《I'm a Bug in a Fantasy World》 prolouge I''m a scientist I lived for a hundred and eight years and I have spent my entire life studying the soul. I was born in a temple and spent my childhood there. As I grew up I loved studying and went to college to understand the world. I learned everything it had to teach me. I took everything I learned made tons of money then started looking into how the soul works. I have not wasted my life I also did some leisure activities particularly RPG''s. I never got married or had children but like anyone else, I have reached the end of my life. But I have done it, I have found the truth of the world. The soul is recycled after you die. Reincarnation is the method the universe runs on. It is what allows the world to expand. So I made a machine using some of the ancient tools from the shine that I kept for my whole life. These tools are able to interfere with the soul. As I waited for my last breath, I started the count down to activate my mechanism and the self destruct function one minute after my last heartbeat. My name is Ash and I wish for more knowledge, more understanding. I wish for another life so I can know more. I want to understand the human condition the very universe and I want to control it. I want to make tools to gain more power so I can gain more knowledge. In the end, I have loved the journey of gaining knowledge and going through life and I''ll love doing it again. "Where am I?" I''m in an all-white space unable to move. -Soul anomaly detected- -Making revisions...10...42...50...72...99...100%- -Booting up ''The System'' for user Ash- "Interesting, the first human to touch the domain of god for centuries. Let''s give him a hand." -''The System'' initialized...error...addendum added- -''The System'' has been altered... Rebooting- -Wiping memory of user ''Ash'' of all memories related to ''The System- Control Room A''- -Completed all necessary functions... complete reincarnation- -Inserting the soul into ''Higher Realm'' to allow for ''The System'' to allow ''Evolution''- "I hope this will be entertaining." -Altering mind to change Emotional reactions for users safety- -Function complete- The Start of Something Great "Where am I?" I''m low to the ground and I''m surrounded by grass. I start to look at my body but I get stopped when I heard. -System boot up- -Welcome to the world of Adertheria- -We''ll be starting the tutorial- -Please examine your ''Status'' by intention- "What is that in my head. Whatever ''Status'' ." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Name: Ash- Race: Lesser Akivera Beetle- Level: 1- -Status- --Health: 5 --Mana: 5 Constitution: 1.3 Strength: 1.2 Agility: 1.3 Intelligence: 1.1 Wisdom: 1.1 Dexterity: 1.1 -Intrinsic Skills- --Poisoned Fluids--Flying-- -Skills- --Armor Technique--Body Control--Detection-- -Titles- --Reincarnated One-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is this? I''m not human, clearly. I became a bug, an insect. What am I supposed to do? -Completed ''part one'' of the tutorial- -Please use detection to find an enemy- For now, I''ll obey. How do I use Detection? Oh, never mind. Just thinking about it makes it works. Found one. -Please fly to it and begin a combat sequence- Oh, Flying is so cool! Let''s go! Wai...WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT! It is a wolf with tentacles covering it. One of the tentacles attack me but I dodge. -Enemy stronger than anticipated... error... Please retreat- I don''t think it is going to let me. For now, I''ll try to kill it with poison. It takes another swing at me and I use this chance to approach. I cover my fangs is some poison fluid and take a bite. Then I retreat when I''m attacked again. This is going to be an endurance battle. I somehow understand how effective my poison is. -Enemy stronger than anticipated... error... Please retreat- -Dealt one point of poison damage. You have poisoned the target, it will take 10 damage per second for 10 seconds- -Dealt one point of poison damage. You have poisoned the target, it will take 10 damage per second for 10 seconds- -Dealt one point of poison damage. You have poisoned the target, it will take 10 damage per second for 10 seconds- -Dealt one point of poison damage. You have poisoned the target, it will take 10 damage per second for 10 seconds- ¡­ I dodge, approach, bite, retreat, rinse and repeat for two hours until he starts getting groggy. This is truly a boss fight comparable to fighting Dark Souls final boss at level one with bare hands. In another ten minutes, he falls. He is not dead only knocked out. -Enemy stronger than anticipated... error... Please retreat- -Enemy stronger than - "Silence." I go to his throat and inject as much poison as possible. I would try to change the poison but I''m not sure if it''d work. This is not earth but so I don''t know if the poisons or even the chemistry will work the same. -Gained 1000000000 experience- -Reached level 100 saving excess experience- -Gained Titles : Underdog, Hero, Demon King, One Who Overcame The Odds, Pest, One Who Overcomes the Difference, Poison King, !@#$%^$$, etc.