[STATS]
Physique: 0.1
Dexterity: 0.1
Intelligence: 0.1
Wisdom: 0.1
How can I be this weak?! Like, doesn't this mean that I can be killed by literally anything?
Wait wait wait, let's not get discouraged so soon. Maybe there are hidden multipliers that even I cannot see but they make me super-strong compared to other creatures, or maybe the system standards are so high that for him I'm weak but in this world I can be considered an overlord once they reach 1. Yes, it must be one of those, there's no way I'm going to start my brand new life being weak like this. No no no no no… let's not rush things, I will just ask the system.
[Stats: they are the most common way to define how strong a creature is, as they are issued by the System itself they are never wrong.]
<*mumbling*That's the most obvious explanation somebody ever gave me…>
<*siiiggghhh* I should have understood by now that this system answers only to the literal question. Then, system, are those my true stats or there are some hidden factors that make them seem lower?>
[Yes, those are your true stats. There is nothing in existence that can fool the system's eyes and as such when the system shows your status there can't be anything wrong.]
[Yes, every creature, from critters to gods]
hahahaHaHaHaHAHAHAHAHA… wheeww
OK!! So I got nothing special on myself!! Just a white… mannequin-looking creature with ridiculously low stats that will die just by falling on the ground. This sure is great!
It seems that my new life is literally following Murphy's law. I'm featureless, I came out from an egg, I killed a guiltless squirrel and I even have crappy stats. I don't even want to imagine what lousy skills I will end up with!
*Siiiggghhh* Well, better know it now than later.
[SKILLS]
ACTIVES
Shapeshift(mutated) (1)
Analysis (1)
PASSIVES
Husk (MAX)
Formless (1)
Bestiary (MAX)
Inert (1)
Mmmmhhh? What's this?
Have I misread something?
Do I really have this many skills?
[Yes, those are all the skills you currently have]
YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!
I HIT THE JACKPOT!!!!!
Finally a reason to try to live more.
Ok ok, now calm down, Inhale… exhale… inhale…and exhale.
Thank you mysterious something that gifted me all of this, truly thank you.
Now that I'm calm I should look better at the skills, first the active ones, analysis seem pretty obvious so that leaves me with…
[Shapeshift: a common skill that is found in the changeling race, it permits them to change their outer appearance in anything that they fully "analyze", given that it does not differ too much from their base form or their individual strength]
<.....> (0_0)
*INHALE EXHALE INHALE EXHALE INHALE EXHALE*
*Inhaaaaaaaaaaaallleeeeeeee*
*Exhaaaaaaaaaaaalllleeeeeee*
[SKILLS]
ACTIVES
Shapeshift(mutated) (1)
Analysis (1)
PASSIVES
Husk (MAX)
Formless (1)
Bestiary (MAX)
Inert (1)
[LOG]
You have slain a Black Squirrel(LV2)
…
System, explain to me the skill "shapeshift"
[Shapeshift(mutated): as you have innate slime characteristics this skill isn't limited by your base form anymore, instead you can change in anything you want(except things two tier higher than yourself) as long as you have properly analyzed or eaten enough of that creature. You will not become a copy of the creature(same level,stats,skills) but instead become the best base form of said creature. Only works with organic matter]
Now let's see, if I understood the skill correctly, should I start by analyzing something?
I don't think there's anything organic in this cave. Should I try to go out? No, I can't, with a body this weak I'll just die. What can I do?...
Wait, there's the squirrel I killed before!
Looking back under my egg I try to analyze the squirrell.
[Corpse of a Squirrel]
[Unable to shapeshift, insufficient informations]
WHY?! *sob sob* What am I supposed to do now? Do I really have to go outside?
Wait… in the skill it says that I can transform if I eat enough of a creature…
*glancing at the squirrel*
Uuugghhh, do I really have to? There doesn't seem to be any other option.
How should I eat if I don't even have a mouth?
Bringing the squirrel up I try to press it on my face, to my surprise it seems to enter without problem, as if I'm dipping it into water.
Whheeewww that was scrumptious… I'm joking I didn't taste a thing. But now I should be able to transform!
[Starting shapeshift. Estimated time: 1 minute]
As I finished speaking a wave of drowsiness crashed against my mind