《Death Embraced》6. Getting older
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Time moved on again in a blast. So much was happening with me learning about and how to take care of Oroborus. Over some the few years we were able to communicate with each other and my parents also used magic to teach him our languages.
As two years pass Amon finally had gotten permission from mother and mom saying he was strong enough to venture off on his own. They gave Amon a cursed sword that absorbs the life of your opponent. But because of he heritage and his job curses couldn't harm him. Terra gave him a shield after she had got back from wherever she was but i didn't feel like asking her though.
Everyone was sad when Amon left to follow his dreams. In a couple of years Mihr would go too.
Mihr took it the hardest when Amon left even though he was always training and had only been gone a few days with mother to drop him off in a safer area where no one would discriminate against him due to his demonic heritage.
After mother came back she had told us that she had dropped Amon off at the guild of her friend's so he could work there as he grew stronger.
Mom had done everything to get Mihr back up from her depression and finally told her that if she was stroger she would be able to go vist him.
Mihr perked up when and trained with mom so one day when she was stronger she could go on an adventure with Amon and me when i was older.
I had gotten bigger and so do Oroborus we both grew bigger and stronger as more time went by.
Oroborus was the size of a medium sized dog. He ate anything and everthing he was allowed to eat. His Dragon breathe was a dark blue flame that came out.
Mihr was different from how she used to be and spent the a large majority of her time training with mom and mother.
I went to that hallway to train against whatever it was that doing it.
Only Terra found out what i was doing but she didn't tell on me and just smiled. She told me that i was going to be stronger against mental types of magic and against fear and dread.
After Mihr was getting closer to her coming of age she was getting more beautiful and more elegant. The wings on her back were such a beautiful pure white color and had grown two 3 feet in length, mom said as an Angel grow stronger their wings get bigger and stronger and some times if she evolves she might grow another pair of wings. Her magic was getting stronger too.
Mom made Mihr an Angelic Long Bow which would boost her Holy Magic and make easier to combine her magics together. Mother gave her braces for arms and a pair of shoe which would increase her Agi and Dex a lot.
Mihr stayed and trained some more with mom and mother so she catch up with Amon. But she was finally ready to leave when i hit 6 years old and mom and mother were going to take her to the same place that mother took Amon but here came back before Mihr left.
Amon had grown to be over 6ft tall and it seem like he would be even taller. Mihr was extremely happy to see him again but ask why he was back.
All he told us was that someone in his guild predicted that something was happening at his home so he came back to see if anything was wrong.
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He pick me up and taught me some of the things he learned while he was out exploring the world with his guild and he told me that this world was just a small part of the amazing things that are out there.
As me and Mihr listen to him i could feel my blood boiling as i heard this news.
Mother and mom said that they settled down on this world because there was no discrimination against Angel or Demon and that it was safer for us to grow here. And the reason why it was safer was that the God of this world loves all races equally so no one care about race here. But even with that there was still some people who believes that they are superior than others of a different race.
Before they left Amon showed me his weapons and armour and also taught me about how to tell if a piece of gear was good or not.
As i was listening to him and trying to see the difference between the different items and gear i heard a ding.
After looking at the weapon i saw something new i hadn't see before.
Cursed Sword Death Bringer.
This sword was forged by an unknown demon smith who lived with his family. On the day the sword was finished a attack was made by the Inquisition to purge the demon who married a human. The Inquisition murdered the pregnant wife in front of the Demon. The Demon went into a blood rage and unleashed the power he never used against a human before. A 100 Inquisitors had died in the beginning but the rage had pushed him even further turning the weapon he made for his unborn child had changed shape becoming more twisted and vicious looking. With the new sword's shape when ever it cut or slashed a Inquisitor apart it stole the life for them and used it to prolong the life of it's user. After the killing the last of the Inquisition the Demon brought the sword to its heart and plunged it deep inside himself further cursing the sword to eat the mind then the body of who ever holds the sword.
Found in the under ground dungeon of Pain and Suffering.
Rarity: Rare
I looked at my brother and stared at him.
Name: Amon
Race: Demon
Hmm it seems that everything i look at give me some information about what I'm looking at but somethings don't give as much.
Amon flicked my forehead and said not to carelessly use it on anyone unless I'm sure they won't notice or they give me permission to use it on them.
