Becoming a Monster

Chapter 97 [Bonus ] Is This Balanced?

”You look better than I had hoped, Fenrir, Iʼm proud of you.”

It wasnʼt much, but to Fenrir, Noahʼs praise was everything. And it showed, just his praise alone was enough to have Fenrirʼs tag wag without a sign of pausing, generating a small amount of wind that blew on the grass surrounding him.

Just like Arachne, Noah just couldnʼt help himself from smiling when interacting with Fenrir. He only knew them for just one day and yet, he felt that he already had a bond with them.

Before Arachne finished with her transformation, Noah took this time to go through the notifications and see the new changes.

[Fenrir has finished his evolution, becoming a Demented Lycan! He now gains an addition of 10 extra attribute points per level!

Three skills have been acquired and previous class skills have been modified; Decimating Trance, Blood fury, and Demented Reckoning]

[Decimating Trance: Sending an army against you would be the worst decision your enemy can make. For every kill you grow stronger, increasing your body stats by 1% per kill that caps at 50%. The window for each kill increase is open for how long you remain in a battle state.]

[Blood Fury-Even when youʼre at a disadvantage, your body will take advantage of it. For every percentage that your health drops, your body stats are increased by .5%.]

[Demented Reckoning-Who says size doesnʼt matter? You now have the decision to decide how you enjoy your blood fest. From making yourself smaller, increasing your speed and stamina in exchange for your strength and constitution or enlarging yourself, sacrificing your speed and stamina for your strength and constitution. There is only one change in size for both options that will lower and increase your stats by 25%, Can increase with level.]

[Lycans Blessing has been modified Double-edge curse(Lvl 2): You lose the ability to reject and rid your body of ailments as quickly as before, but you now gain strength for every debuff placed on you. For every negative status effect your stats are increased by 15%]

[Becoming Deadly Weapons has been modified to Demented Bane(Lvl 2)-Your claws and fangs can induce an toxic, that when inflicted will cause the victim to become distraught and estrange before slowly losing their sanity completely. Can be resisted.]

[Predatory Acceleration has been modified to Speed Kills(Lvl 0): When an opponent is faster than you, your strength and constitution will be increased by 10%]

[Predatory Roar has been modified to Howling Savagery: Your howl contains your savage aura that instills your enemies with fear that could potentially disable them or make them lose their will to fight. Allies are affected by your skill, rallying them and potentially ridding them of any mental debuff.]

[Faster Recovery has been modified to Berserkers adrenaline: You become lost in the heat of the moment the more tired you are. The lower your stamina becomes, the more you are unfazed to attacks and ailments.]

[Player: Fenrir

Race: Werewolf

Class: Demented Lycan

Lvl: 10

Exp: 137/12,800->1574/12,800

Health:66%->100%

Stamina:58%->100%

Mana: 10/10->16/16

Strength:100->200(207) [310]

Agility:50->88 [132]

Constitution:70->210 [315]

Stamina:42->73 [109]

Magic:5->8

Spirit:50->75

Skills

Active

Killing Instinct(Lvl1):N/A

Demented Reckoning-(Lvl 0)Progression:0%

Storing Strength(Lvl 0)Progression:0%

Bloodlust(Lvl 0) Progression:2.9%->3.4%

Passive

Decimating Trance(Lvl 0)Progression:0%

Blood Fury(Lvl 0)Progression:0%

Double-edge curse(Lvl 1)Progression:N/A

Demented Bane(Lvl 0)Progression:N/A

Speed Kills(Lvl 0)Progression:N/A

Howling Savagery(Lvl 0)Progression:N/A

Lunar Empowerment(Lvl 0)Progression:0%

Supernatural Senses(Lvl 0)Progression:14.5%->18.8%

Lycans Regeneration(Lvl 0)Progression:6.1%->9.3%

Noah knew Fenrirʼs stats would be insane after he saw his own stats from his advancement, but Fenrirʼs stats were just as amazing. Maybe even more so than Noahʼs since he doesnʼt have the skill variety to fully make use of his stats yet. He really felt that Fenrir could now be considered a real boss monster and that wasnʼt counting his skills! The numbers may seem small when you take into account the small percentage increases, but all of the increases stack!

Instead of being happy, Noahʼs mood grew solemn instead as he recollected his thoughts pertaining to his first tier one monster he had to fight earlier.

”Iʼve truly been lucky till now…If that zombie had stats even remotely close to Fernrirʼs now then would I even of had a chance in surviving?” Noah thought what wouldʼve happened if that giant zombieʼs skin and bone was even a tad bit harder or if its strength was just a little bit stronger when it connected with him.

But while thinking about this, Noah grew excited re-enacting the thrilling fight in his head. Yes, life may be difficult moving along, but that also meant that he will just continue getting stronger along the way and having more exciting battles to come.

When Noahʼs vision returned, he glanced outside and noticed that Fenrir was still obediently waiting there. But he appeared to be growing bored. His head could be seen swerving every which way to even the tiniest of sounds, wanting to investigate.

