A Monster Life: Volume 01 - Bloodwolf, Rogue, Knight, Orc

By SciFurz

Ulric wakes up just as he's about to be slashed by a young female adventurer because he possesses the body of a demon wolf instead of his own.

When the misunderstanding is cleared up he learns he's no longer on Earth and must seek out the help of the wizard council for a chance to return home.

• Language: English
• Publisher: SciFurz
• Release date: Mar 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463250754

SciFurz

Writing the tales I want to read because no one else does.I love various genres so most tales are a blend and include science fiction, fantasy, horror, erotica, romance, and comedy.Get exclusive access to works in progress and more at Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/scifurzTo keep up with what I write check here:https://mastodon/@scifurzEnjoy reading today!

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A Monster Life

Volume 01: Bloodwolf, Rogue, Knight, Orc

by SciFurz

version 20/03/2019

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copyright © 2019 SciFurz

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Disclaimer

All characters engaging in copulation, drinking, substance abuse or other so-called adult behaviour that might appear in this totally made up story are of the magical adult age before anything like that happens according to the laws of your residence.

All characters are also fictional and have no resemblance to any other person, animal or object, living or dead, or even undead, zombie or of ectoplasmic form.

No animals were harmed during the making of this story, except for those slaughtered to feed humans or satisfy experiments, feed predators in the wild, and those in unfortunate accidents.

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Notes

2018/11/05: First version update.

Contents

01 - New World

02 - New Experiences

03 - Fatal Fight

04 - Winter City

05 - The Wizards

06 - Elzbieta's Secret

07 - Little Fight, Big Fight

08 - Unintended Threesome

09 - Rescue

10 - Reluctant Healing

11 - Kaui

12 - Treachery

13 - Powering Up

14 - Attacked and Trapped

15 - Master and Slaves

01 - New World

Something shiny flashed through the grey fog in Ulric's mind. He was vaguely aware that he moved around, although it seemed he wasn't consciously doing it. He suspected he fell asleep while reading on the couch but it didn't explain the sensation of using his arms and legs. It made even less sense than his usual strange dreams and it worried him.

Willing himself to wake up, the fog lifted slowly while another flash went through it and he jerked backwards. His vision became a little more clear and vague shapes appeared with one moving in front of him while swinging a long shiny object at him. His mind registered danger and he jumped back in a reflex.

'Oy!' he said but heard a snarl.

His vision cleared up more and he recognised the shiny object as a straight sword. And the hooded person in a green cloak wielding it thrust it at him again.

'Hey! Stop that!' he shouted but once more he only heard sharp snarls.

The attacker backed off quickly and he took the opportunity to glance around at the grey stone walled chamber lit by floor standing candelabras dripping enough wax to have created stalactites and stalagmites underneath. A couple of candles lit an occult circle on the stone slab floor with an overturned wooden table on one side, surrounded by vials, books, and twisted copper and coloured glass instruments. The sight of an open doorway made him think of escape and he rushed towards it until a large black and red canine monster rushing at him from that doorway startled him into jumping back and crashing into a couple of small tables with more books, jars, candles, and assorted magical props. He grabbed the large and heavy candlestick that fell on the floor beside him and swung it at the monster.

Except there was no monster.

Panting hard he crawled away from the doorway while aiming the candlestick at it and hit the wall with his back. He glanced left and right for a sign of the monster but all he saw was that cloaked person standing on the other side of the chamber. 'Where'd it go!?' he said, heard a growl and whine this time and looked quickly in all directions to see where it came from. There was still only that one person present, who pulled back the hood of the cloak.

Ulric stared with open mouth at a young woman with short brown hair as wild as if it had never been touched by comb or brush. She frowned at him with confusion in her doe-like hazel eyes as if he was something she'd never seen before. He surely didn't feel like he belonged wherever he was now and understood her expression.

'Where am I?' he said which turned into a half growl, half whine.

Another nagging sensation went up in the back of his mind. His whole body felt weird and his heart stopped when he noticed his hand holding the candle stick. He thrust it away from him as if it was burning hot and stared at the half hand, half paw with long and thick digits and sharp claws in front of his eyes. He turned it around, looked at his other hand which was now half paw as well, then looked down to see the body he had occupied since birth was gone and had been replaced by a black canine body.

A whine escaped him and he reached out to a polished silver tray, and whined more at the reflection of the black fur monstrous canine that scared him moments ago. Only now did he notice the large mirror on the wall at the other side of the doorway. He looked at the woman. 'Why!? What happened to me!?' he whined.

Iphigenia watched the bloodwolf with great puzzlement as he held out his open paws to her, then pat all over his body whining like a lost puppy. She approached him carefully with her short sword aimed at him. He held up his paws like a man would in surrender and recognised despair in his eyes, which only had a hint of the earlier glow of violent red left in their rich golden pupils. The demonic killing aura she'd sensed from him during the fight was gone without a trace.

She pondered killing him or not, knowing how deceitful demons could be, but she had never seen his kind reacting other than aggressive, and certainly not as un-animal as this. The doubt made her groan in frustration but she had to be sure and the only way to do that was through a familiar bond so they could understand each other. She didn't want to get close to such a dangerous creature or be linked to it's savage mind but she could always break the bond again.

