The Tentacles Begin!

A giant spider swung its forelegs at high speed to block me. # Tentacle Start!

Kim Cheol-soo opened his eyes in the darkness.

Strange writing appeared before his eyes.

[You have become a low-grade Tentacle]

‘Shibal…’

I suddenly couldn’t understand the writing in front of me.

Since my head had just flown off, of course, the curse word shibal came out.

I remember being with a pink Tentacle until just now, and the pink Tentacle’s tentacle legs blowing my head off.

In the blink of an eye, I saw my torso separated from my head, and the moment I realized, ‘Huh? Did I die?’ my mind flew away.

People say that pain is numbed in extreme moments, but I don’t remember the pain of my head being severed very well.

Seeing that my mind is still alive even though my head flew off, maybe everything I saw earlier was an illusion.

I moved my hands and feet to try to raise my body.

“Eueungchat~ ….. Huh?”

Something feels different from my original body.

‘Did I have this many hands and feet? And my limbs feel like they’re wriggling like mollusks?’

The strange writing was still flickering before my eyes.

‘Could it still be a dream?’

I struggled to raise my body and looked down.

“Eueueueung?!”

Instantly, I saw several tentacle legs.

About ten tentacle-shaped legs were attached below a round, purple body.

A bizarre mouth was attached to the round body.

Come to think of it, what I see is also strange.

The surrounding space is more easily recognized than before.

It feels like every single speck of dust fluttering around is visible in 3D, but there’s no way to explain it.

‘Come to think of it, my eyes move as I please?’

I turned the eye that I thought was on the far left and looked to the right.

“Euaaaaaa! What, what is it!”

What I saw was five eyes attached to the end of a slender tentacle.

But the amazing thing is that it’s not awkward to have multiple eyes, and all of this is recognized in 3D.

I then realized that I had become a Tentacle.

When I thought about the many Tentacle stories I had mastered so far, I remembered that there was definitely an adult story where a loser becomes a Tentacle.

‘I really became a Tentacle… It still feels like a dream.’

It’s still an unbelievable situation for me, a modern ordinary person.

However, the strange sensation that I felt in my body, different from humans, and the situation I saw with my eyes made me have no choice but to believe that I was a Tentacle.

Then suddenly, I heard a sound.

Ttiring.

[You have recognized that you are a Tentacle. Would you like to see your status?]

First, I looked around and saw that I was alone in a dark cavity, and the walls of the cavity appeared to be made of dirt.

The time for deliberation was not long.

I thought yes.

Then something that seemed to be information about me came out.

[1. Name: Kim Cheol-soo

2. Grade: Low-grade Tentacle

3. Race: Tentacle Larva

4.

Strength: 0.1

Stamina: 0.1

Agility: 0.1

Intelligence: 22

Mana: 0

5. Authority:

1) *****

2) Evolution

6. Characteristics:

7. Evolution Points 10pt

]

I read my information over and over again.

When I focused on Tentacle Larva, an explanation of Tentacle Larva came out.

[This is a newly born Tentacle Larva. You are at the bottom of the ecosystem, so please struggle to survive. Your size is about the level of an insect.]

And a sigh came out.

“Haaaaaa…”

It’s a trash race that anyone can see at a glance.

If I could become a huge and powerful Tentacle and eat out countless women, I would think it would be good to become a Tentacle like this.

But strength, stamina, and agility are too trashy.

At least I maintained my ego, so my intelligence seemed to be the highest.

Still, this doesn’t seem right.

‘It’s not completely fucked yet. Let’s look at the Authority. Yes, I have to look at the Authority.’

[Authority is a unique ability engraved in your soul and is protected by the world.]

There are two Authorities.

‘Hoo… At least this has to be done properly.’

When I tried to see 1) *****, a warning window popped up.

[You cannot see this. Don’t expect too much.]

“It seems good. Hmm…”

This time, I selected 2) Evolution.

