"Wake up, master! please wake up !!!" shouted Obby repeatedly out of desperation within Zyle's Mind.
Startled by Obby's constant shouting, Zyle open his eyes only to see himself slowly lifting from the ground. His body felt more compressed than paralyzed, he still couldn't move but why? it felt different somehow. Out of pure instinct his one free arm that was extended outward when he fell down moved. His hand grasped his nearby sword which was luckily within reaching distance. As he was lifted off the ground, at a certain point his body slowly turned. At that moment, he witness something that shocked him to the core.
"Oh, Shit! A Giant Snake, I'm about to get eaten !" said the frightened Zyle.
Part of the snake's body had already wrapped around Zyle's lower and mid sections of his body along with one of his arms also being constricted. The snake constricted him even harder every minute that pass to the point where it was getting harder for Zyle to breathe. The snake had a bunch of strange purple stripe-like patterns running across its body. It resembled a giant cottonmouth snake but instead of white foam around the inner parts of its mouth, it had a foam-like coating that looks like the color purple. The Giant snake was also about 20 feet tall and weighed over 800 pounds and with its massive size, all that constricting pressure was starting to be too much for Zyle to handle.
"No! I refuse to go out like this, I have to time this right or I'm going to die!" said Zyle as he begin to use his "charge up" skill with his one free hand grasping his sword. The Giant snake's head and neck swayed back and forth as if it was attempting to bring something up. Whatever It is, one thing is for sure, it wasn't going to be good news for Zyle. Move its head closer while slowly opening its mouth over Zyle's head. Something was indeed about to come out of its mouth. Zyle was not having any of it, he was not about to find out what it was. The snake was now close enough now and within Zyle's range.
"Not today !! " shouted Zyle as he plunged his sword through the snake's head from underneath its chin and through its skull. It was indeed another critical hit as he guessed and one more instant kill was made.
"I had enough with the like of you!" taunted Zyle withdrawing his sword and noticing the snake grip was already loosening up.
"Oh look at that - I can walk again !" said Zyle excitedly as he jumped out of the snake grasped it completely and then started stepping with a hop and a skip.
"That was a close one master!" Obby interjected.
"Yeah... but I still smell like shit, I need to clean up and take a shower like yesterday," said Zyle quickly taking off his dirty clothes. He then wiped himself down with the cleaner part of the shirt he had on. He wraps a banana leaf around his dirty poo-stained clothes and then he flung it amongst some trees in the forest.
"Now it's time to shower," said Zyle while grabbing a few wooden buckets of clean water to shower with.
"If only I have some soap " he sighed, assuming the humans of this world do use such things, honestly he wouldn't know.
"Yet, another reason to get to the nearby village," said Zyle once as he continued to shower himself with clean water. Naked again, Zyle covered his private areas with some gathered leaves attached to strings, Zyle now resembles the way he was when he first arrived in this world except slightly more muscular.
He then looked over toward the dead oversize snake and out of what had already become a habit, He ordered "Obby Analyze."
"Yes, Master!" Obby replied
[Name: Vemu Snake Infant ]
[Class: Magical Beast ]
[Grade: Lowest ]
[HP: 0/175]
[Attack: 20]
[Defense: 10]
[Speed: 3]
{ A snakelet that usually leaves its nest in search of food soon after being hatched. As a form of defense, it has purple-striped markings that are poison to other predators when consumed. Allowing them to travel far and wide without being hunted by other beasts. After constricting its prey, the Vemu snake infant spits up its poisonous acid-like venom to melt its victim's flesh for easier consumption.}
Zyle was surprised after reading that this giant snake was only an infant and he couldn't imagine how big a fully grown one was. Somehow the snake found its way to the encampment, slid through the open wooden gate, and found its meal immobilized on the floor.
"It spits Acid Vemon? Ahh... that's what it was doing! well, good thing I put an end to its shenanigans," said Zyle in an almost boastful manner.
"But seriously though, that was a pretty close one, I almost shitted my...oh wait, I did, "said a flushed face Zyle, once again - feeling embarrassed and ashamed.
"Never again " he whispered under his breath.
As the perfect distraction, the system message came up as usual.
