So, I'm on a beach, a wall behind me, the ocean in front, and no land in sight. Oh, and I just got these new wings that would do me no good now, or would they? I hadn't really seen winged fish, but maybe if I got gills, my wings would turn to flippers? But then what do I do get back to land?
Food, that was what I needed first; I would just have to wing the rest of it, so to speak. I looked around, and I was pleasantly surprised to see trees with fruit on them; the only strange thing was that each tree bore different kinds of fruit. Some of the fruit wasn't even grown on trees, but low and behold, hanging strawberries and watermelons.
Again, I reinforced the Game-mode mindset; games like this that repeatedly broke the normal in different ways were more straightforward and more problematic at the same time. It was easier to identify it as a game, but that seemed to make my brain work harder to rationalize with the worlds.
I shook my head, walked over to the hanging fruit, and pulled a couple of strawberries off the palm tree. I was about to pop on in my mouth when I stopped, Trinity's voice echoing through my head.
"But be careful! You are what you eat!"
What would happen to me if I ate a strawberry? Or any of these fruits, for that matter? Could I become weaker, maybe? Too many questions with no one to ask, so I popped one of the larger strawberries into my mouth and chew.
Once I swallow the tasty thing, nothing happened. I popped another one in and chewed, but still, nothing happened. Maybe it wouldn't work for fruit, and I had to eat meat? That didn't make sense, I wasn't going to kill something and eat it raw unless it was tuna, but I wasn't getting any on that onshore.
I decided to eat some more strawberries and not switch food until something happened or my hunger bar moved. I grabbed some more of them and started to eat; finally, after the tenth one, the bottom of my screen started to flash red. I wasn't full, but my hunger had moved into orange from red, so I decided to check out what happened by opening up the screen and selecting the same flashing option.
Evolution Choice:
{Stamina}{Strengh}{Speed}
{Stamina}
It looks like im going to be doing a lot of swimming, so this is my best choice. Plus, it was never bad to have extra Stamina, considering I would need armor, hehe. What pervert put this system in place? I wasn't arguing, but I just wouldn't want my name on the idea.
I looked back at the tree and went back to one of my original questions, did it matter what fruit I ate, or was it just a matter of how much of it I ate? I grabbed an orange, apple, and banana, pealing the other two and then eating all three. A new menu popped up, but this didn't really help with my previous question about cause and effect.
Evolution Choice:
{Strength}{Speed}{Reaction}
{Reaction}
This choice was a pretty easy pick since I could get strength and speed from the next person I fought. That thought turned me back to the water, giving it a long look. There wasn't anything left on the beach, and all I had was my spear and no clothes.
I started to walk to the water, spear in hand. I stepped into the warm water and started to move faster before diving in. The water was excellent, and I was about to start swimming when I heard a noise from behind me. I had only just dove in, so standing on the ground below the water still left my chest exposed.
I turned to a female voice, but something about it didn't sound friendly. I looked at a female lizard woman with green scales and blades for arms; wow, kinda sexy, but the look on her face to it all away. This...thing looked pissed, and I noticed another cave fading into the background behind her.
"Running away, Hero?"
Wait a minute...that voice...no way.
"Cindy?"
"In the flesh, Dave! Sorry, I had to leave so quickly last time, but you know how it is!"
"Out of all the people they could send here, you are the one? Well, this will be easier than I thought."
"What?"
"No, really, thanks. Honestly, I couldn't have asked for a better opponent."
"What do you mean? Aren't you mad at me for taking all your stuff and then getting you fired? Don't you care that I used you and then threw you away like trash?"
"Mad? At one point, I was disappointed that you would stoop so low, but seeing you like this and everything else that has happened since then has made me think. No, I am thankful because if it were any other girl, I would have to make up an excuse in my head for why im going to kill you."
Chapter 137: Evolution Paradise
"So that's how it is then?"
"Yeah, you smell normal, but you might need a bath. I have no urges to do something I might regret with you. Plus, the steak knives for arms is a bit of a turnoff. No, you and I will settle our differences here over my stuff you stole and the job you cost me, then we can go back to being civil. Fate is gone unless you're still willing to carry his grudge?"
"I don't care about him, and I never did, he offered me a spot in an easy game, and all I had to do was fuck you for a bit and then fuck you over. It was nothing against you; It's hard in here for girls."
"Well, with your disposition and the way you are still talking to me is making it a little hard to believe you didn't enjoy doing it?"
"Which part?"
"Pardon?"
"Well, you were a stud, and I liked it when you filled me up..."
Oh, no! Shit, I didn't need more weapons right now, goddammit! The smell and her words were making my heart beat fast. Damn, it's like im losing control of my body!
"Dave...Oh...mmm, is that you? That smell..."
Great, and now I was stinking of the ultra pheromones too. Well, there were two ways this could play out, and the first, my body was trying to force me to do. I kept a firm grip on the shaft of my spear as my body pulled me closer.
