《The Evolutionary Adventure of the Lil' Orphan Sea Turtle》 Volume 01 Arc 01 Chapter 001: The Established Prologue {The Lil Orphan Sea Turtle} (Rewritten) Volume 01 Arc 01 Chapter 001: The Lil'' Orphan Sea Turtle
It was currently morning, with the soft glow of the orange sun steadily rising off within the distance distance. As some sunlight is then steadily refracted off the surface of a large body of ocean waters; the surface of the ocean waters are not always still, as blue tides are continuously being pushed by the force of the wind being blown across the surface of the planet''s ocean water. Without further the need for an explanation, the oceanic seawater would then foamed up as it drew closer towards the rocky seashore of a sandy beach area. It steadily made its own way through the many obstacles of the sandy beach area; the inxorable ocean tides then passes by a bundle of rocks. Stone and small pebbles that are steadily poking outwards from the ground, and large rocky boulders that are quite a force to be reckoned with. Along the way, the ocean tides did passed by a couple of small unnaturally dug holes. Roughly, an inch or two in diameter. The small dug hole is big enough to fit in a couple of small semi-aquatic land animals, much like tiny hermit crabs, small molluscs, and baby sea turtles, kind of creature, etc. Upon a closer look and inspection, you could then steadily see a bunch of discoloured yellowish-white sea turtle eggs, approximate number is not accounted for, within the small dug hole. It can be steadily assumed that the mother sea turtle would then purposely lay a couple of dozens of baby sea turtle eggs, and then hid them all within a bunch of different buried beneath sand burrows. With the off chance that at least one of the buried beneath sand burrow, batch of unhatched baby sea turtle eggs, would then survive long enough for all of the baby sea turtles to have hatched out from withinside their own eggs. Ding! The sounds of the World''s Voice then rings withinside the heads of all of the unhatched baby sea turtle eggs. It then gave them the go ahead signal to then hatch out from withinside their own eggs.
The World System
[Congratulations! You have been born into the World of Midgard''s Einhardjr Continent! One of the Five Main Continents of Midgard!]
The World System
[Your race has automatically been decided from the moment of the Player''s birth! A species of the {Blue Ocean Sea Turtle} was indeed chosen by the World System!]
[The Player''s starting race has indeed been regressed to {Infans Caeruleum Chelonioidea (Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle) [Lv.1/5]}! ]
[The Player''s surname has been set to Xu! A random first name has been generated by the World System! The Player''s full name is Xu Shao!]
[By a stroke of Luck, from the thousand of millions of Players from the Midgard World Server! The Player Xu Shao has fortunately been given the {Blessing of Yggdrassil} in the form of an exclusive skill! The Player Xu Shao has thereby received the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition Lv.1} from the World System!
The World System
The World System Advice Service: To access the Player''s own personal unique status screen, please recite the keyword ''Status'' withinside ones own head or say the keyword "Open Status Screen" out loud.
Crack! Crack! Crack! The sounds of one of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle eggs hatching. The actual sound of one of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle egg cracking up, as a broken piece of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle egg then immediately fell off, as a small Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle''s claw hand then immediately pokes through the opened gap of the cracked eggshell. And after widening up the opened cracked area of eggshell, with it''s own hand, the live Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle then proceeded to simply poke its own little head out, out of curiosity. To seek the outside world that is quite well different towards the closed up tight dark caged world that which is their egg. So one by one, the lil'' Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle then began to hatch out from their own eggs. With some managing to break free from the inner cages of their own eggshells with little to almost no difficulty, whilst there are some that are very much struggling to even breakthrough the thin layer of eggshells, due to the feeble amount of little strength that they all innately possesses. However, due to Xu Shao having possess the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition}. He was easily able to break free from the safety comforts of his own eggshell by utilising his claw hands, and focusing all of his baby muscle strength into the tip of his baby claws to then pierced a small sized baby claw hole through the thin layer of eggshell. After which, he then widens it up by just simply clawing at it with his baby claws until it''s big enough for his small Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle body to then get out. Xu Shao was amongst the very group of Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles to have successfully broken out from their own eggshells. However, unlike the vast majority of the hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles, and after hatching successfully out from their own eggs. Having become quite curious of the outside world, they then slowly wandered off from the safety, comforts, and protection of their own home burrow in order fulfill the newborn sense of curiosity for the outside world. Whilst, unaware of the many numerous underlying dangers that may lay hidden, out of plain sight, withinside the outside world. One of such is large predators, carnivorous beasts like Crabs or wild Seagulls who may then find Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle meat to be quite a rare delicacy. An easy piece of underlying meat that won''t be able to put as much as a struggle due to simply how small, feeble, and weak they are during their infantile stage. Without even the need of making such a ruckus after being born, like all the others, Xu Shao then suddenly tilted his small baby turtle head sideways slightly. A thought then suddenly crosses his mind, ''Huh?'' As he could instinctively felt that something was not quite right. It felt like a constant buzzing noise that kept ringing withinside ones own ears, kind of like a bug''s sense and their antennas. Xu Shao''s exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} was indeed trying to tell himself something, that which he doesn''t really know until his literal Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle stomach then started to rumble. And he was quite hungry as well. There was only one word that managed to enter through Xu Shao''s head at the time, and that was ''Oh.'' All lifeforms upon this planet, within the World of Midgard in some way or form, does indeed possesses some form of intelligences. Its just that only a few races of a humanoid species or creatures that are capable of human level speech and intellect. Whilst, others have to go through the many rigorous training of evolving, ranking up, and levelling up in order to gain intelligence. There was currently a constant buzzing sound withinside Xu Shao''s ears, as somewhat of a zigzag like lines then began to appear all over of his broken up hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle eggshells. It was as if the {Beastly Intuition} exclusive skill was then trying to tell him to do something. Since the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} is not capable of speech, nor handling out some precised instructions, Xu Shao can only make guesses and some assumptions based upon the context that the {Beastly Intuition} exclusive skill was steadily giving him. So Xu Shao then proceeded to steadily approach the remains, and what is the broken remaining leftovers of his onced perfect rounded eggshells. However, as he then lightly touches the broken piece of his own eggshell with his right Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle hand, the {Beastly Intuition} exclusive skill''s buzzing sound then got noticeably louder, but afterwards, a couple of seconds later, there were no obvious changes to the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} buzzing sound. Since the buzzing noise didn''t immediately stop after Xu Shao has touched the broken remnants of his own eggshells, but instead grew louder. The exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} must have another goal or intended objective that Xu Shao is currently not getting. Immediately afterwards, after having already approached the broken remnants of his own eggshell, Xu Shao then readily opens his Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle mouth up to then take a quick bite and a small nibble out of the broken remnants of his own eggshell. The constant buzzing noise of the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} then ceased to stop activating, after he has successfully eaten a small piece of his broken off own eggshell, meaning that his second assumption of eating his own eggshell was indeed the correct choice. There after, Xu Shao then proceeded to immediately eat all of the broken off pieces remnants of his own eggshells, thereby trusting within the judgement of his own exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} which is kind of like a gut feeling within an animal. Something that is able to detect an incoming danger within the user''s immediate facility, or the unfortunate bad luck events that are steadily happening around the user. Ding! Xu Shao then immediately heard the sounds of the World System ringing withinside his own head, as a blue notification screen panel then immediately appears in front of him.
The World System
You have successfully consumed all remnants of a {Broken Hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle Eggshell}! You have thereby obtained 1.7 evolutionary point in return value!
