Chapter 32: In Adi's Image
[YOU HAVE TAKEN AUTHORITY OF A STAGE 1 SYSTEM!!!!]
[YOU HAVE TAKEN A SOUL FROM KALMOTIN OF THE MIST WOLF GOD OF BETRAYAL!!!!!]
[YOU ARE CREATING A NEW SPECIES!!!!!!!!!]
[YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAWS OF CANDRALT... CONTACTING GODS OF CANDRALT, INFORMING ADMINISTRATORS!!!!! SYSTEM FAILURE!!!!!!]
[SYSTEM ERROR!!!!! THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED TO CONTACT THE ACTING GODS OF PLANET CANDRALT AND INFORM...A^_^ESS RESTRICTED.SYSTEM ERROR>>>>.. COUNCIL!!!!!]
[PROCEEDING... IN THE PROCESS OF SPECIES CREATION!!!!]
"Werewolves, I've seen them in movies. Werewolves are boring, a Human turns into a murderer every full moon and there's not much else to it. I'm not trying for a werewolf, I'm not looking for some dragon/ werewolf hybrid, Clivent seems to despise Humans or hold some grudge. "A story for another time."
This is a lot of work creating a stupid Race. Ugh, see this is what I'm talking about, I’ve already got enough on my plate. Stupid system! I kind of like how the big guy was before, but whoever that god is, can’t risk it recognizing him. I'll figure it out later, he’s mine now. There's not much I can do about this, I'm not saying its name either. A "God" huh, "You have taken a soul," Another problem to the pile. I'd make a to-do list if I was capable of forgetting.
I never cease to amaze myself, getting the little doggy to cry himself a whole planet full of tears. "Heee Heee it was too easy.' A planet-sized embryo where do I even think of this stuff? I am a Special Boy after all. Back to work, I’ve got things to do after this game of character creation. A hassle getting the guy to abandon his physical form. A soul? A soul. Nothing truly does matter.
Would it Matter less if this world's "System" wasn't so flawed? Yes, but I'll take any advantage I can get. "System" Let’s start with color. His soul was the definition of white. I like that. Will I keep the fur? "Time out. Clivent Bane the dead Wolfman. What did he have going for him? Ooh, I've got an idea. Izocol, nope that won't work never mind. A Dragon wolf. It’s cool and all but I never saw the guy's body physically, Where is his body anyway? And there it is! "Wait just a minute! Would you look at that we have the anatomy of a Dragon and a blueprint for a Dragon soul to boot?"
Floating in a blank space as a howling sound of pitch-black nothingness failed to circumvent a domineering rushing and gushing orb of blood. I was sure that I had broken some unspoken law, but to be completely honest I didn't care. Why not cheat if you can? It's not my fault that I got dragged into this medieval hell hole. The girl is in so much denial it's truly hilarious. 'She'll get over it. Hopefully, she'll get over it, I honestly have no leads on how to get us back.'
I got sidetracked, so back to business, I went. "Hmm, can Izocol be considered a dragon?" I thought aloud as the system took note of my ramblings.
"Anything else Adi we should think of? Nope, the other guy is just some weird human. Interesting stuff going on in his body." At the moment I was thinking of using my new acquaintance as a perfect sample. An example of how to copy and paste Human Anatomy? Not that anybody asked.
It would've been a sinch, bordering lazy to do just that. But who knows when I'd get another chance to create a living breathing Monstrosity? Never, I was lucky enough to be here. "Inside the system", don't question it.
'Okay back to the drawing board, Clivent Bane his stature was cool I don’t know how big New Clivent Bane will be. Don’t even know if he’ll keep his memories so that’ll be fun. Give him four arms, that sounds cool! I do like Clivent's fur. Keeping the fur. Scales are cool but would they shed or- Actually, let me just extract all the information from good ole Mr.Izol not like he’ll get a clue, the idiot. Serves him right.'
