Cain sat cross-legged in a dead grove, moonlight flickering through skeletal branches.
Nyx dozed nearby, tail curled over her snout. Even in sleep, her ears twitched at the Codex's hum.
But Cain wasn't looking at the Codex.
He was staring into The Blank Book.
It was… breathing.
Every time he opened it, the pages writhed like living parchment, waiting for him to pour something real—**a memory, a truth, a fury—**into it.
"Alright," he muttered. "Let's make something wrong."
[Codex Fragment – The Blank Book Activated]
Start Creation Sequence:➤ Step 1: Choose Core Source➤ Step 2: Feed Memory➤ Step 3: Infuse Intent➤ Step 4: Burn the Price
🩸 Step 1: Core Source – Shadow Wolf Essence
He began with Nyx.
Not her, exactly.But her essence—what she was before the fusion. What her kind was born to do.
Hunt. Haunt. Fade.
He laid a drop of her shadow-oil blood onto the page.
The ink absorbed it, turning black-violet, tendrils forming pawprints and snarls.
🧠 Step 2: Feed Memory – The Night He Fled the Village
Cain closed his eyes and offered the Blank Book a nightmare.
Running.Bleeding.Nyx snarling behind him.Hunters ahead. Torches. Knives.His own breath like fire in his lungs.
"I don't want to be prey anymore."
The page twitched.
It drank the memory like a leech drinks blood.
🔥 Step 3: Infuse Intent – "Let Them Fear the Dark."
Cain leaned in and whispered to the book:
"Make me what they feared when they lit those torches.""Give me a form that haunts the flame.""I won't run again."
☠️ Step 4: Burn the Price – Echo Sacrifice
He held up one of his Echo Threads—the skill memory of the Obsidian Watchbeast.
Armor. Defense. Stability.
He shattered it.
The Codex screamed.
The Blank Book drank the shards.
Cain's skin cracked. His shadow split from his body and howled.
And then—
📜 New Skill Created – Shadow Maw: Apex Variant
Type: Fusion – ActiveCooldown: HighEffect:
Cain transforms into a beast-form for 30 seconds
Gains +60% speed, +40% strength, +night vision
All attacks ignore 20% of enemy defense
Final Strike: Phantom Rend – Teleport-behind kill move
Side Effect:
Partial beast thoughts leak into Cain for 12 hours after use
Instinct aggression heightened
Memory corruption chance: 4%
He collapsed, breathing hard.
When he opened his eyes, they weren't human.
They were slitted. Silver. Glowing faintly like Nyx's.
Nyx padded to his side and nudged him.
"That smell," she said. "That's not mine. That's… you now."
Flash Scene – Testing the Skill
A pack of lesser wildbeasts stalked the forest.
Cain activated Shadow Maw.
He didn't fight.
He hunted.
He struck from the trees, left no scent, no trail, no chance.
One blink. Five corpses.One growl. The alpha fled with its tail bleeding.One breath. Cain faded back into his human form.
His smile was wolfish.
Meanwhile…
Far away, the Librarians felt the anomaly.
"He made a skill.""Not borrowed. Not taught. Not inherited.""Created.""The Codex has chosen too much."
They begin to move faster.