"Goodbye, please come by again for more knowledge." Echidna said in a soft monotonous tone, expression unreadable, without even a tick of surprise or amusement having seen someone cast overlord tier magic in front of them.
Maybe she can't express herself well or maybe she just doesn't care either way I knew she was one who could keep a secret.
In the dark alleys of town, unsavory characters lurk in abundance. Humans mostly, performing acts of violence, robbery and all sorts of crime. "That's where I'll explore, no one will miss a few criminals or hooligans, and also to play it safe to see how much I can get away with without getting caught".
-Cooldown time 1hour left - just checking before I go in unprepared. I head to the market and bought 20 kg of fried fish for healing, 10,000 marbles and a mask disguised as a Demon Goat.
Walking to the back of the inns, I noticed a hulking man 3 times my size, choking a humanoid chicken lady clearly extorting money, but distracted very distracted.
With a HP of 1000, Damage 100, Defense 0. I knew I could kill him in one shot but the same goes for him, he could end me in one shot as well if I'm not careful. Slowly but surely, I gripped a handful of marbles. Casted "Time acceleration magic -Chronos Dios" and threw the marbles with Legendary strength magic.
Streaking across the alley like a shotgun of lasers pelted and bore holes all over his body equivalent to a mangled sponge. In my excitement I did not realize the spread damage throwing a handful of marbles would be, tearing up the humanoid chicken lady to shreds.
"Oh, I fucked up really badly...luckily no one was here to witness this." quickly I used infinite storage to wipe the scene clean of body matter. "Item stored...Human skin, human guts...Chicken leg, chicken heart".
"Ooof I really miss fried chicken; can I eat these though?" Wait is that something a normal person says. Am I that heartless to have killed someone and now just thinking how to consume them. However, all these felt normal...not out of the ordinary.
Then I was reminded..."heartless was the reincarnation condition, along with shameless and obliviousness...that's right I am a primordial chimera now there is no such thing as a moral compass."
In that realization I figured at this point I'm too hungry to care, I made my way back to the market and stopped at a shop specializing in cooking food bought in the market to give customers a fresh flavor.
I handed the chicken leg and heart over to the vendor and the vendor looked at me dead in the eyes with pause and said "Sir!...would you like it fried grilled or boiled?" before giving a smile that say's he would make the best damn dish you have ever tasted.
"Fry the chicken leg and grill the heart on a skewer over some charcoals please!"
"Alright coming up". 15 mins of seasoning, battering and massaging the chicken and having it twice fried to ensure tenderness and crispy texture. I took a fat juicy bite, "Fucking delicious chef" giving him a thumbs up, with him responding the same while fanning the flames of the charcoal grilling the heart.
A short while later, a felt a heart murmur...then a strong beat in my chest...followed by a large pulse enough to rip me in half. "God damn is this what having salmonella feels like?"
The world system then echoed in my head, "Ping...Demon Chicken humanoid consumed...processing and breaking down magicubes for analysis..."
A searing sensation like hot metal carved into my skin taking the spot, at the top end of the triangle tattoo on my chest. Revealing the head of a chicken tattoo.
"Skills and status increased" followed by a pop up in my iris.
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(Updated Status)
HP: 800/10,000 (+700)
DMG: 500/10,000 (+500)
DEF: 100/ 10,000 (+100)
SPD: 200/10,000 (+150)
Skills attained: Hollow Bones (+)
Race Attribute: Primordial Chimera (Humanoid)
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"Wait...eating demi humans who are naturally born stronger than humans can give me stat boost!? this is revolutionary."
"Your chicken heart is ready sir" as he serves it up to me at the counter. I eagerly took a bite and savored the smoky charred flavor with high iron aftertaste...but nothing changed no stat boost no skills received.
It seems like eating a superior class above myself would trigger such effects but only once, although the chicken humanoid lady was skinny and didn't look like she could even defend herself, her ancestry bloodline must have been analyzed by the world system.
Although I was given a primordial Chimera race, my base class stat was of a Human the weakest race among the others, it's no surprise then that even this could boost me.
Finishing up what's left of the chicken dinner, I left and rested at the nearest inn for the night. Laying rest all the questions I have and soothed my brain with a good night's rest.
The following day I proceeded to the Tauro's horn blacksmithing shop hoping Europa has finished crafting my much-needed inner armor.
"Morning Europa, you done crafting my underwear yet?"
However, I had unfortunately walked into a hostile and uncomfortable situation. The shop was being torn apart by an Alpha demon bull shouting and demanding payment.