I wake up to some knocks on my door, who might it be so early in the morning? I am kind of tired from yesterday’s hide-and-seek from Gloria. I thought she would kill me for a small prank.
I open the door and to my surprise, it is none other than Gloria. But there is something different about her. Normally she dresses like a princess but is in her battle gear this time, to to forget her mask.
“We are going to do some hunting in the Illumin Forest,” she said as she stared at my left hand.
“Let me guess, Warzheil told you didn’t he?” I predict based on her stares.
“Hmm, Most of the food we make here is Non-veg no one here except for Sil knows how to make veg food but she is too busy to do so. We would gladly welcome you if you don’t mind joining our party.”
“Oh, that’s quite the change of attitude. Not that I don’t like it. Give me a second I will join you shortly. You came in at the right time. I have some fittings in my suit as it was a bit tight from the sudden growth of my body.”
“Oh by the way how old are you? Some Million years old?”
“What? *laughing* Why did you think that? I am only 42. I may be a god to your father but as far as I remember I have been a human my entire life. Well, until now that is.”
“*Laugh* so you are younger than me then?”
“Well, you are a demi-god and a half-dragon at that. You are older than me in age but physically we are both around the same phase. No, maybe you are younger at this point.”
“*Scoffs* Anyway join us when you are ready. We will leave in 10 minutes.”
“Ok now leave the room unless you want to watch me change.”
She makes a quick turn and leaves. I close the door and take off the shirt that a kid named Wyran gave me. Now that I look at myself I have 8 abs instead of the 6 I originally had, everywhere I see on my abdomen I can see and feel rippling muscles.
It is true, I tried eating Meat by mouth but I ended up puking on Warzheil who was sitting near me. I can consume flesh with my left hand but by mouth it's unbearable. And so I have been hungry for almost 4 days now. Thanks to the monsters I had consumed in Kobe forest my body is running on reserve.
I seriously need to Eat some food or consume some beings.
I meet up with Gloria and Kade ready with their hunting party of 8 men, I have seen one of them on the training grounds. This time I brought the Ramoon spear with me since the plasma spear is an overkill.
“Hey, where is my horse?” I ask
“Do you even know how to ride one?”
“ *Awkward* I have some bitter experiences with them back in my homeland.”
“Sit on my back.” Kade offers.
“But Kade isn’t he a slave how can you let him sit?”
“Brok! I have relieved him of the bet. He is a warrior better than everyone here; do not disrespect him.”
“But Miss Gloria he cheated.[interrupted]”
“I told it to most of you yesterday but you were all drunk, so let me make this clear, he did not cheat, I just assumed that he did, it was a mistake on my part.”
Woah, no one is talking back to her. Only if my colleagues were like that on Earth.
I sit behind Kade for the first hour and then he offers me to ride the Horse species they call gGGizers.
I sit in front of Kade.
“Wow, most have a hard time getting on the horse for the first time.”
“Well, I had a superbike back on Earth and I treated it like my family so I got on this horse just like I would get on my bike and it worked.”
“ Oh? I would love to hear more about the sort of creature a bike is?”
“*Laughing* it's not a creature it’s a mechanical machine.”
“Mechanical?” Gloria said
“Yeah, a thing that isn’t a living being but works on small mechanisms”
“Sorry, Warzheil and my Father are better versed in the Advanced fields like those.”
We talk about random stuff until we reach the trench. We get off as Gloria instructs us.
“Kade look at this.” She said with a grim expression as she pointed down while lying low near the edge of the large trench.
Kade looks down and his expression changes for the worst. We too look down and there is a Huge army of skeletons moving in unison.
“This trench was not here the last time we passed here!” a hunter says
“Shh, let's follow them,” Gloria says. We get on the Greizer's horses and run along the edge of the cliff as it makes a turn toward the direction we came from. At the end of the cliff, there are skeletons digging the cliff.
“I think we should leave them be. We can’t fight an army this big. Must be around 600 or so.” Gloria said.
“Yes, let's move on,” Kade said as he supported Gloria’s statement.
“Wait, why do I feel like I am among irresponsible people right now? What if they somehow reach the village?” I said
“I doubt they will reach our village. And we aren’t enough to take on such a big army of undead emitting such dense Miasma but I will set a Bavarian scout here just in case as you say.”
