Everyone looked at the golden feathered but crimson flamed crow spread it wings and circle around me. I stuck my arm out and angled it like thry did in the movies and the bird swooped down and landed on it.
[Golden Crow] Level 21
Rank: [Peak Heaven Rank]
Gender: Female
HP: 9,000
MP: 12,000
Physical Attack: 725
Physical Resistance:275
Magical Attack: 2,000
Magical Resistance: 1500
Skills:
Crimson Flames: A mysterious bloodline inside of this golden crow has changed the color of its flames. This new flame is chaotic and highly destructive. Can melt anything in its path. Deals a masive amount of damage to the target. 210% of Magic Attack power.
Cooldown:
Crimson Annihilation: covers talons in the crimson flames and slashed the target. 300% of physical and magical attack power.
World Illuminator, Crimson Lotus: A power derived from the mysterious bloodline in this golden crow's blood. Turns the ground into a garden of crimson lotuses. While it's pretty to look at, It kills silently, turning all who are unfortunate enough to be caught in it into ashes. Deals continuous damage to 30 × 30 meter area. 200% of magic attack power. Cost: 95% of your mana bar.
Cooldown: 1 day
Flames of Nirvana:
The golden crow looked at me and a prompt popped up.
What do you want to name your pet?
I decide to name my pet Luna.
[World Announcement] Player BloodMoon has hatched the game's first pet. The pet system has been unlocked. The mount system has been unlocked.
After Luna looked at my hand and bit it. Before I could yelp in pain, it healed and another prompt came up.
You have accepted the Phoenix bloodline.
My eyes opened wide as my body was once again wrapped in flames. The flames this time, were red and yellow. They were much more gentle than the golden flames from earlier. But there was conflict in trying to combine the two flames together so it still hurt alot. I wanted to cry for having to go through this pain twice in the past 30 minutes.
Near the end, the 1 flame turned into 2 and the combination process took a turn. The red and yellow flames started to blend with the golden flames. At the same time, the aura my friends felt from me made them feel like the gravity was increasing and crushing their skeletons. They couldn't move and could only watch me turn into a fireball.
After a while, the two flames finally combined and turned into a blood crimson color. The flame stopped hurting me and just waved around on my body.
[You have successfully combined 2 bloodlines to created a new bloodline. +50 to all Attributes]
My body felt like it was gonna give out. I just grabbed the rest of the items from the chest without looking at them and put them in my inventory. I turned to my friends and realized that they were giving me wierd looks.
"What's up?" I asked cautiously.
Tyrant and everyone else looked at me like I became a monster. I was a little confused.
"Your hair... It changed colors. Your eyes also changed..." Cecilia was the one to break the news
"Huh...?"
Blade Dance took out a mirror from her inventory and gave it to me. I took the mirror and looked at my head.
In the mirror, my irises had changed to a crimson color, making them look sort of demonic. My hair on the other hand changed to the same color. It looked like players might mistake me as a demon when I go back to town. I don't mind the change to my hair but the iris color change might give me some trouble.
I looked at Blade Dance and she immediately started to shudder under an invisible pressure. Seeing this, I look away and give her mirror back and let out a bitter chuckle.
The aura around me stabilized and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Tyrant broke the tense atmosphere and asked. "What did you guys get from your chests? I got a Epic shield and a Dark Gold sword and some skill books."
Storm went first. "I got a pair of epic gloves and a Epic staff for lightning mages. I also got a skill book called Tribulation Lightning and dark gold silk robes."
Cecilia went next. "I recieved a Dark gold staff for clerics, a 3 skill books and a dark gold cleric robe."
After her it was Silent Night's turn. "Epic dagger, dark gold leather armour set, and a skill book."
Next was Blade Dance's turn. She looked very happy to show her new stuff off. "I got a epic dagger, a dark gold armor set and a basic movement combat technique called void steps."
Lastly was me. "I got 3 unique items. A longbow, a shortsword for thieves and a ring. I also got a cloak and an ancient bloodline. I experienced hell not once... but twice. In return, I received 200 points to all of my attributes."
Everyone looks at me with pity and jealousy. Shortly after sorting through our gear, we used group return scroll to go back to town.
We first went to the auction house were I recieved alot of curious glances when i got inside because of my hair and eye color. I would have to endure this until I get off tonight.
Tyrant collected the gold their team earned for selling the equipment drops. In total, the group earned 2400 gold. In the end, we split the earnings. I recieved 400 gold. I was super tired and wanted to take a nap. I cheched the time and saw that it was 5:30 so I was about to go when Tyrant asked me a question.
"Hey BloodMoon, would you like to join our group as a fixed member?" Everyone looked at each other and then at me with eyes full of expectation. They are just people I met in a game but it feels like I can breathe around them. I don't have to put on a face. I can be genuine and be treated genuinely. I'm not sure if they can be called friends but we get along so I made a decision.
"Sure. Do we have a name for our group?" I smiled and asked.
"Not yet, we were gonna discuss it later. Do you have any ideas?" Blood Dance was very enthusiastic for our group.
"...How about the Moonlight Mercenary Group?" I reccomended this. Everyone thought for a while before agreeing to it.
After making the mercenary group official, I told them I was tired and wanted to take a nap. They let me go after telling me about a dungeon raid they wanted to do tomorrow.
After getting off, I went to my fridge and took a bottle of S-ranked nutrient fluid and downed it. I decided to take a shower before taking a nap.
While I was washing my hair in the shower, I saw a red hair from the corner of my vision. I was about to move it out of the way when my hand froze. After a little while, I grabbed the red hair and moved it in front of my face.
My hair is red!
I felt like all of the laws of the world came crashing down on me at that moment.
Didn't this only happen in game? Why is my hair crimson in real life now as well?
I then suddenly remembered something and jump out of the shower to go to the mirror. When I got to the mirror, I wiped the condensation from it and when I clearly saw red irises staring back at me, I fell into despair.
I figured that running around naked with shampoo in my hair inside the bathroom isn't the way to solve my quandary so I hop back into shower and finish washing up. After I took a shower and put some new clothes on, i recieved a phone call from my dad.
"Dad?"
"Hurry up Scarlett, I am in front of the door."
THUD...
Its all over...
"Scarlett... What happened?"
My dad's voice pulled me back to reality.
"Nothing, I just tripped on the corner of the doorway. I'll be right there." I nervously make my way to the door. I took a deep breath before opening it.
"I'm back Scarlett-" He said that and paused when he saw me clearly. "Did you dye your hair? It looks good." He asked curiously.
He was very surprised when I shook my head and said. "It just changed... by itself."
My dad is feels his views of the world crumble a little. It was like a dam cracking. "You... your serious?" I nodded and looked up at him. This gave hime the perfect view of my eyes. "Were you possessed by a demon? Your eyes... How did this happen?" He finally asked after his world views officially collapsed.
"I really don't know. I was playing the game and when I was finished, I got out to take a shower and saw my hair and eyes like this. Other than the color change for my hair and irises, I don't feel anything that is particularly wrong with my body." I didn't understand anything that was going on. I felt like an alien to my own body.
My dad sighed in relief. "Skip your workouts tomorrow. We are gonna visit some of my friends and their children tomorrow. They also might be able to help with... this."
Hearing my dad say so, my schedule was closed until the evening for tomorrow.