I shook the mice awake with a literal explosion as the fireball impacted in their center. Three blue squares popped up imdiately.
You have killed a Small Forest mouse:
EXP 30
You have killed a Small Forest mouse:
EXP 31
You have killed a Small Forest mouse:
EXP 27
I didn’t have ti to read them, as two mice still lived. They seed to have caught so part of the blast, but they yet lived.
And they seed angry.
Good thing I was prepared for this.
As soon as they had recovered, they charged at . I feigned retreat and jumped up above the web.
Both of the mice seed to have fallen for my trap. I imagined part of the success was thanks to the fireball completely taking them by surprise.
Either way, I had two mice stuck in my stronger webs. They struggled, but I knew they were not getting out of that.
I finished them off by cutting into their necks with my strong legs.
You have killed a Small Forest mouse:
EXP 34
You have killed a Small Forest mouse:
EXP 28
Level Up!
Kealyna has reached level 6!
You have been awarded 8 EP.
I took so ti to read the ssages now that it was quiet.
It appeared that the mice had started giving reduced experience, which was quite a bit of a bumr, but I couldn’t complain. All that had still given
a level, so I was happy. There were only four levels to go until my next evolution, and I still had plenty of ti left this day to work towards it.
I did stay in the burrow for a while to recover my lost mana. In the anti, I moved the mice that were stuck in the web and laid them on their charred allies.
I also took another look at my available enhancents.
Na: Kealyna
Race: Large Purple Jumping Spider
Level: 6/10
Experience: 43/180
Evolution Points: 40
Enhancent
Cost in EP
Venom
5
Improved Magic Resistance
20
Advanced Magic Resistance
40
Jaws and Teeth
5
Improved Jaws and Teeth
10
Weak Toxin Resistance
3
Toxin Resistance
5
Improved Spider Thread
10
Advanced Spider Thread
20
Extrely Weak Ice Lance
1
Weak Ice Lance
3
Weak Physical Barrier
3
Physical Barrier
5
Language Comprehension - Human
5
Language Comprehension - Dwarven
5
Language Comprehension - Orcish
5
I’d already reduced the imnse list from before by quite a bit. I had plenty of points that I could spend on the actual spells. I decided to do just that. I got the highest level physical barrier and ice lance. I also decided to get the next level of spider thread while I was at it.
I did this over the course of several minutes, of course. I had learned my lesson.
With all those enhancents being forced upon my body, I saw the list before
shrink to a fraction of what it was before. I would have smiled at the sight if I could. It made
feel like I had accomplished sothing.
I was still slightly worried over the fact that all of these new enhancents were very much focused on offense. This evolution didn’t seem to put any emphasis on defense from physical attacks besides the barrier spell.
Speaking of barrier spell…
I cast the new level of the physical barrier that I’d just acquired and felt the ever-so-familiar magic surround and envelop my spidery body.
I could feel this one was much stronger than the previous one I had already. I would still have to be careful, but I knew I could take a few hits with this.
I tried casting the magic barrier that I knew, but its mana requirent to cast was far too high. I was going to have to rely on that showing up in my enhancent list at so point.
I finished my preparations and exited the burrow.
I then continued my hunt for experience.
Then I ran into sothing.
Or rather, it ran into .
A jumping spider, smaller than the size I’d been in my previous evolution skittered up to
and stood still. I was about to jump on it to kill it when sothing odd happened.
So kind of ‘flap’ rose from the spider’s abdon. It had all kinds of colorful patterns. Red, blue, green, and purple were all present and they reflected the sunlight, giving it a sowhat magical feel.
The spider before
raised its third set of legs up in the air and started moving from left to right.
What was it doing?
Wait a second…
This was a mating ritual, wasn’t it?
I an, the colors were beautiful and all, but I wasn’t that kind of spider.
In fact, I wasn’t a spider at all!
After observing this spider’s antics for a while, it started approaching .
How about... no?
As soon as it dared step close to , I gripped it with my pedipalp and quickly finished it off with my legs.
You have killed a Brown Jumping Spider:
No experience was earned.
Achievent earned: Fatal Attraction
Killed a possible mate.
You have been awarded 5 EP
Well, that was interesting…
I felt… gross. I’d almost been violated by a spider. Not that he stood any chance of beating , but still… just it trying to woo
made
feel disgusted.
At least the Evolution Points were welco.
I wouldn’t let it get to , though. I had better things to do right now. Unfortunately, most of that was simply killing other creatures. I’d been thinking about these achievents I’d been getting, but found that it was hard to figure out exactly what I could get and what achievents would be important for powerful future evolutions.
If only I could find out about the requirents…
I shook it off for now as I continued my hunting trip.
I didn’t want to stray too far from Cellestra’s ho, but the sound of running water caught my attention.
Water would always attract animals. I would have to be careful, but if there was any place to run into other animals, it would be near a water source.
I followed the sound, running through so vegetation that was in my path, before ending up near a small stream of water. I stayed at a safe distance, hidden in the nearby ferns, as I observed two wolves drink from the stream.
Bingo.
While I was not going to try taking on wolves, it proved my hypothesis. I could use this as a spot to ambush unsuspecting animals.
I observed the wolves walk away and stayed low for a while, hoping sothing would show up. When nothing did after an hour or so of boredom, I decided to get sothing to drink, myself.
When I approached the body of water, I could see several fish following the water’s currents.
I was going to go fishing…
They were bound to give experience. I an, there were fish in there that were over twice my size.
One of the fish noticed
and jumped out of the water.
I was quick to react and jumped to the side.
This fish was denser than a rock.
It had gotten itself on land. Now what?
I saw the completely red fish flopping about as it was slowly moving back to the water.
Oh, no you don’t.
I skittered to the large fish and noticed it had a mouth full of sharp teeth. It was also quite large. Not quite large enough to eat , but I imagined that if I accidentally fell into the water, it might just be able to do a lot of damage to .
On land, however…
I gripped it with my pedipalps and felt the fish struggling to get back to the water. I had other plans. I dragged it the opposite way. It required all my strength, but I felt the fish’s struggling die down after a while as it suffocated.
You have killed a Small Red Reaperfish:
EXP
90
Small?
If this one was already over twice my size, how big would a large one be?
I wondered how this fish tasted…
I wasn’t hungry, though. Maybe Cellestra would be able to cook it into sothing?
Hmmm, roasted fish sounded delicious. I was certainly going to take this back to Cellestra.
How was I going to get it back to her ho, though?
I thought for a mont and decided to simply drag behind , connected to a thread. I imagined so dirt shouldn’t be a problem.
I was curious how she would react.
It wasn’t like I was a cat dragging in sothing absolutely useless. This fish seed like it would be divine when cooked properly.
I kept my eyes wide open as I started my return trip to the elf’s forest ho.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t do anything as a bird swooped in and stole my fish right from behind .
As soon as it grabbed the fish from , I fired a fireball out of pure anger.
That fish was for Cellestra you damned bird!
I fired another fireball. Unfortunately, both missed.
I cursed at the bird as it flew off with my gift. I then sighed and decided to try to catch another one.
I wanted fish…
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