A smile was plastered on Damon's face. Taylen, he declared...."Your end will be a pleasant one." he grined in an evil manner.
Hmph! that bastard Taylen will see no remorse from me.
"Helloooo,Helloooo,anybody here." a distant, but familiar voice shouted.
"Jolly, he's awake." Damon decided to retract his soul beast for the time being. he wanted to surprise Jolly. He made his way out the room and headed down stairs and met Jolly halfway as he was coming up the stairs with a somewhat fearful and confused face. They both pulled each other in with a firm handshake and hug for a few seconds.
Jolly immediately went to ask many questions about the fight,Taylen,and the place they were in now. Damon and Jolly sat down at the bottom of the staircase. it took over an hour,but Damon had brought Jolly up to speed about everything that occurred after the fight. Jolly had mixed emotions, he was happy they were alive and all,but constantly apologized to Damon for not being able to protect him.
Damon told him time and time again that it wasn't his fault and he did his best. After a while more of talking Jolly stood up.
"there's something much different about you." he says while giving Damon a hard stare.
"oh man, oh man, tell me you have a soul beast now, I know you do I sense a soul core." Jolly shouts in excitement.
Damon told Jolly about the system and shield,how his wounds were healed, but not about him obtaining a soul beast or about monsoon and him being part demon. He also didn't say anything about shield's words on Jolly being different either.
"hmph I kinda forgot soul cores can be sensed, I was going to surprise you,but it looks like that ship has sailed." Damon says standing up rubbing the back of his head.
A purple light began to pulsate and in a flash. A five foot long obsidian black snake-like beast with spikes and blood orange scales under each spike and underbelly could be seen.
Once again it wrapped its lower half around Damon's waist while its upper half was on Damon's back and its head rested on his shoulder.
Jolly was amazed. " it's so beautiful he says with wide eyes as he reaches to touch its head.
The basilisk greeted Jolly's touch by simply allowing him to pat its head.
" those spikes are pretty sharp, what type of snake is it I've never seen such a beast." he says while carefully pulling back his hand.
Damon then explained to him what kind she was, as they decided to check out the city. Jolly once again was in awe after exiting the castle looking at a huge city that was lit up beautifully. looking at the city for a second time Damon realized it was more vast than he thought and recalled shield words about it being the same size of beast free forest.
"So this shield guy in your head, can you see him you know like that subconscious space of yours or just hear him speak." Jolly asked while they walked down a random road looking at all the buildings.
"I can only hear him." " that's gotta be pretty annoying having someone in your head,like you'll never have any privacy."
Shield grumbles a bit," ki user is the annoying one." Shield says in a low tone.
"well he's not going to be with me for long and I will retain the system." Damon explained as they entered into one of the buildings looking around.
"this place is amazing,but every building or house we've entered has absolutely nothing besides beds and bathrooms." Jolly says.
"yea I know, I thought the same thing."
Ding !
The complete study of the system is currently at eight percent. open the system's interface to view more. A notification pops up in Damon's line of sight.
"hmmm." As Damon read the words system interface another screen could be seen with different tabs and names including his status and his soul beast status.
scrolling down Damon could see many other tabs.
"Castle and city blue print." He mumbles to himself mentally clicking the tab.
Ding! ~ some castle and city information will be installed in your brain in ten seconds.
"now we are getting somewhere." Damon says internally.
soon images and information about the castle, city and as well as the forest above flooded his mind and in a minute or two it was completed.
"The city is almost completely in your control now ki user." Shield spoke suddenly.
Ding ! The city must be named:
city population 2/200,000
"woah so this city can house up to 200,000 people." Damon spoke.
A map/blue print appeared in his line of sight showing all the entrances to the city which were four. it showed every building and it's structure along with how many rooms and the square footage. upon further inspection Damon clicked on the Castle which showed many different levels and corridors and in small letters were named. control room, dungeon, dojo, court yard and ECT.
