Imogen sprinted up a tree to see if the Lesser Wyrm would try and knock down the tree so she could jump on its back. The Lesser Wyrm only stared at her and waited, it's far enough away that Imogen can't run or jump onto it.
"Great what am I supposed to do now, this thing is either too smart or too lazy for its own good." Decided Imogen a bit too prematurely.
"Я поглоту твою душу а также пожрать свой труп." Announced the Lesser Wyrm.
"I think it said something about craving toddlers, but I really couldn't tell." Said Imogen, confused.
"Sprechen Sie diesen menschlichen Dialekt?" Asked the Lesser Wyrm.
"That sounded like a question about my human devouring count." Said Imogen, wondering what she just heard.
"Неважно, как глупо с моей стороны думать что ты можешь говорить." Said the Lesser Wyrm disappointed.
"Did it just say that I'm foolish for walking, I don't understand what it's saying." Complained Imogen.
"Я устал от тебя, теперь ты умрешь." Yelled the Lesser Wyrm.
"I think it just said that it was tired of me and that it had to say goodnight to me before it went off to bed." Interpreted Imogen, wondering if she had heard right.
The Lesser Wyrm then charged into the tree before Imogen could react, it jumped into the air and tried to eat Imogen.
"How does a worm jump, they don't have any legs; I just don't get it." Pondered Imogen.
Of course, the Lesser Wyrm missed by a couple of inches. Imogen fell into another tree while the Lesser Wyrm crushed the previous one.
Imogen got up without thinking and ran for her life, the Lesser Worm trailing not too far behind. The Lesser Worm burrowed into the ground and came up in front of Imogen, the wind picked up all of a sudden.
Imogen almost got blown into a tree and it seemed like the trees were showing reverence to the Lesser Wyrm. The leaves sloped downwards like they were bowing to the Lesser Wyrm, the ground shook and Imogen almost felt compelled to walk into the mouth of the Lesser Wyrm.
It was like the Lesser Wyrm had a translucent crown on and the forest was it's kingdom, no his kingdom.
"I can't hold back, my legs are walking of their own accord." Said Imogen distressed, her legs just kept walking, they couldn't stop.
Then out of the blue, a group of humans came. They attacked and disturbed the Lesser Wyrm's focus, Imogen seeing this chance ran closer to the wyrm.
"I need to get this worm's blood, it's more important than the chance of death." Screamed Imogen in her head.
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"The Lesser Wyrm has gotten bolder, we need to put it in its place!" Yelled one of the many humans.
"Charge!" Yelled the same human.
A group of six humans charged at the Lesser Wyrm and looked to see what he was hypnotizing; they didn't see or feel any magical presence. So they proceeded to attack the Lesser Wyrm without hesitation, swords and spears clanging on hide.
The Lesser Wyrm's full attention was on them now, it bit and tore their flesh like it was nothing. But somehow they held it back, their skin healing at abnormal rates.
After twenty minutes of non-stop fighting, both parties were wounded and tired. So tired that one of them barely noticed a tiny insect jumping off of them and onto the Lesser Wyrm.
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Imogen watched the humans fight for about twenty five minutes, then an opening showed. One of the humans successfully stabbed a spear into the flesh of the Lesser Wyrm.
So Imogen jumped onto another human that was on the opposite side of the Lesser Wyrm. And just as quickly as she jumped on, she jumped off onto the Lesser Wyrm and bit down using her two active skills.
"This is my new favorite food, it tastes a bit sweeter than the liquid from the silver leaf." Proclaimed Imogen.
*Stage Progression ready: Nymph - Adult
"Finally I'm an adult, it took forever for me to be ready to Stage Progress." Said Imogen happily.
"Now I have to get out of here while the humans are still distracting the wyrm king, at least that's what I think it's called." Exasperated Imogen, feeling quite scared.
Imogen then jumped off the Lesser Wyrm and ran for her life once again towards the forest. Unknown to her, both the humans and the Lesser Wyrm were watching her leave.
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Imogen ran for hours on end and only stopped when she made it back to the tree that had the old heart in it. As Imogen climbed up the tree she noticed that it was easier than it was the last time she had climbed it.
After a ten minute climb, Imogen had reached the broken hole in the tree, the one that used to house the old heart.
Imogen sat down and prepared to Stage Progress, she would finally be turning into a tick adult.
"This feels like a big milestone to me, it's only been around thirteen days and I'm already becoming an adult." Smiled Imogen triumphantly.
"I used to hate being a tick." "Now I think it's almost as good of a choice as being a human." Said Imogen reflecting on her past.
"I shall now become an adult, system please start Stage Progression."