I was pulling together all my resources. Yes, I had resources you would think I was having a lucky break after previously being stranded about a week ago. It was a relief, to see pieces come together even though they didn't quite belong to the same puzzle.
'Deep breaths, Let's conceptualize. What are we keeping between humans, wolfmen, and dragons? That guy seems to have had a name that carried weight here. What makes him so special?' I had a guy in mind. Well, a Blade to be exact. Thinking about the blad piercing my favorite pea-brained sister. 'Yup, he's got to suffer. I don't care about his backstory. He tried to take Adena’s body from the Ice dunce. Both are fucking idiots, little more than Shit I give them that. So desperate for a body when it was his fault, he lost his own. Suffer he will.'
I was getting sidetracked relieving the life of an unlikely acquaintance. Update, we have ourselves a hero! Correction: we have ourselves a supervillain, a mass murderer, and a cheat. He had taken all those lives just to end up trapped in a knife. 'Damn, I can't kill this guy just yet. Oops, back to the scheduled program.' I have succeeded in learning about my latest malicious prisoner. Though I'd have to see to the new addition sooner rather than later, another intruding on my life.
The Baleful Blade would have to wait.
"Clivent Bane you will truly be a Monster amongst men! I’ll take the Dravine organs. They are highly efficient and resilient to boot. It's going to work." I was going to create a masterpiece.
'I'm not going to curse anymore. Papa doesn’t like it and I've used up my swear jar for the day Dada would say.' On in on I went confiding with the System, talking to myself.
'Let's just start with his skeleton. Bingo, inspiration strikes! Why am I trying to create something new when I could just piggyback off of piles of media I've- Nope, that’s boring. guess I'll take inspiration some other time. It was a big thing back on Earth even the Hero shit knew about it.
'This is a challenge. So many options.' There were so many options I could think of but sooner or later I would have to settle on something instead of letting my imagination lead me astray. 'Why is it so much easier to destroy than create?' A good question. An irrelevant question.
"Everything material-wise is going to be Dragon-based, even the density. Yes, okay that's decided. I’m going to keep Clivent’s fur." Talking in the space void of everything except me and the blood, I didn't have to wonder if the system was taking note of my conceptual changes. If I could describe it the system's connection to me in this space could be summarized as an "autocorrect" but for life.
'Yikes, would Clivent end up with fur, or scales, or some weird nasty amalgamation? Meh, aren't monsters supposed to be scary? debatable. Start spitballing Adi we don’t have forever, well that's a lie." Shrinking shrunk everything down to match human standards. The big guy would be cool and all, but it would be inconvenient walking around with a mountain-sized beast. I used the entire landscape Clivent visualized to serve my purpose. Vast expanses of grassland, snow, and even the skies had been morphed and transmuted into Izocol essence.
'Ugh, I'm getting nowhere.'Adonin be considerate. He just ate himself headfirst the least you can do is try your best.' I don't think I had noticed how much time I had spent in the system, and how it was affecting my mind. Who's to say I had a mind when this aspect of me was entirely system-based? It wasn't a new experience, but it didn't feel like one.
'I win!' Genius had finally struck.
'Let's just make him an amalgamation. Start with a human skeletal structure. Then again, humans are boring and weak. Well, most of them excluding my family. I'll keep the human facial muscles and bone structure. Clivent here only has expressive eyes working in his favor but nope, those can kick the bucket as well. The fur can stay. I'll just have to gently place his hair follicles. He’ll be the softest wolf in the whole wide world. Well, softest monster.' I had finally got a clue. No fur on his face, add some fur covering his head, fur outlining his chest, fur covering his arms, fur covering his legs until we get down to the upper side of his foot—no more fur for Clivent Bane's pawed feet. You would think it was a human foot from afar looking past the fur. Skeleton-wise, Clivent's torso would be shaped like a Beastkin. His elongated feet could kick the bucket. His spine has to be able to hold all the weight that may come from my changes. His thighs have to be able to carry all that damn upper as well. Okay, slap on a Dragon tail for extra balance. Add in those wings that are so cool. Throw in some of those good ole mammalian luscious hair follicles on that tail and those wings. He looks more wolf than a Dragon. Wolf ears at the top of his head. He can keep the wolf nose and throw on some human lips. Human teeth are gonna be all crooked and crazy when the dragon blood and organs are thrown into the mix.
