Nightmares and Mineshafts.
// I have a writing spree lately XD have a chapter and ENJOY!! //
The mist never ended.
No matter how far she ran, nothing changed. the shadowy mist swirled around her only causing her emotional pain to deepen and deepen.
What happened to her people. Did they survive? Did we fail and this is the fate of everyone? Was she the reason for their pain?
All those emotions filled her head as she continued to run. She didn't even know why she ran, nor where did she find enough moisture to continue crying for such a long time, but she just felt like she needed to run. This mist had to end somewhere and since she couldn't even feel her body, there was no reason to stay in one place.
But the everlasting mist proved to be unending and She was already close to losing all hope.
She sat on the ground with her face in her hands, streams of tears falling down her face, only for something to finally change.
She felt a breeze, not something you would usually pay attention to, but she couldn't remember the last time when she actually felt anything. Was it back then? Before she got stuck here and the poison was speeding through her veins. How long was it now? A few days? A few Months? Years? She couldn't tell. But one thing was for certain. She needed to follow this breeze if only to finally feel something other that despair.
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She didn't know why but she was not crying anymore. As she followed the breeze a weird calmness spread inside of her. It felt...nice. As if whatever or whoever caused this breeze was a good and caring person.
Then she felt a second breeze. It intertwined with the first one but it felt like a playful child. She didn't understand what she was feeling but she took solace in those emotions, so different from all her pain and despair over what happened. She felt as the breezes slowly strengthened. The childish feeling breeze becoming more mature but just as close to the first one as it was in the beginning, or even becoming closer. It was weird and she couldn't comprehend it but for the first time...she smiled. He wanted to reach out to the Breeze but it was not possible, so she continued to follow it, hoping to one day meet with the source.
One time, She felt something new. Something that made her remember her bad memories. but then it met with the first breeze and disappeared! She was so surprised that she stopped in her tracks only to realize that the mist appeared just a tad bit brighter than it was before. Why? What was this feeling?
she continued running, only to feel the breeze meet another one of those bad feelings. She expected the Bad feeling to disappear again but instead it became al why weaker before...it changed into another breeze! This one much weaker than the other two, but it was another breeze nonetheless.
She was really mystified by her situation, realizing that she was contemplating the relations of breezes and emotions but what could she do if there was nothing else to do here?
Time passed as she observed the mist in front of her. She long ago realized that it was very slowly brightening but a while ago something changed. The speed of the brightening suddenly increased by a great margin and the breezes felt much closer.
She felt that if she just tried, she would be able to grasp them but she wasn't able to do so.
She knew that this Nightmare was not normal. For one, she could tell that it was a dream but it didn't change anything nor did it let her wake up from it. She knew that her perception was slowed down. She felt as if her mind was sluggish and any deep thinking was an impossibility. She decided to sit here and wait. The changes that happened lately were the most that ever happened in those few previous years.
She continued to stare into the Abyss and only a single word escaped her lips. The first word she had spoken in a very long time.
"Help..."
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"...Help..."
Konrad woke up with a start and looked at Octavia that lied on his lap peacefully. She turned towards him and asked.
*What happened Daddy?*
"I I-Dont know. Did you say something to me when I was sleeping?" He asked trying to remember what he was dreaming about but he couldn't put his finger on it.
*No. I woke up when you suddenly sat up. Did you have a nightmare Daddy?* She asked now with s caring voice, before snuggling into his chest.
He caressed her slime before replying.
"Maybe. I don't remember... Whatever, let's go back to sleep. It's still early and we are going to start digging up the unknown treasure that the Compass Of Random Journey pointed us to, so we need all the energy we can get. Goodnight Tavy. Sorry for waking you up " He said before lying back into the bed.
Octavia transformed into her cat form and snuggled into him from the side, so he embraced her and they both fell back asleep.
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He looked into the void and watched the ever expanding darkness grow with every single day.
"Soon..." He hissed.
