[Evolution complete. Evolved from skeleton to Muscular Skeleton]
Mennok awoke to find himself in a crevice. The first thing he did was feel around his body. Instead of feeling the rough surface of his bones, he felt a smooth mass of tissue.
"So this is what muscle is." he thought to himself. He definitely liked its feel much better than the bones, but he had missed them. He knew they were still there, except they were surrounded by layers and layers of muscle. The only thing he was missing now was a layer of skin and some hair and nails and he would look exactly like Jenny.
He looked to the side and found Jenny's sleeping figure laying next to him. Now that he looked at her, he felt that she was kind of... pretty? It was his first time ever experiencing such a feeling. Before when he looked at her he thought that she looked pretty weird as she wasn't the same as him. But now that he had at least something that he shared with her, she didn't look weird anymore.
[Endocrine System activated]
[Muscular System activated]
[Stamina pool activated]
[Immune System activated]
[Respiratory System activated]
[Nervous System activated]
[Circulatory System activated]
[Reproductive System activated]
[Voice box detected. You can have the ability to speak.]
Now he could feel his chest rise up and down slowly but in a rhythmic way.
When he looked at Jenny once again, he felt something else much lower down his body slowly rise, and for some reason, he felt he had to push it down so that no one could see. That was weird. Apparently he now had a voice something which meant that he could talk. He tried moving his lips, which moved but nothing came out. He then tried to breathe while trying to talk. After many failed attempts he finally managed to get the hang of it.
"Ske-let-on". It worked! He was finally able to speak! Oh, there was so much that he wanted to tell Jenny but because he couldn't speak he was never able to. Know however was a different story. He tried saying a bunch of other words like "Bones" and "Sword". His speaking was very slow which was a problem and he hoped it would slowly fade away or at least get better in the future.
"Stat-us"
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Status:
Name: Mennok
Race: Muscular Skeleton
Gender: Male
Level: 5
Attributes:
Strength: 10
Vitality:10
Agility:10
Intellect:18
Will:20
Stats:
Health: 200(+100)
Mana:150(+25)
Stamina: 250(+50)
Skills:
Achievements: (Dungeon Escapee) (Kinslayer)
Attribute points:0
Items:
(+50 Health, Basic Self Repair)
(+25 mana)
(+50 Health, Basic Self Repair)
(+50 stamina, Basic Self Repair)
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All his attributes had gone up by 3 points as well as a noticeable increase in Health and Mana.
Mennok couldn't leave the crevice because Jenny was in the way, so for now he had to wait until she woke up. In the meantime he would get used to the rest of his body and flexing his biceps. He liked flexing his biceps.
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Jenny slowly opened her eyelids, still feeling the effects of fatigue. She hadn't slept in a bed for days and was beginning to think that sleeping on her hands was a bad idea, as they were very numb. She wiped away the gunk that had coalesced at the edges of her eyes.
She turned around to see if Mennok had waken up, only to come face to face with a creepy, skinless face.
"Hel-lo"
She jumped back from fright, hitting her head at the tip of the crevice.
"Is that you Mennok? Don't scare me ever again."
"Sor-ry."
Jenny crawled out of the crevice followed by Mennok. She looked at his face, covered in muscle but with no skin.
"You look ugly. Was that the only Evolution you could pick?" Mennok felt ashamed. He quite liked the new look.
"N-no."
"So why this one then?"
"R-rare evo-lu-tion. Strong evo-lu-tion."
"Your voice sounds horrible and croaky like an old man. Better than nothing. Hopefully it gets better soon."
Ugly face and a horrible voice? Mennok had begun to hate this evolution.
"Anyways let's go back to the creature and try to develop a plan. I'm starting to think it was a bad idea to stay here for a while."
"Ok."
Mennok and Jenny jogged back to the area where the creature was. When they arrived they had found that it was still asleep with the hand under its arms.
"Obtaining the
Mennok nodded his head in confirmation and then slowly crept up to the sleeping monster.
"
He unsheathed his small knife making sure to make not one sound, pulled back the knife as far as he could, and stabbed the blade through the right eye, penetrating deeply. The creature let out a loud growl of pain and was clawing it's eye. In its stupid attempt to get rid of the pain it had injured itself even further.
As soon as he had landed his successful stab,. Mennok immediately stepped back and stuck to the side of the creatures injured eye so that he was out of its view. He took out his broken sword aswell and then stabbed both weapons into the side of the four legged creature. The creature howled once again. Mennok once again turned as the creature tried to locate the thing that had attacked it for the second time.
This time he aimed for the right hind legs, using both blades to cut through the calf. The creature howled in anger, swiveling around this time but quicker than ever, and slashed at the torso of Mennok as he tried to step back.
[-43 Hp]
It had ripped right through the shirt that he was wearing and tore into the muscle. Mennok grunted. He had never experienced such pain. The most pain he'd recieved was a few dents in his bones which didn't hurt much, but now that he had a nervous system, whatever attack was targeted towards any muscle in his body would be immediately be picked up by his pain receptors.
The monster was limping from the injury in its right leg, which limited it's mobility, making it even more vulnerable to attacks. However Mennok was also injured, which made it much harder to try and focus on the battle and ignore the pain. The pain slowly fades away however as he felt his Health go back up.
"
This time the creature began the assault, pouncing on the skeleton Jaws first.
Mennok jumped out of the way at the last second, barely avoiding the rows of sharp teeth. He got back up and stabbed his weapons once again into the side of the monster, forcing out another howl.
[Acquired skill
Mennok dodged another claw swipe and saw an opening on the left side of the Creature. He jumped onto the it's back and dug both sword and knife into it, lodging them right between the spine. He could tell this one had dealt the most damage, as the monster let our it's loudest growl yet. Despite not being part of his original plan, so far he had been doing well. He tried to pull out his weapons and tugged hard, but they didn't budge. He tried again but they barely moved. He tried one more time and only the sword slid out.
The monster saw the opportunity to remove the thing off its back and started jumping and turning vigorously, sending it's unwanted rider crashing into the wall of the Dungeon.
[-32 Hp]
[You are now under the effects of "Concussion"]
Mennok felt a strong throb at the back of his head and felt a liquid drip out. He tried to find his whereabouts but everything in his vision was fuzzy. He tried to get back up but was slammed against the wall once again.
[-27 Hp]
The creature latched onto his torso by its jaw and begun thrashing him left and right.
[-54 Hp]
[-62 Hp]
[-49 Hp]
He was losing health rapidly. He started stabbing the creatures head with the only weapon he had continuously, hoping that it would stop it from gnawing in his body, but no matter how much damage was done it held its death grip.
"
"
"
Mennok felt his health go back up, although at a slower rate than he was losing Hp. After many stabs and thrashes later, a strong light had erupted behind Mennok.
"
The skeleton had his back towards the light so he avoided the bright light, however the monster had it much worse. It immediately let go of Mennok's body. It's remaining eye was burning very quickly, effectively completely blinding the creature. It was no longer aware of where the attacker's whereabouts were anymore, so it tried to run away, only to run into the walls of the Dungeon.
Mennok used this opportunity to his advantage and ran towards the Monster, stabbing it continuously in the head. It tried to lash out to defend itself from the onslaught of stabs, but it was swiping thin air. After a barrage of stabs the Creature stopped swiping and went limp.
[You have slain level 6 Lobrok]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
Mennok let out a gasp of relief, and collapsed on the ground from fatigue and pain.