" I would have swatted it " .....I thought over it again and again. It felt feasible. Swatting it with my branch would probably kill it for sure. And this bug was annoying me as well. But a problem arose, my speed. I was slow as f*ck. I knew that. I wanted to unalive this little bastard not just scare it away after knowing it was the reason for my exp points going down.
I looked at the bug once again. Closed eyes, full focus, happy expression of that bug peaked my anger. I raised my branches and swatted it. I was slow for sure but it gave me a advantage. Before it could react to the threat, I was already above it. Next i swatted with my full power. It died. No resistance, no flying, not anything, it just died. I was happy, now that f*cking bug was gone i could again focus on taking energy and increasing my level.
Just as i closed my eyes. The mechanical voice rang suddenly.
DING....DING....DING
KILLED A LEVEL1 KILLER MOSQUITO...4 EXP POINTS GAINED
KILLED A BEING WITH SOUL..ONE SOUL GAINED
DO YOU WANT TO ABSORB THE SOUL ?
Y/N
Just out of curiosity i said yes.
DING...ABSORBING THE SOUL ....4 EXP POINTS GAINED.
DING .....LEVEL UP.....
STATUS WINDOW
NAME-AURIEL
AGE-15 HOURS (sapling)
SPECIES-UNKNOWN
LEVEL-2
CLASS-NECROMANCER TREE (EVOLVABLE)
EXP- 1/14
HP- 210
MP- 360
STRENGTH- 2.5
INTELLIGENCE-3.6
VITALITY-2.2
SENSE- 3.2
MOBILITY- 2.05(CANNOT MOVE)
SUBORDINATES- 0
ATTRIBUTES POINT- 2
I blinked many times. I calculated my exp points. " I had four from the cultivation , four from killing that insect and i gained four from absorbing its soul." The calculations were correct. I was shocked. Killing that damned insect was the best thing i did. If i had disturbed it and let it go, I would not have been able to gain a level this fast.
Even though i was ecstatic from the level up, something bothered me. What does it mean by absorbing the soul ? How was i able to absorb the soul ?
The system replied still in its stoic voice
THE INNATE SPECIAL TRAIT OF NECROMANCER.....ABLE TO ENSLAVE OR ABSORB THE SOUL OF THE DEAD KILLED BY NECROMANCER
OH ! That was what it was about !!! Now it all made sense. The subordinate column below my various stats was weird on the first place. The subordinate column was for the one i killed and made my slave...
NO....YOU CAN GROW SUBORDINATES WITH THE SOUL YOU HAVE COLLECTED OR RESURRECT THE DEAD
It was not making anysense. Grow subordinates? What the hell...
NOT ABLE TO ANSWER DUE TO USER BEING LOW LEVELED
I wanted to cuss out a few words for the system for giving me such a beautiful answer but i refrained from doing it. Even the system was making fun of me for being low levelled.
I ignored all that and started to look for the changes that i got from the level up. I was for now a low levelled being but with the speed of my level up , i would soon catch up to the level that system want me to be on.