A quick question and answer round to things of the last chapter.

Q: Why was it such a strange way of the ogretail to acquire the Appraisal skill?

A: First of all, I found it funny, though the original was pretty funny as well there. Second, they couldn't have come around with the isekai transition and videogame knowledge which is normal to us as we at least have heard them.

Q: What was the reason for the unbearable taste of fellow Ogretails?

A: Aragami in God Eater usually do not attack others of their own kind due to their bias factor. As such I simply used it as an opportunity to make life a bit harder for our aragami friend by not only finding himself unable to taste anything, but also to have this sort of rejection from his body when it comes to cannibalism.

Q: Why did I not add the HP, MP and SP values of our protagonist into the last chapter?

A: I was really lazy, okay? I know that.

But aside from that, I'm not quite sure what kind of values it would have to begin with. Sure the stats of Kumoko's initial form as a Lesser Small Taratect were barely in the two digit area, but she was a newborn back there in a world where an actual ecosystem consisting a large variety of creatures exist. Aragami are not like the normal food chain given their physical traits, which outmatch any other normal living being. They do have one with the Ogretail sitting at the very bottom. As such not only would some monsters of that universe be unable to harm an aragami without some really powerful magic. So their values would probably not astronomically high, but they'd be quite resistant to normal damage.

Chapter 3 - To Become Be Something Greater

The sun rose at the horizon as its red and orange rays of light painted the eastern sides of the ruins into a warm brighter color. As for myself I was inside some ruin and laying down to rest. After having eaten that Cocoon Maiden, I had wandered the empty streets in the dead of the night, before I managed to slip inside. Luckily that was before whatever creatures, that patrol the streets at night found me.

How did I know about those things if I wasn't outside to see them and slept soundly, you ask?

Hahaha... Sleeping soundly, yeah that's what I did.. AS IF!?

Throughout the whole night there had been so much noises coming from outside, that I couldn't even close my eyes when I finally found myself a comfortable pillar to lean against! Imagine to rest after probably the most stressful day in your life and get woken up every 5 seconds by another deafening roar. My body might not actually be exhausted, but with me being already mentally at my limits after my first day as a mons- Ogretail, I really would have liked some sleep!
Damn I really need to stop refering to aragami as monsters.

Most of them had been far away in the distance and I'm pretty sure that I've not encountered anything that made such noises in the first place yet (and hopefully never will) but they had been so loud as if whatever had made those sounds had done right into my nonexistent ears, shaking me to the very core of my being. That and they were mostly accompanied by the dying cries of other Ogretails further in the distance.

After that sleepless night, I'm very confident, that being outside at night was perhaps not the best idea...
Who am I kidding? THAT EXPERIENCE ON ITS OWN WAS A MASSIVE DEATH FLAG FOR ME RIGHT THERE!

I already saw how powerless my kind was in comparison to all the other aragami around me as almost every other encounter with another kind became a life and death situation witin seconds. I really didn't want to think about it, but bow there isn't even the slightest hope that all these events had been just something like a bad dream! With other words, the situation for lil'old me is just hopeless.

No! I must not despair! I will definitely survive! I will so definitely survive that I'll watch everything else go extinct before I die if necessary. Yeah, positive thoughts! Bring it new day! I might not even had slept for a single godforsaken moment as I had to be on guard for the case something came inside this ruin, but I'd tackle every opportunity that would come today head on! So come and bring it world! Throw your worst at me!

"RRRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!" The loud and (hopefully) distant roar shook the ruin and I quickly felt my confidence erode into nothingness.

I already got a bad feeling about today and the sun is barely out. I really wished I could just get back in bed and sleep...
IF I HAD ONE!

A couple of hours later

The sun stood now higher in the sky and the colors of red and orange had made way for the light blue as I had left the ruin I had spent the night in and went to find something to eat.

Still being depraved of any sleep or rest, I could feel the pit in my stomach growing bigger once again. I hate this constant feeling of hunger nagging me, even if it was the motivation for me to get up. I wished I could just... turn it off and go outside when I thought it to be right. Instead it was my stomach that decided my course of actions, which my head should be doing.

I had tried to supress it, but I ultimately failed. Shame washed over my mind even though I was not quite sure why. After all, I had given it my all, even starting to bit out chunks of concrete from the pillar, that I had leaned against when I tried to sleep. Though before I knew it there wasn't much left of that pillar as I apparently completely devoured it.

Honestly, I must have forgotten about it. I just ate the concrete as a night time snack to somehow fill the void in my stomach, but apparently my hunger is truly like a bottomless pit. That and the fact, that no matter what I did put in my mouth everything just tasted the same. If I wasn't paying attention I could probably even forget about the feelings of texture, temperature and hardness as well. My hunger just shut all those sensations down.

I didn't want to, but with that hunger driving my forward, I couldn't stay for long. Otherwise I may as well end up eating more of the supporting pillars of the ruin and burry myself under tons of rubble again. And I couldn't help, but ask myself what would happen when I would leave for the outside world and what I should do then? After some time brooding over what to do once outside a familiar voice appeared in my head.

