The Death of a King

The Large Skeletal snake seems to be just a simple creature, though it's strenth is powerful it seems to not even be focused on attacking me! I quickly scour the surrounding area for anywhere that the king could have gone. After a brief period of time I activate advanced infrared vision and see a small blip of heat coming from behind the skeltal snake. After a short period of time I dash behind the beast and see a huddled down King. He looks at my approaching form almost embaressed as he begins to shout "GO AWAY YOU MONGREL" he shakily stands up and starts manually sprinting. I catch up to him quickly.

I try to bite the king but when my teeth reach his skin it seems to be almost made of steel. "I SAID YOU CAN'T KILL ME" The king shouts as he takes his working arm and grasps my head stongly. A strange feeling starts to take over me. Blue light seems to fill my vision as the world as I know it slowly disapears and is replaced by a familiar world. A familiar sight of a strangly broken down modern kitchen appears in my view.

My body runs to the figure of a woman wearing worn clothes. I grasp the tired looking woman in a hug. Her face almost seems to light up upon seeing the small figure of my young human body hugging her. "Alex, your supposed to be in bed young man." She laughs slightly as she gives me a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Now off to bed, mommy has to go take her medicine." says my mother. "Okay mommy no problem, I love you". A horrible feeling wells in my stomache at the familiar sight. I mentaly scream in my head "NO NO NO STOP THIS TORTURE". The small human alex slowly makes his way to bed as his mother goes into the small apartments bathroom. The small alex in front of him drifts to sleep but after seemingly minutes a loud thud is heard in the apartment.

Alex leaves the room quickly "mommy? whats wrong mommy?". Alex sees an open bathroom with a women lying on the floor, foam frothering her mouth. Beat red eyes and a bottle of empty pills at her side. "MOMMY, WHATS WRONG MOMMY" alex screams while making his way to the body of his mother, hugging her with all his might. The eyes of his mother seem to react to him, only slightly, before her eyes stop moving as her breathing completly stops. Alex lays there hugging and crying the body of his mother. His eyes clouding with a bluish light as his surrounding vision whirls to the sight of a strangly white home. Everything was carefully cleaned and tooken care of.

A strange couple slowly lead the almost dead looking alex into the house with views of hapiness and comforting. A foster home of sorts. A home of comfort to some. A prison to him. Everyday the same routine, until he went to school and when he went to school everything changed. I was remarked for my almost adult mindset, I got through tasks mechanically, scoring the highest out of my classes, slowsly climbing the inteligence rank. Counciling didn't help the pain, no amount of therapy could make me feel better from that horrid sight.

School was easy, highschool passed without a hitch. University I graduated top of my class but no joy was achieved by it. After I was done with education I worked a lone job, a sad one to say the least. Money wasn't an issue for me, though I didn't really care for it. Pain was all money gave. After awhile I grew used to the monotemy of life, but then something happend. I was content with my life, I loved never having to speak to others, just achieve my single purpose of life in not being cared about. Then it happened when I was about 26. A woman happened, someone who cared about me deeply.

The world seemed brighter with her alive. Everything seemed better with the girl named melody, everything was perfect. But she struggled, she struggled with her life, with her endlessly boring job. With her parents and her family, and finally with me. She was the most giving person in the world, so giving that she gave her life away one day. She saved someone from getting hit by a car, only barely making the intended person survive by a meter. I found out and it reminded me of my mother, the bottle of pills. She gave up because of the wheight that my birth caused. That thought was the thought that ruined me. The world was a horrible place. A place that I didn't want to have a place for me in.

It was a death that was poetic. A death caused by a bottle of pills. Then the final sight came to me. Something I truly didn't remember. A glowing gold outline of a shadow. He walked towards me slowly. And offered me a hand to stand. But I didn't accept it. He got angry for somereason and gestured almost with a fierce pressure for me to grab his hand. I refused once more and the surrounding air seemed to darken from the light of the man. And then there was nothing. Until the system that was.

