"It's Dark...What Is this place?"

There is nothing but darkness no matter where he looks. The only thing he can see is his own body as if it's emitting a faint light. He notices a weird blue circle next to him. He can not see inside it but tries to put his hand in. He sees the parts of his arm disappear as he reaches deeper, but despite not seeing his arm he can still feel it. Once his entire arm went through it he starts feeling something. He grabs it...pulls It out...and sees a sword.

At the same time he pulled the sword out he hears a howl, then growling. At first, it's only one, but not only does it increase in numbers but it also comes closer. Then he sees it, black fur, blue glowing eyes, and it's showing its white teeth. More wolves come out of the darkness, to Vesh's left, his right, behind him. Their's 4...6...8 and more keep coming. Vesh holds his sword up to keep the wolves away, but he's completely surrounded. In a panic, he starts swinging his sword wildly to try and keep them away, but the wolves aren't even trying to attack, they are just waiting.

"I m just exhausting myself......I need to think of something else."

Vesh stops swinging his sword and decides to just wait and prevent any attacks. But the wolves aren't that patient, they not only keep trying to find a weak spot but are also tiring Vesh out by making him react to their fake attack.

"If this keeps up I m going to die."

"I need to do something....anything...."

"......it's all or nothing."

In a last-ditch effort to escape certain death, he starts running at one of the wolves, with his sword in his right hand. But once he begins his charge the wolves in front of him start pulling back, and the wolves around him rush towards him. But Vesh smiles.

"They fell for it"

Vesh tries to slow down and turn as much as possible to face one of the wolves that's rushing towards him, the wolf tries to evade but its no use, the sword is already sticking out. 

"One down...I Can do thi...."

Vesh found a glimmer of hope in certain death, but that small moment of joy was his last mistake.

"IT HURTS!"

The wolves were completely unfazed by the loss of their comrade, and they didn't let this chance, where his opponents only weapon was stuck, go to waste. They immediately swarmed Vesh and brought him down. Not even showing mercy by granting him a quick death.

Vesh wanted to scream for help, but all that came out was agony. It is in that moment that he realized that he wasn't fighting wolves. He was fighting demons.

End of Prologue

Vesh wakes up and finds himself in a forest. He is sweating and in panic.

"Was that just a dream?"

"It felt so real... I can still feel their teeth."

Vesh starts to control his breathing in an effort to calm down. Afterwards, he tries to inspect his surroundings.

"I don't recognize this place"

Behind him, Vesh sees a tall steep cliff.

"Did I fall from there?"

"No way I can't survive a fall from that."

"What happened yesterday?... I.... can't remember"

Vesh decides to go find a way to the edge of the cliff in hopes of finding something. He reaches it and finds dried blood at the edge.

"If this really was mine, then how did I survive?"

"Was I running away from someone?"

Vesh looks around for more clues and notices smoke above the treeline. He goes towards it. Once he reaches the source he sees what seems to be the remains of a burned building. He looks through the remains, sees nothing but ashes until he finds a dead body.

"Why...I don't know this person...but why do I have this feeling...."

After burying the body Vesh follows the road that's next to the house. He comes across a couple of crossroads with signs showing in which direction he has to go to reach the city.

"Even if I get to the city, I have no money and I don't know anyone. What should I do?"

Vesh goes to the side of the road to sit down an think. When he remembers the nightmare he had.

"I got a sword at the start of it. Maybe that's one way to find out if it was real or not."

Vesh goes deeper into the woods to make sure that if it really works no one sees him, he reaches a part where the leaves don't cover the sun. He puts his right hand up, but nothing happens. He tries to call for it but again nothing.

"So it was just a bad dream? I feel a sense of relief."

Vesh goes to the closest tree to lay against it. He looks up at its branches.

"But man, having a sword would have been really useful. I could have at least tried my luck on wanted criminals."

As Vesh lowers his head he sees it. A dark hole next to him. Just like the one from his nightmare. But this time whenever there is a ray of light coming through the leaves that part of the portal disappears.

"You can't be serious...It really happened?"

He puts his hand in like last time and pulls the sword out, and just now he notices that the blade of is not only dark blue but that in the middle is a weird zigzag detail that resembles sharp teeth. Once Vesh pulled the sword out the hole disappeared. Vesh then tries to summon the hole again to put the sword back, but this time tries to control where the hole appears and it works.

"Can I only summon it in shadows?"

Now that Vesh has a weapon he continues towards the City. Upon reaching the City the first thing he does is look for wanted posters after around an hour of looking he finds a billboard with wanted posters on it, and he takes the one with the lowest reward. Vesh starts his search and after a couple of steps comes to a very bad realization.

"This city is huge, and he could be practically anywhere even outside the city."

"If I don't find him fast I will be too hungry to fight him."

