Chapter 6: 6- Rat Hunting (1)

Oscar wasn't paying attention to the screen blinking in front of him. As he was busy gnawing at the meat that was five times more delicious than that chopped up arm of his brethren 

'And see, it's not only delicious but it also gives me good amount of Gene aliments, truly a hunt worth fighting for it' 

As he was running out of time, Oscar had accidentally swallowed its poison pouch without realizing it. He only felt it when a burning pain came out of his food pipe like he had eaten a burning coal followed his guts twisting and churning making him roll on the ground in an indescribable pain 

Fortunately, his stomach wins over it and he also gained the skill out of the ordeal

By the time he was able to stand back from all the torment, the smell of blood had already travelled far and attracted some of the monsters as the deep footsteps were sounded too close to his place for him to feel safe

Outnumbered and Not in his best state of mind, Oscar dragged his haggard body out of the place before it was already late 

Though disgruntled to leave that much meat there for those vultures, he didn't want to get killed this soon 

Oscar didn't have a sense of direction, all the caverns big or small looks the same to him. He would have gotten lost if not for his cleverness to leave his scent at some intervals and his sharp nose to discern it from afar 

Hiding back inside the burrow he came, Oscar was scrubbing a piece of leather skin from that frogy lizard with great care

Even in the dim light, he was able to see all the rough patches and the wasted skin at the edges which he cuts it with ease

'Done!' With a tired smile, he marveled at his work  that looks like a rag at best and only big enough to cover his waist twice 

After getting dressed up and not feeling too open down there, Oscar scratches his throat as still feeling some slow burning pain accompanied by his stomach growlings 

'Urgh... I guess the disadvantages of not being a professional butcher 

But who the hell would know its poison pouch would be located just beneath its brain? 

I'm curious, which mother f*cker did that bastard take its genes from?'

Grumbling, he promised to eat slowly next time while also being feeling thankful for having a more toxic stomach than that poison. Not knowing that the poison would have been at full potency making it rather deadlier if that monster was still alive as proven before on him

'Ah just remembered I got leveled up' with a thought he checks his status and saw his rewards, which brings a toothy smile back on his face 

'Hmm first check the skill list because why not? What if gaining a new skill will unlock yet another corresponding mutation like earlier?' 

As he checked the skill list, he was instantly disappointed 

'The first two are the same as before, Sneak and dash with nothing new to their descriptions while the new one is... Strip?'

Although, the skill name sounds erotic but the description and it's uses was definitely not

And it didn't takes a genius to take a guess on why the skill was even here, his rag like clothe barely hanging around his waist is most likely the reason 

'Why does this skill sounds like a cheap version of a butcherers skill

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Ahh! And I was already set on the "Sneak" This time but you have just have to show and confuse me with this' 

Sulking, Oscar blamed his lack of skill points for not able to take both

At one hand, he had already seen how useful the 'sneak' skill can be but he believes, like 'Climb' and other skills he would be able to get it by his own efforts as he almost succeeded in killing the squirrel if for the unexpected entry of that frogy lizard

While at the other hand he had zero confidence in acquiring it by his own and this 'Strip' can be used in a wide range

He won't be chocking on another poison pouch if he was able to know how to handle a corpse and... he would be able to procure good quality loincloth! 

With a nod of his head, he felt a warm water poured at the top of his head following down to his every limb and before he was able to drown in pleasure. It ended and he felt his agility has improved even though the status saying otherwise, he was able to swing his hand like a whip without dislocating his joints while his legs was able to stretch more 

'Looks like this can also be used in combat, I guess' he didn't expected it to simply improve his agility internally

"Oh!"

To his surprise and delight, he saw another mutation was available to him other than improving its current ones 

But when he saw the cost of this mutation, he was immensely disappointed and angry at himself for not swallowing that lizard completely and choking on its poisonous gland instead 

'Urgh! Shitty lizard!' He stomped angrily

And when he saw he was short on 4 Gene aliment points to upgrade 'Foothold' his more annoyed

Slumping back, he picks up the magic stone. As he saw the entrapped magic particles lazily floating inside of it, his annoyed mind soothes on its own just like when he was beaten back then and stares at the entrapped fishes lazily floating around inside the fish tank

He tried to move them according to him by turning and moving the crystal with a focused mind 

Oscar didn't know when the day/nighy ends or starts inside this dungeon but as he continues to play with the crystal without paying attention to the time spent, he fell asleep without seeing the crystal vibrating and glowing unnaturally for few seconds by his constant efforts before settling down 

"Dum! Dum!"

Pricked by the constant hammering noises banging inside his head, Oscar wakes up with an angry growl 

'Hmm?' The noise was coming from the other side of the burrow instead of the opening above which he has covered it well enough before coming down 

Tugging the crystal in the made-up pocket within the loincloth, he slowly comes down the space between the two diversions he had met before

"Dum! Dum!"

Without a sound, he steadily creeped towards the another tunnel glowing with the same magic crystal embedding the surface though in low quantity like some flowers on a grass plain

With the magical snowflakes falling around him, 'Strange... Why this glowing snowfall was here but not at outside while It was for certain that these glowing stones are magic crystals... But whatever it is, it looks damn awesome!' 

Oscar was feeling strangely excited as he saw the crystals surrounding him and the feeling got stronger as he proceeds forward and not long before he was met with the one who's disturbing his sleep 

A black and blue furred rat, almost the same size as him with a pink tail was standing/laying on all fours with its back facing him. As it drills his spiraling bone protruding out of his forehead, breaking the hard surface holding around the magic crystals before picking it and dropping at the pile of already processed crystals 

Not feeling that threatened by its appearance, Oscar was relieved yet excited for finally getting a weak looking monster that he could actually bully

'Khe khe khe!' Laughing internally while grinning from ear to ear outwardly, Oscar slowly but surely was able to sneak behind him undetected

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