Skill acquisition conditions has been met: No.1 ~ To consumed a diet that is quite well rich in Calcium or Vitamin D. No.2 ~ To be a part of a race or monster beast species that primarily has a Exoskeleton or Endoskeleton. No.3 ~ If the Player or individual is a child or likely to be within the infantile stage of their race, then the chances of obtaining the body modification skill is then likely to increase. You have thereby learned the body modification skill {Basic Reinforced Exo/Endoskeleton Lv.1}!
Xu Shao''s intellect is really not that high, so he really does not know what the World System is actually showing him, but from the gist of it. He could obviously tell that it was something positive and not negative due to how his exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} is not even reacting.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡ã ¡ã ¡ã A few days later, or to be exact the very next day after tomorrow, Xu Shao has been surviving off simply by eating bits and pieces of broken off Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle eggshells from other hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles and some fresh washed up seaweeds. The eggshells of his siblings and his own race may taste a bit bland, dry, and somewhat disgusting, but it does serve a great purpose of increasing the skill level of his passive bodily modification skill {Basic Reinforced Endoskeleton} and the betterment of his bone growth due to the high concentration of Calcium withinside his diet. Out of a dozen or so of them hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle eggs, only a couple, no greater than twelve or thirteen of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles has then managed to survive through the onslaught of Mother Nature''s wrath, which certainly serves the purpose of slowly thinning out the numbers of the herd and the most weakest of the group. They learned how to survive upon their own, and then quickly adapt to the vast changes out of the comforts of their caged eggshells, which they certainly broke out of their own free will. Their diets are not that much different from Xu Shao''s, having consisted of mainly edible wild aquatic sea plants that steadily washed up the rocky seashore and much smaller aquatic insects or sea creature that you could easily kill and then devoured in one bite. In the process, they then all learned how to possibly interact and steadily communicate their wants and needs, with with each other. They have their own mother tongue and sort of developing beast kind of language. Only those that are considered beast can sort of understand them. Through the guidance and help of the World System granted to them from birth; everything from their age, gender, and race can be simply explained with a few lines of text and digit numbers. As they each then call out the key phrase "Open Status Screen" to then opened up their own personal status screen for the first time for the others to see. A blue virtual display interface screen panel then immediately appears in front of each one of them, immediately displaying their own unique personal status screen. So that each one them could see.
Personal Status Screen
True Name: Xu Shao Nicknames/ Hidden Aliases: N/A Age: 3 Days Old Gender: Male
Race: Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle Monster Beast Rank: First Order Monster Beast Grade Rank: 1¡ï Monster Beast Race Level: [Lv.2/5]
Overall Combat Potential: 0004 (F-) Afilliations: None Monster Beast Alignment: Neutral Titles:
Stats/Attributes
Health Points£º 44/44 Magical Power: 20/20
Stamina Points: 36/44 Fatigue Points: 7/41
Stored Stamina Points: 21 [Locked]
Strength: 8 Intelligence: 7
Agility: 7 Wisdom: 5
Defence: 19 Charisma: 2
Endurance: 3 Willpower: 8
Constitution: 3 Spirit: 2
Dexterity: 4 Luck: 3
3 Unallocated Stats Points
27 Evolutionary Points
Skill List
Active Skill {Baby Bite Lv.8}{Hide Lv.1}{Leap Lv.1}{Beastly Intuition Lv.2}
Passive Skill {Lesser Defence Up Lv.1}{Basic Reinforced Endoskeleton Lv.5}{Overeating Lv.1}
Xu Shao was amongst those with the highest number of total attributed stats points out of his twelve surviving siblings. With Intelligence and Defense being the most highest attribute stats out of the group of thirteen Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles. It was due to his {Beastly Intuition} exclusive skill that Xu Shao''s intellect and intelligence was thereby developed much faster than the rest of his siblings. however, at the end of that said first day of being hatched out from withinside their eggs, everyone was thereby given a choice to pick a passive stats enhancing skill amongst the five listed below; {Lesser Strength Up}{Lesser Defense Up}{Lesser Agility Up}{Lesser Intelligence Up}{Lesser Constitution Up} . Each of the five stats enhancing skill steadily correlates with one of the types of attributed stats that is steadily being scene withinside ones own personal status screen. And with the aide of his exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} Xu Shao then immediately picks the {Lesser Defense Skill} stays enhancing skill, without a seconds asked. The best defense is the best offense is what most people would often say. At the same time, his personality then took quite for a steep turned down hill, having become more recluse, solitary, and antisocial. As it''s more practical and less cost productive to work alone than within numbers. There''s also the benefit of not having the need to share food and stuff with someone else. So that''s a benefit. And currently, Xu Shao is busily minding his own business, whilst chewing upon a bunch of seaweed and some seashells that he had found left lying around upon the sandy beach area. The bunch of seashells despite being small in terms of size, they are extremely tough and durable, enable to withstand alot of pressure from Xu Shao''s constant biting attempts, which certainly does make a whole lot of crunching noise. But, nobody really pays attention to that, as they are more focused upon their own personal individual status screens than the irrelevant background activities of others. The one with the highest level within the group of thirteen surviving Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles, which is Lv.4, one more Level until he reaches the maxed level for the infantile stage of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle race. It was none other than Xu Kahn, who then steadily laughs as he then out a loud chuckle which certainly manages to catch everyone else''s attention. As all of Xu Shao''s siblings then all turned their own heads around, out of curiousity, attracted by the strange noise. They all wondered and then steadily pondered upon who is steadily laughing out loud, so menacingly like a madman. They all would sooner or later found out in the most annoying way as possible. Xu Kahn being the most likely prominent suspect, as you could then steadily see him obviously puffing his chest outwards, filled with such pride and such confidence. He is obviously boasting about how high his race level is. Xu Shao then looked at his sibling Xu Kahn, with a look of disdain. Though, he doesn''t openly express his sense of disdain towards Xu Kahn in mere words, he just simply cast a short glance at Xu Kahn''s particular direction before returning back to his daily activity. "Hahaha! Look at me. I''m the strongest within the group. My level is the highest, and my strength is at 14. So I should be the leader of this group." Xu Kahn said so, whilst being the centre of attention of his siblings. "Why you..." One of Xu Kahn''s siblings had suddenly interrupted him, but with the great big difference of overall race level and the strength attribute stat. He was easily able to overpowered him by simply head butting his assailant into submission. "Ugh!" Xu Kahn''s assailant then retreated backwards a couple of steps, and then groans slightly in pain. Everyone else within the group is then dumbfounded, not because they were amazed about they just saw or witnessed, but rather feeling embarrassed and slightly humiliated for having such a stupid egotistical older brother like him. But, nevertheless, they can''t really refute backwards his statement, as it is pretty much true. And Xu Kahn is the most actually strongest Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle within the group of thirteen. *Sigh* Xu Shao then lightly sighs, thereby casting a quick glance within Xu Kahn''s particular direction, before speaking out of his own honest opinion. "If you want to be the leader of this group, then go ahead. No one will stop you. I''m surely not a part of this mess. If you want to join him, then it''s fine. I''m not getting myself involved in it..." Xu Shao then immediately moves away from the bunch that he steadily deemed as idiots, whilst, at the same time, continuously to scavage and search for anymore edible foods within the facility. As the more he eats, the more his small Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle body will then naturally grow stronger. Existential experience points can be steadily obtained by simply just living and existing. Though, the most common and fast method of obtaining experience points is simply just killing another being and then stealing the entirety of their accumulated existential