《Death Embraced》7. Adventure Awaits
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Tomorrow I'm going to come of age. I can't even imagine what it's going to be like. My parents and Terra have been telling me that i would see my own status after my jobs and status are unlocked when the i become an adult.
Oroborus was happy too. But he grew way bigger than i would have thought but so did i, i guess. He was now the war horse and his scales were strong enough to shake off most physical and magical attacks made on him. He grew some wings but they were still small since he just grew them. Oroborus's tail was like as fast as a whip and as sharp as a spear most of his weaker prey were killed by hia tail. The only monsters that were able to make him go all out were the Owlless and the King Bears, these two monsters were at the apex of the forest but even they were afraid of my parents and Terra they run away with just their scent alone.
The Owlless were a man owl demon thing. They were created by the crazy chimera scientist who wanted a powerful new body since his was dying and wouldn't go past its limits that were imposed on him as a trial by the God of Knowledge. But he was unable to pass the trial sent by his God he fell into depression. Days and days went by with him unable to make any progress with trial it pushed him to the breaking point amd he snapped. With his broken mind he sold his soul to the Evil God to complete his new body for himself. But because he no longer was capable of producing rational thoughts instead of creating a new race of sentient beings they are now just mindless monsters who roam the forest to hunt prey to continue their fragile existence. But tread carefully should you hunt these offsprings of the scientist his mind may be broken but he knows of those who hunt who hurts his greatest achievement he has ever made, because of how old he is his physical appearance has changed from the original Owlless form he first had after his many evolutions. An Owlless will search for females of any race be it monster or animal it doesn't care they will hunt them to reproduce because only male Owlless are born. When they have found a female the will stalk them until their preys guard is down and will silently approach until it is close enough to cripple the female. After successfully crippling it's target it takes them back to it's lair to impregnate them. After the children are born the babies eat their mothers as they chew through her body from the inside. After the babies have eaten through their mother they leave the lair of their father in search for a secure place to call thier own lair and if two of the babies move to the same area they will fight to the death and the winner eats the loser. The Owlless is a C rank when you only kill a few at a time. They can become A rank after killing alot of them. But to those who are still able to hunt them beware for he now see you and you will be hunted by an rank SS father monster who will chase you down to the ends of the time itself.
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The King Bears are the rulers of the forests few can match their might in mid tier area's where adventures travel. The rank of these are C rank in terms of danger.
I have run into a couple of these guys so i know what it says about them when i identified them.
On the side note both of my parents are pregnant again. When they found out they told me that i was going to have new siblings soon.
I would be ready to leave soon after my coming of age but i will stay for a while to help out with with the babies.
I tried to empty my mind so i could sleep but i couldn't. I just layed there in bed not moving a muscle, staring at Oroborus sleeping kinda helped me but even with that i still wasn't able to.
After an hour of laying in bed i got up and went to the hallway. I had a feeling that i would be able to finally enter that door at the end i was never able to enter.
So as i reached hallway i walked through the hallway and didn't feel anything from here anymore i used to feel horrible when i walked through here when i was younger but now nothing. As i reached the door i grabbed the handle of the door it felt like something was squeezing my heart but i wouldn't let something like that bother me. I turned the handle and heard a ding.
I opened the door which gave me so much trouble. When the door was open completely i saw a staircase which led under ground. I walked down the stairs and it was pitch black but i didn't want to use any magic just in case my mom and mother sensed it and caught me here.
I focused my mind and carefully walk down the stairs it took a couple of minutes to get halfway down the stairs but when i was focusing on everything right now i heard a second ding and it was easier to see now.
I was able to progress much faster. I could be less careful now that i could see so walked alot faster. When i reached the bottom there was a door down here, this one didn't give me any bad feelings that the one upstairs gave me did.
Opening the door all that was inside was just a bedroom with someone on the bed. The person appeared to be sleeping and didn't notice that i was here.
I tried to use Identification on her. But as soon as i did she jumped off the bed and grabbed pushing me on the bed with her on top of my back.
"WHO aRe YoU anD HOw Did yOu geT IN HeRe?"-Unknown Female hissing in my ear.
"I live in the house upstairs with my family and i came down here because i would notice that they would always disappear every once in a while so i followed their scent and it led me to the hallway upstairs. It took me years to finally get through that and into this place. Now who are you?"-Ragna i didn't let this person intimidate me instead i fought back and tried to escape her grip.
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Failing to escape from her grasp she pressed closer to me and i felt her breasts press against my back.
