Jeremy sighed as he touched the demonic book he'd received from the Crossroads Queen. The book was black made from the leather of some animal. On its cover were a skull and crossbones stamped in front of it.
{Would you like to learn this skill?}
Jeremy gasped when he saw the notification and a slight laugh came out of him. When he understood what the notification meant.
"Yes," Jeremy nodded enthusiastically.
{You cannot learn this skill}
{Required: 105 INT }
Jeremy grumbled, frowning and scowling for a second. He then sighed and activated his status.
Name: Jeremy Gilbert
Class: Heretic / Hunter
Title: The Gamer
Level: 10 (2/100)
Points: 10
HP: 1600 (10 sec)
MP: 1600 (10 hours)
Intelligence: 100
Strength: 170
Agility: 170
Durability: 172
Charism: 50
Luck: 96
Upon seeing his stats, Jeremy discovered that he had a new option in stats called points.
"So if I have 10 points. Can I use them to increase my stats? -- well, let's put 5 points into intelligence and 5 into agility" Jeremy spoke to himself thoughtfully "Since my MP and HP increase by themselves, I won't need to put points on them"
After putting the dots in intelligence. Jeremy once again tried to learn the spells of the demonic book.
{forbidden book: The forbidden art of the demonic[active] level: 1[exp 0.01%] MP 600}
{The forbidden art of demons is divided into 3 abilities
Skill one: It is forbidden art to create demons. The ability allows the user to create demons with the demonic form the creator imagines them to be when inserting dark magic into a living being. The created demons will be loyal to the creator. if the creator dies or the creator releases them, they will be free
Skill 2: The forbidden art of making pacts. The ability allows you to create a magical equivalent trade contract with an individual linking them to the contractor until the contract price is paid.
Skill 3: The forbidden art of soul manipulation. The ability allows the user to manipulate souls at will as long as they have a prerequisite, functional on ghosts and pact individuals}
"Holy shit Lilith taught me most of the skills of a crossroads demon" Jeremy was amazed at the information. he received from the new ability "now I know how hellhounds are made--but 600 MP is too much I can only use it once a day, huh?"
after a few moments of complete stupor. Jeremy took a deep breath, deciding to go see how the skill worked. Since now was a good time, as long as he was MP up with no damage
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Arriving outside. he saw the bear's body lying on the ground. the bear was dead, which meant it wouldn't be useful to Jeremy.
passing by the bear, Jeremy found himself in a seine that broke his heart. Two small bear cubs were crying as they clung to the bear.
{Male bear cub-- unnamed--- Level: 5} {Female bear cub-- unnamed--- Level: 4}
There were two Furness and fragile bears, both were shivering from the Cold and beside them were two more cubs hard on the ground. they were dead
The day was cold and the baby bears seemed to be suffering. quickly the revelation came into Jeremy's head and he widened his eyes feeling a twinge of guilt in his heart
He approached the cubs cautiously and knelt a few feet away from them. He didn't want to scare the puppies. Jeremy then realized that those puppies wouldn't survive another night.
"You won't survive" Jeremy whispered causing one of the bear cubs to turn to him "so I'll use them as a test-- sorry kids-- but,-- for the advance to happen there must be sacrifices"
The bear cub bared its teeth by snarling aggressively at Jeremy. but, He didn't move and just closed His eyes thinking of a shape for the bears. Jeremy's body was surrounded by a small black mist and he opened his eyes.
Black veins appeared around his eyes and his fangs also appeared.
{Do you want to turn the cubs into demons?}
"Yes" Jeremy whispered
{-500 MP}
{-500 MP}
The black mist left Jeremy and moved toward the cubs and began to surround them. The cubs began to growl and cry as the fog approached them. The female clung to the crying dead bear and the male continued to growl at Jeremy and the fog.
The fog then entered the two bears who began to cry in pain. their bodies began to squirm and shift. thorns began to come out of the bears' fur and their teeth began to grow. Their bones started to crack causing them a lot of pain.
The two bears also began to grow until they were the same size as their dead mother. They continued to cry rolling on the floor until the transformation stopped.
