Volume 2 Chapter 2: Nature Manipulation_Harem Reaper

KatsRfun928: What the hell?

Falconstrike1379: Just some troll…

Likebutter: Lulz, I was wondering what Plague was up to.

Roflsauce1249: No way, isn't he just a myth?

Dalthis: Boring, this plot is too cliché.

KatsRfun928: What plot?

Dalthis: Perseus is just a sexy Hitler.

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Likebutter: Fucking Nazis!

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Falconstrike1379: Ok then…

Butter: Piece of shit!

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Roflsauce249: Lmao

Likebread: Don’t ban me, I’m a racist too!

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Oosan: Why the fuck is Plague in some orc village? I’m gonna go there and punch him in the face!

Perigrin: I might stop by to say hi…

Roflsauce1249: Wait, are you guys talking about ‘That’ Plague?

Oosan: WTF other Plague Done is there?! These people are so stupid!

Nexic: Sigh, he told me that he couldn't come to Varhales and he’s not even that far away.

KatsRfun928: Are they really Forewarning?

Bunnybutt: They aren't Forewarning! I‘m Forewarning!

Oosan has left the chat.

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Perigrin: Hey Bunny.

Ceda: Bunny! I‘m not dying anymore!

Bunnybutt: WHY!?!? WHO FIXED YOU?! SATAN?!

Ceda: Oh, Plague forced Unicorn Corp. to pay for a super expensive treatment.

Perigrin: Plagues so nice.

Bunnybutt: OF COURSE! IT HAD TO BE THAT BASTARD!

Roflsauce1249: Wait what?

Ceda: Bunny, can I touch your hair?

Bunnybutt: NO CEDA! DAMN IT I CANT EVEN MAKE CRIPPLE JOKES ANYMORE!

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Ceda: I miss Odin…

Falconstrike1379: Wait, so that rumor was true? Odin really died?

Perigrin: He was murdered.

Roflsauce1249: So that story’s actually true?

Ceda: Oh! Bunny and Plague’s happy love story? How did that go again Peri?[/col][/box]

This is a story that happened 8 years ago, when Michael was still an innocent little kid… Ok maybe that’s not the best way to describe it. Michael looked exactly the same as he does today, he was just a super virgin who had never even kissed a girl before. He had been playing CoM with a group of people who would later become Forewarning for almost 2 years, but never actually met any of them except his brother. He had just gotten his braces off and recovered from his appendectomy so his current goal was obviously to find a girlfriend. Back then he barely even had OCD and wasn't afraid to touch everything.

Michael and Bunny had been sexting for a while, even though she had a boyfriend who she had been dating for years named Odin. They just randomly stopped talking or sexting to each other for a few weeks and Michael didn't really think it was a big deal. However, one day the cute, short, blonde haired 21 year old girl with brown eyes and relatively large breasts showed up at his door. They immediately recognized each other and the crying Bunny immediately hugged the confused Plague. She was completely different from her usual personality which was either extremely vulgar, extremely sexually explicit or extremely mean… it was like she was actually a real person.

Bunny was wearing a white tank top dyed in dried blood stains and short jean shorts which was relatively normal since it was summer. She said “He’s dead… my crazy ex-boyfriend got out of prison and killed Odin.” in a quiet voice while sobbing into his chest.

Michael sighed and said “Ok… wait, don’t you live in California? Have you just been wearing the same bloody clothes while traveling across the whole country?” in an irritated voice, the situation was very strange and he noticed that she was covered in cuts and bruises everywhere but her face.

Bunny whispered “Be careful, the fucker is right outside your house… he’s got a .32.” in a completely calm voice while crying loudly. Michael grabbed the metal baseball bat that was laying up against the wall, they lived in the city so there were plenty of weapons laying around the house just in case something like this happened. They were standing in the living room, right inside of the door when the crazy ex-boyfriend, who looked like a generic skinhead with a swastika tattooed on his forehead started walking up the 4 stairs in front of the house. He was aiming a small revolver at Michael and walking up the stairs very slowly.

Michael started laughing and said “Watch out for the rat.” in a sarcastic voice while smiling.

