Path of Conflict:

* Witch: Focus on Magic Power and Invasion specializations.

* Swamp stalker: Focus on Mutation and Poison Body specialisation.

* Abomination: Focus on Life Force and Body affinity.

* Nightmare: Focus on Life Force, Invasion and Mutation specializations

* Lunatic: Focus on inborn skill Slightly Crazy and Invasion specialization.

Please choose carefully.>

Even though there were some descriptions, they seemed cryptic to her. What was this focus exactly? Would it make just these Stats and specializations stronger? Would it change them? She had no way of knowing.

She had to guess that "Nightmare" was her best option. It focused on three different things instead of two like the other classes. And it also focused on two specializations with different affinities.

She was kind of suspicious that the system would place something so good in front of her nose. It was a little bit scary, to be honest. What if something painful happened to her, or if her body deformed even further?

"Oh well, not that I have a chance. I guess it shouldn’t be too bad." She said to encourage herself, not believing her own words. "I choose Nightmare. But please don’t hurt me." She politely said to the system, which immediately came into action.

Sarah screamed in anger and frustration as she saw the system wishing her good luck in surviving. She already wanted to swear at the system, when the mutations hit her.

Her whole body was mutating this time. It felt like she was melting and splitting apart at the same time. But she lay still on the ground, trapped in her body that wouldn’t listen to her anymore.

Sadly, she didn’t pass out because of something like this anymore. She tried really hard, but it just didn’t work.

After some time, the agony subsided from one moment to the next. She started to suck in air, noticing only now that her body hadn’t been breathing through the whole process.

Gasping for air, she looked into the sky and spoke to the invisible system again. "I just hate you."

She started stretching and wanted to roll on her back to rest a little. But then she felt a weird kind of resistance in her head. She instinctively touched her head and felt something hard stick to it. She sprang up and tried to pull off whatever was sticking to her head. But she only managed to hurt her neck pretty badly by pulling so hard.

"What the.." she murmured as she gingerly inspected her head with her hands. There were two curved things coming out on top of her forehead. They felt very hard, and it felt like they had some kind of wavy pattern in them. They felt like horns.

Sarah pressed her lips together and muffled a frustrated groan that wanted to escape her throat. The tail wasn’t enough. Now the system had given her horns. She already felt like an animal, acted like one, and finally looked like one. Great.

"Just please don’t give me fur." She begged the system, feeling too exhausted from what happened to her to get angry again.

"Well, at least it will help me." She encouraged herself and mentally opened the status screen to look at the updates.

Details:

Level: 10

Name: Sarah Anna Fischer

Class: Nightmare

Race: Mutant

Status: Normal

HP: 145/145 SP: 40/115 MP: 20/150

Achievements:

* How the hell are you still sane?

* Poison gorger

* More than a human

Affinities:

Mind (Mid) Body (Mid) Energy (Low)

Specialisations:

Mind (2/2)

Invasion

Nerve Control

Body (2/2)

Adaptation

Mutation

Energy (0/1)

Basic Stats:

Strength: 12

Dexterity: 12

Endurance: 12

Resistance: 10

Intelligence: 21

Force: 10

Special Stats:

Magic Power: 10

Life Force: 20

Mental Power: 5

Active Skills:

Mind infiltration (Invasion): While using Magic Power, you are able to invade the mind of another being. Invasion is facilitated if the being has been poisoned by you.

Passive Skills:

Poison Body (Adaptation):

* Poison and acid resistance: You are highly resistant to various poisons and acids. (Overcoming new or stronger poisons or acids strengthens this ability)

* Walking hazard: Your body liquids are highly toxic and acidic. You are now naturally producing a strong nerve toxin and acid inside your body. Consuming new or stronger poisons and acids strengthens this ability)

* Mutated glands: toxin and acid glands are incorporated in certain mutations.

Metamorphosis (Mutation): You are able to mutate your body. The number of mutations is dependent on your Life Force. Due to your "Adaption" specialization, there will be less Life Force needed and you will have fewer limitations. Your class, "Nightmare" will influence your mutations.

