I felt like I was floating... once more. Only this time, like I was floating inside of some sort of space - unlike the previous times, where it was like I was within some type of nothingness. I opened my eyes, and looked around me - slightly confused. It was pitch black all around me, with these vein-like patterns all around the place, as if they were holding together this pitch black darkness.
There seemed to be no sound inside this place - as it felt suffocating to be here, with my internal organs feeling like they were going to be crushed at any second.
"What is this place..."
I threw my gaze around more, before eventually spotting a reddish vein like pattern which was mixed in with the black ones. Following it, I spotted more and more of the red coloured vein patterns, going deeper and deeper inside of the space - as if there was more to this location.
At first - I hesitated to follow the patterns, however after looking around one more time, my curiosity got the better of me. So I tried to move forward to follow the pattern — and it was strange. Moving wasn't like I was used to, but at the same time, didn't feel that much different to me slithering normally. It was as if I was slithering mid air, with the feeling of my body floating still strongly present. As I followed the red coloured vein pattern, more and more of it started to appear around - slowly intertwining itself with the black ones.
It honestly felt like I was moving towards some great trouble - and every fiber of my being did not like that feeling. I felt my body shiver in fear – with the wish to just turn around and start running as fast as I could, just to 'get away' from here.
But I ignored it. I ignored the feeling of uncertainty and fright I had, despite how intense it was becoming.
I was more curious to see where these red veins led to and besides... Even if I did let my body decide and start running away - where would I go? This place doesn't seem like it is part of the world I am used to.
I continued to follow the red vein pattern for a bit longer - watching as it grew in density and size more and more around me, making me feel more and more frightened on the inside, making my body just have constant shivers as well as seemingly increasing the suffocating pressure I felt on myself and my insides.
It was as if more and more weight was being applied to me from all sides - including my insides.
But I just kept going forward and moving after the red veins - despite all the red flags that were appearing all around me.
Eventually, I reached where the red veins seemingly connected all together - and once I saw it, my eyes widened in shock. In the 'heart' of this place, where all the strange red vein patterns met, was a giant black hole like orb — in a purely red colour. It had a darker red colour on the edge with a brighter red in the middle and finally a pitch black darkness with a small crimson red spot in the center - shining.
The soundless nature of this place also suddenly disappeared as I came in contact with this thing as I began to hear what sounded like low, low pitched and deep groaning accompanied by a humble, yet still noticeable heartbeat - which 'echoed' in the darkness.
I shed a sweat, debating on whether I should get closer to the large black hole-like object in front of me. On one hand, it was terrifying as hell and any rational and normal individual would flee as fast as they could the second they saw this, but on the other hand... My curiosity was growing more and more. I wished to understand what this thing was and whether or not it actually was dangerous or just some fragment of my imagination – which I wouldn't be surprised about if it was.
After all, after reincarnating into this world - I have had some strange dreams and visions appear constantly. Who said that this couldn't be one of them?
I remained in place, just wondering to myself what to do, before the crimson red spot within the darkness at the center of the red orb suddenly turned to 'look' at me. I felt instant shivers run down my spine as I flipped around and frantically began to slither away. I got away just a little bit, before my body suddenly stopped and a loud, echoing groan suddenly echoed through the darkness, followed by the entire space shaking and trembling violently.
I felt my heart start pounding as I looked back at the orb, which now was slowly creating red vein patterns in my direction. I felt my body just twitch and twitch, wanting to flee — but I couldn't even move an inch. It felt like I was both, paralysed by fear and not at the same time. The vein patterns eventually reached me and enclosed around me, creating this red sphere-like shape all around me before beginning to shrink down and down. I panicked a little bit — looking all around as my heart beat faster and faster, and the sphere around me got smaller and smaller.
It got so small eventually, that my body began to feel like it was being crushed by the sphere around me. I felt unexplainable pain all over me - pain so great, that I genuinely couldn't help but try and scream or shout - only for no sound to come out. The sphere got smaller and smaller, and smaller...
Till eventually...
Everything went dark once more and I lost all feeling of my body, heart and really... myself.
...
Then, I jumped up, coiling up as I breathed heavily. I looked around me, examining the area. I was... back in the place I had fought the Chimera inside of. Looking to my right side, I saw the dead corpse of said Chimera, laying dead with its blood dried out by now and its corpse beginning to smell really bad.
