Nemo could not believe that there were people who could survive his cut. He had attacked that guy with a blade that cut through space itself, normally ignoring any armour his opponents could wear, making this phenomenon unbelievable to him.

He did not go into temporary torpor that day, even if it was a skill all Margans his age had to learn.

He pondered that scene, the way his blade guttet his opponent before they stitched themselves back together.

The entire day was spent searching for an opportunity to escape, and when none appeared before him, he finally decided to rest. At any point there were at least two people watching him, and when he finally heard a knock on the wood of his door, he was almost relieved that he had stood his ground and not gone to sleep. A decision he would regret the very next moment, as the group of black creatures began to march on a track north, and he was expected to talk to their leader and listen to the villains speech. He had heard many, generals that wanted to explain the slaughter of innocents, lords that thought the abuse of civilians was just, and the bastard next to him must have been one of them.

"So, why exactly did you attempt to... you know, kill me?"

His thoughts were interrupted by the abominations question, as if he did not understand the vileness of his deeds.

"You slaughtered them, tore their souls straight from their bodies, and left them to die in the dirt."

He said, attempting to hold his cool as the one calling himself a prophet smiled at the accusation.

"We simply purged the influence of those false gods from them. If you truly are the Hero of the void, you should know by now that the gods are merely parasites, and the berrys are the ones that brought my body into the great Miasma, before I broke out from it. We are on the path of revenge and conquest to claim a place for our kind to inhabit while the heretics wander the land. Most of them are not dead, and the others will probably help their fields regrow, the abominations inside hopefully dead without their worship to feed them. These guys were darker than any elve or demon could be."

Jeolas informed him. Nemo, now more confused than anything, stared at him for a solid minute before answering.

"How could they possibly have been doing bad stuff? They barely even resisted as your peoples blades sliced through them. I don't think a creature that cute could possibly torment another."

Jeolas projected his frills in a fake smile at that, his back vibrating a quick command that resulted in a blade of light being shoved through the unsuspecting assassin.

"You see how this blade only hurts a little? It judges your belief in the Primordials and your loyalty to their followers, and given your slightly disrespectful nature, it quite literally burns away the corruption from your soul. How does it feel to be purified?"

He asked, the still shocked Nemo staring down at the glowing blade inside him. As he turned around to see who it was, he was greeted by seven slimy black Larv in even darker robes.

"So, what do you say, will you follow us, or do we have to fight? Because you are obviously a hero, given the lack of a reaction you showed to something that tends to knock people out."

The Warlock stated, the Assassin, realizing that he was in a rather unfortunate position, sighed at that.

"Sure, I'll follow your lead until we reach our destination. Any rules you guys follow?"

He asked, and before Jeolas could even begin to answer, Paladin answered.

"My lord, the council has met to decide on how to support your grand plan best and attempted to write down a few rules on how we should behave. I assume this would be the perfect time for you to judge them and teach us the ways in which we might have misjudged your sacret intentions."

He procured a small crystal, the eight sides reminding Thimon of a game he once loved to play with his friends.

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The Tenets Golden: Conclude all that thou began.

Blue: Thou shall be true to thy brothers in faith.

Cyan: Thou shall resist what distracts from thy path. Amber: Thou shall always strive for greatness. Green: Always find the reason behind thy deeds. Purple: Thou shall respect peoples choices, so long as they respect yours. Crimson: Heretics are not people. White: Strive to do right by the order.

"Although some of them are harsher than I would articulate them, I agree that this fits my general intention and the path we should all strive to follow."

He agreed, and suddenly, the worship between him and his subjects changed.

It flowed through the tenets now, the eight rules acting as an amplifier or total stop of power the moment he recognized it as true.

"Nemo, are you ready to live by these tenets while we spend time together?"

He asked, and as he concluded that a quiet nod was better than nothing, they continued their journey towards the north, the monumental wall of rock slowly becoming visible in the distance.

Unlocked Skills

Spoiler

Respawn (Skill) (Unique): When you die, your soul is pulled back to the character creation screen with half your levels. Once here, you can build a new character and try again.

Once you press the create button on the character creator, you will be spawned at a place appropriate for your character.

Grounding (skill)(ground): While cast, this skill infuses the targets body with geound mana and forces it to remain on a surface below it.

Dash (skill)(air): Your movement speed increases by (move*skill level).