"it looks like I can control the power of the entire city through the system as well Damon noted.
Jolly had continued venturing different buildings while Damon stood in place looking through the system. the basilisk was still resting on his shoulder,he thought it would be uncomfortable to walk with it wrapped around his waist,but was surprised as it didn't hinder his movement at all.
There's a stadium here let's go there, he then found it on the city map while calling out for Jolly and they headed that way.
"hey shield is it a way for me to share this information with Jolly without having to tell him everything." Damon asked.
"yes,I can grant him a fraction of the system, it will be limited, and also shorten my time with you even more,but that doesn't matter."
"wait,how am I supposed to help you in the future, I mean if you're gone you can't tell me what it is you need me to do." Damon asked as the question popped into his head.
"not to worry,when that time comes the system and soul beast I have given you will guide you."
"I was going to suggest giving your friend a little nudge in the right direction of his true self, like I've done with you,the system will help him as well." shield added.
"really, that would be great." upon testing out his power and many other things, Damon wanted to tell Jolly about him being different like him, but didn't know how really.
Allowing the system to inform Jolly of him being different was his scapegoat. Damon decided he would wait until they reached their destination which was a total of twenty minutes of walking. Jolly could have summoned bronco,but they still hadn't seen the entire city so they both decided to walk the distance.
During their walk Damon explained to Jolly about sharing a fraction of the system with him and some of the perks that came with it upon shields instructions. Jolly was completely down for it.
Damon also came up with a name for the city while walking after asking Shield about the crystalized dome protecting the city, it was Shields ability, called obsidian shield and that the shard his father gave him was the same as the dome. Damon knew his father found the cavity of the tree years ago,it was a place his father would come and meditate within and had brought him along with him many times.
When Damon father disappeared, and all hell started breaking loose upon him while being in the city,he decided to make the tree cavity in beast free forest his permanent residence, until he Awakened or left the region all together.
Obsidian city is the name Damon decided to go with. in return, after naming the city his first quest was issued.
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Obsidian city: population 2/200,000
quest: get the population up to one hundred.
Time to complete task: three months
rewards: more city features will be unlocked.
Failure penalty: ????
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Damon questioned shield about the failure penalty to no avail. Shield simply told him to not do it and he would find out,while also stating it wouldn't be good.
"well it looks like the city has already counted me and Jolly as residents here so that's two down I guess." Damon says internally.
Damon wasn't expecting such a quest, he didn't know how he could complete it in time. He had no influence over people at all,so to find a hundred people and get them to stay in a hidden city was weighing on him. He knew no one in village city would follow him, even with his newfound power and he really didn't want people knowing about the city as well, but it seems the system had other plans.
looking out at the stadium it was huge and made to look like a half dome of some kind, but instead of just the same stones most of the city was made out of, it looked to be fused with black obsidian like the castle and a few other buildings in the city and Damon had a pretty good idea why.
Entering the stadium, it was clear to them it was actually a battle arena. also upon entry notifications popped up giving more information and access to battle arena features. it had its own control room,or Damon could simply use the system itself.
it could seat up to 10,000 people and the seats were made with durable and strong wood with cushioned seats. the colors varied, because with a simple flick from the system Damon could change the colors of the seats instantly or do one side of the battle arena seats one color and the other side another color.
A list of many Different terrains popped up in his sight. with a simple decision the entire terrain of the battle arena floor could be changed in seconds, he could also mix and match the terrains as well.
This blew Damon's and Jolly's mind seeing such manipulation with the terrain. the current terrain active was the exact replica of beast free forest, on a smaller scale of course, which reminded Damon of something.
" so why can I summon my beast inside here Shield, I mean technically we are still in beast free forest." Damon asked.
"it's only for the topside not beneath the forest."
"How did you manage to create such a place,with such an effect."
"with my unique ability, My kind always has one unique ability along with whatever power we manifest."
