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'Ping!'
"Well, shit." I said with a deadpan.
"Well, it looks you found the dragon a Rider," Arya said, sounding almost smug. "While we wait on it to finish hatching, what's this about time travel? It's supposed to be impossible. It would take too much energy, which makes me doubt your story."
I scoffed. "Yeah it takes a lot of energy. But I managed it. Or do you have another explanation as to how I knew who and where you were? As for me being a good person, no, no I am not. I don't know why she'd choose me."
I looked at my hands. They ran red with blood. I looked up at Arya, her green eyes bringing up so many memories.
'Damnit, Holly. I tried. I tried so hard…' I sniffed away the tears threatening to fall.
"And I can't do anything properly. I failed to save the woman I loved. I'm a failure. I have no idea why she'd choose me as her Rider." I heard a squeak. I looked down. Saphira had finished hatching. I reached out my hand and held it just a few inches from her head. She sniffed it a few times, then placed her head against my palm.
'Ping'
A dragon wishes to form a soul bond. Do you accept?
"Yes." I felt my hand heat up just a bit, and then my vision turned black.
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'Well, that was certainly odd.' I thought to my self. And then I heard something very unexpected.
'That just what normally happen when a Rider and dragon bonds. And it looks like you are taking to the perks of being a Rider pretty well. Already projecting your thoughts.'
I looked up at her. "Yeah sorry about that. Let's see if I can get a handle on it." I closed my eyes, and focused. I felt all the life around me. Saphira, asleep by the fire, bugs, microorganisms, the grass, and trees. Then I tried to focus inward. Slowly I started to feel less and less, until I was firmly back within the confines of my own head. Then I continued inward.
'I need to unlock my magic.' I kept searching my mind, looking for anything odd. Then I found it. It felt… fluid, almost like a stream starting nowhere and ending nowhere. So I reached out for it, and the moment I touched it, I heard the ping of a new notification. I opened my eyes and glanced at the notification, which I mentally waved away. I needed to wait for a while. Then I looked over at Arya, just in time to catch her cringe and grab her shoulder. "Damn it, I'm sorry. I forgot you were injured." I saw the blood leaking through the fabric of the clothes I got her.
"Here, take off your clothes, and lay down on the sleeping bag. I'm new at this as you know, so seeing what I'm healing would make it easier." She looked at me strangely.
"But you just became a Rider, how can you do magic well enough to heal me?" Then she cringed again.
"I never did magic before, another magican sent me back, but I'm an Avatar now, so I have an instinctual knowledge of the Ancient Language and magic. Now get naked and lay down," commanded in the softest tone I could muster. She did as I said, and I got to work. (A/N Ancient Language speak will be written like this, save for names. I'm lazy) "Heal," I intoned, while tapping into the same river in my mind I touched earlier. I healed everything from fractures to lacerations.
'It's probably a good thing non-combat skills don't cost EP. But wait, does that mean at all magic cast with the Ancient Language is non-combat, or does it vary based on the spell? Ah, hell I'll check after I get through healing Arya.' I healed the last of the lacerations. "Well you are all healed up. Now, sleep." She immediately passed out. I bought another dress off the market, dressed her in it, and then I tucked her into the sleeping bag. "Notifications."
You have completed quest 'Killing Shadows'. Your rewards are: the Avatar status, Durza's sword, and the attribute Shadeslayer.
I ignored Durza's sword, and looked at what I gained from being an Avatar.
Due to the abilities granted by playing host to spirits all of your stats are increased by two perk thresholds. You also gain 100 levels, and 50,000 each in EP and HP. Your stats are now as follows.
Before I looked at the stats I went ahead and distributed all 1500 stat points I had.
Level 151
HP:57,000
EP:57,500
INT:950
WIS:950
STR:950
VIT:950
CHA:950
SP:0
You have completed quest 'Princess in Distress.' Your rewards are: Increased influence with the Elves, Attribute Friend of Elves(only available once you travel to Du Weldenvarden and speak to the Queen), and Arya now owes you a life debt.
You have completed the quest 'OceanBlue.' Your rewards are: Racial modifier Rider, increased influence with anyone not a follower of Galbatorix, and a soul bonded dragon.
You have completed quest 'Memories of the Past.' Your rewards are: access to your reality marble, Gates of Hephaestus, you no longer experience flashback dreams when Gamer's mind is partially disabled, and mental blue prints for any weapon, real or fictional, for use with Gates of Hephaestus.
Gates of Hephaestus (lvl MAX)Functionally a hybrid of the Gates of Babylon and Unlimited Blade Works, you now have exact copies of any and all weapons of importance from fiction and reality for use at projectiles, like with Gates of Babylon, or as blueprints for Projection like Unlimited Blade Works. When imposing your reality marble on the world it functions like Gates of Babylon, allowing you to endlessly fire weapons from your gate, while keeping your opponent from escaping with a wall of swords.
For reaching 200 INT you gain Photographic Memory. You retain all information given to you from this point on.
For reaching 400 INT you gain skill Telekinesis (lvl 1)
For reaching 800 INT you gain Instant Mastery(INT). All skills relating to INT are now gained at MAX level and any you already have are MAXed.
