I'm Ready

Two months have passed for Alex he since he started training his body.

He found it amazing to see how his {Rapid Regeneration} assisted in his growth.

All he had to do was break down his body with training, over and over again.

The skill would have him good as new with-in a couple of hours.

He did find himself eating about 4 extra meals a day though to compensate the skill.

That also meant his stock of spices for cooking had gone down quite a bit.

Looking over his status after 2 months made the hellish training completely worth it for him though.

Name: Alexander Black

Age: 18

Class: Fire Demon Slayer

Mage Rank: A+

Warrior Rank: A

Skills: {Metamorphosis} (take-over magic)(lvl:2)

{Inventory} (re-quip magic) (lvl:10)

{Fel-Fire} (lvl:12)

{Mana Manipulation} (lvl:12)

{Stealth} (lvl:25)

{Rapid Regeneration} (lvl:10)

"Nice, I think I am Finally ready to start practicing {Metamorphosis}" He said in excitement.

He felt he had waited long enough to finally be able to use the troublesome skill.

Deciding he should treat it like a band-aid he just went for it, ready to embrace the pain.

Activating a full transformation to see what the difference would be, he was expecting to potentially black out again.

"What the Hell" He said in stupefaction.

His voice was a deep baritone that could send shivers down ones spine.

The skill had gone off without a hitch and he was currently sitting in his demon form staring at nothing.

He finally snapped out of it and started inspecting his transformed body.

He stood and started going through some stretches and movements to get used to the form.

When he got to the muscles that control his wings, he without thinking flexed them as well.

"SHIIIITTT!!" Alex yelled as he was catapulted through the air.

"Well that sucked" he grumbled, as he pulled himself out of the little crater he made by faceplanting into the dirt.

Focusing again on the muscles that control his wings, he moved them again.

This time he went through all the movements slowly and methodically trying to figure out how he could control them like extra limbs.

It was a very strange and tiring process.

Its difficult to learn how to use limbs you were not born with.

He also got to experience what the skill meant by "Energy and stamina consumed twice as fast".

While he was many times stronger than he was the first time, he could still feel his energy leaving him at an alarming rate when he practiced moving his muscles.

If he just sat down and meditated in this form, he could probably offset the drain for a while, but he felt like he wouldn't be able to level the skill if he didn't move around.

With that in mind and knowing he had some pre-cooked meals in his {Inventory} he continues practicing in this form until he felt exhaustion start settling in.

Removing the transformation he had a massive smile on his face, that lasted until he took a step towards his home and the table inside and he fell flat on his face.

"Damnit, I seriously underestimated that whole "Heavily taxes the body" thing. I feel like I just put in a 15 hour work out session" He said as he rolled onto his back.

He forced himself to sit up and drug himself to a nearby tree to lean against.

Once there he started to eat and drink something.

Waking up with a start, Alex looked around.

He realized he must have fallen asleep after his meal.

"Yup.. That's exhausting!" he said with a smile.

Why wouldn't he be happy?

He could fully use his skill now without pain.

Exhaustion he could handle, he practically pushed himself to collapse for the past 2 months.

It was almost second nature at this point, and with {Rapid Regeneration} It would only make his body and mind stronger.

It was dark out now, but with his enhanced vision and being refreshed from his nap, he didn't feel the need to sleep.

Not wasting any time, he quickly ate another meal and started focusing on his {Metamorphosis} skill.

He wanted to try a partial transformation, to see if the drain on his energy was the same.

After a couple hours of going through all his implanted memories of the skill and comparing them with his first hand experience, he was ready to try.

Focusing on {Metamorphosis} and willing only the wings to appear, it took him longer than a full transformation for anything to happen.

Slowly he started to feel itchy on his shoulder blades, focusing there and pushing a bit more magic out he finally succeeded.

"YEAH!" he shouted at the top of his lungs.

He was ecstatic that he got it on his first try.

Allowing the transformation to dissipate, he wanted to see if there was any backlash from it and was pleasantly surprised to find only slight stiffness in his shoulders.

Going through the process of activating his wings the second time was much easier and quicker.

He wanted to get to a point he could deploy his wings in an instant, in case he ever fell off something really high.

It took him a couple more days and quite a bit of meals later before he could deploy his wings as if he has had them all his life.

'Nice, now I'll at least be able to glide if get kicked off a cliff or can't figure out how to fly'. He thought ruefully.

He was not exactly looking forward to jumping off trees to get a hang of flying. It needed to happen though, he didn't just want wings for decoration after all.

'Once I get the hang of gliding and controlling my decent, I'll work on taking off from the ground' He thought.

"First things first, I need a shower and a proper sleep" he said as he looked to the sky and headed inside.

After a very relaxing shower, Alex went to sleep. He dreamt of soaring through the sky, laughing at gravity.