[—ed level 30. New Evolution paths are now open.]
A loud noise in my head woke me up. I opened my eyes just to find myself laying down on a mushy and damp soil. The surroundings were dark. It seemed I was inside a small hole.
"Ugh…"
I groaned and touched my head, as I raised my body slowly.
[Congratulations. You have reached level 30. New Evolution paths are now open.]
That was the noise I heard inside my head. It was a notification from Dea, apparently.
"My head… What happened?"
[Did you not remember anything?]
I tried racking up my brain. The last thing I could remember was that I was consuming more than a dozen of Infernal Cores simultaneously. I recalled all the tingly sensation I had felt before. I was also convulsing like crazy. Then I turned my gaze to my crotch.
"This… is a mess…"
My crotch was flooding with crystal clear and a little bit gooey liquid starting from the upper part of my thighs until below my navel. I extended my hand and tried touching my holy hole and I found out that it was the source of this mess.
"..."
[It was such a sight to see. You climaxed twe—]
"Stop! I don't wanna hear anything about it!"
I covered my face with my hands frantically. The fishy smell from my hand entered my nose. It piqued my curiosity and in the end, I lost to that. I licked my fingers.
"Pweh!", I spat it out while squinting my eyes due to the shocking taste. "Salty! Ugh… How do I clean up this mess?"
I lifted my dress up and took it off, while also trying to squeeze all the wetness from it out. But unfortunately, because the cloth was made of gold and silver thread, I couldn't really dry it well. And there, I realized I had been going commando since the beginning of this life.
"..."
[You should be able to create panties and some undies from the materials you got from the monsters you hunted earlier.]
"Why didn't you tell me?"
[You never asked.]
"Again with that answer.", I grunted. "Anyway, which skill do I use? Weaving?"
[Negative. Weaving only works when you are required to make thread first and manually sew the cloth.]
She paused for a bit before continuing explaining.
[This time, the materials are ready to be processed, so you only need to use Crafting.]
Damn. It was confusing. Inside my head, a lot of questions were spinning around, creating a huge spiral of letters.
[... Let me handle everything.]
"Thanks, Dea-sama…", I spoke in a monotonous tone and made a worshipping gesture jokingly.
[Tsk.]
A moment later, a pair of black panties and strapless bra appeared in front of me.
"A… bra?", I tilted my head a little.
I looked down to see my hills and they were still as tiny as ever. Flat like a cutting board. I kinda felt offended by that.
[Trust me. You are going to need it once you evolve.]
"... Okay, let me wear the panties first."
I pulled the panties up to my thighs and slowly put them on. It was a perfect fit. There was no sign of itchy and uncomfortable feelings at all. Instead, why did I feel much safer just by wearing panties?
"Is this how a girl feels?", I asked a question to myself randomly. "Anyway, let's check out my status. Dea?"
[Affirmative.]
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Status
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Name : Farenna
Race : Lv. 30/30 Blood Nymph
Status : Sealed
Sync. Rate: 10.01%
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HP: 200/200 MP: 100/100
SP: 120/120
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STR : 37 LUK : 5
AGI : 45 DEX : 40
INT : 32 VIT : 33
Unallocated pts: 55
Bonus pts: 10
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You have completed the task:
· Level up to max 30/30
Rewards: Sync. Rate +10%, All Stats +10
Accept now? (Y/N)
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Evolution Paths opened!
· Greater Blood Nymph
· Crimson Nymph
· Sacred Nymph
· ??? (EX)
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"Wow…! I completely forgot I had that kind of task. Should I just accept the reward now?"
[I suggest you accept it after evolving. +10 all stats now vs. after evolving is like heaven and earth in comparison.]
"Hmm…", I placed my hand on my chin, as always. "If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to just save up stats until I reach a higher stage of evolution?"
[Negative. It only works on stats gained from a task's rewards.]
It all made sense. It would be too ridiculous if I had to fight a strong monster with this kind of stat in order to save points for later. That would be suicidal, and I didn't want that. I glanced over the status panel and I spotted something unusual.
"Dea, what is this?"
I pointed at the question marks.
[...]
Dea didn't immediately respond to my question. She went silent for a little bit more before she spoke.
[I apologize. I was checking the World System to see if it made a mistake.]
"What do you mean by that?"
[Originally, you will only have access to an EX species after you contribute highly towards the whole world. An EX species is much, much superior than other species.]
"Wow! I'll become stronger in no time then…", I was genuinely happy.
[Sadly, it is surprisingly hard to level up an EX species' level. Every single one of them has their own characteristics and unique ways of leveling up.]
Dea's explanation opened my eyes. I was almost blinded by an obvious trap like this. How could something so good have no demerit at all? Impossible.
"Then why is it unreadable for me?"
[You being unable to read it is proof that you are still not qualified for it.]
"Haaah… I'm sad I raised my hope for that.", I sighed and let out a rant. "Then how about the other races? Can you explain them?"
[Affirmative. Let us start with Greater Blood Nymph. Greater Blood Nymph is the most common path to take if a Blood Nymph is undergoing an evolution process. To put it simpler, Greater Blood Nymph is just a stronger and bigger version of regular Blood Nymph.]
Growing stronger and bigger wasn't enough for me. I also needed to be more majestic so humans wouldn't easily approach me.
