now as he viewed his '' competitors '' just as a task he had to overcome , just like he did in the real world when it came to his job , a cool and calculating gaze filled his eyes.


    His own flabby little body was set up straight again after some struggle but the other ones had the same problems after they fell. Using his palms and knees he crawled over to a pair of 2 already locked in a death like battle.


    He stopped shortly before the exposed back of ones head as the sitting baby was using its hands to strangle the laying baby , which in itself was pointless due to the missing muscle strength , but Angorod would not let this chance pass.


    There was a easy way to overcome missing strength and Angorod knew this from his job. The principle of applying greater force using a lever. He slung his flabby little right arm around its neck and used the other arm as a crowbar. Seconds later his competitors body became limp at the genuine choke bar and with another * tring* he received a new window.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been updated


    Remaining competitors 6/10</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' Oh 3 more had been taken care of. '' Angorod thought.


    Now a new prey was laying in-front of his baby like body that was desperatly trying to get away. Would he let it go ? No he sure wouldn''t and set out to get the quest done.


    A good 15 minutes later , while Angorod himself had taken a few hits and bites to various places , the matter was settled.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>The quest has been completed , after your growth period you will receive a gift.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Good child , so what shall we name our offspring? " His '' father '' said.


    His '' mother '' still on her back with spread open legs , that luckily were censored Angorod noticed , opened her mouth but her voice sounded drained.


    " Is it a boy or a girl , love? " She addressed the male.


    The males hand lashed out quickly and took Angorod''s leg. With a jank he got lifted into the air and was cursing extremly. But only angry baby gurgles of * gugu gaga* came out of his mouth as he wiggled around , signaling his displeasure.


    " Its a boy. Angorod shall be his name! " His '' father'' said.


    The woman smiled once and then fell to sleep , as Angorod thought because of her moving ribcage.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your growth period is underway , you are prohibited to log back into your avatar for 8 hours in real time , this will be 24 h in game time.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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    The helmet turned of and now Daniel felt his matrace and pillows. Even though it had been short the world was realistic. But soon Daniel thought about what just happend.


    '' I feel sick ... '' Daniel thought.


    He got up quickly and headed towards the bathroom. Choking sounds could be heard miliseconds later as Daniel emptied his stomache into the toilet he barely reached. It had been a very close call , as Daniel almost threw up inside of his bed as the realization what he had just done hit him.


    " God , that was awful... But how could i have done that? Maybe something changed inside me because of the game ... " He said his thoughts out loud after gurgling with water to get rid of the foul taste in his mouth.


    He still felt nauseas so he decided his hunger could wait as he pressed a button on his keyboard , waking the computer he had set in stand-by mode. With a few clicks of his mouse a forum was opened where people reported about the > Other world < .


    Mostly casual things , but more and more reports about their first 30 minutes of play got uploaded. As he still had 7 hours left before he could return he even read a few , but those reports were nothing like his experience.


    Some warm parents greeted them gave them a name and played a little bit with their flubby little fingers , before they fell to sleep. Nobody had to kill his own siblings or the like! Well for Daniel bad things were not out of the norm so he just shrugged his shoulders at the thought about his first 30 minutes of play.


    But as his thoughts grew to that certain experience his already empty stomache decided to spew out the digestive fluid , all over his monitor.


    '' Well at least i have something to do now ... clean.... '' Daniel thought while whipping the corners of his lips with a tissue. So he cleaned his whole apartment and cooked some simple dishes up after his stomache had settled 4 hours later. After putting the cleaned dishes away and a shower Daniel put on the helmet and saw a little screen inside with numbers displayed.


    Daniel instantly was reminded of a countdown so he just put the helmet on completly and waited for the 360 seconds to count to zero. Now the real adventure should begin , Daniel hoped at least. But he would be disappointed once again.


    ................


    Angorod woke up on a slightly hard fur and the feeling of hard earth or stone underneath him. His arms and hands looked bigger and on reflex he opened and closed the still flabby looking things. It was a funny scene to watch but for Angorod it was hard work to focus enough to only move 1 finger at a time as the nerves hadn''t fully developed yet.


    " Ahh Angorod , come here. " The male he had seen before said from a now opened fur flap that doubled as a door.


    Using his palms and shaky knees , Angorod stood up with ease that surprised him so he fell on his arse in a fluid motion. He shook his head and now stood up '' normally''. Still with shaky legs he waddled to the flap and his '' father '' took his hand.


    Angorod was being pulled along by his '' father '' but that guy made him run his arse of in the short distance and soon with a familiar * tring* a window appeared.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You are hungry you need to acquire food appropriate for your age and race.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Directly after he read through it , his father stopped in-front of another fur flap. He held it aside and both went inside. For the first time Daniel noticed his great height for a 2 day old as he looked in the room.


    Hundreds of other kids , with gray skin and all , were wrestling with one another and fighting for slabs of meat that were scattered about. But even the standing ones were slightly smaller then him. This food wasn''t just scattered about it was thrown in a irrgeular intervals by '' adults''.


    '' Well i know what is going to happen now .... '' * Tring* '' Yup there it is. '' Angorod thought.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been automatically accepted


    Fight for survival


    In order to acquire satisfy your hunger , you need to overcome all adverseries in-front of you.


    Points of nourishment needed for survival of this day 100


    0/100 acquired so far


    1 gulp of blood 5 points


    1 meat slab 20 points


    1 Wildcard 50 points


    Time remaining 2h.


    Failure will result in death , you will need to start over from day 1 of your birth.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Extra , gaining more meat will let you grow stronger. Results in a extra gift after your growth.


    After 5 seconds Angorod realized how you could acquire gupls of blood. Beating other kids bloody and licking the blood of your puny fists was one method , the other was sucking it from wounds you bit into them.


    But what a Wildcard was ... Angorod mustered the sharp teeth of his competitors and instantly realized what it was. Flesh of other beings. As bloody as it could get , but luckily the other kids hadn''t figured that much out yet.


    Angorod was also worried what would happen if there were players around here , but then he realized that he saw no name tags above the babys heads. He had read about this on the web from a pair of twins that had been born from the same parents in the game. You can''t see names above other peoples heads , they reported.


    Angorod sighed in relief as he started his '' walk '' into the Lions den to do everything he could to not have to repeat the feeling of getting born all over.


    8 kids were already fighting , with teeth and punches , over one piece of meat in their mid but this time , instead of muscling his way through , Angorod decided on another method. He made a few noises of * uh-uh Ah-ah* bounced up and down and pointed towards where the adults stood.


    The 8 other dumb kids looked in that direction and forgot what they were fighting for. Angorod just grabbed the meat and devoured the small chunk in one go.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest updated


    Nourishment acquired 20/100</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' This worked out well. '' Angorod thought but at that exact same second the 8 kids attention returned to the now stolen meat. All 8 eyed him with hate and anger. But Angorod took up his fists and flashed his razor sharp teeth ready to strike. 7 of them were smart enough to back of but one walked towards him.


    A straight jab right into the bridge of its nose and another one into its teeth later it started to cry.


    " Isn''t that one yours Helmurt? Such a pity i don''t think a crying one should survive. Should we kill it now? " Angorods '' father'' said towards a second man.


    " Might be best. " That kids father said.


    '' Oh my god what the hell is wrong with those people. '' Angorod thought listening to the conversation.


    Even though Angorod in the real world had problems , no parent should kill its own child , so he decided to kill the '' obstacle '' as he named it inside his mind. Another arm bar later , the child went into eternal slumber.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You killed a innocent child out of pity of its own destiny being killed by its parent. Your alignment has changed slightly. This lets you appear weaker to the rest of the wraithling children.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' ... The creator of this game , should really go play a wraithling himself. '' Angorod thought.


    A pack of 20 now turned their attention to Angorod and eyed him with greed of the blood on his hands and the flab of '' nourishment '' they saw in front of him. But he was intent to defend this childs corpse so it wouldn''t be eaten , even though Angorod just didn''t want to see it being canibalized.


    Angorod licked his knuckles and received a new window with another * tring* before he positioned himself in a stance with both hands put up.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest updated


    Nourishment acquired 30/100


    Time remaining 1 h 50 minutes</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' This will be a very long 2 hours ... '' Daniel thought.


    Directly 2 kids charged at him but after 2 jabs in the face of one and a well placed kick inside the crotch of the other both lay on the floor. Angorod licked the blood of his knuckles again and didn''t even notice what he was doing.


    After a long 2 hours finally a * tring* made his father appear between the other children calling for him to go sleep.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest completed


    You have acquired 25 gulps of blood


    You have acquired 3 slabs of meat


    You have acquired no Wildcards


    You have completed the Quest with 185 points of nourishment.


    In doing so you will gain benefits after your growth period.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Come along Angorod , time for you to sleep. " His father said and lead him back to the fur and hard stone he woke up today.


    He felt tired after this strainious '' exercise '' and he was physcially drained and extremly wobbly on his kids feet as he walked. But as soon as he was in the certain cave his father left him , so Angorod walked towards the fur and layed himself down and instantly darkness enveloped him.


    Only briefly he noticed the message of 8 hours of sleep required to undergo his growth period as he slept inside of the game for the first time. All through out the process he had nightmares of grey kids killing eachother for a little slab of meat.

 Chapter 2

    Chapter 2


    What is wrong with the Wildcard!!!


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    Angorod woke up naturally to the feel of cold stone beneath him and some furs. As the other day his father was waiting for him at the fur flap and called him over. As he rubbed his eyes and came closer to him he noticed that the height difference wasn''t as much as before.


    " Time to feed , child. " He said rather simple and lead along.


    With just a slight idea where they were going , he remebered only bits and pieces of yesterday , they walked through the caverns. Angorod could not recognize the different tunnels or caverns as for him it all looked the same. One wall looked exactly like the other but his father lead along the way perfectly.


    With quick steps he went through a fur flap and now a new sight made Angorod wonder about how the Wraithlings lived. He saw 20 children , all around the age of 12 , fighting and brawling with one another. But as he concentrated in on the children he also saw something else.


    But with a familiar * tring* he got distracted.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been automatically accepted


    Fight for survival part 2


    In order to acquire satisfy your hunger , you need to overcome all adverseries in-front of you.


    Points of nourishment needed for survival of this day 200


    0/200 acquired so far


    1 gulp of blood 5 points


    1 meat slab 20 points


    1 Trios 50 points


    1 Wildcard 100 points


    Time remaining 2h.


    Failure will result in death , you will need to start over from day 1 of your birth.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' Again the wildcard ... Which normal human that plays this game could eat his own kind ... '' Angorod thought.


    But as he concentrated on the children once again he found out what a '' Trios'' had to be. It was incredibly fast and about the size of a handball with a cooper colored outer shell. It had 6 legs and facet eyes combined with a horn on its head and 2 mandibles.


    It looked like a over-grown rhinoceros beetle. But Angorod was set on not resorting to canibalism even today and the fastest way was to eat those bugs. His father laughed as the now steady walk of his child had became a dash.


    Angorod saw 5 children forcing the little bug to a stone wall but it was escaping the loose '' net '' they had formed around it as it ran through their legs. He on the other hand expected this and jumped while tackling the little bug. As he held it in his arms now the thing began to use its horns and mandibles to break free.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 5 points of damage</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 5 points of damage</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 10 points of damage</td></tr></tbody></table>


    One window after another popped up , as Angorod was frantically looking for a stone to kill the creature or a similar weapon. But then Angorod realized that Wraithlings had a weapon as they were born.


    He bit into a leg of the bug and a high pitched tone escaped the beast as he chewed on the creature. It tasted similar to cooked chicken which in return eased the nausea attack Angorod was having moments before. Especially the warmth of the creature made him think of deep fried chicken.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been updated


    Nourishment required 50/200


    Time remaining 1 h 45 mins</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>While you ate you recovered 50 health</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod dusted himself up as he was standing up and looked for the next Trios he could capture. Or more for the next group of dim-wits he could use to capture another. But the other children eyed him with envy but left him alone , for now.


    Another Trios ran by his feet a few minutes later , so he decided to step on the bug. Considering the speed of the creature that easily ran 25 km/h he naturally missed but he was by no means discouraged.


    Most of the kids soon realized that Trios just were to fast for them and left them alone in a fight for survival beating one another and grabbing the meat the Adults kept throwing in the '' ring''.


    A trios was just about to pass by him so this time he jumped for it. Instead of catching it in his arms , like last time , the creature bit down on his biceps. With the the hunter became the hunted.


    4 more of the beetles closed in on him with breath taking speed while the first one chomped down on his arm repeatedly. It hurt like crazy but as Angorod knew the pain was dulled to a mere 25% realistic pain inside of this game. But now the other beetles had surrounded him.


    With a quick stomp another beetle feel victim to Angorod and there were now only 4 left. The one on his arm , 2 in-front of him and 1 behind.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 10 points of damage</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 10 points of damage</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Windows appeared as the beetles started to bite down on his bare feet. His life was in grave danger , Angorod realized , not through a Health bar or the like it was just a feeling. This situation had to change quickly so he decided to aim for the closest one. With the other hand he gripped the beetle that was biting down on his arm and ripped it out with force.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 20 points of damage


    Entered critical state.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    His body , besides ozzing out blood from the wound on his arm , blinked in a red color but he quickly chomped down himself on the beetles legs.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been updated


    Nourishment required 100/200


    Time remaining 1 h 10 mins</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He ran as he ate to distact the other beetles. Even though he was slower then them they couldn''t get a good bite out of his feet anymore and as he finished the beetle he still held a new window appeared.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>While you ate you recovered 50 health</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He threw the now useless remains of the first beetle into a corner and jumped up , startling the chasing beetles , and landed on 2 of them with his bare feet. As it was in the real world the bigger the bug the thinner their Chitin armor. With yellow innards spilling everywhere the bugs got squished.


    The last of the bugs decided to make a run for a it but with a precise leap Angorod caught it in his arms like the first one. With high-pitched noises it attracted attention of the other children that were fighting over the meat slabs. But now they saw greater nourishments laying around only a few meteres apart.


    Beetle flesh that could be devoured as it was unguarded. Angorod had no time to deal with the one in his arms , as he had to reclaim the other beetles he had already squashed. With a few straight jabs he knocked 3 children back and grabbed the 2 he had killed while stepping on them.


    He chewed as fast as he could while running around the small cave , so the rest wouldn''t be able to catch him while he ate. Soon 2 messages came but Angorod ignored the first.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been updated


    Nourishment required 200/200


    Time remaining  45 mins</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now Angorod was ready for the pack of kids behind him and with more and more jabs and a few mixed in uppercuts he beat them back into submission. Naturally he wouldn''t let any nourishment go by , besides canibalism , so he licked the blood of his hard fists and gained multiple windows one after another.


    He looked for the first bug he had killed but saw 5 children already devouring it at the other end of the cavern so it wasn''t worth the hassle. 10 Children around him were straight up unconscious , so there was no possible way they would survive this day , and 4 more dead at Angorods hands.


    Thinking about killing them out of pity was crossing Angorods mind but then he remembered the message yesterday and decided on something else instead. He bit one in the neck and looked at the wound from a normal distance.


    Blood was oozing out , so he sucked up the blood. He gave cannibalism a quick thought as after all these grey Wraithlings only had human like appearances but the taste on his tongue from the bite was already gruesome enough.


    After he had done this with all the 4 dead he noticed a body he had just before sucked '' dry'' was moving. Since this was a game Angorod thought of Undead but he relaxed as he saw the real reason.


    A Trios with a crocked leg was chewing on the corpse.


    " Ahhh , the one i let escape! " Angorod spoke out loud.


    This gathered the attention of the other children. Now a murderous gaze was filling their eyes as they came closer. Their mouths were watering at the corpses behind Angorod and they forgot what they were doing coming closer.


    With another heavy beating and some more dead children , while Angorod , licked his knuckles , his father came to pick him up.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest completed


    You have acquired 32 gulps of blood


    You have acquired 2 slabs of meat


    You have acquired 4 Trios


    You have acquired no Wildcards


    You have completed the Quest with 400 points of nourishment.


    You have overachieved this Quest and will gain great benefits from this after your growth period.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    As the day before his father guided him back to the cave he slept in and he fell asleep instantly.


    ...........................


    Something seemed to tug on his shoulders as he woke up , but Angorod the same as Daniel would not be a morning person. Opening his eyes slowly he saw a female that a female had been shaking his shoulders.


    " Hrrrrr...." Angorod mumbled as he forceblly awoke from hellish nightmares.


    " Wake up , it is time. " The female told him.


    With a heavy yawn he sat himself up while rubbing the corner of his eyes he noticed another incredible growth spurt had taken place while he was asleep. The female in-front of him was also grey skinned with white hair much like himself , but she had red eyes instead of his own violet eyes.


    " Time ... for ....what? " He pressed out during another yawn.


    The girl , judging by her height , was around 13 years of age , at least by human standards and the slight development of curves she had , inclined her head to a side and stared at him questionally.


    " .... " She remained silent with a look of disgust on her face.


    Angorod still had clothes on , he noticed as he stood up , but he had a bad habit of sleeping naked most of the time , even during the cold winters in the real world. So even if this girl saw his naked figure he wouldn''t mind , when he started that was puzzling himself but he had forgotten since long ago.


    He stretched his arms and legs for a few seconds and noticed that his hands looked more like a massive paw instead of a hand. The palm was almost as big as a porzelain plate and his fingers massive and long. As he looked down at his body everything was well refined and more matured then compared to the girl.


    Judging by his vantage point from real life he guessed he was about 187 cms tall now and the incredible size of his feet. On closer inspection he thought a 48 in European shoe size or a 12 1/2 in american standards would fit him. But with taps of her feet the girl started to grow impatient.


    " Lead the way. " Angorod said out loud.


    His voice was the same as in real life , so he presumedthe growth spurt was over , but a slight ringing came out when he talked. Not that it upset him his voice was deep to begin with , due to certain influences of cigarettes , but this ringing sounded awfully beast like.


    The girl , that was almost 2 heads shorter then himself , opened the fur flap and lead the way through the catacomb like caverns. Angorod yawned more often then not and the girl clicked her tongue telling him her dissatisfaction at him.


    He entered a '' room '' through another fur flap and there he saw 3 throne like chairs being aligned like a podium on the stone floor. The most impressive one was in the middle the second one on its left and the lowest one on the right.


    But 2 of those chairs were occupied and the girl that lead him along the way now seated herself on the third. The figure in the middle looked awfully familiar but Angorod couldn''t place his fingers on it.


    " We welcome you , child of ours , to the council room. " The female on the left said.


    " We have a task that you must complete. " The girl that lead him here said.


    " We must ensure the survival of our newest member. " The middle one said and he recognized the voice.


    It was the women that gave birth to him , he soon realized. But as Angorod had already guessed the society of Wraithlings is heavily built like hyenas. Matriachs that abonden their males and raise the females themselves. Those 3 in-front of him were the Alphas.


    * tring *


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have automatically accepted a Quest


    Ensure the young Matriarchs survival through the next weeks and bring her back here.


    As you are both > other worlders < you will be taken away by the end of the next day and must survive in a neutral city , not your natural home.


    Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    Train yourself in regard with this.


    Reward: Familarity with the Matriarchs


    A racial skill that has yet to be unlocked


    Failure: You will be hunted by all of your kind and exiled from all Wraithling tribes


    Rank difficulty: F


    Time limit: None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Yes , matriarch. " Angorod rumbled.


    It wasn''t new to him that women trampled on him , but Angorod knew that as soon as he brought her back he would be free to travel where ever he wanted and this on the other hand delighted him.


    Also the racial skill could be ... something very interesting as he had seen the way how the wraithlings survived the first few days.


    " Your father awaits you down the hall , Marissa lead him there. " His mother said.


    The youngest one now stood up and walked through the fur flap leaving Angorod behind. But his superior height , or more his longer legs , brought him behind her in a few steps as she was quickening her pace.


    Angorod noticed that he was perfectly fine as the girl halted in-front of another fur flap but she was breathing heavily. She pointed a finger at the '' door'' and Angorod went through without hesitation.


    " Welcome , son. " His father said.


    His father was sharpening a sword with a wet stone , which surprised Angorod as he thought the Wraithlings would surely use stone axes and spears but it was a genuine sword. Sure it was a bit rusty but nothing the wet-stone couldn''t fix.


    " Learn from what i am doing , then help me. " He told Angorod.


    He watched 3 minutes and already had some expertise in sharpening things to begin with , due to the construction job he had , so he took the another wetstone and grabbed a few daggers.


    On a nearby fur Angorod sat down and began to sharpen the blades. Every minute or so he put his thumb to the blade and tested the edge , it took him 5 minutes to sharpen one blade alone until he was satisfied.


    Now his father came over and inspected the work he had done with a hair he had ripped out. The small dagger split the hair in 2 and his father was surprised. Now he checked , while brining his eyes closer , for uneven deformations in the edge.


    " Good work son , keep it up! " His father said and went back to his own work.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Familarity with your Father has increased slightly.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    And another appeared.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A side-quest has appeared.


    Sharpen at least 25 blades and your father will be proud.


    Reward: Increase Familiarity with your father greatly , some cooper coins


    Over achievement (50% extra): You will gain the repair skill


    Failure: You may gain a beating and could die from it resulting in a start over of your life as a Wraithling</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " I accept. " Angorod whispered so his father couldn''t hear.


    Familarity was always a thing that brought great benefits , Angorod knew from other games , and was hard to acquire. Most of the time one had to repeat the same dull quests over and over again to gain slight advantages. But this game was different from the core up so a great increase in Familarity would definetly help him out.


    With those thoughts and renewed vigour while thinking of the repair skill that could come in handy he increased the pace. After all he had no idea how long it would be before he needed to sleep.


    With every dagger he sharpened a window appeared telling him of his progress , but Angorod found out if he did a sloppy job the system wouldn''t recognize the blade as '' sharpend ''. So sometimes he had to start over a blade completly and already ruined 1 dagger. But soon with a * tring* he finished the last one in his lap.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A quest has been updated


    Blades sharpend 12/25


    Blades destroyed in the prozess 1


    To make up for a destroyed blade you have to sharpen 2 more.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    This was kind of tricky , as Angorod had to pay extra attention now. But there was no set time limit on this quest so he must have at least the rest of the day left. But to make sure he asked his father.


    " Father , when do i have to go sleep today? " Angorod said while he grabbed the rest of the daggers that needed sharpening from the stash.


    The father went into a thinking pose while placing a hand underneath his chin , but soon came up with a answer.


    " Guess you are old enough now. I will let you go to sleep when you think you need some sleep. You won''t have to go back to the den later on either. I will give you enough food. " His father said.


    " But im hungry and you should be too. Look over there , its a pouch full of meat and water. Drink and eat i brought another pouch since i made to much today. " His father finished.


    Angorod soon noticed his stomache was rumbling and hastly went to the pouch there were numerous food stuffs in there besides the meat and water and in a few minutes it all disappeared inside his mouth and down his throat.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received nourishment required for you growth


    Eating all the food in the pouch and drinking the water has accumulated 170 points of nourishment as it was a Adult portion who hunts every day.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>The event quest Fight for survival part 3 has been canceled


    You will still need 200 points of nourishment before the day ends , incquire your father about it later.


    Overachieveing the points will result in benefits after the growth period.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' Neat '' Angorod thought while sharpening another blade.


    But now , as Angorod was very careful , it took him 5-8 minutes minimum to sharpen a blade so he made slower progress. But even after the 60th dagger he had not destroyed another blade and he was quite proud of himself.


    " Thats enough for this today , im hungry again. Its around 2 pm now good time to take a break from this. Let me see how much you sharpend. " His father said.


    He went over every blade very carefully and examined them for sharts or blunt parts. But as he found any he was surprised.


    " How many did you destroy? "


    Angorod handed him over the one blade he had sharpend to much and thus made the metal to thin on the edge.


    " Only one , very good boy! " His father said in delight.


    He handed him the ruined dagger back , as it missed its sharp edhe , but as it was still pointy Angorod decided to pocket it in his fur pants.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A quest has been completed


    Blades sharpend 60/27 ( Due to the blades destroyed)


    Blades destroyed in the prozess 1


    Familiarity with your Father greatly increased


    By overachieving the quest you have gained the following


    When the people come to take all the > Other worlders < away you will gain the repair skill and some cooper coins</td></tr></tbody></table>


    But another window appeared directly after.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>By greatly overachieving the quest you have gained your fathers respect


    Reward : May still be determined by your actions</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Son lets go eat!" He comanded.


    His fathers footsteps were light and he was in a good mood , but Angorod on the other hand was brooding over the great overachievement. Was this something he knew from other games , such as in Dungeon and Dragons the smaller wish spell? It somehow felt similar but yet slightly different.


    '' What shall i get from this .... I could probably ask for information , but as he respects me now he will probably tell me everything i want to know. ... Tricky little extra bonus. '' Angorod thought.


    They soon arrived in another cavern that was filled with crude looking tables and benches. A male was standing behind a wodden counter and was roastin , frying or boiling things in pots and pans.


    The smell was amazing , Angorod couldn''t deny it , and he saw why. The Trios were deep fried and they already tasted like chicken. They also had boiled or mashed potatoes as well as other meat.


    " Take whatever you want , son. But don''t be to greedy. " His father told him.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>As you have gained your fathers respect , you are now viewed as a Adult.


    But even Adults when they are to self-centered will take a beating from the rest.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A Hidden-Quest has appeared.


    Fight for food.


    You can take as much as you like , but if one member of the Wraithlings thinks you took more then you can handle you will have to fight for your food. Those fights are a everyday occurence and everything is allowed.


    You could die in the process.


    Reward: Extra nourishment and respect from the tribe


    Failure: Could result in death and you having to start over from day 1 as a Wraithling</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now as Angorod was very cautios of the situation , as he expected the other Tribes males to carry swords or similar weapons , and closely looked how much his father took. He took the exact same amount , which was quite a bit more then the content of the pouch from before.


    But little did he know that he made a grave mistake.


    " Who do you think you are brat! " Another male shouted out and both his and his fathers head turned towards the aggressor.


    The man was bulky , but had no evident weapons. He also was shorter then Angorod as he now stood up and towered over the other by at least 20 cms. But this aggressor had no intention to back of after he picked a fight.


    Naturally that would make him appear weak , at the young punk who had as much food as the Alpha male around here.


    " Do you think you deserve as much as the mate of the first Matriach! " The male shouted to cover his insecurity at Angorods size.


    Now Angorod took a thinking pose while placing his hand underneath his chin , just as his father had done before.


    " Well he is my son after all. " His father said.


    Now everything fell into place for Angorod. He knew his '' mother '' was the matriach and even in Hyena society the male mate of the Matriarchs had a special meaning , still lower then any female BY far , but still a special meaning between male members.


    But as Angorod took another look at the aggressor that had become like a cute little puppy , scared beyond belief , he knew he would back down from the fight he started. Nonetheless as Angorod sat back down the aggressor saw his chance and tackled him.


    Instantly he was in a choke hold , which Angorod himself has used quite often , with no way to free himself. Even his '' father '' looked at him with eyes that told Angorod he had no intention of helping him in the slightest.


    Angorod turned blue as he couldn''t breath and the male behind him wouldn''t let up at all. Dark colors were already dancing in his vision and with a * tring* he at least half regained his conciousness.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have 10 seconds left of oxygen</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' The dagger! '' He thought with his hazy mind.


    With numb fingers he retrieved the dagger and flung his arm back over his shoulder. Angorod felt he was being released and breathed in heavily. Warm liquid ran over his shoulder and down his back but he didn''t even notice.


    Angorod quickly got up and faced the now 1 eyed aggressor. He still held the dagger but quickly threw it away. Coincidentally it landed right inside of his own pile of food and pierced the plate as well as the table underneath and stuck there.


    With the massive paw like hands Angorod had he took the aggressors head in his hands and pressed down on it hard. The man squealed and pleaded for his life but the only thing Angorod was thinking about was how to kill this man. With quick movements he got behind him and used the same choke hold the aggressor had used before.


    While the pain from loosing an eye ran through the enemys body he had no chance of fighting back. As Angorod noticed that he was about to suffocate to death he released him on. Even helped him up.


    But this was just a farce for Angorod who was still seeing only stars and whose mind was still hazy. Now as Angorod was still standing behind the male his head shot forward quickly and dug his teeth deep into the other mans throat.


    With a jerk of his head combined with the razor sharp teeth he ripped out a great piece of meat from his opponent. Unbelieving what just happend the aggresor fell to the floor lifeless and with grey dust his body disappeared.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A quest has been completed.


    Rewards for this incredible feat are the following


    The tribe has acknowledged you as the Matriarchs son</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " I knew this would happen , son. You have it in your eyes to be ... ruthless even for us Wraithlings. Claim your prize , the food your victim has left behind. " His father said.


    As his mind was still hazy Angorod took the plate the other man had placed over his own and strangely for Angorod himself he already had food in his mouth. He was tired and still lacked oxygen as well as feeling drained and hungry so the flesh that was already in his mouth definetly had a good taste.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have ate a Wildcard , nourishment + 100</td></tr></tbody></table>

 chapter 3 , Meticioulus task

    AUTHORS NOTE:


    Hope you enjoy


    ...............


    After drinking some water , to wash away the ghastly taste in his mouth , he sat down on the bench with his father. It took quite some time for Angorod to regain his normal thinking process , as his brain had been without oxygen for a little to long.


    As this was over now he started to dig into the meal in-front of him and the extra portion of the aggressor. Without knowing why he shoveld everything inside of him , even though he was already about to burst , from the massive quantity he devoured.


    While he was so intent on eating he noticed multiple windows but he discarded them to see the end result , rather then the way to it. Especially since this was the second meal of the day and a good day resulted in at least 3 meals.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received nourishment required for you growth


    Eating all the food in-front of you and the aggressors portion you have accumulated 240 for your meal , 190 for the agressors meal , 100 for the Wildcard as well as 170 for the breakfast you had so far.


    Accumulated points:  700/200 so far , meal remaining 1</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' Hmm already trippled , i wonder what i will get for doing all this ... '' Angorod thought.


    After they had eaten they went back through the caverns. It took both of them quite some time but they landed back in the armoury again. But this time sharpening wasn''t the plan his father had in mind but instead he called Angorod to sit down on one of the furs.


    " Tell me , son , what would you like to be in the future? " His father asked in a serious tone.


    He intended to give him some time to think about the answer , but Angorod knew what he wanted.


    " I want to be a Paladin. " He replied.


    Naturally , Angorod would be a loner so this was a natural course of action. Fighting in the front lines with moderate dps and moderate tanking abilitys while using heals to keep his life up. It was more of a jack-of-all trades and this would be best.


    " What is a Paladin? " His father asked in return.


    Even though Angorod was stunned for a few seconds with an open jaw , he regained his senses and came to the conclusion this Class had to have another name.


    " Well , it used heavy armor and a sword and shield or a 2 handed sword to kill its enemys. Then it has healing spells but also divine attacks. " Angorod summarized it.


    " Ahh i know of those. Sorry to tell you boy a profession like that isn''t something for our kind. "


    Now Angorod was even more confused but as the familarity with his father and the rest of the tribe was pretty high , he could ask infite question. Or at least until the next fight for death or food awaited.


    " Father , why cant i become a Paladin? "


    His father was carefully stroking his short beard before he started to talk again.


    " Well son , our race isn''t meant to be like that. First you don''t just '' pick '' a profession. Second if you want a certain profession you have to at least have a understanding and basic training in that field. " He started.


    " A Paladin isn''t a regular profession anyways. You take one path then you take the next. Thats what makes a '' Paladin '' then there are even difference in '' Paladins''. Depending on how strong they are , there are different kinds. " His father finished.


    '' One path , then the next? Difference with Paladins? Strength huh? '' Angorod understood nothing and he just figured out this is not a regular game. So now his objective was to find out what was '' false '' information on his side and what were the right assumptiations.


    " Father what profession do you have? " Angorod asked innocently.


    He stroked his short beard for quite some time and occasionaly shifted his postion uncomforatbly before he spoke.


    " In my young days i was a Crimson Pikeman , then i was a Carmesind Swordsman , after that it was a Onyx Slayer , now im a Crimson Weaponmaster. "


    '' WHAT? '' was the only thing Angorod could think of.


    This just made no sense to Angorod , all of this talk of colors and 4 different classes but especially all the descriptions of the classes were completly foreign to him.


    " Father so why aren''t we meant to be like a Paladin? " He went back to the first question , because he just knew asking the differnces between the colors and the class descriptions would give him a headache to begin with.


    " Thats because we are atheists. We don''t believe in god or have Patrons , we believe in the Matriarchs and they in turn believe in the great godess of earth which grants them healing powers that cure the sick and wounded. " His father said matter of factly.


    This was information Angorod could understand. False idolism of the gods was after all wide spread through-out human history in the real world. Take for example the heresy of the Nazis. The race of superior humans were to kill every last Jew even though '' gods'' book told clearly every life is precious and they killed the jews which in-turn had nailed the son of god to the cross.


    Well it was propaganda and Angorod knew this , but this was only slightly different. They believed so heavily in the Matriarchs that they had to rely on them. This in turn made the matriarchs stronger and their connection with the earth godess granted them extra powers which kept every other power in check.


    " So what is a Patron? " Angorod asked.


    Instinctively Angorod knew unless he was a strong '' believer '' of a god in the > Other World < he would never gain the powers of divine healing , but as he was a Atheist in the real world he would never rely on something like that.


    " A patron is like a strong power that helps you seek out the power you want in this world. Sometimes they tell you nothing and just give you seemingly tedious tasks but you get a incredible profession out of the adventures you had undergone. "


    " Our patrons are the Matriarchs , thats how i got my professions. The other races have strong magicians or legendary Heros as their patrons. Some even have the gods themselfs as patrons. " He finished.


    Angorod understood the rules of this world a little clearer now and he immediatly thought of the patrons as a sort of master-apprentice relationship.


    " What else is different from us then with the other races? " Angorod tried a round about approach and to his luck , his familarity was high enough.


    " Well the also gather in houses. They adopt the > other Worlders < like your kind into their Familiys and train them. Their name gets spread and if they have powerful other worlders they gain fame and riches. These houses also provide efficent patrons comiling with the wishes of the > other worlders < . "


    " But you don''t have to worry about all that son. You have a real family with us and as patrons our Matriarchs who would want to choose , when the Matriarchs can do all that anyways. You will make a fine warrior one day son! Eventually even gather enough glory that the  new Matriarch > other Worlder < lets you mate her! " He said excited dreaming about his sons glorious future.


    Angorod thought to himself it was better to be a Warrior then any of the weird stuff his father had , so he wanted a little advantage already.


    " Father , can you show me what it means to be a fine warrior? "


    His fathers eyes lit up and he even stopped stroking the short beard he grew. Now a ambitious glint appeared in his eyes as well and he looked highly satisfied.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Familarity with your Father has maxed out</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>As you have reached maximum Familarity with your father you have gained a reward


    Reward : May still be determined by your actions</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Thought you would never ask! Take a weapon over there and ill show you a few tricks. " His father said.


    Both of them took weapons , that still needed sharpening and faced eachother. His father studied Angorod intently from the distance and then he lowerd his weapon and came over.


    " Bend your knees a little bit now twist your hip and arm back a little , there you go. That is a proper stance now. Being a Warrior means that you have to understand when to go from offense to defense. Fluid motions are also a key to success. " His father told him in a teacher like tone.


    Now he aligned himself with Angorod and did the same stance. The sword a little behind his shoulders and the left hand placed horizontally across the ribcage while the waist was turned slighlty to the right and the knees bent.


    " This is a proper stance to use with a buckler or shield. A sword and a shield makes the core of every warrior class. Or do you have something else in mind? " His father asked.


    As he remembered from other games his style was never really tanking but more inclined on the hybrid damage side. So he told the truth to his father.