And so we move on and after another Hour or so we reach the Illumin forest. We split into parties except for me.
“You are strong enough. Go hunt solo.” Gloria said
She is trying to keep others from seeing my hand’s ability to let me have my fill of nutrients.
“Sure. But what if we get lost?” I said
“Don’t worry I have my Bavarians up. We will know Everyone’s locations.” He said
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We split ways. I see a wolf on top of a small cliff. There must be a pack nearby. I whistle to draw their attention and surely enough they come running. The old me would have climbed the trees but I need to test this bad-boy out. I grab my spear which has been lying on my back in a clip hanger to hold it behind my back. There are around 10 of them. I am surrounded.
One of them is eager to take me down but I easily use my spear to stab him to death in a single blow as the dark force released by the spear is incredibly strong. I wait for the other wolves but for some reason, it seems like they are being wary. They start to summon a spell as I see mana gather in their mouth. I can let them use it since I want to test something. One of them finished and launched a wind blade, I swung my spear which launched a blade made of black energy which not only sliced through the wind blade with rather ease but also gravely injured the wolf. Now that I am confident, i9 should have a feast.
I say that but the wolves lunge on me altogether, biting me and trying to tear me with their sharp claws. I use my spear as a stand to launch myself away from the pincer attack and take them down. My wounds start healing as I get nutrients from the dead wolves. After I have had my fill, I consume more of the bodies trying to evolve like I did last time but nothing happens and I leave one out of nine wolves which looks bigger in comparison to the other 9. Must be the pack leader. Suddenly a Bavarian sits on top of my shoulder.
“You are a monster. Do you think we will Eat a wolf? They are the protectors of the forest and keep beings with malice out of the forest. We don’t eat them, try hunting some animals that are edible like a Groth rabi-corn which is a species of rabbit. Normally they are ….stro…..but” The voice stops coming out of the Bavarian, for a second it looks fine but suddenly it Chirps wildly and flies away.
Well, whatever I will consume this one too then. As I consume the big wolf I feel pain shooting through my body. I expect a transformation but the pain subsides and nothing happens.
I travel in the forest for a few minutes and it seems like I am lost. I use my left eye to look for humanoid figures through the forest and find one near a tree that looks like a demon. But from my right eye, I cannot see the demonic form of the tree but surely I can see the human body lying near the tree. I grab my spear.
“Oi, would you be willing to tell me how I can get out of the forest the fastest?”
“…..” the tree doesn’t respond.
MEANWHILE:
Gloria and her group come running to Kade.
“Oh I was going to contact you, Something is wrong, I cannot get in touch with Ronin.”
“What?! Why are there so many problems altogether?” Gloria said
“Why what happened?”
“There is another army of undead heading towards here. It's an hour away, We ran trying to chase a rabicorn but ended up seeing an undead army just standing in the forest.”
“What? Wait, let me check the previous army, if by any chance it is coming here we need to get out.”
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Kade uses his special power to share the eyesight of the Bavarian he stationed above the undead army digging the trench and sees that it has changed its direction and is heading towards Newin.
“Oh shit! It's turning towards the direction of the village!”
“We need to leave! Now!”
“But what about Ronin?!” Wyran asks
“Let him be! He needs to pay for yesterday, and we cannot waste time trying to find him. We need to reach the village and tell this to everyone.”
“But Won’t he die out here?”
Gloria looks into the forest with an empty mind and turns.
“He will be fine.” She gestures as she leaves.
BACK in the forest
I approach the Man under the tree but the suddenly man gets up trying to bite me, I notice a vine connected to the man’s neck. The tree’s Branches start to attack me too.
“I knew this wasn’t an ordinary tree,” I said
“I have indeed never met a human before who could see through my disguise,” The man said
“So you can speak by using a host huh?”
“Humans and other species are a rarity in this forest, I feast on other animals but consuming them would be a shame.”
“So what you are saying is that the guy isn’t dead?”
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“No, or else he would have become a pile of bones and turned into an undead. Now, become my new toy.” The tree said as it used its branches to attack which I dodge as they seemed slow to me, or was it because I got faster?
