Stronger
I have simply been crawling around.
This feels like my previous life.
I thought this was supposed to be a tough area?
Why only maggots?
Did that God lie to me?
As I think of God, I hear God's voice in my head.
"Bro, relax. Once you get out of your nest I guarantee much stronger things will cometo kill you. Since you into that kinda stuff and stuff"
I think, [Why are you in my head?]
"I'm God, and I am monitoring your life as well as a trillion other lives since I have nothing better to do but spy on y'alls lives"
[So you're bored too, eh? Didn't think I would be relating to a God]
"At least yo don't live forever. Once you die, you done. That was just a special circumstance so don't be used to it. Also some of the options you may encounter in the future may seem overpowered. But they ain't. Don't worry. Oh looks like some church is asking for my assistance in some genocide against 'heretics'. See ya later"
I don't know what that conversation was at all.
Wait.
Do I hear something?
A blessing?
It's the flap of wings similar to the flies I killed before.
Could it be?
Another fly!
I am so excited to hear a single fly's wings flap.
What have I come to?
I go towards it. I'm excited.
[Crawling has reached Lv 4]
Prepare to die puny fly!
I test out my new leech ability.
I cling to the fly leeching energy out of the fly.
As I'm doing this I realize the reason the fly came here.
To give birth!
The fly is giving birth to a bunch of baby maggots as it is crying out in pain.
Just because your a mama doesn't mean I will go easy on you!
I have ate enough food to use my dreaded acid vomit attack.
So I throw up on the fly.
[Defeated Fly Lv 1]
[Gained 20 EXP]
[Ashen Maggot has reached Lv 2]
[HP and MP fully restored]
[HP has increased to 22]
[Strength has increased to 9]
[Armor has increased to 23]
[Ashen Maggot has reached Lv 3]
[HP and MP fully restored]
[HP has increased to 24]
[Strength has increased to 11]
[Armor has increased to 26]
[Ashen Maggot has reached Lv 4]
[HP and MP fullly restored]
[HP has increased to 26]
[Strength has increased to 13]
[Armor has increased to 29]
ALL THAT FOR KILLING JUST ONE FLY!
WHAT GIVES?
Is it that being an ashen maggot doesn't give me an advantage to being a regular maggot?
Or is there a higher level to evolve for ashen maggots?
Well a bunch of maggots were just born.
So it's time for a slaughter.
A maggot slaughter.
When I was born it was a battle royale of maggots.
But now for the new kids on the block it will simply be a slaughter.
My nibble used to be a weak attack. But now compared to other maggots its strong.
Apparently once I get out of the nest 'much stronger thins will come to kill me'.
Well, right now I just need to commit genocide.
I need to prepare for when these stronger things try to kill me. And the best way to prepare is through genocide of the maggot species that was just born today.
Each maggot gave me 1 EXP.
It took me a long time to level up.
To be precise 20 maggots.
Also I tried out ash magic while slaughtering the maggots and it simply controls one ash and gives me free control of it.
It is useless in battle. For now!
[Ash Magic has reached Lv 2]
[Leech has reached Lv 6]
[Ashen Maggot has reached Lv 5]
[HP and MP fully restored]
[HP has increased to 28]
[Strength has increased to 15]
[Armor has increased to 32]
[New options available]
WHY ARE THERE NEW OPTIONS?
It' way too early, right?
Well, calm down and think about it.
There isn't really much of a change between Maggot and Ashen Maggot besides more skills, armor, and HP, as well as ashen armor.
That sounds like a lot, but I guess it doesn't matter to this world.
Let's check out these new options. I think I already know what's coming but let's check it out.
Wow this feels too early for this.
[Ashen Fly: A fly with armor made of ash]
[Mega Ashen Maggot: A mega maggot with armor made of ash]
[Ashen Worm: Worm with an armor made of ash (Condition: Ashen Maggot with a bite attack stronger than nibble]
[Molten Maggot: A maggot who is able to live in extremely hot evironments with armor made of igneous rocks plastered together (Condition: Ashen Maggot with some form of fire magic)]
So now I can become a worm, huh?
No.
Thank.
You.
If I want to go with a basic option I would go with fly.
Since I am already on the road for environmental resistance I should go with Molten Maggot.
And it looks like ash magic payed off! It looks like now I am getting conditions for my options.
I wonder why ashen maggot wasn't a condition?
Can ashen maggots just appear anywhere?
Does that mean the environmental resistance is useless elsewhere in the world?
That's weird.
Anyway, this option is a no brainer.
Molten Maggot time!
And hopefully this means I have a steeper level up curve.
[Ashen Maggot Lv 5 has changed into Molten Maggot Lv 1]
And once again I lose consciousness as I go into the phase of evolution.
Not that I have eyes in the first place.