Becoming a Naga

Back in the cave Lothar was not far from the Naga respawn Location, he was sitting back in a corner hiding and sitting on the ground thinking about all the things that just happened to him. "Can I trust that Crimson mist? Is there really a way to revive them? But how, is it because of my class that I can revive them? I wish he is ok and can explain it to me next time." All those thoughts were running through Lothar's mind. Deep inside of him, something was changing his very being. He was consumed by hate over the years his mind drifted into a very dark place with only one goal, revenge. But now there was something else, in this dark world, a tiny ray of light began to Bloom.

He put on the Crimson cloak and readied himself for another assault on the Naga. "I have to become stronger and investigate the possibilities of this class even further." He walked to a location where he could scout the whole area. He was especially wary of those strange crystals that we're able to counter his stealth mode. "How do I proceed this time? Should I infiltrate them like the Murlocs and kill them by surprise? They are too powerful when I am surrounded." He activated his stealth mode and sneaked into the camp again.

"First thing first, I have to become one of them before infiltrating the base." He touched a Naga guard that was near the front gate and left the area again.

---You added Naga to your Transformation List---

Next, he went back to the center of the dungeon where the empty lake was placed. "Let's see what those Naga are capable of." He then transformed into a Naga and headed straight into the lake. "Hmm, this is interesting thy absorb the oxygen out of the water using the gills and can choose to use their lungs and breath air when they are outside of the water. And the change between them is as natural as switching from breathing through the nose and breathing through the mouth." Lothar was back in his element.

When he is training and analyzing things to improve he feels the most comfortable. It took him a few minutes to figure out how to move his lower body, he was already used to so many different species that he could adapt nearly instantly. But slithering on the ground and swimming inside the water was a whole different story. Inside the water, he was quickly getting used to the body and how to swim through it because he was feeling weightless there, while slithering on the ground outside the water took him a while.

After getting used to moving in this new form he is was now learning how to fight with it and how to unleash attacks not only on land but also inside the water. While he was training there he was still getting experience points from the Murlocs that where getting poisoned continuously. He was already on Lvl 18, not too far away from his next power boost when reaching Lvl 20 if his guess that he will receive a +5 stat point bonus on every stat parameter for every 10 Lvls he reaches.

He was able to adapt his fighting style for combat underwater. He changed his Firestrike to a Waterstrike by using the control over wind and water to generate pressure that could cut through steel if he wanted. But this attack would only work underwater where he was surrounded by the element itself. He also invented some torrential attacks that made the water spin and cut everything that was pulled into it with wind blades.

He spent a whole 2 days training in this form. As he was swimming inside this enormous lake in the center of the dungeon he suddenly noticed a strange-looking platform deep down inside the lake. "What is this?" As he dived down to the ground he arrived at a platform. On this platform was an altar with some strange engravings. On top of the altar, a statue of a shark could be seen and on all for sides of the altar, a small pillar was with an empty socket. "Haha, this is it. So no one was able to find the Boss room because they were not able to dive this deep. As I said before this dungeon is just too perfect for my class."

"The sockets inside the pillars should be related to the 4 ponds were the respawn places are. Let's test the newly acquired fighting techniques in real combat." Lothar was already used to the Naga form and now has a way to train in it proficiently. He stayed in this form and entered stealth mode and headed for the Slime respawn pond. As he arrived he saw no one except the few Slimes that were in front of the pond. "If my guess is correct I have to go inside the water." He did not unleash his stealth mode and just slithered to the pond. As he did that he used Firestrikes while still being in stealth, killing every Slime he saw and headed directly into the pond.

---You gained 32 exp---

---You gained 32 exp---

---You gained 32 exp---

---You gained 32 exp---

---You gained 32 exp---

---Congratulations your Stealth Skill reached Lvl 2---

Skill Description

Stealth Lvl 2, Active Skill: Turnes Invisible and hides the user's presence, drains 1 Mana per sec, Increases the critical damage while Stealth is activated by 5%

"I guess I really rely on that skill a lot since it leveled up so quickly. This increase in critical damage is nice too." When he entered the pond he was very surprised. He thought there would only be a narrow path down a few hundred meters but this place was as spacious as the lake in the center of the dungeon with only a small entrance. The walls were covered in corals, seaweed and other stuff that gave of neon-like lights that made everything look very beautiful.

What surprised him, even more, was that inside this pond a few thousand Slimes could be seen, the neon lights made them visible, they were hovering in the water just like jellyfish. Lothar was only able to see this because he had acquired the Slime form from touching them. To every other person, they would be Shadows that glide through the water.

He could not see the end of this underground lake so he finally understood what Reinhardt meant when he said all the Rifters that tried to investigate the ponds were not able to because it was too deep and they were overpowered. "All these experience points are here waiting just to get reaped." Lothar began to unleash Waterstrikes here and there, splitting and cutting through the slimes like a hot knife through butter. When he saw a flock of them he unleashed the torrential whirlwind attacks. He named them Vortex-cutter. All of that while staying hidden in Stealth mode.