- -Gained unique skills : Untouchable, - -Gained intrinsic skills : Poison Body, Carapace of Poison- -Gained skills : Avoidance, Poison Boost, Poison Conditioning, Focus, Meditation, Harden, Poison Shot- -Gained 10050 Skill Points- -Would you like to ''evolve''?- "No, I''ll check my status then think about it. ''Status''." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Name: Ash- Race: Lesser Akivera Beetle- Level: 100- -Status- --Health: 15 --Mana: 15 Constitution: 5.6 Strength: 5.4 Agility: 14.9 Intelligence: 5 Wisdom: 5 Dexterity: 6.8 -Unique Skills- --Untouchable-- -Intrinsic Skills- --Poisoned Fluids--Flying--Poison Body--Carapace of Poison-- -Skills- --Armor Technique--Body Control--Detection--Avoidance--Poison Boost--Poison Conditioning--Focus--Meditation--Harden--Poison Shot-- -Skill points : 10050- -Titles- --Reincarnated One--Underdog--Hero--Demon King--One Who Overcame The Odds-- Pest--One Who Overcomes the Difference--Experience Hoarder-- --Poison King--Untouchable--The Abyss--!@#$%^$$-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -You skipped most of the tutorial so the missed information will be uploaded- "Aggghhhh!" Fuck, this hurts! It feels like getting hit with an encyclopedia connected to a jackhammer. It''s over, but the amount and the content of the information gathered is useful. It seems like the Akivera beetle doesn''t make it to evolution often due to the fact it is really weak. At least in this forest, it''s placed in the food chain is lower than most of the plants. The only thing setting apart keeping it from becoming extinct is the fact that its eggs have a lethal poison with no cure. The thing is they become a cure-all right after they lay eggs. It turns out we all reproduce asexually. I also learned how experience is gained. It is pretty simple. It is determined by the difference in level and age. Sometimes the number of skills matter to but it is mainly for humans. Apparently, humans in this world get jobs instead of evolving. It''s not only humans in this world there are also elves, dwarves, and beastmen and all the fantasy races you can imagine. They all have their own way to become stronger but I won''t get into it because it''s not relevant. Evolution is the way monsters become stronger. In most cases it is predictable but more options appear as you get more titles. Let''s see my evolution options after I gain a few magic skills. Let''s go for the basic mana control, mana clad, mana circulation, and body strengthening. I''ll also see if I can gain more scout type skills. I activate -Meditation- so I can focus better on myself and I feel a warmth around my magic stone. I pull some of the energy from it and spread it through my body. -Gained skill : Mana Control, Mana Detection- I start moving it around my body then returning it to my magic stone while walking in circles. -Gained skills : Body Strengthening, Mana circulation- I finish by putting a small thin layer on my carapace. -Gained skills : Mana Cladding- -Would you like to ''evolve''?- "Yes" The Way To The Top -Evolution process start- -Evolution options displayed- -Akivera Beetle- -It is a rare beetle that has a deadly poison. Its blood is used for an ingredient in an elixir. It is physically weak and slow. -Esperion Beetle- -A small and fast beetle with a weak poison that is only dangerous to small children and the elderly. It can be found practically everywhere -Greater Beetle- -A large beetle that has a high defense. It can be used for weak armor. -Poison Hopper- -A grasshopper with poison. -Magic Beetle- -A beetle that has the ability to use magic- -Akivera beetle evolution selected- -10...20...40...100%- -Evolution completed- -Gained intrinsic skills : Poison manipulation- -Gained skills : Poison Smog, Poison Immunity- -Would you like to ''evolve''?- "Yes" -Greater Akivera Beetle- -A larger Akivera beetle it is extremely rare. It also has various poisons that it can switch between. -Huge Greater Beetle- -A large beetle that has a high defense. It can be used for armor. It is the size of a dog. -Greater Poison Hopper- -A large grasshopper with a strong poison. -Magic Beetle- -A beetle that has the ability to use magic- -Akivera Spider- -A spider that has gained the poison capabilities of an Akivera beetle. It is the size of the common house spider.- -Akivera Spider evolution selected- -10...20...40...100%- -Evolution completed- -Gained intrinsic skills : Web production- -Gained skills : Thread manipulation, Treatment, Sewing, Poison Treatment- -Would you like to ''evolve''?- "Yes" -Unlocked unique evolution destination- -Black Widow Spider- -A venomous spider that is marked with an hourglass shape on its abdomen- -Brown Recluse Spider- -A spider that has a necrotic venom- -Greater Akivera Spider- -A spider that has gained the poison capabilities of an Akivera beetle. It is the size of a .- -Greater Turret Spider- -Large turret spiders are horse-sized spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation, and silk.- -Greater Tarantula- -A large and hairy spider that has many variations.- -Magic Spider- -A small spider that can use magic- -???- -This option will remain permanently until selected- "System how many evolutions do I have left?" -1-12 depending on your selection- "Will I be able to get ??? at the end of the selection?" -Yes, ??? will automatically absorb all remaining experience to determine it''s base status.