《How Does One Become Strong?》Chapter 5- The Underworld
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"...Mom...Dad?" I said while staring up at the beings that looked down on me with a disapproving look on their face.
"No! You are not fit to be called our son anymore."(Father)
"Excuse me, what?"(Jack)
"You could not pass the test and even died. You are worthless, off to the underworld you go"(Mother) As she said that I could feel magical power starting to gather around me.
"Wait! What are you even talking about?"(Jack)
"Isn't it obvious? You are a DISSAPOINTMENT. We were giving you a test to conquer that lesser world and obviously, you failed. As, such we will take away your titles, blessings, skills and bloodlines and send you down to the underworld as one of the lowest beings.(Father)
"SO YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOU RIPPED APART MY PEACEFUL LIFE AND BROUGHT ME INTO THIS UNKNOWN WORLD JUST AS SOME SORT OF TEST AND IF I FAIL I GET SENT TO THE UNDERWORLD!?(Jack) I say while bubbling with rage at how fucked up these two are.
"Hmmm, yes that is basically the gist of things, but as you were at... one point, our son we shall allow 'Streak' to come with you, of course without anything. Much like you!(Mother) As soon as she said that the magic gathering around me reached it's peak and I heard the sounds of glass breaking, as if my whole reality was falling apart. The sensation quickly made me fall unconscious. Waking up, I open my eyes into a cave with nothing inside of it but me and a... baby gecko? "Wait a minute. Is that Streak? Then that means..." I quickly look at my hands,oh no. [You have been born as a Baby gecko]
Oh no. At that moment Streak wakes up.
"MASTER. YOUR PARENTS ARE ASSHOLES!"(Streak)
"I'm assuming you talked to them too, huh."(Jack)
"Yes. Anyways, what are our next steps master?"(Streak)
"First off, we have to see what's outside of this cave.
Walking outside of the cave I see a dense green forest.
'Hmmm this isn't what I thought hell would be like.'
[This is the underworld. A place where Evil souls who care only for themselves, or those who have been banished from the plain they lived in go. It doesn't directly torture those who are sent there like hell does but in many ways it is not much better.]
'Oh, ok...'
Interrupting my thoughts are the sound of 2 baby geckos stomachs grumbling.
"Ok Streak, first off let's find some food."(Jack) Streak nodded his head in agreement.
While walking around we only saw predators, not prey.
'I guess it was true when they said that we were one of the lowest beings'
Deciding to go for the only food source we could get we set out on a journey to find edible plants. Just like that, we spent around a week looking for plants the majority of the day time eating them and then going to sleep in our little cave we woke up in.
"Hey Streak, do you think that I'm getting bigger?"
"Yes, actually I have been noticing that we were growing a little bit each day after running around looking for food"
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*status
Race:baby gecko
Level:4/5
Health:5
Stamina:7
Mana:2
Strength:4
Intelligence:25
Resistance:5
Agility:7
TITLES
NONE
SKILLS
[Plant gatherer-you have spent time gathering many different kinds of plants. As such, you have a 10% higher chance of finding edible plants and a 10% lower chance of finding poisonous plants]
After telling Streak what my stats and skills were he told that his were the same. "Well, since we are almost at the level where we can evolve, let's work towards that okay?"(Jack)
"Okay!"(Streak)
So for the rest of that day Streak and I worked towards leveling up by doing the little things we could do like running around, doing push ups. Stuff like that. In the end I ended up gaining +2 in strength, agility and stamina while Streak gained +3 in strength +2 in stamina and +1 in agility. After my long day of hard work I was trying to go to sleep when I finally heard a DING!
[As You have reached the required level you may evolve into one of the following]
[Adult Gecko-This is the evolution after the baby gecko. This animal has a bigger and stronger body]
[Speedy Gecko-This gecko has a slightly larger body which is focused on fast movements and sharp attacks]
"Hmm, that's it? I guess compared to a creature with 2 of the 10 powerful bloodlines normal creatures evolutions just can't compare. Well anyways, I guess I'll choose the Speedy Gecko."(Jack)
[You have chosen the Speedy Gecko. You will evolve while you sleep]
With that I fell asleep anxious for the next morning.
At the crack of dawn, I woke up to a DING!
[You have evolved into a speedy gecko. You have gained +5 in all stats other than agility. In agility you have gained +8]
[You have gained the skill quick attack]
[You have gained the skill hard claws]
[You have gained the skill hard bite]
"Well it's not that bad"(Jack)
Deciding to quickly find out what the skills are I go to the end of the cave and start practicing on the wall. After a while I figure out that hard claw is basically a downgraded version of iron claw. Hard bite is basically a skill which increases my bite power and the damage it deals. Quick attack gives me a boost of speed which launches me forward at the enemy, of course in the cave that enemy would be a wall...
Finally waking up from all the commotion is Streak. Just taking one look at STREAK I can already tell he is based on Strength. He is 2 times as big as me, so around 1.5 feet long. His muscles are becoming well developed on his dark green body.
"Good morning master!"(Streak)
"Mornin, what skills did you get after you evolved?"(Jack)
"Hmm? Oh yeah, I got hard claws, hard bite and strong attack."(Streak)
"So basically the same as mine huh."(Jack)
The only different skill was strong attack which basically gives a boost in strength when the user does an attack.
