Arachnoid Unleashed

14- Unexpected leap in power

. "no, no, my souls.... my stats....these skills are...., WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Siphex screamed in fear, overwhelmed by everything that had changed in his status.

Name: Siphex

Race   (Arachnoid: rare )

Class ( Shard of ????? ??: Aboleth illusionist)

Level  (20)

Souls ( 0/2400)

      

< stats >

STR  ( 60 «max»)   VIT  ( 60 «max»)

WIS  ( 60 «max»)   INT  ( 60 «max»)

DEX  ( 60 «max»)  CHA ( 60 «max»)

- available points (7)

< Skills >

Active ( 1/4 )

- < Imagination: the wicked touch >

( generate a stack of ????????,  the next instance you touch a target, you send a surge of ?????  dealing ?? amount of damage. Cooldown 0,   cost ??% of souls ).

passive ( 2/4 )

- Arachnoid insight :

( the pure blood of the Ancient Reishalion runs through your veins, you gain the blessing of your ancestors:  you are 100% resistant to poison & cold. 25% resistant to illusions).

- Wicked harvest:

( killing an enemy with < Imagination: wicked touch> instantly Consumes the enemy Souls and turns their body to ash. rendering them impossible to be revived or raised as undead).

Utility (1)

< bloodlust Lv2 ( Racial passive )>

( as an apex predator, consuming hearts will increase overall Stats by 2%, but will also increase skills cooldown by 7.5%. this effect lasts for one hour and stacks to a maximum of 10 stacks).

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" LMAO, my class has already been decided for me, and I didn't get to pick! What happened to me while I was evolving? "Siphex said this as he went over the previous notifications he hadn't gone over.

< Evolution process was interrupted >

< ????? ??  Has taken over >

< ????? ?? Evolution has started >

< Race evolution process started >

< Class selection completed>

< Class has been forced :

- Shard of ????? ??: Aboleth Illusionist

( ???? ?????? ??????????? ?? ?????? ?????, Specialized in Illusion, Disguise, and Mind control)

< all stats +0 >

< Skills added: ( 2 )>

< main Attributes are set to CHA, INT >

< >

Siphex was enraged and perplexed at whatever had taken control of his evolution process after seeing and realizing what he had missed.

"I can't believe this is happening; I wasn't given the opportunity to choose my class. What exactly is this class? It does not belong to my race, but to a shard of something.....hmm  a spellcaster, I know i was planning on taking a mage-type class anyway but, how would illusions help me in combat? Make me murder enemies with funny dreams? It's as though something is literally pissing on my luck ".. He grumbled since he had no choice but to move on and investigate the other changes.

My absorbed souls have vanished, but all of my stats have been boosted to max. I'm not sure if I should be disappointed or delighted about whatever Altered my evolution process ." Siphex's eyelids fluttered in bewilderment.

He couldn't get any higher than 60 despite having 7 pending stat points to distribute. Realizing that, despite being level 20, he had somehow reached the stats cap for the current evolution. He seemed perplexed.

When he looked at the other improvements, he discovered that the skill cap had been raised by one, but all of the previous skills had vanished save for two. The utility passive <bloodlust> has been updated to <Bloodlust Lv2>, while the passive <arachnoid insight> has remained unchanged.

He checked for changes by reading the enhanced skill's tooltip.

"The bonus stats for each stack have increased from 1% to 2%, but the cooldown drawback has also increased from 5% to 7.5 percent, but the duration has remained the same. a single hour "..

The Lv2 <Bloodlust> effect will now raise his stats by 20% + while also increasing his skill cooldown time by a whopping 75% at max stacks. Making Siphex's use of skills even more difficult.

Siphex sighed and checked the new skills he believed came with the evolution, despite having a little headache from trying to process all of this information.

'Hmm, let's see.' Two new abilities have been added. One active and one passive, the active dealing no damage and costing an undetermined percentage of souls.'

<imagination: wicked touch>

<wicked harvest>

Siphex found a connection between the two skills after carefully reading the descriptions of both.

" despite the fact that the wicked touch has no value. It must be connected to whatever killed the ghoul, so it should be worth a shot.

"Well, now that I've finally settled everything, let's get this trial over with so I can try out my new me and kill some stuff." As he began walking out of the open area and towards the forest, siphex made his decision.

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siphex departed the open space a few moments later. Greash slowly emerged from a nearby dried tree, his 3-meter-tall frame standing in the center of the scene, his hollow head surveying the devastation left by Siphex's evolution.

"The same of what was given to those who have long devastated our home, yet different, i shall let the lord know of this" Greach replied, staring in the direction of Siphex's departure.

The surrounding dead trees and flora began to revert to their green and colorful form as he raised his hands.

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* Dimension 97th, Ual'zuran*

While sphinx evolution was taking place in a plane that was completely dark as far as the eye could see. A blue fire ball was lit. A huge hazy claw reaches out to grab the ball, illuminating the darkness surrounding it.

" Azura you fool. Iam grateful to you for bearing a descendant in the mortal world. Your last kin will soon break the Universe's equilibrium. His addiction for power will lead him exactly where I'd like him to be.  Enjoy the benefits of my power, Philip  ha ha ha. I cant wait to see you again Solis "

< Status >

< Name: ????????? >

< (God of the underworld) >

< Level (0) >