Looking around everything is as he remembers it. He even feels a little stronger like he leveled up. Confused and extremely concerned Helo looks at his body patting himself all over before looking at his left hand.
Holding his hand in front of his face he looks at it in awe like it is an apple from the tree of knowledge. Then his face turns to horror as he turns his hand over. Like turning that apple and seeing the bite that your wife took out of the fruit, damning all of mankind.
“How can I move you!” Helo yells at his own hand. “You are not attached to my body!” Looking down he can see that is arm is in fact attached to his body. Using his right hand he swats at his bicep to verify. “Okay. Um are you new?” Looking around Helo can’t see a dismembered limb. “What the FUCK happened?”
Opening his notifications and hoping to see some kind of answer Helo is disappointed to find only more questions. “Well at least it is a clue.”
You have shown sufficient skill with a dagger to gain the ‘Dagger Mastery’ skill at the peak common tier.
This skill includes precision strikes, throwing, parrying, bleeding and crippling.
You have gained experience.
For killing a tier 1 at tier 0 without a safety net you gain extra experience.
For killing a tier 1 at tier 0 you gain extra experience.
For completely clearing the tutorial dungeon solo you gain extra experience.
X4 for each pack member.
Class: N/A Level: 6 (44,470/64,000)
You have gained experience.
For killing a tier 1 at tier 0 without a safety net you gain extra experience.
Due to your title ‘Forest Predator’ your experience is quadrupled.
For killing a tier 1 at tier 0 you gain extra experience.
For completely clearing the tutorial dungeon solo you gain extra experience.
Class: N/A Level: 7 (28,760/128,000)
Through the strength of your will and body you have prevailed. +1 to Str, Agl, Dex, Per, and End. +2 to Will and Vitality
You have gained a level bringing your level up to 7. You have gained one free attribute point due to raising your level. You have gained +1 to Vit, Will, Per and Agl. Due to your race being Vampire?
You have killed 4/4 alphas. Your rewards will increase.
You Title ‘Forest Predator’ has upgraded to ‘Forest Alpha(rare/high)’.
Go to the exit of the tutorial to claim your reward.
Name: Hellesion’Kai’Vital’Spiratam
Tier: 0
Bloodline: Tier 2 Vampire?
Title: Forest Alpha: Increased Awareness when in nature while in a dungeon. Gain x4 to experience when killing an alpha and its commanders in a forest type dungeon.
Age: 14
Class: N/A
- Level: 7 (28,760/128,000)
- Aura:
Secondary Class or Profession: N/A
- Level: N/A (N/A)
- Aura:
Stats: 130
- Strength: 10
- Agility: 16
- Dexterity: 12
- Perception: 24
- Vitality: 26
- Endurance: 9
- Intelligence: 8
- Willpower: 25
Racial Skill: 5
- Greatly Enhanced Perception (Instincts) (Rare)
- Greatly Enhanced Natural Energy (Mental/Physical) (Rare)
- Regeneration (???)
- Major Vitality Siphon? (???)
- Dark Curse (???)
Class Skills: N/A
Skills: 3
- Identify (Basic)
- Natural Meditation (Uncommon)
- Dagger Mastry (Common)
“So, I gained a level, and additional nine stats, and dagger mastery. Huh, I wonder how long dagger mastery as been waiting for me to trade blows with an opponent.” With a huff Helo gets off the ground and searches for his daggers. One is lodged into the temple of the alpha while the other is covered in blood and in the dirt. Washing them off in a nearby stream Helo sits in the water up to his neck and meditates. Watching his energy flow Helo can’t help but be drawn in. His increase in Vitality and Will is shown through the strength of the energy that is fueling his bloodline. His increased perception is helping him navigate the swirls and currents of energy to watch how it all works together.
Getting lost in his meditation Helo wakes up a few hours later feeling oddly refreshed. Getting up he heads toward the exit while pondering how he is still alive. If he even still alive? Are vampires even alive? Did he actually die? Now that he died does sunlight harm him?
Shaking his head after getting lost in his thoughts Helo says the phrase he has been saying a lot. “Well, I’ll just look into it when I am out of this dungeon. I think I have like three days and some change left.”
A few hours earlier…
As Helo’s unconscious body fell forward his torn off arm and stump aligned enough that they were touching. Then as he was sleeping a phenomenon that has happened before but Helo has no conscious knowledge or control over happened.
