My life as a reborn monster

They all look at me with a slight worried look before my 3 hobgoblin mages stand up and almost like they already know what I'm going to say start circulating their mana and start to absorb extra in preparation.

"Master we are ready whenever you are." Shorunt says with a look of loyalty and resolve to do whatever is necessary to help me. I know that part of this is because of my contract with him as his master but still this small display of loyalty from these 3 are heartwarming.

"Ok so first I'm going to go slow, its gonna be painful and I might let out a few groans but just bear with me ok. I'm going to need a constant stream of mana to pull this off.

All 3 of them nod as I mentally prepare to unleash hell on myself.

"Ok guys lets go." As soon as I say this I activate Regen and the fire within me starts up like someone poured jet fuel on a match. The influx of mana from them kept the spell going but the pain from receiving mana alongside using it and making it circulate my body was almost to much for me to handle. My mind was starting to shatter a little as the pain started to overtake my thoughts.

'AHHHHH JUST KILL ME.'

'THIS IS HELL PLEASE JUST MAKE IT STOP.'

Those thoughts were slowly becoming the only things that I could think of to the point I started to scream out loud.

"AHHHH THIS IS HELL PLEASE JUST STOP, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE." I screamed at the top of my lungs as a blue light started to envelope my whole body.

Shorunt and the others were going to stop until Kitsoma and Sylvania made them keep going.

"Do not stop his body is repairing, the damage he sustained was to much for his mana veins and they are being forced to heal now. You guys cannot stop, you will just have to force yourselves to keep going. Do this for your master, he needs you know."

"Yes, I know he can do this but he needs your help. If I could help I would but it is up to you 3 to pull this off. He trusts us, we cannot let him down."

They said a few words of encouragement to Shorunt, Tinoa, and Vinoa to make sure they kept pouring mana into my body. They all kept a brave face but as soon as I started screaming in pain. they all started to shed tears but kept their resolve to make sure their master is healed. Even if that meant that their master would go through tremendous amounts of pain first.

"MASTER PLEASE YOU CAN DO THIS, WE NEED YOU MASTER!!!" Liosa and Konna both yelled with passion hoping their words could reach my barely conscious mind.

I heard bits and pieces of everything that was said as I tried to withstand the pain. I knew my pain resistance wouldn't help much but I didn't expect anything as bad as this. My whole body felt like it was melting and freezing all at the same time. I had to endure such extreme pain but never like this until after what seemed like days being trapped in a world of pain it finally started to lessen not immediately but very very slowly almost like a small droplet leaking from a faucet. It started slowly and then the more it went on the pain started going away more and more until all that was left was a burning sensation within my chest.

"ONE FINAL PUSH GUYS LETS GO USE UP ALL YOU HAVE AND GIVE IT TO ME." I forced out through the last of the pain. I knew that this was where the source of my magic came from but from the level of pain that radiated from it even at the slightest touch of mana was 4x what I felt as I repaired my mana veins. I almost blacked out as I took the massive influx of mana and forced my Regen to focus on the source. It was like someone poured lava straight into my soul while making sure I stayed awake to experience it.

The others were all starting to worry as the 3 hobgoblins had long run out of mana to share but the blue light that made a cocoon around me was still very visible and it seemed to even vibrate and even at some points seemed like it was breathing.

Hours passed by this way as the others took turns watching over my cocoon. All the hobgoblins had fallen into a deep sleep that freaked the others out. They wouldn't wake up no matter what the others did. It seemed like their life was tied to whatever was happening to their dragon companion.

------3 Days Later-------

--Sondar POV--

The hobgoblins were still unconscious and Vexsus' cocoon had stopped making any sounds. It seemed like it would be soon and he would emerge but the bastard was taking his sweet time coming back to us.

The rest of us that were still awake had made up our minds to keep watch over these guys, I would go out on patrol with Howy to make sure no other goblins showed up, Kitsoma and Sylvania wanted to stay behind to watch over his cocoon and the others, making sure nothing strange would happen.

-------4 Days Later-------

We decided to go explore the ant colony to see if there were any ants that still lived. We knew that there was a egg chamber but didn't know if they hatched or somehow died after the queen did.

We found a small colony that had started in the very back of the cave, We didn't kill the right away as they all started running away from us whenever we were spotted. It looked like this colony is very weak compared to before. The ants themselves only came up to my knee and didn't pose any threat. We even saw the queen entering and leaving the colony just like the other ants. It almost seemed like she was working along with her subjects instead of staying in one place and turning herself into a breeding machine.

