The term overseers is a strange one. There are mentions of it in a few historical texts, and it is occasionally said to be uttered by the mad. Not much is known about it, as the records found appear to contradict each other greatly. Some describe them as benevolent angels that help to make people stronger, while others say they are mischievous devils, hampering growth or trying to collapse nations whenever possible. All that is certain is that the people who mention them were all people of great power.
-Unknown Historian, Three days before death
Day 4
I decided the best course of action was to finish my meal, and then deal with my impending doom…
Bloodsucker+1 activated. Locust(Lv 1) blood(fresh) consumed. + 1 exp. 20% progress to locust skill.
And three mosquitoes later I was done. System, how much experience do I have?
Experience: 15/25
So… there’s only one way I’m gonna get that last level isn’t there… But I really don’t want to… I was finally on dry land… I’m gonna have to go back to the sea, aren’t I? This is not fair! I wanna see the world! You know what, I can’t even guarantee I will be able to live longer if I do level up. I’m gonna go exploring!
A method to increase life expectancy may appear at level 5 -Overseer Elly
…Should I be thankful for that information? Alright. So I have two options. I can either trust the cryptic message by the goddess that has done pretty much nothing but threaten and harm me… Or I could go and explore and have some fun… but if I don’t increase my life expectancy… and I die… my soul will be given to Illinois… Huh. THAT’S NOT FAIR! I WANT TO HAVE FUN! NOT SIT AROUND SOME STUPID BLOOD LAKE! GRRRRRRRRRR! WHY CAN’T SOMETHING GO MY WAY FOR ONCE!?!?!
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ALRIGHT! BACK TO THAT STUPID LAKE WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT WAIT AND SLEEP! Except… where is it? I kind of wasn’t paying attention… Hmmm. Alright! I shall go the opposite of the way the mosquitoes left! That makes sense! Yes! I shall go… sun down?
YES! SUN DOWN! OFF INTO THE UNKNOWN… Wait, the known, I've been there before! I CAN’T EVEN SAY THE LINE NOW! C’MON! Wait, I couldn’t say it before, only think it…
Off into the known…
Twenty minutes later and I came to a harrowing conclusion. I was definitely lost. I was pretty certain I had seen this football shaped rock at least three times, and how many football shaped rocks can there be, right? So… What next? Clearly my sun based navigation did not work. Perhaps I can smell it? Didn’t Blood Born do something like that? System, what does Blood Born do?
Blood Born:
Requirements - Born in a pool of blood.
Increases attunement to blood by 10%. Highlights nearby sources of blood.
Maybe it will be highlighted? System! Activate Blood Born!
Blood Born activated
Alright, so I looked around, only to see absolutely nothing was highlighted. Of course it isn’t! Why would there be an easy source of xp nearby? Yup. So, I decided there was clearly only one course of action. More loop de loop practice! So I started my loop and— WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?!?!?! IT’S SO BRIGHT! OH GOD! TURN IT OFF! PLEASE! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
Blood Born deactivated
What? Aren’t those… clouds?!?!?! WHY ARE THE CLOUDS FULL OF BLOOD!?!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD!?!?! FIRST A LAKE OF BLOOD AND NOW SOME CLOUDS!?!?! I SWEAR! THIS MAKES NO SENSE! HOW DOES BLOOD GET INTO THE CLOUDS!?!?! HAS NOBODY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW EVAPORATION WORKS?!?! IT CAN’T EVEN CARRY SALT!