6 metamorphosis begins (2)
Four men were sitting in an apartment, three of them looking at the other, who was also looking at them with a face that suggested seriousness.
In the apartment where they sat, one wall had been destroyed and debris lay scattered here and there.
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"So, why do not you tell us how you did all this and why you have been acting so strangely since this morning?" asked Daniel.
Harry thought about how he had ended up in this situation where he was surrounded by his brothers and being questioned.
This all started after he killed the 'toxic mucosa frog' and the system announced the beginning of the metamorphosis. After hearing the system's notification the three of them showed different expressions such as tension, excitement, and even blankness respectively on Daniel, Hiro, and Ash's faces.
But after recovering from their initial surprise, the first thing they did was ask Harry how he had accomplished this feat.
And that led to them all sitting in front of him.
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"You see, when the frog monster attacked me, I sensed in that brief moment that something was coming towards me, and when I accepted that, my surroundings slowed down for me, as if my reflexes sped up, my brain sped up, and in that slowed down time, I saw something shooting towards me and I dodged it, thus with the help of this ability that can be activated to make the environment feel slow, I slew that bloody monster," Harry said in a single breath to show how serious he was about this.
But this was a farce, as he killed the 'toxic mucosa frog' with his skill which he had developed and the keen sense that had helped him many times before, and without his ability.
Since they only awaken after killing a monster once, the reason for that had yet to be found even in his past cycle.
There was indeed something to it, namely his 'serpent's reflexes' ability, which when activated resulted in the power described above, more accurate it would make a second seem like 10 seconds.
But he had expected his ability to evolve into something else, but the only notifications after he killed the frog were...
『 Toxic mucosa frog (mutant rank 1) killed! 』
『Ability: serpent's reflex awakened. Ability not evolved due to not meeting certain requirements. 』
『 Ability will be awakened if the host meets certain prerequisites. 』
『 Gained 50 coins.
First kill bonus: 450 coins
Total coins: 500 coins 』
Though he was thoroughly disappointed when he heard the notification about his ability because he had been looking forward to his new ability and wanted to learn how to fight with it.
But later, he was surprised when he heard the coins he had won. They were 10 times the amount he would have gotten if he had killed a 'toxic mucosa frog' (mutant rank 1) normally.
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Hearing Harry's explanation, all three of them first thought, "WHAT THE F* CK!!!"
They wondered how all of this could even be possible, but remembering what had happened so far, they had no choice but to believe and accept it.
The next thing they heard was a question from Hiro, which was also circling in the minds of Ash and Daniel.
"Can we also awaken this power or another power?"
Daniel's and Ash's ears were also eagerly waiting for the answer, because the presentation of Harry's power was pretty awesome and cool, because who would not want to have powers that were so damn cool.
"Um, I do not know about that, maybe you should ask the system?" said Harry, scratching his nose, but basically it was all a farce because, in the last cycle, all of their abilities were even better than his.
Ash had the ability: he had the simplest but also the most domineering ability of them all, which was Overdrive, the ability to release more power for a period of time that could even contend with higher ranks in physical strength.
Daniel had the ability: Lesser Telekinesis, which was on the verge of evolving before his death.
Hiro had the ability: lesser lightning manipulation, which could be evolved later. It had most applications, such as accelerating the user by a small amount and many more.
Most abilities had the chance to evolve but some of them can't evolve even if they were practiced for years. It was the same with the past Harry's ability, which couldn't be evolved, but this time he had the chance to evolve it.
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After hearing Harry's first part of the sentence, they had a dejected expression on their faces, but after hearing the second part, they had hope in their eyes.
So they all hurriedly asked the system and the response they received made them sigh in relief.
『 Every individual on Earth can awaken themselves because everyone should have the chance to fight back. The conditions to awaken are the same for most, except for some, the condition is to kill a monster, regardless of rank. 』
And that was the reason why people grew the most in the early days of metamorphosis because the monsters were usually mutant rank 1.
Thought Harry as he further asked them to check their own status while he checked his own.
『 Name: Harry
Cultivation stage: human (Exalted human rank 1, progress: 51%).
Cultivation method: none (Jade skin breathing).
skills: none
Ability: Serpent's reflex (can be evolved to ???)
Title: none
Coins: 500 』
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『 Name: Daniel
Cultivation stage: human
Cultivation method: none
skills: none
Ability: ???
Title: none
Coins: 0 』
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『 Name: Ash
Cultivation stage: human
Cultivation method: none
skills: none
Ability: ???
Title: none
Coins: 0 』
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『 Name: Hiro
Cultivation stage: human
Cultivation method: none
skills: none
Ability: ???
Title: none
Coins: 0 』
All three of them seeing their own status felt somewhat excited and odd, as if it felt that the world would change and become different from what they remembered and they have to survive in it.
This speculation hit them hard.
