everyone else did the same and received their room cards except vora who had already gotten hers earlier. they all were on the 3rd floor. the directions were easy to access as the room key card was tech advanced.
Damon spoke his name, guild and room number to the key card and the back of the card lit up creating a small digital map. as he walked a red dot moved as he moved which was the key card and a blue line showing the direction he needed to go. some of them decided to explore a little before heading to their rooms. Damon wasn't tired by any means but wanted to go to his room to plan a few things and also experiment a little.
Soon he entered a small white and blue room. the walls were white with blue colored carpeting on the floors. it was very plain and simple but very clean. a king size bed was in the center of the room that had white and blue sheets with large fluffy blue pillows. orb lights were scattered throughout the room on the walls near the bed and on the ceiling.
Damon went straight to the shower and once finished he stretched out in the middle of the bed naked after hanging his clothes and cloak up on a rack in the closet. "ahhhhh, feels good to just let the body breath he thought to himself.
he soon felt something move under the sheets and hopped up looking around. "Javalin he shouted while grabbing the top sheet covering his lower half. "I thought you were still in your beast space. he quickly put on some undergarments as he felt weird being naked around his soul beast.
Javalin then stood up half of her body like a cobra and opened her mouth wide. "what's up girl, you must be hungry. he then pulled out four whole bull birds from his dimensional storage tossing them to her one by one as she swallowed them whole.
"Shield, you said your race has a human form as well so does that mean Javalin has one or will have one. yes logically that would be but she's the first of her kind so I'm not completely sure. we are born in our beast forms and those forms are more animal like than human but as time goes on they become more humanoid as we grow in strength. as our strength grows so does our ability to manipulate our forms. once fully matured we can manipulate humanoid form into whatever features we want.
it can only be done one time. once that happens whatever human features we have can not be changed. the hell, are you telling me your kind can basically decide how you want to look. I mean if you wanna look buff, ripped, fat, handsome, beautiful, your hair color, eyes and all the features you want. he asked with wide eyes.
that is correct. it's a shedding process that takes a long time. we kinda go into a petrified state and depending on the individual depends on how long it'll be before it's complete. she's a long way from any of that. shield said.
Damon then decided to look at his status.
Name~Damon Blade
Race~(Shiwanna cloud people) supernatural beings from the underworld that brings rainfall. can be found upon mountains under lakes and oceans.
Class~part Demon (evolution possible)
Level 25
(Internal demonic Ki)
exp~70/1000
ki attribute points~ 10/100
Strength~35/1000
Agility~30/1000
Speed~39/1000
Stamina~28/1000
Vitality~125/1000
Dexterity ~22/1000
Charm~18/1000
intelligence ~27/1000
Demonic ki pools use % ~500/500
"only 10 ki pool attribute points to distribute. something tells me it's going to get mad tough to stack them up again. seems like I get attribute points awarded through leveling up.
strolling down he looked through his skills going over a few of them including his newly acquired one.
Charging bolt~ the skill to charge electricity within a storm cloud of any size. 150 ki usage. damage created depends on the charge time. this fire bolt charges automatically on its own and does not require extra energy from the caster. the longer it charges the more destructive it becomes. demonic ki can be added for more power.
he looked at the new skill and it's ki use which was a hundred and fifty thinking about how he could increase his ki pool. he still believed he had found a way but failed the first time trying. his plan was to try again once he had the opportunity. he was just about to meditate as he sat in the middle of the bed when he received a call from old man butcher.
"Damon, I have a message for you from sir Hughes. he wants you to know he understands you were incapable to practice what he given you because you were unconscious but wanted me to remind you to keep your word now that you are back and doing well. old man said and the call ended as quick as it happened.
Damon then realized he never got a chance to practice the breathing techniques sir use had given him and thought this would be the perfect time. he had stored the instructions in his storage.
pulling them out he began reading them. it looked to be three separate methods but looking closely he realized it was only one with three steps.
1.take a deep breath in through the nose and slowly release from the mouth ten times. while doing this focus on nothing and relax every muscle in your body.
2. After exhaling on the tenth breath started holding your breath after each exhale for thirty seconds.
3. reverse the first two steps and instead hold your breath upon inhaling while focusing on your aura. when you feel your aura release your breath and breathe normally while still holding on to your aura.
Damon performed the breathing method over and over for a little over fifteen minutes. he began feeling a tingling sensation all over his body while he became lightheaded a little. he could feel his aura expanding slowly seeping out and as he slowly opened his eyes the room was filled with a dark misty cloud.
ding!
Aura control has been developed. Aura control allows a person to control their aura more sufficiently.
Ding !
