Haven't written a chapter in over 2 months, the reason I was to lazy(To be honest) but then I realized I really like writting(Yes abit odd).... So from now on about 5 chapters a week, and in case people hate it I would love to hear your advice. I really want to improve my writting for real :p. Oh and this is NOT PROOFREAD, will do corrections tomorrow morning.
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The lizard priest last sentence, -a price- made my head muscle twist in thought. It's meaning was without doubt something with grave importance. As my gaze once again wandered across the statues of godlike proportion,
”What price?”
The priest mouth turned into a coy smile as his eyes sparkled with excitement. Another customer reeled in, success!, was the thought that came to mind.
”It's nothing dangerous or anything like that so you do not have to worry”
The coy smile turned into a bright one, revealing the unbrushed sharp teeth hiding under the skin of the kind looking lizardman. Most people would without doubt feel hesitation creeping into their mind, but I couldn't get myself to resist. The appearance of the statue had imbued me in it's mysteries, the gnome defeating such a big hydra was without question a magnificent and compelling scene. If I just by meager means could grasp that power, I would undeniably be able to live a life of comfort; I would be able to survive.
”Can't you just tell me what the price is?”
The lizardsman smile turned into a normal stabilized face as he spoke up
”I cannot, it might seem suspicious but we are a church and wouldn't dare hurt our dare citizens”
”The reason is that people usually accept this training knowing what they will have to do in order to receive it.”
He paused for a moment before continuing in a sour and sad tone
”But as soon as we are done with the small training we do, they either leave completely ignoring our deal, or tells us that this was completely useless and that they are not willing to pay any price for it”
”The mystery of not knowing seem to peak the interest of those training, which in turn makes it
easier for us to have them keep their word”
Shameless, Shameless..... People even decide to rip of the church in this world. The meaning of church although might hold different meanings in different planes of the vast universe. Where some might follow them blamelessly, some might hate them dearly. The experience was varied and it was therefore hard to judge.
”I understand, I will keep my word.”
Even if I was by no means an honorary citizen of my previous world. Ripping off the church was too much; when I was starving they would sometime give me both food and shelter. The gaze on those priestesses as they gave their all to help the decaying human race, hope reflected in their eyes. The lizardman seemed more like a business man in this case, but they most likely had kind people in their ranks as well.
The lizardman turned against me with a wide and kind smile on his face
”Good, I am called Jake around here, may I have your name kind sir?”
”I am Fey”
As I stared up through one of the beautiful decorated rose windows I noticed the sun had moved some since entering here.
”I almost forgot, I have to be back and meet some of my friends in about 40 minutes, could I come back and start my training after?”
Jake frowned as he turned against me
”These youngsters always in a hurry to go places”
He smiled slightly before continuing
”The first test will not take long, about 20 minutes I think, do that first and you can leave after, deal?”
”Test?”
I said slightly startled
”Nothing to worry about just a quick assessment of you current power”
Jake said as he rose from the bench walking into the doorway to the left.
As I followed we went deeper into this palace like church, the deeper we went into building the prettier the interior became. Paintings betraying a gnome heroically fighting against an array of monsters could be seen hung across the white wooden walls. There were chairs along the hallway which seems to be at least an century old and beside them tables with matching appearance. On these ancient tables stood both heroic statues and old looking artifacts, everything from a crystal ball to small dolls. It felt almost like you had entered the palace of an old arch mage.
As we went deeper we finally arrived at a medium sized dojo looking room.
”Fey, take a seat here as I go grab some things”
I sat down without question and in just a minute Jake returned with needles, a glass ball and several pills. Could these be drugs? Does he want to rape me?... Jake could see the worry in my eyes.
”Haha, don't worry these are just some normal tools for assessing power. As we of the church are not that well off we can't afford the more pricey tools. Never the less these work just as good, but can be a bit more uncomfortable”
He said as an evil little smile came across his face. This priest was undeniably not the conventional priest you hear of in stories..
As he took a seat beside me he started pressing these needles inside some strange places. As the first one entered I thought I would become ecstatic and jump up and down, but for some reason I couldn't even feel them. As all the needles were in place he nodded with a faint smile on his face. Jake picked up the globe and without a second delay it started glowing. The glow was almost mesmerizing as it lit out in a blood red glow. As the seconds past, Jakes face turned grimmer and grimmer by the second almost to the point of looking slightly pale.
Suddenly the light emitted from the globe stopped as he gazed over
“I am sorry to say, but in terms of physical strength and its potential your fate seems grim”
He said with a grave face.
Well it was something expected, ever since I arrived in this strange world, I could sense that I was not in my domain. Almost like an outsider standing but naked in the cold outside a house waiting for it to open before freezing to death. I was prepared, but it didn’t matter, grief still consumed me inside almost like I was about to emit tears from my eyes at a moment’s notice. As the priest saw my appearance in this state he showed a pitiful smile
“Gladly, it seems that this fact did not bother you much, I guess you were prepared”
In the eyes of the priest my facial expression, my body language hadn’t budged in the slightest. By the out world not even the end of the world would startled my body. Even if flames would wave in endless, I would never panic. Even though my emotions had started delve on the inside since arriving in this world.