- "Really. Alright, let''s pick ???. It can''t be bad because of my remaining exp." -??? evolution selected- -10...20...40...100%- -Evolution completed- -Gained Unique skills : Insect Body, Immortality- -Gained intrinsic skills : Humanization, Scaled Carapace, Parallel Thought, Insect Control- -Gained skills : All Attribute magic, Shadow Manipulation, Over Boost- -Gained skill points : 6000- -Gained title : Unique Individual, One of a Kind, Top Species, World Class, Walking Natural Disaster- "Status" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Name: Ash- Race: ???- Level: 1- -Status- --Health: 25000 --Mana: 25000 Constitution: 20000 Strength: 15000 Agility: 100000 Intelligence: 10000 Wisdom: 10000 Dexterity: 10000 -Unique Skills- --Untouchable--Insect Body--Immortality-- -Intrinsic Skills- --Poisoned Fluids--Flying--Poison Body--Carapace of Poison--Humanization--Scaled Carapace-- --Parallel Thought--Insect Control--Web production--Poison Manipulation-- -Skills- --Armor Technique--Body Control--Detection--Avoidance--Poison Boost--Poison Conditioning--Focus-- --Meditation--Harden--Poison Shot--All Attribute magic--Shadow Manipulation--Over Boost-- --Thread Manipulation--Treatment--Sewing--Poison Treatment--Poison Smog--Poison Immunity-- --Mana Control--Mana Circulation--Body Strengthening--Mana Cladding--Mana Detection-- -Skill points : 16050- -Titles- --Reincarnated One--Underdog--Hero--Demon King--One Who Overcame The Odds--Pest-- --One Who Overcomes the Difference--Experience Hoarder--Unique Individual--One of a Kind-- --Top Species--World Class--Walking Natural Disaster--Poison King--Untouchable--The Abyss-- --!@#$%^$$-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wow. Haven''t I grown up since I was a small insect." At the moment I look like a huge and smooth spider. my legs that look like spears are covered in spines on the inner side. I also have three scorpion tails that are three times my length and 6 wings coming from my back. I am the size of a double-wide trailer excluding my tails. I''m pretty monstrous, now let''s try humanization. I start glowing compressing and my final figure is... Its Not Fair! ¡­ glowing compressing and my final figure is A SMALL GIRL! WTF is this! I mean really, I look like a twelve-year-old girl. My three tails have become one and is twice my own body length. I also have places where chitin covers my body and limbs I can even switch parts on and off. I can make claws and blades come out of various parts of my body. I can pull out my wings too. Convenient. Wait! I''m completely naked! Whew, there is no one around right now. Calm down. I''m taking this gender change quite well. Now that I think about it. It probably because of the system. Let''s start with how my situation is right now. Okay, I seem to only been asleep for a few minutes through all of my evolutions. I''m naked, I am also hungry. The monster I killed is sitting right beside me and it hasn''t been touched by insects or plants. I have gone hunting a few years ago and learned how to dismantle deer, bears, and wolves. Not perfect because this wolf has tentacles. But I don''t have a knife. It will also be night soon. Let''s see what I can do. I have skill points lets see what skills I can get. I need to focus on production skills that are the broadest in their use. I''ll look for synergy too. Let see. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -skill--Enchanting--cost : 50sp- -skill--Woodworking--cost : 35sp- -skill--Magi Tool Making--cost :40sp- -skill--Leatherworking--cost : 20sp- -skill--Claw Technique--cost : 10sp- -skill--Dismantling--cost : 15sp- -skill--Gathering--cost : 15sp- -skill--Mapping--cost : 10sp- -Intrinsic skill--Bladed Threads--cost : 100sp- -Intrinsic skill--Durable Threads--cost : 100sp- -Intrinsic skill--Body of Threads--cost : 250sp- -Intrinsic skill--Mimicry--cost : 100sp- -Unique skill--Memorization--cost : 500sp- -Unique skill--Appraisal--cost : 650sp- -Unique skill--Inventory--cost : 400sp- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Done. I got a bit sidetracked with the skills I bought but I basically have a whole game interface now. I used mimicry on the system and added detection, mapping, and appraisal onto it to make up a map tab. Inventory adds an inventory tab, and appraisal makes the health and mana bars. I''ll probably buy more skills later. Now let''s dismantle this wolf... after I make a knife. I''ll store it for now. Let''s start with clothes. While in humanization I can create threads from my fingertips, it is quite convenient. I may be a woman now, but I absolutely will refuse to wear a dress. I''ll make what I''m used to; a pair of trunks, a tank top, straight pants, and a lab coat. I sadly don''t need a bra considering I''m completely flat. Too bad. I''ll use durable threads to make it all stronger. Thanks to memorization old memories are easier to remember. I used a lot of silk clothes so I just copied their design with a couple of alterations to make it fit my current body. It seems the speed I''m able to think