Within Alex's mind, everything was dark but the feeling of his muscle bulging keeps coming, the feeling of flowing water flowed silently within his body, till it deepened within his bone marrow automatically.
'what's happening?!' Alex questioned as his thought seemed to echo around him, willing himself to take a step and he immediately felt like he was stepping on wet tiles.
Drip!
Cloonnk!
Then the sound of water dripping down in drops became prevalent, but despite trying to find it's location, he couldn't, within this pitch black space.
After a long time, the energy that was refining itself in his body was now full to the extreme. a Boundary!.
The pain of tearing muscles instantly increased, and at the same time, an itch that penetrated into the bone marrow also accompanied him. This terrible feeling made him once again feel better than death.
Pop!
"haha, it broke through?!...finally the pain stopped" Alex was surprised and relieved, He had completed the first step to being strong enough to protect himself, even if he himself felt a bit incredible, He was a little solemn as well.
Know that from the Beginning when he was reborn to this world, he had just been struggling to survive and trying understand the situation around him. Generally speaking, even with this upgrade, He wasn't feeling safe and satisfied yet.
As soon as the refreshed feeling subsided, a transparent blue screen appeared in front of him within the dark space.
[Ding! Evolution quest has been Completed . ]
[Reward: Evolution, New title and one random reward]
[Calculating possible Evolution Directions]
...
[Four basic evolution pathways found]
[Race: Orc]
[Warrior Orc - 67% Compatibility
Orc Shaman- 43% compatibility
Lesser Orc(Balanced)- 52% Compatibility
Great Orc- 77% Compatibility]
[Warning! Once an Evolution pathway is chosen, it can't be reversed! choose wisely.]
After Carefully going through the notifications, as he happened to be somewhat of a slow reader, he let out a sigh with the blue screen Illuminating his face.
Without much of a thought, he decided to look at the one with the highest compatibility. And from what he saw, he figured that the previous body owner's previous actions and character contributed greatly to the choices made available to him.
<Great Orc>: A kind of Orcs known for their strength and Charisma, they are well respected within their respective Hordes as they sometimes tend to hold leadership positions. In the World of Luegad, this Creatures are renowned as dangerous, as the Tattoo became the symbol of Fear for their enemies.
[Perks:
12% Boost in strength, 7% increase in agility, 5% increase in intelligence(-), 2% Increase in Leadership.]
'I finally understand where this feeling of Déjà vu was coming from!' Alex thought as he stared wide eyed at one word "Luegad".
"It finally clicked, It turns out I had reincarnated into one of my favorite Novels!. but if I'm correct, then its definitely not a good thing to end up as an Orc!!!." He cried out breathlessly.
After some thought, Alex sighed in a depressed manner, 'Great! , to think I was reborn into the worst possible race with the worst fate in this world haa~'.
[Warning!]
[Please choose quickly as failure to do so due to delay would lead to possible Evolution failure].
!!!
He quickly selected the one with the highest compatibility as he didn't want anything to cripple his growth with this world.
He didn't know how long it took. The Liquid that was circulating with his body finally.
[Ding!]
[You've Unlocked three skills]
[Leap(Uncommon)Lv1 - Apply force to ones legs and Jump through the distance of 16 meters.
(2/2) uses before cool down
Cool down: 6 secs
Orc's Charge(Common)Lv1- charge forward with the strength of a battering Ram for a 4 meter distance, causing 150% damage based on strength stats.
Cast time: 2secs
Cool down: 5 minutes.
Sigil(Unique) Lv1 - A tattoo allowed to only those of the Great Orc path. Stands as It's Identity and a way to know his followers.
Effect:
Personal: Adds 5% bonus to ones stats at level one
Horde: Adds 2% bonus to their base stats.]
[Ding!]
Effects: Adds a skill, 'Savage' that gives a temporary 2 minutes debuff for 15% damage when activated.
Side effects- Lowers intelligence by 50% when active
At the moment the last Notification popped up, He suddenly opened his eyes. Only then did he find that He was still where he had fainted, but this time there was a Deep-black axe with a rough looking black handle with eerie blades.
