【The Rise of the Ugly Monster】 Confirming the Details of the Changes due to Evolution
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"...N'eh!?"
Now, it was several hours later when he "woke up".
The sunlight that had been pouring straight down to the ground through the gaps in the trees was already thin, and the surroundings were dimly lit in orange.
(Did the poison... wear off...? Huh, my body feels light...?)
He stood up and checked his body's condition, flapping his wings, which still had exposed skin.
Before waking up, he had been starving to death and even moving slightly had been painful... but now he feels extremely well.
(Wait, huh, huh? My body... has gotten bigger!?)
And furthermore, it seems his body has grown a size larger.
Growth just by sleeping for a few hours!?
Noticing an unknown phenomenon impossible in his previous life, he almost panicked again, but...
(Well... it's another world, after all...)
Thinking so, he put the details aside.
There are things that can't be helped even if he worries about them.
He is already no longer Japanese.
He's a bird.
Probably, a monster.
(Ah, that's right! If I've been reincarnated into another world, then maybe...)
At this point.
He thought of trying out a template action of an Isekai Reincarnation story for the first time in his life.
(【Status】 Open!)
And his mental shout produced a fantasy-like phenomenon exactly as he had imagined.
Suddenly, a semi-transparent, thin blue board appeared before his eyes!
There, personal data, presumably his, was listed as follows.
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Species: Ugly Poison Bird
Name: None
Age: 5 days old
Vitality: 7
Magic Power: 62
Level: 2
Skills: 【Poison Resistance 5】, 【Poison Generation 1】
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("Ugly Poison Bird"!? U-Ugly, how could they...!)
Looking at that description, he first felt dizzy at the terrible species name.
Well, unlike his brothers and sisters, he still hasn't grown feathers, but...
Wait, are all his brothers and sisters Ugly Poison Birds?
Probably not.
(This is... surely, that. Thinking in terms of templates... it must be the result of an 【Evolution】-like phenomenon that occurred after I collapsed from eating that mock strawberry.)
As a result, he probably "became" an Ugly Poison Bird.
Surely, if he had opened the 【Status】 when he was in the nest, a different species name would have been displayed at that time.
(And why is my name 'None'!? I am Haruma Jou!)
Next, he lamented the fact that he was nameless.
He could understand it.
He is no longer the human Haruma Jou.
That fact was also backed up by the 【Status】 notation, and he tasted a sense of loss once again.
As for age, there is nothing in particular to say.
As for Vitality and Magic Power... honestly, he doesn't know if this is high or low, so he can't judge.
The fact that his level is already 2 is probably the result of the 【Evolution】.
And.
(My skills are 【Poison Resistance 5】 and 【Poison Generation 1】, huh...)
The skill column displayed at the end.
This is surely the lifeline information for him to survive in this giant forest from now on.
(【Poison Resistance 5】 is... probably attached because I collapsed from paralysis. Is '5' the level?)
After seeing this skill name... he slightly pecked at the mock strawberries still rolling around nearby with his beak.
Because for some reason, within him... an intuition that "it's okay" had been born.
And indeed, even after swallowing a small amount and waiting for a while, there was no abnormality in his body.
It seems the mock strawberries are no longer anything more than just delicious strawberries to him.
(And, 【Poison Generation 1】... does it mean I can generate it because I gained resistance? I feel like the logic doesn't quite hold up, but...)
As for the other skill, even though he had some unresolved feelings, he decided to accept it with the single phrase, 'Because it's another world.'
After all, surely, 【Poison Resistance】 is defense, and 【Poison Generation】 is a precious means of offense.
Putting aside the details, he has to master this skill...
Thinking so, he looks around.
In the forest sinking into twilight, everything is overwhelmingly giant.
Even the undergrowth is many times taller than him, and each fallen leaf is large enough for five of him to ride on.
If he strains his ears, unidentifiable cries echo from far away...
He has to survive in this forest.
(I don't... want to die...)
Stunned by his extreme helplessness, he let out a weak complaint from the bottom of his heart.
There was no way he could brace himself.
Even though his body had grown a little larger, he was still just a baby bird.
He was just frightened and trembling.
...Without paying the slightest attention to his surroundings.
Therefore.
BAM!!
"N'EEEEEH!?"
He... came to know the fact that he had been subjected to a surprise attack at the same time he felt the pain.
Describing it objectively, he was struck from behind by a swinging long tail and sent flying.
Subjectively, it can be described as a sudden sharp pain running through his back, and the surrounding scenery spinning round and round.
Having absolutely no idea what had happened, his thoughts, messed up by confusion, pain, and fear, naturally awakened his instincts.
Namely, the activation of 【Poison Generation】.
On the skin of the featherless baby bird staggering to its feet, bluish-purple droplets float up like sweat.
"Gyoaaa...!?"
It was emitting an obvious stench, and the attacker, flinching at the smell, hesitated to follow up.
Therefore, before being toyed with and killed without knowing why, he was able to know the true identity of his attacker.
Turning around in a panic in the direction of the voice while enduring the pain, what was there was a large...
Although large to him, it was completely small among the creatures living in this forest.
It was a lizard.
That lizard, which had a glossy and relatively smart body, however, had a large lump at the tip of its tail.
Looking at that lump, he remembered the Ankylosaurus that was in the dinosaur encyclopedia he read when he was little in his previous life, but putting that aside.
Although that lizard flinched at his poison, it hadn't given up on preying on him yet.
"GYOAAAAAH!!"
Making both its eyes shine like flashlights, it roared menacingly!
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