Week 1 Day 3
I never thought that I have been unconscious for a whole week.
*sigh* oh well, what’s done cannot be undone, let’s move on.
As I regain my composure, I began to tell Sylphy about my new body, the curse, the dagger and the prince.
“Even though the information regarding the curse was cut off, but it’s obvious that this has something to do with the prince” –Maus
“Hmmm, then where could we find the prince?” –Sylphy
“Well, that question has an obvious answer!? I mean, where do you expect to fight the final boss in a game? It must be inside grand palace.” –Maus
“Final boss? Game?” –Sylphy
“Forget what I said ... anyway, I think that he must be inside the castle. Have you been there since your death?” –Maus
“No, I haven't been there ... but I think you are right! There are a lot of Undead inside the inner walls of the Noble District, they must be protecting something or someone” –Sylphy
“Alright then! Let’s go there!” –Maus
“Wait! Wait! You just came here a few minutes ago, why are you leaving me again so soon?” –Sylphy
“Are you ... nevermind, you are right, I just met you again ... and I’m sorry- “ –Maus
“No, you don’t need to ... well, you know ... it’s been a long time since I talked with someone ...” –Sylphy
I realized how lonely she is ... it must be though living alone in this place ... wait, if she lived at the same time as the princess, why is the princess not here or at least she never mention her since her death.
I wanted to ask about it but I wanted to let the moment calm down first.
“How about touring a bit? I-I mean, this kingdom must have been a nice place or something when it was still in one piece, right?” –Maus
“You sure? I guess there is some place that is still intact ...” –Sylphy
“Sure, let’s go!” –Maus
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We visit many places around the kingdom including a few villages in the vicinity.
After some time passed, I mustered up my courage to ask what happened to princess after her death ... I know this is unrelated to the curse but ... I think, as a friend I’m worried about her previous words.
While we are flying I ask her.
“Hei Sylphy, may I ask something?” –Maus
“Uhm, sure what is it?” –Sylphy
“It’s about ... the princess, I just want to know why you never talked about her since your death ... if you don’t feel like answering, you don’t have to” –Maus
Sylphy stares me with her moist eyes, I really real feel bad about it, I shouldn’t have asked her about the princess.
She said “it’s been a long time since I talked with someone” technically she never spoke with the princess after her death or probably something happened to the princess that made them never speak again to each other.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-” –Maus
“It’s okay ... but I can’t talk about it ...” –Sylphy
“uh-uhm, I guess I should begin my preparation to go to the castle” –Maus
“Oh right ... I-I Wish you luck” –Sylphy
Our conversation ended in an awkward way, *sigh*
I ended my day with salvaging some iron or something that I could turn into a weapon with my transmutation skill.
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Week 1 Day 4
Without me realizing it I had enough materials to create a new weapon and armor, if I had known this yesterday I wouldn’t have wasted my time like a hobo collecting a tin cans.
My preparation is complete!
I create a new armor, this time I create a standard spec ops soldier armor but I also add some custom modifications.
Thanks to my female body, I have a ton of materials, some of them are extremely rare or could be considered ancient.
For example, [Gem stone of Life] looks like a Diamond with yellowish color within it, I could resurrect someone that has already dead between 10-30 minutes after his death. All I need is to break the gem close to the corpse of someone that I want to resurrect ... but I’m not sure I want to break it to be honest.
There are also various metals, including some metals that considered none existent on earth but according to [World Knowledge] those materials are continuously mixed with the flowing [Mana] from the planet.
Anyway, with the knowledge of the witch body I could make something flexible even though that material is made from something hard.
To create it, I need to create a [Mana String] and connect it with the hard material.
To create [Mana String] I need to continuously produce mana and shape it into a string. It is really hard and requires great concentration, because that will determine how strong the mana string is and how long is it.
Can it replace clothes? It can but it will be extremely flashy clothes because the mana string is emitting a very bright light, although I could suppress the light or completely hide myself with the magic [Concealment] Skill.
Because all of the materials and knowledge, I can create an armor that has good flexibility but is hard as diamond.
Well, rather than spec ops soldier I’m more like an elite soldier from a sci-fi game. *smug face*
Anyway, since my hair is so long and I don’t feel like cutting it so I create a protection mask with various magic enchantments.
And this time I use my [Merge Transformation] because some abilities from [Skeleton King] are not available, and also to increase my survivability.
With this transformation my stats are [Skeleton King] + [Witch Body], the body is renamed from ‘female body’ to ‘witch body’.
The stats are ... pretty fucked up, I mean, when I checked my status multiple [Windows] appear and block my vision.
Even though I use my [Merge Transformation] I still could cast a spell without worry, because my [Mana] regeneration can be multiplied by various skills like [Mana Absorption], [Stamina Conversion], [Mana Drain] and many more.
Oh yea, my Hair turned white and so did my skin, I feel like a cartoon character that has not yet been colored ... no! Seriously! I’m fucking white! Literally WHITE! Although my eye color is orange burn.