experience points in order to level up and grow stronger. The other siblings of Xu Shao then started to form an immediate group, with Xu Kahn being the main ring leader and the obvious central figure that immediately took full command of this group, with his leadership. As the remaining siblings of Xu Shao who doesn''t see eye to eye with Xu Kahn''s group; a matter of conflicting interest, they then all either decided to split off and then start their own individual group, or plainly just simply going solo acting upon their own just like Xu Shao. Meanwhile, the youngest of the thirteen surviving Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle, Xu Reya. The last one to have hatched out from her egg, despite having been fortunate enough to have survive through the harsh couple of days after hatching from her egg. She was unfortunate to be left with the remaining bread crumbs and the unsteady leftover of her sibling''s meal. Due to her cowardly and naive nature of being the youngest of the group, she was quite often taken advantage of. As well as being bullied by those who are alot more taller and bigger in terms of body size, when steadily being compared to her short mini stature in comparison. It''s quite a stark difference. And male Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles are tend to be more violent and prone to aggression, as they would then often fight for the limited amounts of food and the potential territorial space that they are currently living in. Xu Reya was quite puzzled upon what to do. Should she join with Xu Kahn''s group, with greater numbers means a better chance for survival, but would they even allow such a small and insignificant weakling like her into their group in the first place. And besides, those that would often bully her and then teased her for being weak are definitely within that group, as they are Xu Kahn''s loyal followers. Or maybe, it''s just a plainly better off option to be upon your own than to be in a group. There are some major advantages and disadvantages of going solo, as there are more living rooms and space to live by yourself than with others, and there is no need to share the limited amounts of food that they found and hunt by themselves, with others. But, is the positives truly outweigh the dangers and negatives of going solo? That is truly a dilemma that Xu Reya has to decide upon the spot, whether to follow and live off of the scraps of others or to learn how to survive, grow, and hunt by herself. Chapter 002: The First Variant Mutation (Being Rewritten) Volume 01 Arc 01 Chapter 002: The First Variant Mutation
And after Xu Shao has wandered off from the group. It was now his first time going out to steadily hunt by himself, away from the protective boundaries of their shared nest. Before he would often choose the most easy method of surviving by simply chomping down upon washed up seaweeds and abandoned seashells within the surrounding facility. But, such a method would not steadily last long within the long run, as eventually the stark source of plentiful amounts of seaweed would then eventually run out. Steadily, being eaten by the growing up numbers of surviving Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle. As their small petite baby appetite would then continuously to grow till no end, reaching into the early adolescence stage of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle race. As some simple amounts of seaweeds are no longer satisfying enough to fulfill their growing stomachs. Meat is the answer. It steadily provides enough nutrients and energy to sustain the growth of an Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle. So that is why Xu Shao has been steadily training his {Baby Bite} skill by simply chomping down upon some abandoned seashells that he found by the rocky seashore. In the process of having a high calcium carbonate diet, Xu Shao was then steadily able to increased the overall skill level of his {Basic Reinforced Endoskeleton} skill, which then serves to steadily improved the durability and the structural integrity of his outer sea turtle shell. It didn''t take long for Xu Shao to then find an easy target for the taking. And on his way, scavenging for any source of edible foods, Xu then unknowingly encountered a small wandering pact of two Brown Gastro Sand Sea Snails, slithering upon about around the shallow ends of a rock by the rocky seashore. It seems to be eating some sort of green moss or plant algae that are steadily growing upon the back side of the rock by the rocky seashore. And wherever the two wandering Brown Gastro Sea Snail would then slither to. It would then steadily leave behind them a trail of viscous yellow goo, which seems to be somewhat acidic at a glance; as it slowly disolves the contents of the plant algae into a sort of mush, thereby making it a whole lot easier for the two Brown Gastro Sea Snail to digest and eat as a whole. ''Food!'' Xu Shao thought so to himself, as he then slowly creeps up from behind the pact of two wandering Brown Gastro Sea Snails, who was currently within the process of breaking down its own food source with its strong gastro stomach acids. It then steadily releases the strong gastro stomach outside of its own body, in the form of a yellow goo, which then steadily break down the plant algae that steadily grows upon the side of the rock into a green mushy pulp. An easy enough food that which the stomachs of the two wander Brown Gastro Sea Snail can then digest. Xu Shao then slowly crept up to one of the two wandering Brown Gastro Sea Snails from behind, which they didn''t immediately react due to how Xu Shao is steadily approaching them from their own blind spot. In addiction, the Brown Gastro Sea Snails tends to have no known natural predators that hunts it within the wild, but it does not mean that it''s unkillable. Due to the strong gastro stomach acid that its own slug like gelatinous body steadilt produces in order to dissolve its own food into mush, for a much better digestion. It also strongly acts as a possible natural predator detergent, thereby making the taste of its own slug-like gelatinous body taste a bit bitter, which predators don''t often like. The strong gastro stomach acid infused gelatinous slug body would also burn a thin layer withinside the targets'' mouth, digestive systems, and other intestines. The aftermath of eating the Brown Gastro Sea Snail body would then steadily caused a big enough mental trauma for the target, and bad enough experience for the victim that it would forever deter the victim from ever eating a member of the Brown Gastro Sea Snail race ever again. Like a bear trap steadily being lay out upon the ground, as Xu Shao''s own little mouth then gradually opens up and then slowly hovers over the head of one of the two Brown Gastro Sea Snail. The Brown Gastro Sea Snail then immediately senses that something was quite wrong, as it suddenly gotten too darkens, all of a sudden. With Xu Shao''s little Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle head slowly towering over its main body quite a bit. The average Brown Gastro Sea Snail is only just about above the average size of an ordinary Earth Garden Snail, whilst a Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle is just about the size of an average adult male''s fist, and it does not include the rate of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle''s growth and levelling up. The Brown Gastro Sea Snail was then able to spot Xu Shao''s towering from one of its four tentacle slug like eyes, but it was already too late to react to the ongoing situation. As a few couple of milliseconds later, Xu Shao then immediately closes his Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle mouth shut, whilst biting down upon the head of one of the Brown Gastro Sea Snail. Xu Shao''s own mouth, then cleanly cleaved through the gelatinous fleshly body of the Brown Gastro Sea Snail like a hot knife in butter, whilst tearing the upper half of the Brown Gastro Sea Snail off from its main body, before immediately swallowing it whole afterwards. Though, the pain may be quite short, it did surely almost died a painless death when steadily compared to what is about to happen to its friend and companion afterwards. Xu Shao then immediately heard the sound of the World System ringing withinside his own head, as a blue virtual display screen panel then immediately appears in front of him, thereby confirming his kill of the Brown Gastro Sea Snail. Ding!
World System
You have successfully killed a Lv.4 Rank 01 {Brown Gastro Sea Snail} monster beast, thereby usurping 142 existential experience points from the dead monster beast!The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.
Enough existential experience points has been gathered! You have steadily levelled up from Level 2 to Level 3!
All attributes stats has been increased as a result of levelling up! A growth modifier has been added due to the existing body modification skill {Basic Reinforced Endoskeleton}{Lesser Defense Up}!
As a levelling up bonus, three of the user''s most used skills will be able to gain additional free skill proficiency and skill experience points!
The active combat skill {Baby Bite Lv.8} has reached maxed skill proficiency, it thereby levelled up and steadily becomes {Baby Bite Lv.9}!
