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Chapter 3 - I hate fishes

So you are probably thinking 'where am I?'.

Well, currently I am in the branches of a tree, hiding from a fish... With legs...

Not a small fish, but a big one. Like five meters. How did this happen? I was going down the stream when I saw a small fish with lizard legs. I started chasing it and when I reached it screeched.

And guess who arrived? Mama fish

And that's everything that happened.

Back to the present, how will I escape my predicament? This dumb fish just stood under the tree and was watching me while it repeatedly opened and closed its mouth.

Hey Zane, do I have a chance against the fish?

[Definitely no]

Darn it, what shall I do?

[Just wait until it gets dark ]

Won't the fish see me?

[Fishes can't see in the dark, they can only navigate through the darkness in waters by sensing pressure changes with special organs]

Oh, that explains much. Welp, guess this is the only way.

***

Of course, things won't happen the way I want them. After an hour or something the fish started ramming into the tree, breaking it in the process. And now I am running away from the fish that is currently on my tail. But luck was on my side because found a hole. In which I am currently. Due to the darkness, the fish didn't see me and kept running in a random direction. Should I get out of the hole or wait till it's morning?

[You should stay in the hole and sleep. You have wasted too much energy running from the fish.]

Yeah. Good night~

[Good night]

***

When morning came I got out of the hole and started walking back to the river.

I should find something to eat.

*Rustle*

Oh? I turned to the left and saw a bush.

I cautiously walked to it while preparing to run if something dangerous came out of it.

I peeked and saw six horned rabbits.

Today's breakfast sure will be big. But how will I kill them all? Should I just jump and start killing them? I haven't used my skills so maybe I have a fighting chance.

Tell me the description of all available skills.

[[Dash] doubles agility at the use of ten stamina.]

[[Bite] doubles the strength of your mouth. Uses five stamina.]

[[Claw attack] doubles the strength of your claws and has a chance to perform a critical hit, dealing double the damage. Uses ten stamina ]

Show me my status.

[Status]

[Name-Emma

Class-none(locked)

Race- Lotus fox

Level-2/5 exp-0/15

Health -25/25

MP-10/10

Stamina-45/45

Magic-1

Vitality -2

Strength-5

Agility -10

Intelligence-1

Skills-

[Bite],[Dash],[Claw attack];]

Damnit, I have no chance. Then the only way is the silent one. I looked around me and saw a little stone. I picked it up with my paws. These little guys are similar to a rabbit from my past world, but not fully. When a rabbit it's threatened it should run away but that horned rabbit I killed didn't run, so if I throw this stone. One of the rabbits should go investigate it, I will kill it and redo the process. I threw the stone, and one of the rabbits went to investigate it. While It was looking around I slowly walked toward it. Sensing something, the rabbit turned around but this didn't save him.

I pounced on it and bit his neck, killing him instantly.

[You have gained 10 experience]

I redid this process three times but on the fourth time,two rabbits came to investigate.

[You have gained 30 experience]

[You have leveled up two times]

Currently, I am testing my strength against them. Both of them dashed toward me with their horns ready to impale me. I dodged to the right and used [Claw attack ] on the rabbit severing his body in two. Damn, I didn't expect this.

[You have gained 10 experience]

The other rabbit, seeing his brethren die so easily, started running in the other direction.

You are not escaping from me!~

By using [Dash] I reached the rabbit and sliced his neck with my pawn.

[You have gained 10 experience]

[You are ready to evolve]

Yay~ So what now?

[Go back to the hole and evolve there]

Okay, I touched both rabbits and placed them inside my inventory as I did with the past ones. After doing this, I started retracing back to the hole.

***

Alrighty, time to evolve...

So, how do I evolve?

[Evolution choices]

[Fire fox]

[Winter fox]

[Elemental fox]

[Interesting... Normally your only available evolution should have been Fire fox but somehow your evolution is influenced by your title and memories.]

What do you mean?

[Before you reincarnated, you lived in a snowy environment, didn't you?]

Yes, I did.

[Also, you shouldn't have gotten the evolution choice [Elemental Fox] because you have no connection with the other elements. You truly are an interesting creature.]

Uhh, okay. Thank you?

Which one should I choose?

[Well, it would be better if you choose [Winter fox]]

Why isn't [Elemental fox] better?

[Normally, you would have gotten [Ice fox] instead [Winter fox] because ice fox is a lesser evolution. If you choose [Elemental fox] you will be average in every element but won't be better in any of them. It's like a Jack of all trades but master of none. Also, you will get similar but better evolutions to [Elemental fox] later on your evolution path]

Oh, this was a big info dump. I clicked on the [Winter fox ] button. Suddenly my vision stared getting darker, and darker and darker...