“No, as far as I know anyways. Even if they do, they aren’t anything like the ones here.” I told him sadly.
‘Are they of the fallen then? I have heard of very bad things happening with them when that happens.’ He replied.
“Maybe. But that’s in the past for me. I don’t have to worry about them anymore.” I said to him before finally focusing on my stats.
NAME: Samuel (hidden: Jackson)
RACE: Human
AGE: 18
TITLES: DEMON’S BANE, TITAN HUNTER
SOUL TRAITS: Defiant(worn), Merciful(neutral), Kind(neutral), Noble(strained)
FATE: Demon Lord of Gluttony(hidden)
STATUS: System Champion
STATS:
Level: 8
Experience: 12/27
Health: 230/230+120(reserved due to low resources)
Mana: 120/120
Stamina: 13/13
CP(hidden): 32/80
Strength: 13
Vitality: 23+12(reserved due to low resources)
Endurance: 13
Defense: 12
Wisdom: 13
Intelligence: 13
Agility: 14
Dexterity: 12
Charisma: 12
Luck: 12
Free Attribute Points: 5
SKILLS:
Active: Stealth, Identify, Analyze
Passive: Stealth, Mana Essence Reserve (55), Monster Wrangling, Exploration, Mapping, Enhanced Senses
RESISTANCES:
Mana Poison resistance I, Pain Tolerance III
AFFLICTIONS: Starvation (suspended due to ongoing Digestion of Food Item)
BONUSES: None
OTHER: None
Seeing most of my stats being fully applied made me happy and I went about deciding where to put my free stats in.
HMM… SEEMS YOU ARE DOING WELL, SAMUEL. YOU ALMOST HAVE NORMAL STATS FOR A PERSON YOUR AGE AND LEVEL. HAVING ALL YOUR STATS IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS LIKE THIS IS RARE BUT NOT UNHEARD OF OR EVEN STRANGE. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE YOUR HEALTH AND VITALITY. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY DRAW MORE THAN A FEW STARES.
I winced when I heard that. Attention was something I was looking to avoid.
“Any way I could pass it off as something else?” I asked it.
YOU COULD PASS IT OFF AS IT BEING A QUIRK OF YOUR ANCESTRY, YOU ARE HUMAN AFTER ALL. ASIDE FROM BEING THE WIDEST SPREAD OF THE NUMEROUS RACES THAT DWELL HERE, THEIR CROSSES ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO PRODUCE VIABLE HYBRID OFFSPRING.
“Viable meaning…?” I prodded.
VIABLE MEANING THEY CAN HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN WHO IN TURN CAN HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.
“I see. So, who can I claim to be descended from?”
ELVES WOULD BE YOUR SAFEST BET SINCE THE ATTRIBUTES OF THEIR DECEDENTS FIT YOUR CURRENT BUILD BEST. HOWEVER, MOST ELVEN RACES ARE INSULAR AND RECLUSIVE AND HAVE A LOW FERTILITY RATE MAKING THEIR HYBRID DECEDENTS BEYOND RARE. YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO MEET A RELATIVELY RECENT HALF-ELF CHILD OF THEIRS THEN YOU ARE TO MEET ONE OF THEIR VIABLE DESCENTS.
ANOTHER, AND MORE LIKELY OPTION WOULD BE ONE OF THE WARRIOR TYPE RACES LIKE ORCS OR DWARVES. THEY ARE MORE COMMON AS THOSE RACES ARE MORE OUTGOING THAN THE ELVIN ONES. THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE HIGHER VITALITY, STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND DEFENSE THAN THE OTHER RACES. DWARVEN HYBRIDS IN PARTICULAR WOULD HAVE A VITALITY STAT ON PAR WITH YOURS. HOWEVER, YOU ARE A TOUCH TOO TALL TO BE ONE OF THEIRS.