The man snickered and said “Keep laughing you fuckin…” in an cocky voice but was cut off when he slipped on a stack of letters that Michael was too lazy to pick up earlier. While he was falling forward, he shot Bunny in the left ass cheek and then smacked his face against the tile floor. Michael quickly threw Bunny behind him, then jumped a few feet into the air and stomped down on the back of the man's bald head. The man was still alive-ish and twitching quite a bit, even though Michael’s heel actually went through the back of his skull and a decent amount of brains were splattered about. It was quite disgusting, probably the start of Michael’s OCD issues, he regretted not using the baseball bat instead.

After he called 911, the ambulance and police came, Bunny was taken to the hospital, Michael was arrested but after getting Bunny’s statement, it was ruled as self-defense. After she was released from the hospital, she lived in Michael’s room for a while and he took care of her while she recovered from the bullet wound. Love is when you’re willing to help someone who can’t even sit on a toilet, use the bathroom everyday for 2 months. They didn't even start having sex until after she completely healed, well they tried a few times but well… it’s pretty obvious why that didn't work out. She had nowhere else to go so he would have let her stay there even if they didn't start dating.

For the first two years, it was pretty normal, they basically spent all their time playing CoM or other video games with each other or other people and the sex was great. However, at the end of their third year together, Bunny cheated on his with Will, so they broke up. She went to live with Will for a while after that and Michael slowly began his descent into OCD hell. Strangely enough, Bunny, Will and Michael still remained friends and guildies for years after that.

ZombieOdin: Yes uncrippled one.

Perigrin: Butter… that’s not right.

KatsRfun928: Wait a second… then how did she get from California to Baltimore? Are you saying the crazy ex-boyfriend actually drove 3,000 miles while she was what? Locked up in the trunk?

Odin: Sigh… I’m not dead, we just broke up for a few years. Bunny never got shot in the ass, she fell down the stairs in Plague’s house and broke her tailbone. They had a weird abusive relationship for a few years and then finally broke up, she dated Will for a little while after that and then came back to me a few years ago.

ZombieOdin: LIES! DON’T LISTEN TO THIS BLASPHEMER!

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Perigrin: Yea, that was just some story Dalthis told me lol.

Ceda: Yay Odin! Oh, but Plague really did kill a guy…

Perigrin: Yea, wasn't it because of Butter?

Odin: Butter trolled that guy for years and pretended to be Plague, eventually the guy snapped and tried to kill him. I think the guy broke into his house in the middle of the night, trying to catch him off guard but… Plague is never off guard.

Roflsauce1249: Wait, so did the guy have a gun and did Plague beat him to death without a weapon?

Ceda: Lmao

Perigrin: lol

Odin: If I remember correctly, the guy did have a gun… but it was completely dark so no normal human would be able to see. Since Plague is some kind of demonic cockroach that can see in the dark, he had the advantage.[/col][/box]

It was a quiet night like any other when Michael was preparing for someone to try to kill him, like he does every night. He wasn't clairvoyant, just extremely paranoid with a ridiculously powerful imagination. After urinating in the bathroom which was right next to the back door, he heard someone trip over the maze of potted plants/trees in his yard. The bathroom door was slightly open and it was easy to hear someone cutting open the screen on the back door, then unlocking it. Michael grabbed a plunger with his right hand and grabbed a bottle of drain cleaner with the other. He filled the accordion shaped plunger with the drain cleaner and then put the bottle away.

When someone opened the door and took a few steps in front of the bathroom door, he kicked it open with so much force that the intruder was knocked into the stove. Michael immediately noticed the man had a gun, so he front kicked the guy in the balls, grabbed the gun with his left hand and then shoved the accordion plunger into the mans mouth. The man struggled for a few moments as he plunged several times in quick succession, forcing the man to vomit and then swallow it along with half a liter of drain cleaner. Then Michael pushed the man, with the plunger still stuck in his mouth out of the back door. He hit the back of his head on the concrete and started bleeding profusely while unconscious. Michael called an ambulance and the police but by the time they had gotten there, the man had already died. Bunny saw the whole thing and backed up his story, it was eventually considered self-defense.