{Proficiency has reached the required level. Aquired Skill [Clairvoyance LV 1]}

...

...

Are you serious right now?

I just gained a skill by simply thinking about the possible future rather than physically doing something? That was a weird experience. Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that. In the night, I also checked my status and also saw that I did have a skill called [Nightvision], which probably explains why I can see in the dead of night in the first place, though with all that noise last night, I doubt there was something without it out there. Also I noted that [Nightvision] had no LV behind its name.

Apparently there are also abilities that simply didn't have multiple levels. Whether that's good or bad, is something I can't say for sure yet.

After yesterday I at least was not that helpless anymore.

And so began a new day for me as I once more roamed the abandoned streets of the city around me. Yes, today would be a good day. I could feel it.

*BOOOM*

A loud explosion broke my morning's tranquility once more when right before me a large ruin collapses and something simply smashed right through it. Immediately I look around and found a corner to hide behind. Before I knew it I was already behind it. Haha... Looks like my instinct to run away from danger was actually working faster than my actual thinking. Carefully I listened as a foreign roar echoed through the street and the sounds of a fight reach my ears. Then I actually peeked out of my corner and took a look as I was greeted by familiar sight.

The scorpion knight! No, it might be another one of that kind, but it was one for sure nonetheless! It appeared to be hunting something as it closed its arms, combining the shields on its arms to the scary skull like visage as some sort of liquid projectile hit it.

As a loud roar rang through the air, I snapped my head towards the source at the scorpion's feet. It appeared to be something between a fish and...I don't exactly know what else. A frog maybe? It had a giant mouth filled with large razor-sharp teeth, while a relatively small pair of red eyes was just barely above the mouthline. If it wasn't for it staying still, I may as well would have assumed that it didn't have any eyes at all. It also seemed to have a very Long nose, while was tumbe shaped. The arms, the only visible limbs I could make out, seemed to be covered in a mixture of scales and fur.

Yeah, definitely not a frog.

Before I could keep asking questions to myself, the battle continued. The smaller aragami crawled with ist two front limbs quickly around, trying to round the scorpion Knight and avoiding the large stinger. The larger aragami lost ist patience and charged with ist mouth wide open to devour the smaller one, however its prey was fast, dodging the giant. As it missed its target and crashed into another building, the knight like aragami had its back turned on the smaller. Then the fish like aragami did something new.

Out of its tube like nose a projectile made of some liquid I presume shot with great speed against its opponent's back, making it shriek in pain and hiss in fury as it turned around. I almost didn't even see the attack. If it had not been for the smaller aragami to stop and align its nose with its target and the distance between the two of them, all I'd have seen would be a suddenly wounded larger aragami. From my position I however managed to see the whole thing. Whatever was shot out of the aragami's nose had moved so incredibly fast.

Then it shot again, but this time the alrger aragami brought the two halves of the skill like forearms together forming a large skull like shield with red glowing eyes. The projectile hit the shield, but other than splashing against it and shaking it a little, the effect had been null. Again the smaller aragami shot, but again the shield held strong as the scorpion slowly advanced towards its prey. The fact that it was moving at such a slow pace and held its tail ready to attack during this advance made the sight only more menacingly to behold. It simply took those shots head on now as if they were nothing.

Uwaah~ I really can't help, but think that this looks really cool.

No, wait! Now is not the time to admire and check out those two predators that could easily tear me apart. Instead I should check them out in another way since they haven't noticed my presence yet. Here goes my [Appraisal]!

{"Nameless" Borg Camlann LV 11}

{A large sized kind of aragami with good qualities in defense and close range combat. It primary weapon is the stinger at the tip of the tail.}

That's it? Huh... that was strange. The time it fought the giant feline, it shot those helmet-like spikes around its head like missiles, but the appraisal doesn't mention them at all. But being good in offense and defence was an understatement. The Borg Camlann simply took those shots as if its nothing.

Oh well, let's see what the other got.

{"Nameless" Gboro-Gboro LV 5}

{An middle sized amphibious aragami. It shoots projectiles from its long horn with great speed.}

Yeah, I kinda saw that already. Is there really nothing else to this thing? I kinda doubt it has those giant tusks just for show, you know? Its ranged attack clearly was faster than that Cocoon Maiden's attack last night. Still, having comfirmation that it is specialized in attacking from further away is just more reassuring that I better never cross the path of one of those things. My ranged attacks were already really limited with those spikes on my tail with [Expel].

Given the difference in power and range of our attacks, if it would be really come to a showdown at high noon or something between that land fish thing and me...

BANG!

I'd definitely be shot first! It's entire body is basically a gun with legs and teeth!

URGH! Why must everything else be specialized in some form of combat and so much stronger than myself, while I'm stuck as something that apparently only had a chance of surviving by living in groups and ganging up on other aragami that were also really weak?

BOOOM!

ROAR!

Oh right, the battle isn't over yet. I didn't really follow with me being caught up in my jealous thoughts. Or rather now it was over.

