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Knight of Roxannia
Chapter 1.3: The Awakening

Chapter 1.3: The Awakening

I take my right hand and put it up against my face

I activate my skill (Altering)

A bright white glow emits from my hand for a few seconds, then disappears

I take my right hand off of my face and look back into the fountain's water

My gray hair is gone and is now replaced with black hair, my signature birth mark under my right eye is gone, the scars inflicted by The Spear Hero are no longer on my face, my gray eyes are now a lime green color, and my beard is clean shaven

My old look didn't really mean much to me, but I'm slowly changing from my old past self. My decisions, my thoughts, the way I act... and now my looks are changing for the sake of my goal. It is a worthy goal and I will do anything to achieve it, but in the process of doing so, I am starting to lose my past self.

Most of my emotions up to now have been pure hatred or anger, or nothing at all. I can't help but realize this, as some of the moral decisions I made, like treating dead bodies with respect, or feeling sadness for others are only felt due to my past self... I almost feel like I am somewhat obliged to feel that way... Sooner or later, I will no longer feel these remnant feelings and be fully driven by my emotions of hatred...

I stop looking at my reflection in the water and close my eyes with a slight frown on my face

Either way, I don't know what to say or think. This path I have chosen is something that simply cannot be abandoned... With my torment and pain being etched in my soul... I can't forget the people that have wronged me and destroyed everything I cared for. I need to do this, I need my revenge... It's the only way I could ever find peace in my life. Especially now that my family and friends are dead, I really have nothing else to live for anymore... My revenge is the only thing I have, I need to do this, I have to do this.

I open my eyes and turn away from the fountain, I look towards a few stores that are along the road which leads to the stone bridge I used to enter the town

Before I set out on my journey, I really need to find a horse... I'll look through all these buildings to maybe find a stable... While I'm at it, I can grab some supplies for the road...

I start walking down the stone path and towards some buildings to loot

In a faraway land, In the Kingdom Of Roxannia, far north of the capitol and castle of Jyora, lies a massive cathedral, called the Church of Vivoke

As the bright moon shines over the world, The Spear Hero is on the Holy grounds of the cathedral. Surrounding the entirety of the cathedral, are tall black fences that safeguard itself of any invaders that try to enter

Dozens of tall and foreboding Black knights covered with thick armor and with red ancient letters engraved on their metal chest plates are guarding the tall double gate entrance. Their swords are Implanted into the ground, each knight has both their hands covered with gloves and armor protection on top of their fingers. All of the Knights have their hands on top of the sword hilts. Not a single bit of skin is bare, not a breath is heard from them, and they stand straight against the the black fence. The Knights do not make a flinch

The Spear Hero with a blank look, walks up to the tall black gates and awaits entry into the cathedral

As The Spear Hero's beautiful golden hair shines from the moonlight above, The gates slowly open by itself

The Spear Hero walks through the gates and into the Holy Cemetery in front of the cathedral

As she walks through the cemetery, she looks at the stones that mark peoples names, the people that rest here were supposedly heroes from the past

"Why thee be here?"- ( T ) Why are you here?- a deep old voice says, behind The Spear Hero

The Spear Hero turns around to look at the person speaking to her, while a gray mist surrounds her

Within the mist, is a man wearing long black priest robes, a biretta, and circular glasses that are luminescent

The man smiles cheerfully as he looks at The Spear hero with an overwhelming glare and his hands behind his back

"Oh.... Lord Sivith, you spooked me, Ahem* A letter from the King said that I was needed at the Church for something important..." says The Spear Hero, while looking surprised as she was caught off guard

"Upon an laboring day without word to it?" ( T ) He calls for you on a hard working day without telling it?-"God?" (God means the popes and priest of the church)- says Priest Sivith, as he walks past The Spear Hero and towards the cathedral's large doors

"The letter was written vaguely, but said that Priest Hurlock would elaborate more once I show him the special symbols on the letter..." says The Spear Hero while following Priest Sivith

"Thou exhibt me..." ( T ) Show me the letter- says Priest Sivith as he arrives to the cathedral's doors

Priest Sivith turns around and looks at The Hero of The Spear, he holds his left hand out, waiting for The Spear Hero to give the letter to him

The Spear Hero reaches behind her waist and opens her pouch. Inside the pouch, are some potions and a folded letter. The Spear Hero takes the letter out of the pouch and puts it onto the Priest's hand

The priest unfolds it, he holds the letter in his hands and adjust his glasses with his right hand, he looks carefully through the text filled paper. At the bottom of the paper, are odd symbols in dark red ink

