234 Change [#3]

Tears of Innocence?

Erik was surely not Innocent- He tiredly turned to look at Aiden and Ethan, Ethan was carrying him, and Aiden was right beside him, they were free. Relieved, which brought many many emotions. He knew that talking to them, being nice to them, giving them his food, cleaning their wounds whenever the now dead alpha hurt them, he knew they were kids- He was one himself, but he was older, so he needed to take care of them! He touched Ethan's chin, where a small tear ran, he was crying just like his brother! Adrenaline and relief mixed together into this odd sense of freedom, even though they were being chased (Or so Aiden said): "We're free." He smiled and whispered, his hsnd touched the tear and he watched as it glowed a faint blue light before vanishing- Instantly knowledge entered his mind and he unlocked the spell he wanted, alongside 9 other spells of the Illusion School of magic, which meant he could get them out of here: "Come on." He whispered, praying this could work- A faint, transparent veil of energy sailed around them and the results were instant!

Aiden's and Ethan's eyes widened when they could no longer smell each other, Erik gave them the thumbs up before his vision slowly faded...

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[Knowledge on Illusions (Basic):

School: Illusions

Rank: Bronze

Spells:

1 Scent Erasure: Erases every single scent in a 5 meter radius

2 Silence: Reduces every sound made by the targets of this spell to nothing

3 Minor Image: Creates an illusory image of something, it cannot be bigger than 5 feet.

4 Glamour: Places an illusion around the caster, changing their forms to the caster's desire

5 Blindness: Creates a darkness on the eyes of the target of this spell

6 Deafness: Creates a veil that stops any sound from being head by the target of this spell

7 Shadow Veil: Creates a veil of shadows around the caster and/or their targets, whenever the affected by this spell is in shadows, they'll be hard to perceive.

8 Mirror Image: Creates an illusory image identical to the caster, but fragile to damage.

9 Detect Illusions: You can feel illusions around you with this spell!

10 Shadow Cover: A powerful spell, this spell temporarily covers any illusion with Shadow snd makes them tangible and physical to the touch.]

These are all the spells he unlocked from the School of Illusion, at least the very basic! He woke up in a panic, after all, he got rid of their scent and let himself fall asleep when he felt so tired- And now? Now he was lying on a bed of leaves, being hugged on both sides of his body by two puppies who are deeply asleep- Now the thing is, magically speaking, he knows he can learn more, he can even prepare for the inevitable future where they have to fight a magic user and he'll be their go to, unless they meet someone who's better than him at knowing magic.

He's confident he'll learn more in the future, about the magic of this world and all.

"Aiden, Ethan, wake up." He whispered, he felt hungry, and thirsty too- Water is important, even more so to a fragile human like him who deeply needs the liquid of life to survive! 'Maybe...?' He looked over the skill list for the spell he had in mind and they were from the [School of Conjuration], which is a school of magic focused on the power the caster has to call creatures, materials, and even energies from other places- Or even pull themselves to those other places, which is something he saw on the long list of spells they had, but to unlock the basic knowledge on this magic, he needed:

[Conditions:

1: Magical title

2: Anger of an Innocent]

Which, considering Aiden was angry a lot of times, might be easy to get, right? In fact, the very moment he woke up, he was grumpy and angry at the world- Which gave him what he needed, and in an instant he knew the basics of hjs magic alongside 10 spells that he could use, but in the moment he chose to use the [Create Element] and chose water as the element to create, which isn't exactly him creating, he was just pulling this water from the infinite Water Plane, a plane that is just water, only the purest water floated above his hand as he also used [Control Element] and chose water, it was hard because he had to choose the Element whenever he casted such spells and focus on them or else the spell woild fail- Thankfully he can keep calm: "Good morning sleepy heads." He was surprised none of them had any nightmares, but they were exhausted from runnig away, right? "It's morning, we should go soon, we need to find a place to eat first before continuing..."

He didn't know what to do now that he was free... No, he knew he wanted to learn and grow, he wanted to never be helpless again: "Do you guys want water-" He turned to look at the twins and saw their awe, in the palm of his hand rested a water bubble, floatimg above it like a still lake: "Wow..." Ethan whispered as Aiden used his pointer finger to touch the water bubble, it didn't pop like he thought it would, it stood there: "Why didn't you do this to ssve yourself, like, before? Why didn't you use magic?" He already knew a good lie that wasn't exactly a lie, but believable! "Warlock." Was all he said, because that guy was clearly creepy, so they would believe him if he implied he couldn't do magic because of the Warlock! "What?" Ethan turned to look at him this time- how he differentiated one from the other? They might be identical twins, but their vibes are different!

Ethan is more kind and almost shy, he's clearly more sympathetic and understanding than Aiden, he's also a lttle lankier, but everything else is just like his brother! Aiden was more angry and ruthless, he wouldn't judge you by your action and morals, he would judge you hy wether he likes your vibes or not- He's also a little overprotective of Ethan, even though the other boy is capable of defending himself: "Warlock. Y'know? The creepy guy I stabbed?" Making an 'oooh' face of understanding, Ethan turned his attention to the ball of water before opening his mouth before closing it again: "I can try to put t onto a cup, if you'd like it?" Shaking his head, Ethan put his whole face on the bubble of water, which was the size of a big basketball, which was bigger than the boy's head! He drank a lot of water while Aiden watched and drank slower before thirst took over and he drank a lot faster!