"Was it... a dream?"
I looked down at the ground in confusion, before letting out a heavy sigh of relief. It seemed like that entire situation I had just experienced was just a fragment of my imagination after all... It wasn't real at all. But even then... it was just such a strange occurrence. The dreams and visions I have had up until now have had some kind of link to either my past life or what I've experienced in this world so far — and yet, this dream not only didn't appear to be linked to either of those things, it also felt... far, far more realistic than any other dreams I've had so far.
I breathed heavily for a few more moments, with my heart rate slowly going down until I fully calmed down. Shaking my head, I heard an announcement loudly speak in my head.
Evolution Successful.
You have evolved into 'Dark Snake'.
Individual Skill [Enlightened] has gained the SubSkill
{Overworld Detection}.
Special Skill [Nykee] has been combined with the Arc Skill [Djinn].
You may now manifest a Spectre of the Sixtails 'Nykee' at will through the skill [Djinn].
Your senses have been sharpened and body strength increased.
This concludes the evolution report.
That is... a lot of things.
I should probably take a look at my stats right now myself. I looked down, flipping my tail in front of me - about to speak out the command, before noticing something strange about my tail. It was... Black now. It had gone from a darkish green to a black colour, with white grey patterns across my body. I quickly looked around for anything to use as a mirror, however there didn't seem to be anything that could serve such a purpose around me at this time.
"I suppose it will have to wait till I get out of here..."
I exhaled, before shaking my head. I got distracted - I need to take a look at my stats now. Looking back down, I took in a quick breath – before speaking the command.
"Status Open."
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Name: Faofa Shin
Species: Dark Snake
Level: 64
Rank: C
Stats:
Health; 32,400/32,400
Strength; 3600
Defense; 3450
- Overall Power; 8900
Skills:
-Speech; Active Skill
-Venom; Passive Skill
-Enlightened; Individual Skill
-Devourer; Individual Skill
-Reaping; Epic Skill
-Venom Mastery; Epic Skill
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Look at my stats...! They've shot up since the last time I took a look at them! I guess it isn't really surprising, considering that I not only evolved but also levelled up finally - speaking of which, my level was now sixty four... I gained an entire fourteen levels before evolving - IF I remember correctly.
There also was a voice that said something about requirements before I passed out, so I guess there really were specific requirements I had to meet in order to be able to level up beyond level fifty. Looking at the other stuff in my stats window, it appeared as though my rank had also increased from E to C — Which I guess meant I was more powerful by the definition of these 'ranks'?
I am honestly unsure what kind of role the rank played and whether it was important or not, but I am guessing that the higher it was, the better. Looking at my skill list, it hadn't changed too heavily, with the main difference being some of the skills also having evolved and me having gained that brand new 'Mimic' skill from completing the quest that had appeared before me when I approached this tomb.
It still doesn't sound as cool or impressive as I would have hoped, however, I suppose I should keep my judgement of how useful it was till I can figure out how to use it.
Closing the window, I threw my gaze over at the corpse of the Chimera, slithering a bit closer to it. It seriously looked like a mess now, with small flies flying around it and the body of it clearly already having started to slowly rot. Its blood was also spilled absolutely everywhere - though it all seemed to have dried up during the time I was passed out.
"I still cannot believe how tough this thing was... Its magical energy was absolutely through the freaking roof. I'm a bit proud of myself for managing to take it down."
I smiled a bit, before chuckling to myself and then exhaling, looking at the corpse a bit more seriously. Before I left this place, I wished to grab the magical energy this thing had with 'Devourer' — just to see if it would bring interesting results.
After a second, the red mist from 'Devourer' left my body, before encasing the Chimeras body. After a little bit, the mist suddenly let out a large surge of air, before returning to my body - absorbing back into my body. I looked around confused for a second, before a sudden window appeared in front of me.
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Use of [Shadowlord]
Has been permitted.
Would you like to create the Shadow Beast 'Chimera'?
Yes - No
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"Sh..Shadow Beast? The hell is that?"
I shed a sweat. This hasn't happened before - usually 'Devourer' encases a valid target and absorbs its magical energy, giving it to me, but this time — it appeared to have... failed? I think? Well, I didn't gain any magical energy from the creature's corpse and now I have a window saying I can use 'Shadowlord' to 'create' something called a 'Shadow Beast' using the Chimera...
