Daniel approached the camp naked, with a huge bearskin over his shoulder and a huge werewolf walking calmly on four limbs like a dog.

No one approached Enkra in the camp. He was quiet, reading his books in private. Everyone knew what Seth's or Arn's job was, but no one knew why their boss had chosen to keep this Lich alive.

That was why Enkra had pitched his large tent just outside the camp. Daniel approached Enkra. The Lich was surprised and was about to shout, "Why are you walking around naked!" when Daniel made the hush sign.

Enkra's eyes widened when he saw the werewolf behind Daniel. Then he ran to him with joy.

He no longer looked like a skeleton but a healthy and handsome middle-aged man. Enkra said, "Daniel, that werewolf behind you, his mind is completely destroyed, his body is cursed, his soul is almost shattered. His soul can easily be exorcized and his powerful body can be used in an un-cursed form."

Daniel "So?" Enkra "Give me this werewolf body, I can easily show much more of my power with a body that is directly tier two in power."

Daniel grinned "I was planning to use the body for myself, Lich I have never been handsome in my life, I want this body." The Lich was surprised "But you already have a body, if your soul leaves your body..."

Daniel said, "Do as I say, what concerns you is your oath to serve me faithfully." The Lich grinned and said, "You asked for it."

Daniel felt his soul being pulled from his body. If he had resisted, the lich would never have been able to move his soul an inch from his body, but Daniel did not resist. His soul left his body and entered the other body.

There he found the original soul, extremely weak and wounded. The destruction of his mind had weakened the spirit. He could have used his telepathic powers to shatter the last remnants of the already dying mind and render the soul dead.

But he chose not to. Daniel was in his original form, a short, dark and ugly man, facing the original owner of this body, a 1.75 tall dark and handsome man.

"Who are you and what do you want?" the handsome Daniel asked the ugly Daniel "You, my friend, are cursed, hunted and condemned to death. I can destroy your mind and take over your body, but I want to send your soul to the afterlife in peace."

Handsome Daniel "You want my peace, how can you give it to me?" Ugly Daniel smiled "Of course I can't bring back your loved ones or your life, but that witch of yours, the witch who murdered your wife."

"I killed my wife," said Handsome Daniel with great sadness. "No, that witch did it because you had no willpower at the time. I guarantee you this. When I come to your hometown, I will kill that bitch."

Handsome Daniel laughed bitterly. He took a deep breath, then exhaled. Then, like a cloud of smoke, he vanished.

The curse of the werewolf body disappeared along with the soul, but not the energy the curse had accumulated over the years. The body began to jump as many levels as someone on the Alviribus path would have jumped with the people they killed.

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It went all the way up to the third tier. Daniel was sorry to lose his werewolf power, but he had a powerful third-tier body. Of course, even though they were both tier three, Danny's body was much stronger than Daniel's new body.

He realized he had to choose a new power for this body. When the powers were put in front of him, one power was overwhelming, the power of time.

When the former owner of the body was suffering alone in the woods, he had always dreamed of bringing his dead wife back and at least visiting her grave.

Like Daniel's power of both telepathic suggestion and telekinetic power, this power was dual. It came with the power to both slow time and bend space.

Daniel couldn't help grinning. Of course he chose the power that came with two powers for the price of one.

Daniel sighed for a few moments as he chose a power. He saw the Lich staring at Danny, who was running naked from tree to tree, dancing awkwardly.

Daniel jumped to his feet, "Danny, stop it." Danny scratched his head sheepishly. "Sorry Daniel, I was so happy when you weren't in my head."

The Lich opened his eyes wide. "I should've known when I saw a gods' champion before the tournament of the champions of the gods.

This idiot sacrificed his soul, and that's how you got into his body." Daniel grinned. He looked inside his head, he no longer had access to Danny's firepower, but he still had his ability to easily understand the growth patterns of wood and easily carve it into shape.

Accordingly, Danny should continue to have access to his intelligence. Then he realized that he could do something he couldn't do before, he could turn off access to this ability.

There was no reason for him to do it himself, but apparently Danny wanted to go back to his stupid, happy days.

"Stop being an idiot, Danny," Daniel said to Danny. Danny looked sad, a sad expression replacing the goofy smile on his face.

Enkra turned to Daniel and said "Do you realize what you just accomplished?" Daniel gave the lich a meaningless look and Enkra said "You just managed to build yourself a living soul box. An incredibly powerful soul box, if your new body dies your soul will return to your old body, if the man you call Danny dies his soul will return to your body."

Daniel smiled "Did you hear that Danny, if you want a body of your own make sure you don't die." Danny pouted. "I wanted to use your powers to make my cousins fly through the air, but I don't have access to your power anymore, I only have your useless abilities. Like the ability to use a weapon called the Pistol that I know doesn't exist in this world." Daniel smiled.

"I'm glad no one in the village saw me kill anyone, Daniel, now that you have a new body, will you send me back to my village and leave me alone?"

Daniel smiled at Danny. "We have work to do first.

Danny and Daniel entered the camp in silence, Danny going to the woodcutter's hut and getting dressed while Daniel put on some of his looted clothes.

Normally Daniel would have to gather the whole camp together, but the three boys were back from their week-long vacation. They showed their friends their new loot and chatted happily amidst laughter.

Danny put the giant bear skin on his back and walked up to the camp. Daniel was telepathically communicating what he was going to say.

Danny drew attention to himself by saying "ahem" and then he began to speak "My friends, you all know me as Daniel, in fact my name is Danny, and the person you see here is the person you know as Daniel."

Everyone looked at each other in surprise. Daniel began to speak in his new body "Without further ado, I was in a difficult situation, I was stranded somewhere and I was looking for a mind that I could easily take over and manipulate from a distance. And I found this big fellow you see here."

He gestured to Hans. "You remember what Hans said when he first saw Danny here. If you go to the village of Danville and ask anyone, they will tell you that Danny is a very powerful but harmless giant. Of course, Danny became wiser as a result of my long mind control, but all the while I was the one controlling his body and making sure he got stronger via gaining tiers."

Everyone listened in amazement. "Without further ado, Danny has served me well and now he wants to spend time with his family in his village. We will see him off until the next time I need his services."

"So you can mind control all of us if you want to boss?" Daniel replied "The smarter you are the harder you are to control, so no. By the way, other than Danny, I only control these four."

Four wogs jumped into the center of the camp. They sat down like good dogs. Then, with a single wave of Daniel's hand, they disappeared back into the forest.

Daniel counted ten gold pieces into Danny's hand. He pointed to the giant black sword and the bearskin and said, "Keep these and make yourself some good armor out of the bearskin, you never know when you might need it."

Danny said to Hans, "Hans, you are coming back with me, I promised your sister I would bring you back."

Hans turned to Daniel "But you promised to help me get stronger" Daniel smiled "I helped you get to the first tier, I showed you the way to get stronger, I think I kept my promise. Now go back to your village and do whatever you want."