As the vitality left the dead alpha all the vitality flowing out of it seeped into the unconscious teenager. This vitality flowed over his wounds and even onto the stump of his cut off arm. Mending him and reattaching his appendage.
Getting to the torches at the end of the tutorial Helo sees the bag that he forgot about. Between the two torches is a path that leads up to a swirling energy portal that Helo entered the dungeon from. Right before the portal is a pedestal that holds a crystal similar to the one that gave him his interface.
Walking up Helo walks around the crystal and looks at the portal. Not seeing anything suspicious he is about the reach out and touch the crystal but he stops. Only for his to sniff the crystal and nod his head. Touching the orb he receives a notification.
Dungeon Rewards are dispensing.
For completing the tutorial solo, your rewards increase greatly.
For completed the tutorial on hard, your rewards increase greatly.
For defeating all four alphas, your rewards will increase greatly.
You have a choice.
- You can claim only physical loot.
- You can sacrifice some of your loot to upgrade your title ‘Forest Alpha’.
Choose now.
Thinking about how great his knives are Helo kind of wants to choose option one. But the power of that title is incredible. If it wasn’t for the modifier he would have had to kill thousands of creatures to even gain one level. Plus, it doubles every time and from what he knows a lot of his training will be in dungeons. Also, the perception ability seems like it will help him develop his aura. When if you think about it. With him being unable to use mana. Aura and how his bloodline augments it really is all that he has.
Choosing option two Helo watches as two small chests appear in front of him. Opening his status he reads.
Name: Helo
Class: 7 (28,760/128,000)
Title: Nature’s Alpha (Epic)- This title augments your aura to be more connected to nature around you. Increases the efficiency of Vitality, Will, and Perception by 25%. Gain x4 to experience when killing an alpha and its pack in a nature themed type dungeon.
Stats: 130
- Str: 10
- Agl: 16
- Dex:12
- Per: 24 (+25%)
- Vit: 26 (+25%)
- End: 9
- Int: 8
- Will: 25 (+25%)
“Ahhhhhhhhhh, God that feels good. AWE, FUCK FUCK SHIT.” Helo yelled out before blacking out. The first was the increase efficacy he felt. It is like his states mean more. Each Per, Vit, and Will are now worth 1.25 stat points. This boosts his already insane energy to even higher.
Also, now his ability to see how his energy works and moves is boosted as well. The boost came from the natural aspects of Helo’s abilities. They don’t come from mana, but from his body’s ability to produce mental and physical energy.
The pain came from the title modifying his aura. Somone’s aura is a natural representation of who they are. It’s the expression of everything that they are wrapped around a concept and sent out into the world. Helo’s comes from his bloodline. It is something so natural for him that it awakened before he even knew what it was. This comes from his high natural energies the merge into a strong bloodline, perception and strong will. Making it possible for him to accidentally will these natural energies into reality. Then his high perception being able to see it.
So, to have an aura modified is to actually change as a person. This change will align his aura with nature. He already has a strong nature alignment that is boosted higher due to his lack of mana.
Waking up with a jolt Helo feels surprisingly well. Mentally looking over his body Helo can feel the changes in his Vitality and Will. The energies that flow from his body and mind have gone through a minor refinement. It is almost like he had a breakthrough in cultivation or partially tiered up. Pushing his aura out Helo can feel that it more naturally blends in with the world around him. It’s like the energies that flow through nature is masking Helo’s own aura. Playing around a bit he notices that he lost the previous title’s ability to feel through nature a short way. But this is better. Because this can be trained, it isn’t a stagnant skill like the last one. If he practices, he should be able to do the same thing except with his own aura and as far as he can reach.
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Getting out of his daze Helo steps toward the chest and opens the first one. Within the chest is a pair of black bracers. They will cover his arm from his wrist to his elbow. They are made from leather with a metal section that is about a fourth of the bracer, it is woven into the leather through small holes. This metal section has an outside slightly raised piece and an inside section. But the position of the metal looks like it is perfect for quick block if necessary. The inside of the leather is soft and lining his wrist on the outside for about two inches is silver wolf fur. Turning them over Helo can see that the metal section is concealing a sheathed throwing blade that is actually the inside piece. The metal section lines up with his pinky and the blade has a release point on his wrist. It is meant to be drawn with the opposite hand or stealthily in a sleeve.