My mind seemed to finally break through what was holding me back as I seemed to have mentally smashed the world arround me into pieces. The memories of my friends in this new world surface. The feeling of utter freedom surface, and I feel happiness welling inside of me. The sight of a concentrated Wretched King Appears before me. His eyes burning green with energy. I look at his hand and for the first time in my life feel truly happy as I snap the Wretched kings seemingly iron like hand into two. The king snaps into focus and sees me lying on the ground. "b-b-but I locked your m-m-mind!" he stutters before I jump and snap the creatures neck apart.

I take the next hour mutilating his corpse, destroying it, making sure that he will not remain alive. And after that hour all that remained where bones, charred bones. The Giant skeleton simply fades from existance as I see a new notification from the system.

<Host has completed the forests quest, you will recieve the rewards soon>

<Host has Tempered your soul, you have gained 500 EXP and +5 to all soul based stats>

<Host has leveled up to level 3>

Well I suppose it is time to leave this cursed place. As I leave the mine I see all the Wretches bodies lying on the ground a strange stench coming from them as they seem to be rotting at a fast forward speed. I leave the forest and slowly approach my cave, the familiar figure of the strange wooden woman pops up out of a tree.

"We thank you for your service to the forest, the rewards we promised have been delivered via the system" the tree sings in a pleasent tone. I ignore the creature and slowly move pass it a strange feeling of needing to be at home fills me, and I will not let this creature waste my time. The creature seems rather confused as it simply leaves into a tree.

I wind myself into the cave to the sight of double seemingly very excited by something. I look at him and slowly approach him. "Hello Double" I say in an almost shaking voice. " I missed you" I add, a strange feeling of being at home fills me at the sight of the many nestled monkeys resting on the large apes fur, pulling on it and twisting almost as if trying to make it softer. "Alex, my magic has finally come back" Double says in an almost excited voice. "What do you mean your magic has come back? It was never gone was it?" I ask curiously. "I must have not mentioned it to you, Big ape was showing how to hunt because my magic disapeared. But now it's back. Did you actually kill the Wretched King?" he asks excitedly. "Yes I did. He was honestly a push over from what I could tell. I can for sure say that I have no clue why your magic had disapeared though, but it is great that it is back. After a little bit more excitement I nestle back into a nook in the cave and drif off into sleep. I awake early in the morning eagerly looking at the many new gifts gifted to me by the system.

<100,000 EXP has been recieved as well as titles and the such.>

<Mind, Body, and Soul System>

Name: Alex Champion of the Forest(X4 mana regen while in the forest, all creatures trust you in the forest)

Level: 10 (10,000/10,000)Max level please upgrade species.

Species : Dabbler Tier 1

HP 200/200

MP 326/326

SP 87/141

Bloodline:Name: Unknown/Rarity: Legendary/Species: Storm-dragon 50% Unknown 50% current percentage unlocked: 25%/100%

<Stats>

Strength: 26 ( + 10% Physical damage )

Agility: 20 ( + 10% physical speed)

Endurance: 21 ( + 21 SP )

Body: 66

Intelligence: 24 ( +10% casting speed)

Wisdom: 20 ( + 10% magic damage)

Willpower: 63 ( + 126 MP )

Mind: 107

Soul Strength:15

Soul Speed:15

Soul Integrity: 15

Soul: 45

AP: 20

<Powers>

(Previous Evolutions)

ETC-

Body-

Mind-

(Current Powers)

Blessings of the Forest LV:MAX

Power Points: 10

<Quests>

None currently selected

I leave the AP points for later as I open the new Power Store.

<Power Store>

Mind Powers:

Telepathy LV: 1(1 cost)

Mental Unlock LV: 1(10 Cost)

Body Powers:

Adrenaline Rush LV: 1(1 cost)

Physical Unlock LV: 1(10 cost)

Soul Powers:

Soul Sense LV: 1(1 cost)

Soul Unlock LV: 1(10 cost)

Well this is a strange sight....