It seemed that all the effort Oberon had put into Magic Analysis was paying dividends as he was bombarded with more information than he knew what to do with, so much so that it gave him a bit of a headache as the new knowledge was forced into his brain.

The description of Fireball was simple, exceedingly so; 'a ball of fire conjured in a similar manner to a Mana Orb' was something he had already guessed himself, but the real advantage of using Magic Analysis was knowing what the fire-element mana looked like, what it felt like to his senses. Maybe he had enough information to recreate it now; he'd have to check later, once he was done teaching this Wisp some things.

The descriptions of Lesser Force and Meditation were a bit more promising, not to mention encouraging; grappling an opponent was exactly what he wanted to use Lesser Force for, though not directly if he could help it, and Meditation was a skill that he had already made some progress towards.

Before he could do anything else however, he was alerted to the fact that he had leveled up again following the battle with Rattleskull. He was level 5 now, with an excess of skill points to spend and a multitude of skills to use them on. His current skills were fine as they were, since every one of them was something he could actively practice if need be; his real interest was in his incomplete skills. Minor Regeneration was advancing, though not as quickly as he would have liked, he'd gained some experience towards Charisma somehow and Keen Sight was an interesting addition.

This was something he'd been thinking about this for a while now, in the back of his mind; how could he best spend his skill points? Spending them on any active skill seemed like a waste when he could gain experience through simple practice; it might take a while but it would save on a limited resource. It was better, in his mind, to save his skill points to spend on skills that he could not so easily train, such as passive abilities; Faster, Alert, Keen Sight and a few others were skills that he had no idea how to improve and likely wouldn't be complete for a while. He could also save his points for emergencies, only using them when he needed a new ability immediately like he had with Lesser Status Heal.

For the moment he would take a hybrid approach of the latter two options and spend some of his points on a potentially useful skill and save a few for an emergency. However, that wasn't the only thing that leveling up had brought him; there were evolution options as well. Thinking back to the green Slime with the conical-shaped protrusion and the rocky growth, Oberon began to understand that it must have been an evolved version of the basic Slime.

The options presented to him were... interesting, to say the least. An adult Pixie was expected he supposed, but the other three? Imp and Sprite seemed about as disparate creatures as he could imagine at this level and Hipixie was something he had never even heard of before. They all looked tempting for different reasons, whether that be increased power and the admittedly interesting 'demon affinity', increased mana capacity and the just as interesting 'light affinity' or the ability to use light equipment. Which was the better option right now?

Or maybe... should he be thinking so short term? What was best right now might limit him in the future; the creature he chose as his starting class undoubtedly affected his evolution options right now, so whatever option he picked would determine his path for the rest of this life, at least to some extent. He shouldn't just be looking at the first step, but the whole journey that lay beyond.

So which paths were presented to him? The Imp? It was a demonic creature, a lesser fiend of some kind, so it would probably open up the path towards stronger demons and other hellish creatures; while he could certainly see himself becoming very powerful if he took that route, did he really want to become a demon of all things in this new life? The answer to that was simple.

And what about the Hipixie? It was a Fey creature, the first "True Fey" according to this. That meant nature spirits, druid-like abilities and later on... what exactly? It was a path that Oberon couldn't see very far down honestly, not to mention the fact that he didn't like the idea of giving up the ability to fly and he couldn't see much immediate need for light equipment.

That left the Sprite and it's 'Light Affinity'. In Oberon's mind that meant divine magic and the beginning of the path towards the celestial realm; angels could be just as strong as demons after all, and the transformation was a lot less morally dubious. In addition, the extra mana was an attractive prospect as were the bonuses to his healing abilities.

Turning to Danny and Ardur, Oberon excused himself before walking a few feet away from the group. [color=f49ac2]"Sorry, can you excuse me a moment. I need to deal with something."[/color] Once somewhat alone he carefully read through his options before making his choice. [color=f49ac2]"8 points into Alert and... I'll choose Sprite."[/color]

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Spent 8 skill points on "Alert"
Chose the "Sprite" evolution option
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