As Reli read the window a second and third window appeared. It began to read the first one that had popped up.
Heir of the Shadow
A one-of-a-kind title awarded to the individual that will shoulder the will of Demon Queen Um’ra.
You gain +15 in Strength, +15 in Constitution, +15 in Agility, +15 in Mind, +15 in Mana
Time begins to crawl again as the shadow grows
Now you have done it, are you proud of yourself?
Reli was taken aback. This was a huge boost to its powers. It could feel the power surge from within it as it manifested. It almost made it feel drunk on power. After the feeling subsided, Reli pushed the window away and looked at the last window.
Congratulations on reaching Level 5!
Evolution is now possible.
Please start the process when you feel comfortable.
Don’t forget to spend your points before doing so.
May the Goddess smile for you!
Quickly, Reli put two points in ‘Constitution’ and three points into ‘Agility’ raising them both to six, so that it could look at the Evolution.
As it had only thought the word evolution, the room around it changed again, It was now in a dark blue room with light blue lights spanning all across it, replicating Reli and the room over and over again. Above and below. Behind and in front. Reli and the room kept repeating itself indefinitely. Around it were huge windows similar to the usual ones. In them, Reli could see the paths possible for it, but before it could focus on reading them and deciding which path it wanted to take, the windows began to rapidly spin. Faster and faster they spun, giving Reli the illusion of being trapped by the windows. Not knowing what was happening, Reli felt to feel fear crawling nestling into its body.
The circling windows began to hop up and down, stretch and shrink, changing color from their familiar blue to purple, black, white and red, quickly interchanging. Something felt was wrong with the windows and there was nothing Reli could do except watch it happen.
A bright red window flashed in front of it while this was happening. Its corners flickering and seemingly dripping and returning into position.
Essence of the Shadow Queen interferes!
Title 'Heir of the Shadow' interferes!
Evolution options are limited!
Reading the red window, Reli felt dread welling up inside. The essence, the power it had gained, somehow interfered with its evolution. Whatever was left might not be what Reli would have wanted, but it could not change it anymore. It had decided to absorb the essence and gained a title. It got power through it and it was now too late. It could only hope for something good. With these thoughts in mind, the spinning blue windows shattered one by one into tiny pieces, vanishing into nothingness until only one remained. The one blue window was still obscured by the red one, which changed again.
Essence of the Shadow Queen interferes!
Title 'Heir of the Shadow' interferes!
Evolution option changed!
After screaming its message towards Reli the red window disappeared, revealing the sole remaining option. Scared to see what it would become, Reli crawled towards the blue window and was overjoyed.
Potential Evolution
Species: Demon
Subspecies: Shadowdragon (Child)
Base status
Strength: 10
Constitution: 10
Agility: 5
Mind: 10
Luck: 5
Mana: 10
Skills: Transformation (Dragon, Humanoid), Shadowmanipulation, Shadowmovement
The first evolution of a shadow dragon.
This species of dragon has long been lost in time.
Legend has it, that they were once nobility, however, they also are regarded as bringers of catastrophes. Because of that, they had been hunted to extinction.
Its purple scales make it easily recognizable.
Even in its humanoid form, it can't get rid of distinct features of its race a light purple skin.
Said to be cruel and twisted in nature.
This was something Reil had not expected. If the windows were to believe, it gained an evolution that was extinct because of the essence and title it had gained. It could not say if the evolution was good or not, but considering it seems to be the species that Fell and Um’ra were, it had to be. However, saying that they went extinct was worrisome. It meant Reli might become a target for many and considering what it had seen, the Demon King would most certainly know of this species. In the end, it did no good to think too much about it since it was the only option Reli had. It could either accept it and transform into a Shadowdragon or stay a Larvae for all of eternity. Its titles and essence would not allow it to change into something else. Reli accepted the evolution with a thought and the world around it twisted and turned, returning it again to the white and black hall it had been in the whole time.
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The first thing Reli noticed was the hall looked somewhat different. Before it could find out why that was, the old familiar blue status window popped up.
