Jolly and Damon mounted Bronco and Just before he commanded him to move a notification popped up in Jolly's line of view.
Ding!
Soul Beast Manipulation has been unlocked!
"Soul beast Manipulation." Jolly repeated
"Hey Damon does your part of the system give you random notifications. " he asked.
"yes, I've gotten two quests I have to complete, did it give you one too."
"uhhh, not really, it says something about soul beast Manipulation has been unlocked, nothing about a task or anything.
" well shit activate it, it sounds interesting." Damon says.
Ding!
Soul beast Manipulation Activated!
A sudden vibration trembled the ground slightly as red flaky aura particles generated beneath Bronco's vine and tree stump-like feet. Black smoke seeped out of the beasts body as its root-like natural armor turned its body black, grey and red. Broncos horns became black with red tips along with solid red eyes as black smoke puffed out his nose. Bronco's bull head and legs became thicker as more grey and dark colored roots formed around its skull and body turning his tree stump feet into black coal-like hooves with a hot glowing ash-like bottom.
They both jumped off Bronco in amazement looking at him up and down and all around.
"woah now that's impressive." Damon says.
after a few more mins of admiring broncos transformation they both got back on and headed to the area on the map. it was on the south west side of the city, not only a river and spring, but there was a small forest as well. the trees were grey with pink leaves.
the entire city was powered by the sun, beast free forest are not regular trees, they harness the sun's power during the day and provide energy for the city beneath through the roots that are connected with obsidian city. Damon and Jolly knew this thanks to the information given to them, so to find a small forest underground with no sunlight to nourish them didn't surprise them.
Jolly studied broncos new form by deactivating and reactivating the beast Manipulation, while Damon spoke with shield and studied his own beast.
"I still have to give you a name." Damon says rubbing the basilisk as they were sitting down by the river on a big rock.
After some time they both focused on their new abilities and found new light upon them. Damon still had trouble putting the right percentage of ki into a attack that wasn't granted by the system. the external demonic ki was heavy and unstable,but he was sure he would eventually get the hang of it. Jolly on the other hand had broken through and successfully created something new.
watching how beast Manipulation worked gave him an idea, he formed and
exact replica of himself with roots. after doing it successfully over five times, he focused on how it could be of use. he could manipulate the vines on his replica to reach out and attack, but couldn't make it move and actually fight, and that's what he was aiming for.
Ding!
Ding!
Both of the recived notifications after another hour of experimenting.
Unique Ability has been granted
Creative breath has been achieved.
Damon looked at the notification with wide eyes. This is exactly what I need to help me control my percentage of ki he thought.
Creative breath ~ create and perform an attack one thousand times exactly to create new skills with a automatic ki percentage output. (Always active)
in Jolly's line of sight there was a similar message.
unique ability has been granted.
Earth's gift has been achieved.
wildwood ~ the ability to speak with trees and take energy from living vegetation and use as your own. this energy can increase the defense and the strength of any manipulation dealing with vegetation. the living energy taken can also be given.
Jolly noted that this unique Ability was similar to the energy draining attack, but on a bigger scale.
"talk with the forest,hmph very interesting." he mumbles to himself.
Damon immediately went back to work, he was currently generating a small electrical ball using five percent of ki shooting it in the river, at times he would fail with the percentage.
whenever he wanted to keep count with how many he did successfully, he could just simply think about it and his successful attempts could be viewed. after another hour he had managed to complete the attack two hundred times and was now completely exhausted.
"well this unique Ability isn't a shortcut that's for sure." he spoke to the basilisk who was currently coiled up watching him.
They both learned that both of them gained a unique ability because of shield.
"These unique abilities are my final and only gift I can give you both. the system will help from now on."
"Damon your gift is my own unique ability ,the power to create with creative breath. it is how I created everything including the system and this city. unfortunately even though you now have that same ability, my creative breath is vastly different."
I could create anything with it that didn't have actual living energy. so no i cannot create life using the ability if you're thinking that."
"tell Jolly his unique ability came from a dear friend I knew thousands of years ago, that I duplicated, oh nevermind I'll tell him."
in seconds a telepathic link was created via system and shield was able to inform Jolly about everything. the sudden growling voice in his head startled him, but was quickly explained by Damon and Shield.
They then realized they could speak with each other telepathically through the system. "this will definitely be an advantage for us in the future." they both thought.
The system also kept up with the time of day and it was already Dark above ground. they both decided to call it a day and headed towards the castle.
" I hope Mr. Peck doesn't freak out with me not coming home," jolly thought to himself about the orphanage.
After getting to the castle Damon walked up to the master quarters while Jolly chose a bed chamber a floor below him. they both were exhausted.
unfortunately neither of them could go to sleep with such an eventful day.
