Something jumped out of the top of the trees, and It was a creature whose whole body was as black as the leaves making it easier to blend into the treetops. Being 2ft (0.61 m) tall, Its face had no mouth, only eyes which were a dull gray. It was hard to see, but small pointed ears stuck out of its head. Long arms and legs that ended in claws. With the tail hiding behind it that featured a mouth on the very end of it. Every part of the thing looked like it could kill me with ease. Something inside my gut churned as it approached and only got stronger the closer it was to me. The instincts in my body told me that I was about to die.
“Whats ya looking at? Newborn never seena monster as scary-looking az me.” It said. The sound this creature made sounded like a small puppy yapping for food.
I backed up, trying to keep it in my sight while moving away from it.
“Looksy me can notes kills ya here. This Holy safe place. No fights here. Mother no allow heres. Redwater safe place. No fights. Only if leaves pass treesy or out the sight of water. ” It said. At the same time, it is moving to the water past me.
That was weird. It was talking not from its face but the tail as it spoke to me. Its tone changes every once in a while, going from higher pitched to deeper.
“Plus, you nos give much from killings you. ” It said. Now it was not even paying any attention to me at all. It just stuck its tail into the water and drank?
Copying its movements, I moved to the water's edge while keeping an eye on it. Putting my hands into the water, I cupped some up to my lips to drink as my mouth and throat felt as if fire washed through me, and then an ice-cold chill hit me. The water tasted good, and my mind felt clearer after consuming the red liquid. “That was good,” I said. I thought that I wouldn't be able to speak.
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Congratulations on drinking The Mother Holy Waters.
As the first time drinking this water with an INT higher than 2 points, you have been granted the ability to speak Abyssal. Due to this, your vocal cords have forever changed to be able to speak the Abyssal language.
Because the Mother's blood was used to fix the damaged part of your soul, you already have been granted the knowledge to understand the Abyssal language.
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Nice guess. That's why I could understand that thing when talking to me. But I need to be careful around it because I don't know if it was lying to me or telling the truth, but I will find out in due time.
It ignored me as it gouged on the water while lazing around on the pond's shore. It might be telling the truth, seeing how relaxed it is now, and not worried that something might come and try to kill it.
Time passed as only seconds were left on the timer. 5 4 3 2 1 0. It was time for me to see my stats.
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Completed
They are changing body and mind based on new-found status.
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More pain hit me as my body and mind were forced to change to fit my status. My body broke apart and fixed itself. My mind didn't hurt as much as my body, though it expanded.
“Stupid children do not no when use water. ” It said. It was picking up my writhing body and tossing it into the red water.
As my body hit the pond, all the pain disappeared from me. They were releasing pain from this already tortured form of mine. Relief as the chilly water helped speed up and dull the pain. “Why did you help me?” I asked.
“Holy place. No sufferings. Mother no likesy pain heres.” It said. Looking at me as if I was an idiot who didn't know what was basic knowledge for everyone to know. “Ya dumbs dumbs. Why you no know dis. Broad no goods.” It said.
“I was just given life again by the mother, so I don't know what the rules are. I didn't know it would hurt again like that when my status was unlocked.” I answered. It only looked at me like I was crazy. So I told it what she did for me. “She saved my soul from being destroyed and created a new monster breed in the process,” I said. Then the look in its eyes changed.
“Fun, fun times. When ya leaves, thats way.” It said. Pointing to the area away from the mountain, “Weakers monmons that ways. But ways mores.”It said. After saying all of this to me, it walked away from me and back to the area it was previously.
“Thanks, I guess,” I said to it. She was still ignoring me again. So laying back in the water, I tried to bring up my status.
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Name: ???
Race: Newborn Void Light
Class: Novice Twilight Mage
Lv: 1/10
Hp: 20/20
St: 20/20
Mp 45/45
STR: 7
VIT: 4
AGI: 3
INT: 9
CHS: 2
Free points: 2/2
Skills:
Active: Void Bolt Lv1/5 Tier 1. Light Bolt Lv1/5 Tier 1. Void Slash Lv1/5 Tier 1. Healing Lv1/5 Tier 1.
