"Where am I?"
I'm low to the ground and I'm surrounded by grass. I start to look at my body but I get stopped when I heard.
-System boot up-
-Welcome to the world of Adertheria-
-We'll be starting the tutorial-
-Please examine your 'Status' by intention-
"What is that in my head. Whatever 'Status' ."
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-Name: Ash- Race: Lesser Akivera Beetle- Level: 1-
-Status-
--Health: 5
--Mana: 5
Constitution: 1.3
Strength: 1.2
Agility: 1.3
Intelligence: 1.1
Wisdom: 1.1
Dexterity: 1.1
-Intrinsic Skills-
--Poisoned Fluids--Flying--
-Skills-
--Armor Technique--Body Control--Detection--
-Titles-
--Reincarnated One--
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What is this? I'm not human, clearly. I became a bug, an insect. What am I supposed to do?
-Completed 'part one' of the tutorial-
-Please use detection to find an enemy-
For now, I'll obey. How do I use Detection? Oh, never mind. Just thinking about it makes it works. Found one.
-Please fly to it and begin a combat sequence-
Oh, Flying is so cool! Let's go! Wai...WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT! It is a wolf with tentacles covering it. One of the tentacles attack me but I dodge.
-Enemy stronger than anticipated... error... Please retreat-
I don't think it is going to let me. For now, I'll try to kill it with poison. It takes another swing at me and I use this chance to approach. I cover my fangs is some poison fluid and take a bite. Then I retreat when I'm attacked again. This is going to be an endurance battle. I somehow understand how effective my poison is.
-Enemy stronger than anticipated... error... Please retreat-
-Dealt one point of poison damage. You have poisoned the target, it will take 10 damage per second for 10 seconds-
-Dealt one point of poison damage. You have poisoned the target, it will take 10 damage per second for 10 seconds-
-Dealt one point of poison damage. You have poisoned the target, it will take 10 damage per second for 10 seconds-
-Dealt one point of poison damage. You have poisoned the target, it will take 10 damage per second for 10 seconds-
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I dodge, approach, bite, retreat, rinse and repeat for two hours until he starts getting groggy. This is truly a boss fight comparable to fighting Dark Souls final boss at level one with bare hands. In another ten minutes, he falls. He is not dead only knocked out.
-Enemy stronger than anticipated... error... Please retreat-
-Enemy stronger than -
"Silence."
I go to his throat and inject as much poison as possible. I would try to change the poison but I'm not sure if it'd work. This is not earth but so I don't know if the poisons or even the chemistry will work the same.
-Gained 1000000000 experience-
-Reached level 100 saving excess experience-
-Gained Titles : Underdog, Hero, Demon King, One Who Overcame The Odds, Pest, One Who Overcomes the Difference, Poison King, !@#$%^$$, etc.-
-Gained unique skills : Untouchable, -
-Gained intrinsic skills : Poison Body, Carapace of Poison-
-Gained skills : Avoidance, Poison Boost, Poison Conditioning, Focus, Meditation, Harden, Poison Shot-
-Gained 10050 Skill Points-
-Would you like to 'evolve'?-
"No, I'll check my status then think about it. 'Status'."
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-Name: Ash- Race: Lesser Akivera Beetle- Level: 100-
-Status-
--Health: 15
--Mana: 15
Constitution: 5.6
Strength: 5.4
Agility: 14.9
Intelligence: 5
Wisdom: 5
Dexterity: 6.8
-Unique Skills-
--Untouchable--
-Intrinsic Skills-
--Poisoned Fluids--Flying--Poison Body--Carapace of Poison--
-Skills-
--Armor Technique--Body Control--Detection--Avoidance--Poison Boost--Poison Conditioning--Focus--Meditation--Harden--Poison Shot--
-Skill points : 10050-
-Titles-
--Reincarnated One--Underdog--Hero--Demon King--One Who Overcame The Odds-- Pest--One Who Overcomes the Difference--Experience Hoarder--
--Poison King--Untouchable--The Abyss--!@#$%^$$--
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-You skipped most of the tutorial so the missed information will be uploaded-
"Aggghhhh!"
Fuck, this hurts! It feels like getting hit with an encyclopedia connected to a jackhammer. It's over, but the amount and the content of the information gathered is useful. It seems like the Akivera beetle doesn't make it to evolution often due to the fact it is really weak. At least in this forest, it's placed in the food chain is lower than most of the plants. The only thing setting apart keeping it from becoming extinct is the fact that its eggs have a lethal poison with no cure. The thing is they become a cure-all right after they lay eggs. It turns out we all reproduce asexually.
I also learned how experience is gained. It is pretty simple. It is determined by the difference in level and age. Sometimes the number of skills matter to but it is mainly for humans. Apparently, humans in this world get jobs instead of evolving. It's not only humans in this world there are also elves, dwarves, and beastmen and all the fantasy races you can imagine. They all have their own way to become stronger but I won't get into it because it's not relevant.
Evolution is the way monsters become stronger. In most cases it is predictable but more options appear as you get more titles. Let's see my evolution options after I gain a few magic skills.
Let's go for the basic mana control, mana clad, mana circulation, and body strengthening. I'll also see if I can gain more scout type skills. I activate -Meditation- so I can focus better on myself and I feel a warmth around my magic stone. I pull some of the energy from it and spread it through my body.
-Gained skill : Mana Control, Mana Detection-
I start moving it around my body then returning it to my magic stone while walking in circles.
-Gained skills : Body Strengthening, Mana circulation-
I finish by putting a small thin layer on my carapace.
-Gained skills : Mana Cladding-
-Would you like to 'evolve'?-
"Yes"