I waste no time in immediately starting my search for a monster to eat. It doesn't take me long before I find two lesser dream stalkers wondering through one of the passageways. I teleport directly behind them and activate my new void claw skill.
The effect is even better than I imagined. Without any resistance what so ever, the spider I attacked is sliced into three pieces. Before the second spider even manages to turn around, I activate void claw again and the same thing happens.
[ding!]
[you have killed 2 lesser dream stalkernsand gained 200 xp]
I look at the dismembered spider parts on the ground with a face full of disgust.
Am I really going to try and eat these?
I poke at the spiders body with my paw.
There's barely any meat on it, it's mainly just slimy organs. Ive avoided eating any monster organs up till now because the idea of eating them just felt foreign to me, but now it doesn't seem like I have much choice.
I could properly search for another monster, but I'm likely to just find more spiders. I end up staring at the spiders for a couple of minutes, before my hunger finally wins and I dig in. It's even worse than I imagined, most of it is slimy and it tastes extremely bitter.
I finish the first spider and start to feel a bit nauseous. I force my self to then eat the second one, only to feel even worse. I struggle to stop my self from throwing up as I start to walk away.
I only make it a couple of meters before a wave of dizziness hits me. I slump against the wall of the passageway, unable to keep going. I can feel a dull pain coursing through my body and I can feel myself start to burn up.
What's happening to me?
I hurriedly check my status, to see my HP has dropped by 6 points.
I didn't get hit once in my fight with the spiders, so why have I lost HP?
Just as the thought crossed my mind, I saw my HP drops by another 3 point.
Wait, am I poisoned?
It's the only explanation I can think of and it's the perfect explanation to what's happening to me.
Damn! If I had know the spiders were poisonous, I would never have eaten them. If another monster shows up now, I'm going to be easy pickings. I need to find a way to stop the poison as soon as possible but I don't have any idea how to.I can only hope that it wears off before I die from it.
I look at my status again and see that my HP has gone down by another 6 points. It seems to go down by 3 points, every 5 or so seconds.
Looking at my HP, I suddenly notice my xp bar. I only need 100 xp to level up! That's one more lesser dream stalker, but am I really going to be able to kill one in this condition? More so, am I even going to be able to find one?
I can barely move, let alone fight. Even so I might have to try. I drag my self to my feet and start making my way back down the passage way. Im stumbling as I walk and my pace is incredibly slow but I am making progress,
[ding!]
[you have learned poison resistance level 1]
The dizziness eases up a bit and I don't feel as hot as I did before but I'm still feeling pretty nauseous. I carry on walking down the passageway before coming up to a cavern. I check the map on the system and see that i've already been here before.
I head towards one of the passageways that I've never been down before, when I suddenly hear a hissing sound.
I turn towards the sound, only to see a lesser dream stalker about to land on me. Normally I would have know it was coming due to my connection to the space around me but the poison must be messing with my senses a little bit.
I try to dodge, but I reacted too late and my body isn't moving the way I'm used too.
"Argh!"
I cry out in pain as the spider bites down on my side. I use void claw to try and kill the spider whilst it's still biting into me but it lets go and jumps backwards, so I only manage to sever two of its legs.
"Hisss!"
It lets out a hiss as it falls to its side, having lost its balance. As it struggles to get to it's feet, I activate pounce but due to my poisoned state, I misjudged and end up landing directly in front of the spider.
It don't let my mistake go to wast and again bites me, this time on my back. This time it lets go immediately and moves backwards out of range before I can counter attack.
I stumble a couple of steps before falling down to the ground. Whilst breathing heavily, I try to get back to my feet before falling back down again. I stop moving and my breathing gets more shallow before it eventually stops altogether.
The spider watches cautiously for a few seconds before walking up to me. Just as it's about to bite me again, I activate void claw, slicing the spiders head into three parts.
[ding!]
[you killed 1 lesser dream stalker and gained 100 xp]
[ding!]
[level up! you are now level 2!]
The familia warmth washes over me healing all my wounds and bringing me back to perfect health.
"Phew!"
I can't believe I had to play dead just to kill a lesser dream stalker. I've never had any problems killing them before but I guess their poison is quite nasty. I look at the body of the spider I just killed and couldn't help thinking how lucky I was that it was alone. If there was even one more spider with it I doubt I could have survived.
Thinking about it, all I keep doing is nearly dying! Every time I think things are going my way, something happens and I nearly end up dead. I'll admit, a couple of times it's because of my own stupidity but all the other times have been because monsters have wanted to eat me!
I really do need to get stronger.
Now fully healed, I carry on exploring the cave, trying to find a way out that doesn't involve going back past that giant spider. Using the new map function on the system, it should be a lot easier than it was before.
On the way i'm going to kill every monster i'm able to, farming as much xp as possible. I'm going to get stronger as fast as I can because i'm really getting sick of nearly dying.