The Gboro-Gboro died impaled on the Borg Camlann's stinger as it gave a last screeching cry, before slumbing down on the ground lifelessly. As the scorpion-like aragami pulled out its tail from the fish like creature, I couldn't help but wince a little at the splattering sound of blood being spilled and the snapping muscles being torn apart. I'll not stay here any longer however. Goodbye, giant scorpion Knight and enjoy your meal. While you dig into that thing, I'll make sure to put as much distance between us so I'm not the next one on your menu for dessert. Later~

And so I once more ran away as fast as I could to get as far as possible away from that apex predator. After a while of crossing a couple of roads and slipping through the gaps of weathered ruins, I came to a stop and calmed down as I saw nothing that had followed me. I could still see the tall building I had slept in last night in the distance, but it was quite far away now. Well, it wasn't like I wanted to go back there anyway. I am again in foreign territory, but then again everything was still foreign for me starting with this body and stopping with this world.

And as I kept walking further through this ruined world, these thoughts never left my mind. Seriously, what the hell happened? Something inside me told me that the very existence of these aragami, which I now was part off somehow went against how things used to be. And that means a lot from someone like me who doesn't even know whether they were a guy or girl back then. It wasn't really a memory of mine that told me that, but rather a gut feeling. I had a feeling that the aragami simply had not been a thing when I was alive during my previous life.

So what had changed? What had brought forth these almost nightmarish beings? What happened to mankind? And why was I here?

The more I thought about those questions, the more I became irritated as I couldn't figure out the answer to them. I was barely alive for a single day and I had already dodged death more often that I'm comfortable with.

Then I suddenly felt something like an electric shock running through my head. All alerts in my head started ringing and instinctively I stopped dead in my tracks. Before my mind's eye I suddenly saw images of myself and... I was ...impaled? What the he-?! As if on cue, the ground started to shake. Quickly I shook out of my daze as I instinctively jumped back.

And not even a second later the ground I used to stand on exploded upwards, sending rocks and dirt flying as something emerged from the underground. What crawled out was something actually looking somewhat similiar to me.

It was about my size and stood on two legs, however that was already where the similiarities between myself and that creature stopped. Its head was relatively small in comparison to its round body. The entire body was covered in a deep green insect-like carapace, save for a single white claw as a toe and foot and the head were a small grey colored face was located with round red eyes and a small mouth. The most prominent trait this creature had however was the blade like horn on top of its head, which was easily twice the size of the head itself.

The unknown insect like being growled and hissed at me with its unmoving bug-like eyes fixed on me. Let's check what this thing is.

{"Nameless" Dreadpike LV 1}

{A small aragami with a beetle-like carapace, that attacks with its large horn. It can also use it bury itself underground and launch an ambush on unsuspecting prey.}

Whoa! So my new [Clairvoyance] just managed to save my skin in less than 12 hours after requiring it? Now that's something I call a useful skill!

Back to the now aragami named Dreadpike before me. It growled and hissed, but made no attempt to run away. Did it want to fight? What a rotten luck I had today in the morning. However with the two of us being in a rather confined place of an alley between the ruins running was out of question. If I turned around this thing would just attack my backside. So the only way was forward.

I roared loudly right into the Dreadpike's face, but other than taking a small step backwards it only growled back. Dammit! And here I thought I could just intimidate this thing. Mentally I sighed. It Looks like I had no choice but to fight.

Once more I used [Appraisal], but this time I looked for something else.

{"Nameless" Dreadpike LV 1}

{HP 65/65}

{MP 13/15}

{SP -/-}

Those were the stats of this aragami. Apparently other beings had that too as I myself had discovered this Feature by looking at my own status last night. One thing I did notice however was that for some reason the SP or Stamina Points had no value for some reason. Whether this was a Thing amongst all aragami or not was something I had to investigate later. Unfortunately most higher level aragami I tried tp peep on didn't allow me to look at their stats. Instead, I'd always receive the same message from the voice in my head.

{Status Appraisal Failed}

That actually was something I just couldn't find positively in any way. When I was looking at my own status last night I of course also checked on what HP and MP were. Basically HP or Health Points displayed the physical condition of a being. When wounded they would lose HP and when they hit 0, a living being died. The same was not the case for MP. Magic Points were used to perform skills and something called Magic. That word did Sound familiar, but I had no idea what that meant. I can only blame my lack of memories for that.

There were other stats next to these three as well such as Offensive, Defensive, Magic, Resistance and Speed, which had rather obvious meanings safe for Defensive and Resistance. I mean, why was there two stats when both was apparently meant to be the defensive? I didn't exactly look into that I admit, but back to the point.

From what I could tell, this Dreadpike had not only more HP, but also higher Defensive and Resistance stats than I had, however in terms of Speed and Offensive I was superior. Sure, in this place my speed was not able to be used to its fullest potential, but perhaps I could just bite my way through. The creature before me was also inhibited in its movement. It may had no Long tail like I did, but it only had the large blade like horn on its head, which was probably used to ram its opponents.

