The Rise of the Winter Wolf - Book 4 - Chapter 46 - Aftermath (Patreon)

Published:

2022-11-24 21:17:42

Imported:

2023-02

Content

Hello all! Today's chapter will have a lot of notifications and menus, but I also made sure to not keep it as just that. So if you count the notifications and menus then it'd probably be about twice as long as my usual chapter.

It also has some character art for Sapphire and Wolf :)

I hope you enjoy!

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Wolf

The first notification is about my species change.

And it’s rather short and to the point. So I move on to the next one right afterwards while unconsciously petting Sapphire, who seems to be falling asleep on my shoulder.

Which means that it sped up my System breaking.

That’s kind of annoying, but whatever. At least it means that the Administrators and Moderators don’t have any power over me that non-Executives don’t have.

Moving on to the next one.

I raise an eyebrow at the new name of my element.

So I guess the void element merged with my own and mutated? Probably gaining some sort of ice aspect or something.

As if answering my question, a System menu appears in the center of my interface in the place of the latest error message.

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UNIQUE SPECIES

Reaper of the Blue Moon

Benefits:

You have been detached from the System.

All of your ice related powers have drastically increased in power and control.

You have gained the ability to manipulate the Winter of the Eternal Void element.

Your physical capabilities have increased by a significant amount in all forms.

Your hearing has increased.

You gain undetermined effects when under the full moon. Meanwhile the moon itself turns blue.

You have gained an unknown power that may only be used when you are pushed to the brink of death.

You have gained a 50% immunity to void related damage.

You gain all of the benefits and drawbacks of your previous class and ability as a part of your species instead.

Mutations:

You have gained two wings. These wings may be hidden from sight and they allow you to fly with ease with a specific boost towards speed when surrounded by ice element.

You have gained two marks of power. These marks float over your shoulders when you are using them, and they grant you the ability to draw void element from the void. However, since your marks are mutated, they instead allow you to draw void element from the void and convert it into Voided Eternal Ice.

Your ability to shapeshift between neutral, hunter, and wolf forms has gained the addition of wings and your marks of power.

Drawbacks:

Your fire immunity skill has integrated with your species to decrease your weakness to fire to only take 10% extra damage from it. This amount will not decrease any further no matter the use of items or magic. However, with each user using fire based attacks against you at one time, your weakness temporarily increases by a further 5%.

You have gained a weakness to sound related attacks. These attacks deal 30% extra damage.

Note: There may or may not be more benefits or drawbacks that the System missed.

Close

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My eyes widen slightly at the changes.

That’s a lot. Mostly benefits too, with very few new drawbacks.

Although the weakness to sound related attacks seems to be more of a footnote, since I already had a weakness to those. It’s just that the System didn’t mention it directly as a drawback.

Probably means it’s gotten worse.

I reach up and tap my headphones at that thought.

Please let me still be able to buy items through the System… because I probably need a new pair of headphones.

The menu suddenly closes on its own without me directing it to before another one appears. This one being the details of my new element.

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UNIQUE ELEMENT

Winter of the Eternal Void

Otherwise known as Voided Ice Element at its rudimentary form.

The element is a mutated combination of the void element and the eternal ice variant element.

This new element has two different forms, both of which are fueled by Voided Ice Element. Which can be created only by the Reaper of the Blue Moon by drawing on the void element through his marks and running it through his heart to change its nature.

The Eternal Void and the Eternal Winter.

The Eternal Void has the form of a pale blue flame burning with the coldest ice in existence, fueled by the void itself. These flames will never go out unless directed to by the Reaper of the Blue Moon or are put out by something at least 105% of the origin of the flame’s level.

The Eternal Winter has the form of a pale blue ice with highlights of bright white light, and it is equally as cold as the Eternal Void. However, unlike the Eternal Void which specializes in devouring, the Eternal Winter specializes in solidity. In ice taking form and retaining it for all eternity, never fading and never melting unless done so by the Reaper of the Blue Moon, by a being whose level is at least 105% of the origin of the ice’s level, or melted by a fire-based power from someone at least 75% of the level of the ice's origin.

