"State your name, got it?" The woman who I yet to care enough about to actually examine actively said arrogantly.
"Amith Melius drake."
"Noted, anything you have the need to say?"
"I am not Amith, I am a legend."
"...Noted."
"You must really like noting things, is it your fetish?"
"What!?"
"No shame, I'm an ally, I understand. It's nothing to be embaressed over."
"I am not-!"
"Shhh, you don't have to be afraid, I'm great at keeping secrets."
She seethed where she sat as I enjoyed her anger with a calm smile, though she sadly, had regained her calm.
"Amith, tell me, are you hidding anything from me?"
"Na."
"Are you sure?"
"Yea, to be hiding something, I'd need to put in an effort."
"And you aren't?"
"Hell no, why'd I need to that? You think you are enough to scare me?"
"Then, could you tell me a secret?"
"Are you stupid? You of all people should know what a secret is, or is your mind the size of an amiba?"
The woman didn't know what an 'Amiba' is, but she was certain I was making fun of her. But this was a training mission "Amith, you are under investigation."
"Then look around, you'll find nothing incriminating."
"I'll take you up on that offer."
I kept the slight smile as the woman hotily started to rummage about, there were actually a lot of secrets that I hold. Reincarnation, that plan to make a book that causes nhilism, my lack of morality, ect.
But I wanted to mess with her a bit more.
So when she came to pick up my manuscript, I rushed up and tried to stop her hand with my own. While I sneakily stole a pocket watch from her pockets by slight of hand "Don't touch that!" I said with slight (Fake) panic.
To that, the woman smiled slightly and forced her way through.
Then forced me back "Well lookie here~"
I quickly put her pocket watch, which seemed fairly valuable, into my own pockets.
I made the act of slowly calming down, and then sat on the bed while wondering what I would do to mess with her even more until she realized she had lost one of her possesions-
Oh, it seems like she's just noticed. That's quite quick. It seems like I stole something quite valuable to her.
That makes me happy enough to just watch her panic as she starts to rummage everywhere for her 'Lost' pocket watch, I chuckled slightly at her misery.
"Where is it?!" She asked me with a good bit of worry and urgency, it was pretty entertaining to see her face twist with her emotions.
I smiled a bit more arrogantly "The pocket watch? The one that's very easy to find? And I'm honestly surprised you can't detect it?"
"Tell me, where is it!?" She became more angry at the notion that I knew where it was but just kept it to myself "Did you steal it!?" Her strong emotions even caused her to blurt out random things.
I laughed slightly "No, no, I didn't steal it, it's just that you're dumb," I silently watched as her emotions started to boil, I acted like I was looking around, and then asked "Do you want something to eat? I'm kinda hungry."
Hearing nothing from her, I said "No? Well I'm going to get a servant anyways."
I stepped out of the room, and looked at the statue that I could see from my bed. It was a drake that coiled slightly around a small hill, with an open maw.
I climbed the statue, and placed the pocket watch into that maw.
I then returned after waiting for a few moments, and entered with silent steps, then sighed after sitting back on the bed "I couldn't find a servant, sadly."
I then watched her panic for another few minutes, I then asked "Do you know why I'm not telling you where it is?"
"How would I know!?" She shouted with a burst of emotions, that pocket watch must've meant a lot to her.
"I'll tell you; first, it's because it's so obvious that telling you where it is would be embarrasing, for you. Second, I don't like your tone."
"What!? You haven't told me, because I was rude!?"
"Yes, now quiet down if you want to know where it is." I said confidently with a slight frown, I even made sure to say it a bit deeper, as deep as I could without an adam's apple.
She was about to burst out, but I finally broke slightly, how could she not realize what was happening?! And my face distorted along with my patience "Watch your tongue."
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I gave a friendly smile after gently standing up from the bed and taking my manuscript from her hands, though I wasn't as intimidating as I'd wish, with my child like form. It is good enough for short burst "Now, are you going to be a good little girl?"
She stood straight slowly, she was honestly slightly nervous, I wonder why? blessing probably, the abyss is quite scary afterall, or the watch was super valuable "Sir Amith, I.. Apologize for my previous transgression."
"And?"
"And I will make sure to correct my behavior."
Seeing such a quick change in behavior I praised myself, though she was probably cursing me inside, I made a thinking expressions "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm."
Then I stopped with my 'Intense' thinking, and pointed to to door "Just look out the door."
She stepped to the door, looked around "Where is it?"
"The statue dumbass."
She again asked "Where?"
"In the drake statue's mouth."
