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We came back home without any incident with the last rays of dawn.

We ate dinner, the three of us, talking about stuff.

And now I am tucked in my bed, ready to sleep and greet tomorrow.

Those are the vague memories of events I did mechanically after we left the tower of Beata till now, only now I truly absorb all the events that happened today and cannot stop trembling.

[Need to regain my calm... Shit why I can't stop crying and trembling so much...]

It took me nearly two hours to truly calm down, it was deep into the night by the time.

True to the setting, this world almost did not have artificial light, it ended at candles and those strange magic crystals that donned the walls of elf tower, both rare and unavailable to commoners.

Even our 'noble' house only has two long candles, one is half burned down. They are used not to light our own surroundings for convenience, but during the 'Day of the Dead' to guide the souls of the family dead to the Realm of the Dead - Naraka, where the 'Well of Souls' is, and surprise surprise, it is ruled by Relur, who, like I thought, is a God-King of Void faction, it seems he is not very liked as death magic(as well as life) originated from him leading to its use to create undead.

According to father proper burial is required to prevent body from rising and the soul being stuck in mortal realm without some kind of sending off ritual.

Ritual itself is on the second day of new year and continues for the whole day, 3 hours in the morning to start, 3 at night to end, candle burns all day long. With both these ceremonies done, only practitioners of death magic at Necromancer level(Advanced) can defile graves rising bodies and only Liches(Master) can interrupt the ritual and steal souls from traveling to the 'Well of Souls'.

What the 'Well of Souls' is? Well according to the not very useful explanation made by my parents it is the place where souls of mortals are either reincarnated or given place in other realms as a divinity, if they are powerful enough.

Isn't Relur, like, stealing work(souls to judge) from JUDGE? If so, good going dude!

Anyway, without artificial light and in no mood to sleep the only thing I can do is to analyze the events yesterday.

Going through town was mostly the same, not like that one time I was doing my daily running along the wall, only to have sentries send a newbie to race me, betting on the winner and passing along the progress using danger warning horn.

Whats up with that? On the border with enemy, during winter when raids are most common they did such nonsense, just how laid back are they? Or they trust the Legion fortress to the north that much?

Anyways, it became news of the month and my reputation(?) went up, it was a bitter fight, but I lost by a meter or so, the 18 year old newbie made a reckless finish line dash just to win after trailing behind me the whole run just to collapse after. It was half intentional letting him win to preserve his pride and not being single out as an enemy by teens of the town, but halfway I got kinda worked up and raced property.

Though many wailed about their bets I got 1 silver coin for the show and the newbie teen gave me his fur cap for the good challenge, I think he knew I was not serious up to half way and gave it as thanks for allowing to have some pride left in the end, having a good challenge with a 3 year old and losing to one have an enormous difference in emotional damage.

Somehow I am getting sidetracked from analyzing today's events by older memories. Mental block?

Arriving at Beatas place and initial conversation between mother and her was normal, that was mentioned?

I remember them talk about Beatas travels for the past two years after she healed me and left, barbarians and Frost Giants were mentioned so its north, probably. Remember Orcmen, Wild Elves and Undead being mentioned, seems they are a danger there too, some people and city she visited was talked about too.

Hmm, ah yes, Argent City, Silver Lady and Obsidian Knight, wait, those are not names but titles!

This lady was also mentioned when she tricked me to touch the globe too, will need to investigate what in the world is she. That knight also didn't get a good evaluation like me, a possible comrade perhaps?

I, being an idiot, fell into her trap after mother left, I felt something was wrong, why did I underestimate magic? The only magic tools I saw were that old sword and fathers armor, both strictly offensive and defensive in use, how come I did not see a MAGE could have some tools that can be dangerous without having a sharp edge or a pointy end...

Haaa... after that was the worst. Well now that I calmly think it possibly went the best way it could for me, if I was weaker and less trained I probably had fainted from that pressure, if I was stronger I might have made a move and got stabbed through the throat.

Now that I think about it she let me turn around and obviously could increase the pressure or make hurt on me but didn't, maybe I could have used mother as leverage, no, probably if I tried it would have ended worse, I was in panic too.

In the end after spilling the beans I was deemed not hostile or not a threat at least, enough to let mother be together with me.

Wait, she said to look up my stats before going to her tomorrow, or it is today already, no matter.

"Status!"

Egil TammNorthlander HumanOtherworlderLevel 12SP 213Strength42(+36)Constitution60(+46)Dexterity40(+24)Agility35(+14)Wisdom27(+63)Spirit54(+43)Health410(+841)Stamina275(+465)Mana305(+835)DivinityMortal - Common[/tr]

That's the same as before, wait, I remember those warning messages, I was in panic, but I got some trait and unlocked 'Skills' and 'Traits' menus if I remember correctly.

"Skills!"

