Meanwhile, a parasite was currently going through enlightenment.
What… what is this? This is amazing! The leech thought in his leech language.
All his life, all he had done was eat. He had consumed the lifeblood of other beings in a simple attempt to survive. And for what? Another day in this horrible hellscape?
His life had lacked joy from the very day he was born. Everyday, he consumed the levels of other stronger beings. He had never been strong enough to slay another being and claim experience that way.
But that taste. It was like a man who had eaten shit all his life was given a bite of a cheeseburger. He didn’t care what he had to do.
He had to get another bite of it. He realized another meaning to life: not just survival, but joy as well.
But when he tried to take another bite, there was nothing to eat. The boy had no levels left to give. Yes, the boy had other things that the leech could consume, but those were being protected by something that even the leech feared.
A great depression fell on the leech. He had been given a glance at heaven, and told he would never enter.
The leech swore to end his own life when given the chance. Except… not all hope was lost, was it?
If the boy just… leveled up again, he could consume another level.
It was impossible. The leech himself had seen many of his brethren slain when they remained too long in the body of a larger being.
But what hope was there in this life without another bite of that figurative cheeseburger? He had to try. For if he did not try, only the system knew what he would do in his despair.
Simon tentatively extended a hand and pet the leech. “There, there.”
The leech writhed beneath his hand, interpreting it as an attack. It was confused about his words though.
All beings connected to the system could understand Common. Thus, the leech understood the boy was trying to comfort him. But for what reason? It must be a trick! The devious bastard! The boy must be planning to eat him!
Meanwhile, Simon was having a different thought. He had already been warned of the consequences of “messing with the system” but since his favor with them was [Negative Infinity], he was pretty sure that what he had in mind wasn’t going to have problems. There was nowhere to go but up!
The crux of his plan was this: surely the [Parasite Charm] mutation had to have a use, right? So what was stopping him from using it as some kind of taming skill?
Could he have an army of parasite minions at his disposal? That wouldn’t be… his dream ability, but he would take what he got.
“Weird parasite thing… will you be my pet?”
Simon thought it was fine that it had consumed his one level. It wasn’t like it had even messed with his stats, so he didn’t see an issue.
The parasite looked at him, unbelieving. Surely my luck can’t be this good, it thought in its weird leech language.
It made a squeak of agreement.
Congratulations! You have attained a new familiar: [entity_leech_unnamed]. Error! Unknown familiar type detected! Until familiar is fully analyzed, it will not be allowed to level up.
Please name your familiar!
“Hmm… a name?”
The leech squeaked with happiness. It had never imagined this could ever happen. With its squeaks, it tried to convey the most amazing name it had ever known: Krallidar, the name of the Demon King that resided in this world.
Meanwhile, Simon fell deep into pondering. His first familiar deserved a regal name. One of grace and style.
“I think I’ll call you Leechikins!”
The leech stared at him, horrified. How could this be? It took a small solace at the knowledge that the system would never accept such a ridiculous name-
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Confirmed! Your familiar is now named [Leechikins].
“Yes! I can’t wait to tell you all about me, Leechikins!”
The leech stared at the floating blue screen with dull horror as it realized that he was now known as… Leechikins. I want to scream, but I lack basic vocal cords, he thought with his silly leech language.
“Alright Leechikins, let’s go hunt some monsters!”
Simon began by breaking off a stick off of one of the burning trees. He smacked it with his already bleeding hand. This led to a great deal of pain and screaming, but also a burning stick!
He thrust his hand into the water, trying to put the fire out. His hand stayed on fire. He screamed some more.
Congratulations! You have developed a new mutation: [Lesser Hellfire Resistance].
[Lesser Hellfire Resistance] (Common)
This mutation grants a basic resistance to hellfire! Keyword is resistance, not immunity. This is a pretty common mutation gained from burning yourself with hellfire. Fun fact: hellfire cannot be dispelled without either:
* Love’s true kiss (impossible for a virgin like you)
* A blessing ability of common rank or higher
* Or just beating the shit out of whatever burnt you until it dispels the hellfire or just dies
Quick reminder: you’re a fucking loser.
Great. Wonderful. “Leechikins, I don’t suppose you love me in a non-platonic sense?”
Indignant squeaking could be heard. Guess that’s a no. Can I kill a tree?
Simon eyed the burning tree. He thought of how much more hellfire he would get on his body trying to cut it down without any tools. Maybe after I get more leech familiars…
Until then, it was burning hand time. Simon grabbed the burning stick by his burning hand, waltzing over to the pond. He waited until he saw another of those goddamn fire piranhas before striking.
Using the stick like a harpoon, he stabbed down, ending the budding life of a fire piranha. Oh, if only he had known of the dreams that piranha had, his wish to be a flamenco dancer despite lacking legs.
Well, knowing Simon, he probably would laugh and then kill it.
You have slain [Fire Piranha]!
You gained 2200 xp!
2200/100 xp needed for level two.
Congrats! You have reached level two!
Overflow xp has been discarded due to your level cap.
You gained 3 free points!
Awe filled Simon. He’d leveled up. Again. Despite his level cap being two, despite being destined to level up once, he’d leveled up twice. And he’d gotten the benefits of it both times.
Leechikins squeaked with delight, chowing down on the new level.
[Leechikins] is attempting to consume your stats!
[Leechikins] consumed your level! [Leechikins] is unable to consume your other stats due to [Point Preservation]
Simon grinned. The system could try to stop him, but it would only fail. He quickly poured all the points into willpower, because the pain of his hand was starting to become too much.
[Simon]
Lvl: 1
Str: 4
Agl: 6
Con: 6
Wis: 6
Int: 12
Wil: 5
Skills:
[Point Preservation]
Mutations:
[Parasite Charm]
[Lesser Hellfire Resistance]
Simon frowned as the pain didn’t go away. Well, he’d never really understood how willpower ever worked, so he supposed that made sense. The pain was… easier to bear, he supposed?
Error! Error! System has detected an exploit!
Oh shut up.
Attempting to rectify exploit… removing cheated stats…
Error! Rectification has been prevented by [Point Preservation].
Query: what should be done about this dumbass [User Simon]?
Processing…
3
2
1
Conclusion: [User Simon] will be restricted to only using one familiar.
Query: are further repercussions needed for this fucking idiot whose fucking parents never should have met known as [User Simon] needed?
Processing…
3
2
1
Conclusion: the experience points that [User Simon] gives upon defeating will be forcefully altered from 200 to 5,000,000,000.
Extra rule: all system registered beings within [Ruby] will be notified of this experience point modification as well as know his location at all times.
Wait, what? Everything… in this world? Everything in the world knows I give five billion experience?
It was then that Simon realized his first mistake. He did not check the depth of the pond.
A massive piranha the size of truck-kun bit the entire left side of his body off.
[You have died]