Beast Reborn

"Honey, the food's ready!" A brunette with glistening eyes yelled at the bottom of the mahogany steps. When she heard a few disgruntled moans she knew he was awake and walked away.

After a few minutes passed, a graying bearded man walked down the stairs dressed in fine silk robes. His stern gaze landed on the kitchen table, filled with various foods. Crisp bacon, pancakes, coffee, and all sorts of cereal and fruits.

Two children were rapidly devouring the pancakes and cereals when the man approached and made eye contact with them. They instantly slowed their eating and started to act in a more dignified manner.

"How'd you sleep, honey?" The woman asked kindly

"Rather nicely." He said with a blooming smile, and the woman returned it. She walked over and kissed his cheek lovingly.

"Eat quickly, you have work in 45 minutes." She said as she turned back to the stove.

"Daddy, can you drive us today?" A little child of no more than 6 said with a serene smile.

"Of course, I have time today." The father replied kindly.

"I'll get them dressed, you can start the car." The mother responded as she put a plate of bacon and pancakes in front of the father.

"Thank you, honey." He said as he drank his cup of coffee, it was black and bitter but just the way he liked it. He could feel the smooth drink stain his teeth with each sip.

When he finished eating he got up and left for the car, as his kids ran up the stairs to change and prepare. He tapped on his remote control to open the car, and with the clicking, his smiling countenance turned cold.

He stepped into the car and sat in quiet for a moment. In his eyes shined an ancient light, they were whirlpools to immemorial time.

"How many lives has this been? How many years have I been in here?" He questioned as he stared at his 3 floor home, for most people the life he had here would be amazing. But for him, he had already experienced this in his first life.

His only aspiration was to reach for what was eternal, a family like this there an infinite amount and they all ultimately die. This was not what he sought his whole life and of course, he's disappointed by it.

"That's enough, dispel this illusion." He intoned with a cold voice, the house started to melt like burning plastic.

From the house, the children and mother started to scream desperately. But their screams could not stir him, and then the car and finally even the man's visage started to melt. It revealed an ancient old man. He looked as though he had just stepped out of the grave.

"I've comprehended it now, I have been born lonely." In his mind flew memories of his old life, isolated and without family.

"I could not belong among humans." He had tried to start his own family, but could never truly feel together with them.

"My world was almost wiped out by a meteor." The vision of a terrifying beast slamming into the golden shield emerged.

"My cosmic search for meaning failed." The vision of the terrifying beast devouring the sun appeared to him.

"Now I have seen 1 million be maddened by it." Then a massive collage of a million lives passed by him, his eyes flashed with a profound and almost alien light.

"Hear my words." His decrepit body started to disintegrate into dust.

"Human life is as cheap as grass.

Loneliness is the deepest darkness

Blood and flesh unify us all

I offer sacrifice to the gods

Drink my blood

Sear my flesh

Take my humanity

But grant me power!"

With that final declaration his body turned into dust, and from the remnants shined a green glob of tentacles and tendrils. A 1000 different masks of various expressions appeared around the wretched ball. It's tendrils shot out devouring the masks rapidly as the glob started to expand.

Clumps of blood and flesh writhing and distorting into strange shapes dripped onto the ball further expanding it. The source of it was a black goat being ripped apart above the ball. The macabre scene was filled with intensely bloody shrieks.

Then a set of glowing spheres and tendrils flew to the center of the ball, intensifying the green light. Bringing the life form to the cusp of perfection only missing but one touch.

"1000 ahororr'e, blessed llll principle ot lw'nafh. Mgepkadishtu ahf' l' ah ah mgepkadishtu. The chaos ot azathoth unites ymg', foul ehye." A cacophony of eldritch voices intoned as an eye opened from the sky once again.

It's gaze landed upon the eldritch ball and it released a red light unifying the various powers as one. Forming a new beast, a strange worm with a head and 9 tentacles.

"Hupa hup c' ymg' ah" The eye whispered as it closed disappearing.

"You shall be the Ancient One Lallahad." A soft whisper passed by the ball.

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In a cave, was a battle between 2 black-furred wolves. The intense match was reaching an end, as the larger wolf jumped for the other wolf's jugular. The wolf could not resist as it ripped into its throat, biting it out as the blood spewed like a fountain.

It roared in supremacy as its eyes shined with bloodlust. But suddenly the wolf's bloodlust faded, and in exchange, primordial fear came from its body. It fell to the ground paws in submission and started to whimper desperately.

After a moment of whimpering a portal opened, and from it emerged a tentacled worm. The wolf became further terrified as it lost control of its bodily functions. The worm slithered closer as the wolf dared to not even move.

Once close enough the worm jumped through the air and burrowed into the wolf's eye. It howled as it tried to force the worm out. Running into a wall in desperation, as it howled for freedom. Slowly the worm burrowed deeper and deeper.

Until it reached the brain and started to devour using its tentacles. The tendrils corroded the brain and went down its spinal cord. Slowly forcing the tendrils into the nervous system. The wolf continued to lose bodily control as it spasmed on the ground into strange positions.

After 30 more minutes of this internal battle, the wolf final lost and died. It laid on the ground unable to move, then it started to slink upward. After it stood up, the wolf moved around trying to adjust. Something was strange about this wolf, its eyes shined with a wise and ancient light.

"Haha, I am reborn!" The wolf seemingly laughed as it howled and danced in happiness.

"Though it is weird having the body of a beast..." The wolf said self depreciatingly, he had wanted to be reborn but not as a beast per say but nonetheless this was true life and life with power!

[Knowledge Inheritance initializing....]

[Insight: 1]

[Unable to initialize further]

[Evolution System initializing....]

In front of Lallahad appeared a sprite, its green light glimmered around the wolf as it scanned it.

"Hello master, I am Eve your evolution system." The sprite kindly stated

[Beast Classification: Common Wolf]

"So these are the blessing they gave me." Lallahad thought as he examined his new body.

"Eve, status initiate."

[Understood, status update]

Status: Level 1

Attributes:

Strength: 10

Dexterity: 12

Endurance: 9

Intelligence: 4

Insight: 1

Special Qualities:

Blood- Common

Magic- N/A

Soul- N/A

Faith- N/A

[Stat summary initialize]

Strength applies to all physical feats, Dexterity applies to all acrobatic feat, Endurance applies to physical capabilities, Intelligence applies to mental quickness, and Insight applies to mental awareness.

[Quest: Devour enhanced beast]

"Evolution system, what is the reward for the quest?" Lallahad asked curiously

[Reward: Blood quality upgrade]

"What are the advantages of a blood upgrade?"

[Unable to gather info due to insight constraints]

'So insight is the key to my understanding of this system.' Lallahad thought

'Regardless I need to first gain strength and devour an enhanced beast.' Lallahad turned to his status and saw he had 6 skill points to invest.

"Eve put it all into dexterity," Lallahad commanded, as his legs started to bulge with strength and his claws grew sharper.

'Efficient design, with sharp claws like this grappling and running will be faster.' Lallahad said to himself.

"Well then let's begin." Lallahad laughed with a sinister smile, releasing intense bloodlust.

"Understood, initializing predator vision." The sprite giggled as the wolf's eyes shined with an alien light. Lallahad's vision changed as the cave walls became incorporeal. His eyes looked off into the distance, where he could see a pack of black-furred wolves waiting.

"They are this wolves' pack, I can make use of them to hunt other wolves down." Lallahad said as he ran out of the cave and howled in victory.

His pack noticing only he came out rushed towards him with excitement. The other wolves' pack reluctantly joined with, such is the nature of the world. The weak serve the strong regardless of circumstances.