Chapter 4 : An unexpected dessert !

I really don't want to get out of here! Even though I'm the size of a small insect, I'm still a zerg queen! I can feel that if I walk out of this cave with my nonexistent ass I could be eaten in a few minutes! I need to get out and hide or at least as hidden as possible! But how? There are only plants around...

And to hunt? Of course there are insects and small animals that can make me more powerful... But! How can I get to them when my enemies are watching me waiting for the opportunity to attack?! Even some plants can attack me! What should I do? Eat plants?

"..."

Wait, plants?

"System! "Zerg Queen Evolution" says that by devouring a living being I can have additions, right?"

[Yes.]

"Plants are indeed living beings, so is that..."

[Yes, this is possible.]

Hearing this answer a smile appeared on my face. I turned my head towards the lush plants. Well since my enemies are too strong for me at the moment, I'll take on defenseless beings! I jumped into a bush and started eating!

Surprisingly the plants are rather sweet, it's like a small dessert. After several desserts… Uh, plants, I finally received an addition!

[Congratulations host, you received the trait: Vitality – Small].

Not bad at all! My fatigue is going down more slowly and my body has a small improvement in endurance thanks to all this vitality, in fact I feel like I'm taking a nice hot bath! With all the plants around I think I can level up my trait.

"System, how many "Vitality – Small" do I need to rank up?"

[Five small for an intermediate, ten intermediate for an advanced, and twenty advanced for a complete.]

"Damn… Will I ever really manage to get a complete?"

[Yes. Don't forget that you have many worlds to discover if you find the book.]

Yes, it's true, with this number I was really scared but shouldn't I just go to another world? And if the next one I don't increase, then to another next one and so on!

I continued to eat more and more plants and finally I managed to have five little ones!

"System! Fusion!"

As I finished my sentence I felt something inside me move, before understanding what was happening I felt my body start to mutate and deform. Mom I'm already ugly, don't make my inner beauty ugly too!

It lasted a while but I quickly returned to normal, I haven't really changed except that I'm a little taller and my muscles seem much more resistant.

[Ding! Your trait is evolving!]

[Vitality – Intermediate]: Your body has better vitality allowing you to get tired much less quickly. While recovering a little faster.

Note: Your body heals faster if it is high, but on the contrary decreases if it is low.

My eyes lit up! Fatigue and endurance are two different but related things! Thanks to this trait my endurance drops almost normally but I did not feel the body's fatigue as quickly and thanks to this recovery I can make my body recover faster! Although endurance remains a lower increase, at least my body fatigue is higher! Imagine if I have an addition of the same kind but for endurance? I could fight for hours without feeling any body fatigue and my endurance go down, which on the contrary my enemy will have! If our powers are at the same level I could win with just these two additions! I now have a personal mission! Find an addition for my endurance!

Obviously for recovery it's also a good thing even if it's not constant but as for the endurance addition, having an addition to regenerate could make me become a horrible monster for my enemies! Hehehe ~

I started to drool before remembering my situation. I decided to continue eating all these potential additions! After all plants have other magic within them than good vitality! But my luck doesn't seem as good as I thought I got nothing…

Night came quickly, and my fear of predators even more. I have no way of seeing well in the night. So I decided to take a strategic retreat! I dug a hole in the ground before filling it and rolling into a ball. I decided to meditate!

Finally the day came back and I came out of my sleep. I really meditated all night believe me! After wiping my drool, I came out of the ground. I looked right, left and in the sky. Nothing! I jumped out of the ground and rushed towards other plants, today I will try to eat other plants to see if I can gain something.

After walking in the forest, and especially hiding from terrifying predators! I finally found a bush with pink flowers and a black fruit. Without waiting I went to the root of this dessert and I started to eat them, eat them all! Finally after having shaved the area I had a three line! All the same! But I barely had time to read that a group of big rats surrounded me!