The bears have transformed into a mixture of thorn bodies and 6-foot-tall bears. with huge teeth and claws made to tear everything they touch
---
The two monstrous bears wept as they dropped to the ground on their knees in front of Jeremy. they didn't look up and just stood completely still not making any movement
{Male Bear demon-- No name-- Level 100}
{HP: 1000} {MP: 1000}
{Demon Bear female-- No name-- Level 100}
{HP: 1000} {MP: 1000}
"You guys got strong. not as strong as I thought you would be, but you are strong" Jeremy nodded at the two bears with their heads on the ground in front of him "from now on your name is going to be Lily and Billy"
"Now disappear" Jeremy pointed to the forest for the bears to leave "just come back when I call"
But contrary to what Jeremy thought what bears would do. they just waved at him and turned into black smoke disappearing
"Ok, this is new" Jeremy was surprised by the disappearance of the bears
He walked to where the bears were and found nothing. even as he ran his hand around the bears he didn't find a single trace of them
"Okay, show up" Jeremy commanded
The bears appeared where they were in black smoke, surprising Jeremy.
"So you can become ghosts?" Jeremy guessed and petted the two bears that purred at him "Ok, I'm proud you guys are gone now"
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Jeremy arrived at the cabin with his body shaking, he used a lot of magic to turn the bears into demons. he then decided to pack his and Elena's things for them to go back to the house. when he heard Elena's sleepy flight
"Jeremy?" Elena asked sleepily "Are you alright?"
her sleep passed instantly as she remembered what happened earlier and in an instant. Elena was on her feet running to Jeremy and hugging him
"Yes, but I need Blood" Jeremy whispered with a little embarrassment "I'm about to mummify again"
Elena widened her eyes and took a few steps away from him. She sat on the bed and brushed her hair off her neck.
"Alright, come drink" Elena smiled at Jeremy leaving her neck exposed
Jeremy rolled his eyes and knelt in front of her taking her arm and looking into her sullen eyes. But, she didn't take her arm
"I'm not drinking from your neck Elena" Jeremy grumbled "I don't have enough control to go straight into a vein in your heart-- let me know if it hurts"
Elena nodded, still disappointed and softened her arm. Jeremy bit her arm and Elena grimaced in pain. but, she didn't say anything and just patted Jeremy's head.
{+100 MP}
{+100 MP}
{+100 MP}
{+100 MP}
{+100 MP}
{+100 MP}
Jeremy was nearly full when he felt some of Elena's blood flow slow down. he then looked up and saw Elena getting pale and her eyes showing dizziness.
Jeremy released her arm at the same moment and stood up and wrapped his arms around Elena's back who was about to fall.
"Why didn't you tell me you were running out of strength?" Jeremy growled, "You could have died Elena"
"I was fine--" Elena tried to argue, but was still too stunned by the lack of blood.
"Alright, if you do that again I'll drink from the blood bags" Jeremy wrinkled his nose and put her on the bed to rest. "I'll make you something to eat"
Elena nodded, straightening up on the bed and closing her eyes.
--
a day passed and Elena recovered. the two arrived home a day later than scheduled and received a very serious reprimand from Jenna who put them in community service as punishment.
Jeremy didn't complain as he took out the rubbish from the street. he just listened to Jenna, since she did so much for him and Elena it was only natural that he didn't fight with her or try to justify the mistake to her.
"Hey junkie" An irritating male voice caught Jeremy's attention "here for you-- clean up"
A muscular, light-skinned boy with short black hair who had light brown eyes. The boy had a mocking and contemptuous smile as he looked at Jeremy.
The boy was Tyler Lockwood the son of the town mayor whose family ruled the town like a monarchy In town Tyler was the prince
Tyler threw an empty water bottle at Jeremy's foot who just scoffed and drove the stake he was using to pick up the trash in the bottle not caring about Tyler's insult.
what confused Jeremy was Tyler's name and title.
{The Sleeping Wolf-- Tyler Lockwood-- Level 12}
{HP: 90/1000(10 min)} {MP:100/8000(10 hour)}
Jeremy was very surprised to learn that Tyler wasn't a normal kid, but that explained his physical abilities. However, looked like equal to Elena, he was sealed
Jeremy kept his poker face on so as not to give Tyler a pleasure to see some emotion of surprise on his face his eyes lifted to the person who was hugging him
{The junkie-- Victoria Donovan-- level: 7}
{HP: 30/60} {MP: 25/70}
"Hey Vicky" Jeremy laughed at the Girl
"Hey Jeremy" Vicky also smiled at him, receiving a snap from Tyler's Tongue
"Come on Vicky" He growled "leave this junkie alone"