The Barbarian’s Journey
Chapter 5 - Practice
(A/N: Whenever people talk in a language that Clay doesn understand it will start with a *)
[Time left: 0 months, 0 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes.]
Clay had been waiting for months. He was sleeping most of the time, sometimes he talked to the system. But mostly he slept. Although now, he stared at the timer with both fear and excitement. The idea of experiencing something that wasn dark and cramped was amazing. But the process of getting there would be mentally scarring. He had only one hope.
Would it be possible to put me to sleep until after Im born?. Clay waited for a brief moment before a new message appeared before him.
[Yes it is, would you like to sleep now?]
Yes! As soon as Clay answered he felt himself drift into sleep.
When Clay was woken up he heard people around him talking. He couldn understand what they were saying, but he could gather that they were panicking. Looking around he could see a maid of sort grabbing a towel while a man with some type of emblem was saying something. His eyes were closed, it looked like he was concentrating, he had his hand over Clays chest the entire time.
Is he casting a spell? Looking at the hand that was over his chest it started to glow. When it did the man placed it on Clays chest, and when he did, Clay felt a warm sensation pass through his body. It felt soothing, and a little ticklish. Clay couldn help but giggle.
When the man heard Clay giggling his eyes opened, and he let out a loud sigh. Looking to his left he spoke, ”*Congratulations Lady Nirra, its a boy.* ” After the man was done speaking he could hear people sigh in relief and cheer with joy. The man picked up Clay from the cradle he was laying in, and carried him over to a very large woman with gray skin that was laying in an even larger bed. She looked very tired and covered in sweat, the lower part of the sheets was covered in blood. Clay might not be the smartest person but it was a safe bet that this was his mother.
”*Give him to me. I want to hold my son.* ” When she spoke the man gave Clay to his new mother. While she stared at Clay, he could see tears well in her eyes and a giant smile that crept across her face. Soon after, a human man came rushing in. He quickly walked over to Clays mother before stopping. It looked like he was trying to catch his breath, when he saw Clay the man stopped and stared at both Clay and his mother. ”*What is taking you so long, come over here and hold your son* ”. Whatever his mother said seemed to have snapped the man out of his daze. As he approached he could see the man trying, but failing, to hold back tears. She lifted Clay towards the man and he gently held Clay. Using his hand that wasn holding Clay he gently brushed Clays cheek.
He handed Clay back to his mother, and hugged them both. The man and his mother kissed, solidifying the fact that the man was his father, and then he looked at Clay with a warm smile. Then his father spoke. ”*What will we name him?* ”
After being quiet for a few seconds, ”*How about Ivor?* ” Clays mother gently brushed her fingers across his cheeks, ”*What do you think?* ”
His father nodded his head, ”*I think Ivor is perfect.* ”
Ivor didn know what the people around said but soon after everyone started celebrating. The man that had previously cast a spell on Ivor ushered everyone out of the room, and eventually, Ivors father left as well. When everyone left Ivors mother talked to him for a long time, and eventually, she had laid down with Ivor next to her, and they both drifted into sleep.
Ivor was woken up by gentle rustling and the sunlight that had come through the window in the room, looking around he could see his mother writing in a book. He tried to move around to stretch but realized that he had a challenge to overcome, relearning his body and getting back fine motor function. Trying to stretch was a bit of a challenge, with all his movements eventually Nirra had taken notice. ”*Good morning my little mountain, how are you feeling?* ”.
[Common – 1%]
The message that Ivor had received was a little bit shocking, caught up in the moment Ivor forgot about his system, which through the few months he had to talk to, learned that the system didn like being called system and instead was called Gift. Reading the message, he asked Gift, Is common the language that mother is speaking?
[Yes, through the Gift granted to you, you can accelerate the learning of crucial information about the world, although the speed of learning is tied to your Intelligence attribute.]
Reading this he was pleasantly surprised, this would make learning the language a lot easier on him. But the last part of the message is what made him somewhat concerned. Gift, when we were talking about selecting the classes you said one of the lowest attributes was intelligence, how long will it take to learn common? Ivor wanted to know how long it would take to learn the language, he figured that the sooner he could understand his surroundings, the sooner he could explore the new world he found himself in.
[Based on your Intelligence attribute, it will take six months for you to understand basic words, and another six months before you can speak simple sentences. Previously your attributes could not be accurately read. However, now after substantial development, your attributes can be displayed.]
Before Ivor could ask, a screen appeared in front of him.
****
Status
Name: Ivor &!*#*^
Race: Half Goliath(Human/Goliath)
Age: 1 day
Health: 12/12
Attribute Scores:
Strength: 20
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 15
Wisdom: 11
Charisma: 9
Intelligence:9
Abilities:
[Rage: 2/2], [Unarmored Defense]
Proficiencies :
[Common – 1%]
****
Gift, don you think that these attribute scores seem a little too much for a day-old infant? Ivor kept staring at the screen with a confused look. He knew that he had Gift and was more inclined to certain attributes, but this was a little more than what he expected.
[The attribute reading is 100% accurate. Although these attributes are quite high you can thank, not only your natural talent for Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution, but your genetic heritage has given you a boost as well.]
Reading the message, Ivor started to understand what Gift meant but still couldn quite grasp what it was saying. I can understand a small boost but a twenty for strength seems a bit much, with that I should be able to pick up seven people with ease.
[It seems that there was a misconception. The baseline for attribute scores is ten, however, a child with a ten Strength score is not the same as an adult with a ten Strength score.]
Oh. Ivor had a better understanding of his current situation. Ivor was brought back to reality after he heard the bedroom door open. Ivor looked over at his father with interest, he was disheveled and exhausted. It looked like he didn sleep at all in the night, and now thinking about it, Ivor could have sworn he heard snoring outside the room he was in.
”*Aw, are you happy to see your father, my little mountain? Don worry, soon we will be able to move about our home, we just need a few days to rest. Isn that right, Khemed?* ” Nirra looked at Khemed with a loving smile, words couldn describe how she felt, just holding Ivor she wanted nothing more than to protect her adorable son.
Khemed carefully got onto the bed, and gave a quick kiss to Nirra, before kissing the top of Ivors head. ”*Good morning Nirra, and good morning to you as well Ivor. I hope you both managed to sleep well.* ”
”*Surprisingly, yes, I heard from some of the maids and friends that babies would cry a lot after being born, but our son slept through the night without a problem.* ” She was smiling down at Ivor when she suddenly stopped rocking him and sat up a little bit to adjust her ropes. ”*Im glad that you are here, Khemed. Ivor needs to be around us, I don want him to grow up like either of us did. But before we continue talking I have to feed him first.* ” Nirra handed Ivor over to Khemed as she started to prepare to feed Ivor.
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