The passive body modification skill {Basic Reinforced Endoskeleton Lv.5} has reached maxed skill proficiency, it thereby levelled up and steadily becomes {Basic Reinforced Endoskeleton Lv.6}!
The passive body modification skill {Lesser Defense Up Lv.1} has reached maxed skill proficiency, it thereby levelled up and steadily becomes {Lesser Defense Up Lv.2}!
You have 2 unallocated stats attribute points as a levelling up bonus!
The other Brown Gastro Sea Snail then watches in terror as its own companion and brethren was then killed and eaten by Xu Shao, right in front of its very own eyes. It then immediately retracted into the safety and comforts of its own shells, upon instinct. It quickly realised by nature that it could never hope to ever out paste or outrun it, with its ever so slow slug like body. So it could only hope that onced Xu Shao has then realised that he could not hope to ever be able to penetrate through the thick layer of the Brown Gastro Sea Snail''s defense and outer shell. He would then immediately give up upon the poor terrified Brown Gastro Sea Snail, and just simply leave it alone. Ding! Xu Shao then heard the sound of the World System ringing withinside his own head, as a blue virtual display screen panel then immediately appears in front of him, showcasing the recent development. Then the slight sense of saltiness assaulted Shao''s mouth, with a bit of numbing pain occurring within his mouth. The bitterness of the acid stench saliva wants to make him throw up his meal, but he managed to somehow keep it down. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated amount. Skill ¡¸Weak Acid Resistance Lv1 ¡¹acquired.¡· Having felt the bloodlust growing within him, as he was greatly dissatisfied with the taste of his meal. This sought of enraged him, leaving a bitter numbing pain within his mouth. Opening his mouth wide, he chomps on the dead Sea Snail''s shell, shattering it into bits and eating it. "Better?" The taste of the Sea Snail''s shell was indeed a lot better, rather than eating its slimy disgusting body, leaving behind a deep bitter aftertaste in his mouth. Having felt satisfied with his luck, finding easy prey for level grinding. He starts to kill on the remainder of the Sea Snail pact, hidden withinside their shells. They were all not able to withstand, the tremendous pressure of Shao''s bite, therefore the shell collapsed and caved in, piercing the internal body and organs of the Sea Snails. Leaving behind fatal injuries, possibly leading to their death shortly afterward. If it is left not treated properly. ¡¶Experience points have reached a designated degree. The individual, Shao Lv3 has become Lv4.¡· ¡¶Every basic stats rose.¡· ¡¶Level Up Bonus: Skill Proficiency was acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Bite Lv2¡¹ has become ¡¸Bite Lv3¡¹.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Weak Acid Resistance Lv1¡¹ has become ¡¸Weak Acid Resistance Lv2¡¹.¡· ¡¶2 Unallocated stats points gained.¡· ¡¶Experience points have reached a designated degree. The individual, Shao Lv4 has become Lv5.¡· ¡¶Every basic stats rose.¡· ¡¶Level Up Bonus: Skill Proficiency was acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Bite Lv3¡¹ has become ¡¸Bite Lv4¡¹.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Weak Acid Resistance Lv2¡¹ has become ¡¸Weak Acid Resistance Lv3¡¹.¡· ¡¶2 Unallocated stats points gained.¡· "Two levels in one hunt isn''t that bad. I must really be lucky." ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Overeating Lv1¡¹ has become ¡¸Overeating Lv2¡¹.¡· Shao was quite happy at the result of his hunt today, as he slowly begins to make his way back to the nest. His stomach filled up to the brim, with the meals of his recent hunt. Slowly, digesting and converting it into nutrients and sustenance for his bodies own growth. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Defence Up Lv1¡¹ has become ¡¸Defence Up Lv2¡¹.¡· His belly was now twice the normal size of what it once was. Even bigger than anyone in his family. On his way back home, he spotted one of his much younger siblings, being attack by a predator twice her size. The thing is that said person is none other than Reya, Shao''s younger sister. And she is now struggling to fight back against the Sea Cricketeer, which is twice her length, towering above her with his large piercing claws. Slashing wildly at her small figure with its large claws, leaving behind large scratch marks and dents in the outer shell, covering her body. She was definitely in pain, crying effortlessly for help, but no one came. Shao was greatly angered at this spectacle. How dare this insignificant worthless insect, dared to attack his family member in broad daylight. Regardless of sort of attachment or feelings, he may have towards her. Shao then rushes forward like a raging bull, slamming his large body on top of the Sea Cricketeer, causing it to be in great agony. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated amount. Skill ¡¸Charge Lv1 ¡¹acquired.¡· The impact was strong enough to daze the Sea Cricketeer, causing it to momentarily stutter, and stop its ongoing consecutive slashes at Reya. Using this chance, Shao uses bite on the neck of the Sea Cricketeer, crushing it out of shape. Blood is spilled everywhere, slowly filling the Shao''s mouth. As he continues to apply more pressure and begins to chew at it like it was his food. ¡¶Experience points have reached a designated degree. The individual, Shao Lv5 has become Lv6.¡· ¡¶Every basistatts rose.¡· ¡¶Level Up Bonus: Skill Proficiency was acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Bite Lv4¡¹ has become ¡¸Bite Lv5¡¹.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Charge Lv1¡¹ has become ¡¸Charge Lv2¡¹.¡· ¡¶2 Unallocated stats points gained.¡· Meanwhile, Reya just stood there still and quiet. Unmoving. Witnessing in awe at how strong and brave her older brother Shao is. Despite his quiet and antisocial behaviour around others. He still cares for his family. He is now dominating the competition, currently possessing an aura of indifference about him. Something that is not like Kaan''s undoubtful arrogance. Something more admirable... Chapter 3: The blood that ties us together After having killed the Sea Cricketeer that was tormenting his younger sister, Reya, and feeling quite satisfied with his own work. Shao then turned himself around (in order) to face Reya. Checking to see if she was alright and not badly hurt that is. Watching as Reya gazed right back at him in admiration. You could almost see the sparkling wet tears emanating from her teary eyes. That was how close she was in terms of a near-death experience. If her older brother Shao wasn''t there to save her, she would surely have been killed by the Sea Cricketeer. "Are you alright, sis?" Reya then nodded her head in confirmation, reassuring Shao that she was perfectly fine, for the most parts. Exceptthat her exteriortortoiseshell has some slight cracks and slash damage incurred from the Sea Cricketeer''sslashes. "I''m alright." "Are you able to walk by yourself?" Shao asked Reya whether she could walk by herself, alone that is without any support. Reya then affirms to him that she can manage to walk by herself. "Yeah, I can manage somehow." "I see. Are you by chance on your way heading home. Or just out to look for food." Reya kept quiet for a sec. Embarrassto tell him that she was looking for some prey or food to eat. But couldn''t find anything edible by herself. Which resulted in her in getting ambushed by the Sea Cricketeer, bullying her, and almost got herself killed in the process. She was quite a shame to even tell him how weak of a creature she is. The gap between herself and the much older ones just keeps on growing, as they slowly grow stronger and bigger in size. Rising in levels and strength steadily, becoming out of her reach. "I was... on my way heading home." Reya paused her speech in mid-sentence, afraid that Shao would belittle her for being how weak she is. So she changed her statement to something else. Despite how hungry and starving she is. Whilst, Shao observed her small figure. Finding it quite strange on how small her size is when compared to himself and the rest of his brethren''s. Every day, he would watch and observe the growth of his brothers and sisters, whether it is small or some major growth spurt. Everyone is making some progress. However, Reya still remains tiny in size, almost like she was