「 Unknown spirit path. Danger: 1/100% chance of surviving. 」
"Eh!? ... Are you... Wait... This is incredibly dangerous, with only one percent of success."
Crocus was in disbelief after seeing the path.
'The game dimension system said that I could die here, but isn't it a little outrageous!? The other three only have a twenty percent chance of surviving and now this!?... I absolutely won't enter this path... I don't want to court death.'
Crocus snickered and looked at the three paths.
"Hey system, what do you think is the best way to enter? The rewards are the same because the dangers are the same, right?"
He said a bit, and he was greeted with silence.
"So, I remember I am already in the game and when I'm inside, the game dimension system says I won't be able to communicate with him once I'm in. He could only notify, like these, I am seeing now in every path."
Crocus stood on the Prehistoric spirit path.
"Since I am a fan of crocodiles, I have general knowledge of their ancestors. I'm confident of taking one."
「 Entered the Prehistoric game dimension, where the user can find its Prehistoric spirit paths. Please answer the questions first: What kind of dinosaur do the users like? What kind of environment and what kind of power does the user expect? 」
Bewildered at the notification, Crocus couldn't help but think about a lot of things.
'I wonder what this game dimension is doing. It's confusing me now, but well it seems I need to answer.'
"Of course I want crocodiles or in dino's name, Deinosuchus means Terrible Crocodile. I want water areas and water powers like a hydrogen bomb."
「 Analyzing, Analyzing... The swamp accepted the user... Now making a storyline... 」
"Eh!? Storyline!? This game dimension system of mine is surprising me from left to right. I hope the danger is not that dangerous...
*Cough* *Cough*
I was a little overwhelmed, but at least it's not making me anxious about it."
Crocus said without a little panic.
「 Beep! 」
「 Beep! 」
「 You are a little salt crocodile who needs to survive in this deep blue swamp. You need to survive until you reach a level where you can eat anything to get the spirit.
「 Game: Reptile frenzy! 」
All of the sudden, Crocus felt his muscles twisting. His vision turned blurry, then dark, and at the end it was blue. He could feel his skin feeling wet and he wanted to catch air, but not that much.
"I'm underwater!? Wait, my body feels like it ain't a human anymore! What's going on!? The way I swim feels like I'm a swimming reptile!"
「 The user takes on the role of different reptilian species each trying to move up the food chain. This time, you are a small crocodile. As smaller prey are eaten, the player's own crocodile body grows in size and can eat a somewhat larger creature. By the end of each level, the crocodile should be sufficiently large enough that it can eat almost anything. 」
Reading this, Crocus suddenly tried to swim using his instincts.
'Oh... Hooooo! I can swim... Sheer Ssshhh it feels good!
'Sh*t I'm a crocodile! I'm a crocodile!'
「 The game will start at... 」
「 3
「 2
「 1 」
"Eh?!"
Crocus went silent, as he could feel the ripples and the trembling water. As a crocodile, his vision is so clear like in a human's eyes.
"Oh, no... Those are fishes!? Why do they look like demons!?"
Crocus looked at his right side. He could see angry-looking fish with bone-like steel on its forehead. Then Crocus turned his attention to the left. There, in that direction, he could see a long-headed dinosaur with fins like feet flapping to swim and others similar to it.
Crocus then turned his attention to his back. There are also fishes with long spines and sharp spiky mouths.
"They look dangerous..."
He said with a little heavy feeling.
"Oh no!"
His instincts kicked in panic.
"It's coming in my direction."
Crocus tried swimming on the right side to avoid the incoming fishes. However, he can sense in his vision that the ugly-looking fishes are following him.
"Their target is me!?"
Crocus didn't know what to do. It was bigger than him and it was faster. It swiftly reached him.
'I'm going to die!'
Crocus closed his eyes to his end. However, for about a second, he couldn't feel anything. When he opened his eyes, he saw the ugly-looking fish frozen in its place, but what made him horrified was the mouth of something.