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Konrad and Octavia flew with the Compass guiding them to the exact location of whatever it indicated. He decided to leave the Broken Sword matter for later as he was too much curious about the Location indicated by the Compass.His Patience was already running out.So that's why they were now hovering above the right location in the desert where the needle pointed vertically down. It was time for an Adventure, but first, they had to dig whatever it was up!
"Honestly... If we did all this only to find some buried dinosaur bones then I'm going to flip" Konrad muttered and Octavia snorted.
*Really Daddy... There's nothing reason for you to flip. We're not going to move the base just because there's nothing interesting here. And this place is perfect for our Secret Kingdom anyway so what is there to complain about?* Said Octavia trying not to snicker.
A smile appeared on Konrad's face.
"A secret Kingdom? We don't even have people other than us two living there." He replied.
*How so? We have you as the king. Me as a princess. and a former Pharaoh as our citizen. Whatever more do we need?* She said with amusement.
"Hahaha! I don't think an undead counts as a citizen Tavy. And he would be more of a prisoner if anything, haha." He laughed and the duo continued to joke for a while before turning back to the work at hand. They needed to make an entire mineshaft and he was trying to figure out how to go around doing it, before an idea struck him.
"Octavia! How much Magic metals have you assimilated into your capacity already?"He asked her, an idea already forming in his mind.
*I'm not sure...can't you just use observe on me?* She asked and Konrad admitted that he should have just done that from the start.
"Ok, let me see." He said and used his skill to check Octavia's Status.
[• Octavia •]
| Race - Ancient Assimilation Slime Queen/Mutated
| Bloodline - Royal/Ancient Assimilation Slime
| Rarity - S
| Rank - S+
| Class - Familiar
| Owner - Konrad Caster
| Status - Healthy
| Mana ~ 1760/1760 MP
| Mana Regeneration -176/min
| Assimilation
- Iron [327/123kg] ±
- Copper [135/97kg] ±
- Aluminium [121/87kg]±
- Titanium [69/69kg]±
- Gold [50/50kg]
- Silver [65/65kg]
- Orichalcum [150/150kg] ±
- Mithrill [120/120kg] ±
- Adamantite [60/60kg] ±
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| Stats:
Body Control - 135 (35 + 100)
Intelligence - 19
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| Abilities:
- True Transformation {Mutation}:
• Hawk Form
• Cat Form
• Dolphin Form - 27%
- Corrosiveness Control
- Assimilation
- Alloy manipulation
- Royal Slime
- Elemental Regeneration {Mutation}
- Metal Forming
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| Description: Octavia is a Slime familiar of Konrad Caster.
As a slime, It is a Creature born from the accumulation of Mana, often categorized as a monster species. It's usually considered the weakest of the magical species, but the presence of two powerful bloodlines and her birth through strong blood and magic, gives Octavia a very high potential and improved intelligence from a young age.
While performing her blood awakening, Octavia came in contact with a heavily regenerative concoction, leading to a positive mutation, that further increased her strength. Upon absorbing a special object, a further mutation caused Octavia to awaken the highest form of her Transformation ability.
Slimes are considered the cleaners of the environment. Thanks to their controllably corrosive bodies, they can digest most existing substances and are often attracted by garbage due to its varied, biological composition.
Through trial and training, Octavia reached the Strength of an S rank. The Assimilation of a considerable amount of powerful materials and her greatly improved movement ability allows Octavia to resist practically all the physical attacks while also having a great magical resistance. Using the materials as a weapon gives her also a strong fighting force.
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Konrad opened his eyes wide and looked at Octavia in shock.
"Octavia! When did you assimilate all of this?" He exclaimed in surprise seeing the numbers of her assimilations many times greater than the last time her saw them.
*Ohh...um...after using that Skill Orb, I found out that it became much easier to assimilate the metals I digested. I got so invested absorbing everything you brought me that i completely forgot about telling you hihi...* She laughed awkwardly yet with a little bit of proudness.
