Chapter 33: Wizard [2#]
[Rebirth from Ice has been used. Entering cooldown.]
[Ice Phoenix integration process completed.]
[Received the [Ice Affinity] Skill, Received the [Rebirth from Ice] Skill, Received the [Blizzard] Skill]
[Nundu integration process completed.]
[Received the [Magic Resistance] Skill, Received the [Poison Affinity] Skill.]
[Kelpie integration process completed.]
[Received the [Underwater Breathing] Skill, Received the [Water Affinity] Skill]
[Ochammy integration process completed.]
[Received the [Size (Self) Manipulation] Skill, Received the [Wind Affinity] Skill]
[Titan (Magma) integration process completed.]
[Received the [Titan's Might] Skill, Received the [Fire Affinity] Skill, Received the [Earth Affinity] Skill.]
[Unicorn integration completed.]
[Received the [Miracle Healing] Skill, Received the [Healing Affinity] Skill]
[Space Dragon integration completed]
[Received the [Space Rift] Skill, Received the [Demiplane] Skill, Receive the [Space Affinity] Skill]
You must be confused, right? Well, I'll explain it to you! Earth, the year is 2020 and the pandemic has just gotten worse, Kory Demetrius D'amon, a 20 years old young man was in his apartment looking at the screen of his computer with boredom... He begged the heavens to give him something to do with his life as he couldn't help but feel like he was useless, he recently lost his last family member, his beloved mother, due to COVID-19... She was old, so it was understandable that not only she died but it also took a toll on him, making him fall into a depressive state. Sure, she hated him and cursed his soul to burn in hell because of his raging Bisexuality, but he still had some positive feelings about her.
Kory couldn't help miss the woman he thought she was, without realizing he didn't really loved who she was, but the version of her in his mind, and that made him feel like shit.
After all he went through with her, he still missed her!? He would curse how dumb he was for that, how stupid it was of him to even think positively about her existence, he cursed his father who abandoned him and his siblings their abusive mother and married another woman after having an affair with her for years, his siblings for abandoning him one by one as they moved out to live their own lives, he was the youngest of his siblings so he was the last to leave. Every time one of his siblings left, his mother's abuse got worse for those who stayed, and he had 6 siblings, him being the 7th and one year apart from each other except him, who was born 2 years after his 6th sibling.
Their relationship was stable at first, those who left still maintained contact with those who stayed, but Kory was the last one, and he did not receive one call, one message, not even a fucking letter! He did not receive anything from his siblings, and he stayed there, alone with his worst nightmare, for 2 years until he was 18 and did not hesitate to leave since his mother couldn't call the police and tell he ran from home since he is 18 now and can legally leave without warning. He lived with his girlfriend for a while until his mother found out and tried to drag him back, he of course refused to go and she started her emotional manipulation and suicidal threats, he didn't care. And she did try to commit suicide, then came his siblings telling how that was his fault...
Then he snapped.
They left him there with that woman for two whole years, never contacted him, never bothered visit, and still dare to say who she tried to commit suicide was HIS fault!? He completely cut off their relationship then and there, he still remembers the last sentence he spoke to them before leaving: "If any of you were the last one there, I would've come for you, i would help..." And they never saw each other again, it's been 2 years since. He also recently broke up with his girlfriend and it has worsened his mood, his scars are itchy again... He sighed when suddenly his phone vibrated, an unknown number, huh... Should he answer the phone?
"Hello?" He didn't care, an unknown number? Could be an opportunity to mess with someone, his repressed child came to flourish in these late years, where he grew a little more bold on mischief and pranking, so much he is practically a troll on games, but a more friendly troll than a aggressive troll... When they need him to be serious, he will be serious. "Kory Demetrius D'amon?" A male voice that he couldn't recognize spoke his full name, making him frown, saying: "Yes, this is him speaking... How can i help you?" A suddenly notification from his computer startled him for a second, as the male voice answered: "You've been selected as a Beta Tester for a new game, congratulations. The new game is called [Fantasy: Beasts and Monsters]! Thank you for registering for the Beta Test, you may receive an email in the next minute, have a nice day."
