It's been a few days of eating sheep and goats, but it would be nice if I could cook them. Sadly I don't know how to start a fire.

Throwing the rocks I bashed together to the side I went to the water to eat. When I arrived at the river I couldn't find much for food but I did find two campsites.

How did they get here already? It took a long time for them to get here last time and they're chasing away my food source.

I quickly try to move away and I get far but I wasn't looking where I was going. Soon enough I bump into something metal. Looking up I see nothing but a suit of armor that's looking back and the next thing I know is I'm being picked up. I try to generate a few different limbs to free myself by cutting through but the armor is too strong and the grip is unrelenting. Going for my next resort I aim for the slits in the helmet and my shot hits something but it was right before it went through. I keep trying things but to no avail even my magic did nothing. Getting more and more desperate I try everything I can think of but still nothing. I give up when I see the camp now waiting for what will happen next.

Soon enough I got set down then poked and prodded even at the spot I was kicked. After a while the poking stopped and I was left with no feeling. Getting curious I generated ears inside to keep them hidden.

A man's voice is the first thing I hear he had an annoyed tone.

"I swear it was fighting my grip like a mad man. It even aimed for my eyes."

The next was another man that sounded more in charge.

"I can't play these games with you. It had no response at an injury spot."

The conversion went back and forth for a long time until another voice joined in. I recognized the voice but the last time I heard it was in my head. Instantly I prepare my body to run. The first thing I do is look for an exit. I'm in a tent which means I can bust through a wall now I just need to get ready to sprint.

"Hmm that looks like and even has a dent in it."

As soon as she turns around I'll make a break for it. It took a while of being poked and prodded again but she did turn around. When she did I shot to the edge of the tent and tried to cut through. Nothing happened and my claw just glided along it.

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The leader's voice shouted.

"It moved, get it!"

Instantly I changed my plan to exiting through the front which was being blocked by the guy in armor. Just as I went to sprint forward the feeling of dread hit me. In an instant my desperation grew.

"Turn that aura off!"

The two men shouted at the same time but it was two late that gave me a chance to get out. Not wasting a single second I ran past the leader guy and shot under the armor dude. Although I was free and didn't want to waste a moment, I couldn't help but notice a fire with food cooking. In an instant I grabbed the food and ran ducking behind trees and bushes. As I ran I heard one more thing.

"Damn thing stole my boar!"

Haha your food is now mine, maybe don't just kidnap a monster without planning to lose something.

Getting back to my safe area I enjoyed this victory with the food I got. I enjoyed every bite and the taste is exquisite compared to what I've been eating. I also took a moment to relax and calm down.

"Skill is ready to evolve."

Oh? I hope it's something good.

Looking at the skill my excitement turns into disappointment. The skill that's ready is master taster. I poke it hoping for something useful and to my surprise there are a few good ones. I even found metal forming shell. Isn't that at the same evolution? I look at my skills and find it and it is. Not wanting to choose just yet I look around a bit more and make a list of skills.

Looking through the menu took a long time considering there were a lot more than last time but a lot of them seem useless to me. Ignoring the useless ones my options are one of the element eaters like fire, metal forming shell because I'm curious, and lastly nutrius eater it just means I get more out of meals. I actually thought about the choices and what benefits they could give. The metal forming shell sounds cool but I already have it. Nutrius eater would be nice but isn't needed. Now out of the four options I think air would be the best.

I click on the skill and confirm.

[{Skill pas}

< novice element air eater : (lv : 1) (rank : 1) (evo : 1) : the user can eat small amount mana in the air type area >]

Seeing that evolution is still one, it answered a few questions. Yet I have another question. Why did it not evolve before trance?

"Skills may have different experience requirements per level along with a lot of different factors that depend on both the person and system."

Well if that's complicated I wont worry about it for now. I look through my menu to see the difference in level and I also master taster is still there. So skills might not be deleted every time. I continue to look through the menu and find skills that weren't there before even a title changed to very lucky. Wanting to give my head a break I close the menu and fall asleep.