Free Web NovelChapter 21: Do You Wish to Evolve?
Mamadou decided that he could not stay there. He needed to find a place where he could organize his thoughts.
He climbed the mountain, but after taking a few steps, he decided not to go any farther.
He chose to avoid the summit and remain near the base of the mountain, searching for the perfect spot. After several minutes of walking, he eventually found a shaded corner, a sort of crevice in the mountainside.
He entered it and rested for a few moments before beginning to think.
Mamadou remembered being flooded with information from the System.
He thought the thing had no mercy because it had dumped so much important information on him all at once in such a situation. What kind of system would do something like that? he wondered.
But unlike at the beginning, when he cursed the System all day long, he was now grateful for it. He had grown accustomed to it, and it was the very thing keeping him alive.
So he began by checking his status.
"Status." fгeewebnovёl.com
[Name: Ma]
[Level: 5]
[Mana: /]
[Race: Ark Monkey]
[Class: Human]
[HP: 100/100]
[SP: 180/500]
[Defense: 14]
[Speed: 15]
[Resistance: 15]
[Agility: 17]
[Points: 1000]
[Ability: Evolution]
The first thing Mamadou noticed was that he now had a name.
Ma? Where did that come from?
He could not understand why he was suddenly called Ma instead of Mamadou. He searched his memory for what might have caused it. As vague as it was, a memory surfaced.
While he had been dying, he had felt as though someone was asking for his name. Thinking back, he remembered with fury that it had been the goblin.
Several questions crossed his mind.
Since when could goblins talk to him?
Why had it asked for his name?
He also remembered struggling to say it.
"Ah, so that’s it? Wait, is it because that goblin called me Ma that I ended up being named that?"
"It’s ironic. To think I’d receive my name from a goblin."
He grabbed the axe beside him, remembering the monster that had terrified him. He threw the weapon to the other side of the crevice.
He never wanted to encounter that creature again.
"I must have accumulated a lot of experience in the meantime to jump so many levels."
"I don’t know how strong I am now, but I can’t be satisfied with this level. As soon as I’m done here, I need to go hunting. I never want to find myself in a situation again where my only options are to die or run away. Never."
"My stats increased as well. But I still don’t have access to mana. What a joke. Are there conditions to unlock it? Can’t I just bypass them by using points, since they seem capable of unlocking skills?"
[Conditions not met.]
[Attempt to purchase with points: Failed.]
[Insufficient required points.]
Oh.
Mamadou had not actually thought it was possible. It had merely been a passing thought when he considered unlocking the stat with points.
Something about it offended him.
Even though he did not know exactly how those points worked, he had somehow managed to gather a thousand of them since arriving here.
Then how the hell is that insufficient? he thought.
At least the SP limit he could use had increased to five hundred.
Oh, blessed be the skill bonuses. Blessed be the System.
"Speaking of skills, I unlocked one during the fight against the goblins. Dash, I think. It increased my speed while consuming SP."
"And if I evaluate myself now, maybe I’ll find a few surprises."
[Ark Monkey — Ma Level 5
Skills:
[Poison Resistance Level 2], [Pain Resistance Level 4], [Fatigue Resistance Level 2], [Fangs Level 2], [Claws Level 2], [Evaluation Level 3], [Charge Level 2], [Dash Level 1], [Ego Level 1]]
"Evaluation seems different once again."
"On top of that, my other skills leveled up, and I’ve gained a few new ones."
"Can all Ark Monkeys become stronger the same way? What exactly is an Ark Monkey anyway?"
[Ark Monkey: A monkey-type monster species native to Mount Meru.]
I didn’t think I could evaluate that too.
In any case, let’s focus on the skills first.
If I remember correctly, Dash had useful information attached to it. The others should as well.
[SKILL: Dash Level 1]
Active:
Increases your speed by 5%.
While active, your SP decreases by 1 every minute.
"As I thought!"
[SKILL: Poison Resistance Level 2]
Passive:
When you are poisoned, the poison is reduced to a non-lethal dose.
The amount of SP consumed varies according to the toxicity of the poison. Your SP is used in real time.
"Tch. This kind of skill could drain all my skill points before I even notice."
Naturally, Mamadou did not know that something similar had already happened.
The goblins’ spears had been coated with poison. At the time, he had been too busy panicking and running away to check his condition.
[SKILL: Pain Resistance Level 4]
Passive:
Allows you to ignore pain.
When injured, your SP decreases by 10 every minute.
"It ignores the degree of pain this time? Is there such a big difference because of the skill’s level compared to Poison Resistance?"
[SKILL: Fatigue Resistance Level 2]
Passive:
Allows you to ignore the effects of fatigue.
Your SP decreases by 1 every second.
[SKILL: Fangs Level 2]
Active:
Increases the damage of your bite attacks by 15%.
Requires 20 SP per use.
[SKILL: Claws Level 2]
Active:
Increases the damage of your claw attacks by 10%.
Requires 25 SP per use.
[SKILL: Charge Level 2]
Active:
Increases your speed and strength by 10% and 5% respectively during a charge.
Requires 20 SP per use.
[SKILL: Evaluation Level 3]
Active:
Allows you to obtain information about your target.
The quantity and quality of information vary according to the skill’s level.
The amount of SP required for each use varies depending on the target.
[SKILL: Ego]
Active:
No SP required.
Mamadou had evaluated every skill available to him.
"What a scam!"
Skill points were becoming an increasingly precious resource. Every skill carried a cost, one way or another.
And these skills were only around Levels 2 and 3.
How many levels existed?
And how much SP would he have to spend?
There was no point having skills if he could not use them.
He sighed. freewёbnoνel.com
"But what exactly is Ego?"
"It doesn’t consume any SP, and I don’t see any activation conditions."
"No matter how many times I evaluate the skill, I can’t understand what it does."
Eventually, he gave up.
He stood up. His plan was to patrol the base of the mountain and hunt whatever monsters he could find when the System’s voice interrupted him.
[You have reached the required number of points and fulfilled the conditions for an evolution.]
[Do you wish to evolve?]
[Y/N]
Mamadou did not even think before accepting.
Yes.
[Foreign attribute detected. New evolution path detected.]
[Do you wish to follow the standard Ark Monkey evolution path, or pursue a new evolutionary path?]
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