starving herself. "Are you by chance hungry, sis? I can share the prey I hunt with you. And teach you how to find food. Food is everywhere. Here and there."This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. Upon hearing the mentioning of food, Reya becomes immediately responsive. She looks at her brother with starry eyes. Drawing much closer in excitement. "Are you really sure, big brother?" "Yeah..." Shao drew closer to the corpse of the Sea Cricketeer he killed, dragging along its dead torso in his mouth, bringing it towards the direction of Reya. The corpse being dragged along the sandy beach area, leaving behind a small trail in the wet sand. "Here." Dropping the corpse caught in his mouth, down with a thud. As Reya looks at it with drooly lips, saliva almost overflowing out of her mouth. She chomps and tore bits of the Sea Cricketeer''s body off. Finding it quite hard to chew on the hard endoskeleton of the Sea Cricketeer. Nevertheless, she continued to chew breaking apart the thin endoskeleton, then into its meaty flesh. Watching from a distance, Shao was indeed quite satisfied. Changing the subject. Shao then has a look at his Status, recently updated after his frequent level us. He should be now a lot stronger than his previous self. "Status" ¡ºBaby Tortoise LV6 Name Shao Status £È£Ð£º£²£·£¯£²£·£¨Green£©£¨Details£© £Í£Ð£º£±£µ£¯£±£µ£¨Blue£©£¨Details£© £Ó£Ð£º£´£±£¯£´£±£¨Yellow£©£¨Details£© £Ó£Ð+£º£´£¹£¯£´£±£¨Red£©£¨Details£© Stats/Attributes Strength: £±£¸ Defence£º£´£¹ Agility£º£±£¹ Endurance£º£±£¹ Intellect£º£²£³ Luck: £¹ Unallocated Stat Points: 12 ¡» ¡ºSkill List ¡¸Bite Lv5¡¹¡¸Hide Lv1¡¹¡¸Leap Lv1¡¹¡¸Defence Up Lv2¡¹¡¸Overeating Lv2¡¹¡¸Weak Acid Resistance Lv3¡¹¡¸Charge Lv2¡¹¡» "I have become a lot stronger. But more creatures much stronger than myself. I need to become stronger. Not risk getting eaten by others." Shao was already quite the intelligent lad as he is. Realising the limit of his strength, and not being too overly arrogant as Kaan was. There are a lot more monsters bigger and stronger than he is. Just by being able to level up doesn''t mean that you are able to qualify yourself as being at the top of the food chain. It is easy to kill someone like it could easily get yourself killed at any time. Reya was quite satisfied with having the leftovers of Shao''s kill, even if she didn''t actually put in much work. That was something that doesn''t happen quite often At least she could rely on her big brother Shao when the time comes if she needs help. If she is willing to learn from Shao, correcting her weak mindset and lifestyle, and be able to survive on her own. Rather than being too over-reliant on him, that is. "Are you finished?" "En!" Reya nodded, and they both headed home to the nest. On their way home to the nest, Shao pointed out the plentiful food resources of Seaweeds and kelp, an edible plant commonly found washed off from the seabed, lying around all over the place around the sandy beach. Shao then grabs a few seaweed as a traveling snack, sharing it with Reya on their way home. Once they were inside of the nest and stone safety encirclement. It was already starting to get dark out. So they each began to go to sleep like the other tortoises within the facility. Reya was afraid of being alone by herself at night. So she asked on whether could she cuddle up next to Shao. Shao then happily obliged, finding it not to be a problem at all. "Can I sleep next to you?" "Sure thing..." Shao then slowly digs a hole in the sand surrounding them, partially burying themselveswithin the sand, disguising themselves as still rocks. In an attempt to trick predators, if they were to be invaded and prey upon during the night. Chapter 4: A conflict and trouble has arisen During the night the meal stored within Shao''s stomach began to break down rapidly. Slowly, converting the excess nourishments of calcium carbonate in his diet into raw material and basic resources. Helping his little tortoise''s exoskeleton to grow much bigger and thicken up slightly. Such tortoise shells have three distinct layers and are almost composed entirely of calcium carbonate and keratin, with a slight small margin quantity of other proteins. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated amount. Skill ¡¸Reinforced Exoskeleton Lv1 ¡¹acquired.¡· Soon after the vibrant rays of sunlight spread over the horizon, casting a shadow behind the fixed alignment of stone, which is their nest. As one by one the little tortoise begins to wake up, starting their day, by doing their daily routine. The three tortoises, the underlings of the great Kaan, each gathers around and surround the petite small figure of little Reya. Whilst, she was sleeping quite soundly and happy next to Shao. An evil devious smile would appear on each of the three tortoises faces, making them almost seem like the bad guys or the villain of the story. Poking their heads, and headbutting the small fragile figure of Reya in her sleep. Waking her up almost entirely, scaring her into a state of fright, as she cries out begging to them to stop. "Stop... Please stop! Not anymore..." "Why should we." "You''re weak and worthless." "Nothing but a burden on our family." The three tortoises said in unison, as they continue to harm the little tortoise Reya. Looking at how pitiful of a figure she is. Reya cried out to Shao for help. Backing away and bumping into Shao''s tortoiseshell, in a desperate attempt to wake him up. Shao then groggily wakes up, causing a small drift in the sand, as his large body twice their overall size, rise from underneath the ground. The three tortoises then uttered out a cry of surprise, backing away slightly from the frightened Reya. Almost like they were afraid to anger this big fellow. Shao then quickly survey his surroundings, observing the situations at hands, before he could make a proper decision. However, something sparked up his interest. It was the crying figure of Reya, lying next to him, in tears. Right beside her, a couple of feet away were the three troublemakers.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. Shao was indeed quite suspicious of the three triplets, not because they were troublemakers. They were indeed followers of Kaan, that is why they were labeled as troublemakers. Since they all blindly follow Kaan''s leadership, without thinking for themselves. Their names were Ron, Dein, and Kai. "So what is the problem here? And why are you crying, sis?" To reassure himself of the situation, and confirm it himself. He asked his sister nicely to get her perspective. But she was still crying rather profusely, finding it quite hard to form a full proper sentence, without even stuttering. "They... They..." However, someone else butted in. Talking in place of Reya, who couldn''t speak properly on her own. Lin was the eldest sister in the group, second to Shao and Kaan that is. The lone wolf who hunts and scavenge for food by herself, similar to what Shao was before. "They each gang up on her. Bully her. Treating her quite horribly. You could even ask her, herself. Am I right?" The three tortoise brothers were quite hesitant, now becoming scared out of their wits. Slowly, retreating backward away from the brother-sister duo. "Is this true. Did they hurt you?" Shao asked with a rather concerned look on his face, as he looks at the slight injuries on Reya''s body. There were indeed many bruises and cut wound on her body and web feet. He thought that they were the results of the fight with the Sea Cricketeer. Looks like he was a bit wrong there. "Yeah..." Reya said it in a very timid voice while trying to keep her crying to a bare minimum. She looks up at Shao, with her still teary eyes. Seeing the sight of Shao''s figure growing cold, his eyes fuming with rage, burning in anger for her instead. "Why you little... Do you not care about family. You even willing to harm your own brethren. Your own blood and relative. You''re even worse than monsters." Shao then charges straight at the three troublemaker brothers. Instead of using his usual skill bite to deal some damage. He uses his webbed feet that has increased a bit in length after he leveled up and grow in size, whacking the three troublemaker brothers, straight in the face. Sending one of them flying, tipping over onto the side, or even fall onto their backs, humiliating them in front of the rest of the group. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated amount. Skill ¡¸Anger Lv1 ¡¹acquired.