    " I want to use a two-handed sword. "


    Now his father took away the puny weapon he held and handed him a bastard sword. A mix between a two hander and a one handed sword , also called a one and a half hander. It was heavy and weighed Angorods arms down a bit as he wanted to take the same stance with 2 hands.


    " Don''t worry later you will be able to wield a proper 2 hander but you muscles are still a little lacking thats why i gave you a bastard sword. Tomorrow you will be all grown up and will use a 2 hander. Hell , when i train you , maybe you can even use 2 two-handed weapons at once! " His father said only to encourage him.


    But Angorod missed the part that was supposed to be encouragment and took it seriously , but a even greater '' ? '' appeared in his head at the same time.


    '' Holy .... I am going to get even bigger? '' He thought.


    " No forget about the first stance.  There are 3 stances for two handed use. The defense stance the average stance and the aggressive stance. " His father continued.


    He showed him the stances one after another and he copied them to the best of his abilitys. His father was proud that he learned so quick , but Angorod himself wasn''t satisfied. He realized that this game would heavily rely on martial prowess and Daniel never had anything just '' given '' to him.


    Angorod would like Daniel just be a '' average'' in everything as he was no genuis , but not dumb. Neither was he strong to begin with but also not weak. Everything he had was through hard work and diligence. But he hated to be diligent , more then anything. Everything bored him quickly and if this game ended to be a '' grind '' feast he would probably drop it as well.


    But for now he enjoyed learning the new things as he prepared for his new adventure.


    A few hours later while both Angorod and his father sweated like crazy , mostly Angorod as he had to hold up the bastard sword in the aggressive stance for half an hour then he had a 5 minute break and then rinse and repeat. This was one of those '' grin '' feasts Angorod hated so much but a single thing kept him going.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Due to your actions you have will be granted a hidden growth when you reach maturity.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    This made Angorod extremly happy even through a grind feast , but on the other hand grind feasts in this game were even more troublesome then in others. After all you had to do it with your own body instead of a virtual character.


    His father soon discovered his son lacked strength so he told him to use the overhead aggresive stance to train his muscles. All the while he did the same with a regular 2 hander. Not because he wanted best his son , but because he was a good leader.


    A good leader that never wanted anybody to do more then he himself could do. If he had been borne as a women he would have easily been a Matriarch himself , his mate told him every time they were alone.


    " It is getting late. Lets go eat. " His father said while putting down the sword.


    Angorod as well put the Sword down and left with his father for the food cavern as he secretly called it in his head. The march to there was long and his own arms felt like iron. Only hanging them down shot extreme muscle pains through his whole body.


    Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    As they entered through the fur flap he soon noticed at least 30 males sitting on the benches and the tables already eating. Now he was getting uncomfortable. He wanted food really bad , and could use the extra boost of Stamina as well as more growth during his sleep. But on the other hand he had no dagger this time that could save his life.


    So even if he overloaded his plate there was no way out this time. As he approached and loaded his plate with half the amount his father had his father grunted in return. But his father wouldn''t let him go down to a '' lower '' male now after he had his first hierarchic battle behind him.


    His father placed double the amount he himself had on his plate on top of Angorods plate who in return paled to an extent that his grey colored skin turned ivory colored. He thought he was going to die as his father lead him to a table with 2 extremly bukly looking men , even more then his father.


    " Your his boy , right? " The older one of the two asked as soon as he inspected Angorods plate.


    As Angorod turned a shade paler then before and wasn''t sure if he wanted to sit down or run away the second of the pair pulled him down so he was forcebly seated down.


    " Don''t worry. You killed Richard ... good ridance. " The blond haired one said now.


    Now even the older one nodded to give his consent so Angorod dug in to his ridicioulus amount of food. The other 2 chatted about matters of war and game during bites of food but soon the attention turned towards Angorod once again.


    " Heard hes doin 2 handed training. Good to be ambitious but that brings lots of enemys. " The elder said.


    All three grunted at the remark but now his own father spoke.


    " Look at him , would you think he will still grow once? "


    With another agreeing grunt the others dropped the matter , but the blond spoke up soon after the silence set in.


    " Will you teach him ... that? "


    Now a surprised grunt came from his father and the elder and instantly Angorods attention was picked. Well considering his massive amount of food was gone. Not because he was that hungry , after all it was a portion for a 6 headed family by itself , but because he feared someone would challenge him for it.


    " What is that? " Angorod asked the last crumbs of food disappeared in the bottom less pet he called stomache and a window appeared informing him of his progress.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received nourishment required for you growth


    Eating all the food in-front of you and the aggressors portion you have accumulated 640 for your evening meal , 240 for your meal during the day , 190 for the agressors meal , 100 for the Wildcard as well as 170 for the breakfast you had so far.


    Accumulated points:  1360 /200 so far , meal remaining 0</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now another surprised grunt ran through the three. But his '' gamer '' instincts got woken by the mention of teaching him ... that. He would not let loose on this one so he would be stubborn but a window ripped him out of his thoughts.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A special occasion has occured.


    You can either select to use the first or second reward from gaining familarity with your father.


    NOTE: One of them gives you the option to persuade your father to teach you '' that'' the other one may lead to his persuasion.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="35%">First option</td><td colspan="2" valign="top">Second Option</td></tr></td></tr></tbody></table>


    It was a gamble and Angorod knew this. He could waste the second '' big reward '' now with a chance of failure and only have the smaller reward left over. Or he could play it safe use the small reward now and safe the big reward for this last day.


    A tricky inner monologue went on inside Angorods mind but he quickly decided that there was only one possible way to deal with this situation.


    '' Eenie meenie mainii mooe and i pick you! '' He played the childrens game while starting on First option and with every new word he switched options. As soon as his finger stopped he pressed down without really knowing what he selected but a window corrected this.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have chosen the second option.


    The system correct itself to help your cause.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " He''ll survive .... " The blonde one said again.


    Now the old one remained silent while his father looked deep into Angorods eyes. Angorod felt like his father was looking into his very soul almost like he was digging up everything bad and good that has happend to him which has faded into memorys.


    A sligt shiver ran through his spine but he returned the gaze , resolute and filled with strength , after what felt like a eternity for Angorod his father grunted once again.


    " Yes ... he could survive. " His father said.


    Now the other 2 grunted approvingly and continued with their meal. But as both his father and Angorod himself had been finished a while ago they returned to the armoury. For some reason his father had another bag slung over his shoulders that was filled to the brim with food.


    '' Hope you can''t get fat in this game.... '' Angorod thought while eying the bag.


    His father grunted towards him and Angorod sat on another fur. His father told him to take of his shirt so he could see his upper body. Angorod took it off quickly and threw it on the ground besides him.


    Now that Angorods bare upper body was in clear display of his father , who was walking around him in circles looking at every nook and cranny , he felt now shame. In the real world he may have , due to the excessive fat , but here he was just condensed muscles.


    " Good. This will hurt. " His father said.


    Even though Angorod had his back turned to him he felt what was happening. A Dagger pierced underneath his left shoulder and right shoulderblade into his body. It was painfull and inflicted 10 damage each but he endured it without muttering a word.


    Now with the blood running down his body his father spoke again but with a serious tone he had never heard of him before.


    " Very good. This will hurt alot. "


    His fathers palms were lightly placed over the wounds but there was something sharp and cold between the palms and Angorods flesh. With a strong push this sharp and cold thing was forced into the opened wounds.


    As soon as it was inside Angorods body the flesh around the wound and his insides began to boil. Angorod dropped to his knees due to pain but no message window appeared telling him of the damage he received.


    He screamed and shouted but this was only inside his mind as the pain was so intense he couldn''t open his mouth less even move his tongue or voice cords. Behind him his father said something which he couldn''t understand but soon the boiling sensation started to dampen.


    " You have survived. " His father grunted. " Very good."


    With a clear mind now Angorod noticed the window that floated in-front of him.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have gained something.


    This will show after your Growth period has ended.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Boy , eat this. Wounds even the kind of the mind what you just endured need food to heal better. Eating will help the healing process. " His father said and gave him the bag filled with food and water.


    Angorod definetly felt drained and hurt but he grabbed the bag and devoured it greedily even forgetting to worry about making his character fat. He finished the last crumb and the new window appeared in his vision.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received nourishment required for you growth


    Eating all the food in-front of you and the aggressors portion you have accumulated 360 for your late night snack , 640 for your evening meal , 240 for your meal during the day , 190 for the agressors meal , 100 for the Wildcard as well as 170 for the breakfast you had so far.


    Accumulated points:  1720 /200 so far , meal remaining 0</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " What did you do there , father? " Angorod asked still spasming from pain.


    His father let out a sigh and eyed the 2 marks underneath the shoulder blades of Angorod carefully. He was also stroking his beard slow an carefully which made it seem he was carefully choosing his next words.


    " Once the Wraithlings had no Matriarchs. Once there were Kings or Queens of the Wraithlings. What i did was something my father had given me and his father him. During the Time of queens and kings we were stronger and many many more in number. Even though i put it in you it doesn''t mean you will get anything out of it. That depends on you son. " He told Angorod.


    Even though the Wraithlings were people that killed their own while fighting for food , survival , or just for entertainment his father helped Angorod stand and gave him the shirt he wore before. He even went so far as to dust it of.


    Some would have been touched at the behaviour and finally felt some kind of true and deep emotion from the life hardend Wraithling but what did Angorod do? He grunted a thanks and was still as emotionless as ever.


    " Listen to me carefully , son. My father gave me the same choice when i received that. Will you stay here and be under the heel of the Matriarchs where you will have to do what ever they tell you? Or will you escape this place and make a name for yourself out there? " His father asked.


    Now that Angorod thought about it , he had the best opportunity to escape this place. Because the Matriarch was a player she would have to go to a neutral city. He could just abonden her there and make his way through the world himself.


    " But be warned. The matriarchs will hunt you if you desert our ranks. Maybe even I will have to kill you. That new matriarch seems ... especially cruel in many regards as the rumours have reached me. What will you do? " His father asked once again.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A main quest for Wraithlings has appeared


    You have the choice to escape a life captivated in these caves


    You will have to survive in the outside world by yourself without a Patron or Family


    Due to the respect of your tribe , you will be properly equipped if you decide to leave</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " I want to live my own life , father. " He said.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been accepted</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Good boy , i respect your wishes. I will see that a good set of clothes and a sword will be ready when you leave with the Matriarch. But be warned Matriarchs are all smart , you need to gain her trust first before you betray her and escape the tribes clutches. " His father said in a serious tone.


    Now as Angorod had dresses himself again , his father gave him a the bastard sword back and told him to train , doing the aggresive stance. While his father left the room for an hour and came back with a travel back pack. He took things out and sorted through them but Angorod , concentrated on the training , had no time to check what he was doing.


    Sooner or later Angorods arms felt like lead once again and he was tired out beyond belief. He told his father this and he brought him back to the cave he had woken up so many hours ago.


    ..........


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 Ch 4 , Growth period ends

    Angorods body jolted into a upright state all of a sudden. For him it felt like his whole body was on fire and ice at the same time. First hot then cold and more hot then even colder etc etc etc. Even though it should have hurt badly , just his joints and the sockets between the single muscles ached slightly.


    But even though he registered some pain and the hot and colds feelings he was still Angorod so he was still half unconscious and gradually waking up. In his drowsy state he wondered what that irritating noise was that kept appearing. He tried to ingore it at first but then it increasingly became louder , but he still had no idea what it was.


    * tring*


    * tring*


    * tring*


    * tring*


    After 5 minutes of trying to focus his sleepy mind he noticed it was a pop up window from the game he was currently in.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your Growth period will end in 3</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your Growth period will end in 2</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your Growth period will end in 1</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your Growth period has ended.


    All effects will be shown in 24 h</td></tr></tbody></table>


    While Angorods mind started functioning and he noticed what those annoying noises were his father stepped inside of the room.


    " Son , come here. " His father said.


    While the furs slid of off Angorods body he closed the distance to his father. His father told him to stand in place and he began circling around Angorod. He felt a burning sensation more intense then before where ever his father was mustering him.


    " Good. " His father grunted while circling him.


    " Seems like '' that '' has worked. " His father added.


    His father now handed him some new clothes. It was a simple linen shirt and pants in white combined with some leather boots that were of a dark almost black color. Now Angorod noticed that during the night while he slept the boundaries of his furry loincloth bursted and fell of him.


    Even though Angorod was a little taller then his father yesterday he now towered over him with at least 20 cms. Judging by the height Angorod seemed to be close to 2m in height and his hands got even bigger in the process.


    All the muscles over his legs , arms and even his stomache muscles were showing but didn''t buldge out too much , yet. Angorod hoped for himself the muscles wouldn''t swell up anymore then they were now or he would look like a body builder who has no neck.


    At the thought of a neck he felt for it. It was there and still long and could be considered slender , at least when thinking about the rest of his bear like body. Now for the first time as he really stared at his grey skin his hands wandered up to his ears.


    Elf ears that were significantly longer then human ears had a long pointy end that followed the line of the skull. His on the other hand were maybe 3 cms longer then his real life ears and were pointy going upwards.


    They were smooth and only on one point was a little bit of '' flesh'' missing of them. Angorod thought about how the ears looked during character customization.


    '' Probably since no other kids could bite me. '' He thought for himself.


    " Come boy , we got some training in-front of us. " His father said.


    Once again they walked through the catacomb like caverns and arrived in the armoury. There Angorod noticed the bag filled with food first but soon after he noticed another bag , double the size , that seemed to have a life of its own.


    Sometimes it slided right then at other times left. While Angorod focused in on his father he saw the bag even jumping from the corners of his eyes and wondered what was inside there.


    " Son swinging a sword at empty air is a training method but won''t allow you to '' feel '' your enemy. You need to anticipate their movements and calculate where they could be when your swing is done. Especially with small monsters. "


    Now his father stepped over to the other bag and opened it. As he did this a number of small little Trios jumped out and scrambled around the room. With ease his father threw over a real 2 handed sword to him.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Familarity with your father has decreased slightly.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    A window appeared as Angorod had no intention to catch a sword in mid flight.


    Now as it was laying on the ground he gripped the handle with 2 hands. He groaned and lifted it into the air. Not that it was too heavy to lift it had about 20 kgs but the length was the problem.


    It was about 1.7 meters long and the handle about 40 cms. The lever effect made this sword incredibly hard to handle. Angorod as he thought about it , now placed his one hand underneath the guard and the other all the way at the end of the handle.


    Instantly it became easier to hold and Angorod gave it a few test swings. Now after he had gotten used to the weight and feel in his hand he did a quick side step halted and swung at the Trios.


    But as fast as the trios was it escaped easily. Even if Angorod would have been fast enough he missed it by about 10 cms from its body to the point where the swords tip ended. He missed and by a large margin.


    " No son , don''t be afraid to hit floor just go for it with all you got! " His father instructed him.


    Now Angorod went into the aggressive stance and swung at the next Trios. He also missed and the Trios in front of him seemed to mock him as it had no intention to move. 10 cms besides it the 2 hander was buried slightly in the ground.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Familarity with your father has slightly decreased</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " You need to aim properly , too! " His father grunted.


    The next 2 hours were solely consisted of running , stopping , swinging and windows appearing that told him his fathers respect for him sunk. After all it was hard to swing at something small with a over-sized sword that was meant for high damage but slow swings.


    Angorod was even considering to switch to a 1 handed sword for a while but he was stubborn and wanted a 2 hander. He went into defensive stance , pointing his sword to the ground in a standing position , and waited calmly.


    A Trios approached carelessly and Angorod swung his sword side ways. The sword created sparks as it graced along the stone floor as it picked up speed. With a high pitched sound the Trios got caught in the blow and was cut in half.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>The Familarity with your father has increased</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Now thats better. But another tip don''t stand still and you can always change the stances while walking or running. " His father said.


    Now after his first kill he only missed once or twice and the next Trios lay cut in half somewhere in the room. There were 10 in total and when only 1 remained Angorod stared it down.


    It had a crocked leg and somehow it reminded Angorod of something but he couldn''t put his finger on it. The Trios itself was staring Angorod in the eyes too , but soon his Father called him for a pause.


    " Son , lets eat. " His father grunted and threw the second pouch towards him.


    The meal went without interruption and judging by his fathers '' thinking '' position, while he stroked his beard , it seemed Angorods father was brooding. What he was thinking remained a mystery to Angorod until they finished their meal.


    " Son , you will never reach great heights with a sword. " His father said with a stern look.


    Now Angorod himself was quite surprised by this , after all he thought he made considerable progress. But something in his guts told him his father was right.


    " It''s best you use another weapon besides a sword. Judging by what i have seen you cleave and not cut. A axe perhaps. " He said while standing up.


    He went over to the pile of weapons and retrieved 3 different weapons. Angorod was still seated and his father laid 3 weapons of different sizes right in-front of him. The smallest on the left and the biggest on the right.


    " The one on the left is a hatchet , or a 1 handed axe. Short range but since the weight is in the head it can create a good force. Now the middle one is a cleaver. It has a higher reach and the weight is bigger. "


    " The last one is a 2 handed axe. With 1.5 m from the bottom to the head of the axe it has a high reach but is also '' unwieldy '' due to the heads weight. It brings great destructive force none the less. "


    His father said and went into a little more detail with each weapon. He even showed Anogord a few examples on how they were wielded best.


    " There are also various other axes. Like a doubled edged 2 handed axe or a clever with a crows beak at the back , best for stabbing purposes. But there are also a weapons that would suit your cleaving style of combat. "


    " Namely a Helebard a sort of spear with a axe blade at the head. It reaches to about 2.2 m in length at the longest ones. It''s head is considerably lighter then a 2 handed axe. But a 2 handed axe can also be wielded with 1 hand if you shift the point of grip on it to closer to the head , while a helebard can only be wielded with 2 hands. " His father finished.


    Angorod took the information in and started to think about all this while his father put a helebard in front of him and 2 more weapons.


    " This one is a Pole axe. It has the head of a clever but 1.8 m length. The head is light and you can even pull shields down with this weapon. The last one would be throwing hatches. Moderate damage but harder to aim then with throwing knives. " His father explained to him.


    " Can i try them out? " Angorod asked.


    His father just gave a slight nod and now Angorod stood up. He walked over to the unused weapon pile and took another 2 handed axe out with 1 axe head. His father eyed his suspiciously during the process but Angorod , without a care , took the second 2 handed axe his father layed before him.


    As his father had instructed he grabbed both weapons in the middle of the shaft and started to whirl them around. His father was astounded at the ease his son wielded those 2 weapons at a breath taking speed.


    " Hmmm , seems right. " His father grunted his approval.


    Now Angorod as he was still swining through the air his father even noticed how flawless the motions were. Even though his son was breathing heavily after only 1 minute he knew his boy had talent in it.


    " Good , boy. Keep doing that. " His father encouraged him.


    Angorod tested his limits and after 5 minutes of restlessly swining the axes he condition came to a point where even the heratic breathing couldn''t supply him with proper oxygen. Now his father gave him some water and a 1 minute break.


    After this he gripped the axes tightly again and resumed the swings and twirls. Even though his breathing was hectic and his arms felt like lead , Angorod was enjoying himself. It was a strange feeling for him , being so excited about doing something that required strength and coordination.


    Even after 4 hours of the intervals he wanted to continue but his father told him they needed to eat. With careful , almost honoring , movements he placed both axes in a corner standing up right.


    There in that corner a small Trios was eying Angorod with suspicion and he on the other hand noticed the crocked leg this little fellow had. Somehow Angorod felt sorry for the little thing , as it surely would die due to the wound. But after all it was just a bug so Angorod turned around and followed his father.


    The rest of the day consisted of more training and some sharpening of the 2 hand axes. Angorod received a back pack with some basic supplys for 4 days and a canteen of water as his father prepared him for what would happen during the night.


    " Son , tonight while you sleep you and the youngest Matriarch will be transported. Other worlders like you , even though you are my own blood , have a soul of champions in them. The Kingdoms of men want you to aid their cause that is why they will transport you. " He started.


    " Now the matriarch that goes with you wants to return , best with you. But don''t be hasty wait till you are far out of the City and then during the night when the time is right , run. If she catches you with her magic it is over. " His father finished after packing the backpack.


    Now he grabbed some things from another pile inside the armoury and handed them too Angorod.


    " This is basic armor. Used to be mine when i went to hunt for the first time. They aren''t in the best shape but you can repair them during your adventures. Goodbye son. " His father told him.


    As Angorod was eying the padded cloth armor and the rusty iron breast plate his father had disappeared. He stowed both in his back pack and laid himself down inside of this cave. As he had a close to zero chance to find the cave he was sleeping in normally anyways.


    While it wasn''t too late Angorod slept in due to exhaustion of training with the axes for such a long time. These axes were tied to his backpack as well as some small daggers that were beyond repair.


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    As Angorod was now steadily asleep something came closer and closer to his backpack attracted to the smell of meat inside his back-pack. The thing opened it and climbed inside so it would get to the meat quicker.


    ....................


    A blinding flash of light woke Angorod up after a few hours of sleep but soon he noticed the darkness around him. Only a little timer was in-front of his eyes and now he even noticed how soft the stone beneath him was.


    " Ohh im back in the real world. " Daniel said out loud.


    As he eyed the little digital timer in-front of him it told him in 23 hours 59 minutes and 47 seconds he would be able to log in. Daniel had to do some things around the house anyways so it wasn''t a huge loss , but as it was pitch black outside now he decided to sleep in the real world just a LITTTLE bit longer.


    After another 8 hours of sleep the timer besides his bed said it was 12 o clock. But as Angorod was he simply stretched out in bed and remained motionless for another hour. As the clock announced it was 13 o clock ( 1 pm ) he stood up. His mind was still a bit fuzzy so he went to the fridge.


    After arriving there he first grabbed a can of energy drink and the ice cold liquid quickly ran down his parched throat. He also grabbed some bread some cheese and other things and had a breakfast.


    While absent mindly eating he was using his computer to read some more storys about how other players faired in the first few days of there '' growth '' period. Mostly normal storys but some were extraordinary.


    Orcs had a definetly '' unique '' way of growth. Wrestling all day , but without the killing. The gnoll race on the other hand hunted rats all day. Which made Daniel chuckle slightly.


    Drows had also a gruesome start , but at least their children didn''t fight against each other from the beginning. Even some videos were uploaded and now Daniel started to wonder how they did that.


    With a few clicks he found the reason. A new partition had appeared in the '' workplace '' of the computer and this contained all the numerous adventures Angorod had already lived through to see the next day.


    Because he thought the other races had it good he downloaded the first 3 days , which consisted of day 1 just a few minutes , day 2 two and a half hours and day 3 also just a few hours. He uploaded it to a certain website were everybody posted their vids from the > Other World < .


    Headline , little kids smack each other ( LoL). The upload finished quickly and now his video was uploaded.


    After 2 more bread slices combined with some traditional ham and cheese on top he placed everything back into the kitchen. After a quick smoke he showerd and got dressed. Now as he rummaged through his supplys he noticed he needed more food and drinks.


    So he went shopping in a nearby super market. After he placed away all food stuffs and drinks he cleaned the bathroom and kitchen.


    It soon turned dark and the timer was down to 6 hours. With not alot to do Angorod decided to , even against his principles , to do something he had not done since high-school.


    Go for a jog.


    With a training outfit on he went started with a light jog across the narrow roads of the town he lived in. After 15 minutes he was completly out of breath.


    " Stupid smoking! " He shouted out into the night.


    Nonetheless he directly lit up a cigarette and walked the 15 minute jog back.


    After a late night snack and another shower the time remaining was 4 hours. So he decided to do what would be best. He put the helmet on and slept in directly.


    ...............


    Daniel or rather Angorod now woke up with a long tunnel filled with different colored light as got pulled into the other world. He was still sleepy but a timer told him 5 minutes were left before the 24h were over.


    Meaning he had 20 minutes in game left before he would be allocated to the neutral town , accompied by the young matriarch. As soon as the light tunnel ended he saw his own body sleeping in the armoury.


    Like a ghost hovering over his own body Angorod felt slightly taken aback but soon 2 figures approached his body. Their skin was grey and their hair very long. The ears were the same as his but they had numerous chunks of flesh missing there.


    The females , or matriarchs as he saw his natural mother in this world kneel besides him she used a dagger and opened a small wound on her hand. While the other female kept chanting strange words that Angorod could not understand.


    His mother pressed her blood died hand onto his forehead and a mysterious glow enveloped her hand and his own forehead. The chant of the other matriarch slowed down and became deeper and ever deeper.


    Finally as it completly stopped the glow disappeared from his forehead and both females moved out of the armory. Just at the time the clock that had been ticking down reached zero.


    ...............


    Angorod was assaulted by a blinding light again and now he heard different sounds. Muffled sounds of people talking. But it was still dark underneath his closed eye lids so he decided to open them for the first time.


    A seemingly harmless city enveloped him as he was standing in-front of a fountain , judging by the splashes of water behind him. As he looked around numerous blinding lights started to appear all around him.


    After the lights had disappeared people were standing in their places. Elfs , Humans , Orcs , dwarfs and many many other races and mixtures between them. Most were dresses similarily and soon the whole plaza they were standing on errupted in noises.


    Talking , giggeling , cheering and sounds of depression were heard but one thing Angorod clearly heard out of the crowd.


    " Open Status window. " Came from numerous mouths at the same time.


    Thinking about it for a few seconds he decided to give it a shot himself.


    " Open Status window. "


    As soon as spoke out those words with a * tring* a window appeared in his vision.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Status Window[quart=Name,Race]Angorod,Wraithling[/quart]


    [quart=House,Alignment]none,neutral[/quart]


    [quart=Patron,Title]none,none[/quart]


    [quart=Level,Fame]1,0[/quart]<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="%">Class=width 10%</td><td colspan="2" valign="top">???? (Rank H)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="35%"></td><td colspan="2" valign="top"></td></tr>[quart=Health,Stamina]500,110[/quart]


    [quart=Nourishment,???]100,????[/quart]


    [quart=Health / sec,Stamina/ sec]10.0,2.5[/quart]<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="35%"></td><td colspan="2" valign="top"></td></tr>[quart=Strength,Dexterity]22,14[/quart]


    [quart=Vitality,Charisma]18,11[/quart]


    [quart=Will-power,Endurance]15,17[/quart]


    [quart=Affinity to blood,???]10,????[/quart]</td></tr></tbody></table>


    '' Huh? '' Was the first thing that came to Angorods mind as he saw all this.


    Where was the Intelligence attribute and the Wisdom attribute that caught his eyes first but then again he saw his massive pool of health. He was completly perplexed but soon more voices were audiable through out the mass.


    " Show description of Fighting-spirit. " A few voices in his immediate surroundigns said.


    Angorod understood , at least a little , what they were trying to do as for him also everything seemed a little foreign.


    " Show description Will-power. "


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Will power


    Is a derived stat from Intelligence and Wisdome. Class related attribute. This stat times 5 is granted to your health pool.


    Some skills require Intelligence or Wisdome to be learned but this attribute lowers the requirement to the highest.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now he noticed another discrepancy with his window so he decided to try this out as well.


    " Show description of the Class. "


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your class has been yet to be discoverd.


    It is a class that has long been forgotten to this world and only a few know about this.


    Both your ???? attributes are something related to your class</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Just as Angorod was about to speak up once again another window appeared with a * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A quest has been automatically accepted.


    Find out about the origin of your class. You need to find a master of old folklore or a ancient creature that is willing to help you.


    Rewards: One additonal skill


    Class name will be discovered.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod read this carefully and already made a plan how to continue his adventure , after he had acquired some more gear and food supplys in this city.


    " Show decription of health attribute. " He said.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Shows how much damage you can take before you die.


    This resource can be increased by various means. Due to your class you also gain benefits from other attributes to this particiular resource. May gain benefits through out your adventures. Due to quests , achievments , titles and actions.


    Health resource so far grants you 340 + 160 base health


    Strength , 50 times. 110 health


    Dexterity , 50 times. 70 health


    Vitality , 50 times. 90 health


    Will-power , 50 times. 70 health</td></tr></tbody></table>


    After that he tried out a few more but nothing was as flashy as Health or the Will-power attribute. Strength increased the weight he could carry and wield. Dexterity the chance to succesfully evade. Vitality decreased his stamina consumption by 1.8% at the moment.


    Angorod thought as much before but now he was certain , every swing he took with the weapons took stamina from him. Now indicated at the bottom left of his field of vision. Walking didn''t take any.


    He ran around for a 5 seconds and noticed his Stamina bar had gone down by 12 points. Considering the amount he reproduced every second it would total out for 5 stamina each second while he ran.


    But that was already considering the weights he had on his body. After all the armor and axes on his back didn''t suddenly disappear into a endless pouch or a secret pocket dimension. He had to carry everything around if he wanted something.


    So he deducted there would not be alot of loot for him to carry. Or the drop rate of armors and such was considerably low , or simply he couldn''t carry all of it. Now as the strength stat only increased the weight he could carry and wield he knew it had nothing to do with the dmg of a meele dps for example.


    Maybe that would change in time with stronger monsters , but this was just the start of the game. Now what also picked his interest was the fact that his Class was rank H. He had no clue on how the rank system worked but he never had luck with these kind of things. It was best to assume his class was extremly weak.


    " There you are. " A female voice said besides him in a loud voice to elliminate the noises from the crowd of players all around them.


    But as he was occupied with thinking about various things he had no intention of taking a closer look at the voice , as it could have very well not been for him in the first place.


    " Blockhead! " The voice now shouted even louder.


    This surprised him enough to shatter his concentration and he turned around. There he found a gray skinned person with long hair and red eyes.


    '' Ahh the matriarch . ''


    " Good , now lets complete that stupid Quest. " She started and walked of.


    Naturally she was talking about the quest that would make him '' escort '' her back to the wraithling tribes. But he had other plans.


    " Ohh before i forget i have a rank A class and i got a little present for you. " She turned around on the spot baffling Angorod and grabbed his wrists.


    A hot pain burst through his wrists and emerald green markings appeared around the spot where she had touched seconds before. As he was questionally staring at her she replied after she clicked her tongue to express her dissatisfaction.


    " If you decide to ditch me that is a spell that will lower your strength and speed by half. So don''t even think about it. " She said non-chalantly.


    Angorod was shocked at this revelation but she simply just turned around and headed out east wards. But soon a familiar * tring* ripped him out of his confusion.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Speed attribute created


    This attribute will make you faster the higher it is. It also decreases stamina consumption while running , attacking or carrying things.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    .....................


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Continue?)</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

 Ch 5 , the succesful hunt

    Angorod and the matriarch were wandering along the road that was headed east. If he had been travelling alone Angorod would have acquired a map , food and some base necessitys suchs as a sleeping bag or even a tent.


    But this matriarch just directly wandered of , almost leaving Angorod behind as well as binding him to herself. Even though they have been walking for 2 hours she had not spoken another word. Just silently marching on.


    Angorod had quite some time to think about everything that had happend. His guess was that the 3 matriarchs had somehow overheard the conversation with his father of leaving for a real adventure.


    This was the only logical conclusion why she had bound him with this stupid chain like curse around the wrists. He even noticed that the green chains that symbolized the curse were growing along side his body and now covered his elbows too.


    He had to get rid of them somehow and fast. The farther they headed out of the '' beggining '' town the less chances he had of surviving. After all the Other World was supposed to be the hardest game ever created.


    " Hey , im going to hunt some rabbits over there. " Angorod tried to persuade her.


    She looked back for the first time and already the disgust was clearly displayed across her face. But she didn''t tell him not to.


    Angorod with renewed hope walked a few meters away from her but as soon as he was about to hit the rabbit his wrist and everything up to his elbows started to burn intensly. He looked at it and saw the green markings had began to glow.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your strength and speed have been reduced by half due to the chain binding curse.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " We need to get back , come here. " The matriarch commanded.


    With heavy steps he returned. Angorod saw that she used a few motions and the pain disappeared along the status imparing effects. Inside he was furious at this b**ches behaviour , even if she was a matriarch Angorod was still a player.


    Another hour passed and soon she called a halt. What Angorod noticed for the first time now was that she had a few pouches strapped to a leather belt around her waist. Even he had to admit that her curves were delicious under those soft linen robes.


    '' Wait a moment ... Linen robes?That means no defense .... '' Angorod thought and soon devised a plan.


    The girl had seated herself on top of a large rock. She took out some food from those pouches and began to dig in so Angorod decided to do the same. He took of his backpack and placed it in-front of him on the ground.


    He opened the first strap and soon the second but as he was about to grab inside to take out the food something copper colored jumped out. It was super fast and squirmed around towards the matriarch. It was attracted to the girls food and it closed the distance pretty fast.


    " IHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !" The matriarch let loose.


    She even climbed on top of the rock she sat on and stomped her feet on it in disgust. But the Trios as Angorod saw a few seconds later was unfased and nibbled on the food she had dropped on the ground right in-front of her.


    " Get rid of that thing! " She order Angorod while shouting.


    With a loud sigh Angorod unfastend the leather straps that held both of his axes and took one in each hand but with a * tring* he momentarily forgot what he had to do.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You are using a dual wield style.


    Due to influence of Dual weapon mastery your dmg has been reduced less then without the skill.


    Your off hand weapon does 6-7 points of dmg per attack.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Help me damnit! " The matriarch roared as she saw Angorod hesitating.


    With another sigh he went over and stood in-front of the unsuspecting Trios now. He used his right hand to cut of the beetles escape route , but to his surprise instead it ran up the rock and closed in on the Matriarch.


    " IHHH I HATE BUGS! " She shouted.


    Now as the bug was at her feet she hopped from one leg to the next but the Trios just stayed there in the middle of it all. Angorod aimed and swung down with his main hand , but instead of hitting the Trios it hit the Matriarch by mistake.


    " AHH you idiot that took close to half my health , watch out! " She told him with anger leaking from her voice.


    All of the alarm sounds in Angorods head went off at once. He suspected that the matriarch had to use some kind of spell to activate the bindings on his arm and he also knew that one had to wait for 4 days to respawn in this world if he/she was a player.


    Angorod gripped both axes tight with his fingers and lifted one right of his body and the other left. Now with force he swung them and let them meet in-front of his chest area. The matriarchs eyes became wide at what she saw but she had no more time to use any spells.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Due to excesive force and meeting both weapons on one target the total dmg has been increased by 50 %.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your main hand has inflicted 28 points of damage


    Your off hand has inflicted 16 points of damage</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now he saw the matriarch blinking in a red color. Hastily she was performing motions with her hands and mumbling words softly. There was no time to excessivly swing the axes to inflict more damage so Angorod just twisted his wrist and lifted his whole arm.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your main hand has inflicted 14 dmg</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have killed a player. Due to you and your pray being outside of any known city the guards will not pester you about it. If one kills a player inside a city you will get brought to justice.


    Fame converted to Infamy.


    + 10 Infamy.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    And another window popped up right after.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest , bring back the Matriarch failed.


    If you ever decide to enter Wraithling territory again you will be hunted.


    Some may even send a hunting party after you , be prepared.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He saw a few things that the '' corpse '' of the matriarch left behind. First of a coin purse as he opened it he got 27 copper coins. Next was some basic dried meat and another canteen of water.


    " Thanks little guy. " Angorod said towards the Trios and headed back to the town of beginnings.


    ....................


    It took him half of the time to get back there. With the girls coins he had gathered 57 copper and was pretty happy with it. But now the first thing he had to do was get some quests stack up more money and then get some decent gear and level hard so he could counter the curse.


    At least until he found somebody who could break the curse for him. With all these thoughts coursing through his head he went back to the plaza where he first appeared. Judging by other games selling vendors would always give out the first quests.


    " Hello , can you give me any work? " Angorod asked a leather armor vendor at a road stall.


