>Deal

The offer does sound pretty convincing, more power in exchange for just getting Veles' name out there? Why not.

"Ok, sounds fine to me," you tell Veles, he claps his hands in response and jumps back up onto his feet.

He helps you up and once you're both standing in front of each other he puts his hands on your shoulders, "Ethan, this is going to feel weird, I promise it's just a sigil and I'll put it somewhere where it won't be visible unless you WANT to show it," he explains. Your shoulders and the tension of the situation wear off after he tells you this, at least he's not gonna put it on your forehead or anything.

He removes one hand from your shoulder and puts his palm over the right side of your ribcage, a flash radiates from his hand and he keeps it there as your world begins to feel hazy once more. "Ethan.." you hear Victoria somewhere in the background, "Ethan.. wake up," she says again. Veles hears it too and just nods at you while smiling, it's only seconds later and it's done. You lift your shirt up to see the damage and notice a small sigil imprinted on your body.

"Thank you, Ethan, this will be good for both of us, now it's my turn to give you a gift," he tells you. "I'm capable of many things more than shapeshifting, I have mastery over the Earth itself, over it's waters, I also have abilities that I've earned from my time spent in the underworld.. I'll let you choose which kind you want," he smiles and waits.

>Elemental Mastery: Earth
Gain the ability to use Earth magic, specializing in healing and summoning.
Grants a minor boost to your durability

>Elemental Mastery: Water
Gain the ability to use Water magic, specializes in debuffs and defensive abilities
Grants a minor boost to your stamina

>Void Magic
Gain the ability to use Death magic, specializes in attack abilities and debuffs
Immensely powerful abilities that're hard to avoid or remove
High chance of losing control of yourself and letting Veles take the wheel