Reincarnated as a Phoenix

Chapter 4 - Hunting

"Once upon a time, there was three evil dragons and a lovely bird who all lived in a cave together. The three dragons all got on well but liked to bully the bir-"

<Ikarus! Stop telling lies to Minos>

"Cu?"

I was going to tell him a fairy-tale since he seems to like me telling him stories but might have forgotten how it went. Trying to be a good sibling sometimes backfires, I guess.

All four of us are currently chilling in the cave right now, well I was chilling till I just got told off for no good reason.

Since the last update, I've mostly learnt how to fly and have levelled up twice again, I say mostly since I still don't like doing it.

'Status'

[Name: Ikarus | Species: Phoenix | Level: 5]

[Health 1,000/1,000]

[Stamina 735/1000]

[Magicka 500/500]

I'm not proud to admit there was no strategy behind me distributing my points. I saw a chance to round out my stats and took it, okay? Look at all them zeros!

Still like usual, don't have any powers, magic or special abilities. System is still a basic bitch.

[<-User is an idiot->]

You can read these thoughts as well now?

Don't get distracted Ikarus, continue the update.

I've definitely gotten a lot bigger as well, reckon I'm the size of a young elephant now. Minos has gotten a tiny bit bigger but I don't think his growth will be nearly as quick as mine.

Ah, I also forgot something about dragon growth. Remember when I got told that strength determines the size of the dragon? That's only partially true. A dragon will grow to a certain size even if it is weak, just that it can't grow any bigger without getting stronger. Well, it's not really strength though, it's just that sweet EXP.

Apparently. father is above average in dragon size and mother's size obviously isn't comparable to anything. Even though I still can't stand this bird body, my reincarnation has been a lot more bearable considering I basically have beings as powerful as gods for parents.

After these thoughts, I wonder if Minos's level had stayed the same while he was getting bigger, no reason why it shouldn't be any different.

'Status'

[Name: Minos | Species: Dragon | Level: 6]

[Health 600/600]

[Stamina 452/500]

[Magicka 400/400]

'How the hell is this fair, system? He's levelled up without killing anything'

He's somehow managed to level up passively, this system doesn't seem to know anything.

[<G.A.P agrees with -user-. Target -Minos- should not be able to level without EXP>]

Even the system is agreeing with me this time.

'System, is there any way of levelling up without killing?'

[<Negative>]

'So, to confirm. You cannot level up without killing other living creatures, right?'

[<Affirmative>]'

'That little shit!'

I thought my brother was cute and innocent but he's been living his own little secret life. He must have been sneaking out while we were all sleeping.