After a moment the continuity of the story Cherubim Uriel opened his eyes, to his surprise there was no one, there was no father or mother, in fact, he was in a fetal position inside what seemed to be a bud, he could see the light through it, so he decided to break it, but it was not difficult at all.
—This is like the paper, how it is possible that it would have been in something so fragile, is really incredible.
When he was able to get out and looked around, there were hundreds of buds just like the one he was with, the most impressive thing is that they were all in a tree, they were like the fruits of that tree.
Cherubim are a strange species that inhabits many worlds, however, they have the particularity that they are born from a magical tree called Cherum, this strange tree, takes about 200 years to reach the right height to produce fruits, the fruits of this tree reach 100,000 units, but it bears fruit every 100 years. They are huge trees, measuring about a thousand meters high from their base to the crown. In Vitalium there are about 10 of these trees worldwide. They are uncommon trees, since their form of reproduction occurs only every 500 years since they reach their maximum height, where only one of the 100,000 fruits that it delivers in its last cycle before collapsing, carries a very bright seed on its chest, so normally adult Cherubims take care of it until the moment when it should become a new Cherum tree. That is, each Cherum tree only has 5 cycles of fruit, leaving 500,000 Cherubims in its existence.
When looking around Uriel heard a noise on his left side, it was nothing more or less than another being that was rushing out of its bud, however, it seemed to have difficulty opening it, after a while of struggle, it seemed that he had succeeded, just like that being, everyone began to come out of their buds. One of the Cherubims that was on Uriel's left side climbed on what was his bud and began to eat it, after a while he spread his wings.
The species to which it belonged was the same as Uriel clearly, although he immediately noticed that his own wings were dark and those of the others were white as snow, however, leaving aside the color of his wings and hair, it was clear that they were the same species, so... What was it that flew next to the buds?
"What are those things? They don't seem to be from my siblings, in fact, I remember seeing something similar to these things, in my old world there were some white mantises, I think they were called orchid mantises. These things are very similar to those mantises, but if I could define it in a more accurate word, it would be that they are humanoids."
One of them landed in front of one of Uriel's brothers and stared at him. The strange being did not say a word and little Cherubim tried to touch it with his small hands, but suddenly that being of the Froud species broke little Cherubim in half.
//Danger
Flee from the Vassals of the World Deity of Vitalium who wish to end a story Cherubim Uriel//
"So... those are the Vassals they sent for me"
The monster started moving at a great speed and was getting rid of all the Cherubims, even Uriel could see how it started attacking with fire that was created out of thin air.
Most of them began to fly and flee, little Uriel was able to separate himself from the bud, it seemed that he could float, with his wings he could glide through the air, without a doubt he was flying.
—What a terrifying mixture of sensations, to live the dream of the humanity of my world under this situation.
He thought about going down and blending into the foliage since there was a thick forest below. It began to descend along with many others, it seemed that they were going to succeed, but that monster gave a horrible scream.
"That maybe is... No, I'm sure what it is, I should hurry down faster, but why are the others so slow?"
Uriel tried to lead them, but just as he took one of them by the hand... Well, that was the only thing in his body that had remained, another Froud had appeared... this time he attacked with what appeared to be a luminous cut of wind that destroyed many of the Cherubims, it was incredibly traumatizing, the adrenaline of the moment was intoxicating, so much so that this high dose of adrenaline helped him block the impact of everything that was happening.
Uriel continued descending alone, until he finally managed to reach the lower trees, so he began to move between the trees, he did not expect to have such good reflexes, that surprised him, because he was going really fast.
Curiosity led him to look up and he could see the tree from which he had been born partially in flames and a rain of his brothers falling on the forest.
"I must get as far away from this place as I can, I will try to go in a straight line until I have a good distance. I don't know what his method was to find me, but I guess the fact that he attacked others and not me specifically means that this method is not that accurate. Luckily for me, I can see both monsters still flying near the tree, so it seems that neither of them is following me."
Little Cherubim continued to fly away, he is not sure how long he was doing it, but a lot happened, even the sun began to set.
"This distance must be enough, I can hardly see the tree anymore, besides I am already tired, I should rest near here"
Not far from where he was, there was a hollow tree, so he decided to thoroughly inspect it and its surroundings.
"It seems that there is nothing wrong with this place, I think I will rest here, my back hurts and I am very exhausted, I hope they haven't followed me here."
"That was close, I feel very tired... those things were terrifying"
"I don't know if I can defeat one of those things, they looked very strong, for a reason they must be the personal murderers of that god of filth who has me under this situation. By the way... How could I see my stats? I think he said I should only think of my name... in that case"
—Uriel
"Ooohhh, I see, it's my personal information. This is my current status, I have very high skills for my age. I must take a good look at all my stats, knowing my strength I will be able to perform better. I'll read the details of the skills, I need to come up with a plan in case I have to face any enemies directly."
"My capabilities say 100 infinity bar (100/∞), what does that mean?"
