Becoming a Monster

Chapter 54 There’s No Cure For Stupid

”Fight as much as you want.” His smile grew, with Arachneʼs mentality, he was sure that she would continue to grow stronger.

While she rushed into the fight, he used that moment to change the experience shared between them from 50-50 to 20-80. He also made sure to do the same for the werewolf while investing Arachne 5 unassigned stats into her strength

He had realized beforehand that when it came to a large beast or any monster in particular that wasnʼt as affected by her poison then she could only best be considered as a distraction. By raising her strength, he hoped for her to gain a perk suitable enough to change that when her stats reached the 50 mark.

Curious to how close she was to achieving that, he quickly used this chance to not only check on her stats but the werewolves as well.

[Player: Arachne

Race: Jumping Spider

Class: Arachnid

Lvl: 7

Exp:248/800->973/1600

Health:67%

Stamina:62%

Mana: 4

Attributes

Strength:23->30(32)

​ Agility:50->54

Constitution:18->19

Stamina:24->25

Magic: 2

Spirit:26->27

Unassigned Points: 0

Skills

Active

Paralysis Venom(Lvl 0):progression-2.4%->5.2%

Cursed Silk(Lvl 0):progression-1.7%->1.9%

Passive

Spider Sense(Lvl 0):progression-3.7%->6.8%

Caught in the eyes of the spider(Lvl 0):progression-N/A]

Noah saw that Arachne still had a long way to go till she reached 50 in strength, but in comparison to his own stats she was just too far behind. Thatʼs also why he needed to change the ratio of the experience shared between them for now.

ʼI canʼt go on like this…If Iʼm weakened to this when one of my creatures die then I need to make them stronger. I wonder…Will the orbs also work on them? He thought about the many orbs heʼs received through the chest. With the way the zombies have been progressing in levels, he was sure to find more orbs since the quality of the monsters increased.

The only thing left for him to view was the stats for his new creature.

[Player: Lucas

Race: Werewolf

Class: Lycan

Lvl: 6

Exp:104/800

Health:78

Stamina:77%?

Mana: 10

Attributes

Strength:42(44)

Agility:38

Constitution:55

Stamina:31

Magic:5

Spirit:36

Unassigned Points: 0

Skills

Active

Bloodlust(Lvl 0)

Passive

Lycans Blessing(Lvl 0)

Lunar Empowerment(Lvl 0)

Supernatural Senses(Lvl 0)

Lycans Regeneration(Lvl 0)]

Noah wasnʼt too shocked to find the overly high stats for just being on level six. He had already expected stats like this or even higher considering how the werewolf managed to take strike after strike from the Zombie King and how it rampaged through students before he tamed it.

If there was anything that caught his attention, then it would be two things that he noticed.

Lycans Blessing-Through the blood of a Lycan, you not only have regeneration prowess but your blood is now blessed to remove harmful aliments in your blood as well. More harmful blood and diseases require higher constitution and Spirit.

Noahʼs eyes gleamed in realization when he finally realized why Arachneʼs venom didnʼt work on the big guy. He wasnʼt able to appreciate the skill more than he would like because there was still an unsettling problem about its information.

ʼNo…That name has to go!” He inwardly panicked when he thought about having to be reminded of Lucas whenever he called out to the wolf. He wasnʼt the kind of person who would say that even though a person turned into a zombie that the zombie is still the person they were before changing. Now that Lucas died and officially turned into what he is now, the Lucas from before is now gone forever.

ʼHmm…But whatʼs a good name?ʼ He pondered while watching his two creatures at work. He wasnʼt sure why, but the werewolf continued to swipe away the zombies. However when a runner would sometimes come towards him then he would devour it. Noah wasnʼt sure if the werewolf was just a picky eater or if there was actually something special about the running zombies.

One thing he noticed for sure was that the werewolf didnʼt appear that intelligent. The zombies continued to recover and yet it didnʼt change up its way in attacking. Noah hoped that could be changed in the future.

He then looked over to Arachne, she looked like a spider on a mission. Ever since the encounter with the zombie horde outside, she knew the quickest way to take them down. She was also a lot faster and stronger than before. She advanced quickly, using her front two legs to attack the heads of the zombie. With her increased stats she was able to puncture through their brains without a problem. And with her new skill to predict the targetʼs future, even though she couldnʼt see far, It was enough to land a steady blow as she mindlessly rampaged through the horde.

Thinking of how he came up with Arachneʼs name, Noah thought he should do the same with the werewolf. ʼSince I based her name on a mythological creature then maybe I should do the same with him….If thatʼs the case then thereʼs only one name that I can think of, Fenrir…”

For someone who loved reading as much as he did, he felt more than satisfied with having his creatures named after legends even if they werenʼt real. It was the sentimental value that mattered.

When he looked back, he noticed Paul was being healed again while Bailey and Blake stood by their side to protect him. Well more than protecting him, they were staring at the carnage being dished out by Noahʼs two creatures.

Further in the back, Mark and the rest were also so distracted by the scene in front of them that they forgot what their initial plans were.

Noah was able to do what they couldnʼt and he didnʼt have to lift a finger.