For reaching 200 WIS, you gain Wise Man. People are now more likely to come to you for advice.
For reaching 400 WIS, you gain Tactical Maneuvering. You are now more likely to make the correct decision on the battlefield.
For reaching 800 WIS, you gain Instant Mastery (WIS)
For rea-
I skimmed the rest of the notifications, not gaining anything that would be really useful, save Telekinesis, which allows me to mentally lift 200 pounds per level per point INT, and it being a non-combat skill, and since it's maxed, I can lift pretty much as much as I want. And Instant Mastery for all of my stats. I looked to see exactly what they did and thankfully, they only give me MAX level in skills that scale based directly on one of my stats. I can now Sprint at almost 100,000 mph. 'Not speed of light fast, but still pret… Oh, shit.' I heard the flap of a massive pair of wings and a roar that shook the Earth.
"Wake." I woke Arya from her enchanted slumber. "Arya, I need you to take Saphira and go. Galbatorix is here. Run to the Varden, I'll hold him off till you run."
I didn't even give her time to respond, and with a blast of sound, I took off towards Galbatorix. 'I hope I'm ready. But I'm gonna have to be. He brushed against my mind, he know I'm here.' With that in mind, I equipped my armor and sword, and pulled my Deadric bow, nocked one of the arrows I had made from the same material as my sword, drew it, and shouted "Strike True!" I loosed the arrow, but it never reached its target.
'Did he just fucking catch the arrow with two fingers?! Damn! That looked badass as hell. Annnnnd here he comes.' He landed Shruikan in the clearing I was in. 'Is that fucking John Malkovich?' He looked like John Malkovich, wearing a dragon hide cloak. I drew Sanguis Requiem. 'Observe.' I skimmed his stats. 'He is about twice as strong as me stat wise, but I'm still faster.'
"Hello, Galbatorix. Nice day to die am I right?"
He laughed. Even his voice sounded twisted and evil.
"Hello, young one. I'm sorry, you seem to know who I am, but I can't say I know who you are. Care to tell me?" He drew his sword as he spoke.
"You won't really have use for names where you are going, but I'll humor you. The name's John. John Colt. And I'm your executioner." And with the sound of shattering rock I rushed him, ready to end his life with a helm splitter.
Clang.
He almost lazily brought his sword up to block. "Come now, I thought you were going to kill me. With that pathetic level of speed and skill, you will never kill me." He pushed me off balance with a flick of his wrist, and I barely jumped back, avoiding being bifurcated. I spawned a copy of Excalibur Rapidly, doubling my speed, and shattered the sound barrier again. But my swing was again intercepted. I pushed off, and rushed in behind him, but he moved just out of range of my swing. Again and again my attempts to remove his head were foiled and my health was slowly being whittled away. 'I need more. More strength, more speed. Goddamnit, I need to go faster. I need to be stronger."
'Ping.'
'Wha-' I was distracted but for a moment, and it cost me. I felt a sharp pain in my neck, then I felt nothing, and my world faded to black.
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'Ping'
I sat bolt up right, gasping for air, and holding my neck, as if to hold it attached to my body.
'What the fuck just happened?' My vision finally cleared, and I saw the notification. 'Well that explains it.'
Congratulations! You Died! But due to your status as an Avatar, you just came back at the nearest convenient place. You have also gained immense strength from your dance with Death.
What kills you, makes you stronger. You have gained levels equal to 1/3 your current level. You have reached level cap of 200. Also, all of your stats have been maxed. Your HP and EP are at 200k, and your stats are at 2k each.
Congratulations. As a reward for reaching level cap, you have gained access to the Legacy system. For every 50 levels you have, you gain 1 legacy point. Use an L.P. to select a being, and gain a similar powerset to that being. Certain things about said powerset will change to fit you, such as Zanpakto spirits, and elemental affinities. Also, and entities needed for the powersets will be taken from the world around you, and combined with a shard of your soul and a spirit from the world you are currently in.
You have 4 L.P. Make your selections.
'Holy shit… this is completely overpowered. But I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. Even though I now out class Galbatorix in sheer stats, those Eldunari of his are fucking hax. Well this is kind of a no-brainer.'
"I chose Naruto Uzumaki, Ichigo Kurosaki, Avatar Korra, and Son Goku." I quickly made my decisions, before I had time to change my mind about them.
Selections confirmed. Beginning Legacy protocol.
As soon as the popup closed, I lost consciousness.
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At the same time as our hero blacked out, something strange started to happen. A massive shurrg, sleeping peacefully, vanished in a flash of golden light, unnoticed by anyone.
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Five spirits in the castle of Uru'baen about to be made into a new shade just simply faded away, unobserved.
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On an unknown island, far away from Alagesia, deep in a cave, laid a massive purple dragon, reaching the end of her life. A noise woke her from her slumber. A massive eye cracked open, and stared at what appeared to be empty space "Yes," came the great mental rumble heard by no one. And then, she was gone.
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At the edge of the Hadarac Desert, a tiny, blue dragon, resting by a camp fire, disappeared without waking the sleeping woman nearby.
