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Chapter 75 - A Rat and the Fourth Evolution

[Status:]

Name: Eodum

Race: Void Rat

Gender: Male

Age: 28 days

Level: 15 (MAX)

Hp: 236/236

St: 337/337

Mp: 149/149

Str: 45

Dex: 22

Agi: 54

Wis: 60

Int: 72

Cha: 20

Con: 56

Mnt: 38

Lck: 140

Skills: Tunnel, Aura Slash 3, Gravity Crush, True Fear 2, Body Scan 10 (MAX), Presence Detection Alteration 5, Muscle Tension 4, Void Body 6, Targeting 4, Acid Resistance 3, Blunt Damage Resistance II 3, Support Magic ll 6, Magical Perception 5, Petrification Resistance 2, Rat Command 4, Regen Enhance 11, Tail Elemental Transformation 3, Gravity Magic II 5, Teamwork 8, Stinger Proficiency 3, Void Entry 8, Translate 7, Accelerated Thoughts 8, Stealth Attack 5, Pressure Boost, Shadow Element Boost

Accomplishments: Genocide, Stone Breaker, Lord Slayer, Torturer, Snakes' Bane, Coup D'etat, Dark Horse

SP: 3

AP: 10

This is a long-awaited and quite satisfyingly neat! It felt like it shouldn't have been as easy as it was to get to this point, but humans did offer a surprisingly large amount of experience. Was it that they were strong, or could it be for another reason. In the end though, Eodum couldn't find it in itself to care as it was too excited by its most recent level up and incoming evolution. First however, it would evolve [Body Scan].

[Weakness Pinpoint]

[The user can pinpoint the exact weakness of a target.]

[Apprai_

Bought! Without even reading the rest of the options, Eodum hurriedly evolved [Body Scan] into [Weakness Pinpoint].

[Body Scan evolved into Weakness Pinpoint.]

… Ok, maybe that was a little hurried, but it still felt like a good choice. Now, it was time to spend its AP and SP.

There weren't a lot of points to spend as Eodum didn't have the capacity nor time to let it build up, so this would be rather quick and easy. As per usual, four AP would contribute to luck. Why? Because why not. Eodum would then spend three AP on constitution and the other three on intelligence. Honestly, there only seemed to be some useful attributes and stats, the others could be ignored. Mental resistance and charisma seemed surprisingly useless, and Eodum never found itself putting any points into it. They only increased at certain levels.

With that passing thought being wrapped up, Eodum found itself taking a gander at its skills. Recently it has been having a strange feeling. It wanted a new type of magic, something… bright. It couldn't explain it, it only felt some urge deep down nudging its mind in that direction. Could it have been some leftover part of the void? In that case, why would it want some 'bright' magic, something that boosted darkness would probably be more useful like [Shadow Element Boost].

Eodum attempted to push the thought aside, instead about to spend its SP on upgrading its current skills, but no matter how much it refused to pay attention to the urge, on an instinctual level, ignoring it felt wrong. Eodum decided to humor the instinct and look through the skills that included some kind of 'bright' magic.

Eodum looked at the skill page and narrowed its options down to magic, three SP or less, and the light element. In the end, only one option appeared before Eodum.

[Light Magic]

[The use of magic to create and manipulate light.]

[Cost: 3 SP]

… Bought… fuck. Fuck! FUCK! FUCK!!! Damn it! Damn impulsive buying! Eodum was stressed out because of its sudden purchase. Something about the option just… pulled Eodum in. FUCK!!! Why!? After a bout of cursing both in reality and in its mind, Eodum settled down. What's done is done, no turning back; the mistake was already made… which really fucking sucked! One more rant later, and Eodum was finally back to a leveled head.

Time to move onto the evolution; let's see the options.

[Pitch Black Rat]

[This rat is the next evolution for the black rat and related evolutions. It is the ultimate sign of death and destruction, with the gain of the skill Luckless. Everything near and affiliated with a pitch black rat will find deep misfortune and sorrow.]

[White Rat]

[A sign of goodluck and goodwill to those around the rat. It is the one of the ultimate signs of life and creation, with the gain of the skill Luck Boost. Everything near and affiliated with a white rat will find fortune and joy.]

[Due to unique variables, a new species evolution option is being created.]

[Space Rat]

[The void rat is a combination of two beings, the void and a rat. Due to light based skills that the rat part holds, both sides are deeply changed by this. Suddenly, in the empty abyss that is the void, lights begin to float around. Gravitational pulls will form matter and start to create essence in the emptiness of the void. Darkness still makes the body of the void as it will always, but now the vid finds itself filled with the beginning of life. The beginning of true life within itself.]

… Oh. Eodum can't help but think this was the reason behind its instincts. A deep part of itself or maybe the void knew that obtaining light magic would offer this evolution. In the end though, did it really matter? This was something beneficial to itself and the void. It would gain power, and the void would start to become something… more.

Eodum selected the option and immediately felt a wave of drowsiness wash over itself. Its eyelids began to feel heavy as its limbs curled closer to its body. However, it wanted to stay awake just a little longer. The pressure of and threat of sleep however continued to loom above its head. As its eyes slowly started to flicker shut, a dim light slowly formed, many billions of miles, maybe further, away. Barely even shining, barely even visible, but that was still enough motivation to keep Eodum awake.

As lights began to form around Eodum's floating body, some only a few meters away, some thousands of light-years away, Eodum felt an immense sense of joy and warmth. Something about the creation of life, the creation of anything because of its actions, something that would lead to a greater something in the future, just made Eodum's heart flutter. Though, even with the fluttering of Eodum's heart, it was impossible to stay awake during evolution forever, and Eodum's heavy eyelids finally shut.