'Oh, the Grub Worm is finally dead, and I could finally take a breather.' I thought so towards myself, as I could finally take a couple of minutes in order to steadily go through my recent lists of World System message notifications.
And it definitely didn't take long for me to finally reached the last line of the World System message notification log, and it then immediately drew my attention towards the final few lines of the World System message notification log.
I then thought of something towards myself. 'It would seem that the Unique Skill (Plunderer) ability is finally activated after I've managed to kill and subjugated the lone {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}. Now I wonder what skill I should have plundered off of the now-dead Grub Worm.'
'The three skills that I particularly had in mind, right at this current moment, are... (Soft Mandibles)(Soft Exoskeleton Armour)(Metamorphosis).' I thought so to myself.
'The two skills (Soft Mandibles) and (Soft Exoskeleton Armour) are quite self-explanatory, within its name. Whilst, one steadily produces a very versatile mouth piece which is very useful for offensive attacks, and tearing apart pieces of flesh. And the other is a piece of soft malleable skeletal armour that is worn over your body, much like skin, whilst steadily providing you with an excellent piece of protection.' I thought.
'On the other hand, the (Metamorphosis) skill is the most surprising skill, that retains the most mystery of them all. Not much is known about the inherent racial skill, apart from the fact that it is a required skill for much of many larvae type creatures in order for them to steadily advance to the next stage or form of their life cycle. It's kind of like how a caterpillar will then turned into a cocoon by itself, and then metamorphosised into a strange butterfly.' I thought.
Right at this very minute, there is really not that much of a bare option to choose from, as I then steadily picked the (Soft Mandibles) body mutation skill as my first primary option. As I really need it in order to break apart the dead body and carcass of the Grub Worm into bite-size bits, so that I could possibly devour and consume.' I thought so towards myself, as I then immediately selected the (Soft Mandibles) skill to be readily plundered off of dead {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}'s corpse.
The World System then immediately recognizes my choice of selection, as a blue virtual display screen interface then later appeared in front of me, thereby showcasing the following results of my own choice of action.
Ding!
[World System: You have successfully plundered the body mutational skill (Soft Mandibles) off of the {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}'s carcass. You have acquired the skill (Soft Mandibles Lv.1)!]
[World System: Due to the user having the body mutational skill (Soft Mandibles Lv.1). You have unknowingly learned the skill (Bite Lv.1)!]
As the moment that I suddenly acquired the (Soft Mandibles) body mutational skill, thanks to myself plundering it off from the dead {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}'s corpse.
I then suddenly felt a burning itching kind of sensation around the mouth region of where my head, as two little stubs, then began to grow at the sides of my own head, before it rapidly grows by a couple of millimetres to the size that is pretty useable by a small worm-like creature that is like me.
'Oh, that is a pretty odd feeling to have suddenly grown out a pair of mandibles from nothing.' I thought so to myself, as I then began to rapidly ripped out small chunks of the dead {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}'s body, with my pair of soft mandibles, and then swallowed it whole inside of my body.
[World System: You have consumed the corpse of the {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm} and have successfully decomposed it into some useful wasteful material, thanks to the inherent skill (Decomposition Lv.4), thereby yielding the user 46 exp!]
[World System: The skill proficiency has reached a designated degree. The skill (Overeating Lv.1) has been acquired!]
But, nevertheless, after consuming the entirety of the {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}'s crushed dead body and carcass, I then felt slightly full. In which, I then unknowingly acquired the uncommon rank skill (Overeating).
The (Overeating) skill does exactly as its own name implies, as it steadily increases the size and the weight limit of what an average person or creature could potentially hold. Whilst, at the same time, converting the excess food and processed organic matter into stored stamina energy withinside the body as excess body fat.
'Now it's time to go back into grinding for more experience points.' I thought so to myself, whilst, at the same time, steadily clamping down upon my newly acquired pair of soft mandibles in excitement.
I nevertheless then began to restart onced again my neverending journey of grinding for experience points until I've reached a certain threshold or bottleneck that would indeed forced me to immediately stop right within my tracks.
'Oh, I wonder what would happen if I just plundered the very same skill off of another creature. Will it then be combined together to steadily form a new much more powerful skill or just plainly increase the overall skill level of the skill.' I thought.
I then heard the familiarised sounds of the World System message notification steadily ringing withinside my own head, as a blue virtual display screen interface panel then later appeared in front of me, thereby showcasing my current rate of progression.
Ding!
[World System: You have consumed some organic matter and have successfully decomposed it into some useful wasteful material, thanks to the inherent skill (Decomposition Lv.4), thereby yielding the user 4 exp!]
