Kyle was taken inside the house to be treated while the rest of us were herded to a central area that was covered in lights to be fully illuminated. Rob took me to the side to discuss what happened.

“This might turn out to be bad for you James, if we can convince Kyle that this whole thing was just a huge misunderstanding then maybe it’ll be fine… but once the reports reach his families ears then you will probably be charged with attempted homicide… I will do my best to mitigate this but just be warned that this could get ugly.”

“I understand, but something is wrong here Ro… Master, I swear I saw something change in Kyle as it happened… But I also need to go to my farm, I need to look after my plants.”

He thought about it but after a minute he gave me permission to disappear for a couple hours then walked away to go check on Kyle.

I walked back towards the group with so many questions racing through my head. Why did I try to kill him as my first reaction? I mean he kicked Shadow, but did the guy deserve to die for that? Was that feeling of bloodlust caused by the parasite Master was talking about? If so then being able to take over and control people with the power of gods just upped the stakes by a big margin.

When I got to Stacy and Hailee I told them that my powers required me to leave for a little bit but I’ll be back in a couple hours. I didn’t give them too many details since I wasn’t going to trust anybody right now in this situation and walked towards the coop with my pets, in here I could have Bjornson as my guard for if something tries to get me when I come out of the portal, I’m sure he would do it for some greens right? Meh, he’s a good boy ofcourse he would….

How did I get out haggled by a bird!!!! I went into the coop and told Bjornson what I wanted him to do and pulled out 3 Gyshal greens to give him but I must have blacked out because I woke back up on my farm and I was out an entire bushel of Gyshal greens… And there are 30 in 1 bushel!!! The hell happened!

Anyways, now that I’m back here I checked on the crops and like I feared it seemed that they did start to wither while I was gone dammit! However after looking for a bit I noticed that the worms were a lot more active then they usually were so I took a scan of them real quick.

[Gregarious worms (enhanced) (1d 20 hrs. remaining)

Enhanced? How could they be enhanced when I haven’t done anything to help them? I looked to see if maybe I dropped something last time I was hear but I couldn’t recall anything, but then I looked at the withered and rotting crops. That must be it! The rotting crops are being devoured by the worms and they are being strengthened by the magic within them. This was exciting news since now I could leave some crops to rot away from the worms and then feed them to make the other crops grow even better.

But first it was time to pull the rotting and pile them to one side of the lot while I plant new stuff. The berry bush was still alive albeit barely, so I just had to water it and it’ll be fine, I did have to replant more Gyshal greens and thankfully I still had some left over feathers I had grown last time. It was just some tail feathers but I through in a few of the bristle/spikes that can be used as needles or ammo for a crossbow, I really need to get me one…

Anyways, I did all that and was about to leave when Shadow stopped at the rotting pile and was sniffing around a bit near something I didn’t notice before. It was a bulbous flesh sac that was covered in a greenish moss like substance. I was grossed out and scanned it to make sure it wasn’t poisonous.

[Decaying Kweh egg]

Hatches into a Kweh[undead]

……. Excuse me? Did I grow a freaking egg but I fucked up and didn’t harvest it in time so I ended up with an undead bird instead??? I looked at Rhonda and told her about it and she was just confused, she didn’t seem repulsed by an undead version of her species so I figured meh might aswell. I picked up the egg and infused my magic into it and the ‘eggshell’ sloughed off and formed a pool at my feet. In my hands stood a little baby skeleton bird that looked up at me and kwehed at me like it was nothing…

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[Successful growth of new item!]

[Undead Kweh (nameless)

[Rank C]

Holy hell this little guy was rank C? It was just born and already placed as a powerful creature!

Rhonda and Shadow got close to it and gave it some sniffs and didn’t seem to bothered by it. They sent me feelings of new family and Rhonda even asked if it was a little brother… Technically it was grown from her feathers, so maybe it is actually her child? I asked her that but she shook her head.

‘I don’t feel that feeling from looking at it. I feel family but not child.’

Ok then, some new family member so what should we call you…

“What about Boney?” It looked at me and cocked it’s head as it’s hollow eye sockets suddenly lit up with a light blue flame and it started to jump up and down while squawking happily.

“Boney it is! Welcome little one! Alright it’s time to head back everyone, get ready just in case.”

We came back out and Bjornson looked up from his bushel of greens and after seeing that it was us, he paid us no mind and just went back to munching… Damn bird. I held Boney in my hand until I could figure out a way to travel with him, maybe a breast pocket or something? I walked back to the Stacy and Hailee and they both zoned in on Boney like I didn’t even exist.

“OMG is that a skeleton Kweh!” Hailee said as they came jogging over to me. I held Boney up and smiled.

“Yup, newest member of the Frough family. Meet Boney, the undead Kweh.” Boney was still just a newborn but because he was born as a powerful creature I was able to actually feel emotions from him. I wasn’t expecting that but it was still cool to find out.

“He is very happy to meet you.” I said as Boney started to jump in joy as he squawk squeaked at the girls.

“Awww, he is adorable.” Stacy said as she held a hand up to touch Boney.

He was leaning close to her hand like he was smelling her when he suddenly jumped back huddled against my hand. I was assaulted by the feeling of fear flooding from his connection as he looked at Stacy.

“What’s wrong little Boney? Do you not like me?” Stacy asked but her voice sounded a little off, almost echoey? I looked up and went wide eyed as she had a smile that was a little too wide for a human and her eyes had a faint blueish glow to them.

“No, not you too Stacy…” I pulled Hailee with me as I backed away. I was about to yell for help when Stacy rushed at me without warning.

“I’ll kill you and devour your soul! Give me your power!” She screamed like a banshee while she lunged. I handed Hailee Boney before I threw my hands out and grabbed Stacy’s wrists before she could wrap her hands around my throat. What is it with this thing and choking me, there are other ways to kill people you know!

“Stacy fight it! Don’t let this thing control you!” I yelled as I tried to overpower her, by then the others from nearby had heard and came rushing over to pull her off me and restrain her. Master came over and helped with some kind of ability that wrapped the possessed Stacy in a kind of net while also shackling her hands and feet. Her smile now resembled the same shark toothed smile Kyle had and her eyes were now fully glowing blue, I saw as her body started to glow aswell and a small damp feeling filled the air.

“This cannot hold me! I will drown you all!” She screamed before a giant water ball filled the air above us, the other people started to scream and panic but me and Master, I didn’t know what I could do but to accept it… Master on the other hand held up his hand and muttered.

“Fireball.”

WOOSH out of thin air an inferno appeared before condensing down to the size of a golf ball and was then sent hurtling into the water ball that had now grown to the size of a pond above us. His fire ball pierced the water and started to boil it. Before long there was a thick layer of steam covering everything as master’s magic overpowered Stacy’s.

“AGGHHHH DAMMIT HUMAN! JUST SUBMIT YOUR SOUL TO ME! I MUST GROW STRONGER!” Stacy yelled but this time the voice that came out was not hers, it was guttural, like gravel being tossed around a mixer, her body started to contort and grow huge. The net that contained her broke aswell as the shackles.

What stood there now was not Stacy, it was something like a ghoul, just pale and gaunt except it didn’t have legs, it stood 9 ft tall with just a billowing shadow where the legs should be. It’s arms were just as long as it’s body but instead of a human hand at the end… It had 3 digits with long, sharp, bone white claws.

Master took one look at it before his face paled slightly and turned towards us.

“Everyone get back… This is a Boneclaw!”