up solutions for problems has increased with my intelligence value. From the knowledge given to me by the system this forest''s trees are full of mana and are more durable than most metals in this world. I pick up a thick branch about the same thickness as my head. Oh, I should mention the trees are giant, the larger ones are the size of city blocks. I can''t even see the top of the smaller trees. I could shave away until I have a knife but I have a better Idea that will make use of superhuman strength. Compression, sanding, drying and some sort water proof coating or treatment. When I got the skill for magic I got an over-view of how it works and it is interesting. A really basic explanation is by using mana you alter the reality around you based on your understanding and mana control. I also learned there are many ways to use magic. One way is to use it is thinking up an image then pump mana into it. The second way is called a magic key or in simple terms chanting. The chant allows you to build a frame work that will cause an effect when filled with mana. Anyone can use this because you don''t need to use mana control, it is all automatic. The third and final way is the magic circle. There are many ways to use it but it basically allows you to directly carve a frame work that could then be filled with mana and complete a purpose. I didn''t get much information on it for some reason. There is probably a separate skill for it. I''ll follow the first method because it seems the most convenient and I''ll need to experiment for the other methods. I remove all the water from the branch. Then I compress it into the rough shape of a dagger with a length short sword. I create a circular saw with wind magic and make a fuller and blades. I turn the circular saw into a normal blade and carve out a handle. I take the water I removed earlier and start rotating it at a high speed and use it to make the whole thing smooth. I also sharpen the blade and add a rounded back. It looks like a large bowie knife. I can enchant it, but the amount of enchantments it can have is based on its material and the quality of the weapon. This material is two steps from the highest quality, so it is really good, and my workmanship is also top class so I can fit quite a few. It also turns out my threads are only a single step from the top. I set the knife right in front of me and start filling it with mana and open up the menu to select the enchants I want to use. I''ll save 5 slots however. -Increased Durability--slots : 1- -Increased Sharpness--slots : 1- -Magic Damage Boost--slots : 2- -Melee Damage Boost--slots : 2- -Increased Magic Efficiency--slots : 4- -Extreme Status Boost--slots : 10- Now it is time to dismantle the wolf(?). I pull out the wolf(?)''s corpse and use appraisal on it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A Dead Corrupted Wolf- -A wolf type monster that has been corrupted from the dense miasma and has lost it''s instinct to form packs in favor of solitude. It tends to have a wolf like appearance with tentacles placed randomly and patches of scales covering most of it''s vitals. It has died after being poisoned by an lesser Akivera beetle. It is in excellent condition ready to be dismantled.- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I dismantled it according to the dismantling skills information. I used magic to make jars of some stone to store the organs and blood. The meat is placed on plates in cuts and stored in my inventory. I''d like to eat now but I have to figure out shelter. I collect vines, twigs and fallen branches and store them as I use the map function to find some where to camp. I hope to find a cave so I can make food using the corrupted wolf meat. Found one. It is not a cave but a tree has a section under it where it is about the size of a small single story home. There are also multiple edible plants like pepper and some wild berries. I''ll practice controlling my new status as I make my way over. I had a lot of waste when using magic so I''ll need to practice it some more. I''ll also check my skills. I finally get there, it was surprisingly far taking about an hour to reach there and I ran into two more corrupted wolves. They only gave me 100 experience points though since I killed them with a single pierce through the head with my dagger and got the dagger technique skill. I''ll collect some of the eatable plants according to the gathering skill so I can cook it with the wolf meat. Now let''s check my temporary new home out. I move some of the vines out of my way and see a large open space with a single stone with some sort of seal on it. COOMMEE HEERREE FREEEEEEE MEEEEEEEEEEE Kind of creepy but I wonder if it can speak to me? I don''t want to unseal some thing weird. -Gained skill : Mental Resistance- "Calm down. Can you tell me why you were sealed?" I don''t feel any sort of evil coming from it. So I''m not too worried. Why? I was in the shrine there was a cursed sword and you could feel the pure hatred and evil coming from it. It would possess the wielder and cause them to go into a bloodthirsty rampage until he died or it was taken away. This feels nothing like that, but I''ll need