Scarlet
I wake up with a gasp, shooting straight forwards and sending the blanket that was on flying off and crashing into the wall, actually leaving a dent in the wall despite it being a blanket. Then I imdiately look around, finding myself to be in an unknown location. But after sensing and hearing Alias voice nearby, I relax again and instead look down at myself with a frown.
What is this feeling?
I raise my arm, finding myself to be wearing a normal T-shirt and shorts. But what catches my eye isnt my clothes. Its the glowing red veins that occasionally appear and disappear across my arm.
Even that doesnt catch my attention as much as the strange shifting sensation across my body. Like sothing is moving inside of .
As if on instinct, I raise my hand, palm up, and let so sort of glowing red blood leak from the pores in my hand and begin floating in a ball above it, writhing back and forth without even directing it to. And after just a few seconds the orb of strange blood attempts to stretch outwards, away from the orb.
Is it fighting my own control?
Alia imdiately appears just seconds after I summon forth the strange red blood, her eyes wide in a mixture of wariness and happiness at the sight of . Then she says, Please put away the Red Plague for now.
I frown at that but comply anyways, sending what I now realize is the Red Plague back into my body. Albeit with a struggle.
First ti Ive ever had a skill fight against my own control
Its because your Title-Bearing skill is a unique mutation one, Tar says while appearing in the air, filled with tension. And according to my father, its calling the rest of the Red Plague in the universe to you.
I blink in surprise at that before my frown grows.
Tar glances at Alia, who frowns for a mont in return only to leave the room anyways.
Wait, did he just kick out the White Knight of Humanity?
There are so things that Ill need to fill you in on, Tar says, sounding like hes not going to enjoy this.
Oh.
Tar doesnt end up taking very long to explain the whole Red Plague planet coming to devour our own planet after waking up early due to my presence thing. But I still find the thing a little ridiculous considering how were already dealing with one universe ending calamity.
I lie back down on the bed, feeling exhausted for so reason.
Mutation passive skills are different from normal skills in various different ways, most of which are unique to the skill in question, Tar explains while floating down to sit next to on the bed. They directly alter your body instead of just giving you the ability and knowledge to do sothing. And while we arent safely able to analyze your body anymore thanks to the Red Plague in it, father believes that all of the blood in your body is filled to the brim with the Red Plague. So much so that your body practically runs on the stuff now.
I stare blankly at the tanuki floating above .
Let get this straight. My body lives on the most dangerous corruption in the universe?
Tar nods his head at that.
Wow.
I quickly open my status to pull up the description of the skill again, only to realize sothing about my status in the process.
Huh. My species changed from Human/Blood Lycan Hybrid to Human/Blood Lycan Warden.
Putting that aside, I open the description as I was going to do.
{Warden of the Red Plague - This skill directly alters the users body, turning them into both prison and warden for the most powerful blood plague in existence. The Red Plague. Any being who touches the user and is designated a target by the user either subconsciously or consciously will be infected with the Red Plague. The user may also release the Red Plague within their body to the surroundings through any ans, whether through blood, the air, physical contact, or any other possible thod. The user may recall the red Plague back into their body whenever they so desire. The users body becos permanently immune to all types of corruption due to the overwhelming strength of the Red Plague devouring all other types of corruption.}
Guess the immunity to all types of corruption makes perfect sense now, considering that the Red Plague is apparently all devouring and the infecting anything I touch and designate a target part of it is actually rather neat. As long as I dont sohow accidentally mark soone as a target when I dont an for them to be.
Because it would be awkward if I accidentally killed soone simply by touching them.
That shouldnt be possible, Tar says, making sigh in relief. Unless the Red Plague decides it wants to fight against you when you touch soone, that is.
I try half-heartedly to swat the tanuki, only for him to dodge .
Say that first next ti!
Guess that ans I wont be touching anyone. And right when I was starting to beco fine with physical contact.
Well, its highly unlikely that the Red Plague would be able to break out of you unless you have too much of it in your body, Tar explains while lying his head down on the bed. And the only way for you to take in more Red Plague than you would naturally have is to find the Red Plague in the universe, or let it replicate outside of your body.
Oh. Right. Its self-replicating.
How fast does it replicate anyways?
See for yourself, Tar says while motioning his paw towards my hand.
I frown before sitting up and raising my hand, pushing so of the Red Plague out of it. Then I just sit here and watch the orb of writhing and glowing crimson liquid.
Ti passes and after a couple seconds, I notice the orb of writhing blood slowly beginning to expand.
At least it doesnt seem to self-replicate very quickly. Although it does appear to be replicating faster the more there is.
I blink as I rember sothing that happened when I was getting the skill. So I reabsorb the Red Plague and imdiately summon my armor.
Only to find glowing red cracks all over it.
Well, fuck.
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