A New World

Zephyr POV

Early Morning

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Zephyr: W-Where the hell am I....?

I looked around but found nothing but a stunningly lush forest that was shining with it's colorful leaves and silver colored bark.

Zephyr: "This looks amazing...but where in god's name did I appear at…?"

Trying hard to remember what happened before my arrival, but nothing came to mind but instead a sudden rush of memories flooded my brain making me grip my head in pain and groan from how much damn pain I have.

Zephyr: "Arghh!"

After a couple minutes the pain stopped and I started looking through my newfound memories and found so much that It would take me months to figure it out.

Especially on how many research papers and Notes there were, confusing me greatly but they felt familiar for whatever reason as if I wrote them myself.

The most surprising part of this research was a section called "Eldritch Revelation" It was the weirdest of the bunch that had ripped or bloodied papers with weird symbols and words I understood somewhat.

Focusing more on my surroundings, I observed the lush forest that seems to be filled with Silverwood Trees, Great wood Trees, and shimmerleafs under Silverwood tree shades.

Zephyr: "Hmm, looks like I remember some of the things around me but how…?"

Zephyr: "I need to create the thaumonomicon but I need to find different crystals, ground redstone into a bowl, using a piece of flint. After grounding them up It will become a strange, glowing dust called Salís Mundus."

Zephyr: "Ah, there comes the influx of random information!"

As I groaned in annoyance trying to stop myself from thinking about random theories and recipes yet I couldn't help myself and think of a problem for the Thaumonomicron to be made.

But then comes the problem arises when I need to sprinkle it on a bookshelf but I need sugarcane for papers,leather from cows. A way to cut wood into planks....

Suddenly a blue light appears Infront of me and words start forming, "Welcome Host" , it had said and then it disappeared but a female voice sounded out in my mind all of a sudden

[Welcome Host, I am a system that was formed with your knowledge of Thaumcraft and knowledge of a god named Notch?]

Zephyr: "This...but I gained only the Knowledge of Thaumaturgy and how to be a Thaumaturge not other types of magical things. Who even is Notch? It sounds familiar but I don't remember a damn thing!"

[It is because Host needs to better familiarize himself with Thaumaturgy and how theoretical magic works with the human mind and countless tests to become better at Thaumaturgy and unlock new Magic Systems!"

[Once you have gotten a firm understanding you may wish to select other types of Mods to grow stronger or wait until you get everything from one magic and get an understanding for other types of Magic!]

Zephyr: "No wonder I don't remember anything, but how will I get the foundational things started like boats, meat, wood, water without tools?"

[Host can exchange items from the worlds you visit or from the mods you are using. Of course, things you make by yourself are allowed as it mixes different things together that give you more points!]

Zephyr: Hmm, I can make things and sell them but only when I am halfway through thaumaturgy-… unless I sell things like...Magic filled trees!"

I looked towards the vast magic filled trees and took a deep breath before running towards one of the nearer trees and looking at the shimmerleafs I picked a few of them.

Zephyr: "Uh system, how do I sell this plant?"

[I will do it automatically or you can ask me if you want to trade it for points or other items with similar costs as the item being traded]

[The object called "Shimmerleaf" is filled with magic as it grew near a Silverwood tree that radiated magic. It can go for 80 points each, higher than usual, which might happen to do with this worlds clean atmosphere...]

I heard it go silent before it started talking again with a surprised yet happy tone.

[It seems you hit the jackpot Host, no contamination of the magic in the atmosphere and the life within the world is brimming in happiness!]

Zephyr: "Sounds good? So I guess everything will go for more higher price?"

[Indeed, but there are strange beings hibernating around the planet or in pockets of space hidden from the wirld unless you discover them!]

[There are beasts who seem to be constantly evolving, and few creatures capable of Flight, Swimming, and walking on land! If you are able to kill or tame them you can also gain points!]

I heard the system go silent once again before it talked with a cautious and worried tone.

[Host, the entire planet is breathing and alive how can this be!? And it has its sights on us, pray that it won't kill us!]

I was confused and wanted to speak more but was silenced by a strong wind breezing through the trees colored leaves. I saw the wind forming together before the figure was shown and was surprised to see it was a small 8 year old girl.