His prayers were answered! Kory smiled, he played [Fantasy] before, an MMORPG with incredibly good graphics and an interesting gameplay, he played as a [Mage] of course, his favorite class was the [Star Mage] that had a lot of damage, his [Legendary] class! He couldn't help but sigh when he remembered that this account of his was deleted by his mother... He opened the email, there contained the exclusive link and password to download the beta version of the game, he quickly did so and selected his name: [Demetrius D'amon], he didn't like the name Kory that much because that was what his mother shouted every time, so he would always present himself as Demetrius to others... Character nick name? Hum... [De'amon], a simple combination from both his names. "Guide? yeah, I'll read it..."
[Fantasy: Beasts and Monsters] was also an MMORPG, but with a different system... Every character could fuse bloodlines with their bodies, unlocking skills and affinities rarely, there were titles you could get that makes certain elements stronger than others, like the [Fireborn] Title you receive when fusing with the bloodline of a [A Rank] beast at least... The ranking system was also very basic, going from [F] to [EX]! Beta Testers would have their characters deleted regardless, so they could select three [SSS Rank] bloodlines or lower rankings... You could upgrade an [F Rank] bloodline to higher ranks later on, but now they get to test them! Looking through the list of 10 [SSS Rank] Bloodlines, Demetrius sighed.
"Hm... Lets see, I'll just pick whichever i think is the coolest." His mouse passed by the image of a frozen egg and it shattered, majestic Ice Phoenix flapped its wings, a snow storm instantly covered the screen of his PC for a second before the details of the bloodline appeared in front of him. "Damn, these cutscenes are incredible." A cold tundra appeared in the background as a card floated in the screen, moving up and down in a slow manner, the card read:
[Ice Phoenix: A majestic legendary bird of fire once died in a cold tundra, but since there was no flames or ash to be reborn from, the Phoenix used the very same thing that killed it, becoming even stronger! You receive Three skills, [Rebirth from Ice], [Blizzard], and the [Ice Affinity].
[Rebirth from Ice]: Activates automatically after you die, your character will turn into an ice egg and burst out in an explosive and fabulous manner. Has a cooldown of 24 hours. - "The cold is my blood."
[Blizzard]: You call upon your connection to cold and ice, everything around you freezes and takes damage based on how much time they spent inside the area of effect of your skill. Every target in the area for more than 5 seconds will be [Slowed], every target in the area for more than 1 minute will [Freeze]. - "Come, winter."
[Ice Affinity]: Increases the damage done by [Ice] Type spells. - "The cold is my home, the ice is my foundation."
[Locked Skill: Time Freeze] - "The unforgiven cold freezes even time itself"
The blowing wind echoed from his PC, Demetrius though this one was cool, so he selected it and began to look at the others... They were 10 in total, but they were: [Ice Phoenix], [Golden Dragon], [Titan (Magma)], [Titan (Desert)], [Titan (Sea)], [Titan (Storm)], [Behemoth], [World Snake], [Space Dragon], and [Foul Beast]. Going through his each of them, Demetrius selected the [Titan (Magma)] because of the [Fire] and [Earth] Affinities he would get since every Titan had the [Titan's Might] Skill... As soon as he clicked on the card, a volcano erupted in his screen, a mighty roar echoed as a giant hand erupted from the ground followed by a big arm full of molten rock and flames, soon a gigantic man with flowing maga hair and black skin, several cracks on his skin showed the magma that flowed inside his body and the horn made out of volcanic rocks on his head made him look more like a demon than a Titan!
[Titan (Magma): Born from the chaotic and dangerous Elemental Plane of Fire, Magma Titans are the royalty among royalty from that plane just as the Storm Titans are for the Elemental Plane of Air, the Sea Titans are for the Elemental Plane of Water, and the Desert Titan is for the Elemental Plane of Earth, Titans are very respected among said planes! Magma Titans are famous for their aggressiveness and hot-headed behavior, but they are competent leaders, never letting their nature stop them from thinking rationally.]
