Who Said A Mosquito Can't Cultivate?

Buzz...buzz...

I've been flying for like ten to twenty minutes ever since I finished upgrading my physique level from useless to wasted. Although the term 'wasted physique' sounds like shit, it's still better than useless. Why? It's because wasted just means untapped potential, unlike useless that means no potential whatsoever.

Well...motivational quotes aside, I've been searching the deer I've s.u.c.k.e.d blood from a while ago. Yeah, the one I s.u.c.k.e.d blood from before that f.u.c.k.i.n.g crow HAD TO DIVE DOWN AND EAT ME! You know what? There's no point talking about the dead, especially if I've s.u.c.k.e.d them bone dry.

Anyways, I've followed the pathway of the river the deer was sipping water from and found no sign of it. I've even went out my way to head towards the deeper parts of the forest where there's no water and...also no sign, sadly. Now you might be asking, why am I too focused on that deer? Why can't I just go find another deer and suck on that instead? Wouldn't the progress carry on either way?

Well yes, you would be correct. But you know, ever since I've turned into a mosquito, some stuff has been jumbled up in my brain, causing me to become possessive in a way. If I've decided to suck a living being till they're bone dry, then they'll definitely become bone dry. If I don't, then they don't. That's why the second horse just got to a precarious state instead of dying, because I decided to not suck its blood all the way.

This time though, well...a while ago before the crow attacked, I've decided to suck the deer bone dry since I wanted to upgrade my physique...which I have done...albeit not through the deer's blood but through the crow I fought against.

Either way, if I find a deer, even if it's the one I s.u.c.k.e.d a while ago, or if it ain't, I won't care at this point. Finding the deer I s.u.c.k.e.d a while ago is like finding a needle in a haystack, extremely rare to fi—

Huh.

What a f.u.c.k.i.n.g coincidence. This coincidence might just border on the level of heavenly luck.

As I made my way through the pathway of the river after going back from the depths of the wilderness, I finally found the deer I s.u.c.k.e.d blood from, sipping on water a kilometer away from where it originally was, thirty minutes after I finished s.u.c.k.i.n.g off the crow's blood.

Now, how do I know it's the deer I s.u.c.k.e.d from a while ago? My eyes can see pretty far. At its current level, it can see pretty tiny things from a considerable distance. Since I'm only flying around ten meters above the ground, it was quite easy for me to see the access point I made into that deer's back, access point being where I poked my proboscis in.

Whoosh! Buzz...

I hastily made my way towards the deer's ever familiar back thanks to the Slipstream Flight skill that was recently upgraded before I came here, only taking a minute or so to land on its back.

Tap!

An extremely faint sound of me landing on the deer's back barely resounded, barely even being picked up by my antennae. Is this related to my current bloodline, or are all mosquitoes light-footed? Nonetheless, I could care less about that since it's more beneficial than detrimental.

Time to suck more bloo—wait.

I still have like over 70 points to upgrade anything. Let me see how much points are needed to upgrade my current physique.

Ding!

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Body Refinement

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Physique Level: Wasted

Effective Constitution Multiplier: +6%

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Parts:

Eyes (0/2) - 50 points to upgrade

Antennae (0/2) - 50 points to upgrade

Proboscis (0/2) - 50 points to upgrade

Torso (0/2) - 50 points to upgrade

Wings (0/2) - 50 points to upgrade

Limbs (0/2) - 50 points to upgrade

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Hoooooooooly f.u.c.k that's twice as much that was needed. Nope, nope, nope, I'll have to postpone it for now. Haah...who knew that upgrading physique would cost a lot of points? Well...to be honest, Second Blood Storage and Blood Energy Transfer cost more, but still. Overall, it's more expensive than those skills at this point.

Wait, what am I blabbering on about? If I need more blood, then I should just suck more blood. That's it, I'll upgrade my efficiency.

Ding!

'66 points of Impure Blood Energy has been consumed.'

'Hardened Blood Proboscis Lv. 1 -> Lv. 4'

Welp. I only got 6 points left. Now it's time to suck some blood!

Poke.

Slurp.

Ahh...the feeling of s.u.c.k.i.n.g blood is ever so great. The sensation of warm and viscous blood flowing from the proboscis towards my stomach... it's so euphoric.

