“Familiar contract?”(Sania)
There are 2 choices and they are both yes buttons...
After hearing my words, the pup shook its tail wildly and started licking my cheeks.
It is a good time to test the familiar button on the interface and it’s not bad to have this little guy around. Wait, doesn’t it look like the pup understood my words?
After thinking a bit more, I decided to click yes when the pup whimpered from my hesitation, not like there's even a 'no' button. After clicking the button, I felt an excruciating pain. Blood flowed out of my eyes, ears, nose and mouth. I couldn’t breath and my senses went out of control. It lasted for a few minutes until a message appeared.
FAMILIAR CONTRACT COMPLETE
Do you want to give a name to your new familiar? YESNO
After regaining composure, I looked at the pup. It was standing on the ground while its body was still shaking from the pain. There were blood spills around the pup and I, but aside from being worn out and slightly hungry, we are fine. I hugged the pup before asking a question.
“Do you want a new name?”(Sania)
“Nuu”(Fenrir)
The pup wagged its tail violently at my words and started licking my arms. It was obvious what the pup wanted, so I clicked the yes button.
Current Name: NONE New Name: CONFIRMCANCEL
...So how do I write the name? Maybe it’s the same as summoning the screen. Let’s see, what name should I give the pup? Penny? Rocky? Bruno? No, I need something unique.
“How about Faeran?”(Sania)
“Nuu”(Faeran)
He forced his way out of my arms and sat on my shoulders. He started licking me again to signify that he liked the name. I imagined the words being written and the screen followed my imagination.
Current Name: NONE New Name: Faeran CONFIRMCANCEL
I clicked the confirm button. After the screen disappeared, a blue light was emitted from Faeran and my body. The lights connected and before disappearing, a new message appeared.
New Passive skill obtained
MessageFamiliars(1)StatsSkills(1)
That suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but since I also wanted to check the familiar screen, I guess it’s fine. I put Faeran down and sticked a leaf on his tail.
“Play around for a bit, I’ll just do something.”(Sania)
Faeran started running after the leaf on his tail. I on the other hand, clicked the familiar button.
NAMELEVELAFFECTION LEVEL Faeran10100% StatsSkills
His level is 10? Well, the lightning attacks he did earlier was strong...The affection points is at 100%, is that the max? If I may guess, it indicates that this cute little pup really likes me. Time for the stats, I wonder how strong Faeran is?
NameFaeran Age0GenderMale Level10RaceFenrir HP84/84MP64/64 Strength4Defense5 Dexterity5Agility7 Magic power47Magic Defence34
His physical stats are almost the same as when I was at level 2, but the magical power...I believe the lightning attack was magic, that explains how the hound wasn’t able to fight back. His status screen is a bit different from mine, and his race is underlined.
I tried clicking the underlined word, and a new screen appeared.
FENRIR
A race known to govern the lightning element. A deity class monster that spawns naturally from the world's energy once every million years. Fenrirs are mythological creatures that once ruled the world with the other deity class monsters.
Fenrirs tend to search for a parent on their infant stage, and direct all of their affection to the creature that it deems worthy to be its parent.There was a time when a Fenrir almost erased a whole race because a person from the said race killed its parent. It was said that it took 2 deities to calm it down.
...this little pup is a deity?
I got intimidated a bit after reading the screen, but my worry vanished after looking at the pup. Faeran was still happily running after its tail, and seeing that made me calm down. I also checked his skills and I didn’t expect any of the things written on the screen.
PASSIVE SKILLS: DEITY BLOOD - Has an infinite lifespan until killed. Naturally gets stronger until it reaches its adult stage. THUNDER GOD - 100% resistance to lightning magic and 30% resistance to all other elements. Increase in lightning damage by 100%. Decrease needed mana for lightning magic by 50%. FAMILIAR CONTRACT(Sania) - Increase in experience gained by 500%. ACTIVE SKILLS: LIGHTNING FORM(1)LIGHTNING BOLT(1)
D...deity blood? Thunder god? This cute little pup has some outrageous sounding passive skills. It’s good that it came to me as an ally instead of an enemy...
