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As much as you want to delve deeper and claim all the loot instead of this superpowered graverobber, the rationality wins and you head back up. You certainly DO NOT want to die on your second day to another bullshit roundkicking ostrich, dissolver necrotic gigasludge, titanic bone anteater that can steal your bones midfight or any other creature that may have been spawned down there by gods' imagination.
Even if this makes you somewhat of a little bitch. You'll have to redeem yourself. One day...
You wait a few hours in hibernation, restoring 20 HP from rest before the reaper awakens you.
"I'll be honest, I half-expected you to follow me anyway. Thanks for leaving the crypt to me. Here's a thing for you. Take it as my thanks for that insane bird fight."
He takes a glowing bottle from his spacious bag and opens it, immediately spilling the contents in your direction. You absorb numerous motes of light that look suspiciously like fire crystal particles...
[You have absorbed a MEDIUM FIRE CRYSTAL. +4% fire damage]
[You have gained 70 EXP]
[LEVEL UP!]
Neat. You'll decide later whether you want to invest the points into skills or power up generally. For now, you've got a companion to entertain.
"So... I have no fucking idea how to talk to you, so let's say closing your maw once means 'yes', twice - 'no', thrice - 'not sure'."
Yes.
"Great. So, first things first, do you remember how you gained consciousness?"
Yes.
"Must've been a mind crystal, right?"
You chomp twice. No.
"Hmm... If not that, then... you got it from a necromancer and then they died, setting you free?"
No.
"Uhh... I don't know any other ways. Unless... no, there's no way... but... are you a Marebito? A Reincarnator?"
You close your maw once. If what your guide said at the very start was true...
"Wow... Quests and all that stuff?"
Yes.
"Damn, son. Or gal. Or whoever's in that skull. While all the cheating bastards are fucking their harems and travelling the world killing monsters and each other, you're stuck out here as a Skeletal Maw? Sucks to be you."
Hol' up. What was that about harems? There are other motherfuckers like this that got their happiness for no charge? AND they get some kind of cheats? That Adventure Guide has some explaining to do...
"Alright. So, you going somewhere?"
No.
"Just collecting the crystals for now, then?"
Yes.
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The reaper inspo is picrel but read filename
