*Grrrr*

The sounds of growling replace the rustling, and slowly a dog steps out of the bushes. It brown in colour but has black ears, its teeth sharp and ready to bite, its stance as if about to attack.

Kenta clearly seeing this stray dog, takes a step back, and cautiously gets into a fighting stance of his own.

“Dog, I’m giving you one warning, turn around and walk away.” Kenta states.

*Grrr*

Dog edges forward getting closer and closer. Preparing for the perfect moment to strike.

It charges full speed towards Kenta with a glazed look in its eye, nothing else matters now, it has found food.

Closer and closer the vicious dog has reached Kenta. It lunges for and tries to bite. Kenta seeing this happen takes a step back, avoiding the attack. The dog lands back on the ground.

*Clank*

Kenta retaliated. With a perfect kick upwards hitting the dogs bottom jaw. Kenta slams it shut, breaking it. Because of the power behind the kick, the dogs head goes flying back.

*Snap*

The dogs neck is broken. Now lying on the ground whimpering, its head at an arc compared to its body and blood dripping out of its mouth. It is breathing heavily.

“I warned you.” Kenta exclaimed as if the dog could understand.

Walking towards the dog, he stands over it. He can see the dark pupils look towards him, it has been paralysed from the neck down. It knows this is the end, it accepts it.

Kenta seeing this, jumps and double foot stomps on the dog’s head. It is dead as blood gushes out from a crack in its head.

You made me do this, you stupid dog.

Dragging its body over to the bushes, to clear the dirt path. An idea pops up in his head.

I wonder if I’ll get a skill from eating the dog. Ugh. Gross.

Coming to a decision, Kenta kneels, holds one of the dogs legs up, and bites in to its shoulder. Ripping a chunk of meat off the bone, Kenta chews the meat and swallows it. His mouth now surrounded with blood. In an odd turn of events it Kenta who has become the animal.

*Ding*

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Skill gained.

Minor night vision: Grants the ability to see more detail at night.

Minor hearing improvement: Can now hear 4x better than normal.

Greater Smell Improvement: Your sense of smell is now 20x better.

Minor Intimidation: Like a dog’s growl or bark, you can put greater intent behind your words, possibly striking fear into weak enemies. +5 CHA

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Name: Kenta Yoshida

Title: Outsider

Attributes:

STR: 25

DEX: 25

CON: 15

INT: 33

WIS: 23

CHA: 25

LUC: 11

Health: 150/150

Defense: 20/20

Skills:

Martial Mastery: Having trained in martial arts you have gained mastery. +15 STR, +15 DEX

Eater: Allows one to consume any singular item (excluding proper food) to gain skills/attributes. Consuming dangerous substances will not kill you.

Power Bite: Increases Bite Force by 10x

Photosynthesis: You absorb the suns energy during the day and convert it to health, giving you minor health regeneration. +1 health regen/min during the day.

Age of Trees: You will grow alongside the trees, living until both you and the trees falls. +500 years to life expectancy. (Does not prevent dying from non-natural ways)

Hardened skin: No longer shall your skin be weak; no longer shall your bones be fragile. With this skill, your body shall be stronger, strong like a rock. +5 CON, +20 Defence.

Minerals: Eating dirt will now provide you with the nutritious minerals required to survive. Bon appetit.

Time keeper: You now have an innate ability to accurately tell the time, regardless of where you are.

Compass: You can now sense which way is north, east, south and west.

Flashlight: When it’s dark you can choose to create light by illuminating your eyes. This will provide light in front of you.

Social Network: You may now add people to your friends list (they will need to accept). With these friends, you may communicate over long distances. +5 CHA

Wikipedia: You have basic knowledge of this world. +5 INT, +5 WIS

Translate: You can now speak and understand different languages (slang does not count). +1 INT

Calculator: Basic math is now no problem for you, as you will be able to calculate it instantaneously. +5 INT

Maps: You will have a basic understanding of the location around you. It does not tell you where creatures are, only the terrain and buildings. +Knowledge of surroundings (30ft radius)

Loot: Creatures when killed will drop money and rarely other items.

Minor storage dimension: No longer will you have to carry around items, you now have access to a storage dimension. +minor dimensional storage (1 cubic meter)

Minor night vision: Grants the ability to see more detail at night.

Minor hearing improvement: Can now hear 4x better than normal.

Greater Smell Improvement: Your sense of smell is now 20x better.

Minor Intimidation: Like a dog’s growl or bark, you can put greater intent behind your words, possibly striking fear into weak enemies. +5 CHA

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“Ew!” Kenta states, “What is that smell?”

Smelling around he realises what he is smelling is in fact himself.

I’m going to need to make a detour before I get to a village. I don’t want to scare them off.

Before he leaves he notices something shining next to the body. Kneeling again, he realises its money. 5 copper to be exact. He picks it up and immediately puts it in his pocket.

It’s not much but it’s better than nothing.

He steps on to the dirt path and then realises he has a pocket dimension. Without think too much, Kenta grabs the money again, holds it out and drops it.

*Clank*

…

Kenta picks the money up, holds it out and drops it, this time imagining putting it through a portal. A small ripple swallows the money and closes once

…

“It worked!” Kenta happily exclaimed.

Well now I guess I should find a river or something, so I can clean myself. Now that I think about it, there’s a slope in the bush heading down.

Following his intuition, Kenta begins to make his way through the bush, walking down the bush. The Air smells so fresh, the birds chirping. It almost serene.

Continuing down the hill. The trees are getting ever so slightly sparser. At this point hill start levelling out, becoming flat. In the distance Kenta’s intuition was right. He can hear the rippling of a river.

Now at the river, Kenta closes his eyes for a second, and breathes in the fresh air, listening to the river rushing, and recollecting everything that’s happened in the past day. It’s overwhelming.