7 Growth and Evolution

(Ranger has been defeated)

(Exp was gained)

(Level has increased from Lv.5 to Lv.10)

(Max Lv. achieved: Evolution now available)

(Gained 40 stat points)

(Gained 5 skill points)

(analysis has increased from Lv.1 to Lv.2)

(Accuracy has increased from Lv.1 to Lv.3)

(Iron fur has increased from Lv.1 to Lv.3)

(Iron bite has increased from Lv.4 to Lv.5(MAX))

(Tail whip has increased from Lv.3 to Lv.5(MAX))

(Dodge has increased from Lv.2 to Lv.4)

(Night vision has increased from Lv.1 to Lv.2)

(Foul mouth Has increased from Lv.1 to lv.2)

As I saw life leave the girl's eyes I felt guilt. Even that fact that she was trying to kill me didn't stop me from feeling like a piece of trash. I hate myself.

Welp she ain't getting any deader! I found out why I'm getting so many stat points, it's because of my intelligence stat. The Amount of stat points I get when I level up is dependent on this stat. As for evolution I assumed I would evolve one i reached a certain level, but I don't know how my body will react once I evolve so I'll do that Once we reach the safety of the pack.

"OK rats, well rest here for a while so don't hesitate to eat up!" Said Boss. him and the rats started feasting on the girl's flesh. Oh Geez I think I'm gonna throw up.

"Aren't you going to eat some Talky, I mean it's your kill after all." Boss ripped off a chunk of human flesh and handed it to me. I Stared at the bloody chunk, I gave it a single sniff and to my horrified disgust it smelled

...

Delicious.

"Well Talky, You look hungry go ahead eat up! There's plenty to go around!" Said Boss joyfully. He was staring at me waiting for me to take a bite.

The Hunk of flesh smelled like ham and My mouth started to water.No,no no no no! I'm a cold-blooded killer but this is just too much! Every instinct in my body was tempting me to eat, but I kept resisting. I was not going to let the first good tasting food I ate in this world be human flesh! I Gave the meat to Boss.

"No thanks. I'll just eat some goblin meat." I said as calmly as possible. Before I broke away from the group to work on my stats I picked up the girls Mythril dagger and put it inside it's leather sheath , it was almost as big as me. 40 stat points is a lot to work with so I started with that. After working for a while I ended up with these,(Str:+8 Dex:+12 Con:+5 Int:+6 Wis:+4 Cha:+5) now for my skills.

It seems two of my skills have reached their maximum level; Iron bite and Tail whip are ready to be upgraded. (Iron bite) turns into (Steel bite) and (Tail whip) into (Sharp tail). Those cost 1 point a piece. That leaves me with 3 points that I'm going to save for later. Time to look at what I ended up with.

Name:Unnamed

Species:Black Rat Lv.10

HP:94/120

MP:0/0

SP:46/60

Str:16 Dex:23 Con:13 Int:20 Wis:19 Cha:8

Stat Points:0

Skill points:3

Skills:(Status Viewer) (analysis Lv.2) (Accuracy Lv.3) (Iron fur Lv.3) (Dodge Lv.4) (Steel bite Lv.1) (Sharp tail Lv.1) (Night vision Lv.2) (Foul mouth Lv.2)

Status:Normal

After finishing eating and resting up, Boss Helped us drag the human's corpse back to the pack. It looks like rats aren't the only animals that like human meat, some lone goblins tried to steal some but we fought them off easily. After A while of dragging the corpse we got back to the pack where they almost instantly started tearing the human apart. Gnarly was the only way I could describe the scene.

After that Boss took us to our resting spot and we finally got some rest after a long day. I layed the dagger beside me and got ready to sleep.

But wait a second, I almost forgot about that evolution thing. I looked at the menu and saw only one option.

(Black Scavenger Rat:The evolved form of a Black Rat. It has grown its ability to find food and materials. It's appercance hasn't changed much it's only grown larger).

That's not much of an upgrade.well I guess I don't have much of a choice. I Confirmed the selection and after that I instantly felt weird. It wasn't painful but still uncomfortable. I could feel myself growing, my muscles puffed up, my skin growing tighter,and my bones ached. But after going through that whole ordeal I got some notifications.

(Evolution complete)

(Str, Dex, and Con have all increased by +10)

(Acquired the skill; Sniff: Allows user to smell the Effects that Plants and Fauna cause i.e Poisonous or venomous.)

"Let's fucking gooo!" Before I evolved the dagger was a bit bigger than me but now it looks like I could actually weld it. I tried to pick it up with my front paws to wield it like a long sword. It worked to an extent but my paws were still too small and holding it up right was difficult. The wide short blade and my size made it a balancing act so I tried different ways to hold it. I picked it up with my mouth, the leather handle was bitter. I tried to swing it a couple of times, it worked well and I could actually do some damage like this, but after swinging it a few times my jaw got very sore. There's one more way that I can think of to hold this dagger and that's with my tail!

I played this in a game one time, Uh what was it called, War-mallet? Anyways there was this Mouse assassin, Snitch was his name I think, and he used his tail like a third arm to hold a blade. Maybe I could try that?

I wrapped my tail around the blade's leather hand. It felt comfortable, well at least more comfy than holding it in my mouth. My tail is strong enough to pick up the blade off the ground. I tried jumping with the blade to test my agility. It was heavy and I had to use a lot of force to get off the ground. Now time to practice an attack, I jumped and tried to spin with the dagger but I ended up falling on my face. Good thing it's still in its sheath. I could've really gotten hurt.

I tried again but this time I stayed on the ground and combined my movements with my skill (Sharp tail). This was the first time I used Sharp Tail since I got it. I tried again and this time it worked out. It was like swinging a more flexible spear. I'll call this move Tail slash, real creative i know.

There's one more thing I want to try before turning in for the day. I got on all fours and held the dagger above me making the shape of a scorpion. I started thrusting the dagger a few times in a stabbing motion. This move will allow me to stab multiple times in quick succession. I'll call this a Stinger Stab.

After finishing my training I came back to the group and saw them sleeping peacefully. I'm not going to lie to myself. I'm starting to grow attached to these rats, which is bad. With my past as a human I'll never be able to properly fit in here. With that thought in my mind I fell asleep curled up like a rat should.