As I'm falling, i can hear the air passing by my ears. I slowly open my wings and start to glide.
'I should look for monsters I can fight. Something lower level then the poisonspeed wolf, the only reason I wan against him was that poisonspeed wolves are agility and effects based fighters so they don't have much defensive skills and they didn't notice me attacking the or they would have dodged my attack.'
As I scan the ground for monsters I can spot a few that are hunting.
'I should probably wait until I find 2 monsters that are already fighting So I can just finish them off.'
As i glide I can finally see 2 monsters in the middle of fighting. I float slowly in circles above them waiting for an opportunity. And after one of the monsters got a good hit against the other and making it clear who would win I dive.
20 meters.
10 meters.
I used space manipulation to change where my claws are going to hit to the back of the skull of the winning monster.
CRUNCH!
The neck of the beast can't stop my momentum and reaps apart most of the insides of the nest.
As the monster crumbles under me the second monster understands that I'm a flying creature and that they can't outrun me, so it does the second best option and attacks me. I try to use space manipulation again but I can't concentrate. So the monster manages to get a hit in, its just a glancing hit to one of my wings but it'll probably still make me unable to fly for a few days.
I managed to use space manipulation to make one of my attacks scratch across both of its eyes.
I quickly get away from the now blindly swinging beast.
Now I just need to wait until it dies from blood loss.
As i wait I find somewhere where it's harder to see me. Just in case of other monsters. After 20 minutes of waiting for the monster to die I decide to look through the system messages i got.
LVL UP!
You have killed a LVL 19 earthdrek!
For killing an enemy 10 LVLs above you you get bonus XP.
You are now LVL 11!
Level 11 huh. I suppose getting to level 10 is easy but I'm a bit surprised I got to level 11 since it gets harder to level up every 10 levels.
For reaching LVL 10 as a half dragon (space) you can pick one of 3 skills.
- Space slam
- light bend camouflage
- identify
Beware, some skills will be permanently lost if you do not pick them.
Space slam description:
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Stretch space around you and then let it go to produce a wave of force that hits everything without care for any physical barriers.
Light bend camouflage description:
Bend space around you in just the right way to make light bend around you without reflecting off of you.
Identify description:
Instead of running blindly into battle you can see your enemy's LVL and decide then.
'ok, decision time. Space slam is a good attack spell however, I'm not in real need for an attack spell. the other two skills are a lot more useful. if Light bend camouflage can be active while I'm sleeping it'll be incredibly useful And identify is one of the most useful low level skills for a monster hunter.'
In the end, I chose identify because if I need to sleep, I can just partially berry myself for camouflage.
For getting to LVL 11 from LVL 9 you get:
+ 3 strength
+ 3 wisdom
+ 6 agility
+ 1 intelligence
+ 2 perception
'Ok, wow, I guess level ups above 10 really do give a lot of stats points. Let's look at my stats' "status"
Name: Ifar Krakin Rase: half dragon (space) LVL: 11 Skills: space manipulation, identify Achievements: Aim high
'19 levels to go before my Evolution.'
I look at were brother's egg rolled to but I can't find it.
'theres a mountain in the way!'
I thought of flying to the top of a mountain to check on it but even if my wing wasn't broken, but this mountain, unlike the previous mountain I flew to the top of, this one doesn't have a nest with food at the peak. I'll lose to much energy if I tried flying to the peak I'll and be to hungry to hunt for more.
'I guess I can identify the bleeding monster.'
I look out from my hole to see said monster has fainted from blood loss. "Identify"
LVL 15 rage bear
'Level 15, huh? I probably won't get a level from its death.'
I get out of my hole and prepare to finish the monster off.
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???'s point of view.
I feel something hard to my right, I tried biting it, it felt like the right thing to do.
Something broke and I fell out. Other than the faint sound of liquid sloshing from my egg i was in complete and utter silence.
•
A day passed, not that I knew what a day was. I was just born after all.
*Tunk, tunk, tunk*
Something was getting closer to me.
"YO RONALD, COME HERE AND LOOK WHAT I FOUND!" I heard an incredibly loud barking noise.
"I'm coming, I'm coming no need to shout." A different, less loud barking noise came from somewhere else.
"Holy hell, You found a baby half dragon. Poor girl, her parents probably abandoned her." The second voice said.
"I heard that you and your wife were looking to adopt a kid, do you want to adopt her?" The first loud noise said, now less loudly.
"Maybe, half dragons have a mental head start, it will certainly be easier." The second voice said.
"Good thing we found her on our patrol then" the first voice said.
I felt something lift me up. I was too hungry to resist. It was gentle and I fell asleep.
•
Waking up, I smelled something Incredible. Something opened my mouth and put the only thing I've ever eaten in my mouth.
End of chapter 2