Close

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Holy shit. Now that’s good.

And I finally have an offensive magic!!! Instead of the defensive usage of ice in its basest forms!

A wide smile spreads across my face at the absolute beauty of my new element, even if I haven’t actually seen the new form of it yet. But my smile fades into a serious look just as quickly as the menu is replaced once again by a different one.

That one’s to be expected, but the one that shows up right beneath it…

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UNIQUE SPECIES

Arachneathrope

Benefits:

Sapphire has been detached from the System.

All of Sapphire’s ice related powers have drastically increased in power and control.

Sapphire has gained the ability to manipulate the Winter of the Eternal Void element.

Sapphire’s physical capabilities have increased by a small amount in all forms.

Sapphire has gained the ability to change form between bipedal and arachnid form. In bipedal form, her senses and direct magical power have drastically increased to match the Reaper of the Blue Moon’s, and her thread spinning is more efficient. Meanwhile in arachnid form, her physical capabilities have drastically increased to match the Reaper of the Blue Moon’s.

Sapphire has gained a 50% immunity to void related damage.

Drawbacks:

Your fire immunity skill has integrated with Sapphire’s species to decrease her weakness to fire to only take 10% extra damage from it. This amount will not decrease any further no matter the use of items or magic. However, with each user using fire based attacks against Sapphire at one time, her weakness temporarily increases by a further 3%.

Sapphire has gained a weakness to sound related attacks in her bipedal form. These attacks deal 30% extra damage.

Note: There may or may not be more benefits or drawbacks that the System missed.

Close

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That’s pretty good. Although I’m not a fan of her having almost the exact same drawbacks as me.

I close out of the menu and wait to see if there are more, but nothing else shows up. So I turn my attention back to my shoulder while glancing at Sapphire’s status. Which surprisingly lists her name having changed just slightly now to Sapphire Adler.

Even the System’s recognizing her as my daughter now…

Sapphire’s eight eyes suddenly snap open at that thought and she tilts her head in the most adorable manner before suddenly changing form while on my shoulder, forcing me to catch her in my arms as she wraps her arms around my neck and gives me a hug.

“You done catching up, papa?” she asks while still sounding slightly tired.

I nod my head at her question and answer while walking up to the corpse of the golem and stepping onto it, “Yep.”

A short silence ensues as I look out over the carnage I did, only for Sapphire to wiggle out of my arms and jump down from the golem. She then lies down in the snow with a content look on her face.

I chuckle at her actions before getting off of the golem as well and continuing my look around. Most of the area directly around us and behind us is just covered in snow everywhere, with snow still falling from the sky very lightly. But in front of us looks almost as if some sort of blizzard tornado or something tore through, destroying a lot and even covering the temple in a large pile of snow which is not going to be fun to dig my way through to find the entrance.

After a second, I glance down at my clothes and armor before remembering something that I haven’t bothered with for a while.

With just a touch of focus, I inject my new element that’s currently flowing through my body into my jacket and armor, turning the armor into a simple set of clothes that somehow still give the same defense as my armor. But with a much more comfortable feel to them that I very much like. Meanwhile my coat itself reacts to my element and turns white from its original black.

(Wolf after temporarily transforming his armor)

Not half bad.

I turn my attention back to Sapphire to find her leaning back on her hands and looking at me, likely having watched me change my outfit. Although at some point her outfit must have changed.

Maybe she decided to change hers as well since I did mine? But that also must mean that she has some really strong control over her silk to do that. Especially since she’s still in her bipedal form right now. Not to mention that it looks like – judging by the strings I see vanishing into her wrist – she was doing it while wearing them.

(Sapphire)

After a second, she smiles at me and climbs to her feet.

“You can stay there for the moment if you want,” I tell her before closing my eyes to focus on my element. “I still want to get used to the new element before we enter that temple.”

However, a few seconds later, I feel her grabbing my hand as she says, “Can you make some of it for me to use as well?”

Oh yeah. Almost forgot that she can’t directly create the new element.

“Sure,” I tell her without opening my eyes.

Let’s see about this new Eternal Void thing.

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