Tag stomp (skill)(Gravity): Target a creature and accelerate towards it at (lvl) times your normal speed. Cannot be used for the amount of time needed to accelerate before impact.

Restfull petrification. (ground): Your body is petrified for the duration you sleep. While you are petrified in this way, you are considered hidden.

You will restore (lvl) times the energy you would by sleeping the same amount of time.

Jet legs [1] (air) (skill): Air mana will concentrate in your entire body and focus on your legs. Once you activate this skill, you can gather ambient air mana for up to (lvl) seconds and release it at a later time explosively. One second worth of air mana can move you (lvl) meters in any direction and push everything else away.

Groundbound [1] (ground) (skill): an area of (lvl) meters around you is flooded by ground Mana, making everything within heavier.

Blizzard aura (ice) (skill): Raise your surrounding ice and turn it into a shield of projectiles. Born from memories of a fallen goblin, this skill has been optimized to spare the user any colloteral.

Second skin (Steel) (Skill): Coats the user in a secondary skin of Mana, reducing the damage received by [lvl].

Elemental aura [0] (mod) (skill): every living being in an area of (lvl) meters around you is flooded by Mana of your choosing, affecting the target as if it stood in an environment typical for that element.

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Regulate temperature (Ice/Fire) (skill): allows the user to adjust his body temperature.

Soul Contract (skill) (Meta): To log an agreement into the system is the ultimate form of contract. Unfair contracts might lower your system access.

Amount of contracts allowed at a time:

system access * skill level.

Unlocked perks

Spoiler

Fairy wings (Perk) Reduces weight by 1 kg and gives the user a magical flying speed of 10km/h.

-10 token

Magical body (perk): Your body is held together by magic. Your body can not be dispersed by non magical means, and everything you do counts as magical. Dispersing magic will deactivate this perk for the duration. Your natural lifespan will now be extended by 10% for every point you have in Willpower.

-5 token

Magus ¤ : This Perk allows a person to interact directly with mana

Thick bones (Perk): Your bones are two times denser than is normal for your race, making it harder for your body to be moved in any direction.

-5 Token

Thick skin (perk): Your skin is thicker than that of most members of your species.

-5 Token

Blubber (Perk): You hold a layer of fad under your skin. Increases your weight by 5kg for every meter of height you have, but allows you to thrive in much colder climates.

-5

Muscles of steel (Perk): Your muscles are naturally harder and more effective at movement. Your muscles are much more resilient than they would normally be.

-10

Aquatic essence (perk): so long as a part of you is in contact with you, your body can reform from it.

Cost: 20 Token.

Psyonic aura (Perk): Your words draw the attention of everyone that can hear them, forcing a contest of willpower upon everyone involved.

Cost: 20 Token

Shed skin (Perk): You can shed your skin and choose how the layer beneath it will look. The skin will look like you and proceed to act as yours would.

Cost: 15 Token

Animating dust (perk): Anyone that dies after inhaling the dust will be reanimated as a Vito-Necromantic shambler.

Cost: 40 Token

Soul engine (perk): You store other peoples souls to fuel your own, syphoning their growth and emotions to strengthen yourself.

Cost: 60 Token.

Aura of Royalty (Perk): Your subjects strengthen you, so long as they trust in your power and loyalty to them. To pass checks made for the best of the kingdom, the stats of everyone aware of your general intentions are added to your own.

Cost: 100 Token

Unlocked Handycaps

Spoiler

Slim: Reduce the amount a creature weighs by 5% per level of this handycap chosen, which can be stacked up to three times.

+1 Token

Small: Reduces the height of a creatur by 20%.

+5 Token

Heavenbound (handycap): Should you ever disconnect from the ground, gravitation will reverse for you. Any kinetic force excerted on you will be 100% more effective at moving you.

+8 Token

One armed (handycap): You only have one useable arm.

+30 Token

Bulky tendencies (Handycap): Your weight can not be reduced by more than 10% increases to your weight that hold for more than a day are permanent.

+15 Token.

Large (Handycap): Increases the height of a creatur by 20%.

+5 Token

Overweight (handycap): You weigh 10% more than your race normally does. (Can be equipped up to three times)

+5 Token

Body of stone (Handycap): your body is petrified, heavily limiting your mobility.

+30 Token

Shadowless (handycap): You do not have a shadow.

+20 Token