“Nuu”(Faeran)
Without me noticing, Faeran was sitting on my lap. A fruit was on his mouth and it looked like he was giving it to me. I took the fruit with my hand and he wagged his tail again. Seeing this made me forget about my initial reaction and simply patted his head.
“Thank you”(Sania)
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We ate the fruits and walked around a bit. Faeran fell asleep on my arms, and since it was starting to get dark, I rested under a tree. It was time to check my own stats, I am also curious as to what my new passive skill is.
NameSania Pendragon Age0GenderFemale Level12Charisma??? HP165/165MP5/5 Strength21Defense17(+1) Dexterity27Agility24 Magic power3Magic Defence2(+5) Required exp for the next level445
It looks like the effects of my equipment is also shown in the status screen. My mp and magic stats also raised a bit, does it mean I’ll be able to use magic? Anyways, time to check the skills.
PASSIVE SKILLS: UNRIVALLED BEAUTY - Increases charisma by 100% UNRIVALLED TALENT - Increases experience gained by 1000% UNLIMITED POTENTIAL - There is no level cap FAMILIAR CONTRACT(Fenrir) - Increase in lifespan. Awakened magic veins and increased affinity with lightning magic. ACTIVE SKILLS: COOK(10)DOTE(10)MANAGE(5)
...That explains the increase in magic stats. Not only did my lifespan increase, I also awakened. If my understanding is right, then those magic veins are responsible for letting me use magic, as my mp only increased after I awakened. So my lifespan increased...so it means I’ll surpass the age of 100? What does that make me? Am I still a human with this contract? I am sure I am human since I look like one.
Hmmm if Faeran was strong, why was he running away? I’m sure he is strong enough to protect himself, or was he afraid of losing consciousness after using magic? I could imagine a few scenarios that could exlpain why he was running. Ah, it doesn’t matter. Whatever the reason is, right now it doesn’t change the fact the he is my familiar. By the way, my body is fully healed, but if I remember correctly, my body was severely injured...did the beginner protection heal me? Also, I need to create a new bag and clothes because the last battle destroyed my beautiful creations.
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I woke up when I felt something licked my cheeks. I opened my eyes and saw my cute familiar sitting on my shoulders.
“Morning”(Sania)
“Nuu”(Faeran)
I looked around as I patted his head. Just like yesterday, there were fruits gathered in front of me. After eating, we started walking in a straight line. I wanted to create new clothes but erased the thought when I saw the end of the forest from a far. I am finally getting out of this forest, it has been a few days, but I’ll finally get out of the forest.
All of my excitement vanished when I noticed that the end of the forest was a cliff, and all I could see below was water.
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“Nuu”(Faeran)
“What is it? Are you hungry?”(Sania)
Faeran moved out of my arms and started tapping the edges of the cliff.
“Don’t! You’ll fall!”(Sania)
I ran to Faeran and hugged him with both of my arms.
“Nuu”(Faeran)
He pointed his small paws at an empty space in front of us. The ground vibrated shortly, and a small floating rock appeared in front of us.
“What?”(Sania)
“Nuu nuu”(Faeran)
He forced his way out of my arms, and pulled me to the floating rock. Of course he couldn’t pull me on his own, so I followed him. It looked like he wants us to go on top of the floating rock. I know he wouldn’t put me in danger so I went to the top and after that, a message appeared.
Message from Karna
Shortly after that, I opened the message.
Greeting Sania Pendragon,
If you are seeing this message, then you have already killed the fenrir on the floating island Ailon and is at level 30 or higher. You probably stayed here for a few months and is starting to get bored, but don’t worry, you will finally see the outside world. The platform in front of you will lead you out of the floating island and send you down to the real part of my world. The island will vanish shortly after you get on the platform, since it only serves as a training ground for new born fenrirs. Now that the fenrir is gone, the island will follow and vanish.
