Lamias are scary looking creatures but once you get close to one you will see they actually are friendly! I had such an oppurtunity on my adventures... Sadly a damned army of a kingdom came through claiming they were dangerous and murdered them all... They said I was a 'mind controlled hostage' and that they 'freed' me from the clutches of 'evil'...

They just wanted Lamia skin! Lamia skin is highly valued on the market due to it's high durability against everything man can do! Damn kingdom wanting Lamia skins for themselves...

- Diary of an Adventurer, page 360

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I am currently on a bed... My four wives are sitting on chairs asleep... Their faces are holding my legs down as they apparently fell asleep and fell on my legs... I cannot move myself at all.

Three hours pass until Fyra wakes up...

Mithneel: "Ah, you woke up Fyra..."

Fyra: "Mithneel!!!!"

Fyra immediatly jumps into my stomach crying. I slowly pat her head and the others wake up.

Ren: "Mithneel! You woke up! Finally!"

Everybody starts crying...

Mithneel: "How long was I out for?"

Julia: "Three weeks... You were out for three weeks... Your body bled so much... It seemed like you were in so much pain."

Mithneel: "Oh... That long huh? I was thinking I was out for a few days but three weeks? That's quite a long time... Mind getting off me aswell? I want to see how much my body has changed... It's quite hard to understand when you are on a bed."

The girls immediatly get up and wipe their tears away. I get up and notice that the clothing I had is very broken and only covers the neccesary spots... I need Arti to make new clothing for me... My hair is indeed a little below my belt... My body feels extremely light compared to before... Shouldn't I be heavier compared to my earlier state? I am taller and more muscular... I notice that the walls of the room I am in are make-shift... Like they were broken a while ago.

I try to walk a little but immediatly start fumbling and luckily keep myself straight using the make-shift wall... I accidentaly tore a hole through it though...

Mithneel: "Seems I still need to recover a little... It's hard to walk..."

I search around the room for some kind of walking cane or something to help me... It's kind of hard being this tall so suddenly and after I was just weakened so much aswell... I notice nothing that can help me but Fyra and the girls immediatly come up to me and grab my arms and help me walk.

I go outside to see myself in... A hole in a mountain? Well it seems like it... There are actually three mountains and one small crevice between two mountains what allowed to get inside... It seems like even for an Ice Dragon going to the tip of th three mountains would be kind of hard because even I can't see the top... A perfect spot for hiding. How did they hide this in a forest...? The maps had nothing on a mountain in the forest... But there are three...

I look around more and notice that this is basically a paradise! There is a huge waterfall behind the house I was in and there are a lot of houses all around... A lot of Lamia and Naga are just going around... This is no village... This is a town! A market, farmlands, a sheep herd... This is a town what doesn't need anything else to survive... And the Lamia and Naga built this... It's more amazing than any City i've seen...

Fyra: "Do you like it? We were surprised to see this ourselves... The Lamia's helped us take care of you... The Lamia Chief is at the centre with the other old Lamias and Arti. Let's go too."

I start slowly walking and the girls assist me. It's still weird seeing everything this high up... And it's gonna take a while to adjust to this body... We walk for about fifteen minutes till we reach the centre. Every Lamia who I passed immediatly turned their attention to me and seemed to bow to me. The children looked at my horns first then did their bow... Weird...

Artimael: "Minh! You finally woke up! How are you feeling?"

Mithneel: "Not too bad but not too good either... It's going to be tricky adjusting to this body size..."

Artimael: "And it's going to be tricky realizing it is you and not somebody else... Well your hair kind of gives it away but still. By the way... Has your status changed?"

I open my status and only my age has changed... Absoloutely nothing else has changed...

Mithneel: "Nope. Only my age has gone up by one..."

Artimael: "Hmm... So these changes only changed your body and not your attributes?"

Mithneel: "Guess so... Well I was too powerful for this world already."

Artimael: "True. Also... The Lamia have finally thought of a price for helping you. They need you to kill a beast that has been intruding on their territory. The Lamia can't defeat it themselves due to it being way stronger and faster than any Lamia."

Mithneel: "Sounds easy but hard for me... I need to adjust to my body."

Artimael: "I can repel the beast for you to defeat it later or should I just kill it now?"

Mithneel: "I want to test out my body so just keep the Lamia safe for now. I'll defeat it once I've adjusted."

Artimael: "Ok. Also... You need new clothing right?"

Mithneel: "Possibly..."

Artimael: "Hahah! I'll make some later. You should go and rest more. And I suggest you run away from here... The Lamia Queen has taken an interest in you... And she is stubborn beyond belief... Worst of all she is already rushing over here so go!"

Artimael pushes me a little and the girls catch me and immediatly start dragging me away at top speed... I notice a More human than snake Lamia rushing over here... It's like only the knees and below the knees turned Lamia... Weird.

We reach the house within a few minutes and the girls immediatly shut the door and throw me onto the bed. I can't do anything due to my current weak body...

I decide to fall asleep and leave my body to the girls... They can probably defend me from the Queen and I am quite tired...

I also need to recover...

And so ten days pass as I wake up every morning and spend the day in bed... I do nothing except talk from the bed... After ten days I finally seem to have enough control over my body to run at half of my full speed and use half of my strength. This should be enough for the beast...

I still haven't met the Lamia Queen... The girls always hid me when the Queen came to meet me... It was funny hearing them argue about my location even though I was under the bed or somewhere else...

I guess i'll now have to repay the favour for the Lamia...

Be prepeared to be tested on, beast... I really want to see what these changes did to my body...