    First the human male eyed him suspiciously and looked carefully over Angorod. His eyes glinted in a acknowlodging light as he saw the 2 axes strapped to his back pack.


    " I need some pelts. Doesnt matter if its fox , rabbit or even wolf. But be carefull of wolfs they always hunt in packs and are stronger then you think. " The stall vendor said and with a sudden * tring* a new window appeared.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received a quest.


    Collect as many pelts as you can for the leather worker in the town. The pelts can be from anything.


    Reward: Varies</td></tr></tbody></table>


    " Okay i''ll be back later. " Angorod said and turned around.


    As Angorod knew how the city looked like from afar , he also knew where the most concentrated player population was. As he came closer to the city after disposing of the Matriarch he noticed on the far west side of the town there were numerous people running around.


    Now he was headed for the same west gate , figuring alot of people had the same idea as him and were hunting where the population of animals was the highest.


    He passed through numerous roads and had to back track twice because this city was more like a maze then anything else. Angorod also passed a few guards but they didn''t speak to him at all.


    He felt uncomfortable around them , as he had already killed a player outside of the city , but they didn''t halt him or anything. This lead him to the conclusion that pking was okay in the outside but fights should be avoided inside of the city borders.


    Passing through the west gates was easy as cake and one of the guards wished him good luck on his journey along the way. Now he was standing in-front of something he had not seen in a long time.


    Players everywhere fighting against cute little brown or white rabbits. Most of them were clumsy others were out right idiots while a select few disposed of the creatures within seconds.


    But the most pressing problem was the rabbit population. As soon as one crawled out of their dens in the earth it was instantly attacked by another player and not many came out at the same time.


    Angorod knew he wouldn''t be getting anywhere here so he walked down the road a little further. Now the rabbit slayers turned into fox slayers. Foxes were dealt with a little more trouble then the rabbits but groups of 5 gathered and started to swarm the poor lone creatures.


    But these also were to clustered from other players and hardly any respawns were alive longer then 20 seconds. Angorod furrowed his brows and walked further along the road.


    Now the natural habitat of wolfs should be the forest so he forked of the road and walked through a thick gathering of trees.


    Soon he heard battle noises. Clashing steel and piercing howls filled the forest so he followed the noises to its source. There he found a group of 4 adventures taking on a single wolf.


    The wolf was a little smaller then a german sheperd for example , so this kind of wolf was at least a little more realistic then those overgrown monstrositys Angorod knew from other games. But this group of 4 had problems dealing with it.


    Naturally wolfs are hunters that run around frequently and normally hunt in packs. But by no means was a wolf a sprinter. They were marathon runners so they circled around their enemy , when faced alone , until they were wore out.


    This also prevented anybody from getting a direct hit in. The mage of the group tried fireball after fireball but couldn''t hit it. The archer missed every shot and the rogue they had , had not the slightest chance to match its speed.


    On the contrary the Rogue and the priest had tattered robes and the wolf still had no wound or a batch of missing fur. But the group was in a dire state. The wolf kept changing its movement pattern slightly.


    From time to time instead of circling the group it leapt towards a nearby opponent and bit or clawed at the unsuspecting enemy. Then with another leap it returned to safety and resumed its circling. Wolfs were after all intelligent creatures and this one definetly wasn''t stupid.


    Angorod placed down his pack and took out the padded cloth vest he received from his father. It was weak in defense but it was just used as a '' base '' so his skin wouldn''t rub itself of on the iron brestplate he received.


    He put the breast plate on top of the vest and adjusted the straps over his shoulders and at the sides before returning his attention to the group facing the wolf. The archer and the mage had also been hit numerous times now and their clothes hung from them in tatters.


    Angorod looked up at the leaves and saw the wind was blowing in his face. He reached inside of his leather boots and retrieved a small throwing knife. After all he had learned his leasson to always have a knife close by for sudden .... fights for food.


    He waited till the wolf was about 5 meters away from him and then threw the blade towards it. As Angorod had calculated the speed of the wolf he pin pointed its location perfectly and in the wolfs right hind leg a knife was sticking out now.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have dealt 5 damage on the wolf.


    Due to being a vital spot the creatures movement speed has been slowed down.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    It was limping slightly but not enough for the group to catch up to him. But there was no reason for them to attack the beast. Angorod held both of his axes as he came crashing through the woods.


    This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.


    But the wolf was prepared for this and tried to jump out of the way. Angorod on the other hand anticipated this and jumped to the side as well. A shower of red liquid poured all over Angords face as the cleaver firmly attached itself in the left hind leg of the wolf.


    " AWOOOOOOH! " The beast roared in pain , but it was not yet dealt with.


    With a wet slurp the 2 handed axe came free and Angorods left hand already aimed for the beasts neck. The axe went half way through and some more red fluid spread on Angorods face. But not only Angorod was covered in red the wolf as well entered critical state.


    Angorod switched feet and his right arm performed a quick spin before the creatured breathed its last breath.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have killed a level 3 wolf.


    You have gained a level.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now Angorod opened his character window as he wanted to distribute the stat points but soon he found a flaw in his plans. Neither was there a + sign besides the already existing attributes nor any indicator of stat points he could distribute.


    '' The hell? '' He thought for himself but soon a member of the other group spoke up.


    " Heard you saying Character window. Don''t worry this game doesn''t have attribute points. You gain stuff in different manners , at least i have been told. " The Archer of the group said while shrugging his shoulders.


    Angorod eyed them one after another and saw no glint of aggression in their eyes or postures. They were in fact quite relaxed for players that started in a game.


    " So what are levels then for? " Angorod asked the archer.


    " Well levels are only a indicator for equipment. Like the requirements for armor in some games is that you need 50 stength and 25 vitality. Here you just need a certain level. " The archer explained.


    " The high end equipment also grants incredible extra options for strength and so on. Some even grant you extra skills. "


    This was definetly good information for Angorod but he still wondered how he could increase his attributes. But his thought process was interrupted by the archer once again.


    " Hey listen we kind of need a warrior or something that can take hits. We have been hunting rabbits and foxes ever since we spawned in the city and left directly. We would really appreciate your help. " The archer spoke his mind.


    Now Angorod was calculating and had a theory he could not yet prove.


    " Okay sure , so 4 more wolfs and then i get the next pelt , how does that sound? " Angorod replied.


    All 4 of them readily nodded their heads at Angorods proposition , but they couldn''t have known what Angorod was planning. Now as they were all set Angorod retrieved his throwing knife from the wolf and put it back in his leather boots.


    They walked for quite a while until they found the next wolf sniffing the air. Most likely it was a scout , like the last one , for a much bigger pack. All of them readied their weapon and were about to charge the best but with a single gesture Angorod stopped them.


    " You wanted to know how i could defeat that wolf last time so easily , right? Archer take out your bow and aim carefully and shoot it in one of the back legs. " Angorod said.


    Now all 4 of them looked at him in a confused manner but the only one that spoke up in a whispered tone was the Archer.


    " Why in the back leg? "


    " Easy , the back leg is where wolfs get their power from shoot them there and they will be immoblized greatly. " Angorod said in a hushed tone.


    The wolf was cautios as he sniffed the air several times and tried to spy through the forest but the wind direction was coming from where the group was hiding. Naturally Angorod , as he took the lead , lead them deeper into the forest against the current air stream so hunting would be easier.


    * thwack* the line of the bow resouned but it was already to late for the wolf as a featherd arrow struck out of its hind leg. From the shock it was currently disabled and the Archer let loose another arrow before it was able to move again.


    Even though it had taken 2 hits directly it was still far from dying and now Angorod with the rogue in tow charged at the poor beast. Angorod swung both of his axes overhead and released them only a few centimeters apart on the unsuspecting beast.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Double strike skill has been created due to your actions.


    Double strike rank 0 ->1 (0%) , Stamina consumption 10


    Releasing both weapons simulteinously and hiting your enemy at the exact same time will increase each weapons dmg by 25% for this particiular swing. Effects may vary depending on where you release these swings to. Depending on the direction your swings connect from it can also maim of legs or even decapitate your opponents.


    25% main body , chance for bleed


    30% Arms or legs , chance of maiming


    50% Neck or head , chance of decapitation</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Even though Angorod registered that a new skill had been created he had no chance of reading it as he was still in battle. He ripped out the axes from the wolfs body and first swung the right then the left then the right once more.


    Even though the wolf was wailing in despair , anger and pain Angorod released a stacato of attacks that would render it impossible for the beast to retaliate. But what had an even stronger effect on the group was that he was showerd in the wolfs blood.


    But Angorod didn''t even notice the others were staring at him with the same eyes they viewed the wolf. He just now that something warm was running down his cheecks and lips so he quickly sucked it in his mouth.


    It had a earthy taste combined with iron and it was incredibly warm. A feeling not unknown to him but also kind of reassuring. He felt revitalized after that quick sip of liquid and the speed of his attacks increased as well.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Attributes have increased


    Speed 10 -> Speed 11


    Affinity to blood 10 -> Affinity to blood 11</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Even though the beast had breathed its last 20 swings of his axes ago he was still cleaving into the body wildy just for a extra sip of the tasty liquid. The rest of the group was trying to stop him but he just wouldn''t snap out of it.


    What made the group even more unsettled was the fact he didn''t shout out or celebrate his triumph with a mighty battle cry. No he was just silently showering the poor animal with his fierce cleaving attacks.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A new skill has been created due to your actions


    Axe mastery rank 0 -> Axe master rank 1 ( 0%)


    While being a passive skill this increases the Dmg of axes and makes heavier weapons easier to use


    +10% Dmg from axes


    +10 % Dmg from weight of your weapon</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He settled down after a few more strikes and turned around to the group. But as soon as they saw his face some flinched while other jolted. On Angorods face a smile appeared at the behaviour of his '' party '' and he even burst out in laughter.


    " Priceless ... You should have seen the looks on your guys faces. " He said in between laughs.


    At his laughing voice and amused tone they relaxed and some even laughed with him. Angorod had also picked up the pelt from this wolf but instantly handed it over to the Archer.


    " Sorry i also took the pelt in my frenzy , so here you go. " Angorod said and tapped the Archers shoulder with a heavy blow.


    Now Angorod saw the human archer flinching in pain but he laughed once again. Even though the group told him to wash himself with some water to get all the blood off Angorod refused so he continued to lead them deeper into the forest.


    After a few minutes they saw another wolf and the tactic resumed. The archer immobilized him and Angorod finished him of. Not that the other didn''t want to help , they were just to scared to come into the reach of the berserker in their group.


    All in all they didn''t have to work for the xp or the pelts as Angorod always handed them out after they killed a wolf and only took one for himself after they had killed 5 wolfs.


    This was a highly efficient tactic but as they progressed deeper and deeper into the woods Angorod called to a halt.


    " Guys lets rest here. All of you probably need some food and a break. " Angorod said with the most charming smile.


    They felt relieved as they have been hunting at a steady pace ever since Angorod had joined them about 4 hours ago. Most of them took of their back packs as well as weapons off and either placed their backs against tree trunks or seated themselves in a tree stump.


    All of them began to unpack some bread or some dried meat among other things and started to dig in. Only Angorod was not sitting down and stood facing deeper into the forest with his eyes closed.


    " Whats wrong , do you hear something? " The Archer asked him after he saw the troubled looks on his friends faces urging him the talker to speak with their '' warrior ''.


    Angorod simply raise his hands and continued to listen to the sounds of the forest for quite some time before he opened his eyes and mouth at the same time.


    " Rogue , you are a elf right? Can you use your ears to listen into the forest im just from a weird race that lives in caves. " Angorod asked politely.


    The rogue left everything he had at the place where he was seated a few seconds ago nibbling on some dried meat as he walked over to join the archer and Angorod.


    He also closed his eyes to concentrate on his surroundings and the archer stared deep into the forest.


    Angorod tightly gripped his weapons and quickly brought them down on the rogues neck. With a gurgling sound his body disappeared in thousands of gray particles and now Angorod slashed downwards at the archers feet.


    With 1 clean slash from each weapon that meet the leg from the left and right at the same time his leg was severed from the rest of his body. The mage and priest behind them were momentarily stunned as Angorod just cleaved the Archers body again and again until he also disappeared in gray particles.


    The mage was to shocked to move but the priest tried to run away. With one fluid motion Angorod grabbed a small throwing hatchet from his belt , aimed in on the running priest and released.


    A slurping sound resounded and the priest toppled over while Angorod took care of the still shocked mage. As he had no armor and not a lot of health to begin with he died in 2 strikes and now Angorod calmly walked over to the priest.


    He was on his belly he tried to crawl to safety but Angorod was already over him and had a pitying look on his face. Angorod lifted both of the axes and swiftly smashed them down at the base of the crawling priests neck as he gave him a clean death.


    All 4 had been dealt with rather quickly and soon with the familiar * tring* windows popped up.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>For killing 4 players in a single battle by yourself you have gained Infamy and attributes have risen.


    + 10 Infamy each , 40


    + 20 extra Infamy , 20


    + 1 Strength


    + 2 Vit


    + 3 Affinity to blood due to killing 3 different races ( Elf , Human and Half-elf )</td></tr></tbody></table>


    As Angorod suspected , battles that took a great tool on your body or mind you would gain extra stats from it. But the theory Angorod wanted to test was still uncertified as he walked back to where they rested.


    On the way he grabbed the Priests coin-purse that he had dropped and as soon as he came back to the place where he had killed the other 3 he breathed a sigh of relief.


    " Good thing all 3 back-packs are still here. " Angorod said to no one in particiular.


    He took everything what they had in them. The food he would need to survive inside of the forest for a few days , the blankets to keep him warm during the nights , the tinder box for igniting a fire and even the water canteens that were still half filled.


    But most of all , with killing these 4 players he had acquired 27 Wolf pelts , 78 Fox pelts and 129 rabbits pelts which made Angorod smirk wildly.


    " Thats what i call killing 2 birds with one stone! " Angorod shouted out his triumph.


    .....................


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Continue?)</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

 Ch 6 , the Trauma

    Since Angorod had pked the matriarch it has been close to 4 days. To be precise it was currently shortly after dusk broke over the land and tomorrow the time would come she would revive.


    He fought his way along numerous wolfs and even a low leveld bear or 2 as he had a few hundred pelts in his backpack now. Angorod was surprised at how much could fit in that back pack at first but then he realized once again he was in a game.


    As the laws of physics didn''t apply here even with his new achieved strength and other stats greatly increased his combat ability and weight carrying capacity. While smiling about all that he gained from surviving in the woods for a few days he spoke a command word.


    " Character Window. "


    <table><tbody><tr><td>[quart=Name,Race]Angorod,Wraithling[/quart]


    [quart=House,Alignment]none,neutral[/quart]


    [quart=Patron,Title]none,none[/quart]


    [quart=Level,Infamy]7,140[/quart]<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="35%">Class</td><td colspan="2" valign="top">???? (Rank H)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="35%"></td><td colspan="2" valign="top"></td></tr>[quart=Health,Stamina]960,210[/quart]


    [quart=Nourishment,???]100,????[/quart]


    [quart=Health / sec,Stamina/ sec]9.6,2.1[/quart]<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="35%"></td><td colspan="2" valign="top"></td></tr>[quart=Strength,Dexterity]38,18[/quart]


    [quart=Vitality,Charisma]40,11[/quart]


    [quart=Will-power,Endurance]23,25[/quart]


    [quart=Affinity to blood,Speed]18,21[/quart]</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He eyed his progress with delight and felt he wasn''t overly strong besides his Health stat at least. He was also happy that he managed to increase the speed and strength stat very far , as tomorrow around his time he would be heavily weighed down.


    After all he had not forgotten about the Matriarch he killed. Also the other players he killed in the forest would revive one after another after her. Not that he was worried with the broken Health stat or the rest of his increases , since also his skills leveld up quite a bit.


    But what he was worried about were not the players but the '' raid '' that would be formed to kill a single guy after the first group died , again. Now after his 3 days in the forest he had increased the victim count of his '' killing spree '' to 12.


    After the group of 4 had fallen prey to him he picked up some wounded players that just fought a wolf alone. Normally larger groups he evaded. Especially since more then 5 groups of each 5 people came close to Angorods '' hunting grounds''.


    He would have loved to kill them , after all it gave extra stats and also pelts or furs he could use to gain more money. But he didn''t only kill players because of that. He also needed food so he hunted them for their supplys of bread or dried meat.


    But now as he was still walking along the road to complete the quest he found 2 players hunting some foxes during the night. He listend closely to his surroundings and heard a few more people fighting to the left and right , but they were far enough away so he could go back to his work.


    He set down his backpack untied the two axes and gripped them tightly while running towards the unsuspecting players. His dark skinned color combined with the clouded night that covered up most of the moonlight made for the perfect opportunity.


    Angorod closed the distance fast thanks to his leveled up speed stat and before they even knew what happend one disappeared in grey particles. The second of the group looked horrified as he saw 2 axes with their blades crossed where his friends neck was seconds ago.


    But then he looked up to see the perpetrator only to find a wicked cruel smile and a pair of violet eyes glaring back at him.


    " WAHHHHHH!!! " The boy voiced his fear and ran away.


    Angorod just clicked his tongue , after all now he needed to walk a further distance to loot the corpse , and dropped one of his weapons just to throw a hatchet that was attached to his belt seconds ago.


    A wet sound was audiable as it forcebly entered the players lower back and seconds later he kissed the ground. Angorod walked slowly while reading his other 2 handed axe. Since he was a prideful gamer he swung one axe high into the air and chopped the other guys head of with ease.


    Now he had acquired even more food and pelts and furs then before as well as a few copper coins and Angorod almost began to hum a tune while walking of to the next unsuspecting group a little further down the way.


    By the time he was done rounding up all the lowly newbies that farmed foxes or rabbits , collecting the furs they acquired , looting their supplys and gathering all the coin purses Angorod was close to being overloaded and the sun had just begun to set.


    Walking now even drained his stamina slightly and he almost fell over a few times as he leisurly greeted some guards along the way.


    '' God i love this system. '' Angorod thought while casually greeting the guards.


    He arrived at the market place where he got the quest from and the leather armor vendor was just setting up his stall. Angorod lifted his hand and greeted the man which seemed to not recognize him.


    " Hey there i came to deliver the pelts and furs you needed from me 3 days ago. " Angorod said.


    The vendor still eyed him suspiciously so Angorod just dropped his heavy back pack and flexed his shoulder joints.


    " Yeah i remember something like that ... so how much pelts you have? " The vendor said.


    Angorod opend his backpack and started to take them out.


    10 minutes later Angorod was still taking out more and more pelts from the never ending hole called his backpack.


    " 101 Wolf pelts , 212 Fox pelts and 419 rabbits pelts .... " The vendor was speechless at the sheer amount Angorod had brought back.


    He certainly didn''t want to know how he acquired this large bulk but he had to give him the money as promised.


    " For the wolf pelts ill give you 1 gold coin , for the smaller fox pelts i can offer 74 silver and for the rabbits 41 Silver. Totalling to 2 gold and 15 silver. " The vendor pressed out between clenched teeth.


    Now Angorod was smiling a huge smile and thanked the vendor vehemently while a window appeared.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been greatly overachieved.


    Market price for the pelts 1 gold 90.


    For greatly overachieving he gave you 25 silvers extra.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    After this was done Angorod headed towards another vendor and sold all the wolfs , fox or rabbit meat he had acquired and gained another 50 silver from it. Right besides this stall was a food vendor so he bought 3 weeks supply worth of bread , dried meat and some butter in a jar before he left the market district.


    " Hmm only got 1 gold and 50 silver left ...." Angorod spoke out his thoughts.


    But as it was early morning and not alot of people '' playing '' at the moment he had no need to worry about somebody '' casually '' overhearing him. Angorod knew he had little time left , at best 6 hours , before the matriarch would respawn so he had to get out of here on the double.


    " Hello , sir. Can you tell me about any interesting hunting grounds along the way to the town of Matri? " Angorod asked a nearby guard.


    From a map he found displayed he knew there was a town to the west of here called Matri and he just wanted a bit more knowledge about the surrounding area. First , like every NPC he talked to , they eyed him suspiciously before they spoke.


    " Nah there just some bears and wolfs sometimes raiding the trade route to there. Some merchants been complaining if you wanna find out more talk to them they should be leaving in half an hour from the west gate. " The guards said in a very british like accent.


    Angorod thanked him and headed , with light footsteps , to the west gate where he found 2 horse carts ready and waiting for departure. He quickly looked around but found no overly expensive dressed human that could be the '' merchant master '' of this '' caravan '' .


    " Hello , heard you are going to Matri. " Angorod shouted out so everyone in the vicinity could hear him.


    From on top of the wagons a little female jumped out and due to her size as well as the ears Angorod thought of a hafling.


    " Im Melinda , halfing Merchant and leader of this trade route , you are? " She asked with a delighted tone.


    " Im Angorod , Wraithling Adventurer and maybe your bodyguard for the trip? " Angorod said while smiling immensly.


    But at the word Wraithling the halfing eyed him with suspicion in her eyes. She even looked him deep into the eyes before finally speaking her mind.


    " No thank you , i won''t accept a Wraithling. Good bye. " She said and jumped back onto the wagon.


    Which in itself was a considerable feat due to her maybe 1 meter in height. But somehow Angorod already suspected the exclusion of Wraithlings. After all everybody eyed him with suspicion.


    He just shrugged his shoulders as he knew it was a lost cause and set out through the western gate by himself.


    ................


    Along the way he encountered only some easy wolfs and 2 more bears. But he knew this would change soon. Angorod was fully aware that the matriarch could spawn any minute now and he also knew that then the easy wolfs and bears would become extremly hard.


    With his thoughts filled with unease he kept on walking and soon the caravan , that he originally wanted to join , overtook him. As both wagons passed him the halfling gave him a critizing look but in the end she didn''t hold or let him aboard.


    By foot this march would take about 12 hours and he wanted to complete it today , so at least he could start leveling tomorrow. But an hour after the caravan had passed him , he knew he would not see Matri.


    The caravans that had passed him were deserted and partly destroyed. All wares gone , as he was scavenging the remains , and not a living soul left. Neither were there any dead bodys which made Angorod wonder. But soon he found out the reason why.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A quest has appeared.


    The halfing and her caravan members have been captured by a ragtag bunch of bandits. Most likely they want to enslave the poor souls and sell them of. Footprints leading into the northern woods indicicate their camp should be close. You need to free the poor souls , extra rewards may await in Matri if you eliminate the Bandits.


    Reward: Money , equipment


    Failure: None as you are a Wraithling</td></tr></tbody></table>


    There was a yes and a no button hovering in-front of Angorod and he considering pressing no to decline the quest , but something about the extra reward picked his interest. He could not exactly explain what it was but it just rubbed him in the right way.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have accepted the quest</td></tr></tbody></table>


    As long as he still had his complete strength and speed he would use it to its fullest , were Angorods intentions , so he ran straight north into the forest. Along the way he found broken twigs and heavy footprints without even having to look for them.


    Soon , even though the crown of leaves blocked his view slightly , he saw burning black smoke that definetly was produced from a burning fire in the distance. Angorod slowed down his pace , especailly as his Stamina was almost completly gone , and leisurly walked towards its source.


    There he saw 5 humans around the fire and judging by the sound that came from the shabby shack behind them there was at least 1 more. No signs of the halfling or her companions or their wares. But as soon as he heard a high-pitched female scream , he knew something was clearly wrong.


    With trained movements he put down his backpack reached inside and bit hard into 10 pieces of dried meat at the same time. He watched his nourishment reach the full mark(100) , but there it didn''t stop. As it reached 130 and slowed down a Window appeared and he thanked his time in the Wraithling caves for this at the moment.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Your skill has reached new heights.<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="35%">Glutton rank 3 0%</td><td colspan="2" valign="top">While you have more then 100 nourishment you will gain increased health , defense and dmg.


    Dmg increases by 13%


    Health increases by 13%


    Defense increases by 10%</td></tr></td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod placed both axes at a nearby tree and walked into the clearing with his hands gripping 2 of his 4 hatchets. As he came closer to the bandits he saw 1 had a bow and the others had to be warriors. Now he raised his right arm slightly above his head and let loose the hatchet. Without confirming if it hit its target the second one already aimed in on the Archer and the third.


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    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have dealt 40 dmg with your hatchet</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have dealt 60 dmg with your hatchet</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have dealt 40 dmg with your hatchet</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>The archer has died. +1 strength</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now a tumult broke out as they saw the Archer slumping forward with 3 hatchets sticking out of his back. All of them grabbed their weapons and soon spotted Angorod who was already fleeing back into the forest.


    With battlecrys and shouts they followed him. But as the slowest one of them entered the line of trees a person came charging from the side. The warrior with a buckler and a sword held the pointy tip outstretched and Angorod very well knew he would get pierced in a second.


    But he also knew his Dexterity was pretty low so there was no real chance of him evading such a quick thrust , but there were other means. With still 10 meters between them Angorod threw one of his 2 handed axes and with a ringing sound the warriors buckler shattered in his hands.


    Nonetheless the Warrior was still holding his Sword aimed in on Angorods advance and the distance was only 4 meteres now. Angorod saw his opponents muscles tense ready to lash out any second but again he did something unexpected. Just as his opponent let loose his thrust aiming for the head Angorod dropped to his feet.


    But not with his knees , with his left leg outstretched and the right knee on the ground he slid along the earthy ground and started to hack at the warriors legs. A second later the bandit disappeared in a shower of blood and gray particles.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Bandit slain. + 1 Affinity to blood</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He picked up his second axe but as he wanted to storm back into the clearing 3 warriors with different weapons blocked his way. Angorod sighed but gripped down on his weapons hardly as he charged silently.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 60 dmg</td></tr></tbody></table>


    A window told him as he had no chance to evade the quick sword thrust , but now he was already ontop of his oppenent. He slashed right , then hacked from left and as a finisher he swung his left and right axe at the opposite sides of his neck and with another * tring* Angorod smiled skillfully.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Due to your constant use of only 1 part of a 3 pronged skill it has changed its propertys.


    Double strike rank 3 (H rank skill) -> Decapitation strike rank 1 (B rank skill)


    Increases dmg by 60 % when striking at the neck or head of an enemy with an axe


    Increases chance of decapitation of Enemy by 10% ( Only works on lower leveled mobs)


    Cost 15 Stamina</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Sadly enough Angorod didn''t receive extra attributes or stats when fighting monsters or enemys , the only surefire way was to pk , but his skills leveled up quite fast because of it. But as Angorod was distracted by his new skill for a few seconds he took 4 attacks to his back.


    '' Well i still have 85 % life left ... '' Angorod thought amused at his broken Hp.


    Now he turned around and hacked at both of them simulteinously , one with the left 2 handed axe and the other with the right. After a few seconds he realized this would take to long so he concentrated on one as the other stabbed his back.


    But as Angorods health resource was so high he only slightly noticed the drop in his hp. Even though the body was still '' warm '' as it disappeared in a grey light in-front of Angorod he already turned around and used both weapons to slice at the opponents neck.


    Both weapons found their way into the surprised enemys neck and just cleaved of the skull. Angorod was following the head that was arching through the air as it started to turn into gray particles.


    But he snapped out of it sooner then later and ran back into the clearing. With both axes gripped tightly he ran the whole distance and his stamina was only at half when he entered. One person in black robes had placed his knees on the ground in-front of one of the 3 females that were chained to the walls.


    Calmly assesing the situation Angorod lifted his axes and executed perfect swing to the opposite sides of the mage. But instead of getting the feeling of flesh being split it felt like a woobly mass and he figure disappeared into smoke.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 250 damage from the Bandit leader</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He felt a sharp pain from his back so Angorod turned around. The mage was saying strange words and repeated a sequence of motions with his hands , but Angorod knew how to handle this.


    Lifting his weapons overhead he aimed carefully and slashed them down on the spot. But mid swing he let go of the weapons and they closed the distance quickly. But as all mage''s were they concentrated on their task so he didn''t see the impending doom.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A new skill has been created


    Shattering throw rank 1 (D rank skill)


    Increases your weapons dmg by 500% , only applies to axes of any kind.


    Other effects that increase dmg is applied after the 500% increase


    Current dmg: 70-85 + 12% ( Axe mastery) + 10% ( Glutton)


    Costs 25 Stamina</td></tr></tbody></table>


    A series of 5 magical bolts were released from the mage just before the axes pierced into each of his shoulders and he disappeared into grey particles. But even though the effects origin was dead the magical bolts weren''t.


    Angorod knew that the same spell , but with a minor magnitude , had hit him before that caused 250 dmg. He expected to receive 1250 dmg from all 5 so with no weapons in his hands he had no chance as to do one thing.


    Quickly he hid behind the shacks walls and he heard loud * thumbs* as the magical bolts assaulted the make-shift walls but they held. Angorod breathed a heavy sigh of relief as he turned around to the 3 females on the floor behind him.


    One of them had her garments , of any kind , ripped beyond recognition and Angorod felt relieved as he saw her eyes. Lifeless eyes that already had seen the last of this world. Not that he wanted anybody to be treated this way but it was better to be dead then to endure the shame and repulsion from a event like this.


    As Angorod skimmed over the next person he saw pantys of the female being brought to her knees but not farther down. That was most likely what Angorod had interrupted the mage in. Since he had no key for the shackles at their feet he crouched before them.


    Both females errupted in a screaming shout of terror as he almost used the same position the Bandit leader had before him but he simply ignored their crying. With quick movements he unfastend the hatchet , the only weapon , he had left from his belt and started to smash it into a rusty looking link in the chains.


    After 10 minutes he had undone both chains on her legs. Another 10 minutes later her hands were also able to move , but the shackles were still in place. He then turned to the third female which coincidentally was the halfling he had seen before.


    She eyed him suspiciously as he started to get rid of her chains but said nothing. But instead he spoke to the other female that was still sobbing.


    " Go outside. Maybe the leader dropped a key or something. " He ordered her.


    At first she hesitantly started to move on her knees to crawl forward but Angorod was anoyed by this behaviour.


    " By the gods , start walking! " He roared at her.


    In return she shrieked but stood up as she fled out of the make-shift hut. She even fell a few times as she forgot to pull her pantys back up and Angorod just shook his head.


    " Thank you for your help. " The hafling said in a feeble voice.


    Angorod on the other hand just grunted and started to beat on the chains even harder. He didn''t want anybody , himself or the 2 females , to be in this place any longer. After all he was about to throw up himself and only his Iron will was preventing this so far.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Will-power has increased by 4 permanently</td></tr></tbody></table>


    But luckily this window that popped up as he was about to turn his stomache inside out , prevented further discrepancys. Even after 20 minutes the girl still hadn''t returned but now the hafling was free.


    Just as the last chain cracked under the heavy blows his hatchet dissolved into gray particles that floated to the ceiling. He watched them with a pang of regret but it was a small price to pay to get out of the shack faster.


    The hafling rubbed her arms and legs as she shivered , not because of the cold , but because of the dread she felt inside of this place which Angorod also felt. Both of them went outside after the halfing had rearranged her clothing to properly hide her legs beneath the dress.


    As Angorod stepped outside of the hut he saw the other girl struggling with one of his axes that lay in the field where he killed the mage. She was barely able to maintain its lifted position and was not in the slightest capable of wielding it properly.


    But Angorod didn''t laugh. He unfastend his belt at the front and took of another pouch he kept there. He ripped of a piece of his linen pants and lay it on the ground while spilling the pouches contents over it.


    It were 2 cinder stones to create sparks and a small sealed leather vial with a few drops of oil inside. He just poured the vials contents over the cloth , even though it was way to much , and slammed the 2 stones together.


    The little piece of cloth instantly caught fire so he threw it into the make-shift hut that was filled with straw. He watched for over an hour at its burning state before he turned around , surprised to find the girl and the halfing still there.


    As the halfling noticed this she walked close enough to Angorod so she could whisper in his ears , without the human girl overlistening what they were saying.


    " Please , spare the girl... You can have me instead. " She said with a bitter tone and Angorod saw the determination inside her eyes to accept anything he wanted to do with her.


    Angorod who was still crouching was dumbfounded for a few seconds but stood up regardless. With determined foot steps he walked over to the Girl that was still trying to lift his axe and grabbed the weapon from her.


    As he picked up the coinpurse the mage had dropped he also took his other axe and walked back into the forest leaving the 2 females alone. As soon as he entered the cover of the leaves he immediatly threw up.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Glutton buff has ended</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod was close to his backpack and he needed water to wash out the foul taste , not the puke had left behind but the gruesome scene he had witnesses. Because his hands were shaking to much he almost ripped the leather backpack apart that was tied with leather straps.


    But instead he just used the throwing knife in his boot to cut open the straps he originally had to untie , while doing so he permanently damaged the backpack , to reach the water canteen.


    For 1 hour he sat kneeled on the floor toggling between emptying his stomache and using the water to wash out his mouth but during this time a sharp burning pain assaulted his forearms and wrists. Absentmindly he registered that the curse in the form of chains had activated.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Due to the curse of the matriarch you have your strength and speed decreased by 50%</td></tr></tbody></table>


    The pain soon became a pleasent sensation as it made him loose concentration at the horrible scene he had just witnessed. So he stood up and entered the clearing again and watched the make-shift shack collapse in itself.


    " I gave her the vengance the poor soul needed to move on. The fire gave her a proper burial and burned down the place of your grief. " Angorod said to the 2 females that were still watching.


    Both of them turned towards him with eyes open in surprise at his short speech. They were literally to awe-struck to talk and the halfling just opened and closed her mouth repeatedly.


    " Come with me , i will bring you back to the road and protect you until the night is over. " Angorod told them with a serious tone.

 Ch 7 , Extortion

    As soon as Angorod and the 2 girls broke the clearing they headed straight west under Angorods guidance. At least thats where Angorod thought they were going as he followed the moon that illuminated the dark path.


    Without uttering a single word Angorod know even after an hour the girls were still behind him , due to the curses they uttered when they tripped over the underbrush. Surprising for Angorod was though that they had not encountered a single wolf , yet , but he kept his ears open.


    After a few 100 meteres extra Angorod soon heard the splashing of a nearby water source so he headed straight for it. He broke through a especial tight compound of trees and discovered a small clearing with a small pond that brightly reflected the pearly shine of the moon.


    Again without a word he dropped his pack and took one battle axe of , after untiying the leather straps , and headed into the forest a few meters beyond the clearing. Some twigs , dried leaves and a hacked into shape dead limb later he entered the clearing again.


    He stacked the small twigs in a make-shit pyre and put the driest leaves he could find ontop. Now with a rhytmic * pang* , * pang* he smashed the tinder stones together. Sparks flew and the dried leaves caught fire for a second but died out directly.


    Nonetheless the leaves were still glimming slightly so he blew on them. With a * poof* they ignited once a new and he had accomplished what he wanted. Even though he had used all the oil he still managed somehow.


    Now he stacked the thicker cut up branches and more twigs on it and headed into the forest once again. He returned seconds later , as he had hacked up another tree limb that lay around , and stacked it besides the already burning flame.


    He went over to his destroyed back-pack next and rummaged through it until he found what he searched for.


    " Here take these , they will keep you warm. " Angorod said as he handed the 2 females some blankets.


    Now he returned to his backpack as they nestled themselfs in deeply , but they were still obnoxious about him. Once again he retrieved something from his backpack and hurried over to the human female first. He crouched down before her and stared into her eyes.


    " Take this and eat. You need your strength. " He said while pressing some dried bread into her hands.


    Angorod was hungry beyond belief , but he knew he would be unable to eat. Especially any sort of meat at the moment that was the reason he gave her the dried bread. Now he went over to the halfling that had a confused look about her.


    " You also. Take this , if either of you need anymore just take it from the backpack. There is enough for a few weeks in there take it , don''t make me repeat myself. " He said in a serious tone not allowing her to question him.