Damon went over his soul beast skills and tried deciding a name for it. the basilisk was highly intelligent. Damon decided on the name ava after finding out it's gender was female. the basilisk shook its head left as if saying no.
Sophia,ruby,jewel,vera,nai,yoshi,Bella, plus many more names Damon thought of and the basilisk shook its head in disagreement.
He decided that every so often if a name pop into his head, he would see if she liked it instead of randomly blurting out names.
Damon took a shower and got in bed with just his underwear. his clothes were a mess with blood stains and dirt and he no longer had any boots and so while he laid in bed he searched the system tabs scrolling down until he saw armory, clothing and weaponry.
"hmph not surprised at all, it seems everything in these tabs including clothes won't be as easy to get with a simple click girl." he said to the basilisk.
"it looks like I have to collect certain materials for certain things." luckily the system provides information on those materials and where to find them throughout the world it seems." he added.
Damon was interested in the weaponry and armor,but he needed simple clothing first. with that thought Damon got up and grabbed his clothes and wash them with water as best as he could and hung them to dry in the room.
" I guess I'll be bare footed for another day it seems."
"check the silver dresser, there's a ring which is a infinite dimensional storage, inside there's an old cloak you could wear with the clothes you have for now." shield tells Damon.
Damon put on the ring and immediately went to it's contents finding the only thing stored in it which was indeed a very old looking brown cloak. it wasn't his size as it was actually too long and so he used the black shard to cut and make the sleeves shorter and cloak itself, however it was still a lot of space in the arm area.
"guess this will have to do, at least I can cover up my blood stained clothes." even though he washed them, the blood stains proved difficult to wash out completely.
like always Damon asked shield questions, but this time about the storage ring and cloak. he had never seen a storage device made out of a ring or anything else besides a pouch and his father's which was some type of size morphing bag that could be the size of a small marble.
The cloak was something that Shield wore thousands of years ago so Damon thought it was something special but he was wrong. it was just a normal weird smelling coat.
"Tara." Damon says looking at the basilisk after another random name suddenly drifted into his head. once again she shook her head saying no.
"uhhhh, I give up for today." he says while falling back on the huge bed with the basilisk coiled up a few feet away from him.
{_______________}
in a mansion like building Taylen could be seen knocking on a door.
"come." a masculine and deep voice says coming from within.
Taylen walked in and kneeled in front of a man that had his back turned looking out a huge window at the city he could see below him while puffing on something that looked to be a cigar. The man was dressed in a red and gold rob with black eye balls scattered on the robe. his tall, lean and muscular frame could be seen slightly by how well toned his arms were.
"so you have completed the task, correct."
"yes father, Damon is dead, I assure you."
"proof." the man says while exhaling a large amount of smoke.
Taylen then takes out the weapon he used to stab Damon and placed it on a desk stationed in front of him.
His father turned around with glowing green eyes as he touched the tip of the weapon. visions flowed into his mind of the last time the arrow looking spear was used to kill. A smile appeared on his face after the visions faded.
"well done boy, you may go."
"uhhh, father may I ask a question before my leave." Taylen says politely.
Taylen's father, the city head and the man known as Clayton nods with approval.
" why did you want him dead, i I I mean I get he's a waste of space,but he wasn't a threat." taylen says while kneeling with his head down.
"why is not important boy, hmph, Just look at as slaughtering a helpless beast for training before we leave this forsaken city."
"yes father." taylen replies while standing up preparing his leave.
"boy, never question my reasoning again, you do what I say when I say it." The masculine voice retorts back.
Taylen turns around while kneeling back down. " my apologies father,never again will I question your reasoning."
"good, now go prepare to leave, this city will be no longer in a few hours, we must be gone by then."
Taylen nodded and left closing the door softly.
"One future problem erased, and a much bigger one has begun. " hmmmm, or have i erased the bigger problem first."
Clayton tells himself while turning back around looking out the window taking another hit of the cigar.
"no matter, one problem at a time, I must make sure I'm on the right side of things. my power Is limited in certain areas, however I can see far enough ahead to know the entire planet is about to change drastically."
"I will play my cards right as planet syair falls and that will be my chance." he spoke to himself.
A knock on the door was heard as a pale skinned man walks in. he wore dark clothing with a red mask that had black eyes all over it.
"Time is near sir Clayton, we must be on the move, the families you requested to save have arrived sir." the man says while kneeling before Clayton.
"good valco, let's move." in seconds Clayton's wardrobe completely changed into a black and gold royal like suit with red trimmings.
The masked figure waved his hands as a black vortex appeared and they both walked through.