Taken aback by the sudden alert from the system, he looked at the Alert message displayed on the system screen.
'Several Aberrants have been detected within the range of 30 meters….what the heck is an Aberrant!? Some kind of Nightmare creature?'
'Hmm…must be.'
'Should I run away or fight with my new body and skills!?'
'No, I shouldn't underestimate these nightmare creatures….each and every one of them is bizarre and terrifying….I should observe them first then decide what to do….'
Soon Aron could be seen climbing a tall giant white tree with ease, as if he has been doing this for years…The was 100 meters tall and 10 meters in diameter. Despite being 100 meters tall, Aron managed to climb to the top of the tree within a few seconds, thanks to his monstrous agility and strength.
Standing on the topmost branch of the giant tree, he looked around to observe the surroundings and overall geography of this place….but sadly all he saw was the never-ending expanse of white trees with paper-like white leaves stretching in every direction…Still, he noticed the large sun in the sky, meaning it was currently daytime.
Climbing down to the lower branches, he sits on one of the large branches of the white tree and opens his status screen.
Status:
Name: Aron Smith
Race: Gospeler of Nightmares
Rank: Aberrant - I
Level: 1
Title: Champion Of The Nightmare Realm [You have been chosen by the Nightmare Realm to be its champion!]
Echos: 0
Soul Points: 0
Health: 100/100
Nargy: 100/100
Stamina: 70/70
Attributes:
Strength: 80
Agility: 85
Vitality: 100
Intelligence: 90
Defence: 75
Senses: 60
Attribute Points : 0
Skill Points: 0
Talent points: 0
Talents:
[Nightmare Body (Level 1)]: A body Forged by the will of Nightmare Realm, you have the highest affinity to Nargy and the Nightmare Realm—your body courses with a highly concentrated amount of Nargy and will regenerate Nargy every 0.001 seconds. Your body has 75% resistance to Nargy-related damage and 25% resistance to all kinds of damage (physical/elemental/soul/mind)
[Shroud Of Nightmares (Level 1)] (Passive): In the liberated state your wings will generate a shroud of Nightmare Aura around you, which will boost your Nargy regeneration rate up to 3 times. Anyone who comes within the range of the Shroud of Nightmare will be instantly trapped inside a nightmare.
Skills :
[Eyes Of The Paragon (Level 1)]: You can summon the @#$&# rune into your eyes to see the ultimate Truth. By summoning the @#$&# rune into your eyes you can cast an inescapable Nightmare illusion that cannot be avoided.
[Kasimo's Flames (Level 1)]: You can summon Kasimo's flame for a set duration. WARNING! Kasimo's flames are extremely chaotic and can have unexpected effects.
[Kasimo's Mark (Level 1)]: You can mark up to 3 objects/beings with Kasimo's Mark which will directly mark the target's soul in the case of living beings. The mark can be tracked irrespective of the distance.
If Kasimo's Mark is attached to a living being, it will constantly release a fixed amount of Nargy into their soul, slowly corrupting the soul of the target, and ultimately turning them into Kasimo's soul puppet.
If Kasimo's Mark is attached to an object, it will constantly release a fixed amount of Nargy into the object, slowly corrupting it, and ultimately turning it into a bizarro Object.
[Kasimo's Soul Poker (Level 1)]: [Locked]
[Kasimo's Nightmare Circus (Level 1)]: [Locked]
After going through the whole status panel once again, he focuses on his talent section.
[Shroud Of Nightmares (Level 1)] (Passive): In the liberated state your wings will generate a shroud of Nightmare Aura around you, which will boost your Nargy regeneration rate up to 3 times. Anyone who comes within the range of the Shroud of Nightmare will be instantly trapped inside a nightmare.
Looking at his small wings on the back constantly producing a faint purple aura, he tries to move his wings, but due to their small size, he is hardly able to move them let alone fly…..'One day…I'll fly in the vast sky.'
Closing his eyes, he tries to focus and feel his wings to feel them and to know just how they are producing that purple aura. After focusing for a while in deep concentration, he starts to feel a slight connection with his wings, akin to a limb….as he continues to concentrate, the feeling of familiarity further increases. Slowly he starts feeling his wings pulsing with a strange energy, and constantly releasing it….Is that the Nightmare Aura!?
Fully concentrating on his wings, he tries to move them ever so slightly but still fails to do so, after a couple of failures, he finally manages to move them even if just so slightly it still counts as progress…..