“I see you are quite nimble. But this Man here is an expert spearman himself.” The tree says as it creates a spear with its wood and gives it to the man it has possessed.
The man attacks me ferociously but I see some light in his eyes.
“Sa..ve..” He says as he attacks.
Well, his attacking stance is fine so I take the challenge on, now the tree and the man are attacking me simultaneously. I try to avoid using the force blade of Ramoon spear on the man and instead use thunder to electrocute him which stuns him for a few moments. I use the moment to forcefully throw the spear at the tree, although a glaive is not used as a javelin anything goes in the spur of the moment, and to my surprise the spear creates a booming sound as it tears through the demonic tree and one behind it before getting stuck in the second one. The demonic tree vanishes and the tree behind it breaks down. As soon as I relax, I feel a sharp pain in my abdomen and as I look down a huge sharp branch has penetrated through it. I look back and see that the tree is behind me.
I feel something crawling into my internals.
“*laughs* I can’t believe I caught such a strong human. Now you too will become my puppet. Wait, I can’t use my branch?!”
I feel myself fading away. I reach out to my spear, If I am to die I wish I had my weapon with me. Suddenly I feel a hard texture in my and grip it. Miraculously my spear is in my hand.
“What?! How did you do that?” the tree said
I swing my spear behind my back aimed at the direction of the voice and this time I get the tree. Or so I thought, but the tree takes possession of another tree.
“*Laughs* Never have I seen a human this resilient and unique, but unfortunately for you, I have control over many trees across 10 kilometers, I use my illusion to lure in prey through illusions and all these trees are a substitute body for me. You will die in a few seconds anyway so why struggle.”
I take the huge branch out of my guts and fall as it breaks my bone and waits for the healing to kick in. Surprisingly I am already healing in 15 seconds or so.
The tree didn’t notice me heal it seems thanks to my black suit, but I need Warzheil to put some scale pattern armor behind my back or else it can be deadly.
“H-How is this possible?! Even if you used a high-grade healing potion you would be dead, you are no human! Who are you?”
I flex my spine to calibrate its functioning.
“Well now, I am not so sure myself. Moreover, my friends will have noticed my disappearance by now and must be on their way here.”
“*Laughs menacingly* Your friends already left! There seems to be a big undead army planning to attack the village you live in, they left you to die here.”
“Oh, that means I need to get out of here too, huh” I think
“I spin my spear in a horizontal position which launches a black force wave at all trees in a small radius but the demonic tree moves in a new tree.
“You can’t kill me *laugh* only the Holy magic or Bone demon can harm us!”
“Oh?” I said as I dropped my weapon and walked towards the tree.
“Finally giving up, huh? Well, I will let you roam the forest whenever I don’t need you, I won’t treat you badly.”
“You are such a fool, you let an enemy casually approach you,” I say as I punch the tree which breaks its bark.
“You think I would be hurt by a punch?”
“Well I can certainly do that but I have another plan.” I say as I grab the tree with my left hand which starts to suck the demon’s energy in.”
“*Screeches* No! You are no human! Y-you are a bone demon!”
“Yeah thanks for telling me how to kill you,” I said and soon I see some other trees withering away as I suck the energy out, I remember now that Geolard told me I can absorb tree pulp too. Bone demons must have it easy.”
“*laughs* I never thought I would be facing a bone demon in such a remote area.”
“The man says as his eyes are purple, his hair is still black.”
“So you finally killed the poor guy?” I said
“….”
“What? Cat got your tongue? You do understand that you cannot run now, right?”
“Y-yes, I had to plant my consciousness in this man’s body. Now I am no longer a pure demon but instead a half-human half-demon.”
“Let me help you Become pure energy then.” I said as I walked to him with my spear.”
“No, please! I want to live. I will be your slave for the rest of my life. Oh yes, I- I know of the undead army’s plan, if you want I can tell it to you.!”
I think of it for a moment. Then decided to leave him alive so that he could provide me with information.
“Go on I am listening. But if you try to pull any stunt here I will chase you to the depth of hell until you truly die.”
“ah, that won’t be necessary, I can’t become a tree again now.”
And so the tree demon goes on to tell me the plan.