Its mouthline might be sharp, but it was relatively small, so it shouldn't be able to bite unless it somehow managed to get close to be from above and even then could only bite down on that much. The horn was long, sharp and curved upwards. Attacking from above was therefore out of question. If I tried to jump that thing I'd just get myself impaled on that horn. That left only the flanks and the back of the creature, which I couldn't really reach from my position. In that regard that aragami had all the field advantage. Basically it was a wall with one large spike which it would use to impale its prey. A simple, but effective startegy.

However there was one thing that aragami has not taken into account here.

Eat this, [Expel]! I sent the spikes on my tail flying and for only a few MP, the large white spikes soared through the air and hit the Dreadpike head on. The green armored aragami roared in irritation and pain as if flinched backwards. My spikes simply fell to the ground after this attack, unable to pierce through the carapace and lodge themselves into its flesh, but they left a mark on the aragami.

{HP 61/65}

The damage was less than I had hoped for, but it would do. Unfortunately I could not use that strategy indefinitely as it also consumed my MP.

{MP: 17/20}

Yup, that confirmed it. If every shot of [Expel] would cost me 3 MP I'd only have 5 or 6 more depending how fast it would Regenerate. At that this thing would lose about 20 more HP, but still have 40 to go with, while I couldn't shoot anymore. And then it would be me against them without a way to fight back. I needed to solve that problem otherwise I'd get killed.

I fire another salvo of Spikes at the dreadpike with [Expel], but this time the other aragami actually jumped back making my attack miss. Tch! That damn beetle! Stay still so I can kill you dammit!

That was when the Dreadpike released a screech like hiss and charged Forward. I was caught off guard. I had not expected it to suddenly Switch from defense into offense. Dammit, I have to dodge!

*THUMP*

My mind stopped right in its tracks. It was as if time had stopped for a Moment as I saw something before me I had not expected. The Dreadpike had only crossed a very small distance, which I could cross with just two steps, before it had collapsed on the ground.

...

Really now? That whole charge only to fall on your face after less than one step. Honestly, I felt a little bit of pity for this insectoid aragami... BUT NOT EVEN CLOSE ENOUGH TO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITS MISFORTUNE! EAT THIS, [EXPEL]!

Two volleys of spikes was sent flying at the grounded aragami as it screeched in pain while the spikes it its back, head and legs, actually doing more damage to the aragami, probably since one of the spikes lodged itself into the not armored cheek of the creature.

{HP 45/65}

It was still on two thirds of its health though. I still needed to attack it more to kill it. The bug-like aragami stood up once more as it now stepped forward and swung its bladed head towards me as if in attempt to skewer me. Taking a step backwards and firing another [Expel] salvo at the Dreadpike were more than enough to counteract. It tried to advance again and was met with the same pattern, but this time one of my spikes lodged itself into the aragami's eyes, destroying it and making the creature rear back and screech in pain.

{HP 29/65}

Wow... that did more damage than I thought it would. Now the Dreadpike was trashing around in pain, blind on its right side. I had an idea at this. As it was busy withering in pain and turned away from me, I lunged forward with my open jaws and bit down the right leg of the Dreadpike. My teeth failed to actually break through the carapace, but I got a good grip on the aragami as it screeched in pain and panic, unable to turn its body on just one leg. Pulling its leg eventually made the Dreadpike fall to the ground. I released the leg and bit down on its back where the horn couldn't reach me. Meanwhile I kept observing the decreasing HP of my enemy. Looks like that my attacks still dealt damage

{HP 24/65}

Yes, almost there...But why was I still sensing danger?

Suddenly pain exploded in my chest as something sliced through my right side from underneath. Forced to release my prey, I looked down and saw a second Dreadpike emerging from the ground as its large horn was in my underside.

Oh... So that's why I still felt danger... There was another one...

I jumped back as fast as I could as my feet were still on the ground and immediately regretted my decisions as the pain basically blossomed in my body from just moving and stretching the skin and muscles around my wound. My body felt numb and my head a little dizzy from the pain while I saw how the other Dreadpike stood by its comerade's side screeching at me. The injured Dreadpike managed to get back on its feet and joined the other to hiss at me.

GAAAHHHH!? IT HURT! IT HURT SO GODDAMN MUCH! WHAT THE HELL!

Calm down! Calm down... I got to pull myself together. Dammit, that attack got me good... Rage filled my mind. Rage towards both my attacker for attacking in the first place and myself for not being able to dodge or defend myself against this ambush.

Now I was mad. Taking a look at my own HP I saw that I had taken quite some damage there.

{HP 37/50}

That was bad, but I was too angry to care about that a third of my HP got cut off with that surprise attack. The pain in my underside was incredibly strong. It felt as if my entire body was on fire as I was unable to drown the sensation out. I wanted to just lay down, trash on the ground and wait until it stopped hurting so much, but in this situation that would hardly be possible with those two Dreadpikes advancing towards me. Let's see what we got here.

{"Nameless" Dreadpike LV 1}

{HP 65/65}

{MP 11/15}

{SP -/-}

It had the same stats as the other, but unlike it this one seemed to have used up more MP recently. Perhaps that would explain why it was able to surprise attack him by leaping out of the underground. Still with its HP being full was going to be a problem if not handled right.

