Reign Of Worm - Chapter 19 Two Days Left. Return Of The Many Legged.

Here we go! This morning starts the second to last day I have to improve to level ten. At least I think it’s morning, that’s not the point. Why am I trying to keep this expediting program from the system do you ask? It’s pretty fucking simple. Without all of the shit the system gives me or notifies me, I’m pretty much on my own here, and if I was on my own here I’m pretty sure I’d go crazy. Or just fuck up and die. And I don’t want either.

So we follow what the system wants. The next problem or question is how to go about leveling up. I’m not that much of an idiot, I know I have to kill other monsters to level up. I’m just not sure what to kill. Maybe I should just murder some more spiders? The only problem is the sheer pressure involved in those battles. I always have to be using my brain, watching out for anything and everything I can, and even then it’s never a guarantee that I’ll win. So what else can I murder for experience? Obviously the elder shadow crabs are out of the question.

It may have just been my own fault, I was feeling pretty sure of myself when I fought the damn crab, but It was unarguably a close fight, and I don’t like that. No one likes the feeling of coming close to death. Though in this case death might mean I may actually gain some goddamn peace. Still, I want to fight on so I will.

Another option would be to head back up and massacre the weaker creatures, but I’m not sure I’d gain much XP from that. I mean, seriously, I killed so many fucking monsters up there but I never reached level ten. It really says something about upper-level strength. Does that mean I’m still weak? Of course I’m still weak. So that only leaves one option. I have to find an easier monster to defeat.

So, I’m off! I’ll head what I’ll say is west, but in reality it’s only west in relation to my home. I haven’t been this way before, so I’m hoping for some moderately easy prey to kill. That way I can quickly gain the last two levels I need. I really hope I can gain those last two levels. I won’t say it, and I don’t dare to think about it, but I’m relying on Jeremy way too much right now. And from the way Jeremy phrased the consequences of failure, I can’t help but have a nagging feeling the entire system will shut down. Definitely not good.

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So I’m heading west, and I obviously spot a tunnel. Let’s go ahead and travel right. It just seems, hehe, right. Ok, enough joking around, it’s because I can casually sense something over there. Also, let’s talk about the new lesser heat-sensing domain, cause it’s really cool.

So when I first got this skill, it was pretty damn disorienting. I mean, imagine only being able to see since you were born, and then suddenly BAM you have every single sense, It is pretty overwhelming. However, now that I’ve gotten used to the new feeling I can say it definitely works as advertised, if not better. For example, I can somewhat feel more active heat outside of my ten-meter domain. And the smell, well I’ll just say I may not understand how it works, but I don’t want it to. Monsters don’t smell that great. Soil does though. It has a nice earthy smell, which is really pleasant when compared to the reeking stench of any monster or even life matter. Life matter just smells fucking terrible. It may be because I salvage most of my life matter from dead monsters, but I digress.

Oh! I can sense some movement up ahead. Let me get closer.

Is it fate or karma? I thought I had left these little buggers behind a long time ago. What do I see now that they are in my ten-meter eyesight? Fucking centipedes. And not only that, these are clearly bigger and stronger than the old acid centipedes. How do I know they are the same? Oh, you know. Just the big ass motherfucking acid thing on the end. Not a big deal, it only looks like they can now one-shot me. Not a big deal, not a big deal.

OH GODDAMNIT JEREMY!!!!!