[Level 15 requirement met. Evolution is now available. Options will be viewed soon.]
Ahhh, back in the darkness once again. Mennok already new what was coming next so he sat down and passes time by reading through his status until a yellow rectangle appeared out of thin air.
[Evolution options:]
(Skeleton Knight):
[Description: A step up from the (Skeleton Swordsman) evolution which comes with the ability to use basic mana. Moderate increase in Strength, Vitality and Agility attributes. Gain access to the (Knight) Class which allows for all skills within the class to be obtained.
Warning: Choosing this evolution will narrow further evolutions down into (Knight) related evolutions.]
(Skeleton Martial Artist):
[Description: A step up from the (Skeleton Fighter) evolution which comes with the ability to use basic mana. Moderate increase in Strength, Agility and Intellect attributes. Gain access to the (Martial Artist) Class which allows for all skills within the class to be obtained.
Warning: Choosing this evolution will narrow further evolutions down into (Martial Artist) related evolutions.]
(Skeleton Mage):
[Description: A step up from the (Skeleton Spellslinger) evolution which comes with the ability to use mana more efficiently. High increase in Intellect and Will attributes. Gain access to the (Mage) Class which allows for all skills within the class to be obtained.
Warning: Choosing this evolution will narrow further evolutions down into (Mage) related evolutions.]
(Skeleton Reviver):
[Description: A rare evolution which allows the user to dabble with death energy. High increase in Intellect and Will attributes. User can revive skeleton's to do his bidding.
(Ghoul):
[Description: A rare evolution which gifts the user with an Integumentary system and a moderate increase to Strength, Vitality and Agility. Gain a racial ability unique to the (Ghoul) race.]
Mennok read through all the evolutions twice before evaluating which one he would pick. He no longer had any common evolution options and now it was only uncommon and above. He would start looking at the evolutions and weighing them starting from the first one. Skeleton Knight.
Skeleton Knight was an evolution which allowed him to unlock the Knight class. Until now he didn't have a class which could help him out so by evolving into a Skeleton Knight he would gain one. However he didn't want to be stuck to fighting with a sword the entire time as he also used his fists and wanted to use mana in the future. Not having a sword would make this evolution useless so if he was disarmed during a fight then he would be dead. This class isn't for him.
The same could be said for Skeleton Martial Artist. He would gain the Martial Artist class and be able to use the skills but he once again wouldn't be able to use mana at a higher level or fight from afar. This wasn't for him either.
Skeleton Mage was the third option. He was quite surprised that it was only uncommon rarity as it could use mana more efficiently and it is powerful from both far and close range. He would gain access to a whole range of spells to use during his fights. However Mages had to invest more attribute points into will and Intellect to use more and stronger spells, meaning the other attributes would fall behind which is a problem for Mennok.
The 4th option was a rare evolution which gave him the ability to revive skeleton's? He could tell it was a strong evolution as he would be able to fight off monsters without having to move an inch but just the idea of looking at the ones who betrayed him didn't sit well with him, besides he didn't like things fighting for him.
The 5th option was the second rare evolution that was available to him. Evolving into a Ghoul would give him an Integumentary system which he didn't know what it was and it also gave a moderate increase to Strength,Vitality and Agility. He assumed that he would still be able to use mana as the description didn't say anything which proved his assumption wrong so that was a plus. He might not have been interested in this evolution if it didn't come with a racial ability, specifically one unique to Ghouls. He was very curious about what this Racial Ability was and knew that picking this option would be risky as it might not be good at all. Mennok took risks before and he was willing to do it again.
While they were still in the Dungeon Jenny had said that in order to become powerful you had to take risks. "High risks high rewards" was what she said.
After making sure he didn't miss anything from the other evolutions he made his mind and picked.
[Evolution in progress. Estimated time: 12 hours. All injuries will be healed during this process.]
Mennok collapsed in the dark space and lay there motionless.
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Jenny was still unconscious while Mennok was evolving when suddenly the bushes that blocked the hollowed trunk were moved out of the way and entered at least 7 green creatures. Goblins.
When the thing which killed one of their own made the others run away a rather confident one stayed back to watch what it was doing. It saw that it had been merciful enough to not kill Zokra. It talked a bit with Zokra in what the elders called the "common tongue" and then left with him. The Goblin continued to follow them and noticed that Zokra was taking the thing through their tribes traps but it always dodged them.
At one point Zokra and the thing carrying the female stopped and went to get something when Zokra tried to do something with the female and got immediately killed. Stupid Zokra gave himself away. It was a good thing that the elders had told the goblin to get rid of Zokra as he was very stupid.
After Zokra had died the goblin continued to follow the thing which was carrying the female and noticed that it had entered Harpy territory. Anything weaker than a Hobgoblin was told to not venture into these woods by the tribe elders but the brave goblin would take the risk in order to gain a higher status within the tribe so that it can go out to hunt and gain levels in order to become a Hobgoblin.
The goblin stayed in the bushes tor reduce the possibility of being spotted by the Harpies. Soon after entering the territory the thing carrying the female started fighting with small
Harpies and killed a few of them. Then it was chased to a nearby tree where it had put the female inside to fight the larger Harpy that had just came. After almost dying the thing killed the large Harpy and climbed up to the tree, never to be seen again.
This thing had managed to take on a large Harpy which meant that it was a threat to the tribe. The female was left exposed and the Harpy territory had expanded towards them aswell, which meant that the goblin had three pieces of information to give to the elders which was bound to get him something. He ran over to the tribe to alert the elders of the whereabouts of the female.
After running for half an hour the goblin finally reached the village and passed through the goblin guards that were messing around. He went over to the only mud hut in the village and entered. He knew that it was bad to enter without the elders allowing but he was sure that they would forgive him for the information that he had.
{"Small Goblin enter without permission. Speak or we feed you to Goblin children."}
{Elders. Danger. Harpy place. Thing kill strong Harpy, go sleep. Thing have female human, we take now.}
The elders talked quietly between each other for a while about the news that they had just recieved. Harpy territory had expanded once again and now there was another thing which posed a threat to the village. They would sacrifice leaving a human female as to not endanger the tribe in going there. However the choice was not in their hands.
The chieftain of the village spoke.
{"Very good. Send 20 Goblins 3 Hobgoblins and one elder. You do well. You go hunt with Hobgoblin from now."}
{"Thank you, Chieftain!"} The small Goblin kneeled as low as it could so that it did not anger the chieftain. It had finally gotten a place in the Hobgoblin hunting group and was going to level up to evolve.
An elder stood up and left the hut, gathering the small force and ordering the small Goblin to lead the way. After walking back to the hollow trunk the Elder walked inside and found the female strapped to a chair. He ordered six Goblins to carry the female human back to the village and back they went.
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Once Jenny had arrived at the village many of the Goblins that weren't part of the kidnapping group were staring at her, slobbering at their mouths and watching her with cynical eyes. They tried to get to her but were pushed back by the 20 Goblins and 3 Hobgoblins. They were slobbering as well but they had been ordered to bring the female unharmed and untouched, disobeying the chief would end in misery for them.
They reached a place where there were a few wooden cages and opened one of them, placing her inside gently to make sure that they didn't hurt her as the chief commanded. She had entered a cage surrounded by females which were shivering and whimpering. All of them were young, some Jenny's age and some even younger than her.