Suddenly, the priest’s mouth drops and he looks in awe at the paper

The Spear Hero looks at him with an odd look

"Is everything okay? My Lord?" says The Spear Hero while looking at his draw dropping face

"This... Insurmountable..." says Priest Sivith while mumbling his words and looking frightened

He frantically gives the paper and letter back to The Spear Hero

In a land, faraway from the Church of Vivoke, Far in the east of Roxannia, is the invaded lands of the Kingdom of Rox

On a single endless road, I start my journey

Now with a large backpack on my back, filled with supplies, I walk on a muddy road that seems to lead to nowhere but endless open green fields

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Earlier, when I was in the village, I found a stable but all the horses were gutted or missing... Not having a horse is going to massively slow me down, but I know where I need to go.

Just before I was about to leave the village, I walked up to the shirtless and emotionless man named Michael. He seemed to be brain dead or shook up from what happened, but I stole his memories with the power of (Steal).

Thanks to his memories, I know where I'm headed. This road I'm walking on will lead me to a big town called Archridge, it is a massive trading hub where merchants come from lands afar and sell unique goods from across the world. Also, the town is filled with adventures as it serves as a resting stop between some nearby dungeons and ancient ruins. Wherever there are adventurers, there are always taverns in order for them to drink their life away...

This town I'm going to will give me the perfect opportunity to learn some information on what the current events are and past events that have happened. Once I find out what I need to know, I will stay in the town for a few days to plan out my revenge.

As I walk down the road, I can feel my chest throb, my heart hurts. I am constantly reminded of the ones I hate

The way I currently feel makes me want to go on an endless killing spree and kill the ones who wronged me, but I need to hold in my emotions as my revenge needs careful thinking and well thought out ideas.

The starry night sky shines above me

I feel a little tired since it is starting to get late, but I must try to make it to the town before midnight.

If I don't, Demons and wild animals roam freely at midnight and I'll become their next meal or chew toy if I don't hurry myself up.

Judging from how far the town was in Michael's memories, it took an hour on horseback for him to arrive to Archridge... Since I'm walking, I guess that'll take me at least three to four hours to reach.

If I speed up my pace, I can maybe make it within two hours.

I stop thinking to myself and walk a bit faster on the road

An Hour, passes by

I have walked a very far distance from where I was originally

I walk to the side of the road and sit on grass.

I reach behind me and grab my backpack that I found in one of the looted stores inside of the village

I pull the backpack off of my back and put it on the road in front of me, I reach inside to grab a water skin because I feel a bit thirsty

The second I grabbed the water skin, I can feel an odd presence nearby, I let go of the water skin and I look cautiously around me

I hear some movement in the tall grass behind me

Swish* Swish* (Sound of the grass moving)

I quickly get up from the ground and look at the grass behind where I was a moment ago

I activate my skil, (All Seeing Eyes)

Once I activated my skill, a massive white wolf jumps out from the grass and straight at my face with it’s sharp claws and sharp teeth

I am unprepared

I quickly reach for my sword and try to unsheathe it, but the wolf jumps right on top of me and I fall to the ground, it tries biting me. I use my arms to push the wolf’s body away from being able to get my face

The wolf’s salvia drips on my face as I struggle to keep it from biting me

The wolf gives up going for my face and turns it’s head to bite my left arm, the wolf bites incredibly hard as it’s teeth sink into my skin

”AHHH!” I scream in pain as the wolf gnaws at my arm

With the wolf being focused on my left arm, I quickly take my right hand and punch the wolf in it’s ribs

The wolf whimpers as it is taking numerous punches to it’s rib cage

I can feel the wolf’s grip on my arm start to loosen, I use all the strength in my right arm to push the wolf off of me, but I can’t push the wolf off

I take my right hand and put it under the wolf’s front right leg, I try to push. However, I’m still unable to push the wolf off of me

With little options left, I take my middle finger and pointer finger, and jab the wolf in its frontal joints

The wolf has its legs weaken and I’m able to throw the wolf on the road. I quickly take the initiative and lean over the wolf while holding it’s neck

I begin to choke it, but oddly enough, it gives up trying to bight me or claw me with it’s claws

While I grasp my hands around the neck and squeeze tightly, the wolf whimpers as it is slowly starting to die

I can see the reflection of the starry sky in the wolf’s colorful light blue eyes

As it’s life starts to fade away, I analyze the wolf with my activated skill, All seeing eyes

