THE SOLAR DRAGON MOUNTAINS
THE CITY OF LONG YANG
THE VARSESSA AND NISI ACADEMY OF MARTIAL AND MAGICAL ARTS
30 SEPTEMBER/ 10 NEW UNIVERSE ERA
2:13
MIKE
First Max and I had to look for a room, I had half a thought to take the elevator and head right to the top floor, but my instincts began to go haywire the moment I stepped into the west dorm's common room. I saw a shadow in front of me, or more like the blurry outline of something stood in front of me, and was waving it's hand left and right, trying to get my attention. All of a sudden I felt this chill go down my spine, it suddenly became really cold, and I was not the only one who could feel it. I turned to Max about to ask if he felt anything, seeing as I could feel and hear all the hairs on his body rise up like a dog.
"I feel it too Max, it's death!" Max answered, cutting me off before I could say anything.
Other students streamed into the common room behind us, there were two spiral staircases that led up to the next floor, and an elevator in between them, but my instincts, plus the very obvious shadow jumping up and down in front of me, drew my attention elsewhere. I tapped Max on the shoulder, and turned around, following the shadow that I could see through my bandaged eyes outside the dorm.
At this point I think I realize that what I'm seeing were not really shadows, and I wasn't seeing them in the normal sense of the word, it was more like a sense or a perception. And this sense presented itself by way of sight, I wouldn't know until more tests were ran, both on my own and by my doctors but; I think I could see souls, and if I had lost either my ears or nose, then I would probably be able to hear them and even smell them, it's just theory on my part, but the makings of a very stupid idea was beginning to take shape within my head.
As Max and I walked out of the common room, coming up on the wooden platform that led directly from the hall we just had our orientation from. Apart from the massive domed hall in the middle, the platform ran through or from the hall, going left to right from the east dorms to the west dorms, and then south to north from the docking area of the train, to the school grounds and the dorms of the senior students. But we were not heading back that way, rather the we were moving to right, moving along the mountain wall, going under multiple terraces until we came to what looked like a cave.
Since we were on a lake the water seemed to have flowed into the cave too. There was a pretty messed up and moldy boat left behind to serve as a transportation into the cave, and the soul was already on it, or i should say it was behind it, seemingly waiting to push it forwards.
"Mike I'm having this really weird feeling that we're not alone, first of all this boat is really weird, and it's giving me familiar vibes but also strange ones too." Max complained, not at all ready to jump on the boat.
"Well yes we're not alone, whether it's the girl that's been following us, she's camouflaged though, or the fact that we've been following a soul, and it's right behind the boat...."
"The only reason I think you can feel the soul, is because you're attuned to spirits. And spirits and souls are almost similar yet very different, spirits are a part of the intangible world, the things that can not be seen. However as opposed to souls, they're also a part of the waking world, capable of affecting it physically without help or a medium. For a soul to do that it needs either a host or a contractor, or at the very least it needs a vessel. I don't know how a blind prince can see souls, or even me considering how full proof my light bending abilities are. Also the dragon prince has really good senses, but you're a werewolf, and you're the sun of the most powerful spirit contractor and wind mage in existence, anyone that's smart will know that wind and spirit go hand in hand, and that spirit and souls are two Sides of the same coin."
Max and I let out a groan of frustration, if might have been a little under eight or seven years since we saw her last, but her annoying voice still haunted our dreams. Dragon princess Lillian of the mind dragon. Technological genius, biological genius, alchemist extraordinaire, a multiple talented psionic with born abilities like Telepathy, telekinesis, molecular restructure aka(diamond skin with the ability to bend light). And to make matters worse, she's known as the battle empress. As far as magic goes, this girl was absolute trash, even her father had quite a bit of talent when it came to it, particularly in the area of necromancy, but Lilian was a No Mage; a person whose body was incapable of using or even coming in contact with magic, just like my aunty Rhea.
"Oh come on don't tell me you guys didn't miss me? It's been seven years! Now come on, let's follow this soul you're seeing and find out what it wants, so that we can get back in time and find a room for our warband." Lillian rattled off as she dropped her invisibility ability and walked onto the boat, her diamond skin rapidly returning back to her normal fair skinned tone.
Lillian was really beautiful, she was older than me by two years and had one year on Max. She loved lording that over us and telling us she's the big sister. Her hair was white, not silver and blue like mine, but totally and blindly white, which of course she had cut really short. Both sides of her head was shaved down until a little bit of fuzz was left, while the middle was packed in a short pony tail, which brings me to my final conclusion about her character...…Lillian was tomboy through and through.
"Our warband! Who says we want you in it? Why don't you go join Cassiel's warband, I thought you guy's were or at least used to be friends?" Max asked her as he jumped right behind her on the boat.
"First of, I'm not really in the mood to deal with any sort of girly drama if you know what I mean. But ultimately, no offense Mikey but you sister has grown up to be such a bitch with ten foot pole stuck up her ass, I'm in no mood to deal with that sort of shit. Plus you guys are boys, I was hoping we could have a threesome."
Lillian said with a grin, prompting Max to choke on his own saliva as he hunched over the boat heaving and hacking in a violent cough. As I got on the boat I couldn't help but ask them both.
"What's a threesome?"
"...…."
"....."
"Weeeeelll...mmmph!"
"don't worry about it Mike, it's not important."