to be careful any way. SEEEAALLEEDDD BEEETRRRAAAYYEDD "Is that so? Do you want revenge?" FAAARRR TOOO LAAATEEEEE WAAANT TO BEEE FREEEEE I feel an overwhelming sense of sadness and fear that doesn''t match her words. "Are you lonely?" ¡­... "I''ll free you, but I''ll watch over you for now. I don''t want to unseal the end of the world scenario or some sort an evil goddess." I walk up and cut off the seal. -Race Identified : High Demon- -Gained Titles : Awakened, Evil God, Heroic God, Unbinding of the First Priest, Contractor- The ground starts shaking the stone begins to brightly shine. All the mana in the area is sucked into it and when it runs out it starts absorbing mine. The wind blows and is pulled into the stone. Then the stone is blown away with me with it. And I see... A New friend ...And what I see is a young beautiful woman wearing thin and tight golden dress. She has two small horns and her skin is a light brown. Her eyes are black with gold Iris'' and she has black hair and fox ears and tails matching her hair color. Her hair is pretty short. -Gained skill : Familiar link- I''m honestly stunned by her beauty. "Ah. Freedom, well as close as I can get. If I used all of your vitality as well It would of been true freedom. Well, beggars can''t be choosers. Hello, I''m Willow. I was sealed because I reached to close to the sun and gained too much power and bred fear into my own ex-allies. I had gained so much power I threatened the god I worshiped and the lower priests betrayed me on the battlefield and sealed me with our gods help. Now that country no longer exists. ...I''ll be embarrassed if you stare so much." It seems I was too stunned and stared a bit to much. "Ah...Sorry, can you explain what some of the titles I just got from removing your seal?" "Which titles did you get?" "I got the Awakened, Evil God, Heroic God, Unbinding of the First Priest, Contractor." "When you unsealed me my body has long since died. So I had to create a new one and I used your mana to do it. So now I have become your familiar. I''ve also gained some abilities and titles related to that. I''ve lost most of my old ones though. The titles for gods are only based on power and if any intelligent creature knows about you. That means you had the power but no one new it before I did. There are a couple of details other than those that are determinant factors. I was the first priest that created the first church and you unsealed me. Simple." "What do familiars do and how do they work? Are you okay being my familiar? I thought you wanted to be free?" "You seem do not be well informed even though you are so strong. Also for the curious type, you are quite cute, most of the time they are old men. Well familiars are any creature whose physical form is created from your mana. You are able to use their skill, their senses, and everything in their storage. It is also possible to give them orders and it is impossible for them to refuse." I wonder how she would react if I told her I had the brain of an old man. "How so you sustain your self, do you even need to eat?" "I don''t need to, but I can and still enjoy eating." GGGGGGgggggggururrurururururuurururuuu "I''m sorry I came here to find a place wear I can makes myself something to eat. Then this happened. Would you like some too?" "Please." About a fifth of my mana has recovered since we started talking. I pull out a thick cut full of mucsle and cut it into thin slices. I pull out and grind some nuts and pepper. Then I take the mixture and lightly powder the meat. I then create a fire, and get it about the right tempature and start cooking. It dosent take long for a delisous smell to start drifting. I can''t help but drool who could have guessed that nasty looking creature could smell so good. A couple of minutes later it is all finished cooking and I split it between us. "What!? So good!! How is something so delicious from so few ingredients!?" -Gained skill : Cooking- Huhu Bask in my greatness. While I was in college I worked quite a few part time jobs. During one of those jobs I worked in a friends restaurant as a cook and stole all the technology from all the chefs. I was also in many clubs as I grew up. One of the big ones was the boy scouts, where I learned how to scavenge and cook with miscellaneous stuffs. So I mixed those to skills together and boom. "Thank you, and pure skill that''s how." A few minutes later we finish eating. Now we need to make a plan for the future. At the moment we have shelter, food and water. But we don''t have metal or facilities for experimentation so exploration might be our only option. Hmm Lets make a few goals for now. 1.) Find high quality paper 2.) Create tools 3.) Create laboratory 4.) Fill the map tab 5.) Create Harem 6.) Find rare materials 7.) Learn the truth of magic I know how to make paper, so all I need to do is make a few preparations. I can create tools over time. I don''t know their creation methods, but I do know how to make glass and use a basic smithy with some practice I''ll somehow manage. If I can''t I''ll get a professional to do it. Idle Conversation About Skills Well, for now let''s see Willow''s status and learn a bit about the system and what skills are good. "Willow, can I see your status?" "Yes, here." