On a pretty peaceful evening in a village, there was a young boy, who walked down the streets with his hoodie on and only his red hair and glowing purple eyes seen from under the hood, the boy seemed sad and stuck in thoughts, the townsfolk of the village seemed to avoid him as he was called an outcast by some, soon enough he got to an inn where he seemed to be staying but the monster-ish looking girl, who was the receptionist blocked his way -Sorry kiddo, you’re to late- The girl said as she closed the door right in front of him and put the light out -Seriously? Again?.. but they would let the others in…- The boy mumbled as he looked around -Guess I’ll go find a place to sleep at then- he quite quickly added moving away from the place in search for a place to stay at.
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The boy soon sat down in an alleyway with little to no light and just looked at his hands as he sighed -I need to find some bandages, I’m covered in bruises at this point- Zet mumbles as he inspects himself and checks out his bruises and scars, suddenly he hears voices in the distance and their footsteps as they slowly close in -I bet that brat is hiding somewhere, he never gets to get in the inn since he’s always to late- One of the 3 heard voices said -Yeah, All in all that pathetic human should’ve died along with everyone else those 10 years ago- Another voice said, The boy slightly looked out on the streets and searched for the 3 people for a few seconds before getting startled to see them right in front of him -Hey there, Zet, how are ya doing outcast?- The leader of the 3 said, who was a werewolf, grinning sinisterly at Zet -Uhm..- Zet scared quite a bit just sat there silently, frozen a bit -What’s the matter human? Can you not speak?- The werewolf said laughing at Zet with his friends, Zet just looked down and got up from the ground and started to slowly walk away but was quickly stopped -Where do you think you’re going? We just want to talk- The werewolf said while scratching Zets shoulder with his claws -Let me go…- Zet mumbled -What was that?- The werewolf said -I don’t know, it seems the little human wants us to let him go- another monster mocked Zet walking up to the boss, the monster was a huge green lizard with unsettling yellow eyes -Let me go idiots- Zet said annoyed with the 3, stopping their laughs and mocking for a second -Idiots? So our outcast, Zet, thinks we’re idiots?- The werewolf smiled as he laughed so badly even his 2 friends got a little bit scared, Zet looked at the 3 for a second and then suddenly started running inside the alleyway -After him!- The werewolf immediately shouted the moment Zet started running off, himself going after him.
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Zet was running through the alleyways while being chased by the 3 monsters, sometimes getting cut off and having to immediately change directions -Leave me alone already!- Zet shouted as he was running in a straight line with the werewolf behind him -Give up, you’re never gonna escape us!- The werewolf shouted in return as he slowly closed in on Zet. After a few more turns Zet ended up in a dead end, as he looked around the werewolf catched up to him -What now? You’re cornered!- The werewolf said to Zet as he slowly closed in on him, Zet fully backed up to the wall behind him, looked at the top of a building, wishing he could just end up there so the 3 couldn’t do anything to him -What are you looking at? You can’t escape anyways- The werewolf said and laughed at Zet, the other 2 monsters catched up just now and are grinning quite sinisterly at Zet as he just looks at them and at the top of the building back and forth -Alright, that’s enough. You’re done for!- The werewolf said as he howled before charging on Zet, Zet panicked looked at the wolf and then at the top of the building and reached out to it closing his eyes, just as the werewolf jumped on him ready to put his claws in Zets face, a purple light appeared. Once Zet opened his eyes he was shocked as he actually ended up on top of the building he reached his hand out to, the 3 monsters were confused as Zet just disappeared into thin air for them -What the hell?!- The lizard said, looking around but being unable to find Zet. The werewolf was a bit confused as he crashed into the wall because of Zets disappearance -Where did that bastard go?- The werewolf said as he looked around as well, in the meanwhile Zet just looked at his hand as he had a purple orb floating on his hand -What is this?- He mumbles a bit confused -This is really weird.. but it did save me- He quickly added wondering about the mysterious orb, curious if he can use it again he reaches out to another buildings rooftop but it doesn’t really work -Hmmm.. how do I?- Zet mumbles as he looks at his hand again. After a lot of failed attempts Zet gets quite exhausted and starts running out of ideas -Why is it not working now?- He says to himself as he decides to do one last attempt, when Zet focuses on his target spot and reaches his hand out he suddenly sees as his surroundings warp and then he’s in the place he was focused on, he was quite shocked and felt even a bit sick because of the warping but was also happy and excited about his new found power -This is so cool!- he shouted as he jumped around for a bit before suddenly getting hit with a massive feel of tiredness and almost immediately falling to the ground and falling asleep on the rooftop.
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A strange man is sitting in his room which is all dark and the only light is coming from the door behind, the man is smiling as he looks at a floating screen which seems to monitor Zet -So you finally awakened it..The dimensional warp..-The man says as he just continues looking at the monitor -The time is getting closer I guess- The man adds before standing up from his chair and opening the room -May we meet someday.. Zet- He says standing in the door frame before finally leaving the room and closing the door behind him still smiling.
