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Chapitre 21: First Contract, Part 2

"Yield! You know you can't win. You will die a meaningless death if this goes on. Bond with me and I can guarantee your soul will live and grow stronger. Who knows, I might even build a body for you once more when I get stronger." Astaroth said, trying the trick of the carrot and the stick.

The wolf resisted a bit more, but it knew death was knocking. It finally gave in.

"I yield! Please, make it stop. I don't want to disappear!" It cried out.

Instantly, the pressure crushing it disappeared. Like it was never there.

The Alpha slowly rose to its feet, wobbling a little. It then turned to the Elf who had crushed it.

It couldn't believe what was happening.

'How can an Elf be so weak and have such a powerful mind and crushing resolve?' It thought.

"I will bond to you, but first, you must give a name to me. This will imprint my soul on you and make it so I cannot dissipate until you let me." The Alpha said, lowering its head.

"Hmm, a name you say? What about Alpha?" Astaroth asked.

The wolf growled.

"Do not mock me." It answered.

"I am joking." Astaroth laughed.

"I think I will name you, White Death. Do you like that?" He then asked.

"I think it suits me better. I accept your name." The wolf said, bowing a little more.

A blinding flash of light appeared, and Astaroth was back in the cave, in his seating position. He was drenched in sweat from head to toe.

*Ding!*

*You have made your first spirit contract. You have learned the spell 'Spirit Summoning'*

*Ding!*

*The spirit you have bonded with is strong! You have learned the spell 'Spirit Melding'*

Astaroth quickly looked at the spell descriptions.

Spirit Summoning: Summon spirit bound to your soul. Duration: 5 minutes. Mana cost: 100 (Exp share 0/100)

List of bonded spirits: White Death

Spirit Melding: Meld with the spirit of your choice, gaining its stats and affinities for two and a half minutes. If the spirit is already summoned, melding time becomes half the duration left on its summon timer. Cooldown: 5 minutes.

"It looks like you are finally back." Aberon's voice sounded from behind him.

"Ahh, yes. I am back. And it seems like I have succeeded. And like I need a bath, hahaha." Astaroth joked.

"I think before that, you will want to summon your new spirit and inspect it." Aberon said.

"Then I shall do that right away, sir." Astaroth nodded.

"Spirit Summoning: White Death." He chanted.

Astaroth felt a sizeable chunk of mana going from his mana lobe to the middle of his abdomen. From there, he sensed a small flame gobbling it up and jumping out of his body.

A wolf made of pure mana appeared in front of him, before howling to the sky. This wolf was much smaller than the Alpha used to be.

Astaroth surmised that the size probably was only attributed to the powerful body. Once the wolf had fully materialized, he inspected it.

Status:

Name: White Death

Race: Dire Wolf

Grade: Common

Level: 20 (0/35K)

Evolve: 0/1000

Stats:

HP: 750/750 MP: 150/150 Stamina: 100

Strength: 20 Agility: 20 Constitution: 20

Intelligence: 20 Wisdom: 20

Attack Power Str: 100 Attack Power Agi: 100 Magic Attack Power: 100 Healing Power: 100

Natural Defense: 2%

Available stat point: 29

Skills: Ghost Claw, Soul Bite

Passive Abilities: Spiritual Body

He then opened its spell list, to read the descriptions.

Passives:

Spiritual Body: This body is an apparition composed of mana. Physical attacks have little effect on it, but magic is its bane. Physical damage taken -50%, Magical damage taken +50%

Actives:

Ghost Claws: This ability phases through armor. Damage ignores armor values. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

Soul Bite: This ability bites the target's soul, causing weakness. All stats -5% for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 1 minute.

Then Astaroth circled back to the stats. He was looking at the level and was happy, but the health value disappointed him.

He threw fifteen of the free points into Constitution, seven into Agility, and the last seven into Strength. He wanted to build the wolf into a decent tank, making his later grinding easier.

He looked at the stats again.