I saw her hands open slightly as she saw her pocket watch "Kaahahahaaaahaaaahhhaaaaaaaaaaahhaahahahaahahaa! What did I say? Your an idiot! Hahahahahah! Fu'n loser."
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The investigator walked away from the room with her family heirloom in hand, I found out that it was an heirloom from the fact that she said it came from her grandfather or something.
At least she's gone, and I have my supreme skill of supremacy.
Basic secrecy, lvl 1, E+; 122/1000 exp.
-Causes miniscule increases in the proficiency in the act of keeping and hiding secrets.
-This effect counters all types of investigative skills.
Oh, another point of exp.
This is so nice of a skill to have, just for the fact that I have a lot of secrets that I make myself. Like how I make mafia later, and then my super secret layer system... I am going to have a lot of secrets, that I will make sure stay secret by 'Silencing' snitches. And also not doing things that are that bad.
Maybe meth with the mafia, but that's going to be annoying the create, so maybe cocaine?
Now, back to the manuscript. And no, I'm not going to copy the diary passages because that doesn't worked, I already tried.
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Name; Erebus Age; 1 cycle. STR; 1 INT; 2 Race; Infantile drake (Darkness) (+) Lvl; 5/5, 100%/100%. Settings AGI; 2 WIS; 1 MP; 10/10 .05/s Titles; None VIT; 2 CHA; 6 HP; 1.7/5 .02/s Traits; Born of darkness (I). END; 1 LCK; 11 Skills Darkness affinity-R1-lvl 2.
*More skills available* *Unravel* Masteries Stealth mastery-T1. Claw mastery-T2. Jaw mastery-T1. *Unravel*
I could evolve this drake, but... Drakes are valuable, so I'll just get a skill for it.
I pressed the 'More skills available' by the skill section, and looked at my options.
Stealth;
-Decreases sounds created by all interactions with the outside world.
-Mana consumption rate of 1.7 MP/s
Darkness chain;
-A chain of darkness attuned mana will link to a designated target.
-A mana cost (At minimum) of 8 MP.
Gouging tenebrosity;
-Expand/create a shadow and make it physical, allowing it to attack based on the mental orders of the user.
-A mana cost of (8 with shadow minimally)/45 MP. With a maintenance cost of 2 MP/s
That's... A hard pick. I could go with the most useful one at this moment, but that one could be useless in the long run... Or will it be best for the long haul?
I'm seriously not certain, why? Because I don't have experience in this field, I was just the guy who plays games for fun, and tries to make the perfect character for fun. I'm not someone who wants to read through thousands of ancient documents, researching every little thing, and interperating poetry. But... I guess I have to.
Ugh... This is not going to be fun.
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That was way less bad than expected, not giant tomes rumored to contain 'Forbidden knowledge' to sift through. All normal language, childish comparisons, and non-esoteric rhetoric.
I just, I felt refreshed looking at the few small books I needed to read through, it was heavenly.
But then... "Servant," I sighed slowly "Get out the real stuff."
"Yes, sir." That previously defiant servant said, she had really re-framed her personality after realizing I could cause that agony whenever I wished.
And, oh~ I love the new feel, just, no back-talking. No small talk at all really, and love that. She understands that I'm better than her, even if she looks good. I'm better than her, end of story.
But I need to show my superiority, and distract myself from the giant tomes I'll have to sift through over the next few days "How many police officers does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, they just beat the room for being black."
The no longer super-defiant servant, she didn't get it. Has my rizz failed me? Naaaa, she's just not knowledgeable about the topic of this joke. It was funny on earth be'cuz there was talk about police brutality against black people being more common and such things, not sure if it's true, never cared to research. And she 100% knows nothing about lightbulbs.
I sighed "Commoners" as I wispered under my breath.
The girl heard what I was sayin' and seemed to be a little defiant, so I looked at her with ganster face + threats "What? You want to be- unda da sea?"
"Nononononononononnon!" She instantly backed of with a very scared, her words quickly fizzling out.
I smiled, and then frowned as I opened the first page of the first actuall page of 'Beasts and skills'.
> A beast's skills are usually with much more coherent sentences.
That's actually not that bad-
> A beast's skills are fueled by Malik, it has different properties from mana, and you should just know that.
Oh no. What even is 'Malik'?
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Hello everyone! I'm back after about half-an-hour of hard work, and I've figured out; Malik is just a different form of mana, more like a sub-version. Pretty much meaning you can't fill up your beasts with your own mana. That's... That's litterally all I need to know!
Half an hour of hard research! And I wasted my time on shit like this!?
Argg!
...
I hate this...
But why can I not stop myself from doing it anyways?