[World System: You have consumed some organic matter and have successfully decomposed it into some useful wasteful material, thanks to the inherent skill (Decomposition Lv.4), thereby yielding the user 4 exp!]
[World System: Skill proficiency has reached a designated degree. The skill (Digging Lv.7) has thereby levelled up and become (Digging Lv.8)!]
[World System: Skill proficiency has reached a designated degree. The skill (Decomposition Lv.4) has levelled up and thereby become (Decomposition Lv.5)!]
* * *
[World System: You have garnered enough experience points in order to levelled up from Lv.5 to Lv.6. All attribute stats has been increased by 0.1 points in accordance to the racial growth modifier. You have gained 1 unallocated stats point as a levelling up bonus!]
It didn't take long for my first adversary after the (1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm) showed up, as the presence of the unknown identified creature is then detected by my short-range (Vibration Detection) skill.
'It's now or never, huh.' I thought so towards myself, as I then mentally prepared myself in order to launch a sneak attack upon the unidentified unknown creature.
From my point of view, since I am blind and don't have any actual eyes. I could not possibly see anything. Even if there is no actual light underground. So I am going to instead ambush my target, despite not even knowing the identity of the target.
My worm-like body steadily digging through a large mass of dirt to instead get to the target's location, until I was only a hair's breadth away from the target's current location. As I then rapidly began to open my pair of soft mandibles, thereby ready to take out a big chunk out of the unknown target's flesh and body.
Being the reader of the story, the targeted audience can perceive some stuff way ahead of the story, and thereby gain some sort of hints or clues for future developments of the storylines.
From the eyes of the audience, they could steadily see the extreme similarities between myself and the unknown identified creature, apart from the fact that I have an additional body part or limb in the form of a pair of soft mandibles, that which I gained from killing and plundering off from the corpse and carcass of the dead {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}.
It was another Dirt Worm. A creature of the same race and species as me, but since I was definitely blind. I could not somehow know that. So I unknowingly ended that said creature's life with my own hands, despite not even knowing if that said creature is a familiar blood relative or not.
The pair of soft mandibles then lightly hovers over the squirming body of a Dirt Worm, as the pair of soft mandibles then immediately clasped together, thereby producing a slight snapping noise upon impact.
The pair of soft mandibles then immediately slice through cleanly the soft flesh and body of the long Dirt Worm, in half, much like a pair of scissors. The Dirt Worm didn't immediately die after having its own body being in sliced in half, but the exact opposite.
When the body of an Earth Worm is cut exactly in half, it will thereby result in the two cut pieces eventually regenerating into two somewhat functional Earth Worms. But, in some cases, however, the Earth Worm will only regenerate from the tail end, whilst leaving the head end to always die or just plainly leaved behind to be used as live bait.
With the vast majority of the Dirt Worm race having to be in possession of the racial inherent skill (Duplication Lv.1). A body modification type of skill that is quite similar alot to cloning, apart from the fact that it only simply regenerates the lost other half of a still alive Dirt Worm.
The skill acquisition conditions of how to obtain the (Duplication) skill is really not that difficult or hard to obtain, as all you have to do is simply cut a Dirt Worm's body in half, or simply take either ends of the Dirt Worm's body. So that they could possibly regenerate their missing body end in order to obtain the (Duplication) skill.
'It would seem that the creature is not actually dead yet.' I thought so towards myself, as I then grabbed one of the severed ends of the cut Dirt Worm with my pair of soft mandibles.
My pair of soft mandibles then simply crushes the body of the Dirt Worm to mush, before pulling the beat up flesh mush of the Dirt Worm into my mouth piece, and then sucking it into my worm-like body and intestinal stomach, before steadily being resolved by stomach acids and then converted into experience points by my inherent skill (Decomposition).
I then heard the familiarised sounds of the World System message notification steadily ringing withinside my own head, as a blue virtual display interface screen panel then later appeared in front of me, thereby showcasing me my current rate of progress and advancements.
Ding!
[World System: You have consumed the flesh and living tissue of a {Dirt Worm (Adult)} and have successfully decomposed it into some useful wasteful material, thanks to the inherent skill (Decomposition Lv.5), thereby yielding the user 7 exp!]
'Oh, what a plentiful surprised to have found out that the unidentified creature then turns out to be a creature of my own kin.' I thought so towards myself, whilst I then continued to munched upon the live body of a {Dirt Worm (Adult)}, without a care in the world.
Ding!
[World System: You have consumed the flesh and living tissue of a {Dirt Worm (Adult)} and have successfully decomposed it into some useful wasteful material, thanks to the inherent skill (Decomposition Lv.5), thereby yielding the user 7 exp!]