Zephyr: "Uh, hello there?"

???: "You are a stranger not from this world, may I ask what is your business within my domain...?"

Zephyr: "Well, I just arrived here with no intentions of hurting the environment. I just want to experiment with some of the trees in this place"

I saw her glance at me and furrowed her eyebrows and before she could speak I talked first.

Zephyr: "Don't worry about me just leaving the place destroyed. I will replant the trees and won't necessarily kill the life growing in the forest"

???: "You are different from the others, they just appeared and placed themselves within my space. You are the first I have truly talked to without ignoring me, although similar with others you don't emit their golden radiance, strength, or winged shapes.

Zephyr: "*Chuckle* That's because I believe I am the only one of my species. So If I may ask your permission to cut down a few trees and kill large animals to survive in this place?"

???: "That isn't all is it…?"

Looking directly at her bright green eyes, she stared back with a cold look on her face but there was a hint of interest in her eyes.

I held my poker face and thought about what to say before deciding to simply say the truth as I felt the wind start picking up around me.

Zephyr: "I would also like to experiment with this worlds trees and become stronger with thaumaturgy"

???: "You have my permission, but I wish to see your experiments that you speak of like Thaumaturgy…?"

Zephyr: "I... guess it will be fine, …Would rather have company than a talking voice in my head..."

???: "Is that voice the small shaking blue light within your mind?"

I stopped completely and talked with the system in my mind on how it was able to see her. But she said the being infront could see her because it was powerful enough to do so as the strongest in the planet.

Zephyr: "Well since you will be coming here often, it might be better for us to know each other"

Zephyr: "My name is Zephyr, may I ask what is your name...?"

???: "I...do...not have a name..."

Perking up at that it confuses me more about the situation but ultimately decide to do say something that might get me killed.

Zephyr: "Then what if I gave you a name...?"

She looked at me and nodded her head before she nodded slowly and I started speaking and with the name that made the most sense.

Zephyr: "Gaia, a name for the Creator of the world I'm standing on"

She was silent but looked straight me before she started to emit a green & yellow aura that radiated off her body. Gaia closed her eyes and the radiant glowed increasing and the world started shaking.

But, the leaves were swaying with the wind passing through and everything started to look more alive and there was hint of a primal feeling within some of the Silverwood, Greatwood, and red colored trees in the vast forest.

I saw some animals come out and radiate a certain type of power, I felt like I gained something from watching this scene.

Gaia opened her eyes slowly, revealing a dark green iris in her right eye with a tree shaped symbol for her right pupil and a gold purple iris in her left eye that was in a crescent moon and 3 green stars within her left pupil.

Gaia: "I seem to have awoken something within me after I was given a name by you. This name shall forever be carved within my soul as my True Name..."

I snapped out of my daze and slowly nodded with confusion about how a name can be carved in the soul.

Zephyr: "Then I guess this makes us friends, I won't be going nowhere so you can come by if you want to see my experiments"

I saw her stop and look at me and a confused look appeared on her face confusing me slightly.

Gaia: "What is a friend Zephyr?"

Zephyr: "A friend one who will be there for you whether things are bad or staying with them through thick and thin. And since no one seems to talk to you, have you been alone all this time?"

She thought it over before she walked towards me and looked up at me before speaking softly.

Gaia: "I never had true friends whom I could speak to except my children whom I take care of and always keep the forest safe…"

Zephyr: "Wh- Children but aren't you too young…? Whom are your children?"

Gaia: "Hmm? My children are giants made of the elements and different races born within my Tree!"

Zephyr: "I…see, then you won't need to be alone anymore with me being here"

All of a sudden Gaia smiled before looking straight at me and suddenly shouting loudly a Vow.

Gaia: "Then from now on until Eternity, I swear on my Heavenly Core that I will be Zephyrs Friend until I die!"

The sky turned dark with thunderstorms rolling in and the sounds of chains wrapping around of something and Gaia groaned a bit having kneeled all of a sudden.

Being too confused and on how this all happened made my head hurt but being stupid yet longing for someone to understand me, I did the same vow albeit differently from Gaia's.

