Chapter 11: The Terrifying Hunger

Ray walked out of the room with a towel covering his body.

Looking at the mirror, he couldn't help but notice his perfect figure. Because of awakening as a body strengthening skill his body, which initially was on the weighty side, now had a six-pack and was packed with muscles.

His arm was enlarged, and his muscles have become even more well-defined.

They weren't bulky like those of bodybuilders. Instead, the muscles were practically as if made for war and fighting.

Even his height seemed to have increased slightly by more than a centimetre.

"Status."

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[Name: Ray Crownwell]

[Status: Awakened (E-class)]

[Skill: Body Strengthening (Awakening II)]

[Strength: 80 Kg (40 original)]

[Speed: 30 Km/h (15 original)]

[Stamina: 2 original]

[Mental strength: 2 (1 for the average adult man)]

[Mutation energy: 84]

[Shop points: 0]

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"My mutation energy increased by 50?" There was a clear surprise in his eyes.

It was initially at 34, but he hadn't looked after killing the level one undead, and it seems that it has increased by a lot.

Even so, there was no prompt that said he could advance his Body Strengthening skill yet.

"As expected, I need at least more than 100 mutation energy if I want to level up again, and the E-class awakening means that my potential isn't much." Ray's pupil flickered as he went outside and looked at Grace.

"What do you want?" Grace frowned.

She seemed to have become considerably tame after knowing her situation.

"Hmm?" He didn't speak but instead looked at Freya.

"Have you prepared the pizza?"

"Yes, yes," Freya hurriedly said and took out the pizza from the oven.

"Sigh," Grace had a resigned expression, since he didn't kill her until now, it was reasonable for her to assume he didn't want to kill her.

So she blurted out everything about her own ability, mostly because she was terrified of him and the hunger made her physically and mentally vulnerable.

"Oh."

After listening, Ray could basically sum up her abilities.

She needed a proper image in her mind that was plausible with the unknown energy inside her. This unknown energy seemed to increase when she killed the undead, so Ray just termed it mutation energy.

After she used all the mutation energy, she could recover it with time. That was it.

"Hmm, does she not advance in her skill then?" Ray thought with a frown.

But for now, he didn't care about that. Instead, he looked at the curvy body of this woman with a glint in his eyes.

"I am sleeping in my bedroom, Freya sleeps in your own bedroom."

"Yes." Freya bowed her head expressionlessly as she went away, leaving Grace with a hesitant expression.

Ray yawned and went away with a lazy expression.

Grace gritted her teeth, even though she was hesitant she still obediently followed him.

"Why are you following me?" Ray looked at her playfully.

"Huh... eh..." She was puzzled and looked at him in confusion.

"If you are already here, does that mean you are okay with it?"

"What... okay?"

"Come on, you are already an adult, aren't you?"

"I haven't done it yet." She said while avoiding his gaze.

"Just promise me one thing."

"What?" Ray asked amusingly.

"You will protect me with all your might for any life threatening danger and I won't have a bitchy attitude to you." Grace stated firmly.

"Alright." he nodded.

"Eh, so easily?"

"Yeah, as long as you give me children every condition that is not going too far is agreed." Ray gives her a thumbs up "so are you okay to bear my children?"

"Mmh." Grace nodded her head as she crawled to his side and opened her mouth.

Ray loosened his pants and gently pressed on her head. He closed his eyes, feeling the sense of warmth that wrapped around his thing.