Leo opened his status and could not believe his eyes
[Status]
[Name: Leo Hawthorne]
[Age: 19]
[Species: Ghost]
[Level: 2]
[HP: 260/260]
[Mana: 160/160]
[STR: 6]
[AGI: 13]
[VIT: 6]
[INT: 16]
[SPR: 26]
[Stat Points: 0]
[Skill Points: 0]
[Unique Skills: Status Window, ???]
[Skills: Item Box (Lvl 1), Appraisal, Stealth (Lvl 1)]
[Species Skills: Invisible, Ethereal Form, Levitation, Spectral Sight, Chill Zone, Possession, Undying, Tendrils, Life Absorb]
Only his INT and SPR went up by one point each, as for his exp, the increase he got for it thanks to the skill was tiny, though he did get a fair amount of exp for killing the cat, a quarter of the necessary to level up to be exact, so it wasn't a total loss
'What, only two stats went up and even those went up just by a single point?! How could I feel such a refreshing feeling for such a small improvement'
Leo was disappointed to say the least by how small the increase was, little did he know that in this world he was in an increase in stats without leveling up, even one as small as this was considered huge, especially for the amount of time and effort it needed but that's a story for another chapter :3
'Well, no matter, small as it may be it's still something and something is more than nothing that's for sure, but i want more. Maybe if i activate life absorb's passive mode and wander around the forest it'll increase slowly, OR, I could find that damn bear that crushed me a few days ago and suck it dry. Oh you thought I'd forget about you didn't you, big mistake'
With that thought in mind Leo activated his skill's passive only to be instantly disappointed by it's range and even if he were to pull out his tendrils it would still not be helpful since thanks to his low spirit stat they wouldn't have enough range to get very far either
'What the hell, what's up with this range, why does it only have a range of 10cm around me, is my SPR stat that low? After i level up again I'm gonna invest every single stat point to my spirit stat'
Leo went around the forest purposefully passing through leaves and bushes to have more bugs sitting there in his range. After wandered around the jungle for three whole days sucking the life of whatever he could find, mainly bugs, and three rats, but that was all his luck amounted to, he couldn't find anything better to get more stats and exp.
[Status]
[Name: Leo Hawthorne]
[Age: 19]
[Species: Ghost]
[Level: 2]
[HP: 300/300]
[Mana: 190/190]
[STR: 7]
[AGI: 15]
[VIT: 8]
[INT: 19]
[SPR: 30]
[Stat Points: 0]
[Skill Points: 0]
[Unique Skills: Status Window, ???]
[Skills: Item Box (Lvl 1), Appraisal, Stealth (Lvl 1)]
[Species Skills: Invisible, Ethereal Form, Levitation, Spectral Sight, Chill Zone, Possession, Undying, Tendrils, Life Absorb]
'Slowly but steadily I am getting stronger, soon enough I'll be strong enough to even possess that damn bear'
Leon kept floating around the forest aimlessly until he finally found something, it was a river and it would seem luck was smiling at him because there was also a boar at the riverside drinking water
'Finally, after so long I finally found something and it's a boar at that. I was getting close to levelling up but with this I'm definitely going to level up, I might even level up twice. What a luck'
Without hesitation Leo approached the boar and targeted the boar with his life absorb.
The boar seemed to have felt something and stopped drinking water and looked around uneasy but couldn't find anything. It finished drinking water and started walking along the river looking around every so often in a nervous way. The boar quickened it's pace thinking there might be a predator nearby and that's why it was feeling uneasy, but no matter how far it walked that uneasy feeling still lingered with it. After some time it was slowly slowing down feeling a weird sense of tiredness, it stopped and shut down to rest, little did it know that that would be it's last stop. After a while most of it's strength had left it's body and it couldn't even stand again, it could only lay there on the ground helplessly.
'How much longer do i have to wait for this boar to die already'
After some more time passed the boar was completely sucked of it's life essence and only it's lifeless husk was left behind
'It's finally dead, let's see now, what have i gotten'
[Status]
[Name: Leo Hawthorne]
[Age: 19]
[Species: Ghost]
[Level: 4]
[HP: 500/500]
[Mana: 320/320]
[STR: 20]
[AGI: 27]
[VIT: 20]
[INT: 32]
[SPR: 50]
[Stat Points: 25]
[Skill Points: 9]
[Unique Skills: Status Window, ???]
[Skills: Item Box (Lvl 1), Appraisal, Stealth (Lvl 1)]
[Species Skills: Invisible, Ethereal Form, Levitation, Spectral Sight, Chill Zone, Possession, Undying, Tendrils, Life Absorb]
'DAMN, that's an impressive leap in my stats, my SPR went up by a whole 20 points, plus another 25 points that I'll allocate to it, now it'll be a whole 75. Now for my skill points, what shall i buy, it's a shame i can't buy materialize for just a single point but no matter, at this rate I will be able to buy it in no time'
Leo thought what he should buy with his skill points for a few minutes and finally came to the conclusion
'This one sounds like it'd be very useful. Transform, a skill that gives you the ability to transform to whatever you have absorbed, it's price is quiet steep but after I level up again and buy the materialize skill it'll be super useful'
And with that in mind he bought it 'Great, now time to test it out'
Leo concentrated for a while thinking of the shadow cat, the first creature that he absorbed and after a bit he began shrinking and changing shape and in a few seconds he had taken the shape of the shadow cat. He goes to the river to see his reflection on the water only to be reminded that he doesn't have one
'Oh, yeah, right. Well, i wonder what my status says, does it stay the same or does it change'
[Status]
[Name: Leo Hawthorne]
[Age: 19]
[Species: Ghost]
[Level: 4]
[HP: 750/750]
[Mana: 320/320]
[STR: 20]
[AGI: 27]
[VIT: 20]
[INT: 32]
[SPR: 75]
[Stat Points: 0]
[Skill Points: 4]
[Unique Skills: Status Window, ???]
[Skills: Item Box (Lvl 1), Appraisal, Stealth (Lvl 1)]
[Species Skills: Invisible, Ethereal Form, Levitation, Spectral Sight, Chill Zone, Possession, Undying, Tendrils, Life Absorb, Transform]
'Hmph, I hoped there'd be at least one thing different but whatever, it's still really cool'