Konrad smiled and said- "Well, in that case, it should be easy for you to make a formation if i tell you the details, right? It would be similar to the pillars in the array that hides our base, but it would be much smaller. I actually think that with how much Metal you can now regenerate we should think about exchanging the old blood based Formations to magical metal ones when we get back, what do you think?" Konrad proposed.
Octavia nodded and replied.
*It's alright. I can make the formation if you explain it to me and i also think that now it shouldn't be much of a problem to upgrade the pillars. I'm happy to be of use to you Daddy!* She proclaimed happily and Konrad smiled.
"Thanks Tavy. Alright so here's how it's supposed to look like..."
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Current Status
[• Konrad Caster •]
| Race - Human
| Class - Magic Swordsman
| Status - Healthy
| Mana ~ 3069/3069MP
| Mana Regeneration ~614/min (4x5%/min)
| Blood Capacity - 6500/6500ml
| Blood Replenishment ~ 1000ml/day (500ml/4daysx8)
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| Stats:
Strength - 40
Perception - 40
Agility - 36
Intelligence - 34
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| Skills:
- Language Comprehension:
- [@π&¥@&€#∆££#&∆¶$
- Language Of Birds
- Health Regeneration: x8
- Mana Regeneration: x4
- Lesser Mana Affinity
- Space Storage: 24 m^2
- Observe: Basic
- Status Deterioration Block
- Mana Sprint
- Dragon Skin Technique (Stage - 3 • Spiritual Connection Stage) - 2%
- Ambidexterity
- Lesser Fire Resistance
- Lesser Frost Resistance
- Medium Chaos Resistance
- Poison Immunity
- Shock Immunity
- Blink Affinity
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| Equipment
- Ring of Arcana (200/200)
- Bracelet of Hecate (2000/2000)
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| Soul Bonded Artifacts:
- Cooking Grimoire
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| Familiars:
- Octavia [ Slime ]
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| Description:
Konrad is a...
.
.
.
...Hard.
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//Konrad's inventory list//
- Food!
- Water/Drinkables!
- Enchanted Orichalcum Broadsword
- Steel Broadsword
- Steel Gauntlets
- Steel Armour
- Compass Of Random Journey
- Map Of Revealment
- Medium Health Potion
- Floating Ice Prison formation
- Teleportation Formation (->Greece)
- Teleportation Formation (->Gacha Space)
- Teleportation Formation (-> School)
- Teleportation Formation (-> Caster Palace)
- Teleportation Formation (-> Giza)
- Smartphone
- few changes of clothes
- Konrad's favourite knife
- Konrad's personal Grimoire:
- Fire magic
- Light magic
- Wind magic
- Mind magic
-Water magic
- Gravity magic
- Space Magic
-Combination magic
- notepad for quick observations.
- • Fey Language Dictionary •
- bunch of different trinkets he thought might come in handy someday...
- Spelunking equipment
- Diving equipment
- Hiking equipment
- Climbing equipment
- Prize orbs:
[} User targeted Summoning (Another World Hero) {]
[} Common Gemstone Draw {] x6
[} Rare Gemstone Draw {] x2
[} Lesser Mana Potion +5 {] x17
[} Medium Mana Potion +50 {] x3
[} Lesser Health Potion {] x20
[} Medium Health Potion {] x5
[} Great Health Potion {]
[} Chosen Language Comprehension {]
[} Pure Iron Dagger {]
[}Mana Capacity +1{] x15
[} Mana Capacity +10 {] x3
[} Steel Gauntlets {] x2
[} Pure Iron Broadsword {]
[} Medium Health Potion {] x2
[} Steel Helmet {] x2
[} Steel Armour {] x2
[} Steel Boots {]
[} Steel Shield {]
[} Basic Weapon Manual (User adapted) {]
[} Broken Sword {]
[} Ambidexterity {]
[} Lesser Frost Resistance {]
[} Observe {]