[You can use Evolution Points to evolve in any direction you think. You can earn Evolution Points by absorbing life force or completing achievements. You can gain characteristics through evolution.]

“Huh? Isn’t this what I wanted!”

When I thought about it, if I evolved, I could become a Munchkin, or I could become a Tentacle specialized in brainwashing and training, like the Tentacles in Tentacle stories.

Suddenly, confidence began to spring up.

Perhaps evolution is my own ability, and I seemed to be a special being.

I don’t know how to use the remaining Evolution Points yet, but I decided to keep them for now.

After checking the information about me, questions about myself came to mind.

‘Why did I die and become a Tentacle? Is the pink Tentacle the one who made me like this?’

I don’t know anything yet.

I am alone, and there is no one to teach me.

I decided to move and see where I was.

I wriggled and crawled, moving my tentacles.

It wasn’t as difficult as I thought.

It moved so naturally, as if it were my limbs, that I seriously wondered if I was originally a Tentacle.

‘Like Zhuangzi’s butterfly dream, what if I’m actually a Tentacle and being human was a dream?’

That’s too much.

No matter how much I moved, I could only see dirt walls around me.

When I looked up, the ceiling was also blocked with dirt.

‘What is it? Am I trapped as soon as I’m reincarnated? What kind of dog-like start is this! Let me out!’

The moment I shouted, a ttiriring sound rang in my ears.

[Would you like to learn Dirt Digging using 5pt?]

“Yes.”

[You learn Dirt Digging. Your body evolves. 5pt of Evolution Points remain.]

Suddenly, I felt the muscles in my tentacle legs change slightly.

I began to understand how to dig a hole in the dirt in my head.

I learned how to create and release a slippery mucus around my body that could reduce the friction of the dirt.

I started digging into the dirt wall with my tentacle legs.

I moved my tentacle legs to dig out the dirt in front and to the side and sent it back.

“Yeongcha. Yeongcha.”

I kept going up.

After digging for several hours without knowing the time, I came out to a dimly lit place.

I crawled around, recognizing the area.

The place I came out of was a huge cavity compared to my body.

The walls and ceiling of the cavity were made of rock.

Ores that emitted light were embedded everywhere on the floor, walls, and ceiling.

The light from the ores dimly illuminated the cavity.

Green mosses were visible everywhere.

Suddenly, I became hungry.

“The moss looks delicious for some reason. Should I eat the moss?”

I crawled to the moss and nibbled on it.

It’s sweet.

It’s too sweet for moss.

I felt full after eating some moss.

Ttiring.

[You have absorbed the life force of the moss for the first time. You gain 2pt of Evolution Points.]

“What is it? Did you count moss as life force too?! But isn’t 2pt too little?”

After filling my stomach, I crawled towards the huge cave in the wall of the cavity.

First of all, I think I need to get out of this cave.

At that moment, something with eight legs was running towards me from far away.

It was a giant spider that seemed to be three times the size of my body.

It looked like a tarantula, with black hair growing all over its body, and its eight red eyes gleamed with hunger.

Ttiring

[Cave Giant Spider Larva: This is the larva of a giant spider that lives in caves.]

The giant spider drooled from its hook-like mouth as it looked at me.

I turned around and ran away.

But the giant spider was faster.

“Give me the power to fight! Power!”

Ttiring

[You can increase Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, and Mana by 1 each with 1pt of Evolution Points. You can strengthen your tentacles by using 5pt. You can choose between a blade, spear, thorn, or blunt weapon.

First of all, it seems easier to swing.

I’m not confident that I can hit hard enough with thorns and blunt weapons to cause damage.

I chose the blade.

‘And increase Strength and Agility by 1 each!’

Ttiring

Strength became 1, and Agility became 1.

0. 1 was too small a number, so it didn’t seem to count.

A sharp blade appeared at the end of the tentacle.

The material looked similar to chitin, the shell of an insect.

I feel like I can hide the blade if I want to and make the end of the tentacle soft again.

‘Anyway, it’s all or nothing. I’d rather fight and die than run away and die!’

