1 Chapter 1 : Reincarnation
"You are dead," God announced.
Inside God's creative space, Noah and God, called Genos, were both sitting in slash in front of each other.
Noah remained calm despite the announcement, and asked a question: "I see. Will I reincarnate? »
Genos nodded.
"An ant," he said, "You will be reborn in the body of an ant, but only if you are reborn in a new world." while drinking a cup of tea.
"In other words, if you want to be reborn, it won't be on Earth."
Noah thought deeply.
An ant... It's a funny reincarnation but it's both interesting and original.
In truth, he was never greedy in his life. Whether relational, economic or selfish.
He enjoyed many of the delights the world brought him. He had crazy parties, spending his savings on many properties and so many more.
He basically led a righteous and enjoyable life whether it matters some or not, but he finally met his end in a road accident despite all the odds by his side. Noah wasn't sad, but not happy either.
Simply, he accepted his fate.
Although it seems fanciful at first, he could not deny that the man in front of him exuded a strange, holy-looking aura.
"The world you will be reborn from will be fundamentally different from the world you know. Unlike a technological world, the world will be turned towards a fanciful system followed by many races, demons and others. If we take into account your cultures. »
Genos pulled a book out of nowhere and showed various tantalizing images and titles.
[Demonic King vs. Heroes]
[A world of destruction]
[The World Tree contains the threat...]
...
Noah took one of the books from the table and read it comfortably for a few hours before putting them back down after reading them all.
"I understand. I have fundamentally understood the world I would be born in but I still have several questions that need to be answered. »
"All questions have an answer. I'm listening. »
"My first question is: Is there a goal?"
Genos thought.
'During your reincarnation, you will naturally have several goals to achieve.' he whispered, but Noah couldn't hear it.
"...? »
Genos smiled calmly and looked straight into Noah's eyes, "No. Your reincarnation does not require any mission from the gods, nevertheless... »
"Nevertheless?"
"You'll know it when you're reborn. Next question. »
Noah, who was a little intrigued, continued.
"Second question: Are there any enemies I have to watch out for?"
"Yes, there are. Demons."
A series of questions and answers continued for a long time until the end.
"My questions were answered perfectly and I was able to satisfy my curiosity," he says.
Noah bowed deeply.
"Good. If it's over then you can reincarnate. Behind you is a gate, get up and get in when you're ready. »
Noah, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, got up and walked inside the door without an ounce of hesitation.
Soon, his vision darkened and his consciousness was shifting without his knowledge.
***
Noah, who had fainted during his reincarnation, was stunned by the landscape around him. Basically, the trees that contained the landscape and hid the sky bore a height of about a hundred meters compared to his original vantage point as a human.
'So that's an ant's point of view?'
There was vegetation all around him, and myriads of leaves falling from the sky, crushing other insects as they passed.
The insects that were crushed by the leaves were instantly dead but this did not disturb him in any way, only if it had touched her, he would have reacted but to this question, the leaf had not crushed him so everything was fine.
After all, the misfortune of another remained the misfortune of another.
After waking up, the first function he undertook was to check his status window.
Breed: Ant
Name: Noah
Level: 1
Evolution: (?)
Jurisdiction: [Bite level 1] [Cutting level 1]
As he expected, his status window was not outside his expectations.
After all, every reincarnation in the novels began with a beginning like this.
There was the name of the breed, its original name of the earth, its current level and unknown evolution as well as these current skills.
In other words, he was a perfect insect without any talent or special advantages!
Although this demotivated him, his motivation quickly returned. After all, there is a beginning to everything.
At the same time, he began to plan his future and the path he was going to take.
Should he live his life carefreely, or live his life calmly like a farmer in the country or an old man retired?
Again, Noah was not very greedy, nor selfish, wanting to enjoy a satisfying life, and this opportunity he received, he was not going to regret it so living life to the fullest is a reasonable choice, but living as calmly as possible was also a reasonable choice!
The stressful life of a society was traumatic enough for him, so living in nature in a new form, freed from these chains was quite tempting for a man like him.
To begin his new life in a new race other than human, he had to choose his first evolution.
The first evolution is very important, especially for his species. This is what will delineate and differentiate its genes from another species of ant, and at the same time allow it to gain unique peculiarities.
The first evolution was very interesting.
Evolution: [Formicidae Silvatica]
A species of ant with red skin, as well as various stings at the level of the outer skeleton pose on the back as a defensive shell. A species very aggressive towards others.
Particularity: [Acid level 1] [Defense level 1] [Charge level 1]
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Evolution: [Myrmex Radiatus]
A species of ant highly toxic to species with low tenance to poisoning. The typical appearance of a Myrmex ant that differentiates them are the color of their bodies, easily identifiable by their green colors, definition of the color of the poison.
Particularity: [Venom niv.1] [Speed niv.1] [Camouflage niv.1]
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Evolution: [Atta Prismatica]
A species not very identifiable in particular because of their similarities to their congeners without any difference to the naked eye. Nevertheless, their particularity makes it possible to differentiate them. One of their characteristics is their low reproduction compared to its pairs.
Particularity: [Load level 1] [Bait level 1] [Gigantification level 1]
Noah would roll out the window of the system and read each unique feature to each branch of evolution, and the three proposed evolutions each had advantages but also disadvantages.
The first evolution was Formicidae Silvatica which has many advantages. It facilitates hunts with the help of acid, charge and defense that can also allow an appropriate defense against enemies.
