"He was dead before but I don't know if he is who he claims to be," a voice through the door was explaining as Ness stood outside. "We will just have to take care of it again," replied the familiar voice of his master Evan. Ness was too anxious he barged in, "Master! Master! There's some weird pointy eared looking guy going around saying he's my brother, he wove this fantastical story about you and the others from our home village."
Looking at him coldly, "Is that how you greet your master? You don't have any manners to greet myself or James here yet you want me to write you a recommendation letter to the magic academy?" Swallowing his pride, just as he's done hundreds of times he got onto his knees and bent over in almost a prayer position with his hands above his head as he recited, "Greetings master and Sir James I apologize for disturbing you." While Ness was in that prostrating position the two men looked at each other as James continued, "See he followed me all the way here, and although it looks nothing like him he knew each and every intricate detail from that trip. He somehow managed to come back and he's after us."
Evan just laughed, "We are B ranked adventurers now not like the lazy losers we were before lets just get the Dominating Titan Guild to send in some strong guys to finish the job why even lift a finger. Oh and by the way Ness you're dismissed." Ness got up from his position and headed out, though he could not help but ponder who and what they were talking about. 'There's no way what he told me was true it's just too crazy," Ness thought. Ness was closely watched as he closed the door behind him before James continued speaking, "I DID get the Dominating Titans Guild to help me, they're so mad at me I had to flee here, because I had them send three B ranked adventurers thinking it was overkill and not a single one of those guys had made it back alive!" It was Evan's turn to be shocked he didn't think the kid would be that powerful especially after just coming back to life, "Lets get in touch with Greg I'm sure he'd also like to take part in putting this kid in the ground, permanently," Evan sneered.
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Soren's POV
The two of them walked up to the city gates, being a border city the walls around it were enormous easily towering a couple hundred feet. The walls sporting a sandstone color were lined with arrowslits making defending from a distance much safer. A huge entrance fully equipped with a spiked portcullis was in the up position as merchants and other travelers would come and go. The two of them had their path barred by a couple guards with a rust and blue colored tabard with symbol of a shield on the front. The guard challenged their entry, "Halt! What brings you to Bulwark Keep and what are your names?" Soren looked at the man strangely before replying, "I have never been here before, but surely you don't take down every person's name as they enter that would seem insane."
"Look guy, we are following our orders so you can give your names or not enter the city."
"My name is Soren and this is my companion Tempest. We have come here to meet my brother."
The two guards looked at each other as if they both realized something, but before Soren or Tempest could think further into it, "Mr. Soren and Ms. Tempest pardon our rudeness please enter we did not know it was you," the shorter of the two guards said as he did a slight bow while lifting his long pike out of the way of the entrance. The two of them walked in and after walking several hundred feet into the city you could see the portcullis closing several hours too early. Soren and Tempest were too lost in the hustle and bustle of this big city to notice, but they were also quietly conversing to each other, "I'm a bit on edge with that sudden change in attitude," Soren said to Tempest as he inched closer to her as to not have people over hear him. She nodded in agreement, "It was definitely strange, it was as if they were expecting you. We'd better keep our eyes open. They walked through the city and realized that they did not know where they were going or where to find Evan or James, they would have to ask around. They made their way through to the center of the town but surprisingly it was devoid of people it was making the hair on the back of Tempest's neck stand on end. Roughly fifteen seconds later the harmonious sound of feet crunching on gravel and the jingle of armor could be heard converging on their location, "Guess this was a trap. Get out of here Tempest find me late," Soren instructed. Tempest immediately went to argue but quickly shut her mouth, 'He must have a plan,' she thought before darting off. The guards were only paid to capture Soren so they didn't waste time or manpower trying to capture a girl who did nothing wrong. 'Okay, let's make this difficult on them,' Soren grinned. A hundred guards converged on the square boxing him in. A lone guard came out to the front to face him, "For the crime of entry under false identity you'll be imprisoned. Come easily," the guard announced for all to hear. Soren did not utter a single reply, he knew they were arresting him under false pretenses, so because of this he withdrew his blade from his spatial storage. The spokesman for the guards nodded, 'Very Well' he raised his hand up and threw it forward, as ten guards rushed Soren. Soren leapt into the fray dodging and slashing, he made some cuts on the guards but they were mostly superficial wounds he primarily used the blunt part of his sword to just knock people out. After a couple minutes all ten guards laid on the ground. When the last guy fell twenty more took his place and Soren was breathing heavily as he thought, 'It's less energy to just kill them.' He had revenge against Evan, James, and Greg he was not going to just murder sporadically. It took some time but he managed to defeat the next twenty soldiers that came his way also. This trend continued for the next thirty minutes sending in ten more soldiers each time exhausting Soren, but he managed to defeat every soldier that had trapped him in the square. "What an absolute monster he even got rid of his sword at one point and started fighting bare handed...I.. I have to retreat and bring more soldiers," thought the last man there who kept sending in others. Just as the man started taking several steps back, the man they were supposed to be arresting got to his knees and put his hands in the air and shouted, "You can arrest me if you want to." Soren was thrilled that the first part of this plan was going well he even had his [Lycanthrope Silat] level up. The man from Soren's perspective looked apprehensive, but after looking around and noticing that no one was actually killed he rushed over and arrested Soren. He was taken deeper into the city where the slums resided and taken to a jail cell underground. There was a little half size window with bars on it near the top of his cell where it would be at street level for air flow, and being a little worn out Soren rested right beneath that window. Late into the night there was some rapping on the bars as Soren looked up and saw Tempest who scolded him in a whisper, "Why do I have to do all this extra work to break you out when we could've just escaped?"