Do not worry, since everything in the island was created by me to give you the chance to get stronger. Nothing in the island is important to the world. The current fenrir of this era is still alive after all, so even if the new born fenrir dies, it won’t affect the balance of the world. It will take a few weeks to get to the nearest island, so you’ll enter a temporary stasis when the platform starts moving.
I will be gone for a few thousand years because of the great god conference, and by the time I get back you’ll probably be dead already. Anyways, please enjoy your stay on my world, and see with your own eyes that my world is a lot better than Deus’ world. By the way, if you still have some beginner protection left, it will all vanish after getting out of the island. You also have to learn the different languages of my world the hard way, but since you are already strong at this point, you won’t encounter that much problem.
-Karna
“Is everything in this message true?”(Sania)
“Nuu?” Faeran tilted his head in confusion.
Killing Faeran? 30 or higher? Few months?...WHAT? What’s all this? Everything in this message is the opposite of what I thought this place was. This is a floating island? This place is not a real part of your world? And you even expected me to kill Faeran?
Just as a lot of questions appeared on my head, the platform was covered in transparent shield like the beginner protection. I slowly lost consciouness, so I hugged Faeran as tightly as I could. I watched as I got farther and farther away, seeing that the forest...no, the island I was staying at, was really floating. The last thing I saw was the fading figure of the floating island.
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When I opened my eyes, I was in the edge of an island...to be precise, I’m at a beach. It seemed like a few seconds to me, but I was really sent to another place. I looked around, and was able to relax when I saw the sleeping Faeran beside me. Outrageous things happen one after another in just a few days of staying here, but I don’t regret taking Faeran as a familiar, so I would be quite sad if they took him away from me...I really get attached to young creatures fast.
The only thing I have with me was the tattered clothes I created, and my cute little familiar. I held him in my arms and started walking. The place was clean, too clean. The white sand was beautiful and the blue sea was so clear that you could see the bottom from a far. There were some odd looking trees around, but as always, most of them had blue colored leaves.
There were few animals moving around the beach but they weren’t aggressive like the ones on the floating island. They simply move around while ignoring us, which is great, I don’t have to avoid the animals. If I were to rank this beach, I’ll give it 6 stars. The sun in this world is hot, but was not as hot as the earth’s sun that burns your skin in just a few minutes. Despite the slightly hot weather, the water was cold. I can’t even compare how comfortable this place is compared to the beaches on earth.
Even the breeze of the air was comfortable, not to mention the slightly enticing aroma coming from the trees at the back. One word to describe this place would be...
“Paradise”(Sania)
If only I could have shown this too my family...
Just a small thought of my family made tears form on my eyes. The disheartening feeling of being able to see such a place, but there wasn’t anyone to enjoy it with.
“Nuu”(Faeran)
Faeran woke up and rubbed its head on my hands. Seeing the tears on my eye, he jumped away and started running to a trees.
“Wait!”(Sania)
I followed him as he climb a tree and take took a fruit. He presented the fruit to me after jumping down. His tail wasn’t moving and simply watched as I took the fruit he presented.
Slatis fruit obtained
He didn’t move, it was like he was waiting for something to happen. Seeing that my expression didn’t change, he started climbing to the tree again.
“Nuu nuu”(Faeran)
After giving 3 fruits, he started rubbing his body on my legs.
Realizing what he wanted to do, I sat down and patted his head.
“Thank you”(Sania)
As he heard that, he started running around me with his ever so lively tail. It seems that he wanted to cheer me up after seeing me wear a sad expression. I chuckled at the thought of a young creature trying to cheer up and old lady like me.
I didn’t really feel like leaving for now, so Faeran and I started gathering materials for a tent. There were new trees, plants, and animals around, but it didn’t seem like this place was dangerous. We could probably stay here for a while without worrying about getting attacked.
I tested different materials, such as the branches and leaves from the new trees, and saps from the flower and plants.
