Chapter 330: Size Classification

Chapter 330: Size Classification

The following days went by in a flash. The entire time Gerald only did five things, and it went something like this:

1. Eat!

2. Read!

3. Shit!

4. Sleep!

5. Repeat!

Sometimes in a different order.

He wanted to skip sleep, but that was the most important part of the equation, especially for brain health if he wanted to remember everything. If there was one thing he took seriously, it was the health of his brain.

Any damage to it was unacceptable! Having a sharp mind allowed him to break the shackles of the world, and was also the only thing nobody could take away from him. So he made great efforts to take care of it.

As Gerald was devouring books one after the other, he realized just how many gaps in the knowledge he actually had.

Fortunately, his theories about magic proved to be correct for the most part. There were some small mistakes in the assumptions he made, but those didn't affect magic much, if at all, so there were no problems.

Everything worked as it should.

He also made many discoveries about metals and their interactions with Mana. It was an interesting topic, but he just skimmed through books in search of more important knowledge.

"Wait, what?" he murmured as a picture of a weapon popped out at him. He quickly summoned Toothpick and compared the two.

"Ooooh! So it's a glaive!" he nearly slapped his forehead in realization. "I was calling it a spear this entire time, I'm so stupid!"

It took a while, but he eventually found the one thing he was originally looking for. It was a book about wild beasts and monsters from the other world. Though they were now considered natives since they were roaming the land for thousands of years already and have become an important part of the ecosystem long ago.

"Oh," his eyebrows jumped up in surprise, "Goblins can take on Elemental forms as well?" What a discovery! Though rare, Black Goblins, instead of evolving to a Goblin Shaman, could transform into a Fire Imp.

They were beings of incredible power with huge Mana reserves and fiery nature. They often lived underground or near or even inside active volcanos, since their entire bodies were made of molten rock-like substances and were constantly on fire.

"Wow" Gerald gasped, touching the crude picture of the creature on the page. "An exotic lifeform How peculiar!"

He also found out that both Ogres and Orcs could evolve into a Giant, the latter a much chunkier version than the former. The evolution was not instant like in some fantasy books, instead, it took time as the creature grew slowly over many years, even decades in some cases.

Usually, the Giants that attacked were those that slowly evolved on the continent, their size varying between ten and twenty meters. The last Giant attack that was recorded happened a few decades ago and had the monster measuring at about 17 meters. It wasn't too hard to kill way back then.

However, the one that came a week ago was around 25 meters! The difference in both strength and defense was massive!

The power went up exponentially with body mass and size, so an increase in height by 50% meant at least a 100-200% increase in strength. Not to mention that it was way more difficult to damage due to tougher and thicker skin.

It was like comparing a child and an adult. They were worlds apart.

Class 4. That's what he heard someone call the Giant. Gerald didn't know what it meant at first, but at the moment he held a booklet explaining just that.

Apparently, the classification came from the previous era, where it actually made sense. Bigger beasts were, in most cases, stronger, and so the classification scale was made to quickly figure out how dangerous something was. Of course, there were exceptions, but for the most part, it was a good approximation.

Humans were Class 1 based on size. Anything smaller was considered Class 0, and if it wasn't poisonous or venomous, it was considered harmless, or mildly annoying for the most part. Under those classifications fell dogs, wolves, any smaller farm animals, boars

Class 2 were bears, horses/Warhorses, Wargs, Silverbacksand other such beasts.

At Class 3, the beasts were already quite dangerous. Earth Dragon, Ogres, Minecrawler King, Brown Boar King, and the like fell under this category. Many were rightfully called Kings of their species, as that's what they were.

Anyone trying to challenge their rule would be in for a rude awakening. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om