Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

He woke up groggily. All around him was only an endless forest. He blinked several times before cursing profusely.

’Where the fuck am I now?! First I got hit by a car. Then those assholes medics couldn’t even drive me into the hospital before they crashed. Then they send a helicopter to the rescue, only for that to also crash! Can you give me a break you assholes! At least fix your shit before you send your grubby little slave workers to rescue people!’

He was exhausted and had a hard time moving. He could only hear lush forest sounds. There were no sounds of burning and people moaning from pain. It was ’silent’, eerily so.

’They wouldn’t ditch me... right?’

He was sweating from fear of being abandoned. Not because he would be alone, but because he would bleed out and die- Hm? He wasn’t in any pain nor did it feel like his intestines were all around on the floor. He just felt... exhausted?

He was confused and looked down. He couldn’t see his lower body.

’Well, shit! No wonder I feel exhausted, when I’m missing my WHOLE LOWER BODY, GODDAMMIT!’

He cursed whoever sent him here, but still tried to move his limbs. It was possible and he soon tried to wipe his face with his hand-

He froze completely, staring at the very furry paw. His mind blanked and he didn’t know what to think...

[Initiating System]

He stared at the oddly familiar, yet unfamiliar text floating in front of him.

Status System

[

Name: -

Species: [Ordinary Red Fox Cub]

Age: 0.08

Beast Rank: Animal

Level: 1

Stats:

HP: 2/2

ST: 2/2

Vitality: 1/1

Vigour: 1

Toughness: 1

Strength: 1

Agility: 1

Dexterity: 1

Mind: 1

Insight: -

Beauty: -

Luck: -

Stat Points: 0

Skill Points: 0

Skills: [Dig: Lv.1], [Bite: Lv.1], [Scratch: Lv.1],

Blessings: [Hidden],

Items:

]

[collapse]

...

He stared at the text blankly, his soul slowly leaving his body.

[System was fully initiated and will assist you with your future endeavours]

’Great... fucking fantastic... DO YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT THAT?! I’M A FUCKING FURRY NOW! NO! NOT EVEN THAT! I’M A FREAKING ANIMAL! AND WHAT’S THIS 2 HP?! YOU THINK I’M A FUCKING JOKE?! A PEBBLE CAN KILL ME!’

He vented his frustration as he was very familiar with ’RPG’ systems. Nothing of this spoke highly to him.

[This System will help you to get stronger, do not worry chosen one]

’I DON’T WANT TO BE CHOSEN! I WANT TO LIE INSIDE A HOSPITAL WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD AND NURSE MY WOUNDS!’

[That would be impossible]

’UHUH! SO YOU KIDNAP MY SOUL AND JUST DITCH IT INSIDE THIS SHITHOLE AND CALL IT ’getting stronger’ AS IF I CARE ABOUT YOUR REASONS, SEND ME BACK!’

He was currently shouting inside his mind into empty air, unfortunately, things would get only worse from here...

[Your body has already perished in the flames, it’s impossible to send you back.]

’... huh?’

His mind suddenly sobered and he stared at the text in front of him.

[Your Mind has deteriorated, so you won’t be able to remember much, but you wished for this.]

[My Master, as the kind god he is, allowed the fulfilment of your dreams under the condition of ####]

[As such you were given everything you wished for and are thus unable to return to your former world.]

[Furthermore, we already anticipated your rude behaviour and slightly altered your choices.]

[Species: [Ordinary Red Fox]->[Ordinary Red Fox(Female)]]

... This was too much information for him, his mind was really slow and muddled. The only thing he knew for certain, was that he would strangle those sons of bitches for turning him into a girl. He was a virgin and now lost his only chance to redeem himself as a man. He cursed for several minutes and the system patiently waited for him.

[Moreover, as this system wishes your survival it will do its best to assist you and correct you.]

[You have obtained a new title: [Foul-mouthed]]

’... Stop... just stop...’

He finally gave up on cussing and tried to rearrange his thoughts. He had an awful headache that wasn’t lessening each time he tried dabbling into his memories.

’So...’

[Yes?]

’You are to help me... right?’

[That is correct]

’And guide me?’

He was exhausted and his mind didn’t work like it would normally, so he was grasping anything he could use to alleviate his current situation.

[That is correct]

’What do I do?’

He asked, surprisingly politely that even the system paused for a moment.

[User should get familiar with his current stats and abilities.]

Status System

[

Name: -

Species: [Ordinary Red Fox Cub(Female)]

Age: 0.08

Beast Rank: Animal

Level: 1

Stats:

HP: 2/2

ST: 2/2

Vitality: 1/1

Vigour: 1

Toughness: 1

Strength: 1

Agility: 1

Dexterity: 1

Mind: 1

Insight: -

Beauty: -

Luck: -

Stat Points: 0

Skill Points: 0

Skills: [Dig: Lv.1], [Bite: Lv.1], [Scratch: Lv.1],

Blessings: [Hidden],

Items:

]

[collapse]

His name was blanked and he couldn’t remember his name, this bothered him greatly and he couldn’t move on without his name.

