Rio carefully considered which choice would be best for him.
All of them seemed to have great potential for him to become a stronger monster aside from the Pomeranian.
The Berserker would have been an obvious choice but the downside was heavy. He would be able to gain more power along with a much larger body to handle his opponents easier. But on the other hand, His new appearance would definitely not go unnoticed and with his larger body, It would be far too easy to track him if he was ever spotted.
The cat seemed to be a good choice. Although, he wasn't sure how well it would fit with his current abilities. Along with being uncertain on what the class Fencer really implied.
Then there was the Influencer. To be honest, he wasn't too sure how this class would benefit him. It looked even weaker and smaller than he was currently. The only positive note was that its appearance was the closest to a normal dog.
After waving his options, Rio decides that the best choice would be the Fencer. Although the class had no clear speciality, it would still allow him to hide himself and the cat's body was slightly larger than he was currently.
Making up his mind he walks forward to select the Fencer. Reaching his hoof up to the image, his other feet give out causing him to stumble to the ground.
His body was still exhausted from the event and lifting his hoof up was just enough to cause him to fall.
Shaking his head, Rio looks up to see that his hoof had landed on an image.
His eyes widened as his mouth dropped to the floor.
[Evolution has been decided: Influencer]
Rio could feel sharp pains throughout his body as it began to change.
His body began to twitch and his limbs began to move of their own accord.
His skin began to peel away before regrowing once again.
This sequence looped until his body was about 10 inches tall.
Rio let out a whimper as he could feel his body destroy itself.
The pain was excruciating and it felt as though he was losing his mind.
The process lasted for about an hour as the pain subsided.
***
[Evolution complete]
"You have chosen to abandon physical prowess, and in turn have increased your power over the mind.
You have become an entity that uses its harmless nature to influence the wills of those around you.
Your power is no longer hindered by the strength of one's mind.
[ability gained]
[Influence- Allows the user to impact the actions of others whether they are under your control or not. (effect may vary per individual)]
[Dominate- Using the user's cute nature, You are able to tear away at any entity's will until their only thoughts are how to please you. (speed may vary per individual)]
Strength decreased
Speed increased
Reserves limit increased
***
[Stats]
strength 2
Speed 13
Sight 10
Hearing 10
Stamina 10
[Abilities]
Reserve [0/5]
Influence
Dominate
[Reserves]
None
***
Rio is too shocked to think properly.
He cursed himself in his mind for making such an impactful mistake.
He almost cried looking through his changes.
His power had plummeted into the single digits. It was far too low compared to his other stats.
Although his strength had become negligible at best, he was interested in his two new abilities.
Influence seemed pretty strong as he would have another tool to help him in battle.
This ability would definitely prove to be beneficial alongside his other new ability.
Dominate would allow him to create his own servants.
He Had the servant that Alberoth gifted him but had no way to make his own. This skill could solve this problem. Now he didn't have to fight everything by himself. eventually his opponents would submit to him of their own volition.
"This might not be as bad as I thought" He thinks to himself.
The void begins to crumble as Rio is returned to the street in his new body.
Rio turns to the anomaly that had stopped its assault.
He waddled up to the now calm man and activated his ability.
"Dominate"
A pink aura begins to surround the man and slowly begins to rise.
After about a minute The aura reaches the top of the man's head.
[Domination successful]
"Would you like to name your servant?" Alberoth's voice rings in his mind.
Thinking about it for a moment, Rio gives up and decides on a name.
"I'll just call him Zack"
[Zack has been registered into your reserves.]
"Alright Zack let's get out of this place. I'm sick of this town."
Picking up Rio, Zack begins to walk down the street when he is suddenly stopped by a man wearing a familiar set of gear.
Rio is startled by the sudden appearance of an armored man in the town.
Looking around, he notices more people in reinforced gear around the town.
The man stops Zack and begins questioning him about what happened inside the thunderstorm.
Zack answers his query as if he had no knowledge of any rainfall for a while.
Saying something into his microphone the operative runs off and leaves in another direction.
Realizing that the they must be investigating something in this town, Rio orders Zack to make his way to the old man's house as calmly as possible.
"Hopefully I can get there before anyone else." he thinks to himself.
Arriving at the old man's hut Zack enters inside and makes his way into the spare room.
The door was still open and the serpent's hand member was still lying on the floor without his head.
Rio jumps down from Zack's arms and checks on the dead man.
"I guess he really is dead? I figured he would have been a bit sturdier."
Turning around to leave, Rio comes face to face with an unfamiliar set of legs.
