~Brian~
I began to wake up after who knows how long. I wasn't sure where I was. I only remembered talking to Silvia and that I accepted her... "challenge".
I was confused as to where I was. With the way I was laying, I understood that whatever I was in was round. After what seemed like a minute of thinking, I was able to conclude that I had been reincarnated into something that lives in an egg. When I moved my arms... or wings - I lost a lot of energy. I became very tired very quickly in this state.
It must be because I wasn't even born yet.
I knew that I was a bird of some sort, and I was in a world with magic and other fantasy aspects. I would be entering a dog-eat-dog world. The only company I had was myself. Silvia was watching me, but I had no way of contacting her. What would I even talk about if I could?
My interest rose as I became slightly anxious of when I would hatch. Judging by the amount of strength sapped from me from my slight movements, I predicted that it wouldn't happen any time soon.
So... I decided to sit there and meditate. It wasn't like I could see anything with my eyes closed inside this egg, so I only had the emptiness of my mind.
I tried to blanken my mind as much as possible, and I sat there. First a few minutes passed by. Then what felt like hours. It was calm. I wasn't disturbed. I was warm and comfortable.
As I was meditating, I began to feel something. I perked up and darted out of my trance to take hold of whatever that was. It wasn't anything physical. It was more like a presence.
The first thing that popped into my head was 'Mana', as it was called. I knew there were things like Mana, but this felt a little different. Very lively. It became very happy when I touched it, even more calm and composed than I was before.
In a word: Peaceful.
However, right as I was enjoying that unknown feeling, it disappeared and I felt something else. This one was different. It was thick and almost like a blue. I tried to move it, and it barely budged. It wasn't going to be so easy for me who has never encountered mana before.
It was like a cloud surrounding me. A thick mist. I struggled and tried to will it towards me. It moved a bit, but that was all I could manage before an overpowering will to sleep hit me. I wasn't able to stay conscious as I felt my energy sucked away, and before I knew it.... I was asleep.
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I woke up again, and I went to stretch myself out of habit. I moved my wings and legs out until I realized that I might lose my energy again so I stopped and went back to my normal posture.
To my surprise, it didn't take that much out of me. I still felt lively. If I had to compare the feeling to something, I'd say that when I first fell asleep it felt like I sprinted for half a mile straight without slowing. Now it only felt like I jogged 1/4 a football field (American).
I tried to allocate the thick mana that I had found earlier, and it was easily found. I tried to will it towards me again, and it obeyed. Rather slowly, but it was moving. It came close to me and I started to absorb it. I found that I was growing stronger by the second with the mana fusing with my body.
The energy I initially lost from stretching was instantly replenished, and I felt rejuvenated.
I continued to pull it towards me, and it continued to absorb into me. This process went on for a while. The absorption was slow. I was getting meager amounts into my body with every few seconds.
I absorbed and absorbed more and more for what seemed like half an hour until it became hard to absorb any more. I tried to will more to, but I quickly became exhausted. I may have had a lot of mana stored into me, but that didn't change the fact that I was still unborn.
I fell into slumber once again.
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Waking up, I felt slightly cramped. Nothing major, just a bit of discomfort.
I began to wonder just how many days had passed while I was sleeping. I became worried, since I would most likely only last 1 more sleep at this rate.
Pushing all my worries aside, I went back to what I was previously doing.
Feeling around for the mana, I took hold of it again and absorbed it. This went on for what felt like several hours. Much more than before.
The best part was that while I was absorbing the Mana I felt the previous unknown force. As I reached out to it, I began to feel calm. I had stopped absorbing the mana to bring my full attention to this 'new mana' that appeared. As I looked at it, the color wasn't blue, white, or yellow. It was green.
A light shade of green that may be seen on a fully ripened lime. I had only touched it and hadn't tried to absorb it, so after having absorbed so much mana and gotten used to the feeling, I decided to try and absorb the green essence.
It was very easy to manipulate. It was thin, and it moved without much struggle. I tried to absorb as much as possible, and once the first drop went into my body I felt a huge burst of energy.
This was much more than the mana had given me. That single drop was equal to around 1/3 of all the mana I had absorbed. It was almost like tasting the best candy in the universe.
That single drop made me feel invincible. I tried to take more, but only managed to get another 2 drops before falling asleep yet again.
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This time, waking up wasn't so peaceful. I had a strong feeling urging me to break free, and I was very cramped. I was going to hatch before I would fall asleep again, and I knew it.
So, I calmed myself down as much as possible and searched for mana, or if possible the green essence. I couldn't find the green essence anywhere, so I decided that the mana would be enough.
I urged it towards me, and it went rather quickly. I absorbed as much as possible for around 20 minutes. The speed tripled since the last time I absorbed mana, so I absorbed what I would have had if I absorbed for an hour previously.
After those 20 minutes passed, I wanted to be free. I couldn't take the enclosed area anymore and stretched outwards. I pushed and pushed as hard as possible to be free. I wiggled and struggled to break the egg. The egg was very hard, and I had trouble breaking it, but I managed to do it in under a minute.
My head was the first part to break through, and I was blinded by the light. I had to keep my eyes closed for a bit before opening them and looking around.
