The fallen looked in Elijah's direction it was like it could see him. The fallen face had a massive smirk on it (could it have some form of intelligence?) that's when Elijah realized that the monsters he had faced when he got here were very weak they didn't have any signs of intelligence, which is when he got an idea.
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one week passed
Elijah bolted through the dead forest. a rabbit fallen was chasing him at full speed (I..got..to…. keep….this pace up) he thought to himself. he made a sharp right the creature was almost off balance when it held onto a tree to rebalance itself. The fallen picked up then bolted after Elijah, it was going relatively fast [Blade of Wind]. The ground beneath him fell, this was the trap he would lead the rabbit to then when he reached where he wanted it he would make the floor beneath him fall in. This hole was already made by him the day before.
The Fallen in this den have leveled it like a sphere, on the outer globe are the fallen rabbits they are the weakest yet the trickiest to deal with. because of their strings but if someone were to force them into a surrounding, they didn't understand, then killing them will be accessible the fallen on the outer sphere has no intelligence they hunt and eat based on instincts, but if it were that alone then they would have went extinct in this den long ago.
What keeps them alive is their speed when ever a hunter is near them they use the eyes on their body to spot that hunter if they see them as dangerous then they will run away but if they see them as prey then they hunt them down, it's as simple as that.
the floor caved in beneath them the rabbit dug its claws to the edge it used its upper body muscle to get itself up "I have spent the last few days studying you!… I know all your strengths and weaknesses, don't you think I wouldn't plan for this?" Elijah said in a chaotic voice.
Elijah took in a quick breath and then said [Ball Of Fire]. In the den some creatures have oils in them they are pretty weak the rabbits hunt them to eat or to just cook the mushrooms. the rabbits themself don't have a preference as long as they eat they don't care. Elijah hunted down some of these fallen and then took away their oils after he dug out the hole he lined the insides with oil if the rabbit tried to get out . he is not as strong as those that have oaths, he doesn't have enough spirituality to keep the flames a blaze so he used oil.
The fallen rabbit cried out as its many eyes melted as the flames burnt away its flesh "Ha…..hahaha," Elijah couldn't help but laugh at the burning creature. He looked at the Deep Black Moon he found out that in the den there are no day and night cycles the only way he could tell the time is when it starts to rain, it always rains at the same time.
"to think such a powerful creature like this had ripped me apart once had made me feel such fear..was so weak, its death is truly pathetic!" Elijah jumped into the hole it was about 7ft deep it was a miracle that he had managed to find a place that already had a 3ft hole. After he saw it he used it to finalize his plan. the fallen body burned in a crimson red it reached out its small hand asking for help, Elijah scuffed [Ball Of Fire] he covered his right hand in red flames and then punched the Rabbit over and over the rabbit was already dead but he wanted to stop "hahaha haha" Elijah realized it was over by the time it started raining "oh…it died already…must have lost it there…." Elijah was about to summon a blade of wind to fly him up when he saw a small string flowing out of the rabbit that condensed into a ball of yarn.
"that's unique…..guess like I will call this a .." he was stopped when Otto's voiced boomed in his ears
'you killed that fallen and gained its Arcane.' his voice sounded nonchalant, but Elijah could sense that he was surprised
"an arcane?… Is this what happens when a person that has an oath dies they realise something that's called an arcane?" Elijah formed his thoughts after otto stopped speaking to him, Elijah became much more of a over thinker, anything small that would happen he would over think. this would be a bad quilty but this is what caused him to be alive now, after his first death in this place and Otto abanding him,he was left alone to his thoughts he cried for hours he was lost ...but he snapped all he wanted to do was to get out of the den and kill the fallen that had killed him.
'I can see that you have slowly gone over the edge.. without me, you are slowly losing it'
Elijah tilted his head at the ball of string "What do I do with this?"
'you can use it to make an item of your choice but sadly ..you have no craft men ship in this field, so that ball of string is basically useless to you, there's some corruption in it, which means even if you do find a way to use it, it will just slowly kill you'
Elijah walked over and picked up the ball of string he used a Blade of wind to surround himself with enough wind to pull him up. He walked through the empty forest otto kept on speaking about how useless the string would be to him, but he didn't care, all he cared about was going back to the church that's all he cared about he just wanted to be with them. Elijah reached a clearing he was still in the outer sphere there lay a sliver pond green trees grew around it there was also a tiny man-made hut that Elijah had made.
Elijah went inside the hut there was a giant orange light that was waving back and forth but it didn't go out [crismon] before he had got here he learned of a way to make the flame last longer, but this would drain him so he never once used it. His body became pale he slowly took off his shriveled-up clothes they were filled with dirt and mud "Looks like that rabbit had an oath…if it had some form of intelligence, then it wouldn't have fallen for such an obvious trap," he said to himself.
Elijah brought the string to the pond he washed it, and after a few minutes, he got inside. the water was cold, but it somehow felt warm. Elijah felt a strong pain inside him
'could this be a'
"yes, it's a pond filled with holy water…i was quite surprised when I found this here; after drinking it, I discovered that it brings back some of my wasted spirituality it even has a purifying effect"
'you are corrupted, why are you even in there in the first place?'
"to get rid of you," Elijah sneered, after being in the pond for a few minutes, he got out the pond glowed a faint black, then turned to white "That means it has cleaned itself I can go drink it" This water was the only source that didn't corrupt him 'why didn't you just find a container and just poured some of the water in that then place it in the pond then wait till it purify?' otto asked Elijah lowered his head then answered
"I already tried that….the water from different ponds just won't purify something is stopping it from doing so," Elijah spoke in a hushed tone as he placed the ball of string on a wooden slab he tried making a desk, but the wood just went to waste he has no talent in making them ELijah tore off a piece of his clothes them made a glove outline he got a makeshift middle then he sew it in a few minutes he was finished (the original owner of this body was good at making stuff like these) he grabbed the ball of string then sewed it into the glove after he was finished there was enough string left, Elijah made it into a rope
'what are you gonna do with that?' Otto asked he didn't receive an answer
Elijah relaxed his body and then poured some of his spirituality into the rope. The rope glowed a silver color, the string grew in size
"….."
Elijah poured more spirituality into it, but it wasn't enough to drain him the strings of the rope started to fall apart it looked as if they were coming to life. Elijah put on the glove on his left arm he wrapped the rope around the glove. The glove and the rope reacted to each other. Elijah could feel the bond between the rope and the glove; he then realized the spirituality he had placed into the rope. It fell to the floor "I can use the rope as a sensor "
Elijah pointed his left-hand finger to the wooden wall. A string got released from his fingertip "I have an idea on how I can use it"
'...' Otto stayed entirely it was very unusual but also usual after a few seconds, Elijah's gloved hand tightened it wasn't in his control it was like the string was trying to crush him "What is this?"
'every good thing in life comes with a price