“Hmm, so one is a bullet ant and the other is a blast ant.” He picks up the dark brown ant and places it on the table, the blast ant which is reddish towards its head and the torso remains on his hand. He looks at the little creature and commands it mentally to stay still, the ant obeys the order and stands like a soldier ready for his order.

Unlike his previous summon, the situation was complex with these little creatures. He can absorb these creatures and use their life force to strengthen his body, he could also gain unique abilities from the creature.

The ant in his hand starts vanishing and turns into white particles that float around him, slowly the particles are engulfed by his body. Suddenly, his heart rate increases, and he starts gasping for breath, he feels like he is thrown into a frozen lake without any clothes. He feels icy needles stabbing continuously all over the body, he can’t take it anymore and he falls down on his knees. The pain lasts only for a minute before disappearing, he takes deep breath and tries to sit comfortably but before he can do that his body feels hot.

The temperature of his body keeps on riding, he takes off his clothes trying to escape the heat, but it is of no use as his temperature rises even more and the sweat start drenching the floor.

“What the fuck is happening?” He yells while running towards the bathroom.

He isn’t even able to reach the door of his room as he falls down clutching his left leg, the heat from the body starts disappearing but muscle spasms start occurring all over his body. His right leg, his hand, face and every muscle starts wiggling and expanding. Due to the pain he can’t generate enough blood towards his brain and he passes out, he doesn’t know that his body is not the only part that is changing. His entire genome is undergoing transformation and changing his body into something stronger.

Two Days Later

“I am so hungry, someone give me food.” Rex mumbles from his bed, he has not opened his eyes as the starvation is killing him. Lara who is sitting on a chair hears him and hurries to go buy some food, she doesn’t cook as it will take some time and she knows that he has not eaten for two days. After ten minutes she returns with lots of grilled meat and fresh juice, she leaps towards the bed while panting and swiftly opens the basket releasing the delicious aroma in the room.

“Food” He opens his eyes and yells, he forgets his weakness and starts devouring the grilled meat. He coughs as he chokes on meat, his throat is dry, and he is having a hard time swallowing. Lara quickly feeds him juice from a pouch, he thanks her with a nod and starts filling his belly.

Food is great, food is life, food is happiness.

Burp

Rex pats his belly and lays on the bed with a satisfied mood, Lara who was worried for the past two days gives a bright smile as she looks at the scene. Two days ago, she had gone to pay the debt that she owed to the villagers but when she returned she found him unconscious on the floor with no clothes on. She carried him to the bed and let him rest thinking it was not a big deal, but he hadn’t opened his eyes even until night, she wanted to call a healer but the physical changes that were occurring with Rex made her stop. She prayed for his well being and remained with him until he woke up. She wanted to ask him questions but refrained herself not wanting him to be in a dilemma.

“Can I get some time alone please.” He says while giving a sorry face. Lara nods and quickly leaves the room. He sighs and gets up checking out his transformation, he had not noticed it first but after his hunger started disappearing he slowly started finding changes in his body. He is now 6’0 feet tall with ripped athletic body, his muscles are strong and hard, his abs, his leg muscles everything is just perfect for speed and power. The only thing that he does not like are his long and thin fingers, he observes them closely as he can feel that he can do something with it.

“Whoa.. what is this?” He is startled when the nails on the index finger grow 1 inch and turn pitch black. He retracts the nail back and plays for a while, within a minute he is able to control it with will.

I feel like I have grown stronger, but my movements seem stiff. Looks like I need to get familiar with my body.

He walks towards the table where he sees some new clothes, he wears them, and it fits perfectly. The white buttoned shirt with black pant suits him perfectly, as he is about to go down and thank Lara he notices an ant on the table staring at him.

“Come here little fellow.” The ant quickly climbs on the palm when it hears the command. It looks at Rex ready to follow the next order.

He can absorb this ant as well, but he will not gain any boost in his body strength. He can absorb it to gain the unique ability, but he doesn’t want to do that as he can evolve this fellow into something stronger.

He looks at the ant and says,” We will grow strong together.”

He takes a pause and speaks, “Your friend helped me get stronger and I owe him a debt.”

He walks towards the suitcase and takes out a knife, “I cannot repay the debt, but I will always remember him. The pain that I withstood will be forgotten with time, but I will always remember a scar.”

He cuts deep in his left forearm to leave a mark, blood starts oozing out, but he ignores it. He takes a drop of blood and gives it to the ant, within a second the ant consumes the blood. Rex feels the bond with his ant grow stronger and he gives a satisfied nod, he leaves the ant on the table and heads out.

He hears rustling sound from Lara’s room and he opens the door without knocking, he quickly closes it and closes his ear drums. His face is red from embarrassment as he just walked into Lara changing her dress, he doesn’t hear a scream and is surprised.

Damn I know I should knock but I always forget it. But the view was amazing.

He rewinds his memory from a second ago where he saw Lara’s white skin, her perky boobs which were C cup at least. He couldn’t see under her hips as he quickly closed the door, but he was mesmerized with her body shape.

“You can some in.” Lara softly calls him.

He shakes his head and tries to act aloof to prevent embarrassment, he opens the door and sees the fidgeting figure of Lara. She avoids his eyes by looking around.

“Ahheem.” He coughs.

Lara takes a peek at him and after noticing his serious gaze she forgets about the incident earlier and listens attentively.

“How can you increase your mage rank?” He asks while moving towards the bed and sitting down. He pats at the empty space besides him and signals her to sit, Lara quickly moves to have a sit.

“Rank can be increased through mediation and I feel like I can reach rank 2 very quickly.” She says with excitement and glow in her eyes.

“Good we will start training effectively from here onwards, I will train with my swords while you train to increase the mage rank. We will start training from this very moment. Any questions?” He raised his eyebrow.

“No, I agree with you. I need to improve my strength.” She states clenching her fists.

He had thought that she would ask about the changes in his body, but she didn’t, so he asked if what happened to him was common occurrence.

“Do you know what happened to me?”

“No, I don’t” She replies shaking her head.

“Don’t you want to know.”

“I do want to know. I want to know why you were in so much pain, I want to know if it will occur again and I want to know how to stop it, but I won’t ask. I want you to tell me when you are ready.” She smiles and touches his hands.

His heart starts beating in a quick pace, but it quickly calms down. He is confused as he is feeling something that he has never felt.