Passive: Health Regeneration Lv1/4 Tier 1. Mana Manipulation Lv1/3 Tier 1. Mana Regeneration Lv1/4 Tier 1. Void Magic Lv1/5 Tier 1. Light Magic Lv1/5 Tier 1.
Titles 1/1
Newborn of the Void.
Traits 2/2
Void Body
Light Body
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I have no idea if this is good at all. What is this free point thing under my stats score? Thinking about it, a prompt appeared in my vision.
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Free points can be placed into an individual stat to increase its value. Just think of which stat to raise and then think of the amount you wish to put into there, and it will be done.
You can only gain free points from leveling up, and there is a finite amount of them, so spend them wisely.
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Oh! That's nice to know. Looking over my stats, I saw something that needed to change: my AGI with only 3 points. One of my lowest stats is just being one point ahead of CHS. I'm just guessing, but that must mean I am pretty slow.
So looking over it again, I put two free points into AGI, bringing that up to 5. This made my muscles tense up and relaxed repeatedly. No pain hit me this time as I lay there in the water, and my body changed again.
After a while, everything finished changing within my body. I felt leaner and more robust than I was before. I was looking toward the direction of where the other monster pointed. I looked back to where it was, only to see it heading to the mountain. ' I was going to thank it again before it left, but never mind then.' I thought to myself. Looking at its back, something appeared in my vision once again.
Void Warped Child LV 10 Tier 2. Well, I guess that's what it is. I will probably call it V or something like that if I ever see it again.
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I spent another hour at the pond trying to memorize the surrounding area, so I could always return here when needed. During that time, more monsters came from every direction around the pond. Only those that came from the mountain area even bothered looking at me seeming to try to understand what I was since it was the first time they had seen anything like me. But every one of them just ignored me after a few glances my way.
I did manage to get one of the flying monstrosities, a tier 2, to tell me about the land. The fucking thing was a big piece of shit with an ego that needed The Mother to help carry it around. Even as angry as I was, I got some helpful information from the damn thing.
The mountain was to the north of the pond, and the plains were to the south. So everything north and east of the pond was where tier 2 fought and killed each other. South and West were different tiers. One fought and killed there, and once one became a tier 2, they came back here and lay in the pond to complete the evolution, then left towards the mountain area after some rest. Some monster was coming of age or something like that. But once tier 2 hits the level cap, they are to come back here and swim to the middle of the pond for a portal to open and send it to a new place in the Void where it can grow stronger.
It was some excellent information, but I almost broke the no-fight rule here because of that to strangle it. It was a Foulbeak Pest Lv2 tier 2. When the time comes, I will kill that flying rat.
The other monsters that could talk were pretty chill around the pond. Some were jerks, but most just lazed around talking about the hunts they had had. They were fine to talk to. The only one that pissed me off was the rat thing that flew. I was not the only one who thought that too many others were having a hard time holding back from trying to kill that annoying rat.
But one thing was for sure if any of us met outside the area of the pond. We would kill others without remorse. This was the only safe place inside the Void that we knew of. But I also learned that if anything invaded the Void, Every monster in that area would swarm it until it was dead, even if it was in a place like this.
I learned everything I could for any advantage that would give me on the journey to the southern plains. There wasn't much said except for staying out of the breeding nest where eggs were. It was hazardous for anything to survive the horde-type enemies that crawled on the ground, making them come out from their burrows to hunt the trespassers. I wouldn't get anything else out of the monsters besides only some basic things that were common knowledge.
Wanting to leave, I waited for the other Void monsters to return to their areas where they came from and waited a while longer till I felt safe enough to leave. After enough time passed, I made my way towards the South-west, far away from where the tier 2 lived and hunted at. My entire body shivered with joy as something primal from the depths of my very being was roused. I entered the treeline with the biggest grin plastered on my face.