When Adolf woke up, he noticed that his discomfort due to the lack of water in his body had decreased significantly, but at the same time he noticed that his whole body felt numb and his senses felt clumsy and slow, when he was about to start thinking that he had happened a system message gave him the worst possible news.
[You have been poisoned with an unknown poison]
[Your senses decrease by 100%]
[Your stamina recovery decreases by 50%]
Adolf's face immediately stained with anger as his teeth clenched tightly trying to keep from screaming, the total loss of his senses was quite a blow and bordering on fatal but what finished driving the last nail in the coffin was the decrease in 50% of your stamina recovery.
'Wait, wait a minute, if my senses have been in their entirety, doesn't that mean I don't feel pain either?'
The more Adolf thought about that possibility, the more crazy ideas popped up in his head, the biggest weakness of the [Chaos Bugs] was always Adolf's mind, since the skill didn't eliminate or mitigate the user's pain Adolf feared that by suffering great Injuries would end up affecting his mind, but now with the possibility of not feeling pain that weakness had disappeared.
'But it's not good that I've lost all my senses either, I hardly can see or hear anything, if it wasn't that it's daytime I'd be totally blind, I can't use my sense of smell either... This is bad.'
Adolf could only see a few meters ahead of him and could only hear loud noises, it would be dangerous for him not to be able to hear the footsteps of a burning knight.
But he was also in a dilemma, if he stopped drinking water the poisoning would disappear sooner or later, but being the only source of water he found he can't just leave it, besides Adolf would already have died if it weren't for the [Chaos Bugs]. .
Since the moment his body suffered damage, they healed it and returned it to its original state, but they could only do such a thing with meat, bones, veins, arteries, skin and others, they could not do it with blood, that means that although Adolf wouldn't die immediately from the poison, that didn't mean he wouldn't in the future.
Adolf hadn't consumed food for a few days, his body weight was dropping as the [Chaos Bugs] consumed his flesh to heal him.
The question here was, how long can Adolf hold out in such conditions?
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'For now it's better to know whether or not I feel pain.'
Then Adolf took the ring finger of his left hand and with a swift movement and without hesitation fractured it.
Crack.
A small cracking sound could be heard when Adolf's finger fractured, then at the same moment he could see how his fractured finger returned to its original state in the blink of an eye, he was naturally delighted since for the first time he saw the how the [Chaos Bugs] worked besides the best part, he didn't feel any pain.
'Perfect'.
Adolf smiled as he moved his finger to check if everything was in order, and after knowing that everything was fine he got up with great difficulty, so much so that he had to lean on the rubble to get up while the skeleton pushed him up.
Panting heavily, Adolf wiped the sweat that ran down his forehead, he knew that the poison would make him quite weak but he never imagined so much, at the same time that he couldn't ignore the burning sensation in his stomach.
Adolf began to walk with the help of the amala cane while the skeleton led the way, they slowly walked through the city in search of some goblins to hunt, but with the state that Adolf's body was in, the skeleton would become the fighter, Adolf would just support from the rear by throwing some rubble or using [Lesser Blind].
Unfortunately that was the most he could do, since neither his magics nor his abilities had any real offensive power, the most they did was help him with ambushes and his survival, so in direct combat he was no different than a crippled magician. .
Adolf continued his search for a goblin to fight but he found something different, just as he had seen the first day he arrived in this new world, Adolf saw a goblin split in half lying on the ground.
But compared to the first time he saw this scene, he did not want to vomit or something else happened to him, instead he simply searched the goblin's broken head for his mana stone, Adolf's hands were soaked in blood from the search but he did not He seemed to care in the least, after searching a bit more Adolf finally extracted the mana stone.
With this mana stone, it would be the third mana stone Adolf has in his possession, his goal was to get two more, for a total of five mana stones.
Since in the [Shop] the offensive skills of the [Dark Magician] cost between 5 to 20 lower range manastone, with that he could really play his role as a support mage.
Adolf then wiped his hands on his pants before quickly going back to search for him, on his way he came across a burnt warrior and had to hide until he was absolutely sure he was gone.
