Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Flower
"What do you mean by 'that was the weakest monster,' you little shit? I almost died on that!" I said.
[Well, it's true that was the lowest magic energy monster in this place.] Aries replied.
"Where even is this and why am I reincarnated on this death island?"
[Well, if you were reincarnated in human areas, then either you'd be killed off, cut off, or stepped on.] She replied.
"Well, at least there won't be any S-rank monsters trying to kill me." I replied.
[Talk about S-rank monsters, I can sense another Shadow Ghost Wolf coming towards you.] She replied.
"What!!!! Not again!" I said.
Then suddenly, from the bushes, three of those wolves jumped and appeared in front of me.
"Ehhhhh, three of them????" I screamed.
One of them dashed toward me with speed.
[No need to be scared, you can use your new skills.] She said.
"Oh yeah, right!!!"
"Shadow Barrier!!!"
A circle of dark energy surrounded me, and that wolf crashed into it, stopping abruptly. I quickly followed up with:
"Death Vines!"
I grabbed it from the middle and drained all its life energy, then used:
"Vitality Absorption!"
The green light from my body turned the corpse into dust again.
The other two saw that and dashed toward me from both sides.
One of them raised its claw and slashed at the barrier, cracking it a little.
I panicked a little, but then I said:
"I won't be dying here, you stupid wolf!"
Then I used:
"Shadow Claw!"
[Error: You don't have hands.]
"Eh...."
The other wolf also hit the barrier, and it broke.
"Waaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed.
"Death Vines!!!"
I summoned vines, but they bit them and cut them off.
"What should I doooooo!!!!!!! Aries, help!!!" I screamed.
[New function unlocked]
[Auto-defense mode.]
Suddenly, Death Vines shot out, grabbed one of them, and threw it at another, sending the two of them flying.
"Ehhhh wow," I said, amazed.
[Auto-defense mode deactivated.]
"Eh-!"
The two wolves came toward me to attack, but I used:
"Shadow Barrier!"
The dark barrier surrounded me again, and the two wolves crashed into it. I quickly used Death Vines and grabbed their necks, smashing them and beheading them.
I looked at them as the shadow barrier faded away.
"Yahoooooooooo, I did it without dying again!!!" I said.
"Well then," I turned around to the corpses and used Vitality Absorption to absorb them.
Then Aries spoke:
[Enough life energy gained for evolution. Would you like to start the process?]
"Eh, really? Already? Well, I mean they are S-rank monsters after all," I said.
"Alright then, do I—wait a minute, what if monsters attack me during my evolution?" I asked.
[You'll die.] She replied, simplifying it.
"Bruhhh!!! Then how should I evolve if I can die at any moment during the process?" I asked.
[Do it or die during it.] She replied.
"Bruhh, that didn't help at all!" I said.
"But I guess I should risk it for once.... Fine then, start the evolution," I said.
[Process of evolution started.]
[Estimated time: 55 hours.]
"Please, anyone don't come and..."
[Sleeping mode activated.]
...
During my sleep, I saw a dream—or rather, memories from my past life. I was a school student, sitting alone in a park... all alone, playing with swings.
I didn't feel anything at that moment because I had already given up on emotions.
I was completely hollow.
Then, as I slowly opened my eyes, I saw the blue sky. I noticed I was lying on the ground. I slowly sat up and noticed I was taller. I had flowers on my head—white flowers. And I could feel my roots underground, stronger than before.
Then suddenly, Aries spoke:
[Evolution successful.]
[Successfully evolved from baby plant to baby flowers.]
[New skills unlocked:]
Healings
Disease Cure
Poison Blade
Poison Gas
Poison Spikes
Paralysis Bomb
Move Through
Water Magic Resistance Enhanced
Light Magic Resistance Enhanced
Earth Magic Resistance Enhanced
Skill Combiner
Extract Through
Every other skill enchanted 3×.
"Woah, woah, woah, that's a lot of skills!" I said.
"Let me see... Umm, I understand this poison stuff... Hey, Aries, what does Move Through mean, and what's Skill Combiner and Extract Through?" I asked.
[Move Through means you can start moving through the ground because your roots can slide through the land.]
"Woah, really!!!"
I tried to move forward, and I actually moved!
"Lessss goooo, babyyyyyy! Now I at least don't have to be stuck in one place forever!" I said.
[Skill Combiner means you can use this skill to combine two different skills or magics to create a new one.]
"Wohhhh, that sounds so cool!!!" I said.
[And Extract Through is a skill that only Veromu flowers can have. It's a skill where every magic or skill you have, or will learn, will automatically get 2× stronger than its original form.]
"Whatttttt, that's broken af!" I said.
"Well anyway, now that I can move, I'll start to look around. I'm very excited!!!" I said.
After that, I started to move forward.
Aries spoke:
[Be careful and don't forget, this place is way more dangerous than you know.]
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," I said.
[I took some information from the corpses of the Shadow Ghost Wolves if you want to hear.] She said.
"Huh, sure, what is it?" I asked.
[Approximately, the island of TEOD is 46 km in diameter, and it is circular in shape. It is very rich in natural resources, but at the same time, it has the most dangerous monsters. Also, it's almost 68 km far from the nearest land, and no human has come to this island in decades.] She replied.
"Woah, that's pretty insane!" I said.
[Positive. And it seems like there's a dungeon somewhere on this island that might contain some valuable treasure.] She added.
"Oh really!!!" I said. "Well then, shouldn't we go to obtain the treasure?" I said confidently.
[Negative. That's a really bad idea.] She replied.
"Eh, why?" I asked.
[That dungeon might have a boss, and if you go in your current state, your death rate is 99.99%.] She replied.
"Ehhh???" I said.
[Try to level up and evolve to get stronger. You need to drain a lot of life energy to evolve to the 3rd stage.] She said.
"I see... then I should just search for the Shadow Ghost Wolves, right?" I said.
[Positive, that will work.] She replied.
"Alright then, let's goooo!" After that, I started to search around, and after a while, I reached a corner. I heard a noise from the bushes. I turned around and said:
"Come out, you wolf. I'm not scared of you anymore!"
But from the bushes, the wolf didn't come. Instead, what emerged was... a dark, long, big, fat...
[True Appraisal: The Snake of Hell: S-A+ rank.]
As I looked up at it... it was huge and scary.
"...I am fucked...."