Chapter 13: First Kill
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n๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ.
nHe began to steadily apply pressure, sweat was beginning to pour down his brows behind the gas mask, and he had to rapidly blink to stop them entering his eyes, his strength Stat was just too weak.
n๐๐ฉ, ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐จ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ.
nAround the neck of the purple wolf, a faint cold mist encircled it, and slowly the chill began to penetrate it, causing the flesh to squeeze and crackle beneath the blades.
n๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ.
nThe fur became stiff and soon turned to purple dust, and the shears bit into the Demonโs neck, the blood that flowed was black, and was thick like tar, it did not freeze like Rowan expected but flowed and pooled on the Magitite Stone.
n๐๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฆ.
nRowan knew his strength had reached the limit, so he beckoned Maeve with his head, knowing what she was to do, she stood behind Rowan and wrapped her hands around his, and began to apply pressure, the blades began to bite deeper, cutting through the muscle, it stopped at the spine.
n๐๐ฆ ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ดc๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.
nRowan frowned and gestured for Maeve to apply more pressure, Maeve paused, she would rather not apply more pressure that could surpass the stress limit of the Heavy Runic Gloves, she was a little confused why her master did not allow her to personally kill the cursed creature, nevertheless her duty was to obey him in all things.
n๐๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐บ!
nMaeve stood behind Rowan and felt how frail he was. The laws of power were harsh, and her heart ached at the suffering he must have endured. She did not ask him what happened, knowing he would tell her in his time. What she could do was to support him, but she needed clarifications from him, she would loathe to add to his suffering,
nโAre you sure master, It is remarkable enough you can withstand the amount of force I am placing on your hands. I can hear the bones in your hands cracking, anymore and they would be crushed!โ
nRowan lips were fixed in a stubborn snarl, โContinue Maeve, you can stop when I tell you to.โ
nโBy your willโฆ master.โ
nClearly displeased Maeve began to apply more pressure incrementally, Rowan locked his jaws, his bones were beginning to pulverize, and the pain was shocking and intense, but he had eyes only for the Demon.
nThe shear began to cut through the bones, and with a final wet snap, the head was sliced off. Through all these the Demon did not make a sound, its eyes just stared at Rowan, and he could have sworn its eyes held amusement.
nRowan left it to its foul pleasures. He had no desires to understand what was happening inside the head of this creature.
nโStep back Maeve, and whatever happens next, do not interrupt me!โ Rowan gingerly removed the gloves from his hands, setting it aside, he placed his hands on the stomach of the demon.
nHis eyes were closed in concentration. Maeve watched with concern, and she clasped and unclasped her hand, she was ready for any unexpected events.
nRowan called up the Primordial Record, and scrolled to Soul Seizer, and he activated the Record.
nWhen Rowan first opened the Primordial Record, a set of instructions were embedded deep into his consciousness and when he needed them, they floated back into his mind.
nThe knowledge of how to utilize Records is one of them. Rowan had placed his hopes on Activating the Two Omnipotent Records he had.
nSoul Seizer was the obvious choice. He needed to harvest souls to upgrade his Records to get more lifespan.
nOmnipotent Records were powerful, and he hoped his healing factor would bear the strain of even Activating the Record. Well, he was going to find out now.
nRowan felt a piercing pain all through his body, his eyes snapped open in shock as his torso folded in half just underneath his chest as if a giant picked and folded him, the back of his head touching his buttocks, his mouth was opened in a silent scream, for his lungs were squished inside his chest.
nHe slowly collapsed on the floor, Maeve wanted to step forward, but she remembered the instructions Rowan gave her, and also his frightening healing abilities. She gritted her teeth and stood fast, her anxiety rising with every breath.๐ฃ๐๏ผ๐
nFrom Romanโs back a row of bones pierced through, they were clearly his ribs, and also a part of his spine popped out, his neck twisted like a snake, with a sickening crack his bones were pulled away from his body in a gory spray of blood and floated in the air, in a while new bones were regrown and the macabre event continued, Rowan laid on the floor, a low moan now and then the only indication that he was fully awake, and experiencing all the pain.
nThe bones that were stained with his blood, began to reassemble in the air, it slowly formed in the shape of a ring, with seven elongated spikes that resembled horns surrounding the ring of bone, Arcane symbols were burned into the bones, and they pulsed with Rowan breathing. They pulsed red, akin to the glow of embers.
nRowan, in his pain, remembered words he felt he heard in a distant dream,
nโ I thought I was a manโฆ..โ Rowan found himself repeating the words, as he rose from the ground, the ring of bones rotated and floated behind him, creating a grim majestic figure that inspired awe and horror from anyone who beheld the sight,โ But I am nothing but chars and cinders!โ
nMaeve found herself kneeling, tears streaked down her face, she bowed and placed her face on the floor. At that moment this picture could be of a mortal worshiping her god.
nThis was the Level zero of Soul Seizer, it was called, Jaws Of Dagon!
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nOn the Continent of Khoranth, deep inside the dark mountains where the light of the sun has not shone since the dawn of this world, there lay a series of mountain range that covered the horizon, and a particular mountain stood out, unlike the other mountains rooted in this forsaken land of despair, this mountain rooted itself in a field of bones. The bones were of all creatures that have ever walked on this world, and some that had not.
nWails of pain and sorrow surrounded the fields of bone, and the air bled pus, the clouds were yellow and diseased. Indistinct shapes roam the dark lands, and their laughter resembled the cries of infants.
nThe color of the mountain was pale as maggots, and it shivered and squirmed in a sickening manner like a Corpse riddled with countless vermin, the mountain was filled with pale fleshy sacks that trembled and pulsed, and one of the sacks became very lively, it began to vibrate intensely.
nThe silhouette of a figure pressed against that fleshy sack, the figure was that of a wolf, there was a sound of biting and tearing and slowly a tear was made on the sack, a rheumy red eyes looked through the opening, and suddenly the eyes were filled with panic, โWhat is happening? This is not right, Lordโฆโ Its cries were cut off midway, and the mountain fell into silence.
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nRowan felt a faint pulsation beneath his hand, like the final beats of a dying heart, and with an ephemeral sounds waves of purple mist, in the vague form of a wolf, was drawn into his body. The mist circled his body and was rapidly drawn into the hovering ring of bones, and it was absorbed, in a short while, an invisible aura poured into Rowan, and he cried out in pleasure.
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