Zephyr: "I, Zephyr swear on my Thaumaturge Heart to be Gaia's Friend until Eternity and be with her through thick and thin!"

The winds picked up more and cracks appeared with purple tendrils coming out and thrusting at me before they pierced my heart and something wrapping around my heart before the tendrils retracted themselves from my physical flesh.

I balanced myself somewhat before I looked at the shocked Gaia who got a bit upset after seeing my body bloodied out. Getting down worried she came over and laid me down on the floor.

Gaia: "You! Why would you swear it upon your heart! What was that thing? How did it get past my barriers and why do I feel...strange about it?"

I coughed up some blood, hearing what she said I thought about it and could only conclude it was because of an eldritch being using the cracks to come into our reality to fullfil my Request.

Won't regret it, Got someone who ill be able to talk to and a ....friend...wow. The concept is strange for me. Did I...not have friends..? Is that why I did the same after she swore on her core?

I stopped thinking about it and tried focusing on what the system was saying all of a sudden"

[H-host, you swore on your heart and an Eldritch God's Remnant spirit now rests within your heart. Are you sure you are okay? do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?]

Hearing the worry in her voice I smiled about and looked at Gaia who raised her hand and pressed it over my heart.

Gaia: "Do you truly wish to be friends with me Zephyr?"

Zephyr: "Yeah, I need a friend anyway. And it was worth it to show how important it is to me about having you as a friend!"

She stopped talking but I felt this sudden warmth raising through my body and Gaia had a small smile that was surprising.

Gaia:Then we shall be friends, as you call it. I believe this should help you in healing your heart from those dark tendrils and will make it easier for me to find you"

Suddenly a green light came off her right palm and she pressed it against my chest and I felt refreshed and the creature within my heart lessened it's grip on my heart.

[H-host, You received a Higher beings Highest Blessing!!! You even became their friend who even swore to be your friend for eternity!!!]

I chuckled at her words before telling me on what the Blessing was about. And if it will affect me somewhat on what I do on nature or something.

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Name: Gaia's Blessing Vow

Type: Blessing(Growth)

Rank: 7

1st ability-{Immortal physique}(Growth)

Gaia Grants you a physique older than a gods that will slowly become stronger with every fight and with how much damage your physical body takes

2nd Ability-{Control over Nature}(Growth)

Allows you to impose Gaia's control over nature and beasts. Depends on how much willpower you have and how strong you are

3rd Ability-{Regrowth of Limbs}(Growth)

With a massive increase in vitality, you can now regrow your limbs within minutes. Does consume large amounts of stamina to regrow limbs

4th ability-{Natures Holy Domain}(growth)

Using the life force in the surroundings, create a domain that enforces your will and amplifies your power. Lasts for 5 minutes before it goes back to it's natural surroundings.

5th ability-{Influence over gravity}(growth)

Grants you the ability to control gravity somewhat, will grow stronger over time as you gained more insights.

6th ability-{Wrath of Gaia}

Gaia's anger rises and grants you a portion of her power to punish the ones who gained her ire. Can only last for 1 minute, increases with how much can be contained within your body.

7th Ability-{Chains of Heavens}

Being a planet with Fate, Gaia has gained control over the chains of Fate and able to imprison divine beings and Foreign Invaders

8th Ability-{God of Life}

After your last breath, it will automatically save your life and strengthen your entire body before half the power of Gaia is transferred to the host. Host temporarily becomes a God over the control of Life & Nature for almost 3 minutes.

9th Ability-{Way of Transmutation}

After gaining enough understanding on a certain aspect you will be able to transmutate certain items into other with similar or higher properties

Description: The first Blessing that a Primordial God has given to a Human. It shows Gaia's full trust and the one Gaia has chosen to be her eternal soulmate.

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Looking over the abilities and it's description I don't know what to say and looking over at Gaia who still had her hand over my heart that started pumping a little.

Zephyr: "Wait, Gaia you do know what soulmate is right...? You can't just say I'm your soulmate from just one meeting, someone could have lied to you and take your kindness for granted!"

