Opening her eyes for a second time, Bathilda was once more greeted by darkness. But that was no longer a pressing concern. The nurse could only feel pain.

Her entire body was in agony. She couldn't move either of her feet and both her recently-discovered-to-be wings were also broken. She was having trouble just breathing.

Fortunately, (Echolocation) must have activated when she landed. A picture of where she was and what must have happened slowly started to form in Bathilda's mind.

Luckily, if you could name such a situation by that definition, Bathilda had managed to land on top of the larger and dangerous persuer. The snake that had chased her down the passage.

The cushion her foe had provided hadn't been enough to prevent a fatal injury, but it was enough to avoid instant death. If they were to find their roles reversed, Bathilda would have provided little-to-no cushion at all for her opponent and it would have squashed her on the spot.

Shitty second life. The tornado wasn't even as bad as this. Seriously!

Cursing her second chance to help people, the only person in need right now was her. Unable to move, Bathilda spotted a sight she had yet to notice. It was a small red blip in the bottom corner of her view, hardly even visible. Next to it were a few letters and numbers.

HP 1/14

Is this how my new life ends? She thought to no one in particular. With math? When I hit 0, it's all over.

Just as Bathilda had all but given up, a large, blue portal opened in the air above her and the familiar sound of Florence's voiced popped out from within. Bathilda's (Echolocation) couldn't see inside it, however.

"Terribly sorry Bat, we may have failed to mention a few things before God sent you off like that," the blonde bombshell bowed her head through the mirror-sized tear in reality and Bathilda was finally able to see her.

You think!

Bathilda wanted to shout back, but she couldn't. Even knowing that, she still tried. Resulting in a new round of horrendous pain being inflicted upon her for her efforts.

"It damages reality for God to do this for long so just listen. I know things seem bleak for you right now but all you have to do is level up and get stronger. Earn yourself some new skills and level up the ones that you already have. As you get stronger, you should also get bigger. Remember that every big fish starts small. Oh, and monsters. On this world, there are real monsters, not like Earth. Monsters like dragons, griffins and all other manner of creatures you could think of exist here. Not all monsters are inclined toward death and destruction though, nor do they live by the rule 'survival of the fittest'. You will just have to use your own judgement to make the decision over right and wrong, good and bad."

How the hell am I supposed to do that when I'm literally almost dead, Florence!

A further session of pain therapy ensued as Bathilda slipped off the top of the somehow-still-alive snake pile, landing face down on the creature's head.

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Another bout of screaming and shouting could be heard through the muffled sounds below.

When it was over, Florence revealed the solution to Bathilda's problem. "To regain your lost life force, you will have to finish off the opponent beneath you. If you do not, then when it manages to recuperate, it will likely eat you instead."

Those words sent a shiver up Bathilda's spine. Still in agony, she managed to face the portal which had moved beside her.

So kill the snake? How? I can't move if you haven't noticed, Florence!

The portal began to close as the nurse from an era gone by smiled at Bathilda. "You have teeth, do you not? If you cannot figure a way out of this situation, then... That would be unfortunate for you. This is also the last time our paths will cross like this. Farewell and goodluck, Bathilda."

With that, Florence and the interdimensional space call disappeared.

I have teeth? What. The. Hell. Florence!? I'll show you teeth!

In a fit of anger, Bathilda sunk her teeth into the snake's head, chomping right through an eye in the process. She bit through the pain brought on by forcing her body to move. She kept on biting, even after her limbs went numb and the pain receeded. She bit down hard enough to make sure the stupid snake would receive the same fate as she did.

Instead of death, however, a notification appeared before Bathilda, followed by a sudden surge of strength, healing her small body. The pain of her broken bones and all the internal damages she was unaware of were washed away. Coincidentally, the notification Bathilda had recieved confirmed exactly what Florence had just told her. It also came with a bunch of other information.

Millisnake has been slain

Bathilda has reached Level 10(MAX)

Skill (Chomp) has reached Level 5

Skill (Fly) has reached Level 2

Skill (Poison Fang) has been acquired

Skill (Wing Slash) has been acquired

Skill Points have been acquired

Evolution Available

Wow. That's a lot to take in. Max level? I like the sound of those new skills, especially (Wing Slash). That sounds like a super move. Maybe when I manage to get a better handle on my body, I'll be able to use it. Maybe I (Fly) keeps leveling up ill be able to use that too.

Looking back at the part where her level was shown, Bathilda judged that in any situation other than this exact scenario, she would have been snake food.

The level increase is probably the reason I'm able to evolve, but how do I go about doing that? And what exactly is going to happen to me when it does? I wonder how I spend skill points too? Stupid Florence, she barely even told me anything useful whilst she was here. Honestly, what was the point in her even showing up at all?

Angry and confused, Bathilda lifted herself up off the snakes head and eventually managed to glide her way down to the floor. With (Fly) now level 2, she did a somewhat better job of using her new appendages than she had on prior attempts. Either that, or she was slowly acclimating to the physical changes of her body.

Landing on the ground, her recently refreshed body felt fantastic. Or as good as it could do considering the circumstances of her reincarnation. Other than the psychological trauma of almost dieing, she had recovered all her physical injuries from leveling up.

Keeping her eyes on the new notification that seems to linger in her field of view wherever she looked, Bathilda thought about the word 'evolution', the last item on her notification. As if it had been waiting for her, a separate screen appeared beside the first. This one was different to all others so far, however, as it seemed to want Bathilda to make a choice.

Evolution available:

Current Species: Baby Wingtail Bat

Possible Choices for Evolution:

Mature Wingtail Bat:

Poisonous Bat:

In her mind, which was still trying keep up with flow of new information, Bathilda filled away one more dilemma to the ever growing list of problems that had been piling up. The list had began the moment a tornado had burst into life on the way home from work on should have been just another rainy day in Freemont.

Ah, when life use to be simple.