I wake up to some knocks on my door, who might it be so early in the morning? I am kind of tired from yesterday’s hide-and-seek from Gloria. I thought she would kill me for a small prank.
I open the door and to my surprise, it is none other than Gloria. But there is something different about her. Normally she dresses like a princess but is in her battle gear this time, to to forget her mask.
“We are going to do some hunting in the Illumin Forest,” she said as she stared at my left hand.
“Let me guess, Warzheil told you didn’t he?” I predict based on her stares.
“Hmm, Most of the food we make here is Non-veg no one here except for Sil knows how to make veg food but she is too busy to do so. We would gladly welcome you if you don’t mind joining our party.”
“Oh, that’s quite the change of attitude. Not that I don’t like it. Give me a second I will join you shortly. You came in at the right time. I have some fittings in my suit as it was a bit tight from the sudden growth of my body.”
“Oh by the way how old are you? Some Million years old?”
“What? *laughing* Why did you think that? I am only 42. I may be a god to your father but as far as I remember I have been a human my entire life. Well, until now that is.”
“*Laugh* so you are younger than me then?”
“Well, you are a demi-god and a half-dragon at that. You are older than me in age but physically we are both around the same phase. No, maybe you are younger at this point.”
“*Scoffs* Anyway join us when you are ready. We will leave in 10 minutes.”
“Ok now leave the room unless you want to watch me change.”
She makes a quick turn and leaves. I close the door and take off the shirt that a kid named Wyran gave me. Now that I look at myself I have 8 abs instead of the 6 I originally had, everywhere I see on my abdomen I can see and feel rippling muscles.
It is true, I tried eating Meat by mouth but I ended up puking on Warzheil who was sitting near me. I can consume flesh with my left hand but by mouth it's unbearable. And so I have been hungry for almost 4 days now. Thanks to the monsters I had consumed in Kobe forest my body is running on reserve.
I seriously need to Eat some food or consume some beings.
I meet up with Gloria and Kade ready with their hunting party of 8 men, I have seen one of them on the training grounds. This time I brought the Ramoon spear with me since the plasma spear is an overkill.
“Hey, where is my horse?” I ask
“Do you even know how to ride one?”
“ *Awkward* I have some bitter experiences with them back in my homeland.”
“Sit on my back.” Kade offers.
“But Kade isn’t he a slave how can you let him sit?”
“Brok! I have relieved him of the bet. He is a warrior better than everyone here; do not disrespect him.”
“But Miss Gloria he cheated.[interrupted]”
“I told it to most of you yesterday but you were all drunk, so let me make this clear, he did not cheat, I just assumed that he did, it was a mistake on my part.”
Woah, no one is talking back to her. Only if my colleagues were like that on Earth.
I sit behind Kade for the first hour and then he offers me to ride the Horse species they call gGGizers.
I sit in front of Kade.
“Wow, most have a hard time getting on the horse for the first time.”
“Well, I had a superbike back on Earth and I treated it like my family so I got on this horse just like I would get on my bike and it worked.”
“ Oh? I would love to hear more about the sort of creature a bike is?”
“*Laughing* it's not a creature it’s a mechanical machine.”
“Mechanical?” Gloria said
“Yeah, a thing that isn’t a living being but works on small mechanisms”
“Sorry, Warzheil and my Father are better versed in the Advanced fields like those.”
We talk about random stuff until we reach the trench. We get off as Gloria instructs us.
“Kade look at this.” She said with a grim expression as she pointed down while lying low near the edge of the large trench.
Kade looks down and his expression changes for the worst. We too look down and there is a Huge army of skeletons moving in unison.
“This trench was not here the last time we passed here!” a hunter says
“Shh, let's follow them,” Gloria says. We get on the Greizer's horses and run along the edge of the cliff as it makes a turn toward the direction we came from. At the end of the cliff, there are skeletons digging the cliff.
“I think we should leave them be. We can’t fight an army this big. Must be around 600 or so.” Gloria said.
“Yes, let's move on,” Kade said as he supported Gloria’s statement.
“Wait, why do I feel like I am among irresponsible people right now? What if they somehow reach the village?” I said
“I doubt they will reach our village. And we aren’t enough to take on such a big army of undead emitting such dense Miasma but I will set a Bavarian scout here just in case as you say.”