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Despite my ‘whiteness’ I prefer to use this transformation body.
Alright, next one! My firearms.
I create a new custom weapon that looks like it came right out of a sci-fi game.
Why I change my weapon? Because I want to put new enchantments on it but there is no more space or suitable place on my previous weapon.
What kind of enchantment? It’s an elemental weapon! YEAH! Magic FTW! Mwahahaha *cough* okay, normally you put a special gem stone on the body of the weapon itself, for example, I put [Ember Gem] at the top of the Guard of my military knife, then when I pour my mana into it, the blade will shine an orange color like it is burning. But of course you also need to create a mana flow at your weapon or it will just gonna get burned including your hand.
Well, that’s the normal enchantment! But right now, the ‘thing’ that I want to enchant is not the weapon but the cartridges or bullets.
How? I put the gemstone close to the magazine mouth of the weapon or near the magazine release button, with that I could enchant the cartridge, but of course the magazine need to be modified with mana flow while the firearms body enchanted with resistance.
The cartridge is empty and will be filled with mana together with the enchantment, because if the cartridge is already filled with mana it will explode when its got the enchantment.
So, I made a new Rifle, 2 shotguns, 1 handgun and 2 military knifes.
My rifle uses the same caliber as AKM but this new rifle has a slightly longer barrel than AKM. Enchanted with the [Holy Element].
Two semi-automatic shotguns, I use Striker shotgun as a reference but I modified it to adjust to my size and a sawn-off shotgun as an emergency CQC measure. Enchanted with the [Fire Element]
One handgun, well rather than normal handgun, this is actually a .50 Cal magnum. Enchanted with the [Lightning Element]
Oh! I also made a Gatling gun for crowd-control.
This three .50 Cal barreled Gatling gun is perfect to kill hordes of undead.
Hm? Why not using magic instead of a gun? I want to test the capability of firearms in this world, because according to [World Knowledge] everything is connected to [Mana] and [Magic], if someone or person does not have enough [Mana] they are considered a weakling, powerless people.
To fill cartridge you don’t need a huge [Mana] pool, as long as you could infuse it to your cartridge that is more than enough.
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Alright I think that’s enough for the explanation.
Let’s check everything before departing.
Protection armor! ... check!
Rifle! ... check!
Shotgun! ... check!
Handgun! ... check!
Gatling gun ... check!
Peanuts ... check aand
Virg- ...!
“MAUUUUUSSSS ... Waaiitttt!” –???
Hm? Is that Sylphy?
“Maus! Please take me with you!” –Sylphy
“Why all of sudden?” –Maus
“I-I want to help you to kill those undead” –Sylphy
“No, I don’t know what is your intention but don’t you said you don’t have combat ability?” –Maus
“I never said that I don’t have combat ability ... it just ... it just weak!” –Sylphy
“Isn’t that the same? Anyway I don’t want to take you to a dangerous place, even if I could do offensive while protecting you I’m not 100% sure about that” –Maus
Actually I could, I just wanted to know the reason why she is so adamant to go to with me.
“I could possess a weapon and use it to attack the undead, probably you could train me using ‘that’ weapon” –Sylphy
“No means no, unless you give me a good reason why I should take you to a fight” –Maus
“*sigh* I’m sorry maus, actually I ...” –Sylphy
She begun to tell me what happen to Princess Alia.
After their death, both of them became an Undead [Wraith] at first they were shocked after what happen to them.
After some time, they accepted their fate to live as [Wraith].
Many years pass as they tried to find a way to lift the curse, but there was no sign of anything or any way to lift the curse.
They became desperate.
The desperation took over Princess Alia, she begun losing control ... eventually she become a violent [Wraith].
Sylphy who was a powerless [Wraith] couldn’t do anything but to pray, to wish and to believe that one day someone will come and help her to lift the curse of this kingdom.
“You are my only hope Maus, but also I don’t want to remain watching from behind! I want to help!” –Sylphy
“*sigh* Alright, you can go with me but ... let me ask you a question first regarding your [Possession] Ability” –Maus
“Sure, what is it?” –Sylpy
“Is your ability limited only to a weapon or could you possess something like a corpse of an animal or a human?” –Maus
“No, I can possess anything as long as it’s not another undead or a living person” –Sylphy
“Hmmm, Alright then, let’s make you a body to be possessed” –Maus
So I postpone my plan to attack right now.
Anyway, I have many animal corpses or skulls that could be taken as a base of the body that I wanted to create or I could just find a human corpse and ‘modify’ it.
I ask Sylphy about it but she said that she’s OK with anything.
Hmmmm, to be honest I can’t decide it too, so which one is good?
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I want to say thank you for Chaoskultist for Editing and Proofread my chapter, bless him!
and thank you for reading my story
a bit random rant: Sorry I can't post chapter quickly since I have midterm exam at my country
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I don't know how to use the "poll" thread so if you want to decide which one is good one (animal body or human body) to be created. This story is not 'planned' so anything could change and feel free to add suggestion
comment to choose?