Analysis-

Name- No Name

Age- 4

Gender- Female

Race- Animal- Dawn Wolf

Height- 91.44cm

Class- No class

Experience-

Level 53- Hunting

Level 3- Foraging

Skills- 5

- Crack Of Dawn- Gain immense strength at Dawn

- Nose of the Hound- Increased sense of smell

-White noise- Cause an Immense white noise around your surroundings, (causes nearby persons to be deaf)

-Experience doubler- Anyone that is with you or follows you, earns double experience

-Chupacabra- Blood is able to be used as a source of food

As I look at the wolf with my white glare, I realize that this animal could be quite useful due to it’s skills

I stop strangling the wolf

The wolf is still alive, but barely clinging to life

I let go of it’s neck, it starts coughing and gagging while it drools foam out of it’s mouth

I get up and walk a small distance away from the wolf

The wolf regains itself, and sits itself up while growling at me

It gives me a deadly stare and wrinkles it’s nose

I deactivate my skill, All Seeing Eyes

I look at my left arm and see it bleed badly as the wolf left deep punctures into my skin

As the wolf looks at me, I start slowly walking backwards to my backpack while making sure that I maintain eye contact with the wolf

I could use my skill (Bend To Will) in order to get the wolf under control, but I don’t feel like getting close to that wolf again and get into another fight since the skill requires direct contact… Instead, I could give some meat that I stole from the village and try to tame it… I doubt that’ll work, but it’s worth a try.

With my backpack now being directly behind me, I grab it from the grass and hold it in my arms

I don’t let the wolf out of my sight for a second while opening and rummaging through my backpack, I’m sure that it will jump on me again if I give it the chance

I grab some packaged meat and bandages from my backpack, I take both out of the bag

With the things I need in my hands, I drop the backpack and meat to the floor. I quickly roll bandages around my left arm to stop the bleeding

After wrapping up my wounds, I pick up the packaged meat and open it. I hold a large rib eye steak in my right hand. I start cautiously walking towards the white wolf with its blood stained mouth and overwhelming glare

I slowly lean walk and show the meat directly to the wolf, the wolf licks it’s lips as it sees the juicy raw steak

Instead of getting closer, I stop walking towards the wolf and slowly sit on the ground, I cross my legs

This is a bit of a daring and stupid move, as the wolf could easily jump on me and kill me like it almost did before, but I’m trying to show the wolf that I want peace and maybe it can trust me.

The wolf continues to eye me down, I slightly bend my head while staring at the wolf and stretch out my right arm with the meat in my hand

The wolf sees what I’m doing

The wolf gets up from the ground and slowly limps towards me while raising it’s right paw above from the ground

I try to stay perfectly still while keeping my glare at the wolf, I want to show the wolf that I’m offering food as a sign of peace, but I’m still on guard

The wolf limps closer and closer to me

A Few Moments, passes by

The wolf is now in front of me, we look at each other diligently, as we wait for one another to make a move

While looking into the wolf’s intense eyes, I notice at the bottom of my eyesight that the front legs of the wolf are shaking, I can hear the slight whimpers every time the wolf breathes

Suddenly, the wolf collapses to the ground

Now laying on the road in front of me, the wolf starts to pant while still maintaining its fixed eyesight on me

With the wolf and I on the same eye to eye height, I lean out my right hand as far as I can to give it the steak

The wolf stretches it’s neck to sniff the steak, and then gently takes the steak out of my hand

As the wolf gobbles up the meat, I notice that despite the height, the wolf looks incredibly skinny and malnourished. The big white fluffy fur makes the wolf seem big, but as I look carefully, I can tell that something might be wrong

I suppose that this animal maybe hasn’t eaten in a long time…

I slowly move my body closer to the wolf, the wolf ignores me as it is still eating the meat

Now within a short distance, I reach out my right hand to touch the animal

The wolf stops eating and looks at me oddly for a short moment, but then continues eating the steak

“You accepted me?” I say to the wolf quietly while smiling nicely

My hand is now over the wolf’s head, I slowly drop my hand towards the head, I want to pet the wolf’s soft white fur

I put my hand on the wolf’s head, the wolf stops eating as I pat it’s head and pet it’s long pulled back ears

The wolf has definitely accepted my peace offering…

I give a slight smirk because of my accomplishment, I have never done this before

To think that I might’ve died to this wolf kinda worries me… This wolf is definitely quite strong even in its weak state, it also has some quite powerful skills I could use… This wolf will be a powerful tool at my disposal.

However, I need this wolf to be properly my property…

I activate my skill, (Bend To Will)

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