More Fur For Me, hehe
He woke up, went out of the box to find that he slept for about 12 hours. The first thing he noticed was that he was not skinn-
'Wat, box, like my box, but not thick?'
"Who dis?"
He reached out to touch the floating blue box, then it disappeared.
'wait, what if it is too fast for me to see, or turned invisible...'
He carefully observed his surroundings. If it were to attack him the easiest place to attack would be his tush, so he did what he must and kept an eye on his tush for the next hour or two.
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Meow~~~
"Wow, how did that dweeb become so... filled in?"
Mew~~~
"I know right, Maybe he ate a ton of dirt, see how he's monitoring his tush, we all know what happened when he ate that dirt, we better do our business somewhere else for the rest of the week to let it air out."
Meow~~~
"Agreed, I'm not going to be here when that happens, this might be the downfall of the faction!"
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He waited for the two hours that it took to be sure that he wasn't being stalked by the blue box. So he did what he did best and waited next to the shop and bakery.
Another victim appeared.
He chose to do the plan that worked best, first bite the human's hand, can scratch the lifeforce out of the hand until the human drops the item. Now that he had a plan the next step was to wait.
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The kid with a newly bandaged arm came to the shop once again, he was a little scared but when he saw that there was no cat around he finally calmed down. As he entered the shop clerk faced him and greeted him.
"Good to see you again, I hope your arm is ok, I brought a pill bottle of [Nourishment Pill]'s with me to give two to you, I'll also sell you the [Mana Gathering Pill]'s at 3/10ths the price," The cleric said with a kind tone.
The kid was instantly relieved and thanked the clerk relentlessly until the clerk stopped him.
After using the last of his funds, he carried both bottles with one hand and walked out.
'Surely that was a one-time thing... right!?'
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It's a good thing he chose to go to the other side of the shop this time since his victim from yesterday was going this way.
'Two bottles, hehe double kill'
As the kid was walking, he was at least 3 meters away from the bushes. So without wanting to waste the opportunity, he stalked his prey with determination to get the double kill. As his prey went farther, it got more confident and went closer to the bushed areas, as soon as the human entered the 1-meter range he bolted at the kid with a faster speed than ever.
when he entered the range of the hand of the prey, he chomped on the hand, causing the prey to freeze remembering the traumatic experience tit went through yesterday. It almost instantly let go of what it was holding and ran away faster than he had ever seen a human journey.
Surprised with the lack of effort to obtain two bottles of the suspicious orbs, he lined them up and grabbed them with his mouth, making a sprint towards the wall, and swiftly jumped over it.
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"What are you here for kid?" The Clerk of the jewelry shop was asking the poor kid with a wrapped left arm and a wrapped right hand.
"U-uh, I-am here f-for a g-good luck charm." answered the kid
"You need this more than me kid" the clerk handed over a green bracelet,
"It gives +1 [Luck]"
"T-thanks"
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after going through the route to take him to the faction he took shelter in his box while examining his spoils.
There were two bottles and they looked the same, each with five orbs. He remembered the blue orbs are bitter but somehow made him more powerful? While these green ones were new, what would they do, he ate one and waited.
After finding the taste slightly sweet? was that the word, he didn't know, all he knew was that it tasted good, so he ate the rest of them. after waiting to digest them. He resumed waiting in his loaf form. Then he heard a dreadful sound.
[Ding!]
[Gained 5 Biomass]
[Do you want to add any mutations?]
[Yes] [No]
IT WAS ALWAYS THERE! He couldn't believe that he would die this way, maybe he should have not bullied that human, now they were after his soul.
'This is the end, too bad I couldn't have bullied that human some more. When he opened his eyes the box was still there not doing anything.
'Maybe it is friendly'
He saw two-button things that the humans used, he carefully pressed on the first option only to be betrayed and have an even larger box, this is it.
'Still no pain? did I die, it was easier than I thought.'
He opened his eyes and was greeted with the giant box,
[Name-[nan%]
Level-1 1/10
Biomass-6
Str-1
Def-1
Agl-2
Int-2
Skills- [Flame of Conversion Lv. 1 0/5- Converts mana into biomass, with a multiplier that of its level.]
