Becoming a Monster

Chapter 81 Arachne’s Big Change

A/N: Hey everyone my power has been out for two days now, but they finally got it back on! It was a big storm earlier this week. Enjoy the chapter and let me know what you think!

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”Go play, but leave some for us!”

There was still so many things he wanted to do, the first was choosing his next basic class. He felt that he needed to choose that would compensate his horrible body stats when compared to his mana and spirit, but did he really?

ʼThis would be a perfect time to test out how much my magic and spirit affects my skills. These ants chose a great time to show themselves.ʼ He thought to himself while landing on the ground, the jump barely fazing him even though it was from the second floor. The only reason it ʼbarelyʼ fazed him was because of the extra weight of the sword. He was prepared to quickly go after the smaller ants first since the queen sat and watched but he remembered something more important as he stood there and let his creatures do the fighting for him instead.

ʼThereʼs no point in saving their points anymore and I need to get a feel for how much their stats have increased after being affected by my new skills…ʼ With that thought, he wasted no time to quickly check both of their stats and while allocating their five attributes.

[Player: Fenrir

Race: Werewolf

Class: Lycan

Lvl: 8->9

Exp: 7/3,200->2,784/6400

Health:82%->72%

Stamina:70%?->78%?

Mana: 10/10

Attributes

Strength:53->88(91)

Agility:44->50

Constitution:65->70

Stamina:35->37

Magic:5

Spirit:40->42

Unassigned Points: 0

Skills

Active

Bloodlust(Lvl 0) Progression:1.2%->2.9%

Passive

Lycans Blessing(Lvl 1)Progression:N/A

Becoming deadly weapons(Lvl 0)Progression:N/A

Predatory Acceleration(Lvl 0)Progreesion:N/A

Lunar Empowerment(Lvl 0)Progression:0%

Supernatural Senses(Lvl 0)Progression:1.8%->4.5%

Lycans Regeneration(Lvl 0)Progression:2.5%->6.1%]

[Player: Arachne

Race: Jumping Spider

Class: Arachnid

Lvl: 8->9

Exp:57/3200->2491/6400

Health:65%->90%

Stamina:58%->62%

Mana: 10/10

Attributes

Strength:32->37(41)

Agility:58->66

Constitution:22->23

Stamina:28->29

Magic: 5

Spirit:28->29

Unassigned Points: 0

Skills

Active

Paralysis Venom(Lvl 0):progression-42.8%->44.5%

Cursed Silk(Lvl 0):progression-37.4%->40.2%

Passive

Spider Sense(Lvl 0)]:progression-44.2%->46.2%

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

Noah frowned when he failed to notice the states taking effect from his skill, but then he remembered that he needed to perform his blood pact before the skills could take effect even though he was already bonded with Arachne and Fenrir.

But if anything concerned him about his creatures then it would have to be Fenrirʼs health. Noah couldnʼt help but look in Fenrirʼs direction and observe the creature that appeared to be oblivious to his own condition.

Compared to the studentʼs group that struggled to break through the ants shells unless they used all of their abilities. Fenrirʼs jaws were enough to crunch through the hard shells of the worker ants with ease, while the worker ants were tough enough that it required him to clench down hard with his teeth before the sounds of their shells breaking under the pressure could be heard.

Noah shook his head when he saw Fenrir attempt to grab a soldier ant and replay the way he killed the others, but whimpered in pain before slugging the ant away. With only the ants head inside of Fenrirʼs mouth, it was still able to catch Fenrirʼs tongue between its pincers causing the Wolf to feel pain while being startled.

ʼI guess even though he can regenerate, maybe heʼs not able to regenerate the lost blood and thatʼs why his health is low? or maybe itʼs not completely healing him as I thought it was….ʼ In his thoughts, he turned to inspect Arachne before a frown appeared on his face.

He noticed that she wasnʼt in danger at all, in fact she was probably the safest out of every one here not including himself because of how fast she was. Adding in her perk and her sensory hairs, there was no one here who should be able to even contend with her in speed, let alone touch her.

But her problem wasnʼt her safety, it was the fact that she was having difficulties piercing through the ants shell. She didnʼt have any strength related skills yet and it would take multiple stabs from her legs to breach their hide. She wasnʼt like Fenrir who could shrug off attacks so unless she attempted to tie them up in her webs, she would be interrupted every time before she could take down another one.

”Die! Die! Die?” He could hear the stress in Arachneʼs voice. She could be seen stabbing at the ants repeatedly towards their heads like she learned from killing zombies, but it was proving to be ineffective. The vigor she had at the start of the battle was waning after each encounter she had with the ants.

”Arachne, come here!” Noah couldnʼt bear to continue watching her struggle lest it develops into a mental blow for his prideful spider. Arachne flinched when she was called over, and her body visibly slumped believing that she let him down. But even though she was hesitant, she still chose to come back to his side.

Noah could see that she was more dejected than before when she made her way over, he left everyone else to their own vices while he focused only on Arachne.

