Chapter 11 - Better Nuts (1/2)
”Hm...well this is a surprise,” Aurus muttered as he checked the remaining HP of the Lesser Mahogany Branch in front of him.
After seeing that just one fight allowed him to already evolve one of his skills to a higher grade, he couldn't help but admire the passive skill he gained from Kurohana.
”Though it's not like incredibly strong where it breaks the balance of the world, it still lets me improve at a fast rate,” Aurus said.
”Well let's finish this first before I evolve it! [Nut Shot]!”
Bang!
With one more ash gray nut, the Lesser Mahogany Branch that Aurus targeted finally broke apart into two and died.
Ding!
'Aurus has dealt 5 HP damage to [Lesser Mahogany Branch].'
'Experience +15'
'Congratulations! Aurus has leveled up.'
Aurus then closed his eyes and felt a weird sensation all over his body. All of the cells in his body started to condense towards the center as new cells were formed, making Aurus' body denser than it was.
He didn't know why this happened but then realized something.
”Leveling up means that my stats increase,” Aurus deduced. ”Now that I have a faint connection with my body, does that mean that I can now feel every improvement happening in my body?”
Thinking about it, it sounded plausible. Aurus placed it in the back of his head and decided to test his hypothesis later.
”But first...” Aurus was going to command something to the system but a notification sound popped up.
Ding!
'[SP Storage] has leveled up.'
”Ooh. I'm surprised it leveled up this fast. I just need one more level before I can evolve it,” Aurus chuckled as he said this to himself. Though it sounds weird that the ability of storing SP can be improved through skill leveling instead of stat improving, it's quite logical from the perspective of a stick.
A stick inherently doesn't have any way of improvement other than the environment and skills it has. For [SP Storage], the repeated usage of SP allows it to gain experience and level up.
Pushing the notification aside, Aurus then focused on the matter at hand and commanded, ”Evolve [Fruit Creation].”
Ding!
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Please select the skill that [Fruit Creation] would evolve into:
[Condensed Fruit Creation]
[Piercing Fruit Creation]
[Regenerative Fruit Creation]
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”Ooh. Three choices,” Aurus said to himself. ”From the names alone, I feel like each and every one of them is a great upgrade compared to the previous skill. I should check what each skill can do before I really choose.”
”Identify [Condensed Fruit Creation].”
Ding!
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[Condensed Fruit Creation] (Level 1/5)
Experience: 0/5
An upgraded version of the [Fruit Creation] skill, focused on a balance of SP storage and damage. Once evolved to this skill, the amount of fruit able to produced would be reduced by half, but in turn, it would allow the fruits to hold twice as much SP and allow the fruits to deal twice the amount of damage.
Maximum amount of fruit: 3
Maximum SP capacity per walnut: 4 SP
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”Holy... that's a lot of SP per nut,” Aurus couldn't help but say. He checked the maximum amount of fruit he could produce and saw that it made sense since [Fruit Creation] at max level would allow him to make 5 fruits since each level increased the limit by one. But, 4 SP per walnut?