"Mmmm looks like I'm going to get wha..." Cindy's words caught in her throat, and she looked down at the spear tip that was sticking out of her chest.
"Looks can be deceiving."
The control my body had over me let go as Cindy slid lifelessly off my spear and hit the ground. I turned and doubled over to empty my stomach quickly, and stood back up, wiping my mouth. I wouldn't do that again, nothing glorious about killing a woman and especially not like that.
I was starting to like this game mode less and less. It turned us into animals in an arena forced to fight and have sex just for others' fun that supposedly couldn't see it. This game mode might be better if there was free will, but there wasn't; men and women were being forced...Simon had better think of something soon.
Standing around doing nothing helped no one, though, so I turned and ran for the water. As I ran, I saw Cindy finally disappear, and I almost stop to wait for it, but I knew it would get to me, so I splashed into the water. Once to my hip, I dove in and noticed the lower part of my HUD flash red when my eyes opened under the water, so I opened it and the evolution selection.
Evolution Choice:
{Diffusion}{Gill}{Respiratory Tree}
What? I think jellyfish use Diffusion, but I didn't want to look like a transparent ghost. Then there was Gill, boring. This Respiratory Tree, though, that sounded interesting. I would probably regret it, but what the hell, let's roll the dice.
{Respiratory Tree}
Oh? What the hell is going on in my ass? A new message popped out, and I groaned.
//NEW SKILL UNLOCKED: [Respiratory Tree]: Gain the ability to breathe like a Sea Cucumber by sucking air into your anus. The Respiratory Tree inside then extracts the oxygen, and then you expel carbon dioxide
Shut the front door! I wasn't really sure how to feel about this...evolution, but in wound need, some short or anyone traveling behind me would be left extremely scarred. I shuddered the first time my asshole sucked in air, but it was pretty easy after I expelled all the air out of my lungs. I finally got to look around, and I wasn't really impressed.
There wasn't even seaweed or little fish; it was all just sand and more water. I started to swim forwa
rd for about twenty meters, and then I noticed about ten meters up I notice a drop-off. After the short swim to the edge, I peered over the edge and smiled; this was much better.
Below me was filled with life, fish of all colors, and anemone attached to the walls. I let my body fall over the edge and into the swimming fish that swam around me and bushed my body. I let myself fall into the depth, and I even noticed a Sea Cucumber as I sank down, making me chuckle internally.
I turned around and looked down below me, and it was still dark as I fell; I wasn't really sure what to expect when I got down there. I drifted for what seemed like an eternity, fish had deserted me by this time, and the wall was almost entirely bare of life. Slowly, I started to make out a glowing light coming from the deep; finally, I was starting to get worried I was going in the wrong direction.
The light started to become more distinct, and I was able to make out moving shapes. It looks like two...things was fighting already, and I could see another coming in from behind. Now, What to do?
I spun around and looked to see if there were anyone else around me. That's when I saw what was going on shit. Well, this was going to be something that would sell tickets, but I wasn't sure how keen I was to join this.
Around me, between forty to fifty crazy looking monsters and humanoid swam got the point. So, King of the hill? Does that mean that it's over after this?
I had no time to think more as a skill was auto-activated, alerting me to oncoming danger.
[Hunter Sense]
I turn just in time to see a shark man with fur swim at me with snapping crab claws! Woah, buddy, go easy on the seafood! I pulled my feet back and activated a skill.
[Donkey Punch Kick]
My feet uncoils like compressed spring and smashed the sharkmans face into his head, leaving a bloody mess in the water. The body disappeared from the instant K.O, and the soul flew to me, lighting up the bottom of my screen. Nevermind sitting back and watching; this was going to be evolution paradise.
Chapter 138: Electric Fire Viper Mantis Archer Stone Blue-Ringed Cheetah Ape
Evolution Choice:
{Crab Claws}{Shark Fins}{Frogfish}
{Frogfish}
Another one was coming at me as I made the selection; I would have to be fast with these choices to stay ahead. The other monsters that were starting to tear into the crowd were getting a lot bigger. The Man coming at me had a swordfish's nose, bear face, and other things, but I had to dodge him or get skewed, but then he slowed down a lot.
//NEW SKILL UNLOCKED: [Dialed up Frogfish]: Increase reaction time from 200 milliseconds to 6 milliseconds
"It's is on now; LET'S GO!"
[Hammer Fist]
The head exploded and filled the water there with red mist, but I was gone, using the dead remains to push off. I starter to kill my opponents, streaking through the water like a demon streaking through the water, evolving with hardly any thought.
{Viperfish Fangs}
{Cheetah Sprint}
{Electic Eel Doublet}
{Ape Strength}
{Archer Fish Stream}
{Eagle Eyes}
{Fire Coral Invisible Arms}
{Dragon Charged Breath}
{Stone Fish Venom}
{Mantis Shrimp Jet Punch}
{Blue-Ringed Octopus Deathcloud}
As I progress through the list, it causing me to kill faster then I could evolve. The water was making it hard to see with all the blood, so I started down to the light and seen about ten Monster's fighting. I was sure that I was a monster of such a disgusting variety by this time; I had kept the menu open and selected evolutions as fast as the system would allow.
