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As i walked out of the cave i spent most of the time i was in my new form, I knew what i had to do. Yes, you all know what i am talking about. No? Well neither do I. Seems my talent is sub-par and I will have a hard time... * sigh * Why is it that I can't be like a hero in one of those stories? Gifted, handsome, lots of followers, and everything he wished he will have. Why doesn't it work that way, maybe it would be too easy? Nah, even children know that there are people who have everything in their lives and they did nothing to gain it. The people who make the kingdoms and become kings, they sweat their own blood, mindstorm their brains to build their own empires and finally die few years after it is finalized, but what about the heirs of the throne that has no siblings? He gets it all: fame, wealth, girls, power. Well here i am self-pitying and an idea strikes me. So what if i am not gifted. The power is in numbers! Of course! I need to make allies, monsters, my kin who all hate the people that have been hunting them ever since they came! Yes, brilliant! But then i remember that while the monsters don't hate me, they don't particularly like me either. So I have to earn their respect. How you ask? Simple. The stronger you are, the higher in hierarchy you go.

“Yes, this will do for now.” I mutter to myself with no audience. Am i starting to become insane? I'm not sure but one thing's for sure. Talking to yourself is never a good sign. I shake my head to clear my empty skull of the thoughts that assault me and walk into the woods, remembering that for a monster to become stronger, one has to eat, eat and get stronger. So this will be my next course of action. To hunt, and to devour!

“Brilliant!” I shout, failing to realize that I am already quiet a distance away from the outer rim of the forest, and I am slowly entering the part of the forest where all dangerous being are...

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I kept on walking forward, deep in my thoughts, ignoring my surroundings completely. It was as  if a 5 year old child strolled through the main street of a city that was very peaceful. Let me tell you that ignorance is a bliss and this time it might be something much much worse.

So i kept on walking, thinking about my next action which is dubbed 'Let's train and then kill them.', but there was a slight problem, I didn't know 100% how this whole 'monster eat, monster grows' thing goes on, and let me tell you while I am magically inept, Linthos told me I might have a chance with my physical side. That had my hopes up until he told me that guards training can be considered a basic one, so he won't teach me anymore, and if i wanted to learn mroe i have to find a death knight or a death lord to teach me. Can you imagine a skeleton asking a full blown death knight for lessons? I for one can't. Well what comes will come, so i am not stressed about this situation, but it is still a little bit stressful don't you think?

I still kept on walking failing to realize that on both left and right side one could see dim glowing eyes slowly moving the same direction as I am, and gazing upon my bare self. Yes, I had no clothes, no weapon. Chances of encountering a monster or an enemy of mine? Rather high, chances of survival? Slim. Chances of winning? Non-existent. This is the true face of my predicament that I am discussing with my new friends. Who you might ask? Well, after Linthos heard my entire life's story, he stopped talking to me unless necessary, so out of boredom and insanity (i think.), I created three beings inside my mind. No, they are not real, just my imagination, one more step towards insanity. Their names were logic, instinct, and emotion. Yes those three genderless beings with no real bodies give insight to my actions because i am simply lonely and i do not mind hearing voices. More insanity points i guess? Well no matter, atleast when i hear them say something i don't feel so bad about being all alone.

Has anyone ever had to get a tough wake up call while thinking hard? You think so hard that you just ignore what's happening around you and even thou you aren't doing in on purpose you ignore someone, and that some has to poke or hit you to get your attention. Ever been in that state? Well I was in one right now, and let me tell you that my wake up call wasn't very nice. Something hit my back so hard that i flew 10 meters forwards faceplanting into a tree. Did it hurt? Not really, but it was still annoying as hell.

I turned around and the beings that i locked my gaze upon were beings of pure terror to me, wolves. After that one time I became phobic about them and this group seemed awfully familiar. We stared at each other until one of the wolves came in front of the pack, chewing something. Suddenly i felt like my blood would freeze if i had any, this one particular individual was very instinctive because one could see him chewing on a bony hand, yes my hand.

' This is bad.' I thought to myself what should i do in this situation. Well I had 3 obvious choices and one that seemed stupid.

Run away.

Give up.

Try to fight.

And last but not least, try to befriend.

Yes the last one was very stupid considering the last time, but all options all valuable no? So like any sensible individual with a phobia, I turned around in hopes of escape, only to get three or so wolves, and then It hit me 'they encircled me!'. So i look around to confirm my suspicion and it seems my genius did not fail me this time (damn you my genius!) as i could see the wolves all around me.

'Fuck, what to do now.' I was shaking, very much so, being only bones made those funny sounds

* clack * *clack *

'Well i have no armor, no weapons, but I don't bleed and don't get tired.' I started to calculating my chances and they were rather evened out with an edge to the wolves with their sheer numbers.

