Sinister Plots

As Stella got closer to Loki's office she got more and more anxious about telling Loki about her findings. As she entered the room Loki turned towards her and ran at her.

"What the hell happened to you!"Loki yelled

"What do you mean? I was in the dungeon although I did find something."Stella replied wondering what she was talking about

"You disappeared entirely for a while, what happened to you! I almost thought you died."Loki said

"No, I haven't died yet, but it might be because of the portal I found."Stella said

"Portal? There shouldn't be a portal in the dungeon is that why I couldn't feel your falna?"Loki asked

"Probably and with you being unable to sense me that confirms that it is another dimension and not just another place."Stella said

"Back when I told you about that new section of the dungeon, I went back with more gear later on and when I got to the end of the pathway I found a broken portal. I might have fixed it out of curiosity and had to fight a monster that ended up dragging me through the portal."Stella explained

Loki stood there with her mouth wide open, this time she actually didn't believe what Stella had said, it just sounded too outlandish; a portal in the dungeon, and she repaired it! She shouldn't believe it, but with the fact that Loki couldn't sense Stella, she just had to believe it.

"What were you thinking! Do you have any idea how bad of an idea that was!"Loki

"Oh I'm sure it was a bad idea, but I didn't really think that all it took was some flint and steel to light a portal, color me surprised when it worked. I did however secure the portal site with some golems on both sides, so at least it is defended for now. I secured the inside but I need better heat protection for an actual expedition."Stella explained

"No you are not going back into that portal, you are to stay out of the dungeon till the others get back."Loki firmly stated

"What! That is unfair! Nobody got hurt and I found a possible treasure trove of loot!"Stella exclaimed

"I'm serious you are not going back in, treasure or not opening a portal could cause all sorts of problems!"Loki was very firm on her position

"Fine, at least update my status then."Stella said

"I can do that, but remember no dungeon!"Loki said

Level: 1 > 2

Strength: 0 I

Endurance: 0 I

Dexterity: 0 I

Agility: 0 I

Magic: 0 I

Warp: I

(Increases chances of Ephiny's and causes warp events to happen.)

Magic: N/A

Skills:

Natural Thaumaturge: You are a natural-born thaumaturge! Understanding and learning thaumaturgy is much easier for you.

Discernment: You have a keen eye! You can more easily find out the properties of an object.

Curse of Taint: You are despised by the taint! Your stats are capped at certain amounts because of the taint using the taint will release this limit and multiply your stats. You will have insights into magic more commonly, and all magic is extremely chaotic. (Chaotic magic causes the user to use more vis while casting but increases the output drastically.)

Curse of Primordia: Cursed by magic! You are incapable of using mana this includes being used to fuel spells, your spells have increased output by a large amount.

Taint-Ward: The taint inside you doesn't like outside elements invading your body! Outside forces have a harder time affecting your body, charm, poison, or disease resistance can be built up. Charm: S Poison: I Disease: D

POV Change

Turns out that the fight with the enderman pushed me to level 2 though I didn't get to choose my development ability nor did I even choose if I wanted to level up, Loki didn't know why I was forcibly leveled or why I didn't get to choose my development ability, but I assumed it was because of the taint.

Now that it had meddled with the development of my status I needed to get it entirely under my control, luckily the enderpearl might be the key to fixing that.

Loki had banned me once again from entering the dungeon, and personally, it ticked me off that she was limiting me this much so while she was updating my status I stole a drop of blood to see if I could circumvent the whole status thing entirely.

I made it back to my lab and saw that someone had entered without my permission. Just my luck I nearly die, piss my goddess off and now someone tries to steal from me, god today is just not my day.

As I entered I saw Freya and Ottar sitting at one of the tables I had laid out, ignoring them for a second while I properly stored the blood I had stolen.

"You should know that I'm not in the best of moods today, not the greatest time to break and enter." I said

"There was no break and entering, I just let myself in cant I visit you?"Freya said

"Entering without my permission is definitely illegal, where the hell are my golems?"I asked getting increasingly angrier

"Oh, those ugly things they tried to attack Ottar so I had him remove them."Freya stated

I was livid, my hard work in crafting each and every one of those golems, all gone BECAUSE THEY BROKE IN. I calmed myself, I couldn't snap here Ottar was far too strong to contend with not now at least.

"So now the crimes are breaking and entering AND destruction of property, if you would please leave that would be fantastic!"I said

"Now now, I'm sure I can make it up to you somehow."Freya said as I watched her eyes glow again

I thought about it, my charm resistance was S rank and she is known to charm people, so she was likely trying to charm me.

"Hehehe, funnily enough, you CAN make it up to me."I said as I pulled a syringe out of one of my drawers

I watched as Ottar drew his weapon, and I raised my arms to show that I meant no harm.

"I just want a little bit of blood, preferably from both of you not just Freya."I said

"Why would you need my blood?"Freya asked I could see the curiosity in her eyes

"I have heard that the blood of the gods has an adverse effect on potions, and as a thaumaturge, I do dabble in alchemy, I wanted to see if that was true." I wasn't exactly lying, I know that gods blood would have an effect on alchemy, but I wasn't going to use it for that purpose.

"What about Ottars blood then?"She asked

"Well as the only level 7 I'm sure there might be secrets hidden within his blood." I said that was a complete lie I didn't actually want Ottars blood, but it could come in handy later on.

"Hmm I can do that but you will owe me a favor."Freya said I could see that she didn't believe that second explanation

"Deal"I answered

I smiled, and gathered a little blood from both of them, the favor was going to bite me in the ass later on but this blood would be helpful later down the line.

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Word Count: 1237

It ramps up from here! At the start of me writing this, I didn't know whether Stella would be evil or good, but I think that a more unethical approach is better. Now that Stella is level 2 the warp has finally set in! For those that don't know the warp makes you see things and causes other nasty side effects, upside is that ideas for thaumaturgy often come much more commonly, along with some other research. Suggestions and power stones are always welcomed!