Each time I made a selection, I would gain a new skill, or one would change. The overload of evolutions should have bombarded me with skills, but the only thing that was overfilling was my mating skill. Who wrote all these? Afriggin pervert, that's who! I would have to give Simon shit about that one.
Some of them were entertaining, but laughing at them would make the author of this crap think they were actually funny. Then who knows what lewd comments might turn up in the next game? Still, some of my skills had changed dramatically, and according to my name, I was as big of a mess as I thought I was.
Current Evolution: Electric Fire Viper Mantis Archer Stone Blue-Ringed Cheetah Ape
[{Unified Evolution Ready}]
Current Combat Skills:
[Stone Jet Venom Sting]: 3/3 -Death, recharge 1/day
[Electric Jet Blade Punch Doublet] .25s
[Deathcloud Archer Grenades] 30s
[Charged Fire Arm Sprint] 30s
[Bionano Coat](Passive): Coat body in Impact-resistant nanoparticle coating. Gain 95% resistance to non-magical attacks and 30% resistance to magical attacks.
[Dialed up Frogfish]: Increase reaction time from 200 milliseconds to 6 milliseconds.
Survival Skills:
[Heat Sense] 5s
[Danger Sense](Passive): Sense incoming threats.
[Hunter Sense](Passive): Sense targetable opponents.
[Light Absorption]: Activatable: Absorb 99% of light, coating body in darkest black.
Mating Skills:
[Fox]: Fox-like charm: You attract females with your charm and have an increased chance for mating.
[Wolf]: Wolf-like Olfaction: Your sense of smell is increased to help you better understand when a female is in heat, increasing your chances of mating
[Dragon]: Dragon-like Reproductive Organ: You have been endowed with a sufficiently sized reproductive tool to help satisfy your mate, Increasing my chance of mating.
[Scorpion]: Scorpion-like Mating Armaments: Create Spears and Chiton Shields.
[Viperfish]: Viperfish-like Mating Armaments: Create Daggers and Kunai.
[Cheetah]: Cheetah-like Mating Speed: Decrease the total time needed to mate.
[Electic Eel]: Electic Eel-like Mating Communication: Increase the chance of mating.
[Ape]: Ape-like Mating Display: Bravado and displays of strength will increase your chance of mating dramatically.
[Archer Fish]: Archer Fish-like Ranged Insemination: Increase mating range.
[Eagle]: Eagle-Like Mating Identification: Track and Mark potential mates.
[Fire Coral]: Fire Coral-like Invisible Ticklers: Increase mating pleasure and weapon strength.
[Stone Fish]: Stone Fish-like Potency: Craft legendary and Epic Rank weapons.
[Mantis Shrimp]: Mantis Shrimp-like Mating Armaments: Create Pistols and Rifles.
[Blue-Ringed Octopus]: Blue-Ringed Octopus-like Mating Armaments: Create ranged ammunition with poisonous AOE.
I noticed another option at the top that was where my Evolution choices usually sat, Unified Evolution Ready. I tried to select it after activating [Light Absorption], but nothing happened. I must have to wait until after; I turned back and focused on the group fighting before.
Two Sharkmen, Two octopus...things, four fish type things, and one Jellyfishman...no, that's one less jelly boy, but the strange thing was the last one in the middle. It was a Tigerman, with gills, but mostly tiger, like he hadn't evolved yet, but he defended all the attackers.
As I got closer, I noticed he was protecting a bubble in the sand. I sped up when I saw what it was, racing into the light. Suddenly, as I got closer, I burst through an air bubble and into the open air.
"Shit!"
I tried to flap my wings that were now gone and opted to try landing on my feet, but that proved far more straightforward than I had imagined. Between what I gain from the Mantis shrimp and Frogfish, I was already unstoppable at it was, unless someone else had the same...
[Danger Sense]
[Electric Jet Blade Punch Doublet]
[Electric Jet Blade Punch Doublet]
[Electric Jet Blade Punch Doublet]
Three of the four Fishmen had tried to attack me before I could land, but I watched them come at me in slow motion, my adrenaline boost giving me that familiar feeling of being back insi
de Diamond Edge. My attacks cut the three bodies to pieces, but the blood boiled out of them, and they still discharged an electrical current between the other pieces. [Electric Jet Blade Punch Doublet] caused this effect by using the electric eels doublet effect, new information coursing into my brain.
I watched the last Fishman try to rush me through the charged body parts only to be electrified and have the blood boil out of this eye's ears and skin. It was a horrifying thing to watch, so I tracked the rest of my opponents as I finally hit the ground and land smoothly. There were only five of us left now, Two Sharkmen still and one Octo-mon; Tigerman had killed the other.
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