A void was the thing that greeted Trent as he slowly started to started to become conscious. His mind felt foggy as he made the transition from unconsciousness to consciousness .As the fog in his mind started to disperse the first thing he started to notice when he woke up was how foreign his body felt. It felt like my body had been through 16 hours of exercises that strained every part of it, which was weird because he did not remember doing any exercises the previous day? He started to blink his eyes in short bursts. He saw what he assumed to be a person wearing a pajamas next to him. Which is when his mind started to kick into gear , as the fog in his completely disappeared and he become fully awake. Startled, he sat upright with wide eyes. He felt agonizing pain throughout his body as he performed the action, keeping his eyes shut during the entire process to cope with the pain and he started to think about the fact he slept with someone who he did not remember to keep his mind of the pain traveling throughout his entire body. What the hell! I loss my virginity to a stranger. Are you kidding me!!! I don't even drink, which should make this impossible or maybe i have dementia which is a worrying sign since i am only 20.
The pain started to forcefully draw his attention as it sent jolts of agonizing arching pain to his brain . Trent decided to focus on his breathing to deal with the pain he felt throughout his body that made it hard to focus on anything else. In order to focus on his breathing he repeated to himself repetitively Breath in ,Breath out. After a few seconds Trent then opened his eyes to look at person that he apparently slept with? Unexpectedly when he opened his eyes he noticed that he sat on a smooth even flat surface? He also noticed he slept in his black and blue striped boxers with his plain black shirt. This is certainly not my bed. Might explain the cramps and stiffness I have been feeling through my body .He then decided to look observe the alien environment he found himself in. The first thing he noticed when he surveyed the area around him is that he was practically drowning in a ocean of bodies. It seemed to him that he was surrounded by people numbering in the ten thousands .He saw that some of the people who formed part of this ocean where standing, sitting like he was while the rest seemed to be asleep. He observed the area he found in and noticed that he was currently located in a white expanse that seemed to continue endlessly in every direction beside downwards as far as he was concerned. The seemed to no source for the light that existed in the the room that he could observe , it seemed like the area around him was just naturally so alien in how uniform and endless it looked. When he looked down he saw that the floor that he as currently sitting on was the pure snow white he saw every where . This started to concern him as It started to set in that he was currently in a strange environment with nothing familiar around him with a group of strangers surrounding him with a body that felt as if it where put through the rack. It felt so unreal and horrifying to him, like a horrible madding NIGHTMARE.WHY ME?WHAT DID I DO TO DERSEVE THIS! .He felt himself falling further into the abyss of despair .He suddenly felt like his chest become heavy and his breathing became less controlled so he decided that he should just focus on the pain to help ease his growing panic
Time loss meaning in the presence of the unfamiliar pain that decided to inhabit his body. He knew for a fact that this is the first time felt himself experience such agony it felt so foreign yet he embraced it like a long lost lover , desired it like a dehydrated man would lust after a cup of water. He heard grunts and sounds of people shuffling around him as he assumed they just woke up . He debated talking to them but decided to just leave to them to their own devices since he knew he was not be good at initiating or engaging in conversations with people especially with strangers.
After a unknown period of time he started to hear people around him start to converse with one other. He tried to listen where he could in order for him to gather the information from everyone to assess and understand the situation he found him in and it seemed everyone was just as confused as him since they were mostly just asked questions with the a sense of urgency and panic. This means that everyone around me was probably brought here against their will. So it means that everyone around me or even every person in this weird place was kidnapped but the question becomes why us? I for certain don't have the qualities or the background that would make me a target for a criminal to really profit from capturing me because I am not a girl, strong ,from a wealthy household and really remarkable. It also is weird how they could afford a place like this which looks like a endless space making it more likely we were kidnapped by some super national entity but it again rises the question why me or us. Trent continued to speculate about why they were brought here and he created a number of theories ranging from them wanting to take their bodies to invade earth, or to study humans in order to figure out their behaviors in order to ensure world domination and another increasingly nonsensical theories in order to understand and rationalize the situation to himself.
Maybe it has to do with cows since the ha- . Trent's thought was interrupted by a person poking him on his back and he then suddenly heard a soft low pitch voice call out to him from his right ear. "Hello, can you hear me " said the mysterious owner of the voice. Trent then opened his eyes to determine the appearance of the person calling him and to be able to respond to them. His eyes immediately turned to his right side and immediately saw the identity of the mysterious person addressing him. She was 1.5 meters tall meaning he was just 20 cm taller then her. She had shoulder length hazel brown hair that looked messy and unclean like a brush that is left to grow. She wore a pumpkin orange nightgown .Her skin looked like it had been left in the sun for long periods of time and her body looked like it received lots of exercise. Her body had lots of scars mainly around her legs. She had a small nose and a oval shaped face. She looked like a woman between 30-35 based on Trent's observations . She was currently bending while her hand touched him on the back which made him feel incredibly awkward.