I turned my body and glared at the giant spider.

The giant spider raised its huge forelegs and tried to slam me down.

The moment the forelegs fell right above my head, I used my tentacles to spring forward like a spring.

The giant spider was flustered by my speed.

I raised the blade tentacle and charged forward under the giant spider’s belly.

The blade went in smoothly with the increased Strength stat.

I slid through, leaving a long wound on the giant spider’s soft belly.

The belly was soft, so it tasted like tofu being sliced.

White intestines came down from the belly and dangled.

But this alone was not enough to kill the giant spider.

The giant spider turned its body and now had its rear end facing me.

I felt like a spider web was about to come out.

As I moved quickly in a circle to the side, the spider web passed by my side by a hair’s breadth.

I used my tentacle legs to jump towards the giant spider’s eyes like a spring.

The giant spider swung its forelegs at high speed to block me.

Just as the forelegs were getting close to my head, I stretched out my tentacle legs and hit the side of the giant spider’s falling forelegs.

By a hair’s breadth, the giant spider’s legs brushed past my main body.

My body rose to the height of the giant spider’s head.

I stretched out my tentacle legs, wrapped them around the giant spider’s hook-like mouth, and pulled.

My body flew towards the giant spider’s eight eyes.

I frantically stabbed the giant spider’s eight eyes with the blade tentacle.

“Die! Die! Pyat pyat pyat”

The giant spider screamed and swung its legs towards its eyes.

“Kueeeeek”

I moved to the giant spider’s back and slashed wildly.

The giant spider screamed, then made a kuuut sound and fell to the ground with its belly on the ground.

“I won!”

I experienced a life-threatening fight for the first time as a Tentacle.

I was so happy that I was alive because I won.

I was about to go out of the cave, but suddenly the giant spider’s corpse looked so delicious that I stopped.

‘I feel like I can stretch out my tentacles and absorb it?’

I put my tentacle legs inside the spider’s belly.

And I absorbed the spider’s life force.

The feeling of mouths forming on the tentacle legs and sucking up the spider’s energy cannot be explained in human words.

It feels full.

The giant spider became withered and dry like a mummy.

Ttiring

[You have killed the Cave Giant Spider Larva and absorbed its life force. You have won your first life-threatening battle. You gain 10pt of Evolution Points.]

“Atsa!”

Now I can get a new characteristic.

First of all, I consumed too much stamina in the previous fight, and I need stamina to crawl for a long time, so I invest 2pt in stamina.

I felt the fatigue disappear as I raised my stamina by 2 points.

I decided to keep the remaining Evolution Points.

I crawled around, hiding my body with rocks and grass in places so as not to be noticed.

I found giant spiders, giant centipedes, and giant frogs, but fortunately, they didn’t notice me.

I nibbled on moss as I crawled, but it only filled my stomach and didn’t give me any new Evolution Points.

Now, it seems that this is not an achievement and doesn’t give much life force.

After crawling for several days, I felt light pouring out from ahead.

I reached the entrance of the cave.

There was a huge pond in front of the entrance of the cave.

Rabbits with horns gathered at the pond, drinking water and eating grass.

Ttiring

[Horned Rabbit: This is a rabbit with horns on its forehead.]

‘Rabbits don’t eat meat, so it’ll be okay.’

I quietly crawled outside without being noticed.

“First, let’s crawl to that dandelion-like flower in front and use it as cover.”

Then, one of the horned rabbits looked at me.

Saliva dripped from the horned rabbit’s mouth.

“Huh? You’re not going to eat me. You’re not going to eat me.”

The horned rabbit ran towards me at an incredible speed.

I can feel it even before fighting.

I can’t avoid it or confront it.

It’s impossible even if I evolve.

Like a puppy in front of a tiger, my body was frozen with fear and I didn’t move.

The horned rabbit stood in front of me, ate me in one bite, and swallowed me.

“Thank you. Thank you for not chewing me up with those spiky teeth…..”