¡· Kaan was indeed angered at the result of the loss of his minions. Luckily they were not dead since this was not a life and death battle. Deep down he felt a sense of comradery and admiration for Shao, for being overpoweringly strong, and different. But a loss is a loss. Being the leader of a bunch of losers is much worse, than not being a leader at all. How could he keep the status of Leader if he were to do nothing? Even if it were to fight for a false sense of justice. Then so he will do it, even if it were to make him a villain. He sought of understands the feelings and message that Shao was trying to convey across, but he denies it almost entirely. In order to make himself seem a lot more self-righteous in a way. "How dare you pick a fight with my minions? Are you trying to pick a fight with me? I will definitely kick your sorry ass, you runt." Kaan then tries in an attempt to belittle Shao. Trying to enraged him so he would attack, just like he did to the three little troublemaker brothers. But Shao remains unfazed and walks back quietly to Reya, trying to cheer her up as they leave to hunt for something to eat. Chapter 5: A miraculous and lucky wild encounter Shao and Reya stray off from the nest, wandering around the sandy regions of the beach, they are in. Looking around, scavenging for food, in the process hunting some wild critters or much smaller prey, in order to gather up experience points, and level up. In the midst of the hunt, they would often snack on any wild plants, seaweed, or kelp they would see within the facility, to fill up their bellies. Maintaining a healthy growing body, that needs a large amount of nutrients and sustenance for proper growth as they are now. The first aquatic animal they encounter on their hunt was the very same species of Sea Cricketeer. They''ve encountered the previous day when Reya was ambushed by one of their kind. Shao being the strong and protective brother as he is would then act as the main tank and heavy damage dealer within the group. While Reya is left out till the very end to deal the final blow, killing it, and naturally gaining the experience points from the kill. So Shao immediately charges forward, towards the twig stick figure of the Sea Cricketeer, as fast as his little nimble web feet could handle. Slamming his large tortoise body against the fragile stick figure of the Sea Cricketeer, causing it to tumble and fall over onto its back. While Shao is effortlessly keeping it down by laying on top of it with its large body. To assure that the weigh down Sea Cricketeer, could not put up any sought of resistance, or cause any harm to Reya while she is dealing the final blow. Shao then bits off its skinny legs and long piercing claw without hesitation, severing it completely from its main body, as it cries miserably because of the sharp pain. Fear at the sight of what is gonna happens next to it. It''s undoubtful death. "Your turn." Shao said so in a cold unnervingtone, while still keeping his eyes focused on the Sea Cricketeer''s disabled body. Keeping watch to see if it makes any strange and unexpected movements. Having heard the signal given out by Shao. Reya then walks up, close by Shao from behind, and chomps on the neck of the Sea Cricketeer repeatedly. Because of her lower level and strength stats, it naturally took several biting attempts for Reya just to kill it. Bit by bit, she makes a millimetercloser to achieving her desired results. While on the other hand, Shao or any other of her sibling can finish it, in one move. Severing the fragile neck and spinal cord of the Sea Cricketeer in half. "It''s easy, isn''t it." Shao commented on how easy it was for him to subdue and kill the lone Sea Cricketeer if it were himself. Whilst from the side, Reya is looking up rather tiredly, almost exhausted all of her strength, from the frequently repeated bite attacks. She is now panting quite heavily.If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Looking down at her self. She could see the obvious inferiority between her and the others. Small, cowardly, and afraid. While all the others are strong, overbearing, courageous enough to take risks, in order to grow stronger and survive. Shao and Reya continued their hunt, repeating the same sort of strategy for grinding experience points, by hunting much smaller critters and those that put up little defenses. ¡¶Experience points have reached a designated degree. The individual, Shao Lv6 has become Lv7.¡· ¡¶Every basic stats rose.¡· ¡¶Level Up Bonus: Skill Proficiency was acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Bite Lv5¡¹ has become ¡¸Bite Lv6¡¹.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Charge Lv2¡¹ has become ¡¸Charge Lv3¡¹.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Overeating Lv2¡¹ has become ¡¸Overeating Lv3¡¹.¡· ¡¶2 Unallocated stats points gained.¡· In the midst of the hunt, Shao and Reya found a wild Rock Clam that was washed accidentally, away by the strong ocean wave, set adrift onto the sandy beach. Shao found this specimen to be quite peculiar and interesting, as it possesses a strong exterior shell, and would quite often open and close, popping its disgusting long tongue out. Shao then walks over towards it curiously, observing it quietly at first, then followed by a desperate attempt to crush it with his mouth, whilst using bite. The Rock Clam''s strong exterior shell managed to withstand Shao''s repeated biting attempts, attempting to shatter its shell. However, the Rock Clam''s exterior shell didn''t give in, neither was there any cracks within it. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Bite Lv6¡¹ has become ¡¸Bite Lv7.¡· Shao didn''t give up,continuing his unruly assault on the Rock Clam. Gathering more proficiency within the bite skill until it levels up. And in the process acquiring the strength up skill, by training the strenuous muscles within his mouth, repeatedly with each bite of his. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Strength Up Lv1¡¹acquired.¡· With newfound strength pulsing within his veins, he continued his one last bite. Strong enough to pierce through the Rock Clam''s exterior shell, forming cracks on the surface of the exterior shell. Continuing his assault without backing down, the shell finally caved in and falls apart. Some managed to pierce the internal fleshy real body of the Rock Clam, fatally killing it. As it was crushed instantly by Shao, shortly afterward without remorse. ¡¶Experience points have reached a designated degree. The individual, Shao Lv7 has become Lv8.¡· ¡¶Every basic stats rose.¡· ¡¶Level Up Bonus: Skill Proficiency was acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Bite Lv7¡¹ has become ¡¸Bite Lv8¡¹.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Strength Up Lv1¡¹ has become ¡¸Strength Up Lv2¡¹.¡· ¡¶2 Unallocated stats points gained.¡· ¡¶Experience points have reached a designated degree. The individual, Shao Lv8 has become Lv9.¡· ¡¶Every basic stats rose.¡· ¡¶Level Up Bonus: Skill Proficiency was acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Bite Lv8¡¹ has become ¡¸Bite Lv9¡¹.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Strength Up Lv2¡¹ hasbecome¡¸Strength Up Lv3¡¹.¡· ¡¶2 Unallocated stats points gained.