[Knowledge on Conjuration (Basic)

School: Conjuration

Rank; Bronze

Spells:

1 Create Element: Chose an element, you can summon such element to yourself.

2 Control Element: Chose an element, you can summon such element around you.

3 Find Familiar: You can summon a small creature from any plane of existence, if they hear the call and want to come, you'll have a familiar. You can share yoir senses with your familiar as well as change their form at will!

4 Summon Small Woodland Beings: You can summon 1 small Woodland creature and 5 tiny Woodland Creatures.

5 Healing Spirit: Summons a spirit of healing that'll follow you around, healing is essential to this all.

6 Summon Minor Elemental: You can summon one (1) small elemental or 5 tiny elementals.

7 Wristpocket: You can store small things in a 5 by 5 feet square in another dimension, this spell is easy to use! A flick of the wrist is enough to pull something out or put something in.

8 Magic Hand: Creates an invisible magic hand that can do whatever your hands can do, it can carry up to 10 kilos.

9 Force Burst: You create a force around you, pushing whoever is close (2 meters) to you, pushing them 10 meters away.

10 Blink: You can shunt yourself through dimensions, teleporting up to 10 meters in any direction.]

These were the spells he learned, he immediately wanted to cast [Find Familiar] so he could have a tiny baby crow- He wanted one, but right now is the time: "I don't know if they're still in our tracks- Aiden, can you hear anyone? Ethan, can you smell anyone?" Each did what was asked of them, both closed their eyes to focus more and listen/smell- The wind blew from behind them, where Erik perceived as South, and alongside it the smell of... Of wolf: "They're away... How did they got close to us...?" Erik casted once again tbe spell [Scent Erasure] on them before they walked away, he was confident now that he could fight at least a dozen of werewolves if he prepared traps and used dirty tricks, plus, the twins were now Alphas and even though Erik didn't know a 100% what it meant, he knew that the future is going to be hard...

They walked and walked, until Aiden nor Ethan said he no loger could smell other werewolves- Once they were alone, Ethan literally jumped on Erik snd began to nuzzle him, Aiden sighed before he approached them and began to nuzzle into Erik too, he smiled at them as he hugged them back- It felt weird, but it was there! A thread-like energy that connected his heart to both the twins, and their hearts to each other, he couldn't sense much but that it was there and by the reaction of the twins... It meant a lot to them: "Thank you." Aiden was crying, his eyes red and puffy with tears, Ethan went completely non-verbal with whines and even his tongue licking at Erik's neck, which was weird but reminded him of an overly excited puppy trying to show his love to his owner the only way it knew how: "You're welcome." He sighed, he felt the threads shake before they pulled closer and grew thicker? Yeah, it felt like it.

"Hey, hey-" Pulling back a little, Erik decided to entertain the kids, because as far as his plan goes, he wants to get knowledge of this world- He knows some things, like Demons are real, Werewolves are real, Hunters are real, Magic is real, and other things like that, but he doesn't know the costumes or politics of this world and that makes him nervous- Packs have territories, and if they invade said territories, they'll have to deal with the pack! Now, however, he focused on what he wanted to do: "I'll introduce you to my little friend." He pulled his arm from around Ethan, who pulled closer to his torso and nuzzled in, as Aiden hugged him from behind: "Their name is-" A golden circle appeared in Erik's hand, this caught the attention of both Alphas, who stared at it as it glew brighter before shattering, leaving behind a small black ball of fur, it spread out, leaving behind a baby bat!

"Equinix." The little bat creature flapped its wings, flying and landing on his head: "They're a bat." Aiden said, his clawed hands reaching for the tiny bat, which looked at him with big, beady black eyes: "Yep." Erik chuckled- Now he could have an extra pair of eyes and ears, because this was a magical bat, Equinix had better eyesight than even him! A few hours later, Erik had already casted the [Healing Spirit] spell to heal himself because he was hurt still from yesterday, and the little spirit that looked like a small pixie helped him a little but he still had bruises, it was like he had been healing for months now! He had Equinix flying above their heads as they walked through the forest canopy so he could see what was before them, he was being carried by Aiden on his back because he was completely blind and deaf while he shared Equinix's senses: "I see... Trees still." He didn't know in which state they were in, but he knew there were a lotta trees and they needed food soon.

"D'you guys think you csn hunt?" They were wolves, they can hunt, right? The answer was... Well, they can chase a rabbit, that's for sure, but catching it? A little hard for them to do, even more so when they are afraid that the scent of blood might attract other things to them, so Erik had to take matters into his own hands and used his [Magic Hand] spell to pull the rabbit towards him before he used both [Create Element] and [Control Element] at the same time to create and shape a thin and sharp ice disk before he threw it st the rabbit, cutting through it's neck and decapitating it. He took the rabbit and gave it to the twins, who both flashed their red eyes at him before they purred? Something similar to that, more like a rumbling in their chest, blood was a bother to deal with but it was also water, so Erik could use [Control Element] on it to clean the blood off of Ethan's and Aiden's faces as they tore through the tiny rabbit like rabid hungry wolves, which was brutal.

He sent Equinix to scout around them, the little bat was really fast and could 'nudge' the connection between them and their owner, which was Erik, so they can share their senses: "Puppies, found another game." From his shared eyes and ears with Equinix, he saw another rabbit, he pulled back to talk to the twins when- "Erik!" He heard Aiden's voice, a sense of danger filled his guts as he bent in a normslly impossible way and dodged a clawed hand that was going for his head, his hand pointed at the large creature attacking him: A thin, skeletal black beast with a white skull on its head, a Wendigo! 'Fuck' His eyes darted around to see three others, they were attacking Aiden and Ethan, who were having really rough times, so he decided to go Avatar on this motherfucker.