Jake hesitated a second before once again he opened his mouth in the belief he would once again get my hopes up
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“Fey, you might not even reach the first rank in terms physical strength, but there is still hope. You might have some affinity for an element and could strengthen yourself through that or your quod could be impressive”
As he continued the smile continued to persist of pity even though Fey had shown none to care for
“And even if that is the case, you can train your quod without even having talent to the point of easily being able to protect yourself!”
“And also your spirit could be…”
Fey couldn’t take it anymore; those words of pity were clawing at his already fragile pride and mind. As he sighted he had no choice but to break the current path the conversation was leading
“What are those ranks you mentioned? They seem rather interesting. And quod was is that?”
As Fey hastily cut off Jake couldn’t help letting out a chuckle before turning those eyes of pity into his normal kind ones
“One at a time young fellow”
Jake said as he continued to chuckling slightly
“Ranks are a way to determine power in this world. It goes from rank 1 which is the lowest up to 10 at the maximum. But even though 10 is the max there have been quite some who have even surpassed that becoming untouchables”
“ahh those untouchables”
Jake was clearly in his own mind envying those creatures of immense power.
“But do not let the numbers fool you, if someone has reached the rank of 8 or higher in this plane they are considered the top candidates to ascend to the next world. People who have already ascended come flocking once someone reach that rank, wanting to recruit them in to their clan or gatherings to strengthen themselves in the ascended world.”
Fey frowned as he was very confused
“How would they know if someone had reached the 8 rank in this world, I mean they can’t go around checking people with these needles could they? That would take an immeasurable long time”
“Haha, indeed even if thousands of years are nothing to those beings, doing that would without doubt be a pain in the ass. There is actually something called spirit in this world, and once you reach a certain level of power it carries strong pressure with it. So strong that once people of power not suppress it could easily kill people”
Kill people by just the presence of your spirit, something about it felt familiar but I just couldn’t grasp why.
“So when you reach above the 3rd rank almost everyone can grasp your level of power, it’s pretty convenient”’
“Oh and yes quod, quod is the internal energy that seem to stream in every being that comes to this plane at the same time it exist in the very air we breathe, most likely almost everywhere”
“So you see there is hope for you”
Jake said with a wide smile stretching from chin to chin.
As the sun had moved even more, the time was drawing close to the meeting time. No wasting any I time I bed my farewell
“Sorry Jake but it seems as I have to go, my meeting time is drawing near”
“I will be back in about 1 weeks’ time to continue my training”
Jake just nodded in acceptance
Leaving the mysteriously beautiful church, I headed through the masses of people arriving in front of the black door. Moments later Marius stepped out from a side door not far from the black main door with a large smile on his face.
“Oh hey Fey, you arrived right at the right moment”
As on queue a large roar could be heard from the masses of people that walked the street, which didn’t seem to become less even though evening was drawing even closer. The roar was a very familiar one..
“Let me through or lick my feet in defeat puny creature”
Pressing from the masses Muto arrived.
Marius nodded towards Muto before speaking
“Alright everyone here, let’s move out”
Even though Marius was by no means a guide he knew quite a lot about the city of Nikt. Nikt seemed to be some sort of trading city connecting the forest of Endel with the Kingdom of Yura. The pure size of it was actually even equal to the capital of Yura, which was neatly just called the capital. Even though Nikt was ruled by a kingdom it had its own royalty serving as the ruler here. But if the Capital sent orders here they would have to oblige. The power they wielded was undeniably much greater then Nikt which in consequence meant little resistance. Being connected to the forest of Endel meant many races would venture here coming from across the north continent. It seemed like the capital and the kingdom was mostly a humanoid empire Marius had theories regarding that weather and conditions were more in the tastes of humans. To my surprise Muto was nodding in acceptance.
As we walked across the bustling streets we would once in a while stop in front of buildings of importance. At these sights Marius would proceed to introduce its purpose and significance. We stopped at 2 churches all belonging to the cult of Kuruzor. It seemed like the church had quite the presence in these lands. Some large palaces belong to Counts and other high ranking people, which Marius said represented their power in these lands. At the end of the tour Marius led us to the inn district which it was called, where there were inns as far as the eye could grasp.
The first thing that came to mind was money.
“Marius what currency does this world use?”
“They use bronze, silver, gold coins and even crystal in some cases. At least in the northern continent, they value gold and such, although it does vary quite a bit depending on where you live”
As soon as Marius was done speaking he pulled up a bag from his pocket. Inside was something making a slight “cling noise.
“Have these for now, but if you really want to stay here long, I would recommend joining the hunting squad”
Muto’s face turned bright with excitement with the mention of the word “hunter”
“Will people lick my toes if I become a great hunter??!”
Marius grinned with a peak of evil content in his eyes
“Indeed, everyone will lick you, haha, but say that I was the one that recruited you, okay?”
He said with a blink
“Well Muto once you decide I will be waiting for you at the hunter mansion, come if you dare”
He said teasingly, not hiding his intention in the slightest..
The gold Marius gave us seemed to afford a whole 4 months of rent even though it only was 2 gold coins. Muto was trying to hassle with the innkeeper which was an old woman in her seventy’s, but to no avail. Even offering his foot to be licked, but for some reason that made her even more pissed off. Inside the inn were mostly humanoids eating and drinking, it gave a peaceful vibe. Once I entered the inn as being hit by a paralyzing spell I instantly fell asleep.