"Uh...Hello to you too" he replied nervously. She raised her eyebrow at the way he responded and looked at him curiously .
"What's your name?' she asked him while observing him.
"Trent..um that's my name's ,Trent and what would be your name my ladddy "Trent replied awkwardly while placing his hand at the back of his head and stroking his hair.
"Sophia" She answered while reaching out her right hand and withdrawing her left hand on Trent's back which caused Trent to reluctantly reached out his own. Sophia immediately took and shook his hand as soon as he reached out .
"So let me cut to the chase Trent. What was the last thing you remember before arriving here?" she asked with a suddenly firm and commanding tone while staring at me with a gaze that had the intensity of the sun while not letting go of his hand .
"Um....I was in my bed sleeping before all of this if I remember correctly " He said frantically while looking at the floor to avoid Sophia's gaze while increasing the pace of the movement of his right hand on his head.
"I see..." She suddenly let go of Trent's hand and stood as rigid as a pole while placing left hand on the region of her below her cheeks. Seemed to be deep in thought for a few seconds.
Sophia suddenly began talking once again "Trent it seems most of us in the outer area of the crowd share similar circumstances. I am telling this because I am currently gathering information so that we can all plan a escape so i would appreciate it if you would please help me or us by also gathering information from the other victims from whatever put as here." She started turning around before she suddenly turned back and said" Almost forgot thanks for the intel it really helped me confirm something, Oh and to find me walk to the middle of the crowd" She then turned away and forced herself through the crowd. Trent was again isolated in the ocean of bodies which he needed after that interesting encounter. Trent crossed his legs together, placed his hands on each of the corresponding legs and stared the floor. He started to think about what she said and use the information to formulate theories on the reason for the kidnapping.
Trent spent the next hour doing just that while listening on people's conversations but suddenly reality started to distort around him and all he saw was red. Blood was pouring out his eyes continuously like water flows from a waterfall. His body felt like it had been to every torture imaginable. Trent felt like his body was being ripped, shredded, destroyed but was being rebuilt only to go through the same process. The torment and agony went beyond pain as it stuck at his very being and sanity. It felt like a never ending hell that Trent just stopped thinking so as to convince himself that he was dead in order to stop the pain but it abruptly stopped as it began. Trent found himself back at the space he woke up in. Most strangely he felt whole and his body felt better than it was the entire time he was here. He started to open his eyes and observe his environment. He instant he looked in front of him he saw something that drew his eyes that made it almost impossible to blink and made his hairs stand upright. It looked like a humanoid figure wearing a pitch black robe that hide his entire body except his hands. He wore fleshy mucoid sapphire gauntlets that demanded to be paid attention to because of how odd they were. Each gauntlet seem to be be live and organic because the was constant motion occurring and they wiggled like they were trying to sense for something . Both gauntlets had inscriptions on it's sides and contained a ocean blue stone wedged in the middle that seemed to not be effected by the motions taking place on the gauntlet. The ominous hooded figure sat on a transparent throne. The figures presence made Trent's body demand for him to run away, hide ,look away because it knew this being was something incomprehensible, something godlike. He tried to move but to no avail. His body felt like it was held by some invisible force or maybe it was something deep in his Brain that simply did not allow him to move his body because moving it meant certain death. It's as if he knew subconsciously that he would die if he listened to what his body told him. He knew then that this hooded figure had power , majesty and a presence bordering on the divine. "Greetings little ant" said the hooded figure dismissively clearly showing no interest in the conversation and all without moving a single muscle but to Trent every word echoed like thunder. The hooded figure's every word felt like it was being drilled into Trent's brain, forcing , demanding him to hang and focus on every word that was uttered by the eldritch entity in front of him and stop thinking.