¡· "I finally did it. I crushed that little bugger. I gained 2 levels in 1 fight." Chapter 6: Acquiring a profound new strength Once the Rock Clam was killed, being crushed withinside Shao''s mouth. He was quite content with his kill, after putting in so much effort into it, for just a mere little Clam. He bit into its flesh, chewing alongside the many shattered shards of its former shell. Amongst the rummagesof the former Rock Clam''s corpse. Shao was chewing ecstaticallyafter another hard-earned kill. He felt something round and circular touching his tongue. It immediately gaveoff a warm and tingling sensation on his tongue. Once absorbed into his body, it immediately revitalizing and speeds up the healing of his body. Slowly, clearing away the sense of exhaustion he felt before. Unanimously, he swallowed the contents that are still withinside his mouth, alongside the glowing white pearl, that gave off a healing effect previously. The glowing white pearl, then falls down into the long air pipe, right into his stomach. The strong stomach acid inside of Shao''s stomach starts to tear apart the pear, breaking it down into its primary component. White pearl then continues to give off a soft white glow, as cracks are starting to form on the surface. Once reaching near the end of its durability, on how much it could resist the strong gastro acid. It exploded and crumbles into bits and dust, releasing the profound energy that was withinside it, synergizing with the compounds of the pearl. The white pearl is made of the same substance as its outer shell, calcium carbonate. When an irritant, such as a grain of sand or pebble, gets stuck inside the Clam''s body. The animal tries to ease its discomfort and irritation, by coating the speck in calcium carbonate, which hardens around it to form a pearl. However, the pearl is a natural gem of mana conduit, which absorbs the abundant amount of mana energy, from under the ground earth and ocean sea floor. Over time, the Rock Clam''s pearl would undergo transfiguration, becoming a sought of the relic, similar to a mana crystal. Which is raw mana in its most purified and solid compressed state? Crystalizing under the high pressure of the earth, and the abundant amount of dense mana within the facility. The raw concentration of mana energy then assaulted Shao''s body, as he is then assaulted with pain, almost like he was burning alive. The pain keeps coming as he starts to scream in agony, panting constantly as a natural reaction to the mana burn. A state in which the body isn''t able to handle the high concentration of mana, injected into the user''s body forcefully.Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. "Big brother... Big brother?" Whilst, from the side, Reya is looking at Shao''s painful figure worried. She couldn''t do anything to comfort him, or much less make the pain go away. She was afraid of getting hurt if she got close to Shao, as he is wildly slamming his body around. He could accidentally hurt her, by going on a wild tantrum because of the mana burn. The duration of the state of mana burn in which Shao is in. Slowly, subsided over time, as the intensity of the burning sensation of pain he feels, weakens slightly over the passage of time. Until it finally ceases to exist, burned out from his system. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Weak Pain Tolerance Lv1¡¹acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Mana Manipulation Lv1¡¹acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Mana Foresight Lv1¡¹acquired.¡· ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Mana Strengthening Lv1¡¹acquired.¡· The torrent of mana energies flowing through his body and veins, slowly subsided over time becoming a small river stream, flowing down throughout each and every corner of his body. It could possibly become overflowed at any time, due to the sheer amounts of mana withinside his body, and the speed at which it''s coursing through his body. He acquired several skills in the process, some are the basic necessary skills in controlling, and the manipulation of mana. The basic fundamental of magic, in which all magus needs in order to learn to cast magic. The pain that he felt for so long, feels like hours of being slowly burnt alive in a pot when it is actually minutes. The state mana burn forces one''s body to adapt to the new changes, destroying the muscles and flesh withinside one''s body, and reconstructing it to fit the bare minimum amount of mana. Forcefully, widening and increasing the user''s mana pool. The process is unbearable. People with weak willpower would succumb to the pain and have their mind break down in the process. The older one''s body is, makes it a lot more difficult to survive the state of mana burn. As the muscle is not quick enough to adapt and heal, but rather deteriorate beyond the state of no repair. Shao weakly opens up his closed eyes, while in a state of utter tranquility. After having obtained a new profound strength, difficult for a youngster like them to acquire. Rarely will monster ever learn how to use magic. Only bywhen they underwent a major evolution or variant, will they unlock magic corresponding to their race trait or class. A slight blue glow emanates from Shao''s eyes, as he looks over towards his surroundings. You could see the heightened intelligence growing within his eyes, as he calmly observes his surroundings, looking at the scared petite figure of Reya in the distance. Reya hurriedly rushed over towards her brother, with great worry in her eyes. Crying at the sight of her once tormented brother. Seeing him in great pain, caused her heart to feel unrest and slight emotional pain. Since he is the only one that took cared of her, feed her, protect her. Anything that an older brother should do. Much more as she sees him as a parental figure, to look up to. Seeing him in great pain previously, sent her into a state of panic, wandering on what to do, as she silently watches him from a distance. "Big brother..." Chapter 7: Trouble in the midst Reya was originally 3 inches (7.36 cm) in length and 2 (5.08 cm) in height, born with a stunted growth and much smaller body frame than others, due to the lack of nutrition incurred from diets, reducing her growth rate in development. Monsters in the wild grow indifferently when compared to humans, who has no natural predators to kill off and starve their population down. Therefore they have plenty of time and much longer periods for growth, when compared to incompetent monsters literally anything could possibly kill them. Adventurers who are hired to slay and kill monsters. Predators that stands on the top of the food chain or higher hierarchy, prey on the weak and latter. So monsters have a much higher and faster growth rate than the people of the races. A term which designates the clear boundaries of the sentient humanoid beings that shows much resemblance to humans, away from the mere classification of an animal or monster. The baby tortoises all share a much similar appearance. With the most distinct features, being the variation of color depths and shade of their skin and shell. Each time a baby tortoises levels up, they would roughly increase a 1cm in height and length. Not accounting for the accumulation of nutritions a mass from their diets, which helps in strengthening and building the layers of the foundation to their shell, and increase body growth. Reya runs up to Shao, with clear worry seen on her petite face, as tears could be seen dripping down from her teary eyes. The incident that she witness occurred right before her very eyes. The sight of her dear older brother Shao, who was the only one that took good care of her. Not seeing the helpless sight of a younger sister as a mere nuisance. Instead, they would help and care for each other like family. Shao warmly embraced the crying figure of Reya, his little sister running into his arms, as his large webbed feet almost entirely covered the size of Reya''s entire body. That is to show how big of a difference in size and the disparity of the growth in each of her sibling. And one thing for sure is that Shao is not the biggest one within the group. Kaan the leader of the troublemaker group, consisting of himself and the three triplets. He is the biggest in terms of size and strength in comparison to Shao, standing on four feet with a body length of 10 inches (25.4 cm) and 8 (20.32 cm) inches in height. Roughly almost tripling the size of Reya''s current size right now.