I was ignored by my classmates. I don't blame them. Who would want to be friends with the dog-nosed freak? That was fine... until it escalated to bullying. Did everyone here actually hate me? Why didn't they come and help? Even Ryan? Fine. I never n...
I'm chasing the scent with a mad grin on my face. Walls don't even stop me. I push the rocks out of the way using aura. Layer by layer I go deeper into the cave with an unbreakable will.
My final challenger is a large door with some weird symbols painted on it. When I try to bend it open it absorbs my aura. My pickaxe doesn't effect it either. Huh. This is the point where I'm supposed to give up, right? Ha! Luckily I'm smarter than that. If I can't break it down I'll just go around.
I create a tunnel and push my way through. On the other side is a cave. The cave is covered in chains and boulders. A thick scent hangs in the air. So... Sweet, yet... Static. In the centre of the room is a giant boulder that all the chains are attached to. I stand around it in a trance then freeze. A person?
A man is chained to the boulder. He looks to be about 20 with long black hair and and ripped clothes revealing his lean figure. His body is limp barely being held up. As I approach the sweet smell only gets stronger. Once again I'm moving on my own. I reach out and he wakes up.
He growls at me. Growls? Growls! His eyes don't look like that of a human. I pull back and observe him. He tugs at his chains unable to break free with an anger that can only be described as volcanic. Then all the chains in the cave start to glow and the man cries out in pain.
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The light subsides and he passes out again. I slowly approach fully prepared to back off again but this time he doesn't budge. I brush his hair away from his face. He looks like a human now at least. I inspect the rock that he's chained to and hit it with my pickaxe. I keep finding things that won't even get scratched. So much for the hardest rock.
I go back to the guy chained and examine him. This is the first human I have seen down here. His aura is very weak but he seems to have the capacity for a larger amount. Should I save him? I try to give him a bit of my own purified materials. He stirs a bit.
I go closer and see a single tear fall down his face. I guess I already made up my mind the moment I saw him. Oh, but what if he's a dangerous criminal? If I bring him home he could kill me in my sleep or, worser yet, when I'm still awake! He's chained up for a reason... Chains... If he's chained up for a reason I should just bring the chains with me!
I use my aura to separate the chains closest to him and catch him when he falls. He's... light? Or maybe I've gotten so strong that this is nothing? I hoist him over my shoulder and with some samples from the boulder I head back home.
I imbed his chains into the wall of the testing room and clean him up a little using animal hide. Now looking a little closer... He's a bit handsome... Not important! He could be a handsome killer. I guess I'll find out when he wakes up.
The ground starts shaking. Speaking of waking up... That damn beast! It comes here every so often just to try and climb up. Something needs to be done!