Status:
Name: Reli Um’ra
Species: Demonchild
Subspecies: Shadowdragon
Level: 5
Strength: 15 (+20)
Constitution: 15 (+20)
Agility: 11 (+20)
Mind: 14 (+20)
Luck: 9 (+5)
Mana: 14 (+20)
Skills: Language comprehension, Identify, Manafeel, Statusforgery, Transformation, Shadowmanipulation, Shadowmovement
Title: Kineater, Heir of the Shadow
Surprised by the rise in its numbers, Reli let out a sound, which in turn startled it even more. It had not been able to speak before, but it seemed to have gained the ability to speak. It began to read the status in front of it out loud and became startled. Reli's voice sounded very similar to the voice of Um’ra. It missed the dignity and felt somewhat young, but it was certainly a female voice. Reli was not sure, how much it had changed, but with that it was sure. It had taken on the species of Um’ra. It started to look at itself and saw something similar to the Babydragon it had melted down. A wave of conflicting emotions hit Reli. It had not only killed its brothers and sisters as Larvae, now it had also killed a fellow dragon. Granted it was a different species, however, it was still a dragon. It felt a little lucky
Reli itself was a four-legged dragon with a sinuous body, completely covered by tiny purple scales. It now had an agile frame, allowing it to move gracefully, not crawling on the ground anymore. Reli’s wings, elegantly swept back, complementing its new sleek physique.
It assumed its head was sleek as well considering how the rest of its body looked. And it would not be surprised if its eyes would have the same golden color that Um’ra had.
Compared to the snakelike dragon it had seen before, Reli was much more compact, which it liked. It meant it was way more agile.
After everything it had seen, it now understood why the hall had felt different. Reli had become bigger. It was a good feeling to know that it was not a blob anymore that could be killed on a whim. It was now a mighty Shadowdragon. It laughed out loud and was surprised at how cute its own voice sounded. It wondered for a moment if a Dragon should not sound more menacing, however, it remembered that Um’ra did not sound menacing as well. Reli wondered if it would look like Um’ra as well if it used its new skill ‘Transformation’.
As soon as Reli had thought about it, its body twisted and turned without any pain. It stretched and changed its color, slowly getting more and more humanoid until finally, Reli stood there, looking unbelieving at its own slightly purple hands. It stared at its hands and feet, moving the fingers and toes in fascination. It felt weird to Reli how they moved and looked. Touching its face it felt that, unlike Um’ra, it had no horns, but its hair was a beautiful vivid purple with one strain of gray hair. The same gray that its body was before the evolution. Its silky hair reached towards its hips and felt soft to the touch.
After having satisfied its initial curiosity, Reli started running around the hall. Reli got stopped in its tracks by a blue window that popped up.
For mine and the goddess ??? sake, put on some clothes!
Reli looked down at its body and realized that its tiny light purple body was completely exposed. Instead of a new window popping up, the words began to flicker and change.
There are some in the coffin!
Now!
Startled, Reli moved to the coffin and reached inside. Pulling some old, yellowed and torn clothes, Reli realized that they must have been there for a really long time. Feeling lucky to have found something to cover its body, it continued to move around in her new body. Running, jumping, and even falling face-first onto the floor. Everything was a new sensation to Reli and caused it to smile.
Thank you...
Reli laughed out loud to the docile and defeated reply of the window, which was so out of character for it.
"You can be nice as well, can you? Heh heh,” laughed Reli.
Be quiet.
Reli continued to laugh for itself as it tried to find out how its newly transformed body worked. It was surprisingly intuitive. It was as if the knowledge was inside of its brain the whole time and was just unlocked with its transformation. It felt oddly comfortable being in this body and Reli suspected it had to do with the essence it had absorbed. It felt it needed to be careful if it found other essences, who knew if other essences would be more harmful than the one it had absorbed?
“Heeeeeeey, I knoooow you’re in there,” a voice that seemed neither male nor female called from outside, “You could hide from Minomino but you can't hide from meeeee! If youuuuuu don’t come out, I will come iiiiiin and that’s something you dooooon’t want happening! I prooooomise”