Everette covered his leg with mana. From his thigh to his feet, it was covered in a blue, translucent, almost solid material.
With a stomp, Everette dashed towards the dog before delivering a devastating kick towards its head.
The dog, who had just recovered from his punch, ducked down and bit at the leg that was about to kick it. It sunk its teeth into the human's leg, expecting to taste its blood and flesh as it did with its arm, but...
Its teeth only scraped and dented the translucent legging of the human.
Everette stomped down on its back. The sudden force crushed down on its back and caused it to let go.
Surrounding his arm with mana, Everette held onto one of its bone appendages before chucking it like a fastball into a wall opposite them.
Before it could hit the wall, the dog spun in the air and stuck against the wall using its claws.
Just as the dog was about to charge back at the human, it saw the human's blue gauntlet approaching its face.
*BAM!*
The force of the punch tore it off the wall. After shakily getting up, it landed several meters away from it and began to sprint towards the infuriating human.
It leapt and condensed the green and blackish aura around its right claw. Forcefully bringing it down, it was countered with an unexpected punch to its ribcage.
"If I can see the attack, WHY NOT JUST COUNTER IT WITH MY OWN!?"
*CRUNCH!*
"HAAAAA!" Everette roared out loud, drilling his arm into the ribcage of the dog.
The dog then flew back and crashed into a wall again.
It then stared up; the human picked up its broken bone spike before walking up to it.
Just as it was about to get up to run, the human stomped on its back and kept it in place.
The human held up and aimed the tip of its spike before penetrating its skull.
The dog's life on this planet—
{"Ding! Level 11 Mutated Dog killed!"}
––Came to an end.
***
*Everette's POV*
"*Pant Pant* A mutt... is always a mutt." After saying that, I fell flat on my back.
{"Ding! You have Acquired the following abilities: [Mana Coating], [Mana Control]"}
[Level: 6 - > 10]
{"Ding! You killed an enemy at a higher stage than you. You're awarded a Passive ability!"}
"S-stat Gate"
***
[ Name: Everette Garden ]
[ Level: 10 - Soldier ]
[HEALTH: 6 / 170 ]
[MANA: 40 / 100 ]
[STAMINA: 12 / 85 ]
[ Titles: None ]
[ Classes: ... ]
[ STRENGTH: 15 ]
[ VITALITY: 17 ]
[ DEXTERITY: 18 ]
[ SPEED: 15 ]
[ MANA: 10 ]
[ WISDOM: 15 ]
[ DEFENSE: 0 ]
[ STAT POINTS: 16 ]
[ FULL RECOVERIES: 1 / 3 ]
{ ABILITIES: Mana Coating [Tier 1], Mana Control [Tier 1], Increased Charm [Tier 1] }
[ ANALYSIS: "Meh... for someone almost dead; not bad." ]
***
I ignored [Eden]'s snarky comment about me and looked at the full recovery counter.
"USE! USE IT RIGHT NOW!"
My body then suddenly erupted with mana and irritating itchiness. My left arm began to grow back, from its skeleton to muscle to skin. The various bruises or cuts on my body also healed nicely without any scars.
Although I was glad to have my arm back, I wasn't pleased about how itchy it was.
After a few moments, the itch disappeared and left a fully healed body behind!
"Amazing..." I decided to take a look at my new abilities.
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{Mana Coating [Tier 1]: "By controlling your mana, you can wrap it around your body and solidify it to a degree. Certain stats related to it will increase depending on what limbs are coated."
{Mana Control [Tier 1]: "The ability to control mana to a degree"}
{Increased Charm [Tier 1]: "Not only your looks but also your favourability with others increased."}
===
"Mana coating and control will definitely come in handy, but... HOW THE HELL IS CHARM GONNA HELP ME WIN A FIGHT?!"
"I WANT A DIFFERENT ONE! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD I FOUGHT?!" I yelled at the floating panel before sighing and just accepting it.
"I should begin to put in my stat points."
[ STRENGTH: 15 - > 20 ]
[ VITALITY: 17 - > 20 ]
[ HEALTH: 170 - > 200 ][ STAMINA: 85 - > 100 ]
[ SPEED: 15 - > 20 ]
I nodded in satisfaction.
"I'll use the rest later."
I looked around and saw my bent spear lying on the ground.
I quickly went over and picked out, "Oh no..."
{"Ding! [Imprint] is damaged. Would you like to begin restoration of it?"}
"Yes! Please fix this!"
The spear then transformed into a blue cloud before being absorbed into my body.
"Imprint Gate"
***
[Imprint]
[Infected Amped Bee's, Metal Spear {Tier 1}] -
***
I sighed at the fact my only weapon was now in repair.
"Now, what am I gonna use?"
I looked at the bone spike I used to kill the dog before ripping it out and swinging it a few times.
*Swish Swish*
I nodded in satisfaction before turning around to bring everyone down here.
That was until I saw a familiar golden glow from the Mutated Dog.
Looking back, my eyes widen in shock.
"H-hah... no way..."
I took a step forward to it to confirm my suspicions.
{"Ding—!
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—[Genetic Nexus] detected! Would you like to store it?
[YES] or [NO]"}