Releasing the blade Helo is surprised by how dense it is. He can see that it has a small enchantment on the blade as well as one on the handle, it is giving off the same buzzing feeling within his aura that Bernard’s compound did. The handle is marked by insignia of a fang. One half of the insignia are whisps of smoke and the other, is a half of a golden sun. Splitting the two is a large fang.
Alpha Wolf Hide Bracers (Epic)
Bracers made from the final Alpha wolf. The blade is like a well-trained wolf. It always comes home.
Increased value and personalized due to reward modifiers.
- +10% efficiency to Agl and Dex.
- When attacking without a weapon you can materialize a representation of your own hand. This deals the same damage as your hand does and extends range. Requires and infusion of mental energy from the wearer.
- The metal on the bracer is enchanted for durability and distributing force. Drawing both mental and physical energy from the wearer.
- The leather has a sizing, cleaning and mending enchantment. This includes the metal and knife, if not too much damage is done at once. This draws physical energy from the wearer.
- The blade is made from a dense metal and its edges have a piercing enchantment. The handle is enchanted to teleport back to its sheath 5 seconds after being drawn. This requires an infusion of mental and physical energy from the wearer.
Astonished by the utility of the bracers and excited to try them out Helo quickly opens the next box. Holding up his new item Helo can’t help but be a little disappointed, in his hands is not what he expected.
Boxers of Infinite Regeneration (Epic)
Boxers materialized out of the cosmos itself.
Increased value and personalized due to reward modifiers.
- +10% efficiency to End, Vit, and Will.
- Extreme self-mend, cleaning and sizing enchantment. Draws physical energy from the wearer.
- Enchanted to keep your boys comfortable in all weather.
- Protection… just because you can regenerate doesn’t mean you want to. Draws mental energy from the wearer.
- Energy storage: 1,000 units of mental energy/1000 units of physical energy.
Staring at the boxers Helo couldn’t but be happy and a little annoyed. Obviously with the enchantments they will be helpful and the idea of not having to regenerate little Helo sounds great. But… why are they made with pink hearts all over. With a sigh he takes off his clothes and puts on the underwear. With a sigh he smiles. “I take it back. These are amazing. Its like my little me has been teleported into the clouds.”
Putting his torn pants back on Helo looks at the pink hearts of his boxers that are poking out from where his pants turn short shorts are. With a shrug and no longer caring because they are that amazing Helo sits down to rest. Putting on his bracers he must look really funny.
Slightly slitted red eyes, deep black hair with hints of red and handsome face with sharp features. He is an incredibly attractive guy. Shirtless you can see that he is toned and incredibly fit. But then all he is wearing is a belt with two blades in the back, ripped short shorts, a pair of boxers with hearts and silver fur lined bracers.
Testing out the enchantments Helo messes around with the unlocking mechanism and draws the throwing knife. Looking at it for a few seconds he is about to throw it at a nearby tree but as he pulls his hand back the blade disappears. Feeling an increase in weight on his wrist he sees the blade back in its spot. “Huh. Cool. But I didn’t get to throw it.” Pulling the blade back Helo quickly throws it and watches as it lands flat against the tree. “Well… okay.” Deciding to practice Helo waits for the blade to reappear.
Waiting the five seconds nothing happens. Then ten… twenty… Reading the description he realizes that he has to infuse it with energy. “Ohhh, okay so how does it work. Everything requires an infusion of energy. Well unless it automatically draws it. Which could be dangerous if it drains me dry.”
Picking up the blade Helo sits back down in a meditative stance. Distracted for a moment he wonders what happened to Ms. Accleas. With a shrug Helo focuses on his body. So, it requires both mental and physical energy. Looking deep he can see where the twisting gold and dark gray representation of his bloodline swirls within his heart. Diving deeper with his perception he sees how much larger amounts of energy are flowing into it from his body and mind. Tracing on of the lines back to his blood he sees how it flows through his body nourishing all of him. When it gets to his heart his bloodline soaks up vast quantities. Following his blood he looks at how all of his cells are producing energy. Deciding to focus on his blood he holds the blade in-between his hands and tries pulling on the energy.
Nothing happened. Focusing his will, he pulls as hard as he mentally can and he sees the flow waver before it goes back to normal. With a huge breath from the mental strain Helo decides just to watch. While watching he notices something interesting. In a weird representation of his veins. He can see feint whisps of his mental energy flowing through his body as well. Like a representation of his spiritual self. Focusing on his mind he sees the abundance to energy focused here. But the energy has its own flow. Its coming from somewhere and going somewhere as well. “Is that my soul….?” A dumbfounded Helo says. Watching longer he isn’t sure about what this means. Trying to pull on the energy he finds it easier to move that its physical counterpart. But he still can’t get it to move freely.