"I don't exactly have many options. I guess I should start looking through the alleys, try and beat up other criminals ask for my target, maybe even take their money."

"Since I doubt he's just gonna appear on the streets in broad daylight."

It is then that Vesh sees 3 men leading a girl down the alley. They had a rougher feel to them then the other people walking down the street. Vesh decides to follow them and after passing a couple of corners they stop. He can see the girl visibly shaking. He pulls the wanted poster out to see if any of the men are his target, but they are all a mismatch. He takes a deep breath pulls his sword out and comes out of the open. The man notices him and turns around.

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Criminal: "What do we have here? You better piss off before you hurt yourself with that thing."

Vesh: "I m sorry to interrupt, but can you tell me where I can find Cage."

Criminal: "He isn't looking for applicants."

Vesh: "No you are misunderstanding me. All I want is to meet him."

Criminal: " We got a real idiot on our hands. Looks like we need to re-educate you."

The criminal pulls out a sword and starts walking towards Vesh.

*I feel like I know what I m supposed to do, and I don't seem to be scared.*

The criminal swings at Vesh, but Vesh parry's and kicks him. The criminal loses balance for a moment, Vesh goes in and stabs his sword arm. He drops his sword and holds the wound with his other hand. Vesh uses his foot to push the wound of his opponent.

Vesh: "Where can I find Cage?"

Criminal: "What are you idiots waiting for getting him!"

The other 2 man take out their weapons and start going towards Vesh.

Vesh: "Well I can't have you get back up."

Criminal: "WAIT!"

Vesh pierces his heart and gets ready to fight the other 2.

*I didn't feel anything when I killed him, this is probably not the first person I killed."

Criminal: "You bastard what do you think you're doing? You won't get away with this!"

This time his opponent didn't have a sword but just a dagger so Vesh took advantage of his reach and immediately wounded his opponent. Making him unable to continue the fight. So the 3rd criminal starts running away. After there were no more dangers the girl who was still here watching all of it started crying and wiping her eyes with her arms.

Girl: "Thank you...I was so scared...I don't know what I would have done if you didn't come.....Ha?"

Once the girl looked back up the only thing that was with her in the alley where 2 corpses, Vesh had already left to chase the last man.

After a while, the last criminal goes into a building yelling.

Vesh: "He was looking for backup."

Vesh stops in front of the entrance and looks around for a different opening. He sees an open window on the ground floor that belongs to the same building and jumps in. He hears a commotion and tries to hide in a nearby dark room. He hears more than 1 set of footsteps passing by and they seem to be closing the window. He waits until the footsteps are far enough away then relaxes a bit.

Vesh: "That was too close."

Vesh leaves the room and sees a lock on the window.

Vesh: "I can't even leave anymore without fighting them. But I feel...excited."

He starts sneaking around the building trying to count how many enemies are in the building with him. This time everyone is using weapons with enough reach, unlike daggers. Some even have leather armor, but he notices a couple of guards are talking with one of the criminals. And Vesh remembers the face of the man the guards are talking to, its Cage. He starts to listen to the conversation.

Guard: "...ignoring your actions so you can get your asses kicked. If this happens again we will dispose of you."

Vesh: *Corruption? I hope I can still get the reward money.*

The guards end up leaving and Vesh goes back to the first room he was hiding in.

Vesh: "I counted nine...I can't beat that. Should I just wait until I can sneak out? Maybe I should have made a group instead of trying to do it alone? If I just had some help I might have been able to do it."

As He says that a hole appears on the ground in front of him.

Vesh: "It has nothing to do with my sword. Maybe is a different weapon?"

He puts his hand in but he didn't need to go far too reach it. It was furry and heavy.

Vesh: "Is it not a weapon? And why is it so heavy."

He puts his second hand in and starts pulling it out. And then he sees it black furry, blue glowing eyes staring at him. Vesh jumps back and hits something. He gets up and holds his sword with both hands, but the wolf is just sitting there. Not even showing its teeth. He sits back down and at the same time, the wolf lays down. Vesh stands up and the wolf gets up.

Vesh: "I can control the hole for my sword with my thoughts, and he seems to follow me. Maybe I can control him the same way."

He starts giving the wolf commands in his head shake, lay down, rolls over and so on and the wolf does it all.

Vesh: "How many wolves can I summon?"

He successfully opens another hole, but this time after a short while the new wolf gets out by himself. Yet Veshe's limit seems too currently be only two.

Man: "I think it came from in here."

