Everything around Rem began to shatter slowly. To Rem, it felt like everything was fall apart.
...
"You're finally awake!" Alizeh said happily.
"Master!" Roy ran towards Rem.
Roy was still in his human form. He watched in a distance the whole time.
"You've been out for two days... I managed to heal a tiny bit of your memories but I couldn't for most. Something's not allowing me to. I don't know what it is. However, I know whatever and whoever is sealing your memories is extremely powerful."
Alizeh was the most tired out of everyone. Every second Rem was unconscious, she was there. She had been using her healing powers for two days straight without any rest.
"I was able to see a little of the memories I've lost. Thank you. You should rest now."
Rem was thankful for Alizeh. At the same time, she was worried for her even though she knew Alizeh was powerful.
"Yes, I will. I'm glad I could help." Alizeh said weakly.
Her mana has been drained by more than half.
"I think I'll have to sleep for a month or two to get back to good shape. Don't worry, I'm fine. I just have to sleep..." Alizeh stated.
"I see. You can rest now. Sorry for the trouble." Rem apologized sincerely.
"It's quite alright. I was the one who wanted to help. Compared to you saving me, this is nothing." Alizeh yawned.
"We'll be going now. Thanks again." Rem bowed slightly, getting ready to leave.
"Take this. You can leave by using this magic scroll." Alizeh tossed a teleportation magic scroll at Rem.
"Got it." Rem nodded and glanced at Roy, telling him that they're about to leave.
Roy stood next to Rem. Rem tore the magic scroll and they both got teleported back to the cave.
「Master!!! Are you alright? When you were unconscious, it felt like you suddenly disappeared! 」
'I'm fine. Don't worry too much.'
「 Yes, master. 」
'I thought I told you not to call me that.'
「 Sorry. I'm still unfamiliar with calling you by your name. 」
'I guess that can't be helped.' Rem looked around the cave.
Nobody except herself and Roy was there.
'They seem to have left.' Rem thought, walking out of the cave.
'Two days. I can't believe two days already passed...'
"Roy. Are you feeling okay?" Rem asked.
"Yes, I have completely healed."
"That's good. You should get some rest too. We'll be staying here for a little while." Rem announced.
'I want to evolve before going back.' Rem thought.
"I understand."
Roy hadn't gotten any rest either. He's been watching Rem and Alizeh for the past two days. Rem summoned Karasu.
"Yes, master?" Karasu flew towards Rem and landed on her arm.
"Please guard this place while I evolve. For extra protection, I've already put a few barriers around this cave."
"Understood." Karasu flew out of the cave.
"Roy, do you still like jerkies?" Rem asked.
She wanted to reward Roy.
"Of course!" Roy shifted back to his original, dragon form.
Rem gave around fifteen jerkies to Roy.
"Kiii!!!"
"You're welcome. You deserved it."
'002, I would like to evolve.'
{Would You Like To Evolve?}
A blue screen appeared in front of Rem.
[Yes/No]
{Evolving...}
...
'Urg...'
Rem was in her monster form. She exited the cave and ran to a nearby lake.
'Dang... Not only do I feel ten times stronger, but I've also gotten larger and scarier looking.' Rem thought as she looked at her reflection.
Rem is currently the size of an adult tiger. The black stripes on her were in a pattern, sort of like a tiger. Rem's fur is still white, with three furry foxtails instead of two. Her eyes look like a cat's except it's red. As usual, her fluffy-looking, snow-white wolf ears were there. When Rem opened her mouth, many sharp, scary, white teeth were shown in her reflection.
'Wow, I look scary. Even I myself think so. Well, at least I look pretty cool. Wait a moment... What is this thing?' Rem looked at herself closely.
There was a black orb floating next to her.
'What is that???' Rem swung her paw at the orb.
{Hey, watch it!!!}
'002? Is that you..?'
{Excuse you, I'm 003. }
'Okay, 003... Can you tell me why you're a floating orb now?'
{This's just how it is. You'll get used to it. Plus, only you can see me. To everyone else, I'm invisible to them.}
'Well, that's good. Unlike last time, please tell me everything new you can do.'
{Fine. I can create a more detailed map. It would function similarly to the last version. I have access to more data and information compared to the last time. Oh, and here's a message from the creator.}
'A message? From the creator?'
A blue screen appeared in front of Rem. Rem read the message. In capital and bold letters, the message says:
[GET STRONGER, BE WARY, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE]
'...Okay.'
