I opened my eyes and was crying. Crying why, am I crying, and wait a minute. That sounds like a baby crying. Am I in a crib? What the hell? I can’t even stop crying, and I can’t seem to control my body. It’s moving on its own, as if I am a passenger in my own mind or watching a movie through one of the character’s points of view. Am I dreaming? Either way I’ll just sit back and enjoy the show, it’s not like I can do anything else.
“Baby, can you go check on Niko!” a woman’s voice could be heard in the background. Wait... Niko... don’t tell me. Am I the baby? Could this be my parents? And how the hell do I even have this memory if I am. Sighing a deeper male voice responded “Alright, Alright. I was in the middle of one of my books, that food better be worth it.” “Lienhart, I could always add some special ingredients if you like. For someone Sooo wise, you should know to never talk back to a cook.” “Sophie please don’t! The last time I couldn’t get off the toilet for hours, and your ceaseless laughter only made it worse. I’ll go check on him. Did I ever tell you how much I love and appreciate you?” She then giggled “yeah that was funny. As long as you know how to treat a lady, I’ll make sure you’re well fed.” “A lady? right” “What was that!” “Nothing my love.”
A tall man appearing to be in his mid-twenties entered the room. He had white spiky hair, pale skin and green eyes. He kind of looks like me. He approached me and picked me up looking at me in the eye’s. “Alright little man what's all the fuss about. Are you hungry” I shook my head. “Are you lonely?” I shook my head again. “Am I actually responding to his questions?” Well, damn I must be a genius. “Do I need to change your diaper” I nodded. “Alright let's see what the damage is.” he said as he began to remove my diaper. “Wait a minute. It’s completely dry I thought...” Before he could finish his question I pissed with surprising accuracy right on the top of his head giggling the whole time. “Great! You have your mother’s sense of humor all I needed is another Sophie in my life.” Laughter broke out from behind him as I saw a woman enter the room. She had long thick black hair, caramel-like skin and dark brown eyes. She nearly collapsed on the floor, as tears started rolling down her face.
“That’s right Niko, get daddy for the way he talked to me.” she said as she graciously handed him a towel. He took the towel and started to pat his head dry, with each pat releasing another puff of what looked like baby powder. Once he finished his face was caked with this powdery substance. The lady laughed again, while Lienhart wore a miserable expression. “Really Sophie! Can you ever be serious?” She laughed again, ran up to him wrapping her arms around him, and then using a fingertip covered in black flames drew a black glowing symbol in the air. Then all the powder and urine completely disappeared from his face. “You know what I don’t get it, as much as you can annoy me, I just can't stop loving you.” He then leaned into her with a kiss. Before their lips could touch, she held his lips back with two fingers. “You Love me because I bring excitement to your life. You should be careful unless you're ready for another Niko to be ...” as she was speaking, I started levitating in the air, with blue electrical sparks dancing around my body, Laughing and giggling the entire time. “Lienhart, look at Niko!” “What are you... Shit this is too soon!” He replied. “I know Lienhart, if we don’t find a way to conceal his power they will find us, and Niko would be in danger! What are we going to do?”
My vision faded once again as I started hearing someone yelling and feeling a stinging sensation against my cheek. “Wake up!” Slap. “Wake up you idiot!” Slap “Who the hell sleeps like this without setting up any wards?” Slap. “Wake up!” As the person was about to slap me one last time I grabbed her hand mid swing. “I’m up!” I responded as I opened my eyes to see a frantic girl with mid length wavey light brown hair and yellow eyes who couldn’t be older than 12, and tears flowing down her face. I then looked at our immediate surroundings. There were three dire wolf corrupted surrounding us, open maws with black saliva dripping to the floor sizzling as each drop contacted the ground.
I activated battle mode (SP –50 250/300 REMAINING) time slowed, and small arks of electricity danced accross my body. Only me and the three wolves seemed to be moving in real time. Shit what class are these bastards.