In only half an hour he cleared nearly half of the hole Slime population inside this underground lake like it was a walk in the park. He reached Lvl 19 and was only a few experience points away from Lvl 20, as suddenly a shadow sneaked up on him and attacked him from behind. Only scratching his arm a little bit. "What was that? Where is it? How could it see through my Stealth mode?" He used the Recovery and Heal Skill to instantly close the wound and heal completely. After he was done he scanned the area for the shadow that attacked him. "It appeared out of nowhere and disappeared just as fast."

Lothar descended to the ground and headed to a wall as quickly as possible. It was difficult to cover every direction an attack could come from, especially underwater since you had to cover not only the front, back, left, and right but also attack from above and below. When he arrived at the wall he turned around and discovered that the shadow was already behind him and was about to strike. This really startled him and he shortly panicked. Lothar than raised his left arm and pushed against the shadow to block the incoming attack. As he did that his left arm was ripped off and his blood was spreading everywhere. "Aaah, damn it... calm down... and think..." After he finally decided to calm down, he regained his composure.

"Transformation, Slime!" Lothar shouted. As he did that his entire body became liquid and even the torn arm did the same. "Lucky me." He thought to himself and assembled the Slime that used to be his arm and Transformed back into a Naga. "You won't get me by surprise again you bastard." Lothar unleashed Vortex-cutter left and right from him so the only why the shadow could attack him was front or above. He watched closely as he awaited the next attack of the shadow. Soon the shadow appeared directly in front of him and it increased its speed to the maximum. It was truly fast underwater, it was the first time Lothar saw something this fast underwater, but since he knew where the shadow would come from he unleashed a series of Waterstrikes at it just to make sure the shadow won't escape again.

---You gained 1000 exp---

---Congratulations you reached Lvl 20---

After the barrage of attacks subsided The shadow was cut into pieces and the shadow covering it disappeared, even though it was now in its real appearance Lothar could not recognize what it was since its body was totally destroyed. As he looked at all the pieces of the body he saw floating in front of him he saw something shiny flowing in between all of that. He then swam over to get the shiny object, while doing that he came into contact with the floating pieces of the corps.

---You added Shark to your Transformation List---

"Shark? This explains a lot. At least now I know why it was so fast and was able to see through my Stealth skill." Sharks are known to feel their surroundings through their skin and produce an image of the environment into its brain like an echolocation system. "Now for that shiny thing over there." He reached out for it and discovered that is was an orb that was giving off light, but nothing more. "Seems like this was the Boss of the pond... by gaining this much exp this has to at least be a mini Boss or something. If my guess is correct this orb should be placed at the altar in the center of the dungeon. Seems like there are 3 more of those mini Bosses to come. That was really dangerous if I wouldn't have had the Slime form my arm would be gone for good."

"Hmm? Ahh, I reached Lvl 20."

Blue Lightning

---Race: Naga Lvl: 20---

---Title: None---

---Job: None---

---Class: Copycat---

---Status: Cursed---

---HP 500---

---Mana 1000---

---Str: 25---

---Agi: 25---

---Int: 25---

---Vit: 25---

---Skills: Inventory/ Endurance Lvl 2/ Heal Lvl 2/ Increase Agility Lvl 2/ Cure Poison Lvl 1/ Poison Resistance Lvl 3/ Recovery Lvl 2/ Trap Lvl 2/ Disarm Trap Lvl 2/ Mapping Lvl 2/ Stealth Lvl 2/ Elemental Resistance Lvl 2/ Elemental Control Lvl 2/ Wind Boost Lvl 1/ Earth Shield/ Swordforce Lvl 2/ Dash Lvl 1/ Hurricane Attack Lvl 1/ One with the Sword Lvl 1/ Disguise Lvl 1/ Transformation Lvl 1/ Identify/ Purification Lvl 1/ Elemental Amplification/ Poison Control Lvl 1---

---Equipment: Blue Thunder Sword (Atack +40)/ Dragonscale Leather Armor (Agility +5) (Defence +25) (Power +4%)/ Power Bracelet (Power +2%)/ Crimson Cloak (Agility +5) (Defence +5)/ Power Bracelet (Power +2%), Power Necklace (Power +2%)---

---Stat Points available: 19---

"Nice there really was an increase in all stat parameters again. With this, I can just leave the available stat point as they are and choose when I really need them." The next thing he did was clear the whole lake from the rest of the Slimes. He was wondering if they were really respawning or If they were just some astray slimes that were accidentally leaving the entrance to the lake. "Maybe there won't come any new slimes to the surface. Now for the crabs, maybe I will see Rango's group again."