UNKNOWN LOCATION
UNKNOWN TIME
MIKE
How I'm supposed to save this little girl, I really had no idea. But after a while she doesn't seem harmless, at least when she's not being massive humanoid blob monster. But even so, there were still a lot of things I didn't understand, and I hope she would be able to tell me.
"Can you tell me your name? And how you got here?" I asked her with a soft voice as I sat crossed legged on the ground, looking up at her.
"Well my name?, my name is....my name is.....I can't remember my name. But it's okay, that's what this place does, if you stay here long enough, you tend to forget things....but you also learn a lot too you know. Can you tell me your name?" She asked me as she sat down in front of me.
"My name is Michael, but my friends and family call me Mike or in extremely annoying cases Mikey." I answered her as I moved my gaze around, hoping to at least see some kind of change. But everything just remained the same, white, bleak and empty.
"It's a beautiful name, the name of an angel, a leader.....but it's also the name of war. You're going to have blood on your hands, lot's of blood."
At first when she said I had a beautiful name, along with the subsequent compliment of it being an angel's name, I felt flattered. But then I felt as if someone had thrown a stone into the pit of my stomach, I don't know much about angels as they're only myths, but stories say they're guardians of creation and are even more powerful than the gods. I take it that means they're more violent, and being likened to war, or being told that I'm going to have blood on my hands freaked me out. I really don't know how to react to that.
"I was born in the city close to your academy, my mother and my father are bakers, we were happy.....at least I think we were. This place makes what remains of my memories a little fuzzy. I don't know how long it's been, but sometime ago, a couple of students from the big school deep in the valley came into town, they bought lots of goods from my parents and even played with me.
They were nice to me, they bought me sweets and gave my parents a generous tip. Then they left, and we were happy because at the time the bakery wasn't doing too well, and the money they had given would help make things easier for a few months. But that night something weird happened, our house was broken into. For the most part no one was hurt and nothing was taken, well nothing except me.
They brought me here, to this place, this house, to a huge underground basement where they had all gathered in preparations. They told me that I had been chosen by a goddess, that I had a purpose to fill the void and create the gateway needed for her to return and bless us, for all our destinies to be fulfilled."
Her story was taking a rather dramatic turn, and while the idea of a girl being kidnapped from her bed in the dead of bight wasn't new, I couldn't help but shudder at what might have happened next, or at least what I'm thinking happened next. But I had to ask though, I needed to know.
"I don't get it, who was returning?" she looked up at me with an expressionless look on her face and said.
"The Demon Goddess Of War; Kali."
I felt as if a bomb had gone off in my head, that name rang a bell, iron rang a really loud one. Because after all, the spear and the sword Cassiel and Ariel use in fighting and training, where made from the split pieces of her divinity. Though not many people knew that both girls were walking around with god killing weapons. I hated those weapons, I used to think owning god killing weapons were cool, until I lost my original eyes and almost lost my life to one.
Kali was an old enemy of my father, a goddess and one of the main reasons why Transylvania, the ancestral home of the vampires, was now covered with demonic vampires, undead ghouls, vampiric thralls, and evil conniving bitches like Veronica. She infected the land with her very own essence, changing and perverting the races and landscape to suit her needs, a place where she would always be worshipped.
But things didn't turn out like she planned, and she had asked my dad to retrieve the scattered pieces of her divinity. He did do so, then he kicked her ass and sent her too.....oh my God!
"Is this the VOID?" I asked the little girl with shock and horror in my voice.
"Yes, some people call it that. I like to call it the temple of salvation and condemnation. Can I finish my story now?" she looked up to me and asked with a somewhat annoyed tone. I gave her nod to continue, my head swimming with thoughts as my confusion bubbled to the surface.
"The ceremony they said only needed the blood of an innocent, just a drop they said. Well I guess it was just a drop they took, I think they had every intention of getting me back home safe, they were just a bunch of kids after all. But Kali needed, no she wanted more than I was ready to give. She tore a hole from the void, using my body as a gateway, and when she left she possessed the nearest and most compatible person, and that was a vampire.
And then she proceeded to slaughter everyone and everything living in this place, she sent a past of my soul here, to take her place in this prison of hers. And what remained of my soul and my still living body was twisted beyond recognition to something terrible. I'm still alive, but I'm so scared and I've been so alone. Please save me! It hurts so much and it's so lonely here."
There has always been cases of demonic summoning going wrong, but this was serious and even more dangerous than I expected. Just like Cornelius, an old enemy of my father who came back for revenge and took my eyes, Kali would definitely want revenge and the most probable way to hurt my father was either through me or my sister; which means that we're in even more danger being in the academy than outside of it.