NEW ABILITY DISCOVERED “IDENTIFY.” In that moment each of the wolves seemed to be highlighted with a yellow border with each of them being labeled as “Dire Wolf Class E.” Huh? Well, that’s useful. I activated sprint (-15 SP 235/350SP REMAINING). With the increased agility I noticed that even the wolves seemed to be just ever so slightly slower. In that moment, I could see that wolf 1 was going to leap and attack attempting to bite my head off, wolf 2 will strike as soon as my attention is completely focused on 1 and then 3 will be aiming snuff out any life I may have left from behind. There wasn’t a single highlighted point on any of them, so I entered into the phantom palm fighting style. Just as Taylor did, I spread my legs just past shoulder width and pointed my palm towards wolf 1. As wolf 1 leapt in the air I could see my strike point appear. I moved my front leg forward ducking just under his maw, I then let my back leg meet the front as I thrust my open palm upward against wolf 1’s lower jaw. Just like with Taylor the strike sent the wolf’s upper body upward nearly making it flip backwards, except this time it wasn’t a near invisible force that passed through the wolf’s head but a small cone of electrical bolts. The electrical bolts caused the wolf to convulse as it eyes rolled back into its head. (-10 STAMINA 120/130 REMAINING) I could now see that wolf 2 was going to swipe its claw at my shoulder with the extended arm. A highlighted point appeared on its striking shoulder. I spun around narrowly avoiding the swing, as I planted my palm with that centripetal momentum on the exact point sending wolf 2 along with another electrical cone right into wolf 1 whose upper body was still trying to reach the ground. I could sense wolf 3 was about to leap at me and strike me from behind. I crouched even lower, allowed my palms to meet as I spun towards its direction. The wolf’s attack went too high and was now directly over me, and I now could see a red highlighted point. I then pushed one palm against the other as I thrust my elbow up while leaping in the air striking the wolf on that exact spot. Instead of a cone a lance of lightning passed through the wolf’s stomach out of its back blasting a dull black core with tendrils in the air. Before I could catch it, the core reacted with the blue lightning, and the tendrils started turning into mist as the core was starting to change from a dull black sphere to one that seemed to almost absorb the light around it.
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Being distracted by this interaction I forgot about the two very alive corrupted dire wolves behind me, and then I could feel power emitting from them. I turned to see their fur turning deep crimson red as their tendrils elongated and bodies appeared to grow. Before I could get myself in a battle ready stance again with incredible speed, nearly impossible for me to follow even while in battle mode, they moved. Wolf one is going to swipe at my left leg I need to... Argh! Pain blossomed from my leg as blood sprayed out from it but then stopping as a searing burning pain followed. I looked down to see what now appeared to be a cauterized wound, with angry black veins protruding from it. The wolf was then watching me with expectation in its eyes.
-20 HP 110 OF 130 HP REMAINING. WARNING HOST IS POISOINED WITH CORRUPTION –5HP EVERY SECOND 2 MINUTES UNTIL HOST BECOMES CORRUPTED
“Oh shit,” I looked at the claws that swiped me and low and behold black tendrils were protruding from each claw.
HOSTS LIGHTNING AFFINIITY IS PURIFYING THE CORRUPTION... CORRUPTION HAS BEEN PURIFIED. HOST IS NOW IMMUNE TO CORRUPTION.
In that moment I felt some of the pain subsiding, and the black veins disappeared. I was beginning to feel slightly relieved until the wolves seemed to be even more enraged and started attacking me consecutively one after the other. One slashed at my side as the other my face, I tried blocking my vitals as attack after attack hit me from all sides.
-10 HP 100/130 HP REMAINING
-10 HP 90/130 HP REMAINING
-10 HP 80/130 HP REMAINING
Shit I can’t take too much more of this I have to think of something. As I was trying to come up with a plan one of the wolves bit my arm, nearly tearing it off, and threw me across the room slamming me into the wall.
-60 HP 20/130HP REMAINING
I ended up landing right next to the pure black orb that I knocked out of the other wolf. I picked it up and...
DOES THE HOST WISH TO ABSORB 1 x PURIFIED NETHERWORLD ORB Y/N...
“Why the hell not?” All of a sudden, the orb began to melt and snake around my arm as it was being absorbed right into my skin. Not sitting idly by, both wolves began running towards me until time slowed and then froze all together. Black flames began emanate from my body as my mangled arm began to pop and click as it mended itself back together.
CONGRATULATIONS HOST HAS ABOSRBED HIS FIRST NETHERWORLD ORB.
ANALYZING... NETHERWORLD ORB CLASS E HP, SP, AND STAMINA HAS BEEN RESTORED
+15 TO DEXTERITY
+15 TO AGILITY
+15 TO CONSTITUTION
+15 TO STRENGTH
NEW MEMORY UNLOCKED