Chapter 3 Evolution

I disregarded all other notifications and focused on the absorb window. "Alex, can you explain what these skills do please?"

|Yes Raven, hop allows you to reach greater heights, approximately 2 meters. Shadow affinity will grant you control of the shadows, to become one with the night. Barbs will mutate if you pick it to allow you to launch spikes with a flick of your tail. Heightened hearing is redundant as you already have excellent hearing. As this was a mutated Shadow rabbit it possesses a small percentage of the Moon rabbit bloodline which will give you increased strength while you hunt under the moon. It will also level up if you can acquire more of the bloodline.|

A smooth voice answered, but I could tell it wasn't Alex, just a voice. There was no warmth in it, I guess I will have to wait as he said. As much as I wanted to absorb the bloodline it was useless right now as I was in a cave and there was no moonlight. I needed to get stronger, I only killed that rabbit out of luck. "Alex I select the skill Barb." Immediately I felt a shooting pain go through my body.

|Barb has been selected|

|Barb has mutated into steel spines|

|Skill Steel Spines 1/10|

I watched in fascination as the fur on the tip of my tail turned metallic and yet still looked incredibly soft. Flicking my tail towards a tree, tiny sharp needles flew out and pierced the bark. Wow, that's awesome, I've only been alive for 2 hours and I already have a long-range attack. I need to get more skills.

|Quest available: Reach level 10.|

|Reward: the shop will be unlocked, mapping|

|Y/N|

I'm just happy there isn't a time limit this time. Immediately I thought yes. Leaping off the tree I started to explore the forest.

As I was walking through a field of silver bushes I noticed a faint pulsing of light coming off the berries adorning them. Curious, I walked up to them and inspected them.

|Silver snake egg|

|Level 10|

|Classification D+|

|HP 1000|20000|

|MP 50/100

|Info: Highly sought after for their silver skins. They are impossible to breed and only grow on bushes in deep caves with a high concentration of magic. They can use earth and lightning magics.|

Holy fucking shit! These snakes aren't even born yet and they are already at level 10! I looked around myself and realized that there were hundreds of these eggs growing around me. If they hatched while I'm down here I'd be screwed. Although they are still eggs, hesitantly I bit one off a branch and ate it. It was divine, like a chocolate lava cake covered in gold.

|Congratulations|

|+1000 Exp for killing something 8 levels above you|

|+200 Gold|

|+ 1 Silver egg shard|

|Level up|

|Level up|

|+10 SP|

|Talent Absorb has activated, pick 1 trait to absorb: Bloodline of the Basilisk 2%, Vibration Sense, Lightning magic, Silver Body|

...Damn, I can't believe that worked, I slowly turned my head around looking at all the exp, I mean eggs, around me. This was a treasure trove. I thanked lady luck in my heart as I dove towards another egg.

1 Hour later

"Buuurp", after an hour of chowing down on all the eggs I could eat there was still a forest full of them but the exp had gone down exponentially when I went over level 10 so it wasn't worth it anymore. I decided to check my stats as well as pick a talent or talents I'm not sure if I can, seeing as they were all the same species. Status!

Status

|Name, Raven Smith|

|Race, Steel Leopard|

|Nanite Infused|

|Classification A-|

|Level 30 Exp 5,470/40,000|

|HP 6,000 MP 2,400|

|Attributes|

|Str 8|

|Agi 5|

|Con 10|

|Int 4|

|Chr 5|

|Luck 6|

|Skill Points 400|

Inventory

|4/100|

|5x lottery tickets, Bloodlust combat knife (unavailable at this time,) 3x canteen of water, 1x shadow rabbit pelt, 300x silver egg shards|

Shop

|Gold 10,000|

Skills

|Night Vision 1/10|

|Stealth 1/10|

|Bite 10/10|

|Slash 1/10|

|Walk 5/5|

|Metal Control 1/100|

|Nanite Control 1/100|

|Nanite Regeneration at 100%|

|Inspect 3/10|

|Skill Steel Spines 1/10|

Talents

|Absorb 5/?|

Affinity's

Shadow: 13%

Ice: 100%

Metal: 100%

Before I could fully adjust to my new stats Alex interrupted my train of thought.

|Talent Absorb has activated 176 times please pick 5 traits to absorb: Bloodline of the Basilisk 100%, Spatial awareness, Lightning magic, Silver Body, Treasure Hunter|

"Alex most of this I understand, however, I get all of these. What will happen when I absorb the Basilisk bloodline and what is Treasure Hunter?"

|Treasure Hunter is a skill that allows you to find precious metals, it is what the Silver snake species eats. When you absorb the Basilisk bloodline you have the choice to merge your bloodline with it.|

|Do you wish to proceed?|

|Y/N|

"Yes." I passed out before my brain could even process the pain I was in.

12 hours later

Groggily I woke up, opening my eyes I realized I was in some sort of shell. What the hell is this?

|Egg shell of basilisk steel-plated leopard hybrid.|

|Congratulations on becoming the first of your species!|

|+100SP|

Seriously, I was born again in a day? That's messed up. Pushing against the walls with my paws I heard a cracking and seconds later light poured onto me.