LASTLY, THERE ARE THE DEMON KIN DECEDENTS. THEY ARE MORE COMMON THAN PEOPLE THINK. MAINLY BECAUSE THEY WISH HIDE THEIR HERITAGE AS DEMONS DO NOT HAVE THE BEST REPUTATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THEIR DECEDENTS CAN BE BORN WITH ONE OR MORE EXTREMELY HIGH STAT AND THE OCCASIONAL ABILITY THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE THROUGH MORE NORMAL MEANS. VITALITY ISN’T A COMMON ONE BUT IT IS AN OPTION.
“I see. Well, at least I’ve got options for later. I’ll leave worrying about that for later once I am out of here.” I commented before I turned back to my stats. However, a thought occurred to me that gave me pause.
“System, what is the view on soul bound weapons. Ya’ know, since I’ll be carrying around a set of them.” I asked.
MIXED AND COMPLECTED BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU SHOULD HIDE THEM, THE ANSWER IS YES, YOU SHOULD WITHOUT A DOUBT. UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO TRUST A PERSON WITH YOUR LIFE, DO NOT – UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES – LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. IT WON’T BE SUCH A BIG DEAL IF YOU FIND A ‘LESSER’ SOUL BOUND ITEM IN YOUR POSSESSION. THE ONES ON THE LOWER TIERS ARE RARE BUT CAN EASILY BE TRADED TO OTHERS AND ARE NOT A PERMANENT PART OF YOU.
THE ONES SHARD HAS FASHIONED FOR YOU ARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR YOU WITH FRAGMENTS OF YOUR SOUL AT THEIR HEARTS. REMOVING ONE OF THEM FROM YOU WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. IF ANYONE WERE TO SUCCEED, IT WOULD BE AKIN TO SEVERING A VITAL LIMB OR WORSE. YOU WILL FEEL THE LOST OF THEM EVEN IN THROUGH SUBSEQUENT LIVES AND YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THEIR EXISTENCE. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS COMPLETELY TRUE THOUGH. IT IS SOMETHING SHARD TOLD ME TO TELL YOU SHOULD YOU EVER ASK OR UNLOCK ONE.
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“Damn. If they were so dangerous for me to lose, then why the hell did she make them in the first place!?” I demanded.
BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T WISH FOR YOU TO FEEL SO HELPLESS IN THIS WORLD LIKE YOU DID IN YOUR LAST ONE. AS I HAVE SAID, THIS WORLD YOU ARE IN IS VERY DANGEROUS EVEN IF YOU CHOSE TO LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE. SHE HAS THEM LOCKED TO PROTECT YOU BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF HAVING THEM BUT IF YOU BELIEVE THE DANGER TO YOU OR THOSE YOU CARE ABOUT IS WORTH THE RISK OF HAVING THEM THEN THEY WILL BE UNLOCKED.
HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE VERY WEAK IN THE BEGINNING. THAT IS BECAUSE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STRAIN IS PUT ON YOUR SOUL WHEN YOU USE THEM, NOT UNLIKE USING A MUSCLE. TO MUCH POWER IS LIKELY TO INJURE YOUR SOUL AGAIN AND IT IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF HEALING. PRACTICING WITH THEM WILL HELP EASE THE STRAIN AS WELL AS HELP YOUR SOUL TO RECOVER FURTHER.
“Ah. Am I to take it that she thought I was weak and needed the help?” I asked bitterly and was somewhat surprised by the system’s answer.
NO, SAMUEL. DO NOT MISTAKE ‘POWERLESS’ FOR BEING ‘WEAK’. SHARD HAS TOLD ME THAT YOUR WORLD HAS BEATEN YOU DOWN SEVERAL TIMES DURING YOUR PAST LIFE AND YET YOU ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO KEEP ON LIVING IN SPITE OF IT. FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM YOU ABOUT YOU AND LIZA, I AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE HER.