He reeled back and stared at her sword as she took a step closer. She held up her hand, lowered her sword a little, gestured for him to stay put and shook her head while placing her hand on the blade. She gestured at him and growled, and pointed her sword upwards. He gazed at her for a moment and nodded once. She was glad he understood, lowered her sword far enough so that she could still stab him if he attacked her, went down on one knee at his side, touched her forehead, gestured at his, and leaned her head forwards. He understood again and carefully held his forehead against hers. She spoke the incantation and as she concentrated on him the mind link opened. His fear and anguish nearly overwhelmed her.

Ulric caught the young woman before she fell on the floor. 'Are you okay?' he asked as she blinked at him.

She nodded and tensed a little when she realised he held her in his strong arms. 'It's nothing.'

'You understand me now!?'

She rolled out of his arms and sat down on the floor. 'Yes. Through the mind link from the familiar bond that I made with you. We don't need to speak directly either if we focus on who we want to talk to.

He nodded although he didn't quite understood it, and glanced around at the chamber again. 'Where am I?'

'This is a dark wizard's lair. You don't know how you got here? Where did you come from?'

He sighed. 'Last thing I remember was reading an old fantasy book that I picked up at a used book shop on the couch.' he said and looked around again. 'And now it seems I'm stuck in this dream.'

She raised an eyebrow. 'You think you're dreaming?'

He held out his paws. 'How else would you explain this medieval environment and whatever this body is that I have now?'

She stared at him for a moment while his behaviour started to make sense to her. 'You're not really a bloodwolf from the demon realm?'

'I'm human for real! And where on Earth would a demon realm exist?'

She frowned slightly again. 'Ehmm, what is Earth?'

He gestured around him. 'The planet. This planet?'

She sat upright. 'This is Leandria.'

It was his turn to stare at her for a moment while a realisation nagged at the back of his mind. 'This isn't Earth? And I suppose it's not the twenty-first century either?'

'The common year is seven hundred and sixty-eight. More precisely, it's the forty-second day of the fourth month.'

His jaw dropped. 'This has to be a dream.'

She shook her head.

He grabbed a large book from the floor, weighed it in his paws, and hit his head as hard as he could with it.

She snatched the bent book away from him. 'What are you doing!?'

He shook his head and sighed. Although he was a lot stronger now, so was his skull. 'I wanted to wake myself up.'

She noticed the title of the book and skimmed through it. 'This explains it.' she said and showed him a page with the same magic circle as had been drawn on the floor. 'The wizard tried to summon a demon but something must have gone wrong and you were summoned here at the same time.'

He groaned. 'So where is he? Make him send me back.'

She looked away. 'About that.' she said and cleared her throat. 'I don't think he'll be able to do that.'

His eyes went wide. 'What!? Why!? He must!'

She glanced at a corner and he looked. The blood soaked robe covering the body was enough of an answer. 'You killed him after he summoned me?'

'I'm sorry! I thought he hadn't completed the ritual! And I didn't expect something like this to happen!'

He put his face in his paws, barely hanging on to his sanity and logic. 'Does it say in the book how to send me back?'

She skimmed through it one more time. 'Only to the demon realm.' she said and put the book away. 'I also never heard of any other realm used for summoning.'

He sighed and gave up his resistance to his nightmare. 'So I'm stuck here in this world and in this monster body.'

She looked down. 'Sorry.'

They sat for a while in silence when she quickly looked up. 'I know! Maybe the magic council can help!' she said and he looked at her from between his fingers. 'They are the wisest of wizards and they might know of a way.'

A spark of hope lit up in his chest and he sat up. 'Where can I find them?'

'At Winter City. But it's a long journey and in your present situation you'll be targeted as a demon.'

He shook his head. 'I've got no choice if I want to return to my life. I'll just have to risk it.'

She nodded. 'I'll come with you. If anyone sees me with you they might not attack. Besides, I feel somewhat responsible for what happened.'

He smiled a little. 'Thanks. I can use all the help I can get right now.'

She smiled back at him. The familiar sight of black fur with thick blood red stripes across the back and neck had always filled her with loathing but he made it look good. She was surprised at this thought, wondered if it was an influence he had, and realised she hadn't checked his capabilities yet. 'Mind if I see your tallies?'

He raised one of his large ears. 'Tallies?'

She nodded. 'You know, what you can do, how strong you are.'

'Oh, I have no idea what I can do or show you.'

'Can't you summon the list of your skills in your world?'

He shook his head. 'We don't have magic in my world. Or at least no public knowledge of it.'

She moved closer. 'But maybe you can do it here. Just imagine a list on a page.'

'I might as well try.' he said, closed his eyes, and imagined a form with items like height, weight, academic results, and a few moments later one appeared before his eyes. 'I see it now.'

'Good. I can use the mind link to see yours now as well.' she said and focussed on his status. 'Hang on, your health, strength, dexterity, and magic power are all zero!'

He looked them up. 'Indeed. Did I imagine it wrong?'

'I don't think so because there are abilities listed. It's probably because you're not from this world and some things might not work.'

'Sounds logical. I'd like to have seen it though and compare it with others.'

'So did I.' she said and summoned her own tallies. 'You can see mine if you focus on it.'

He directed his mind to hers and her numbers appeared before his eyes. 'Oh, I see them!'

'My strength is at one hundred and twenty-eight as you can see. One hundred is the average for humans and the average for bloodwolves is one hundred and sixteen.' He nodded. 'Magic power is not high in my case at forty-eight. Just enough to heal myself