Gaia: "I was worried at the start but you wouldn't lie to me. Your inner spirit was broken and a depressive mood was around you. You were a bit of a mess, but it changed quickly as it was never there and your state regressed to the start all over again"

Zephyr: "I...-"

Gaia: "You are also the first to talk to me and ask for permission to use my creations for experiments that sounded bad until you said you would regrow them"

Gaia: "Second, you vowed to have your heart consumed by a foreign God to be my friend"

Gaia: "Lastly, you told me we could be friends and to visit you whenever and your generosity within your heart made me choose you…"

Gaia: "This is why I decided to make you my soulmate, you said it yourself. "Friends go through thick and thin for them no?"

Zephyr: "*sigh* Whatever, I guess your my soulmate now and for eternity with you swearing it on your Heavenly Core"

Gaia: "Indeed, let me know when you wish to see me by whispering my name. I am here yet everywhere at the same time, see you soon.... Zephyr...."

I sighed once again before agreeing to her request and I looked at her dissapearing figure with a hint of sadness before I heard the systems voice.

[Host, would you like to see the new notifications?"

Zephyr: "Notifications? Sure!"

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New Title gained!

Rank: 8

(New!)Eternal Soulmate of Gaia

1st Ability: Nature gathers around you and increases the growth for all plants and Animals by 50%

2nd Ability: Strength of Nature Spells and Invocations increase by 30%

3rd Ability: Favorability with Beasts, elemental spirits, and high elves is increased

4th Ability: Chances of taming, gathering, and hunting increased by 30%

Description: The first being becoming the eternal Soulmate of The World Gaia!

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Zephyr: "Wh- I gained extra abilities….!?"

As I thought of how to use these blessings I remembered that I still needed points to build the Thaumonomicron and other important aspects to increase my knowledge.

I felt pain o my chest all of a sudden and looking down I saw I now had a green sigil of a tree with branches spreading throughout my body filling my body with power.

I walked over towards the shimmerleafs underneath the Silverwood tree's and picked them up.

Zephyr: "System, is there a way I can talk to you without speaking aloud? And do you know if I have an inventory to store the items instead of carrying them on my arms?"

[Yes Host, you can communicate within your mind. If you just call out Inventory it will show up and you should have at least 36 empty spots]

I looked at the shimmerleafs before slowly transferring the shimmerleafs in the inventory and telling the system to Sell 15 of them giving me 1,200 points.

Thinking about it I told the system if I could give her a name to make it easier than just saying system.

[Yes please! Give this system of yours a new name!]

It said yes, so thinking of many names within my mind I gave her the name of Luna to which she happily agreed upon and gave me a 3x multiplier for 2 Hours with how happy she was.

Taking advantage of it I ran towards nearby Silverwood Trees and picked up the Shimmerleafs planted below them in quick succession and proudly gathered 47 Shimmerleafs.

Let's just say that I got over a couple thousand points with the base points being multiplied by 3 giving me 11,280 points.

Zephyr: "So can I check the utility section now and try to buy the necessary stuff?"

Luna: [Yes! There will be other items from different worlds as well so pick whatever]

I scanned through the shops lower tools section and saw the necessary stuff that was cheap for only 30 points a piece. I got a Pickaxe, sword, axe, and a shovel that were of iron level but it is enough for now.

I walked towards a Silverwood tree and started cutting it down with the iron axe swiftly with the increased strenght of Gaias blessing.

After doing so, a prompt came up talking about the Silverwood and if I wanted to convert them into planks or sell them.

I tapped on the conversion button and the Silverwood logs turned into Silverwood planks.

Luckily enough I saw a preservable sapling and I carefully picked it off from a branch before placing it in my inventory.

I did the same thing for the next hour with sometimes a few trees not dropping a sapling or dropping 1-3 sapling per Silverwood tree. I had replanted half of the saplings I gained and kept some for myself.

There even was the Silverwood leaves harvested from the conversion which made it so that I don't need the shears to get them saving me the trouble.

In total I had gained 288 logs with each tree carrying 24 Logs, 384 Silverwood leaves with 32 leaves in each tree, 8 saplings harvested, and used 9 axes to cut all 12 Silverwood trees down.

Metal axes don't have a great effect on magical things I learned the hardway as I wasted some points.

