On the morning of the 3rd day of Kristens life a terrible tragedy occurred.
Her home got discovered by a herd of bloodthirsty rabbits, and yes, even if that doesn't sound that bad, it was pure hell when the rabbits arrived.
Kristen always had a bad habit of becoming too relaxed in whatever space she was in, and that was exactly what was happening in her makeshift home.
So when a rabbit herd tracked her home down and started beating the crap out of the sleeping Kristen inside of it, well, lets just say she didn't react well.
SMACK!
-2 HEALTH
SMACK!
-2 HEALTH
SMACK
-2 HEALTH
Kristen was awoken with a jolt by three angry roundhouse kicks to the face, forcing her to scramble to stand and see her attackers - wait what?
A bunch of cute, angry rabbits?
Shaking her head to clear her head of useless thoughts she used her appraisal skill and saw that there were 13 rabbits around her home and all of them were level 2.
'Ugh what the fuck?
It is way too early for this'
Knowing that these enemies were too strong in a group, she immediately tried to escape the tree hollow but the plan was quickly shut down by the herd at the doorstep of her house.
Wwhat..what the hell is wrong with you animals! Ganging up on a dignified and graceful lady such as myself is..is evil! ITS EVIL!'
Quickly changing plans she charged toward the nearest rabbit, shredding its back into pieces with her claws and instantly crippling it.
Of course, it was not as if she awakened some crazy power as she slept, hehe, no, she just targeted the weakest, most pitiful one out of all the them.
This action surprisingly intimidated the rest causing them to take a step back in fear.
Seeing this opportunity with glee in her eyes she pushed off the ground and propelled through the air like a missile straight out the entrance of the tree hollow, dumbfounding the rabbits who saw the action.
Fwoooshh!...Fwoooshh!...Fwoooshh!
20 meters away from the tree hollow Kristen was panting as that move took a lot out of her.
'No...those evil rabbits will catch me if I stop now. Gotta. Push. THROUGH!'
Gritting her beak while letting out a determined "CAW" she flapped her wings and broke through the canopy of the woods, taking the moment to admire the sheer size of the forest.
...
..
.
The sky was clear with not a cloud in sight, the sun shining proudly and waking up the world with its presence. If she squinted hard enough, Kristen would be able to see the edge of the forest, however, she had other things on her mind as she bolted through the air.
She took time to rest on branches, then continued on running away in a different direction from she just was. She was taking no chances and flew for a few hours until the moon started to rise onto the starry night sky.
Refusing to stop even for food she glided through sky with a peace filling her mind as she just admired the world around her.
WOOOOOSHHHHH
An enticing smell was caught by her nose and because she hadn't had anything to eat today she flew towards it without a second thought. It was pretty far away from where she was staying before so she figured it would be safe from those degenerate rabbits.
It took her 20 minutes to locate the cave that the smell was coming from and as she cautiously walked through the entrance and into the deeper section that the scent became even stronger.
As she finally saw what the scent had been coming from, drool dripped from her mouth like a fountain and a shocked expression took over her face. She quickly used appraisal to find out what it was.
[Star-sealing flower]
[Status:In Bloom]
Concentration of star energies:Low
Description:Long ago before humans and beasts joined the Immortal Realm a cosmic being looked at the vast emptiness from the stars and shed a tear out because of it, this tear dropped down from the heavens and landed on this world. When it fell onto the land it scattered into tiny pieces all over the planet, these fragments then sprouted and grew into rare plants that are coveted by alchemists all around the globe because of its numerous benefits such as gaining lots of exp and strong healing properties that could bring someone from the brink of death.
The shocked expression slowly turned into one of greed as she observed a small, translucent flower in the middle of the cave.
Surrounded by flat, mystical grass the flower seemed almost divine with a feeling of purity around it.
Slowly approaching the plant while checking for danger around her, Kristen stopped directly in front of the flower, eyes filled with awe and fascination. After staring at it in a daze for a few minutes she leaned down, unfurled her wings and.... shoved the entire thing into her mouth and swallowed it down her throat like the greedy person she always had been.
GULP!
The second she did this she felt an unimaginable pain spread throughout her body and immediately regretted acting on her instincts as a big back.
'Ohmygod oh no oh NOOOOOO AHAHHHAHHHH'
Thrashing wildly on the floor due to the immense pain she could barely process thoughts was trying to cry for help but only succeeded in letting out a few gargled cries.
'gurrgrgrrgrgrgrrgrgrgrls'
After an entire day the torture the pain subsided and gave Kristen a chance to catch a breather and figure out what the hell just happened, that was the plan but then the second wave of pain hit her like a brick to the face.
This continued onto the third wave and finished there. After three days of continuous agony it took her a while to have the strength in herself to sit upright and look at the changes in her body
'I swear to to god if I didn't get something OP from all that I'm going to hurt someone'
She thought as opened her status window and saw what had changed.
[Level 7]
Exp:35/175
Name:Kristen
Race:Carrion Raven
Beast cores: 0
Evolution:Criteria not met
Lineage:None
Martial Arts:None
Divine Abilities:None
Star Energy: 75
[Stats]
HEALTH:40/40
STRENGTH: 40
STAMINA:50/50
TOUGHNESS:27
[Titles]
Kin killer - Extra 10% damage when attacking family
Star Eater - Gain the option to choose the star evolution path
[Skills]
Stab:lvl 3
Scratch:lvl 3
Flight:lvl 1
Pain tolerance:5 - Requires 1 skill point to turn into Pain adaptation
Appraisal:lvl 1
[Skill Points:1]
[Stat Points:0]
'Woah...no freaking way. I GOT TO LEVEL 7 JUST LIKE THAT? Yesss lets goooooooo. AND I GOT A NEW COOL EVOLUTION PATH?!? Hmmmmmmm I guess it was kinda worth it but I'm definitely not doing all of that again.'
If someone heard what she was thinking right now they would want to strangle her in rage because not only did she stumble upon a rare treasure but she also gained 5 levels in one go.
Something that would take humans and beasts alike at least 5 months, and she was saying that she wouldn't do it again because it "hurt too much".
Feeling so full that she might burst, Kristen laid down in the middle of the grass and drifted off to sleep, unknowingly absorbing the remnant star energies around her.
Due to her greed Kristen actually skipped the last part of the description of the flower.
[Star-sealing Flower] Function:
If consumed directly by a beast the chance of death is 60% chance and if one does survive then they would have a 25% chance to get the star evolution path.
If consumed directly by a human the chance of death is 95% chance and if one does survive they would have a 10% chance to form a nascent soul and skip all stages of cultivation below nascent soul stage.