"Now that the beast is gone our village will finally be at peace. Young Hunter, I don't know how to thank you enough.""No need, elder. You've already given me an appropriate reward."After killing the Brown Tusks Drake made his way back to the village where he had received a certain quest. It required him to take down the beast which has been terrorizing the villagers for the past two years preventing them from hunting or gathering in the woods.[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION][You have completed Quest: 《Deadly Boar Suppression》Your affinity with Horo village has increased.You’ve gained 400 Soul Essence.][400 Soul Essence has been absorbed by 《Baby Night Wing lvl 39》][《Baby Night Wing 》 had accumulated the required amount of Soul Essence.][《Baby Night Wing》 ’s level has increased.][SYSTEM NOTIFICATION][《Baby Night Wing》has reached max level.New evolution has been unlocked.]"Is something wrong?" An old woman, the chief of Horo village, asked noticing the change in Drake's expression.
A week later Drake finally reached the coast city of Deadsea. Unlike any settlements he had come by during his travel this one was by far the biggest, surrounded by a wall of stone instead of wood with buildings that seemed to be carved out of earth. Snow seemed to dissapear at some point leaving only wide green fields extending all the way to the stone walls.At the far east over a giant hill stood the earl's castle. A majestic white building with a huge tower that overlooked the entire city.Having taken a small detour in order to hunt, Drake emerged from a forest west to the main road leading to the city gate. Because of that it was only now that he noticed the long line of caravans waiting to get permission for entry."This will… definitely take a while…"Just when he began to wonder why they had to force everyone into a single line he noticed that a second gate was open near the coast, though that one had a long line as well. "Guess I have no choice." Although annoyed by the ti
"Finally a decent bed!" Throwing himself on the soft mattress of his rented room, Drake finally allowed himself to relax. The screening took quite a while and by the time he got into the city the sun had already set. After parting his way with the group of travelers who stood ahead of him in the line the first thing he did was find himself some lodging to spend the night. He wasn't in the mood to go out for dinner so all he did was produce a jar of dried fruit from his inventory and along with some deer jerky and cold water he had a light dinner and was ready for some eyeshut.As he began to drift into the dreamworld his mind went back to the conversation he had with Loki and his group.~◇~"You see, Drake. The land you've been living on is just a big island.""... what?" The news were quite the shock to Drake.Through his three months stay in this world he had come to believe that the snow covered lands were in some corner near the north pole. The terrain and image didn't give the s
A couple of minutes later the old woman returned asking for Drake to follow her. She took him to the second floor of the association's building and into a dimly room much more extravagant than anything he had seen since comming to this world.The furniture itself was different, crafted from high quality wood to look like works of art. Paintings of hunters facing an assortment of beasts filled the walls along with some old weapons put out for display. At the far end of the room was a large desk behind which a man sat with fingers intertwined in front of his face. The shadow from the back of his chair made it difficult to see his face but the light reflected on the glasses he wore made it appear as if they were painted with a white color."You can leave now." The man said and a second later the double door behind Drake closed."So you're the one with the god class Soul." The man said after a few seconds."I don't really know what you're talking about." Drake replied."I guess it's only
"I guess you don't want to hear about the Nexus."The moment he heard those words, a sinister aura exploded from Drake filling the entire room.The old man was stunned. Though he had realized the boy wasn't mentally stable he failed to predict such a switch would come so swiftly. But his surprise didn't last long. After all if he wasnt able to withstand this much pressure he would never have survived a day in that office."What did you say, old man?" Drake was pissed. He felt that his time had been wasted and he didn't like it at all. The chairman knew something he wanted yet he'd played him so far. He didn't want it to continue so he made it cleare with each word that came out of his mouth."Calm down calm down. I already know what you want, I don't plan on hiding the answer as well so dont look at me like that."The lack of seriousness in the chairman's expression did nothing but anger Drake even more, however he forced himself down with a deep breath before going back to his seat.
"By the way." Drake started. "Apparently I need to get to this Ouroboros kingdom in the next nine days. I might not be able to come along to your hunt like I promised." "Really? That's too bad." Said Edith. "But you only have nine days? Will you be ok?""Why?" "Well, you have to travel between four different islands to get there. Finding ships won't be easy.""But the chairman said I can make it.""It's not impossible but…" sighing, Edith massaged her temples as she tried to think of something. "Let's go and ask around the coast for now. Hey, maybe you'll be lucky enough to find a ship that'll leave tonight or maybe tomorrow.""Um… maybe I should go on my own. I feel like I'm asking a lot of you when I can't even keep my promise to go with you on a hunt.""Haha, don't worry about that, hunters are supposed to help each others. Besides, you can just buy us some drinks and we call it even. We can always go on a hunt the next time we meet.""I see. Thanks for the help, I really appreci
Edith waited a few minutes after they left the alley where the thugs ambushed them before speaking. Her excitement was clear in her sparkling green eyes."That was so cool!!!" She exclaimed. "I didn't see anything at all! They couldn't even move! How did you do it!!!?""What are you talking about?" Drake said with a raised eyebrow. "It was just a normal Quick step.""A Quick Step!!? No way! That skill isn't that fast! Are you sure it's not a Flash Step or some more powerful speed type skill?""Nope. It's just an ordinary Quick Step.""Then…" she furrowed her brows as she tried to come up with an answer "your Beast Soul… is it a speed type…""Hmm… I dont think so." Drake said. "It's quite balanced, I think."In terms of stats, his Baby Night Wing's strength was the highest, but the rest were pretty close. He didn't like to think much about them."Well, that doesn't really matter." Drake said. "I'm worried about those thugs. I doubt they'll just let this go.""You can bet on it." Edith
"Why would you want to risk your life like that? Can't you just… hunt here? Pretty sure there is a lot to do on the islands."Loki's tone was calm and serious. He looked Drake in the eyes as if trying to convey something. Drake didn't look away showing that his determination was unwavering."I only want to get stronger." Said Drake. "And I don't exactly have time to spare. If the beasts on the mainland can provide me with the Souls I need then I will go there and hunt."His answer caused the other three to stare at him. They all knew from the moment they met but now his words confirmed it; he's the other type of hunter.There are two types of people with the occupational of a Hunter; those who took it as a normal job and those who became Hunters because they enjoy hunting. The first type was much more careful and calculated, never taking risks beyond their means. The second type on the other hands always look for adventures and new beasts to hunt, because of that very few of them liv