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]Roflsauce1249: Eww

Perigrin: Yea.

Ceda: Yep, never fight the Plague Done.

Odin: Like I said before, Plague never lets his guard down… he‘s a paranoid, obsessive compulsive, mysophobiac who is harder to kill than a swarm of demonic plague rats.

Ceda: Wasn’t Oosan and Peri going to say hi to Plague too?

Perigrin: The conflict will probably be over before I get there though…

KatsRfun928: Lol, I think you guys are really underestimating the Poseidon Guild.

PerseusFan1529: The Poseidon Guild will defeat any evil Dark Elves, disgusting Orcs or even this Plaguedone you‘re bragging about!

Ceda: LMAO

Odin: heh.

Perigrin: lol.

Buttersmooth: LULZ! They gonna gets plagued!

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Azrael had been preparing for a situation like this to occur eventually, but he thought he had more time. Luckily they didn't seem to have a large force and the terrain, combined with the fact that they came there on ships, prevented the enemy from using siege weapons. Azrael even let their scouts get away alive, so that they would underestimate the orcs. In the woods around the village, large quantities of nightmare vine grew wildly. It was a special type that was green instead of purple and was very difficult to notice… until you’re pricked by one of its thorns. By itself, the hallucinogenic effect isn't that powerful and a decent antidote potion, or a healer with a similar ability will be able to remove it.

While he was perfecting his Dire Wolf potions, he discovered a way to turn it into more of a liquid. As his Ancient Alchemy skill increased, so did the power of the potions he already knew. It had more to do with infusing mana into them than actually changing the ingredients, although he did come up with an interesting additive. A potion of major Dire Wolf lycanthropy turns a humanoid into a gigantic werewolf, and when you add in a bit of nightmare vine… well, the effect is pretty obvious.

Azrael already had plenty of traps, created and ready to be deployed… things that were relatively simple, yet truly terrible. Since they would be facing level 75-200 users and NPCs, conventional traps wouldn't actually be effective. They would also have classes like adventurers, thieves, mages and assassins who could detect various kinds of traps. It would be difficult to set anything up in such a limited amount of time as well, but Azrael had already expected this invasion type scenario to play out.

Perseus’ army was split into four parts, left, right and rear flanks that had 2,000 users and 3000 NPCs each. The middle was a command unit of elite users along with Perseus himself but there were only 300 people in that group. Since they were stuck in a thick forest, they had poor visibility and if they didn't have the ability to communicate via guild chat or whispers, it would be a terrible situation. There weren't many ways to cut communication in Royal Road, although, what if you had a spy who was feeding the enemy false information or distracting them? Like a certain notorious compulsive liar and also the best PVP healer in the world, who was supposed to be the Poseidon guilds trump card. There was a beautiful human female shaman with long flowing black hair, her skin was fair and she was relatively tall. Along with the beautiful blond human priestess who was a renown arena healer in the central continent, Butter and Prodeath joined the guild/expedition before they found out Plague was on the other side.

Going just by numbers, 50,000 orcs may seem like they would have the advantage but unlike the Poseidon Guild’s army, orcs were typically poorly equipped, disorganized and only melee fighters. A few good area of effect mage spells could easily win that kind of battle within minutes. Chaos and fear were the most important weapons in any battle, but Azrael wore them like armor. His main weapon wasn't the giant 9ft long 500 lb siege blade, but the enemy itself, they were his vanguard.

Perseus and his elite warriors, along with the reporter Eun-Mi came across the opening of a mine. Intrigued by the sounds of pickaxes chipping away at ore, deep within the shaft, they entered completely oblivious to the dangers within. After a few minutes of walking down the shaft, they finally arrived at the source of the noise, a group of 28 dwarves were busy mining away. Perseus was surprised to find dwarves so deep into the orc lands and yelled “What are dwarves doing in a place like this?!” to the man who seemed to be their leader.

The dwarf turned to look at the human and wore a surprised face as he yelled “Finally! We’re saved! Are you the rescue party?! A few months ago we were shipwrecked and got captured by orcs! They forced us into slavery and half of us have already died from exhaustion!” in a frantic voice as all the other dwarves stopped mining and gathered around him.

