Ikt woke up being disoriented,he could still hear the whispers from the place he called the shards albeit it was fainter , the world was spinning as he tried to maintain his balance. After some time Ikt finally stabillised, he started to look around; noticing that he was in some forest. Looking down at the ground Ikt noticed that he was taller, examining his hands Ikt saw that his skin color had changed from a leafy green to mahogany, his nail's color turning jet black. Ikt did not have any clothes on, if a stranger were to look at him now they would see a well built 6ft tall hobgoblin, with a chiseled face, sharp lemon colored eyes, with jet black silky hair coming down to his back. Next to Ikt was a ancient tome with a sigil on the cover and a double headed axe as long his body. The axe had this mysterious ancient writing written on the axe head, instinctively Ikt knew the meaning of the writing meant "POWER."  as Ikt grabbed the ancient tome the whispers got louder, his skin felt like there were 10,000 needles pricking him at the same time. It was an annoyance but nothing he could not handle what he went through in the shards was way more painful, even the week long torture session from the goblin named Nyke was worse. Opening the tome to its first page Ikt saw

"THOU SHALL ABIDE BY THE CONTRACT." 

'What contract? I didn't sign any contract with the voice?' Ikt wondered in uncertainty, finally he sighed as this was another issue he had to add on to his shit-list, if this contract was like anything he went through in the shard, it would not end well for him. Turning his attention back to the tome Ikt saw 4 spells that he could use, lesser strength, agility, focus, and regeneration. The tome instructed that to use these spells Ikt is going to have to write the sigil for power that is shown on the cover of the tome, and then meditate to stregthen his connection to the shard only then will he be able to use the spells. Ikt will need to this after each use of the spells. 'I wonder if this is how people use magic in this world' Ikt was honestly fascinated in learning more about magic and its origins for this world, he has always been a big rpg lover, so to think about this prospective future where he would immese himself in the study of magic while getting his revenge excited Ikt alot. Ikt wanted to find somewhere to rest and test out the meditation, sensing his intentions the words on the tome started to dissapear leaving the page blank, even the sigil on the cover dissapeared. Following that the most bizzare experience happened to Ikt, the palm of his left hand parted to reveal a gaping maw that devoured the tome.'What The Hell?!...That was kind of awsome' Ikt was flabbergasted what other surprises was this world going to throw at him, Ikt had to admit it made him feel like a certain anime character that had a mouth on his palm that could create explosive art. Picking up his axe Ikt went to look for a place to meditate.

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Ikt found a small abandoned cave not unlike his birth place which was massive. He sat his naked ass in front of the entrace on the cold hard soil, by now it was evening and still has not felt the need to eat yet, he also had to wonder why there was no wild creatures attacking him right now. Ikt put all those thoughts in the back of his head to focus on drawing the sigil in a circle instinctively, Ikt sat down and crossed his legs to begin meditating. As Ikt was meditating he started to remember all the experiences that he felt in the shard, it was as if he was there again with the voice except this it was saying 

"ENTERTAIN ME WELL MORTAL."

The whispers got louder, the prickling feeling more painful, but Ikt stayed perfectly still cause he knew if he move there would be a excrutiating backlash. After an hour passed Ikt finished meditating, immediately he could feel that the world was rejecting him. Ikt sighed since he had to investigate on why the world was rejecting him, and what would happen to his safety now that this world rejected him. Ikt could and feel see the spells in his mind. The magic of this world really intrigued him, he wanted to learn more. But before he could do that Ikt had to test the spells, he took 2 minutes to cast all 4 spells. 

'I feel so powerful, like i'm invincible...people can really get high of this stuff.' With power was coursing through his veins, Ikt decided to start sprinting, he felt stronger, and faster than any human on earth. His senses were heightened everything was slower, he could hear the tiniest little bugs from 20 feet away. As Ikt was running he saw a massive black bear;bigger than any black bear that was on earth. Ikt finally found his first prey.