You have chosen the following affinities and proficiencies:
[WATER] – 40%
[AIR] – 40%
[LIGHTNING] – 50%
[LIGHT] – 10%
[NATURE] – 10%
[MENTAL] – 5%
[NULL] – 5%
[SPACE] – 20%
[GRAVITY] – 20%
You have chosen to sacrifice 3 Skill Points and the following Skills: [HIKING], [TRACKING], [STARTLE], [RANGED COMBAT], [PIERCE], [ENHANCED VOICE], [DETECT WEAK POINT].
Would you like to confirm your selection?
[Y/N]
After confirming there was a rush of power and then he could use his body again. Opening his eyes, the [JUVENILE HORNED RABBIT] heard something he wasn’t expecting.
*DING*
[LEVEL UP] You have reached Level 6.
[LEVEL UP] You have reached Level 7.
[LEVEL UP] You have reached Level 8.
24 Attribute points have been distributed according to the natural inclinations of your race.
You have 6 Skill points and 6 Attribute points to distribute manually.
Confused for a moment the bunny eventually realised that these levels came from the kill of the dungeon boss. They hadn’t come through before because of his evolution. He was a bit miffed as he wouldn’t get to spend the skill points on his proficiency. Calming down he understood that you couldn’t just put evolutions on hold to gain more levels. That would be an incredible cheat. All well. Looking at the notifications again he realised both the Skill and Attribute points he had received had doubled. “Nice! Must be a perk of the evolution.”
Thinking on it the rabbit monster decided to save his Skill points while putting two attribute points into [VITALITY] and four into [PERCEPTION]. He only had three attributes still under ten and he wanted to get all his attributes to at least that point before he even started to think about min maxing. Survivability came first. With that in mind he looked over his screen to view his stats and skills.
[STATUS]
KIND: [MONSTER]
RACE: [JUVENILE HORNED RABBIT]
SEX: [MALE]
AGE: 0
[UNNAMED]
TITLE: [KNIGHT]
[LEVEL 8]
STR – 11
VIT – 4
AGI – 14
DEX – 12
CON – 12
INT – 23
WIS – 4
Stolen story; please report.
CHA – 20
PER – 4
MAGICAL AFFINITIES:
[WATER] – 40%
[AIR] – 40%
[LIGHTNING] – 50%
[LIGHT] – 10%
[NATURE] – 10%
[MENTAL] – 5%
[NULL] – 5%
[SPACE] – 20%
[GRAVITY] – 20%
Unspent Skill Points: 6
Skills:
[GUIDANCE] – Level 1
[ULTRASOUND] – Level 2
[COMBAT DANCE] – LOCKED
[PANOPTIC VISION] – Level 2
[SONIC SCREAM] – LOCKED
[REFLECT] – LOCKED
[SLEEPING BEAUTY] – Level 2
[STEALTH] – Level 2
[FARSIGHT] – Level 2
[INVESTIGATE] – Level 1
[ENHANCED PRECOGNITION] – Level 2
[ACCELERATED PERCEPTION] – Level 1
[DODGE] – LOCKED
[MINOR TELEPORT] – Level 1
[IMPACT] – LOCKED
[REGENERATION] – LOCKED
[SURVIVE] – LOCKED
[PAIN RESISTANCE] – Level 3
[CONFIDENCE] – Level 2
[CLEANSE] – Level 2
[AURA RESISTANCE] – Level 2
[DIG] – Level 9
[POISON RESISTANCE] – Level 6
[MAGIC SHIELD] – Unlocked
[SAVE THE DAY] – Unlocked
“Alright I have a much better chance of surviving now” he thought. Taking in his surroundings the bunny saw that all his brothers and sisters were playing around their family’s part of the burrow. Knowing he needed to think of his next steps he decided to save that decision making for later. Jumping forward he began to tumble around with his siblings, pulling on their ears and running away or getting his tail play bit and chasing after the sibling that dared to provoke him. With his higher level he always won. But it was a fun way to pass the time. Besides sleeping this was the first time he had actually begun to enjoy his new life. After a few hours they all fell in a heap around their mother exhausted. While the rest of them fell into slumber Mother nudged. “You evolved baby.”
“Yes Mother, I hunted earlier and gained many levels.”
“Baby strong?”
“Yes, much stronger, I’ll help my siblings get stronger too”
“Good baby”
With that, Mother settled in to rest with her children. “Hmmm, how strong are my siblings anyway, I know we can gain some levels through growth but that way is much slower and probably stops once we become fully grown” he thought. Pursuing that thought he decided to look through the skill shop. Now that he had evolved there were quite a few more options. After some searching the prize was found.
Available Skills:
[IDENTIFY] – 10 Skill Points
[APPRAISAL] – 15 Skill Points
[EYE OF THE BEHOLDER] – 30 Skill Points
They were some pretty expensive skills, at least for his current level. For now, his goal was [IDENTIFY].
Once again stealthily teleporting out of the heap the little rabbit went to go get those extra skill points. Hopping along he had decided to join the fight against the frogs. How hard could it be now that he had some levels under his belt? Then another thought struck. Magic! How had he forgotten that he could use magic now? Ah right, playing. With a thought he tried spreading his mana throughout his body. It felt like he was going in the right direction but it felt a little off. First, it felt like he shouldn’t be handling his mana all at once. Like there were separate strings that didn’t want to be bunched together. Like separate… affinities… ooohhh. Second it felt like he was channelling the magic wrong. In his first attempt he tried to circle the mana throughout his whole body without much thought. But doing that, especially on the first try seemed… gluggy and inefficient. He felt that channelling mana through different parts of the body would have different effects. So, he stopped to test it with just one of the strands, this one felt like water. Water affinity should be safe for testing, right?
Channelling through arteries and veins improved his blood flow, making him feel lighter and healthier. Focusing on his nervous system made his senses shoot to new heights and made his reaction times quicker. When the mana seeped through his muscles, he immediately felt stronger, like he could kick a boulder and it would shatter. Finally, he carefully circulated mana through his brain, screwing this up was not an option. He didn’t want to accidentally kill himself. Focusing on the different parts of his brain he slowly channelled the mana. After the first cycle he felt like he was Einstein on cloud nine. And with the next few cycle that feeling increased exponentially. With his mind razor sharp he inspected his entire body and then realised with his new brainpower he could control the channelling effortlessly. Discarding all prior caution all at once he was suddenly lighter and healthier, his senses heightened and reaction times increased, strength flowed through his muscles and to top it all off he directed the mana to flow through the areas he had missed including organs. His mind wasn’t even fully occupied with all this. Calculating the steady loss of mana and the efficiency with which it was being used he came to the conclusion that so long as he didn’t use any skills this state could last up to five hours. Great!
While focusing he had closed his eyes to better concentrate. Opening them he viewed some new messages.
*DING*
Skill: [MANA CONTROL] granted.
*DING*
[MANA CONTROL] has reached Level 1
*DING*
Skill: [MANA BODY] granted.
*DING*
[MANA BODY] has reached Level 1
…
*DING*
[MANA CONTROL] has reached Level 5
*DING*
[MANA BODY] has reached Level 3
Amazing! He was really happy with this progress. Time to get some monsters to bugger off from his family’s pond.