//Notification
You currently have no knowable limit on your stats//
"That makes me very powerful, right? Well, I don't think so, although my current capabilities are high, my growth depends on my effort. That's what my guardian wanted to tell me."
At that very moment Uriel was reading in detail his skills and trying to understand their nature, he was memorizing all his skills and effects of them, in addition to memorizing his statistics. To his surprise it was not so difficult, that is due to the capacity for intelligence. In the middle of his analysis he understood that the fact that they did not follow him was due to his agility, but also to his high luck.
"That explains why the others were so... No, they weren't slow, I was the fast one. I'm very tired, I think I'll rest for today..."
Uriel after lying down spent the night in that place, when he woke up the next day, he thought that he had not slept much, however, it was already daylight again, so he decided to move from that place again.
—Are they looking for me because they know I'm a Cherubim?" Or is there anything else that helps them identify me? because clearly what happened yesterday made it clear that they are not accurate.
"I think I have an idea, but I need to get somewhere else, I guess I'll continue on this path."
He decided to walk a little, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to try something. Through the skill [Manipulation of the physical body] he was able to develop his body to reach a certain maturity, in human years it would be said that he reached 16 years, this skill consumes 5 MP every 3 hours with basic alterations like the ones he had made, he also hid his wings, he decided to leave his other features as is.
"This is a skill that consumes a lot of MP, it seems little to me because I have 100 MP, but if my stats are improved to such a level I guess there are beings that have around 20 MP which is what it will take me to maintain this skill per day. So from now on I'll only have 80 MP."
After observing a little the changes that had occurred in his body Uriel began to hear a kind of roar, it was a very familiar sound, so he hurried to run to where the noise was coming from, he was somewhat happy, he soon arrived at the place and saw it for the first time in this world... It was a river and near its location there was a waterfall, the water was very crystal clear, certainly something beautiful, so much so that it even... Yes... He shed tears right there, feeling the water between his fingers again, how refreshing it was to breathe, to perceive the whole world, was something that made his heart beat very strongly. In addition, for the first time he was able to see his reflection.
"I'm shocked, they must be things of my kind, I'm really handsome, even more than in my past life, although I hope my eyes of this color are not a problem."
He decided to take a good bath, to clean the blood of his brothers, and he already knew what his next move was going to be.
"I think I should follow the river, there are always civilizations living near rivers, so it's a good move."
It was at that very moment that something appeared from behind Uriel and attacked him. He dodged it with a simple shake of his head, but, it was the first creature he had seen in this world, apart from his kind and the Frouds that attacked them. However, I didn't know what I was seeing.
"This is... A huge fish... with a very long horn? I remember that in the world I come from there was a species of whale that had a very long and spiral tusk, it was similar to this one, I think it was called Narwhal. I'm going to take a look at his stats."
[Eye of the Sage]
"S.N?... No name, perhaps?, so it's of the species Thrust fish... That explains his long horn, it seems that he does not possess unique skills and is classified as an E Rank individual, several of his skills are at the limit, it is seen that in those 20 years he has tried quite hard.
Rank E lunge, but level 9, how many levels will there be? I think that attack was the one with which he attacked me just now."
He immediately attacked again, however, Uriel noticed that his attacks were very slow... No, it wasn't even that, the truth is that it was moving at a great speed. Taking advantage of his statistics, he quickly approached and landed a punch, which to his surprise left him badly damaged, although he was still alive. His resistance was undoubtedly high and he was at the top.
//Notification
The growth spurt effects are activated...//
[Liquid Handling] — Activated by the thrust fish.
Suddenly drops of water began to accumulate and the Lunge Fish attempted to drown Uriel with the water, making a sphere of water on his head.
—This must be that ability called liquid Handling that I had, however, it was not going to be that easy, little fish.
He quickly lunged at the fish and gave it a strong kick that flew it out of the water, defeating it instantly.
"I think that last skill was his trump card. I think that's why..."
//Notification
Do you wish to use the unique Prince of Greed ability on the individual "Thrust Fish" S.N?
[Accept]. [Reject]//
"Uh, I was thinking of using it anyway, I didn't know there was a menu. Anyway... Accept."
After that, he saw how a kind of small and multiple orbs of energy of a sinister color began to enter his hand from the fish. According to the skill's description, it was able to steal the soul of the user-mowed target and assimilate its essence. And then...
//Notification
New Skills Acquired:
Fast Swim [A Rank] Level 5
Thrust [A Rank] Level 9
Liquid Handling [A Rank] Level 6//
"What? But why did the range go up? If the fish were E and B rank, does it fit my personal level? But I see that the level of skill is just as it is in the Fish. But what is this? I'm tremendously broken.
//Notification
Checking...
Adding parts of the unique capabilities of an individual Thrust fish S.N to the unique capabilities of a Cherubim Uriel story.