This whole situation irritates me to no end! I was just minding my business and they started a fight. There was no way to run and hide and no way that they'd actually let me leave even if I tried to. There was just the way forward and for that those two would need to go. Well congratulations you two beetle-like idiots, now I'm pissed!

The two Dreadpikes began advancing towards me, letting out screeching hisses and growls from their tiny mouths, but honestly I can't care less. In response I roared back once . The Dreadpikes then walked towards me as the uninjured one stepped forward, while the wounded one was in the back and did nothing, but observe. That was fine by me when the healthier one charged at me. With a quick step backwards, I got out of range and the Dreadpike fell flat on its stomach like the other before. However now with it on the ground, I had a free line to fire.

With a short roar I unleashed my last shot of [Expel] and hit only the already weakened Dreadpike, though it wasn't enough to kill it. It screeched in pain and laid onto the ground, clearly needing a moment to get back up again. Unfortunately for it, I was not taking chances here. Charging forward I ran over to the uninjured Dreadpike, which tried to get up in time only for me to slam my foot down as hard as I could as I used it as a spring and flew straight at the injured Dreadpike in the back.

It had not even the time to scream in panic when I closed my jaws around it's throat and held it down with one foot like a bird of prey would do after having swooped down to its prey. It trashed around, but I held it firmly between my teeth, before ripping its throat out with my teeth. Blood flew out of the dying aragami's body and splashed into my face, but I couldn't care less. After all I couldn't taste at all, which made it feel like water to me only a bit more sticky.

A short roar behind me reminded me of the other Dreadpike as it turned around in the alley and began walking towards me. Unfortunately, I with my long tail couldn't do so, but that was fine as I simply ran out of the alley, leaving the dead Dreadpike there while the other one followed me out into the open. That was a bad idea for it as now I was no longer restrained in my movement and could now turn around as well.

Now both of us were basically fighting on more even ground with me being able to utilize my superior agility to overcome the Dreadpike's superior defenses.

Unfortunately, so low now that even with the recovery over time I only had one last shot to use [Expel] onto this aragami. I had yet to test the costs for my other skills, but I'll definitely bring this Dreadpike down even without ranged combat if necessary!

{"Nameless" Dreadpike LV 1}

{HP: 64/65}

{MP: 12/15}

Huh... I have to admit I expected more damage to be done to this aragami after stepping onto it. Apparently it had a good defense. However, I was sure that now I knew about its weaknesses and how to exploit them to the fullest.

The insect-like aragami walked towards me, before breaking into a charge at close distance. Not a bad strategy, but only as long as your opponent can't move faster than you. With a sidestep I let the aragami pass me by harmlessly as I quickly bit down onto its leg. The Dreadpike screeched in pain, but was cut short as I now began to pour my strength into my legs and swung my head sideways, throwing the Dreadpike to the ground. Unlike before however I started to drag the beetle-like creature across the ground as my teeth dug themselves deeper into the carapace the more pressure I applied unto it. Like a shark I refused to let go and swung my head sideways as the Dreadpike couldn't even do anything to free itself as it failed to put the other foot onto the ground as it was trapped between the ground and its own fallen body.

*CRACK*

My nonexistent hear heard how something snapped and I felt a warm and wet sensation in my mouth. The Dreadpike screamed in pain now as my teeth had managed to pierce through the upper layer of the carapace and draw blood.

Then I got hit by the same foot I was holding unto with a viscious kick to my flank, hitting me right in the slash wound this bastard of an insect dealt me earlier.

Roaring in pain I was forced to let go. Damn that stung a lot. That was a low blow dammit!

My opponent got up, but barely could put any weight onto its leg. Yet it stood there, its hateful crimson eyes fixed on me as I returned the favor. I was not recommending this being for fighting the pain. It had brought this all to itself for attacking me. It took a few steps backwards, before charging towards me and jumping into the air. It didn't got far, but when it hit the ground it suddenly burrowed itself into the ground.

Tch! So that's how they get underground then. Just my luck. However, I doubt that this thing would run away. No, it was most likely aim to attack from below again because it had worked before as well. Once more a Feeling like a shock shot through my brain as I could clearly see in my mind's eye how the Dreadpike was going to emerge. This time I immediately jumped backwards and only three seconds later it came out.

Those seconds was all I needed. While the dreadpike emerged from the ground with only one actually functional leg to lift it above ground again, I charged forward and closed my jaws around the unprotected head of the Dreadpike. My teeth didn't grab the thrat, but the face of the creature as my teeth pierced right through the eyes of the Dreadpike, making it screech loudly and trash violently as it tried desperately to get out of my grip, but it was useless. The unarmored part of its body provided way less resistance against me and so I could get a stable footing onto the ground.

Let's see if you can fly you sucker, [Throw]!

Using my head, neck and legs, it twisted my body around and let go of the now blind Dreadpike as I threw it a few meters away from me, while it landed onto the ground screeching in pain. Yeah how do you like that? I thought to myself as I walked over to it. It was still alive as it tried to roll onto itsfeet, but couldn't. Especially not with one of my feet on its flank, pinning it down.