Luna helped calculate how much I would gain if I sold all my Silverwood logs with the 3x multiplier and lets say I received 124,200k worth of points.

The Silverwood altogether would have been 99k at base price if I sold all 288, but because I know my consciousness won't allow me to spend all of it at once.

I opted to sell 120 Silverwood logs instead for 41k points originally but due to the 3x point increase, I gained 124,200 points shocking me greatly.

Zephyr: "Now it leaves me with 168 logs but this should do for now"

I told Luna If I could get some sugarcane and some skills or something similar to increase my gathering or chopping skills.

Thinking of how to get leather without tearing it accidentally and finding other animals to do it all over again.

[I have a wide variety of Skills that are for Novices, so which one do you need?]

Zephyr: "Can you give me skills for a hunterr, Lumberjack, Swordsman, farmer, and archer but cheap?"

[Novice are 2,500-10k, Beginner is 7,500-20k, Advanced is 22,500-65k, Expert is 70,000-110k, Grand Master is 120,000-450k, Half-Divine is 500,000-1.5M, and lastly God is 2,500,000-10M points

Feeling depressed with the amount of numbers worth for the advanced and God tier skills which I could gain but these were basic skills not specific skills I might need down the line.

But calculating my work efficiency, exhaustion, tools, experiments, sleep schedule, and how large the forest is, it will take me a year to gain enough points for 2 God Skills with just Silverwood trees alone.

Obviously it won't work with Gaia getting mad at me, and the need for more Silverwood Trees being grown. The only way is for me to get the hoe of Growth through the Infusion Altar.

I stopped thinking about later stuff and more about the now situation. I told Luna to get me the Novice skills and not long after I saw my points go down from 136,320pts to 123,820pts.

5 white lights appeared from nowhere but they started materializing into cards that floated In front of me.

The Hunter card had a man with a knife cutting along a bunnies coat into leather. The Lumberjack card had someone with an axe raised ready to cut a large tree down. The swordsman card had a man diligently raising his sword up and down. The Farmer had a man in a field with his hoe raised. And lastly the Archer card had a man with a large bow drawn aiming in the distance.

The five cards floated into my chest but instead of stopping on my robes, they went right through my flesh before I felt refreshed and new memories with me doing the same thing the men in the cards were doing.

Zephyr: "This is...truly a refreshing feeling..."

I grabbed one of the worn out axes and went to cut down a tree and found it to be easier and some mistakes on how I had done previously made me feel embarrassed somewhat.

I guess before it becomes night I will have to look for a deep cave within this giant magical forest to call my home.

Thinking about my food source now and with farming crops later, I told Luna if she could buy me a Good bow with 34 arrows and a medium sized quiver, but it had to be under 30,000 points.

Luna took 30,000 points off for the cost of the bow, arrows, and quiver which made my inner self tremble but I didn't show it. After Luna bought them I checked them out and all three items looked amazing.

The bow was all black with small symbols engraved upon it's metal edges. The string was metallic and felt an immense force wanting to be madly released. It had 2 horns in the front that were tipped in gold as well as the handle that felt right to the touch.

I looked at the arrows and there was a variety but the most were the long arrowheads that looked liked they could penetrate anything. There were five arrows that were fully black and in full metal, the middle of the arrow had gold along it's edges.

Now, the quiver although not as elegant as the last two did have unique engravings on its leather that shined red here and then. It had a black mist on the bottom of the quiver that I couldn't see even when it was daytime.

Zephyr: "Do they have a Name, and what do the engraved symbols mean?"

[They are called the Nightbringer, and that's for you to find out host. I picked it because it will be helpful for you in the current situations and because they are a set]

Zephyr: "The Nightbringer...? Sounds cool, but what are their type of skills"

[Showing you their individual skills and their skills when used together!]

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Name: The Nightbringer(5/8)

Type: Enchanted Immortal Bow [Sealed]

Rank: 7

Description: The Nightbringer had once brought upon the end of an Era, but because its wielder sacrificed himself to end an Era. It had lost most of its power & powerful skills. It is part of a set that was used by Legendary Hero Cevera in his prime before his death in a great Forbidden war.

