In an up right position with his legs crossed, Ryan scrolled through his notifications. The more he read, the more his face lit up with glee.
[You have gained the Demon Yazuka attributes]
+10 Dexterity
Better ability to learn demonic arts
[You have gained the Giant Yazuka attributes]
+10 Strength
+10 Endurance
Better ability to wield clubs or axes.
[You have gained the Undead Yazuka attributes]
+10 Stamina
Complete control over undead 20 levels lower than you
[You have gained the Draconian Yazuka attributes]
+10 Wisdom
Fire/Heat Immunity
[You have gained the Imp Yazuka attributes]
+10 Intelligence
Better ability to learn magic
[You have gained the Devil Yazuka attributes]
+10 dexterity
Better ability to wield swords or ranged weapons
[You have awakened your ??? Yazuka bloodline]
+10 all stats
(Discover more to unlock your true potential)
[You are now considered a denizen of the Nether Realm! +50% to all stats when in the Nether Realm!]
Though Ryan still didn't know what his new race was, he didn't care too much about the lack of information. Firstly, the new race meant he has the opportunity to get two classes instead of one and in terms of attribute points, this was a massive increase for Ryan as he was only at level 14 and each level only gave 3 assignable attribute points, if you have a class you get extra points but they go into the attributes that align with your class.
Ryan had effectively gained 46 levels worth of assignable attribute points just by drinking a few vials of blood. The one thing that did confuse him was the XP that he gained, or didn't gain for that matter. When he killed that old lady, he didn't get a single XP despite her being such a high level compared to him, it was something he pondered for a good minute or so but couldn't come up with any good reasons.
Pulling up his status he was pleasantly surprised with the changes.
[Status]
Name: Ryan Spencer
Level: 14
Race: Human/ ???? Yazuka
Class: None
Titles: (Man who just won't quit)
Strength: 34 (+8)
Endurance: 32 (+3)
Stamina: 43 (+4)
Agility: 39 (+7)
Dexterity: 36 (+4)
Intelligence: 44 (+4)
Wisdom: 35 (+5)
Stamina: 147/147
Mana: 48/48
Unallocated AP: 72
Skills: Stealth Lv1, Lighting Bolt Lv1, Block Lv1, Mana Manipulation Lv2, Corpse Explosion Lv1, Spiritual Slice Lv1, Heat Resistance Lv10, Fire Resistance Lv10, Axe Mastery Lv1, Club Mastery Lv1, Sword Mastery Lv1, Bow Mastery Lv1, Demonic Understanding Lv1
He had a massive amount of AP or attribute points he could slap into his status and it made Ryan ecstatic. Not only did he have a metric crap-tonne of AP he also had gained weapon mastery in quite a few things, heat resistance had been levelled up greatly and he gained great Fire Resistance. These upgrades were crucial for Ryan, in the Demon, Imp and Devil parts of the Nether Realm, pretty much everything was on fire or super hot. Thankfully, Ryan no longer felt the pain that accompanied this heat but instead was just uncomfortably warm. Unfortunately, Ryan had no clue exactly what second class he wanted so refrained from allocating his points in case he screwed up his build.
He had checked multiple times, the quest the old lady gave him was still active despite her being dead. Ryan had four years to conquer the Nether Realm and he would start by hatching his beast.
Ryan stood and moved towards the River Pyros whilst taking the egg and demon blood out. The river was alive as fire somehow flowed and followed the path that had been carved for it, never straying past the bank of the river. Taking the cork out of the vial of High Demon Blood, he began to tip the vial's contents over the shell of the egg, seeing as he had never done this before, it was a pretty good guess at what to do. Ryan held the blood covered egg over the river of fire, the egg began to shake and tremble as the flames licked its base, caressing and warming the egg like it was wrapped in a blanket of fire.
Contrary to logic, the blood didn't burn but instead seeped into the egg forcing its to wriggle more and more. Soon it became uncontrollable and Ryan accidently dropped it into the river of flames.
Instead of the egg being boiled, it seemed to absorb the flames and take them for its own. The fire level swiftly fell as the flames were sucked into the shell with a force greater than a black hole. A minute after Ryan accidently dropped it into the fire, the egg shell began to crumble and turn to dust, the nutrients it provided completely used up. Sitting in place of the egg was a small black rhino. It had a short golden horn that complemented the orangey red veins that could be seen running all over the little beast's body. The magma looking creature stared at Ryan for a moment before getting up and clambering up the wall towards him.
'Papa! Papa' a cute child's voice rang in Ryan's head.
A caring smile crept onto Ryan's face as he watched the baby rhino canter towards his body. The little beast stopped just before Ryan and began nuzzling his head against Ryan's leg. Wave after wave of love could be felt pouring through their mental connection and Ryan couldn't help but feel elated watching the tiny rhino be so happy. Ryan's hand reached down and began to stroke the top of the rhino's head lovingly, more and more happiness hit Ryan like a truck as he stroked. Ryan's heart began to melt as he had never felt such love and affection since his parents died, memories of the time they spent together as a family surfaced and brought a smile to his face. A small drop of water fell to the ground.
"Okay, do you have a name?"
Ryan asked as he dropped down into a squatting position with the rhino's head in his hands making the two face each other. Despite having the face of an animal, the black baby rhino seemed to smile at the touch.
'No Papa' the same voice spoke out in his head.
"Well what do you think about the name Crusher?" Ryan questioned.
'Too scary Papa'
"What about Tank? Bruiser?"
'nooo way too mean papa'
"Okay, okay I see where you are coming from. What about Tiny?" Ryan said.
'I like it papa. I Tiny'
"Yes you are" Ryan began to rub the rhino's head like you would a small child as he pulled up the status of the Baby Rhino.
[Pet Status]
Name: Tiny
Level: 1
Gender: Male
Blood used for hatching: High Demon Blood
+20 all stats
Immense resistance to Demonic attacks
Immense resistance to Aether attacks
Species: Abyssal Rhinoceros
HP: 102/102
Strength: 32
Agility: 27
Stamina: 100/100
Skills: Abyssal Stomp Lv1, Abyssal Roar Lv1
[Abyssal Stomp Lv1]
Slams hooves against the ground causing an earth quake.
Deals 500% of strength
Cool-down: 10 seconds
[Abyssal Roar Lv1]
Let's loose a roar so loud no one can ignore it.
Forces all enemies to attack Abyssal Rhino.
Lure Skill
This was amazing. Tiny had overpowered skills, the abyssal stomp would be way too strong when Tiny levelled up more and increased his strength. Seeing as an Abyssal beast got ten AP per level, it wouldn't be very long before Tiny became OP.
With a smile Ryan patted Nova's head and pulled out the colour changing stone and a blue notification appeared in front of his eyes.
[Change to Previous Human form?]
Yes/No
Mentally Ryan selected yes and his skin began to crawl. Electricity shot through his veins as he visibly changed, his skin became lighter and more fleshy and his hair returned to its previous brown colour. He returned to his human form, one without a horn, snow white hair or purplish skin. Hopefully, where he was going the people wouldn't be too harsh against humans.
With that completed and with Tiny by his side, Ryan began the trek towards the massive city in the distance.