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The next day in the morning Zet wakes up on the rooftop a bit confused about what happened, when he looked around and walked around the roof a little bit he remembered everything -Oh right.. I fell asleep over here and I discovered an interesting power.. I’m not sure what it is..maybe I should go to a library to find something about that- He mumbled to himself as he started teleporting around from one rooftop to another without anybody noticing him, finally he gets down from the rooftops to an alleyway and then makes his way to the only library in the village, slowly approaching the library he hears familiar voices of the werewolves gang and stands before the door, just as the door opened by the werewolf gang he hides behind the door barely avoiding confrontation. When the gang goes away Zet swiftly sneaks through the door i to the library and goes looking for any book related to his abilities -Hmmm, there should be at least something here, just gotta find it- He mumbles as he searches through the shelves, taking books that might help him -That should be alright.. Maybe this one..- he mumbled picking up a book or two. Zet was sitting at a table and reading through the couple of books he picked up but couldn’t find any major clues about his weird power, even when he did find a few hints -Damn it, there’s nothing much here. The only hints are that it’s a branch of shadow magic.. I don’t really get what it means with the dimension travelling and a special clan that it’s from.- Zet mumbled to himself laying his head on the table annoyed. Zet just laid like that for a couple of minutes until a big black book fell on his head and so he jumped up and screamed in pain for a second -I’m so sorry, are you alright?- A female worker said as she walked up to Zet -I didn’t mean to drop the book.. cleaning the top shelves is really hard thought- The girl continued as Zet just looked at the book a bit shocked sering the cover -This is it, this is fucking it!-Zet shouted cutting of the girl and attracting attention -Uhm.. excuse me, what?- The girl asked in pure confusion -Oh, well.. You see, the book is just what I looked for- Zet answered a bit happily -Dimension travelers and the shadow magic secrets huh? You must really like myths and legends then- The girl answered quite surprised anybody cared about that book -That book was on top shelves cause nobody really reads that- She quickly added -Myths, Legends? Not really.. I’m just researching for personal reasons- Zet answered grabbing the book -Oh, I see.. you know, everybody calls you an outcast but you actually seem pretty cool- The girl said closing her eyes for a second -Thank you!- Zet shouted and as the girl opened her eyes Zet was nowhere to be found -What the hell, where did that kid go?- She said looking around quite confused. Zet on the other hand just sits on the roof of the library as he warped up there -Alright, I gotta look through this book..- He mumbled as he started scoarching through the book and carefully reading every word with his keen eyes, after a few moments he stopped as he noticed something on the page -The family name.. That’s my.. that’s my family name!- He shouted as he looked shocked at the family name written in the book “Shadoumonāku” -I knew it, I’m a successor of the clan… of the family… I’m a dimension traveler- He mumbled to himself -I need to look through the rest of the book, maybe there’s some techniques I could try out in the wild- He added after a moment, once again scoarching through the pages of the book.
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-I still don’t believe it, that outcast was right before our eyes and now we can’t find him at all!- The werewolf shouted angrily with his 2 friends by his side -Yeah, that’s really weird.. and that weird purple light, I don’t know what to make of it- The lizard guy said, the 3 were just sitting there thinkering and annoyed but suddenly they heard something -What’s that? Shouting?- The other guy pointed out -No, it’s.. we found him- The werewolf said as he grinned at the others. Zet was just training and learning to use his powers -Shit..This is really putting a strain on me- He mumbled to himself a bit tired because of exhausting a part of his mana, after a few moments he came back to training as he wanted to master what he could as fast as he could -I’m so close to opening a gate.. I don’t really know where but anywhere different than that place is fine.. best would be a place with little to no monsters thought- he mumbled to himself before reaching with his hand in front of him and grabbing seemingly nothing -Alright, now it’s time I finally open up a Warp Gate- He mumbles as he pulls and starts to tear open the space, creating a hole to another dimension -Just a bit more.- he mumbled, struggling to open up enough space for him to fit, after a while holding the gate open he couldn’t do it anymore so he just releases the fabric of space and soon it closes up -I was so close. I’m really tired at this point thought, and after practicing those moves..- He mumbles as he sits down and looks at his hands, realizing he has even more bruises than before -I really need to get some bandages- he added -Well, well, well, what do we have here- suddenly the werewolf gang approached Zet -Where did you go last time huh? You couldn’t just disappear after all- The leader added grinning at him, Zet just looked at him as he wasn’t scared anymore, he knew he could just escape if he needed to -Mind your own business dude- Zet said, standing up from the ground -I see you got an atittude now, you know nothings changed? You were just lucky outcast- The werewolf continued as he walked around Zet -Maybe or maybe not, you don’t know that- he answered grinning a bit himself -Whatever, you’re still the powerless outcast, we’re gonna beat you up 2 times harder since you somehow escaped last time- The werewolf said before surrounding Zet with his friends -You’re done for- He quickly added before all 3 rushed in on Zet, he for a change just closed his eyes and focused, it even felt like time slowed down dramatically just for him -You are the ones that are done for this time..- he said as he opened his eyes which were now glowing and with time seemingly back to normal -Phantom Step..- He mumbled to himself as he warped behind the leader, causing them all to crash into each other -What?- The lizard said -Where the hell..- The werewolf said a bit confused but pretty soon realizing Zets behind him -You little shit!- He shouted as he rushed on him -Not gonna work- He said as he just stood there -Now let’s see Shadow Bind in action..-He added mumbling more of to himself, the werewolf tripped in the middle of running towards Zet and then he was unable to move, his palls as well -What is this?- He asked annoyed, looking at the thing restricting him, it looked like glowing purple vines but they weren’t vines at all, they were like shadows of the real thing -Oh nothing, just testing out some stuff I figured out. I guess that the training really paid off- Zet said, starting to slowly walk away -What? Release us outcast!- The 3 shouted stopping Zet for a moment -Don’t worry, it will disappear on its own eventually.. -He said before just disappearing with a purple light once again -We’ve been outclassed by that rat..- The werewolf said as he just tried to escape angry at Zet -I swear I’ll get him once I’m out of here!- He added shouting and cursing Zet.