’Name...’

He tried to think of any name he was familiar with and liked, but his headache wouldn’t allow it.

’Give me... my name...’

He was tired.

The system paused for longer than it was necessary.

[Are you sure?]

’I need a name... Every Hero needs one and Every Villain doesn’t need one...’

[...]

[What about ’Aiko’?]

The system asked timidly, yet excitedly.

’... I still won’t forgive you for turning me into a girl... remember that...’

[Name: - -> Aiko]

He then carefully tapped the species text.

[Species: [Ordinary Red Fox Cub(Female)]]

[Description: Completely ordinary female fox with a short lifespan.]

’...’

He wished that the system would at least give him something cooler, something like... like... he couldn’t remember...

[Beast Rank: Animal]

[The weakest being there is, a mortal can easily butcher you.]

’...’

He really hated her... her? How did he know it was she? No matter, he is getting more and more tired...

[Level: 1]

[Level indicates the amount of #### inside your body. As #### increases it will allow you to grow stronger.]

’That was pretty normal... normal?’

His mind was getting more and more muddled, but he pushed on.

[Stats]

[Indication of your strengths and weaknesses]

[HP: 2/2]

[How much ’Damage’ you can sustain before your body gives out]

[Normal HP is 100]

[ST: 2/2]

[Stamina: How much you can perform above normal feats. (Running, climbing, biting, fighting.)]

[Normal Stamina is 100]

[Vitality: 1/1]

[Vitality is your life essence, if you burn or lose too much your body won’t be able to function. Decreases through HP regeneration and mating]

[Normal Human Vitality is 10]

[Vigour: 1]

[How much stamina you have]

[Normal Human Vigour is 10]

[Toughness: 1]

[Toughness improves damage threshold. For example, with 10 toughness any damage under 9 would be nullified, but any damage above 9 would be only reduced by a small amount]

[Normal Humans values vary greatly]

[Strength: 1]

[Your bodily power, carry capability, pushing capability, etc.]

[Normal Humans values vary greatly]

[Agility: 1]

[Your athletic inclination. With high agility the speed and manoeuvrability of your body would increase]

[Normal Humans values vary greatly]

[Dexterity: 1]

[Your finger, wrist, hand, feet, tail precision and capabilities. Important for crafting and making things]

[Normal Humans values vary greatly, but is around 1000]

[Mind: 1]

[How much you can remember and your processing speed. With a high enough Mind, you will be able to remember everything and never forget a thing, it would also get more difficult to affect your mind]

[Normal Humans values vary greatly, but is around 100]

[Insight: -]

[How much and How fast you can understand techniques, inscriptions, arrays, books, etc.(This is tied to your mind)]

[Beauty: -]

[How charismatic and how much sway you have for the opposite gender. (You need several times more to affect the same gender, but be careful! Until you reach that threshold you will only invite jealousy and envy of others.)]

[Normal Humans values vary greatly, but is around 100]

[Luck: -]

[####]

His mind was overwhelmed, but he understood that raising these numbers was crucial to his survival.

[Stat Points: 0]

[You can raise your stats with this]

[Skill Points: 0]

[You need these to ’learn’ new skills]

[Skills]

[Cultivation of your abilities, but just because you don’t have the skill, doesn’t mean you can’t do it. It just means you will have a harder time doing it than if you had the corresponding skill]

[Dig: Lv.1]

[Allows the User to dig faster at the cost of using Stamina]

[Bite: Lv.1]

[Enhances User’s Bite at the cost of Stamina]

[Scratch: Lv.1]

[Enhances User’s Claw to scratch better, but at the cost of Stamina]

[Blessings]

[Extremely powerful Energies and Fate bestowed upon you from extremely powerful or long-lived individuals]

[Hidden]

[You are unable to see or determine what this is for the time being.]

[Items]

[Items from the system, you can also store items from the system here, but you are unable to store anything from outside of the system.]

He had mixed feelings about this and he didn’t really know how to tackle this, but he was sure it would be alright... How? He didn’t know how or why. He just felt this nice, gentle and warm energy caressing his body as his mind was slowly slipping away.

[WAIT! YOU BITCH! DON’T YOU DARE- THAT’S IT! I’M CASTRATING YOU! YOU GODDAMN FEATHER DUSTER!]

His mind was already half gone and he couldn’t really hear what she was saying, not to mention he couldn’t really understand what the system was saying even if he wanted...