Day 9
Once the screams died down, I approached Bob.
While undergoing his evolution, I had sat observing the scene from an opposing tree trunk.
Must say it was quite interesting to witness the process when it wasn't your body tearing and ripping itself apart only to repeat and continue.
While I do feel bad for Bob, I slightly enjoyed the fact that I'm not the only who suffers this abuse
Standing now before , was not the previous ugly and small green guy nad Bob.
Bob had grown a lot.
I was very surprised at the outco, not at all what I had expected.
Now he had the body fra and structure of a normal hobgoblin, although slightly more muscular.
His skin had now turned from a green to a pale grey, and seed to radiate a feeling of death.
But this feeling was distinctively not because he had turned undead. But rather you could instinctively tell it was because he'd truly fight to the true death if any should dare.
The big canines or tusks of the hobgoblins were also sothing Bob had gotten. But his were slightly bigger.
While I didn't exactly know what to expect his new appearance to be like, I kind of expected him to look more dead.
From what I rember is that draugr are like undead corpses walking in armor. But Bob seems strangely alive, even more compared to other normal creatures and his previous self.
It might have sothing to do with misunderstanding what it truly ans to be undead, after all it said in the description that draugr are undead who harness both life and death.
If anyone were to see Bob, they wouldn't even be able to guess that he's undead, or whatever that even truly ans in this world.
From my knowledge, life and death are simply two sides of the sa coin, just like light and darkness.
One is rely the absence of the other.
So Bob being exposed to my blood which is seemingly so life aligned substance could've ant sothing along those lines.
Pulled out of my thoughts as I see Bob coming back to himself, I take a step back for him to have so space.
Before I was able to ask Bob if he was okay, I noticed sothing weird about our connection.
It was still there, although I had worried about losing it if I were unable to sustain it after the evolution.
While I wasn't afraid that he could actually defeat in combat after evolving, I really didn't want to have to figure out a ss if he decided to break through my control.
But I was confident in his adoration of , even if he could.
I haven't actually hurt him since dominating him, and I've only made him stronger and that's sothing that he won't easily forget.
But the strange thing about our connection now, was that it wasn't the sa as before.
Before it was like I had a grip over him but now it was more like a connection shared between us.
Seemingly almost him willingly giving himself over to .
That made suddenly realize the reserved mana I had in place for controlling Bob and completely disappeared, and my mana pool was restored to its maximum capacity.
Wait... that line about draugrs serving and fighting for their masters ant sothing like this?
If that is the case, then this will be imnsely helpful in the future. Not having to waste great deals of my mana for him.
Getting to his feet, Bob looks tries to inspect his new body.
"Bob?" -
Hearing my voice, Bob looked at .
"M-asta?" - Bob
Smiling, I went over and put a hand on his shoulder.
"You've done well Bob, you're even more powerful now" -
And without fail, that stupid grin appeared on his face again.
It seems that him changing into another race won't stop him from being a sucker for praise.
Now that I look properly, he's even slightly taller than the hobgoblin making him about one or two heads taller than .
Padding him on the back I motion him to follow .
"Well, I don't know if I can carry you anymore, so you will be doing so legwork over the next few days" -
Surprisingly after saying that statent as a bit of a joking matter, I visibly saw Bob beco sadder at the idea of not flying anymore.
It would seem that after his initial scare from picking him up, he had actually started to enjoy the small flights.
"Co on now Bob, look into the water, you might find sothing that'll cheer you up" -
At first, confused as to what he possibly could find in the water, I walked over and looked.
But his eyes suddenly started sparkling as he took in his new evovled form in the reflection.
Taking this opportunity to see his progress, I appraise him.
-Appraisal!-
[Appraisal - Lesser Draugr]
Na: "???"
