Ashton now alone with nothing but the sounds of nature and his own thoughts for the first time ever, leaving the only home he has ever known.
At the start of his journey to Ako he had purpose, and the ambition to complete his goals but only four hours into his journey his thoughts started to surround him.
What am I really doing? Ive never fought or killed in my life prior to yesterday, never been alone in the world before they murdered my Father.
I crave revenge, and I want to save my mother. But Im just a kid still, I don know what I need to do next or who can really even help me.
Much less who do I even trust now the only people my father trusted was Samuel and a man named Joseph whom Ive never met in my life or even heard about.
Do academys know werewolves are real, and if werewolves are real are vampires and other humanoid monsters?
Everybody knows magical beasts exist as they plague the entirety of the world and Man has been fighting them for as far back as recorded history goes.
Does this mean there are humanoid monsters that were driven to extinction by humans?
Does this mean Ill be hunted for being an Accursed?
I don know how any of this works yet I really need solid information not only that I need some kind of protection, maybe I can give information about myself to some crazy powerful scholar in return for knowledge and protection?
Maybe I can get pity from somebody?
There are too many unknowns about the world now. I never thought I would have to follow the steps of a cultivator, much less have something as bizarre as a beast soul.
Not only that If my mother was a princess to the Dark Crescent Clan now that shes grown am I technically a prince?
Walking following the map he was presented Ashton made his way to a secluded cave to set his things down and prepare for his first transformation as the sun was setting after hours of his internal monologue Ashton scoffed at himself for his lack of awareness of his environment.
Being that distracted while treading the woods could quickly become dangerous.
Opening the book he received from his Father he continued his Fathers passages to see if he mentioned what he needed to do for the first transformation.
{I don know if the prospect of being an Accursed excites you or gives you joy but people often view it as either a curse or a blessing as it is in our name I feel as it is a curse, though it does give you great strength after your first transformation your hunger will become ravenous.
For your first transformation you will hunt and kill whatever you can get your hands on. As for your first time you will have no control over yourself however upon awaking the next morning you will regain all the memories of the hunt.
I say this with the utmost sorrow if you should accidentally kill an innocent human or villager then you will need to find a way to deal with that death on your conscience.
However if you follow the route ive given you, you will be far away from any kind of civilization and they will be safe from you. For your first transformation, Ill be honest its going to hurt like hell when your soul manifests in its physical form .
Your body will be broken and remodels to handle the beast inside. This is the reason we trained so hard to get your stats to the best possible place they could be prior to the transformation.
From where your numbers were when you told me around 12 for each stat you should be fine. If they have gotten higher since then than all the better as after your first transformation you will receive some kind of multiplicative increase to them.
Now to prepare for your first transformation hide anything you
e carrying and wear nothing.
Your first time changing you will rip anything you
e wearing apart and even if it survives it will be covered in skin, blood, and the impurities in your body, so its best if you
e not clothed or carrying anything for your first time.
After the first time you no longer need to worry about your items as your soul will move everything into your mindscape for safety. The first time your beast soul will not know to do this as it will be its first time coming awake.
I have to get naked? Ugh well after this time my items will be put into a mindscape whatever that is im sure Dad will explain more on that later.
I have to thank my Dad for presenting me with all of the relevant information instead of making me search through his book. Well the suns falling now better get ready
Ashton moved to the front of the cave, dropped off all of his belongings including his clothes besides his pants.
Im not quite comfortable with being naked in the open like this so its a good thing I brought more than a few changes of clothes. plus even if these get ripped up and nasty I can always wash them in a stream and re sew them together again.
Besides who knows how long it will be until the transformation starts Im not some shameless man who sits around naked for hours. Even if Im in the woods you never know right?
Might as well check my stats before so I can get an accurate before and after of my body.
Name: Ashton Silverfoot
Race: Accursed
Soul: Beast (Slumbering)
Strength: 18
Finesse: 16
Vitality: 18
Intelligence: 11
Skills: Bowyer: Beginner Archery: intermediate Survivability: Advanced Hunting: Intermediate
Perception: Intermediate Stealth: Intermediate Sign language: Advanced
Ashton stood outside of the cave as the moon began to rise higher and higher into the night sky. Suddenly Ashton crashed to his knees clutching his head in a near fetal position
”FUCK ”
Ashton screamed out feeling his bones cracking and sliding out of place his back contorted forcing Ashton to throw his hands on the ground to prevent falling head first into the dirt *CRACK POP*
”AGGHH ”
Screams of agony ripped throughout the forest bouncing all around the cave walls forcing some bats to fly out in a flurry.
THIS FUCKING HURTS WHY IS IT THIS PAINFUL
Ashton screamed within his mind now rolling around on the ground. He felt his skin crawling all over.
Furiously Ashton began to scratch at his skin ripping shreds of skin off. *BANG* Ashton suddenly slammed his fists on the ground as the dirt flew all over.
Tears furiously running down his face as fur began growing at an alarming rate out of every cut and rip in his skin.
Ashton slumped down to his side as he watched in horror as claws began to slowly grow under his fingernails and toe nails forcibly ripping his original nails out
”FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK ”
Ashton screamed as he returned to ripping his own flesh apart trying to free the monster within. Contorting and falling on his back once again he screamed in pain as his limbs forcibly grew and stretched.
Rolling back onto his hands and knees forcibly throwing his face down as several loud cracks resounded as his spin broke and reformed several times over elongating.
All while his teeth slowly fell out of his mouth two or three teeth at a time as sharper longer teeth filled his mouth forcibly causing his face to elongate. Bringing his claws to his face he began to shred his own face off .
”ARHHHOOOOO ”
The triumphant howl of the beast resounded as it rose to its full stature. Standing well over seven feet tall even with the slightly hunched back. Ashtons grizzly maw hanging half open dripping with saliva as the beast moved around in an erratic fashion smelling and getting used to its body.
Finally as if finding what it had been searching for, the Accursed snapped its elongated canine head further into the cave, his silver eyes catching the light of the moon in a most haunting way. His tungsten fur blending him into the night making his eyes the only thing making him stand out in the darkness of the night.
Charging into the cave the beast stopped for nothing until coming across a large black bear huddled in the back of the cave seemingly cowering in fear.
As if to mock the bear Ashton stood to his full height and released a deafening howl to terrify the beast further. Ashton quickly charged forth on all fours, Jaw hanging wide open and crunched down on the bears neck tearing through fur, skin, muscle, and bone.
Not satisfied with just killing the bear the beast began to rip and tear into the bear mincing it to shreds to appease its blood lust occasionally wolfing down large chunks of meat, this continued for hours until the beast slumped over unconscious.