*Stage Progression: Nymph - Adult, commenced.
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"Time to get up." Yawned Imogen.
Imogen opened her eyes to a bright light that shined directly into her eyes.
"Why the hell do I always wake up with the sun in my eyes, this sucks." Said Imogen, still yawning.
"I guess I'm an adult now, that's great; I feel really well rested." Praised Imogen.
"I really want to see the changes in my stats, I feel like I might have been asleep for a few days." Said Imogen dreamily.
"Well system, could you please show me my status?" Asked Imogen.
Name: Imogen
Race: Tick - Adult
Age: 1
Gender: Female
Bloodline: Common Forest Tick
Level: 6
Class: Ready to be picked
Blood: 230/230
Hp: 25/25
Mp: 5.5/5.5
Str: 12
Vit: 2.5
Def: 23
Int: 11
Agt: 10
Quest: 2
Skills: Racial Skill - Blood Absorb 2.0, Weak Pierce, 70/30 Luck, Negligible Illusion Resistance, Fast Eyes and Fragmented Language Comprehension.
"I like my stats, but why the hell did I just get my quest tab and blood count." Said Imogen, confused.
"The system's delay is killing me, why does it have to do this to me?" Questioned Imogen.
"Wait, why does it say one for my age; that wouldn't make sense unless I was a year old." Said Imogen in a curious tone.
"I guess I slept a year, it doesn't matter too much to me." Grinned Imogen, blowing off the potential fact that she just slept a year.
"My biggest interest is that it says I can pick a class now, I'm going to pick one right now." Said Imogen, preparing her words.
"System, I would like to pick a class now please." Said Imogen, feeling polite.
*System Notice: You have in fact not slept a year. To evolve one to adulthood, one first has to be a year old, so I took the liberty of scaling your body to age. Now I will open the class tab, feel free to look around at your discretion.
"Oh, well I didn't care much either way, time to move onto the classes now, stop stalling!"
*Classes Available To You At The Moment:
{Blocker - Basic, has high potential}
{Heart Defender - Adept, has high potential}
{Lucky Fool - Heavenly, has no potential}
{Confused One - Adept, has high potential}
{Bored Watcher - Advanced, has low potential}
{Death Toucher - Heavenly, has low potential}
[To see more, click on one of the options.]
"That's nice, I'm gonna click on them all from bottom to top." Said Imogen clicking Death Toucher.
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*Death Toucher: This option is given only to people who have technically died, but have gotten brought back to life somehow. Only for people specializing or wanting to specialize in high damage, but have low health.
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"Sounds interesting I should keep this in mind." Said Imogen clicking on Bored Watcher.
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*Bored Watcher: This option is given only to bored people who can't find much fun in anything. Only for people specializing or wanting to specialize in high agility, but have low health.
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"That's a no, it sounds fun; but it's not for me. Said Imogen clicking on Confused One.
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*Confused One: This option is only given to people who think their stats belong to no specialization. Only for people specializing or wanting to specialize in random stats all around.
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"Nope, I'm not doing that either; I don't want my stats more random than they already are. Said Imogen clicking on Lucky Fool.
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*Lucky Fool: This option is only given to people who have had an abnormally large amount of good luck. Only for people specializing or wanting to specialize in high luck, but have low stats.
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"It sounds amusing, but no I don't want to gamble my whole life." Said Imogen clicking on Heart Defender.
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*Heart Defender: This option is only given to those who have been blessed by the heart of a forest, of which there is none left. Only for people specializing in high defense, but have low health.
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"That sounds like a good choice, I'll remember it." Said Imogen clicking on Blocker.
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*Blocker: This option is only given to people with high defence. Only for people specializing or wanting to specialize in high defence, but have low strength.
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"Nope, I'm not picking that; so I guess it's between Death Toucher and Heart Defender. Said Imogen trying to choose between one, or the other.
"Well, I'll have to go with Heart Defender, it fits very well with my stats, even though I think Death Toucher is better." Chose Imogen, wondering if she made the right choice.
"But before I choose Heart Defender, I have to see what a class is." Interrupted Imogen in a boring manner.
"System, please tell me what a class is." Requested Imogen.
*Classes: A specialization in a certain area. Classes will have a potential rating from none to high, classes with a high potential rating will have multiple classes after them. Classes with "none" end at that one class, but are usually pretty good from the get go. The classes are classed from-.
"Okay, that's a good enough system, thank you." Grimaced Imogen, attempting to stop the system.
"I choose Heart Defender for my class, imbue me with power, system!" Demanded Imogen, suddenly feeling tired, even though she just woke up from a three day long nap.
*System Announcement: Your class is now Heart Defender, congratulations!