"What are your parents names?"-Unkown Female easing up a little bit and didn't hiss at me anymore.
"My mother's name is Ovoss and mom's is called Azriel. My older brother is Amon and my older sister is Mihr. And finally there is Terra who teaches me how to fight but she is basically family." -Ragna
When i told her this she picked me up and made sure i was alright and crawled back to the middle of the bed again but she was still holding me.
"Who are you? And I'm sorry if i bothered you sleeping. Also cam you let me go please?"-Ragna
"I'm just a Demi Lich, i live here because i lost to your parents when they were younger and now i go wherever they go because they are my masters. They were the first to ever beat me who was close to becoming a new Death God. So i followed them around and after a while i fell in love with their power and with how beautiful they were as they destroyed those who had gotten in their way. And the only person who was able to fight your parents and end up with the fight in a tie was Terra."-Demi Lich started to stroke my head as she remembered the past.
"So what's your name and why do my parents come down here often?"-Ragna
"Oh my name is Necyra and why they come down here i think thats because of you when you were younger and kept intruding on the when they are fucking so they came down here and we all had aex again so thanks."-Necyra cuddling with me while telling me this.
"So why are you down here instead of up there?"-Ragna
"Oh it's just because i like places like this because i can sleep without the sun waking me up. And I'm actually pretty shy so i didn't want to embarrass myself in front of my masters kids."-Necyra blushing while turning her head away.
I have read about Lichs before and they are a type of undead. But Necyra doesn't smell or look to be decomposing. She actually smells pretty nice.
"I read that Lichs were a part of the undead race and were usually rotting and smelled really bad. But you don't look like that is happening to you?"-Ragna
"Oh you are talking about Lichdom where people from different races who are powerful with magic kill themselves so they can live longer for their research and to grow in power."-Necyra sniffing herself to make sure she doesn't stink. "I was born as a skeleton and kept evolving until i became an Demi Lich so my body didn't smell when i grew flesh because i my body was becoming alive so it wouldn't rot. As Demi Lich my body is in a constant state of life and death so technically I'm alive hence another reason why i don't smell and i take baths too."-Necyra
I noticed when she talks alot she doesn't think about what she says before hand and it make her blunt and harder to understand.
"Okay i didn't mean that you smelled i was just asking why the book a read said that Lichs smell. You smell really nice and you are very beautiful so don't worry about what i was saying. You shine brighter than the moon does on a star less night."-Ragna i felt my body cringe alittle bit from saying that but heard a ding at the same time.
"Aw you really know how to make someone's heart beat again especially mine."-Necyra her eyes looked at my as if i was her prey.
Oops i think i messed up. "Why are you looking at me like that?"-Ragna
"Nothing it's just the only people who have said those things to me are your parents and Terra so when i heard you say that i kinda gotten wet."-Necyra
"What do you mean that you got wet? Are you okay?"-Ragna i tilted my head because i didn't understand what she means when she said she got wet.
"What do you know about sex?"-Necyra drooling alittle bit on the right side of her mouth.
"I know that it's an adult game and only adults can play it. And i won't be able to play it until my coming of age tomorrow or later on today since i don't know what time it is right now."-Ragna
"Oh you got down here before your coming of age you must be pretty strong dor one so young. But i guess that's to be expected since those two are among the strongest on this world."-Necyra her eye's looked disappointed as i told her i was still not an adult yet. "We will have to wait until then ... i actually don't know your name."-Necyra
When she said that just as i was about to tell her i felt that feeling i would get when Terra used her Eye of Truth on me so i stopped and didn't say anything and just let her look at me.
"Ragna that's a nice name you have there and yes you will come of age later on today. Oh and you have a blessing from an Monster God wow even i don't have one of those but i have one from a greater God of Death. But damn you have a great number of skilla and quite a few ones close to evolving into higher tier skills keep it up and you will be even stronger soon."-Necyra
"Why are your lips glowing?"-Ragna
"Shh do not worry young one i will take you back to your room do not worry you will be ready tomorrow and i will be there to for you."-Necyra bought her lips to my and kissed me and i felt her tongue enter my mouth but instead of feeling good or bad i just felt really tired and i passed out.
Pov Necyra
"Young Ragna you will be strong so i will give you my blessing."-Necyra i kissed him again to give my blessing. "Now that i think about it i don't know where your room is. I guess you can stay here with me in the meantime until morning comes and I'll take you out to your Ovoss and Azriel. So until the you will be mine to cuddle."-Necyra
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