After checking my status I proceed to survey my surroundings. It''s a cave. I knew that but what else can I say besides I can either go left or right having no idea which goes to where stronger monsters are. Something I noticed is that since I don''t have eyes my vision is based on my magic core, which I could feel inside my body. It gives me a full 360° view all around me, making me very difficult to sneak attack.
Let''s take the left path for now. I proceed to walk along the path making sure to pay attention to my surroundings and checking around any turns I have to make. After about 5 minutes of walking, I spotted something. It looks like a scorpion. Besides the fact that it''s at least 1.5 meters, it looks like any normal scorpion. It hasn''t spotted me even if it did turn around I could just lay on the ground and pretend to be a pile of rocks. Let''s appraise it before making decisions.
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<td>Race: Lesser Demon Scorpion</td>
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<td>Species: Insect Monster</td>
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Level: 3
HP: 60/60
MP: 10/10
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Endurance: 10
Attack: 25
Defense: 20
Magic: 3
Dexterity: 25
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Skills:
Poison Sting (F+)
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Weak. Can I even be poisoned? I''m made of rocks.
Lesser Demon Scorpion:
A weak insect monster found in deserts and caves only poses a threat to unprepared beginner adventurers due to its poison. Danger Rank: F+
I feel insulted that its rank is higher than mine despite how weak it is. Since it still hasn''t moved much let''s sneak up to it. I carefully move close to the scorpion and right when I''m in range I charge and do a body tackle. It connected and the scorpion tumbled a few meters.
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Lesser Demon Scorpion
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HP: 26/60
MP: 10/10
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Dealt a little over half, considering I didn''t go for a vital my attack would''ve done 20 damage but got a 70% increase for being a surprise attack dealing 34 damage. Before the scorpion gets up I run at it and smash its head.
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<td>Gained 38 experience points.</td>
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<td>Level Up! Reached Level 2!</td>
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It''s dead. Since I got experience points it has to be dead. I leveled up too nice. A crystal came out of the scorpion''s corpse.
Level 3 Lesser Demon Scorpion Magic Stone:
Magic Stone of a Lesser Demon Scorpion.
Magic Stone:
The source of life and magic of monsters dropped upon death. It can benefit other monsters.
I can do something with it? I use both rock hands to somehow grab and hold it. I can''t tell what I can do with it, I''ll just break it. It turns to dust with little effort.
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<td>Absorbed 50% of the core''s magic.</td>
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I gained from it? Interesting I''ll just crush all magic stones I get. Let''s check my status.
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<td>Name: (-)</td>
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<td>Race: Stone Puppet</td>
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<td>Species: Golem</td>
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Level: 2
HP: 160/160
MP: 40/40
Experience: 38/50
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Endurance: 65
Attack: 20
Defense: 45
Magic: 12
Dexterity: 75
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No need to show skills since there''s no change. Now what to do with this corpse. kicks corpse Since I don''t need to eat and have no use for it, as well as it is too inconvenient to bring along I''ll just leave it here. Some lucky monster is getting a free lunch.
...
Let''s just use it as bait. I''ll leave it here and wait over in the corner and pretend to be a pile of rocks.
A few hours have passed since then, what happened you ask well it''s simple I''ve killed 3 more monsters. A goblin, another scorpion, and a bat. I gained 75 experience and am level 3. These were the goblin and bat statuses.
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<td>Race: Goblin</td>
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<td>Species: Humanoid Monster</td>
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Level: 2
HP: 40/40
MP: 5/5
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Endurance: 8
Attack: 10
Defense: 8
Magic: 1
Dexterity: 15
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Skills:
None
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Race: Small Demon Bat
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Species: Bat Monster
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Level: 2
HP: 50/50
MP: 15/15
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Endurance: 10
Attack: 10
Defense: 10
Magic: 4
Dexterity: 35
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Skills:
Poison Fang (F)
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They weren''t much but it was good practice. Oh, I hear something approaching.
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<td>Name: (-)</td>
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<td>Race: Stone Puppet</td>
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<td>Species: Golem</td>
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Level: 3
HP: 200/200
MP: 50/50
Experience: 113/170
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Endurance: 80
Attack: 30
Defense: 60
Magic: 20
Dexterity: 90
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