'pant pant'
"I almost died right there," Zack said while catching his breath. "Luckily I didn't spend my free stats or else I'll be dead by now."
Earlier, while Zack counting his gains, he heard multiple roars ahead, then a five Twin-Headed Boars immediately appears and charged at him abruptly. Luckily for him, he instantly reacted and rolled sideways, not giving any moment to Zack, the other boar pounced on him. Zack spend his five free stat points and added them to his stamina.
STA: 5/21
He quickly activated his DASH skill and jumped to the tree resulting in his escape.
"That was dangerous, better to be more cautious now." then Zack find some larger branch to the tree and sat down. His stamina is depleted and he needs to replenish it quickly before continuing to level up.
Zack closes his eyes and rests. After 20 minutes, his body was now full of energy. His stamina stat is also full, "Now let's continue to level up." He stood up and started to jump from another tree.
This time, Zack change his route, he didn't ready to face those Twin-Headed boar yet, for now, his target was only those ant monsters because it was easier to kill. Zack jumped from one tree to another, until he found another Red Metallic Ant.
Zack charged quickly, he aims for the head to kill the ant in one hit. The ant didn't notice Zack, before it could react, its head got blown off already.
[You killed a Red Metallic Ant]
[You've Obtained a White Crystal Core]
[You gain 10 exp]
[Ding]
[You have Level UP!]
[You are now Level 3]
[You gained 5 free STATUS POINTS]
Zack stored the ant corpse in his inventory and resume his hunt. Usually, he encountered other kinds of monsters but he chooses to ignore them, his target, for now, is only Red Metallic Ant.
Zack continues to explore the forest for four days straight, and he killed 24 ants. Which elevated his level to 9.
If you are confused about why his level is still low despite killing 24 ants, here's the explanation:
When Zack was leveled up to 5, the exp he gained from killing ants is only 5 exp. It appears that the more his levels increase, the lower the exp he gained from killing low-rank monsters.
But he doesn't mind that, it's because he obtained a reward for his four days of hard work. When Zack was on level 5, he unlocked a new skill, which is APPRAISAL.
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APPRAISAL (ACTIVE LVL: Based on the User Levels): can identify anything not just its properties but also its status based on the user levels. If the appraisal target is higher than 5 levels, only half of the status can be revealed. If the appraisal target is much higher than 10 levels, the user can't see the target's status except for its name and description.
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Other than hunting these whole four days, he also sleeps and eats the Twin-Headed boar meat raw, even if it tastes awful in his mouth, he endured it. He tries to make a fire using a primitive way but he can't because of his form.
And in day five, while Zack was exploring, he saw a Red Metallic Ant carrying a dead big worm similar to a coconut worm from his home world.
Zack decided to follow the ant for 40 mins. There he saw a cave. The cave's gap was 5 meters, the ant enters the cave while carrying the dead worm.
Zack followed the ant, the cave is big inside compare to when you look outside. It is also not gloomy. At the walls of the cave, he saw a moss glowing a green light, which illuminated the cave slightly.
Zack jumped to a plain stalactite sticking to the wall and continued to follow the ant till he reach a wide space area. Zack's body started to tremble, what he saw made his face pale. Not far away from him, he saw not just one Red Metallic Ant, but a seemingly hundred ants. But what makes his body tremble is not the hundreds of ants, but a massive size Red Metallic Ant.
Its body size was like a two-story building, the color of its exoskeleton is much darker compared to the ants.
"What a big ant" he muttered to himself.
"Appraisal"
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Red Metallic Ant Queen: the Queen of the Red metallic ants. The Ant Queen can only breed up to 20 ants a week due to its race characteristics. This Ant Queen is hard to deal with because of its thick exoskeleton. Together with its steel-like exoskeleton, it can easily crush a city wall using its massive body size. The only disadvantages of it are having slow movement and a lack of offensive skill.
LEVEL: ???
RACE: ???
HP: ???
MP: ???
AGI: ???
STA: ???
???: ???
SKILLS: ?????
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"It's full of question marks, don't tell me its level is 19? No way!" Zack was shocked, this is the first time he encounter a monster of level 19.
"But reading the description of the system, I think I can kill it- wait a minute." Zack seems to think something then he calls out his status window and looked at the CONVERSION skill.
Conversion: can convert anything and can be used to change from one form to another.
NO MANA CONSUMPTION
NO STAMINA CONSUMPTION
SKILL DURATION: Based on the user's target and level.
COOLDOWN: 7 days (2 days remaining)
"Well, I think I know how to deal with it" he has a sly smile on his face. "But let me clean up the smaller ones first."
Zack started to move, he was going to lure the ants one by one using a meat bait. He will put the meat outside the cave and wait for the ant monster to come out. Then he will kill the ants one by one until only the Ant Queen will remain inside.
Two days later in a blink of an eye, Zack cleans all the smaller ants, he killed 103 ants, but rather than being happy, he was so upset.
It's because when he killed the ant, he only gains a meager 1 exp for every one ant, he asks the system what happen and why is that he only gain 1 exp.
[The Host level is in threshold and the host level isn't compatible to hunt a low-level monster anymore. A level 5 monster will only give you 1 exp. Work hard Host]
"Damn it, I thought I could level up" Zack was frustrated, but he decides to calm down. "But I have no choice, it's the system generosity that it's still giving me 1 exp for a low-level monster" he sighed.
"I guess, time to use conversion skill to another monster Hehehe." Zack laughed evilly.
But Zack didn't know, that his plan was a failure.
'
[The target level was too high]
[Failed to convert]
[The Host doesn't meet the level requirements]
[Host needs to reach level 10 to proceed with conversion]
...
...
...
"F*ck You!"
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NAME: ASTERION
LEVEL: 09
EXP: 153/500
Age: 0
Race: ???
HP: 18/18
MP: 25/25
STA: 16/21
AGI: 4 (+3)
DEF: 1
LUCK: 4
CHARM: 4 (Based on the user's form.)
AVAILABLE STAT POINTS: 35
ACTIVE SKILLS: Conversion (Lvl: 01), Dash (Lvl:01), Head-Thrust (Lvl:01)
Conversion: can convert anything and can be used to change from one form to another.
NO MANA CONSUMPTION
NO STAMINA CONSUMPTION
SKILL DURATION: Based on the user's target and level.
COOLDOWN: 7 days
DASH (ACTIVE LVL: 01): this skill can double the user's speed to quickly move in the target direction at a distance of up to 5 meters.
STAMINA CONSUMPTION: 5 points
>DURATION: 3 seconds
COOLDOWN: 1 minute
HEAD-THRUST (ACTIVE LVL: 01): this is a modified version of Headbutt, it deals with thrust damage which can cause fatal damage to the target.
STAMINA CONSUMPTION: 3 points
DURATION: 2 seconds.
COOLDOWN: 1 minute, 45 seconds
PASSIVE SKILLS: Compatibility (Lvl:01), Fast Movement (Lvl:02)
Compatibility: a unique skill that matches the conversion skill, this skill can make the holder compatible with any kind of form it takes.
FAST MOVEMENT (PASSIVE LVL: 02): this passive skill will permanently add +3 stats to the user.
CURRENT FORM: Horned Rabbit
AVAILABLE FORM: 1