[storm clouds] skills
Cloudy Lvl 1 [✓] conceals the presence of anything or anyone within it at a percentage. it can be used in many ways use your head. now takes 72 ki points per every use instead of 75 ki points.
cloudy has been activated. 72 ki points have been used. Your presence has been concealed by five percent. a notification popped in his view. seeing it Damon had to think it through a little. "so with the breathing I was able to lower the amount of ki that needs to be used for that skill. it was only by three but it's better than 75 he said to himself.
"ha, so now I have possibly two ways to handle my ki pool. if I can't make my ki pool usage increase I can slowly make the amount of ki to activate my automated attacks lower. Damon was all smiles as he jumped around in the black mist. he then wondered what the breathing technique would do if he used a non automated skill and just freestyled. would it take less ki or would something else occur instead.
what did confuse him was he didn't activate cloudy and didn't even think about activating it. so the question he asked himself was why and how did it activate without his permission. he couldn't put his finger on it and thought for now he would eventually figure it out as he began the breathing method again.
An hour passed and he had successfully taken off another ki point off of cloudy making it 71 ki points per use. but something else was happening as well. his body felt heavy and a sluggish. "it seems this aura control takes a toll on the body just like ki control. it's actually a little tougher and heavier than my ki. I don't completely understand it. I thought my ki was my aura but it seems something is off. he thought to himself or maybe he was just tired.
He then fell back on the bed and woke up a few hours later not realizing he fell asleep.
looking at the time once up he had a little over three hours before it was time to meet with Abot. he sat up seeing Javalin at his side coiled up sleeping herself. he needed to burn 3 more hours and so he decided to go over his rain dance fighting style. opening up the new tab he received after coming out of the space monsoon resides he watched the movements of two human figures fight. watching closely he slowly performed each step.
twisting his feet and rotating his hips he threw a slow concentrated punch that turned into an open outstretched finger stabbing jab with electricity at the tips of each finger. he then bent low while twisting slinging the same outstretched arm while spiraling down.
if a person was in front of him it would look like after connecting his jab he was rotating down to use the same arm to attack low but at the last moment he retracted the arm just before static sparked beneath his feet. he slowly surged upwards with a high uppercut and a knee right behind it while acting as if he was grabbing on someone's head pushing it into his knee after connecting with the uppercut. upon landing back down he threw a quick and strong kick before he positioned his feet wide apart while putting both of his wrists and palms together pushing them straight forward while controlling the rainfall into a spiraling wild drops of rain that shot forward like bullets.
this rain move was called, spiraling rainstorm and it was meant to be used while it rains. he practiced the move for three hours without the actual rain just to get the movements right. a few minutes later he received a call from abot and Damon informed him where they would meet.
"there's going to be a lot of rough looking people where we are going. you need a guy like me or someone with connections to get in so just follow my lead once we get there. Abot told Damon while he entered the carriage. that's fine, how's milli and did she like the gifts Damon asked. she's doing well. I have a friend of mine looking after her until I return and yes she loved them. before I left she was still taking them off on posing in the mirrors with a cheesy smile. Abot responded.
They talked a bit while strolling through the city. there weren't many people out but there were a few. they soon pulled up to a small house that looked to be no bigger than a cottage. it was a pretty small white house that was brightly lit on the outside with light orbs sticking out the ground on the walk way towards the door which was dark red. they both walked up the steps and to the door. Abot stood on the steps for a minute without moving. just when Damon was about to ask what was going on a male voice was heard from the other side of the door.
"Name of fighter and state your business mark the voice said loudly. eel, business mark is package carrier." Abot said while pushing a black card underneath the door. soon multiple locks on the door were heard unlocking from the top all the way to the bottom of the door and A pale slim man with blond hair and a scar across his forehead with green eyes was seen opening the door.
"Mr. Holster, no equipment or package this go around. the man asked. no instead I have a fighter with good coin. his name is eel and we wish to participate in a few activities."he then handed the man a pouch of coins and the man nodded and allowed them through. once inside the house was completely empty besides a few chairs stationed in a few corners. the man lead them to a short corridor with stairs that lead to a dead end. the man then knocked on the wall four different times in four different patterns and the wall began sliding to the side reveling an elevator.
"you know your way from here, oh Mr. holster I hear there are some tough opponents tonight. I hope your fighter is good or he will not be coming back out. the man said looking at Damon whose face was completely covered before knocking twice as the wall closed. Damon had his hooded mask covering the top and middle ways of his face. the only thing that could be seen was the blood orange snake face with the outlined eyes as eye holes for him to see. the only real feature that could be seen on Damon was his mouth and chin area and a little of his neck.
"remember, never reveal what guild you're in if someone asks you. this is illegal for guild members but that doesn't stop them from attending such things." Abot said as the elevator went down.