Status:

Name: White Death

Race: Dire Wolf

Grade: Common

Level: 20 (0/35K)

Evolve: 0/1000

Stats:

HP: 3000/3000 MP: 150/150 Stamina: 100

Strength: 27 Agility: 27 Constitution: 35 Intelligence: 20 Wisdom: 20

Attack Power Str: 135 Attack Power Agi: 135 Magic Attack Power: 100 Healing Power: 100

Natural Defense: 3.5%

Available stat points: 0

Skills: Ghost Claw, Soul Bite

Passive Abilities: Spiritual Body

Then, there was also the matter of the grade dropping.

"Why has the grade dropped from special to common, sir?" Astaroth asked Aberon.

"The grade a creature has when alive is associated with its body. When it dies, the grade no longer matters. The soul of said creature doesn't go up in grade with the body. That has to be strengthened independently." Aberon replied.

"Then is the 'evolve' line in the status the way to improve its grade?" Astaroth questioned.

"That would be correct. Evolving a soul requires the creature to consume the souls of creatures from the same race. During its life, a creature won't think of that, so the soul always stays of common grade." Aberon answered, proud that Astaroth could deduce that on his own.

"Now. Can you tell me how many souls are required for evolving your summon's grade?" He then asked.

"One thousand." Astaroth flatly said.

"That is a good amount. You will need to kill many dire wolves to get that many souls." The old mage said, his face scrunching a little.

Normally, it wouldn't be that much of a deal. But in this specific case, the wolves were much stronger than the summoner.

It would be a far-fetched idea for him to kill that many on his own soon.

"I suggest you go wash up and rest. You will need to start monster hunting soon, and that requires energy." Aberon told Astaroth.

Astaroth nodded in agreement. He unsummoned the wolf and walked out of the cave.

He walked to the river, washed up, and walked back to his alcove. He then lay on the cot and logged out.

Tomorrow, another big day was waiting for him.


L’AVIS DES CRÉATEURS
Galanar Galanar

Since it's our time for Christmas in America, this is a second chapter for free. Happy holidays, folks :)

The bonus chapter for the 100 PS milestone, I will post tomorrow :)

next chapter

Chapitre 22: Gifts For a Life Saved, Part 1

After logging out, Alexander did his usual routine. Wash, eat, and look at forums.

He first opened up the leaderboard, to see how much he had to grind to make it into at least the top ten.

Level Leaderboard:

#1: ??? / Level 25

#2: Phoenix / Level 23

#3: Azamus / Level 23

#4: Grinding_Beast / Level 22

#5: Real_Number_One_Gamer / Level 21

#6: Stormbringer / Level 21

#7: I_Am_Rich / Level 21

#8: Athena / Level 20

#9: Lucian_Valentine / Level 20

#10: Monster_Slayer / Level 20

Two more players from the 'Heavenly thousand' were in the top ten, and much more had joined the top fifty. What surprised him the most was the mysterious player in first position.

He had been first for a while, even with all the fluctuations. Astaroth wondered who that player was, and what his trick was to level fast enough to keep his spot.

None of it mattered for now though. He still needed to level a decent amount just to make it into the leaderboard.

For now, he would focus on that. With his contracted spirit, he should be able to do more damage and finally get better Exp from the kills.

At least he hoped so. He scrolled down a little more in the forums but found nothing interesting.

So he closed them and went to bed. Since he had logged out earlier than he normally did, he slept a little longer.

It gave him a proper night's worth of sleep. He woke up feeling refreshed and ready to kill monsters.

He drank a coffee, watched some television, and munched on some cereal. He then dumped the cup and bowl in his sink and logged back in, directly.

*Launching 'New Eden'*

*Logging in*

*Welcome back player Astaroth*

His eyes opened up to the familiar ceiling of his alcove and he stood up. He walked right out, heading for the forge.

'My weapons should be ready.' He thought.