Skills

This menu will show you all the skills available to you. You have unlocked "Skill Purchase" sub-menu were you can purchase any skill up to Divine Hero-Class using SP points.

!WARNING! purchased skills that you can not perform with your body will not activate or will hurt you in performance.

Blade Weapons Mastery(Basic)

Melded Skill(Dagger, Sword, Throwing Knife)

You have learned the proper use of multiple bladed weapons. Using blade weapons will no longer cause penalties.

Style: Battle-Sword(Instinctual)

Status Boost: +3 Agility

+3 Dexterity

+3 Strength

Blunt Weapons Mastery(Basic)

Melded Skill(Mace, Hammer, Flail)

You have learned the proper use of multiple blunt weapons. Using blunt weapons will no longer cause penalties.

Style: None

Status Boost: +3 Constitution

+3 Spirit

+3 Strength

Axe Mastery(Basic)

Common Skill(Axe)

You have learned the proper use of an axe as a weapon. Using axe in battle will no longer cause penalties.

Style: None

Status Boost: +1 Constitution

+1 Dexterity

+1 Strength

Alchemy Crafts Mastery(Intermediate)

Melded Skill(Grinding, Brewing, Distilling)

You have learned to make multiple kinds of potions(Weak,Common). Making potions is now faster, less raw ingredients are lost in the process, effects are stronger, experimenting is less likely to end in failure.

Status Boost: +4 Dexterity

+4 Spirit

+4 Wisdom

Martial Arts(Basic)

Common Skill(Grappling)

You have learned the proper way to grapple opponents and gain advantage over them.

Style: None

Status Boost: +5 Agility

+5 Spirit

Limit Break(Intermediate)

Special Skill(X)

You have once broke your limits to the edge of death, but surviving allowed you to do so again. Breaking your limit will allow you to double your stats for 10 minutes, but after it expires you will feel great heart pain for 3 hours and be paralyzed for 12 hours. Special - you can use this skill for additional 5 minutes with increasing chances of muscle damage or heart failure.

Active: 2X All Status - 10 Minutes

Sprint(basic)

Common Skill(X)

You are able to run much faster by using both Stamina and Mana as fuel.

Active: 1.5X Speed/-40 Mana, -40 Stamina, 2XMana and Stamina consumption

Flash Step(basic)

Special Skill(X)

You are able to instantly cover a distance of 3 meters by making a mana enhanced low jump.

Active: 3 meters straight distance movement/ -120 Mana -20 Stamina

Heeellll YeeaaHH!!! Finally I can see my skills!

It is a bit strange, I tried to make many attack moves giving them names but they did not record, though the movements I learned using movies(anime) from the previous life and the movement of Beata when she came to heal me as reference are there.

My skills seem to be mostly basic with few intermediate, considering I am 3 year old that is probably a good result. They don't show levels of skills or earning progress so it's probably a specific condition that you need to perform to advance in rank. Most skill seem to give boosts to my stats.

Now I am eager to see my traits, they should be awesome, with even bigger boosts.

"Traits!"

Traits

This menu will show you all the traits you possess. You have unlocked "Trait Purchase" sub-menu were you can purchase any trait up to Divine Hero-Class using SP points.

!WARNING! purchased traits of different species will lower the purity of your race, being less that 55% of your race will forcefully change it.

Race: Human Northlander 100%

Chosen of Raismond

You have been chosen to be the champion of God of Valor Raismond. Bestowing a fraction of his power onto you he asks only one thing of you as his champion - VALOR!

Status Boost: +20 Constitution

+20 Spirit

+20 Strength

+10% Total Stamina

Blessing of Physis

You have been blessed by Mother Nature Physis. Mother Nature grants you her blessing expecting you to uphold the natural balance in your endeavors.

Status Boost: +10 Constitution

+10 Spirit

+5% Total Stamina

Blessing of Relur

You have been blessed by God-King of Life & Death Relur. Relur grants you his blessing expecting you to forge your own path ahead.

Status Boost: +10 Dexterity

+10 Wisdom

+5% Total Mana

Lineage - Warrior of the North

Your bloodline gained affinity with element of Metal, granting physical improvement to all who carry its blood.

Status Boost: +10 Constitution

+10 Strength

+5% Base Health

Affinity - Light(Minor)

You have an affinity with element of Light, all spells based on this element costs less mana, you can cast them faster and easier.

Affinity - Air(Major)

You have an affinity with element of Air, all spells based on this element costs less mana, you can cast them faster and easier.Gained through connection to previous life.

Affinity - Wood(Major)

You have an affinity with element of Wood, all spells based on this element costs less mana, you can cast them faster and easier. Gained with the blessing of Mother Nature and connected to previous life.

Affinity -Life(Minor)

You have an affinity with element of Life, all spells based on this element costs less mana, you can cast them faster and easier. Gained with the blessing of God-King of Life & Death.