    Now as he stood back up the halfing grabbed his wrist. She felt a burning sensation at her palms as she touched him but she didn''t let go.


    " Let go. Don''t hurt yourself i will stay. " Angorod assured her as he crouched back down.


    As soon as she released him her hand stopped burning and she looked confused at her palm , where she found burn marks. With quick movements Angorod untied a waterskin from his belt , that he coincidentally looted from a player , and poured it over her sizzled flesh.


    " What was that? " The halfling girl asked.


    She saw a worried look run over his facial features , that simply put were quite average besides his violet eyes that shon bright. But soon after he lifted the long sleeves of his tunic and exposed a set of brightly glowing dark green chains that at first glance looked like a tatoo.


    But as she soon saw the tatoos themselves were moving from time to time , ensnaring more of his arm or shifting the links around.


    " You are cursed! " She shouted out in surprise.


    " Quiet! This is something i brought upon myself when i left the tribe. It takes away my strength and influences the speed i can muster. " Angorod told her.


    She eyed him with suspicion in her eyes once again , but after everyone staring at him that way he just got used to it.


    " So why did you stop me from leaving anyway? " Angorod asked.


    " I wanted to ask why. "


    " What do you mean by why? I already said i got the curse from leaving the tribe. " Angorod simply stated.


    " Not that , why you saved us." She said with a dry tone.


    Angorod scratched the back of his head before he continued to speak in a whispered tone.


    " Does it matter? I saved you because i thought it was the right thing. "


    Now the hafling was taken aback at the prosepect of a Wraithling helping her. A person of a notorious race that was well known for their slavery and even plundering for females.


    " You are a strange one. " She said after a brief pause.


    " Might be , but after all i am a > Other Worlder <. " Angorod told her and stood up once again.


    He went over to the fireplace and stacked some more wood ontop as the twigs had finally burned down and the thicker branches had caught fire. But he continued to stir up the fire for quite a bit making it larger and larger.


    Occasionally he went back into the woods and gathered more firewood. This fire was the life-line that would scare every wild animal of , at least he hoped this real life fact was a mechanic in this game as well.


    Even 3 hours after they had made camp only the halfling was asleep. The human girl had a glint of lifelessness in her eyes and she was shivering. With measured steps he first approached the halfling and picked her up as she was.


    Angorod was careful not to touch her actual skin and used the blanket that was drapped around her to lift her in his arms. Now he carried her closer to the fire so she would stop shivering through out the night.


    " Girl what is your name? " Angorod asked after crouching in front of the human.


    Now as he was close enough and looked into her eyes he saw that every glint inside of her eyes was gone. It was not because she was absent minded or thinking about other thing , simply put her emotions were gone.


    If this would fix itself Angorod had no idea but he even had less of an idea how to help her. He never was good with '' relationships '' or '' comforting '' other people in times of need. He could listen to problems but if he could give her any reassurance about this kind of situation he had not clue.


    But his desire to help her burned brightly. Angorod knew that this consoling could turn out worse but somehow he just couldn''t accept such a young girl that still had her life ahead of her became so gravely afflicted by this cruel world.


    " Hey , at least please eat. " Angorod said in the warmest tone he could muster.


    Naturally she had not eaten either yet and his tone was by standards not '' warm '' at all but there was sincerity flowing with his tone. A little glint of life or '' fire '' returned to her eyes as both of their gazes locked onto one another.


    Seconds , minutes and even an hour passed and neither dared to break the feeble bond either one had created with this connection. Angorod lifted her hand that held the dried bread until she finally broke the stare and saw the food.


    " Here see , its alright. " He said while ripping of a piece and chewing on it himself.


    But she just simply returned to looking into his bright but deep violet eyes. Uncomfortably he scratched the back of his head and took the bread away from her. He ripped of a small piece and brought it closer to her mouth.


    She knew what was happening but it took her over a minute to open her mouth. Carefully closing the distance even further Angorod was intent to not touch her lips at all to keep the '' comfortable '' feeling she just had to have , at least he tried to believe in it.


    He placed it inside with great care without touching her lips or anything else and as she started to chew he already held another piece between his finger tips and placed it infront of her mouth.


    Slowly but steadily it disappeared and as it was all gone she held out her hands requesting more.


    " Do you want dried meat or more bread? " Angorod tried to entice her to speak.


    But she simply nodded at his first request. Without any complaint or a sigh he headed to his backpack , but instead of rummaging through it he brought it over to her and kneeled down again.


    Angorod took her hands and placed several strips of dried meat inside along with a canteen of water at her feet. Slowly but steadily she began to eat by herself and even drank from the canteen without problems.


    But everytime Angorod wanted to leave she would make a small noise that clearly told him to stay. But at all times she stared into his eyes and even though he was uncomfortable with it he returned the gaze.


    " Lets move closer to the fire , you have to be cold. " Angorod said after she had finished the food.


    She nodded and stretched out her arms. Angorod was confused at this gesture but then remembered something from his cousins years when she was still very small.


    He slid his arm underneath both outstretched arms and used the other to slid underneath her knees without touching any of her skin due to the blanket which he drapped around her first. Carrying her like a princess he placed her down about 1 meter away from the hissing fire and adorned her bare shoulders with the blanket once again.


    Now as he was standing again and about to turn around she tried to grab his hand to prevent him from leaving but as he noticed this he pulled away quickly. Angorod clearly saw the glimmer dying in her eyes once again so he had to do something.


    " Don''t worry i just don''t want to hurt you. See here on my arms is a curse if you touch my skin you might burn yours in return. " He quickly half-lied to cover up his screw up.


    After all he already touched her hands quite a few times but there was always the risk of his arm slipping and touching her skin by mistake while they held hands. The glimmer returned and he was relieved.


    " I am just getting the bag and some more water. "


    He returned a few minutes later with a piece of cloth he had ripped from his pants that was moistend and wringed out.


    " Your face is dirty , want me to clean it? " He said with another weak attempt of a warm voice.


    Instead of saying anything she nodded slightly but Angorod saw this clearly ,after all he was sitting directly besides her. She etched closer to him and with cautios movements he approached her face.


    There was quite a bit of dirt to get of off her face but even though this could easily take an hour Angorod only touched her with the greatest of care handling her like a most treasured artifact.


    At this treatment the glimmer in her eyes started to burn brighter and ever brighter but soon Angorod had to stop wiping her face. She hugged him with incredible strength that belittled her lithe frame and started to sob and cry at the same time.


    Only one of Angorods arms was free so he patted her black and curly locks ontop of her head. Careful not to use to much force and consoled her in the only way he could think of. Just being there for someone could works wonders after all.


    She continued to cry and sob until the sun rose over the lands once again and strangly enough the halfling didn''t wake up at all during all of this.


    .............


    A few hours after dawn she had exhausted herself from sobbing and crying and was in a almost comatose state. But as she inhaled and exhaled in a relaxed manner Angorod left her be for the time being.


    Yesterday he had already seen a few stains on his pants and tunic so he decided it was best to wash them now while the halfling was still asleep. After all there was a little stream and a pond behind them.


    After confirming once again that the halfing and the human girl were still asleep he undressed quickly and wadded in the little pool. The water was frigid and it shudderd Angorod to his bones but he endured it. Even though it was deeper then he suspected with his close to 2m height his upper body still was placed above the water level.


    This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    He dipped his clothes in the water and rubbed them off with his hands. Especially the area around his armpits as they had stains in them. Luckily it was a cheap fabric and not very thick so it came of with a little scrubbing.


    Washing of his body he could not expect what would happen next. He felt small fingers entwine in-front of his chest and with a glance over his shoulders he found the Human girl had woken up due to his absence.


    " ... " But she still did not talk.


    Just standing there in the water , that was almost freezingly cold made Angorods body tense up incredibly. But he knew he had to be nice , for the moment at least , so he shifted his weight slightly until his back rested against her face.


    " Hey , im getting cold and your clothes are completly wet as well now. Lets go back to the fire , i''ll stay with you. " Angorod said in a soothing tone and the girl nodded.


    She released him from her grasp and as she turned around Angorod slipped in his pants underwater. He felt like he dragged the whole pond along with him as he stepped out of it and he freezing cold.


    The fire was still burning high though so he stepped very closely to it. With only 50 cm separating himself from the hot flames his pants started to dry but the girl just slipped inside of his guard and placed herself between his legs.


    He placed a arm across her stomache and slid back another 50 cms to give her the chance of warming up and not burning herself like what Angorod had wanted to do. He even pulled up the blanket once again and drapped it around her shoulders as she drifted of due to exhaustion.


    With her back warmed by Angorod and her front from the fire and the blanket this time Angorod was sure she had fallen completly into a coma from exhaustion. He was also dead tired but he could not sleep like this so he just stared into the flames and chewed on some dried meat as he waited.


    ...................


    The girl woke up to unfamiliar surrounding and instantly frightening visions popped up in her mind but the she saw what was going on. A bulky thing for a humanoid was carrying her and the forest that should have covered everything above her had made way for a bright sky.


    While she slept Angorod carried her all the way to the outskirts of Mitra. He was still obviously worried about any skin contact so she had a blanket over her while he carried her princess style.


    A wet and sticky feeling enveloped his back after he had carried her for so long and his arms felt even worse now then they had during his first practice swings in the caves with his father.


    '' Damn Curse! '' He thought for himself.


    As they approached the town that was surrounded by a make-shift palisade the 2 guards at the gate eyed the new commers suspiciously. Now the halfling showed herself behind Angorods hulking figure and the guards relaxed.


    " Mam , we expected you yesterday what happend? " One of them asked.


    The halfling pulled him a down so she could whisper to him and the situation was directly resolved. Both of them waved them past and they entered the city.


    It was nothing special even though it had this medevil flare to it , there were just buildings like in any other town. The hafling used her short legs and doubled her endavours to reach a certain location so Angorod just silently followed while carrying the girl.


    The strayed of at the first intersection of the town to the right and soon stood in-front of a incredibly huge building with a winged boot attached as a show sign of the purpose of this building.


    Judging how the halfling just smashed the doors open and at her furious attitude Angorod suspected this was the merchants guild or something related.


    " Master , where the hell are you! " The halfling roared which surprised even Angorod considering her small stature.


    There was a table with chairs nearby so he decided to place the girl in his arms in one carefully. All went well until he decided to walk back to the halfing as his steps were halted by a hand grabbing his sleeves.


    With a sigh he decided to stay and observe from here.


    " Who dares to shout in here! " A male voice roared from a top a flight of steps.


    With his brows obviously furrowed the merchant in expensive brokat robes with gold hems tried to gracefully stomp down the stairs at the fury that welled inside him but it was obvious that fury and graceful were not 2 words this man could combine.


    " Me , Elain. I thought the Bandits hideout has been rooted out! I was attacked yesterday , all my wares are lost! How are you going to compensate me. " The halfling shouted furious.


    As he reached the lowest step Angorod saw in his eyes the instict to flee , after all someone wanted money from him and he was a merchant. As he tried to turn around the halfling coughed vehemently and he sighed.


    " Elain , i am sorry to hear this but there is nothing i can do for your losses ... regretably... " He tried to worm his way out.


    Angorod watched in silence as Elains , the name of the halfling he saved , face became distoreted in rage. But Angorod thought , even if it was cruel , that it wasn''t the merchant guilds fault that she got attacked.


    They kept arguing back and forth and as Angorod got incredibly bored he even let out a yawn that attracted the attention of both. This surprised him greatly as his yawn was muffled by his hand and both were quite loud while arguing.


    " Oho , who might this ... is he a Wraithling , Elain? " The masters eyes first spewd delight and turned vile as he saw the mans facial features and skin.


    " Damn right he is , he killed at least 20 Bandits by himself without so much as breaking a sweat. " Elain said.


    This was a common tactic and Angorod knew this. He killed around 8 but she increased the number to get the Master to give him more money for the quest. Naturally she would take part of that Money herself but as he would receive a greater share then he would normally have he didn''t complain.


    " That doesn''t change the fact that he is a Wraithling , dear. " The master replied slyly.


    Now another battle between merchants unfolded ... Angorod just called it bartering to the death ... at least his death of boredome. As he yawned again the attention returned to him. Both of them stared accusingly at his interruption of their haggling.


    " What i haven''t slept for over 2 days but i still disposed of the Bandits and carried the girl here all the way. " Angorod defended himself.


    As he said that he pointed at the girl that seemed to be sound asleep , more like unconscious. The merchant and Elain stepped closer and took a look at her. With a upraised eyebrow the master viewed Elain and she understood.


    " Her sister ... died . She was a travelling companion of mine and the girl also travelled with us. The dead sister said something about returning to their Family in a far village further to the west. " She simply stated.


    A grim silence engulfed the room as they both the Master and Elain looked at the girl in pity , but Angorod instantly knew those 2 wouldn''t lift a finger to get the girl back to the ones she loved.


    " Anyways , i want my reward. NOW . " Angorod said after a few seconds.


    Elain and the Master both looked at him in a confused manner as he made clear demands and now the master wanted to haggle with him. But Angorod cut him of while grabbing for the knife inside of his boots.


    " I will not haggle. 20 Bandits and the Bandit leader. I also brought back your associated merchant as it seems. 1 gold plus some armguards and shinguards from your supplys. Best a sword for the girl to. "


    " I also lost 5 throwing hatchets in the fight as well as some casual supplys of burning oil and food." Angorod said in a intimidating voice.


    The master made a step backwards as Angorod even flashed his shark like teeth during his speech. Only natural at the bad reputation Wraithling held with the other races but it worked.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been greatly overachieved


    Due to intimidation you have acquired additional rewards that originally were not part of this quest.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    The master showed him the way but the girl woke up once again as he tried to walk away. He simply picked her up and brought her back into the storage following the merchant. He acquired everything he asked for and even grabbed a dress that seemed to fit the girl while the Merchant had turned his back.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Stat has been created -> Subtely


    Subtely is used for various means such as stealing , manipulation , intimidation , stealth , hiding , cheating in bets and card games among other things.


    The higher it is the higher your chance to acquire skills in the respective field.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    At the sudden sound and the chance of getting caught Angorod jerked up but to his surprise the Master merchant didn''t notice it. He picked up the girl in his arms once again and carried her out.


    Immediatly he left the Merchant guild and walked along to find a Inn but a halfling shouted after him as he turned at the first corner back to the main-street.


    " Wait Angorod! " She shouted clearly out of breath from the short sprint.


    Angorod on the other hand just raised a eyebrow and stared at her in a bored manner waiting for her to regulate her breathing pattern.


    " I got you some extra reward , i want 50% of the money. " She said with a cruel smile.


    " Not happening , bye. " He said and turned around.


    But once again she ran towards him and grabbed his sleeves , as she was awfully aware what would happen if she touched his arms exposed skin.


    " Listen now , it is a fair deal. I could always go back and tell the master you ticked him to give you more money. " She said in a all-mighty tone.


    Angorod surpressed his sigh and from real life he knew how to deal with characters like her. He meet enough of those that wanted to abuse him to gain profit for themselfs without realizing they dug their own graves.


    " Go back tell him. You would be surprised at how your master would react when you told him i killed less Bandits after you told him i killed 20. Along those lines this money is the girls not mine. You should hired me in the other town like i offered and all this wouldn''t have happend. "


    " If you dare to say one word , i hope you will never meet me one the roads again , Elain. You know a bandit attack seems reasonable around these parts. " He said suggestivly.


    The halflings face became ashen colored and she couldn''t reply anything at all. After ascertaining Angorod had scared her enough he turned around as set out for the first Inn he could find.


    He order a 2 bed room some food that should be brought to the chambers and a tub for taking a bath. Since this was built after the midevil times bathing with a transportable room inside of a Inn wasn''t anything new.


    It cost him 25 silvers for one night , which Angorod thought was ridicioulus in its own but he didn''t complain. He took the key and hastily went upstairs. As soon as he entered he placed the girl on the bed and soon the tub with a dojan arrived.


    He placed the view blocking screen in-front of the tub and waited for the inn keepers wife to fill it up all the way. For some reason there was a waterpipe inside of the room he currently was residing in and it was hot.


    Even though he found it odd , thinking of the times , the romans even before the 0th century had lead pipes and plumbing but this was kind of advanced. Especially the hot water. But who was he to complain when a hot water filled tub was right in-front of him.

 Ch 8 , the breakdown

    Sorry for the long wait , had to do something in real life.


    Updates will resume natuarally.


    ..............


    The food arrived soon as Angorod just stepped out of the tub. With a slight knock and a shouted Yes , the door was opened and the owners wife entered the bedroom.


    She saw Angorod fully dressed in fresh clothes with damp hair besides the screen and eyed the sleeping girl and him with suspicion. Nonetheless she placed the broth and 2 loafes of freshly baked bread on the small table in the room and left without a word.


    The girl stirred at the prospect of a hot meal and drowsily lifted herself up. First she looked around confused at her surrounding and then she looked desperate searching for something. A face of panic befell her beautiful eyes but as she saw Angorod this disappeared.


    " Go ahead and eat before it gets cold. " He said.


    She swung her legs from the bed revealing quite a bit from under her dress and stood up directly. With steady foot-steps she picked up the bowl and a spoon as well as a loaf of bread and quickly returned to the bead , covering herself in the blankets once again.


    Like a starved person she began to devour the broth and the bread at the same time , that made Angorod wonder why she had such a lithe frame. Dispersing the thoughts he seated himself at the table and also ate the soup.


    But it was not a portion that was made for a guy close to 2m in height. So he reached for 10 stripes of dried meat from his backpack and munched on them while shoveling more broth and bread in his mouth.


    A little giggle escaped the girls mouth and she copied him retrieving dried meat and eating it as a snack , as she had already completed the broth. Angorod with his back turned towards her smiled a little at her girlish giggle.


    " Ricarda. " The girl said while Angorod still ate.


    He turned around and looked at her but she had her hair covering her face as she looked down at the bed sheets. Figuring that was her name he directly brought his attention towards her.


    " Good. Ricarda i got a little something for you. " He said and rummaged through his backpack once again.


    He brought forth the dress in a cream satin color with silk as the material used to weave it and showed it to her. Even though it had quite a few wrinkles due being hastily stuffed into his bag she looked delighted at it.


    She ran over , like the young girl she was , grabbed it from him hugged it to her chest and spun around a few times. Without a slight hesitation she loosend the underbreast corsett she was wearing.


    Angorod at his shock took the broth he just slurped into his air pipe and coughed vehemently while turning around. Not because he didn''t want to enjoy the show or because he was shy but just out of the fact to not inflict more wounds on the girl.


    She tapped his shoulders and now Angorod turned around once again. The creamy colored dress was a perfect fit , but she used her old corsett to tighten it underneath her chest. Even though it was a older thing with some travel stains on it the black corsett matched well.


    The girl was a natural beauty , Angorod knew this , and the creamy color with her black hair and black corsett enhanced this further. Even her slightly bronze skin tone further enhanced the natural beauty other girls would kill for.


    " It is dazzling beautiful when you wear it. " Angorod said without any slight hesitation.


    After all he had to kiss a** alot during his job in the real world. But this praise was meant from the depths of his heart. The girl had a radiant smile like multiple suns had just rose at the same time and currently Angorod was bathed in that light.


    She spun around and did a few poses which made Angorod smile serenly. It was a beautiful scene illuminated by the setting of the sun.


    " A tub is in the back if you want to bath. I''m going out for a bit , if you need anything don''t hesitate I''ll take care of the price. " Angorod said as he grabbed his pack.


    At first the girl looked confused but as soon as he wanted to step out of the room she held his sleeve once again. It was hard form him to supress his urge to sigh but in the end he held one and turned to face her.


    " Ricarda , don''t worry i''m just going out for a bit. " Angorod said in a gentle voice.


    He patted her hand slightly , momentarily forgetting the curse on his arm. Luckily for him she quickly let go and Angorod moved down the steps , alone.


    Angorod went out of the Inn and headed back to the main plaza of this settlement. He looked around for a few seconds and then he heard what he was looking for.


    " Master smith , can i use your smith for a bit? " Angorod said to a human with a leather apron around him.


    The blacksmith turned around and eyed Angorod suspiciously. First he looked at his tattered clothes and then the arsenal of hatchets on his leather belt. Finally his sight rested on both of the handles that extended over his backpack.


    " What ya want , scum? " The smith replied in a aggervated tone.


    Angorod was surprised at the open hostility he faced for the first time since he started his adventure. Even though everybody had just eyed him in various cold ways this was a little to much for Angorod.


    " You are calling me scum , ratface? " Angorod replied in a angered tone and the low growl he let out carried through out the whole smithy.


    The smith stretched himself to his full height , which couldn''t even compare to Angorods , and shock out his arms. Even though his face had sharp features and it resembled a rat somehow the rest of his body was made from pure muscles.


    With careful movements the smith came closer to Angorod and started a contest of power. He stood right in-front of Angorod with only a 10 cm gap remaining and stared at him in utter disgust.


    " Who ya callin ratface , monster? " The smith said.


    Now with a booming laughter Angorod could hardly stand still. It took him a few seconds to regain his composure and now he stared down the smith. But a smile lingered on his face so he showed the smith a row of his teeth. Involunterarily the smith took a step back and Angorod , as he won the contest , turned on his heels and walked away.


    With determined steps he went to a general merchant and slammed his fist directly on the wooden stall.


    " Oy , i need wetstones. 2 pairs of rough , medium and fine , hurry it up will you? " Angorod used his angered temper and the poor merchant flinched.


    Sure there probably was a way to icnrease Familarity with the town and get incredible benefits from purchases and sales. Angorod just wasn''t in the mood to kiss some freaking programms ass to acquire wares cheaper. So he decided on the faster method.


    " O-okay ... here ... 2 pairs ... 25 silver. " The merchant said.


    Now Angorod struck the wooden stall even stronger then before and brought his face over the counter to close the distance between him and the merchant.


    " What how many silver did you say? " Angorod growled.


    The poor man backed of all the way to the other wall of the small stall which was only another yard , but considering Angorods height he could easily lean over 1 m and shorten the distance once again.


    " Okay .... 15 silver.... " The merchant said.


    Angorod slammed only 14 silver on the counter and picked up the bag with his purchase. Satisfied he immediatly put down his ruined backpack and untied one of his 2 handed axes. As soon as he gripped the weapon he pulled out a rough wetstone and sharpend the blade.


    This was not an easy task , considering he only had straight blades before , as the axe blade was rounded. He picked up the backpack again and sharpend while walking through the south gate of Mitra.


    He arrived on the outskirts as he finished one axe so he took out the other one and sharpend it as well. His arms already stung from this little bit of '' exercise '' due to the decreased strength and his feet were also sore. But he wanted to hunt. Feel the blood running down his face and neck.


    As he finished the other axe he decided it would be best for today to just hunt with a single axe , as he was sure 2 axes would be to much of a strain. He entered the woods and immediatly was flanked by 3 wolves.


    Angorod smiled a wicked smile and immediatly launched 2 hatchets at 2 different beasts. With a green glow they spun inside the air and hit the beast in their hind legs. Blood spurted as the weapons sunk into flesh and the beasts howled a ear piercing howl. Angorod smiled another wicked smile and set out to kill.


    .................


    Every 5th swing of his weapon Angorod received with the familiar * tring* a Window notifiying a change had occured in his stats so he decided to do something about it.


    " Stop notification of attribute increases. " He said finally after 9 hours of hunting.


    He was surprised at how easily he could still defeat wolves and soon started to use his 2nd axe again. While wandering through the forest he even found a wolves den and exterminated everything inside of it.


    He acquired 100 wolf pelts during the night , but his level didn''t increase. After all this game was supposed to be the hardest game ever created. Or at least some gamers claimed on the forums.


    Angorod wasn''t really interested at his experience progress as there was no xp bar like in other games so it didn''t bother him , but other players complained on the forums frequently.


    As Angorod looked up at the moon he noticed it had to be 2-3 hours before sunset. Quickly he hurried back into the village and was halted by the guards there again.


    " Halt , what buisness do you have in Mitra? "


    " I rented a room in a Inn to which i wish to return to. " Angorod stated simply.


    The guard carefully eyed his appearance. Which wasn''t a favourable thing at this moment. Angorod was soaked in his blood and the wolves. His clothes had seen better days , but hey at least his weapons were sharpend.


    " I won''t let a Wraithling through , begone monster. " The guard said and stared into the wide open ignoring any more attempts of Angorod.


    Angorod was furious and wanted to decapitate the fool but he thought that the guards of towns and citys had to be quite a high level , at least judging by this ones gear. So he went with another tactic.


    This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    He walked back the road he came from , entered the forest where he was out of sight and put his breastplate , armguards and shinguards in his backpack. Now without the metal covering his body he felt light. After all it was around 40 kgs extra weight.


    Angorod rearranged his backpack and stuffed the outsides with the 2 blankets and furs he had. After this he placed the armor parts and breakable things or anything that could make a noise in the middle.


    He took out the rope and went back to the village again. But this time not at a main gate. He tied the rope to his backpack and threw it over the make-shift wall. With a muffled * plonk* it hit the other side of the 3 m tall wall.


    Angorod backed up about 5 meters and started to run with a incredible speed. Right as he was about to hit the wall he jumped into the air and grabbed on to the top of the wooden fence.


    But to his surprise his body weight combined with speed and his strength broke through the wooden planks that made this wall. With a surprised shout the wall gave in and the wood splintered.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 40 damage.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He heard this and soon shouts that came from different directions. Angorods mind raced on which way to run but soon discarded the idea. He grabbed his backpack and threw himself in a pile of garbage and junk that was laying around.


    With some wiggling and arm movements he coverd himself with the filfth and his dark skin tone did the rest to hide his presence perfectly.


    Guards came by and shouted orders and curses at the same time as they saw the incredible hole in the fence. They didn''t notice him but a guard was placed there to observe the hole. But like every night-shift job they slacked of. He wandered out of the hole and watched the forest beyond that.


    Angorod instantly grabbed the chance and ran from the garbage pile around a few corners. He breathed out heavily and started to sneak around the houses until he reached the Inn. With steps that should have been muffled , but in reality his weight and height made it near impossible , he proceeded up the stairs.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have obtained the skill hide presence rank 1 , 0% ( J skill rank)


    Hide presence allows you to divert attention from you. It is a general skill not as refined as sneak , hide or stealth.


    Requirements Subtely attribute.


    May change if your subtely attribute increases.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod was rather surprised at this but he continued to sneak around until he reached the room he had rented. He carefully opened the door and saw the girl was sleeping in the second bed.


    He hurried along the wall trying to decrease the sounds he made and walked to the little washing basin in the corner. While scooping up incredible amounts of water in his hands he washed his face , arms and neck until all the blood came of.


    He took of everything besides his pants and placed himself as quietly as possible in the empty bed. But as soon as he was laying down he took the throwing knife out of his boot and placed it underneath his pillow.


    ....................


    Angorod had ony slept a few hours but immediatly he was fully awake as he pulled the knife out from underneath the pillow. The bad thing was he just grabbed air as his knife had been removed.


    He twisted in bed what some would call '' break dancing'' and spun to his feet. The attacker backed of at this un imaginable feet considering his incredible height and presumingly weight.


    Angorod desperatly looked for his backpack but it was clearly out of reach and not where he had left it the night before. Even then he saw both axes weren''t attached to it. The scattered hathcets that should be laying right beyond his bed were also no where to be seen.


    He lunged forward and collided with the person that was trying to assasinate him. The male that was at least 1 full head shorter then him with the same skin color crashed into the wall with enough force to knock him out cold.


    But now he heard additional footsteps beyond the door. He looked around and found neither his weapons nor his clothes so he just grabbed the backpack and ran to the window.


    The girl he saved was no where to be seen , but he couldn''t worry about her anyways as the tribe of Wraithlings entered the room as he jumped out of the window.


    With a loud thump he landed , feet first , on the street below and received a window that told him he lost 50% of his health from this 5 meter drop. He also noticed that the first few steps were incredibly woobly but he had not broken any bones , yet.


    A few shouts were audiable behind him and soon multicolored arrows flew past him. As he realized what shot at him he instantly turned at the next corner. His speed didn''t decrease in the slightest and he just kept running and running.


    He had 30 secs pause of arrows but soon another volley was fired at him. With a leap he ducked behind some rubbish and then instantly resumed his running. More shouts errupted behind him but he turned at another corner.


    Now he was at a dead end. Behind him the Wraithlings that came to hunt him and in-front was a wooden wall. But Angorod cooly calculated and even further increased his speed. Just shortly before he crashed into the wood he jumped.


    As he flew he put his right shoulder in front and pulled his legs and arms closer to his body. With a loud smash he broke through the wood and his life decreased by another 25%. But the only thing he could keep doing was run.


    After all he had no means to fight back. His armor was gone as well as his weapons. All the money , food and equipment was in his backpack. Now he was even panting heavyily as he stood back up and resumed his running.


    He took the first few steps and was grinning wildly , Angorod thought his escape was a sucess. But he couldn''t be more wrong. Even though the path in front of him was clear , another volley was shout through the hole he himself had just created and 1 arrow found it''s way into his arm.


    He gritted his teeth and could almost feel one of the sharp teeth cracking underneath the pressure he applied to it but he continued to run. His speed slowed down incredibly but for the moment his persuers gave up their chase.


    Angorod at least thought as much as the shouts grew more distant. Now he broke through the first line of trees so he took a peek behind him. No Wraithlings were following him but sooner or later they would pick up his trail once again.


    He even wondered how the Wraithlings found him this quick but he still kept on running. Not as fast paced as before but he still wanted to bring some distance between him and the '' death squad '' the bitch of a matriarch had sent.


    Just at the thought of her his anger quelled inside of him and his pain temporarily subsided. But as he kept running he lost the hatred momentarily and the pain returned.


    It was a weird feeling for Angorod. He never expected such pain from a game , especially as the pain was reduced compared to real life. But still his soles and legs hurt not to talk about his shoulder or arm were the arrow was still stuck.


    But he couldn''t be bothered with it at the moment as he had to shake of his pursuers. So he just kept running and running without aim , just to get away from Mitra.


    " DAMNIT ! " He shouted through out the woods to regain focus on running.


    Angorod already passed the first line of trees about 1 hour ago but his pace was still rather running the jogging , but from time to time he wobbled strangely. He couldn''t even understand how he was still able to run despite his not existent Stamina.


    But he just kept focusing of gaining distance to his pursuers so he didn''t notice any of the familiar * trings* he kept hearing. Dangerously his feet wobbled once again and he fell face first into the hard ground beneath him.


    As he slithered along the ground he had the taste of rich soil as well as leafes inside of his mouth , but what concerned him was the message he finally noticed.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Stamina - 570/ 230


    The system has noticed the theoretical Limit has been broken , this could have consequences on yourself in the real world


    Due to internal error within the system immediate shut down of the Vr helmet will initiate.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He just breathed in and out in a ragged manor that couldn''t be described as panting anymore. His brain finally realized what was going on as a golden light enveloped him but soon the light disappeared but he was still inside of the forest.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Safety shut-down has failed.


    Shutting down the > Other world < program.


    Notifiying all players.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>To all players.


    The servers for the > Other World < will go into a immediate maintenance.


    Further notice will be updated on the main site.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorods brain was still not efficiently supplied with oxygen so he couldn''t comprehend what all of this meant , but soon another golden light enveloped him. It took over 10 seconds for Daniel to arrive in the real world again.


    He felt a incredible headache enveloping his skull as he started to massage his temples. Daniel flexed all of his muscles , especially his legs , as he was worried that something from the > Other world < had remained.


    But with an exasperated sigh he noticed everything was alright , besides his headache. It cleared after another hour of just laying in bed and massaging his temples but soon he felt a memory surfacing on his mind.


    " Did the Ai of the > Other World < just lie to the players? " He spoke out his shock.

 Ch 9 , The experiments

    The headache was still raging inside of Daniels head but he couldn''t spent all day in bed. As he placed his feet on the ground a jolt ran through his brain and the sizzling pain intensified. Nonetheless he was determined and stood up on his woobly feet.


    To walk just 1 step took him about 30 secs. Standing firmly , lifting his foot , sliding it along the ground and finally planting it on the ground once again to shift his weight onto it. Every time his foot connected with the floor another pain shoot through his head but he still didn''t give up.


    This was the first time he was relieved his apartment was so small and after 30 steps he was in the bathroom and started to undress. He turned on the water and instantly stepped under it. Now he was even glad that he had a '' barrier less '' design for his bath.


    There was no '' tub '' for the shower he had it was just a drain placed inside of the tiles of the bathroom floor. As the still cold water ran over his long strawberry blond hair the pain eased up and he finally sighed out of relieve.


    With one hand supporting him on the showers walls and the other placed on his hair he just remained in that position for a few minutes with the hot water washing down his head running through his hair and finally touching his bare skin underneath his shoulder blades.


    He washed his hair carefully and even used the conditioner he prefered. But just when his hair were completly drained of shampoo and other care products a loud bang came from the hallway.


    " Look for him fast!" A female voice shouted.


    Mutliple booted feet could be heard and the rhytmic sound instantly made him think of a special force or a army contigent. But as he was about to chuckle at this the bathroom door that was located directly besides the entrance door was forcefully slammed open and some tiles broke of the wall.


    " Hope you guys are gonna pay for that. " Daniel said unfased by the situation.


    He turned of the shower head and simply walked over and grabbed a towel that he loosely hung over his shoulder. Not that he was a nudist but he didn''t want those people to think he was shy or give them the satisfaction of seeing him ashamed.


    This was something Daniel would never allow himself to do. Show weakness in-front of somebody. He read quite a bit about why he couldn''t open up to other or show weakness but it was a simple effect of his child-hood.


    " M-Mam? " One of the officers said quizzickaly towards the female staring inside of the bathroom.


    Her mouth was opened wide as Daniel pushed on of the officers out of the way , which turned out to be a regular police officer. Even inside his living room there were another 4 officers that all stared at his naked apperance walking through the room.


    He headed towards his bedroom grabbed one of his training pants , a basketball short , and one of his favourite shirts from the wardrobe. Just as he was about to head out , back into the living room , he grabbed a hair band and made a loose ponytail with it.


    " Want a coffee guys? " He absent mindly asked pushing more people out of the way and headed into the kitchen.


    After a few methodical touches and clicks the tab coffee maker was heated up and already pressed out the hot water through the tabs. 4 cups were placed underneath and Daniel started to hand the officers around him a cup.


    After 3 rounds of 4 cups , all the cups in his possession were filled and even the female and himself held one. He just flung himself in his wore down leather couch , without spilling any coffee , and curiously looked at the female of the group that invaded his home.


    " So why are you here? " Daniel asked the female after a few minutes of utter silence.


    She still had her jaw opened and Daniel wondered if she wanted to catch flies with it but soon she shook her head and started to talk.


    " Are you Mister Daniel Olson , born February 11 198X ? " She asked.


    " Obviously im Santa clause. " Daniel said while rolling his eyes.


    One of the officers , the one closest to him , chuckled slightly but with a ice cold glare the female shut him up.


    " I repeat , Are you Mister Daniel Olson , born February 11 198X ? "


    " You break into somebodys home , coincidentally the only person living in this 40 square meter apartement for over 8 years , and ask if he is the person living here? " Daniel replied with a sarcastic undertone.


    " Also served in the German volunteer fire department of this town for over 11 years? Worked in the XX Company for 6 years and ended his apprentice ship in the same company for 3 years? " The female asked.


    Daniel just grunted his answer as he was sipping on his brewing hot coffee.


    " Finished High school at the age of 16 and started to live by himself at the same tender age. Bachelor , no children and has never been married. Has played , this , this and this game for the past 3 years with this , this and this character? " The female asked again while showing him some leaflets with the exact copys of his character details in every game.