"in due time my daugh.....I mean the soul beast you have will also develop its own unique ability, it is apart of my kind after all."
"So your true form is a snake."
Shield, grumbled and mumbled to himself a bit. " I'll make you a deal, as of matter of fact."
Ding!
{_____________}
[New quest received]
Task: evolve before shields departure
Time:?????
Rewards: Learn more knowledge about Shield.
rewards: information to obtain a unique ability
failure penalty: no information
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Damon's eyes lit up with excitement as he smiled." my very own unique ability huh." in a sense I already have three unique abilities, ki,rain and the storm clouds. he didn't include his lighting and thunder affinity, because he was sure someone had a beast that could use electricity, no matter if he knew of them or not. to his knowledge as of now, he was the only one, but the world was so much bigger than just little old village city, he knew with his other powers coming from a demon that it was a good chance that he beared it alone.
with those thoughts in mind Damon ran after jolly who was currently inspecting the replica of beast free forest terrain. everything was real, the trees and forest floor were just as clean and vibrant in color as the original.
Before continuing with his plan to test his powers out fully, Damon made sure Jolly was fine with him sharing a part of the system with him, and after getting the go ahead he placed his hand on Jolly's shoulder while Shield did the rest.
After a few minutes Jolly had a dumbfounded look on his face.
"this is pretty amazing he stated out loud.
"wait, the hell is this." he says with a concerned expression.
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Name~Keijo Drixx AkA Jolly
Race~Dark Elf.... Ancient beings that dwell in underground caverns and tunnels, blessed with Dark Magic
Class~part Drow (evolution possible)
Magic~Dark magic
Mana~Living forest
Living forest mana and Dark magic will now be fused together.
the same process Damon went through,Jolly also had to endure.
regaining his consciousness after around twelve minutes, Jolly stood to his feet.
Ding !
merge of magic has been complete.
Dark Forrest Magic has been created.
[Status]
(attribute points) 100/100
Mana pool percentage use 500/500
Strength~12/1000
Agility~22/1000
Speed~24/1000
Stamina~16/1000
Vitality~15/1000
Dexterity ~12/1000
Charm~0/1000
intelligence~26/1000
" I knew it, I knew it, I knew it." Jolly says jumping with excitement.
"I knew I was different,wow I didn't know drows and dark elves were real. this is ,this is awesome." he continued his celebration by grabbing Damon arms and started jumping up and down like a kid on a trampoline.
Damon was shocked by his reaction,but slowly started to jump with him. The basilisk was still attached to Damon like a leech umbothered by all the jumping and yelling, it's body didn't budge one bit with the sudden motion.
After a while, Damon finally asked Jolly about his discovery and he too was surprised.
"someone embraced his true self much better than the other." shield says in a slick manner, in which Damon just ignored his comment.
Jolly read and went through everything the system offered him, he had all the actions Damon did so far but at a smaller margin.
Damon then told Jolly that he too was different and the he was part Demon. Damon hadn't told Jolly about monsoon and him being part demon because he wasn't sure if his best friend would view him as a monster of some kind, but Jolly wasn't surprised at all about Damon being different.
"ha, I knew you were different just like me,even when we were little,come on the power to make it rain,does any of that sound normal to you." Jolly asked.
"I knew we would get along well,I mean I didn't have any strange powers like you did,but I have had dreams and magically weird things happen." Jolly said with a cheerful and some what serious face.
They both talked and shared things with eachother that they've never shared before even though they were the best of friends. they believed their friendship was possible because of them being different from others. turned out that Jolly has another being within him as well,but unlike Damon's conscious space, according to some dreams Jolly shared it sounded like their way of communication was through dreams.
Damon asked shield if it was possible for him to do whatever he did for monsoon so Jolly could speak with his other half,but it wasn't possible. It took great power from shield to make that connection happen with monsoon,him and Damon. Jolly's dreams were always cryptic, he could see the silhouette of someone he felt connected to him in many of his dreams,but that was all.