Otherworldly Knowledge

You retain memories of a life in a completely different world. Using this knowledge to create things or innovations not found in this world will earn you SP points based off the usefulness of said creation.

Status Boost: +40 Wisdom

Index Knowledge

Any knowledge added to your index will earn you SP points based on its relevance and rarity.

Mana Sense

You are able to sense mana in your surroundings without any need of training.

Status Boost: +5 Wisdom

Limit Breaker

You have broken the limits of your body at a great cost, surviving this ordeal made your body a bit stronger.

Status Boost: +2 Agility

+2 Constitution

+2 Dexterity

+2 Spirit

+2 Strength

+2 Wisdom

I See the Light

You have been to the border of life and death and stared Death in the face and survived. Living through such ordeal gave you ability to resist fear fighting against opponents with similar or lesser overall stats than yours.

Status Boost: +10 Spirit

Flexible Body

You have trained your body to be flexible from a young age, allowing it to perform actions that may be impossible to others.

Status Boost: +3 Agility

+3 Constitution

+3 Dexterity

Bound Soul

Using Globe of Status your soul was forcefully stabilized and anchored to your body binding with it. This action bound your soul closer to your body, increasing its performance, but damaging your spirit. This increased your chances to rise as a 'complete' Undead, possessing both corporeal undead body and incorporeal Undead soul after death. This decreases the amount of Divine Essence you can absorb defeating divinities when trying to achieve immortality.

Status Boost: +2% Agility

+2% Constitution

+2% Dexterity

-10% Spirit

+2% Strength

+2% Wisdom

Daaa Heelll?!!! Wat are these traits and numbers? Raimond and Relur I know, but who da hell is Physis?

Fuu, fuu, calm down, now I know why Beata told me my status boosts are way too big. Still this is like catching a Moby Dick while fishing for tuna.

Hmm, I should still try out the purchase function, my body is still not developed, it will be so for years still, so no high-level skills are a choice, low-level one would be a waste as I could learn them by myself. Lets go with traits, they give bigger status boosts too.

"Trait Purchase"

Holy shit, what an amount, it will take a while, and they are expensive on SP points, lets look for some useful but cheap.

Here, found all two, 'Troll Blood' for 135 SP and 'Night Vision' for 75 SP, reducing my SP down to 3.

New Trait!

Troll Blood

Troll blood now courses through your veins, it increases your regeneration greatly. Does not regenerate organs.

Status Boost: +15 Constitution

-5 Spirit

New Trait!

Night Vision

You now posses eyes capable of night vision, you can see through darkness as bright as day. Does not work against magical and unnatural darkness.

Status Boost: +5 Dexterity

-5 Spirit

+5 Wisdom

!WARNING!

Your purchase of traits lowered your race purity.

Race: Human Northlander 85%

Wow! I can see the room as light as day, only the edges of vision give a bit of a green tint, now artificial light is not an issue. The price in purity is not that big too.

Somehow I feel sleepy, maybe my body needs to rest after these changes.

***

"Egil, breakfast is ready, father already left to say his goodbyes to his friends in town, you did not forget he leaves today did you?" comes the voice of mother from the first floor.

'Yawn'

"Ok mom, I am coming!" I reply in a sleepy voice.

I get dressed up and walk down to the first floor, but as soon as mother sees me she freezes in shock and let the plate in her hands to drop, spilling the gruel from the wooden container on the floor.

"NOOOoooo!!!" She shouts in hysterical voice and start to bawl her eyes out while freaking out.

[What the hell is going on??]

"Mother whats wrong?!"

She freezes up again for a moment, but soon after grabs my arm with determination and without changing the dirtied clothes drags me outside.

She drags me forcefully across the city towards Beatas tower, but what freaks me out most that all the nearby people who I look to scramble away in panic and fear, what is wrong?!

When we arrive to the tower she pulls the bell continuously strongly until it breaks off, then bashing the door.

"Beata, open up!!!"

After a minute or so doors open and an elf in slight displeasure and confusion walks to us in her usual elegant stride.

"What is the matter Astrid, there is no need to destroy my home."

Mother almost grabs her by the neck and shout with intensity.

"You said none of these items are dangerous, now looks at him!"

She points finger at me. What, is something wrong with me?!

Beata looks at me intently, and her eyes grow wide in surprise.

"This was not caused by anything here, first floor has only simple books and trinkets without magic, let me take him to second floor to investigate this!"

"'Sniff' Do something, please...." Mother starts to cry again.

I get grabbed by Beata and we levitate to second floor, she drops me near a human sized mirror and hiss.

"You idiot, what did you do?!"

I look upon the mirror and the first thing I see that my skin looks a bit darker, no not skin, but what is beneath it, the bruises I got when we ran here are already closed up, leaving just some darker cherry colored blood, while I look at myself the reflection stares back at me with slit yellow cat like eyes.

"Oh. This. Is. Bad. Shit."

And I lose consciousness from shock.