”Damnit!” Mark rushed out in frustration, he couldnʼt accept that the gap had widened to this degree. At this rate, he wouldnʼt be strong enough to even touch Noahʼs shadow. Jasmine called after him, but he didnʼt stop so she too gathered up her courage to run behind him.

Seeing this everyone else decided to follow along. If they fought alongside the creatures then it should be safe for them to kill the zombies right? It sounded like a great plan to them, but they failed to realize one particular matter.

”I wouldnʼt do that if I were you.” Even though his voice wasnʼt loud, to the people there who couldnʼt mistake his voice for anyone else, Noahʼs voice carried its own weight.

They all turned to Noah in fear, believing that he was threatening them to stay back. Mark couldnʼt take this lying down.

”Or what? Youʼll attack us too?” For some reason Mark wore an odd smirk. Noah couldnʼt understand the irregular manʼs thought process, ever since heʼs met him, his opinion of him has gotten worse. Because of that, he didnʼt consider even warning them now.

”Fine, be my guest.” Noah shrugged before walking back to the seats, leaving the group dumbfounded. They werenʼt sure what that meant, does that mean he wonʼt attack them or not?

The group was beginning to become emotional, especially the people like Mark and the ones who knew the value of leveling up.

”Wait! I donʼt think you should go either!” Bailey saw the whole thing. She didnʼt know what was going through Noahʼs head, but from her own experience she doesnʼt think it was a good idea to interfere. And from the way some of the people looked at her just now, it appeared that they believed she was defending Noah. She quickly turned her body to the side, indicating for them to look towards Paul still being healed.

”This is what happened to Paul when he got between that monster. Without his skill, Iʼm not sure what wouldʼve happened to him. Are you still willing to go?” They all looked towards Paul who was holding to his sides while periodically coughing. Blood could be seen running down his mouth, most likely from coughing up blood before he was healed.

Everyone saw his condition, but they were also too busy running away to notice him being thrown into the air. But they remembered that the last time he got injured by the werewolf it was from the wolf trying to eat him. The visible fear of most of the people began to show.

”FUCK FUCK FUCK! That bastard is just trying to take everything for himself! Iʼm sure he even had that beast attack him purposely.” Mark was beginning to feel riled up while he continued to watch the two creatures slaughter the incoming zombies. Whenever a new group of zombies came through, they would be slapped into the wall, only for Arachne to come by and stab them in the head. It could no longer be considered a fight, but just free experience at this point.

That thought left him gnashing his teeth. Jasmine saw this and thought he was about to do somtething stupid again.

”Mark…This time we donʼt have the right to be angry.” Before she could finish she saw Markʼs head snap towards her, his eyes raging with anger and astonishment. She needed to hurry and clarify herself before the situation became worse.

”What I mean is, he gave us the chance to fight as much as we wanted, he didnʼt attack until we started to leave so if anything it would be us stealing from him..” By the time she finished, her voice was almost to a whisper as she noticed Markʼs face turning extremely red in frustration.

He was angry because she was right, but he felt more aggrieved because that meant Noah didnʼt do anything wrong! He didnʼt feel right about this at all. ʼIf it wasnʼt for him not helping us in the first place then we could be leveling up to-! What if he planned it that way??ʼ Mark just thought of a crazy conspiracy, he had no idea that his insane thoughts were actually on the mark. That stupid smirk of his re-emerged as he prepared to tell everyone else his findings, but before he could, his eagerness to do anything was washed away.

First it was the sound in the background or rather the lack of noise. Then he heard the group around them talking amongst themselves.

”Itʼs over?”

”Wait…So why did we even fight in the first place?”

Not wanting to believe it, he slowly turned towards the door. There wasnʼt a trace of any zombies coming in their direction at this time. His mind went blank before he began to feel defeated. He almost was willing to give up butting heads with Noah. That was until he saw the chest appearing in the room again. The chest made the room appear like a kingʼs treasury.

There were many bronze chests in the area and even a few silver, yet there was only one gold. And that gold chest just happened to be the one Noah was heading for.

”Oh no you donʼt!” Without warning, Mark took off in Noahʼs direction, not giving anyone time to react in time.

That didnʼt include Noahʼs creatures.

Boom!

Arachne saw the opposing attacker coming towards Noah, the same one who constantly put her master in a bad mood.

She pounced on Mark, slamming him into the ground while she rubbed her fangs menacingly towards his face.

”Urgh! Get off me!” Even then, he still didnʼt throw away his arrogance.

”Mark! Noah? Noah, please donʼt hurt him! You know how he gets. There might just be a misunderstanding. Mark? Why did you rush at him?

Jasmine tried to plead in his case. Arachne wasnʼt planning on budging and Noah didnʼt plan on telling her to unless he had a good reason. However he was sure that Markʼs reason would be an absurd one like always.

”We obviously killed more than he did! Some of the people even died and youʼre asking me why? Heʼs taking the best chest to himself when that should be ours!” He raged, not caring about his situation.

Noah shook his head when he heard the answer. It seems that the guy always means well but he was just absurdly stupid.