2 Chapter 3 : Improving

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Level: 4 Class: Parasite

Strength 36 (+26) Intelligence 15(+5)

Agility 224(+24) Wisdom 25(+10)

Vitality 10(+5) Dexterity 25(+10)

Health 21(+14) Health Regen 0.4/s(+0.2/s)

Mana 19 Mana Regen 0.6/s(+0.2/s)

Stamina 7 Stamina Regen 0,07/s(+0.02/s)

Attack: 14(+6) Defense: 12(+8)

Elemental Resistances

Fire: 25% Water: 25%

Wind: 25% Earth: 25%

Light: 25% Darkness: 25%

After killing that mutated ant, Arthur searched for more targets and eliminated them, however, he was receiving close to no experience. Just in case, he continued killing for a while and only stopped when it was apparent that the experienced gained didn't even amount to half a level.

He started roamed the massive labyrinth but had to take short pauses due to his pitiful Stamina. The parasite was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do to leave this ant nest. Honestly, he had thought of an idea... speaking with the ants, it sounded rather absurd but thanks to his skills, such a feat was doable but, due to his past experiences, Arthur was a bit reserved, unwilling to make any social contact with anything, be it ants or actual people.

After thorough pondering, he decided to go for it lest he spends months roaming this mind-numbing maze. It is a new life and wasting time on such useless thoughts would do him no good, at least in this situation.

A bit later, Arthur found another of his kin and, albeit sounding weird and feeling uncomfortable, he managed to speak the ant's language fluently. They didn't speak, per se, but communicated using signs incomprehensible to humans. The antennas would tremble and a telepathic voice would enter the head of the recipient.

"Greetings, mind telling me where the exit is?"

Fortunately, the mutated ant gave a satisfactory answer by pointing in a certain direction. Arthur followed that path and soon, he was able to leave the labyrinth and go back to the surface.

'Finally out!'

He breathed a sigh of relief then checked his surroundings. He didn't like the ant's body and found it rather inefficient in this environment, therefore, he focused hard on leaving the body and, just like that, magically and instantaneously, his real body was ejected from the host.

Although he had to crawl to move around, that didn't matter for him as his original body was more comfortable than an ant's. Compared to yesterday, his real body seemed a tad bigger but it wasn't enough to make a real difference as in the eyes of normal animals, he's basically no different than an insect.

The area around the parasite was a bit overwhelming as the bushes seemed like mountains, making him feel a bit wary, nevertheless, he continued wandering around and searching for a good host to possess. Time crept by and at some point, Arthur stumbled upon a ginormous beast with a brown skin and a domineering appearance.

In fact, it resembled the boars from his previous world and, to the minuscule parasite, it was no different than a moving mountain.

Ever since he saw the game-like notifications, Arthur knew it was a world different from Earth and this was confirmed by a red horn protruding from the boar's head. Moreover, the beast's size was way bigger than a normal boar's, which is not something you would see on Earth.

Anyway, He crawled until he reached its legs, fortunately, it didn't seem to notice him or perhaps it just ignored him for he was too little and insignificant.

He appraised the Boar-Like reature and he Got this

Forest boar (beast): LVL6

Seeing the sheer size of the boar and its Lvl, Arthur hesitated and didn't know how to go about possessing it. To begin with, he was still unfamiliar with the whole concept of controlling new bodies and doesn't know how it exactly works.

Last time, he thought he was going to crash into the ant but ended up possessing it. He does not remember activating any skill, it seemed to have happened unconsciously.

As he looked at the enormous animal, a crazy idea struck the parasite. He weighed his options and after pondering for a while, he decided to go through with it. It was simply too disadvantageous to go around with his real body, it would take him days to cross a short distance and even a simple breeze can end his life.

He crawled to the boar's legs with fast speed and aimed to enter from the hole in its rear, yes, it seemed really disgusting but he had no other choices, he didn't even know if it would work or not, nevertheless, he decided to risk it.

Thanks to his high Agility, he was too fast and in a second, his dive was successful.

You have successfully possessed a Forest Boar

He opened his eyes and was joyful he could see the field in front of him with a better and much larger view, apparently, he is now controlling the boar.

You have gained a new skill(active): [Sprint LVL3]

You have gained a new skill(passive): [Stamina Reduction]

Stamina Reduction(passive): Your Stamina Decreases 1.5% Slower

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Level:4

Class:Parasite

Strength90

Intelligence28

Agility262

Wisdom30

Vitality50

Dexterity60

Health :71

Health Regen:0.6/s

Mana:54

Mana Regen:0.7s

Stamina:52

Stamina Regen:0.97/s

Attack:49

Defense:37

Elemental Resistances

Fire: 25%

Water: 25%

Wind: 25%

Earth: 25%

Light: 25%

Darkness: 25%

His stats received a decent boost, making Arthur a bit more secure. Plus, with the new host, he should be able to explore this world more comfortably.

After adjusting himself to the new body, he began to wander around in what seemed to be a forest. It didn't look very dangerous but there were not a lot of animals as he has not stumbled upon anythnig for ten to fifteen minutes.

