8 Assassin (2/2)

He searched for more monsters in the jungle. He left a trail of corpses behind him. It really looked like he was a crazy psychopath.

After killing a bunch of monsters and absorbing their essence, he began to feel tired. He had managed to level up to 17, but he was starving. He hadn't eaten anything yesterday or even this morning. Killing one last monster, he went back to the city.

He looked around the city, searching for a restaurant. There weren't any, but he did find a place that would give out free meat the soldiers brought back. It was only one meal per day for each person. He wanted more than one meal, but as he was starving, anything would really be fine. He got some food and began walking to Dilya's house.

He ate his food on the way. It was really delicious. Turns out, they've discovered salt and pepper. There was even a weird sauce that made the meat taste even better. It melted in his mouth with each bite. Sure, it wasn't the best, but it was pretty damn good. He wanted more, but he has already had his one meal per day.

Arriving at Dilya's house, Karl closed the door behind him and called out, ”Dilya? Are you here?”

Dilya came out of her room and went downstairs to meet him. ”Yes? What do you need?” She detected that he had grown stronger. ”It seems you've gotten stronger?”

”No, I don't need anything. Yes, I have grown stronger. I'm level 17 now. Also, where can I sleep? Last night, I just slept on the floor.”

”Level 17? That's pretty fast. What did you do? Kill a bunch of monsters? There's an empty room beside mine. There's no bed, but there are blankets there.”

”Yeah, that's exactly what I did. I killed a bunch of monsters. Now if you don't mind me, I'm going to sleep, goodnight.”

”Of course that's what you did. Goodnight.”

Karl went to the room Dilya was talking about and saw the blankets. He tidied the room up a bit and laid down. ”System, can I go back to console?”

[Yes, but doing so will render your avatar vulnerable. If your avatar is killed when you're not using it, nothing will happen to you, but your avatar will now be dead and all progress with the avatar, lost.]

”Alright, bring me to the console.”

[You are being transported to the console in 10... 9... 8...]

After the countdown ended, Karl found himself in his familiar room and back in his human body.

”System, can I change the appearance of a race that I've already made?”

[Yes, but it is recommended to alter their memories if the change is significant.]

”Alright.” Karl began altering the appearance of the Ancient Ones. It's not really significant, but they would freak out if they all suddenly had hair. He double-checked, seeing if he had done anything wrong.

”Make these changes and alter their memories so they think they've had hair for their whole life.”

[Please wait a moment... The Ancient One's appearance has been changed and their memories altered.]

”Nice. Show me what my avatar looks like now.”

A screen appeared, showing him what his avatar looked like. He had short wavy hair. It didn't look that bad, considering he just got it. Karl changed the view, looking at other people's new hair. Some people had short hair, some people had long hair. ”Wow, they all look attractive now.”

Their perfect bodies, and their perfect hair, made them look beautiful. Karl wasn't interested in men, but even they looked pretty fresh. But the females looked even better. Their curvy bodies, paired with perfect hair, made them even hotter.

”Bring me down into my avatar.”

[You are being transported in 10... 9... 8...]

The countdown ended and Karl was back in his avatar. He rubbed his head, feeling his hair. ”Yes! I have hair!”