While they were speaking to each other, Eun-Mi was whispering “We have just stumbled across a small group of dwarf slaves in a mine a few miles north of the fortress, their leader even seems to be a user.” in a quiet voice as she watched the situation unfold.

Perseus smiled and said “Thank Freya we made it to you in time then. We just stumbled upon this place by chance on our way to eradicate the orcs.” in a voice brimming with confidence.

The dwarf grinned and had a sinister look in his eyes when he said “Do you honestly believe that anything happens by chance?” in a much deeper voice as all the dwarves took out potions and started guzzling them.

There was a reason why seafaring classes typically stayed on the ocean, it’s because they could barely compete with a crafting class in land combat ability. Even with all his fancy armor and his relatively high level, he was still weak. Without warning, Butter walked up behind Perseus, grabbed his hair with her left hand, then using a mithril hatchet chopped off his head with one swing. A large burst of arterial blood sprayed across the stunned reporters face as she screamed. Butter started laughing hysterically as she looked into the eyes of the decapitated user, she was constantly healing Perseus so he could remain conscious as he watched the hell that was unfolding. Butter turned to the crowd of users with Prodeath at her side and yelled “Frenzy!” as she cast the advanced AOE curse on the whole raid.

Prodeath created a holy barrier, protecting her and Butter from the rampaging users who were forced into slaughtering their friends and guild mates without any way to stop themselves. Then the dwarves started to transform into tiny little werewolves with black fur, sharp claws, fluffy tails and vicious snarling wolf heads. At their howls, they beckoned hundreds of starving dire wolves from deep within the mine. The horde of wolves, lead by the dwarven werewolves, recklessly jumped into the fray and started indiscriminately slaughtering and devouring everyone they could. Butter and Prodeath were easily able to keep all the dwarves alive through their overpowered healing abilities, but the low level wolves were getting slaughtered at a pretty quick pace.

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Hearing the howls, Azrael began the second phase of his massacre by releasing massive quantities of a white powder upon the army’s left flank, which was located east of the mine. Before they could even react and protect themselves, everyone had inhaled the powdered Dire Wolf Lycanthropy potions that had nightmare vine mixed in with it. Normally, even when hallucinating, most people would be able to take antidotes or use antidote spells, but not if they were also turning into werewolves.

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]Your race and class has temporarily become a Dire Werewolf! All of your senses have been heightened and all unarmed melee combat abilities have been increased! You cannot use any spells or abilities outside of the Dire Werewolf class specific ones! This effect will wear off after the next full moon in 14 days![/col][/box]

The transformation is incredibly painful but ultimately worthwhile if you like being a werewolf, but to be forced into becoming one is much different. Everyone was in a state of shock and panic that was amplified because they were tripping on nightmare vine. That’s when he finally appeared, the giant Angel of Death, Azrael the Ant-Man, wielding a sword that was taller than himself. The newly created pack of wolves was about to attack when it began, the terrible screeching. It was like a thousand nails scratching against a chalkboard at the same time, while being played through huge concert amps that were feeding back into the microphone while a nuclear explosion was happening in the background. Combined with the fact that they had just gotten hypersensitive doggy ears, it was a truly horrifying experience.

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]You have used Voice of Death! 671 dire werewolves have been killed, 1499 dire werewolves have been deafened and stunned, 2830 dire werewolves have been driven in a state of panic and are fleeing! -4000 mana[/col][/box]

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]You have leveled up!

You have leveled up!

You have leveled up![/col][/box]

He had purposefully approached the group from the southeast, so that they would be fleeing towards their own rear flank. Now he just had to slowly but steadily hack away at the stunned werewolves who were left behind, it was actually pretty boring. Even when the stun wore off, they were all hallucinating so badly that they could barely tell the difference between the giant black ant man and the rest of the black furred wolves. At least he managed to get a new weapon proficiency out of it and a decent amount of experience, it was also good practice for his heavy weapons skill.

Increases living weapon experience by 1% per skill level.[/col][/box]

Increases heavy weapon damage by 3% per skill level.