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. "Let us head back home, don''t you think." Reya then looks up at Shao from underneath his webbed feet. Nodding her head up and down in approval, as they slowly made theirjourney back to the nest. "Uuummm..." Meanwhile, amidst what was going on with Reya and Shao, Kaan and his posse of brothers were going out to hunt. They were hunting prey one after the other consecutively, disregard for their own safety in the process, by only relying heavily on their numbers to outmatch and outnumbered their opponent. However, this time they encountered a major setback. Having confronted a foe too powerful to be messed with, even with their large numbers as an advantage. They have met their match. The giant 20 inches (50.8 cm) large Aqua Pistol Lobster raises its disproportionate large stone claw upwards, pointing it towards the direction of the triplets. Unlike most crabs or lobsters, this claw does not have the typical pincer at the end. Rather, it has a pistol-like gun feature which is made up of two points. A back joint that allows the semi-hammer part to move backward into a right angle position. When it is released, it snaps into the other parts of the claw, emitting an enormously powerful wave, added with the urine released nozzles in between their claws. It becomes an overly powerful dispensible wave of bubble pee bullet, capable of stunning larger prey andbreaking shells. The pee bullet flew, cutting across the vast air within seconds, landing straight in the face of one of the brothers. Ron was the unlucky one that got hit, sending him into a slightly dazed state, which momentarily leaves him wide open for a secondary attack. The Aqua Pistol Lobster then rapidly charges in with its large physique, several times bigger than the three brothers, even outweighing Kaan in size and length as well. Kaan then charges straight forwards in a confrontation with the Aqua Pistol Lobster in a desperate attempt to diverged its attention for the immobilize lil'' brother of his. Kaan was sent flying, being swept to the side within seconds, using its large massive stone claw as a weapon to whack Kaan to the side. The Aqua Pistol Lobster then continues its assault, heading towards the direction of the helpless three lil'' brothers. It then raised its massive claw once again, using its sheer size and strength difference as an advantage, it then brings forth its large claw down like a hammer, hitting the dazed lil'' Ron. He continues to repeatedly hit on the lone baby tortoise with its massive claw, hammering down at it like it was a nail in the wall. Ron let out a miserable cry of help, as he is in great pain from being crush and hammered down by the large Aqua Pistol Lobster. This must be the karma they incurred for bullying their little sis Reya into the corners. Until the point of breaking down and crying indefinitely with tears in their eyes. The rest of the brothers; Dein, Kai, and Kaan watches it all unfold right before their eyes, hopeless and unable to do anything. Kaan charges forwards like a mad bull, repeatedly ramming his head against the side of the Aqua Pistol Lobster. Little to no effect, he continued his ramming attack till no ends, damaging his body to save his dear brother''s life. One of the brothers Kai then runs away in fright like the coward he is. Chapter 8: A new hope for a chance of change Kaan continues his fruitless barrage of ramming attacks on the Aqua Pistol Lobster. Charging in with his massive body, half the size of the Aqua Pistol Lobster, using his own bare body to tackle against his target. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Weak Pain Tolerance Lv1¡¹acquired.¡· On the surface, the Aqua Pistol Lobster may seem a bit unscathed, by this fruitless struggle. However, the constant ramming attacks caused by Kaan indeed did some major internal damage to the Aqua Pistol Lobster, by repeatedly shaking, banging its internal organs against its endoskeleton. Slowly, accumulating damage over time, little by little, when compared to the heavyweight strikes it hammers down on Ron. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Charge Lv3¡¹ has become ¡¸Charge Lv4¡¹.¡· Kaan watches gravely as his little brother Ron is battered into the ground by the large Aqua Pistol Lobster. As shards of Ron''s tortoiseshell begins to cave in, cracks are beginning to form, some piercing the inside organs of Ron itself. While he desperately screams in agony and great pain. Dein did nothing, but watched in horror, frozen stiff in place. Observing the few remaining moments of what little life that has left in Ron, before he finally gives in to his death. Kaan is unable to accept the imminent outcome of this hopeless struggle. In a desperate chance to change the outcome of the one-sided battle. He opens up his status screen, without a single ounce of hesitation in his eyes, he then spends up all of his additional unallocated stats points, putting them all into his strength stats. ¡ºBaby Tortoise LV9 Name Kaan Status £È£Ð £º£´£¹£¯£´£¹£¨Green£©£¨Details£© £Í£Ð £º£³£µ£¯£±£µ£¨Blue£©£¨Details£© £Ó£Ð £º£µ£·£¯£µ£·£¨Yellow£©£¨Details£© £Ó£Ð+£º£¶£´£¯£µ£·£¨Red£©£¨Details£© Stats/Attributes Strength: £·£² Defence£º£³£¹ Agility£º£³£· Endurance£º£´£± Intellect£º£²£¹ Luck: £²£· Unallocated Stat Points: 0 ¡» ¡ºSkill List ¡¸Bite Lv7¡¹¡¸Hide Lv1¡¹¡¸Leap Lv1¡¹¡¸Defence Up Lv1¡¹¡¸Overeating Lv1¡¹¡¸Anger Lv2¡¹¡¸Weak Pain Tolerance Lv1¡¹¡¸Charge Lv4¡¹¡» He then felt a sudden boost in his strength, as he charges for another ram attack. This time it is much stronger than the previous past attacks. Aiming for the stomach region of the large Aqua Pistol Lobster, upon impact a loud cracking noise occurred. It finally gave in after so many of Kaan''s ramming attempt. The small dent in its endoskeleton would expand over time, after each attempt of ramming by Kaan''s strike. Magnifying the crack even further until the point it couldn''t handle the pressure anymore.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Breaking through the dense endoskeleton of the Aqua Pistol Lobster, forming craters and crack around the impact region. Sending the now dazed Aqua Pistol Lobster toppling over to the side. Kaan then hurriedly rushed over to the sight of the fatally injured Ron. His tortoiseshell is now completely crushed into smithereens, as shards of his shell were cracked, piercing deeply into the flesh of the little tortoise. Fresh red blood is flowing everywhere as the eyes could see, spilling out onto the ground, dying the sand bloody red in color. "Ron, Ron... Please speak to me? Don''t die on me, Ron?" Kaan then falls into a deep state of despair, feeling quite responsible for this incident. It was his decision to go on the hunting spree. It was his bad leadership that lead to this outcome. He wasn''t patient enough to wait and observed his enemy. Instead, they all rushed in, expecting the enemy to give up without a fight. How naive of them. And now this is the result of their narrowmindedness, ignorant of how the world works. The world doesn''t revolve around them. They are just minor indispensable characters when compared to others who are much stronger than them. Kaan now looks at the dying figure of Ron, all bloodied up to the bone, filled with many severe injuries, and fatal wounds. In a state that is near to death. Escapable death. His organ is still beating weakly to survive, despite being exposed outside of its body. Ron weakly opens up his now dying eyes, looking square face in the direction of his older brother Kaan. He always admired him for being strong and courageous, similar to Shao. Able to do anything on their own. Become independent away from the group. However, he was dragged along with the bad flow of his other brothers, Kai and Dein. Similar to him, they also share the same beliefs. But that sense of admiration soon turns into an inferiority complex. Comparing themselves every day to the growth of Shao and Kaan. Watching them as they slowly make leap and bounds, becoming stronger by the second, as the three trios are stuck stagnated in growth. Afraid of being killed and death, unwilling to head outside of the far reach of the nest by themselves. Similar to what Reya once was, until she joined up with Shao. Their inferiority complex would intensify by the day until they need an outlet to vent all of their frustrations on. And that outlet is precisely Reya because she is too small fragile and tiny to resist or put up any sought of resistance to their numerous violent assaults. Ron then looks up at Kaan''s figure, who is near to the point of breaking into tears, coldly observing him up and down. His vision is now slowly becoming blurry. As his breathing becomes heavier, causing him difficulty to breathe. He uttered out a slight voice, noticeable by Kaan who was quite near him. "Kill me, brother. End my suffering. End this pain I''m feeling. It hurts, brother." Kaan watches his dying brother in dead silence. Tears dripping down his eyes and cheeks, unable to do anything for his lil'' brother. Despite him being the oldest and strongest out of the group. He was quite hesitant and unwilling to kill Ron at first. But after watching him incurred the continuous battering hammers of the Aqua Pistol Lobster. How could he not be in dreadful pain after his body is mutilated into that state? The anger rising in him, born from the depth of his despair, unable to do anything when he needed to. ¡¶Skill proficiency has reached a designated point. Skill ¡¸Anger Lv2¡¹ has become ¡¸Anger Lv3¡¹.¡· Every loss and pain caused within this world is derived from one''s own lack of competence, unable to do anything or change things with their own hands.