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Name: Willow-Race: Familiar-Class: Avatar-Level: 1- -Class History: Apprentice Mage, Mage, Apprentice priest, priest, Elementalist, Cardinal, Saint, -All Attribute Mage, Advanced Mage, Sage, Great Sage, Thief, Warrior, Archer, Paladin, Magic Doctor- -Magic Swordsman, Tamer, Mutilator, Seven Sins Envy, War Mage- -Status- --Health: 10000 --Mana: 40000 Constitution: 5000 Strength: 8000 Agility: 10000 Intelligence: 35000 Wisdom: 15000 Dexterity: 6000 -Skill Point : 0- -Unique skills:- --Resurrection--Immortality--Appraisal--Inventory--Truth Search--Worldly Things-- --Pain Immunity--Monster Mimicry--Weapon Revision--Self revision-- -Intrinsic Skills:- --Mana Compression--Familiar Link--Summon Magic Weapon--Parallel Thought-- --All Attribute Resistance--Rapid Regeneration--Strengthened Attack Power: Wand-- --Strengthened Defensive Power: Cloth--Instantaneous Barrier-- -Skills:- --Mana Manipulation--Mana Circulation--Mana Cladding--Shield Surgery--Defensive Sword art-- --Complete Detection--Body Strengthening--Meditation--Simultaneous Casting--Bow Art-- --Status effect Immunity--Over Boost--All Attribute Magic--True Holy Surgery--Medicine--Alchemy-- --Martial Arts--Shinobi Steps--Air Step--Elemental Manipulation--Magic Coding--Enchanting-- --Magic Revision--Instant Casting--Sense Boost--Ground Concentration--King Club Technique-- -Titles:- --Holy Doctor--Saint--Violator--Warlord--The Betrayed--The First Priest-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wow. Pretty powerful." "Thank you. Can I see yours?" "Here." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Name: Ash- Race: High Demon- Level: 1- -Status- --Health: 25000 --Mana: 25000 Constitution: 20000 Strength: 15000 Agility: 100000 Intelligence: 10000 Wisdom: 10000 Dexterity: 10000 -Skill Point : 13950- -Unique skills:- --Untouchable--Insect Body--Immortality--Memorization--Appraisal--Inventory-- -Intrinsic Skills:- --Poisoned Fluids--Flying--Poison Body--Carapace of Poison--Humanization--Scaled Carapace-- --Parallel Thought--Insect Control--Web production--Poison Manipulation--Bladed Threads-- --Durable Threads--Body of Threads--Mimicry--Familiar Link-- -Skills:- --Armor Technique--Body Control--Detection--Avoidance--Poison Boost--Poison Conditioning--Focus-- --Meditation--Harden--Poison Shot--All Attribute magic--Shadow Manipulation--Over Boost-- --Thread Manipulation--Treatment--Sewing--Poison Treatment--Poison Smog--Poison Immunity-- --Mana Control--Mana Circulation--Body Strengthening--Mana Cladding--Mana Detection-- --Enchanting--Woodworking--Magi Tool Making--Leatherworking--Claw Technique--Dismantling-- --Gathering--Mapping--Mental Resistance--Cooking-- -Titles:- --Reincarnated One--Underdog--Hero--Demon King--One Who Overcame The Odds-- --Pest--One Who Overcomes the Difference--Experience Hoarder--Unique Individual-- --One of a Kind--Top Species--World Class--Walking Natural Disaster--Poison King-- --Untouchable--The Abyss--!@#$%^$$--Awakened--Evil God--Heroic God-- --Unbinding of the First Priest--Contractor-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I lost most of my titles, but you have even more then I ever did. Your skills could use some work, you need to get more combat skills. They have no sense of direction. You could be a Manipulator but you missing a few skills, like long distance control and some sort of predictive skill, and you need a damage boost and damage reduction type skill. Not only that, you don''t have enough skills that can be stacked or combo-ed." "In your opinion, which skills should I get by training compared to which ones should I get from skill points? Is stacking skills so important?" "Hmm. I''d get the predictive, and boost type skills with skill points. I would train for the rest. Also the skill stacking is an extremely potent strategy. For example; I summon a world tree wand with Summon Magic Weapons and alter it to maximize the increased magic damage at the cost of everything else using Weapon Revision making it only useful for a single cast. I then use Monster Mimicry and copy the increased magic damage of a ghost sage and combo it with enhancement spells cast with the Mana Compression effect. And this is all before I even start casting the spell. I then use sense boost and all brain based enhancements I create a spell maximize fire power over all else using Magic Coding and cast with Mana Compression. for this example I''ll use an earth based spell called Mountain Fall. I then use Worldly Things to control the environment causing a natural disaster fitting with my chosen spell. I''ll cause a huge storm to go with it weakening the structurally integrity of the ground. AND BOOM...A 10km tall mountain with its entire mountain range drops from the sky and sinks into a sea of mud causing a title wave destroying anything in a country and all of its neighbor''s neighbor. Anything under that mountain range, even if it is a GOD DAMN EVIL DRAGON, it will DIE! It will have no chance of survival! And that... is why stacking skills is so powerful." "Something tells me that is overkill in