Mutations-
[Fur][+]
[Note- More will be unlocked at a later date]
[Review- A smarter-than-average dweeb]
He saw more buttons pop up, so he chose the first option.
[Would you like to purchase, +1 [Fur] for 1 biomass?]
[Yes] [No]
He decided to choose the first option again because it did what he guessed would be 'yes'.
*Click*
There was nothing, not the slightest hint of pain,
'It wasn't a trap..'
Then pain, many pain. Imagine fur or hair forcing its way out of your scalp, then thickening.
'It was a scam the whole time!!'
He was lying on the floor, not moving as if he was dead.
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Meow~~~
"Look at the dweeb, I think the dirt got to him."
Mew~~~
"I know right, wait till the leader hears that one of the new generations ate dirt until he was fat"
Meow~~~
"If only dirt could sustain our clan, it would be utopia."
Mew~~~
"Agreed..."
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Once the episode was over, He felt a lot better in comparison to when he was in pain, which he guessed was to be expected since it felt bad... very bad. anyways he examined his [Fur] to see what attacked him, he expected all the fur on his body to have been plucked off, but when in doubt check again.
'Ooo, shiny, many like'
When examining himself, he discovered many things,
[1] he was fluffier with more [Fur]
[2] His [Fur] was thicker, granting more defense
[3] He Looked better, much shine
The third was the least important but he wholeheartedly agreed to it because,
'Who doesn't like to be pretty
So as he thought about it, the less sense it made,
'Lines that mean things, pain = more fur'
Pain, he must have the fur, but the pain...
[would you like to purchase +3 [Fur] for 5 biomass?]
[Yes] [No]
*Click*
'*silent gulp*'
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MMmeeeeewwwww~
"Pain, many hurt, must die, right here... *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*"
Meow~~~
"Look at the dweeb, maybe the cramps are catching up to him."
Mew~~~
"I know right, maybe dirt has some health benefits"
Meow~~~ Mew~~~
"Nah I'm good"
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Is the pain worth it, nope not at all, if feeling like your skin is being shredded is a good thing, you have problems.
'Maybe I went too harsh on you, human'
'...'
'Nah, the humans are suspicious, I'm just seeing if they can be damaged... It's a good thing!'
The pain is gone, I feel worse than ever, lying on the floor. Like I ate 5 pounds of dirt.'
The best thing about this is that his [Fur] could be compared to a third stage [Fur Tempering],
Each major stage or [Realm] was divided into five stages [stage 1-5], they didn't have names. so if he could upgrade his [Fur] twice more, then he would be at the peak of the first realm, he also noticed that the weird lines, 0-10 were basically numbers.
'If our faction could create a language like this, it would speed up the teaching process and allow us to store information so we don't forget it, it would eliminate the need to remember if you could 'read' the information, I shall tell the leader.'
So as any mammal would do, he walked out the box.
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Meow~~~
"Wow, look at the dweebs [Fur]! It looks like it is in the [3rd Stage] of the [Fur Tempering]!"
Mew~~~
"I know right, maybe dirt can aid cultivation and the absorption of mana, we might be able to advance to the [1st Stage] of [Claw Tempering] with this!"
Meow~~~
"No joke! we need to do this before the others find out!"
Mew~~~
"Agreed!"
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15 minutes later
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MEOW~~~
"IT'S BITTER! *Cough**Cough**Cough*"
MEW~~~
"I KNOW RIGHT! BUT WE MUST PERSEVERE! *Cough**Cough**Cough*"
MEow~~~
"I think the bitterness is calming down, wait... I BROKE THROUGH!!??"
MEW!~~~
"I know right... wait WHAT!"
Meow!~~~
"New evolution here I come!"
----- [Leader]
Meow~~
"You sat they ate dirt and one of them broke through, a special evolution at that?"
Meww~~~
"Yes leader, one of them achieved the prerequisite for the special evolution of [Earthly Dire Cat]"
Meow~~
"What gave them this idea of eating dirt?"
Meww~~~
"It seems they got it from your son, the on-"
Meow~~
"No need, I already know who it is.
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