[Titan's Might]: The power of the Titans flows through you, making you physically stronger, all your skills that causes physical damage now deals double that damage. - "Feel the wrath of the Titans."
[Fire Affinity]: Increases damage done by [Fire] Type attacks. - "Fire coursers through the veins of the warriors."
[Earth Affinity]: Increases damage done by [Earth] Type attacks. - "Stability. One word to describe the element of Earth."
[Locked Skill: Eruption] - "With a mighty roar, even the fire from the earth obeys!"
Demetrius was a little indecisive about the last one, but he quickly chose the [Space Dragon] due to the three skills it received, and its form looked very cool as well! As soon as he clicked on the [Space Dragon] option, the screen turned black as the night sky took over, thousands of millions of starts shining above as two of the suddenly disappeared and they began to move quicky, forming the body of the mighty [Space Dragon], a dragon completely made out of stars. A long Chinese dragon with four claws made out of tiny stars and two suns for eyes, the mouth had a black hole inside too!
[Space Dragon]: A mighty creature born from the deep unknown of the cosmus, bathed in starlight and forged from the hottest of the starts, capable of destroying worlds as much as creating them. One of the mighty creatures of the cosmus, but unlike its earthly descendants, these dragons are less aggressive and prefer to fly through the cosmus rather than fight, since their enemy would die by a snap of their fingers.
[Space Rift]: You can easily see space around you as others cannot even dream to perceive, with one step you can travel hundreds of miles! In the future, right now you can teleport to anywhere you see or have been to! - "The cosmus is full of wonders and i can calmly walk through it."
[Demiplane]: As a mighty dragon, you or course need a layer to store ypur treasure, while earthly dragons collect gold and jewels, you collect starts and black holes. You get access to a personal plane of existence where you can store items, basically increasing your inventory space by a large margin! - "Oh! Another beautiful star for my collection..."
[Space Affinity]: Increases damage done by [Space] Type attacks. - "Space is everywhere and in everyone!"
[Locked Skill: Timeless] - "Oh, time... So easy to fly through."
Smiling, Demetrius decided to look through the guide a little...
"Huh, interesting." He said, every character could absorb bloodlines from creatures, the process was quick but there was not a high chance to absorb the bloodline, this chance could of course, be increased but it would take an specific item called [Absorber] that Increases the chance to successfully absorb a bloodline depending on the rank of the [Absorber] and of the bloodline since [Absorbers] have the same ranking system of Bloodlines as well. Next he read about the skills system... You could buy a skill or learn it yourself, meaning you can learn several magic skills and be and be an all rounder or you could focus on only one element! There were skills such as [Magic Resistance] that reduced the damage taken by magic skills, such skills were perfect for only those who liked to use Physical Damage.
"Now this is cool..." Looking through the information given to him, Demetrius saw two things about level up, you could unlock locked skills and get the skill every player receives at level 50: [Change Shape], the skill that allows you to transform into the creatures you have the bloodline of, but due this being Beta Test, all characters created would have this skill! "I wonder how my character would look like in the game after transforming..." There were two modes for [Change Shape], the [Half-Mode] where your character takes physical properties of the bloodline further and becomes half of the creature you have the bloodline of, making you grow horns, change color of skin, and even more!
"Now, the character-"
Sadly, he couldn't be happy for much longer as something unexpected happened. No one knows when death comes to take your life, but Demetrius surely didn't think that moment would be his last, as he looked at his character screen and was ready to begin the hardest process: Character Creation, the screen of his pc simply exploded, and unlucky his face was pretty close to it... Shards of glass penetrated his skull and the last thing he thought of was which color his hair should be, well...
Later that day, the burning pc smell attracted rhe attention of the neighbors who found his corpse there, face completely destroyed by the explosion, dead. Little did Demetrius know that he would he used as an example for other mothers when talking about the "dangers of gaming" and other stuff... They never understood why his PC exploded, and the case was closed before it even opened...
But this was not the end for him, but only the begging of his next life, where he would learn how certain abilities were brought over with him
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