Dragon brain and I think we're done here. This whole Dravine and Dragon thing is confusing. Speaking of confusing, what am I gonna name this guy Clivent's super duper dead- Carrying on. He doesn’t need genitals. Sounds about right. Fine, he can keep the wolfman's genitals. Now to make sure the matter’s all sorted out, density and space make a difference. The body of a wolf-man that looks like a human. Only that's a lie he’s a Dravine in the flesh.
After who knows how long I was done with my latest make-believe science experiment.
A Dravine-Wolf man hybrid the only thing human about the guy would be how he looked in stature. The cardiovascular, integumentary, respiratory, and muscular systems were connected. I'm pretty sure I missed something by meshing those three species together. I'm sure I’d be able to fix it in the future, whenever that may be. If Clivent Bane didn’t die when he woke up.
Scratch that he was already dead. I'm pretty sure this guy is going to rip right through Clivent's corpse like I did to Adena those few times. Hopefully, he’ll be alive in there somewhere.
[WOULD YOU LIKE THE SYSTEM TO ATTEMPT SPECIES OPTIMIZATION? (YES)(NO)]
That’s very convenient. Why couldn’t I get this notification from the start?
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[SPECIES OPTIMIZATION IN PROGRESS…THREE SETS OF DNA HAVE BEEN FOUND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MERGE (YES)(NO)]
"What, do you think? Yes, of course, I would like to merge the DNA." That third set of DNA is unknown but hey, Adena’s little streak of luck will do its work. This is so fun! Why three sets though? Count them out Adi my boy.
A Dragon though that's not the correct term, there's a secret sauce in the mix. What’s the third set of DNA? Shouldn’t there be four if the system acknowledges the wolfman and human inspiration? That can’t be it I didn’t use the DNA just its structure. Well, I'll find out eventually.
A SOUL IS REQUIRED TO CREAT..A SOUL HAS BEEN ACQUIRED…]
This is taking a while.
[DOES THE GOD HAVE A WAY TO BRING CREATION TO LIFE? (YES)(NO)..]
I have something in mind.
[SYSTEM ERROR!!! THE SYSTEM WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF CREATION THAT GOD HAS IN MIND. DOES THE USER ALLOW THIS (YES)(NO)]
Yes, please right now my little doggie is in an embryo ready to be given life. The blood of his own making shall be used as sustenance to bring my little creation to life.
“This is taking forever. (YES)”
[SYSTEM ERROR!!!! GESTATION PERIOD HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL!!!]
[SYSTEM ERROR!!! THE ACQUIRED SOUL IS TOO SMALL AND MAY RESULT IN ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE!!! (YES)(NO)]
"I was going to say hurry it up. but make sure this is done right. (YES)"
[SYSTEM ERROR!!! YOU HAVE ACQUIRED ALL SYSTEM RIGHTS OF LOST SOUL!!! SYSTEM ERROR!!!!!... SOUL BELONGS TO THE USER!!!]
[SYSTEM ERROR!!! SOUL IS AT RISK OF MUTATION .. DUE TO INCOMPATIBLE DNA...SYSTEM ERROR!!! WOULD USER LIKE TO CONTINUE(YES)(NO)]
"Fingers Crossed, yes I would like to continue. (YES)"
[SYSTEM ERROR!!! WOULD THE GOD, LIKE TO GIVE IT"S RACE A NAME? (YES)(NO)]
It’s funny, I haven’t even chosen a class yet and here I am being called a God. I'll pass on this one. “Can the system make up a name for me?”
[SYSTEM ERROR!!! PROCESSING...RACE NAME UNDECIDED UNTIL USER NAME’S CREATION]
You know right now I wonder what my level would be in [Miracle Maker]? Stupid system, I can't even look at my menu without taking control of my body.
