Bringing myself back from my thoughts I begin to attack the little bugs in the same way I did before.
"-30"
... 20x hits later
"Hell Beetle Level 6 killed Exp + 6*5"
Hmm, trying to multitask while I move on to the next one, Alex Status, please.
"Unnamed Race- MMistBorn
Level:2/20 Status: Bound
Exp:20/25
Evolution:1
HP: 548/550
MP: 89/130
Skills: [Mist Art] [Soul Art] [Light-0/10] [Healthy-0/10] [Sight-0/10] [Detect-0/10][Regeneration-1/10] [Weakest-1/10] [Binding- 1/10]"
Hmm like I thought it gets harder to level as I get stronger I wonder if it's due to the evolution or simply the fact I can contain more energy as such it requires more energy to fill me up? While I was deliberating that another hell beetle down and it was lower level so I only gained one level... Alex display just the exp bar under each kill from now on, please. Is that possible? Ah well, I'll find out soon.
"-10"
...
Ooo a high-level one. Swipe swipe swipe... So boring I guess actual combat is better but I'm just so small I'm basically a house cat based on those scratches I left on her chest so I gotta be a little sneak assassin in this life. Eventually...
"Hell Beetle Officer lvl 5 Slain Exp + 50*2
lvl 4 Exp 95/100"
Oh, it wasn't a higher level just a higher species? and if only that previous guy had given me 5 more exp... As I was thinking about that I notice all the beetles had escaped... Oops did I kill their leader? Checking the big guy to see if I could kill steal I find it's already dead. Sigh... Well, at least the danger has passed. I quickly shoo away most of the mist in our cover before making a little play for the girl who had looked up after the sound had passed and shown her the area around us with a little 3d map made of clouds.
She looks at it for awhile scanning the little forest before nodding and standing up but when she was about to start walking she paused. She turned around. Then she turned around again. Then again... hey stop it this isn't a carnival ride dude pick a direction and go that way it doesn't matter.
She stopped spinning suddenly when I got angry I guess she felt my anger so she turned her head towards me. I sighed and climbed from her shoulder to the back of her neck craning my head over hers and placing my feet on what used to be her front collar place both my wings on either of her cheeks and pointed her face in a direction. Not knowing what to do she just started walking away from the place she had lived all her life. As that place no longer existed. Feeling her sadness mixed with my general happy mannerism and the fact I figured out how to steer my new mount was a weird experience so I climbed down and sat on her shoulder again tail curling around the back of her neck. Maybe I should swap shoulders every now and then. This mount is young I'd hate for her to end up lop-sided. Eh, that's a problem for future me ooo... No, she's too young and her chest is too flat for that to be a comfy place to lay also... She's a pervert... I'ma married man lady!!! Or whatever... I guess I'm not? Whatever. Feeling about with my mist while keeping a little arrow in front of her that changes direction every now and then I drive my new mount around safely in the big forest avoiding the predators sadly night began to fall so now I gotta sleep next to this pervert... Well... It's whatever. Finding a friendly little nook up in the top of a tree with a large bird inside I direct the girl to stop beneath the tree then I sneakily put my mist inside its head like the others and swipe.
"-50"
"CAWHHH!!!"
Oh... That sounds like it hurt. Welp maybe this'll hurt less? Swiping again.
"HallowCrow level 3 slain exp+5
Level 5 Exp 0/150"
Good... It'd suck if I got less energy from killing lower-level creatures. I wonder what the specifics of this system are I assume I accumulating energy by stealing it from creatures as I kill them. It can be implied that creatures stronger than me have a higher standard of energy that's why I get a multiplier but it'd have to be different if it's not also less from lower-level creatures right? As they would have a lower standard of energy than me... Maybe I simply can't take all the creature's energy when I kill it but when they are higher level than me I am able to take more... However that doesn't make a ton of sense either. Hmm...
Anyways... No way my mount can climb this hmm... Ah, I know... No, I can't carry her I'm not strong enough nor large enough... Maybe I can make footholds but my mist isn't capable of supporting the girls' weight either... There are no better options hmm... I got an idea!!! Forming a bunch of holes leading to the top with my cloud claws I also take four claws and take the crow's legs and use two to hold them and two to cut them as I slowly do a very small amount of damage even to the tree... Sigh clouds aren't very sharp... Well, at least I can widdle it away slowly then when I get the crow legs she can use them as support sticking them in the holes as she climbs up and I can use my clouds to give a little push from below her. Can't carry her in the slightest but I could at least slow her fall and make the climb easier for this mount of mine... As I work the girl just stares at the tree that's half covered in ghostly claws made of little clouds of mist eventually I had her the crow legs with the knee bent over entirely to make it stronger claws pointed towards at the direction of my little arrow she finds the little holes that the little knees fit perfectly in and with a great deal of doubt and hesitation she puts the first knee in the first hole as she begins to take her weight off the ground I had already transform all my claws to form cloud pants and begin to push her upwards from the bottom of her feet to her butt as I flap my wings already covered in clouds and fly up to the closest branch to the bird's little nook. Landing safely I put my focus on pushing the girl up as she spots me waiting for her she seems to get a little confidence boost and begins to climb faster. As the sun dropped below the horizon the girl had finally climbed into the nook and I flew in behind her and laid down after calling back all my clouds and swallowing them before eating all the mist that had been scouting and shrouding us on our journey as I was cleaning up I felt a warm thing on my back craning my neck I see the little girl has curled up behind me staring at me as I cleaned... I will permit your spooning only cause it's cold but keep your hands to yourself pervert.