>>>>>>>>System Message <<<<<<<<<
[First-time Kill: + 100 exp ]
[Vemu Snake infanted Killed: + 50 exp ]
[ 250/1000 to lvl 8 ]
With his spirit slightly lifted from that bit of information, Zyle looked over at the creature and thought maybe I could eat the parts away from the purple markings. Overly cautious as he now was, He then confirmed with Obby that it would be safe and decided to cut out clean meaty bits of the snake to cook and drag the rest of the snake out of the encampment and into the nearby trees only after he extracted the core. While eating and as if it became his favorite pastime- Zyle had asked Obby a series of questions. What he came to realize is that, although the system was pretty knowledgeable, it couldn't provide all the answers he sought. In fact, he had to first find certain information sources such as books, documents, historical text, and the like for the system to scan and update to provide him with better and more relevant information.
Through the conversation Zyle had with Obby and to the best of the system's knowledge, he acquired some crucial information. There are 7 classes of the Magical Beast. Each class goes up to 10 levels, each level gives the creature a significant boost to every beast's overall status. The first ones are the lowest grade which was the only ones that Zyle had encountered so far. Their strength as well as other physical status vary based on the type species and level they are at within their respective classes. The rest of the class goes as follows - Lower grade, Median grade, High grade, Highest grade, Legendary Grade, Mystic Grade. Each grade is multitudes stronger than the grade prior to it. Furthermore, The magical beast that is at the lower grade and above develops special abilities. Once Zyle heard of this, he silently prayed he doesn't encounter anything above the lowest grade until he was strong enough. As soon as he had those thoughts, the system responded with another message.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> System Message <<<<<<<<<<
[ Unique skill Sustanense is currently Activate ]
[ strength increase by 1 ]
<----Status---->
[Strength: 7]
[Speed: 6]
[Defense: 3]
"Wait-wait-what? My status almost doubled... did the fruits actually work?" said Zyle dumbfounded. He then recalled how swift it was when he thrust the blade into the snake's head and how light his body felt when leaped out of the creature's loosening grip. Pleasantly surprised, he walked towards his sword and took a few swings. The sword now felt as light as a feather, he was stronger even more so than before. Thanks to the sustenance skill plus the 6 fruits, his strength has increased by 3, speed has increased by 2 and defense increased by 2 as well. After confirming it with Obby, Zyle's baseline status is currently at - 36 (attack power), 35.82(speed), and 3 (defense) respectively. In other words, Zyle was almost 7.2 times stronger than the average man and he can now run 35.82 mph. As for his defensive capabilities, he can now withstand being hit by a metal bat at full swing from a professional baseball player, only taking little to no damage at all. Eager to test out his improved strength, Zyle walked out of the encouragement towards a nearby tree and then through a jab. Pulling back his fist, a deep fist size crater was formed towards the base of the tree. The Tree was above average in size with a circumference of 5 feet. Nevertheless, to really gauge Zyle's current strength, the tree would have tumbled over if he chose to hit it a couple more times but he did not. Instead, he gazes at his palm and then closed it by making a fist, he was impressed by his rate of progression.
" Nice! Oh, I almost forgot...Let's see, if I recall correctly I unlocked some sort of a shop a while ago." said Zyle immediately closing his eyes to check the new tabs. The new tab known as (The Omni-Shop) was unlocked. There is an assortment of items that were grayed out and unobtainable at the present moment. Seemingly this shop accepts attribute points as a form of currency in order to purchase anything. Upon scrolling, below was another category, the ability category which consists of a variety of elemental and non-elemental abilities. The one that Zyle was interested in was the elemental ability of Electricity. Unfortunately, it requires 275 AP to buy, Zyle only had a total of 220 AP so instead he opted for the fire ability which was only 215.
*$/Clah ching/$* sound was heard.
<<<<<<<
[your purchase has been successful]
All of sudden, a burning sensation could be felt in Zyles chest, The burning got so intense, he hunch over bracing his hand against the tree he struck before. Smoke could be seen escaping between his fingers and the corner of the palm of his hand he had resting against the tree. As Zyle slowly lifted his head, Embers of flame can be seen in his eyes.
"Heck Yeah!!"He shouted with a smirk on his face
>>>>>>>>> System Message <<<<<<
[New tab is now available ]
[Congratulations! You have now obtained the Fire Ability]...