Reduces requirements and negative effects by 2% per level.[/col][/box]

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]You have leveled up![/col][/box]

Hearing the terrible screeching sound from nearly a mile away, a massive horde of 10,000 orcs, all clad in steel and iron armor while wielding gigantic and very strange looking weapons appeared in the distance and began charging towards the Poseidon army’s right flank. Just when their mages were starting to cast their big spells, hundreds of orc werewolves pounced upon them from up in the trees. The squishy mages, clerics and archers who were supposed to be safe in the center of the group, were torn to shreds without much resistance while the horde of metallic orcs, led by a small crippled orc were tearing through the army’s front line. The users and NPCs had never fought in a serious battle before this so they turned to their commander for orders, the tall, muscular knight, clad in mithril armor exuded confidence as he yelled “Don’t panic! We are Poseidon! No group of simple orcs can…” but before he could even finish his sentence, an arrow from up in the trees flew straight down into his open mouth, sticking into the back of his throat. Nyx was picking off all the officers and anyone with decent leadership while sighing out of boredom, she missed being with Azrael.

A few minutes after the terrible screeching sound, thousands of werewolves came rushing toward the rear flank, who had just been reading Butter’s elaborate story about how Perseus couldn't talk to anyone because he was gang-banging Eun-Mi with a group of the other officers and were completely distracted. When they saw the werewolves, they immediately started firing arrows and spells from a distance. It was a one sided slaughter and by the time the werewolves came into melee range, they were too weakened to fight against the knights or warriors who were in the front lines. However, they served their purpose, which was to focus everyone’s attention to the southeast, so they wouldn't notice the army of 30,000 relatively well equipped orcs approaching from the northwest.

The orcs waited until they were only a hundred meters from the rear flank, before they started charging while yelling loudly and making weird orc noises. The orcs were getting slaughtered and they were barely managing to kill anyone but since there were so many of them, it didn't really matter that much. After 20 minutes, 10,000 orcs had died but their sacrifices weren't in vain because it allowed time for the reinforcements to arrive. Stumpchwii's army still had 9500 elite warriors, along with 500 orc werewolves and Nyx they attacked from the southwest. Butter and Prodeath were dragging their prisoner Eun-Mi and the still living head of Perseus along with them as they led the Dwarven werewolves followed by 200 dire wolves to attack from the south. By far the most terrifying enemy of all was the giant ant monster, drenched in blood, using a huge sword to slash through shields and plate armor as if it were light cloth. Barely any of Azrael's forces died after the arrival of the two healers, but he was the type of person who preferred flawless victories. If it were a single player game, he would have kept resetting until he managed to win the battle without losing a single orc. Guild chat was in complete chaos as cannon fire rang out in the distance, the fleet was under attack.

While they were frantically healing the giant army of orcs Prodeath yelled “Butter, throw that thing away!” while looking at the head she was carrying in her left hand.

Butter laughed and yelled “No way! I’m gonna use it to turn people to stone!” in a serious voice.

Prodeath sighed and yelled “That was Medusa’s head… Perseus was the guy who carried it around!” in an irritated voice.

The Poseidon fleet was huge and extremely powerful, but a ship that has set anchor is relatively defenseless. Combined with the fact that they were careless enough to send nearly all of their officers with the army, it was a massacre. Using water and air magic combined with their racial ability to fly, the fairy pirates used small skiffs that were impossible to hit with cannon-fire. It only took them a few minutes to get close enough to fly aboard the ships and use their enchanted blades to quickly dispatch the crews. Their leader was particularly ruthless, he was the Pirate Admiral Oosan, who had the body of a fairy but the head of a badger. Supposedly, he was cursed by a witch who works for the Undead Paladin Queen Bunny.

After the battle was over and the enemy were just chunks of meat and random items scattered across the forest, Azrael was pretty angry with the outcome. He ordered everyone who participated in the battle to return to the village to rest, while the remaining orcs scoured the battlefield and looted all the items. He walked over to Butter, who was using Perseus’ head to practice his ventriloquism. Azrael aimed his palm at the head and then pumped out a massive burst of mana, causing it to explode like an egg in a microwave. A chunk of brain juice splashed in Prodeath's eye and she started crying.

