He drags Raw's head and bashes on the crest, creating a blood-filled crest and it shines. It shines Purple, while a sinister smile forms over Leon's mouth.
He extends his bloody arm, rubbing off the middle of the crest that has a sinister symbol the purple light illuminates, 'So it is my- SHAA! The light illuminates even brighter, Leon's smile becomes wider but it vanishes little by little.
His eyes twitches rapidly.
He screams, "What the fuck?— I feel like being boiled alive!"
Leon rapidly brushes off the purple fire surrounding him, his eyes all teary he screams, "Fuck—! Fuck! It's HOT!"
He tries to brush it off but it doesn't goes away. He's jumping up and down to take the fire while screaming but it doesn't stop burning.
Gradually, Leon's consciousness fades as his pale skin burns off, "Am I going to die this futile?" The purple fire slowly devourers his skin, muscles part by part, and his very own existence. The crest disappears with the whirring wind.
Something brushes over his head while Leon slowly regains his consciousness.
'It's warmer now, what is this? I can breathe, but I feel like I'm underwater.' Leon brushes his face slowly.
'W-what? It's so heavy to move my hands.' Leon thinks as he scrambles his fingers around his face as much as he can move.
'Holy shit! My face feels small.'
I can't open my eyes but I can visualize something of a warm slimy liquid surrounding me. I can feel it.'
Leon moves his arm.
Ding!—
'W-what?'
[ Anomaly Player Detected.] A female robotic voice announces.
Leon jolts his head, 'Anomaly?' Leon's underdeveloped eyes are closed, as if a puppy was born a few minutes ago but his eyes inside moves rapidly that can be seen through the transparent skin before his eyes.
'This voice, I recognize this fucking voice!'
[Intilizating...]
[New Player Detected.]
[Player, Leon 'Doomcraft' Kaiser, Welcome to Devourer XII & Beyond.]
Leon manages to cross his arms even though they are squeaking like fine china teacups,
'My arms feel short. More importantly, I wasn't wrong, that insignia really brought me here.'
Leon, for a minute scrambles his hands to search across his body. He notices some of his body still underdeveloped. The ribs of his own body feels like it's poking his hands. He tries to move his body,' Ow! Even moving a little bit hurts.'
He tries to feel his legs but cannot feel them at all. He reaches his short arms to touch his legs, 'OW! OW! OW!'
He manages to touch his legs but he can feel only bones.
'What the fuck?' He touches the bone and slowly starts feeling up and suddenly a big electric shock hits his hands. Leon's hands are thrown away as he grits his teeth in pain.
'OWWWWWWWW! SO I AM BEING RECONSTRUCTED!' Leon sighs slowly after a while.
...
Leon moves his head side by side, after a long 5 minutes of silence. The system sound has gone. Leon tries to speak out loud but he is surprised again.
'There is some kind of tube in my mouth. I had this big tube in my mouth for this long and I felt nothing.'
Ding!—
[Identity confirmed.]
[You soon will be transferred to the tutorial section. Please have patience.]
Leon shakes his head slowly in distress, 'Tutorial? I'm sure if my memory is okay, it was held off to a mass number of players.'
[Correct, anomaly.]
Leon smirks but slightly, 'Istria.'
[Of course, Anomaly. You are connected directly connected for now.]
'Hah, System. Why do you call me anomaly?' Leon scrunches his eyebrows while reminiscing for a while. He tries to feel around the pipe as there are small bumps around the length of 1.5m apart. Leon taps his finger around his arms while his frown deepens, 'If it is the anomaly status I'm thinking about, then it's going to be very hard for me.'
[There is only one Kaiser recorded in our database.]
Leon raises his eyes, 'Who is it?'
[Privacy must be contained.]
...
Leon rubs his palms together, 'There is only another Kaiser than me.'
[Confirmed. You are to be transferred to the tutorial.]
BZZT!
Leon flinched, instinctively trying to cover ears he no longer had—until they suddenly formed, warm and twitching on his head. Leon cannot see them but he can feel each nerve and vein, muscle and his bones reinvent themselves.
[Anomaly has been denied from the tutorial.]
[Beta Quest starting.]
'Fuck! I knew it. They are definitely going to get rid of me here and now.' Leon breathes rapidly as he tires to scramble his head, 'Think! Leon. Think!'
[Quest: Prove Yourself.
Description: Escape the pod. The oxygen transfer will be stopped after 2 minutes. (This quest cannot be denied.)
Reward: 5 additional status points, In case of failure, resulting in death. ]
Leon makes his hands ball into a fist.
'Fuck do you want me to do?'
'My eyes aren't opening! I feel extremely dull as well!'
[The body reformation has been completed. Escape your pod. The oxygen transfer will be stopped in 2 seconds.]
