Evolution Points: [118 / 100]
[Evolution Path Activated —]
Nagumo stood on the rooftop.
From his high vantage point, he could overlook the school below, taking in most of what was happening within it.
The rooftop was empty of people and monsters.
“Hiss, that really hurts—”
His injuries were quite severe; the broken tentacles and the hunger in his stomach were both problems.
However… as long as he could evolve, these wouldn’t matter.
“A small boss provided 50 evolution points, so it wasn’t a waste of my effort,” Nagumo muttered, thinking of the few girls he glimpsed during the recent battle, shaking his tentacles.
“Even though I’m a Tentacle Monster, I’m so pure.
Oh well, never mind.
Let’s prepare for evolution first.
This is my first time—but wait, there are path choices?”
Nagumo stared expectantly at the text on his system panel.
[Evolution Path ①: Incubator]: An evolution path centered on giving birth to corrupted beings.
After evolving, gain new skills [Impregnation Injection] [Whip of Desire]
[Evolution Path ②: Gluttonous Snake]: An evolution path centered on eating and devouring.
After evolving, gain new skills [Decomposition] [Devour]
[Evolution Path ③: Aberrant Tentacle Monster]: An evolution path centered on combat and slaughter.
After evolving, gain new skills [Combat Instinct] [Bloodlust]
[Evolution Path ④: Tentacle Monster Type II]: An evolution path centered on balanced growth.
After evolving, gain new skills [Growth Advancement] [Clairvoyance]
[Evolution Path ⑤: Treant]: An evolution path centered on defense and durability.
After evolving, gain new skills [Nature Affinity] [Growth]
As soon as these five evolution paths appeared, Nagumo immediately ruled out the first one.
“What Incubator… Isn’t this just making me a stud?
Even if I were a stud, these skills are so trashy.”
[Whip of Desire]: All your tentacles possess reproductive functions.
Who would want this useless skill!
What Whip of Desire, it sounds grand, but that’s all it is?
What’s the point!
This path can go to hell, unless you’re an extreme pervert, no one would choose such a useless evolution option.
“The second one won’t do either… A path centered on eating and devouring, it looks good, but the [Devour] skill can only restore and store stamina?
Tsk…”
[Devour]: Accelerate stamina recovery through eating, and store stamina as backup.
Slightly disappointed.
The latter three evolution branches were not bad.
The Aberrant Tentacle Monster specializes in combat, Type II is balanced, and as for the Treant… it’s durable with high HP.
“Evolving from a Tentacle Monster to a Treant, tsk tsk… the species changes.
Getting rid of the Tentacle Monster identity, huh?” But a Treant is also a monster, so he decided against it.
There was no need.
If these evolution paths had human forms, he might have wavered a bit.
“The Aberrant Tentacle Monster is purely for combat.
In comparison…”
Just looking at the description, Nagumo wasn’t very interested in the Type II Tentacle Monster.
A balanced evolution path, didn’t that just mean it was mediocre?
But then he looked at the skills, holy crap!
[Growth Advancement]: By consuming evolution points, you can individually advance a certain attribute, as well as evolve a single skill.
“Hiss—”
“This ability… isn’t it much better than that Devour skill?”
Although… although it was still a Tentacle Monster…
Never mind, getting stronger is all that matters.
The species is no longer important.
Nagumo sadly rolled around on the rooftop and decisively chose the evolution path.
As the evolution points were cleared, white light points emerged from all directions, enveloping him.
The dazzling but not scorching light made him feel warm all over, and his body structure also changed in the glow.
This was evolution?
It felt quite comfortable; his injuries had actually recovered.
The not-so-dazzling light was exceptionally conspicuous in the approaching night, appearing like the morning star in the night sky from afar.
“This kind of evolution light, why do I feel like a Pokémon, or a Digimon?” He grumbled, squinting his eyes and enjoying the healing transformation of the warm light.
After about a minute, the light gradually disappeared.
Nagumo’s first sensation was not a change in his body, but in his five senses.
The monsters downstairs, including the zombie tentacles like walking corpses in the corridor, clearly fell into his sight, although he had no eyes… A phantom long line extended from a Kotori flying overhead; that was its flight path.
He waved a tentacle, predicting its flight path in advance, and knocked down the poor Kotori.
“Clairvoyance, a special perception ability,” Nagumo’s gaze swept around, then he looked down at himself.
He was startled by what he saw; his tentacles and body had become incredibly smooth and delicate, and his body had undergone a great transformation.
“Holy crap?!”
His original fleshy body resembled a large octopus, but after evolving, this fleshy body was rounder and smoother, almost like a jellyfish.
Surprisingly, it looked a bit cute at first glance.
“Beautification?
But don’t just be cute, did my attributes grow?”
He opened the system to check.
[Nagumo] (Tentacle Monster Type II)
Strength: D → C (+)
Durability: C (+)
Agility: E → D (+)
Magic: F → E (+)
Skills: [Rapid Recovery (+)] [Desire Breath (+)] [Growth Advancement (+)] [Clairvoyance (+)]
Evolution Points: 18 / 500
“Attributes increased, but Durability didn’t,” Nagumo thought for a moment and clicked the plus sign next to [Durability].
This should be the extra boost brought by [Growth Advancement].
A prompt appeared on the panel.
[Durability C → B, requires 300 Evolution Points]
“Confirmed, it’s a price I can’t afford… 300 evolution points isn’t too much,” he thought, planning to try it when he had enough evolution points.
After a moment of thought, he clicked on the skills again.
[Rapid Recovery → Hyper Regeneration, requires 1000 Evolution Points]
“Skill evolution is quite expensive, but improving skills is also quite worthwhile…”
Of course, he didn’t have that many evolution points to spend in a short time.
A thousand points, how many zombie Tentacle Monsters would he have to cut down?
Even if all the students in the school were infected and turned into monsters, it wouldn’t be enough.
There were so few students in Japanese schools…
Nagumo, whose agility had increased, jumped onto the rooftop water tank, gazing at the school, which had become deathly silent after nightfall.
Even in the darkness, Nagumo’s powerful perception still allowed him to detect the slightest movement below.
As the tentacles under his jellyfish-like head swayed, Nagumo felt increasingly strange.
“Didn’t find it?
The source of these zombie Tentacle Monsters wasn’t found, is it not in the school?
And, I didn’t see any small bosses similar to the previous worm monster.”
He was at a high point, overlooking the entire campus, and could even hear the panting and cries for help from girls fleeing in the distance.
Nagumo shook his head, no longer dwelling on these thoughts.
He leaped down from the rooftop, his fully recovered tentacles wrapping around tree branches, landing steadily on the ground.
Phantom lines in his vision outlined the attack routes of the surrounding zombie tentacles.
Aiming for my body?
Nagumo calmly turned to dodge, his tentacles sweeping up like a shredder.
Under the moonlight of the night, the swirling tentacles danced wildly, tearing apart all obstacles in their path!
Pfft—!
He effortlessly shredded the zombie monsters into minced meat.
Nagumo, amidst the flying gore, was like a demon god.
Evolution Points + 5
“Let the hunt begin—”
Ignoring the girls paralyzed on the ground in shock and dismay, he leaped and disappeared.
Since evolving, his craving for evolution points had only grown stronger.
Women?
Tch, how could women be as interesting as improving one’s strength?