It was the same as when he ate the mushroom, to not waste the energy he started working out. A few minutes later the energy ran out.
Slowly he ate the whole rats and the more of it he ate the less effective the energy was, the difference was low, barely noticeable but he had experienced something similar with the mushrooms so he noticed.
He burped with pleasure. Excuse me, he said even though he was alone. He looked at the other rat and studied it. It claws were sharp, and it teeth were thin and pointy and looked metallic.
However none of those things mattered, they could not help him, he was looking for their weakness. He opened it eyes and as he thought, it had no iris or pupil, it was pure white.
Maybe they can see through some magical means he said but he doubted it. Their ears looked to be an appropriate size and has no extra part that would suggest they hear better, the same went for their noses.
They're blind and their smell and hearing aren't much higher than they should be, atleast if you don't include some magic into the equation.
I will need to test it though. He did a few workout and then went to sleep. A few hours later he woke up feeling a bit hungry again. It baffled him how he can eat so much.
Skinning the other rat he created fire and roasted it leg. During his meal he had an idea, what if he mixed the meat with the mushrooms.
Would that give him more energy? He wouldn't know until he tried and tried he did. He crushed a mushroom and sprinkled it on top of the leg.
He breathed heavily, he doesn't know what this will do to his body and that made him a bit nervous. He didn't want to die from food poisoning, that would be too embarrassing, even Tracy would laugh at him in the underworld.
He took a bite and a flood of energy greater than he had every experienced flooded his body like a tsunami. His body ballooned, his height grew to 2,5 metres and his arms and legs became as large as logs.
He felt heavy but not the same as when the gravity of this place weighed on him no, this was purely his own weight. He realised his body didn't just inflat he gained more mass.
His body was actually larger, in a second he gained more mass than he did his entire time training. The issue was he was larger meaning his clothes were super tight now.
He took those clothes off and closed his eyes. A black attire appeared. This was his mantle of the dark spawn before he was brought to this place Athena had taught him how to put soul bound artefact into his soul space.
You just had to will it, he was really disappointed to know he was stumped by something that easy. He wore the mantle and it fit perfectly.
The mantle had the feature to adjust to it wearers size after all, even though he had grown larger it still fit him perfectly and it felt more comfortable than his last clothes.
It was going to take a month for it to heal and now it was back to it normal form, he was glad the time in this space counted. Even the old glove had transformed, it looked new and exactly as the glove of the mantle.
He continued eating the leg and by the time he was done he noticed he had grown a few more millimetre. This is not good, if eating this thing will keep increasing my size how big will I be when I get out of here.
He also noticed his appetite was increasing, he ate the whole rat, although he was full it was not like before, he bet he could eat more. By the time he was done eating the rat his height had reached 2,54 metres.
He had gained an extra 4 cm and it was actually weirder how he can tell the exact increase in his height without a mirror, it was as if he could feel every centimetre of his body.
He stood up and noticed the gravity nolonger affected him as much however it placed a greater burden on his mana. He was getting stronger but finding it harder to use his mana.
This is not good, if this effect continues even after I get out here, I will be in trouble. My skills need mana and no matter how strong my body get I can't depend sorely on it.
He flexed his muscles and rotated his shoulder. I will figure that out when I get to it but for now, he said as he punched the air, wind following his every punch.
Good, if I had this strength before I would've dealt with those things without...he stopped. I wonder what that thing in my head is anyways, it seems to be much stronger than I am but how is that even possible, we use the same body.
He started walking around the cave slowly, trying to not make noise. It was hard considering how heavy he was now, his every step thundered in the cave floor.
This will be hard but he persisted, he adjusted his breathing and tried to slow his heart rate and it was actually easier than he expected.
This growth had given him incredibly high control over his body, he could to an extent control what is considered involuntary action in the body.
He continued practicing until he could no longer hear his steps, well he could still hear them but they were much quieter now. A system notification followed. (Notice, skill stealth created)
Skill definition
Stealth G( earth grade)-
Passive- makes you hard to notice and reduced your presence including your scent and footsteps
Active- makes you partially invisible, your steps become silent and you have no scent
He smiled with satisfaction, he did not expect to create a skill but it was a welcome surprise,with this he could do what he was thinking about.
He picked up his spear, it no longer looked as large now. He left his cave, it was time to go check if his theory about the rats was correct. He entered the mist but did not go far.
He tapped a bone next to him and the sound echoed in the mist. Within a few seconds he could hear multiple footsteps rushing towards him.