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When I woke up, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling, and it was only after a minute that my mind was able to focus and I realised where I was. The scenes of the battle with the inner beast and the end of the battle immediately appeared before my eyes. A clot of flame appeared in my hands, seeming so weak and cold now. After the power I had experienced within me I had a different perspective on this power. Even now, I was clearly aware that somewhere within its essence, the flame had become a little different. What exactly had changed I didn't understand, but the current feeling of the flame seemed limited. Like I was trying to pour over a barrel from a cocktail pipe with a couple of holes in it. It was unpleasant, but tolerable.
Putting aside for the moment thoughts of the power experienced in the inner world, I returned to the new already distinct intensification. The power was clearly flowing through my body and a certain desire was nagging at me. When I gave in to it, I immediately turned into my full form. After the conversion, I realised what had changed. I used to have some discomfort with the full Lycan form, but now I didn't. I also instinctively felt that this conversion wasn't all I was capable of. Trying to catch that feeling I was able to increase the length of the claws on my hands. The half metre long black claws looked menacing and seemed much sharper than my usual claws. Relaxing, I was able to return them to their normal length. At the edge of my consciousness I caught the sensation of something native, at first I couldn't understand what I was feeling, but after a few moments of concentration I realised to my surprise that it was the ones I had turned. At least I thought so initially. Among these sensations, I could find similar ones to what I had faintly picked up before from Gemma and Barnell. But only that the number of such connections to me was more than a few dozen. And such a number was puzzling. Hoping the system would tell me something about this feeling I opened my status.
Name: Ryan Pierce
Level: 77
Experience: 133775/135000
Parameters:
-Strength: 351
-Dexterity: 324
-Stamina: 436
-Intelligence: 140
-Intuition: 170
-Free Points: 182
Specialities: major, lab mouse, hitman, novice alpha, semi-high.Skills/Skills: "martial arts 77ur", "shooting 75ur", "polyglot 5ur", "psychology 39ur", "strategist 47ur", "stealth 61ur", "player mind MAX", "intimidation 65ur", "animal style 60ur", "drug resistance 65ur", "hackerman 58ur", "engineer 68ur", "alpha will 36ur", "regeneration 54ur", "alchemist chef 49ur", "poker face 37ur", "howl 34ur", "falcon gaze 33ur", "pain threshold 51ur", "maximum strike 14ur", "masochism 33ur", "biology 54ur", "S class rights 40ur", "sixth sense 30ur", "teacher 7ur", "metamorphism 36ur", "pack bonding 3ur".
Superpowers: "time acceleration", "lycanthropy", "hellfire".
Seeing my stats, I whistled. The feeling of power was clear now. My basic stats went up by 100, and my intuition increased by 50. And it didn't end there. The animal style gained almost 30 new levels. Alpha's will gained over 20 new levels. Howl jumped 10 levels up. The sixth sense went up 15 levels. When his gaze reached the bottom of the skill list he caught on to two new skills. Metamorphism had already been used, and the wolf had used it at the beginning of the battle to dodge and afterwards to strengthen the muscles in his paws before a dash. But pack bonding was interesting, it seems that with this skill I can sense my converts and then the number of questions about so many members of the pack becomes only more.
It took me about five hours to get used to the almost one-third increase in strength. It would have taken a lot longer for a normal person, but I'd noticed a long time ago that the system allowed me to increase my strength quite easily and even in leaps and bounds without any consequences for the user. At least for now, but for something created by a powerful supreme entity, it makes no difference to balance the strength of a mortal capable of pulling cars or tankers. If I jumped from the level of a human to 10000 years old Thor, it would hardly be possible to balance it even in a year. Still Thor after receiving a part of Odin's powers and development to that age planets were on one blow.
Just when I had finished getting used to the power, a portal opened above my desk again and a sheet fell out, informing me that I had been selected a personal master for training and asked to come to the main site to start training. In principle, given the number of masters and generally strong and talented mages here I understand that it is very prestigious and cool. Most of them are engaged in quite usual lectures and practical classes. And the other 60% of their time they study on their own. And if about my talent still much is unknown, then here already appeared prospects as I understood the ancient has already managed to estimate. Still, according to her books it seems that in the next 10-20 years, if I don't throw away my skates, I can become a rather strong fighting unit. And the mages here, although they develop their physical training, but in a direct fight with a demon none of them can not stand. But I, pumped up and entering its full power of a true alpha I think I can even a couple of higher demons outside their domains unpleasantly surprise. All the same long-range combat and piles of traps with restrictions is good, but when you without portals and illusions can get away from enemy attacks, and if you want to take them on the block is much better.
