She id down on the mattress at her camp, staring at the waning sun in the distance, painting the sky a delightful amber as she ruminate on her choices.

  She had to have fire, it was simply too useful. But she also didn't want to give up on some defensive measures. The Armored Scales trait sounds like it'd go a long and lovely way not having holes in her body. She sighed and frowned.

  'Let's go back over my gains.'

  According to the system, after all expenditures and gains she now had more lifespan than she had started this sordid ordeal at 97 years, 7 months, and 10 days.

  The giddy grin spreading across her face spoke volumes about her choices.

  "System, Can you give me a detailed report on each traight avaible?"

  「Response: Affirmative, here is a detailed list for each new trait offered.

  Fme Sac: Mutates a gnd within the body capable of causing fire when certain prerequisites are met. Price: Five years of Bioenergy (Discounted)

  Poison Talons: Mutates a tract to the prerequisite Poison Sac to allow for toxins to drip from your prerequisite Sharp Cws trait. Price: One year of Bioenergy (Discounted)

  Scaled Hide: Mutates a covering of Scales in pce of your skin, offering more protection. Customizable. Price: Two years of Bioenergy (Discounted)

  Mace Tail: Mutates a bludgeoning cap at the end of your tail. Warning: Requires the Tail trait! Price: Additional cost for prerequisite trait, twelve years of Bioenergy. (Discounted)

  Armored Scales: Mutates thick scaled ptes to further protect your body. Warning: Requires the Scaled Hide trait! Price: additional Price for Mutating the requisite trait: sixteen years of Bioenergy (Discounted

  Prodigious Potency: Mutates the testes to produce highly virile sperm, allowing for previously mutated traits to be passed down. Price: Ten years of Bioenergy (Discounted)

  Alpha Aura: Mutates a special organ in the brain that allows the summation of physical power to be projected, potentially cowing weaker creatures. Price: Forty Years of Bioenergy (Discounted)」

  Hanna felt her face heat up from the description of Prodigious Potency. It it had been even a month ago before she'd come to this new world, she would have balked at the idea of fathering or bearing kids. But now? Well, now that she'd known sex had felt so good, she had to admit the idea was growing in her faster than she'd like to admit.

  First, she needed to ensure her survival. For her two discounted mutations she picked Armored Scales and Alpha Aura, paying the hefty fifty-six years of her life with grit teeth. This brought her down to forty-one years, seven months and ten days, but she was going to pay more, before the pain and euphoria kicked in. She also paid the full price of five years needed for the Poison Talons, and the twenty needed for Fme Sac.

  This left her with a measly 16 years, 7 months, and 10 days. She felt the panic of having less than. Two decades of life left hit her before she hit her thigh to shake herself out of it.

  "Don't be scared, Hanna," she told herself. "If you don't get all that back in sixteen years then you never deserved it anyway."

  Then the pain hit her.