'Quarter elf evolution… It was more of qualitative upgrade than it was some kind of basic upgrade to the percentage… though the pain… yeah that wasn't really something that… I want to go through again.' Alan thought as his expression change for a split moment to a wince as he thought back to the pain that had coursed through his entire body during the evolution, it had felt as if his blood was lava, as if his bones were breaking and rearranging themselves inside his body.
And in a way, it was likely what had happened, his facial structure had changes, so had his body structure and even his musculature, his very DNA had changed and it was clear without even having to check with a microscope, one simply needed to take a single look at him and they would be able to come up with the right conclusion about what had happened.
His mana reserves had similarly increased from two hundred and fourty four, to a flat three hundred, quite a large increase. That however wasn't the main increase that he had seen.
Every single Special Stat had gotten a major increase, the special stats as he had learned where the potential of a specific species, a ten special stat of strength human was nowhere near as strong as a ten special strength stat elf or vampire or any other race, it was simply the peak of what a human could be, and by evolving into something that ranked higher in what could be called the species hierarchy, the special stat that had remained unchanged in numerical value had seen a massive qualitative change aswell.
His perception whilst still at four was below average, it was far better than the eyesight or perception of a regular human, by leagues and bounds.
'I wonder… just how strong an elf with maxed out strength or agility is though… or perception.' Alan thought to himself before he shrugged, there was no point in thinking about it at this moment and so his thoughts wandered over to the other change that he had seen in his status screen.
The experience points had rewinded back to one thousand when he had gotten to level thirty and finished his evolution.
It had been quite a shock, a joyful one for sure, as he had thought that he would likely be able to once more level up quickly as he had done before, however that, that had been a wrong thought as he had soon learned.
'I, no longer gain any experience points from the regular slimes, or the crimson slimes, and the experience gained by the screaming yellow slimes and the amethyst slimes dropped significantly. It's… an understandable change but It's… still annoying.' Alan thought to himself before he released a tired sigh as he shook his head slightly, thinking back to the dungeon wasn't something he wanted to do at the moment, it was a place that had been gruesome and utterly tiring to deal with, it was a place where he hadn't been able to leave for days, simply because the real world had been too dangerous and so he had been stuck in a loop of constant fighting until he could finally leave it, and now that he had left, he really didn't want to go back in. But he knew, he knew that he had to, if he wanted the next time fate brought something else to him again, if he wanted to be ready the next time, then he would have to keep growing stronger, and he had to do it as quickly as he could.
'I'm still a far shot away from the Cullens, what if there are even stronger things out there than them? What happens if they are crazy fucks like Johanna? I… I can't risk it. I can't voluntarily be lazy and stay weak, staying weak means being held in the palms of the strong… and I don't want that anymore. I wan't to be able to control myself for once.' He thought as his expression grew serious once more for a slight second before he turned his head back to look out of the classroom window.
Seconds turned into minutes and hours as the first class ended and he left for his second, and third, finally after which, the bell rang for the fourth time, signaling the start of the lunch period as the students got up from their seats and headed out of the classrooms, walking towards the cafeteria.
Alan similarly followed as he walked slowly, his hands in his jeans pockets as he walked whilst looking around, his mind having wandered back to the sight in the parking lot, back to Alice Cullen who had looked like she wanted to rip him apart to shreds.
'Is she that angry that I ghosted her? It wasn't even my damn fault but I can't exactly tell her that I have the body of a dead monster in my inventory… can I?' Alan thought before he stopped walking for a moment.
'Wait… maybe I can? I mean… I could… give it a try? Like maybe hint at her that I'm just… not really human? I mean… the changes that happened to me, they really can't deceive another supernatural creature can they? It's not like she will think or believe me if I tell her that I went away to get plastic surgery.' Alan thought as he nodded to himself, the decision to hint at his own supernatural form already forming in his mind as he started walking towards the cafeteria once more, his steps almost completely silent on the linoleum flooring.
It was however at that moment however as he was walking, as he was making that very decision, that his entire body froze, it wasn't his decision, it wasn't his choice to freeze his body and to stop all movement.
He couldn't walk, he couldn't speak, he couldn't breathe. For a few seconds, he couldn't do anything at all.
And then his entire vision got covered by system screens, except these were the usual blue holographic screens of the system, no, they were different, the colour was a deep bloody red, and a sound like an alarm bell was constantly ringing inside his mind, directly into what he felt like was his soul.
[ Warning! ]
[ Warning! ]
[ System Rule: Complete Secrecy of the Existence of the system is about to be broken! ]
[ Breaking the System Rule will result in a harsh penalty! ]
[ Penalty: Instant Death! ]
[ Peanlty: Instant DEATH! ]
[ Warning! ]
[ Warning! ]
The screens hovered before him for a few seconds before vanishing together with the alarm sound that had been ringing loudly inside his mind, as the feeling of control over his own body returned once more, merely a second later, as Alan started taking deep heavy breaths.
'What… what the fuck.' He thought in pure shock, his hands trembling at his sides.
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