Edric was running around a forest taking in the scenery, the air was pure and there were lots of unique fauna and flora filled with essence, but absorbing them wouldn't increase his essence capacity so he left them alone.
There was a flying reptile, ballon like mammals the size of a soccer ball, weird and colorful plants and even caves bigger than anything possible normally.
It was something that Edric couldn't have seen in his original universe, something completely unique to this planet.
Edric continued to run and observe, filling his mind with this unique environment and adapting to this world.
-One week later-
Edric weakened himself by making his body like that of a normal human, and now he was fighting a wolf-like creature only by using essence.
The beast roared with a huge amount of strength, making the wind flow and then it tackled Edric.
[Grah!] Edric received the attack and was knocked back by 5 meter.
But then he used essence as a propeller, changing his direction towards the monster and using the momentum to hit it in the jaw.
The beast screamed and then it tried to shallow Edric.
But then Edric put his foot on its mouth and his right hand in its upper teeth, keeping the beast mouth open.
He closed his fist and then he punched the beast mouth from the inside with a essence filled puch...
The beast died.
Edric looked at its corpse and then...
He fell to the ground.
[Huff... Huff... I can't move my body... Huff... And I have used a lot of essence...]
//(EC) 45/526//
He looked around, and there were 15 corpses of different beasts.
[Huff... Any more than this amount, and I wouldn't have been able to continue using Just my essence to fight]
//Recovering stamina//
[Ugh... using essence is harder than I expected it to be, an average human body can't control it efficiently and I always end up using more than needed]
Edric then sat down and recalled his fights.
With his intelligence he was able to remember them perfectly.
(These beast were able to use essence in some interesting ways...)
There were some of them that regenerated, shot beams, flew without wings and became several times stronger.
But he recalled one beast in specific.
(The skeleton was controlling them... How was he able to?)
He frowed.
He really couldn't understand the principle behind how to use essence.
(I can become stronger and attack using essence... but if I could control beasts...)
He imagined himself controlling a wide terrain by using beasts, getting information on the world around him.
(the beasts i have fought have human intelligence, but they can't communicate. but I should be able to understand them...)
//Analyzing beast's behavioral patterns//
(Anyway, let's go somewhere else.)
When Edric was going to stand up, he noticed something
There was a red slime eating a part of the corpses.
But that wasn't what picked Edric's interest, it was the speed in which the slime was growing, it was coin sized before but it had now doubled its size.
Edric tried to command it using essence.
The slime "looked" at him, but then it looked back at the corpses and continued eating.
(It seems like I can't do it yet...)
He then looked at the little slime, and strangely felt like he needed to bring it with him.
(Is this... foresigh?)
He wasn't sure, but he decided to trust his instincts and take it with him.
He used the smallest amount of his true strength and picked up all of the corpses.
The slime looked at him.
[It's fine, I won't harm you. My name's Edric]
The slime continued to look at him for a few seconds, and then continued eating.
(Let's take him with us)