most cases and it doesn''t differentiate between friend or foe. It also feels like a glass cannon build." "Well you are not wrong in that case, but I also can change staffs into anything I need. From increasing efficiency if I need a lot of small spells or durability if magic doesn''t work to whack them. I can also protect allies with swords and shields with support and enhancement magic even though I have low base physical status. This gives me options inmost combat situations. I''m hopeless in anything crafting related that isn''t medicine." "I see. I think I''ll get a few combo skills and more crafting type skills. But for now let''s get to sleep and continue this tomorrow." Wait, there are no beds built. After Dinner We don''t have any beds. I have a single fur right now but I have 2 corpses I can dismantle so we''ll manage. It won''t be too pleasant but it is still something. "I need to dismantle something real quick so we have somewhere to sleep semi-comfortability." "Okay, I''ll train my Mana Manipulation while you do that." I walk out side pull out the knife I made earlier and start dismantling the exact same way as last time. I activate Parallel Thought and bring up Willows status. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Name: Willow-Race: Familiar-Class: Avatar-Level: 1- -Class History: Apprentice Mage, Mage, Apprentice priest, priest, Elementalist, Cardinal, Saint, -All Attribute Mage, Advanced Mage, Sage, Great Sage, Thief, Warrior, Archer, Paladin, Magic Doctor- -Magic Swordsman, Tamer, Mutilator, Seven Sins Envy, War Mage- -Status- --Health: 10000 --Mana: 40000 Constitution: 5000 Strength: 8000 Agility: 10000 Intelligence: 35000 Wisdom: 15000 Dexterity: 6000 -Skill Point : 0- -Unique skills:- --Resurrection--Immortality--Appraisal--Inventory--Truth Search--Worldly Things-- --Pain Immunity--Monster Mimicry--Weapon Revision--Self revision-- -Intrinsic Skills:- --Mana Compression--Familiar Link--Summon Magic Weapon--Parallel Thought-- --All Attribute Resistance--Rapid Regeneration--Strengthened Attack Power: Wand-- --Strengthened Defensive Power: Cloth--Instantaneous Barrier-- -Skills:- --Mana Manipulation--Mana Circulation--Mana Cladding--Shield Surgery--Defensive Sword art-- --Complete Detection--Body Strengthening--Meditation--Simultaneous Casting--Bow Art-- --Status effect Immunity--Over Boost--All Attribute Magic--True Holy Surgery--Medicine--Alchemy-- --Martial Arts--Shinobi Steps--Air Step--Elemental Manipulation--Magic Coding--Enchanting-- --Magic Revision--Instant Casting--Sense Boost--Ground Concentration--King Club Technique-- -Titles:- --Holy Doctor--Saint--Violator--Warlord--The Betrayed--The First Priest-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- She has quite a few advanced skills; Mana Manipulation, Defensive sword art, Complete Detection and many top skills like Shinobi Steps, King Club Technique, Status Effect Immunity, Instant Casting. According to Willow and the uploaded information from the system skills are quite broad in their ability and growth directions. Club art and it''s advanced variants are effective for clubs, hammers, wands but it is possible to use the [Arts] with out the weapon the [Art] was made for. For example [Wukong''s Fury] from King Club Technique can be used with your fists but it would be quite a bit less effective. Another more common example is using [Triple Slash] with a stick you just pick up from the ground after you lost your weapon. I should probably get a few skills that I and Willow spoke about earlier. I need a manipulation type, a grasping type, a defense and an offense type. Let''s go with no armor and unarmed fighting power inceasing skills. I''ll grab the suggested long range control, and the space grasp skills. I''ll also take any intristing skills I see. -intrinsic skill--Strengthened Defensive Power: No Armor--cost: 500- -Intrinsic skill--Strengthened Attack Power: Unarmed--cost: 500- -skill--Long Range Control --cost: 50- -skill--Space Grasp--cost: 50- -skill--Qi Control--cost: 10- -skill--Fighting Spirit--cost: 100- -skill--Mana Recovery--cost: 150- -skill--Health Recovery--cost: 150- -skill--Status Control--cost: 15- -skill--Appraisal Concealment--cost: 20- And done, I have finished the dismantling and picking a few skills. We have three furs now. The sun is about to set so I store everything and head inside. Status control allows me to ''lower'' my status so it won''t stand out and appraisal concealment allows me to alter what others see when they appraise me. "Welcome back. Finished?" "Almost, I have to make a few things first." We have furs but we don''t have anything else I can''t make a bed but I can make some sheets, pajamas and cloth covers. No, I have the wood working skill I could probably figure something out but I''ll put it off for now. I create threads from the tips of my fingers and create 5 durable sheets by simplely weaving it and fusing the ends together. I pull out the three curropted wolf furs and I notice that the first one I killed is a full size larger then the two I killed in a single swing. I put the biggest one on the ground and two sheets over it. "Here''s a sheet... and a fur. Now that I''m finished