{HP 4/65}

This was it. I bit down one last time its head and tore the head right off the body, killing the creature instantly without anymore pain. Dropping the bladed head, I finally allowed myself to take deep breaths. That fight sure did a number on me.

{HP 29/50}

{MP 0/20}

...when did I lose more HP? Wait, why does my tongue hurt so much? Grazing it against my teeth, I came to a realization. That damn Dreadpike bit off my tongue when I grabbed its head earlier! I must not have noticed in that total mess. That damn... Huh?

I was thrown out of my mental rant when my body suddenly began to glow in a soft yellow-orange and motts of light ascended from my Body. It looked like when one of those aragami corpses dissolved after death. Was I...disintegrating?

...

OH NO!

WHY WAS THAT HAPPENING?

I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPEAR!

WHY CAN'T I STOP THIS?

Well, looks like that's it... I'm gonna join the others now... Bye bye awful ruined town...

That were my last thoughts as the light died down.

...

...

Huh?

I blinked. I was still there.

I blinked again. Nothing had changed around me.

To my feet was still a dead Dreadpike. But something did change. My pain was gone. I felt no fatigue or anything at all from the battle.

What was that?

{Experience has reached the required level. Ogretail has increased from LV 1 to LV 2.}

...

Excuse me what now?

...

Hey wait! What does that mean?

... Only silence answered my question.

And I was alone again... and hungry.

I sighed at this. My wounds and pain were gone, but what did this increase in level mean.

I checked onto my status and almost jumped backwards.

{"Nameless" Ogretail LV 2}

{HP 52/52}

{MP 21/21}

Not just my HP and MP had increased but my other stats as well. Well it was only slightly higher now, but when I thought back on how tough that Dreadpike was just now, coming closer to that level seemed actually quite good.

Yeah, not only my skills can become better, but also my body as whole!

*GROWL*

And my stomach crashes the party by being hungry again.

REALLY NOW?

With a mental sigh I started to devour the killed Dreadpike while the other body was already dissolving. What a shame, but then again it tasted like nothing at all.

Later that day

I kept wandering the ruins of the city, but other than another unfortunate Cocoon Maiden I didn't pick up another fight today. Honestly, all that fighting was taking a toll on my mind already. It just felt so Alien and surreal and yet it was real. I guess I'll have to get used to this sort of thing.

As I wandered around, my mind travelled back to the humans I had seen yesterday. Those guys who wielded those... abominations as weapons. I still had no idea where they came from or if I even wanted to go and seek them out. After all, they just cut down those apes as if they were nothing. And I was no longer human myself. I was an aragami myself.

But I also don't want to stay here like that! I want to lay down and laze around! Why is live so unfair right now?

Well looks like it doesn't matter in the slightest what I think about this new life of mine. I'm now just a Monster that just devours everything around itself. Probably I couldn't even contain my hunger if I would go near them.

Now I had to live out here with all the other things and avoid to get eaten. However, even though I was determined to stay alive and not give up, I also had my doubts. Would it really be so bad if i would just die? No one would care and anything. it would be the end all over again. Given that i don't exactly remember what happened between my death and my rebirth here, I couldn't even call death a bad thing.

As I kept walking I arrived into a larger open area where I saw a much larger group of Ogretails roaming around. It was not just one of the small packs with only a few members, but these were at least a dozen of them. Maybe even 2 dozen ogretails. Some were lumbering around, looking for something edible, while others laid on the ground and being lazy.

Okay what the hell is going on? Did I just go crazy or what?

I walked closer to the others as they noticed my presence a few looked at me lazily as if they didn't care. Others gave a short roar, though I was unsure wheter it was meant as a greeting or a warning. It was then when I saw something further away among the other Ogretails. It was an Ogretail as well... but at the same time it wasn't.

First of all, it was slightly larger. Normally all Ogretails I saw so far were literally the same without any unique features to tell an individual of the big mass apart from the other. That includes myself as well as I also had no unique features or a different height compared to the other ones.

Next and more obviously was that it looked completely different from the others. Its armor was not white but a dark shade of yellow, almost golden I'd say. The body was a bit taller than the average Ogretail. It's head also had a more pointy head crest, almost like a spike. The appearance in general really reminded me of that large cat monster. And the large crest on the tail also looked very different as it was both bigger and much more complex in appearance. It actually looked a little like one of those cat monsters. The strange Ogretail noticed me, but did nothing before simply returning to looking for food.

Looks like it doesn't mind me being around in the distance. Alright then, let's see what we got here.

{"Nameless" Vajratail LV 4}

{Status Appraisal Failed}

{The result of an Ogretail devouring a large amount of Vajra cores. Like a Vajra, it can generate electricity to attack.}

My mind returned the large feline monster I had seen on my first day as an Ogretail when I remembered how it also had used lightning and electricity to fight.

...

I was standing therer as if rooted to the spot as thousands of thoughts rained down my mind at once.