And so we move on and after another Hour or so we reach the Illumin forest. We split into parties except for me.
“You are strong enough. Go hunt solo.” Gloria said
She is trying to keep others from seeing my hand’s ability to let me have my fill of nutrients.
“Sure. But what if we get lost?” I said
“Don’t worry I have my Bavarians up. We will know Everyone’s locations.” He said
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We split ways. I see a wolf on top of a small cliff. There must be a pack nearby. I whistle to draw their attention and surely enough they come running. The old me would have climbed the trees but I need to test this bad-boy out. I grab my spear which has been lying on my back in a clip hanger to hold it behind my back. There are around 10 of them. I am surrounded.
One of them is eager to take me down but I easily use my spear to stab him to death in a single blow as the dark force released by the spear is incredibly strong. I wait for the other wolves but for some reason, it seems like they are being wary. They start to summon a spell as I see mana gather in their mouth. I can let them use it since I want to test something. One of them finished and launched a wind blade, I swung my spear which launched a blade made of black energy which not only sliced through the wind blade with rather ease but also gravely injured the wolf. Now that I am confident, i9 should have a feast.
I say that but the wolves lunge on me altogether, biting me and trying to tear me with their sharp claws. I use my spear as a stand to launch myself away from the pincer attack and take them down. My wounds start healing as I get nutrients from the dead wolves. After I have had my fill, I consume more of the bodies trying to evolve like I did last time but nothing happens and I leave one out of nine wolves which looks bigger in comparison to the other 9. Must be the pack leader. Suddenly a Bavarian sits on top of my shoulder.
“You are a monster. Do you think we will Eat a wolf? They are the protectors of the forest and keep beings with malice out of the forest. We don’t eat them, try hunting some animals that are edible like a Groth rabi-corn which is a species of rabbit. Normally they are ….stro…..but” The voice stops coming out of the Bavarian, for a second it looks fine but suddenly it Chirps wildly and flies away.
Well, whatever I will consume this one too then. As I consume the big wolf I feel pain shooting through my body. I expect a transformation but the pain subsides and nothing happens.
I travel in the forest for a few minutes and it seems like I am lost. I use my left eye to look for humanoid figures through the forest and find one near a tree that looks like a demon. But from my right eye, I cannot see the demonic form of the tree but surely I can see the human body lying near the tree. I grab my spear.
“Oi, would you be willing to tell me how I can get out of the forest the fastest?”
“…..” the tree doesn’t respond.
MEANWHILE:
Gloria and her group come running to Kade.
“Oh I was going to contact you, Something is wrong, I cannot get in touch with Ronin.”
“What?! Why are there so many problems altogether?” Gloria said
“Why what happened?”
“There is another army of undead heading towards here. It's an hour away, We ran trying to chase a rabicorn but ended up seeing an undead army just standing in the forest.”
“What? Wait, let me check the previous army, if by any chance it is coming here we need to get out.”
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Kade uses his special power to share the eyesight of the Bavarian he stationed above the undead army digging the trench and sees that it has changed its direction and is heading towards Newin.
“Oh shit! It's turning towards the direction of the village!”
“We need to leave! Now!”
“But what about Ronin?!” Wyran asks
“Let him be! He needs to pay for yesterday, and we cannot waste time trying to find him. We need to reach the village and tell this to everyone.”
“But Won’t he die out here?”
Gloria looks into the forest with an empty mind and turns.
“He will be fine.” She gestures as she leaves.
BACK in the forest
I approach the Man under the tree but the suddenly man gets up trying to bite me, I notice a vine connected to the man’s neck. The tree’s Branches start to attack me too.
“I knew this wasn’t an ordinary tree,” I said
“I have indeed never met a human before who could see through my disguise,” The man said
“So you can speak by using a host huh?”
“Humans and other species are a rarity in this forest, I feast on other animals but consuming them would be a shame.”
“So what you are saying is that the guy isn’t dead?”
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“No, or else he would have become a pile of bones and turned into an undead. Now, become my new toy.” The tree said as it used its branches to attack which I dodge as they seemed slow to me, or was it because I got faster?
