My Head Is About To Explode

DarkestBone who had been waiting patiently outside of the magic shop was standing against the wall, resting his head.

He couldn't help but to feel excited, everyone told him that the necromancer role was a trash class and that he should delete his account, and he almost believed it himself.

But after finding out that one of the top rankers: "Insane" played as a necromancer he once more got his hopes up, and that guy had promised to teach him a few things!

'Damn, i'm kinda nervous' DarkestBone thought as he took a deep breath.

That's when the door opened up under the colourful sign that led into the magic shop.

Kaito calmly looked around and spotted DarkestBone standing by the wall with his eyes closed, breathing slowly.

"You ready?" Kaito asked

DarkestBone quickly opened his eyes and looked around him only to be met by the calm glance of Kaito looking at him.

"Y-Yeah! of course! i mean, yes! sure thing boss!" he stuttered as a reply

Kaito gently shook his head, but a slight smile was left on his face.

He started walking over the town square and DarkestBone quickly followed suit.

As the two players walked through the crowd of players DarkestBone heard whispers around them-

"Isn't that the top ranker?" one player whispered

"that's him, right? who's that with him?" another player said to his party

the whispers followed them and DarkestBone looked at Kaito's back and gulped.

Kaito on the other hand didn't really hear the whispers, he was focusing on his next move, he wanted to get back into the woods to try out his new spells, but first he wanted to help DarkestBone, he understood that i'd be beneficial to have a helper.

DarkestBone shook his head slightly to rid himself of his nervousness and piped up-

"So are we going to fight stuff? or will you tell me some secret spell that makes the skeletons stronger?"

Kaito looked back at DarkestBone and shook his head, he smiled and replied-

"You'll see"

DarkestBone nodded and continued walking, but not for longer before they reached a shop that Kaito quickly entered.

"Should i wait outside again?" DarkestBone asked

While pushing the door open Kaito replied without replying-

"No, this time you come with me"

DarkestBone looked up at the sign which read "The Marksman" before entering, a confused expression could be seen on his face but he continued to follow Kaito.

"You're back quickly laddie! sadly i'm not done tanning the pelts just yet!" A thunderous voice echoed as DarkestBone saw a huge burly man speak up, sitting behind the shops desk.

"Oh, i'm here to spend some time in the backyard" Kaito answered

DarkestBone's eyes now moved over to had just spoken; the player "Insane".

"Oh, sure thing laddie, anytime, good luck" Baldrum happily answered

Kaito nodded appreciatively and continued walking through the shop and DarkestBone followed after.

"Is he with you?" once more Baldrums deep voice sounded as he looked at DarkestBone

Kaito looked at the player behind him and replied-

"yeah, he's with me"

Baldrums nodded and calmly replied-

"Alrighty"

DarkestBone was feeling real nervous now, This big burly man felt like a bouncer for a club. 'Where are we going? To some secret magical room perhaps?'

As DarkestBone's mind was wandering Kaito walked through the backrooms and opened up the door leading to the backyard.

Once DarkestBone stepped onto the grass-filled backyard Kaito closed the door behind them and looked at DarkestBone.

"Right, show me your summon" Kaito calmly said

DarkestBone felt nervous but steeled himself, this was his chance after all-

"Sure thing" He replied as he stretched out his hand and a gentle purple mist swirled around his hand

Bones started to appear and were put together, creating a skeletal creature with human features.

〚DarkestBone's Undead Lvl.1 HP: 40/40〛

Kaito looked at the Skeleton, it was mindlessly standing at the spot from where it appeared.

Kaito's eyes moved over to DarkestBone who looked back at him with eyes filled with excitement, he then once more looked at the skeleton that was standing completely still.

"It's like my skeletons can't do anything else than to fight with their fists, like there's no tactics at all, i don't really know how you do it, maybe there's a magic word i can use or something?" DarkestBone looked at Kaito with anticipation

Kaito looked back at DarkestBone and muttered-

"Yeah, i'll try to help you, i can see that your skeleton doesn't share your emotions"

DarkestBone was taken aback-

"Emotions? what do you mean by emotions?"

Kaito could see a confused expression on DarkestBone's face, so he reached out his hand and let rapid purple energy swirl around and engulf his whole arm as he summoned his skeleton.

〈Ability: Raise undead used! Mana: 115 > 90〉

Creaking could be heard as shards were put together and a skeleton was formed before Kaito, Standing next to DarkestBone's skeleton one could see that Kaito's summon was a head taller and was overall bigger.

〚Insane's Undead Lvl.3 HP: 120/120〛

DarkestBone was impressed, but it didn't stop there.

Almost instantly, Kaito' skeleton began to walk around DarkestBone, clasping it's chin as if it was thinking.

"How do you make it move like that?!" DarkestBone piped up

Kaito smiled and replied-

"I'm not"

Kaito was met by a shocked and very confused expression from DarkestBone, so he continued-

"My summons reflect part of my emotions, we have a bond you could say"

DarkestBone was still utterly confused, not knowing what to say

Kaito could see his expression so he kept talking-

"I give them access to my mind, and in return they give me access to theirs"

The skeleton that had been walking around DarkestBone suddenly stopped and took three steps back before bending down and swiftly jumping up, making a back-flip followed by a perfect landing and finishing by taking a deep bow.