    Daniels eyes that always seemed to scowl even when he was happy , the few times it actually happend , intensified the glare towards the women and she shuddered slightly as he just non-chalantly interrupted her speech.


    " Listen , either i get a good explanation what is going on or i will sue you. This is a invasion of privacy and i have at least 10 respectable officers here to bear witness. " Daniel said with anger in his voice.


    The women breathed in sharply and took cautios steps towards Daniel. As she stood only half a meter apart from him she flipped the I-pad she had been holding for quite some time and there he saw a file that the best profiler of this world had to have created.


    Everything was written on the electronical display. First girlfriend , second , third and so on. Current realtionships status , favourite foods , Iq level that was quite above the average , height , weight , health issues current or already by gone ones and finally a collection of pictures from a certain media page of the internet.


    " Is this you? " She said and pointed at the picture of his own Face.


    " Nope i think that is my twin. " He said and looked straight into the females face.


    She was quite clueless and it showed on her face but she just methodically opened her mouth and repeated her question.


    " Yeah that is me can''t you tell. " Daniel said.


    He even remembered the picture as it was just taken 4 months ago when his last girlfriend was still around.


    " No i can''t exactly tell. "


    A question mark appeared over Daniels head as he tried to messure up his '' adversary''. At this gaze she simply took out a pocket mirror , most likely for applying make-up , and opened it. She hesitated but then turned it so Daniel could see it for himself.


    The violet eyes had a funny expression that leaned towards a ridiculing manner but soon he discovered something out of the ordinary. His nose was still a bit bent , resulting from a broke nose in his chilhood , but his skin ... was different.


    It had a bronze , caramel kind of tone and his facial features were sharper then before. There were still slightly round but his jaw line was massivly more '' edgy ''. Even the colors of his 5 o''clock shade was darker then he remebered and his hair were darker then before.


    He still had a apperance that seemed younger then he looked with his apperance being 18-19 maximum but his actual age was 25. Now he inspected his arms which also had the same bronze color but all the freckles were gone.


    " Well that is kind of nice. " He simply stated and looked back at the female.


    " I am a representative of the company that governs the > Other World <. Today i am here to escort you to our german branch in Frankfurt. " She told Daniel.


    " Escort as in forcibly kidnap and put me somewhere to study me like a guinea pig , because i broke the system? " He said non-chalantly while viewing the police officers around him.


    The female replied with a wry smile.


    " Can i take anything with me? At least clothes and some toiletries? " He asked.


    Another wry smile and a sigh later he was already seated inside of a police car in hand-cuffs and so a journey began into the unknown. Long fields of grass or farmed fields of wheat , corn or other things passed by.


    Soon they entered the highway and to his surprise he saw no car driving besides him which was a very uncommon thing in germany. There was always a guy that drove with close to 300 km/h along the road and overtook everybody else , especially since this was one of the only directions that lead to the commonly used FRA Airport.


    Even though it was a standard police car they easily drove along with over 200 km/h and left the highway 30 minutes later. In Frankfurt they turned quite a few times and soon arrived at a complex building that closely resembled a hospital but lacked the hustle and bustle a usual hospital had.


    As soon as he left the police car he felt a sensation of something sharp entering his arm and soon he saw the siringe of a injection sticking out of him. He just followed the hand that was pressing fluid into his arms and found another female wearing a lab coat trying her best to give him a warm smile.


    " Don''t worry , already expected as much. " Daniel said just before everything before him became black and the narcotic injection started to work.


    ......................


    Daniel woke up and was heavily disoriented. Everything around him was white. The walls ceiling even the bed he was handcuffed to. A injection line was connected to his arm and he felt a painful stab around the needle that quietly dropped fluid into his system.


    Lucky for him only one hand was handcuffed so he used his other and ripped out the precision needle. Numerous Officers directly swarmed the room but Daniel just clenched his right fist , that was handcuffed a few times , and pressed it against the handcuffs.


    Veins appeared on his skin and he took the needle and stabbed it into the main one directly between his index and middlefingers knuckle in the middle of his hand. Now he sighed a breath of relief and the flaming pain inside of his elbow joint released.


    " Mr. Olson don''t rip out your injection line. " A female voice resounded besides him.


    Daniel turned around after the pain from REPLACEing the needle forcefully subsided and found a blonde beauty at his side. She was around his age and wore her hair in a pony tail that extended down to the middle of her back dressed in a black mini dress with a lab coat overtop.


    She even wore light make-up that accented her eyes with a dark shade. This had a terrifiying effect as her skin was completly pale but still healthy looking. As she came closer Daniel heard a methodical * click* , * clack* with every step she took and he knew what that was.


    " Must be a pretty lax job if you can wear high heels around here. My guess 11 cms? " Daniel said with a smile.


    She just stared him down and didn''t reply viewing where he put the needle. But Daniel saw the anesthetic vial she pulled out of her lab coat and a cotton pad for desinfaction.


    " Forget it. This is confidentional information that was , per my wishes , never recorded in my sick record. I have a child hood trauma of needles so reaching veins from my arms is near impossible and cause a immense recoil of stress levels. Only place where you can do it properly is my hand. " Daniel stated locking his gaze with hers.


    She had beautiful emerald colored eyes but scorn could be seen inside of them as he explained everything.


    " Then tell me MR. OLSON if you have a trauma from needles how can you stab yourself with one non-chalantly. " She remarked sarcastically.


    " Well , that is harder to explain. Lets just assume i already had my fare share of spilled brains , crushed limbs , broken spines and lumps of human flesh in-front of me during my time in the fire department. " Daniel said in a humerous manner.


    " Ah your fire department. I have also heard you have killed 3 people while trying to do everything you could do to save them. "


    Stolen story; please report.


    Now this was something he was uncomfortable talking about. It wasn''t that he killed them , at least not in his eyes , he just '' saved '' them in a manner that resulted in death. But this was done on purpose. Not because he held a grudge but the people he had killed wanted him to end it for them.


    After all in Germany helping someone killing himself even if it was his own wish was a fellony , so Daniel made it seem like a '' accident '' while using the machines from the fire department to stretch various parts of the car wrecks so when they tried to pull the person out they would already be dead.


    Every time he had done so , these people knew that they would live lifes as a '' cripple ''. That they would never be able to move their hands or feet not even their neck anmyore. They just didn''t want to burden their familiys so Daniel asked them what they wanted.


    Out of the 25 people that ended up this way Daniel had '' killed '' 3 of them but the governing enitity that observed and investigated the cases never found anything out that lead them to Daniel. Nonetheless he was the main suspect so they banned him from Fire department work.


    " Sue me for it . " Daniel replied with a victorious grin on him.


    Naturally the investigation was started after one of the 3 '' victims '' family members wanted to sue Daniel but the evidence was never enough to actually put him to jail. Daniel also thought he had done nothing wrong so he just grinned back at the female doctor in-front of him.


    " Hmph! " She made a weird sound and turned her body around and left the room.


    Now 2 of the security guards were also placed inside of the room observing him very closely besides the 4 others that left his room with the doctor. Even after half an hour nothing changed so Daniel decided to kill the time in the most efficient manner.


    Go to sleep. He tossed and turned around a few times and the injection and handcuffs were bothering him but he slept in soon enough.


    .......................


    Once again he woke up as the drug dosis declined inside of his system and he saw he was inside of a large tube like thing. His hands , legs , torso and even his head were firmly strapped to a aparatus.


    A buzzing resounded around him and Daniel had no ability to move at all. After clearing his mind and thinking about it they were probably conducting a scan on how his insides looked. Which was not surprising as he '' changed '' through a game and he even broke a server down.


    After quite some time the machines buzzing declined and the metal '' bed'' he was strapped too drove out of the aparatus. But as he had expected as soon as he was completly outside , instead of releasing the straps he felt a needle entering his arms once again.


    He just sighed as he drifted back into a comatose state.


    Daniel grunted inside of the '' hospital '' room he had spent his time in. He clearly had no idea how long he had been held prisioner here as he only woke up twice during the time. Once because of a not recorded '' illness '' he had and another during a trip to a MRT where all metal could lead to his death.


    But for some reason he was wide awake now and he even noticed that no cuffs were attached to his wrists anymore. He was still dressed in a hospital garb and he felt weird whenever he shifted his body but he definetly had freedome of movement.


    Just like he was waking up he had the urge to do 2 things at the same time. First and most likely the most important , scratch his belly. This was a phenomenon nobody could explain but 99% of the male population did.


    The second and almost trivial compared to the one before was scratching his hair. But his hands stopped like if he had just had a heart attack. Ontop of his head were no hair left. Everything that he once prided himself on was gone.


    " WHAT THE FUCK! " He shouted out his anger.


    He was in panic and for the first time since he was here his eyes darted around the room. Not only was there the door he had seen the security personal enter through but a second one. Most likely the one he had been searching for.


    Even though the first few steps were quite awful and his sense of balance was distorted he walked to the second door and saw a toilet , a washing basin and a shower there. First he headed towards the basin and took a good look in the mirror.


    His skin was still bronze colored with no sight of freckles on them and the face he saw for the first time inside of the little pocket mirror had changed even more. His face was no where close to round anymore a handsome face stared back at him in disbelief.


    Even though he tried to remain '' cool '' through out everything before now as he hoped nobody was watching the weakness showed. He hesitantly touched the mirror first and then his own face. As the '' mannekin '' inside of the mirror touched its own face Daniel crumbled to the floor.


    With every ounce of strength he had left he barely pulled himself back up on the porzelain and looked in the mirror once again. Not only had his skin and facial features changed but his hair as well.


    It was objectivly speaking light-brown where before it was blond. But also gold traced through his hair at certain intervals which had no clear distinction to the brown. As Daniel turned his head the reflection on the '' mannekins '' hair changed as well and the gold wandered with the lights reflection.


    Overall it changed to a real Bronze color. Not like his caramel , brown toned , skin but a real color of bronze. Now , for him a vivid reader of sci-fi or Fantasy genre , he had a certain ... feeling ... which he couldn''t shake of.


    He turned around a little more and eyed his own ears. Daniel breathed a exasperated sigh as he saw that his ears had not changed slightly pointy or anything and he felt relief. Now as he looked closer at the details his nose was still bent oddly and he saw some minor scars on his forehead , hands and arms.


    With eagerness he traced all of this little imperfections to his '' new '' appearance but soon he heard a slight noise of footsteps just beyond the wall he was staring at. At this perspective he slapped both of his cheeks to regain his '' cool '' and headed towards the toilet.


    While releaving himself he thought about the current situation and scratched his head again but there he felt something slightly of. It was a convulsion of flesh with something in between. Simply put it was a fresher wound with strings attached to seal the blood from flowing out.


    '' Guess that explains why i don''t have any hair. '' Daniel thought in his '' cool '' mode.


    He kind of felt they had performed a brain surgery on him as a last measure as they probably had found nothing out with all the tests and drugs. Or he thought of the possibility that he evolved into a super human with 2 brains and they took one out.


    This thought made him chuckle slightly , just because of the reason that if that was a fact he wouldn''t be awake right now to think all this.


    As he looked out of the bathroom still within he found the blond doctor , now with even more make-up applied to hide the dark rings under her eyes , sitting on the bed he normally '' slept '' in. She was heavily guarded by 8 security personal that all looked incredibly bulky but somehow ... tiny.


    He stepped out of the bathroom door and tried to put on a '' buisness '' smile but his head violently crashed into the doorframe which disrupted his grand appearance. So instead he rubbed his forehead and thought about the possibility that he received a concussion.


    " Mr. Olson glad to see you are fully with us. " The blond doctor said.


    She was forcefully keeping her mouth shut , Daniel saw this , but the securitys were not as tactfull and boasted out laughing. He took a close look at the security with his gun in the holster right besides him but this one was rather composed so there was no chance to grab the weapon from him.


    " Yes but i am not glad to see such a sleep deprived women first thing i wake up. " He stated matter of factly while walking to the bed.


    Daniel just non-chalantly plopped himself besides the doctress and stared at her with half closed eyelids. She knew instantly that he seemed to be bored but still this person ... infatiuated her.


    He was so unique in his dna make-up that only 1 of 50 million were similar. Some would call it a disease others a gift but this person was simply put nothing. Nothing as in average. Average grades in school , average apprentice ship after , low middle class job , nothing to live for in his life and average sex life.


    Most that shared this genetical defect were plagued with a too sharp mind and to much processing information inside of the brain. Thus making them ideal researchers , engineers or revolutionairs of technology , if one could look over their behaviour. But this man was just ... nothing.


    It was not something like a memoritical brain or even a '' sixth '' sense like a pure gush of adrenaline that slowed down time itself around them. No he just had a minor defect inside of a hormon gland and thus created different hormons at a rapid speed.


    This couldn''t kill a average human , but drastically influnce ones life , what ever gender they were but since this male had lived with it from birth he had complete control over his emotions. He could shift his gears so quickly making himself believe in a emotion he should be feeling right now and the defect in the hormon gland secreted the hormons needed for this.


    Simply put by thinking of lets say happiness he could secrete dopamin at a incredible rate and when he thought about sadness in the next instance the full and whole dopamin construction would stop and another hormon would be produced.


    Same with thought process. If he was thinking hard about something the electrical impulses inside of brain would in effect stir the hormon gland and produce 10 times as much receptor hormon and increase his neural activity.


    Normally people would call these '' inflicted '' people simply put very moody. Like Men describe women during their period or even worse during child labour or pregnancy. So even out of the 150 known or so people that were inflicted with this disease only 9 had control over this disease.


    How they gained this '' control '' was widely known. Direct oppresion during child-hood and non attendance. Simply put they were left alone and beat when they weren''t thus creating a '' barrier '' or '' wall '' around their emotions.


    Others would say it was something that was established shortly after birth since they lacked motherly love which every baby craved for but that would be a whole other scientifical discussion.


    " I am to resume my playing in the > Other World < , correct? " Daniel asked once again non-chalantly.


    But even thought the doctress knew about this odd birth defect she was still amazed at his analytical speed of the situation as she was infact here to '' invite '' him to start playing once again.


    " Yes we need more data. " She said.


    " I want answers. " He replied.


    Now she intently stared at him and she answered him honestly.


    " Found nothing wrong in your brain , your dna is still the same. Just your looks and height have changed. This came from a reactivation of growth hormones and pigmentation cells inside of your skin and bones. " The doctress told him.


    " Good , bring the equipment to this room. No more drugging except if you want to operate on me again. I would gladly cooperate in anything to my ability. By the way what date is it now? " He said.


    " Well ... Its the 17 November 20XX. " She told him while fidgetting around.


    " Hmm only 4 months of sleep no wonder i can still walk. Can you get me some clothes to? I would love to take a shower and dress better then this robe that doesn''t cover my ass. " He calmly stated.


    The doctress simply stared at him with a open mouth at his calm demanor after hearing he was drugged for 4 months straight.

 Ch 10, Revelations

    Sorry guys forgot to post yesterday , therefore a double chapter awaits you today.


    ...........................


    A few hours after he talked with the doctress a helmet , a computer and some other neccesitys were delivered to his '' hospital '' room. She herself carried some of the equipment inside of the room and Daniel decided to help her with it.


    " No you don''t need to ... " She told Daniel.


    But with a fake smile he did it anyways and started to set up everything he needed in a orderly fashion. Cables were twirled together with cable binders and neatly arranged at the computers back.


    Usually he was quite a slob but when it came to computers he was a neat freak. But even though he arranged everything to his likeing he felt disatisfied.


    " You doctress , get me a Razor XXXX mouse and keyboard. I also want a second monitor and a headset. Oh while we are at it , seeing as i am going to be around for a while and you are in direct violation of the genver convention of human rights i want a contract of employment. " Daniel stated non-chalantly after he started up the computer.


    Again she was baffled by his behaviour but soon started to speak.


    " What kind of contract? " She asked suspiciously.


    Daniel stopped in his tracks and turned around to view her. In his eyes there was disbelief and a slight hint of ridicule towards the doctor at this question that in his eyes appeared stupid.


    " ... * sigh* I want a contract that brings me 5000 euros a month , stating everything will be held confidentional from my side. I won''t tell the media or any other person on this world what happend to me because of the game. " He said with another non-chalant tone.


    " Why would we do that? " She asked trying to provoke him.


    " Well now i want 10000 Euros a month because of another stupid question. "


    The doctress became even angrier at his ridiculing tone and she bit down hard on her normally smooth lips that had been rough and dry for a while now due to overworking herself and what little sleep she got.


    " If you are implying you could send a email to the right sources through that computer you are wrong. There is a .. " She started but was interrupted.


    The doctress was barely able to catch a cellphone sized metal device that came flying towards her face. She first eyed the device and then the male with wide eyes telling him of the disbelief she had.


    " 15000 Euros now. You meant the device that will block all outgoing data at a certain rate , even blocking emails or chat functions of internet browsers but still allowing free data flow of the game? Coincidentally the device you are holding? " Daniel said with a victorious grin.


    " Oh and by the way i already wrote a traceable email to a direct newspaper publisher about 300 meters away from here which holds a short story about a MEGA fantastic front liner. Just need to click enter now and all will be done. " An even brighter smile appeared on his face.


    Especially the disbelief and complete perpelexity that was visable inside of her eyes made him smile a warm smile he normally wouldn''t show to anyone. Some would say sarcastic remarks and ridiculing are the only thing that could humour him to some extent.


    " So , hurry my little doctress , before my finger becomes so heavy from all the drugs that i accidentally press the enter button. "


    She almost ripped her lab coats pocket apart as she grabbed her cellphone and pressed a speed dial button. For a few seconds she stepped out and returned with a gaze of hatred inside of her eyes.


    " Sorry if i got you in trouble , especially with all the guards pointing there guns at me , but i also want something out of this. By the way don''t look so ill tempered just intensifies the wrinkles around your eyes. " He said non-chalantly.


    " I am 21 i don''t have wrinkles! " She shouted at him and the guards started to laugh and Daniel joined them as well.


    A few minutes passed and Daniels index finger was still hovering over the enter button but he couldn''t take the silence anymore.


    " Hey guards how about you take all the guns down and i stop hovering over this little trigger here and we just wait for the legal process to be completed? " Daniel offered in a dead pan tone.


    " Even i wan''t to gain something out of this and its definetly better then to keep doing plumbing in a construction job. Especially since i will earn enough here in 1 month to cover a whole year with my old job. " He continued.


    Slowly the guards took there guns down and Daniels finger left the enter button. But as soon as his finger was a few centimeters away a guard tensed his muscles which Daniel saw from the corner of his eyes.


    " Easy there boy , if you tense up i will tense up and by accident press the button. I''ll die and you will all go to jail a life time does that sound good to you? Im not afraid of dying better then be drugged for the rest of your life or imprisoned. Oh or like me both at the same time!" Daniel said non-chalantly.


    The guard took down his weapon and Daniels finger was now placed on the mouse instead of the keyboard. He could still press send within a half of a second but the guards couldn''t know that.


    " Hey doctress come over here. " Daniel said not turning his attention from the screen.


    She slammed her feet on the floor everytime she took a step , clearly her anger was evident but Daniel couldn''t care less.


    " WHAT! " She yelled at him.


    " Stop ruining your high-heels if you keep trashing around like a elephant in a porcelain shop they will break of. Not that it matters to me of you hurt yourself but it would be a shame to ruin those pradas. " Daniel replied being stuck to the screen.


    Her face was flushed red out of anger and animosity and she was considering to strangle him despite his warning to bring them all into jail.


    " What happend in the 16 months game time that i haven''t played? Update me. " Daniel demanded.


    Now she saw what he was looking through. It was news and tips about the > Other World < , but this data was limited to the '' casual '' players. No pro gamer that wanted to earn money with the game gave out any tips or information for free.


    " 2 weeks in-game time ago someone reached level 100. The second placed is about lvl 98 and the third is at lvl 75. Gaps increase , new skills appeared among various other things. Player Familys or what you would call guilds have been created. A few kingdoms have declared war and one kingdom has been occupied by another. " She told him this and numerous other data that should be confidentional.


    But after all this was something like the european HQ for the > Other World < and well , this was more like a hostage and terrorist situation. Him being the terrorist.


    " Hmmmm ... Anything that you can say what happend to my game avatar? " He asked after she finished.


    " What do you mean? " The doctress was confused.


    Another one of these gazes that asked the doctress if she really had any intelligence inside of her hit her and she felt more anger rise inside of her. But he sighed and continued normally.


    " I did it once , i can most likely break the game again. After all i shouldn''t be able to go beneath 0 Stamina and i was -530. Got any clue about how that happend? " Daniel tried once again.


    She fidgeted around while she kept throwing some words none would have ever heard at his heard but he intently listend.


    " Judging by the words that come from old Latin that you just told me , you conclude it can''t happen again and that it had to do something with my defective dna? " Daniel wrapped her 15 minute speech up into a few words that left her staggering.


    " Good so what would happen if i break it again by accident , of course. " He said that with a victorious smile.


    " Nothing .... we took that reboot out of the system and made another barrier in the virtual world to prevent a case of reflux to the real bodys. " She told him while gritting her teeth.


    Daniel put his left hand to his lips and started to stare beyond the screen he was just looking at. After 10 seconds he resumed his '' light chatter ''.


    " Now let''s say if , only if , i recreate the certain event inside of my head and break the theoretical limit on purpose , what will happen? "


    " If you can , nothing would happen. Your stamina bar would just fill up naturally from a way lower point. " She concluded.


    " So lets say , if i log out to go eat and take a shower , my health and stamin still regenerate during that time , correct? " Daniel was trying to make sure of a event that could be useful.


    " Yes but why are you asking? " She asked confused.


    " Well somehow i have to catch up , right? " He said and for the first time a real smile enveloped his lips.


    Slight dimples framed his face as he smiled a toothy grin and his violet eyes beamed through-out the room. The doctress heart began to flutter incredibly at the sight and she was really picky about all of her past '' relationships '' . She never got to emotionally involved but even if she couldn''t know about it yet she had already fallen for this mischevious emotion bundle.


    .................


    Another 30 mintues past and a secretary , judging by her appearance of a designer suit with a skirt and 3 cm highheels her framed glasses and her icy glare , entered the room.


    " Here Mr. Olson , your legal form. Everything has been handled in it you just need to sign here , here and here. " She pointed on 3 different pages and put a pen before him.


    Much to the dismay of the secretary he carefully read through all the paper work. It took Daniel another 15 minutes to read even the smallest of lines , but after all it was 40 pages long.


    " Forget it. My terms your contract. Not your terms my contract , understood? " Daniel said non-chalantly and threw the papers behind him.


    " First the monthly wage is acceptable with 30000 Euros , but there are extra conditions. Change my name and get me a new birth certificate. I know this company has more then enough power to do this. Same birthdate as my old one , don''t care about the name but a spanish one would be the most believable judging by my appearance. "


    " Get me a medical record as well stating i had a nasty wound on my head or a splinter in it or something. After this get a psychologist and let him write a letter that is saying that i am insane. Then i want the same doctor to write a judgment that i am not insane. Your company will take the one saying i am insane and i will safe guard the one saying i am sane. "


    " Easily put i will be allowed to leave this '' hospital '' at my own leasure when ever i want and to wherever i want. Then even if i spill anything you can just laugh it off and wave around the insane certificate. "


    " Now i will contract 3 different lawyers and leave a will behind that will be sent to every mayor media publisher on certain conditions along with my certificate that i am sane , glorified by a respected physcologist. "


    " The conditions will be my death and a leak of a certain something we have all witnessed. So if nothing leaks and i die everyone will know about all this. Let your company handle the finer details. "


    " Oh and before i forget this lady here ..... " Daniel waved towards the doctress.


    " My name is Amy Rose. " The doctress said.


    " This Lady Amy Rose , will still be employed by your company and this little incident of me getting control over the situation will be brushed under the carpet. She will be left out of my will and be made the only respectable personal of this ... establishment. Good everythings okay and settled bring over everything in 1 hour or i will press this little enter button here. "


    " As well as i want a car to my new name , preferably a newer model of AUDI , and the back payment of 4 months transfered and ready with a new bank account by the time i sign the contract IN ONE HOUR. I will also be under Dr. Amy Rose direct supervision whenever she is at work. "


    Now a full smile that everyone thought of it came from the depths of hell , even though it looked angelic , bloomed on Daniels face.


    " Have fun see you in one hour. Oh i also want some fast food , preferably from Bojangles or KFC when i get the new contract. Thank you. " With a wave of his hand he dismissed the secretary that was flushed red with anger but she grabbed her cellphone from a pocket in her skirt and ran out of the hospital room.


    A few seconds of silence quickly went by in the room while everybodys attention was solely turned towards Daniel who was still looking at the computer screen.


    " HAHAHAHAHA. " He started to laugh.


    " Look at this cat on youtube that does the hitler greeting ! HAHAHA . " He said while a joyful white persian cat did the said on the screen.


    ...........


    " God this is the best thing that has ever happend to me! " Daniel said out loud while he signed the new contract exactly 45 minutes later.


    He received a new passport , id , drivers license and other things after he signed the contract and had already sent a copy to 3 lawyers that would handle his will from now on with the script of sanity from a licensed physchologist.


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    Daniel now started to munch on his order of Bojangles that consisted of a two piece meal with a chicken breast and thigh as well as 2 servings of mash potatoes with gravy.


    " But really Daniel Carlos? Could you have been more generic? " He said between bites.


    Daniel was slightly relaxed leaning back in his chair while he hooked up another monitor , his new mouse and keyboard to the computer. Amy was still completly baffled by the ingenuitity this man had displayed and wondered why he wasn''t the worlds most feared con man.


    " Why should i become a con man i don''t want to hurt people. " He simply said after she had asked.


    Even that he considered himself a normal person was out of Amy''s direct grasp but she could only do one thing in this situation. Accept it.


    " Dr. Rose , can you accompy me shopping tomorrow? I want some new clothes and after that i want to go have a drink. Naturally i will pay for everything. " He asked after he finished his meal.


    After she nodded slightly still baffled by the situation he politely asked her to leave so he could finally do what ever he wanted. Play the game of course.


    He just flopped down on his bed and put on the helmet that was meant for connecting to the game and instantly he heard the familiar buzzing sound even before Amy had left the room.


    ................


    The feeling of weightlessness soon subsided and Angorod heard the chirping of birds and the lush splashing of a river nearby. He rotated his shoulder blades his legs and gripped his hands to test out if anything changed inside of the game.


    His limbs and movemen abilitys were still the same but his skin and hair color had changed dramatically. It was now the same as in real life , this cursed bronze tone that didn''t look like it was tanned ... more like the actual bronze alloy coating for different metals.


    The green chains were still wrapped around his hands , arm , wrist leading all the way up to his shoulders. But now even his right leg had a chain around with small links. Angorod touched his teeth but they had also changed to something that should have been more human like.


    " Show racial information. " Angorod said out loud.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Something has been placed inside of you a long time ago during your growth this allowed you to change your race.


    Race: Idra


    Idra are a long forgotten race and many bring them in corolation with mythical beasts , as they first appeared along with Dragons , Gryphons and other things. It is believed they were one of the first races to be born from the gods.


    For a few hundred of years none of them have walked through the continents and are rumoured to have died out.


    Racial Boni: They gain a +10 to defense due to their hard skin , which can change in a multitude of ways depending on the action the Individuals undertake.


    They also are naturally stronger , nimble and more fit giving them a 10% increases in their STR , DEX and VIT stat.


    Unknown


    Unknown</td></tr></tbody></table>


    With a critizing look Angorod looked down at himself and finally noticed that he could almost see his own knee , even though he had pants on. The leather boots he wore before were broken and his feet peeked through. His short only covered his arms up to the elbow.


    It was strange but somehow Angorod felt he had grown incredibly during the time he had not been in this > Other world < but now a more urgent question remained. Where by the gods was he? He remebered running through a forest and he definetly was in one.


    But on the other hand why were these trees here about 50 times bigger then he remembered. Just as he thought that a bird flew by that was easily as large as a truck.


    Immediatly he flung himself into a nearby tree and crawled underneath its roots that lay bare and built a little cavern.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A Quest has been given to you.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You are trapped inside of a forest and don''t know where you are.


    Find a exit of this forest and gain knowledge why you are here.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod saw this through his half closed eyelids and kept staring at the window that popped up. He immediatly gave his race change the fault to the dilema he was in , especially since he had no weapons and no armor.


    But he also knew that wouldn''t have helped him at all. Judging by the size of the bird that just flew by this area was filled with monsters way beyond his reach. Ontop of that his strength and speed stats were still halfed also he had no provisions so he had to do something about that too.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have received 180 dmg.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    A weird black animal jumped onto him and was firmly placed ontop of his head the moment he relaxed his tense muscles. He still couldn''t see what it was so he just grabbed above his head and slammed it into one of the roots nearby.


    Now he saw what it was. It was the size of a big dog  but it had 6 legs and 2 antennas. Chitin covered his body in a way that made it appear really heavily armored but it was still just a tick. A weird tick big enough to suck up all his blood at once.


    Momentarily it was stunned due to Angorod slamming it into the roots and it was laying on its back so he pushed it down with all his weight. After all running away was not an option. Ticks had a incredible jumping range even when they were small but this one probably could jump about 40 m with ease.


    Angorod tried to punch it but it had no effect. Then he stomped on it but it was also to no avail. He had lost his naturally sharp teeth so this weapon was also useless so he did what had already worked once.


    He lifted its body that weighed about 80 kgs and slammed it into the roots. He did it again and again and again and again. Even after slamming it into the roots for 10 minutes it twitched every time as it was still alive.


    Another 10 minutes later it finally stopped twitching , but just to be sure he slammed it another 20 times against the tree root and after what felt like an eternity he got the window he hoped for.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have killed a beast that was 40 levels above your current level.


    Experience gained for doing this is decreased to a normal amount for killing a same leveled beast.


    Stats gained from killing a higher leveld beast are increased by 200%.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have gained stats.


    +2 Str ( 50%)


    +3 Dex


    +4 Vit


    +50 Stamina


    +50 Health


    +1 Affinity to blood</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod laughed hysterically at the sight but soon reminded himself to keep quiet. If his laughs attracted more then one of those things he would be a goner , but he also knew one could be his death.


    For now he looked at the cracked chitin shell of the tick and first he stared at his satiety bar and then at the ozzing liquid that dripped out. He sighed and surpressed a urge to vomit as he stuck his hand inside.


    The green liquid that crawled down his arm after he exited out of its innards stunk incredibly so he surpressed his urge to vomit once again and licked the fluid. It tasted as bad as it smelled but his nourishment bar filled at an incredible rate with every lick.


    He could have used his glutton buff to increase his health among other things but he decided against it , after all it tasted horrible. Now he took a peek out of the root like cave and saw the coast was clear.


    Angorod didn''t press his knees through and tried to extingish every sound he made. He breathed in and out very slowly and etched his footsteps forward slowly. With a quick glance at the trees he found moss growing on one side only so he decided to follow the moss traces north.


    A few times a bird flying overhead almost caught sight of him but he immediatly ducked behind a tree. Every so often while doing this a familiar sound was audiable only for Angorod and he knew his subtely leveld up.


    Sometimes he cursed because the sound frightend so he gave the command to surpress sounds and windows from notifications once again. He knew he had gave that command once before but being absent 16 months probably lifted this command.


    Not only were there birds and ticks a few times he stumbled across other insects. Naturally even those were oversized. Some beetles that were the size of a large car a praying Mantis the size of a schoolbus and even some spiders. But those were easily deceived the problem were the Ants he found the size of a small car.


    He knew those were '' pioneers '' or rather trackers. They followed prey and then after that the swarm attacked them. Every time he found one he needed to side track incredibly but thanks to the moss he found his way back north.


    On the way , as he ducked underneath a tree once again to evade a bird , he found some ticks he killed like in the earlier encounter and drank their disgusting innards. The night soon engulfed the over sized forest and he decided to stay hidden inside of one of the root balls.


    After all he wasn''t stupid enough to face a nocturnal hunter in this kind of enviorment who knew what kind of things he would meet. Maybe a Snake as long as a football field , or even worse some bats that hunted. From them he couldn''t hide behind a tree.


    But even throughout the night he didn''t rest and never got one second of shut-eye. Not because he constantyl had to avoid anything , just another 2 ticks attacked him through the night , but because he was wary of his surroundings.


    Also the noises through the night , the multiple clicks , hisses and slithering that seemed to come just from outside of his safe haven freightend him. Everytime something like this happend he was scared but he also told himself it was just a game ... or at least he hoped.


    After all it had changed his real life appearance and other things. But even though he convinced himself it was just a game he was scared shit-less. It just seemed to real , everytime he heard something his blood froze and he held his breath.


    A nerve wrecking night later he continued on his journey after slurping some gooey surprise from the innards of another tick that attacked him just before dawn. He followed north while evading everything he could.


    The trees that used to stand not more then 3 meters apart started to become farther and farther apart. First it was unnoticable but the farther he came the farther they were apart. Soon the trees stood more alone then anything else and Angorod began to ran.


    He ran and then ran some more just to run even faster. 3 Hours after running finally he got the message he was hoping for.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has progressed


    You have left the forest now maybe this person in-front of you has some answers.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod was confused but soon he looked ahead and found a person laying down in the grassy field. She didn''t move but her breast moved up and down. Yes she was completly naked for some reason but Angorod didn''t notice this at first.


    Her skin was so pale that it looked like the empty canvas of a artist. Her lips were a full rose red and her hair were also completly white. Not a silver gray or a normal gray it was the same color as her skin that almost touched her ankle.


    Even though she looked deathly pale her skin still looked completly healthy and Angorod thought of a > Other Worldy < beauty. Her eyes were closed but soon she yawned in a cute manner while lifting her arms above her head.


    Her chest moved with her stretching and soon she began to bit her lower lip after she yawned again. She opened her eyes and there Angorod saw the most fantastic thing he would ever be able to witness.


    The eyes seemed to radiate heat but in fact it was a darker gray almost steel like in apperance that appeared cold , but her pupils were what caught his attention. They were formed like a snakes into a slit and she was incredibly angry for some reason.


    " 2 days , 2 hellish days of boredome! You made me wait long enough! " She shouted.


    Angorod was completly and utterly confused as the tiny little thing came towards him and stabbed at his chest with an outstretched index finger while glaring at him through her hair.

 Ch 11 , Revelations part 2

    " UWAHHHHHHHH!!!! " Angorod was shouting through his surroundings.


    Well his surroundings currently was a few hundred meteres above the ground. Some might ask why he was currently so high up , well simple he was in a pair of claws. Not that the claws were inside of him there were tightly holding him in place.


    Beyond those extremly pointy and sharp black claws was a white leg. On the white leg , covered in scales , was a mighty tail and an incredibly long body. There was also a long neck and wings attached besides the pair of legs at its back , but what was missing was a set of arms. Or rather a set of single arms as the wings also had a hand , claw or whatever you want to call it attached.


    " By the gods , stop shouting so loud my ears are ringing. " A female voice shouted at him while a big and white snout turned his way.


    Hundreds of meters above the ground he was currently held by a white wyvern. Just after she poked him with her finger she suddendly transformed and as Angorod was trying to run away , not out of fear but because his instincts told him. After he came about 30 meters a white claw gripped him and she took of.


    They just breached the first clouds he started to shout , not out of fear but out of excitment. More or less after she gripped him and not immediatly tried to rip his head of to slurp his innards he enjoyed the ride.


    High over the mountains and the fields he was thralled by the sight. Humans and creatures weren''t distinguishable at this height and Angorod felt like he could squish them under his heel. Sometimes he even snickered at the thought and his eyes gleemed in a evil light.


    The sunlight reflected beautifully over a lake they just passed and some of the mountain tips they flew by had snow or even ice covering them. Everything from this height was beautiful but soon ... he got bored of it.