“I see you are quite nimble. But this Man here is an expert spearman himself.” The tree says as it creates a spear with its wood and gives it to the man it has possessed.
The man attacks me ferociously but I see some light in his eyes.
“Sa..ve..” He says as he attacks.
Well, his attacking stance is fine so I take the challenge on, now the tree and the man are attacking me simultaneously. I try to avoid using the force blade of Ramoon spear on the man and instead use thunder to electrocute him which stuns him for a few moments. I use the moment to forcefully throw the spear at the tree, although a glaive is not used as a javelin anything goes in the spur of the moment, and to my surprise the spear creates a booming sound as it tears through the demonic tree and one behind it before getting stuck in the second one. The demonic tree vanishes and the tree behind it breaks down. As soon as I relax, I feel a sharp pain in my abdomen and as I look down a huge sharp branch has penetrated through it. I look back and see that the tree is behind me.
I feel something crawling into my internals.
“*laughs* I can’t believe I caught such a strong human. Now you too will become my puppet. Wait, I can’t use my branch?!”
I feel myself fading away. I reach out to my spear, If I am to die I wish I had my weapon with me. Suddenly I feel a hard texture in my and grip it. Miraculously my spear is in my hand.
“What?! How did you do that?” the tree said
I swing my spear behind my back aimed at the direction of the voice and this time I get the tree. Or so I thought, but the tree takes possession of another tree.
“*Laughs* Never have I seen a human this resilient and unique, but unfortunately for you, I have control over many trees across 10 kilometers, I use my illusion to lure in prey through illusions and all these trees are a substitute body for me. You will die in a few seconds anyway so why struggle.”
I take the huge branch out of my guts and fall as it breaks my bone and waits for the healing to kick in. Surprisingly I am already healing in 15 seconds or so.
The tree didn’t notice me heal it seems thanks to my black suit, but I need Warzheil to put some scale pattern armor behind my back or else it can be deadly.
“H-How is this possible?! Even if you used a high-grade healing potion you would be dead, you are no human! Who are you?”
I flex my spine to calibrate its functioning.
“Well now, I am not so sure myself. Moreover, my friends will have noticed my disappearance by now and must be on their way here.”
“*Laughs menacingly* Your friends already left! There seems to be a big undead army planning to attack the village you live in, they left you to die here.”
“Oh, that means I need to get out of here too, huh” I think
“I spin my spear in a horizontal position which launches a black force wave at all trees in a small radius but the demonic tree moves in a new tree.
“You can’t kill me *laugh* only the Holy magic or Bone demon can harm us!”
“Oh?” I said as I dropped my weapon and walked towards the tree.
“Finally giving up, huh? Well, I will let you roam the forest whenever I don’t need you, I won’t treat you badly.”
“You are such a fool, you let an enemy casually approach you,” I say as I punch the tree which breaks its bark.
“You think I would be hurt by a punch?”
“Well I can certainly do that but I have another plan.” I say as I grab the tree with my left hand which starts to suck the demon’s energy in.”
“*Screeches* No! You are no human! Y-you are a bone demon!”
“Yeah thanks for telling me how to kill you,” I said and soon I see some other trees withering away as I suck the energy out, I remember now that Geolard told me I can absorb tree pulp too. Bone demons must have it easy.”
“*laughs* I never thought I would be facing a bone demon in such a remote area.”
“The man says as his eyes are purple, his hair is still black.”
“So you finally killed the poor guy?” I said
“….”
“What? Cat got your tongue? You do understand that you cannot run now, right?”
“Y-yes, I had to plant my consciousness in this man’s body. Now I am no longer a pure demon but instead a half-human half-demon.”
“Let me help you Become pure energy then.” I said as I walked to him with my spear.”
“No, please! I want to live. I will be your slave for the rest of my life. Oh yes, I- I know of the undead army’s plan, if you want I can tell it to you.!”
I think of it for a moment. Then decided to leave him alive so that he could provide me with information.
“Go on I am listening. But if you try to pull any stunt here I will chase you to the depth of hell until you truly die.”
“ah, that won’t be necessary, I can’t become a tree again now.”
And so the tree demon goes on to tell me the plan.
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