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Chapter 3 - death

After that Rahen was really delighted and looked forward to his next reincarnation. Next four days his mood was quite good except for a few times when he had to eat the algae growing in the container for his survival. He also gained one more level in these four days.

On the fifth day rahen turned into a pupa preparing to finally complete his main quest and becoming a mosquito. For the next three days he slept inside with nothing to do and came out of the shell at the end of the third day. He slowly unfurled his wings and flew into the air without much problem, it felt completely natural to him. The system's voice confirmed his transformation even more.

[ Main quest completed

Obtained reward:

Exp+100

Credit+1000

Active Skill: Haste ]

The rewards were rather satisfying, just the experience allowed Rahen to level up twice and reach level 5. The skill was also quite nice, providing 10% speed boost for 10 seconds at the cost of 0.5 stamina per use. Though he could only use it a very few times with his current stats, Rahen felt that the skill had a lot of potential. A 10% increase in speed at higher levels would be huge.

Clearing his thoughts rahen looked around to analyse his surroundings which he felt familiar. He was in his room where he used to live as a human, right now the room was empty with all his items still present. It was like no one had entered the place for a few days. Looking down he saw the water container inside which he had been living for a week.

"I wonder what happened to my body?" He pondered as he flew around the room. While his soul had been transferred to this new body of a mosquito, his previous body should be dead and must have been taken by police after someone reported it.

Flying around he soon felt hungry. "Do I need to find someone to drink blood?" He thought, as far as he knew mosquitoes drank blood.

[ Male mosquitoes usually do not drink blood. They survive by consuming flower nectar.]

Reading his thoughts system quickly have him an answer.

With this new information rahen now had to find some flowers to feed on. Since there was not a single plant in his room he left through a small hole in the window to search somewhere else.

Coming out he felt the warmth of the sun he hasn't felt for some time. Since it was the time of dusk the sunlight was just enough to feel warm and not overheat him. After enjoying this feeling for a few minutes Rahen flew to another apartment one floor lower than his.

He flew toward the window to find beautiful blue coloured flowers planted on the shelf there. He didn't know the name of those flowers but they were really enchanting. He landed on one of them and used the pointed part of his mouth to suck nectar from it. A thick sweet liquid entered his mouth rejuvenating his taste buds after days of eating algae.

He flew around those flowers enjoying the sweet taste from them. Soon enough he was full and decided to rest on one of those flowers. He didn't know the exact time but the sun sat in a few more minutes replacing light with darkness. Suddenly he heard a noise behind him, he took a look back to see that the window behind him had been opened by someone.

That someone was a girl with dark brown hair and above average face, she was the resident of this apartment. Rahen knew her, she worked at the same place Rahen used to work at. She had moved here not too long ago so Rahen didn't know her well. Seeing the window open rahen thought for a moment before entering the apartment.

After watering the plant the girl closed the window and went to the kitchen. Before long she prepared a simple meal and started eating while watching a show on her laptop. Rahen also enjoyed some entertainment after being bored for the last few days. After that Rahen watched her doing some work before going to bed. Seeing her, Rahen decided to do the same and went to sleep.

For the next few days Rahen spent his days watching her other than sleeping and eating. It was a peaceful yet boring life for him. To counter boredom he practised his two skills, levelling each of them twice. Today also he had just finished practising when his quest window updated. He received two new quests, one main and other special quest. Without further wait he quickly opened the screen to check them out.

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QUESTS

Daily quests:

•practice flying for 2 hours (completed)

Special quests:

•drink blood from any living organism

Main quests:

•produce progeny

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"What the f*ck" rehen shouted in his mind after reading the main quest. As he was reading the quests an image of him with a female mosquito unintentionally appeared in his mind making him feel like vomiting.

"There is no way I'm completing this quest."

He didn't even want to think about it so he decided to put his focus on completing the special quest. "This is quite an easy one." He thought, looking at the girl lying in the bed. Not wanting to be squashed he approached her legs and pierced the skin with his pointy mouth, sucking in blood.

[ Special quest completed

Obtained reward

Exp+100

Credit+200

Active skill: energy leech ]

He opened the skills tab to take a look at his new skill.

[ Skill: Energy leech

Absorbs the target's energy weakening them in strength and agility, while using the absorbed energy to increase the user's strength and agility.

Target's stat reduction: 1-5% (max 10)

User's stat boost: 1-5% (max 5)

Skill duration: 10 sec ]

"At Least the skills given by the system are decent enough." Rahen's mood improved a bit after diverting honestly from the main quest. With this new skill his life continued as usual, he just had an extra skill to train. This continued for a few days when the time came, the time for his death!

He had lived for a week, which was usually the lifespan of a mosquito so he was about to die. His body had been getting weaker and weaker since the last day. Feeling the death approaching, he was scared and restless as the moment came closer. After some time he felt his consciousness slowly slipping away. Without wanting to do it, his eyes slowly closed on their own as calmness enveloped his entire being.

The first death he experienced in the end was not what he had expected, it was calm and peaceful, like slowly entering a deep sleep.

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