    It had been hours since his feet had touched the ground and he began to get incredibly cold. But worst of all incredibly bored. If he had a knife he would have probably broke a few of those scales of that were pressing him tightly in the claw.


    " Oy , fat assed wyvern. Where are we flying too? " He asked.


    The long neck and steel gray eyes turned towards him and the way she furrowed her scales , that covered the eyes , made it seem that she was scowling.


    '' Still no fire that roasts me alive , good she won''t kill me. '' He thought after insulting her.


    But instead of answering she just lifted her neck back straight and flew along. Angorod sighed incredibly loud until he was sure the wyvern got the meaning across. Her neck twisted down again and she stared at him.


    " What? " She snarled.


    '' Holla , guess she is kind of mad being called a fat ass. '' Angorod thought.


    " Where are we headed? "


    " To a city. "


    If Angorods arms weren''t tightly pressed against his own body he would have slapped himself across the head but as he couldn''t he sighed once again.


    " Could i atleast ride ontop of you , or do you want to carry me in these claws all the way? " Angorod said.


    To his surprise she just relaxed and opened her claw. He started to fall , but he neither screamed nor shouted out. A few seconds later he crash landed ontop of a scaly body , that seemed to have done a turn to catch his falling self. Angorod also knew she did this to scare him a bit , but really?


    Even when he died from the fall , 24 hours in real life later he would just resurrect.


    " God damn , your body is hard. You got a saddle by chance? " Angorod said innocently.


    Angorod swore he saw the wings stop beating for at least 3 seconds , but they didn''t loose any altitude , after his comment. She inclined her neck and stared at him but the anger she had was almost thick enough that Angorod would have been able to cut it with a knife.


    " Easy there , fat ass. Didn''t know you don''t like being ~riden~ properly. " Angorod gurred at her.


    Angorod clearly saw through her eyes that she was debating with herself to throw him of and let him die of the fall , but she decided against it. With renewed vigour , after the his boredome kicked back in , Angorod tightly gripped the white hair of the wyvern that extended from her neck and pulled it hard.


    He was annoyed that she either didn''t notice it or decided it wasn''t enough of a hassle to retaliate for it. His attention quickly shifted to a scale that stuck out a little bit just a meter above her right wing.. With his finger there within a second he pushed it through the opening from the one scale to the next and tried to lift it.


    To his surprise the wyvern jerked at this and her right wing twitched uncontrollably while a giggling sound came from around him. But far worse at the sudden movement his hand slipped and the pointy scale cut into his finger.


    " Stop you fool! " She shouted and her right wing began to beat once again.


    He stared at his finger that was deeply cut as it dripped out blood. As he could do nothing about the bleeding at the moment he put it in his mouth and sucked on it. Soon the wyvern turned her neck around once again and stared at his index finger sucking self.


    She raised the scales around her right eye before she started to speak.


    " Your blood ... it smells ... different... almost ... delicious. " She stated while looking deep into Angorods violet eyes.


    A shiver , definetly not of the good kind , ran down Angorods back as she stared at him through those steel colored eyes that were as tall as himself. The feeling of a predator returned as those eyes clearly told him of '' hunger'' .


    " MOUNTAIN! " Angorod shouted at the wyvern.


    Her eyes immediatly opened even wider and returned to the front while performing a drafting motion to her left. It wasn''t really close but Angorod had not idea how a wyverns maneuvarabilty was.


    ......................


    Just before the sun disappeared behind the pristine glaciers quite a way of the wyvern seemed to stear directly into the mountain. She neither rolled left or right to evade it but directly flew towards it.


    " Hey fat ass , you do realize thats a mountain right. " Angorod said.


    But this time , much to his surprise , she didn''t react at all just increased the rate at which her wings beat. They even gained speed but Angorod was rather relaxed. Well at first he was really nervous but soon he calmed down.


    After all she was probably trying to play a trick on him or something , but steadily the rocky surface became close enough so Angorod could see caves and crevices along the edge. She stirred slightly of the straight course and was headed for overly large cave entrance.


    As they entered a darkness engulfed him but she still steadily beat her wings. Only a few seconds later did Angorod feel a difference then before. The muscles in her scaly body moved ferociously and the rhytmic beating of he wings stopped.


    Gravity took its toll directly and they began to fall. But Angorod wasn''t fased in the slightest as they rushed downwards. Even though it was dark not a scream or shout of fear passed his lips , just a stiffled yawn.


    As this passed his lips he could hear something that almost sounded like a click of a tongue that told Angorod of the wyverns disatisfaction. Even after 1 minute of falling there was no end in sight and he wondered how high this mountain actually was.


    But soon a light came into view and he was blinded by the intensity of the light so he closed them. The muscles shifted once again and the falling speed decreased. Now they were gliding more then falling but it was still to bright for Angorod to open his eyes.


    His eyelids were brightly illuminated and it almost burned his eyeballs through his lids. A violent shake went through the wyverns body and her body shifted. Angorod opened his lids slightly and saw why it was so bright and hot all of a sudden around him.


    First there was a stream of lava running along just a few meters beyond where the wyvern landed and the second were big crystals hanging from the ceiling. These crystals intensified the light from the glowing lava and spread it out like a lens.


    With a violent shake the wyvern broke Angorods stance , where he clasped his tighs at the base of her neck around it , and he flew of in a high arc. As his behind meet the stone floor the pain crawled up his spine before it entered his brain.


    But Angorod also knew he was being watched , at least he had a feeling , so he surpressed his urge to rub his butt and simply stood up. The wyvern behind him clicked her tongue once again before she started to walk of.


    A white mist enveloped her after she uttered a few words and soon the small figure with white hair that reached all the way to her ankles. Naturally she still was completly naked and her '' fat ass '' rhytmically swung from left to right everytime she took another step.


    Angorod sighed and went to follow the wyvern. Even after 10 minutes she just kept walking and he only had seen a few other beings. Humans , elfs , dwarfs and other things all crossed their path and every single one of them gave the naked wyvern in-front of him a stare.


    Some even bowed towards her before their attention shifted towards Angorod. But Angorod completly understood why they stared. After all she was naked and everyone he had meet so far in this place was dressed.


    What he couldn''t understand was the bows but he just discarded it and followed the naked one in-front of him. Often his mind wandered of and stared at her butt , but everytime he did so the girls body stiffend slightly and her footsteps paused for a split second.


    He rolled his eyes in his sockets everytime this happend , after all why walk around naked if one shouldn''t stare. Another 5 minutes passed before they stood right in-front of a set of heavy gates.


    What they were made of Angorod couldn''t say. It looked like metal , shiny hue and clear surface , but it had the picturesque details only visable after one cut a tree down. The so called '' age rings''. They stood there for a few seconds before the gates miraciously opened by themselves.


    The sight that greeted him on the other side was definetly more confusing then the pseudo metal/wood the gate was made out of. A roman emporium that seemed to be made out of the purest of marble was filled with beings that gave Angorod a slight shiver.


    Wolves , leopards , bears and even some horses were placed on the lower ranks. The middle ranks were filled by horses with wings , steeds that had burning feet in all imaginable colores and some creatures that looked to be made of 2 others.


    The higher ranks were filled with wyverns , gryphons , dragons and even some things that were bigger then the dragons and Angorod had no idea how to best describe them.


    A multitude of rambling , sneering and jammering went through the ranks as Angorod and the girl entered but soon died out as the first pair of eyes focused on them. With a bored attitude the girl just walked straight ahead and was headed towards the emporium , the stand that was placed in the middle of the round shaped emporium.


    There in the middle of it all were 3 beasts that could easily haunt the dreams of children for all eternity , but to Angorod they looked beautiful.


    One was a white furred wolf easily the size of a 16 t truck with light blue , almost ice colored , markings along his flanks. His teeth were easily the size of Angorod , which should be around 2.5 m at the moment.


    The second was a vicious beast resembling a horse. But the leathery skin and wings and the too thin frame made one think it was sick. It was the same size as the wolf and the green breath it let out everytime it breathed out intensified the sick appearance.


    Now the last one clearly was a Dragon. But something definetly felt of about him. Sure it had scales , wings , 2 arms and legs but maybe the 2nd and third pair of FEATHERY wings made it appear strange.


    The colors of its scales ranged from a onyx black to complete darkness. But the tips of every last scale looked like it had been held in a red pot of paint for a few seconds. It almost appeared like blood and its eyes also had a burning red color.


    It was 3 or 4 times the size of the wolf and horse standing with him and Angorod checked the room again. Every last dragon , wyvern or any other thing had leathery wings and not those feathers this one had.


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    Even though Angorod wanted to wait at the stands for whatever purpose the white wyvern had brought him here he involunteraily walked towards the middle. He drew closer and closer and all 4 in the middle , as well as the entire emporium watched his every step.


    But he couldn''t less. He pushed himself through the wolf , mare and the girl that tried to stop him as he approached the overly large Dragon. This one eyed him with the meanest and most evil scowl that any being could muster and Angorod clearly saw that.


    Angorod , as enthralled as he was , just walked closer and started to poke one of the feathers that loosely dangled at the Dragons calf.


    " Hmm, its really a feather. " Angorod said out loud.


    At this statement the whole cavern went deathly silent and only a female sigh was audiable from behind him. He guessed that it had to be the female that flew him here but soon the whole hall bursted out in laughter.


    Only the large Dragon and didn''t laugh but the scolding glance intensified even more. A loud rumbling sound filled the cave and made it shake as the big Dragon sighed.


    " Yes , i''ll bring him when the time is neigh. " The female said and grabbed his wrist.


    Even thought Angorod wanted to poke the feathers once again , or even better cuddle his face into them , she ripped him towards herself with a strength that belittle her light frame.


    She dragged him out of the hall and as soon as the gates closed once again she sighed and furrowed her brows while looking at him. Then she shook her head that reminded him of a scolding. Not that Angorod , or Daniel , had ever gotten scolded in his life.


    Not because he was a good child , but just simply because his mother never even bothered to correct his attitude or any wrong doings during his child hood or later. She felt HE was simply not worth her time and a disgrace towards her ever since he was born.


    But this definetly felt like a scolding attitude but directly afterwards , while Angorod was confused at the scolding glance , she started to walk of. He had problems catching up to her as the distance between them grew.


    As he drew nearer she hastend her steps. But he just lengthend his own steps and drew closer once again. Now she started to jog slightly. He also jogged. By the time he was only a arms length away , as he jogged and she ran at full speed , a white mist covered her entire body.


    She turned into a wyvern and started to run in that form. If she spread out her wings she would graze both sides easily , judging by her size , so she simply ran. But she hadn''t gained full speed yet so Angorod broke out into a sprint that took everything he had.


    The wyvern female turned her head around in the now narrow caverns and couldn''t find him anymore behind him so she slowed down. She had a smug grin on her face , at the superiority she felt after leaving him in the dust at her full sprint.


    " That surely is one nice smile you have there , fat ass. " A voice said just underneath her head.


    She was confused and turned her nose downwards. There a bronze figure stood with an even smugger grin then the one she wore before.


    " What ... How? " She began to stutter.


    " Magic! " He said and began to laugh.


    But she couldn''t understand anything about this. She should have felt him as soon as he touched one of her scales , that were like a second skin to her , but there he stood without her even noticing.


    In the first place how the hell did he get up 6 meteres into the air and was standing ontop of her , right between her shoulder blades , without her even feeling his presence. Hiding the feelings was one thing but she even felt '' auras '' of people around her , but this male ... didn''t have a aura.


    She thought about the possibilitys of a really weak aura so she couldn''t pick it up and concentrated on him ... but there was it again ... nothing. Even a mouse or a insect had an aura around them but this guy had literally nothing.


    She also knew that he had a weird smell around him , which neither came from the fact that he was a > Other worlder < nor from the fact that he had drunk other beings innards. It was just ... strange. There was a smell but she couldn''t place it. It was a multitude of things but nothing at the same time.


    Once it was like a harmless herbivore at other times it smelled alot like herself. She was definetly confused at this small being that stood ontop of her back that was still laughing at his incredibly stupid comment.


    A white mist engulfed both of them and soon , with a few muttered curses , she felt a body laying on top of her. Especially against her but she had a very ... strange feeling.


    " Get of me you big oaf! " She shouted towards him.


    He slowly got up and then licked his lips to moisten them , everyone had these problems when they entered these halls for the first time. After all the air was very dry due to the lava that flowed all around them.


    " Your fat butt was actually quite comfortable , sorry. " He said and her eyes became slits once again.


    " Oh sorry for laying on it not for stating the truth about your butt. " He said with a smug grin on his face.


    She breathed in sharply and icy coldness rose in her throat but then something gave her a strong blow at her chin. As her head flew towards the ceiling a wave of frost was fired and a few chunks of rock came tumbling down towards her head while the ceiling became frozen.


    " By the gods , stop being so childish. " A male voice said that just came from a side entrance.


    She angrily stared down at the long and scaly tail , that only had a pointy tip luckily for her it wasn''t spiked , that gave her the chin blow. With half closed eyelids and anger growing inside of her she stared at the red Dragon that just raised an eyebrow at her appearance.


    " You do know , that dressing is a standard for humans. " The male voice resounded once again.


    She breathed out and sighed a whiny like sigh which mad the reds eyebrow lift itself even higher.


    " Whats wrong , Vianella? " The red said.


    She lifted her arms into the air , and her breast didn''t stay put at this motion , and shouted out in a theatralic voice.


    " Everything , just everything! "


    Angorod just snorted at this comment trying to contain his laughter. At the sight the white wyvern glared at him turned on her heel and took of in a rage fit. Now the red and Angorod viewed eachother before both broke out in laughter.


    " So your the new guy , huh? My names Rick. " The red told Angorod.


    " Rick the mighty red Dragon. " Angorod said in a dead-pan voice.


    Rick just sighed and began speaking in a tongue Angorod clearly couldn''t understand. It contained many sneers and hisses and some jumbled words which made the floor shake.


    " Or just Rick. " He said while having a toothy , predator like grin.


    As he grinned rows and rows of white teeth came to the surface but Angorod just wanted to touch them for a while instead of being scared. Rick saw through this and instantly shut his mouth.


    " So what''s going on. Why am i here? " Angorod asked after regaining his composure.


    The dragons silver eyes darted from left to right numerous times and clearly told Angorod of the panic the Dragon felt at the moment so he quickly changed the topic.


    " Okay where can i get Alcohol around here. Big mugs , with a high percentage.... " Angorod said.


    " Whats Alcohol? " The red said with eyes opened in surprise.


    Angorods jaw fell down and he stammerd for a few seconds before the red began to laugh.


    " Just kidding follow me. " The red said as he turned into a red mist.


    ............


    Angorod couldn''t even count how many pitchers of ale and high percentage drinks he had , but nonetheless he had the human besides him in his arms and was singing some stupid songs about drinking the red had thought him just minutes before.


    It probably sounded horrible , especially the red haired human besides him , but it was fun. Also his self control flew out of the window hours ago. Just as the song finished the loud clattering of glas could be heard as both hit their mugs together and drank it out without setting it back on the table in-front of them.


    Angorod snorted his amusement out at Rick as he took almost double the time to slam his empty mug back on the table. Both already had succumbed these kind of games way to long ago and Rick told him numerous storys about his drinking episodes.


    Judging by Ricks appearance he seemed to be in his mid 20s just like Angorod in the real world , but his completly red hair upset the balance a little bit. But as Angorods alcohol percentage increased he forgot this was supposed to be just a game he was playing.


    Reality and fiction overlapped around here and he felt just like in the real world when he was drunk. But as already said the red hair and the burning torches for illumination seemed a little strange for Angorod. Nobody in real life had real red hair after all. Copper maybe or a tinge of a orange color but not this bright and vivid red.


    " So tell me again what you called her. " Rick told Angorod after he slammed his now empty mug back on the wooden table.


    " Well fat ass. It''s true you know. " He started but was interrupted through the incredibly loud laughter from Rick.


    " Cmon i mean look at her. She''s what 1.7 m tall has below average tits a slender waist and that round thing that just shakes in-front of everyone that looks at it. Correction you can''t look around it when she walks in-front of you! " Angorod said.


    Rick laughed so hard he fell down on the table ontop of his arms and laughed until he was out of breath. Sometimes he slammed his fist on the table which made the table shake and groan under the heavy pressure.


    Everytime this happend Angorod lifted up his and Ricks mugs so they wouldn''t shatter.


    " Never say that in-front of her she would freeze you to a big clump and then make a ice statue out of you with out your best part. " He said during his laughing fit.


    Directly a very cute bar maid brought over a set of completly filled mugs with more ale and both Ricks and Angorods attention instantly shifted. The bar maid smiled shyly at Angorod and scowled at Rick , since she had reminded him numerous times that the table couldn''t take more.


    With another shy smile she left and her heavy shook heavily as she walked back towards the bar. Every so often she stole glances at Angorod and he was well aware of it.


    " She likes you , talk her up. " Rick said as he nugded him with his elbow.


    The force he nudged him with could crush bones , at least thats how Angorod felt.


    " Never been good at that. " Angorod said while taking a hearty sip of his ale.


    Rick leaned in closer and whispered something in his ear. Angorod snorted at his comment and almost had a fountain of ale coming out of his nose at those whispered words. They both quickly emptied their mugs and the bar maid returned.


    As soon as she set down the mugs and smiled at Angorod once again he grabbed her wrist and pulled her close. He immediatly dove in and placed a kiss on her lips , without a slight moment of hesitation.


    For a few seconds she relaxed and even allowed him entrance into her mouth after he slightly nibbled at her lower lip. But just before their tongues meet she slammed her palms at his shoulders and he was violently thrust backwards.


    She immediatly got up and slapped Angorod across the face which hurt even more. Angrily she stalked off towards the bar counter and disappeared beyond the door that connected the bar to the kitchen.


    " Time to go , before her father comes. " Rick said and pulled Angorod up.


    He threw a few gold coins on the table and both were gone before long. Angry shouts were audiable behind the cave entrance they had just left but both were laughing. They entered the next bar they found and drank some more.


    " Is everyone around here strong like her? " Angorod said while his tone went up and down a few times due to the alcohol.


    " Were all Monsters. " Rick said while having another laughing fit.


    And more and more and more and more.

 Ch 12 , Revelations part 3

    Angorod woke up with a hammering head. Not that sun shine woke him up , after all he was underground in some pseudo city , but something tugged on his sleeves. With a dizzy head he turned around to look at what woke him up.


    Yellow eyes greeted him. A massive snout covered in scales and fist sized teeth that were aligned in 3 rows behind each other. The head tilted to the side , cute round horns adorned the top and velvet like thick hair reached almost the ground from the horse sized beast.


    " Go away i wanna sleep... " Angorod gritted through his teeth as his hands lashed out trying to hit the big snout.


    But the black dragon simply backed of lower her front legs and torso to the floor while the hind legs were still outstretched. Wings spread out and tail up in the air it almost looked like it was ready to pounce on him any second.


    But this didn''t happen and the butt just swung from left to right numerous time. Angorod chuckled at the playful behaviour of the young black dragon in-front of him while he eyed it drowsily.


    Suddendly a loud roar came from besides him and the black ran out of the cave. His attention now drifted to the red Dragon that was sleeping at the opposite end of the cave which also had a drowsy stare.


    As a red mist engulfed him , Rick yawned out of reflex before he opened his mouth again to speak.


    " Sorry bout that , was my sister. " He said while trying to supress another yawn.


    Now Angorod yawned himself and rubbed over his eyes with the back of his hand just to wave his feeling of guilt of. Both stretched at the same time and Angorod climbed out of his bed , while the humanoid dragon stood up from the cold stony floor.


    " There a bath round here?" Angorod asked lazily.


    Suddendly the reds eyes grew wide and almost looked horrified.


    " Dragons don''t bath. We don''t sweat either. " He added just to make sure.


    Angorod had a facial expression clearly stating his disgust but Rick just shrugged his shoulders. The black dragon from before was spying through the cave entrance , just barely shoving one eye over the edge and waited there patiently.


    Rick roared another time , which sounded less impressive while he was in his humanoid form but the smaller black just backed away.


    " How old is she? " Angorod asked curiously.


    " We don''t have ages , we go by sizes. I am considered with my 15 meters length a Adult , she would still be considered a hatchling with her 3 metres. But that''s just body size never count the tails with that. " Rick explained.


    Angorod just took what he just heard at face value and didn''t bother to ask again. He had the feeling he would learn all this soon enough.


    " You still can''t tell me anything , why im here? " Angorod questioned Rick.


    He began to shift uncomfortably , which made Angorod kind of nauseas at his naked body but Rick noticed this soon and put some clothes on. They were about the same height so he also threw a new pair of cotton pants and a shirt towards Angorod.


    Angorod looked down at himself and discovered what those clothes were for. His knees were showing through his normal pants and those along with his shirt were completly ripped and tattered. Both chuckled at the sight and Angorod quickly undressed and changed.


    " Let me rephrase that , what is a Idra? " Angorod asked after he was finished.


    A few seconds Rick went into a thinking mode where he placed his hand to his chin , but soon he answered.


    " Idra are we all. Some would call us shape-shifters but that is not the correct term. We are born monsters which gained a sharp mind and magical powers that allow us to transform into a humanoid form. "


    " So all dragons are Idra? " Angorod questioned Ricks explanation.


    " No , the wild Dragons have magical powers yes and even some can transform into humans , but they are wild. They kill what they want and are loners. While we have formed a society. But the most siginifcant difference would be our way how we can change. "


    " The first of us were born wild and at a young age suddendly transformed , while the wilds gain this ability at a old age. At first the founders were scared of this and kept it secret but soon a few banded together. "


    Angorod now was in a thinking mode , not unlike the pose Rick had used before and choose his next words carefully.


    " After the Idra that were dragons banded together they looked for more and soon stumbled across Pegasi , wolves and other Monsters that could change their form and bound themselfs to certain rules? "


    Rick was surprised at this deduction and he just nodded.


    " So i can ... change ... too? " Angorod asked.


    Rick was stroking his chin at the question and he eyed Angorod very carefully as he thought about how to tell him the '' bad '' news.


    " I think you can. But what you are ... " He shurgged his shoulders. " nobody knows. There are very few that are born humanoid and change to a Idra''s true form later. The chronics of our race has recorded 5 others like you. "


    He took a deep breath and sighed before he continued.


    " They were all a ... odd bunch. One was a double headed wolf , another a hydra with 6 heads , there was also a Rock( Myhtical bird of prey) made from lightning. Exceptional fighters or the most excellent of mages but they were still all odd. But all of them were humongous , comparable to the King. " Rick stated.


    Before Angorods eyes flashed the image of the feathery Dragon at the mention of the King.


    " But enough of that now let''s eat! " He said while pulling Angorod along.


    They just excited the cave and instantly Rick was pounced upon by 3 smaller Dragons , all the size of a horse. One was another red the other 2 were silver and gold. Some growling , snapping and hissing from Rick later the 3 fled the room.


    " Siblings are a pest .... " Rick said.


    Angorod smirked at the comment , but he couldn''t really emphasize with him , as he was a only child. Even if he had siblings he probably wouldn''t have a good relationship to them anyways due to his mother.


    Both sat down at a extraordinary large table. On this piece of furniture at least 50 people could take a seat and still have a lot of rooms to turn and use their elbows. Just a second after they seated themselfs a young lady , about 1.9 m in height came from another cave and had 2 plates with meat in her hands.


    Angorod sighed a breath of relief as he saw that she was clothed in a skirt and a blouse , both black like her hair. She had not enough chest to actually speak about but the curves from her waist to her butt were like a piece of art.


    Her skin was slightly tanned and her black hair extended to the tips of her shoulders with a bob cut. She had a few freckles in her face , which made her incredibly lovely and accented her pink colored lips. Her yellow eyes would have probably scared any weak male but it reminded him of something.


    " AHH your that black dragon! " Angorod shouted out in surprise.


    Rick and the girl chuckled before Rick spoke up.


    " That is Anihla , my twin sister. " He stated as he took both plates from her.


    She did a courtsey and lifted the hem of her skirt up on each side. But much to Angorods dismay the skirt went to her knees.


    " Nice to meet you , Anihla. So you guys are twins. Why are your forms so different then? " Angorod asked.


    Rick coughed loudly but Anihla just smiled at Angorod before she turned around and went back into the kitchen , at least that was what Angorod thought where she disappeared too.


    " Our sizes don''t have alot to do with age , just with strength. Not that isn''t the correct term , lets call it power. Dragons that are talented in magic and pursue the path are always a little smaller and the battle dragons are larger. She is neither. " Rick said.


    Through Ricks eyes Angorod read the message of not to pry any further. Especially after he never saw the twins or the other 3''s parents. The meal went by quickly and soon Angorod heard drums being beat rhytmically in the distance.


    " You hear those drums? " Angorod asked.


    Ricks head shot into the air and he closed his eyes , most likely to shut of one sense and increasing his hearing. He opened them and grabbed Angorods arm and janked him along.


    " It is time Anihla , watch the little ones. " He shouted towards the kitchen but a reply never came.


    With Angorods arm still grabbed Rick pulled him through various long floor like caverns until they stood in-front of the heavy set of Gates once again that lead to the emporium.


    ..............


    Angorod was standing in the middle at the podium , surrounded by the big feathery dragon , the sick looking horse with bat wings and the white wolf with the markings at its side.


    All three of them faced him , he who was standing in the middle , and barked , neighed or rumbled in a language Angorod couldn''t understand. It appeared like a ritual to Angorod as the air was heavy but lively around him.


    It almost felt like the mist had covered him and slowly but steadily seeped into him. Shortly after this started the lower ranks started to resound in numerous voices. The middle ranks joined in and finally a stacato of grunts , sneers and hisses came from the top ranks.


    As Angorods head grew even heavier and a dull rumbling pain entered his mind he began to hold his head. Angorod felt like a little man was inside of his head swinging a hammer against his skull from the insides.


    Even though the pain grew more intense by the second all the different tones and nosies around him began to swirl and form understandable words. Words may have been the wrong explanation it was less that he understood those noises more like something whispered their intent into his ears.


    His mind became hazier and hazier with every new song the crowd around him spun as the mist around him started to ferociously rip at his hair. One second his hair whipped to the left just to blow in the next against his back.


    Suddendly he dropped to the floor. Almost as if lifeless he lay there for over an hour without any indication of movement and soon the noises eased their intensity and the multinoised song disappated in the cave.


    Everything grew deathly silent and they just stared at the bronze body that lay there unmoving. Rick was growing impatient , as he had never read about the person becoming unconscious in the process of giving '' true form'' .


    After another hour passed without anyone making any noises the lower ranks started to quarrel with one another.


    " It failed. "


    " It has never failed before. "


    " Look at him hes dead , hes not breathing. "


    While others heard sneers , barks and growls Rick understood all of it as all of the Idra were connected on a mental level. Not that they were connected like a collective but each of them could communicate with their mind , one trait of the Idra.


    Some fights even broke out before a noise errupted in all of their heads and the whole cave shook violently.


    " Enough. He is not with us anymore , remember this as the first failure in the chronics. " The king of them all said while his feathery wings stood on edge.


    One after another they left the hall until only a few remained. Rick , Vianella , 2 wolves , a worm and 4 dragons stayed behind and eyed the corpse of Angorod.


    Rick remembered the good evening he had with Angorod yesterday, at the first friend he ever had. Ricks childhood was rough as his mother died giving birth to the 3 hatchlings that he and his twin sister , who came from the same egg , now wanted to give a proper childhood.


    His father died on the same night during a raid on the outskirts of the underground city they lived in from Wild dragons. This city was under constant attack from the wild ones. Numerous familys had been ripped apart and lives lost.


    Humans never came near the city and any other mortal race would just die in the flames of purgatory a Dragon could unleash on them. Not even 1000 humans could kill one dragon. What could they do against one dragon that just took one step and already killed 20 of them?


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    But the wilds grew restless over the last few years and they had a dark influence attached to them. Dark and demonic influence. In these dire times one of the '' outsiders '' became a Idra and took the lead to defend the covent of surviving Idra.


    Now Rick was slowly walking towards his '' friend '' to speak a few words over his dead body , to give him a proper guiding towards the after-life. But before he could reach his remains a white wyvern stood besides him.


    Vianella daughter of Brathak the King under the mountain. First she just stared at the life less corpse but then she just turned around , delibaretly smashing her tail at the remains. The corpse flew back a few meters and hit the rocky wall.


    Rick cried out a battle shout and was about to lunge towards the smaller wyvern , where he would probably die since wyverns were far more dangerous then Dragons with their speed and razor sharp wings.


    In a ball of scales he began to rip of the wyverns scales but he sadly had his belly exposed and Vianella began to claw at it. He already knew he had lost quite some blood as his eyes began to grow hazy but a shout from one of the wolves made both halt in their battle to death.


    Angorods body was stiring and he tried to stand but suddendly fell back towards the wall unable to support his own weight with his wobbly legs. His eyes were unfocused , Rick saw with his enhanced vision because of his dragon eyes.


    The person that should have been dead shouted out a guttaral sound that sounded like pain , incredible pain that drove the weak minded mad just by the sound alone. His once bronze colored hair became brighter and brighter.


    His body began to convulse and he threw up everything what used to be in his stomache. His clothes ripped apart and a mist began to pour out of his body. At first the mist was coloreless but soon it held the same color as his hair , something neither Rick nor Vianella had ever seen before.


    ..............


    Angorods head stopped hammering 15 minutes after he had breathed in that stupid mist that came from his own body. His hands had long ago formed a vicious looking claw and razor sharp nails with the same volor his eyes were.


    Violet , it looked kind of strange to see another part besides his own eyes having this coloration but the scales that covered the claw were just as impressive.


    They ranged from a deep green that remined him of the forest to a emerald like the purest of gems. He lifted his claw and clenched the single '' fingers ''. Everything worked like his real body. Even the one finger that was spread far apart from the rest worked just like a thumb.


    As he brought his eyes together he saw the same colored scales covering his snout. He was curious about the rest of his body so he tried to turn his long neck around but that didn''t work. He only came to about 45 degrees and saw the tip of his tail.


    From what he could see his tail was very long , alot longer then anything he had seen so far. But that could also just be wishful thinking as his sense of length and height was off. He looked at the floor and it kind of looked exactly like how it normally looked with his 2.5 m height.


    He stretched his jaw next even if he couldnt see it and moved his now forked tongue along the jagged and pointy teeth. Angorod now had 3 rows of teeth just like any Dragon he had seen so far but something ... just felt off.


    Angorod soon found out what it was. Rick came closer and closer and closer. He filled his complete vision. Just as if a mountain was standing in-front of him. The widness was about the same but Angorods eyes were at the level of his front leg joints.


    " Angorod? " Rick asked carefully in a human voice.


    " What am i? " Angorod asked in also a human voice.


    This was something he was worried about , maybe his vocal cords changed so much he could only growl , hiss and snort but he porved himself wrong just now. But his voice was at a incredible loud level.


    Rick extended his wings and beat once until he was standing only on 2 legs. His tail also lowered itself and probably acted as a counter balance for the 2 legged standing position while the extended wings helped him to neither fall to one side.


    With a loud crack the shoulders of his front legs allocated themselves and now the dragon , surprisingly had arms instead of 2 pair of legs. He executed some complicated gestures with his fingers before slapping his hands together.


    A mirror 7 meters in length and 5 meters wide floated in-front of Angorod in the middle of the air.


    There he saw a green creatue. It had scales like a dragon , claws , legs and everything. Its tail was twice the length of his body but unlike a dragon its neck was short. Compared to Rick Angorods front and back legs were closer together.


    Sure he had long silken Green hair growing out of the top of his head and his stubby neck , but underneath those hair was a massive neck , the same size as Rick even if he was 1/5 of Ricks size. This was also protected by a very tightly packed scale layer.


    Or to be more precise he had about 5 times the amount of scales Rick had. The scales weren''t smaller then for example Ricks sisters they were just alot tighter packed. His wings were also oddly shaped.


    While Rick had 3 different joints at his wings that were covered by a leathery membrane that built a triangle just where his extra shoulderblade hit his body , Angorod''s membrane ended close to his hind legs.


    He also had only 3 joints but his '' membrane '' was more like his actual skin covered in scales which Rick missed. That and his wings outstretched probably were the same size as Ricks at the moment even with the 1/5 of the body size.


    Now what Angorod thought was a typical Dragon snout was actually a rounded head. There was no so to speak snout all in all it appeared much like a tigers head , besides the scales and the 3 horns that grew were a tigers nose should be.


    Instead of horns that extended from the back of his head , like multiple other dragons Angorod had seen , he had none. But his neck had numerous smaller horns , that seemed razor sharp , all over. Angorod came to 50 that were randomly distributed at the back of his neck the sides and rows between each point.


    Only the underside of the neck was untouched by those little horns. His tail on the other hand was still about 7 meters long and he could probably wrap it around his body twice. The tip was slightly worrying though.


    Instead of spikes at the end , or a huge ball like the other dragons his plainly looked like a triangle. A very pointy triangle that seemed to have razorsharp edges ontop of it. But calling it a triangle would be false Angorod just discoverd.


    It was more like a razor sharp pyramide covered in even denser scales then the rest of his body and he was sure cutting through stone wouldn''t be a problem.


    " God im ugly. What am i a hatchling? " Angorod voiced his complaints.


    Rick began to laugh at this stupid comment , just happy he had his friend back.


    ............


    Rick slowly walked through the caverns in his dragon form. Slowly meaning he could have walked normally as a human and would still been faster then this. After every step he made he heard a loud '' CRAP '' behind him.


    Angorod fell on his nose once again. The new way of walking gave him trouble and when Rick tried to explain how to walk on 2 legs as a dragon the attempts were even more miserable.


    " Gods-damn why is this so hard. This stupid tail too it always hits either side of the cave! " Angorod voiced his complaints.


    Rick chuckled and transformed back into human form. After a few explanations Angorod also reverted back to that form. The green mist cloud that covered his body still amazed Rick but he would get over it soon.


    He pressed right above the shoulder blades on Angorods body before he began to speak.


    " This point is where a Dragons wing musculatur is located at , remember it. " He said and pressed the end of his spine , right were his bottom cheeks started , to which Angorod made a weird noise and jumped forward.


    " Your making me blush. " Rick said with a dry voice.


    Angorod swung in a wide motion towards his face , but Rick simply side stepped it.


    " Okay that point is where your tail is located maybe that will help , now transform back. " A green mist covered Angorods body and then Rick began to speak once more. " Imagine your humanoid self on his knees crawling. Move your front '' arms '' like crawling. "


    Angorod did as he was told. First he lifted his right foot placed it in-front of him while the left foot was still under his body. Rick nodded.


    " While you move your right front foot also move your left hind foot in front. Careful now , use your tail to balance yourself out so you don''t fall. "


    Angorod got the hang of it pretty quickly so he only fell every 5 steps instead of moving with falling on his nose.


    " I will have to think about how to teach you flying , your wings are different. Way to different. I am not even sure how you can fold them to your sides with all those scales. " Rick said after examining his progress of walking.


    " My guess would be that instead of scales ontop of skin you just have scales that overlap eachother without any skin in between. Just like feathers of a bird. " Rick said after studying his wings.


    The extra set of limbs over his shoulders twitched a few times but he wasn''t able to expand them. These kind of wings had to be 4 to 5 times as heavy as Ricks own wings but the muscles were just underdeveloped.


    Also the body form that was not directly built as a stream line to enhance speed and maneuverability made Rick wonder. But Angorod had wings , incredibly wide and long ones at that which with enough training , at least Rick hoped so , would be able to carry the bulky mass of pseudo dragon Angorod was.


    Just after he transformed and looked at himself the dragon king with all his feathery wings glided back into the hall of the emporium. He eyed Angorod for a few minutes with a certain glint in his eyes , Rick couldn''t say what kind of glint it was.


