He’d heard that this squirrel would certainly be colorful, but this was certainly one way to start your life. The squirrel was perhaps the most beautiful squirrel he’d ever seen, as weird as that sounded, with what seemed to be the glossiest coat he’d ever seen, and just the bushiest tail ever. He was mostly grey, as many squirrels are, though streaks of red ran through his coat.

A shame that’s all ruined by the sneer on the brats’ face.

“Beautiful aren’t I, ya bleached lizard” boasted the squirrel. “I suppose, I’m more curious about your stats.” No point in giving him satisfaction. That train of thought sadly goes down the train though, as his stats are…

Species: Screecher squirrel

Bloodlines: Ratatoskr(active) Screecher squirrel (active)

Level: 1/100

Health:600/600

Spd: 120

ATK: 80

Mana: 200/200

Def: 160

Skills: Mock, shriek, sharpen, gnaw, erode, camouflage, tail whip

… Better than his. Admittedly, those skills didn’t seem to be anything that major, but what really bothered Richards was that the squirrel’s stats were amazing. They were greater than his, and only at level one too. “Being a demigod has it’s perks huh’ thought Richards. The squirrel gave him a look that told him it knew everything. He chose to ignore it and move on.

First up the blood tick.

Species: Blood tick

Bloodline: Blood Tick(active)

Level: 2/25

Health: 32

Spd:21

ATK:24

Mana: 22/22

Def: 80

Skills: blood bond, body fortified, greater strength, berserk rage, mana leech,

Richard raised his eyebrow as he realized something. “System why did defense just show up?”

[The system is still currently updating and thus certain things may be patched, changed or added in response to the new world]

‘Mind giving me some examples of the changes in the system? I mean this defense stat already seems like a big change.’

You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.

[Of course. The system is still new to this world, so it must restructure itself and prepare accordingly as we gather more info on the beings that inhabit this world without stepping on the toes of higher beings. The system is considering group chats, trade system, low level quests, and world maps. Players who are not monster reincarnations must also be considered. The system may also have to adapt in response to the introduction of player zero, who is known for his antics]

Richards could see why the system was in need of changes and taking its time to do so. Communication, trading and maps are things that are heavily monitored. Adventurers need maps and better maps could easily change an expedition and save someone’s life. Communication via magic may be becoming more popular but it’s also become heavily monitored. It’s also not completely accessible as Richard heard from merchants and adventurers passing by back then that only larger cities and major places of trade seemed to have free magic communication, if they had any at all. The system, offering demigod eggs and the truths of this world, making evolution easier, was going to start offering communication and trading and world maps? Human players could alone get access to what the system offered and create all hell on earth. “Please take your time with that” pleaded Richards.

[Of course. The system is doing it’s best to innovate without throwing the whole board over. That’s how one gets in over their head]

Fair enough. If the system worried about overturning the world, then it’d also worry about cleaning house too. “Alright then, the skills of the blood tick if you will please.”

[Of course]

[Blood bond: your level is the blood tick’s level, and when you reach the evolutionary stage, so will the blood tick. You may level slower as the result of the siphoning, but ultimately you will benefit from this in the long run. Any bloodline the host gains, the blood tick may end up absorbing, affecting its own evolutionary path, even if it alone could never use such bloodlines]

[Body fortified: the blood tick’s defense and health are yours, and are through your bond added to your defense and health.]

[Greater strength: The blood tick’s strength is your strength, and through your bond are added to your strength.]

[ Berserk rage: for five minutes the host may enter an enraged mode, gaining a 15 percent increase in strength, but lose 5 percent in defense and 5 percent in speed during the rage.]

[Mana leech: as an investment, the blood tick has potential. Currently however, it is a leech. Its mana is taken from yours.]

Richard did feel a bit sad to know his mana would go down as a result of having a blood tick. But on the other hand, he was quite happy to hear that he would receive a buff in strength, speed, health, and this new defense.

As for the Octopulse:

Species: Octopulse

Bloodline: Kraken(dormant) Octopulse(active)

Level: 1/50

Health: 150/150

Spd: 40

ATK: 100

Mana: 500/500

Def: 20

Skills: Flash, camouflage, hypnotize, wring, ink blast, fog

And the Octopulse was certainly a different story from the other two. Then again, they were all quite different than one another. Unlike everyone else, it had a low speed, but looking at its tentacles, he could take a guess as to why it had such a low speed, though would the tentacles move slow on their own? The defense was low, but it was an octopus, and rather elastic at that. But its mana.

That was a whole other story. 500 mana and 100 attack, with mana far outpacing his ad attack was great too. Shame it didn’t do much with so few skills. None of them were outright attacks, but they would act as good distractions of course. The ability wasn’t great, but the Octopulse seemed smart enough to use its abilities, and that would be acceptable.

Richard had wondered why the Octopulse was lacking in size, considering it said the Octopulse had kraken blood in it, but seeing the dormant sign seemed to indicate the bloodline was inactive. It was something he could live with.

Ignoring the squirrel’s face (probably better that way) Richard looked in a certain direction, where another rat had been squeezing through, unable to escape his nose. Normally, it would have just been another rat, but today, today it would be his very unfortunate test subject.

A poor critter shivered as if something had just written out its death. It then ran forward like all its brethren, believing it would be the first to clear out this threat, much like the others.