Whilst he spent time searching for a relatively safe place to sort his thoughts, Arthur managed to get used to the Boar's body, at least, he will be able to put up a small fight in case something dangerous attacks.

Around an hour later, Arthur's body froze as he witnessed a rather bloody and mentally shocking sight.

A big silver wolf, which was 2 meters high and 1.5 meters in length, was devouring a boar like him just 100 meters from his location. It was seriously terrifying, the boar was dead, its body was torn apart and blood was all over the ground.

It would be a lie to say that Arthur didn't feel any fear, however, when 'X' offered him this second life, he knew it wouldn't be easy or handed into a plate. He has to survive on his own and live according to his beliefs. As he stood there, rooted, the silver wolf turned its head and glared at him with ferocious and hungry eyes.

He could feel its hostility from 100 meters away, while his mind was thinking about countless things, the silver beast leapt at him, its speed faster truly frightening.

Before stumbling upon this wolf, the parasite already tested his speed using the Boar's body and it was truly fascinating. A boar shouldn't be too fast, nevertheless, the speed he demonstrated didn't pale in comparison to the wolf's.

The amount of Agility he got from the Boar was very little, fortunately, he was a parasite and had increased speed, for this, Arthur was pretty thankful.

Even though he judged his speed to be greater than his opponent, the fear still rooted him to the ground and he couldn't move, the wolf finally struck Arthur and bit him in his neck with its sharp fangs.

You have Been Bitten (-49 Health)

Due to the Effect of BloodFangs: Your stats have been decreased:-10% mana

-2 health every second

The pain was insane but it helped him snap out of it and come back to his senses, he thought of himself dying just like this, he didn't even get his revenge and couldn't enjoy a peaceful day in his new life.

The rage and anger that were slumbering inside of him emerged, making his breath erratic and his mind blank for a split second. He started remembering all those painful memories and all the torture he received. His hatred exploded and he started slamming the wolf to the tree so it could let go of him but its fangs were so deep in Arthur's neck that it wouldn't let go no matter how much he struggled.

Furthermore, his health was decreasing with fast speed due to the effect of blood fangs, nonetheless, he slammed again and again, without even caring about the pain, all he was thinking about was his revenge, he even forgot about the current situation.

While he was angrily pummelling the wolf on the tree, his mind cleared a bit when he heard light ringing sounds in his head but he just ignored it and kept repeating the same action ruthlessly.

Arthur only stopped after a while had passed, he felt his body become numb from the excessive blood loss and the depletion of his Stamina, he turned his head and looked at the area the wolf was supposed to be, however, he saw nothing, all that was left was mingled meat and a lot of blood.

Even the tree was destroyed beyond recognition. He stood there, surprised at what he just did, everything that just happened seemed blurry. Although he was gravely injured, the good thing was that he didn't lose his life, with blood littered on the ground and gory meat paste next to him, Arthur checked his Logs to see what was the noise he heard a bit earlier was about

level up!

Congratulations! Since you Attained level 5 all Status: +50

Congratulations! the skills Swift is now level 2

Congratulations! You have Gained a new title: Meat Grinder

+10 strength / + 10 vitality if equipped

He was happy to see he gained levels, and also he got +50 to all his stats, that really made him even more delighted. To be honest, he regretted doing what he did, had he controlled his emotion and just stopped after killing the wolf, he could have possessed it as it was a better vessel than a boar, plus, he would gain the wolf's stats which would really be helpful.

After going through his status window again, he started searching for a place to sleep for the night.

He felt mentally and physically tired, after all, it was a long day full of surprises, for a man like himself who lived in the modern society to experience all of that is exhausting, to say the least. Arthur wasn't particularly knowledgeable about the forest-life, but he at least knew that there must be dangerous beasts that hunt at night, it would be too unfavorable for him to roam an unknown territory when such monsters lurk around.

Soon enough, Arthur found a little cave not too far from where his 'battle' occurred, he entered and laid on the ground to rest. Today was a tiresome day for him and he needed rest to recuperate some Stamina and let his mind relax.

His neck was still in pain because of the wound from the wolf's fangs but his health bar was recovering slowly but surely, and that's certainly a good sign. He didn't feel hunger since he ate the wolf or what was left of him, so he just closed his eyes and thought about his current life and how things were bad from the moment he was reincarnated.

The passing of time went unnoticed for the sleeping boar, the light coming from the shiny sun woke him up. He felt energetic as he stretched his body and surveyed the cave just in precaution.

The good thing was that his wound was completely healed, his health and stamina bar were also full, he checked his status window again to see if anything changed :

Status :

TITLE: MEAT GRINDER

Level: 7 Class: Parasite

Strength 150 Intelligence 78

Agility 312 Wisdom 80

Vitality 110 Dexterity 110

Health 121 Health Regen 0.6/s

Mana 104 Mana Regen 0.7s

Stamina 102 Stamina Regen 0.97/s

Attack: 49 Defense: 37

Elemental Resistances

Fire: 25% Water: 25%

Wind: 25% Earth: 25%

Light: 25% Darkness: 25%

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