บท 2: The outside!

Having checked his status Ark was a little confused, first of all, he didn't remember hearing a message about obtaining water magic, but most important of all there was magic! There was another skill as well but he decided to explore it later since he didn't understand what it was for. Ark was nonetheless instantly excited, just this was enough to make up for the fact that he had died, at least in his book. But to be completely honest Ark was a special case, most people wouldn't be able to handle the thought of dying.

The reason he did was because of his depressing life, he thought that even just being able to explore a bit of magic would make him way more happy and satisfied than he ever was in his former life, even considering the whole fact that he had suddenly become a wolf.

Having checked out and being quite satisfied with himself Ark set out to find an exit to the cave, now that he had obtained night vision he could finally see a bit in the dark, albeit it being just a little bit it was still a massive increase if you compared it to before when he couldn't see anything at all. After 20 minutes of walking without a clear direction in mind, he suddenly heard a similar voice in his head again.

[Due to continuous use Night Vision Lv.1 became Lv.2]

Hearing this Ark's vision instantly cleared up even more and his surroundings became even brighter, he could finally see what materials the cave was made of, at least he thought so. It looked to be a cave made out of stone that was 3 meters broad and about 2 and a half meters in height. Having seen the clear advantages with skills Ark couldn't wait to test out his magic, but he decided to wait until he could reach the surface of the cave, if there ever was one, and he did this for multiple reasons.

First of all, he didn't know how strong the magic would be so he didn't want to risk having the cave collapse in on him since it would be quite a dumb reason to die for in his brand new life. The second reason was just that he wouldn't really be able to see very well what he did with his magic in this darkness anyways.

Having walked around for about half an hour now Ark finally saw a hint of first light which made him really excited, rushing full speed forward while trying both not to trip over and whilst getting used to his new body was easier said then done and he tripped a couple of times, but he didn't grow annoyed. In fact, he knew he had to get used to this body anyways so it was better to just get it done now and he also grew more and more excited the closer he came to the surface.

He wanted to see what this world had to offer and what it looked like, he wanted to explore it himself and see the world with his own eyes, maybe there were more races out there than just humans, maybe there weren't any humans, he didn't know, but he was excited nonetheless. The light grew brighter and brighter the longer he ran and after a short few minutes, he was finally out!

Taking the first step outside all his senses got assaulted by a barrage of different feelings, the cold but refreshing breeze, the piercing but warm summer sunlight, the beautiful myriad of colours, and the smell of mother nature. Looking around Ark noticed that he was at the foot of a massive mountain that looked as if it was piercing the heavens themselves, surrounding this massive mountain was a green, lush forest.

The trees that stood tall and reflecting the sunlight portrayed quite the majestic image. He couldn't see anything beyond this forest though as it stretched as far as his eyes could see. Taking a deep breath whilst trying to contain his feelings Ark decided to walk around for a bit before deciding his next course of action. Well, that was how it was supposed to be at least...

Before Ark got to do the exploring that he wanted he saw a creature about 35 meters ahead of him sleeping against a tree. Sneaking a bit closer to the monster he decided to get a closer look. The monster was a bit bigger than half the size of a normal human, just a bit under a meter tall. The creature had sharp ears that stood out from the side of its head and a tiny bit of disheveled hair if you could even call it that.

What stood out the most about this monster though was the fact that its skin was a bit of a darker shade of green, it also only had a loincloth to cover up the important parts.

After the close observation, the voice sounded out once again.

[Due to hosts acute observation, the host has obtained Inspect Lv.1]

Hearing the timely message Ark decided to instantly use it, he chanted "inspect" in his mind and a screen appeared in his mind.

Goblin

Lv:2

Stats:???

Seeing that the creature that was apparently called a "Goblin" was quite a weak creature, Ark could feel his stomach growling, this was a perfect opportunity. He still hesitated a little bit though since he had never killed anything before, but he knew he had to do it sooner or later, and an opportunity like this didn't exactly come that often.

The Goblin also only had a stick as a weapon if he somehow failed to kill it so he decided to go for it, lest he regrets it later. Sneaking up till he was a just a meter away from the Goblin it suddenly open its eyelids and stared straight into the silver eyes of Ark. Scared out of its wits, it didn't have enough time to react before Ark swung his claws at the Goblins throat, ripping it to pieces, a defiant look flashed through the Goblins eyes as it slumped towards the ground.

[Host has reached the required Exp to level up]

[Host is now level 2]

[Acquired 5 status points]

Hearing the messages resounding through his head Arks eyes instantly lit up, he was right! If you killed something here your level would go up! This meant that he could grow to be more powerful in the future through killing. Deciding it would be a good idea to spend his acquired status points and see if anything happened to his skills he chanted status in his head.

Name: Ark

Species: Blue Wolf

Level: 2

Hp: 28

Mp: 45

Strength: 10

Agility: 13

Dexterity: 11

Endurance: 8

Vitality: 10

Intelligence: 15

Wisdom: 11

Night Vision [Lv.2]

Water magic [Beginner Lv.1]

Growth [Lv.Max]

Inspect [Lv.1]

Status points [5]

Seeing his stats again he could figure a few things out, or at least have some pretty accurate guesses, his first guess was that each point in intelligence gave 3 magic points or mp for short, he could also guess that each point in vitality gave him 2 points of hp or health points, and that endurance also gave 1 hp per point.

He also guessed that growth had something to do with how he acquired skills but he wasn't too sure on that one yet. Seeing as how he had 5 points to spend he thought that he would put them all into agility, for now, to test out the effects and he felt that it would be necessary to be quick in the beginning since he couldn't fight well yet and might need to run away.

After confirming that he wanted to spend his status points a soothing white light enveloped his body for about a second before disappearing completely, sensing the obvious improvements Ark decided to test out his speed after testing out his first meal. At first he was a little apprehensive but after taking his first bite and noticing how it didn't taste that bad he started eating until he was full, he was a little shocked at how he could eat the Goblin and that it didn't taste that disgusting but he soon realized that he was now a wolf and of course his tastes would be a little different.

Being full he decided his next course of action was to find water to drink and to clean himself.