Chapter 9:

Catpurr 9: Under the Moonlight

Trials Of The Nekomancer!

[AN/: Int was changed to arcana, and wisdom was changed to Sense/Char will be changed to Ego]

Catpurr 9: Under the Moonlight

[SKILL, SUMMON MINOR SKELETON SELECTED!] -[Expend 100 mana to summon forth bones to do thy bidding] Immediately Adam chose Summon Skeleton, the skill immediately appearing underneath his skill list as his system updated, displaying Five Free points he was given to spend. [LOVED BY UNDEAD DETECTED! SKILL MINOR SKELETON BUFFED TO SUMMON SKELETON V1!] Oh thank you! Thankfully, Adam's passive ability registered, buffing his summon. A skill he'd had since childhood, the passive trait buffed all related skeleton based skills by a factor of 1, allowing Adam to summon creatures and command those he would otherwise not be able to. With a smile, Adam looked over at his stat sheet. Given that each point of Arcana gave him 5 points of mana, if he dumped all his points he'd be able to use the skill.

Finally! Adam rejoiced, immediately pressing the screen to allocate of his points into Arcana for the Mana recovery, eager for a minion.

However the moment his tiny little finger touched the screen to add the point, his body suddenly exploded, raining down Cat-shaped confetti and glitter everywhere.

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Elsewhere

"Ah… whoops. Perhaps I should ask Bastet to help properly tune this."

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"HUWHA?!" Adam screamed upon his vision returning, his hands rapidly patting his naked body as he tried to make sense of what just occurred.

Did… did I just explode?! But WHY?!

Adam pulled up his system, wondering what had occurred.

BETA SYSTEM v1.02

TITLE: IDIOT NOVICE OF ELI (?????)

NAME- Adam F. Glow

SPECIES: Nekoboy

LEVEL- 2

MAIN CLASS- Nekomancer

HP: 100/100

MANA: 75/75

Free Points: 5

STR: 7

CON: 10

DEX: 12

ARCANA: 15

SENSE: 9

CHAR:10

Buffs: Loved by Undead(Unique), Minor Blessing of Eli(Unique), Eyes of a Predator V1, Corrupted Blessing of Nyx(Unique)

Debuffs: Ha! You Sacrificed Your stats for a Cat?!V1(CURSE) Catsification V1 (Curse)

Skills: Animate Bone V1, Irritating Touch V1, Cat Claws V1, Identify V1. Summon Skeleton V1.

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Adam narrowed his eyes, noticing that the 1.01 had been updated to 1.02, perhaps a direct consequence of him exploding.

He eyed his free points, immediately wanting to spend it yet refrained, the memory of his innards going in a hundred different directions still fresh in his mind.

Yet, seeing as his catsification curse didn't proc, he still had a life to spare, meaning that whomever was running this little experiment was at least benevolent.

"Nothing ventured…" Adam said before squeezing his eyes and tapping the screen.

Immediately a surge of power flooded his veins, his body's mana circuits restructuring to allow for better mana storage and flow.

[ARCANA STAT 20 REACHED!]

-Mana Recovery BUFF ACQUIRED!

-[Natural Mana Recovery Enabled]

-[1 MP per Hour]

Oh… well.. that's… low. Adam groaned, his fluffy ears folding as he held his head low. Although he was happy he'd unlocked Mana recovery, he'd completely forgotten how long it took to recover mana at a low level.

Falling into the cold grass, Adam sighed and stared at the stars, observing the constellations.

Judging that the stars above were the same ones he'd seen during the countless nights on the run, it was safe to say he was still on the same world. The only difference however was that he was missing his furry feline friend.

Well…

That and the fact that he'd lost all his skills, levels, items, artifacts, and even the clothes on his back. But none of that hurt as much as losing his soul bond.

For all his life he had Schrodinger, his first and only friend, a gift to Adam by his Master before she disappeared following the path of Lichhood.

As an orphan exploited by the thieves guild, Adam had the fortunate luck to try and steal from a lady in expensive robes, resulting in quite possibly the best mistake Adam had ever made.

That had seemed a lifetime ago, and all Adam had of those idyllic days learning with his teacher was Schrodinger.

Luckily, the cat was soul bonded to Adam, extending its life. However, now that they were no longer together and his skills were erased….

Adam couldn't help but worry as his mind feared the worst.

"I'm coming Schrodinger…" Adam whispered, hand raised to the green and red moons above.

[WELCOME TO TRIAL TWO!]

[Prepare to be Teleported!]

Bruh… Son of a-

A portal suddenly opened beneath Adam, flinging the Catboy into unknown space at warp speed, with Adam screaming before he was spit out and slammed into a hard surface.

"UHK!" Adam let out, his face sliding off the hard substance he'd been face-planted into.

"Errrr." Adam picked himself off the dirt floor, his face covered in splinters from smashing into what Adam realized was an erect log wall.

Standing up, he braced himself against the wall, taking a moment to recover from the abrupt teleportation before he-

"BLEH." Adam vomited, staining the wall with… rainbows?

What the Hel?! Why is my vomit glowing?!

[Mandatory Quest given!]

Oh come on!

Adam blinked, his head already forming a headache.

[Collect a batch of cookies from Rosemjre Bakery]

[0/20]

[Possible Rewards; EXP, Gold, Pebble of Smiting, Fire Stone, Thunder Stone, Shadow Stone, Ring of Holding, Divine Catnip.]

[Failure: Death]

Oh great… this again.

[You have Three Days to Complete the Task.]

Just Great.