Honestly, the one time I wanted snakes and rabbits to come my way, I couldn't find them. It was so bad I was tempted to use [Golden Chick Cry], but that was a move I had reserved myself to never ever use, out of fear of calling something extremely dangerous to my side.
It had been some minutes since I told myself that I'd forcefully raise my level up by 5 times today. This was going to be hard.
Eventually, I managed to get some food for my evolution, but it wasn't one I wanted. I was running around when I got trapped in some kind of sticky mess. I thought it was something like the boar from the last time, but it wasn't. There were no eyes or mouth and it wasn't fur.
I heard some clacking sounds from above, so I looked up. A vile of purple of substance dropped on the ground next to me, melting the ground.
'Acid?'
There were some huge black fangs slowly approaching me, with eight eyes and a very hairy black body as well as eight limbs with the tips being pure white - a stark contrast to the rest of its body.
I could feel a click in my head and I instinctively knew that [Analyst] was working again.
STATUS
[Name: -
[Species: Black Weaver Level 16/20
[Status: -
[Age: 20 days
[Rank: E+
[Race Rank: Tier 1
[Titles: |Survivor|, |Deserter|, |Evicted|, |Wanted|
[Blessings: -
[Level: 16
[Health: 560/560 Stamina: 100/640 Mana: 10/30 Strength: 100 Speed: 340 Defense: 70 Dexterity: 200 Intelligence: 40 Luck: 60 Magic: 5
[Skills: [Wall Climb], [Web Creation], [Web Control], [Claw Attack], [Acrobatics], [Dark Vision], [Poison Generation], [Poison Fang], [Stealth], [Acid Spit], [Predator Instinct], [Poison Resistance]
'Ah… your titles are all weird, but that matters not. You are close to evolving as well. How unfortunate for you. Oh well! Please die for me! You shall make it as one of my stepping stones to greatness!'
It let out an acid filled screech, spraying my face with extremely painful acid.
'My eye!'
I began wriggling in pain. Not letting me writhe in pain, the spider then began to release spider webs around me. Not wanting to get trapped, I tested something out.
'Oi agent! [Poison Generation] allows me to create poison from any part of my body, right?'
<<Negative>>
The webs wrapped themselves around me and grabbed me tightly, squeezing the life out of me.
'Keuk-! But I can secrete it from anywhere, right?'
<<Affirmative>>
I clicked my tongue and activated [Poison Generation]. I allowed the poison to be released from every part of my body other than my head, melting through the acid. I had only one thing to say about that. It hurt like hell.
I jumped out of the trap and rolled around on the ground, but I didn't want to scream.
'Sa sa! This hurts! This really, really hurts! Friggin [Pain Resistance]! Do your thing! Uwa! I hate this!'
The spider landed with a thud next to me, immediately alarming me to its presence. For that moment I forgot about the pain and jumped up and activated [White Viper Scales] to hide my now featherless body.
'Tch, if only I could have used this skill before.'
The spider shot another web at me, but I flipped back to avoid it, using [Acrobatics] and then immediately ran towards it with [Sprint]. Going for my [Spear head] attack, but the spider easily dodged it.
'Tch. I forgot that it's got [Acrobatics] as well. I'll need to stun it. [Lustful Gaze]… EH?!'
I activated the skill, forgetting that it had simply shifted from [Adorable Wink] into [Lustful Gaze]. The good thing was that the spider had eight eyes, so there was no avoiding my gaze. The bad thing was that it couldn't avoid my gaze.
As soon as that happened, the spider looked at me as if it were hungrier, with its poison dropping from its fangs, then it charged at me.
'Shit- [Acrobatics]'
I jumped over the spider and its eyes had this weird light in them, like a pervert's. I should know what those eyes looked like. I've seen a few of them whenever someone looked at Akane. I hated those eyes.
I decided to test out [Terror] on the spider in a rage.
Light disappeared from my eyes for a split second, but when it returned, I saw the monster's eyes again. They were shaking and the monster was screaming about and flailing its limbs all around. When I dropped, I didn't waste time to confirm if it worked.
I used [Spearhead] again, this time with the use of [Poison Generation] at the tip to form my new skill.
'Tori original [Poison Maelstrom]!'
I twisted about, with poison at my beak to enable drilling through the spider from the back to the front. I didn't expect the amount of blood that came exploding out though.
[You have received 600 exp]
[You have gone up 1 level]
The spider dropped to the ground lifelessly behind me and my body went poof, helping me out with my burning face.
'Oh! Thank you God! That really hurt like hell.'
I walked towards the spider and began to peck at the spider to get its skills. The result was as expected.