"Well, since we evolved I guess it's time to start hunting something eh?"(Jack)
With that we set out to finally get some meat for once. Still being some of the weaker creatures in the forest it was hard to even find prey, after looking around for a while we were finally about to give up when Streak suddenly spotted something.
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"Ah! Master, isn't that an adult gecko?"(Streak)
Looking over to where a light green gecko about 1 ft long was standing eating some plants. After making a quick gameplan we jump into action. First to make a move was me, I used quick attack to quickly tackle the gecko and I moved out of the way. Coming from behind me was Streak who used strong attack to smash the lizards head in.
[You have gained 2 levels]
[You have gained the skill Strategist]
"Wow, it's a lot easier to hunt when you have a plan"(Streak)
"Yeah, anyways lets get this back to the cave."(Jack)
Back at the cave we started the hard work of skinning the gecko.
[You have gained the skill Skinning]
Once we had finished we ate the whole thing raw and went to sleep. Waking up I decided it was time for another hunt. Walking outside of the cave we spotted the perfect chance to test our strengths. One speedy gecko and one strong gecko, looking at Streak I say
"You ready for this?"(Jack)
"Yes!"(Streak)
This time, as we were testing our strength we had no game plan. Streak charged the strong one and I charged the fast one.
Immediately using quick attack to try to surprise the gecko I tackled him to the ground and bit him with hard bite and thrashed him around a bit before he finally died.
"What? That was too easy. I guess having the knowledge on how to use your skills and attacks correctly can really change the tide of any battle."(Jack) I look over at Streak and see him sitting on top of the corpse with a confused look on his face.
"Master, why we're they so weak?"(Streak)
"Even if my parents took away my skills, titles and bloodlines they couldn't take away our knowledge of how to fight."(Jack)
Doesn't make sense? Well, think of it this way. A master swordsman and someone who has never held a sword before but has the same physique as the master swordsman, who do you think would win?
[You have gained 5 levels]
"Guess that's our hunt for the day Streak. Let's go back."(Jack)
Thus we ended our day with gecko meat once again
[Title gained-CANNIBAL]
"The hell?"
We continued on hunting 2 or 3 geckos everyday as they were the only prey we could find. We were slowly but surely gaining levels. On the 4th day after our first hunt we were walking back home with our kill only to see a gecko inside of our cave, getting angry Streak and I quickly attack and kill it finally getting a satisfying message.
[As You have reached the required level you may evolve into one of the following]
[Speedy Komodo-This reptile is a large lizard around 4 ft long and is very fast, using poison to paralyze it's enemies it is quite dangerous]
[Erde lizard-This lizard is special. It is black and uses speed as it's main attack. It is known to have great intelligence and use some magic]
"Finally, we're getting to the good evolutions. I choose Erde lizard"(Jack)
[You have chosen to evolve into the Allenjra lizard you will evolve while you sleep]
Feeling drowsy and hearing the soft thud coming from Streak falling asleep I play along and fall asleep right there.
DING!
[You have evolved and as such have been granted +10 to all stats and an extra +5 to intelligence, agility and mana]
[You have gained the skill Earth magic]
[You have gained the skill Iron claws]
[You have gained the skill Iron teeth]
[You have gained the skill repellent scales]
[You have gained the skill piercing claw]
"Yes! Now these are good skills."(Jack)
I once again start to test out my skills. As I already know what Earth magic, iron claws and iron teeth are, all that's left are repellent scales and piercing claw. First off is piercing claw, this attack is quite amazing actually. It covers the hand you use it on with sharp mana that can pierce through even the toughest of trees. Repellent scales is also an amazing skill, this is a natural thing that happens with my scales. They are all imbued with magic that acts like a shield that blocks attacks. Before it breaks that is. To test out repellent scales I had to find some random gecko walking around.
Now, onto my appearance. I walk to a small pond and see the reflection of a black creature staring back at me. I'm around 3 ft long, I have sharp and shiny hexagonal shaped scales allover me. My head is shaped slightly like a dragons head with 2 small horns jutting out of my the top. My claws are a dark silver, like iron. My sharp teeth are also the same dark silver color. My tail is a deep black which has sharp ridges running along the top. My reptilian eyes are the same black color as my tail. The cool thing about me though is that there are small pieces of earth floating around me."I'm still scary as hell though!"(Jack)
Walking back to the cave I see a large 5 ft long lizard that's dark red in color. It looks like a komodo dragon that has small wings jutting out of it's back. It has dark silver claws and teeth just like me and fire sometimes comes out of it's nose.
"Streak?"(Jack)
"Yes master it's me! I evolved into a Feuer Lizard."(Streak)
"What skills did you get?"(Jack)
"Let's see I got Iron claws, iron teeth, fire magic, comet punch and tail slam. I've already tested them all out other than the ones we already know of, like fire magic, iron teeth and iron claws. Comet punch imbued my fist with fire creating a very powerful punch. Tail slam is a spin move that uses the momentum to slam the tail into the enemy.
"Well then, let's go hunt some real beasts now"(Jack)
"YES!"(Streak)
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