[World System: You have consumed the flesh and living tissue of a {Dirt Worm (Adult)} and have successfully decomposed it into some useful wasteful material, thanks to the inherent skill (Decomposition Lv.5), thereby yielding the user 7 exp!]
[World System: You have consumed the flesh and living tissue of a {Dirt Worm (Adult)} and have successfully decomposed it into some useful wasteful material, thanks to the inherent skill (Decomposition Lv.5), thereby yielding the user 7 exp!]
* * *
[World System: Skill proficiency has reached a designated degree. The skill (Bite Lv.1) has levelled up and thereby has become (Bite Lv.2)!]
After around roughly up till a minute or two, I then managed to then steadily made my own way from one end of the cut piece of {Dirt Worm (Adult)} to the other. I managed to somehow eventually killed it in the end, as the moment that the {Dirt Worm (Adult)} was then cut into two. It has then become two separate entities. Each with a will and mind of its own.
Ding!
[World System: You have successfully killed an {½ Dirt Worm (Adult)} by yourself, thereby gaining 121 exp from dealing the final killing blow!]
[World System: You have garnered enough experience points in order to levelled up from Lv.6 to Lv.7. All attribute stats has been increased by 0.1 points in accordance to the racial growth modifier. You have gained 1 unallocated stats point as a levelling up bonus!]
[World System: You have fulfilled the necessary conditions in order to unlock the title {Common Rank (Kin Killer)}. Title acquisition bonus effect: +0.1 STR!]
'Hmmm...' I thought so towards myself. Whilst, looking at the most recent streaks of World System message notification logs, until a sudden realisation then hits me.
'So I did really managed to kill that darn thing, huh. But, I didn't really expect the myth of how cutting an Earth Worm in half would then lead the two individual cut pieces to then become two fully functional different Earth Worms to be true. The obvious ½ symbol that is right next to the creature's species's name and race is quite a giveaway, as it only seems to further support the theory and idea more...' I thought.
[World System: You have fulfilled the necessary conditions in order to activate the Unique exclusive skill (Plunderer). The target of the unique skill (Plunderer) has been designated to the subjugated dead body of the {Dirt Worm (Adult)}!]
[World System: The Unique exclusive skill (Plunderer) has been activated. Please choose amongst the following skills of the dead {Dirt Worm (Adult)} to be plundered: (Vibration Detection)(Light Receptors)(Decomposition)(Lesser Regeneration)(Digging)(Duplication)...]
By going along with the obvious flow and the plot of the story, that which the only inherent racial that I haven't unlocked right at this very moment is the (Duplication) skill. So it's only right to assume that I would then pick the (Duplication) skill as my chosen choice of selection to then be plundered off from the dead body of the {½ Dirt Worm (Adult)}.
The World System then immediately recognizes my choice of selection, as a blue virtual display screen interface then later appeared in front of me, thereby showcasing the following results of my own choice of action.
Ding!
[World System: You have successfully plundered the body mutational skill (Duplication) off of the {½ Dirt Worm (Adult)}'s carcass. You have acquired the skill (Duplication Lv.1)!]
After acquiring the inherent racial body modification skill (Duplication), not much has overall really change about my physical worm-like body, apart from the recent increases in stats point in all attribute after each levelled ups.
'Status!'
[Status Screen]
Name: Alvin
Age: 1 Day Old
Gender: Male
Race: Dirt Worm (Hatchling)
Race Level: Lv. 007 {23/250 exp to the next LV}
Title: Reincarnator, Bottom Feeder
{Stats/Attributes}
Health Points:17.8/18.9
Magical Power: 14.4/14.4
Stamina Points: 7.6/8.9
Satiety Points: 8.9/8.9
Spiritual Power {Locked}:
(STR) Strength: 3.1
(AGI) Agility 1.1
(DEF) Defence: 1.2
(END) Endurance: 0.9
(DEX) Dexterity: 1.2
(VIT) Vitality: 1.4
(INT) Intelligence: 2.0
(WIS) Wisdom: 2.3
(WIL) Willpower: 1.8
(PER) Perception: 1.3
(SOU) Soul: 7
(LUC) Luck: 7
(CHA) Charm: 0.7
(FAM) Fame: 0.6
You have 4 unallocated stats point!
{Body Mutations/Skill Traits/Capabilities}
(Decomposition Lv.5)(Light Receptor Lv.1)(Vibration Detection Lv.1)(Lesser Regeneration Lv.1)(Soft Mandibles Lv.1)(Duplication Lv.1)
{Knowledge Skill/Skill Abilities/Masteries}
(Plunderer Lv.1)(Digging Lv.8)(Wrapping Lv.2)(Bite Lv.2)
{Resistances}
N/A
Without much further thought, I then steadily invest 1 unallocated stats points, that I've gained each time I've levelled up as a level up bonus, all into Strength, Agility, Defense, and the Endurance attribute stats.