let get some shut eye." "Yes Master." "Why''d you start calling me Master?" "Because it is accurate and I think it fits." I still don''t understand her thoughts. She snuggled up to me even though there is plenty of room; I understand why I''m not a oblivious anime protagnist. I certainly never got married but I did have a few lovers. Her eye''s look just like theirs when I returned, but they weren''t like that when I left earlier. I wonder if she sorted out her feelings while I was out? I''m tired so I''ll fall asleep quicky with this extra warmth. Side Chapter- Willows Side How long has it been since I was sealed? My periods of sleep are growing longer and my thoughts cloudy. Where I was sealed was a prairie where battle never ended, but now it has grown into a vast forest. Ahh, I''m starting to dream again. ... "Madam! Wake up! The heretics have arrived." This one again. "I''m awake, prepare my equipment." I''m dressed by my made and have rations are delivered. The faces have blurred and I have long forgotten their names. How many centuries have I seen this dream now? I''ve heard the same report so many times I''ve stopped listening and have gone into auto-response mode. Time to lead this faceless army. ... "Now, let''s head out for battle! For Glory!" FOR GLORY!! We ride into the battlefield on war horses in a V formation to cut into their army so I may take the head of the enemy leader. I easily cut down the guards with a disposable sword I created that maximized sharpness and simply cut through their swords and armor with a single swing. "Welcome, I have been waiting." Yes, yes you have. Now let''s get over this so I can go back to looking at the void. I lift my sword to cut the leaders head off when chains seal my movements. Damn it I don''t remember this! "COME HERE! FREE ME!" The silloute of the leader slowly changes into a young girl with a scorpion tail. "Who are you? Why were you sealed?" It seems reality has bled into my dream. I don''t remember someone walking in to my surroundings though. "I was fucking SEALED because I was BETRAYED by those damn priests by orders of my own goddess!" I''m remembering my anger and resentment. My cloudy thoughts are clearing up too. "Is that so? Do you want revenge?" "It''s FAR far TO LATE! I just WANT TO BE FREE! I''m tired of driifting between reality and endless dreams I have no control over. Tired of faceless soilders and enemies." I''m starting to distort, I need to calm down. I have no body and only have a soul left, so if I''m not careful I''ll fall apart. "Are you lonely?" "..." I don''t want to answer this. I don''t have to do I? Please, don''t make me. "I''ll free you, but I''ll watch over you for now. I don''t want to unseal the end of the world scenario or some sort an evil goddess." I have nobody right now so I''ll just use mana to create one... I don''t have enough. Wait; I can just use hers! That''s right! Her unsealing me can act as a familiar contract! I''ll just borrow some of her mana. This will make me her familiar, but I don''t care. I''ll probably change a bit, but I''ll risk it. Everything fades to black then... flash and I''m returning to reality I''m filled with information on how I should serve my Master. I only have combat abilities at the moment but I should gain talents related to serving her as I level up. I feel filled with power as I form and land on my feet once I finish. As soon as I do that She starts asking me questions immediately. I answer to the best of my abilities and she seems to be satisfied, which somehow fills me with joy and a sense of accomplishment. I feel a bit embarrassed with the image I was trying to keep up. The ''Holy Elder Sister'' that I was told about by the priestesses who had a lover would attract men and women alike; I never had the chance to use it till now. I hope master will look at me with those eyes. My appearance has changed, but I don''t remember my original appearance anyway so I''m not too worried she seems to like it. It was made based on her preferences and my compatibilities after all. She appears to have the titles with god in them which are rare. I don''t know all their conditions, but I know I never got one even though I should have met them. It might be a compatibility issue. She is truly an excellent master, treating me like she does. I have a small complaint though; she has no idea how to build her skills. It is like she just buys them willy-nilly. Like how many skill points does she have? Even evolving doesn''t net that many skill points. She is a demon so she could possibly get a class if she went to a job change room. I don''t know how to treat her so I think about it while she dismantles corrupted wolves under the guise of meditating. I hope I can stay with her and I''m not thrown away. -Gained Intrinsic skill: Servant Technique- -Gained skill: Loyalty- I''m glad I can sleep with her on the first night, but I don''t have the confidence I can seduce her yet. She seems tired too so I doubt she would like it tonight. The atmosphere is important after all, or at least that is what I heard. I wonder what is this warm feeling in my chest? This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.