Vesh: *I must have made noise when I jumped back.*

The man opens the door, but the room is too dark to see anything. He slowly goes in and sees a pair of glowing eyes going towards him fast. The wolf ends up leaving the shadows and his teeth become visible, he jumps and the criminal puts his weapon up to intercept the jump. But Vesh took the opportunity to pierce his stomach. The criminal is unable to stop the wolf now and falls to the ground, the wolf targeting his neck. After the first criminal falls to the ground the second wolf jumps over them and rushes towards the second criminal, Vesh following him. The man starts to run but the wolf catches up and bites his leg, stopping him. The man tries to scream for help but Veshe's sword is already piercing his throat. It's only now that he notices that the detail in the middle of his sword is glowing when he killed him. Vesh checks the teeth of the first wolf and sees its glowing blue as well. The glowing of the wolf stops before the glow of Veshe's sword.

Vesh: "It glows when we kill someone? So what, are we absorbing life force with it?....Well anyway, seven left. It's pointless to dispose of the body's, they might realize that they are missing until then. I should surprise them."

He goes to where Cage was talking with the guards. As he looks at the room he sees is a pile of blood. He goes up to the first floor towards where all the noise is coming from.

Vesh: "I have an idea."

On the other side, the criminals are either drinking, playing card or sleeping. When he started hearing the door shake.

Criminal: "Those fucking idiots, can't they even open a freaking door."

The criminal goes to open the door.

Criminal: "What took you so fu....."

Vesh: "Six left."

Cage: "You bastard!"

The wolves drag the body towards them and Vesh closes the door.

Criminal: "He's messing with us."

The criminals open the door and see Vesh standing alone in the hallway.

Cage: "You're the one that came into my part of the city messing things up?"

Vesh: "I still plan on messing one more of you're things up."

Cage: "What can you do alone against six of us. Where did you're pets go?"

Vesh: "They are blocking the exit."

Cage: "Then you will have to die before them."

Vesh checks if all the criminals are looking at him and he briefly focuses his eyes behind them. He puts his sword up and prepares to fight.

Immediately as the fight starts Vesh is on the defensive, he starts parrying one of them but another attack from the side comes and Vesh has to dodge. With every attack Vesh has to take steps back, which means he is slowly leaving the hallway and going towards a more open area.

Cage: "This is going to be over soon. You should go on you're knees and beg for forgiveness."

Vesh makes a grin.

Vesh: "It's too late to ask for forgiveness."

At that time they hear the screams of 2 man. One of Veshe's aggressors turns around to see what's happening and Vesh takes advantage of it and pierces his heart. The reason for the screaming is because 2 wolves were attacking them, successfully managing to topple them and bite their throats. Vash had placed 2 portals in the shadows next to the window, checking if any of the criminals were looking behind them. The wolves took a while to come out but once they did they sneaked up behind them and successfully took advantage of their situation.

Vesh: "Looks like you will be parting with you're head. Three left."

Cage: "Don't make me laugh what can wolves do against us now."

Vesh: "What kind of wolves has glowing eyes."

One of the criminals loses strength in his legs and falls on the ground out of fear and another tries to run away. The first one gets killed by the wolves and the second dies once he passes by Vesh.

Vesh: "Looks like its just you left."

Cage: "I won't die without a fight."

The 2 wolves each bite one of his legs forcing him to kneel down and focus himself on them.

Vesh: "I already told you it's too late for that."

Vesh tries to get together all the money he can find from the body's and puts Cage's head in a bag. He leaves the building and finds his way back on on the streets, he asks for directions but most people refuse to help him. After a while, he finds a younger person that tells him where he can find the building with the wanted posters in front. Once he reaches it he notices that all the wanted posters for criminals are gone.

Vesh: "Hello I would like to collect the reward for Cage."

Vesh puts the bag on the desk and the clerk goes pale looking at it.

Clerk: "Excuse me I will be right back."

Vesh: *He's quite young, maybe his first time seeing something like this?*

The clerk goes into the back room and closes the door, yet Vesh can still hear 2 people arguing. He just can't understand what they are saying. After the arguing stopped the Clerk comes back, he checks if the contents of the bag match the picture on the poster and give Vesh the promised money.

Vesh: "Can you tell me where I can find an inn?"

Clerk: "Ehm, an inn?"

Vesh: "Yes, what are there no inn's in this town?"

Clerk: "No no, of course, there are. In fact, my family runs one, it just didn't see much use since my parents passed away. But my sister is still taking care of it. The name of the inn is God's Servant. When you meet my sister tell her that Marko sent you ."

Vesh: "Alright, thank you for the help."

Vesh finds the inn. He goes inside, rings the bell and waits until he hears a female voice.

Girl: "I told you to stop bothering us. I m sorry, I thought it was someone else. What brings you here?"

Vesh: "Marko sent me. I m looking for a place to stay."

Girl: "You are one of Marko's friends then? Hello, my name is Sophia."

Vesh: "Hello, I m Vesh."

Sophia: "It's a pleasure to meet you."

They shake hands, Vesh pays for the night and dinner. He eats and Sophia leads him to his room, where he lays down and thinks about his day.

Vesh: "I hope that I won't have any nightmares."