Slowly the sun went from being at its highest point to disappearing behind the great walls that surrounded the city, Adolf, seeing that there was almost no time left when there would be light, looked for a hiding place, in the end he found a small pile of rubble that formed a little cave.
Adolf with the help of the skeleton pulled a large rubble to use it to seal the access to the small cave.
Panting heavily Adolf closed his eyes in total darkness, but he could see something even in that deep darkness, the system messages.
[The Gods say to venture further into the city]
[The Gods encourage you to face a burnt knight]
[The [Ruler of the Underworld] looks at you with delight]
Adolf has received a lot of attention lately from the "Ruler of the underworld", so much that he became suspicious, the other Gods simply incited him to certain things but he was different, he only observed his actions without commenting, he simply reveled in his choices, whether they were bad or bad. good.
With that Adolf stopped thinking and let his consciousness sink into a deep sleep.
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Small rays of light filtered through the spaces between the rubble, Adolf woke up and with a certain degree of awkwardness rubbed his eyes but heard a strange noise next to him, as he could not see that it was using his hands to try to identify the origin of the noise. noise.
Suddenly he felt that he touched something soft and furry, but when he pressed it, it squealed, Adolf was surprised and instantly discovered that it was a living being, he dragged himself with difficulty while ordering the skeleton to remove the stone to get out.
With a lot of effort, Adolf managed to get out without letting go of the animal in his hands, and with light he could see that it was a mouse, in normal times Adolf wouldn't even dare to touch one, because they disgusted him, but right now not only He held one in his hands but also his mouth watered the more he looked at it.
'In some countries they eat mice so... why can't I do it?'
Adolf thought while he killed the mouse, after killing the mouse Adolf hung it with a strip of cloth on his pants, although the desire to skin it and eat it right there was immense, he had other plans for the mouse.
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Adolf walked to the east, then began to search for an ideal place to execute his plan, after finding a place that met most of his requirements, he grabbed the mouse hanging on his pants before inflicting several wounds on it, blood began to flow and dye their fur.
A smell of blood began to fill the area, Adolf left the mouse on the ground while ordering the skeleton to lie on the ground to play dead near the mouse, Adolf for his part went to hide behind a small mountain of stones and other materials.
'According to legends, goblins have inferior eyesight and ears that did not help them at all, instead their sense of smell was incredibly powerful.'
Adolf continued to hide while in his hand was a rather large rock, with the skill [Weapon Lord] Adolf could throw knives, spears, swords, axes and many more weapons magnificently.
Although the rock did not have great attack power when it came to hurting a large living being, it was excellent at interrupting the opponent and guiding the flow of combat in their favor, with that at least it would be helping the skeleton to kill the opponent more easily. his opponent.
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Adolf waited and waited but not a living creature appeared, but he didn't get impatient either and instead waited for a calmer prey to take the bait.
Time continued to pass but Adolf continued to wait patiently.
The sunset illuminated the lonely city giving a beautiful view that no one could admire.
Mental fatigue began to affect Adolf but he continued to wait, just when he thought nothing was going to come he managed to hear the sound of some debris falling, he immediately became alert while trying to find the source of the noise.
His eyes swept the entire place and he was able to dazzle him as a small green creature emerged from the rubble of a structure, it was a goblin but compared to the ones Adolf had encountered previously, this one was a little bigger and muscular.
Adolf was intrigued by this and when he saw his name he knew why.
[Goblin Warrior (Level 8)]
'A warrior-type goblin? So that's why his build looks more muscular than the other goblins I've met before.'
Adolf was somewhat alarmed to learn that this goblin was a sane fighter melee, as his skeleton though was superior in terms of level or weaponry, but its durability was too low, with a strong enough hit his bones would easily break like a rotten tree branch.
The goblin warrior approached the mouse with a firm step with a club in his hands, Adolf watched as he approached the mouse while waiting for the perfect moment to order the skeleton to attack.
