Day 1
I woke up to a ringing in my ear? and a blue screen in front of my face. It was full of columns of strange, shifting shapes. They looked like an unstable alien alphabet, clearly containing meaning, but never the same meaning for long. I watched, mesmerized, as the letters morphed, and the columns turned to rows, until they eventually settled into something I could recognize. English, with my name near the top.
Due to being 100% compatible with body, Bloodsucker has been upgraded.
Name:
Gender: Male
Level: 0/5
Experience: 0/5
Age: 0 days
Expected Lifespan: 10 days
Race: Mosquito(Tier 0)
Stats:
Health: 1/1
Mana: 0/0
Strength: 0 .1
Agility: 0.2
Dexterity: 0.1
Intelligence: 100
Constitution: 0.05
Charisma: 1
Skills:
Bloodsucker+1(Lv 1)
Traits:
Blood Born
Super Fertile
Well, those are stats. And if I do say so myself I may be dead sooner rather than later. 10 days to live, if I even last that long. How do mosquitoes do it back on Earth? They just mate then die, right? Maybe I should look for a mate. Where even am I? At that thought, the screen slowly faded from view, and I saw the world around me for the first time.
I was surrounded by an ocean of red. All around me there were ripples in the ocean, from each one I saw a mosquito rising from red, the sun glistening off the droplets stuck on their bodies. One by one, they took off into the sky, and flew off into the distance.
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That looks so cool. Why did I ever want to be a vampire? Mosquitoes are so cool. I bet my skill is OP too, unique should be good, right? Alright let’s see it. System! What’s my skill do?
Please select skill to inspect
I only have one… Are you trying to mock me? Whatever, what does Bloodsucker do?
Bloodsucker+1(Lv 1):
Gain experience from consuming the blood of creatures, and when enough blood of a single species has been consumed, gain a random skill from their species.
+1 Can store 10x more blood. Blood is digested 30x faster.
Now this, this is what I call OP! HA! HAHAHAHAHA! I am a god! I will be a mosquito overlord! Nobody shall stop my triumphant rise! Except maybe fly swatters, or hands, or anything that can hit me… Alright, maybe there are a few kinks to work out, like that 10-day lifespan, but it’ll be fine! I’ll just get an eternal youth skill… In ten days… Whatever. These will be the best 10 days of my life! Or would it be my death? Wait… Hmmm.
As I stood contemplating whether or not this was considered the afterlife, I saw something from the corner of my eye. I saw my brother? sister? I’ll figure it out eventually, disappear. They were there for one second, and a flash of blue later and they were gone. Before I could figure out what was happening. A new screen popped up in my face.
NEW QUEST AVAILABLE!!
Survive the Swarm of Birds!
Success:
Survive until the swarm of birds has passed or have died.
Failure:
Death
Reward(s):
* 1 Common Skill
Accept Quest(Y/N)?
What the fuck?!?! Birds! I was just born! How am I supposed to survive a swarm of birds! They are practically built to kill mosquitoes! Oh, and wait, I accept! It’s not like I have any choice in the matter… I had to do this quest anyways.
All around me birds were picking mosquitoes out of the air one by one. Those who died got lucky, for it was better than the one that lived. Some managed to partially dodge the birds’ attacks, but never completely. Those who dodged always lost at least half their body and fell back down into the ocean. They came crashing down, twitching, and falling on the ocean. It was a massacre. It was war.
So, I did what all good soldiers do, I booked it. I started flapping my wings, only to realize one crucial mistake; I didn’t know how to fly! I struggled, flapping one wing then the other, but it was to no avail. So, I tried the next best thing, and luckily for me it was something I had practice with. I ran. I mean, it was a little different from running as a human, having six legs and not being on solid ground didn’t help. But I did pretty good if I do say so myself. I stumbled at a pace akin to a crawling baby. Wait, a crawling baby it was the size of mosquito, whatever.
Slowly but surely, I made it out of the death zone. With mosquitos dying all around me, I prayed to the mosquito god to help me survive this, I was just reborn, I didn’t need to die already. I just wanted to find a mate. Eventually, after what felt like hours, I heard the ding that warned me of my impending doom.
Quest “Survive the Swarm of Birds!” Completed
Reward(s):
* Common Skill Fly(Lv 1)
That would have been useful earlier.
Thanks to actions taken during quest, additional reward(s) obtained.
* Common Skill Pray(Lv 1)
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