[SYSTEM ERROR!!!RACE CREATION COMPLETE!..CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR FIRST SPECIES !!!!!]
Wonder what hair color he’ll have. I was thinking more soul white but maybe the system changed it.
I really shouldn’t have gone all out.
When would I get another chance like this? Clivent Bane is a special case I guess. He’s insane! I gave him every chance to start over and this is what he chose. What the hell would drive him to do such a thing? It's not like his bond was affecting his decisions. I get a headache just thinking about the events about to take place in Fallohum. I'm surprised it's still standing how easy it was to get in. Well, at least I don't have to worry about Adena’s state of mind. I’ll give Mr.Izol a final wish, maybe a final battle fitting of a Shit dragon. The Dravine of the shitty soul.
I’m sure I’ll wake up after Clivent’s body finishes draining all the liquid life from this planet-sized ball of blood.
Not too worried about side effects even though, I don't know what’ll happen to him. I guess the world's going to have to wait and see. I highly doubt this system can create anything in my exact image but hey only time will tell.
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[$*STEM ERROR!!! YOU HAVE BEEN BORN A NEW...CLA$S UP... PENDING... DUE TO SYSTEM ERROR!!!!]
Darkness is familiar. Darkness is safe. Pitch. Home?
Home!? Home!?!...
“Ah. Dah..” Fixation.
“Bane, are you dead? You smell of death, Bane? Eyes are clouded over, usually not a good sign.” Not, the voice of Home?
“No more! Darkness! Home?! Find Home!”
[Nothing Acknowledges]
“Come on you can do it little guy; you want to find me don't you.” Home!
Splat!!! Went the sound of a corpse ripping open. Spraying blood and guts, across the stomach of the shop.
'Home!? Where is he!?'
“What the hell did you do to the wolf!!!” loud? “Who the hell are you!!!?” Kill?
“Ahdoneen.” Home!?
“There there little guy, come here little guy ignore that loud man. Just follow the sound you can do it. Look how easy it is. Crawl over here, you won’t hurt yourself. You are strong. You are capable. Squirm if you have to. Yes, my one.”
Hungry “Ahdonin.”
“Come closer and focus on me, Little one. Yes, there you go, keep it up.” Home calls.
[Nothing Acknowledges {Bond}]
Awake from nothing, I was washed, bathed, and reborn. I am starving.
“Yes, you are new but old everyone has an origin you best not ever forget. Clivent Bane, gave up his life for you do not make light of his sacrifice. You are everything. You are loved. Find your food, it is not that man. Remember where food is kept, remember what is needed to survive.” Home, I can’t find it. It feels so close.”
[Nothing Acknowledges your {Bond}]
“Hungry Glothman,” I remember things of him and who was.
[SYSTEM ERROR!!!! SYSTEM INTIALIZING…SYSTEM INITIALIZATION HALTED!!!!]
“What the hell are you!? What did you do to Clivent!?” so loud.
“Smell," I tell Deman.
“You do not Smell like Bane, you smell like you just ate Clivent Bane. Your soul is not that of Bane’s! You can’t be Bane, look at you!!?”
“Bargain kept.” Hungry.
“Storage.” Yes, eat. Food food, food! Food falls. I Eat,
“How do you have his Spatial storage!? Where the hell is he!!!”
“Friend Glothman? Food.” Such a loud Deman.
“Taste, gone. More.” More needs more.
I smell everything. The shop smells of meat. Cats. The shop is Kitty. I can’t eat the kitty. I look in front of the important girl. I could never eat her.
“That’s it little guy you’ll be just fine.”
Clivent Bane. Yes, thank you. A new life has begun. He will make it worthwhile.
“Why the hell are you eating yourself? What type of Monster are you!? Are those horns!?! Glothmen can't eat.
“To be decided. Why do you care." Going to kill Bane, Deman. Smell, not long ago.
