New enemy
While the mole was happily munching on the feast it found, a menace called Eostion was preparing its funeral.
Eostion got in position; he put his legs on the trunk and propelled himself toward the mole while also using 'Speed enhancement to its full potential. In a quick burst, he flew towards the mole at an inside speed, and just as he entered the one-meter mar, he shot two 'Wind claws.'
This strained his body quite a lot, but the result was worth it. The first 'Wind claw' had breached the enforced skin of the mole while there second had fully split it from the body.
Although Eostoin's body was hurting badly, he still dragged the body and the head together to the hole he had made previously.
"Absorb"
As usual, Eostiono's body turned into black smoke and enveloped the body.
After the smoke turned back into a solid, Eostion could be seen again.
"System"
<Name:Eostion>
<Form: Evolved wind squirrel>
<Level: 3>
<Rank: 1>
<Power: 54>
<Skills: Absorb, Copy, Fusion>
<Blodlines: Evolved wind squirrel, Iron claw mole>
<Form abilities: Air mana manipulation Lv 1, Wind claw, Speed enhancment>
"Yep, it's there."
"Now, let's fuse them."
As Eostion focused on the fusion, his body started to disintegrate.
<SYSTEM INTERVENTION>
As he was about to fully turn into smoke, he quickly got back together into his squirrel form.
"What's happening?" - thought Eostion worriedly
<Note: The bloodlines chosen for fusion are not fully compatible. Because the user is not able to fully control the merging of the genetic material, the system will generate options from which the user can choose the one he wants.>
<Blodlines: Evolved wind squirrel, Iron claw mole>
<You can choose one fusion from the options>
<Choise 1: Dominant 'Evolved wind squirrel' blodline>
<Note: The Form will resemble that of a squirrel and will have the strong claws of the mole. The cores of the bloodlines will merge; therefore, both air and earth mana manipulation will be available >
<Choise 2: Dominant 'Iron claw mole' bloodline>
<Note: The form will resemble that of a mole. The patagium of the squirrel bloodline will disappear. The cores of the bloodlines will merge; therefore, both air and earth mana manipulation will be available>
"So merging two incompatible bloodlines will result in me losing something from the bloodline I won't choose. This is quite difficult. If I chose the first one, I would lose the natural skin toughness of the mole and 'Earth control,' and if I chose the second one, I would lose the patagium of the squirrel, and I would end up not being able to glide anymore. That would destroy the tactics that I have been using till now."- thought Eostion
"Right now, I need to continue to hunt, so choosing the second option would only be a hinder. The first option is also quite good because although I lose the natural toughness of the skin, I still have 'Body hardening.'
"The first it is."
Eostion made up his mind and began the fusion process. But he was interrupted again by the system.
<Note: This form does not have the ability "Earth control. If you choose this, you won't be able to use this ability anymore, and the ability will be lost till you find another bloodline that contains it. The system suggests you copy this ability in your soul.
"I have never used copy before. I wonder what's its use. Well, anyway, let's just use it."
As Eostion was using the skill, a sense of fulfillment came to him from within
<Name:Eostion>
<Form: Evolved wind squirrel>
<Level: 3>
<Rank: 1>
<Power: 54>
<Skills: Absorb, Copy, Fusion>
<Soul inventory: Earth manipulation>
<Blodlines: Evolved wind squirrel, Iron claw mole>
<Form abilities: Air mana manipulation Lv1, Wind claw, Speed enhancment>
"So the copied abilities sit in a different place than my other skills." thought Eostion
"What would happen if I tried to copy my other abilities too? Would that even work? Well, no harm in trying"
After Eostion finished copying abilities, he started the fusion process.
The fusion took 5 minutes to finish, and what emerged was Eostion in his new form.
<Name:Eostion>
<Form: No name>
<Level: 4>
<Rank: 1>
<Power: 72>
<Skills: Absorb, Copy, Fusion>
<Soul inventory: Air mana manipulation Lv 1, Earth mana manipulation Lv 1, Wind claw, Speed enhancement , Body Hardening>
<Blodlines: No name>
<Form abilities: Air mana manipulation Lv 1, Earth mana manipulation Lv 1, Wind claw, Speed enhancement , Body Hardening>
'I have actually grown again." It was true. Eostion was right now around 50 centimeters, a size beyond any normal squirrel. His fur had also darkened a bit, and his fluffy tail was massive. His claws are now even stronger. He could probably dig into a tree with only his claws.
"I have worked pretty hard this week; I think I deserve a reward. A nice rest ought to do it."
It was dark, so he began to dig the ground as a tree could not hold him anymore. After he finished, he entered. He blocked it with a lot of dead branches so no one would find him. Then went to sleep. How sad; his lavish lifestyle seems to have ended, and he is now back in the dirt.
[Three weeks later]
It has been almost a month since Eostion made his last fusion. Since then, he has spent his time killing and absorbing animals. Most of his kills were squirrels and moles and a few rats that had decided to hunt during the day. Right now, his power was at 105, and he was at level 5.
Currently, Eostion was in search of prey again; after all, power doesn't fall from the sky now, does it?
While using speed enchantment with little mana, he was skipping from tree to tree until he spotted a little squirrel. Well, little from his perspective, the actual squirrel was normal. It was Eostion that was too big to be a squirrel.
Just as he had done for the past weeks, he went to the top tree so he could blend with the leaves and got into position. Hiding among the grass and fallen leaves didn't work anymore with his size.
The other squirrel was three trees away from him, around 6 to 7 meters away.
The squirrel finally glided down to the earth and started eating.
This was the cue for Eostion to swoop down and kill it. But just as he was going to move, something terrifying happened. The head of the squirrel exploded into tiny pieces.
Just as Eostion saw this, he immediately stopped moving.
"What just happened? The squirrel just landed, and its head blew up. No, something made contact with it. I didn't see it correctly, but I think it was a water sphere. That means another is being somewhere around here with a water affinity." Thought Eostion
"Its water skill is comparable to my 'Wind claw,' or maybe even stronger.
If that was the base power of the skill, this is going to be a close fight."
Eostion began to search for the enemy. The water sphere came from above, so the enemy must have been hiding among the leaves of the trees just like him, so he began searching for it from there.
"If I follow the trajectory of the water, it leads to one of those four trees ahead, but which one? Shit, if only I had only seen it better.
He began to inspect the trees, but after he searched for a while, he found nothing.
"DaMn, I'm sure that it must have come from one of those trees, so why can't I find it."
As he finished cursing, he began to search again, but this time, his eyes caught on something strange. Two black dots had appeared beside the headless squirrel.
"What the f**k are those."