Small Exploration

[Waking up host... Done]

For some reason, today I woke up first than Sheina. I was planning to go a little further on the ocean to search for some enemies, but I wanted to warn Sheina first, so I just stayed here.

I was a little curious about how my stats were, so I checked them before anything.

Name: Shihidora

Race: Hydra (Second Stage)

Rating: F

Level: 07/20

XP: 892/1500

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HP: 73/73

MP: 265

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Stats:

Strength: 13.5

Dexterity: 16.5

Body: 14.5

Agility: 16.5

Intelligence: 130.5

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Titles:

Giant killer

The one named by a God

The one blessed by a God

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Skills:

Disguise LVL 3

Absorb LVL 7

Tentacle Control LVL 8

Tentacle Thrust LVL 7

Self-evolution LVL 3

Auto regeneration LVL 3

Scanning area LVL 4

Double-Tap LVL 1

Internal Aura Control LVL 2

Internal Aura Release LVL 1

(I realized that I'm not receiving the notification of some skills leveling up, can you explain why weird voice?)

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(Hm, okay so)

After spending the time training my Internal Aura Control, Sheina finally woke up and was surprised to see me already up.

I explained to her what I wanted to do and she permitted me. I went at least 450 meters from the coral cave only to find the same fish- Wait, there is something weird moving there...

I tried to see what it was and I found something weird... It had a long body and a big head, it's color was Black and it had big teeth. Indeed he was weird, but he didn't move even after I went close to it... Until it suddenly disappeared in front of me and I felt something weird behind me. That black thing wasn't his main body, so I had no choice if not fight him.

(I'm going to make fights in the third person because it's easier to explain what is happening)

Shihidora wasn't fast enough to dodge the blackfish, and he ended taking the hit but his body was strengthened by the internal aura, so he doesn't take too much damage.

[You received 17 damage]

Shihidora was nervous because this blackfish was too fast, but he instantly calmed down and used *Internal Aura Release*. After activating his skill he could perfectly see the blackfish moving around him, so he just waited for his next attack

The creature wasn't affected by Shihidora's skill, so he just tried to kill Shihidora by eating him whole. When the blackfish thought that he was too fast for Shihidora, he saw a weird-looking spear coming in his direction. It was too fast for him so the tentacle pierced his head.

[You hit a vital part! 119 damage]

[You killed a blackfish!]

[XP acquired: 347]

[Congratulations! You leveled up!]

[Lvl: 08/20]

[XP: 86/1700]

*Phew... I'm glad that I learned the Internal Aura Release, I thought that I would die to this weird blackfish... But he does have an interesting skill, he can make afterimages of himself to bait others creatures.

Anyways, as I was regenerating myself, I went to search for some new creatures. Unfortunately, I didn't found any new creature for now, but I did found another GreenKiller, so I tried to test my new strength against it, and once again, it was instant death for him, I might have become a bit too strong... And maybe it was because I'm always using disguise, so he might not have been ready for my attack.

[You killed a "GreenKiller"!]

[XP acquired: 1255]

[Congratulations! you leveled up!]

[Level 09/20]

[XP: 896/1900]

I tried to look for more things, but I couldn't find anything new... So I came back to the coral cave that I and Sheina are staying. I could feel something passing by my side at high speed, but I couldn't see anything.

When I came back I could see Sheina eating some fishes nearby the cave, and she seemed happy when she saw me coming back safely.

[A skill has leveled up! Tentacle control LVL 7 -> LVL 10]

Well, after all this small journey that I did, it would be rather strange if it hadn't leveled up...

[A skill has reached the max growth! It has evolved!]

[New evolved skill: Tentacle control LVL 10 -> Tentacle Mastery LVL max]

When I received this new notification, I could feel my tentacles getting longer and tougher. now I could move them perfectly to where I wanted, this has upgraded my fighting capacity by a lot.

Sheina was impressed to see my tentacles growing, she seemed curious, so I put my tentacles closer to her face.

Sheina: (W-Wow, I never saw a tentacle growing this way... It is really interesting!)

Shihidora: "Eh? Really?"

Sheina: (Yeah, normally our body parts only grow when we evolve...)

Shihidora: "Well, there must be another creature like me, I think..."

Sheina: (You are right... Our world is bigger than we think.)

Shihidora: "Anyways, I was wondering, how strong you are?"

Sheina: (Oh, you are a curious one huh? You don't need to know, hehe~~)

Shihidora: "Oh, but I wanted to see what you could do!"

Sheina: (Sorry little one~~ but its too dangerous to show you my strength.)

Well, even if I wanted to see it, she probably wouldn't show me anyways.

Shihidora: "Hm..."

Sheina: (What is the problem cutie~~?)

Shihidora: "I-I don't know, I'm feeling something "burning" inside me, but I don't know what it is..."

Sheina: (Oh, this? You don't need to worry, it's just your mana core!)

Shihidora: "Eh? Mana core? What is this?"

Sheina: (How do I explain it... Well, it is where your mana is reserved, and when you use magic or some skills, you lose some mana. You are feeling a "Burning" sensation because your own body doesn't support the mana that there is inside you, so it is keeping everything in one place!)

Shihidora: "Oh, is that so... Okay, I'm a little sleepy after eating these fishes, I will go to sleep..."

Sheina: (Okay so... Goodnight~~)

I think it's time for me to level up more, I can feel that something bad is going to happen, but I will do it later...

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