Hello everyone and welcome to my story!!!!
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I am sorry for not uploading anything on Saturday when I promised that I will upload two race status and what-not.
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Truthfully I had family matter and had to postpone it and when I told my brother about creating a race status chart, he said add pictures with it so that everyone cannot be confused.
So it has been delayed, but no worries as I will upload sometime this week.
Sometime this week, I will upload two races (low humans and ratmans), coloured version of Lucarius and Conner, and possibly introduce you to a character that will be introduced in arc three or four. "Aion Trinity"
So here is today's chappy,!!!
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Somewhere in the Abyss, Embassy, Training ground)
The surviving members followed Varen deep into the tunnel. As they followed, the light began to diminish and soon there were inside the darkness. Many members grumbled, as there was no traces of light. Lucarius began to grumble as he slowed down in order for him to get bearings.
Suddenly behind the group there was a bone chilling scream. The scream was followed with a frightening roar. Everyone turned towards the sound however, the darkness covered whatever belonged to the roar. One of the magicians casts a spell and illuminated the surrounding area.
Behind them, there were creatures feasting upon what seemed to be an unfortunate elf. Her corpse were being ripped open by creatures that stood two meters in height. the skins were pale and wrinkled. It had no visible sign of eyes anywhere, instead it had two slits at the very front of face that seemed as if it was a nose. It looked as if it had a dome shape skull. They had arms that were not portioned to the rest of the bodies as their arms were bulking in mass. Most of them had potbellies that seemed as if they were pregnant.
When the group seen the creature everyone paled and slowly turned around. As they slowly tried to escape from the beasts, one of the mage suddenly tripped on his robe and fell. Suddenly the beast halted and slowly faced the group. One of the warriors screamed "Run!!!!" and everyone bolted towards the opposite side of the creatures. Noticing that their preys were fleeing, the creatures gave a blood-curdling roar and pursued after them.
Despite their awkward way they run, the creatures soon caught up to the group. It was gaining speed upon two unfortunate magicians. One could see that the two female magicians were siblings as they both have similar faces. Suddenly the girl on the left pushed the girl on the right. Not expecting being pushed by her own sister, she did not react in time as she fell onto the cold floor. As she was getting up, one of the beast lunged towards her and with it's hands, it crushed the her legs. The girl let out a cry of pain but it did not last long as the beast suddenly opened its enormous jaws and crushed her skull.
Lucarius did not believe what just happened but did not stop running. He knew that the beasts were faster than them and was used to pursuing their prey. He quickly caught up to Mia and Grayl. 'What are those things?" cried Lucarius while panting. Grayl who looked exhausted cried out, "I am not sure, but from the looks of it, it seems we ran into a pack of Draegers. They live in underground caves and hunt in small packs. They usually rely on their nose and ears to hunt their preys as they do not have any eyes. To be unfortunate enough to run into them..*tsk" Grayl clicked his tongue in annoyance. Draegers are very powerful creatures. Many adventurers and miners do whatever they can to avoid entering their territories.
While running they suddenly hear a girlish scream. Lucarius and Grayl turned back and faced towards the sound. A human who stood at least 1.7 meter tall shoved Mia towards the ground. The man sneered towards Mia as he gained speed. Grayl suddenly roared and lunged towards the man, knocking him towards the ground. The man did not expect Grayl to lunge at him and he felt the air escape from his lung. As soon as he was knocked down, Grayl unsheathed his sword and stabbed the man's knee, who let out a scream. Lucarius rushed towards Mia and grabbed her by the arm.
Suddenly one of the Draeger loomed over him. He was about to maul Lucarius but Lucarius was quicker. He manage to avoid getting his head crushed by the beast and quickly slinged Mia over his shoulders. before the beast launched another strike, Grayl arrived in time to prod through the nose. The Draeger howled in pain and covered it's nose with both of it's massive hands. Lucarius and Graly quickly took this opportunity to dash away from the creature and pass by the man. "Hey please don't leave me behind!" cried out the man as they passed by. Before he could cry out the Draeger, recovered from the pain, lunged towards the man and bit through his armour and into his chest. He screamed in pain and tried to pry the beast's jaw. This soon attracted nearby Draegers toward the sound and the man became no more.