Rem thought the message was weird. She could feel something bad was going to happen for some reason.
'Well, whatever. 003, how many days have passed?'
{Two days.}
'You're kidding me... I've been out for another two days???' Rem sighed as she shifted to her human form.
Rem looked at her new stats.
[Name: Rem]
[Race: Kager★★>Kager★★★ (Pre-Teen>Teen, Bonus: x20 Stats/EXP Gain>x25 Stats/EXP Gain, x2 UP Gain>x5 UP Gain)]
[Role: Ruler Of Beasts (Not Yet Trusted>Trusted (x2 Stats))]
[Title: Reincarnator, Genius, Newbie]
[Level: 58]
[HP: 79,000/79,000>89,000]
[MP: 96,000/96,000>106,000]
[STR: 7,700>8,700]
[VIT: 7,500>8,500]
[INT: 9,000>10,000]
[AGI: 8,900>9,900]
[DEX: 7,200>8,200]
[DEF: 7,200>8,200]
[UP: 0]
[Elements: Shadow (Tier 3>Tier 4), Lightning (Tier 3), Wind (Tier 3), Ice (Tier 1)]
[Skills: Commanding (F), Teleportation (E), Regeneration (C>B), Beast's Fury (SSS), Death Judgement (SSS), Transformation (SSS)]
[Hidden Abilities: Leveling System V2>Leveling System V3 (SSS), Eye Of Truth (SSS), Creation Magic (SSS), Auto Fighting Mode (SSS)]
'I have a few new skills and... I have a new element..? Ice isn't an element. There are only 7 elements. Fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, light, and shadow..!' Rem was confused.
{Obviously, it's a new element.}
'Is that even possible?'
{Well, this has never happened before. I guess it's possible now.}
'Ah, right! I can evolve even though I hadn't reached level 60 yet. How could that be?'
{That was a special occasion. It won't happen again.}
'Hm... Alright, I'll check my new skills.'
[Skills: Freeze (E), Frost Shield (E), Ice Blade (C)]
[Freeze opponents!]
[Cost: 200 Mana]
[Cooldown Time: 30 Seconds]
[Create an ice shield to block your opponent's attacks! The max number of shields that can be created is 3 at a time.]
[Cost: 300 Mana Per Shield Created]
[Cooldown Time: 15 Seconds]
[Throw flying ice blades at your opponents. The max number of blades that can be created is 5 at a time.]
[Cost: 500 Mana Per Blade]
[Cooldown Time: 10 Seconds]
[Command others!]
[Cost: N/A]
[Cooldown Time: N/A]
[Teleport in small distances!]
[Cost: 100 Mana Every Time You Teleport]
[Cooldown Time: N/A]
[???]
[???]
[???]
'That's the same as always. What did I expect anyway?'
'Karasu.'
"Kawww!!!" Karasu flew onto Rem's arm.
"Thank you for your hard work."
"I don't get tired or sick. You are my master." Karasu said bluntly.
"Alright then. I have to go get Roy. I think he's still sleeping." Rem walked back to the cave.
"Roy, wake up! We're going back to the city."
"Kiii..."
Roy shifted to his human form. Rem and Roy ran back to the city while Karasu flew. After about half an hour, they arrived back at the city.
"Run!!!"
"There are monsters everywhere!!!"
"Help me..!"
"AHHHHH!!!"
'What's going on?'
Rem could see damaged sidewalks and buildings. There were monsters in the city everywhere.
"Wahhhh!"
A kid was in the middle of the road. A monster was in front of him, ready to attack. Before the monster could attack the child, Rem used her martial arts to bring the kid to a safe area.
"Stay here and don't go outside, okay?" Rem put a barrier on the area the kid was at.
The little boy nodded.
"Here. Have some jerkies." Rem handed a few jerkies to the boy.
The boy took the jerkies.
"Thank you!" The boy smiled.
Rem waved at the boy and left.
'How did this happen?'
"Remie!!! Is that you?" A familiar voice asked.
Rem turned around.
"Rina?"
"Where were you? Everyone was worried! Right now, it's dangerous. There are monsters everywhere. Nobody knew how these monsters suddenly got out from the portals..." Karina said worriedly.
"I'll exterminate them." Rem suggested.
"What if you get hurt?"
"It's fine. I'll get rid of every monster in the city. Just trust me."
"Be careful..."
Rem dashed towards the monsters. Roy, who was hiding behind the wrecked houses, also ran out and followed Rem.