YOU COULD HAVE SIMPLY BURIED HER AND LET YOUR SELF GO WHEN YOU FOUND HER LIKE THAT. INSTEAD, YOU DID ALL YOU COULD TO SEEK OUT AND FIND JUSTICE FOR HER PAIN. EVEN MORE SO, YOU DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT DO IT ALONE. YOU FOUND AND GATHERED PEOPLE WHO COULD AND IN DOING SO, PROVED YOUR STRENGTH OF WILL. IT TOOK A DIRECT ATTACK ON YOUR LIFE TO KILL YOU AND YET, EVEN IN DEATH, YOU HAD THE STRENGTH TO STAND UP TO A BEING OF UNIMAGINABLE POWER.
NO, SAMUEL. YOU ARE NOT WEAK. YOU ARE NOT WEAK IN THE SLIGHTEST. YOU JUST LACK THE POWER TO CONVEY THAT STRENGTH ON YOUR OWN TERMS.
“Wow… that’s…. rather profound.” I commented after along moment silence as I took the time digest that revelation.
INDEED.
“She definitely a lot different than what I had been expecting. I thought she was more frivolous and perky than that from what I saw from her message.” I added.
TRUE BUT THAT MAY BE HER PREFERRED STATE OF BEING. WHO ARE WE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORKINGS AND PREFERENCES OF THE ELDRITCH.
AND ALSO, SAMUEL.
“Yes?” I asked, something in the System’s tone making me say that out of reflex.
THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR MORE THAN A FEW OF YOU MORTALS.
"Point." I replied before finally focusing back on my status page.
NAME: Samuel (hidden: Jackson)
RACE: Human
AGE: 18
TITLES: DEMON’S BANE, TITAN HUNTER
SOUL TRAITS: Defiant(worn), Merciful(neutral), Kind(neutral), Noble(strained)
FATE: Demon Lord of Gluttony(hidden)
STATUS: System Champion
STATS:
Level: 8
Experience: 12/27
Health: 130/130+120 (reserved due to low resources)
Mana: 120/120
Stamina: 13/13
CP (hidden): 32/80
Strength: 13
Vitality: 23+12(reserved due to low resources)
Endurance: 13
Defense: 12
Wisdom: 13
Intelligence: 13
Agility: 14
Dexterity: 12
Charisma: 12
Luck: 12
Free Attribute Points: 5
SKILLS:
Active: Stealth, Identify, Analyze
Passive: Stealth, Mana Essence Reserve (55), Monster Wrangling, Exploration, Mapping,
RESISTANCES:
Mana Poison resistance I, Pain Tolerance III
AFFLICTIONS: Starvation(suspended due to ongoing Digestion of Food Item)
BONUSES: None
OTHER: None
I looked it over for a bit before settling on putting my free points into defense. Considering how easily my items could be taken from me and how I didn't know when or if ever I was going to get out of that blasted pit... or what could happen before I could. Not all of them were excepted right away but with only point reserved due to my still starved state, I was pretty happy with what I did.
NAME: Samuel (hidden: Jackson)
RACE: Human
AGE: 18
TITLES: DEMON’S BANE, TITAN HUNTER
SOUL TRAITS: Defiant(worn), Merciful(neutral), Kind(neutral), Noble(strained)
FATE: Demon Lord of Gluttony(hidden)
STATUS: System Champion
STATS:
Level: 8
Experience: 12/27
Health: 230/230+120(reserved due to low resources)
Mana: 130/130
Stamina: 13/13
CP(hidden): 32/80
Strength: 13
Vitality: 23+12(reserved due to low resources)
Endurance: 13
Defense: 16+1(reserved due to low resources)
Wisdom: 13
Intelligence: 13
Agility: 14
Dexterity: 12
Charisma: 12
Luck: 12
Free Attribute Points: 0
SKILLS:
Active: Stealth, Identify, Analyze
Passive: Stealth, Mana Essence Reserve(55), Monster Wrangling, Exploration, Mapping, Enhanced Senses
RESISTANCES:
Mana Poison resistance I, Pain Tolerance III
AFFLICTIONS: Starvation (suspended due to ongoing Digestion of Food Item)
BONUSES: None
OTHER: None