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Deep in the frozen north, slept a fox, with fur the purest white. And with a burst of light, it disappeared, nobody the wiser.
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"Goddamnit, I've got to stop passing out." I sat up with a slight groan, and checked the time. "Fucking hell, it's midnight? I must have been out for a while. 'Messages.
Congradulations, you have obtained your first legacy, that of Ichigo. You have gained the title He who protects. Grants 10% stat boost when protecting that which is precious to you.You have been granted the zanpakuto Ryuujin, and it has been bound to The Unnamed.You have been granted the Inner Hollow Cazador del Sol and it has been bound to one of your 1911's.You have been granted a Quincy spirit named Mond and it has been bound to one of your 1911's.
Congratulations, you have unlocked the second of your legacies, that of Naruto. You have gained the title True Master of the Therapy jutsu. Greatly increases the odds of becoming close friends with some one, or swaying them towards your way of thinking the more you bash them about the skull.You have gained the 10-tailed beast, the fox, Alana. She has been sealed in your soul.You have gained the ability to use chakra.You have gained the Wind and Fire chakra affinities.
Congratulations, you have unlocked the third of your legacies, that of Avatar Korra. You have gained the title Bringer of Balance. When fighting a being disrupting the balance of a given world, your attacks do 25% more damage.The wolf spirit, Rava, has inhabited your body, giving you the ability to bend the 4 major elements to your will.
Congratulations, you have unlocked the fourth of your legacies, that of Son Goku. You have gained the title, Strength for the sake of Strength. You gain 50% stats when fighting a being just for the sake of fighting them.You have gained Ki Control, the ability to use your Ki to fly and shoot energy blasts.You have gained racial modifier Sayin. Grants the ability to use the Super Sayin transformations. You gain a permanent 30% boost to your stats every time you drop below 5% health and recover back to 100%.
'Well, now that that's put of the way, its time to get back to Arya, and get to the Varden. Talking to all of my spirits can wait till after I dispose of the twins.' I stood up, and re-equipped my traveling clothes, and prepared to take off. The I remembered something I heard just before my head was lopped off.
"Wait just a goddamn minute," I said aloud angrily. " what the fuck was the notification I got before I died."
Due to your immense will to surpass your limits, you have been granted skill Limit Breaker.
Limit Breaker(Lvl-MAX) at a cost of 10% of your current health per 30 seconds, you can gain a boost of 50% in all stats.
"Oh okay. Would have been nice to have before I died, but there's nothing for it. Guess I'll head off then. ALSO, DON'T FUCKING PING ME WHILE I'M FIGHTING!"
Acknowledged. Setting notification to silent when engaged in battle.
"Thank you very much. Now I can head off to meet up with Arya." I been my legs in preparation to run, only to realize something once again.
"I have no fucking clue where she went…. Son of a bitch…"
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"Point me to my elf friend."
The vaguely arrow shaped stick levitated slightly over my palm and begun to spin slightly before holding steady.
"Fucking hell, I thought I'd never find the right spell." I lined up with the arrow, crouched low, and exploded into motion, traveling at just barely sub-sonic speed. After running for about 30 minutes, I finally found her sitting by a campfire. Arya was looking very anxious.
I stepped into the light of the fire. "Hey, glad to see you are okay. But... uh... where's Saphira?"
Her head snapped up to look at me. Her eyes had a frantic look to them. "John, she's gone. I went to sleep, and she was right beside me, but when I woke up she was gone. I looked with my eyes and my mind for an hour with no sign. I'm so sorry." She teared up a little.
"Well damn. That puts us in kind of a jam." I reached up to scratch my head, when suddenly the bit about taking things for my spirits came to mind. "Hold on just a second, I think I know where she went."
I sat down on the ground, legs crossed and opened my inventory. And lo and behold, where the Unnamed should be, was a sword called Ryuujin. I pulled it out and was only slightly surprised that it looked different. Where once it was a large European blade, with dark bands of oxidized metal throughout, it was now an enormous katana, as long as I am tall and a foot and a half wide at the tsuba. It was still the same silvery steel as before, but instead of dark bands, they were the same color as Saphira's egg, a dark, sapphire blue. I hit it with an observe.
Ryujin
The physical manifestation of your zanpakuto. It's power and durability depend on the strength of your will and spiritual pressure. Your zanpakuto, Ryujin was formed from the dragon you soul-bonded with, and a shard of your soul, along with a spirit. To commune with her, lay the blade across your lap, and focus on the blade, to the exclusion of all else.
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I followed the instructions given, and opened my eyes in a strange place. The ground as far as the eye could see, was covered in a thick layer of ash. in the sky, hung a Sun that burned a brilliant purple, and a moon that appeared to be wrought from pure silver. In the center of the plain I had found myself on, stood a great tree, unfathomablely tall, blooming with the most beautiful flowers imaginable. In the distance, far beyond the horizon, stood four incredible sights, one in each of the cardinal directions. A great wall of fire, a vast ocean, a titanic mountain, and a storm of unbelievable magnitude.
"Well, as far as mindscapes go, this is gorgeous. Definitely better than a sewer or a cityscape." Not in any real hurry, I set off at a leisurely pace for the tree.
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