While he is busy with his task, a dark silhouette of a large creature silently approaches the tree he is sitting on, moving swiftly like a shadow…. as the creature nears the tree, its appearance becomes fully clear….
A large wolf the size of a truck, with thick dark gray fur covering its entire body, with a dreadful savage face full of scars, its glowing red eyes staring at Aron who was sitting on the tree, with the cold look of a blood-thirsty predator.
The right side of its entire body was covered in a faintly glowing violet crystal extending from the right side of its face to its neck, back, front, and hind legs, and lastly covering the entirety of its large dreadful tail making it look like a terrifying violet crystalline club.
Its canine muzzle mouth was full of dreadful sharp pointy fangs like a dragon, creating a zig-zag pattern of yellowish fangs jutting out of its mouth only emphasizing its already terrifying appearance. Its curved scythe-like claws further increase its menacing looks and level of lethality.
On its back, 5 violet crystalline protrusions could be seen, each of the violet crystalline protrusions was constantly releasing a faint violet Nightmare Aura, among which the one growing from its left shoulder was the biggest, while the one growing on its right shoulder was the smallest, the rest of the three were protruding from its spine, making its overall appearance deserving of a terrifying nightmare creature…
[Alert! An Aberrant has been detected within 10 meters range from the host, the Aberrant has been identified as a Havoc-Lykor]
[Alert! New Quest has been issued!]
[Advent Of The Apex Predator: Hunt down up to 10 Aberrants]
[Possible Rewards: 500 Naruka gems, Echo of the Hunted creature, Special title]
'What's this…a quest!? Like the ones from RPG games!? Damn! This is starting to really feel like a Goddamn game!! The only thing is that I can drop dread anytime I f#uck up...'
'So I have to hunt down 10 of these monstrosities huh….'
Meanwhile, Aron had already noticed a presence the moment it reached 10 meters near him…he was suddenly able to feel a malicious intent directed toward him while he was busy trying to control his wings….
'That thing looks terrifying as hell….but why do I feel so excited instead of fearful? Why does it feel like a dog to me? This monster is absolutely terrifying!! From the looks only I can tell that it can easily slaughter an armed military unit by itself….sigh~ my mind and my thoughts don't feel the same anymore…..It is as if I'm becoming a completely different person…someone much colder and indifferent to the world….sight~'
Just as he was lost in his thoughts…"gghhrrrrr" he Suddenly heard a low guttural bone-chilling growling sound from the wolf-like nightmare creature. The Lykor as the system had identified the monstrosity tried climbing the tree with its sharp scythe-like claws but failed to do so….then it backed off a bit loudly and snarled at Aron who just stood there watching the Nightmarish wolf with a look of amusement playing in his eyes….
Then suddenly the 5 violet crystalline protrusions on its back started glowing in an ominous dark violet light, and soon a ball of dark violet light started condensing in the middle of the 5 violet protrusions, growing bigger and bigger with time….
when it reached a point where the ball started fluctuating and vibrating unstably, the next very instant, the Lykor suddenly crouched forward, aiming the dreadful ball of unstable energy at Aron's location firing an intensely powerful violet havoc beam, tearing through the air with a terrifying high pitch sound like "Siiiiiiin!"
'F#CK!!'
'IT CAN ALSO SHOOT F#CKING LASER BEAMS!!' Aron curses in his mind and starts running away from the terrifying violet laser beam…
Reaching the end of the branch he jumped off to another tree several meters away from him, and continued jumping from one tree to another, trying to get away from the Lykor's dreadful violet Laser beam.
While jumping from one tree to another, he suddenly heard the crackling noise of wood burning, Looking back at the branch where he was standing a few seconds ago, he found the entire large branch of the giant tree spanning more than 8 meters in length to be entirely missing and the location from where the branch had been growing from the tree to be slightly disintegrated…leaving a slightly hollow charred area glowing in dim violet light.
Sucking in cold air, he felt chills running down his spine…
'F#CK! It literally disintegrated that whole f#ucking branch!!'
Cursing inside his mind, he quickened up his pace of running…
Looking at Aron getting further away "AAAAAAOOOOOOO!!" The Lykor howled loudly as if calling for its gang members….
It doesnt take long for more of the Lykors to arrive, soon Aron could be seen chased away by more than 8 large monstrosities, no matter how much he tried to get away they just didn't want to let him go.
'This going nowhere….I guess, I have to get rid of them….Somehow...'