I woke up groggy from the poor sleep and the position I was in, none of that mattered after hearing the soft snores and breathing of 3 beautiful girls. I glanced around the room seeing that Cassie, Sydney and Bark were outside the house like canopy cover. They looked like they were keeping watch for someone or something, I just shrugged hoping they weren't going to betray me.
I continued to watch them for a little longer until I felt a slight shift on my lap and noticed Jen had positioned her head right at the perfect kissing height. Swiftly, I leaned forward and gave a quick peck on her dark red lips that seemed like they were permanent.
Jen still being partially asleep when her lips were suddenly attacked, what was felt were a pair of soft, warm lips pressing against hers leaving behind a little wetness that she unconsciously lapped up.
I watched her lick her lips after my quick peck, I gently tapped her thighs to signal I wanted to get up. She snapped back to reality sliding of my legs with her head slightly tilted down to hide her blushing embarrassment.
I just chuckled lightly and got up along with Sarah and Sasha. We folded everything up and put everything we used together in a neat pile before walking outside to talk to the others.
"Hey guys, what's going on?"
"Morning guys and gal," Bark said with a wink. Jen just walked behind me and put her face in my back, "Man this girl is just too cute."
The light smile that was lingering on my face fell to a flat line, "What's with the mood change?"
"We have a type of security or alarm magic cast around this place, it was tripped twice and when we came out to check it we only saw this note," Cassie explained.
"Can I see the note?" I asked due to my curiosity and nosiness.
"Sure, it was even addressed to you, or more stated that you were the only who can read it. It requires a drop of any bodily fluid to open, it can be saliva, blood or pee." Cass said all this with a straight face, even the end of it.
"What? I said any bodily fluid, I just listed a few."
I just shrugged since I wouldn't have to cut myself for a measly drop of blood.
I grabbed the letter and lifted it up closer to my face to be able to read what was written on the outside better.
- Can only be opened by the blood of the ancient one -
"Ancient one? Could that be us?" I questioned out loud and gestured towards myself and my girls.
"I don't see who else it could be addressed too, especially when the letter is locked with a spell that will disintegrate it if the very specific conditions are not met."
"I want to add to what Sydney said and say that the only other time that specific spell was used was when our elder sent a letter to the king of this kingdom, but the catch to the letter is a terrible curse. If a person gets a hold of the letter and forcibly opens it, a permanent curse will be thrust upon the opener if the opener isn't the intended recipient," Jen finished the small explanation after taking a second to pause, I also raised my hand to halt her next words to be able to ask a simple question.
"If I drop a little blood on this should it work? And don't think I don't want to learn, its that I am not in a position to learn as much as I want right now. I would definitely like if you 3 or 4 including you bark wouldn't mind teaching me what you know about this new world us 3 are in now."
I watched as the 3 ladies faces either brightened up with a rosy blush or darkened a little more, as for bark I started to think he was possibly gay say I mentioned him teaching me a little. I had possibly much better vision than everyone here and I noticed his eyes dilating a little as they ever so slightly looked me up and down. I shivered a little but just enough to allow bark to know that I wasn't on the same team as him or switched between them, I could also imagine now that he had a teacher kink.
After everything settled down I activated a new skill I never noticed:
(Blades of Blood) - Blades of blood is a unique skill solely associated with the user. This skill allows the user to create any sort of blade, large or small, and manifest them by either making them apart of the users body or independent, its all up to the users imagination.
That seems cool but very twilight vampire-like for some reason, that show never really got me hooked and always seemed cringe to me. I just incase poked my canines a little to double check that they weren't super long and I let out a sigh of relief when I felt they were not super long.
I stopped goofing around and procrastinating and activated the skill by forming a small scalpel like blade on my right index finger and slowly cut open my bottom palm closer to the wrist but still on the meaty part.
A little more than a drop of blood fell from my palm and finger as the paper below had a light flecking of blood around the wax seal. I watched as nothing immediately happened to the paper and just as I was about to ask "why was nothing happening?" the flecks of blood started to be absorbed into the paper.