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"I am not trying to escape while those two bastards are here, but also this situation has brought me a great opportunity that allows for this plan to go on much smoother."
"Do you wanna divulge this plan of yours to me? As far as I see you took out nearly a hundred people and your name and face are gonna be plastered all over the city once we leave here."
"Exactly, I just hit max level, once we leave here and go somewhere safe I will evolve again tonight."
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Soren
Race: Trollkin Variant: Herculean
Class: War God
Level: 25/25 (Max: Evolution Possible)
Health: 925/925
Str:155
Dex:116
Def: 101
Int:84
Vitality:185
Charisma:60
Magic: 100
Luck:100
Bloodline: Royal
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Blessing:???????
skill points (SP) available:44, 39 shop currency (SC), free upgrade skill box x2, random skill box x1,
abilities: [30% Magic Resistance-C] [Reciprocated Helper-C] [Charm Immunity-B] [Poison Immunity-A] [Indomitable Will-B] [Iron Hide-c] [Assassins Vision-B] [Troll Libido-D] [Hydra Regeneration-S] [Trolls Musk-D] [Omnispecies Reproduction-F] [Magic Amp-A] [Mana Cost Reduction-B] [Magical Malady Immunity-S]
Magic:
[light-D] [Radiant-B] [Holy-A] [Lightning-A] [Gravity-A] [Space/Time-B+] [Shadow- A]
Lightning Spells:
[Lightning Spear lvl-4] [Lightning Whip lvl-2] [Reflux lvl-2] [Lightning Guard lvl-1] [Zakir lvl-2]
Light Spells:
[Light lvl-1] [Healing Touch lvl-1] [Bedazzlement lvl-1] [Restoration lvl-1]
Shadow Spells:
[Shadow Spike lvl-2] [Shadow Meld lvl-2]
Space/Time Spells:
[Blink strike lvl-1]
skills: [Sanguine Flash lvl 3] [Polearm Mastery lvl 4] [Clawed Slash lvl 3] [Inspect lvl 3] [Lycanthrope Silat lvl 3] [Spike Bombardment lvl 3] [Hunters Stride lvl 2] [Sonic Shockwave lvl 2] [Dash lvl 3] [Haste Strike lvl 3] [Sunder lvl 2] [Concealment lvl 1]
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Inventory
-98 gold pieces
-black blade sword (midnight)
-lunar lance
-2 health potions
-2 mana potions
-1000 gp
-water magic tomes 2 beginner, 3 adept, 1 advance, 1 master
-shark tooth spears, swords, axes x4
-2 magic Tridents
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Race: Silver Mane Lycanthrope
Class: Savage Miscreant
Level: 7/50
Pack Role: None
Health: 675/675
Str: 93/113
Dex: 129/149
Def: 98/118
Int: 102
Vit: 135
Sanity: 100/50
Cha: 60
Magic: 100
Bloodline: Alpha
Blood Companion: Soren
abilities: [Predatory Senses- A] [Werewolf Hide- B] [Werewolf Constitution- S] [Silver Vulnerability- S] [Wolves Bane Vulnerability- A] [Animalistic Instinct- A] [Mana Manipulation-C] [Partial Transformation- C] [Full Transformation-B] [Silver Resistance-C] [Infectious Bite- S]
Magic:
[Beastial- Unique (U)] [Sun-A] [Lunar-U] [Star-A]
Beastial spells:
[Severing Claw lvl 1] [Devouring Crunch lvl 1] [Predatory Gaze lvl 1]
Star Spells:
[Aries(telekinesis) lvl 1]
skills: [Dagger Arts lvl-3] [Adamantine Claws lvl-2] [Lycanthrope Kempo lvl-2] [Stalker lvl-1] [Lockpicking lvl-2] [Invigorating Howl-lvl 1]