1st Skill: Raselva(1/10)

Enchants an arrow with True Corruption to cause madness to the enemy, and corrupt their souls themselves. Splits into five arrows to deal small AOE damage towards multiple enemies.

2nd Skill: Zeldea(1/10)

Charge up an Enchanted arrow and aim to the sky to make Enchanted arrows multiply by 35x to cause a large AOE damage with arrows raining from the sky.

3rd Skill: Grephel(1/10) [Sealed]

Charging up an Enchanted arrow with Corruption to the max will summon a Skull of Vreta that will combine with the enchanted arrow for an arrow of True Death.

Requirements: Need to gain Vreta's True Blessing to use.

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Name: The Nightbringer(6/8)

Type: Enchanted Primordial Arrows[Sealed]

Rank: 29

Description: Arrows forged by a known Primordial Blacksmith Sa'taar. Arrows capable of traversing reality to reach their target and devour their souls. Capable of tearing through Immortal Metal when all 8 pieces are united with their full power and True Forms released from their seals.

1st Skill: Reality Eater(1/10)

Able to follow moving targets from kilometers away. Speeds up after every missed attack until it reaches its target

2nd Skill: Heseth(1/10)

Charging up an arrow with Corruption will make it release chaotic energy and effect the entirety of it's surroundings completely annihilating space

3rd Skill: Annihilation Reset[Sealed]

After gaining it's full power again with a core of the universe, It will generate Origin energy and Break reality & time itself until it is charged up and end an Era once more

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Name: The Nightbringer

Type: Quiver

Rank: 21

Description: A Quiver made from a Primordial Corrupted Time Beast's Leather. Engraved upon it are the Seals keeping the Time Beast's Power to corrupt it's arrows and repair them for infinity

1st Skill: Xero(1/10)

Adds corruption upon any arrows placed inside the quiver and gives a hint of time to speed up arrows

2nd Skill: Timethus(1/10)

Every time the arrows are repaired with a Divine Core or a Galaxie's Core it will add the power of Time in them capable of breaking Reality itself. After 10 seconds the arrows returns to the Quiver in it's original state.

3rd Skill: Time Zero(1/10)[Sealed]

After regaining it's true form and seals undone it will gather a part of Time itself to break the Core Concepts & Fundamental Laws set upon by the Creator

Requirements: Recognition of Origin & End themselves

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Reading through everything my mind blanked out and was just processing the words over in my mind wanting to know how Luna managed to find these items without them being insanely costly.

Obviously the last item being the Quiver made no sense with it "breaking Concepts & Fundamental Laws set upon by the Creator." Like wtf, how am I suppose to awaken this skill, who even are the Origin & End?

Intending to ask Luna of how am I supposed to get it all but Luna said I will be able to know once I reach a certain point in my journey.

Zephyr: "Whatever, something to remember once I grow strong enough...."

I grabbed the filled up quiver and put it on smoothly, grabbing the heavy Nightbringer I slung it over my shoulder and walked through the forest and saw fruits on some of the trees and the huge Greatwood Trees that I could see over the Horizon.

I slung the Nightbringer on my back before carefully climbing up the Greatwood tree that took 7 minutes with how big it was. Once I climbed up some sturdy branches I looked around the forest and saw an opening West of the tree and climbed down slowly but stopped after seeing a creature come out the woods and sniff around before turning it's head towards my location.

It was blue with horns on top of it's head and. large jaw with rows of bloodied teeth. It came closer before looking at me once more.

ROAAR!!!

Hearing it roar I quickly climbed up the tree's branches and slung the Nightbringer onto my hands before taking a breath and taking an arrow from the quiver and placing it onto the bow and drawing it back.

I aimed at the big creature that started to climb the tree. The string of the bow started vibrating and the arrow had a tint of purple on it slowly growing.

KABOOM!!!

I released my fingers from the arrow and it flew straight toward the creature who looked dazed and it tore through the beasts flesh into the skull and through the body.

There was an explosion and the ground beneath was gone revealing roots of the Greatwood Tree and an underground cave underneath with a small river flowing downward.

Looking quickly at the opening of the cave and how small it looked I opted to put away "The Nightbringer" and take out my Iron sword instead. I took a breath before dropping down into the river hoping it would be deep enough.