With a sigh he goes back to watching. Following the pathway of his blood and trying to find where the spiritual pathways are Helo gets lost in meditation.
Thirty minutes later Helo finds a pathway that isn’t normal. Following it he finds that it goes to his boxers. The tiniest amount is branching off. It isn’t disrupting the flow but creating tiny loops that let the enchantments draw in a little. It reminds Helo of how his bloodline draws out energy. So, the enchantments make a natural bath. Copying how the body naturally does it. Once I can control the energy more, I should try it.
Looking at the bracers Helo takes the knife in his hand and return it to the bracer. Using his aura to sense the energy on the other blade he is surprised by how much energy that one enchantment can hold. Finding the loops that corresponds with the bracers defensive enchantment using his unique aura ability to feel out enchantments Helo gets ready to manipulate it. Pulling on the loops of physical energy first Helo slowly draws it into a spiral pattern looping it to the knifes enchantment then back into the flow of his natural energy.
Holding it there takes surprisingly little energy to maintain. Doing the same with mental Helo watches as it slowly fills up. Thinking it would go quickly Helo is surprised by how much energy it takes. He is only trickle charging right now but the knife and bracer are taking up Helo’s entire regeneration and then some. He has expended about fifty percent of his total reserves and he only filled it a quarter way.
While waiting and holding the energy flow Helo wonders what happens when the defensive enchantments activate. Do the keep using the loop design or do they draw directly from his reserves. “I’ll have to watch it to get some good ideas in the future.” Watching how skills and enchantments manipulate aura and energy is a huge help.
After another two hours Helo is finally filled back up. But him and the blade are ready to go. Once the blade was filled Helo also created a circuit for his boxer’s energy reserves. Watching how it filled up he learned that with 22 Will he has about 220 units of energy. Vitality is similar. So, the boxers can hold more than four times as much energy as he has in both types of energy.
He only has the boxers filling up about one energy unit per minute. This won’t affect him much he found out that when he is naturally regenerating, he gets a fourth as many units as he does stats per minute. His stealth technique at max power draws about 50 units that per minute and his knife trick draws about ten per attack. Refilling the blade cost him about 500 units. Taking one last looks at his status Helo gets ready.
Name: Helo
Class: 7 (28,760/128,000)
Title: Nature’s Alpha (Epic)- This title augments your aura to be more connected to nature around you. Increases the efficiency of Vitality, Will, and Perception by 25%. Gain x4 to experience when killing an alpha and its pack in a nature themed type dungeon.
Gear: Alpha Wolf Hide(Epic), Boxers of Infinite Regeneration(Epic)
Stats: 130
- Str: 10
- Agl: 16 (+10%)
- Dex:12 (+10%)
- Per: 24 (+25%)
- Vit: 26 (+35%)
- End: 9 (+10%)
- Int: 8
- Will: 25 (+35%)
With a smirk Helo finally gets up and heads toward the portal. Taking a breath and stepping into it he is surprised by the fact that he is pretty much where he started four days ago. A rocky tunnel with soft lighting from bioluminescent moss.
“Bing”
Welcome to the Brightmoon Dungeon!
You have entered the dungeon proper. There are no more difficulty setting but this dungeon is rated above average. Due to this rating the average level will be at or a little above the level of the dungeon you are on. Right now, you are on dungeon level 11. Every 10 levels is a mini-boss and boss fights are before the next tier.
Goodluck.
Slowly spreading out his aura Helo is surprised by what he feels. He can only sense up to ten meters away. But the enemy he senses is what he would rank as tier 1 low class. Stopping to think he realizes that he has no idea about the difficulty level meaning but a hard tutorial is definitely way worse than above average.
He has already fought a low uncommon ranker enemy. Which is probably the strength of the dungeon mini-boss. With a shrug Helo jogs forward with his stealth active only stopping his sounds. Seeing the first enemy Helo smirks at the large rat. Pulling out a blade he dodges its most basic attack. Fighting them so often he knows their patterns. Ducking the tail, he slams his blade into its head.
It was a little larger, a little faster, hit a little harder and had a bit more endurance. With a shrug Helo puls up his notifications Helo looks at his gains.