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"I will try to make this as short possible little ant. I will answer the questions you might have ,mostly because you can't ask them and i do not wish to talk to ants. Keep in mind I will not answer every question you might or will have. I will only address 3 questions that you have. First ,where do you currently find yourself? You see little ant ,you are currently in a seed of Yggdrasil. Second ,how did you get into this space? Well, it's actually quite simple really ,you were killed in your sleep and were resurrected here with some added features that will help with something i will speak about shortly .Last and most importantly ,Why me or why us? Well that's a very complex question but I will basically simplify it in order to save time and because you are not ready or worthy for the full explanation. The reason you are here little ant with an entire colony with you is because you are the chosen few who are presented with unique opportunity to reach greater heights ,to become more than an ant ,to become a God. Unfortunately you have to earn this right by competing with yourselves and other races in the tower dreams and nightmares. You will learn more as you progress through the tower and with that i have answered all the questions I am willing to answer .I will now fill you in on what's going to happen in the next few minutes, you will given the option to pick one of six paths. I advise you pick a path that you will be able to commit to since you can't change your path no matter what you do. After selecting a path ,you will then be given book that will help you in progressing your path. You will then be sent to the tower's first floor in order to train and prepare you. Now little ant choose a path and choose wisely. You have 10 minutes." he spoke every word with disinterest and boredom. He spoke unhurriedly ,as if the act of speaking was taking his energy. He spoke every work with the exact same tone and pitch.
After the figure ended his speech Trent was able to think again and immediately closed his eyes because they felt like needles were put through them and tears continuously rain down his face like a river. Trent felt strangely serene, peaceful and calm. Trent used his improved mental state to analysis and process what he heard. He had one of his theories confirm ,that they were abducted by aliens but what really confused him is their reasoning for it. They want to make us gods? But why and how does it benefit them? This makes no sense. He also said something about other species and us competing for it. They s-.
"Little ant I advise you start reading or i will have to choose for you and trust me that's the last thing you want." said the hooded figure with the same disinterest and boredom.
Trent then noticed there where six Aqua blue colored screens floated above him with a timer which currently showed he had eight minutes left that separated the six screens into three on the left and right. Trent decided to focus on the screens in front of him since the hooded figure said they were important . He said that you can't change your decision ,meaning what you choose is something you are stuck with forever. I must choose carefully .You can do this. Trent began by reading the screen closest right screen
Dexterity This path focuses on speed ,evasion, flexibility ,nimbleness ,agility, precision and accuracy. This path allows one to obtain incredible speed and a large variety of attack options which increase as you progress in path but with lower power and significant decrease in defense . This path also allows for increase in affinity for air , poison, shadow , electric, sound ,dark ,water ,ice mana types. It is strongly advised that one picks the following weapons to specialize in :rapiers, daggers, bows, short swords, small hatchets ,katana ,wakizashi and other light weapons. Comes with the book of mana sense and a book of the basic's of handling mana ,,
Strength This path focuses on overwhelming one's opponents and ending fights as fast as possible. This path allows one the means to gain incredible power and speed which increase as you progress in path but with less attack options and lesser focus on defense. This path allows for an increase in affinity for fire ,primal , earth , blood and wind mana types. It is strongly advised that one chooses one or more of the following weapons to utilize :Two handed swords, axes ,Hammers ,gauntlets ,flail and halberds. Comes with the book of empowerment and the basics of handling mana.
Toughness
This path focuses on endurance and survivability. This path will provide a significant boost in healing , the amount of damage you can take and allow for one to gain incredible power which can be increased as you advance in your path but with less attack options and significant decrease in speed . This path allows for an increase in affinity for fire ,primal , earth , blood and wind mana types. It is strongly advised that one chooses one or more of the following weapons to utilize :a sword and shield and two handed weapons. Comes with the book of hardening and the basics of handling mana.
Vitality
This path focuses on recovery from damage , amplifying the effects of skills and the state of the body. This path will provide the means into helping and supporting others which increase as you progress in path but is weak in solo combat, lacking offensive options and needs others to be able to show their true potential . This path allows for an increase in affinity for light, nature , earth , blood and water mana types. it is strongly advised that one chooses one or more catalysts. Comes with the book of alteration and the basics of handling mana.
Arcane
This path focuses on mainly dealing magical damage, usually from a distance . This path will provide a means for one to be able to cast variety spells and use mana easily outside of the body which gains access to incredible abilities the further you progress in the path but is weak in solo combat with significant decrease in speed and defense . This path allows for an increase in affinity in all mana types. It is strongly advised that one chooses one or more catalysts. Comes with the book of conjuration and the basics of handling mana.
Creativity
This path focuses on creating and producing. This path will provide one the means to create magic items such as potions, magical artifacts and enchant existing items in order to improve them but is weak in solo combat, lacking offensive options has to really on their creations or others. This path allows for an increase in affinity in all mana types. It is strongly advised that one chooses one or more specific profession . Comes with the book of basics of all the professions and the basics of handling mana.