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The next day I woke up starving but ignored it in favour of completing my chores and quickly leaving for my job where I finally got the first meal of the day.
After practically devouring the food I continued to work till dinner time or how they call it here— night meal time. The work wasn't much different from tomorrow and I managed to complete it without any problems.
Once done with the day I returned to the orphanage where I ate my meal and quickly went to bed to sleep. I didn't put any more SEV in my stats as I didn't want to feel more hungry tomorrow morning.
"I need to solve the food issue somehow…" I whispered as I thought of a plan, but first I need to collect more SEV.
Just like that the day ended and I easily fell asleep and woke up the next day.
Days started to blur as I fell into a routine of waking up in the morning doing my chores and then heading to work. And before I knew it, it was already the day of the monthly village meeting which meant the day of Blaze sneaking into the village chief house was also here and I will have to help him with it.
This day also didn't start much differently. I woke up and did my chores and then went to the meat shop. The only thing different was the time it took me to complete my chores. Doing the same thing for a week made me an expert and with my improved stats, I could complete the chores in a record time.
While walking towards the meat shop I changed my direction to the forest. It was the day I promised Blake to divert the guards and since it's going to be dangerous I will use the stored SEV to increase my stats but first I need to solve my food problem.
I already talked with Billy and had him promise to buy my game without telling the old hag.
I have some camping experience from my past life and a few tracking tips from watching Discovery but I doubt those will be helpful. So I came up with a rather dangerous plan that was to hide near the water source and ambush an animal without a pack.
Normally the plan wouldn't be dangerous but there was only one water source nearby so predators also go there to quench their thirst.
Originally I planned to hide inside the water using a bamboo pipe but when I first scouted the pond that plan was quickly thrown out as the water was too clear to hide.
So I had to change it with hiding inside the bushes beside the pond. Fortunately, my small body made it easier and a herb named Xivi I 'borrowed' from the local herbalist made it even easier since it could wipe the body stench for a few hours.
Bringing up the status screen I looked at the six days of SEV accumulation.
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[-Status-]
•Name: Magnus
•Age:5
•Race: Human
•Bloodline: N/A
•Tier:0
-Constitution:0.02
-Spiritual:0.17
[*System Energy Value:67]
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Without thinking much I used 60 SEV to improve my constitution. It quickly went from 0.02 to 0.08. Immediately I gritted my teeth as I felt millions of ants crawling and biting all over my body, it was painful and unbearable but thankfully it didn't last long as a pleasant cooling sensation washed over.
And once it went I was lying on the ground, gulping as much air as possible. The intense pleasure even made me forget to breathe.
"It's good that it didn't last much or I would have died the most embarrassing death," I muttered slowly and I wasn't kidding. Imagine dying cause you forgot to breathe due to the intense orgasmic pleasure you were feeling.
Shaking my head I stood up and immediately noticed the difference.
The first was the amount of oxygen my lungs were sucking and storing because just a few deep breaths were enough to completely stabilise my breathing, but that was all dwarfed by my improved senses.
My sense of touch became so sensitive that I could feel each wet spot I got on my rough clothes from washing dishes. I could tell the direction of the air and the moisture in it despite the air being slow and unnoticeable before.
I could hear hundreds of different birds chirping and could tell each bird's location accurately.
My eyes can see farther and clearer, the colours are more vibrant and beautiful.
But surprisingly despite the massive increase of my senses, I didn't feel uncomfortable. My senses feel attuned even more than before.
"It's exhilarating!!!" Yes, it is! I don't need to be a genius to know everything that is part of my body has improved whether it's my reflexes or the speed of blood that my heart pumps. Or the durability of my veins that don't pop despite the increase in blood circulation. Breathing air is easier and I bet my stomach would also digest food faster… and that means I'm about to get hungry very much so I should get moving.
Reaching at the pond's location I found it pretty empty if the small squirrels and rabbits aren't counted. To be honest those were my original targets but catching a rabbit is damn hard if you don't have traps, experience or superhuman characteristics. Sadly I don't have any.
"Not yet at least…"
Shaking my head I quickly stripped down to my birthday suit and jumped inside the pond. After thoroughly cleaning myself I rubbed the Xivi herb all over my body.
*sniff* *sniff* "No odour!" Once confirming the effectiveness of the herb I brought another herb called Zeeshu and rubbed it all over my clothes. This particular herb releases a scent that is very attractive to herbivores specifically a native species called Bordur. A species that looks like a mixture of a boar and deer.
With every preparation done, I hid my Zeeshu-scented clothes in a bush and hid myself in another bush beside it.
Now the bait is ready, all I have to do is wait for the prey.
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