Completed
[Summary]
Strength 100→ 120
Magic 100→105
Intelligence 100→101
Agility 100→120
Resistance 100→125
Luck 100→105
[Close]//
"As if that were not enough, it seems that I can steal 50% of the capabilities of whatever I defeat. What kind of skill did my guardian grant me?"
After taking a look at the fish, its horn caught his attention, so he cut it, with a wave of his hand, he thought that it could serve as a weapon or something like that.
Uriel began to cut the fish by tearing its flesh into uneven pieces with his own hands, since he had nothing sharp to use, the blood of the fish was dripping all over his face, however, he was happy that he was going to try a fish again after a long time.
His smile betrayed his happiness, however, it was a little strange, even some beasts of the place fled horrified at the sight of such a smile and those movements when tearing the meat of the thrust fish, even a small wild pig, fell faint when witnessing such a spectacle starring Uriel. But he was "saved" by one of his friends who dragged him into a bush quickly.
"I think I've become a bit sadistic, I skewered the fish with its own horn... hehehe"
"From what I read in the attribute description, magic is relatively easy to use, I just have to imagine the anomaly and represent it using my MP."
With this in mind...
[[Fire]]
Used fire magic to light a fire so he could cook his fish skewer, however, he used a lot of MP for an anomaly as simple as creating fire, so he had a flame of around 2 meters in his hand and tried to shake it with all his might to put it out.
After understanding how it worked, he was able to control it without problems, so he was able to light the fire, and with some branches he placed the horn with the meat to be roasted on the fire and waited until it cooked.
"I must say that the smell is very good, my mouth was watering... ah, I think that's it... I'll give you a taste"
"…"
"This first bite... I can't express how juicy and delicious the meat of the Thrust fish is, its juices run through every space of my mouth and the texture is very smooth. What nostalgia, I'm eating something delicious again. Without a doubt, I came back to life."
—It seems that I have become a crybaby, is it because my body is still that of a child? Or maybe it's because of the happiness of living again? And especially in a world with what I wanted so much, now I can even use fire magic. And I'm sure that many others, at this point happiness invades my heart and my whole being, I can't just let someone take away the life I always dreamed of.
The place was silent for a moment while Uriel thought that living is really great, telling himself that he would make the most of this new opportunity, he would not allow someone to take this new life away from him, Uriel exclaimed with his horn raised to the sky with several pieces of flesh still in it, his eyes were shining and his cheeks were full of food.
After finishing eating, he decided to continue going down the current of the river along the bank, on the way he encountered many monsters. The Thrustfish's horn and thrust ability had come in handy, in addition to the new skills he gained.
//Notification
New Skills Acquired:
Stealth [A Rank] Level 8
Dusk's Fang [A Rank] Level 5//
//Notification
Adding parts of the capabilities of a wild werewolf individual S.N to the personal capacities of a story Cherubim Uriel.
Completed.
[Summary]
Strength 120→ 140
Magic 105→125
Intelligence 101→111
Agility 120→150
Resistance 125→145
Luck 105→110
[Close]//
//Notification
New Skills Acquired:
Predator [A Rank] Lvl 7//
//Notification
Adding parts of the skills of the individual Solar Bear S.N to the personal capacities of a Cherubim Uriel story.
Skills have been leveled up.
Completed.
[Summary]
Strength 140→ 180
Magic 125→145
Intelligence 111→121
Agility 150→170
Resistance 145→185
Luck 110→120
Close//
"That Bear was really strong. I could notice that when I already possess a skill that a monster has, it is not listed in the new skills acquired by defeating them, instead it increases the Exp to increase the skill level, without a doubt Prince of Greed is an ultimate ability."
Uriel continued to hunt many monsters while walking along the river, after a while of walking along the riverbank the sun went down and he had to camp near a tree not far from the river.
"I don't know if it's because of my knowledge of my past life or because of my instinct given my new species, but I tend to look for high places to rest. Well, let's see my stats."
—Uriel
"Wow, it's incredible, my skills went up a lot. But I don't see my new skills listed... No, indeed. There's a 'see more' in this menu."
—See more additional skills.
"Wow, if they are all there. I imagined that it was the same technique of thinking about my statistics, but this time what I want to see. It's incredible, some even rose in rank. Apparently I also enabled a new stat set, they are Resistances, as far as I can see they do not have ranks, only levels. At the moment I have 2 resistances. Poison Resistance — This one I obtained by killing the Black Viper.
The other is Resistance to Altered Statuss — I received it after the automatic struggle was activated when I fell under the effect of hypnosis from a White deer. It leveled up because of its use and because other deer I hunted had it too.
The struggle skill is really impressive, if I fall into a status of incapacity it activates automatically, but as long as I am conscious, I decide whether to use it or not, this time I found this function very useful,"
After taking a good look at it and reading the details to find out what they do, he discovered that they are very useful skills, so he couldn't wait until he had the opportunity to try them for the first time.
"Well, I guess tomorrow I'll have plenty of opportunities to try them, so for now I'm going to eat and sleep well."