Healer looked at the weird thing, he didnt want to initiate combat as he didnt know its capability's, but on the other hand it it could be one of the experiments, as he thought he tried to figure out which creature and what magic it could hold, they already fought flame and it seems that there were all four elements, and he didn't see any flame or smoke, but he did feel a slight magic aura around the floating jar, and thats when it clicked, it was probably the air magic experiment, the question was, how would he approach the creature? Air magic was one of the types that was strong in later levels because of its unseeable nature and blades of wind are super hard to deal with, however if you have wind magic you'd be able able see the magic, at least the outline, so he was thinking of making a wisp for wind magic detection 'hey, big boi' the name of the muscly wisp 'attack that'
[declared battle on goblin in flask (failed experiment)]
the muscle wisp flew into the experiments face and hit it, but its fist was stopped by an invisible wall
'well, its seems my assumption was correct, vortex, attack from afar using your claws, use rain to make the distorted air visible'
the wisp used its mana to make it rain, the water wasn't very accurate and only showed the most basic of outlines and even then it only showed the tops of the air distortion, the wisp then sent out its claws aiming for the weak spot grabbing the jar, it held on as a horrible screech erupted out of the creature
healer was unable to hear the screech as he hadn't developed any hearing yet 'ok, now big boi grab the cap and open it
the muscle wisp did what was asked of him and ripped off the cap of the jar
[warning: second form has activated]
'oh shit, it was a second phase' healer thought
some demons in the underworld had evolved enough to have an emergency mode of sorts, this mode boosted all their stats and would either trigger from an event or from a certain drop in health, almost like a game boss, in the goblins case it dropped to the ground and grew long spindly limbs and a long bulbous nose
"SCREEEE"
It screeched again and ran to the one that ripped its lid off, but that wouldn't do anything, as the muscly wisp just slammed it into the ground killing it
'ok you two, just let me absorb the soul' he walked up to the weirdly shaped almost broken soul and gulped it down
[three fragments available: second phase: goblin out of jar/low grade malfunctioning mana gland/jar exoskeleton]
these were incredibly specific and gave him the vibe that he killed a unique class demon, he chose the mana gland
[make wisp (malfunctioning air type)/improve body (3 options)/assimilate (3 options)]
he chose make wisp, as the wisp formed its body died down
[failing to make wisp, sacrifice health for wisp?]
'yes'
the wisp formed a new body but it was white and its eye foggy
[HP: 5]
'oh shit'
[two fragments available: goblin out of jar/ jar exoskeleton]
he chose jar exoskeleton then assimilate
[vortex/wisp 2/wisp 3]
he chose wisp three and then he saw a jar form and screw itself around the white wisp
[HP + 20]
the wisps look didn't improve, it just had better defense which meant better health, next he chose the goblin option, he looked at the wisp seeing it clearly in pain, he chose the improve body and then wisp three
[HP + ///]
he never saw this coming
[notice: a second phase has been sacrificed and broken mana gland and sick wisp detected: wisp is now called flask: mana gland being repaired]
he watched as this all happened in awe
[mana gland repaired/creation of the unique wisp flask successful]
he looked at flask and saw that he looked bigger and stronger there was a certain look in his eyes as he grew and grew, but his color didn't change, he stayed white, except it was now shaded with black and he glowed a little
[calculating HP: 1000]
his eye (if he had them) would have bulged out of his sockets, the fact that a single this would upgrade the wisp into such a strong creature was amazing
[intermediate mana gland created]
and yet another pleasing surprise as the wisps mana gland was upgraded to intermediate, this overjoyed healer as this allowed the wisp to create air barriers, luckily he remembered the incantation, and gave it to his companion, now there was the issue of the muscly wisp not having an official name
[name wisp 2?]
'all i needed to do was ask?' He wondered to himself 'yes'
[enter name]
'lets not go for big boi, lets go with something more practical' he thought for a couple of moments 'power house'
[name changed to power house reducing health by 20 to use for the acquisition of intermediate intellect]
'Wait what'
[HP 80]
'of course there's a catch'
he kicked the wall in anger, but then smiled 'this means in exchange for health i can get powers'
[negative]
'why did it cost HP then!?!'