[Due to the unique skill [Evolver], you have acquired the ability [Thread creation]]
[Due to the unique skill [Evolver], you have acquired the ability [Thread control]]
[Due to the unique skill [Evolver], you have acquired the ability [Stealth]]
After getting just these skills, I was starting to reach a sort of conclusion on how [Evolver]'s skill absorption worked. So far, from what I had seen, it depended on where on the monster's body I ate. Normally, that would make me want to eat the entire body of my opponents, but it wasn't possible with my build.
'If I get another spider, I'll eat somewhere other than its back.'
'[Thread creation] and [Thread Control]? Hehe, time to go swinging in New York!'
I raised my wing and willed for the activation of [Black Thread Creation]. Something weird escaped my wing tip and fell to the ground in a pathetic way. It was a dull dark grey and seemed fluffy. I attempted using [Thread Control], but I could only shift it slightly.
'Ah… I guess I'll have to learn how to use it better later. Now let's try [Stealth]! I've always wanted to be a ninja!'
I activated the skill, but nothing happened. I looked around to see if I had become invisible, but I could see myself. I shrugged and decided to just leave it on while running around in search of food. I could just perform sneak attacks, making battles way easier for me.
'Eh, I did it Akane. I stopped another one of those perverted gazes you didn't like.'
I sat down.
'I miss you. I hope you forgive me for being a complete moron.'
I could feel tears about to escape my eyes, but I wouldn't allow them. I got up to search for my next prey for the day.
I was about to jump off, but then something wrapped around me tightly. I looked and saw a cream colored vine that was wrapping itself around me more and more.
'Eh? What is this!?'
I followed the vine till I found a giant mushroom fixed to a tree. It had huge green orbs for what I presumed to be eyes. A large opening under its umbrella filled with wooden fangs and red spots all over it.
STATUS
[Name: -
[Species: Adolescent Larm Mushroo Level 13/20
[Status: -
[Age: 15 days
[Rank: E+
[Race Rank: Tier 2
[Titles: |Of World|
[Blessings:
[Level: 13
[Health: 560/560 Stamina: 1500/1500 Mana: 300/300 Strength: 120 Speed: 40 Defense: 120 Dexterity: 80 Intelligence: 15 Luck: 40 Magic: 30
[Skills: [Rooting], [Whip Lash], [Spore Generation], [Sap spores], [Poison Gas Creation], [Spawn spores], [Co-ordination], [Mana Absorption]
'Uwaa!'
Dirthaven city, once the very famous capital of the Boulderdane Kingdom, used to be a city where most people wanted to be. The city was welcome to almost an endless amount of traders, which earned it a lot of tourists and trade from roaming merchants and people looking to enjoy themselves.All this was in the past though. Six years ago to be exact. Now it was simply a husk of its former glory. On the once bustling streets, all one would find were homeless beggars and drunkards. At night, the entire city turned into the biggest red light district in the kingdom, harlots of different sentient races would roam, looking for their targets. There were even rumours of succubi having suck the life forces of some men.Children were being raised to become thieves and only the rich thrived in the upper echelons. The royal family had shut themselves away from the people, leaving them to rot. The adventurer's guild lost most of the mercenaries in one hit and the kingdom lost all it
'Wah… huh?'The screens flooded my eyes, giving me headaches with the several dings that came up. I slowly sat up, rubbing my head with my wings.'Hmm, that's so soft and nice. It's like a nice fluffy pillow. Wait a minute… since when did I have such nice feathers?'My feathers were always rough, messy and uncomfortable, so how the hell were they suddenly enjoyable? That was when I saw my body.I had gotten a bit taller, as well as fatter. My feathers had gotten darker and seemed sharper and smoother. The tips were black though, same for my belly and feet. I had some form of antennae on my head, almost like a replacement for my original cowlick.'I-… did I evolve? Woohoo! Evolution! Muahaha! Come! Face me!'STATUS[Name: Hinotori[Species: Golden Demonic Hen Level 1/30[Status: [Hungry][Age: 9 days
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‘It’s so booooorriiiiiiiiiingggg!’I was bored out of my mind surveying the edge of the dome for enemies. It was practically a ghost town at this point. And the only thing that used to be interesting was the notifications I kept receiving from my shadows about catching bombers. So far, we found three dozen pairs of people planting the bombs.It was shocking how many people had been coerced into doing this. And I still hadn’t tracked down an actual member from the invaders. What if the invaders actually weren’t coming? What if the princess was lying about this entire thing for a completely different reason?‘This princess is giving me a headache.’‘I know right? It’s like talking to a brick wall.’‘A-An overly in-intelligent one.’‘Hey guys!’‘Ah!?’‘New guy?’‘I-I have a j-junior now?’‘What will we call him?’‘Call me Hyakkiyago.’He told us out of nowhere. We were all stunned, since everyone who came so far didn’t even know that they were now sharing a mind with someone. Yet, this g