The paper started out as a white note, then it started to turn a dark crimson as more and more blood started to be absorbed into the paper. The wax seal fell off and unfolded without my assistance to hold it open or up, since it was floating by the time it was fully straightened out.
I watched in utter fascination at the transformation the paper took. The magic of it didn't last long as words started to float up from the paper and what was on the paper now floated in front of me.
- Hello, I am Cynthia, Elder and leader of Hengend.
I write this secured letter to beg your haste towards town, I am aware of your dilemma and your questioning mind regarding what the world has become after your awakening and rejoining. I can't write much on this or the spell will be weakened, so I will say it once more, I will explain and answer any questions you may have as well as your female companions, and please make haste.
-Regards, Cynthia -
P.S - The note will burst into flames when the receiver is done with it.
"Damn," I said aloud, "I am guessing now we need to rush or "make haste" back to the village?" I questioned to the other group. They nodded their heads and we all got all of whatever we had and started to rush towards the village even though at a dead sprint it was a good day and half away.
***
Time went by as we made our way to the village, we fought monsters and beasts, we argued like any newly acquainted people and we sprinted whenever we were all ready and at full strength. I noticed during our rush back towards the village that Jen or Jenny her full name but preferred Jen, Cassie, Sydney and Bark were significantly weaker than me and my girls. I would have thought that the system was apart of everyone.... but I was SUPER wrong.
We had to come to a stop roughly less than a quarter days walk to the town. I sat down comfortably on the ground while leaning against a tree and started to close my else but then,
*Ding*
(Notice: System has awakened)
{Awakening process - 0.5% complete}
(Kings System and Aeon System)
- The Kings System is a unrestricted version of the current system that is ingrained and intertwined with everyone in the new world. The new world was caused by the awakening of the linear system called the Aeon System, even though both systems are pretty much the exact same, One of them follows an exponential path of power while the other follows a linear path to power.
-Both the exponential path and the linear path to power have there own pros and cons, but the linear path requires about 1000x the resources and time to equal the casual growth of the exponential path. Both systems are aware of each other but do not interfere with one another for they only care about their existence continuing.
-They are not completely sentient, the only sentience they have is for the host to grow.... but there is one unique thing that made the exponential growth superior other than its power. The exponential growth system or renamed to Kings System is a sentient being optimized for the hosts benefit and will take a humanoid form once the user reaches a certain requirement and threshold for power.
*flash* A/N: its only visible to him no one else can see her, he won't like that. >:)
A slight flash of a very buxom woman in conservative red dress that couldn't hide her assets draped over her body lazily. Her arms had been adorned with red slip on sleeves, her hair was bright crimson with ice blue eyes and a button nose. Her heart-shaped face completed her appearance, and for me, her beautiful face did it for me.
I know this was a flash of an image with some fancy words but, what if all those fantasy novels were actually true when it came to something that is sentient but is stuck in a form until certain conditions are met, I am not complaining.
-The making of the Aeon system happened during the end and after the rebirth of this world through gods will. The system will take either the sin or virtue of whatever path that person will take, this doesn't mean they can not be good with a sinful class it just more likely that their nature and behavior will change but their morals will stay and for how long before they embrace who they are now no one can tell.
"It happened after huh?" I thought gloomily taking in that bit of information and having it hit the hardest.
-Each time you level with the Kings System every stats increases based on class with the bonus of increased stat points. In the linear system, the only way to mimic the exponential growth of the Kings System is to focus on maybe 2 or 3 stats only and 4 if your class stat bonuses can allow for it.
-One more thing I will add is that the system can be molded to fit whatever you understand the most like STR, DEX, VIT, and CON or MIND, BODY, SPIRT or just base it out of a hundred before a boost kicks in. This system was supposed to put you on a level no one can match, but the downside is the amount of time it take to level compared to the linear system.
"Please be careful. I have seen you and know more about you than you do me, I have seen your past and I would like to be apart of it someday when I have a ~real~ body."
As those words finished I shivered in anticipation for that day.