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Lucarius felt like throeing up at the mangled bodies all around him. He wanted to escape from this tunnel as the Draegers pursued the remaining survivors. The smell of blood and piss filled the air around them and the sound of screaming of despair and the bones of people being crunched can be heard al around the dark tunnel. When the trios though they were over, they soon found a glimpse of light at the very end of the tunnel. The trios shrieks in joy as they soon realized that the finish line was close to them. With the last bits of strength they have, the trios gave a mad dash towards the finish line. Then suddenly the light engulfed them as they reached outside of the tunnel. Soon the remaining survivors arrived and were panting as never seen before.
The final person to arrive was a female that Lucarius realized. It was the magician that shoved her sister towards the ground. The female was at the very edge of the tunnel and she slowed down thinking it was all over when a Draeger suddenly pounced on top of her. The girl did not react in time as the Draeger dragged her towards the dark tunnel while she screamed. Her scream was followed by bones being crushed and then it became silent.
Lucarius stared down at the tunnel then faced towards the sun. He had never felt more grateful toward the sun. He woke up in his trance as Mia suddenly intterupted. "Um Lucarius, I am grateful for saving me, but can you put me down?" Lucarius suddenly realized that he was still carrying Mia and blushed. He quickly released her and placed her soflty towards the ground. When Lucarius faced Mia, she was blushing. Suddenly she leaned closer to Lucarius and pecked on his cheek. "Thank you" she said softly and quickly faced towards her brother. Grayl glared towards Lucarius who looked dumbfounded.
He was shaken back to reality when Varen, who patiently waited for the surviving members, suddenly gave an announcement. "Congratulation everyone. You have all passed your second trial." He briefly looked at the remaining survivors. "It looks like many of you survived compared to last time. For that, I applaud you." Suddenly a person appeared behind him. The newcomer was a female that made most of the surviving males drool. She stood taller than Varen. her face was like a whit porcelain doll. Her hairs were white and had two pigtails. If Lucarius was in Earth, He could imagine everyone rushing towards her, expecting a date or an autograph.
Varen faced towards the female and let out a smile. The female simply stood there and looked at the remaining contestnats before her. She suddenly furrowed her eyes and faced Varen "How come there is more competitors this year? There should not be this many." Varen simply nodded and said. "It is because this year seems to have many promising younglings my love." Then Varen blew a kiss towards her. The female ignored him and only gave a smile. The smile somewhat made Lucarius and the rest shiver in fear. "Good, because I will drop more than half of today's contestants." Then she walked closer to the the group. the group somehow felt danger as they shifted away from her. The female lifted her hands and clicked her fingers.
All of a sudden, weapons simply fell down from the sky and landed beside the remaining people. Everyone was surprised at the sudden amounts of weapons that were scattered on the ground. "Good afternoon everyone. My name is Silia Albrekston. I will be your third and final examiner." She than pointed towards the ground. "I want all of you to pick up any weapons that match you." The surviving members complied. Lucarius pondered at what he should pick up. He had never wielded a weapon before. He grabbed a short sword from a pile. It felt heavy but compared to the rest of the weapon, it was lighter. Seeing as most people grabbed their prefered choice of weapon Silia said something that made everyone cringe. "Ok now fight among-st yourself." She said while smiling.
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Hello everyone! This is end of today's chappy. I am thankful to everyone for reading my chappy and I hope to see you on Saturday!!!!
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Also for those wondering why I put gender bender and did not read the intro where I said I will implement gender bender later as the story progresses on, I will say again that it will be implemented later on. The gender bender part is crucial to Lucarius and I understand that many wants to see when I will ad it. Please be patinent and wait until arc 2-3 where Lucarius will be doing gender-bender mode.