Eun-Mi yelled “Please don’t kill me! I’m just a reporter! I had nothing to do with them!” in a terrified voice. She was just a level 50 bard and this expedition was her first actual assignment since she joined VCN.

Butter yelled “Sorry Plague, it’s been fun but we gotta go hunt an evil Bunny! Dalthis just saw her attacking zombie Odin’s fort!” in a happy voice as he called down his pegasus and hopped on it’s back.

Prodeath called her own pegasus, got on and said “It was a fun little skirmish, call us again next time you wanna PVP.” in a happy voice, then yelled “Hey reporter bitch, you coming?!” as she grabbed Eun-Mi by the wrist and pulled her onto the back of the winged white horse. She was crying quietly as they flew off into the sky, she was afraid of heights but even more afraid of the two psychotic women she couldn't escape.

With the expedition a failure and the entire guild slaughtered, all their ships stolen or destroyed, the Poseidon Guild was finished. When the video of the battle was aired on VCN the public consensus was that the Orc Lands should be avoided at all costs. Not only were the orcs extremely powerful, but there were the dark elves and the mysterious Ant-Man who could kill people just by screeching loudly. It was never confirmed whether the Ant-Man was actually Plaguedone, because his name wasn't officially revealed.

After returning to the village, Azrael noticed a significant change in the inhabitants. Since he came to the village, the population stopped decreasing and since they were at maximum capacity, very few children were created. However, after the village expanded into a city and so many orcs died in the battle, they had begun reproducing. Osmond and the other dwarven miners had settled in the village a while before Azrael arrived, so some of the NPCs had even established relatively romantic relationships with the orcs. A lot of the dwarven females had become pregnant from just having dinner with the orc males in the time he was gone. However, there were already little dwarven orcs walking around the city because when a dwarf male eats food with an orc female, the kid just spawns in the middle of their house. It was definitely weird, they were kind of like dwarf sized orcs, with beards… even though they were children. Out of the dark elf refugees, most were already pregnant and the few males that survived had already produced dark orc offspring. The dark orcs were pretty cute, but the dwarf orcs were hideous and at the rate they were going, in a few months there would be a generation of dark dwarf orcs, whatever that would look like. It actually made Azrael happy to see so many interesting new hybrids being created, it was also nice how none of the NPCs seemed to mind. In-case you were wondering how the dwarven werewolves were cured, Prodeath and Butter did it after the battle. Although, some of the orc werewolves were just permanently like that because they drank too many of the potions, which also led to more strange hybrids.

Azrael walked into the town hall and saw Osmond flirting with the dark elf woman who was probably their mayor or chief. He walked over to them and said “I see you kids are having fun. Now that the current crisis is over you should focus on construction again.” in a deep voice.

Osmond turned to him and said “I didn't expect you to stick around after the battle was over. This is Dala, the leader of the dark elf refugees.” in a happy voice while grinning.

Dala said “Thank you for healing my niece earlier, as well as the rest of the refugees. I noticed that you actually sacrificed your own life force to help us, is there any way we could ever repay your kindness?” in a cautious voice, she still thought he looked terrifying.

Azrael laughed and said “It’s not a big deal, but there was something I was curious about. You lived on the ocean, does that mean you had ships?” in a curious voice.

Dala said “I’m sorry… all of our ships were destroyed in the attack. If you desire them, we still have some shipbuilders that survived the attack. It would take quite a while though, our village was destroyed just earlier today…” in a nervous voice, she expected him to get angry and strike her.

Azrael sighed and said “Listen kid, I’m not going to get angry at you so stop looking like you're about to cry. I would like your shipbuilders to teach me the necessary skills to create my own, hell, I would settle for a basic diagram of what a ship looks like. Navigation and sailing skills are probably important as well… I think that's everything.” in a tired voice, then he started yawning but it looked like he was opening his mandibles in preparation to eat her.

Osmond said “Don’t worry Dala, he isn't actually an ant man… that’s just some kind of special armor he made, probably.” as she hid behind the dwarf who was a foot shorter than her.

