Arpious of the Planes

Chapter 9 Moonlight Crawler

[Day 7]

Today was pretty normal, besides having Kumo around now. Kumo was the first one to get up and she decided to prepare breakfast for me. She was able to hunt 3 boas which were more than enough for breakfast. As we were on our way to the river to have a quick drink before we go hunting Kumo started talking about how powerful she feels now. She explains how she was able to gain way more XP from killing monsters compared to when she was with her colony.

This must be an effect of my blessing or something because it was always this easy to level up. I don't think it's the right time to tell her that though.

The only things we have encountered today would be Berserker Wolves and the Berserker Boas. We have a pretty basic strategy for hunting, we disable their movement with [Shadow Control] and finish them off with our own basic attacking skills. Even though Kumo said that she was the most useless out of her colony she had a bit of basic fighting sense and how to utilize her skills in battle.

When I checked my status for the first time today I realized I had forgotten about one of my most original skills [Shock]. I haven't used this in such a long time that I forgot about it because it was so useless. I should try and use it more so it can level up and hopefully evolve into something more useful.

[5600 XP gained]

[You leveled up (x5)]

[6200 XP gained]

[Servant Kumo leveled up (x8)]

[Shadow Control leveled up]

[Shock has leveled up (x2)]

[Shock has evolved to Thunderbolt]

We made immense progress on our status. Also, Shock has evolved into Thunderbolt which is much stronger than its predecessor. While I and Kumo were snacking on a wolf I was explaining to her my plans and how she could help.

"I'm thinking of finding a better living environment than our tree that we slept in last night, got any ideas?" I asked Kumo

"We could make our way to the [Waterfall Hills] which is right next to the [Rock Boned Forest], there is a way a larger variety of monsters there compared to here as well," she replied.

"I guess that's where we'll try and find a new place to live other than this cramped forest. Oh, I've been wanting to ask this but why is this place called the [Rock Boned Forest]?" I asked.

"The trees here are really special trees that you can't find anywhere else, the reason being the middle of each tree contains a crystal that spreads throughout each of its branches making it seem like it has a skeleton. The crystal can be used for many different purposes but it is mainly used for shields or armor because of how durable they are," said Kumo.

"That's pretty interesting, I was really confused when I first heard that name but it is clear now, thanks!" I said.

Kumo blushes and turns away, that's not really blush-worthy, but okay. I was beginning to wonder how she knows so much when she was the most useless. Hmmmmmm.... maybe it's just common knowledge taught to them, I should ask her later. The sun was starting to set and we were almost to our base.

"Oh I've been wanting to ask this but is it possible for me to look at your status?" I said.

"Yes but you can only see others' status when they are your servant or slave," Kumo replied.

I inspected Kumo and got surprised for a split second before regaining my composure.

?Status?

[Name: Kumo]

[Race: Berserk Crawler]

[Status: Servant]

[Level: 28/30]

[HP: 50/50 MP: 8/8 SP: 9/10]

[Strength: 15]

[Defense: 10]

[Magic: 3]

[Speed: 10]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 0]

[Skills: [Posion Secretion] [Shadow Control] [Bite] [Poison Immunity]

[Titles: [Servant]

Even though she has fewer skills than me her base stats are way too much for me to handle with a 1 on 1 confrontation. I'm glad she didn't try and kill me otherwise I definitely would've died or run away while being severely injured.

"I want you to finish leveling up to max tonight so you can evolve I'm going to go ahead and sleep, don't disappoint me," I said with a stern voice.

"Are you sure you don't need someone to protect you-" Kumo gets cut off.

I glare into her eyes making her step back a bit and start to shake. She looks away and before she could apologize I cut her off.

"Did I stutter... don't say any more just go and hit max level cap so you can evolve tonight. We need more power to survive in an unknown location," I say with a stern voice.

Kumo dashes in the opposite direction shaking. Before I head to bed I make my way to the river to get a glimpse of the starry night. Finishing my sightseeing I crawl into the tree and curl up, falling asleep.

[Day 8]

I woke up today with Kumo sleeping right next to me but she looked really different, compared to her dark and edgy form this new evolution is kind of cute. The only drastic change to her appearance is her feet are now stubs instead of blades. Her hair turned white with pink stripes going across her entire body. Her eyes aren't bloodshot anymore and her pupils are pink. She also has a giant pink mark on her back that is in the shape of a crescent moon.

She looks really cute now I just want to cuddle with her... what the fuck did I just say. Where is my manly pride, who took'th thy manly pride, alright I'm going to stop that. Besides that, I'll excuse her for not being awake since I was pretty harsh on her yesterday and she just evolved. I guess I should check her status.

?Status?

[Name: Kumo]

[Race: Moonlight Crawler]

[Status: Servant]

[Level: 1/40]

[HP: 60/60 MP: 15/15 SP: 20/20]

[Strength: 12]

[Defense: 8]

[Magic: 10]

[Speed: 20]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 10]

[Skills: [Posion Secretion] [Shadow Control] [Bite] [Poison Immunity] [Moonlight Control]

[Body Modification: [Moon Tattoo]

[Titles: [Servant]

It looks like she is more speed and magic-based now compared to her power and defensive pre-evolution. There is no way I would be able to beat her now if she gets a tiny bit comfortable with her new form. As her master, I have to get stronger so she doesn't end up making me her servant. I don't even know how this servant thing works. Does that just mean she can't hurt me and if she does she gets killed or something, I should probably ask her. She has gained 2 new things being, a new type of control and a body modification... I should probably inspect them because I have no clue what they are.

[Moonlight Control]

[Can manipulate up to 5 feet of moonlight.]

[Moon Tattoo]

[A tattoo when activated produces moonlight from your back no matter the time of day.]

Now that is a pretty overpowered combo maybe I can get a type of tattoo that helps me do that.

While I finished checking Kumos status I hear a rustling and see Kumo looking down with a sad expression on her face.

"I'm sorry about yesterday master," said Kumo with a depressed expression.

"*sigh* It's fine, I overreacted a little as well, I was just tired from hunting all day and wanted to go to sleep... anyways check out your status," I said.

Kumo checks her status and breaks down into tears of happiness.

"I don't know how this happened but I believe it's from you master... thank you so much," Kumo said with teary eyes.

"I think I know why this happened but it's still a hypothesis, anyway let's get going to [Waterfall Hills] to try and find a home," I said.