Obviously it's important, seeing as Max was covering Lillian's mouth to prevent her from saying anything. And I would have pressed them for an answer, but the soul suddenly went into the boat, causing an intense shiver to go through mine and Max's body. Lillian felt nothing, and just looked on confused as me and Max groaned and the boat started moving forwards on it's own, but all she could do was blink her eyes and say.
"oh! That's really cool, a self navigating wooden boat, should add that to the list of things I have to make, except of course the boat won't be wooden."
I paid no mind to whatever it was she was saying, and that was because the boat had picked up speed. Max and I had to hunch down and grab at it's edge so we didn't fall off, but Lillian was standing straight, unshaken, like she was some sort of elf. I looked at her feet, and sure enough the boots she had on, had metallic plates on them, and their soles were glowing purple, don't know what that was, but I want them.
Eventually the long tunnel the boat was traveling through came to an end. By my estimation, it should be about 450 to 650 meters long. That could be quite the distance for normal people, but I could probably run that distance in 15 seconds, maybe less. The boat came to a stop on a small wooden dock, the dock itself seemed old, and it was already falling apart, almost as if no one has been here in years.
There was another smaller cave ahead, part of it seems to have collapsed, but there was enough space for a couple twelve to fourteen year old, to squeeze through. This new smaller cave was dusty and very dry, touching the walls made out hand come back with a sort of grey dust that had a really weird but somewhat familiar scent. Lillian pulled out a pair of glasses and placed it on, giving herself a sort of nerdy look. The glasses lit up and had images and words running through them that we couldn't read or even understand, then she said.
"This is not dust guys, it's ash. And based on carbon dating, and the residual DNA that I've analyzed from it, this Ash has been here for just eight months, and it's all that's left of a human, and elf, and a celestial. I found traces of vampire DNA, but not enough to suggest that a vampire died here, but enough for tell me that a vampire did this. Spatial and elemental readings here are off the charts, both the darkness element and blood was used here, and it was combine and refined in such a way that a power skill was created.
These guys were fried from the inside out, and as the spontaneously combust ex, what was left of them got mixed up, which is why I could find all their DNA mixed together. Guys I think we're dealing with a murder or at least a serious crime of some sort."
I saw Max's ear twitch, resisting the urge to groan in frustration I pushed past them and walked out of the smaller tunnel until I came out into a cavern. The cavern was large, and it had an elevated island right in the middle of it. There was house there, a really large one, practically a manor or mansion. The island had bridges to reach it from where I was standing, but underneath the bridge there was a dries out stream with the dried out bones of dead fishes, turtles and quite a few other aquatic creature.
The island had a few trees arranged around it, but they were dead, in fact the entire cavern was covered with a light coating of ash, and through some of those ash the remains and bones of an orc a, Naga or Lamia, and even a giant was seen. Whoever went crazy and started killing people here did not just target three of the main races responsible for keeping vampires imprisoned for hundreds of thousands of years, they went after everyone.
I took a step forward and the soul appeared in front of me again. It was shaking its arm and moving it's body frantically, but I couldn't understand what it was trying to tell me. I stretched out my hand to try and calm it down, and in the process I touched it, and this happened.
[YOUR SOUL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THIS REMNANT AGGRIEVED SOUL....COMMENCING CONTRACT]
First of all I felt as if all the blood in my body was being drained, then my heart began to beat really fast, and then my heart beat was not just my own, but that of another. All of a sudden I could see, feel, touch and hear in a much more different manner than normal. I felt an energy in my body, soul energy and it was increasing and decreasing in a rapid state, then I felt feelings that were not mine. Anger, joy, regret, pain and vengeance.
"What the actual fuck is that!" I heard Max shout as I looked up and saw that the soul now had a corporeal body, it was a lion cub.
[PARTS OF THIS SOUL HAS ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED SO REMEBRANCE OF ITS OLD FORM AND MEMORIES ARE IMPOSSIBLE. NEW FORM HAS BEEN CREATED BASED ON THE SPIRIT ANIMAL OF THE HOST AND THE CONTRACTED SOUL'S PREVIOUS RACE. THE SOUL WAS A THERIANTROPE (WERELION)]
• NAME:??????
• RACE: SOUL BEAST/ WAIL LION CUB (+)
• RANK: G / LEVEL 0 (0%)
• STR 10/ AGI 10/ PHY 10/ ENE 20/
PASSIVE SKILLS:
• SOUL BODY (RANK I) LEVEL 1
• SOUND MASTERY (RANK I) LEVEL 1
ACTIVE SKILLS:
• WAIL (RANK I) LEVEL 1
• AMPLIFY (RANK I) LEVEL 1
{Wail Lions are a special breed of monsters with advanced and really powerful vocal chords. While it's know that lions and their roars can make even the strongest of men feel fear, Wail lions can hit a variety of notes giving them great mastery over sound and it's attacks. Wail lions have terrible defense and are particularly weak around their throat area, however they're also one of the most versatile beast races as they can evolve in a variety of ways. Their attacks are usually sound and wind based, with the special effects of affecting a person's soul. While their battle capabilities are limitless, wail lions are docile creatures and can be taught to sing with an orchestra.}
[YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE CLASS {SOUL DRUID}]
"Mike I don't know if you notice it, but....dude you're glowing! And there's a really large cat on your head!"