Dala cautiously said “Janus, the shipbuilder lives with an orc named Stumpchwii, I’m pretty sure you know him. Kayle the Navigator and Roshev the sailor both live in the dark elf quarter to the east of the market. They should be happy to teach you…” with a worried smile on her face.

Azrael thanked her and left to see Stumpchwii, he still hadn't gotten around to turning in that quest. As soon as he entered the house that was formerly a large hut, the old orc yelled “Michwii! Chwiik!” in an excited voice. He was still wearing the custom iron armor Azrael made him, even though it was just iron, he still looked good in it. There was an older, dark elf woman helping him walk, apparently his metal prosthetic was damaged in the battle.

Without even saying anything, Azrael bent down on one knee and started using mana to repair the leg. After a few seconds, it looked even better than when he first made it. He stood back up and said “Your name is Janus, correct?” in a polite voice as he took his helmet off and placed it in his equipment bag. She seemed surprised when his face was revealed, he wasn't an orc but closer to a giant human.

The right side of Janus’ face was burned pretty badly and even though Azrael healed it earlier, a massive scar still remained. She was still very grateful though, considering she might have died from the wound. Janus said “Stumpchwii told me a lot about you, it’s rare to meet a warrior who is so adept at using magic.” in a happy voice.

Azrael smiled and said “I came here to turn in the food quest that I completed a few weeks ago for Stumpchwii and to learn shipbuilding from Janus. Chwik!” in a calm and quiet voice.

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]Quest Complete!

You have leveled up!

Fame has increased by 30!

Reputation with the Sharp Tooth tribe has increased![/col][/box]

Janus said “Oh my! It’s been many years since I last had a student! Although elves do not ‘build’ ships, we actually use magic to grow them out of trees. By feeding your mana to a seed, you can control the speed at which the plant grows, its size and even its shape. This is an ancient skill called Mana Growth that is only passed down through certain elven blood lines. Normally, it would be forbidden for me to even teach it to my own children without the council of elders approval. Then it would take a normal elf at least 10 years to learn the skill and 5 years to build their first ship. However, since the council died this morning in the attack and you’re probably the most competent mage I've ever met, I have a feeling you would learn the skill rather easily.” in an excited voice as she pulled out some flower seeds and demonstrated the ability. The sunflower-looking plants sprouted from the seeds and grew into strange shapes at an alarming rate, while changing their color several times, and finally they all melded into a single giant sunflower with one head that was a rainbow of colors.

She handed him a large walnut looking seed and he focused his mana into it, expecting that it might explode, he also created a mana shield protecting Janus and Stumpchwii. The seed started to shake violently and then erupted into twenty vines that wrapped around his right arm, then kept growing thicker and stronger as they continued to drain mana out of his body. He concentrated on the shape that he wanted and the vines were sucked back into his right palm, forming a large ball. He stopped casting mana shield and then placed his left hand on top of the ball, funneling health in from the top and mana into the bottom. Then it finally started to take shape, it had four small legs, a long thin tail, a small body, a round head with two triangular ears, big glowing blue eyes, a tiny nose and mouth with whiskers. It was a fluffy white kitten made of some kind of weird vine that had cotton growing out of it. It’s eyes looked like glowing blue sapphires and it even seemed to have intelligence, at least as much as a normal kitten would. It looked at Azrael and tilted its head, then meowed softly.

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]Mana Growth (Lvl. 1 0%): By pouring mana into a seed, stapling or even a full grown plant, you can accelerate its growth, alter its shape and change its color.

Cost is never a set value, the more mana you use the more you can manipulate the plant.[/col][/box]

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]Nature Manipulation (Lvl. 1 0%): Why not create animals out of plants? Why not make plants more intelligent? There are good reasons why nature is the way it is, but whatever, it’s not like you ever listen to me anyway. This was the ability the goddess Gaia used to create plants and animals, the very element of nature itself out of earth, water, air and fire. She’s probably going to get angry if you keep using this ability… the Dryads, Treants and other intelligent plant based lifeforms will either treat you like a god or a demon.

