Chapter 4 - The New

WE WILL NOW START. As Fodre steps into the circle, the Seer feels a wave of energy coursing through his veins. She speaks out words that are only understood by her. In a fluent motion, she moves her hands up and down, side to side, and as she does, the circle shines brighter, and in an instant, a spirit appears. "Woah."(Fodre) A humanoid sized spirit with large claws, small spikes around his hands and legs, covered in scales, with vertical eyes like a cat stands right in front of him. He slowly opens his eyes as he stares at Fodre. "First spirit successfully summoned. Let us proceed with the bonding process, but be warned, it might feel overwhelming."(Sato) She makes a hand motion, starting from the bottom and uniting them together. As soon as she does the spirit starts to turn into pure green energy and encircles Fodre. As this happens, it slowly starts bonding with him and fades from sight. "That should do it, seems like there was no resistance so you guys were compatible." (Sato) "What kind of spirit was it?"(Fodre) "Was it a strong one?" (Aindri)

"Let's analyze it and find out."(Sato) She points at Fodre and closes one eye, a light shine's vaguely from her index finger and shoots through Fodre, revealing all information about himself and the spirit. "You just keep on surprising me."(Fodre) "I guess she has witch powers, I mean she does look like a witch."(Vulcan) She stares at him with an angry face and makes him regret his words. "Gulp.."(Vulcan) "I'm actually turning 400 years old and still look much better than others."(Sato) "400 years old?? You're an old lady!"(Aindri) "More like ancient." (Vulcan) The seer snaps her fingers and the jokesters mouths become sealed, unable to utter another word. You can vaguely see a vein popping out from her head. They sit down on the floor, rethinking their actions. "Anyways, let's see your stats, shall we?"(Sato)

[Max. Energy ~80]

[Ability~Eternal Spikes]

[Rarity~Uncommon]

[Spirit Type~Intelligent]

"What does my ability do?(Fodre) "You will find out automatically once you enter the spirit world. That's how it works, other than that, you're only a little bit above average. Now you'll have to make through the rest on your own."(Sato) "Sounds really cool to me, can't wait to try it out. So who's going next?"(Fodre) "Vulcan, why don't you go? Let's see what you get."(Aindri) "Sure,fuck it. The sooner we do this, the faster we get done."(Vulcan) "Very well step forward into the circle. We shall begin immediately."(Sato) The Seer repeats the same process as she did with Fodre and a new spirit is summoned. Heat surrounds the room, everyone's lips start to crack a bit but when it fully appears, the heat dialed down. A fire spirit with red eyes, dark red armor, a tail of fire, a mane of fire, and a cocky smirk on its face was summoned. "

"Hmph." (Spirit) "Looks like he thinks highly of himself, but I guess it makes sense, since he's made of fire and all that."(Aindri) "He looks powerful to me, I'm sure we'll get along."(Vulcan) "Indeed, the fire element is one of the strongest. Make sure you use his flames to destroy your enemies."(Sato) "Haha."(Vulcan) "Now let's check your stats, I'm sure you must have been waiting."(Sato) She points her finger at Vulcan and shoots a light through him, showing his stats.

[Max. Energy~ 95]

[Ability~Inferno]

[Rarity~Rare]

[Spirit Type~Confident]

"Look at that, I'm stronger than you Frode. Must feel bad."(Vulcan) "Eh, could care less."(Frode) "Your fire spirit will take you to the top, I know it."(Sato) "Well seems like we're down to the last one, go on Aindri."(Fodre) "Yeah…im ready!"(Aindri) Aindri steps forth into the circle. "I am expecting great strength from you boy. Don't disappoint me."(Sato) "Get on with it."(Aindri) The moment Sato begins her incarnations, she feels a chill down her back. A "spirit" appeared before them before she even properly started, as if it was waiting for the right moment to appear. "Well that was fast, it took longer with the other guys."(Aindri) "Yes…I didn't even finish my incantation. This means this "spirit" came on forth on his own."(Sato) The spirit had white skin, blue eyes with white pupils, blue stripes around his body coming from the sides and with what seemed to be an energy like aura around his body, making him glow differently than other spirits. "Who are you?" (Aindri asks looking into his eyes) "I am Thou, Thou Art I."(Spirit) "Huh? Why can't spirits just talk normally."(Vulcan) "You're just too dumb to understand."(Fodre) "Fuck off."(Vulcan)

"We haven't even bonded yet but I feel your energy, it's great."(Aindri) "Shall we begin."(Spirit) As soon as he finishes his sentence he becomes energy and surrounds Aindri, lighting up the room in blue and white colors before disappearing from everyone. "Very impressive, I knew I sensed something special in you. You might be able to change everything." (Sato) "Look at my stats."(Aindri) "Very well."(Sato)

[Max. Energy~125]

[Ability~Imperial Eyes]

[Rarity~???]