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King Zigruk ElrIek Sox Anon Den Yorul II waved at the people who were gazing at him admirably from outside the hall. After a considerable amount of praise appreciation and greeting, he sat down on his seat and dropped his trident.The trident floated by itself at his side. Strange enough, this weird sight was ignored by most of the onlookers. All of them except the candidates for the throne that knew the true value of the trident, all of them shocked by how carelessly their father handled it. Then again, if you were built just like the Zigruk Elriek Sox Anon Den Yorull II, you wouldn’t think too much of the trident.Once again, trumpets sounded thunderously, drawing the attention of everyone to the overly massive ship that was approaching them. Dubbed the Neptune, the largest piece of magical machinery ever made in the history of all the three kingdoms.One mermaid, much bigger than the rest emerged from the Neptune. She was dressed in a simple peplos, wearing a golden crown of leaves
OSVETA POVThe feast hall, the biggest part of the royal palace that went unused for many years till there was an important ceremony taking place. It was so large it could take in half the number of royal family members that lived. And that was saying much given the fact that there were over a thousand of them with each being at least three times as big as the average merman.The hall was a space next to the palace grounds shrouded in hardened Atlantean styled glass to prevent any peaking or breaking. Due to the occasion, the styled glass had been removed, revealing a large beautiful platform with a marble table in a U-shape set down. The table was big enough to occupy at the very least 20 members of the Royal family.However, today, only four members sat on opposite ends, with two extra, grander seats, being reserved for the most important guests. The King of Atlantis and the Chief Priestess of the Sea Goddess Temple.The current members were Rondel, the eldest son of the King, repre
Inside of Hinotori’s mind, somewhere deep in her subconscious where she would never notice anything happening, there was an announcement.[The Exclusive Skill [Legend of Pandemonium] Chapter 1, Act 1, Part 1: Army Drafting has been completed]-Hidden Events> Fight Against the Apostles of the Sea Goddess Temple (Completed)> Kill over a dozen members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Enslave the members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Establish friendly ties with the members of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)> Become an official member of the Sea Goddess Temple (Incomplete)---- Insufficient events completed to receive any rewards+[The Exclusive Skill [Legend of Pandemonium] has unlocked a new section]Chapter 1 - #@$^&!Act 1 – Battle For AtlantisPart 2 – Preparations--- Preparations for the incoming invasion have been set up. Hopefully they will be enough for the coming storm. ---*Rewards for creating this scenario will be delivered at the end of this Chapt
On the day of the Royal Feast, in the princess’ quarters, several mermaids about her size were attending to her. Brushing her hair, applying make-up, and carefully fixing ornaments in her hair. She was dressed in the most elegant lilac-coloured chiton that had silver lacings on it and a triangular pattern over at the bottom over her tail. Over her left hand, her peplos that was a whitish-blue with a similar design, but more transparent. The peplos also managed to serve as a sort of hood for her head.As the princess observed her features in the mirror, she couldn’t help but think along the likes of,‘Would Hiro like this appearance?’‘Maybe it’s too much make up for his taste?’‘Is this even enough to cover my blemishes?’Of course, Hiro was not going to be partaking in this event. In fact, he wouldn’t even know that it was happening and neither would he know about it. Still, a maiden in love could only dream, right?“You are looking absolutely stunning, your highness.”The one attend
The hell did I just hear? Did she just confirm that she was the mastermind? No way, right? There was definitely no way that she did it, right? No.I couldn’t doubt the possibility of her having done that. Knowing her, it was highly likely. And from what Sunalla said, the princess didn’t like it when things happened out of her control. A surprise invasion from an enemy nation definitely doesn’t sound like having everything under her control.Still, for her to go this far just for the throne. She was the worst kind of person. They’d do anything to achieve their goal, even if it negatively affected those looking up to her for support. She was worse than scum.I had several things to tell the princess, but no one else in the room heard our conversation. The princess simply said vague things in their eyes and ears. Maybe Sunalla and Osveta would believe that princess did something like that.The problem was if they gave a shit. They’d known her for sometime now so it was possible that they
That was completely sudden and out of nowhere for me. I never imagined to hear such a thing, least of all from an old man in a city that was thousands of feet underwater. Of course, after hearing such a thing I was intrigued in finding out more, but he kicked me out with the promise of trying to find a way to Minerva for me. He stole more strands of my hair though. Turns out he didn’t need the first strand for anything. He simply wanted it for his private reasons… creepy pervert.On the way back, I could tell that the princess was beaming with excitement. I asked why, but she told me not to think too much about it. In times like this, it was really annoying not being able to read her mind. The only solution was to keep pressuring her till she spoke, but she was tight lipped. In the end, I decided to ask if she knew about Vermillion.According to her, there wasn’t any concrete text about Vermillion, but her father had once told her that there was an individual named Vermillion who came