Annnnnd it's only now that I realise one of the cons of being a skeleton : no throat, no voice. I'm now mute. Well, technically, I CAN talk but apparently no one can hear it. I tried jumpscaring a squirrel but it didn't even notice I was here. I must admit I'm slighty offended. Well, at least the wolf training is going well. Since I can't yell orders or whistle, I'm using my scythe or my spear to knock on the ground a certain number of times at a certain rythm - yes, I'm basically using second rate morse code to train wolves. I also train them with hand gestures in parallel, you know, so that I don't have to use a weapon every time I want to tell them something.
So yeah, it's going well. The matriarch understands what I want first then teaches it to the rest. The patriarch still cannot move too much but I'm working on that. So yeah, I have successfuly tamed a fantasy world wolf pack. I'm the lord of the forest baby !
[You have gained the Packmaster and Lord of the Merrywoods titles.]
Yeah !
[The god of forests and animals Calydon and the god of death Ankou have recognised you as the Forest's Hades and blessed your Forest's Hades gear set]
... eh ?
[You have gained the Forest's Hades title.]
Wait, hold on, could we go back to the part where gods blessed me ? Please ?
...
No answer, of course. Well, it's a nice surprise. I gained the title I wanted and some more. My clothes are blessed now apparently. And I have official ownership of the forest too ! Well, according to the gods. I'm not sure people will care about that. But seriously, recognised by the gods ? Are they always watching me or something ? Or are they like the administrators of my system, only responding to my input ? Ohh, I'm having a headache.
Let's go back to the happy wolf family, ok ? So, the cubs love their sweaters, the ill twins are getting better and the matriarch is having lots of fun with the training. What do we need now ? Names ! I called the cubs Lupus, Magnum and Malum, the ill twins Geri and Freki, the members of the hunting party Ash, Grey, Smoke, Silver and Steel, the matriarch Geva and the patriarch Udan.
What do you mean what's the point of names when I'm mute ? Remember, we have a code and, who knows, maybe one day I'll be able to speak again. Plus it's good for my own sanity and it'll make things less confusing.
So yeah, as of now, Geva is training Ash, Grey, Smoke, Silver and Steel while Freki and Geri are taking care of Lupus, Magnum and Malum. As for Udan ? Well, let's just say I'm putting Bone Doctor to good use. Ok, I'm building a Robocop. Robowolf. Bonewolf. Remember the whole "fusing flesh and bones" stuff ? Well, I have a LOT of giant boar bones and a miraculous ability to craft anything I want in any way I want, so, I'm currently making a bunch of bone armor parts for Udan that I plan to fuse with his body. That way, it'll become natural bone platting for our big dog that'll allow him to hunt once more.
First, the legs. I may have healed them but they still are weak and somewhat crooked. They were way too damaged to prevent any long term problems. Unless you let a crazy skeleton play the mad scientist. So now, they have better defense and are back to a normal shape ! Now, some armor for the torso to protect the ribs and, most importantly, a modified boar skull to protect the head and go along with the modified boar jaw to replace his old, broken, ruined one. When I say modified, I mean it. Udan doesn't look like a wolf wearing boar bones but a twisted monster of the night, feasting upon the souls of the wicked. Perfect ! That means my work is done.
He seems to like the new look. He's even constantly putting his paws on my coat's spikes. Fine, I'll give you some. There, happy ? Argh, no, not the eye socket licking ! Anything but this !
The others seem to like it too. Wait, no, don't look at me like that ! It's a medical procedure ! I am not giving each and everyone of you a makeover ! No, I will not ! There's no point in doing the puppy eyes I tell you !
Huh ? Geva ? Oh thank you girl ! See everyone ? Listen to your mother. Bone armor looks cool but it costs a lot of ressources that I do not have and - Geva, what are you doing ? No, I don't want to hunt right now ! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah !
...
I just evolved, again, yet why do I feel so weak ? As you can guess, the pack and I stockpilled on meat and bones. Everyone got their armor. Nothing as extreme as Udan's and he still is the only one who has it fuesed to his flesh but still, just you try and design eight bone armors for wolves. Yeah, just eight, the cubs don't need one. Still, eight armors, even with craft's miraculous abilities...
But yeah, I evolved. I'm white now !
[Belfas Mortimer
Level 2 Greater Skeleton
Titles :
-Packmaster : has an easier time taming creatures and leading them
-Lord of the Merrywoods : rulership over the Merrywoods, inhabitants of the Merrywoods respect you and are less likely to attack you, inhabitants of the Merrywoods may go out of their way to help you, you will be notified of any major events occuring in the Merrywoods
-Forest's Hades : better use of spells of the death, life and plant attributes, inhabitants of the forest will be less likely to attack you, inhabitants of the forest may go out of their way to help you
Passive abilities :
-Undead : does not need to sleep, unlimited stamina, immune to poison and illness, immune to temperature effects, cannot die unless killed
-Bone body : limbs can be removed and put back easily and without taking damage, cannot burn
-Heirloom of bones : greater affinity with items made out of bones
-Watching skull : cannot be blinded by magic or darkness
-Hunter : has an easier time tracking and hunting, better use of the spear
-Lumberjack : has an easier time identifying and cutting trees, better use of the axe
-Gatherer : has an easier time identifying and gathering plants, better use of the sickle
-Evil hunter : has an easier time identifying and killing creatures born from evil, better use of the whip
-Heirloom of Death : deals more damage to entities of the life attribute, better use of spells of the death attribute, enhanced Heirloom of Bones, better use of the scythe
-Forest lord : better use of spells of the plant and life attributes, has an easier time moving in a forest environment, has an easier time taming creatures from the forest
Active abilities :
-Crafting
-Dismantling
Spells :
-Bone doctor : can heal and enhance bones, can fuse bones and flesh
-Lord of vines : can summon and manipulate vines
Equipment :
-Forest's Hades' Coat : protects from life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Shirt : protects from life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Pants : protects from life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Boots : protects from life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Gloves : protects from life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Scythe : deals life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Spear : deals life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Axe : deals life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Sword : deals life, death and plant damage
-Forest's Hades' Harpoon : deals life, death and plant damage
-Spinebreak
Overall rank : E+]
Oh, I'm also getting more and more ridiculous. Have you seen the number of abilities that I have ? It's insane ! I checked the wolves' stats, it's nothing like that ! Even after my modifications Udan hasn't that many things ! By the way, he and Geva are both E Rank.
As for all of the "inhabitants of the forest will go out of their way to help you" stuff, it means that animals have started to make a pile of bones, wood and plants near the wolves' den. So yeah, free materials ! Thank you everyone ! I promise I'll teach the wolves not to overhunt !
As for what I'm doing now ? I'm taking a walk through the forest. As its lord, i have to know what the place looks like. On a side note, I also made a wooden mask with a few bone plates inside, nothing too fancy, just a face shaped piece of wood with holes for the eyes, big enough to see but small enough to hide the eyes. Why ? for better defense of course ! Aah, why the mask ? Well, in the area I'm currently in, I've noticed a few marked trees - you know, trees with crosses carved on them. In other words, there's a lumberjack nearby, so, living people. As a skeleton, I believe it's better for me to hide my face, at least for now. So-
"Hey you there ! What are you doing here ?"