[The quest has started.]
Leon's heart pounded in his chest as the body reformation was completed, signaling the start of his quest. Leon is restless as he tries to take as much as the oxygen from the tube. The tub on his mouth slips away.
He hurriedly tries to grab the tub but the sudden harsh exposure to the slimy liquid might choke him to death if he swallows it.
'WAIT NO!' GLURRB!'
A foreign slime material nearly found its way into Leon's mouth. Acting swiftly, he clamped his hand over his nose, sealing off his breath just in time as the tube constricts. He tries to feel around him to grab the tube but it' nowhere.
'Calm down, Leon. Firstly, let's concentrate.'
Leon frowns while his eyes are still closed, 'I cannot die unless I see Celestia!'
Waving his hand through the viscous substance, Leon realizes its resistance is far from the fluidity of water. Every movement demands a Herculean effort, and he struggles to gauge the width of the encircling pod.
'The Pod might be too big or too small. This liquid isn't helping. It takes so much effort.'
Leon moves slowly and swiftly, 'The more effort I move. The more oxygen depletes.'
Time is slipping away, and the oxygen level is decreasing dangerously. Leon clenches his teeth tightly as he tries to move around the liquid.
'This fucking liquid isn't helping at all. It's like swimming in a freshly made cement.'
Leon attempts to paddle his legs, but it feels like treading water in a sea of cement and slime. Desperation is screaming at him as he tries to the challenge the slimy liquid.
[1 minute left till oxygen completely runs out.]
'No need to hurry, leon. I can do it.'
After a few strugglingly harsh waddles around the Liquid. Something brushes against his leg. His hand moves cautiously towards the sensation, and a surge of confidence rushes through him as he discovers a tube connected from below.
The lifeline leads him downward, offering a way out. He descends slowly, reaching the bottom. A spark of hope ignites as he contemplates escape.He bashes his leg against the seemingly solid surface.
'Why won't it break?' He stomps again, frustration mounting.
'I can't hear the sound, fuck this shitty pod.'
As Leon struggled in the narrowing pod, panic set in. Istria warned him—
[3 seconds of oxygen left.]
His mind raced, desperately recalling anything that could help.
"Come on, Leon. Think!"
Then it hit him.
'Wait! The rough estimate of the small bumps were 1.5 meters.'
He grabs the pipe tighter, 'So altogether, It's 6 bumps.' Leon tries to uproot the pipe but it doesn't comes off. 'The pipe is roughly together 9 meters.' It sounded complicated, but in that tight space, it could be his ticket out.
'I have measured this thing, the round part. It's my way out!'
He felt around for the tube, tracing its path. It was hard to tell the width, but he had to make do. The rope around the pod was like a lifeline. With the rope's length as the circumference, he fumbled through the place.
'Wait. Six bumps... if each is spaced around 1.5 meters, that's about nine meters in total. This thing's circular, right? Then the weak point should be halfway across—opposite the entry point. There.'
"I have to break this fucking pod before I run out of air!" With a newfound determination, he positioned himself. Each hit became a countdown, a race against the clock.
The pod didn't even crack or buldge, but Leon tries to swing around and around with all the reserved energy he has.
'I've got to focus on this spot. If there's a chance to break through, it's here.' Leon thought as his body was slowly shutting down due to the lack of the oxygen. Each hit a desperate attempt at survival.
'Fucking BREAK ALREADY!'
A tiny crack appeared. Leon gasped. The crack widened, and with one final powerful hit, the pod gave way. Slimy stuff oozed out, and Leon squeezed through the opening, finally free. Gasping for breath, He slams his head on the ground extremely fatigued. The pod, that made him human and functionable but also tired to kill him was all over the pieces.
[Quest Completed.]
[Player Doomcraft has survived.]
[Anomaly status terminated temporarily.]
[Class identified.]
[Reward Granted.]
[Congratulations! You have gained an F ranked skill "Kaiser's composer."]
[120 XP gained. Due to the tutorial stage, the XP points will not distributed.]
Leon huffs for a while completely laying on the ground. He slowly opens his eyes, even though blurry he could see lights and tiny particles on the air. His eye shone red, maroon red and the iris a bit darkish shone just like a newborn's eyes.
After a while, He adjusts himself, completely naked. He watches on a few sparkles of light reflecting form the puddles of water, otherwise It's completely dark like cave. Leon speaks, "A skill? This fast? It's a shitty one anyway."
Leon to his surprise, he clears his throat and grunts. Leon waves his hands in the air, while the notifications disappear and speaks, "Status!" Leon's expression completely changes, and his eyebrows frown. He grabs his throat.
"I sound like a kid." He speaks and suddenly he slaps himself.
"Maybe because I am a kid!" While giggling inside, strangely enough.
[Initializing...]