”Itʼs not your fault that you arenʼt able to keep up with Fenrir killing these things.” He rubbed her head, but his words only put her into a deeper mood. He decided to leave words for later while he placed his hand to his sword and pierced the palm of his skin enough to bleed which wasnʼt as easy as before now that his body was strengthened.

At the same time he began to circulate his mana in his blood to the point of the wound. While doing so no blood leaked from where the cut was, but a drop was slowly forming. The drop was purple and as the drop grew in size it began to radiate a small halo and release an intoxicating smell to the monsters around.

Arachne became curious when she saw Noah cut himself but suddenly the smell of his blood attracted her entirely, rendering the act of cutting himself mute. Her urge to bite his finger was stronger than never before, but she realized that the smell was growing stronger and more alluring as she waited.

The drop grew larger and larger till it was the size of a human sized fingernail, if the students saw the color of his blood then they would probably become more fearful and questionable of his actual race. The drop no longer grew before he brought his palm towards her mouth and she impatiently lifted her head enough to allow the drop to enter.

While this was going on, Fenrir was the first to stop in his tracks and was immediately attracted to the scene of Noah and Arachne. He didnʼt know what they were doing, but his enhanced senses made it too easy for him to smell the allure of Noahʼs blood even if he was a mile away. His body craved for it, and before the students realized, the main heavy hitter was out of the picture and rushing back to his owner.

”Wha? Whereʼs he going??” One of the students questioned when they noticed the beast they feared and relied on was leaving them. Mark and the group noticed it too, but they were more focused on the task at hand to be distracted even though they were curious and fearful at the same time. Curious as to why Noah allowed his creature to leave a fight when that doesnʼt seem to be his forte. To them, Noah was the sort of person who would try to kill everything for himself and that reason was also the fact that made them fearful.

”Just keep fighting! That beast helped us out enough, we should be able to handle the rest.” Ishii shouted to encourage everyone. However even though his words meant well, it didnʼt inspire them like he meant it too. At first they were in a state of fighting for their lives so they were putting their everything into the fight, but when Fenrir came and it seemed that he alone was going to take care of everything for them, they began to emotionally and mentally relax.

It was almost impossible for most of them to switch back gears to where they were before. But thankfully for them and unfortunately for Noah, his creatures werenʼt the only thing attracted towards the smell.

ʼ!ʼ

When the students were beginning to believe all hope was lost again. All of the ants stopped in place while their antennas began to move fervently in every direction as if they were trying to find something desperately. Thatʼs When their antennas snapped abruptly in the direction of Noah.

The Queen was the first to look in their direction and it was her interaction that made all of the other ants turn their attention to the source of the smell. The action that followed confused the students who didnʼt know what was going on, but Ailetta eyes began to panic just as soon as she noticed the direction of the ants gaze.

From the Queens location, a chirp sound originated from where she stood as she rubbed parts of her abdomen together frantically.

ʼBring me that food now!ʼ Was essentially what she was saying if Noah was paying attention. But by this time, Arachne had already begun to experience the change within her while also gaining a new ability and one that would only be shared between her and Noah and it was a skill that basically made him who he was now.

[Blood Pact formed with your tamed creature Arachne! Arachne can now be influenced by your skills.]

[Arachneʼs skill ʼCaught in the eyes of the spiderʼ(Lvl 0) Leveled Up to Level 1!- Youʼre now able to perceive the targetʼs movements by a tenth of a second.]

[Arachne has gained the skill ʼGenetic synergyʼ that is being shared by the host.]

[Arachne has activated Genetic synergy to gain the human? Trait. Skill, human tongue has been acquired and Arachne can now choose a basic class!]

[warning! Choosing a class will trigger a mutation, find a safe place before choosing!]

[Arachne chose the class assassin! Transformation will commence!]

”What the fuck just happened?” Noah cursed out loud as he came after being given the most surprising notifications of his life so far.

”I only wanted to increase her stats….” His voice was laced with exasperation after what occurred. Looking towards Arachne, webs began to shoot out from behind her, almost as if by magic, it began to wrap around her like a cocoon before quickly forming around her into a circle. When he touched the webs while it was forming, the webs were harder than the chest he looted from. It felt similar to metal.

”Grrr!” Noah spun around when he heard Fenrir growling behind him towards Arachne being invaded in webs. Fenrir was prepared to destroy the webs entrapping Arachne before being stopped.

”Hold it right there! Sheʼs ok! But we need to do something about them before any of us wonʼt be.” He looked towards the large groups of ants coming their way, but his priority was the Queen. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her rooted to the same spot but her gaze was staring daggers into his body.

To his surprise, the students that he thought would use this chance to flee were actually chasing behind the ants heading towards him. His pupils easily spotted Ailetta leading the charge with two of the downed soldier ants in front.

He couldnʼt help but smile warmly seeing that even now she would do so much for him, but his face was quickly filled with resolve when he held out his palm towards Fenrir, sending all the creatures in the area into a frenzy once again.

”Alright, weʼll try this again…donʼt let me down big guy.”