[Spirit type~???]

"A mysterious one isn't it."(Aindri) "This has never happened before, but by the looks of it, it's indeed very strong. I'm excited to see its powers."(Sato) "When do we leave? I feel like I've been waiting forever."(Vulcan) "Yes indeed, sorry about that. Please step into the circle and I will immediately teleport you into the other world. As soon as I do you will automatically know what your ability does and, if lucky, it'll grant you resistances or immunities too."(Sato) The three nod in unison. Sato speaks another incantation different from before and a light array surrounds the three, making them slowly fade away. They find themselves in an open field, surrounded by nothing but grass, they can see a village in the distance but it would take some time to reach. Before they recollect their thoughts completely, they are overwhelmed by information about their abilities.

{Fodre Syndicore}

[Eternal Spikes~ Can summon spikes around himself . They can pierce almost anything. The more energy focused on a spike the stronger and more durable it becomes. ]

{Vulcan Neltram}

[Inferno~Can create and control flames at will, the more energy added the hotter the flames. Grants fire resistance.]

{Aindri Nova}

[Imperial Eyes~Doubles all stats while active. If used for too long then it will sustain itself on the users life energy, increases overall control of energy.]

"Kinda makes me wanna try it out right now to be honest."(Vulcan) "On what? There's nothing around here."( Fodre) "Maybe ill use it on you."(Vulcan) "Ill pass on that, i'm not interested in your childish behavior."(Fodre) "Huh? You picking a fight with me?"(Vulcan) Fodre ignores Vulcan. "Im guessing we should head to the village."(Aindri) "Oh, yeah I guess so."(Vulcan) "Maybe we'll see something on the way and you can fight it, and hey since we have powers now we should name our attacks."(Aindri) "Yes! I will call it, INFERNO DEMOLISHING BLAZE BLAST!"(Vulcan) "Too lame. Too long. Too loud."(Fodre) "What! Well maybe it is too long. How about-"(Vulcan) Aindri interrupts. "Inferno Blast."(Aindri) "YES that sounds amazing!"(Vulcan) "Short and simple." (Fodre nods) They keep walking while painfully hearing Vulcan talk about what moves he wants to name and do. A couple minutes go by and they reach a forest. It's not thick enough for it to be hard to walk through and you can pretty much see perfectly inside. "I wonder if there are spirits around."(Vulcan) As he says that, a tree branch grabs his feet and launches him against another tree. "Oof!"(Vulcan) "I guess you're prayers were answered!" (Fodre) "A tree spirit? Vulcan you should fight it yourself."(Aindri) "I agree, its a perfect match and too much of a hassle."(Fodre) "Heh, easy. I'll use my INFERNO BLAST and destroy it in one blow."(Vulcan) He makes a pose of charging up an attack and moves his hand to release it, but nothing comes out. "Fool you have to imagine the fire and energy in your palm and release it. Without energy there is no fire."(Spirit) "Ohhhh that makes so much more sense."(Vulcan) The tree roars showing its angry face and a mouth widely open for a meal, it then quickly attacks Vulcan again. He manages to dodge its first attack but gets sent into the air on the second one. "Shit! Focus! Imagine energy gathering in my palm…and FIRE!"(Vulcan) A small ball of fire is released but is quickly swatted away by the roots of the tree. "WHAT!"(Vulcan) "Bigger you fool! Pump yourself up in flames!"(Spirit) The tree swiftly grabs Vulcan and lifts him over to his mouth and eats him. "Damn, should we help?"(Aindri) "It looks like he's got it."(Fodre) The tree stares at them and laughs, he inserts his roots inside the earth and launches them at Aindri and Fodre but he quickly stops and feels something wrong. BAM! "NO WAY AM I DYING LIKE THIS!"(Vulcan) Vulcan surrounded by fire bursts through the back of the tree and looks back. "That's impressive, he surrounded himself in flames."(Aindri) "Time for payback!"(Vulcan) For the first time he seems like he can control his ability and gathers all the fire around his body into his fist. "Inferno blast!"(Vulcan) A beam of fire bursts through the tree spirit and incinerates it. "Hmph, easy."(Vulcan) "Yeah sure Mr.Munch Munch."(Fodre) "You say something?"(Vulcan's thug look) "No, hot head."( Fodre) "Good job, seems like you're a natural."( Aindri) "Thank you Aindri, you're the only one that appreciates me."(Vulcan) "Yeah but let's not get distracted and move on to the village. It's still pretty far."(Aindri)