'I'll fight. Yes, let's fight since I won't like to take it down lying on the ground and I'll face death on my own terms!' with my new found resolve I charged at the closest wolf, made my hand into a sword form and clad it in lightning, and as my hand and the wolf came into contact. * twack * my expectations fell short as i tried to do what one of the mages did when they came to the village, they clad their hands in lightning and split wood in half with their hands, so i imitated them. Result? It didn't even pierce the damn mutt, but it seems that atleast I numbed him. The other wolves staring at what transpired didn't wait for anything else as they all lunged towards me in unison and i responded in kind by cladding myself with lightning everywhere. They looked at me with suspicion of what i am up to but did not slow down at all and they all bit me. You ask how its possible since there were so many, well what happened was since they were different lengths away from me and their speeds varied, the first ones bit me and feeling the numbness they leg go as they were replaced by other members of the pack until all had the chance to bite me. What was different from our first encounter was that my bones were glued to one another very strongly thanks to fusing the soul and unlike last time they could barely scratch me. All in all the first round ended in a draw. And that was when i got so scared that my reason flew out of the door, and was replaced by pure survival instinct.

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Wasting no time, this time i lunged at the closest numbed fur ball, and used my finger to dig into its eyes. Unlike with a normal finger, my bones were sharp at the ends, and they had more piercing power as they had a smaller circumference. I easily reached the brain and with twirling of my finger killed the monster. Coming back to my scared self i scream

“INSTINCT IS THE BEST!” ignoring the situation at hand as i pump my fists upwards as the sign of my apparent victory. But this action made wolves wary of me and instead of delicious bones, they now treated me as a viable threat. The next two hours were...... scary to say the least. I felt that a part of my thoughts that encompassed my former human self were replaced by a beast that only thought was survival. The fight ended with my victory as the wolves could not damage me enough because the numbing from my lightning aura (that's what ill call it since it sounds awesome!) made them unable to exert their full strength and unlike my limitless stamina, they could only fight for so long at full speed. Once one of the wolves dropped in speed, I targeted them with my finger of death, and slowly reduced their numbers.

Once i killed all of the wolves, one came out of the forest seemingly waiting for me to finish. Unlike the other greyish wolves that i had killed, this one had majestic silver fur that seemed to glow under the moonlight. It's height was twice that of a grown wolf and its fangs and claws seemed to be way sharper than the others. I felt despair once i saw this graceful creature because it looked at me with both anger and disgust. What's more my mana seemed to be fully drained as the lightning aura had dissipated, leaving me scared shitless.

The wolf lunged at me with speed that seemed twice of a regular wolf, and covered the distance between us in seconds, pushing me onto the ground with its enormous paw. I tried my best to struggle and squirm from under the monstrosity that now towered above me but it's weight simply left me unable to move as it looked at me with pity for my weakness. It slowly moved its head down towards mine as it opened its enormous jaws drooling onto my bones. During this despair something clicked, be it a defense mechanism or simply I could not process all the emotions I had as something in me broke, and flood gates opened. Time seemed to slow down around me as the beast inched closer towards my skull, but the change in surroundings seemed very different as i could see something dark inside my bones, something scared shitless, it was my soul, and then i looked back at the beast that's about to kill me, it too had a dark soul full of pride and power right where it's heart should be, and i did what any insane person would do in this situation, I did something new and crazy.

I mentally ordered the piece of the soul that was still in my chest cavity to intrude into the being that held me captive under its enormous weight and eat it. No idea where that came from. Last ditch attempt to survive i guess, but not even sure if it would comply. But to my suprise it did, and boy was it fast. The swirling ball of darkness jumped out of my chest, and hit the wolf seemingly seeping into the pores of the beast and what i saw gave me hope to survive. The two black masses collided and the wolf literally jumped back from pain. Then the balls merged into one and flew out of the wolf, as it fell onto the ground lifelessly as if doll's strings have been cut. The ball returned to my chest cavity and a large chunk of it seeped into my bones. While the part that was in my chest cavity stayed there, but was a tiny bit bigger, not much but still bigger.

I felt energized, as if more power was stored in my body than before the fight, and then I realized that i had found the loophole that gods themselves had created for me to be powerful no matter how much they restricted my freedom.

“They split my body apart, but that gives me leeway. Once the soul is bound it is hard to move it around. But since a part of my soul is free I can use it to devour others! Yes, this is great! Since soul and mana are both interconnected once i eat the soul my mana pool becomes bigger. Since my body uses my soul to move it around once my soul gets bigger i will have more power! For once those Gods screwed something in my favour! Now that i have both the goal and the means, i can continue and start what i have been waiting for, revenge and destuction of the chosen ones. ha... hahaHAHAHAHA!” My maniacal laugh resounded inside the forest alarming all kinds of creatures to my presence from small rabbits to beasts that could easily kill that wolf, but i did not mind because the more i kill the stronger will i become! Let them come so i can consume them for the greater good, I will get my revenge even if i have to kill everything that crosses my path just to consume it. Yes, this is not the end, this is just the beginning of what will come....

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