Before Ben awoke, he felt a strange sensation in three of his four limbs. It felt like they were there but not. Wanting to figure out what had happened Ben started to open his eyes. “You’re awake.” Said a relieved voice above him.
With his eyes finally open Ben focused on the first thing he saw, which was Anna smiling. Ben however didn’t see the relief or happiness in the smile all he saw was the blood coating her lips and teeth.
Anna moved from her spot next to him and sat on his chest asking a lot of questions “What was up with that notification about Bill? What exactly is our contract? Why do I love eating you? What the heck is going on? ANSWER ME!!!!” At this point she began shaking him. Ben still in his half shocked state tried to stop Anna but could only wave his right arm around wildly.
“Calm down! Calm down! I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you! Stop shaking me!!!” He cried. Anna calmed by his cries stopped shaking him however she still kept a tight grip on his shoulder and stub.
Ben finally having a moment to figure out what was going on realised why his limbs felt weird. HE ONLY HAD ONE! “WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO?! ANNA!!!”. Surprised by his shout Anna flinched backwards causing a chain reaction which ended up with an angry Ben on top of herself.
“Explain. Slowly.” Looking at the smouldering rage in Ben’s eyes as he said that, Anna felt afraid.
“I-I-I-I-I-I-I” Stuttering under the pressure from his stare Anna couldn’t speak.
“You’ve been out for three days boy” said the old man from the side “Anna said for each day you don’t wake up she was going to eat your limbs.”
“Then what was going to happen after the fourth?” He sent the question to the old man but kept staring at Anna.
“I uh didn’t think that far…..” Anna replied quietly under that frightening stare.
Ben sighed and closed his eyes. When he opened them the rage was gone and he was back to normal. “Anna help me out to get a healing potion from the storage.” Ben asked. When the old man saw the expensive healing potion quaffed down as if it was a drink, he choked on his own rage.
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“Now I’m going to explain things slowly, so Anna pay attention!” Ben snapped at her when he caught sight of her eyeing his regrowing arms. “The reason you find my flesh delicious and the reason you got the notification about Bill is because of the contract. Quick question where is Bill?”
“Anna killed her” the old man said “you should’ve received a notification to revive your minion if possible.” Ben checked, found the notification and sent most of his mana in reviving her. “Now back to what I was saying: A normal Familiar contract has a Master and Slave such as the old man and Francis” Both of which nodded on hearing their name “While a Blood Bonded Familiar is something else entirely. A Blood Bonded familiar can be from any race or background and does not need to follow any orders they receive from the other party. Another quirk of Blood Bonded Familiars is that both parties are treated as the other’s familiars. So Anna is my familiar and conversely I am hers.”
“So you’re pretty much magically married.” Said the old man after some thought. Anna blushed.
“Pretty much.” Ben replied “Just without the lovers’ part” At that Anna’s blush deepened.
“So what are the bonuses?” Asked the old man.
“Well depending on the trust level, I could have access to all of Anna’s stats and skills, and she mine” Ben explained.
“So you get the stats and skills of a high ghoul while she gets the skills of a new necromancer” the old man probed.
“No, no, we are not that high yet” Ben laughed “at most it is around half of the stats and no skills.”
“So that status you showed me was yours plus half of hers?”
“no that was my true status without the bond, I deactivated receiving her stats because I want to train and get stronger instead of just going around being overpowered, but if push comes to shove” Ben now had a dangerous glint in his eyes “Push will regret”.
"How does experience share?" the old man continued to question
"Half and half, anything else?"
"Yep"
While master and pupil were chatting away Anna was exploring the blood bond and everything it could do. Realising she could give up gaining his stats and instead gain his ability to raise the dead she smiled. Ben seeing that smile said too Anna “Don’t do anything stupid” Anna a bit miffed at that ripped his newly grown arm off and left the screaming boy behind while she went to find the goblin corpses. Chewing on the arm of course.
Name: Anna Newlands Title: - Race: High Ghoul Level: 1 STR: 60 INT: 30 VIT: 45 WIS: 40 CON 50 CHA: 40 HEALTH: 90 MANA: 63