The next day after that Amon, Mihr left and mom left to drop them off at the guild.
I woke up to find a sword under my pillow from my brother Amon .
Magical Training Sword
A sword made for the training of magic with swordsman skills. This training sword was crafted at the request of an older brother for his younger brother so he may become stronger in the future. This sword has another feature crafted in it to train curse resistance.
A sword left by Amon with brotherly love so his brother will survive the future adventures he will depart on.
Rarity: Rare
I began training with the sword while training my control of my magic i wasn't able to learn how to use my Void Magic but i was able to learn Time and Space Magic with the other Fire, Dark and Lightning Magic. I didn't really have access to any of my Holy Magic but i was told by Terra that it was probably had been integrated into my passive regeneration ability.
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I heard many dings while i was training after Amon and Mihr had left. Some felt like it took longer than other to ding so i guess I'm doing the right things.
Training was starting to get stale so i tried to change how i trained. Normal training was getting to easy so i pushed harder.
Getting accustomed to the weight of my sword i ask my mother if she could make it heavier and so she brought it to a Smith that was her friends with and to an Enchantert to make the effects better.
It was so much heavier than before hand. And i felt the curse grow stronger so i was getting better training with it.
Terra also brought me around the forest by the house to train by running the the uneven forest ground and to fight off the weaker monsters who tried to kill me.
When i turned 7 years old i had given my mother my sword again to make it even heavier and the curse enhancements better. The sword would curse me with stamina drains if i couldn't control my mana while using magic with swords skill. And with my sword being heavy it increases my STR.
After getting my training sword back it was difficult to use it again but i would get better with it and it would be sent back to them again.
My sword has gotten bigger it used to look like a short sword now it looks like a claymore.
Oroborus has become 6 years old and now the size of a large dog and his scales have grown stronger and bigger covering more than they used too. His body had become more muscular making most that see him scared of his strength. I stoped feeding him foods full of mana that my mother caught because he wanted to hunt for himself since he was a Dragon.
Oroborus is very prideful but not too bad with it. Once it's just the two of us his attitude changes and he wants to cuddle with me but around other he shows off his pride and nobility.
Close to reaching my 8th birthday i was out in the forest with Terra running and training and trying to learn how to boost my physical prowess with magic. I ran into a young Ork.
He was green and tusks like teeth on the sides of his mouth. He was aware of me and Terra's presence. The young Ork readied his axe towards me because he was to afraid of Terra to even look at her but if he was going to die he was taking someone with him.
Name: Jornk
Race: Ork
Level:4
Skills
Axe Skills - lv 2
Ork's Stamina - lv 2
Physical Strength - lv 1
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I talked about it before with Terra when i asked her about what i see when i focus on something.
Terra told that i had learned the Identity skill. The higher my skill lv the more I'm able to see. I tried to use it on myself but all i saw was that it showed it was locked.
"Now young Ork you are going to fight Ragna as his opponent with everything you got and if you try to run away i will torture you. Got it youngling Ork."-Terra
Hearing that i snapped myself together and readied my sword.
"I'll kill the child then when i stronger will come after you."-Ork
"Bring it on you coward. Even now your shaking from just her staring at you."-Ragna it pissed me off that he was that scared when he has never even trained with her. I have almost died countless times from her training.
The young Ork was pissed when i called him out. "Fuck you. You child you know nothing of how world is or how noble Orks are you dishonor mighty Orks clan now must die."-Ork roaring out at me will lifting his axe i watched his rush me without care in the world because he was fuming with anger.
We both were at a disadvantage with how large are weapons were so i used my speed and smaller body to the advantage and would thrust at him with my sword instead of swinging and getting my weapon stuck like this idiot.
As i ran towards him i used some Fire Magic to heat up my sword to deal extra damage.
He swung his axe horizontally so i jumped over it at the last second and it hit the tree next to us getting stuck really deep in it. While using the momentum of my jump i took my sword and pointed it downward to him and he saw this.
He twisted his body sideways but he was still alittle to late and with heat from my sword had managed to cut through his left arm while he was trying to get out of the way. The heat was hot enough to burn and cauterize the wound that went from his shoulder to his elbow leaving a huge open exit almost cutting it off.
I hit the ground and roll away from him getting to my feet.
