… oh. She… tripped? Neat! As Eodum thought that, it heard a pleasant message.
[Congratulations, you have met the XP requirement and leveled up!]
[All stats have been restored!]
… Neat! Quickly, Eodum checked its status.
[Status:]
Name: Eodum
Race: Void Rat
Gender: Male
Age: 10 days
Level: 4
Hp: 192/192
St: 273/273
Mp: 105/105
Str: 26
Dex: 17
Agi: 35
Wis: 48
Int: 53
Cha: 15
Con: 44
Mnt: 33
Lck: 96
Skills: Excavate 6, Distant Scratch 9, Crush 7, Intimidate 6, Body Scan 6, Presence Erase 9, Focused Muscle Strengthening 9, Shadow Body 6, Pinpoint Precision 7, Acid Resistance 3, Blunt Damage Resistance 8, Support Magic ll 3, Mana Detection 9, Petrification Resistance 2, Rat Command 4, Regen Enhance 5, Tail Elemental Synergy 6, Gravity Magic 7, Teamwork 5, Dagger Mastery 5, Void Entry 2, Translate 3, Accelerated Thoughts 3, Stealth Attack
Accomplishments: Genocide, Stone Breaker, Lord Slayer, Torturer, Snakes' Bane
SP: 3
AP: 10
Neat! First off, time to spend 5 Ap on luck. Why? Because why not. It was then going to spend the rest on constitution. It was a useful stat, it boosted Hp, St, and one's bulk. Next was spending Sp. There really wasn't anything that Eodum felt like it wanted or needed; it decided to hold off on buying anything
Eodum activated [Void Entry], and Sheila and Henry popped out. The two looked around the area and saw lots of stone, statues, and a body. This was normal by their standards now. Henry stretched and asked, "Well, now that they're dead, shall we be on our way?"
"I think that'd be best." Sheila answered. With that, the group made their way through the forest. They continued on and on, killing a few monsters for food. After about five hours of walking, the sun began to set, and the trio decided to set up camp. They didn't actually set up a camp, they didn't have the resources to. Instead, they all went into the void.
The three rested peacefully in the infinite plane of darkness and nothing. Eodum was the first to wake up, followed shortly by Sheila. Sheila went and woke Henry, and the three crawled out of the void. The party then went back to walking, they didn't know where to go, so all they could do was wander aimlessly. In the distance, back where they came from, the trio heard roaring and hissing
The three obviously quickened their pace at the sound of this. Whatever it was, it was pissed. The three kept up a fast walk, nervous because of the constant roaring. As the three hurried, they approached a dense patch of trees; the trio broke through and… more fucking trees. They were at least hoping at least maybe a river, but nothing! It was the same fucking scenery!
That was when Henry had an idea, "Hey, why don't I fly above the canopy to look for things."
That suggestion was met with silence, and then not silence, "SONOFABITCH!!!" Sheila and Eodum hadn't even thought of that! They could have had a clear goal this entire time, but they just wandered aimlessly!? FUCK! Sheila looked back at Henry, annoyed for some reason, and agreed, "Yeah, just do that."
With that, Henry soared above the canopy and started looking around. The first thing he saw was just the canopy of the forest, made of beautiful emerald leaves. He looked further, a mountain was to their right: surrounded by the forest and with its peak penetrating the clouds. Behind them was their old city, Seelf. To the left was another kingdom. In front of them and a little to the right, outside the forest, was a recognized city for anyone in Seelf.
That city was Nomed, a city under the Tarlived empire; the empire ruled by the devil king Naidisbo. Henry quickly relayed the information to the other two, scoring down from atop the trees. Sheila looked thoughtful as she said, "Nomed? Okay, yea, that'll work! That's a city ruled by Naidisbo, they're expecting intelligent monsters. Well, only if those monsters aren't ill-willed or bad in any way."
"Yea, intelligent monsters. I'll be fine, but what about you two? You're an undead, a monster thought to be unintelligent. You might be able to get a pass as an outlier, but then there's Eodum. Eodum looks like a black rat or pitch black rat, creatures of death and misfortune." Henry countered
Sheila thought for a minute and came to a realization, "Hmmm… oh! You know, I think we have a way around that."
"What is it?" Henry questioned, confused.
Sheila smirked, "You'll see."
Sheila said nothing after that, they just simply continued walking. Henry kept stealing glances at her; he was anxious to know what she wanted to do. The three continued walking, with Henry floating up every now and again to check their progress. Closer and closer they got with each step, but it'd still take a while. That strange roaring and hissing sound continued until sun down. When it finally stopped, it had turned night. After walking in the dark for a while, they decided to call it a day, and they entered the void.
The three woke up, and continued their walk. They hunted a few monsters on the way because either the trio did it for food, or the monster attacked first. They continued walking, at this point Henry had stopped worrying about Sheila's plan, and he decided to just roll with it. The three leveled up at one point, but it took quite a while as the monsters they had found were all low level and low-tier.
The forest was full of both powerful and weak monsters, but it just seemed Eodum's luck stat prevented them from encountering any powerful monsters. They also weren't too deep into the forest yet; the frost was shaped like an island and peninsula. The trio were going through the peninsula part, a commonly known area full of the weak monsters. Often, newbie adventurers would go there to train and complete quests.
The three finally found the forest thinning; they knew this meant they were almost out. Motivated by the idea of getting out of that forest, the three rushed through the woods. The three burst from the woods to see the new city, Nomed. There was a line of people in front of the gates for this city. Unlike Seelf, who only had a few demi-humans and mostly humans, the creatures in this line were diverse.
Many were demons and demi-humans, a few were humans, some monsters. It was quite the mix of races. Sheila began smiling and asked Henry for a few items for Eodum. After their preparations were made, they headed for the gates of Nomed.