He entered the forge, and its blistering heat assaulted him as per usual. On the counter were weapons of all kinds.

His weapons, he surmised. He picked up the hammer and rang the bell, calling the blacksmith to the front.

The burly man walked out soon after, sweaty and dirty as always.

"Yer weapons 're ready, youngin'. Why don' ye try 'em out? Ay'll adjust 'em if needed." The blacksmith said, pointing at the weapons on the counter.

Astaroth grabbed each weapon one at a time and tested out their balance, their grip, and their overall feel in his hands. He then did a few moves with each weapon, to see if the new weapons affected his fighting.

They were perfectly fine. Well-forged weapons, even if only of lower strength than what he expected.

But you don't look a gift horse in the mouth, they say. So he picked them up and inspected them before putting them in his inventory and assigning each of them to weapon slots.

Basic Short Sword (1h):

Grade: Common

Attack Power: 10

Durability: 20/20

Description: A good short sword for beginners.

Basic Longsword(1h/2h):

Grade: Common

Attack Power: 10 (1h)/20 (2h)

Durability: 20/20

Description: A good longsword for beginners.

Basic War Axe (2h):

Grade: Common

Attack Power: 30

Durability 20/20

Description: A good war axe for beginners.

Basic Polearm (2h):

Grade: Common

Attack Power: 10

Durability: 20/20

Description: A good polearm for beginners.

Basic Daggers (2):

Grade: Common

Attack Power: 10

Durability: 20/20, 20/20

Description: A good set of daggers for beginners.

Basic Wooden Shield:

Grade: Common

Defense Power: 10%

Durability: 75/75

Description: A good wooden shield for beginners.

Basic Bow and Quiver (50):

Grade: Common

Attack Power: 10

Durability: 20/20

Description: A good bow and quiver for beginners.

Satisfied with all his new weapons, he nodded to the blacksmith and turned to leave. He walked towards the barracks to drop off the training weapons and to see if any patrols were leaving so that he could integrate them to go level up.

As he walked into the barracks courtyard, he noticed a training dummy close to the center that was kitted with a full set of gear. He walked closer to inspect the kit, out of curiosity.

Ursid Leather Chestguard:

Grade: Special

Defense Power: 5%

Stats: +5 Str, +5 Con

Durability: 50/50

Description: Ursid leather chestguard, made from the leather of a mighty bear. Part of a set of four.

Ursid Leather Vambraces:

Grade: Special

Defense Power: 2%

Stats: +5 Str, +5 Con

Durability: 50/50

Description: Ursid leather vambraces, made from the leather of a mighty bear. Part of a set of four.

Ursid Leather Leggings:

Grade: Special

Defense Power: 5%

Stats: +5 Str, +5 Con

Durability: 50/50

Description: Ursid leather leggings, made from the leather of a mighty bear. Part of a set of four.

Ursid Leather Boots:

Grade: Special

Defense Power: 2%

Stats: +5 Str, +5 Con

Durability: 50/50

Description: Ursid leather boots, made from the leather of a mighty bear. Part of a set of four.

Ursid Leather Armor: Full Set bonus

When all four pieces of this kit are worn together, gain the skill 'Strength of the Bear'

Strength of the Bear: Gain the strength of a mighty bear. Strength +20 for 30 seconds. Cooldown: 1 hour.

His jaw dropped. Such an excellent set of armor!

This set of armor was probably better than what players could currently get, aside from maybe dungeon gear, but he had heard nothing about dungeons being found yet.

He was almost salivating. He wanted to grab the set and make a run for it.

Sadly, he wouldn't make it far so he restrained himself. He saw from the corner of his eye, Kloud leaving the barracks building.

The man was walking towards him with a slow gait. Astaroth could guess that he was still wounded, so his plans of using Kloud to level up flew out the metaphorical window.

Astaroth felt a bit of guilt, thinking this would not have happened if he wasn't there. He quickly blew those thoughts away.

No point in them anymore, anyway.


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