Ding!

'Deer's Vitality (2/10) -> (10/10)'

'Constitution +0.064'

'From now on, absorbing any blood from a deer will not increase the user's constitution.'

'The deer is now dead.'

Eh? Did the system just say that the deer is now dead? Eh?

Am I dreaming or something? Did I seriously suck a deer from full...well, not really full...to bone dry in a short span of time? Is this possible? Well yes, it is possible after having an incredibly high blood s.u.c.k.i.n.g efficiency but...

Haah. It would be useless for me to mull over this problem. After upgrading my efficiency by a few levels, the problem of only savoring blood for a short span of time has definitely worsened. Well, it's not my fault that these animals only have a limited amount of blood!

Haah. Breathe Bell, breathe.

Haaaaaah....

Alright. What's done is done, the deer is now dead after I've s.u.c.k.e.d all of its blood dry. I've maxed out the corresponding constitution skill of the deer and I've obtained around 170 points of blood from this deer not full of blood. So, taking into consideration the blood I've s.u.c.k.e.d from before, I could basically get around 200 points of blood from a deer.

200 points...hmm...

I guess I know what I'll be doing.

Upgrade!

Ding!

'150 points of Impure Blood Energy have been consumed.'

'Eyes (0/2) -> (1/2)'

'Antennae (0/2) -> (1/2)'

'Proboscis (0/2) -> (1/2)'

Although I did say that I've s.u.c.k.e.d 200 points worth of blood from a single deer, I've still used like 40 or so before I upgraded my physique so I could only do 3 parts for now. Will I stop here though?

Of course not. I'm gonna find some more deer!

...

It has been 20 minutes since I've started searching for more deer and...I think I just hit the jackpot.

As I continued to follow the pathway of the river, I stumbled across a clearing within the inner depths of the forest, which definitely piqued my interest as it was pretty rare for a wild forest like this to have a clearing. I then deviated from the river path, looking at the clearing from the distance and wondered whether the clearing was man-made or natural. If it was man-made, then humans would surely be there, which could possibly mean my death. Well...not necessarily my death, but a high chance of dying.

If the clearing was natural, then it's either there's no animals there, or there's a lot of them there. Well, I guess it'll be a gamble.

And it paid off, giving me a clearing filled to the brim with deer. On the boundary of the clearing was a ton of nuts, their favorite feed other than fruits.

Well, to be honest, it's not only at the boundary, but it was also scattered all over the clearing. If you're still not picking up on what I'm trying to say, then you're either slow in picking up, or you just don't know what I'm implying.

What I'm trying to imply is, since these deers have their favorite food scattered all over their surroundings, they're busy gobbling it all up. In other words, their backs are basically free real estate!

And I'm going to take up every lot there is!

Buzz...

I slowly landed on one deer's back, making sure to not catch its attention, but knowing very well that it was very engrossed in eating its favorite nuts. Nonetheless, there's no problem in being careful.

But with me on the deer's back now, time to suck!

Poke.

Slurp.

And within a short span of time, like those juice things you buy as a kid and squeeze to get every last drop through the straw, the deer's body went from healthy and energetic, to lanky and bone dry in an instant. And not long after, its vital functions stopped working due to the immense blood loss. Fortunately, the deer died standing up or else these deer would definitely run away from this weird phenomenon.

Anyways, with my storage full once more, it's time to upgrade some stuff!

Ding!

'150 points of Impure Blood Energy has been consumed.'

'Torso (0/2) -> (1/2)'

'Wings (0/2) -> (1/2)'

'Limbs (0/2) -> (1/2)'

And with those three upgrades done, I only have a level separating me from each part becoming max leveled. Well...that would be the case if it didn't cost 70 points.

Since each part costs 70 points each now to upgrade, I would need over 400 points to do just that. But then, there's still the upgrade fee, which would definitely need an extra 100 to 200 points. So in short, I'd have to suck three deer to upgrade my physique by another level.

Would I do it? Yep.

Will I do it now? Yep.

Buzz...

Leaving the newly made deer corpse alone, I made my way onto another deer's back and started to suck blood off of it as well. To be honest, this experience would have been ther.a.p.eutic and euphoric but...

I can't help but feel that something's staring at me.