Somewhat luckily, It was deep enough but I scraped my leg, I swam down the river for who knows how long, but there were clusters of crystals on the sides of the cave walls. using a pickaxe to mine the cluster of colored crystals and my lower body's strength to stop myself from floating away.

I mined the different colored crystals and took a crystal that was Black and Red with some type of green circles inside it. I placed it in my inventory and saw it named just as question marks.

Mining every crystal on the way down I stopped after hearing groaning like sounds. Switching my pickaxe for my Sword I did a defensive stance slowly swimming forwards.

Once I came down I saw the same type of creatures from the one above but they are more purple and are standing on their hindlegs legs.

I slowly got out the water and quietly moved towards the walls to not get in their sight and provoke them into attacking me.

I looked over the edge of the cave, seeing it more clearly they had weird colored markings on their bodies.

Almost like tribal markings but they lit up in the dark, now thinking about it. It isn't as dark as I thought it would be, does it have something to do with the Hunter skill?

There appears to be 7 of them but there is a passageway going downwards even more. If they are friendly they wouldn't have directly gone to kill me earlier but lets be cautious.

I stayed to the edge of the walls and crouched behind some big rocks that were scattered about and had holes or cracks in them. Avoiding the beasts and not breathing for a few times to not get seen I made it to the passageway down nearly avoiding the beast who walked towards me.

I hid beside a hole in the wall that I barely fit my body in, holding my breath in. I waited for a few seconds before it finally left, I climbed out the hole slowly before going downwards.

Once I reached the bottom, I saw a massive open room with a small hill surrounded by a body of green water that had a massive black coiling serpent with golden tribal markings on its body. It had a huge set of Antler Horns that were a mix of white & black with gold stringed crystals on its antlers.

It was snoring but there was torches lit up around the massive room with a Massive Tree in the middle of the coiled Serpent. The tree had pink leaves and had 10 Fruits hanging on its branches, guessing it is waiting for them to ripen before it eats them.

Of course the thing I did not account for is for the Serpent to open it's left eye and it's Pupil had the shape of a crescent moon with 3 green orbs floating around the pupil. As it lifted it's head up it saw me before it, before I could do anything it knelt it's head before me and moved it's tail towards me.

Thinking it through I put away my sword and hesitantly climbed on the Serpent's Tail, It brought me close to it's body before lifting me up to it's face.

It started hissing but it wasn't with the intention to kill but a passive tone? How am I certain it's what It said, Looking at it's eyes I talked slowly.

Zephyr: "Do you know Gaia?"

It looked confused somewhat prompting me to describe her with green hair and a Crescent moon Pupil. It reacted and nodded it's head. As I was talking with the serpent I saw the same beasts come in and look at me standing on the Serpent's Tail.

They seemed confused and looked at each other before looking back at the serpent and dropped a large animal onto the ground that released a huge thud and the Serpent raised it's tail towards it's head making me walk to it's head and sat on it.

THUD!

I saw it uncoil slightly moving it's tail that wrapped around the large dead Beasts body and brought it over the water before it opened it's fang and bit into the dead beasts body tearing it apart.

Blood splashed everywhere and thinking about something, I asked Luna to sell 20 Silverwood gaining me another 6,900pts.

Now having a little more than 130k points, I asked Luna if she could buy vials, a tanning rack, and something to freeze food.

[No problem! But for freezing food, Magic will be used. I advise you to buy an Advanced Magic Bloodline to get a headstart for magic that are Tiers 1-5 at least]

Zephyr: How much would it cost? How will this work with me being a Thaumaturge?I needs vis to cast spells with a normal focus or advanced focus to increase it's potential"

[Having a bloodline will help you with having a headstart in magic and give you an advantage with your spells power increased]

[A regular mage bloodline is 1-2k pts, an Advanced Mage Bloodline is 6-15k pts, a Noble Mage's Bloodline is near 25-45k pts, A Epic Mage Bloodline is 50k-90k pts, a Legendary Mages Bloodline is 120-300k pts, a Mythical Bloodline is 500k-950k pts, and a Divine Bloodline is 1.5M-5M pts"

Zephyr: "Hmm, are you able to buy me a Noble Mage's bloodline?"