Race: Lesser Draugr
Sex: Male
Rank: G
Level: 1/20
Health: 105/105
Stamina: 63/63
Mana: 0/0
[Attributes]
STR - 7 18
VIT - 6 21
AGI - 9 15
DEX - 6 10
INT - 6 8
CHR - 1 2
WILL - 4 10
MAG - 0.01 0.1
[Trait, Titles, and Skills].
Skills - 4 7
Traits - 2 3
Titles - 0 1
[Resistances]
Phy. Resistance - 3 6
Mag. Resistance - 0.098 2
n. Resistance - 1 4
[Sanguine Guard]
Jesus christ!
Damn, this little fucker really grew stronger.
I doubt any hobgoblin, magical or not, can match up to these stats.
I don't even know where to begin.
Other than the raw stat increase and his ridiculously high health and stamina, he seems to also have acquired a new trait and title.
While I could just ask him what they were, I sohow instinctively knew that I could simply open them to view with our new bond.
With appraisal, I haven't been able to see skills, traits, or titles before.
So this should have sothing to do with our new link.
By willing it I viewed his newly acquired skills, traits, and titles.
[Lesser Draugr - New Skills]
-Weak Charge- NEW
LVL: 1
Consus stamina to enforce the body's shock absorption and generate a large force when running.
-Lesser Harden- NEW
LVL: 1
Consus stamina to heavily increase physical resistance.
-Corpse nding- NEW
LVL: 1
Can consu corpses to more quickly nd the body.
Oh damn!
The first two skills are already super great. But he even got a unique skill, and with this, I won't have to worry about getting him hurt too much.
Let's check the traits.
[Lesser Draugr - New Trait]
-Sanguine Body- NEW
Infused with the sanguine plague, your body has beco one with it. Improving your blood ans improving your body.
Oh?
Can this have sothing to do with the fact that on Bob's status it doesn't say afflicted anymore but rather sanguine guard?
Also, if I'm to think that what is described there is the only effect that trait has, I'd be dumber than a brick.
After all the hidden secrets and missing information from my own skills, traits, and titles, I know better than to think this trait is telling everything to know about it.
But it's extrely good to know that his body can beco even more powerful the better his blood it.
While traveling with Bob, I had already made him drink more of my blood in hopes of increasing the quality of it within him.
But we very quickly hit a wall that didn't allow us to increase the quality anymore.
So I wonder how we would go about this. Maybe I need to improve my own trait and blood before I can improve his.
Anyways, let's check this new title of his.
[Lesser Draugr - New Title]
-The Sanguine Lord's Right Hand- NEW
The title held by the first guard of the sanguine plague lord.
Well, that's quite the title huh...
Imnsely satisfied with Bob's progress, I close the prompts only to see Bob still gazing at his own reflection in awe.
Scoffing at the now self-absorbed Bob, I give him a light tap in his side with my foot.
Managing to get out of his own stupor, Bob rises to his full height in wait of instructions.
Ah...
Yeah... Um...
"Bob- Can you please get so clothes on?" -
After his evolution, he had grown out of his previous small goblin cloth and was now standing in his birthday suit.
While I was no person to be embarrassed and shy about such trivial matter as nudity. It was going to be a problem if Bob was going to fight while his junk was hanging out.
And he didn't have a convenient option like I had.
With a pondering expression on his face, he suddenly lightened up, as if getting an idea.
Without any further ado, he ran past and over to the dead hobgoblin corpse.
Stripping the corpse, and taking a few other cloths from the scattered goblins. He quickly made a makeshift pair of tied together cloth shorts.
Impressed by the little display of ingenuity, I call for him to follow.
"Bob, it's about ti we find of soplace where you can beco chief" -
Seeing his eyes light up light Christmas lights, he ran over and stood patiently like a puppy.
After seeing his appearance only being slightly different from a normal hobgoblin, and the fact that greenskins value power and strength over all. Makes have no doubts in Bob's qualifications to beco a chief or sothing similar.
Before departing, I look up to the sky.
By spotting the twin suns on the horizon, I could see that dusk was soon to co.
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