I made my way through the light snow that was falling through the air, I could hear the snow crunch under my steps as I held close to my scarf around my neck; if I remember properly this part of the mountain was pretty dangerous, with all the thieves and wolfbeasts running around.

Wolfbeasts were one of the first creatures to appear by the rifts, they were still wolves, I guess... but there the thing that makes them pretty terrifying to deal with, is that they’re about five times bigger than a normal wolf, and most attack on sight, unlike wolves who attack if threatened or desperate.

I remembered back when I first encountered one. I was running an errand for my mentor, I was climbing through the woods and I smelled like food, thanks to my already massive backpack being filled to the brim with it.

Damn that bastard, using “training” as an excuse for child labour. Anyways, I was about eight or so years old when I was doing it, I didn’t really use my powers, or actually couldn’t, I think at most I could do was sense the essence of beings and entities, essences are kind of like auras. And during that time I could literally “smell” essences.

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I trudged my way though the ferns and bushes that were in the way until I could feel a heavy presence in the area, usually I would just be like “Oh there’s something else here. Oh well.” But that time, I was terrified, almost paralyzed in fear, probably because deep down, I got a feeling that whatever I just sensed my back. That idea scared me to the bone; I could feel the aggressive malice within that presence, and I could tell it wanted to kill me.

That though sent me running through the woods, almost sprinting. The backpack was really a really heavy burden; it was almost too heavy for me to run with it. I could feel the thing start closing in on me, so much to the point that I could practically hear it coming closer.

And then I ended up tripping myself on an open root.

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