Chapter 4 - Reacquaintance

I awoke a few minutes later, still with a raging headache, but at least I was conscious. Weirdly the first thing I saw was the Wolf. Standing over me and growling at Valeria. “What is happening?” I asked.

“Well it seems you made a new friend. This puppy hasn’t been letting me come near you since you passed out”.

That was odd. But since I was very much not feeling up to this situation I decided to check my notifications.

Skill increases:

[Internal Mana Manipulation]+1=>

51

[Infectious Mana Manipulation]+1=>

1

[Lupine Anatomy]+1=>

1

What the hell was [Infectious Mana Manipulation]? I focused on that Skill to get an explanation.

[Infectious Mana Manipulation]

The Ability to control the Internal Mana of another creature by infecting them with your own Mana.

That sounded pretty sinister, but I guess it was an apt description.

Congratulations! For having bonded with an animal through shared pain and recovery you have gained the Perk [Animal Companion(Wolf)]

[Animal Companion(Wolf)]

You have bonded with this wolf. Both of you will be aware of each other's location and general well being. You will have better senses while your companion will be smarter. This Perk will grow as your Bond with your Companion grows. Should you lose your companion this perk will disappear.

Yay, new friend! I actually got the sense that the wolf is healthy, but tense. Interesting.

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Congratulations! You have been offered the Class [Wolfman].

Requirements:

-Bonded with a wolf or extremely familiar with wolves

-Ability to control internal Mana at least at Beginner Rank

-Ability to permanently alter your Body

-Human

Strength

+2

Agility

+4

Constitution

+5

Endurance

+3

Free points

+6

Well, Valeria did say that I should get a new Class. This feels like ‘Following your own path’, right?

I accepted the Class.

Congratulations! You have gained the first level of [Wolfman](lvl 1)

Strength+2=>

14

Agility+4=>

14

Constitution+5=>

21

Endurance+3=>

24

Free Points+6=>

6

Congratulations! For starting on the Path of a [Wolfman] you have gained the class Perk [Shifting Warrior]

[Shifting Warrior]

Increases the Force of attacks made with altered Body parts such as Claws or Horns. Also increases the durability of such Parts. This effect doubles in strength when concerning Wolf-like body parts.

I was somewhat bewildered at what the class wanted from me, until I brought my hand before my face and gave my Fingertips a command. Grow Claws. Sure enough a hard and sharp Claw started to grow out of each of my fingertips. The mental strain of this was very mild, although it did also somewhat hurt physically, about the level of pain of pricking your finger on a needle.

Either my recent experiences have really helped, or I’ve been a dumbass for not noticing I could permanently alter myself or my class is helping me with the strain. Then again Karux never did something like this so who is to say?

Once the claws stopped growing, I stopped the effect. The claws stayed. They were now a permanent part of my body. I told them to recede and they did. Fun.

As I thought about it more I actually had an Idea about the whole “Ability to permanently alter your Body” thing. It was probably the green sweat I produced, when I tried to hide in the forest. I hadn’t washed it off, when I singed myself and Valeria said she would fix it, as she fixed my eyes. That would probably mean that I had permanently altered my sweat glands to produce green and viscous gunk.

Now that I write it down it doesn’t feel half as cool a deduction as it did at the time. Anyway, I had a new class and I was excited.