Altus tree branch obtained
Sental tree branch obtained
Altus leave obtained
Lieon flower sap obtained
The altus tree had spherical shaped blue leaves and yellow colored bark. It’s thin yet tall at the height of 12-15ft. Sental trees had big leaves that vary from 2-3 ft long. It had pink colored leaves and brown bark. The tree was 7-8ft long and had a few long fruits hanging on the branches, which looked like pink bananas. There were a lot of flowers, but the sap I used came from the Lieon flower...kinda hard to pronounce. It looked like a rose except for the triangular blue petals.
The altus tree was quite sturdy despite its thin look. I used the altus branch for the foundation of the tent and the sental branch for fences since it was thicker and could cover more area. The altus leaves easily sticked to the branches with the sap, and by noon, we have already finished our temporary home.
We gathered fruits, and found out that the purple fruit wasn’t in the area. It could have been a good secret weapon for emergency use, but I guess we wouldn’t need it. After we ate, we bathed a bit in the beach. I just washed my body, and when I was about to get out, it looked like Faeran still wanted to play. I sat near the waters and watched Faeran play around.
He was only in the shallow part of course, he would drown if he goes to a deeper part after all. There were small fished that would end up in the shallow part, and he had fun running after them.
I didn’t really have a pet on my past life so seeing this was a first for me. I was always busy with work and taking care of my family...but they aren’t here anymore...
Faeran ran to me and started shaking its body, spreading the water on his fur around.
“...”(Sania)
“Nuu”(Faeran)
I stood up and started running after Faeran. He splashed water to me so I simply retaliated. We played in the water, clearing my thoughts for a while and simply letting me enjoy the moment. When we finished, Faeran was too tired so I had to carry him back to the tent.
“How can someone play to the extent of paralyzing themselves?...pft hahahaha”(Sania)
Seeing me laugh made him wag his tail again. In the end, he was too tired that I had too feed him, but I had fun doing it. When he fell asleep, it was already dark outside. I went out to see the clear sky. Unlike before, the space around me was clear. I could hear the waves of the sea and the moving leaves that were being pushed by the gentle breeze of the air.
I wonder how the others are doing? What about Eugene? Did he marry another person besided me? I couldn’t blame them for living a new life, but the thought alone makes my heart hurt...a lot. Even if I find interesting things here, even if I have fun, it is still a fact that I wouldn’t see them again.
No matter what happened in the past days, it was not enough to help me move on. I wanted to remember everything, but it still pained me. This world maybe different, this world maybe a bit interesting, but it didn’t change the fact that I was alone.
“Nuu”(Faeran)
He moved out of the tent and sat beside me. I didn’t notice it since I was to focused on my thoughts, but he was there, sitting beside me despite having no strength to even walk properly. He gently rubbed his head to my arms in an attempt to comfort me.
No, I’m not alone. It might be painful, but there is Faeran who is there to soothe me. This day, he has always been trying to cheer me up and I appreciate that. I may not be able to move on for a while, but with him around, I feel like I’ll be able to live happily.
I gently patted his head and moved his small body on my lap. We looked at the sky and slowly got sleepy....actually, Faeran was already sleeping on my lap. I held him in my arms and slowly walked back to the tent, with a smile on my face. I put him to a bed filled with leaves and said something before ending the day.
“Good night”(Sania)
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The next day, the energetic little fenrir woke me up. I looked at him, but I noticed something different. He had a serious aura around him.
“Nuu nuu”(Faeran)
He pointed outside the tent and pulled me. I looked around and from a far, I could see a group red furred monkeys heading to the tent. I looked closer and I could see a different colored monkey. It had the same size as the others, but it had a yellow colored fur and a scar on its left eye. All of them were carrying blunt weapons, but the yellow colored one had a sword on its back.
WARNING: RAID BOSS DETECTED
Boss name: Kinsmal Ape(Alpha)
Location: Lezan Beach
Recommended Level(Party): 25 or higher
Recommended Level(Solo): 35 or higher