Just after the notification of his HP loss, Art wiped the trickle of blood from his lips while standing up.He watched Sonra and Scry attack the beast and was honestly surprised when it used a direct physical magic attack.After observing from his distance, he realized that truly some sort of paralyzing magic was being used on his other party members, as they’d been in the same position despite the frightened and wary look in their eyes.He also noticed something weird about Caitlyn in particular. Her eyes, hair, and the eyes of her teddy bear were all glowing bright blue.He ignored it at first and was about to go for the beast once more when a notification from his system popped up.[Potential Shingu Identified]He remembered coming across this term several times from the many books he had read.A Shingu is a summoning created when a beast is tamed and transformed into a different kind of creature.Not every tamed beast could go through this process, so finding one of these is rare.
Art stared at the person who just arrived, standing not too far away from Caitlyn who lay unconscious.This was the first time he had seen this person, but he could immediately tell that he was strong and dangerous.It seemed that he had tried to kill the D-rank beast just before it vanished, and if he hadn’t sent that attack, he would have succeeded.The boy who was older than Art by a few years had a constant natural flow of killing intent, and it was in fact scaryIn his current state, it would be best to avoid any kind of confrontation, but that would become inevitable if he tried to hurt the defenseless Caitlyn.Art clasped the hilt his weapons tighter, just in case.“Oh!...That expression…That fighting spirit…That will to protect…WONDERFUL! You are the one I’ve been searching for. Truly…,” his eyes narrowed with a wider grin as his killing intent rose. “I have to unalive you.”“This is bad,” Sonra muttered, wondering how she could handle this situation.“What do you mean? Who is
“Why are you losing?”Art didn’t know how he was supposed to answer such a question.It was clear that he was currently the weaker one, so it was only natural to be on the losing side.Although he had a plan that might’ve turned things in his favour just before the dagger hit, it only had a 20 percent chance of working, so he was thankful for the interference.“Rhan? What are you doing here? I had everything under control,” Art casually said while standing up on both feet. It hurt like hell but he had to put up this front.He had fought against the person who just saved him during the deliver the crystal assessment. Their battle wasn’t concluded back then.“It didn’t seem that way to me. But don’t worry I won’t let anyone get you until I do,” he smirked.“Party pooper or not, I’m glad that you could join the party. Now, prepare to die as well,” Vlarth’s expression became even more sinister as the pressure of his killing intent spread around.‘Just how many people has he killed?’ Rhan
“Asura!!!” Uramia screamed approaching the group she almost wiped out.‘Was she the one who attacked us? That would make sense. But why?’ the party leader thought easily recognizing the person moving towards them.Uramia had adoration in her eyes while approaching Asura, popularly known as the lilac ice queen.She was the only female ranked above her, that Uramia could stare at with such expression in her eyes.“What was that about,” Asura asked with a neutral expression. If she had miscalculated the amount of mana needed to be put into the spell she cast, her party members would’ve been in a dire situation.“A-Are they people over there?” their party leader asked, not very confident.Uramia didn’t like being casually spoken to by people she considered weak, but since they were party members of Asura, they ultimately had her respect.“Yes,” she nodded. “They are at the other end of the attack. Two elite members are there, as well as a former elite.” ‘That’s quite the gathering,' thei
Art was running through the forest with two weapons at hand. One was the life-steal dagger, while the other was a sword.The light from the half moon wasn’t enough to significantly illuminate the forest, so anyone hunting now is taking a very big risk.The most cunning and dangerous beasts operate by this time, using the darkness to their advantage.So it’s just a game of who would be the hunter and prey.The beasts around this time had special organs, or maybe magic that helped them perform better at night, but unfortunately for them, Art wasn’t just running around blindly.He had a few pieces of equipment with him that ensured that the barrier brought by the night wouldn’t be an obstacle.The first was the mask that he had gotten from the store back then which made seeing people’s natural aura along with night vision possible.After the last time he used it which almost led to his blindness, he hasn’t worn it again until now.From a third person's perspective, Art’s face was black,
'They blend in so well. But it’s futile against me,' Art thought, staring in front of him at the many beasts attached to different trees. Their physiology wasn’t something he could compare with any creature he knew from his former world. They were pitch black in color, and the thing that would’ve given them away being eyes that would most likely glow at night were absent. It seemed that they relied completely on her senses to hunt down their prey. It would be impossible for nearly anyone at the students' level to spot them in the darkness by normal sight alone. Their abdominal region was slender, but they had very broad chests and two arm-like structures that were serrated and moved like whips. Their heads were about the same size as a human's without eyes and nose, and they lacked legs, having a tail just like a certain half-human, half-snake myth. From the way they moved, it was clear that they had very flexible bones or none at all. Their movement failed to pr
“Aura release.”With a slash from his life-steal dagger, a golden arc of aura was released, which traveled at incredible speed toward its target.An explosion was created as contact was made, destroying the vegetation around that area, and with that, Art had successfully single-handedly killed 17 E-rank beasts, which was about half of the total that his party had killed. [E-rank black Sigel killed: +20 EXP][E-rank black Sigel killed: +20 EXP][E-rank black Sigel killed: +15 EXP][E-rank black Sigel killed: +15 EXP][E-rank black Sigel killed: +15 EXP]…..[Host has leveled up][Host has leveled up][Host has leveled up]….He managed to level up three times during this fight.This was not very common anymore since leveling-up requirements had increased. It was truly a blessing to meet a group of E-rank beasts. He wondered if other parties had shared such a blessing. But then a realization hit him. ‘A group of E-ranks.’Beasts don’t usually group up together apart from two reasons.T
Art narrowly dodged the horns of a beast that charged at him.He had been hunting continuously without rest for the past four hours, so the time now was around midnight. During this period, he had successfully killed 5 D-rank, 72 E-rank, and hundreds of F-rank beasts, as well as harvested their cores. Adding D-rank cores to his collection was truly satisfying. He was currently fighting against a D-rank beast, which was a six-foot-tall deer with multiple sharp horns.He could be considered the bad guy here since the deer was sleeping peacefully when he picked up a fight, and honestly, he was regretting it as the exhaustion from all the continuous fighting was taking its toll.His movements were getting sloppier, and he had narrowly escaped getting stabbed several times. Since he had no sort of protective gear on, he couldn’t risk that happening. At a point, he tried making a run for it, but the furious beast relentlessly chased him, so there were no two ways about this. One of them