* Skin:

* Dense skin (1 LF)

* Bone structure: None

* Muscles:

* Strengthened fibers (1LF): Strengthened muscle fibers. Slightly tougher and stronger.

* Brain, nerve system, and sensory organs:

* Predators eyes (1LF)

* Organs and processes:

* Magic power nourishment: Able to feed on the magic power of other beings.

* Special mutations:

* Nightmare's tail (class specific, 5LF): A long and flexible tail with an exoskeleton made out of spine-like bone segments. Can be stretched over its original length, but will leave the vulnerable muscle and sinew under the exoskeleton exposed. Poison gland incorporated into the tip.

* Nightmare’s horns (class specific, 5LF): Two large and curved horns are located on top of the forehead. Directly connected to your brain through nerve strings. Amplify mind related skills and enable them to work without direct contact. Warning: strong pain and disorientation if broken.

Suppression (Nerve Control)

Struggle (Conditional passive)

Slightly crazy

Mean eye

She gawked at the updated status screen. Her basic and special stats had increased by so much. Some of the skill descriptions had also changed slightly, but it wasn't anything dramatic. What really interested her were her two new Nightmare mutations. A poisonous tail and invading minds without even the need to touch someone?

"Yeah, I kind of get why the class is named like this." She unwillingly told the system, while stretching her body. It felt like she had been born again.

The strength, magic power, and pure vitality she felt flowing through her body were intoxicating. She was relishing the feeling and didn’t really know what she should do with this overflowing energy.

She wanted to analyze her situation more. But she felt like she would burst at any moment if she didn’t start doing something. And so she started running through the swamp.

She was more than twice as fast as she was before her level up. With a joyful scream, she jumped high into the air, grasping a low hanging branch of a tree. After dangling there for a second, she started swinging herself along it.

Like this, she jumped from tree to tree, madly laughing all the while. After some time, she grabbed a branch that felt weirdly soft.

She confusedly looked at the branch, which looked back just as confused. The branch was a snake. A big and chunky snake.

Still processing what she was holding in her hand, she slammed directly into a thick tree trunk. The heavy impact squashed the unfortunate snake between her and the hard wood.

Sarah tumbled to the ground and landed hard. Her whole body hurt, and she felt like all the air was pressed out of her. But she still had to laugh. This was just too amazing.

After some time, her body hurt a little less, and she could breathe normally again. Then she happily took a bite from the snake as a new idea popped into her head.

She was much stronger now. So something like the mutated rat wouldn’t be able to hurt her anymore. It was more the opposite, actually. With her new powers, pretty much everything she encountered thus far was nothing more than prey.

That meant that she could now explore the danger zone, where the bigger animals lived. She hoped that the exit could be found in this direction. If not, she had to start looking deeper into the swamp. Which meant she had to wade through murky water with unknown creatures waiting inside it. Just thinking about this made her shudder.

Would she find other people outside of the spatial error? Would she not be alone anymore? With a sinking feeling, she looked down at herself. She was insanely dirty and still naked. Her whole body was smeared in dirt, blood, and unidentifiable goo. Not to mention her messy hair and her visible mutations.

"I guess it would be a good idea to dress myself somehow." She murmured, trying to think about how she could make clothes.

While munching on the snake, the realization came to her. She could just skin everything she found, somehow attach it together, and then she’d have wonderful clothing. Preferably something that could cover her tail. And her horns. And her whole body. She had a lot to do.

Now she could do two things at once. Find materials for her clothes and try out her new abilities. And of course, first came her horns. It was deforming, but at least it had a good effect.

Feeling pretty smart about her new idea, she stood up. She was still chewing on the snake and started testing the horns.

In the beginning, nothing really happened. After some time, though, she started to notice numerous beings around her. They were well hidden by their camouflage techniques.

"So uh." She mumbled a bit, unsure of what to do next. "Stop living. I guess?" As soon as she sent the signal out of her horns, all the beings around her fell to the ground, motionless.

But Sarah didn’t fare so well herself. An immense vertigo terrorized her head. She tried to sit on the ground but instead just fell down, directly on her face. Her consciousness left her before she could think of anything else.