Chapter 9: Getting Stronger!

I wonder how many days have passed since I arrived here.

I feel like it already have been a month or so. But because of the dark clouds, I can't tell if it is the day time or the night time at all, let alone if a day had already passed. First and foremost, is the time here the same as the Earth's?

Hmmm.

Oh well.

Sooner or later, I will have to get out of this place anyways. I'll just take my time to understand everything by then.

Up until now, I've been consuming the Orbs that I encounter. Hopefully, I can also level up more from these, since I don't want to meet with a Treant at the moment. A trauma from that damage with a single hit is hard to shake off. Let's take it easy for now.

From time to time, I run into an Inferior Ghost.

I'm not talking about those scary type in movies or in paranormal videos. They're monsters that are called Inferior Ghosts. They appear to be white ball of flames, floating in the air. They're about the size of a tennis ball.

Yeah, just like this one right now.

Up until right now, I've just ignore most of them.

But it's different now.

The reason? I'm getting bored of consuming Orbs.

They only give a pinch of experience points too. Even though I already consumed a great number of them, I only leveled up 3 times. It's like I'm snacking on peanuts. They're good in the beginning, but can be quite boring after a while.

[An Apparition Type monster. Inferior Ghosts uses low tiered magic to deal damage. They are harmless when left alone, but they can be aggressive and dangerous when provoked. They usually wander around dark places and observe other species. (Intelligence Level: 12%)]

HG: 10/10

CG: 300/300

Physical Attack: 0

Physical Defense: 0

Magical Attack: 250

Magical Defense: 100

Agility: 80

Crysaztel Cognizance: 10%

Crysaztel Manipulation: 10%

[Passive Skills]

(Float) (Intangible) (Trigger Fear) (Perception Lv. 1) (Zoia Magic Lv. 2) (Fiare Magic Lv. 2) (Dastre Magic Lv. 3)

[Resistance Skills]

(Pain Resistance Lv. Max)

[Active Skills]

(None)

[Active Magic Skills]

(Zoia Orb) (Zoia Arrow) (Fiare Ball) (Fiare Arrow) (Dastre Orb) (Dastre Arrow) (Dastre Elstra)

Even though its level is higher than mine, and has higher status than me, it's not that big of a deal, since I only have to pass by it without provoking it. But even if that's not the case, with my current skills, I won't have any problems with it.

But look at those active magic skills…! *sniffle*

Still, now I know that I'm right, after all. Looking at its C.Manipulation, it's 10% and now it has magic skills. It really is the C.Manipulation I was lacking…

I have to find a way to raise my C.Manipulation, somehow…! It's too early to give up the way of being a mage! Yeah!!

… A-Ahem.

The Orbs are different from these, in the sense that they know how to distinguish things and fight if necessary. I guess that's because these Ghosts levels up from fighting, unlike Orbs that just float around without doing anything.

Although, it makes me wonder how Orbs level up.

Commonly, the ones that I encounter ranges only from level 8 or 10. Rarely do I encounter an Orb with a level of 15 and above. But even so, because of my status, they're easy to deal with.

Therefore, that will also be the case with this Inferior Ghost.

On the side note though, I feel like Inferior Ghosts' skills somewhat resembles mine. Judging from that, maybe I'll evolve to an Inferior Ghost after Poltergeist. But it doesn't have the Psychokinesis skill, though. At least, maybe they're related to Orbs or Poltergeist or something? Well, aside from its appearance, there's nothing much have changed. I'm even stronger than it is now.

I'll just have to evolve and evolve until I get even more stronger then, if that's really the case.

Looking at the skills once again, I noticed the Perception skill. So if I just evolve like that, I'll eventually obtain the Perception, huh? Well, since I got it earlier then I think that's for the best.

And so, I absorbed the Inferior Ghost even before it could notice me. It's definitely not because I was envious of its C.Manipulation or something.

Yeah. Absolutely not.

Soul Consume's duration of consuming differs from monster to monster with higher or lower CG compared to my own CG. Since the Inferior Ghost I just absorbed obviously had lower amount of CG than me, the consuming ended in an instant. It's different from the time during the fight with the Treant. I only had 11 CG that time, while the Treant had 900 CG. It's to be expected that my Soul won't be able to contain that amount of soul in an instant.