When the goblin grabbed the mouse and began to chew on it Adolf gave the order to attack the skeleton, the skeleton stood up abruptly and launched a downward attack with its halberd at the unsuspecting goblin.
The goblin sensed the danger and immediately turned to see only to be able to see the halberd about to hit his head. Sensing the imminent danger of death, he tried to evade the incoming attack by moving his body to one side, but it was at this moment that Adolf dropped the stone in his hands.
The stone did not mean anything with the hardness of the goblin's body, but when throwing the stone Adolf did not seek to harm him in any way, instead he sought to stop him and prevent him from evading the skeleton's attack.
And that happened, the goblin felt something hard and heavy hit his back, although it did not cause any damage, it made him stop abruptly and try to keep his balance to avoid falling forward.
Although it was only a second that he was distracted and forgot to evade the goblin's head-impacted skeleton attack, a sound similar to a watermelon being crushed reached Adolf's ears.
The goblin's eyes trembled, he felt that something wet was running down his forehead like small rivers, taking his hands he could see that it was, it was his own blood that ran through his head, moving his trembling eyes the goblin could see how the halberd had created a mortal wound, unfortunately for him he did not suffer instant death and had to endure dying for a few tens of seconds before finally losing his life.
Adolf sighed in relief as he watched the goblin die.
[You have wonderfully employed the skills of your class. You have leveled up]
[Black Mage Level 1 -----> Level 2]
[Your mana stat increases by 1 point permanently]
Adolf was glad to know that he was finally progressing as a [Black Magician], besides that his mana increased by 1 point was something he didn't expect but appreciated.
Supporting himself with the amala staff, Adolf walked towards the goblin's corpse, upon arriving in front of him, Adolf crouched down before using his hand to search for the mana stone inside his head, Adolf only took a few seconds before take it out
I admire the beautiful stone for a few seconds before putting it away.
But no he hadn't finished there, grabbing the halberd he used his blade to cut the skin of the goblin's corpse's arm, then with his he completely skinned his arm.
'His flesh of his is red...'.
Adolf then used the same halberd to cut off his arm before standing up and leaving that place.
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Having found a new hiding place for the night, Adolf "looked" at the goblin's severed and skinned arm that he held in his hands, sighing and opening his mouth before biting into a piece of meat from the arm.
The goblin meat was incredibly tough and bitter, it took Adolf a great deal of effort to chew the meat between his teeth, then with great effort he swallowed it, Adolf instinctively wanted to vomit the meat down his throat but he stopped. he forced himself to swallow the meat.
After that, he tore another piece of flesh from the severed arm, then repeated the process over and over and over again until only the bare bones were left.
Adolf's jaw was immensely tired, but then he saw some system messages that intrigued him.
[The [Light of Eternal Glory] looks disapprovingly on your actions and asks you never to commit such an act again]
[The [Ruler of the Underworld] tells you to ignore her and continue to amuse him more and more]
Then he just tossed the bones as far as he could completely ignoring the messages before going to sleep.
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When Adolf woke up he felt incredibly bad, with a pain in his stomach accompanied by great nausea, now he realized that he could not consume goblin meat, his body did not seem to accept it.
[You have ingested a large amount of raw mana]
[You have contracted "mana poisoning"]
[Your health decreases by 1% for every 4 hours]
[Your mana regeneration is increased by 10%]
Adolf immediately wanted to scream from the rage he felt, now he had poisoned again for eating something he shouldn't, but again it's not like he had a choice, the only good thing was that the loss of health was solved by his [Chaos Bugs]
'If it is 1% every 4 hours that means I lose 4% health per day, I lose 28% health per week, unfortunately not I know how "mana poisoning" works, if that was the case at least I would have an idea of how it affects my body.'
Adolf really wanted to know how the "mana poisoning" affected his body, as well as the poison in his bloodstream although the system only showed loss of senses and decreased stamina recovery, but also an effect that he didn't name. system was the dizziness and cold sweat that he felt.
So Adolf really wanted to know what the unnamed effects of "mana poisoning" were.