"That's incredible" DarkestBone muttered, still awestruck

He turned his head and looked at Kaito who had just sat down in the grass

"Please teach me!, how do i do that?" DarkestBone's voice was filled with excitement

Kaito motioned for him to sit beside him in the grass, and DarkestBone sat down.

"I can only tell you how i did it, but finding the link is up to you" Kaito said

DarkestBone determinedly replied-

"I'll do my best!"

Kaito smiled and continued-

"you will need to perfectly imagine in your head what you want your skeleton to do, almost as if you are doing it yourself"

Kaito looked at DarkestBone who was looking back at him, he continued-

"you will also need to think of some sort of memory that help you connect to your summon"

Kaito felt a bit unsure and quickly added-

"that's at least how i think i did it, not entirely sure if that's needed, and it might help to have your eyes closed"

DarkestBone nodded and let out a deep sigh and closed his eyes.

Kaito laid down in the grass and looked up at the sun, he used one of his hands to reach up into the sky and put the palm in front of him to shield him from the sun and give him shadow.

That's when a bigger shadow entered his field of view as his skeleton stood over him, completely blocking the sun.

Kaito smiled and closed his eyes.

'It's up to you now DarkestBone' he thought while he started meditating.

The slightly muted sound of the bustling town square could be heard and faint bird chirping were accompanying the creaks of the trees that moved in soft breezes.

〈Mana full!〉

Kaito opened his eyes and looked over at DarkestBone who was still sitting still with his eyes closed, it had been a couple of minutes.

'Maybe only a few can do it' Kaito thought

But just when he had that thought he could see that DarkestBone's skeleton slowly walking over to where his master was sitting, the skeleton sat down beside it's master on it's knees before doing something strange-,

DarkestBone's skeleton held one of it's arms high in the air before rapidly striking the ground in front of it.

'Why is it striking the ground?' Kaito looked over at the skeleton and then he looked at his own skeleton that was shrugging it's shoulders.

His eyes then moved over to DarkestBone, beads of sweat were running down his forehead and he clenched his jaw, he seemed to be in pain.

The sounds of the bumps from the skeleton hitting the ground were rhythmically echoing in the background.

Kaito opened his mouth-

"Keep pushing, find that connection"

DarkestBone heard the words and continued trying to find the link, through clenched teeth he muttered-

"I feel like my head is about to explode"

Then suddenly, the pained expression of DarkestBone disappeared as he breathed out a sigh of relief.

"he's dead" he quietly whispered

He looked at Kaito with excitement in his eyes-

"I think i did it! i unlocked "The Link", that means i did it, right?!"

Kaito heard the soft whisper and wasn't really sure what to think but he didn't let this concern be shown-

He smiled back at him-

"Yep, that's right" Kaito answered

DarkestBone stood up and looked at his own skeleton, he tried to control his summon to walk up to him , and it did just.

But as the skeleton moved DarkestBone felt a slight pain in his head, like a headache.

"Oh, it hurts a little to control the skeleton" he muttered

Kaito was surprised and quickly asked -

"Oh, really?"

Kaito himself had felt a small strain when he controlled all three skeletons but it was barely noticeable.

He pondered and quickly added-

"Maybe it's from before, when you were trying to find the connection"

DarkestBone smiled -

"yeah, that's probably it, thank you so much for showing me this! is it okay if i stay here and try to get used to controlling my skeleton?"

Kaito nodded-

"Sure, i'll tell Baldrum you're in here, i'm sure he'll be fine with it"

As Kaito was about to leave the backyard he turned around once more and looked at DarkestBone before saying-

"What memory were you thinking about by the way?"

DarkestBone looked up as his eyes moved around in a disarray for only a moment before replying-

"Oh, i thought about how me and my old dad used to built furniture in his workshop, i always wanted to be on hammer duty, that must've been what the skeleton did, hammering away."

DarkestBone scratched his head and smiled, a bit embarrassed as he looked at Kaito

Kaito smiled back at him, but he wasn't fooled by this explaination;

He was smiling on the outside, sure. But on the inside another thought was gnawing at his mind-

'The way his skeleton held it's fist wasn't to hold a hammer, it was to hold a knife"

Kaito shook his head and looked up once more.

He saw that DarkestBone had already started to focus on controlling his summon, so he quickly dismissed his own skeleton and opened the door and walked back to Baldrum.

"The guy i came with is trying to figure some stuff out, is it okay if he stays in backyard for a little while?"

Baldrum gave Kaito a gentle smile as he replied-

"A friend of yours is a friend of mine, you going back into the woods?"

Kaito had already reached the door and waved his hand behind him as he replied-

"Yeah!, wish me good luck!"

Kaito closed the door behind him and started heading to the south gate.

He moved forward with haste, he had two goals in mind;

To try out his new spells.

And to drive the wolfs to the brink of extinction.

He felt excited, this time he wouldn't come out of the forest before trying his luck at that dungeon.