Wait a minute! Hold up just for a moment and don't lose that thought!

Are you telling me this was an Ogretail like all the others around here and it simply became like this by eating those spheres inside the aragami? Wouldn't that mean that an Ogretail like myself could basically take up the traits of any other aragami species as long as they eat the necessary amount of cores?

My mind went overdrive at this thought as I recalled absolutely every kind of aragami I have come across so far.

Vajra, those ape things, Zygote, Quadriga, Cocoon Maiden, Borg Camlann, Gboro-Gboro, Dreadpike...

All these different kinds of beings had something I lacked or were at least in one thing better than I was. Stronger bodies, stronger attacks, better defenses, longer range and more powerful abilities. And this Ogretail, no Vajratail had somehow managed to take the abilities of those Vajras and make them its own.

I don't exactly know the name of the feeling that overcame my mind as I couldn't help, but imagine in what kind of ways I could possibly evolve myself if I just got my nonexistent hands on enough cores.

The possibilities... They were basically endless! Just imagine that!

That I told myself as all sorts of additions and changes on my body popped up in my mind including me perhaps having a pair of front limbs again. Oh or perhaps that Borg Camlann's armor. Or that Quadriga's rocket launchers... THAT WOULD BE SO COOL!?

I made up my mind! I'd definitely survive in this world and I refuse to die until I have not become an aragami strong enough to take on every other that I may encounter. They can all come if they want to. I'll take them all head on and devour them! That's my new goal for my life in this messed up world.

*BOOM*

My thoughts were interrupted by a loud sound behind me as my mental guts pose was replaced by a deadpan look.

Why do I have a bad feeling about this? O_O;

I turned around to see how one of those large apes had suddenly entered the area and had apparently attacked one of the Ogretails that strayed from the majority of the pack. The white reptilian aragami struggled to get up, but the golden ape-like being gave it no opportunity to as it simply tore the Ogretail apart with its large muscular arms before leaving with its fresh kill.

I felt a pit form in my stomach and not one out of hunger, but from overwhelming fear as my happy mood from a moment ago was ruined.

How am I supposed to take on other aragami if I already get almost killed by just 2 Dreadpikes and every other aragami can just tear me into pieces like that?!

If this is some sort of joke by some god, IT'S NOT FUNNY AT ALL!

Meanwhile in a far away place, a young-looking woman was sitting on a couch and watched TV. Next to her was an open bag with potato chips and to her feet was a large bottle of soda right in her reach.

The woman herself was actually quite pretty. A tall black-haired japanese girl in a highschool uniform looked rather bored into her TV where one could watch how a bunch of knights fought against large frogs and dinosaur-like reptiles. The truth behind this fantasty "show" was that it was no show or movie at all. What this woman watched where the events, that took place in another world right in that moment.

This woman was the goddess of the end, D. And she simply liked to watch the misery of others or perhaps to cause it as well. Not too long ago (from her perspective at least), the Demon King and the Hero of that world, the dual titles of those who lead the faction of humans and monsters in that world banded together and fired their strongest attacks at D to defeat her.

That however failed miserably as D deflected the attack. And while both the Hero and the Demon King died from this combined attack, the blow itself was still so potent that in another called Earth it caused a massive explosion in a japanese highschool. The resulting explosion killed everyone in the one classroom it went off and no one knew why this had happened.

And so D began to reincarnate those souls one by one into that world. Some appeared earlier and others later. The age difference between two of these reincarnators could be surprisingly high when taking into consideration that they technically all died at the same time. But D had no hurry in reincarnating every single one of them and simply enjoyed watching these new pieces on the board that was that world to struggle, suffer or claim victory.
All in all, she only did it to cure her boredom.

However, during this event another soul was brought before her and she carelessly reincarnated it, before discarding it.

This however had unexpected consequences. First of all, the soul never reached that world despite the fact that it had access to the RPG-like system she had created for the fun of it.

And that was where the second problem lay. The system was simply not meant to strech itself over several worlds at once. However D also was not allowed to directly interfere and thus she was now stuck with this one soul in another world even she didn't know anything about.

D simply zapped through the channels of her TV until she eventually found a certain Ogretail reincarnator. While doing so she couldn't help but smile. Not because she was entertained, but rather by the change of the background for once. After watching basically the History and Fantasy for quite some time, a bit of variation was perhaps not so bad-
She still needed to hide her mistake from her superiors though. They could really be such a pain for her sometimes.

Don Orbit: Well and that was the last chapter of "I'm an Ogretail, so what?".

Ogretail: WAIT WHAT?!

Don Orbit: (ignores the outburst) Thanks for reading this short story and... (get's kicked in the face)

Ogretail: What the hell do you mean this was the last chapter?! I just found a goal I wanted to achieve in my life!

Don Orbit: Yes and I'm too lazy to write it down. After all, I'd have to somehow explain how you, an Ogretail would have managed to survive long enough to scavenge enough cores in that world to even get to the point of evolving into a higher type of aragami. Which in itself would be really strange in that universe as Vajratails themselves are already very rare. (gives the Ogretail a cheeky grin) And to be honest, I did plan to make you something that surpasses those by far.