I don't know why she didn't train me herself. Whether she had learned to understand people well over the centuries and realised that I would not live only by Kamartaj and mystical realities of the universe, or whether she simply used the eye of Agamotto and did not see the time lines with my becoming the highest wizard of this dimension. Or maybe I just decided not to take any chances and stick with Strange's 100% version. Still, it would have been quite interesting to see Strange's face after the Infinity War when he realised that the Ancient One who used the Dark Dimension was peeking at the future and just dumped the position of High Sorcerer on him and walked away. Though the supreme wizard's quiet death sounds like a joke. After all, for several thousand years of magical history 100% not one magician did not dare to explore the question of immortality and the way to extend life. And that's exactly right, there was no option to move into another body at the death of his own. Well, and the fact that the demons, who mostly do not have a physical shell and interact with the world with the help of highly concentrated spiritual energy, are often inhabited by suitable vessels and can be reborn in our world becoming even stronger so it does not matter. It would be funny if at the moment when Thanos atomised half of the life in the universe the Ancient One was lying down somewhere on another plane of reality, and afterwards she would return to a pre-prepared body, which the stones would not consider alive during the atomisation, as there was no soul in it, and her best pupil, who could possibly set the office on fire, was not alive at that moment.
I finished thinking and grinning at the ideas I had about the reality of things just before the door to the landing. Stepping out into the air, I found a group of people in grey training with a double ring. In principle, this was expected considering that this is most likely the easiest and most non-threatening way to train with the energy of the world. To open a portal you need to have a pretty good concentration and a complete idea of the place you want to tunnel with. And with such training, the chance of hurting yourself or doing something wrong is almost nil. They won't open a portal to the dark dimension and they won't be able to pull something off during training, though if you open a portal and stick your hand in it, stopping feeding it with energy... well, if there are such individuals, it can be called selection. By the way, one of the groups is being trained by a master without a hand, but as they say, exceptions only confirm the rules.
In a small distance from the group of thirty people, I noticed a lone silhouette in red robes. As I approached him and looked closer, I recognised him as Mickelson, or Kecilius in local parlance. Maybe the Ancient One really doesn't use an eye? It's just that either that or I don't understand why she would give away a future traitor to a rather valuable asset as a teacher. Even if she knows the future, it's a risk. Especially because even alphas living for centuries can also be tempted by immortality, although they have a strongly developed aversion to subjugation and the bet could go on it.
-Hello. From today I will be your teacher on the path of comprehending the mysteries of the universe. - With a fairly normal smile said Kaecilius. Somehow his current image didn't fit with the murderous fanatic. Maybe he just had a grudge against the librarian and was normal before his contact with Dormamu.
-Hello. I would be very grateful for your guidance along the way. - I said with the same smile, showing the proper respect for the man who would determine my learning curve. I know how much it costs in learning to be able to come up and ask the teacher almost at any time about unclear parts of a subject.
-Here, take this double ring. It's an artefact that any self-respecting magician should have on hand at all times. You can use it to open a portal to any place you've visited before. It's also your lifeline when entering hostile or unknown dimensions. Of course, most powerful demons and otherworldly entities can almost always cut off the ring's access to space, but if you find yourself in such a situation not because of combat, the ring can be your salvation.
Examining the artefact, there wasn't much I could tell. It looked like two ordinary rings fused together with a plate on top. The plate had several arcs intertwined with each other and a pair of triangles with eyes inside. But I didn't get any magic from it.
-You see how the others train? Stand in the same stance, put the ring on your non-leading hand and stretch your arms forward. With your leading hand, try to feel the energy around you. Later you will be able to use the energy stored in your body, but for now the ring will act as a battery. It will absorb the surrounding energy and conduct it, in your body's way, from your left hand to your right hand. This will help you to learn to feel its current in your body, and later the energy itself. There is several times more of it here in Kamarthaj than outside, so you should be able to handle it in a couple of days. Now visualise the place you want to go. The more detailed the image in your head, the easier it will be to set up the portal. I think that's enough theory for now, give it a try.
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