Chapter 4: Hag
The moon's light shone through the window, or not really. After all, it is a reflection of sunlight. In this window was a sleeping man with his analog alarm clock, drawer, and phone with little else. His bag hung off of the doorknob and he was fast asleep. A perfect target, thought Olga the hag.
And so, she lept out of her boney carriage and into the youngster's dream. He dreamt of cultivation, but what he did not expect is to meet a beautiful girl. It was Divine Jade Beauty Qian Xinyu! She approached him in a slow trot with her long dress dragging against the floor and in her seductive voice, said:
"Oh, a young man! Well, I have something for you. A choice, one that I think you might like. Follow me!" She giggled a bit and lead Nikolai to a room, Nikolai following her without the slightest question. When she opened the door, it was a bedroom! Better yet for the young teen, she was stripping...
Off her costume and into the true form of Olga, certainly a downgrade of about eleven points out of ten. The bedroom became an empty concrete cell-like chamber and before Nikolai could gasp in horror, she had begun to speak.
"Ah, you have fallen into my trap. What a stupid boy, I always expect so much inquisitiveness but never get it. Now, I have a choice that I will give you, so listen carefully. Why do you think I manifested as Divine Jade Beauty Qian Xinyu?" She asked Nikolai.
"U-uh... because I like her and have ja-"
"That's enough, 500 points to you. And you are also very interested in cultivation novels, aren't you? Well, that was a rhetorical question, I know you are. And I still want to give you the choice she was going to give you. So, listen carefully for your options." Olga took a dramatic pause.
"So, there is start number one. You can have a fairly standard start. You can become part of the Divine Lotus sect as Bai Xin, a lazy, 17 year old bastard son of the Xin family. He has hair that could be described as raven-black and it is tied back into a ponytail. He can cultivate and primarily does solo cultivation, and is at 3rd stage Body Awakening. He has one personal maid who has white skin, standard proportions, and will serve you forever." She took another pause, catching her breath.
"Or, you can be yourself, no family, no nothing. Well, not exactly. You have the power to become a Weredragon, which is a dragon transformation. As such, you do not need to cultivate and can be strong off the bat and all throughout your story. Sure, you cannot become a martial artist or qi user, but who can go wrong with up to four elements you have mastered and also, being a dragon?" She cleared her throat for the final time,
"The world is a cultivation world like most others... However, keep in mind a world is rarely explored beyond about halfway, in reason, but potentially, only about 3% of the world could be a cultivation civilization. Who knows about the rest? Regardless, I need you to choose. Time is running out, for you it is already three forty five A.M."
Nikolai now had to consider the options. Based on his readings, a character such as the first often, in time, becomes a very strong cultivator with a large harem and tons of respect. But the second was a pretty epic kind of wildcard for Nikolai that he may want to consider. However, Olga was very brief and skittish around the dragon section, so he could either be a weak outsider or potentially, the strongest and explorer of the coolest realms.
His thinking was interrupted by Olga's warning. This time, it was four thirty A.M and he would have to choose fast, as his alarm went off at 5. With time running down, Nikolai was forced to rush a highly important decision for the second time in 24 hours. But this time, his decision was clear as day. "Make me a Weredragon, Olga, and send me off this instant!" He commanded.
Olga did as he wished and with two magic spells, a duplicate Nikolai with the same personality and memories was in his bed waking up to the alarm and the real Nikolai was sent away to the land of his wildest dreams, never to be seen again.