After a bit of adjusting to the light, I was able to see where I was. I was in the forest. I was also flat on the ground. Not in a tree, ledge, nothing. I was smack in the middle of the woods.
I turned to get a better look as I broke the rest of my body free. It seems that I am in a flat area of the forest. All around me is grass for around 4 meters until it hits trees. It looks almost like the trees won't go near me. There are even some branches that curve upward in a 90 degree angle upon getting too close.
This is beyond weird, and what is even more strange is the fact that I am alone. I can't find my parent(s) anywhere. I'm guessing that my parent(s) are out.
That is of course assuming that I have parents. Silvia could have thrown a magic egg down here with me in it for all I know.
Just in case, I'll wait here for half the day before going out a bit for food and water.
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For now I am going to inspect my surroundings and myself. With a bit of difficulty, I stand up. The balance that I have is different than my old body.
I lift my wings up, and look at them. Both of them are a shade of light green similar to the beautiful grass. There are a few dark green feathers here and there in lines, but it looks like I'll grow them at a later date. My legs are standard. Small yellowish talons. My chest is completely dark green in color.
I turn my head around to look at my tail, and it has long dark green feathers on it. My beak and face can't be seen until I can make it to water or a mirror.
I look at the trees, and to my surprise they aren't normal. I hadn't realized it before, but these trees are almost perfect. No signs of wilting, and their color varies from tree to tree. The ones farther out are a beautiful shade of light and dark greens. However, the ones that have their branches bent around what looks like a forcefield that was protecting my area are different.
Their leaves are pure light blue, and the trunks are a light green. They look magical. There are dozens of them. I began to wonder if my messing around with the mana while still in my egg made these changes. I might have unconsciously pulsed out special mana that changed them.
After looking at the trees for a bit, I looked at the sky. It was day, and the sky was a gorgeous blue. There were some clouds in the sky, but they were fluffy white ones. The sun was pretty much the same size as the one on Earth from my viewpoint, but it was red instead of yellow.
I walked around a bit, getting used to my legs and new body while observing all of these things. After understanding my surroundings, I sat and meditated.
As soon as I closed my eyes and begun, I was assaulted by an incredible amount of blue and green 'lights'. There was a lot of mana in the area, and that special green essence was also plentiful.
I ignored the mana for now, and absorbed the green essence gleefully. It went in quickly, and I was able to hold so much of it as my body was strengthened. The essence entered my being and infused with my bones, muscles and skin. I wouldn't be surprised if I barely got injured if I was hit by a sword.
After a few minutes of absorbing the green essence, I felt like I was full. I'm not a glutton, and I knew that too much of a good thing is bad, so I stopped.
Right after a stopped and opened my eyes, I saw a message that would be in a typical RPG game back on Earth.
Hello there Brian. Nice to see you are doing well. I can't help you very much, but try thinking 'Status' and imagining a window similar to this one appearing. -Silvia
It looks like she reached out to me to help me in this situation. I was a bit disappointed that she couldn't do much, but I understood that I would have to fend for myself in this world.
'Status'
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Status WindowName:???Alignment:LifeLevel:1Class:???Race:Bird of Life (Juvenile)Gender:MaleLevels Until Next Evolution1/15TitlesHero of LifeFame:100Infamy:0-Health:2000/2000Health Regen:20/ SecMana:120000/120000Mana Regen:1200/ SecStamina:940/1700Stamina Regen:35/ Sec-Strength:140Agility:155Vitality:151Intelligence:594Wisdom:452Unallocated Points0-Leadership:0Luck:100
Just as she told me to do, I thought of the word Status in my head and pictured another blue screen. What showed up was a bunch of information. For a level 1 I was strong. At least I am lead to believe so. I doubt a baby bird would have such high stats, and I doubt a regular human would either.
From my knowledge on these things, I'm pretty sure that normal adult males would average around 16 str.
I was a Bird of Life, with the Alignment of Life. It looks like if I end up becoming a God I will most likely become a God of Life. My mana is insane at a whopping 120000. It's the only stat I have in the hundred thousands. My health is also rather large, and my stamina is too.
My stats (Note: From now on, Stats = Str, Agi, Vit, Int, Wis) overall are in the one hundreds except for Wisdom and Intelligence stats which are a whopping 4 and 5 hundred. I don't know what Intelligence and Wisdom do, but I'll experiment on that at a later date.
I'm confused about my name being blank. I can understand why Class is blank since I am a beast, but why my previous name didn't carry over confused me a bit. I ended up guessing that it's because I am no longer Brian. My past life was Brian, but my soul and this life is something else.
'Silvia, if you're there, can you let me know if my parent(s) are coming, or if I even have any?' I asked as I realized that if I can get an answer from her then I can act accordingly easier and without worry.
I put you into this world myself by creating the egg. You do not have a mother because this is a special circumstance.
That put some relief into my body. I wouldn't be leaving my mother and/or father if they didn't make it back in time. With that noted, I decided to get up and start practicing some defensive moves in case I get into trouble while looking for food and water.
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Hello everyone. I'll be rotating between Re:Avian and A Different Kind of Hero. Tomorrow will be A Different kind of Hero, then the next day Re:Avian, and a rinse and repeat process.