I patiently waited for the man that always gave me my meals.
Soon I saw the light. Not eager to wait another day I yelled "hey!"
He ignored me like many times before. But it was different know. I came to the wall and said "I know you hear me. I can sense you on the other side of the wa-"
Before I was done talking a fist came right through the wall, right towards my chest.
Yes I did sensed it but it was to fast for me to react. The last thing I remember was my back blowing against the wall.
When I woke up I saw actuall light not just through a little crabby in the wall. I could see everything clearly without needing to focus too much. Sadly it wasn't the light from the sun, but from countless torches in the walls illuminating a huge…cave?
Is this another test given to me by my captors?
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After clearing my head, I started hearing a waterfall somewhere nearby. Not having any water on me, the logical thing is of course, to go to it.
On my way there I spotted many small creatures, that I have never seen before.
After traversing trough a forest made only from weirdly big bushes, I came to a big lake.
This really made me think about, where the hell am I.
My dad was a protector of the north serving to the king, that was one of the seven lords of this continent. He wanted to raise me into a warrior and the next protector of the north. I have seen countless maps of this continent with the slightest of details, yet I have never heard of anything similar to this enormous cave.
I don't know how far I was from my famille's part of the land, but I knew that I wasn't unconscious long enough for them escape far from it.
Coming closer to the lake to drink some water left me surprised by how weird the water looked. It was clear but the color was weirdly white. I dipped my finger in for thirty seconds before taking a sip, to know if it's not toxic.
It was the most refreshing water I have had, but it was also cold, too cold for me to enjoy more of it. After only one sip my whole body was freezing, tho I also felt more energized .
I couldn't admire the icy water any more as I sensed someone close behind me.
Turning back I could see a white wolf-like creature. It was way bigger than average, yet it sent shivers down my spine, looking at me while dripping saliva from it's jaws.
I have hunted a wolf already, but killing it unarmed would be a fluke. Taking out the sturdy snake corpse, I was ready to choke it to it's death.
It jumped at me, ready to devour me whole. As if I would let it! I moved my left leg to the right side of the incoming wolf, dodging it's claws by a hair's length. I had my back momentarily in front of left side of his body I turned 180 degrees to the right. With the snake in my hands, I brought it down from the upper neck downwards, then crossed it as quickly as possible, forming an X around its lower neck. I jumped up while still holding the snake around it's neck, crossed my legs around his body, pulled his neck up and down towards me, while also using my legs that were around him, to bring him down towards my right side. Bringing us both down to the ground, leaving the wolf unable to hurt me.
Even tho I was pretty big for a thirteen years old, I still didn't have the much strength, but after two minutes of struggling I finally managed to strangle it.
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After skinning it and ripping off its fangs I had a weird feeling that my 'sense' still wants to tell me something. I felt a strong connection leading my hand to the middle of its belly. I opened it up with a makeshift knife that I made from it's fang. Afterwards I entered its belly with my arm, as if searching for something. I touched something round and took it away from its body, and after seeing what it is, everything in my head came together like a last piece of puzzle. I was inside inside a god damned tear!
When the Great war of continets was at peak an entity no one could measure to sacrifised it self to stop the ongoing wars.
Through "Guidence" he found a way to seperate continets by manipulating the laws of space.
After thousends of years the space defying walls weakend to a critical level randomly forming a tears in space.
These 'tears' are basically portals connecting to unknown places, that are mostly dangerous. They are filled up with creatures that have these 'cores'. The cause of this phenomenon isn't known yet. You can use these cores to strengthen yourself by absorbing them. You can only absorb them if you are compatible with them. I tried to absorb it and failed, after that I stored it inside my makeshift bag, that I made from the hide.
I called "Guidance" as I thought about how much exp I need to farm, until I'm level five.
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USER LEVEL: 5
EXP 100/500
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE USER FOR REACHING LEVEL 5.
ARE YOU READY TO UNLOCK YOUR TRAIT?
Do you wish to unlock Unique trait 1?
YES/NO
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I didn't expect that it would give me 500 xp, not that I was complaining. I looked at the panel in front of my eyes and without any hesitation picked yes.
I mentally prepared myself for the the pain that I heard about. Why is nothing happen-
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Congratulations to the user for unlocking your first unique trait!
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UNIQUE TRAITS:
[Continuous body hardening]
2 Unlock?
3 Unlock?
-After unlocking a trait, stats/titles may
change/evolve
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Congratulations!
Your 'permanent' stat 'Body adaptability : mid-high' changed into 'Body adaptability : high'
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