Ogretail: You son of donkey! You had that planned the whole time, didn't you?

Don Orbit: (mock bows) Guilty as charged I admit.

Kumoko: Did you even had an idea what you wanted to make out of them?

Don Orbit: Sure did. (Summons a projector as it projects pictures on a wall) I wanted to use the assimiliative evolution of the Ogretail to justify their change into one much stronger aragami after eating the amount of many different cores necessary. A potential that Ogretails obviously never reach due to their predation by others.

Ogretail: Oh that's so cool! (Eyes the Pictures hidden from you readers... sorry, before turning to the author) But seriously, how many cores would I have had to eat to at least become one then?

Don Orbit: According to my calculations… (pulls out a calculator and begins typing a lot on it, before stopping) ...Yes.

Ogretail: In numbers, you bastard!

Don Orbit: (smiles smugly) I don't know. How many slices of bread do you think you have eaten in your past human life?

Ogretail: (Growls)

Kumoko: DIO!

Ogretail: What now?

Kumoko: (blushes furiously) Forget it!

Don Orbit: Hahaha! Oh don't act as if it would agitate you of all people. See Ogre-boy...

Ogretail: (irritated) Don't call me that...

Don Orbit: (ignores Ogre-boy) Our eight-legged friend here also wants to become something greater for her own needs, an arachne.

Ogretail: A what now?

Kumoko: A mythical being with the upper half of a human woman and the lower half of a spider. Maybe I could go and walk among the humans in my world then.

Ogretail: (realising what that would mean) Wow. Sounds nice to have such a form. I wish I would have such an evolution.

Don Orbit: (grins like a cheshire cat) Ho? You wish?

Ogretail: Why are you Looking at my like that? (Seriously weirded out)

Don Orbit: (takes the supercrown, before crushing it in his hand)

Ogretail: What are you doing? (feels his sins crawl on their back)

Don Orbit: (forms a pistol with his gands)

Ogretail: I got a really bad feeling about this.

Don Orbit: (A bright pink light forms at the fingertips forming the barrel)

Kumoko: Run away, you dolt!

Don Orbit: (fires the light at the ogretail, before it is engulfed in a bright blue light and explodes)

Kumoko: What the- Why did you kill them!?

Don Orbit: They are not dead. Look closer.

Ogretail: (the smoke begins to settle down revealing a being with the upper half of a human and the lower of an ogretail. It seems to have no visible features that would indicate its gender as it had a slender torso, no breasts, a delicate face with grey eyes and long and spiky blonde hair. It also possessed now two slender arms. (Basically an androgynous young man or woman) The lower half starting at the hips was the same as an Ogretail's, including thighs, legs and tail.) Wha- wha- (Looks around themselves) UWAAAHHH!?

Kumoko: Uh are they now a boy or a girl? (spoken like a Pokémon professor)

Don Orbit: Neither. Aragami have no gender and therefore can't reproduce sexually, so it was only natural that a humanized version or a centaur like version of an aragami would have no explict gender specific traits unless the type of aragami resembles a gender strong enough to do so such as Zygote, Sariel, Zeus, Venus, Dyaus Pita and Balfa Mata.

Ogretail: WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME!?

Don Orbit: You just said that you wished for such a human like form.

Ogretail: Yes, but like in an actual story. Not within the omake at the very end.

Don Orbit: Sorry. Can't help you with that.

Ogretail: At least you could have given me something stronger. I look really wimpy.

Don Orbit: Well as something without a gender you have neither too muscular nor too slender arms. Your face appears feminine, but your shoulders are broader than a womans, plus you have no breasts. Also you got no reproduction organs for obvious reasons. So basically you look like a person, who never experienced too much of puberty. (Claps hands as the ogretail turns back to its normal form) But anyway, since your story is over, I have no more use for you. It is too bad that we will never see that Re:Monster like assimilative evolution of yours. Your kind has that potential after all. But anyway, it's just too bad. (snaps fingers loudly)

Kumoko: (Looks around as nothing changed) Was something supposed to happen?

Don Orbit: (smirks)

Ogretail: Ugh- (groans in pain as they fall to the ground)

Kumoko: Hey. Hang in there.

Ogretail: Onee-san... I don't feel so good... (dissolves into dust)

Elroe Gastruch: (sad clicking noises before dissolving as well)

Kumoko: ... (Simply staring at the empty spot)

Don Orbit: And that's the end for most oneshot characters anyway. Now then (snaps fingers again as Kumoko is swallowed by a portal, which disappears as quickly as it came) since D has her favorite toy back now, it's time to say goodbye. I hope you enjoyed reading this short story. Again I do apologize for being currently unable to actually making this a whole story, but let's just say if you have not played God Eater at all and only can use the online sources and the anime as material it's a bit hard to get by.

Maybe I'll return to this story one day. Maybe I won't. I can't say for sure. For now I'll put up the complete status on it for the case I don't return.

That's all folks.

Have a nice day you all ;)