[Status window]
[Player's Name: Leon 'Doomcraft' Kaiser]
[Level: 1] [Unallocated XP: 120]
[Class: Unidentified.]
[Secondary class: Identifiable after Level 5]
[Sub class: Cannot be specified.]
[Sub class: Low level/ Cannot be specified.]
Strength: 2
Dexterity: 2
Intelligence: 4
Vitality: 6
Agility: 2
Madness: 12
[Extra allocated points: 15/none]
Leon wipes his face and sits on his buttocks. He cringes a little bit as the rocks are little bit pricky on his soft newly made buttocks. He speaks, "My status has gone down from before. Is it from the age reduction restriction?" Leon shivers as cold air blows.
"And the madness stats is unusually high. Oh god! I need to get through that bitch god again."
Leon checks around his surrounding and lays down slowly again. He thinks while rubbing his eyes, 'I need to keep my madness on check. If it goes any higher up while I'm still level one, I might be die with blood spurting out of my eyes.'
He brushes off his emotions, 'Now's not the time to worry about all this. I'll leave to my future self to solve it kekeke.'
He speaks, "Inventory."
A blackish panel with golden layout pops out.
Leon spots a pair of clothes on the corner of the inventory gaps. He puts on a black medieval shirt and brown pants. He swerves his hair.
Leon walks slowly looking over and over to different places.
'I need to take a look at the puddle, Let's determine my look.'
He looks over in a puddle and makes a weird expression, "Fuck, Here I thought I'd look gorgeous. I looked like when I was maybe, thirteen. But what are these?' Leon examines the seven black dots lined and curved under his eyes. His eyelashes have also grown a lot.
"I had only one mole now it covers the whole curve of my under eye."
He examines his eyes, teeth, face and his nipples as well worried if there might be a line of nipples as well. While he tries different poses and different facial expression, He sometimes pulls his nose up or his mouth sideways and be genuinely a creepy person. While goofing around, He sees something and smiles, "Oh! This is something interesting. "
He rubs the side of his throat, where there is a little crest of Celestia while cackling like an idiot.
...
Leon walked around the cave, moisture all around the place. Small puddles dotted the ground, catching the faint light. Each one reflected it upward in soft glimmers on the jagged ceiling. The way the light moved made the stone feel lonely, and the water droplets were so loud from the stones on the silent and the cold cave.
"OW!"
Leon's scream causes bats to scatter with all kind of noises mixed.
Leon paused as he removes a sharp stone from his leg.
'These fuckers manages me to give me shit clothes that might tear even by a fart but they can't manage a fucking slippers.' Leon sighs and continues ahead.
For a moment, he stared into one of the puddles. His reflection looked warped, tired. He didn't remember being that pale.
'I really don't remember this pale in my thirteens.'
Leon takes a deep sigh and enters the a dimly lighted place that he saw from far. It's full of people, wearing the same clothes and fire clubs on the wall illuminating the dark and grim cave. Leon is in a small cliff full of stones. Leon observes and smirks, "Ain't it the same as the fucking game?."
Leon frowns again, "Motherfuckers spawned me in a restricted area. I'll definitely make those who brought me here pay!" He slides through a steep and lands on his feet. He takes a long breath and exhales happily as if he didn't just actually die a moment ago. He stops for a bit while his eyes are teary as some stones and mud pierced his foot. After a while of whining alone, He walks over to a small amount of people who are clearly shouting, and screaming.
Leon tries to interfere but he is confronted by two men.
"Another little guy."
Leon scratches his head while he raises his eyebrows.
'What's wrong with this fucker?' Leon thinks.
"What's wrong with you two fuck---
A man with a big fat belly and bald hair screams, "Just throw that little shit on that pile of turds." The two men go near Leon's ear, and both look very agitated.
"Hey, skinny little boy! Won't you go and join that group?"
"That big scary guy will otherwise, beat you."
The men point over to a small group, standing before a red door beside the blue door. Leon Looks around and sees the two illuminated doors. Leon smirks while thinking, 'These fucking losers, really are the worst. They are sending the weak ones straight to their death.'
Leon smirks as he puts his hands on his waist, "Oi! you dickheads. Those are kids that you are sending to straight death." The men push him away.
"Little shit! you wanna be wrangled to death or what?"
Leon sighs, "I have something to get there anyway."
He slowly walks over to the red door entrance. "We will meet anyway." He waves goodbye to the two men.
The men look away as they shoo away other people too. Leon approaches the group,"A suicidal group of two malnourished children and a bat shit scared woman who seem as if they are going to pass out any moment. Fuckers are the worst."
Leon is approached by an orange-haired girl who tugs his shirt, "Come here, brother or they will beat you like they did to my older brother." she wipes her nose gently which was earlier covered in blood.