The World System then immediately recognises my own choice of input decision, as it then readily invested all of my remaining unallocated stats point into the corresponding stats attribute value of my choice of selection.
Ding!
[World System: You have invested 1 unallocated stats points into Strength. Your Strength attribute value has now risen by 1 point... 4.1!]
[World System: You have invested 1 unallocated stats points into Agility. Your Agility attribute value has now risen by 1 point... 2.1!]
[World System: You have invested 1 unallocated stats points into Defense. Your Defense attribute value has now risen by 1 point... 2.2!]
[World System: You have invested 1 unallocated stats points into Endurance. Your Endurance attribute value has now risen by 1 point... 1.9!]
After the World System has successfully implemented all of that said unallocated stats points into their corresponding stats attribute values, I can steadily feel myself having become slightly stronger.
As my overall total health points have risen by my more than a quarter after the most recent levelled up. With it reaching approximately just over twenty points when steadily being compared to roughly the measly fourteen to fifteen health points when I originally started with, when I first reincarnated.
* * *
In the following next hour or so, I then began to continue upon my constant grinding for experience points. Within the process, killing quite a couple of {Dirt Worm (Adult)} and {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm} as well, in order to level up and increase my skill level.
Ding!
[World System: You have successfully killed an {½ Dirt Worm (Adult)} by yourself, thereby gaining 121 exp from dealing the final killing blow!]
[World System: You have successfully killed an {½ Dirt Worm (Adult)} by yourself, thereby gaining 121 exp from dealing the final killing blow!]
[World System: You have successfully killed an {½ Dirt Worm (Adult)} by yourself, thereby gaining 121 exp from dealing the final killing blow!]
[World System: You have successfully killed an {Dirt Worm (Adult)} by yourself, thereby gaining 243 exp from dealing the final killing blow!]
[World System: You have garnered enough experience points in order to levelled up from Lv.7 to Lv.8. All attribute stats has been increased by 0.1 points in accordance to the racial growth modifier. You have gained 1 unallocated stats point as a levelling up bonus!]
...
[World System: You have fulfilled the necessary conditions in order to activate the Unique exclusive skill (Plunderer). The target of the unique skill (Plunderer) has been designated to the subjugated dead body of the {Dirt Worm (Adult)}!]
[World System: The Unique exclusive skill (Plunderer) has been activated. Please choose amongst the following skills of the dead {Dirt Worm (Adult)} to be plundered: (Vibration Detection)(Light Receptors)(Decomposition)(Lesser Regeneration)(Digging)(Duplication)...]
[World System: You have successfully plundered the body movement skill (Digging) off of the {½ Dirt Worm (Adult)}'s carcass. The plundered skill (Digging) has fused with the host's original body movement skill (Digging Lv.8), thereby increasing the overall skill level and the skill proficiency of the skill!]
[World System: Skill proficiency has reached a designated degree. The skill (Digging Lv.8) has thereby levelled up and become (Digging Lv.9)!]
'It would seem that by plundering a skill from a dead target that which you would already have. It does not necessarily upgrade the skill to become a better one, but rather increases the overall skill level and the mastery of the skill.' I thought so towards myself.
Ding!
I then heard the familiarity sounds of the World System message notification steadily ringing withinside my own head, as a blue virtual display screen interface panel then later appeared in front of me, thereby showing me my current rate of progress.
[World System: You have successfully killed an {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm} by yourself, thereby gaining 362 exp from dealing the final killing blow!]
[World System: You have garnered enough experience points in order to levelled up from Lv.8 to Lv.9. All attribute stats has been increased by 0.1 points in accordance to the racial growth modifier. You have gained 1 unallocated stats point as a levelling up bonus!]
[World System: You have fulfilled the necessary conditions in order to activate the Unique exclusive skill (Plunderer). The target of the unique skill (Plunderer) has been designated to the subjugated dead body of the {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}!]
[World System: The Unique exclusive skill (Plunderer) has been activated. Please choose amongst the following skills of the dead {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm} to be plundered: (Soft Mandibles)(Small Bug Eyes)(Bug Antenna)(Soft Exoskeleton Armour)(Bug Legs)(Bite)(Digging)(Decomposition)(Metamorphosis)...]
'Hmm...' I thought, 'So what sort of skill should I outright plunder off of the corpse from a dead {1st Stage Larvae Grub Worm}.'