Black, it was absolute black. Rock was in a completely different place and in this dark space his body is much lighter.
The darkness gradually dissipated before disappearing.
[+10 Mana]
This message greeted Rock as he awoke from his torpor.
Waking up from the bloody table he was on.
[+7 Mana]
[+5 Mana]
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These mana increases were possible because two other similar cores could be found on a brown fox and a wolf that the system detected although slightly smaller than the previous one.
After this rich and consistent meal Rock returned to his cave stealthily.
In front of the cave he slowed down and stood in a dark corner to think about how to use this mana.
With this new amount of mana he thought he should increase his body size.
To do this, he picked up some of the stone fragments on the ground, integrating them into his body by circulating his mana.
[-4 Mana]
[-2 Mana]
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Climbing with his larger limbs on the walls of the cave he found some rocks with tiny crystals slightly illuminating the place.
He named them "Crystal of Lumen". He integrated some of them inside his body to watch the changes of these crystals later.
KKKrrriiii
Kkkrrriiii
Squeaks echoed through the cave. Spreading into the darkness quickly.
From the darkness a group of Rats emerged. These rats are special they are cave rats a variant of rats. These cave rats are rats that have evolved to adapt to caves and underground. They have vision that allows them to see in the dark and have strong claws that allow them to dig into the rock over long periods of time.
This group runs at full speed in fear. Seemingly running away from something dangerous.
GGGGrrrr
With a muffled grunt, a figure appeared, moving on four legs just behind the rats.
The group, like all groups panicked by death, has decided to separate from the weakest one, hoping that this one will be able to delay even a short time to give them a chance of survival.
The pursuer looks at the fleeing group before rushing at the Lone Rat, pouncing on him.
The Lone Ranger panics and runs in all directions trying to delay his kill, turning from right to left to smother his pursuer.
The Predator runs after the rat, gets angry, screams, loses patience and jumps on the rat again.
When he lands he feints a jump and leaps, the rat rolls to the side but looks at his enemy with fear, he tries to get up but before he has time to do so his enemy leans on the wall right behind him to jump on him.
Catching the Rat nailed to the ground with his mouth. He doesn't move anymore.
The Rat feeling his last hour coming bites the nose of his attacker. Making him bleed and his attackers releasing him in the stride.
The weak one will take refuge in-extremis in a small crack between the rocks.
The Predator tries to catch the rat with his claws, to scrape and enlarge the entrance where the rat is.
Koic, koic,
A series of screams reaches his ears. He turns around and heads in the direction of the screams.
When he arrived at the place, a giant web blocked his way. In this web is the rest of the group of Rats of the Caverns which agitates. From the ceiling, a batch of spiders the size of a fist falls towards the victims caught in the web.
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