The Ork was screaming in pain but held together. Almost foaming out of his mouth he used his right hand to rip the axe out. He knew that he would die if he ran so he focused on me entirely.
He threw his axe at me and i did not have enough time to dodge so i used my sword to deflect his axe. He used more strength than i thought he could and made my sword fly off with his axe.
He would be on me before i could retrieve it so i forgot about it.
Terra watched and didn't interfere with this fight.
Still i felt something that made me feel pure joy even though i should be worried i just couldn't help it. I broke out with a smile and the Ork saw this and he was visibly shocked by it.
Almost forgetting about his one hand axe on his side. Drawing his axe he rushed me.
My smile grew even bigger because even though i has no weapons and he was trying to kill me i was happy.
I ran towards him which shocked him again. Getting in close to him he swung his axe vertically at me trying to split me in half.
I waited for the moment he couldn't turn at the last second and used Lightning Magic to stun him. He would be stunned atleast for 10 seconds using that time i covered my hand in Fire Magic and made it extremely hot while i jumped up to get to his eyes.
The Ork saw this and panicked trying his hardest to stop me from blinding him. But his efforts were in vain as i had reached my target and drove my hand inside the Ork's eye socket. My hand burned as i shoved it deep inside but i wasn't done.
The time ran out and the Ork grabbed my head and tried his hardest to pop my head with his strength.
Feeling the pressure on my head i used more Fire Magic and reached even deeper smelling the burning flesh and hot purple blood burn my arm as my magic heated it up. The smell was horrible as i made my magic hotter the pressure on my head kept increasing until the young Ork's head finally exploded lumps of brain and purple blood went everywhere and fell down with his body with minor burns.
His grip was still as strong as it was before so i struggled with getting him off me. I finally gotten tired of trying to get free and asked for some help.
"Are you going to watch or are you going to help me get this idiot of me."-Ragna
"I just don't want to get dirty after all. Plus that was a very messy fight but i like how you made him pop. But fine i help i just won't get close."-Terra
The Ork's hand disappeared and i was finally free i had taken the magic crystal out of the Ork's chest and collected everything that had value. After that i went and got my sword and his axe.
Terra was full of joy see me kill my first enemy. "Still i don't want you to lose your weapon that easy again so I'm making your training harder."-Terra
"Damn i didn't think he still had that much power without his left arm. This isn't fair."-Ragna
I used the lake to wash everything off me and used Fire Magic to dry my clothes off.
Terra came closer to me after cleaning off and kissed me on the lips.
"Ew why did you kiss me like you kiss my parents you even used your tongue."-Ragna wiping my mouth off.
"Don't worry that was juat your reward for killing you opponent without my help. And it's not gross to kiss that's just how we show are love to eaxh other see."-Terra picked me up and preceded to kiss me more until she was bored.
I called Oroborus after Terra let me go and gave him the Ork's body to eat. He was pretty happy but didn't show it. He carried the body and while i carried the rest of the stuff even though it was heavy.
When we reached the house mother and mom saw us. But they weren't angry at all at me or Terra they were just proud.
"It is no surprise that you killed him when he raised his weapon towards you. And there is no reason you would have lost you were trained by all 3 of us."-Mother took a proud pose while she was smiling ear to ear.
"Looks like you killed him off with magic so you have done well learning from my training."-Mom a smile was as plain as day on her face and her wings were fluttering around and when ever that happens it means she really happy.
"That is a nice cut you destroyed his arm completely. Even if you let him go he wouldn't be able to use ir again unless someone used Extreme Healing Magic. Seems like i need to get your sword heavier again soon."-Mother
"Here are is the stuff i got from killing him and can you fix my sword it was cracked when he threw his axe."-Ragna I gave mother the stuff i had gotten from the Ork and gave her my sword to fix it.
Oroborus didn't care and was eating the Ork without a care in the world.
I was hungry so i went and ate some food with my family but Terra was still clinging on to me for some reason but i just tried my best to ignore her and finish eating. But before bed i had gone to the hallway and had finally reached the end but i still couldn't open the door because the powerful feeling of feer i got from it. So i stood there for a bit until i couldn't take it anymore and then went too bed.
After laying down i fell asleep and in the middle of the night i felt something in my bed but ignored it because Oroborus would have alerted me if any thing was wrong. And once again i went back to sleep.
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