I don't need to be fully reliant on the bloodline, but maybe it amplifies the power, cast speed, and lethality of any spells if I mix them together! Damn it, the new mind of a fresh thaumaturge is making want to experiment!

Zephyr: "Tsk! Hopefully I can start thaumaturgy soon to distract me from my wild thoughts…"

I sighed and saw the serpent about to finish it's meal, I tapped it on its head and told it if I could take the purple blood & remaining Hide that still is enough for 2 whole Kodak Bears.

It layed it's head down and I jumped down and grabbing the Empty glass vials from the inventory I took out my sword and cut through the flesh that started dripping blood. I placed the vial under the dripping blood slowly filling it up a drop at a time.

After 10 minutes I filled up 10x bottles full of purple beast blood which I put in my inventory. I asked Luna if she could buy me a dagger to cut the skin of the beast.

Hearing a ding I checked the inventory and saw the dagger that looked expensive but it was only for cutting along the beasts skin.

Taking the ceremonial-like-dagger I started cutting the skin of the beast with a lot of force. It was misleading, thinking that just because the serpent could do It I could.

After 30 minutes, I finished and looked around and saw that there was no space for the tanning rack. Looking at the cave wall and the way on how the serpent used it's tail.

Zephyr: "Hey! Can you make a hole with your tail on the wall over ther-"

Before I could finish what I wanted to say it thrusted it's tail where I pointed and made a large hole that shaked the caves inner walls. The new hole was near 25m in length, 12m in height, and 10m in width.

Flabbergasted, the snake bounced me up in the air before it blew some air from it's surroundings that carried me over to the new Hole. where I woke up from my dazed state and placed the Tanning racks down with the skin of the leather.

I looked through the shop to find tanin made from bark and buying it for 2 points for 5 pounds, I then bought 5 pounds of clay for 2 points, 5 pound of salt for 2 points. I then bought a wood tub for 8 points and climbed down the hole and grabbing water before climbing up from the ground to the cave and bringing the hides down with me.

I bought another wood tub and filled it with water until I put both big pieces of leather inside and let them rest there for 2 days to get the hair and soften the membrane layer.

Guess it will be time for me to go mining, there were other holes I can look for Iron hopefully. But buying redstone should suffice for now until I get Salís Mundus.

Zephyr: "Hmm, Luna can you buy me a bed with cotton and cloth, also an ink and pen would suffice to with paper."

[Sure, 105 points deducted! You better start learning or else you won't be able to learn magic or experiment with different types of Magic!]

Zephyr: "What? You dare! Fine ill learn it and write it all down, so don't injure the Thaumaturge within me...."

I heard her laugh before I grumbled and taking out a bed with everything on it made me happy. I grabbed the blue light within my inventory and looked at the label on the vial before I focused and tried to be calm.

I took a deep breath before I drank the blue vial and I felt it within my body and my entire body shut down for a few moments and a refreshing feeling arose but suddenly it became hot as hells inferno making me want to jump into the water outside but with Luna telling me to not go & the serpent looking at me made me embarrassed.

Zephyr: "W-what do you mean to go through it the entire night!!! I won't survive this damn heat without taking off my clothes!"

[Survive it host! If you stop now, it will be a failure and the Bloodline will dissolve into a regular one. Your body may even face a backlash from doing so! So keep fighting it until sunrise to receive the effects of the Bloodline!]

I took a deep breath before releasing hot breaths and my blood was boiling along with my entirety of my body hating that I let Luna pick the type!

I thought of everything right now and my still missing memory before accepting it all and kept on fighting through the intense heat & pain until the next day where my body was frail and week.

9 Hours Later

Early Morning

Zephyr: "Oh Luna, How I wish to punish you for doing this type of thing towards me...."

I whispered out before the boiling blood finally stopped and I felt a new warm sensation within my veins making me comfortable and doze off fully.

Zephyr: Finally....it's...over ....I… can rest…"

I fell face forward onto the floor before sleeping away while dreaming about all I did today and what the future itself holds for me.

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To Be Continued