Hi my name is, I mean was Halvard. I was an immortal..... yes I died as to how i'll explain later let me tell you a bit about myself. I don't really know the day i was born people didn't keep track of dates back then. Ah~ i still remember my mother her long tangled black hair, her smile that showed her crooked teeth, her hairy arms and legs, her mustache and her muscular build. Back then my mother was considered a beauty all the other males fought my father to win her favor. yes people acted like animals back then.
My father was a strong man because of this I had to be strong too. But no matter how much I ate or hunted I never showed any progress. Because of this my father banished me from our humble abode nothing really humble about it, it was a cave. I'll never forget my father's last words to me it was " BaaAA!," while pointing to the cave door. People back then couldn't talk because of their undeveloped vocal cords. When I was Banished I promised myself I would get strong and come back to beat my father.
I Remember walking for weeks on end not sure when to stop. I ended at a waterfall in the middle of a forest I made it my home, yes i was caveless but that didn't stop me. First thing I did was hunt, sure sometimes I was the the hunted but that didn't bother me I was a fast runner. It took me some time to realize that animals that hunted me would always catch me by surprise so i started to observe them, Sure sometimes they found me out but I was good at escaping. After observing the animals I started to copy them, I started to catch more food I also learned how to make a nest but that wasn't enuf. I started to think of a way to get stronger.
As I was thinking I got the bright idea of maybe if I ate the strong I'll get stronger. So I started on this long and slow path. After trial and error I became the top of the food chain even the strongest animals would go the other way when they saw me. But after A while new species of beast emerged in this forest, yes I caused animals to evolve. These new species were much stronger and inside their bodies were small gem like stones.
Then i got another bright Idea if these jem's were making them stronger then if i ate them I would get stronger as well. That wasn't the case at all when i ate them nothing of note happened just went in one way and out the other. I started collecting them which was hard I would win some fights and lose some. I studied the gem's I could feel energy emitting from it but that was pretty much it.
As time passed I found a way to entertain myself I would sit in my nest high up in the trees and shut my eyes and remember my mother. Her smile that showed her crooked teeth. Every time I did this i could feel energy around me flow like the waves of the waterfall it became an addiction. I got so good at getting into this state I didn't have to think of mother's smile anymore to start it. Then it happened I realized how much of a fool I was, This felt exactly like the energy in the gems. After connecting the dots I knew they were taking this energy and storing it in their bodys!
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After thinking how the beasts were absorbing the energy. Without even realizing it I was already absorbing it myself. The feeling I got as the energy was flowing into, me I could feel the power of this energy. Year's pass by and I was back to being the top of the food chain. I started getting bored of this forest it had grown a lot since the first time I arrived. The strongest beast's all perished by my hand. So i decided to go back home i just had one problem I didn't know where home is. After leaving the forest I found other humans who looked a lot like me and nothing like my father or mother. I joined them In their adventures they taught me how to speak, read and write. But as time went by they grew older while I stayed the same.
It took me a while to learn I was immortal it caused me to go through many phases. I became a blacksmith, Librarian, Teacher, Merchant, assassin, warrior, inventor, hero, demon lord and many other occupations. I went threw I must be god phase it was embarrassing. Soon people came after me wanting to know the secrets of immortality. I tried committing suicide nothing worked. But I found the source of my immortality it was my soul power. I came to a conclusion if i could get a some people to continually suck out my soul power with empty soul stones I could finally die. I had gathered wealth so getting a couple of soul stones was nothing and hiring people to suck out my soul was nothing too.
So i hired a 10 people and gave them 10 soul stones each for a whole week they continually absorbed my soul power nothing happens. I kept hiring more and more people till I started feeling weak It took 200 people and whole year for me to pass away. Ah~ Eternal slumber here I come!
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AN: This is my second go at writing a story i hope you enjoy this and support me on this journey. Also in this series I will be writing longer chapters
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