"Do you know the name or at least the face of the vampire that was possessed by Kali?" I asked with a hopeful tone in my voice. If I could maybe identify her I might be able to get help and come up with a stable plan to keep me and my sister alive, long enough for my dad to return and finish the job.
"I don't remember, I don't know! Please save me, it's so lonely here." It was obvious asking any more questions wouldn't help the girl, and I really wanted to know, but obviously she was panicking and not really willing to go down memory lane. I couldn't help but wonder what my dad would do in this sort of situation, how would he react to a helpless crying soul that almost murdered him, or in this case me.....
"Give me your hands, let me help you." I said to her, giving her the warmest smile I could muster at the moment.
She looked up at me, her innocent brown eyes glistening with tears. She reached her hand towards mine, and I pulled her up, just as the entire world seemed to explode in a flash of light and warmth, and the most beautiful sound and melody was being played in the process. I was lost in it, and then everything went dark, but just before it went dark I got a message.
[Purification of a Cursed Innocent soul has been completed! Body form has be reconstituted, however due to extensive damage and exposure to the corruption and entrapping power of the void, and the destructive and demonic energies of a demon goddess; the body can no longer retain it's human race and qualities. It has been changed to Voidling, class is to be determined.]
[Congratulations! You have bonded with a new pet! [Adolescent Voidling Banishing Demon]
[Congratulations You Have Reached Level 2]
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When I opened my eyes again I was on a hospital bed, or at least I was on what seemed like one. There were bandages over my eyes again, and based on the sticky wet feeling and the aches I'm currently feeling, it seems my eyes have been bleeding for a while. The bandages over my eyes seemed to be soaked with blood, and while that might be a cause for alarm, I could still feel my eyes, which means they're still intact, just a little strained.
"You gave me quite a scare there little Lion." A voice said besides me. The moment I heard his voice I almost jumped off the bed and into his arms, but I had to be sure he was the one and I was talking to.
"Dad?"
"Yes son, it's me, or at least a clone of me; don't ask me how it works, I still have no idea how Kodak pulled it off, all I know is that I'm here and I'm somewhere else. Anyway Kodak felt the need to have new teachers around since most of the old teachers had left for one reason or another, it's fishy and quite suspicious so there was no other choice but for him to get people he trusted. Anyway it's a win win situation, he gets a group of very powerful and legendary teachers, and most of these teachers get the quality time with their children that they're so desperate for. But either way, you did good young lion; saving that young soul at your age and level of power is something I would never have been able to do, I'm proud of you. But that's enough of that, wrong should talk about your school matters. For now I'll teaching topics on runes and the soul element, but in between that we should have enough time for special one on one training.
Next I have some bad news, you and your friends were unable to meet Kodak's deadline, there's no one else in your warband but just the three of you. However due to the circumstances, we have to make some exceptions for you guys. You But have until the midterm assessment in six weeks to prevent a full warband. But rewards and punishment comes hand in hand, the hidden cove and the cavern where you found the mansion will now serve as the dorms for you and your friends, you're expected to fix and rebuild the place from the ground up, so good luck with that.
Classes begin tomorrow, so get some rest. Then first term has the students covering every possible subject they can, from the second term upwards the students would be divided into specialized classes or divisions, so do your best. See you later little Lion"
And then he left, but I was happy, because with my dad around and felt safe, safer than I've ever felt in a long time. And I knew he's got my back.
• [NAME: GRAND PRINCE MICHAEL DECUS COR] [AGE: 12 AND 9 MONTHS]
• [CLASS: SOUL DRUID] [LEVEL: 2(03%)] [ENERGY LEVEL: 100%/100%]
• [STRENGTH: F(20%)] [AGILITY: F(78%)] [[PHYSIQUE E (60%)] [ENERGY: D(03%)
PASSIVE SKILLS:
• ROYAL AURA (RANK I) LEVEL 1
• WIND BORN (RANK I) LEVEL 3
• MUSIC (RANK VI) LEVEL 8
• MANA MASTERY (RANK I) LEVEL 1
ACTIVE SKILLS:
• SING (RANK VIII) LEVEL 7
BLOODLINE SKILLS:
• SOUL MASTER (RANK I) LEVEL 8
• RUNE SPEECH (DORMANT)
• SHIFTER (DORMANT)
• NATURE CHOSEN (RANK IX) LEVEL 9
• SOUL EYES OF THE ELEMENTAL SOLDIER (RANK I) LEVEL 8
SOUL RUNES:
• [WIND/SOUND/TIME]