「 Warning: Spinosaurus ignores how much bigger you get. It will eat anything that moves in a straight line, don't move in a straight pattern to avoid being eaten. 」
"Huh!? What was that!? I'm saved!?"
Crocus had a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he's not dead yet. He swam freely to start the game, when he saw smaller fish than himself, he thought little but to eat them and complete the game.
'I need to at least be careful, or else I won't get the spirit.
'Sigh...
'So much for having a spirit, but I failed in my memory of this world in a supreme leader's test. This is the only way I know where I could have a spirit again.'
Crocus saw a little fish swimming in the deep blue swamp, and without caring about its look he opened his small crocodile mouth and chomped it!
*Crunch!* *Crunch!* *Crunch!*
"I thought the uglier it looked, the tastier it got."
Crocus did not stop there whenever he saw a smaller fish and was confident about swallowing it whole. He would do it until he reached a level 15.
"What is the bubble over there?"
Crocus comes near the bubble.
"What can this do? Should I touch it?"
As a curious individual, believing in-game luck. He comes near the bubble and pops it with his long crocodile mouth.
「 You have taken the multiplier bubble! To speed the level up Grab multiplier bubbles whenever you can, especially in bonus levels. Second, Eat schools of fish, they are worth a substantial amount extra. Third, Bite the Baryonyx's tails, it's usually a breeze and worth an extremely large amount of points. 」
"Yes! I've triggered some well-hidden rewards!"
Crocus was delighted and trusted his instincts more than he happily devoured and followed the suggestions of the hidden rewards.
As he levels up so fast...
"I can feel it! The waves and power of this beast's spirit! I can feel it! Can it be that having a spirit will give me powers? The 'All system' and my 'Game dimensions system' both suggest power!?
"The Zombie apocalypse, the survival game that the 'All system' will put us in. With this game dimension of mine, I wanna know more... I want to know!"
Invigorating, reviving cells, hope that is sparking his heart and spirit. Crocus is delighted. The way he swims is like he is flying in the sky with the freedom that he dreamed of and always wanted.
"The spirit is circling and I can see its form! Am I going to have it? I'm I finally going to have it?"
Crocus couldn't believe it, the feeling of finally having one can't describe through words. He once thought that having a spirit is not that important to him as he lives his second lifetime here, in this alternate universe, but now...
"I can now understand the gleeful expression of my brothers and cousins when they had spirits... It's so good..."
Crocus suddenly had a melancholy.
"The Ashtaroth Baal Crocus in the earth, Prince Crocus Phereon in this alternate world, both are me... I did not steal a body, but I was reborn... Now... Remembering the two lifetimes, I feel like it's still a dream..."
「 The player has reached level 80 cap. About to own the spirit... 」
"What is my dream? Why am I so scared of being an undead zombie? Is this the life I have had now? All this is just an illusion... I'm still confused that I believe I'm not..."
...
...
"Huh?"
Crocus in his vision saw a fascinating creature.
"What a beautiful bluefish. It was swimming peacefully like an angel in the sky, giving a blessing to those who were looking for tomorrow, hope, and a new day. Are you coming to me... Giving me hope? Are you a sign?"
「 Warning: the user got near the poisoned dragonfish! The user was dying! 」
Crocus was snapped back to his reality from melancholy because of that notification.
"Poisoned!? That fish is not a hidden reward!?"
「 Prince: Crocus Phereon
「 Level: 0
「 Health Points: 40/100
「 Status: Tired, Badly poisoned.
「 Hearts: 3
「 Spirit: None
「 Magic Power: None
「 Territory: Dust Territory
「 「>」
"What's going on!? Badly poisoned!? What the!? 40/100!?"
Crocus felt he was on the edge, but he can feel his body is getting harder to move.
"Poison is spreading all over my body!"
However, despite the resistance, he kept trying. Crocus can't cure the poison.
「 Poisoned to death, you failed. Game over. 」