[In that case, choosing Crimson Nymph or Sacred Nymph would be better for you.]
"You haven't explained about them, though."
[... Evolving into Crimson Nymph would allow you to control fire and lava. This specific species is e—]
"No lava. Rejected."
Yep, no fiery thingy. A certain memory from one of my past lives flashed in my mind. A man accidentally fell into a pool of lava and died just like that. It was okay since the man couldn't really die and just regressed. But the pain I felt at that time made me shudder. Yes, I fell into a pool of lava once.
[... You are so hard to deal with… Haaaah…]
Dea sighed. That was the very first time I heard her robotic voice sigh.
[The last one is Sacred Nymph. Just as how its name sounds, Sacred Nymph is a species that specializes in—]
"No sacred thingy. I bet it has great regeneration power, isn't it?"
[... I am done. Just pick whatever you want.]
Dea went silent right after. Well, it should be obvious that my real target was the EX one. No matter how it might look, being an EX would be more fun and interesting. Regretting would come after.
"I choose the unreadable one, the EX species.", I spoke in a happy and gleeful tone.
[... Affirmative. Starting the evolution process…]
The next moment, I felt a terrible sensation of pain all over my whole body. The surroundings distorted, as if something was cracking open the dimension. No, it was my sight that distorted.
"Urk…!!! Aaaaaaaaaaargh!!!"
The pain spread slowly through my blood veins and nerve system. Every single moment was a torture for me. Lots and lots of memories from my past lives flashed in my mind like a film roll, and each one of them wasn't the pleasant one.
Every blood vein in my body felt so hot as if it would explode any time now. My surroundings turned monochrome all of sudden. Everything was forcefully stopped, or it should be said that the flow of time stopped, literally. Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in front of me.
"Long time no see, Fayre. No, Farenna."
Her elegant gestures and enchanting voice, her pure white silk-like hair, her porcelain-like skin, her majestic figure, everything about her was perfect.
"Goddess… Bona Dea…"
Yes, it was her, showing herself smiling and all.
"I'm here to see you grow. Well, I can't stay too long though…", she smiled bitterly. "I knew you'd pick that one."
Damn. I contacted her during my first days in this life and all I had heard was only her voice back then. Seeing her in real flesh like this calmed myself down. Then, I remembered the state I was in and I started panicking.
"No need to panic, Farenna.", she approached me slowly. "It's fine that every creation has their own carnal desires. Even Deities have that as well."
"I didn't mean to do it…"
"I know. Your circumstances forced you to do it. You needed to grow faster, didn't you?"
She stroked my hair gently and placed her hand on my cheek.
"Allow me to personally guide you starting from now on. Please, be nice to me."
She smiled and I was left dumbfounded by her words.
"I bequeath everything about me to you, my dear Apostle. My will, my power, my existence, my everything…"
A slight of loneliness and sadness was reflected through her tone. I didn't know how but I just knew what she felt at the moment. I had no idea what to do or what to say.
"It's okay, Farenna. I have absolute trust in you, for you shall be able to accomplish what I couldn't.", she smiled and teared a little. "Please, accept me whole."
Her body then began to shine brightly and gradually disappeared from my sight. I couldn't even react or say anything. I could only feel a sudden warmth in my chest. The warmth forced me to close my eyes, and I got unbelievably sleepy.
[You have successfully evolved. 50 bonus stat points have been given. Preparing a better vessel to contain the purest form of energy, Prana...]
Then, everything went dark right after.
[Congratulations. You are compatible with the highest type of vessels, the Calamity Series. Proceeding on creating the outer vessel… ETA: 7 hours.]
[Warning! Due to the lack of Synchronization Rate, you will start from the lowest version of Calamity Series, the Calamity Nymph.]
[Blessing of Growth (Inherit) detected. The inheritance of the blessing has been stopped. Blessing of Growth evolved into Growth Boost (Unique) and is bound to your soul.]
[A presence of a Deity detected. Bona Dea (Unique) has evolved into Bona Dea (EX).]
*Farenna's newest status:
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Status
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Name : Farenna
Race : Lv. 1/100 Calamity Nymph (EX)
Status : Sealed
Sync. Rate: 10.01%
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HP: 500/500 MP: 300/300
SP: 700/700
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STR : 37 LUK : 5
AGI : 45 DEX : 40
INT : 32 VIT : 33
Unallocated pts: 55
Bonus pts: 60
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Equipments:
· Weapon : Spear of Vermillion (EX)
· Headgear : None
· Armor : Rough Golden Gown (Rare)
· Torso : None
· Feet : None
· Misc. : Sealing Chains of Hell (EX)
Black Leather Panties (Common)
Black Leather Bra (Common)
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Skills:
· Appraisal Lv. 6
· Devour (EX)
· Bona Dea (EX)
· Crafting Lv. 4
· Weaving Lv. 1
· Weaponize Lv. 11
· Berserk (Mutation)
· (New!) Growth Boost (Unique)
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Blessings:
· Blessing of Purity & Chastity
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Curses:
· Curse of Wrath
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Titles:
· Regressor
· Goddess' Apostle
· Rotten to the Bone
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You have completed the task:
· Level up to max 30/30
Rewards: Sync. Rate +10%, All Stats +10
Accept now? (Y/N)
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