[SEVEN POV 1]
Hello, my name is Seven. I got summoned in this world and two years have passed.
Why am I talking to myself you asked? Because I'm bored and I've only got this little feline girl with me my whole journey. Anyway, life here sucks.
At first, I thought being summoned and teleported into a different world was a good idea but after experiencing it, I just wanted to go home. But I'm stuck with this feline kid who is strong enough to kill me.
Let's start from the beginning, shall we?
First of all, I'm called Seven for a reason. Although I have my real name in my old world, I've grown to like the name Seven here.
I'm the seventh successful experimental summons.
Yes, this world allows the summoning of individuals from other worlds. There is a big reason for that.
The world is covered in Dark Entrophic Shades, well that's what they call it. Those monsters roam the world and humanity was forced to seek shelter in underground cities, away from them.
The world here seems to have little technological advancements since they couldn't combat it. Well, I haven't seen one of those Dark Shades, I'll just call it that. Yeah, I haven't seen one of those to know exactly how to beat them.
Anyway, I was experimented on since they said I was special.
Wait, let me start from the very beginning.
In the beginning, I'll call it the Doomsday. There was a Celestial being named Seth. He put the world into chaos by creating portals that summoned those Dark Shades. The only way to seal it was for the Heroes to find the 'Keys' scattered throughout the land. The way to find the keys was by using the Amulets given to the Seven(7) heroes. The 'Amulets' tell you the location of the keys.
When the doomsday began, everyone on the world was given a Blessing. And anyone being born from there on out would be given a 50:50 chance of getting a blessing. 'Blessings' are powers or abilities people should use to fight with the Dark Shades.
When a blessing holder dies, he/she has a 50:50 chance to materialize into a soul stone. A 'Soul stone' contains the power of the dead person's blessing and any person can use it. The usage of the said power is called an 'Enchantment.'
Some people were incompatible with the blessings they got so it developed into a Curse. A 'Curse' either brings a bad influence on the user of the Curse or to the people they are around with.
When a Curse holder dies, he/she has a 50:50 chance to materialize into a voodoo stone. A 'Voodoo stone' contains the power of the dead person's curse and any person can use it. The usage of the said power is called a 'Malediction.'
The sad part about this story was all the 'Seven Original Heroes' were wiped out. Their amulets are nowhere to be found and I'm stuck here in this underground lab years after that.
Well, spoiler alert, I'm outside the laboratory but still stuck underground. I'm scrapping my way around these underground cities to survive along with this little girl whom I rescued to come with me.
The Blessing I got was that I can appraise an individual's blessing by just looking at them. Apparently, I can also copy their blessing for a decent amount of time. But doing so takes a hard toll on my body. The stronger the blessing and harder to control, the more my body can't take it and I'm forced to let go of the power I copied. It's not a really good ability because of the constant experiments they did on my body. I've grown to have a weak affinity for my blessing over time.
They were using people who had no blessings to work on me so I couldn't easily escape and copy a blessing since I had no blessing to copy.
A year passed after that and I met a chimera hybrid. They tested breeding a human and an animal together to see if they could birth a human hybrid that could get a stronger blessing.
They successfully did so and created a Feline girl. I was lucky enough that she was positioned in a glass room beside me. They had her strapped and all and had her mouth covered.
After analyzing her blessing, I knew that it was my chance to escape. Hers was a curse.
I copied it instantly and because it was too powerful, I coughed blood.
The researchers instantly uncuffed me and that's where they messed up.
You see, this feline girl's ability allows her to kill anyone by just uttering the words for them to die. I killed everyone in the room and took out the object covering the feline girl's mouth. I knew she was begging to be saved as well. I thought she would kill me on site but we ended up escaping the underground laboratory. No, it was more like a prison.
Another year passed and we were just wandering around the different underground cities. I've learned how to use a knife and improved my combat skills. I got various jobs from gangs in different cities to kill people and I've been pretty good at it. That job put food on the table for the two of us. Sadly, it wasn't high-paying enough and I ended up making an enemy of the gangs I worked with so we are constantly on the move.
They end up wanting my power as well. But since there was a 50:50 chance of success for it to become a soul stone, I would end up becoming like a lab rat again like before when I was being experimented on.
Why not just kill them if I can take the power of the strongest person there?
The toll on the body was too huge when using my blessing. I'll end up being unconscious if I want to use strong blessings to annihilate the gangs that are after me. Being unconscious would mean no food on the table and Foryan would be all alone in this world if I ended up dying. These past two years, I've been proudly raising her as if my real family.
You know, all I want right now the most is to have a normal life.
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[FORYAN POV 1]
"Foryan, wake up. I'm going out." Seven said.
I've been traveling with this person who saved me in the laboratory for two years now. Today, we are in a different city and maybe tomorrow we will illegally hitch a ride on a train that goes to another city.
My name is Foryan. Well, that is what Seven calls me. I do not have a name but he said he heard that being spoken before when the researchers were experimenting on us so he gave me that name. Although it is horrible when I think about that past, I like the name he gave me. It gives me joy hearing it from him.
It's another day of not having anything to eat. Seven said that he got work yesterday.
"Stay here inside, okay? I'll be back tonight and bring you food. I just got a deal yesterday. I wanted to tell you that but you were fast asleep when I arrived. We are going to eat great today! What would you like for me to get for you?" Seven patted her head.
"Chicken," I quickly replied. I tasted that food before when we first found a poultry farm near the edge of one of the cities. He cooked it and it was the best-tasting food I've ever tasted in my life.
He sees me as a kid in his eyes. Although I couldn't fully comprehend his words at first, he taught me basic words, and sentences, and slowly throughout the months of learning, I can communicate with him.
There are still a lot of things that I do not know about this world that we live in.
Every day when he goes out to do work, Seven leaves me near a dumpster. To be honest, I hate staying alone and this place is very stinky. I sometimes wander in the streets and go back just before it gets dark. Luckily, I have a great sense of smell so I can smell the dumpster where we stay for the day and that helps me get back home.
Every day, A new place near a dumpster. Although I really hate the stinky smell, I feel at home when I'm near it. Its smell reminds me of what you call a home.
When will he come home today I wonder? I want to go and explore the city but we haven't eaten in two days. I don't have the energy to move much.
He said that we can eat today. I'll just wait for him today. I hope he is okay.
"It's really cold... being alone like this..."
Ah... I guess I'll just fall asleep.
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"Foryan! I'm back. I brought food."...