    He then spoke into Ricks mind and gave him permission to train Angorod in anything he would need. But this would be a long road of atrition bordering on collapsing , Rick was sure of it , until Angorod had enough muscles to fly.


    Angorods body design was meant to '' muscle '' its way through the air , instead of gracefully riding the currents of the atmosphere. Most likely he would never be as fast as another Dragon and absolutely never as fast as a wyvern but Rick would make sure of it that he was prepared for everything.


    '' But why is he only a hatchling ... the outsiders were supposed to be naturally large in size... '' Rick thought for himself.


    " We need to go to the mages coven inside the main halls. You need a place to train and one of their unlimited dungeons would be the best for that. " Rick said after taking everything about Angorods body in consideration.


    The short neck with the head attached just bobbed up and down , while Angorod was still very cautios of walking.


    ...........


    AUTHORS NOTE:


    This game , or this vr system works alot different then what you know.


    First of all even a human at lvl 300 can easily be decapitated , while it will get harder with significantly bigger creatures. Just due to the size and thickness of its neck.


    I want to create a REAL > Other world < where stats , level and items not really matter.


    For example who thinks that when a 50 ton beast steps on a level 600 character the player would survive? Or when a player slices a monster with his sword that the monster would just take XX dmg without starting to bleed.


    Or even better a player slashes at a monster and the sword just stops right before it hits the arm with a notification of XX dmg dealt to monster? When a sword slashes , arteries get cut , flesh gets rend and nervs will become useles.

 Ch 13 , a new light dawns

    2 weeks have passed since Angorod had started his training in the '' unlimited dungeons'' inside one of the mage covens caves. There was nothing in the dungeon. Just grassy plains and a occasional gust of wind.


    But it was not that he was doing nothing.


    The first 3 days were just used to acquire the correct motions and balance shifts to walk and run. Running was a total different thing for a Dragon then walking. Instead of using the front legs and the opposite sided back leg to move forwards , running meant using the both front legs then arching the back and using the back legs together.


    After Angorod was completly steady on his feet , either running or walking , he started to push around a big boulder. Another 3 days passed and the rock that was easily twice Angorods size was a piece of cake.


    Then a boulder that was smaller then the first but made from a heavier material came into play. It was easily 5 times Angorods own body weight in dragon form but after another 2 days he was quite good at pushing even this around.


    But after the first week passed hell began. At first Rick helped him get used to his extra set of limbs as he spread and folded Angorods wings manually with his own hands. After 6 more days passed Angorod was able to fold and expand it at his own will and even manged to flap them.


    It required no extra training to fold in the scales , it was a natural rection when he pushed his muscles back up , and they closed up when he beat down. This created a natural draft and he was able to lift his body up a few feet when he beat strongly.


    But this still wasn''t flying. Hovering would be the correct term and he practiced this every day. Every hour and every minute. After those 2 weeks Angorod started to hover while pushing a boulder along and he was quite proud of himself.


    But everytime Angorod was happy at a new achievment his tail swung from left to right , even sometimes smacking him in the face. Rick always laughed when he wagged his tail like a dog.


    Nonetheless he couldn''t help it , it was a natural reaction and he trained his tail ontop of it at the same time. He just finished pushing the boulder along the ground for over 5 km and decided to call it a day. He twisted his wrist around and a door appeared behind him.


    He walked through and nodded towards the receptionist of the mages coven that supervised the endless dungeons and headed back through the caverns. At first he got lost frequently but soon he found certain signs engraved on the wall which he followed.


    It took him 10 minutes of walking to reach the cave where Rick lived in. As soon as he stepped through the entrance 3 dragons , that were only 1 meter shorter then himself , pounced on him.


    The red one tried to bite in his neck , but instead had a bleeding mouth from the little horns that guarded that area. The silver and gold one tried to bite at his wings , but the scales were hard and sharp so they ended up with bleeds for themselves.


    Angorod grinned while his predatory rows of teeth flashed up. All 3 quiecked and ran of tumbling over themselves while playing a game of tag. Angorod smiled wryly and turned the attention to the 1.9m tall girl with her black hair.


    A mist covered Angorod , which had the same color as his scales a bright and lustrous green , before his humanoid form appeared once again. Rick also thaught him a trick to conjure a simple set of robes , in a brown color , while he transformed.


    " Hey Anihla , whats for dinner. " Angorod asked rhetorically , knowing full well she couldn''t talk.


    She was very well able to talk , at least her vocal cords were intact. But she hadn''t spoken a word to anybody after her mother and father had died. Not even to Rick , but she still communicated non-verbal as all residents of this city did.


    But much to Angorods dismay he was not able to do that. Why , some would think but nobody could explain as to why exactly he couldn''t. Even the 3 small ones that just pounced on him had done that since they hatched from their eggs.


    " Let me help. " Angorod asked and walked through another gap in the cave and entered the kitchen.


    For some reason this kitchen was much like a regular kitchen for humans , but only almost. It was supersized as there was no residents here that suited the normal category of humans. After all the smallest resident of this cave in humaoid form was 1.8 meters the tiny silver one outside who was playing with her brothers.


    With some clusmy movements he stirred around the girl and withdrew a few plates and silver ware. They had no need to communicate as directly after Angorod had placed all the neccesitys on the table a bunch of meat landed in the middle of the table.


    Anihla just smilled at him , knowingly. He sat down and growled towards the other 3 young ones. With a mist , each in their respektive colors , they transformed. 2 dirty boys and a mud smeered girl were no placed at the table.


    Just as Angorod grabbed a piece of cooked meat all the jerked up straight and headed ran off. But he also knew this routine. Go wash your faces , was the non-verbal command Anihla had given the three.


    Sometimes Angorod was annoyed that he couldn''t hear all this , but other times he was just fine with it. After all even if they didn''t talk that much he still felt a warmth coming from this little family he had never felt in the real world.


    Everything around him at the moment was precious to him. So instead of placing the meat that he had just grabbed on his own plate he placed it on Anihlas , who just smiled at him.


    The three young ones returned washed up properly and started to eat. Angorod watched all 4 have a non-verbal conversation. Judging by the way they looked at each other from time to time and how they behaved , but he still felt calm about all this.


    Later at night Rick returned in his dragon form that wore a armor. After all he was a battle dragon that patrolled the outskirts of the mountain and repelled any aggresor. Angorod switched to his dragon form and swung himself on his hind legs.


    His front shoulders creaked as he took the stance to walk on 2 legs even as a dragon. He quickly stepped up to him and un did the straps and buckles that held the armor in place. Angorod stacked them up in another cave , right besides the entrance , and soon a familiar conversation took place.


    Rick asked about his progress and what he found out by himself about his '' new body''. After that casual things followed and as soon as they both were alone in a cave without the other 4 a serious talk commenced.


    " They are getting bolder each day. " Rick said in a serious tone.


    " Drakes this time again? " Angorod replied.


    " Yes 10 of them and 2 monstrous sized dragons. 3 Pegasi and 5 dragons were injured and need at least 2 weeks of rest. One may never be able to fly again , they tore his wing muscle out. Maybe the healers can remend it somehow. " Rick said with a grim tone.


    Yes this was something Angorod had learned just recently. Even though there was healing magic , limbs didn''t suddendly reappear. This was true for Npcs and Players as well. But players could just die and then when the could log back in they would have a complete body once again.


    But who choose to die on purpose?


    " I am sorry that i am such a failure.... " Angorod said while his head hung low.


    " Screw the council. Even if they always blame you the smallest and weakest of the '' outsiders '' it isn''t your fault those wilds are so aggresive. " Rick reassured him.


    During one of his trips back to this cave Angorod overheard a few council members talking in their humanoid forms about him. Curses and mutters were all he heard about hisself. They blamed him for a multitude of things but most of all the talk always came back that Angorod was a failure.


    But Angorod or Daniel was used to this kind of talk he listen to this for 17 years of his life every day. Be it day or night his mother rumbled on about his incompetence and how he would never amount to anything.


    So it had not struck to Angorod that much , but he desperatly wanted to help Rick. He couldn''t give a centaur-shit about the demise of the Idra or their city , but he wanted to help Rick more then anything in this world.


    " Rick ... listen. I can ride currents and get out of here. I will experience many things in the outside world and come back when im stronger. " Angorod said.


    Rick was shocked to hear his progress on flying , even if it was a lie , but he could understand where Angorod was coming from. Rick could feel Angorods pain , even if he himself wouldn''t EVER admit he was desperate for power.


    " I already told you once. If you train your human body , that doesn''t mean you Dragon form will grow. When you train your dragon form your human body also won''t grow. It is best you gain complete control over your body and then go to patrols with me. "


    " Even if you train outside it won''t amount to much. You have no so to speak magical talent , this was already proven. You can''t even produce your breath weapon yet. " Rick continued.


    Angorod remebered a experiment he had at the magical coven where they tested him for talent in the arcane arts. But as he already predicted there was close to nothing. After all Angorod knew he had no mana bar to begin with.


    " There is always a way to gain power. " Angorod said with confidence.


    He had already made plans on how to gain this so to speak '' power '' but this would need studys that could take a life time. But he had to do something.


    " When will you leave? " Rick asked while his voice trembled.


    " Tomorrow , before you wake. " Angorod said.


    There was much to say between the friends that grew so close together , but this was not the right time for being sad. But even worse then that Dragons were prideful and so Rick wouldn''t allow himself to be emotional.


    Angorod just shut out those feelings and took on a neutral stance. With this both of them left and headed for the cave they slept in.


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    ................


    Rick was snoring loudly as Angorod slipped out of the cave. He had switched to his humaoid form and snuck out of the cave. But at the entrance a black dragon , that looked exactly like Rick in his dragon form but only 3 meters long , waited for him.


    " Anihla ... " Angorod halted in his steps.


    She clicked her claws on the ground and her eyes showed her displeasure. A vivid picture of her human form with crossed arms was flashing before Angorods eyes , which made him chuckle slightly.


    A few minutes past without any of them saying anything or making any movements.


    " I need to go. " Angorod finally said and walked right past her.


    As he just exited the cave , nothing followed him but after another 10 meteres a pair of arms wormed their way underneath his and he was embraced from behind. A kiss was placed on his cheeks , Angorod wondered how she did that with 60 cms difference in height , but she soon ran back towards the cave her family shared.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have been invited to join the Family Drylak by one of its members.


    Being in a Family has no stat benefits and it will automatically decline being in a '' house'' which in turn would grant you certain benefits.


    Do you accept? Y/N</td></tr></tbody></table>


    He couldn''t get his emotions under control fast enough as a tear rolled down his cheeks , so he just whispered yes.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You are now Angorod Drylak bring your Family glory.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod wiped away the tear that reached his chin shook his head and with even fiercer determination he headed towards the exit of the city.


    Just in-front of the gate he found a white-wyvern waiting. He sighed and decided to ignore her completly. But as the b**ch she actually was she stood in his way.


    " Now , now. Is the little hatchling already leaving his nest? " She tried to anger him.


    But as Angorod was , he just surpressed this feeling quickly and halted in his footsteps.


    " Move , fat-ass. " He said casually.


    " Ho , ho. The little welp has a acid like tongue on him. Well that is the only thing you have anyways. "


    Another anger wave surged in Angorods brain but he reigned it back directly.


    " Well , well. I am glad you are leaving , if not my father , the king you know , would have married me to you. What a shame to the king to marry his brilliant daughter to a failure as you. These damn costumes of a time long forgotten. " She said with a smirk.


    " But don''t ever come back. Nobody wants you here. " She told him and finally left.


    ...........


    Angorod was free , gliding over the tips of trees that built a forest. He was already long past the mountain range and decided to fly east. Even though most of his days in the city was getting accustomed to his new body he read from time to time.


    Books of history , tales of war but what interested him the most were fictional tales some Idra had written down. Literally just a book of made up storys and legends. But every legend had a grain of truth in it.


    This was what Angorod was following now.


    East towards the burning deserts and a certain coven of mages. Mages that used magic differently then everybody else. Mages that had no mana or talent in magic but in their unique way had a even stronger but also weaker power at the same time.


    Every 6 hours Angorod would land near a cliff that was high up to hunt. Most of the time he found large creatures his size or even bigger and preyed upon them. From his flying postion he arched his back , front and back claws outstretched , and crashed into them.


    He wasn''t strong enough to lift them up but ripping open their flesh with his own claws and toppling them over was his goal. After he had done that he slashed them with his tail while flying over them and finishing them off.


    Then he fed on them. Normally dragons had a fire breath attack that let them cock the meat but the blood was always still a little warm when Angorod bit into one after killing it.


    He wasn''t even fased by the warm blood or the still contracting muscles , after all he already had worse. Beetles , ticks and other slimy things had been his meal once but these things he hunted now at least resembled cows.


    Well over sized cows of 5 to 6 meters with long fur and tusks. But even when he didn''t kill one of them directly and they slammed their tusks into his sides they just bounced off ineffectivly due to his incredibly hardend scale coat.


    No damage affected him in this form and he confirmed it after dealing with a few of them. His level rose rapidly , as the beasts were way above his current level. But he felt no joy in it. He gained about 5 stat points in a few stats with the 20 or 30 beasts he had already killed even if they were level 100 and above.


    But being a dragon affected his stat growth. If he had killed them in his human form he was sure he would gain 70 or 80 stats with just one kill but like this nothing happend. Well even in Dragon form he gained a few stats but what suprised him was his affinty to blood stat.


    Everytime he ate one of the bloody meals it rose incredibly. As well as his health had growed. But this was just a necessity so survive until he reached the monastary he hoped to find.


    Soon the pristine cliffs and mountains covered in forests gradually changed into a land filled with desert. Mighty scorpions and lizards inhabited this land but he was close to the monastary he sought out.


    For 2 days he hadn''t eaten anything and was currently hiding in a cave during the day. Flying through the air , close to the ground , was dangerous during the day. Not only because of getting a sun burn but the possibility of a sandstorm was quite high with increased temperatures during the day.


    Especially since every inch of his body itched anyways. The sand somehow always found its way beneath his usually tight enclosed scale coat and it grinded with every move he made.


    Angorod was going nuts from the itching and craved a bath and some human food and wanted to reach the monastary as fast as he could.


    On the third day finally a big onyx castle came into view. It was still far of and he could only see it from the high vantage point he held combined with his big and sharp eyes. He landed 2 kms away from the monastary inside of a cave and began to walk the rest of the distance.


    He was covered in his brown robes and the night should be over soon. The first rays of the morning sun just broke the horizon as he approached the gate. He sharply breathed in before he knocked.


    Even after 10 minutes nothing changed so he banged on the door heavily. Just as he was about to stop punching the wooden door it slowly creacked open.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A quest has appeared , Save the coven.


    During their sleep they were assaulted


    A band of slave traders has captured the mages and big footprints belonging to a huge beast indicate that they were headed north.


    Time Limit: 3 hours before they arrive inside of a fortified city.


    Reward: Familarity with the coven increases


    Failure: The coven will be extingushed and their magic arts lost to the world.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod sighed loudly at this message and now turned his attention towards himself. It was due time and he needed every speed and strength he could muster to catch up to the slavers.


    Every Dragon was naturally immune to some magics and now he finally activated this '' natural '' resitance for the first time. He stared at his own left arm or to be more precise at the green chain that wrapped around his wrist.


    A burning sensation crawled along Angorods body as the little curse the matriarch had placed on him disappeared. Nothing , absolutelty nothing , could curse a magical beast such as a dragon.


    At least nothing Angorod could think of at the moment.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>The curse has been lifted due to the magnitude of your stats the one that placed the curse on you will receive 25 damage for each stat she surpressed.


    The negative effects have been lifted , granting you additonally 71 strength and 43 speed.


    The matriarch received 2850 dmg.


    The matriarch has died.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    A grim satisfaction filled Angorods thoughts but he soon dispersed these thoughts and a green mist covered his body.


    He shook out his wings as he started to run straight North , or where he thought was north judging by the footsteps that were as big as hiw own. He reached his top speed quickly and expanded his wings.


    Just as he passed over a small dune he adjusted them to point up and he began to glide. He beat them furiously and gained altitude quickly. Even with the new acquired stats his body was still too heavy to just lift of from where he stood.


    Angorod was intent to catching up to them as soon as he could and just after half an hour of flight he spotted some incredible huge black spots in the distance. As he came closer by the second he beat his wings with renewed vigour and increased his altitude by 500 meters.


    Now he could even make out what those big beasts were. Scorpions that were 15 meters long from their pincers to the base of their stinger. Instantly Angorod knew this would become a hard fight.


    Not because of the 100 mercenarys or slavers on their backs , but because those stingers could probably pierce even his armor.

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    Like an arrow , as soon as Angorod was 500 meters above his prey , he dropped down letting gravity weigh him down. Just 100 meters above the ground he unfurled his wings and violently rode the pressing current.


    Angorod felt like his extra set of muscles , along with the bones , could be dislocated or even worse ripped out at the pain , but surprisingly it held. With a bone shattering sound he crashed on one of the scorpions backs.


    A eerie screeching sound later it stopped moving. The humanoids on its backs instantly were killed but Angorod targeted one of the 3 were no captives were held. Lucky for him that they kept the prisoneres on the smallest one of the three scorpions all tightly wrapped together.


    Due to the confusion a few seconds past , in that time Angorod regained feelings in his legs and arms , and he immediatly took off beating his wings furiously.


    He hadn''t expected the first crash to be so violent on hisself and this disrupted his plans greatly. Supposedly he should have taken the first out like this and at least bite of the stinger part of another.


    Now they would be careful from attacks that came from all directions , but especially the sky. Even though his original plan had failed to kill 2 he had learned something very valuable as he crashed into the ones back.


    Their scales were comparibly tough as his on the back , but the tail and pincers scales seemed to be a lot thinner. But the real '' jewel '' about these gigantious Scorpions lay deeper. Not unlike his dragon scales they had softer ones at the belly this would prove very useful to Angorod.


    ..............................


    The slavers made slower progress then they had wanted , as they were now conscious they were being hunted. Much to Angorods luck they hadn''t linked a dragon together with the captives they wanted to sell as slaves.


    They feared the hatchling Dragon , as it had already killed the strongest one of the 3 beasts they used as transportation and for defensive measures. But they also knew a dragon that size probably couldn''t possibly have enough power to pierce the Scorpions chitin like scales.


    Dragon hunting was dangerous for humans , and even a army of 100 humans couldn''t defeat the smallest of dragons. Their skin was to hard , their talons to sharp and their weight could easily crush 3 humans with every step.


    Now Mages fighting a dragon was a different thing. With enough magicks they could easily '' drown '' a dragon or make it sink into a bottomless pit so warriors could attack it. Even when a Dragon was immobile at his feet he was still a feared foe.


    After all they could use their sharp wings to fight against scores of enemys as well. But what was truly fearsome were the scales. Even 1000 repeated strikes to a single scale couldn''t even scratch the scale.


    One had to be sneaky and have a strategy to fight against a dragon. Just starting to smash it was no option. The most natural way of hunting dragons was building 5 man teams. 3 brawly men with the enough strength to lift an ox and 2 very quick warriors that knew how to use a spear.


    The brawly ones lifted the scales , or even ripped them out of the dragons flesh with the lever principle , while the spear wielders struck its flesh. But even then this only worked against smaller dragons.


    Bigger dragons had more scales , incredibly so , but the true fearsome way of retaliation was their inborn magic. Curving balls of flame they had just spit out , or wind that lifted hundreds of soldiers or the worst kind of dragon magic.


    They formed whip like weapons with their breath attacks that could destroy thousands of human troops with every swing. All depended on how large a dragon was.


    So humanoids , even magicians , never hunted Dragons alone. They always had mighty beasts with them that had the ability to challenge the dragons , or at least distract them from the humans until they got a killing blow in.


    Humans regularily hunted dragons , with scorpion just like these , as every dragon had a lair and the species of beasts were notriously famous for their need of shiny things. Treasure caves filled to the brim with gold thats what Humans were after.


    30 minutes have passed after the first attack and they still had over half of the way to go until they reached the fortified city.


    ...........


    Slowly they came closer and closer. Angorod FELT they were decreasing the distance , but he couldn''t see the 15 meter long scorpions. Even though it was a hot day like any other in the desert , that was flat besides the few dunes it had.


    He still couldn''t see them , neither did he need to. His eyes were closed and darkness was all around him. Nonetheless it was hot , unbearably so , and of he could have sweated underneath all those scales he couldn''t.


    Angorod needed to endure this until the proper time. The sand around him shook incredibly and he knew it was still to early. Another step , more sand landed on his head. Then another but Angorod remained motionless.


    With every step the beasts took more and more sand landed on top of his head but just as the next step was made Angorods tail jerked up. With a powerful thrust upwards , he broke through the sand , closed the distance to the Scorpions belly and pierced inside of it.


    Using his tail like a hook his front claws flashed and he broke through the bit of sand that covered him. The beast was crying out its last breath , but Angorod wasn''t satisfied. He clawed his way inside of the beast and broke through the top layer of scales.


    1 second did it take him to realize this was the neither the one with the captives on so he clicked his tongue. The other Scorpion had pushed of its confusion at its mates death cry and violently thrust its stinger towards Angorod.


    It was like a lightning flash , so Angorod just relaxed all his muscles and fell onto the scorpions back. Just in time as the tail flashed above his now laying face. But taking it back would take longer and the stinger was not above him.


    He loosend his incredibly long tail , while he dug his claws deep into the gaps between the scales , and used it like a rope to twirl around the scorpions tail 3 times. As it retracted it''s own tail Angorod was hanging from it.


    Angorod was surprised it didn''t have the ability to lift its tail up with him attached , but then he reminded himself how much he had to weigh. But now another problem arose. With the tail in the air , Angorod had the advantage and could rip it off , but now that it couldn''t lift it he was being dragged along the sandy surface.


    Not that a little more sand would have mattered underneath his scales , but the problems were the pincers that now came closer. He used his tail to propell himself from the beneath the tail to the top of the tail.


    While doing so he had the perfect idea. He uncurled 1/3 of his extremly long tail and began to move his tail along the beasts tail joints. After all he had spikes attached to his tail and just in 20 seconds , during the time he evaded 3 more attempts from the pincers , the beast screamed out.


    He had used his special small horns as a saw with his constricted tail and attacked the weak part , the joint between the single ligaments of a scorpions special tail. But this still didn''t mean it would die. Not in the next hour at least , even with all the blue liquid gushing out.


    But nobody every said he had to kill all of them. He counted 6 people that were bound together by a rope. He also noticed that every 10 seconds 10 arrows hit somewhere on his body but if he hadn''t seen it himself he wouldn''t have noticed.


    Angorod uncurled his wings just in time to fly over a pincer that wanted to cut him in half. While in flight he grabbed the rope that held the 6 captives together and took of. Even the extra ~480~ kgs was to much for Angorod so he couldn''t take flight properly.


    At least he manged to hover 5 meteres above the ground while his tail held the roped people that were screaming incredibly loud. Even 5 minutes after the had escaped the slavers a few of them were still shouting and crying.


    " Oi shut up , im here to save you! " Angorod shouted back as he couldn''t take it anymore.


    ......................


    It took over an hour to get back to the monastary and immediatly Angorod put the troop of bound people down. With one of his razor sharp talons he sliced open the rope , but neither a '' thanks '' or any form of gratitude came.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest has been completed</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Immediatly Angorod used his long tail and began to scratch himself. He also lifted his left back leg and scratched his calfs. The sand was itching him so bad Angorod broke of a few of his own scales in the process.


    Even while scratching himself for 10 minutes it didn''t get better. With wind magicks he could have blown the sand grains out , but he wasn''t talented in magicks. He even went as far as to balance himself out and rubbed his belly against the onyx walls.


    A green mist covered him , as he couldn''t take it anymore. Even in humanoid form it itched like hell in ... well all openings. The itch made him so furious that he forgot that his humanoid form was to be kept a secret but on top of that he was also naked.


    " You got water in there? " Angorod asked while he scratched hisself everywhere.


    One of the 6 females he had saved nodded , but still they hadn''t uttered a word about him or the sitaution. Angorod casually pushed them out of the way as he walked through the open gate.


    He found a well , with a bucket and rope attached to pull up the fresh water. But Angorod had other plans. As he tensed his leg muscles he jumped into the dark opening of the well and completly disappeard into the darkness.


    The residents of this monastary moved closer to the well but even after 10 minutes Angorod hadn''t come back out. No noise , besides a few splashes of water , were audiable from the dark depths but the youngest , the most curious one , stepped up to the stony edges of the well.


    She simply bent over the edge and peered down trying to make anything out in the shadows beyond the opening. Even after 1 minute of peering she couldn''t make anything out but as she was about to step back , a bronze skinned shadow jumped out of the well.


    The simple roof that was placed overtop the well broke apart as Angorod jumped through taking the mechanism for retrieving water with him. As he was hovering in mid-air due to the enormos jumping power he looked around.


    But soon gravity took its tool and the inertia declined from his jump. A green mist expanded from his skin as he transformed back into dragon form. But then another mist appeared and he switched back to humanoid form.


    After switching back and forth 10 times , he finally appeared as a bronze skinned man , with slightly pointed ears and the most vivid violet eyes. Angorod had also remembered to summon the brown robe , to not upset the female coven that eyed him critically.


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    " Hey im Angorod , as you can most likely tell im an Idra. " Angorod stated while he scratched his cheeks.


    The oldest looking of the females stepped up to him but as soon as she wanted to say a word Angorod waved her off.


    " I am an Idra , you have seen it. No need to hide behind that skin. " Angorod said eyeing the old female human in-front of him.


    The others gasped and one even chocked at Angorods words , but in his eyes this was a reasonable request.


    " What do you think we are , Idra? " The old female said.


    Angorod shook his head while he sighed but soon he concentrated to summon the green mist once again. As his short dragon snout appeared he moved into a close proximity of the bronze robed figure in-front of him.


    He breathed in slowly and not even one smell escaped his fine tuned senses. Now Angorod began to circle the old '' human '' with measured steps. The other 5 immediatly thought of a predator closing in on its prey , but both Angorod and the old female knew it wasn''t.


    Measuring , was the correct term. With his nose Angorod took in everyhting about her , about her REAL self. While he circled he felt a slight tinge over his skin , not the scales but the skin beneath. Angorod knew she was magically '' feeling '' him.


    " I have read my peoples chronicles and i have wondered for quite some time , why haven''t you stayed with the rest of us? " Angorod said after he had stopped the circling and sat down on his hind legs.


    The old female also sat down , with her legs overcrossed at her ankles . For conversation sake Angorod also transformed back out of consideration.


    " Why should we have , we are not like you. " The old female said.


    " You come closer to what the Idra represent , then many of the beings i have met there. " Angorod countered.


    The old female giggled way to high to be an actual old lady. It sounded more then a girl at the start of her 20''s. Her plain brown eyes suddendly flashed up as they turned to a carmesind red. The color of blood.


    " We are still born from dark beings. Some may say Dragons are evil but they are just prideful and territorial. We on the other hand kill for fun and joy not to feed , most of the time at least. " Her skin turned a deathly white that remebered Angorod of a blood drained corpse.


    Her hair had turned a crow like black and her skin immediatly seemed to become younger. Her features sharpend and her canines extended slightly. Not to much to seem paranormal just slightly longer.


    She was incredibly beautiful and she seemed about 19 years with extravagant curves full red lips that reflected the darkening suns rays. Her hair was thick and silky while her long and slender neck was inviting topped with petite pointy ears.


    Even though Angorod was a enjoyer of a little bit more meat to the bones he involunteraily gulped at the delicate curves and other wordly beauty that drew in every male being. But that was what they were made for. They had no need for a succubus''s aura their beauty was enough to drive a priest into insanity , while gladly breaking his vow to never have sex.


    " You are holding up better then the average male. " The beauty in-front of him giggled slightly.


    " After all i am a prideful Dragon. " Angorod said with a lazy smile on his face.


    Both of them knew this was a utter lie and Angorod would probably have very hard time to decline their pleas of laying down with any of them. After all each and every one of them had the same kind of beauty. There were slight differences in their eyes and facial features but they were all TOO beautiful.


    Beautiful and dangerous.


    " ~ Soooo ~ a prideful Dragon ... would stop my advances to clear my covens debt and smother my pride in turn? "


    Even though Angorod almost ran over to here , at the purring sound of her ~soooo~ his lust instantly plummeted at the mention of a debt. He even went so far as to start laughing loud.


    The blood red eyes became slits and her fingernails extended , ready to pounce on him. But much to Angorods dismay not the good kind. She wanted to rip his throat out. Even when he was in human form he could die like any other being.


    Their nails couldn''t harm his scale armor but her magicks were lethal for anything in this world. They could kill him without batting a eye , but humans and other '' neutral '' races were a taboo for them.


    This was also the case for their captors. Humans , doesn''t matter if they were bad or good were taboo for them. Not because of some curse or binding , no , because their ancestors have sworn this and all decendants of them had done the same oath.


    They couldn''t harm the humans , be it physical or magical. It wasn''t as unbreakable as a curse or as constricting as a binding but it was something even more powerful. Loyalty to their elders that took their verbal oath of this one rule their kind had.


    " You are not in my debt. Neither of you are. " Angorod clearly stated while looking at each one of them in turn.


    Her eyebrow shot up and she seemed to critizes him. Tried to see beyond the violet eyes trying to discover if he spoke the truth or was just playing with their lifes until he had enough of him.


    " Why did you help us then? " The leader of them asked.


    Angorod concentrated on his thought process and carefully selected the words he needed to speak.


    " Dhampnir coven , i wish to learn you magicks. " Angorod said while placing his knees on the ground and placing his bare hands on the ground.


    A murmur went through their small ranks as one whisper to the other. Angorod even went as far as placing his forehead against the sand to make himself as small as possible. The dhampnir elder walked towards him and placed her foot on his head while using all of her weight to push him even deeper into the sand.


    " Do you understand what you are saying? " She asked with anger in her voice.


    As his mouth was pressed into the sand he nodded under the immense pressure she put on his head.


    " Do you understand that this could very well be your end? " She asked once again.


    He nodded again.


    " This will hurt , incredibly so. " She said.


    He nodded again.


    " Your soul could die. "


    Nod.


    " We could die. "


    Nod.


    " All of us. "


    Nod.


    " This has never worked on a male. "


    Nod.


    " What would you say if i told you it has never worked on a male before , because on those it did , became female? "


    Angorods body tensed up and even 5 minutes later he was still rigid. But even though his muscles were stiff he nodded slowly. He was happy for his enhanced body of a humanoid dragon or he would have suffocated a long time ago.


    " Are you insane? What kind of Idra are you? " The elder asked.


    As she asked this she grabbed the back of his neck , while her sharp fingernails drew deep wounds he lifted him from the ground to look in his eyes.


    " I wasn''t born a Idra neither a dragon or whatever i am supposed to be. " Angorod said with a drained voice.


    " You are an outsider? Why are you so small? "


    This comment bit into Angorods heart , that should have been protected by multiple layers of ice , ever since his childhood.


    " Don''t know. " He pressed out through clenched teeth.


    " Would you really want a life , neither male but female or neither both , to protect the last city of the Idra? " Her blood red eyes were still hard and began to emit a hatred for Angorod.


    " I couldn''t care less about the Idra , i want to ... protect 1 Family. My family. " Angorod said with a drained voice.


    Now her eyes became a tad softer and she patted his shoulders. She even went as far as giving him a hug , that transmitted heat. Warmness that engulfed Angorod and almost brought him to tears but he reeled that emotion back in.


    " You won''t be bound by our oath. But you will be bound to us. Protector and guardian. A plaything if you want to think of it. We can only kill monster , be it dragons or pegasi. But you unbound with our power can protect us from the '' normal '' people. " She initiated the holy right of '' blessing ''.


    She had accepted his plea. The ritual was already in progress.


    " How strong do you wish to be , immortal? "


    This was also part of the process a simple question but also a very cruel one.


    " It is not about my strength , it is about power and i want all of it! ALL of it. " He replied what he had read in the chronics.


    All 6 of them jumped back a few steps and begin to hiss and snarl at him. But the elder soon came back to him. As she approached Angorod he instantly knew that she would grant his wish.


    Not because he pleaded for it , or because he had saved them. Oh no for the Dhampnirs it was a very easy explanation. First he was male. Second he was a dragon and they loved powerful beings. But the third and most important , nobody could harm them anymore.


    Never , they had been on a decline ever since they left the Idra , for reasons Angorod had no idea about. They declined because they couldn''t run far enough to escape the humans and other mortal races.


    He knew what they were and a deal with the devil couldn''t have been more taxing. But he had 5 people he wanted to protect in this world as fast as possible. Angorod saw himself pouring gasoline into a sizzling flame , after he had bathed in tar.


    All 6 of them appraoched him carefully without making any sounds , finally revealing what they truly were. Nocturnal hunters. Beings that originated from a combination of demons and vampirs. After mixing in the mortal races they became dhampnirs.


    Dark magic and blood magic. Giving them immortal life and a never ending hunger. A hunger they couldn''t satisfie. What they hunted now , to sustain their life , was a mystery to Angorod as they couldn''t prey on mortals anymore.


    They came closer and closer Angorod saw , but he could neither hear nor sense them. Even with his enhanced hearing or smell. Cruel nocturnal hunters , that were stronger then devils and vampirs. Restless huntresses. Only female. There were NEVER males.


    All 6 were so close to him it would have been hard to push a piece of paper in between. Every single one of their eyes glowed a dark red. Just like cat eyes that reflected silver their eyes reflected the red color of blood even in pitch black darkness.


    " You shall have it all. " The elder said.


    Now all of them closed the distance and began biting his flesh. Sucking his blood out. With every new gulp they took their eyes glowed brighter and brighter due to his magical nature it strengthend them.


    He surpressed every faint moan of pain or shout of horror , while they almost gouged him out in their frenzy , until he fainted.


    .................

 Ch 15 , Fighting your urges

    His head was about to burst from a intense pain. But the rest of his body just ached as bad. Especially 8 points along his spine and 2 points on the back of his hand. Flimsy light was shining on his face through a window.


    As he lifted his hand to cover his eyes he noticed 2 small holes at the points where it hurt the most. To Angorods surprise no blood came out of those holes , but he saw blood running underneath the flesh directly where the hole was.


    He was disoriented , confused and even though he wouldn''t admit it , scared. The memorys of the ritual came flooding directly before his eyes. He used the other hand and touched his croatch and sighed a breath of relief.


    There was still something between his legs.


    " You were worried about becoming a female? " A female voice said.


    He could feel something laying right besides him in the bed he was currently on but he didn''t say a word.


    " Our elder was testing your resolve. The guardians don''t change gender. " The female voice said while giggling slightly.


    His headache became so unbearable that he fell back into a comatouse state.


    More light fell into his eyes , but this time it was more orange that told him it had do be shortly before dusk.


    " Don''t worry you are safe. " A different female voice said.


    There was this prickly feeling again that she was close by , but even though his skin didn''t touch her , it was more like he just KNEW she was there for some reason.


    For some other reason he felt perfectly secure in the surroundings he was in and even something that shocked him to the core. He felt protected , with these lingering thoughts his concsiousness drifted of once again.


    Golden light of a new morning was the next thing that blinded him as he woke up. His headache eased and his body pains had dulled. The mind was still hazy but the prickly feeling told him someone was very , very close by.


    On either side of him was 1 female that pressed their naked bodys against him. Angorod looked around and found 2 dhampnir females clinging to his arms while sleeping. They were definetly beautiful with their pale skin and the straight long black hair.


    Their regular breathing calmed him down and he felt protected once again. Without waking both of them up he sat up in the bed and crossed his ankles to shift into a more comfortable position.


    He folded his hands and it became a position that reminded him of yoga. But this was what he needed for now. Full concentration. Angorod felt weird that he was able to sleep at all , after all his body was working like a machine.


