Chapter 8: Evolving Once More!

*Celia’s POV*

I didn’t bother to check how much Exp that I’ve gotten. I was waaaay too busy killing shit to care. But, since I have killed and ate so many of these cells, I think that I will be level 10 once again very soon.

Let’s just hope that I only need to get to level 10 to evolve once more… Thinking this, I heard that stupid and annoying ding sound again.

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*Ding!*

System: “User, Celia, gained one level.” She said.

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Cool. Though, I do wish that I didn’t have to hear a ding, and see this panel pop up all of the time…

System: “Understood. I shall only announce such notifications in your mind from now on.” She said.

Celia: “Really? That would be great. Thanks!” I say with a happy tone.

System: “You thanking me for my assistance is unnecessary. I am here to assist you in any way that I can.” She replied.

Celia: “Regardless, I will still thank you for the help. Anyway, do I have the right level to evolve now?” I ask.

System: “Yes, but you do not meet the other requirements for the only evolution available to you at the moment.” She answered.

Celia: “What are the requirements?” I ask.

System: “You must consume a cell with the DNA required for the evolution.” She replied.

Celia: “Huh?… How would I even find such a cell?” I ask with an unsure tone.

System: “That Electric Cell, and the one who is intent on chasing you, have such DNA. I suggest going after the one that is constantly going after you.” She answered.

So, in the end, I still have to deal with that fucker? That’s annoying… Speak of the devil, I can see that cell off in the distance. It seems to be very persistent on its hunt of me.

Well, at least I think that I am strong enough to fight him now. It will still be a challenge, but one that I should be able to handle. I haven’t evolved yet, but my size actually increased. So I am around the same size as it.

With my confidence at an all time high, I swam towards to the cell who has been hunting me. Not even wanting to give it a chance to defend itself, or even a fair fight, I rammed into its side, before taking a large bite out of him.

Though cells don’t have blood, I was intent on bleeding this dude to death, so I held on to it with my mouth. The cell thrashed around, and managed to throw me off of it.

I would say that it was pissed off, but I doubt that it has the capacity for anger. Anyway, now I had to fight this cell legitimately…

The cell swam a decent distance away from me. I had a feeling on what it was going to do, and I was right! It used that lunge ability! Luckily, since I expected it to do that, I was able to dodge it.

Is probably what you expected me to say, right? True, I did dodge it, but not fully. As such, I lost around a quarter of my body, and a decent portion of my HP…

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:Status:

Name: Celia.

Race: FSB Cell.

HP: 25/92.

AGI: 8.

STR: 10.

DEX: 6.

INT: 31.

Hunger: 44/49.

True Level: 20.

Race Level: 10.

Current EXP: 0/0

Skills: Inspect: Level: 2.

Titles: Kin Eater.

Self Improvement Points: 0.

Upgrades Available: None.

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Though I am in a dangerous situation at the moment, I just realized that I forgot to mention, that the amount of SIP’s that I get per level, is pretty random. Which is sorta good, considering that I was able to bump my Stats up somewhat from just two levels.

If I didn’t, I would have probably died just now… Ah, right, I am currently in a life or death fight... I wish that I had the huge ass mouth that this dude has. We’re about the same size and yet, this cell could probably still bite me in half, just like last time…

Back to the fight, it was like we were deers fighting with our antlers. That is to say, it was a fight where we would strike our mouths together. Sorta like sword fighting, but with mouths. And also pretty lame…

This cell was really good at blocking my attempts to bite him. Now I know why this cell managed to survive in a new environment. It must have been the top dog of whatever container that I first ended up in. Cells really shouldn’t have intelligence to this degree…

Well, I am still far more intelligent than this cell, so I came up with another messed up plan. Which included, me swimming away towards other cells.

This, somehow worked perfectly. Honestly, I was intent on either leading him to a group of bigger cells or smaller ones. But the smaller ones were the closest ones to us. Rather than attack me, it oddly started attacking the smaller cells.

It didn’t bother to eat them either, so maybe it thought that I was the other cells? Who knows. What I do know, is that I can get more free hits on it! Though, while it is distracted, I should finally take a peep at its Status for a second.

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:Status:

Name: None.

Race: Huge Seeking Cell.

Level: 250.

HP: 425/550.

Exp Gained From Killing: 99.

Drops: Unique DNA.

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Huh? Its called a Huge Seeking Cell? What is it, a fucking missile, or something like that!?… And I only managed to damage it that little amount? You’re kidding me… Fuck! I just need to keep taking pot shots at this cell, it seems…

With that plan, I did just that. It worked out really well. The HSC was completely blinded by the other cells, and never targeted me at all. Since I mostly just bit it, and then swam away fast. I kinda feel bad for the other cells, though…

*Many Pot Shots Later.*

Ah! It was finally fucking dead! Take that you piece of shit of a cell! That’s what you get for messing with me so many damn times! Do recall, it was either this cell, or the electric one.

But that HSC just had to show up close to me. It most likely had the Prey Sense Upgrade like me. Though, how I managed to ambush it at first, I do not know. Regardless, it was now dead.

System: “Congratulations. You have killed the cell that housed the required DNA. Now you can evolve once more.” She said with the same robotic tone.

Without replying, I just thought about the evolutions panel, and it showed up once more. Unlike last time, the information it gave me wasn’t good at all…

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Possible Evolutions:

???: E Grade.

Requirements: Reach Level 10. Kill or consume a being with the ??? DNA.

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Huh!? Why the fuck is it all vague? I only have one evolution to choose, and yet, there is no explanation on what I would evolve into… Hey, System! I demand an explanation on why this evolution is being shrouded in mystery!

System: “This evolution isn’t what you desire. As such, I took it upon myself to obscure the information of this evolution.” She replied.

Celia: “And you just expect me to go along with it? I refuse to evolve.” I say with a stern tone.

System: “I have been given permission to accept the evolution on your behalf, even if you do not wish to evolve. Many apologies for this, Celia.” She said.

What?… Oh fuck! She wasn’t joking… I can already feel the process of evolution taking place again… Shit! What kind of thing will I evolve into? She said that it would be something that I would dislike…

Ah! I can’t stay awake any longer… I thought that I could perhaps resist the evolution if I stayed awake, but that was clearly not an option. Dammit! Let’s just fucking hope that whatever I evolve into, isn’t that terrible…