Jace is currently sitting in a tree a few hundred feet from his safe house. He has Reaper sitting on his shoulder and is looking at something on the ground below. What Jace is looking at is his plan to level up Reaper, a pile of food in the forest. Jace hopes that some animals will be attracted to the smell of the food.
Then Jace can injure and if needed curse them allowing Reaper to finish them and get the xp. Jace doesn't need to wait long as his first prey arrives at the pile. It is a pack of 4 demon diseased wolves. Now Jace has no idea what to do as he was prepared for only one animal at a time. Jace however doesn't care and readies his throwing knives.
Jace only applies mana and doesn't apply a mana tether and sends them aiming at the wolves legs. Jace is able to hit 3 of them but isn't fast enough to get the last. The wolves he hit were stranded there as the knife had enough force and power to cut most of the muscles.
Jace quickly climbs down and when he gets close to the wolfs Reaper jumps off Jace's shoulder surprising him. Reaper is completely unaffected by the jump and runs towards the nearest wolf. Jace then watches as Reaper jumps on the wolf's head and uses its small talons to make a cut.
Reaper then takes its beak and uses it like a pile driver using the cut to reach the skull. Reaper's beak then pearces the skull and brain, killing the wolf. Jace watches this in amazement and watches as Reaper moves to the next wolf while hearing a notification.
"Ding, companion Reaper has killed a Demon Diseased Wolf, gained 50xp." After a few moments Reaper had killed the 3 diseased wolves and came back to Jace to return to his shoulder. Jace squats down and Reaper jumps on and begins cleaning his feathers. Jace looks at the wolves lying there and wonders if he should move the food to a new area.
'The dead wolves might scare off some animals, but I wonder if the one that got away might come back'. Jace decides to leave the food where it is but climbs up a different tree this time and waits. After a little while the wolf does come back and meets the same fate as its companions.
Jace injures him and Reaper deals the killing blow. After this happened Jace hears the notification he was expecting "Ding, companion Reaper has killed a Demon Diseased Wolf, gained 50xp" "Ding, companion Reaper has leveled up."
Jace then hears a notification he was hoping for "Ding, companion Reaper has learned a new ability, status has been updated."
Jace starts to open his status when he hears another notification "Ding, companion stats have been unlocked for companion Reaper." Jace is ecstatic as he was wondering what Reaper's stats were and wanted to compare them to his.
Companions: Reaper ↓
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Level 2 (Xp to level up 0/400)
Species: Dark Phoenix
State:Fledgling
Abilities:Slash(1)↑
Stats:
Strength:3
Dexterity:2
Constitution:2
Intelligence:3
Health:40/40
Mana:30/30
Jace inspects Reaper's stats and inspects Slash.
Abilities:Slash Level 1↓
Uses 5 mana to cover talons in a layer of mana increasing cutting power by 20%.
Requirements to level up: Locked until Adolescent stage
Jace nods to himself while reading the Slash's ability description. 'Simple but can be effective. But when do I get to the adolescent stage?. Jace hears no response from the system and thinks again. 'Looking at his stats it looks like he is a little weaker than when I first saw my stats. But with another level up I should see how much he grows'.
Jace then climbs back on the tree to see if any other prey would be attracted. During the next few hours Jace and Reaper see a pack of another 4 demon diseased wolves and a pack of 3 demon diseased wolves. This left Reaper one more demon diseased wolf away from leveling up.
Jace while in the tree looks at the sun and time to see that he has around another hour left before he wants to head in. After a little while a single demon diseased wolf appears. Jace sees that it is a little bigger than most but thinks nothing of it.
Jace watches as it goes to inspect the dead wolves and food before launching his attack. Jace is able to once again hit the wolf's leg allowing Reaper to take the kill. This time however the kill notification is different "Ding, companion Reaper has killed an Alpha Demon Diseased Wolf, gained 100xp" "Ding, companion Reaper has leveled up."
"Ding, companion Reaper has learned a new ability, status has been updated." Jace is surprised at the notification about the alpha wolf that he forgets to bend down for Reaper. This makes Reaper start chirping and makes Jace snap out of his surprise.
Jace then bends down for him and starts thinking about the alpha again while walking home. 'What in the world counts as an alpha? I mean the wolf was bigger, but it was still very weak'. To Jace's surprise the system answers this question for him.
"Ding, an alpha is an animal that has learned to use abilities and mana." Jace, now understanding the definition of alpha, files away that he needs to be more careful of animals and to not underestimate them. Jace then opens Reaper's status once again to see how much he grew from another level.
Companions: Reaper ↓
Level 3 (Xp to level up 50/600)
Species: Dark Phoenix
State:Fledgling
Abilities:Slash(1)↑ Feather Barrage(1)↑
Stats:
Strength:4
Dexterity:3
Constitution:3
Intelligence:4
Health:60/60
Mana:40/40
Jace, seeing that Reaper has much of the same growth as him, opens the description for Feather Barrage.
Abilities:Feather Barrage Level 1↓
Uses 30 mana to shoot out 10 mana covered feathers in a fan shaped area.
Requirements to level up: Locked until Adolescent stage
Jace finishes reading it and wonders what the power and speed is like for the feathers. As Jace thinks this Reaper feels through the connection that Jace wants to see the ability. Reaper then chirps at Jace getting him to stop.
When Jace stops he turns to Reaper and sees him jump and feathers shoot out. The Feathers were a blur to Jace and when they connected with a tree it made a massive crack. Jace inspects the tree and sees that the feathers turned horizontal when they shot out and one almost cut the tree clean through.
'That is some amazing power, but it does take a lot of mana'. Jace smiles and pets Reaper on the head which he enjoys before continuing to the safe house and going to bed.