[it counted as permanent mental damage]
'this is such bull'
Power looked at his master and hugged him
'whats this about'
'no… worry… about…'
Healer heard a cutesy voice in his head barely able to form words
'wah, you can talk, and your appearance doesn't Match your appearance in the slightest, WELP' he claps his hands together 'let's get a move on shall we? Might as well look for the other elements here, also i want to find a room with notes'
vortex jumps and opens a spatial plane, this plane was one wisps specialized in it reaches in and pulls out bunches of paper
'did you grab these while we searched?'
vortex makes a nodding motion
'thanks buddy, cause of you we may be able to learn what the hell is going on here'
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after resting for a while his health was back up to full, he pulled out his dagger 'wait, the comic this is based on used a dagger, now thats a huge coincidence, well that and the fact that daggers feel cool to use, its not like i actively try to copy comics, and i wasn't even around when the ability surfaced, though, i wonder how japan and Korea reacted when they found out there powers changed, actually, i bet some fans of anime here in the US were pissed, but thats also kinda funny to think about, now, time to clear this dungeon'
he walked down a pathway 'damn, I'm lucky they didnt have anyone that could check space and distortion of it, i wonder how that demon is doing as well, its been a little bit, wait, maybe he doesn't want to return? Well, i hope that he doesn't become a problem, well, if he did return, he'd probably come to find maras spirit dead, and i dont wanna be the host… wait… why don't i feel sad…?' He started to look back until an ant screached
"SCREEEEE"
"ow, my fucking ears you bastard!" He looked at the ant
it had thorns and spiny legs, its eyes were red with black irises
{notice: secondary system detected: purging… impossible…combining… impossible… changing environment… successful. Area: demon ants ant farm}
'that's bullshit'
the ant became darker in color and started to give off a sinister aura
{reward for completing: demons middle finger and HP +}
'ah, at least its making the rewards worth it, wait a minute'
{now! On with the quest!}
'I- ok fine'
he walked up to the ant and ignited it, it screeched in pain as the scent of burning meat wafted down the tunnels
every time he came across an ant all he had to do was ignite it and let it burn, at least until he came across the fireproof ones
"w-what are these!?!" He panted tired and at 100 HP
{fire shielded ants}
"how do i beat them!?!"
{remove the plating/exoskeleton on them and burn that for the quickest defeat}
'how do I do this… I can't take any-' he remembers the medicine he bought and injects himself with it, just one though
{+500 HP}
'whew,' he wipes his brow feeling energized "come at me you insectoid fuckers!"
he runs up to one digging his dagger into a chunk of the exoskeleton and using his dagger-like a pry bar, he prys it off and ignites the flesh, he repeats this until all the ants are dead "how many are left…"
{10}
'good to know, now, where to next?' He wonders for a couple of moments until he notices fierce energy and walks towards it, soon after many ant killings he comes across a large room and walks in, noticing all the larvae and ignites them without a second thought 'yea, I'm not letting those become an issue, now where's the boss?'
as if on queue, which it's very possible it was, a giant ant screeches loudly and runs up to him he tries to use his dagger but to no avail, next, he tries and makes the distance between him and the any larger, he tries to think of a solution to his predicament when he comes up with an idea he puts it into action, he distorts space and creates separate gravity fields and pulls then in opposite directions, soon, armor plating follows the and as a sickening ripping sound is heard, this process is repeated in between dodges and weaves until all that's left is pulsating flesh, he runs up and quickly slays it with a quick hit to the heart, one the beast is slain he receives a boost in strength
{HP + 1000 total: 6000}
after he rests for a couple of minutes and notices the bug flesh has dissipated but what's left is a single finger
{demons middle finger: increases one's demonic powers}
he eats the finger without hesitation then feels a pounding in his chest, his heart wont stop palpitating his blood is pumping faster then he can breath oxygen in
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{HP is at 2000, almost there}
he couldn't even ready the words anymore, he was just trying his best to stay awake
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{HP is 1000, resistance successful, you may now pass out}
he read the final words with joy as he fells asleep hoping to wake up to a warm bed
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when he woke up he was treated to the same floor, but a new message
{HP has increased to 8000}
he almost passed out from the shock, he looked again and actually did end up passing out, not from shock but from intense pain
{body undergoing changes}