You have gained experience.
For killing a tier 1 at tier 0 without a safety net you gain extra experience.
For killing a tier 1 at tier 0 you gain extra experience.
Class: N/A Level: 7(29,160/128,000)
“So, for a basic monster at tier 1 without a pack I get about 100 base experiences. Then the multipliers. So, 400 in total. I wonder how large this floor is. The tenth floor was massive.” With a shrug Helo takes off down the hall for him to reach the next level Helo need about 250 enemies on this floor. The only enemies who will give him a massive boost are boss variants and pack members.
Running through the floor Helo has is aura about and his bloodline humming. Deciding to practice on this floor. With his aura and with his knives. Helo senses the first monster about 9 meters before it sensed him. This is good progress the underground cavern counts as a nature attuned location but its lack of flora and fauna stop him from masking his presence in their life energy.
Running through he sends a knife at the spider on the wall. The blade strikes true but Helo keeps running. Three seconds later the blade is inside of its sheath on his arm. He does stop for a moment to focus. Heading inward he finds the defensive enchantment and reroutes it to his knife. Setting the draw at about two units per minute which is a little under half his totally regeneration it will still take him a few hours to fill it back up. With a resigned sigh Helo gets back to running. Hopefully he finds a nice balance of energy consumption and usage. While gaining a fourth of his stat value as units per minute he gains about 6 units a minute. One is going to his boxers and two is going to the throwing knife. This leaves a little over 3 for his own regen. He has a storage of 260 units and draws about ten per attack with his knives. Which he hasn’t had to use yet. He draws about 5 per minute from blocking only his sound. Which means he has a little over two hours before his mental reserves run dry.
With a shrug and proud of himself for doing all that math based on his boxer’s storage ability Helo keeps on zooming. There are rats, spiders, slimes, and even wolves as he runs through the caverns. After about 110 minutes he back tracks a bit and sits down to meditate. He killed about one creature every minute showing how massive this floor it. Sitting down Helo looks at his meditation skill.
Natural Meditation (Uncommon): This skill is focus-based and increases the regeneration of one’s natural resources. This includes bloodline energy, mental energy and physical energy. (x4)
With a pool of 260 units of vitality and gaining 6.5 per minute it will take 40 minutes to regen his pool. But with the ‘Natural Meditation’ he can shorten that to 10 minutes. Taking into account he is siphoning off energy into his knife and boxers that time is doubled.
Class: N/A Level: 7(73,960/128,000)
Repeating this process Helo notices that he is doing better with his aura most monsters don’t see him until they are about 6 meters away. Focusing on his precision and speed Helo goes as fast as he can. Moving as little as possible and striking as swiftly as his body is able to. Dodging under a rat tail he piercing its temple and run on. Weaving in a spider web he ducks under its jump and splits it in two. The process repeats itself over and over until he finally gets to the exit. This level was a maze of tunnels that crossed over one another.
Checking his energy pool, he assumes it has been about one hour. Sitting down to regen Helo contemplates back tracking. He is on a timer but this floor was easy. Plus, free loot. He still has a little over three days and if this floor is reminiscent of how this is going to do Helo should be okay.
Class: N/A Level: 7(96,360/128,000)
This time deciding to practice with his knives Helo pulls both out. Wasting the charge in one he pulls it back out and heads back into the maze. Doing his best to avoid where he already was Helo spends the next three hours clearing out the rest of the floor.
By the end he was quite happy with his gains.
Class: N/A Level: 8 (53,500/256,000)
For going as fast as possible and training with your throwing blade you gain. +1 Agl and Dex
You have gained a level bringing your level up to 8. You have gained one free attribute point due to raising your level. You have gained +1 to Vit, Will, Per and Agl. Due to your race being Vampire?
Name: Helo
Class: 8 (53,500/256,000)
Title: Nature’s Alpha (Epic)- This title augments your aura to be more connected to nature around you. Increases the efficiency of Vitality, Will, and Perception by 25%. Gain x4 to experience when killing an alpha and its pack in a nature themed type dungeon.
Gear: Alpha Wolf Hide (Epic), Boxers of Infinite Regeneration (Epic)
Stats: 137
- Str: 10
- Agl: 18 (+10%)
- Dex:13 (+10%)
- Per: 25 (+25%)
- Vit: 27 (+35%)
- End: 10 (+10%)
- Int: 8
- Will: 26 (+35%)