Oh by the way I took the 'system' that Vexsus gave me and started training my skills, Thankfully even after he was turned into a cocoon the system still was active. I started training with Howy every so often using my Earth manipulation to produce all sorts of objects. I made all sorts of items like bowls, knives, spoons, really just small stuff at first but then once the skill leveled up I got a wave of inspiration that made me want to make bigger and better things. I succeeded in crafting a stone ax that I embedded one of the sisters refined crystals into. As soon as the crystal was placed it melted into the ax and made the whole thing stronger and it even took on a whole new look and even gained like a slight metallic sheen, kind of like a low quality copper.

"GUYS COME QUICK THE COCOON IS CRACKING." I heard from Kitsoma so we ran full sprint back to base to witness what came out and prepare for the worst just in case he lost in mind within all the pain he suffered.

---???? POV-----

How long was I in the darkness? It felt so long, My mind was at first filled with nothing but pain. Soon after the pain disappeared I was left with nothing but darkness, Memories would pass by almost like a movie screen, replaying scenes from my old life that was starting to be overshadowed by the memories of my new one. The face of my old mom was starting to turn into the face of a dragon as my mom from this life took over and whatever memory that was playing before disappeared. This happened so many times but I could never recall what the overshadowed memories were about until eventually I stopped trying. I knew that I was reborn from somewhere else but where that place was become nothing but a faint dream to me.

After what felt like years being trapped in the darkness I felt an odd sense to push back against the darkness. I pushed and pushed until eventually a crack appeared and light shone through and dispelled a small part of the darkness around me. I could see that outside whatever I was in was a cave. I could see faces of people that looked familiar to me. I could see a huge man with armor covering his back almost like a shell but it came up and over his head like a helmet.

I saw a small rat like creature that stood up on two legs, I saw someone who had the arms and legs of a huge beautiful blue bird filled with feathers but the body of a woman. Lastly I saw a woman who had a huge bushy tail that looked so soft and fluffy, Her face looked worried mixed with fear as she looked at me. My chest squeezed tight seeing this and a sadness overtook my mind as I thought of how guilty I felt making her look that way, Not even knowing why I felt that way.

"HEY YOU FUCK SNAP OUT OF IT THIS IS MY BODY AND YOUR WASTING TIME."

Ugh who is this loud voice I heard yelling in my brain. His body? This is my body as far as I know.

"YOU IDIOT I BLACK OUT FOR A SECOND AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS!?!?!? GIVE ME MY BODY BACK NOWWWW!!!!!!!"

I suddenly feel a sharp stabbing pressure combined with a constant pounding almost like something is trying to get out. 'I will not give up this body, This is my new body I was reborn into this new body and I refuse to give it up no matter what' I say to the weird voice in my head.

'LISTEN TO ME, THIS IS MY BODY. I WAS FORCED TO USE A VERY DANGEROUS METHOD TO PROTECT MY FRIENDS BUT ENDED UP DAMAGING OUR BODY IN SUCH AN EXTREME WAY THAT I HAD TO BASICALLY REFORM OUR POWER. NOW I KNOW THIS MAY BE WEIRD TO YOU BUT I PROMISE JUST GIVE UP CONTROL BACK TO ME AND WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. BUT MAN THIS ISN'T YOUR BODY TO CONTROL, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAME TO BE BUT THIS IS MY BODY NOT YOURS.'

The loud voice said such weird things, I felt like I needed to fight back but what did I know about what was outside this dark place. All I could see was the people looking at me but I didn't know who they were or who even was I? The yelling voice seemed to know more about what was going on and it even promised to help figure this out with me.

In the end I gave up control to the yelling voice and went to drift in a sea of darkness. But instead of darkness there was a an office of sorts. It looked more like a mechanical room filled with buttons and levers of all kinds. There was even a huge tv that covered a wall that showed whatever, the body? My body? Our body? Was looking at. Soon I heard a mechanical voice ring out that sounded familiar.

[User has gained the skill: Dual mind]

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[Regen] 1 -> 2

[Dual Mind] - User has gained another mind capable of independent thought and can even be used for multiple actions such as high speed thought, dual thought processing, and many more.. Can be upgraded once a certain action takes place.