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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4 - Practicing with Spirit Energy

'Host, you should also remember to eat since your body can die from starvation in five days. Thankfully you're a Parasite that can eat anything. I suggest that you first eat this branch your standing on.' Psyche reminded.

'Thanks, I'll remember that.' Rema replied.

'I should first practice using my Spirit Eyes, and then eat this branch when I have no more Spirit Energy.'

With that thought, Rema started practicing her Spirit Eyes. At the first hour of practicing the skill, she will constantly have headaches.

She got used to it as hours passed. After two more hours of practice, she managed to use the skill without having headaches but she still can't use the skill to it's fullest capabilities.

The skill said that she can see everything around her that is 5 meters away from her. But she can only manage to see 1 meter away from her, and if she forces it to 2 meters she'll experience another terrible headache.

Hours turned to days until she managed to perfectly use the skill. Two days passed, and all Rema did was practice the Spirit Eyes skill and eat some parts of the branch. What Rema ate was so small that you wouldn't even notice that the branch was eaten.

'Now that I can perfectly use the Spirit Eyes skill, what should I do next, Psyche?' Rema asked since she doesn't know what to do.

For the past few days she didn't see any monsters around. She only manage to see some normal rabbits, small birds, little worms, and even ants.

She didn't hide since she doesn't need to. She was so small that the other animals didn't notice her presence.

'I suggest you to try moving your body. Since you don't have any legs, you have two choices to let you move. The first one is easy which is to just crawl but the second one si to use Spirit Energy, and create legs and arms based on spirit to move.' Psyche suggested.

'Then I should just use the first method since the second one will only make me consume Spirit Energy faster.' Rema said.

'It's your choice, host. But I suggest you to still learn the second method. The second method is helpful since it can increase your speed of moving compared to just crawling.'

'Hmm, that's a great idea. I'll do that and practice for now.' Rema thought. She'll try learning the second method since it can also be a form of an escape skill.

Rema then first tried to crawl. She wanted to first get used to crawling since this will be her normal mode of movement.

At first she wasn't used to it but as time passes she was getting the hang of it. After she was sure that she was proficient in moving, she stopped and tried doing the second method.

'Psyche, what do I need to do to form arms and legs based on Spirit Energy?' Rema asked.

'It's easy, host. You only need to do with what you did when using your Spirit Eyes. When you use your Spirit Eyes, you just use your Spirit Energy to constantly spread in your surroundings. This will make you scan your surroundings making you be able to see everything. While in forming arms and legs based on Spirit Energy, you will need to condense the Spirit Energy instead of just spreading it. You will just need to try to imagine what the arms and legs look like, and try to control your Spirit Energy to form it like that. I suggest that you don't make the arms and legs complex since it will be hard to form with your current strength.' Psyche explains it while Rema was imagining that she was nodding.

Rema can't nod since her current body has no neck. She looks like a fat worm when looked up close. Her body was all white with only a mouth. Without the mouth, you will not know where the head is.

When Rema heard Psyche's explanation, she tried doing it. She first tried imagining how human arms look, and she managed to do it but the next step is creating that image by using Spirit Energy. She tried doing it but was unsuccessful.

The arm that she did was deformed and slowly destroyed. She didn't manage to maintain the form.

'Host, please do remember to not make complex arms for now. You can't do that for now since your still currently weak.' Psyche reminded.

'Okay.' Rema replied and tried to imagine a different arm that was simple.

Rema tried imagining a spider's arm and was successful in imagining it. She then condensed her Spirit Energy to form the Spider's arm, and was successful.

The Spirit arm was colored blue, and felt like an extension of her body. She can freely move it as if it was her own arm. It didn't felt uncomfortable so Rema was satisfied with it.

'I did it!' Rema screamed inwardly.

'Congratulations, host.'

'How much Spirit Energy did this arm consumed? And how long does this arm last?' Rema asked.

'This single arm cost you 1 Spirit Energy and can last up to an hour.' Psyche answered.

'The most ideal number of arms will be four so that means 4 Spirit Energy but that will consume to much since I'm also using Spirit Eyes which means 5 Spirit Energy per hour. At most I can travel 2 hours before needing to eat again to regain my Spirit Energy.' Rema thought.

'I should first practice this skill since I need it. Name this skill Spirit Arms, Psyche.' Rema said.

'Affirmative, host.' Psyche replied.

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Spirit Arms (Novice):

Can create simple arms by using Spirit Energy. Consumes 1 Spirit Energy per arm.

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After looking at her new skill, Rema practiced in using it by moving around the branch. She got the hang of it after practicing for an hour.

'With this all my preparations are complete, right?' Rema asked Psyche.

'Yes, host. I suggest that you try to find a living being to use parasitism. You should first start with the weakest one instead of going to big. I suggest to parasitism an ant.' Psyche suggested.

'Hmm... sure. It's better to start with small steps to ensure my safety.' Rema replied while moving towards the ants she saw before.