    This was the first time he HEARD his own body. The loud double thump of his heart. How every bone groaned while he shifted his position. Even when a electrical signal went through one of his nerves it made a weird sound.


    But most of all , his blood was making a sound that reminded him of a jet engine. Everytime blood coursed through his body a loud roar sounded up. Which was every second. For now he needed to block it out.


    He let his thoughts strife to everything that interested him. Numerous pictures flashed before his closed eyelids. His childhood , the wraithlings , his first girlfriend , the girl he saved from the bandits , Rick and many many more things.


    The noise quieted down but Angorod didn''t notice it as much as he '' swam '' through his own memorys. Now he saw himself reading certain scrolls of the chronicles the Idra kept. He remebered where he was and why he came here.


    Angorod dropped his memorys and concentrated on both of his hands. He saw the 2 holes on each hand and calmly watched the blood flowing beaneath the hole in his skin. He closed his eyes and pictured it before his eyes.


    1 hour passed with Angorod just sitting and meditating.


    2 hours passed as Angorod still concentrated.


    3 hours passed and Angorod heard a light conversation in the back of his head.


    4 hours passed and something brushed against his back.


    5 hours passed and he could still feel the lingering touch on his back.


    6 hours passed and it was still there , but now something ripped him out of his meditation.


    " You have done it. " A female voice said.


    Angorod opened his eyes and finally noticed the thing that was continously spinning in-front of him.


    A crimson red ball. Numerous green lines pulsed inside of this ball and they shifted and turned making it seem that they were a total different thing then the red ball that contained them.


    As Angorod kept staring at it the ball itself began to turn at an increasing speed. The rotation of the ball was getting so fast it was making a noise of rushing wind.


    " Enough. " The female voice that came straight from his shoulder said.


    The red ball began to wobble and slow down. The green lines that were once contained inside of the ball grew outside of it and arched straight into the air until they returned to Angorods hands.


    Directly into the 2 holes. They formed a '' bridge '' between the ball and his body and like a straw the red liquid got sucked up as it disappeared into his own body once again. Then the green lines disappeared as well.


    But now on each hand there were still 2 drops of this liquid that just ran down his hand. Angorod was curiousouly watching those 2 drops and lifted his hand to take a closer look.


    Like the liquid that they were they gatherd and built a drop at the palm of his hand. The one from his left hand landed on his naked thigh. The one from his right hand landed on the sheets that barely covered him.


    As soon as they made contact with the cotton surface it disentigrated. Then the liquid attacked the matraze and ate through it in a split of a second. Through the wooden frame was its next purpose and it also did this until it finally hit the stony floor where it began to boil and bubble.


    But it wasn''t enough it simply ate its way through 4 cms of hard onyx stone before it disappted leaving only violet mist behind.


    " You have received everything from us. " 6 female voices said in unison behind him.


    Angorod knew what they said was true. He gained the ability to grow through a opponents or preys blood but that was not all. Angorod also acquired the acid like ability of demons blood. But he also acquired the dhampnirs weakness from the humanoid side.


    Lust it was burning through him and even physically pained him and it needed to be satted. Lust for blood. Lust for destruction. Lust for killing. But most of all Lust for skin-ship. Like a succubus or the dhampnirs themselfs he gained power through it.


    But this wasn''t all , the holes that were lodged inside of his body were a weak point and Angorod knew it. Not so much for a human but his dragon form was most likely missing a few scales at critical places now.


    Where the holes were placed on his humanoid body , they were also there in his Dragon form. His dragon scale armor was penetrated from the start , but he acquired something greater.


    " You are our guardian , we are your prize. " The 6 female voices said behind him.


    This was also written in the chronicles of the Idra. It was , just like the oath , a verbal agreement and confirmation of the '' contract '' they formed. This contract could be broken at any second , but only by Angorod as the 6 had sworn an oath.


    But he would loose 1/6 of his power for every dhampnir he killed. This ensured the contract was fullfilled. The guardian protected the coven while the coven gave the guardian its power.


    " As i am your prize. " Angorod finished the ritual with this simple sentence.


    " What did you take from me? " Angorod asked.


    This was also something that had to do with the ritual but the Dhapmnirs choose it for themselfs what they wanted from the guardian. There were records , some took eyes others took limbs.


    " Your flames. " The elder said who still had her head on his shoulder while hugging him from behind.


    " It was a brilliant emerald colored flame , that couldn''t destroy but give life. We took it and made it our own. " The 6 stated in unison.


    Angorod simply took it as it was. He would never have a use for a '' life '' giving flame. He knew himself the best , he was a destroyer not a protector.


    " We took the flame and bear children. " The 6 stated in unison once again.


    Angorod also knew that these 6 children would all be female and would increase his power. Rituals would have to be made and sacrifices while the babys were still in the womb. Depending on the sacrifice they could acquire powers that were beyond anythings reach.


    But all these powers would increase Angorod''s power in return. Nobody every said he had to sacrifice himself , a wild dragon would do.


    '' Or even that white wyvern bitch ... '' Angorod thought sinister.


    Even though they were '' created '' with Angorod , they shared no genetical code as they were formed from his original life giving emerald flame. Dhapmnirs couldn''t '' receive '' children they used their mates magic and grew them.


    " Master , what do you wish to do? " The elder said as she nuzzled her cheek against his broad shoulder.


    '' Master that definetly has a good ring to it . '' Angorod thought while smiling a crocked smile.


    He thought about it for a few seconds and looked out of the window. Orange light was still quite a bit of but he wanted to hunt , to satisfie his needs for blood and murder.


    " Later let''s hunt , but for now .... "


    All 7 smiled.


    ...................


    Angorod became stronger and stronger over the course of 2 months. But in these 2 months he hadn''t shifted to his Dragon form once. He had no time to do so. While killing men and beast alike in the burning deserts with sometimes only his hands , but most of the time with 2 axes he had found , he was enchanted by the smell of fresh blood.


    During the other times ... well he always had to do something. Controlling his new powers was a trivial matter now and he only used these when he stumled upon one of those 15m scorpions in the desert.


    Quick prey for him was everything their lifes amounted to. Angorod had changed. Not so much his apperance it was still the same bronze combined with long green hair , but his mentality.


    Everything he came across was killed. Man , beast and other things. He became cruel and destructive. But the most destructive thing about was his cruelness. Angorod broke through beast bellys while they were still alive and ripped them open from inside out.


    For some reason he began to love it to be drenched in blood and pieces of a caracass. The Dhampnir coven began to mind it as well. They thought he was drunk on powers he couldn''t yet control properly.


    They were right.


    He needed self control and one day the elder had to talk about it with him.


    " Love , you need to gain self control. " She simply stated while once again pressing her naked flesh on his back and having her head on his shoulders.


    " Hmm? Thought you liked it that way. " Angorod said matter of factly while before him 6 small balls of blood rotated.


    " Not that. I meant your hunting. You need to learn how to control the urges of murder and blood. All of us are concerned. "


    She already tried this same approach once before , so Angorod was complelty sure it would end in a failure , like last time. But this Dhampnir , that probably was over 1000 years old had other plans. With her small canines she playfully bit in his shoulder.


    A shudder jolted through Angorod as she began to lick along the line of his neck.


    " There is a monastary further north from here. They are some kind of crafters. They also prize themselfs over their self control. " She purred on his neck.


    The oldest , most brutal and effective method for a women to get what she wanted. Angorod leaned his neck towards her but she simply blew on the trail of saliva she had left on his neck.


    Angorod growled and she giggled.


    " Go there , learn the craft and come back. " Sofia said.


    ..............


    The next day Angorod was standing in the wide courtyard of the monastary facing 6 very beautiful females. Some would have been repulsed by their red eyes , but Angorods '' fire '' was even more fueld at the sight.


    Each of them hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheeck. Angorod jumped on the roof of the repaired well and from there he jumped straight into the air. A green mist covered him and in his stead a ferocious beast of a dragon appeared.


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    His claws had less scales then before and he felt a slight breeze at the back of his spine where more scales were missing. When he first beat his wings the black dresses of the Dhampnir coven was furiously whipped around along with their hair.


    But soon shouts errupted at the courtyard , as Angorod destroyed the wells roof once again with his long tail. Laughing he beat his wings furiously and was headed north.


    He left the desert quickly and the landscape changed from sand to a brimming vegetation with hills and mountains. Further along the way more mountains greeted him and the vegetation declined.


    Soon the first snow fell on Angorods snout and the area became colder and colder. During the day after he had hunted some mammoth looking things he opened the map Sofia , the elder of the dhampnirs , gave him.


    With his current speed he could reach the outskirts of the next town in one hour just before the sun would set. He sighed , as he really wanted to sleep in a bed for once. Immediatly he shifted into his dragon form and flew the rest of the way.


    ................


    He landed 5 kms outside of the town and shifted back to his humanoid form. He had '' brand new '' equipment he had taken of some unsuspecting players that camped during the night a few days before.


    It was a leather torso armor , with matching metal arm and leg guards. He also had acquired a backpack from them with a few rations water flasks and some other things. Nothing really fit him , due to the incredible size difference.


    But he also got 100 gold pieces , due to hunting more players in the area. He had killed about 100 players who carried around 1 gold piece. 1 gold was an incredible sum to carry around for a player at the moment.


    There were banks , where you could deposite your money so no player killer could take your money , so most used them to '' save '' their money. But the richest player at the moment was a merchant with 29 gold to his name , bank or on his person. From a ranking system of the > Other World < game.


    There were proably a few richer people but they just didn''t register for these rankings. Nonetheless even having 1 gold made you a rich person in this game. 1 gold was enough for a complete set of mediocre plate armor a horse and a good sword.


    But Angorod wouldn''t spend much of his righteously '' acquired '' money. Just basic armor like the mis sized armor he had now and some throwing knifes and hatches. He had no use for dual axes as he had taken them from people in the desert previously.


    He had no use for human armor at the moment , but it was never bad to have a set around when the situation arises for a comfortable bed or when he needed information.


    Angorod had summoned his grey robe and put it on to hide the mismatched armor. With the backpack and the 2 axes he looked just like any > Other worlder < , besides his incredible size. He still chuckled about the weird feeling of '' clothing '' and '' armor '' around him.


    As this place was different , even in the desert he mostly hunted naked even in his humaoid form. Maybe it had something to do with being a Dragon that the feeling of shame disappeared.


    Angorod reached the wooden palisade pretty quickly but there the first problem rose up. A nauseas feeling attacked him as soon as he saw the human guards. The cold shiver on his back that told him to murder to drink their blood.


    Not that he needed their blood to surive after all he could eat regular food and loved some good cooked meat , but his instincts told him blood was the most delicious.


    He swallowed hard and approached the guards.


    " Hey , i want to resupply get some new armor and spend a night in a warm and comfortable bed. " Angorod stated before the guards could question him.


    They seemed to measure up this incredible large sized human in-front of him. But his quite handsome feats were directly recognized as something '' good and nice '' and they waved him through without further ado.


    But could they have been more wrong?


    After asking a few women for the way to the marketplace he arrived there quickly. He smelled the different scents of spices , oil and everything around him that luckily blocked out the stench of blood.


    There was one building that incredibly stunk and Angorod headed there first , directly knowing what that smell was.


    A bell resounded around him as he opened the door and a voice came through a back door.


    " Be right there! " A female voice shouted from the door.


    Her accent was heavy , but every kingdom had its own accent of sorts in this game , which just added a even more life feeling to this > Other World < .


    Angorod looked around at the wares drapped over wooden manekins or displayed in cases , but he wasn''t bothered by the smell at all. Soon the door flew open and a elfen female stepped out of the door.


    As she saw him , after Angorod had turned around , she swallowed her own saliva back before she started drooling. Angorod noticed this and smiled a lazy smile. She almost came running towards him and shook his hands.


    " Oh no i still have the oil on my hands im sorry! " She pleaded frantically.


    Angorod noticed the black traces on his fingers but simply whipped them of on his brown robe. After this he smiled.


    " Don''t worry , i don''t care about dirt. "


    " O-okay ... Ahh! How may i help you today? " The elf said.


    " I need some armor. Chest piece and something to guard my thighs. "


    The elf now eyed him with a certain look. Before she was blushing furiously and her eyes darted from left to right to avoid his gaze. But now she critically eyed every inch of his torso and thighs.


    For some reason Angorod thought that he was naked and the feeling of lust assaulted him directly. The female was asking him something frequently but he couldn''t hear it as he was fighting down his urge.


    " ... llo... ou ... ere ? "


    " Hello you there? "


    Finally her speech reached Angorods brain after he had fought his lust back. At this moment he truly realized that the Dhampnir coven was right. He needed to control this somehow but he still didn''t understand what was wrong with killing and bathing in their intestines or blood.


    " Yes .. sorry. I was distracted for a second. What was it? " Angorod still talked through his clenched teeth as he smelled the blood that coursed through the elfs veins.


    Especially as he started to wonder if elf blood tasted the same as human blood. He was curious , terribly so , but he fought back the urge.


    " I don''t have a animal hide here big enough. Bolting a few together or sewing them will have a negative effect. Leather workers aren''t Tailors you know. I''ll need to cook the pieces of leather to make them more durable and harder doing that with multiple pieces will make them brittle. " The elf explained.


    " Those large wolly mammoths outside , will their hide do? " Angorod asked non-chalantly while hiding his urge.


    " Yeah that would be great , but there is another animal out there somewhere with a really good hide. It''s skin is slick and sort of slimy but it''s as hard as granite. But the monster is dangerous , it could swallow you whole. " The elf said.


    Angorod placed down his back-pack and retrieved the map from inside after rummaging through it. He spread it out and pointed out the village they were currently at.


    " Where does it appear? " Angorod asked.


    She pointed to a certain location a 3 days march away from their current location.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have been granted a Quest , retrieve the hide!


    There is a giant snake like monster living in the swamps north of the village. The leatherworker said she will make you a armor out of its skin.


    Quest difficutly: C+


    Reward: Armor made from its skin.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod quickly agreed and left the village in the direction she pointed to. As soon as the village was out of sight he dropped his back-pack and the weapons strapped to his back as a green mist enveloped his form.


    He shook the long green hair and clenched his green claws before he began to ran. After 10 steps he unfurled his wings and beat his wing. Instantly the draft lifted him 20 meters of the ground but he still beat his wings. Faster and faster until he reached the clouds.


    Angorod flew over the clouds to conceal himself from the eyes of mortals , but there was a basic reason behind this as well. He gained points in subtely for it which made him quite happy.


    It took him around 3 hours to arrive at the destination , after all flying was alot faster then walking or riding. His surroundings was a marshy land with thick liquid. From time to time a large snake surfaced on the surface of this water.


    Angorod circled around the swamp numerous times as he looked at the incredibly huge snake. The swamp was about 2 square kilometeres big and the snake surfaced at 5 points at the same time.


    This snake was easily 200-300 meteres long and now Angorod had no doubt why this was a C+ quest.


    Just recently he read up a little on how others were progressing on the net. There he found out that a C rank quest was for lvl 125 and higher. But a C+ quest could be solved by a raid party of 100 people with that level.


    Angorods level was a measly 79 at the moment but he was stronger then any the whole group. Not because he could switch to a dragon form but instead because he didn''t rely on levels.


    Most players grinded low leveled monsters so the chance of dying was minimal. But those low level monster granted 0.01% experience for a level 100 or higher. Even a monster 100 levels above you own level would still only grant a player 0.01 % xperience for the next lvl.


    The same amount so the players only saw the levels , which allowed them to equip better items. Items that gave 70 to 100 strength just for equipping. But were the shiny things that a human covered himself with really strength?


    Even in the real world , if a person in the army was sitting in a tank with ridicioulus fire power there was always a sniping rifle with specialized equipment that brought it down.


    But what was strength for in the first place? Your carrying capacity increased. Not the damage your weapons did. But damage increased with higher leveld weapons. Was this though all this game was about?


    Gaining the highest level to achieve even greater things? Angorod doubted that. He was a humanoid / dragon and he still felt weak. Even though he had this incredible skill set from the Dhampnirs he felt weak.


    Not because of his lower level compared to the rest , but because of something very fundamental. He felt scared that somebody , maybe the only ones he truly cared about , could die because he is so weak.


    Isn''t a game always about how you perceive it? Is fighting and hording glory and fame the only things this close to real life experience game amounted too? Wasn''t this an > other world < where the players had to find a place in they were comfortable?


    At those thoughts Angorod was kind of pissed , but mostly because of his urge for murdering overcame him. With this he simply folded his wings close to his body and dropped from 1 km in height towards the swamp.


    But as it was a beast it noticed the change in pressure that came from above so a head of a snake , that could easily swallow a 25 meter tall Dragon whole , emerged from the murky waters.


    Now Angorod had realized his mistake , he could have just waited till it shed its skin and take that back to the leather worker. But now it was to later for all this.


    He spread his claws out front and arched his back so his hind claws also where up front , ready to rip and rend the flesh of his enemy. Even his tail joined and he adjusted the drift of the air around him with his wings so he came flying towards the beast with its opened maw.


    Angorod came closer and closer and wanted to fly right besides the beasts head and rip out its eye , but this beast was alot faster then he anticipated.


    It simply moved its head at a incredible speed and swallowed Angorod without even chewing.

 Ch 16 , the title!

    '' My god this is gross... '' Angorod thought as he traveled through the oesophagus of the giant snake.


    The muscles cramped down around him , to shove his still living body even further. Suddendly Angorod felt a pain that didn''t come from being constricted all around , it was more like a stinging pain that started on his claws and wings.


    '' Stomach acid! '' Angorod came to the conclusion.


    Immediatly he summoned 2 large sized chrimson balls. With concentration he flattend the balls until they were only as wide as a single piece of paper and they started to rotate along the flat side.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Using your blood to form magic you have lost 1000 health for each ball you produced.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod knew this , after all it came from his own body and he understood the workings of his bodily '' mechanics '' more then the average person. Even though the blades were 1 meter in diameter they could only cut small gashes into the beasts insides.


    The beast roared nonetheless but the stinging pain of being digested didn''t ease in the slightest. In fact the constriction around him tightend even more. Something bigger then those spiraling discs was required for this.


    Even though he hadn''t tested this out before , his skill allowed him to do things others would deam impossible.


    His heartbeat increased. Burning pain not only assaulted his outsides but also his insides now. The roaring of the blood coursing through his veins intensified as he increased the speed of the blood in his own veins.


    As his veins were almost unable to take all the pressure that was lead through them Angorod released all of it through any opening he head. Out of his ears , nose , mouth , hands and along his spine the blood oozed out.


    A spiral his own size started to rotate with him as the center of gravity. Angorod chuckled at the prospect of turning into Jupiter with his asteroid like belt. But instead of being made of asteroids it was his own blood that turned and flowed at an incredible speed.


    Like a saw it started to slice the beast right through. As it had already sliced it half open the blood couldn''t reach any further so Angorod made the spiral even thicker with the small disks he had formed before.


    It took him 15 precious seconds to retrieve the disks into his system and releasing them as part of the bigger spiral.


    Violently the big snake tossed and turned crying out its last hiss as a spiral of blood ripped through its belly. Soon the whole snake fell into 2 pieces and out of it came a battered and bruised dragon.


    Immediatly he collapsed and all of the blood that spiraled around him lost its point of concentration. Uselessly it splattered to the floor and it started to mix with the snakes bodily fluids.


    But those fluids and the snake itself disintigrated immediatly at the touch of the blood. The dark and sinister magic of demons was bundled in his blood which disintigrated everything at touch.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>A skill has increased.


    Apprentice Blood control mastery rank 1 , 0%( F , skill rank )


    Propertys to combine with your blood available 2.


    First propety: Demonic ( Disintigration magic is stored in your blood.)


    Second property: Undecided ( acquire 1 certain blood type with extra propetys in masses.)</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Even though he had collapsed he heard the tring and through his iron like will he held on to his conciousness. He knew it was only a F rank skill but , even though skills were '' bad '' in regards of skills did it matter if you could use them for things like this?


    Angorod knew this magic didn''t make him invincible and it was a 2 edged sword. After all one had to sacrifice his own life force to use this at all , which in turn left the user weakend. But it was still powerful and power was what he needed.


    Now he had even acquired a second property that his own body would recreate if he decided it. He immediatly thought about all the poosibilitys.


    '' Angels blood ... healing effects. '' Was his first thought but he soon discarded the idea.


    This was a to precious opportunity to waste so he would indulge in studys later on , after he had acquired enough information about monsters that roamed the > Other world <. He already thought about the possibility to absorb even more Demons blood.


    His blood wasn''t only limited to 1 property of a certain beast type. He could also gain propertys of beasts and immortals simply by consuming their flesh.


    But for gaining the best effect , he would need to acquire Information and for being patient enough to not bathe and swallow every puddle of blood he saw he needed the control those crafters the coven had told him about.


    While thinking that he needed to acquire the control over his urges , he was already crawling towards the snakes caracass while slurping up its thick blood.


    ................


    After 1 day he had completly recovered his strength and ability to concentrate , but half of the snake had disappeared inside of his throat. Even while it turned dark outside he simply clawed himself a way into the still relativly warm flesh of the beast and went to sleep inside of it.


    Angorod knew this should be scary but he just enjoyed the kill and blood around him. While asleep he seemed to have eaten more flesh of the beast and slurped some blood. He was heavily relived after he saw that the new property he gained was still available.


    After all there were only 5 different grades to skills. It started out with nothing before it moved on to apprentice. After gaining enough experience for 10 ranks in a skill , it would go to apprentice. After apprentice it was junior journeyman , senior journeyman and lastly master.


    Nothing more nothing less. Angorod even groaned at the thought of having to level up his now apprentice skill even further. He read on the forums of the > Other World < that it took 3 times the time it took from normal to apprentice.


    He used a disk of his rotating blood to tear up more flesh and seperate the skin from bones and tissue. But every so often , when he relaxed for 1 moment , he grabbed a piece of bloody meat and swallowed it.


    '' This is getting really annoying .... '' Angorod thought.


    After gaining about 10 square meters of the hide he held it tightly and was about to jump into the air to take of. But there in the dirt were 2 shiny little crystals. Angorod , as the dragon kin he was , couldn''t walk by and not take them.


    With a glint of greed in his eyes he picked them up and flew off back to the village.


    ..............


    He was far enough away so they wouldn''t see him land in his dragon form , right where he had dropped his back-pack , weapons and the mismatched armor. But a new problem occured.


    Angorod in his human form couldn''t carry this roughly 6*2 meter piece of hide. Not only because it was way to big and couldn''t fit in his backpack but also it was way to heavy in his frail humanoid body.


    He quickly thought about slicing it apart , but he also wasn''t sure how big a piece of hide had to be before it was made into a actual piece of leather. From rumours he had heard hides shrunk when they were tanned.


    His thoughts went to just throwing it into the town while in Dragon form and appearing from a side street during the cover of night to just killing the guards and all townspeople until they didn''t care if he was a dragon or not.


    The last actually sounded really reasonable to Angorod , but then he remembered something. He couldn''t kill females ... Or at least he didn''t want to. Ever since he saved the girl from those bandits shortly after he started he had a soft spot for the opposite gender.


    Angorod just shrugged his shoulders and threw took one edge of the hide into both hands. He pressed his feet heavily into the ground and dragged it along the road. Alot of merchants and most likely players , wondered at this weird overgrown guy.


    Some players , because of his behaviour and even before that his height , thought he was an npc with a quest so they talked him up. After a few ... guttural curses to which even a sailor would blush later they left him alone.


    This thing was heavy and in 1 hour he only made half a kilometer. It took him most of the day to make it back to the village and he was seriously pissed enough half way through to reconsider killing the guards and everyone who wanted to fight in the village.


    After the 5th group of players had already asked him for a quest he even considered killing everything in 100 leagues around the village and completly tear down the village , while he danced on the corpses of the towns people.


    He considered himself very generous that he didn''t want to piss on the corpses after he danced on them.


    '' ... I really need to get this under control... '' Angorod thought as he reached the gate of the town.


    " Been here a day ago or 2 can''t really remember , this is for the elf in the plaza. " Angorod said while he pointed at the hide.


    As they remebered his face , that he washed while he was in Dragon form to not disgruntle or shock the poor little humans , they waved him through while wondering what that thing was he dragged along with him.


    Everybody be it old or young , man or woman , player or npc turned their heads at the sight of a 2.5m tall , very handsome , person dragging along something that closely resembled an oil tarp.


    It definetly had the shinyness of a sailing ships sails , as they were completly drenched in a certain oil to catch the air better , but that was the creatures fault. Snakes after all have a slimy body that prevents scratches from rocks and sharp objects.


    Angorod was completly exhausted after this endevaour and still fought with himself to kill everybody in his field of vision at the moment , but the elf came running out of the building at the moment.


    " ... How the hell did you get this here so fast? " The elf shouted towards Angorod who had just collapsed on the side of the road.


    " * Huff* Dragged it ... here ... * huff* " He replied still laying on the dirty road.


    " Where is your party? " The elf once again asked.


    " What party? "


    " To get close enough to a piece of moat of this beast you need to kill all the giant alligators and birds of prey around the area! "


    " Damn i could have gotten the moat? That would have been so much better then killing it. " Angorod replied sarcastically , after all it was to late by the time he had thought about it.


    " ... "


    The complete plaza , that previously was whispering about the weird guy , grew silent in a instant.


    " Is that the Vitras skin? " A older dwarf asked the elf in-front of Angorod.


    Angorod only knew , due his heigtend sense of smell that this dwarf actually was a dwarf who had come from the throng of onlookers. His line of sight was straight up into the air and he was viewing the clouds , to exhausted to even move his head.


    " Aye that it is. He said he killed it. " The elf told the dwarf.


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    " Good joke , that moat is pretty well preserved. " The dwarf asked in return.


    " No mayor , HE killed it. " The elf repeated herself.


    " Did it , dwarf. Don''t you dare question me , go to the swamp yourself it''s still rotting there. " Angorod angrily interrupted their conversation.


    Both the elf and dwarf now came into Angorods field of view and eyed him critically. Angorod was still to exhausted to even think about moving so he just stared up ahead.


    Now they both turned around to view the hide Angorod had brought back and they disappeared from his field of view. They unfolded the hide and saw that it was bigger then they expected.


    " By the gods! There is still blood all over the thing! " The elf shouted while she examined it closer.


    " Well im not a leather worker what do you expect , a perfect job from any amateur that comes by? Then you wouldn''t have a job. " Angorod grunted towards her.


    Just a few seconds longer all were completly silent and then they broke out in cheers. Everybody old , young , female , male EVERYBODY started to celebrate. On the spot hundreds of kegs of ale or mead were miracously conjured.


    But in reality they just rolled them out of their shops or homes.


    The dwarf came back to him and violently shook Angorods hands.


    " Thank you , thank you for getting rid of the north-east plague Vitras! " The mayor almost seemed to cry while he said that , but it were tears of joy.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>For killing one of the monsters that were blocking mortals progression you have gained a title and a skill.


    Title: The saviour


    Due to your unique race , you can''t gain this skill.


    Instead your racial make-up has transformed something in your non-humanoid form that belonge to the great snake Vitras.


    This takes up a the new acquired proficiency of your Blood control mastery.


    Gained 2000 Fame.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Angorod was stunned. He couldn''t move while the dwarf was still shaking his hand out of gratitude. Now even Angorod smiled. But at this smile everyone began to run away. Not a warm smile , a cruel very cruel smile that was only seen on insande beasts.


    " You ... dwarf ... You ruined my all precious skill. " Angorod couldn''t care that he was using player only words on a npc.


    Even the dwarf was trying to worm his way out of Angorods hands but the iron grip just intensified. Terror and panic radiated from the dwarfs eyes and everyone else was just watching from the distance.


    " Do you want to know how i killed the snake? " Angorod asked with a dead-pan voice.


    The poor dwarf had just pissed his own pants and heavily shook his pants. Nobody would judge him for pissing his pants they felt the same way.


    " You do don''t you. "


    Again he was only able to cry and shake his head.


    " Let me show you then. " Not one drop of emotion had entered Angorods voice.


    Angorod released blood from his spine , mouth , eyes , ears , hands and everywhere else and formed it onto the spiral he had used it before.


    Every building around him was instantly cut to shreds and disappeared as the demonic blood disintigrated it.


    " You see i was in his mouth , wandered down its throat and then while i was in his belly i used this to cut em up ~ ALLLL ~ nice and good from the insides. " Angorod continued.


    He was still quite fatigued and all of his blood hadn''t recovered yet , but also because he was in his human form , so the throng of people that watched weren''t affected by the spiral , much to Angorods dismay.


    " You wan''t to know how that feels , little dwarf? " Angorod said his voice still dead-pan.


    But the dwarf had passed out at his last sentence. Angorod clicked his tongue and turned around to face the leatherworker.


    " Stop gawking , make my gods-damn armor , wench! You have 2 days before i destroy the village with everyone in it! " Angorod whispered towards the leatherworker.


    At this moment at least 50% of the people gathered there leaked and it appeared on their dresses , pants or whatever they wore.


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Title Saviour has changed.


    New title: The contemptible.


    Everybody that has heard of you will do your bidding , just to avoid being under your scorn. This highly affects interactions with Npcs , as they will be intimiated. Some Kingdoms might hunt you.


    You are able to release your Dragon form in whatever form you are currently in.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    * tring*


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You will be called the nefarious from now on and this will be your fame.


    Due to your title you have become so notorious that your infamy and fame have become merged to 1.


    Every increases in fame will directly be associated with todays notorious deed and thus your fame as well as infamy will be regarded as the same.


    Infamy has been removed.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Most children and old people began to cry and the rest were frozen solid out of fear. Just the elf that was the leatherworker ran by and entered her shop as she prepared to harden the snakes leather.


    .................


    With a new leather armor , which had some wickid design on it , Angorod was happily walking along the road. He also bought some new leather shin and arm guards , with the same design etched in.


    He still wore his brown robes over all of it and had both his axes strapped to his back. There were also quite a few throwing hatches located at his belt and about 12 throwing knifes somewhere placed on his body , in hidden locations of course.


    Some new boots , were at least 6 of those knifes were located , made from the snakes leather gave the finishing touches to the ensamble and somehow Angorod felt really good about it.


    Even though , as he was now out of sight from the village he had just left , he completly undressed and filled his backpack with the items he had acquired. He was also incredibly happy the villagers '' offered '' everything for free when he went and purchased the wares.


    He transformed , after he stripped down , and grabbed his backpack with his hind claws as he took off. Finally , after the fight with the Vitra snake , he was able to start out of a standing position and had no need for a run before he could take off.


    Angorod went so far as to hume a tune while in flight , closing in on his original destination.


    Just as they day reached its end he found a herd of 10 of those mammoths and he tested out the new ability he gained due to the '' circumstances '' that lead to his new title. Which he really loved , it was such a pretty name after all.


    He swoped down on the herd and directly arched his body. The motion he had done from the back of his throat could be comparible to purposefully throwing up. But instead of his stomache juices something different came out.


    A fine emerald colored dust sprayed out of his mouth directly towards the herd. The 2 leading alphas of the heard planted their feet in the ground and were about to charge him when the dust touched them.


    First their skin disappeared , after this their flesh and muscles but to top it off even the white of their bones melted into nothingness.


    Angorod sucessfully , or more out of coincidence , acquired the snakes '' spraying '' mechanism of the poison it had. But this wasn''t poison. Somehow or another the spraying mechanism combined the snakes poison with the acidical propertys of his blood and created a even more lethal coctail.


    Thus he had acquired a weapon that replaced his dragons breath. At the moment it was only a fine dust , as the glands for producing this coctail weren''t fully developed yet , but in time it would probably grow. Angorod was certain.


    But now he faced a new problem. How the hell is he supposed to eat something when he just now annihilated the whole herd , on an atmoic level , with his underdeveloped breath attack?


    Clearly not at all. It was more of a reflex to want to face-palm himself but his body acted acordingly and wacked his short muzzle with his tail. Angorod was annoyed as he increased his altitude to search for his next prey , or preferred meal of the night.


    .................


    It took him another week to reach , oh what a surprise , another monastary high up in the north. But this monastary seemed to be formed out of the mountains that surrounded it. Like a piece of art , from the distance even Angorod had trouble to pin-point its location.


    So he spent 5 days travelling to said mountain and 2 whole days finding the monastary that seemed to hide within the mountain range. He was quite annoyed and thought about testing his new breath weapon on it. Just for the purpose of future siege battles of course.


    He landed out of sight and transformed into his humaoid form. Angorod had carefully placed the back-pack on the ground before he transformed and now was clothing himself properly.


    It took him 1 hour to reach the monastary , by foot , while running towards it. Nobody guarded the gates and not a soul manned the battlements. As Angorod pushed open the gates he was anticipating the usual * tring* but it never came.


    " HELLLO ? " Angorod shouted at the empty courtyard and was still waiting for a window to pop up to save some poor damsels in distress.


    No answer. He walked straight ahead towards the next set of heavy gates and didn''t even bother to knock this time as he simply kicked it open.


    " Gods-damn is someone home? " Angorod shouted.


    Still no answer. He entered and found empty halls that hadn''t been used for centurys , judging by the amount of dust on everything.


    As he walked further and further along the seemingly never ending hall he soon found something which picked his interest. A heavy oaken desk , that had seen better days , on which a old looking book was placed , still opened.


    But the thing on the chair behind him interested him even more. A skeleton. It didn''t move or talk , which Angorod would have found funny , it seemed the person that it used to be died a peaceful death inside of the chair.


    At least it had no cracks in the bones or missing parts. It was just a '' mummified '' old body. After 1 minute of examining the skeleton Angorod was bored and he flipped it out of the comfortable looking chair.


    With a look of disgust he dusted of the chair and placed himself down on it , while walking on the skeletons bones. Now as he was comfortable he pulled the book closer.


    As he skimmed through the book he quickly noticed what it was. A collection of the craft this monastary used to teach and how to acquire the methods. There was also a part about what was needed for the craft and a '' recipie '' part that explained certain processes.


    But what made Angorod sigh was the title of the book.


    > Got rage problems ?! for dummies < .

 Ch 17

Ladies and gentleman , me myself and I are proud to present to you : nothing !


    No seriously I''ve been to Germany and didn''t have time to write going back to it 2 day or 2 morrow

 Hey Folks its been quite some time.

    I don''t even know exactly why I am writing this; it''s been so long that I had almost forgotten about this part of my "personal" story.


    When RR developed into what it is today, many comments, followers, views, and everything became a thing of the past. At the time I began writing this Story, it made me so upset that I could hardly stomach it. In reflection it was a bad time but that shouldn''t have meant I put something away I poured blood into for years. With my first story being released on Baka-Tsuki long before I started writing on this platform.


    There were many other reasons, my poor inflection and writing capacity in English, general changes to life, but seeing all the comments especially a particular one I''ve recently responded to in a Dm, I''ve picked up The '' tamed '' beast. My Original plan about a month ago, when I heard of the writeathon, was to develop something unique and so I began planning. But after being Nostalgic about my little ''Dragon'' that should have had a flame of healing, I remembered all the plans I had for this. All the plot lines I had written and all the intrigue and even the scheming plans of my(and hopefully our) beloved MC. Your comments and hopeful approach has brought me a roller coaster of emotions and this is my thank you to you all.


    You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.


    The new and unique Story I had planned was scrapped, rolled into TTB and is being remade into a new Story. I''ve wanted to challenge myself with this writeathon so I have nothing prepared except the rough outline of the 11 books I have planned which will conclude with the new MC achieving his achievable long-term goal.


    This truly goes out to anyone who has waited so patiently and who is still even active here.


    Once Again, I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart and will conclude TTB in its new format.


    The Untamed beast | Royal Road</a>


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