“You’re not fooling me, Wolfman, you might have changed physically and given me a little scare bursting from that corpse. But one thing hasn’t changed. You mangy bastard.”
'What is? I don't feel Clivent. What stays?'
“Ha, it is you. I can’t identify you, it's significantly harder than it was before. Weird not to mention the weird smell. Also, the aura you give off. What the hell are you!“ Confusion, Hunger.
“I'm not going to lie, you're a sight. Scared the shit out of me that aura. You have the fur and ears of a beast, the body of a man. Half-breed? Your skin is pink, almost too pink you smell of a newborn. You smell like a newborn. How bizarre. Your fur and skin are that of a newborn's. Are those scales?” Glothman describing?
"Don’t move, I'm coming closer. Why the hell is your back so big even though your figure has become smaller? Turn around.”
“It itches!?” It itches! Back!
“Your back itches want me to scratch it.” The Glothman is nice. I don’t recall this.
“Tell him if he touches you he’ll die.” Yes, Adonin.
“If you touch me you will die Glothmen.” He stops.
“Clivent Bane, you don’t change, do you? A new body and you still use the Sign to be both ominous and truthful. Did you even notice?”
Hasn’t changed, Fine. Pitch.
“Why do you?” The Half Dwarf asks, about hands.
Home also had words. “Before you answer that I’m not going to baby you all the time just like Adena. You're a baby, in a new body but infancy is a state of mind. And that doesn’t mean you will always get to indulge in that state. Think before you speak. Well, in your case, sign.” Yes, Adonin.
“Why the hell do you look so sad all of a sudden?” That was none of the Deman's business.
“I remembered Bond,” I respond.
“A new body and you still have to be controlled by that "Thing", if you want I can try to help you get rid of it. Not like that absentee Brother of hers-” Die!
A Blur 'I hate him, he needs to die. He shall burn.' I am Halted.
“Stay.” Yes, Adonin.
I lunged for the Glothman, it wasn't my fault. He started it.
“You’re not a Beastkin are you? Would you look at that my hands are shaking!? Almost moved me a foot. That’s my fault I know you're new to the bond and all. Even managed to scare Kitty. Clivent Bane, boy, whoever, whatever you are, do well and remember who’s the strongest in the room.” Glothmin I don’t like him.
Home spoke again. "You thought of him as a friend once, give it some time you're in between right now. Oh, and you look cute when you're angry. Hurry up and eat some more the next time you call the system. May kill you if we’re not careful.” Yes, Adonin.
“What the hell is up with your mood swing Bane last time I checked my charm did not affect you.” I hunger.
“I'm hungry, GlothmIn. Eat.” Moving my hands to sign feels like breathing. It felt like I had lived a life with nothing but arms and hands. Well, at least I don't have to talk to him.
[Nothing Acknowledges your {Bond}]
“Hurry it up. I have a prior business to take care of, and so do you. We also have to give you a name. Names are important.” Yes, Adonin. “Stop with the Yes, Adonin. I'm not your master and you're not a dog. It's a pet name we have talked about this.”
“I'm sorry Adi.” Sorrow?
“Don’t you dare cry in front of the demon?" Hurt.
"I’m not mad at you. When have I ever been mad at you? We just have to make sure the transition into this new body goes well. It wasn’t my intention to turn you into a teenager or child whatever you are. Luckily you still turned out perfect.” Love, I love home.
“Uhh, a thank you would suffice.” Thank you, Adi.
“Thank you, Adi.” He is my everything.
“I love you too now stop with that, it's creepy. While we're at it. Sorry for making you kill yourself that was cruel. Now go eat!”
“What?” Did Home say? No matter.
“Move it.” Home beckons. My tail sways in delight to answer It's call. Tail is more flexible than before, it has a mind of its own like Clivent past. Better, itches all over but I have never felt better. Everything is fresh.
'Fresh- Meat?' I am hungry.
I itch and itchy and I am starving.
“Go eat” Home demands and I move.
“Yes, Adi.”