DAY 1 OF TRAINING

Ugh, my back hurts. I feel like I can't move. God have mercy on me please….

It's not from the training, I just slept wrong. My neck and back are sore. Ugh, remind me not to sleep on the ground.

Anyway, we gotta get training. How else are we supposed to save the world? I know I'm not crazy, I watched my best friend evolve right in front of my eyes.

I run inside my grandma's house and grab the longest kitchen knife and run out before any questions were asked. I put Ness on my shoulder and we headed into the forest that surround us.

We walk for what feels like forever. I check my phone to see what time it is…………. It's only 4:00. We've been in here for over half an hour! And we haven't seen anything yet!

Ugh I wish something would ju- AHHHHHH

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I scream as I slipped down a hill. When I roll to the bottom I find myself at the mouth of a huge cave. The first thing I think is “IT'S A DUNGEON” and I rush right into the cave.

I go in the cave and shockingly it's dark. I then turn the flashlight on my phone on and continue. I took a few more steps and I began to hear a flapping sound. I shine my light around the cave, it isn't too wide and it's pretty tall. I shine the light up and I see three bats, except these bats had large round eyes, a long tongue that hung from their mouths and they were as large as cats. Ness and I just stared at the bats and they stared back. I was scared and I didn't know what to do. They just stood there, hanging upside down, staring at us.

I did the only thing I thought was logical, I ran out of the cave, or I tried to at least. As soon as I took off the bats flapped their large wings and flew ahead of us, intent on blocking our path.

One swoops down and tackles me, I fall down with the bat on top. It bites my left shoulder with its large pearly white fangs.

“Fuck”

I wrap my left arm around the bat trapping it there and I take the knife I brought with me and I stab it it the back. It shrieks and kicks and tries to fly away but I keep it pinned down with my arm. It bites my shoulder again but I still refuse to let go. I stab it again and again until it stops moving.

“Haha, take that bitch!”

I drop the dead bat and look around for Nessie and my phone, which I dropped in the attack. I look over and I see a bright ball heading towards the other two bats. The only way I know it's heading towards them is because it's so bright it illuminates a small part of the cave. Then I see another one and I look for where they're coming from. On the ground Nessie was shooting her [Solar Flare] towards the bats. With the bats preoccupied with dodging I rush to them, knife drawn. I jump up and just barely grab the foot of one. I bring it down and wrap my left arm around its neck, choking it. I then proceed to stab it's gut with my knife numerous times. It kicks and screams but I continue stabbing it. When it finally died I threw it to the ground and tried to grab the other one but it flew up too high for me to jump. Nessie shoots another [Solar Flare] and because it was preoccupied with dodging my hand it was hit right in the head by the ball of solar energy. The fur on its face burst into flames and it flailed about in the air. Nessie was able to hit it twice more before it burned to death. I gaped in horror and amazement. From the smell of burnt flesh to the feeling of blood pouring out of my shoulder I knew this was the life for me. The excitement and fun of stabbing the bat and the feeling of it's last breath leaving its body………I might be a psychopath……….

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Forgetting about my psychopathic thoughts I start to address the most important thing right now, my bleeding shoulder. It fucking hurts! I grab it, trying to stop the bleeding at least a little bit. Nessie runs over. She crawls up my back and looks at the wound. She begins charging a [Solar Flare]!

“No Ness! Don't shoot me, I'm trying not to die today!”

She moves her head closer to the wound. Huh! The charging [Solar Flare] is really hot! It's cauterizing the bite!

After a few seconds the wound stopped bleeding! As soon as it did a notification popped up.

[Tamer has learned skill [Berserk]]

[Berserk lvl1 0/100: When a life-threatening injury is inflicted upon the user, the user will recover 10% of max Hp and Stamina and will gain and attack boost for the duration of the battle. Stackable. Increases health stat and strength stat by a small amount.]

[Tamer has learned skill [Merciless]]

[Merciless lvl1 0/100: Mercy is for the weak. Allows user to keep a clear mind and not be affected as much by mental attacks. Increases the mental fortitude stat by a large amount.]

[Mental fortitude stat has risen to 11, crossing the threshold]

[Nessie has grew to level 3. Exp: 6/60]

A soft light enveloped Nessie. Her horns began to grow just slightly, her mouth got longer and narrower and red markings grew on Nessie's bright yellow scales.

Woah…....…. I feel……… like what the fuck happened? I gained two skills and a stat! That's fucking incredible! Plus Nessie got a level up! Now, before I get in more trouble let's leave! I put Nessie on my shoulder and grab the three bat carcasses. I'm not gonna kill them and leave them for someone else to eat am I?

After about 10 minutes or so I see the end of the cave.

“It's sunlight! I'm so happy, I thought I was going to die!”

I check my phone for the time and it's around 5:00. Be nice if I had a skill that let me tell time without having to check my phone…….

I began walking back to my grandma's house with the three bats in tow………... SHIT, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO EXPLAIN ALL THIS!

I began to think about how I should explain all of this to my grandparents. Alien attack? Science project? My attempt at trying to become a vampire? None of those would work. I finally decided on what I'm gonna say.

“Bishop! What's wrong? You're dirty and you have blood stains all over you! And what's with those… those things you're carrying? Oh Earl come here!”

My grandma rambled on, crying for my grandpa, fretting over me. I knew what I had to do.

“Grandma, I'm sorry to tell you this……. But I'm gonna be a father!”

“.....................” She said nothing and then fainted.

“I hope you're kidding, that'll be one ugly grandchild.”

My grandpa came out of the house, he looks old at first glance but he's really strong and has a good heart. My dad used to say that he had the heart of a lion and when I asked him about it he said that's why he's not allowed back at the zoo….

“ I'm kidding, I wouldn't have been able to tell y'all what really happened if grandma hadn't fainted.” I then proceeded to tell the whole story, the brochure, Nessie's evolution, the fight with the bats. No detail was left untold. I even showed Nessie's [Solar Flare] as proof. My grandpa is a reasonable man and I'm sure he'd know what to do.

“Don't die, if you died I'd have to give your inheritance to that whore sister of yours.”

Ah grandpa's words of wisdom fill my heart with great pleasure……