According to him, it was more an evolution centered on a hunt of insects and enemies rather than a species specializing in a specific field.
In other words, he was not interested.
The second evolution is more focused on the assassin species I named, since it focuses only on the quick taking of a deadly hit and not a long-term fight.
Noah was very tempted to choose it as soon as he read, since an evolution of assassin ants is very fanciful. He had also had dreams of becoming a recognized and powerful assassin.
The latest evolution is this one, the most perfect at the moment. It does not have the hunting characteristics of Silvatica, nor the deadly attacks of the Radiatus but has the characteristic of having Gigantification.
Honestly, in its current condition, it would have been better to choose the second evolution since it allows a quick strike and has a powerful camouflage. Only, the next problem requires more thought.
At present, what it needs is to increase its size. Essentially, species that were more than large than their opponents clearly carried an advantage ensuring their victories.
The simplest comparison would be to define that a mouse could never beat a human, since the difference in size is visible and the muscle mass is very different.
Another reason was that the Radiatus evolution allowed for a quick assassination but the force that followed was not going to follow either.
Naturally, the larger, stronger human will be able to crush an ant with his bare hands, while a mouse that might have the characteristic of acid or venom could not strongly poison a human.
It's the same as a mouse trying to shove a human. This is fundamentally impossible and naturally unthinkable.
Nevertheless, in this fanciful world it was certain that it would be possible in the future, to see that there are at present insects stronger than humans.
It is for this reason that he chose the third evolution.
[Evolution: Atta prismatica ...]
Breed: Ant
Name: Noah
Level: 1
Evolution: Atta Prismatica
Jurisdiction: [Bite level 1] [Trimming level 1] [Charge level 1] [Bait level 1] [Gigantification level 1]
Quickly, the status window to flash and his information was topical, adding in the line of evolution his evolutionary race.
And his body that looked like a basic ant, began to tremble strongly as a result of the many cracking that seemed to be the sound of his outer skeleton enlarged.
The body that conformed to its new evolution quickly adapted and its body grew exponentially by 200% if we follow the logic of its original size.
The trees that seemed out of reach at first seemed to be less imposing.
Having finished the preparations, Noah began to move his paws to move deeper into the forest.
Essentially, an ant's advance according to a human is very slow and its speed did not increase during its evolution, so it took a few hours for it to move to the next tree foot.
Fortunately, the first prey was easily identifiable.
Breed: Beetle
Level: 2
At the foot of a tree was a small beetle the size of a fingernail, and yet its size was smaller than its own after acquiring the gigantification skill.
With his height greater than his, he was confident he could beat and devour him.
The beetle turned its head in the back was enjoying eating its meal filled with plant matter at will, but was oblivious to a certain ant that looked at it avidly.
After a few minutes of silence, Noah finally decided to get closer to the beetle, but the insect that heard rustling leaves behind his back was alerted, making him turn around and look at him with his face uncovered.
Unaware of the danger, he thought that a herbivorous beetle was harmless and continued to come forward, but it was an action he regretted.
The beetle, who saw Noah's carelessness, hid his food behind him and began to curl up in a ball, before spinning like a wheel.
"What is it?"
Noah was puzzled.
Although he mainly knew the subject that ants hunted beetles, he had no knowledge that beetles were also large predators and that it would have taken a small army of ants to deal with them.
The beetle curled up into a ball and rolled to its position.
Normally a beetle of this size only rolls at a speed of a few centimeters per second but this time it was traveling at a few tens of centimeters per second, approaching quickly.
This beetle had reminded him once again that he came from a fantasy world.
Noah still shocked, was taken by course and was jostled being ejected and turned towards the back, paws towards the sky, like an insect that is half dead.
At that moment, he still hadn't understood.
Not only was it knocked over, but it also suffered damage, great damage.
His body was shaken badly and his limbs were still shaking.
Fortunately, after some effort, he managed to get back to the open position and saw the beetle continue to redirect in his direction.
As he tackled again, Noah had become more cautious and prepared.
The beetle did not have the intelligence of a human and used the same technique that was fatal.
If the beetle uses the speed ball technique then why can't he do the same?
He prepared his skill [charge] too and got into a ball to roll towards the beetle. With the oversized size of his body, the one with the largest and largest muscle mass was certain to emerge victorious.
Quickly, the two insects collided and the beetle was ejected a few centimeters from the confrontation, and Noah who retreated a few steps was less shaken than the last attack.
[Success: +10 experiences]
[Level: 1 -> 2]
State windows appeared and my body was bathed in a bluish glow, before my wounds automatically healed from my last fight.
"Interesting!" he said.
Noah discovered an interesting part of the system, each level increase provided a restoration of his original body.
This meant that with each fight, if one of his limbs was heavily damaged, his body could heal at the next level increase.
After finishing checking the status window, it was time to collect the reward for his efforts. He approached the corpse of the beetle that had the shell destroyed and saw the flesh twist.
Surprisingly, rather than feeling disgust, only indifference was noted. It was better to say that his human sense had been suppressed and replaced with that of an ant, even if he was not the kind of person to jump anywhere for a simple insect.
As his body asked for food, an idea came to mind.
Noah wondered if his body could have a sense of taste when he no longer had the human taste buds?
"Anyway, I might as well try, and if I can't then it's not a big loss," Noah said. »
He didn't have much to lose by trying, so he took a piece of flesh from the beetle and put it in the mouth. After rolling it a dozen times in the mouth, only an elasticity and an indifferent sense was felt.
Noah felt disappointed.