"Really?, This is Just Great, why would she notice me!!!, The 'Night Mother'... someone who stood at the pinnacle of this world...Haa well, overall, this isn't a bad starting line". Alex spoke aloud with a long sigh before he calmed down once again.
"Now I should have a clear understanding of My own strength, as the next step, I need to do is find out what time line I am in while making comparison to my knowledge from the Novel... after all, i'd be a fool to not use this Knowledge to ensure my survival."
its just that, the story had been written from the perspective of the Humans. He had little knowledge about the Orc race.
With this thoughts, he stood up while looking at Jethro's corpse with a sneer before saying, "I must thank you, as you have thought me a valuable lesson today, that is to never underestimate any opponent in this world."
Retracting his gaze while shaking his head, only then did he notice that his head now had hair growing out.
he looked at his status while saying to himself, "I'm so glad the baldness is gone..."
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Name:Torug(Alex Radwell)
Race: Great Orc
Level: 11(Order of the First circle)
Power rating: 2330
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Skills:
[Leap(Uncommon)Lv1 - Apply force to ones legs and Jump through the distance of 16 meters.(2/2) uses before cool down
Cast time: Instant.
Cool down: 6 secs
Orc's Charge(Common)Lv1- charge forward with the strength of a battering Ram for a 4 meter distance, causing 150% damage based on strength stats.
Cast time: 2secs
Cool down: 5 minutes.
Racial skills:
Sigil(Unique) Lv1 - A tattoo allowed to only those of the Great Orc path. Stands as It's Identity and a way to know his followers.(Passive)
Effect:
Personal: Adds 5% bonus to ones stats at level one
Horde: Adds 2% bonus to their base stats.]
Intimidation(-): A natural Suppressive aura against creatures of a lower evolution realm. (Passive)
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After observing his status, he soon noticed that there was a qualitative change in not just his race but his power rating as well. Then he looked at Jethro's corpse again with a strange expression.
From what he remembers, with each natural evolution, ones power rating is spiked by a certain number. Like how his power rating increased by 1000 at the first circle, when he becomes a second circle creature, it would be increase by a few thousands, ranging between ten thousand-ish.
Your power rating at the begining is always important, Power ratings are mostly calculated with ones total stats equipments, Cultivation manuals practiced although they were rare and relics held in your possession but unfortunately, People of this world had no way to check, so they perform evolutions like headless flies.
Even he has no way to see the broken down stats but luckily this body had a strong foundation and was already at the 1000+ mark before evolution.
And as per normal, first circle opens two skills for other races unlike humans who had unlocked them from level 5 which honestly gave them a mastery advantage.
"M...Moongret family" He muttered in a deep baritone as the reflection of fire danced over his sweaty skin.
The reason he looked at the Jethro strangely was because the young man's power rating was on the High side, So he guessed that he must had been someone the Clan put lots of efforts to nurture.
And if he remembers correctly, this family was the first stepping stone for the Mc back in the story. That means, He was not entirely far from the Mc and since the clan still existed, the timeline was lingering in the period before the start of the story.
According to the story, the incident that led to the initial decline of the clan was the fact that there was meant to be an alliance between the 'Moongrets' and the 'Grics' by marriage but when moving the bride, they got attacked by Orcs.
After a rescue party was dispatched, they rescued lady Suffia of Gric but were rather late as she had been sullied by Orcs. The marriage was still held but her standing in the clan became rather strange, leading to her encounter with the Mc.
thus ushering in the first heroine to his 'Harem'.
Anyways, Now he was part of the Orc clan who had angered two great dukedoms and the Mc who finally finishes them off.
"Haaaa...something must kill a man" He sighed with a bitter expression before resting the pitch black axe on his shoulder."At least I now know where I am"
"Cilldean kingdom...Most definitely the orc lands at North of Thann's End" He continued his deduction and couldn't help but marvel at how in depth the Novel had been and how much he actually seemed to remember.
"'salvation in Pride' was it?...Queen Hawise salman should be the ruling monarch now" Alex mused as he walked towards the settlement.