I remained in place, staring at the window silently while occasionally throwing my gaze up at the Chimeras deceased body. Whatever this 'Shadow Beast' was, it certainly sounded impressive... And it was like me gaining a servant or something, it could prove really useful... But at the same time, I had this ever so slight hesitation within me – that I just couldn't shake off.
I thought about it carefully for a bit, before eventually exhaling and selecting the 'Yes' option on the window. In my mind - there wasn't really much that could go wrong. At most, I will be forced to fight something... again.
The window closed, before I felt this sudden pulsing of energy inside me, before I felt an enormous amount of Magical Energy leave my body, as my shadow extended and enclosed the Chimeras body. A second later - several appendages shot up from the shadow, quickly wrapping around the corpse, completely engulfing it, before spinning around it. For a few seconds, I stared in complete and utter shock and speechlessness, before eventually the shadows spinning in front of me took on a new shape - with it appearing a bit fiery.
Six white eyes then shined through the fiery shape, before it let out a loud roar, revealing itself. It was a dark, shadowy version of the Chimera - with both of its heads and snake tail back and all of their eyes shining white as well as this powerful aura and presence leaking from it. The heads all looked at me, before leaping off of the dead Chimeras body and landing behind me. I quickly curled up in slight fear, before preparing for a fight - however, the shadowy Chimera then suddenly just bowed down before me, the heads closing their eyes.
I felt baffled and confused - unable to even form together a coherent sentence to say. Then, another window appeared before me.
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Creation Successful.
Shadow Beast Chimera has been created.
Please - Give the TAMED Shadow Beast a name.
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I remained silent for a bit, throwing my gaze back and forth between the Shadow Chimera in front of me and the window. I really did just create myself a servant of sorts... And now I am required to name it? Who would have thought that my skill 'Shadowlord' was capable of something like this as well... I guess it wasn't just a convenient mobility tool.
I thought carefully about the name thing – with many, many ideas rushing through my head. What would be a name that would best fit... whatever the hell this thing in front of me right now was? Many ideas came to mind, however none of them sounded quite right. I even felt like giving up on the naming thing and just giving it the name 'Chimera' so that I could move on out of here.
However, after a bit, I eventually came up with something that sounded like it would fit this creature.
"How about... Arvalor?"
I said, looking at the shadowy creature. The beast opened all six of its eyes, letting out a loud roar, before looking at me with joy. It seemed to like the name - so that was what I inputted in the window.
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[ Arvalor ]
Shadow Beast - Chimera
Level - 1
Rank - E
Resides within the Shadow World. As it is your creation and it has sworn loyalty to you, you may call upon it at any time and it will appear. Additionally, it will not drain any of your Magical Energy to call upon it - however, should it fall in battle, it will return to the Shadow World to regenerate its own Magical Energy.
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I wasn't sure how to react to the brand new 'servant' I had just gained for myself. Looking up from the window, I looked at the beast, which simply stared back down at me with an excited expression plastered across all three of its heads.
In a sense - this thing seemed like it would come in useful for me — Especially when tackling dungeons. Though it seemed to be a bit weaker than the Chimera I faced, since its magical energy wasn't exerting as much of a force on me as when it was a regular monster, the creature still seemed to have kept most of its strength - and considering it was such a pain to fight...
It may just become an ally I can rely on.
I closed the window in front of me, before shedding a sweat as I wondered how I could make the beast go into the shadows.
"Maybe just ask it...? That could work..."
I looked at the beast nervously, before smiling lightly towards it.
"Okay... I wish for you to... uh – go to.. The shadow world!"
God, why was it so hard to get that simple sentence out? It felt like my voice and throat was hurting like hell the entire time. Perhaps I was still feeling a slight side effect from my sudden evolution. The Shadow Beast stared down at me for a bit, before nodding with all three of its heads and sinking into the shadows below it - disappearing from sight.
Then, I felt its presence in my shadow below me - signifying that it was most likely ready to follow me through the shadow world. I took in a quick breath, before exhaling and shaking my head. Enough distractions - time to get on out of here.
Without a single bit of hesitation, I slithered towards the tunnel - which now had opened once more, moving straight into it and through it, without throwing a single look back behind me. My 'business' here was finished.
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