[16] Why Does It Still Hurt?

[16] Why Does It Still Hurt?

The druid was not what Freja imagined but at the same time he is an enemy that has been attacking people. His familiar was hunting them and had hurt Bjorn. It didn’t work out for him so tough shit his wolves died. He looked like he had one foot in the grave already. So, Freja wondered what she was going to do. She never killed anyone. Was she going to attack him? Her life had been relatively peaceful, of course her family was the worst but she didn’t live with them, she lived at the academy. She never even got in a fight before now and the top of her worries were about grades and fitting in.

Up until the troll and the shadow wolves attack she had never even considered learning combat magic or getting into a fight. For all intent and purpose she was a normal girl placed in a shitty situation. The druid was already on death’s door. In a few more days his magic would no longer be able to hold himself together. She hated him because his people killed her sister, because he attacked but she was not sure she actually had the resolve to kill another person.

She looked at the unconscious Bjorn curled up on the ground. He looked peaceful, it was hard to believe that just a few minutes ago he was grievously wounded. He fought to protect her tooth and nail and was unafraid even in the face of that steel wolf. He had the resolve to kill to survive, shouldn’t she? What if the druid doesn’t die and he goes off to kill more people and attacks indiscriminately just because she didn’t want to take him out.

“No.” She pet Bjorn’s two heads and stood up. “He dies.”

She steps out from her hiding spot behind the tree locking eyes with the druid whose attention snapped to her. Well he had one eye, the other was missing and covered by the living wood prosthetics. For a moment he was in disbelief as an array of emotion washed over him before once again landing on determination and rage.

“You did this to him? You fucking killed my familiar.” The druid said.

“Well he tried to kill me first and he hurt my familiar.” Freja said with equal resolve.

“You don’t matter, you and your cursed fucking people deserve nothing more than to be fertilizer for the forest.” The man stated with spital escaping his lips. “If it wasn’t for those trolls wiping out my squad you would be hung from the branches of a hundred trees. Your entrails splayed for all to see... It wasn’t supposed to be this way.” He looked down at the steel wolf as it gave up the ghost and finally went still.

“You got what you deserved tree fucker.” Freja said with just as much rage.

“And you will get what you deserve, trust me, savage.” he said as he stood up.

The druid rushed toward Freja with surprising speed. He was no athlete anymore but the fact he could run at all with his injuries was shocking. He reached her in a few heartbeats and swung at her with his staff. The wind hand holding her alchemy case intercepted the blow. The force carried through anyway, dispelling the wind hand and knocking her back and the alchemy case into the brush. Everything was ringing for a moment as Freja tried to recover her balance only for the druid's staff to sweep her legs out from under her.

Name: Freja Thundersky Salstar

Species: Wendigo

Level: 9

Vitality: 9

Restoration: 2

Constitution: 2

Willpower: 8

Strength: 2

Dexterity: 4

Stamina: 2

Magic: 16

Magic Regeneration: 25 (+100 from bond)

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She had risen another level although she didn’t really know what that meant. Until the second pop-up appeared.

Unassigned Cultivation Points Distribution

You have leveled up again before assigning your UCP.

You have 20 UCP

Please assign all UCP within 5 days or it will be automatically assigned.

Assign [yes/no]

“So, level has something to do with how powerful I am or at least how many points I can use. I get points by killing things? The number of days I have dropped in half too.” Freja wondered out loud. “I don’t know much about cultivators but I am pretty sure my great-great grandfather was one.” She thought about it for a little while. “Yes.”

The status menu reopened this time there were little plus icons next to each of her stats. She thought about the possibilities. Right now her main goal is to leave the country. She doesn’t want to entertain the possibility of running into her family again. As long as she is in Yuhia there is always the risk. She just wants to start over and actually learn magic now that she can. She wanted to increase her knowledge and travel the world. Hope filled her for the first time in a long while. She had options.

She placed her stat points with a focus on magic but with an understanding she was going to be walking a lot. So some strength and stamina was a given. She looked at her new stats and confirmed the changes.

Status Menu

Name: Freja Thundersky Salstar

Species: Wendigo

Level: 9

Vitality: 10

Restoration: 4

Constitution: 2

Willpower: 8

Strength: 5

Dexterity: 4

Stamina: 8

Magic: 24

Magic Regeneration: 25 (+100 from bond)

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