”Fenrir you can go out and play, but donʼt go too far from here. And if you see any of those boxes” he pointed towards the chests laying on the ground after it was distributed out to the students. ”Make sure to bring them back here.” Noah wasnʼt worried for Fenrir at all after seeing his stats and the fact that it was a full moon tonight made his assurance in Fenrir go up even more. If anything, he was more worried that he would miss out on any loot that Fenrir may obtain if he found monsters to kill.

Fenrirʼs head snapped in Noahʼs direction and he stared. ”I can really go?” He asked, receiving a nod back from Noah. Without even saying goodbye, Fenrri took off away from the dorms, excited to go on an adventure and test out his strength.

ʼShould I have specified how far is far?ʼ Noah watched Fenrirʼs figure fading away in a daze. He assumed Fenrir would just stay near the dorm, but he didnʼt take an animalʼs territorial behavior into account. What if Fenrir believed that the whole campus was its territory and so, ʼfarʼ was anything past that?

”Sigh….he could only sigh to himself as he turned around to continue watching Arachne. Yet when he was gonna make his way back towards the bed he found Ailetta curled up in a ball in a deep slumber. The day has been overwhelming for her, this has been the first time she could truly relax. Everyone else couldnʼt say the same, they were either too fatigued and fell asleep or they were anxious about their future.

And when they didnʼt have to use the time to worry about their own life, some of their thoughts began to shift towards their loved ones and families. Were they alive? What should I do if theyʼre dead? How many people immediately turned into a zombie upon awakening? Will we meet them at our next destination? Those thoughts made up what most of them were thinking.

Noahʼs gaze was filled with tenderness when seeing her sleeping state. But it was also filled with sadness, from time to time she would twitch violently while having bad dreams. No matter how unfazed she tried to appear, the life threatening situations she has experienced, the numerous deaths she had to bear witness to, killing zombies that still resemble humans. All of it was something that he felt was too much to bear for her. He reminisced about the times he was accompanied by her and Ailetta was always smiling.

He sat on the opposite bed, thinking about how many other people couldnʼt appreciate how much better the world is now. Slowly, exhaustion from draining his mana was catching up to him as his eyes fell.

...…..

”Ahhhhh!”

”Put your weapons down! Itʼs his fault for coveting something thatʼs not his.”

”Kyle didnʼt have to die for it! That beast needs to die!”

”We chose to follow it STUPID! You can leave us out of it!”

”What are you all doing??”

Noah awakened from the constant yelling outside of the broken window. He wanted to see what was occurring out there but when he tried to get up, he first felt a heavy weight on his chest before seeing the view of a giant spider head, with numerous eyes staring into his face. He panicked reflexively from just having to wake up to the sight, but he calmed himself when he remembered who that face belonged to.

However that too began to confuse him, he remembered that she was gaining human body, well thatʼs at least what they assumed from what they observed. He took the time to allow his sleepy eyes to adjust to notice that it didnʼt feel as if those eyes were looking at him at all, soon he felt a slow sensation rising and falling on his chest.

”Sheʼs sleeping?” He muttered to himself, but that question brought more questions. When could Arachneʼs body show signs of breathing, unless!

He first scrutinized her face, this time he was fully awake. He followed her spider head, noticing that as he went down, closer to her mouth, she still retained her fangs but they were now closer to the side of her face. Her face appeared as if it was a living mask when he saw that right below her upper lip, her face took on the characteristics of a human. Her bottom lip was black, but her skin was a pale purple. He was so focused on her face that he didnʼt recognize the silver threads moving around as she breathed was hair. The hair wasnʼt much when looking at it from the front, but from her sides and the back of her head, her hair cascaded down to her mid-back.

Speaking of her back, she really had a torso of a human, but her entire body appeared as if it was a skin tight exoskeleton that was connected to her original spider body. The exoskeleton retained her original jet black and purple color pallet.

The dark color pallet made it easy for Noah to see glowing lines running through her torso and throughout her spider form. The lines were the color of an emerald green, more than lines, they appeared to be similar to veins, and when those veins reached the ends of her legs, he could see that the ends which used to be purple were now the same glowing emerald green as her veins.

”Aawwwhoo!”

Noah was taken out of his stupor when he heard Fenrirʼs howl from outside, with the accompanying sound of screaming following it.

”Hey, Arach-?”

With a face that showed how annoyed he was, he reached out to wake up his slumbering spider. Well he tried but he discovered that Arachne wasnʼt the only person taking up space on his bed.

On his side, Ailetta was laying there. Ailetta woke up later on that night and couldnʼt fall asleep. Not with a fully opened window and the sounds of the night creatures playing through the air. She quickly scurried to Noahʼs side and fell asleep while watching his face.

But unlike the present Arachne, she was fully awake. She wasnʼt able to withstand Fenrirʼs roar and awoke full of fear, causing her to reach out for Noahʼs arm as he was reaching for Arachne.

”Sigh…” Noah took a deep breath to calm himself, and in doing so, he recognized an important fact. He didnʼt know if he should be angry or not.

”Arachne…I know youʼre awake, go stop Fenrir please or I wonʼt forgive what you just pulled just now.”