Pour your own life force into a plant that you’re using mana to grow and it will be able to become more like an animal while retaining its plant-like properties.

The more health you use the stronger the effect of the skill will be.

Warning: It is possible to die from sacrificing too much health![/col][/box]

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]You have created a Cotton Vine Kitten!

This is a very weak, non-combat pet with very little cognitive and learning capability. It requires small amounts of water, carbon dioxide, sunlight and mana to survive. The kitten will not be able to grow any larger or stronger because the creator had very little skill when making it. It will treat whoever is taking care of it as it’s mother. It will be impossible for any monster, NPC or user to attack this non-combat pet. Enjoys baths but will pretend like it hates them.

Level: 1

Health: 50 Mana: 100 Stamina: 50

Agility: 30 Strength: 1 Cuteness: 475

Vitality: 5 Intellect: 10 Wisdom: 1

Knows 3 skills, Cuddle, Nap, and Cuteness Wave.

Has 2 passive effects, adorability and lovability.[/col][/box]

Azrael laughed and said “Aww, it’s so cute… now what the hell am I supposed to do with it? Chwik.” in an irritated voice.

Janus was in shock, there were ancient legends about nature weavers who had similar abilities, but they were all wood and high elves. The nature weavers were cursed by Gaia for abusing the ability and now they exist in the form of dryads and treants. However, it was said to take hundreds of years to become a nature weaver. She said “I can’t believe this… are you a god?” in a surprised voice. The kitten jumped on her shoulder and rubbed its body against the side of her face that was scarred.

In seconds, the huge burn that covered half of her face was completely gone. Azrael laughed and said “So that’s what cuteness wave does… kind of overpowered. Well, whatever, at least it has some kind of purpose. Anyway, no, I’m just an orc, Chwiiik!” in a semi-serious voice as he grabbed the kitten off her shoulder.

Janus said “Well, just be careful… even the Gods aren't immune to the effects of powerful magic.” in a worried voice as he left the building.

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On a small tropical island in the middle of the ocean, a giant tree, that was so tall it’s highest branches were above the clouds, was weeping. There were millions of hideous demonic monsters climbing up the sides, while others were burning its roots. Hundreds of thousands of dryads and treants were living on its branches and fighting off the invaders but there were just too many. At the top of the tree was a beautiful fairy with pink hair, large purple and pink butterfly wings, with blue skin and pure silver eyes. She was constantly channeling a god-level slowing spell which encased the entire tree beneath her, making the time within nearly stand still. The Fairy had been waiting there for 70,000 years and was nearly out of mana, long ago she was considered a Goddess. However, every day she sacrifices her memories and experiences to maintain the spell, in less than 4 years she would die.

She spent every day awaiting the final end to her torment, if the tree was destroyed, the world would be engulfed in a fiery hell, destroying all of her creations along with it. Even if she released the spell, she was no longer powerful enough to survive in such a world. The fairy was regretting that she limited her children’s power out of fear, but it was already too late. Suddenly, she felt her consciousness drifting off into another body. It was so small and fragile but standing on top of a giant. She heard a deep voice say “Nyx, are you still there? Ouch, it’s not yandere unless you actually try to kill me. Anyway, I think we’re lost… I really should have asked Dala for better directions than ‘In the dark elf quarter’ because there are thousands of houses in this neighborhood.” but she was struggling to keep from falling so she couldn't see the person’s face.

When they passed an orc wearing shiny steel armor, the fairy saw her own reflection. It was a small creature created from nature manipulation! She turned towards the mans face and tried to speak “Meow! Meow! Meow!” but it was all nonsense.

Strangely the giant stopped, then turned to the randomly meowing kitten and said “What the fuck?” in a confused voice, because he had just received a quest.

[box border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=3 width=80% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5][col colspan=4 valign=top width=100% bordercolor=#202020 bgcolor=#f5f5f5]Meow!

Meow! Meow meow, meow meow meow, meow! MEOOOOW!

Rewards: The world doesn't get destroyed.

Rank: ??

Quest Requirements: You must reach the world tree Yggdrasill within 3 years and 3 months. Cotton Vine Kitten must survive![/col][/box]

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