Looking up he notices another operative with a red pattern on his uniform staring into the room.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" The operative begins to question Zack about what is happening in the house. Trying to keep calm, Rio orders Zack to answer his questions as if he was just arriving home. "I just got home and saw this man lying here." Zack answered. Vector keeps his guard up as he peeks at the body laying on the ground. He quickly notices the robes and steps into the room. Putting his gun up to Zack's head, Vector tells him to back up against the wall and face away. He still hadn't noticed Rio standing below him. Waddling to the backside of Vector He activates his domination. The ability activates with no problems as the pink aura appears around Vector's feet. After Zack faces the wall, Vector approaches the body of the dead man and takes a look at his boots. Holding an image up to the boots sole, he compares the two before bringing his hand up to his ear. "Vector to HQ, I've found the surviving serpents hand member within Clear water. Unfortunately, w
As the sun begins to set, Rio notices Vector is becoming more and more tired. Rio attempts to order him to stay awake but he is unaffected. "I guess even my servants need to tend to their needs as well." Vector begins to fall asleep in the driver's seat as the SUV veers off of the dirt path. Rio panics and quickly summons Zack to take the wheel. Zack takes over for Vector as he is placed into the void. The SUV manages to get back onto the road but not without problem. Zack slams his foot down onto the gas pedal causing the car to speed through the narrow path. Rio's face is in shock, forgetting to tell Zack to stop as the car begins to approach a sharp turn. "Slow down you fool!" Rio curses in his mind at Zack's lack of driving skills. Hearing the command, Zack takes his foot off of the gas and begins to look disturbed. "I said to slow down!" "Zack continues to fumble around before turning to Rio with tears in his eyes." "Oh my god. We're going to crash. If I don't do an
Entering through a large set of arched doors the thin creature carries Rio into a large room. "Let me go!" Rio shouts in his mind activating his influence. The creature releases his grasp to Rio's satisfaction. That feeling doesn't last long as another creature picks him up and continues the journey through the castle. "Aw come on!" Rio attempts one more time to use his influence but as soon as he does, the previous creature snaps out of the trance and resumes the cycle. He eventually decides that it would be better for him to just summon one of his servants. He attempts to pull one of them into his reserves when an unfortunate message appears in his mind. "Reserve failed. Servant is outside of your range" "..." "you have got to be joking. Why would you give me a limit? Aren't I supposed to be the strongest!" "Don't take that tone with me. You should be grateful. There are not many entities as great as I that can grant you a new life. You got yourself in this mess. Don't tr
Watching the door close behind them, Rio activates his influence and sends a suggestion to the remaining chalk creature. "You don't need to report on the happenings of this room. just ignore everything and take a break." Upon receiving the suggestion, the creature sits down and flattens itself onto the ground. "Good, now I just need to get us out of here." Activating his reserves, Rio pulls everyone into the void and re-summons them outside of their cells. Before Rio can even think, Zack scoops him up and hugs him with thankful eyes. Rio is surprised for a moment at the sudden gratitude. He had always assumed that his servants would simply lack all emotion. Looking towards the other two, he notices Jeremy pouting by himself while Vector stares at the two of them while shaking his head. "Well, that's a bit interesting. Deciding to test his new discovery later Rio puts his mind to more important matters. He begins thinking of a way to handle all of the creatures inside the ca
Rio stops pacing and turns towards Vector. He looks towards his side holster, noticing the handgun. He knew that the gun was ineffective on the creatures and even if it was, It would be far too difficult to land a shot on their thin outlines. Rio was instead interested in another property of the gun. If he could tamper with the weapon a bit he knew he could force the gun to explode. It wouldn't be big but it should suffice against the creature in front of them. Rio has Vector take the gun out of the holster and draw the hammer back. He then places the barrel on the ground and begins slamming it repeatedly against the ground. The creature is still battling Zack and has stopped paying attention to anyone else, ignoring the sounds coming from its rear. In the span of a few seconds, the barrel is completely bent and shattered. Rio pulls it from the ground and begins inspecting it. "This is perfect. Now we just need to add a bit more oomph, don't you think?" Rio asked, looking to
It's been a number of days since Rio had been taken into the van. He wast sure exactly how long it had been as the only time he could see outside was the few times that he was provided food. During this time he became more accustomed to his new ability. Whenever he had the energy, he would practise resonating with Vector and Zack. Resonating with Vector gave him more knowledge on guns than he ever wished to know. It was almost as if Vector was some kind of gun nut. Although it also proved useful as his mind was also full of combat strategy and tips. Resonating with Zack was even more interesting as his benefits were less instructive. He didn't have the knowledge that Vector had but he more than made up for this in his physiology. Resonating with Zack allowed Rio to manipulate his body similar to Zack. he could liquefy portions of his body at will along with being able to manipulate his now liquefied body. Rio was going to try resonating with Jeremy but quickly decided against
Rachel takes Rio and sits him on a small wooden chair.She then lays on the bed next to him and begins flipping through a book that had been left face down.Rio uses his dominance on the girl while she's distracted with her book.Rio takes this chance to relax while watching her face shift into different emotions rapidly as she flips through the pages.It was as if she couldn't figure out which emotion she should have and is simply cycling through all of them.Soon the girl finishes her book and with a face full of satisfaction, she turns her attention to Rio."So, what's your name, little guy?"Rio Remains quiet and watches the girl. It's not like she would understand him anyways."Aww, don't be so shy. You can tell me."With that, the girl grabs Rio by the fur and places him into the crook of her arm, hugging him close to her chest.Rio remains silent as he feels the girl's warmth."As you already know, I'm Rachel. Now it's your turn."Rachel pets Rio's head as she continues to rock
The next morning, Rio wakes to find himself being carried across the living room by Rachel.He is surprised to find a fresh bowl of dog food sitting on the ground."I'm not eating that."He barks out defiantly."hmm? Why not? My dad even got the good stuff.""I don't care how good the stuff is. I refuse to reduce myself to eating dog food." Rio states.Rachel sighs as she takes Rio out of her arms and places him down on the ground."Fine, but if you're not going to eat the dog food, what will you eat? You're not thinking of starving yourself are you?"Rio shakes his head no."Don't worry, I can get my own food." He states smugly."Fine, whatever. I don't know why you need to be so picky anyways." Rachel states as she walks away.Rio follows her with his eyes as she takes a seat on the couch and starts to flick through a magazine.It didn't take long for Rio to realize that Rachel was reading a manga.The cover had the words "Becoming the strongest spatula in a new world." plastered on