The flames expanded in a straight line as if they were warning Alex not to advance more than where he is.
Alex looked at the flames for a few seconds in surprise, but he kept moving forward, stepping on the fire without being affected thanks to his natural resistance to his own element he obtained.
"Uooghk?!!" A sound came from the forest when Alex crossed the wall of flames, the scream conveyed surprise as well as amazement.
At the same time, the beast came out of hiding as it peeked through the yellow flames where it had been hidden.
It turns out to be a four-armed bear, brown fur with orange spots, with a deadly aura and full of thirst for blood.
The bear ran in Alex's direction when it saw that its flames did nothing to him. Almost by reflex Alex tries to light the bear on fire, but remembering his flames he decided not to do it and avoided it with a feint with which he managed to position himself on the left side of the bear and taking advantage of the bear's inertia, Alex created a knife with which horizontally cut the bear while he also buries his claws in the area of the bear's lungs.
"[Cut!]" A heartbreaking sound came from the bear when Alex achieved its attack, the bear lost its balance because of the abysmal pain it feels from the wound caused by Alex's claws that managed to break two of its ribs.
Alex just felt as his mana moved without his control to perform the effect of the ability just to say the name, that caused a feeling of revulsion in Alex to feel like a doll for a moment, disgusted by the sensation, Alex guides this time his mana to perform the effect of [Cut].
This was a bit complicated since his mana has to go through an indicated path or else the ability will not be activated, something that he has been realized with the use of the ability [Charge].
<Yeah, there is a difference... I wonder if I can combine it with my dark blades> It was what Alex thought when he saw the result of both attacks that he made, the area where he struck with his claws left a large bloody wound with some bones outdoors, while where he hit with his knife it can't get through the bear's muscle layer.
<Maybe I can do it when I have a greater familiarity with the skill>
While Alex was lost in his thoughts, the Bear's high vitality was shown when its wounds began to close.
The temperature began to rise due to the wrath of the bear for being hit when it hoped to eliminate Alex with a blow.
*Chip chip chip!* Small orange rays began to appear around the body of the Bear that shows that it has more than one magic element like Alex.
<This only gets more complicated> Alex thought as he dodged the rays that shot out of the bear and hit the ground or anything that could be conductive.
"WROOAAGH!" The bear let out a powerful roar while also emanating a great wave of fire and electricity towards its surroundings.
Alex locked himself in a cocoon of darkness to block the attack while his mind fills with how to defeat the bear.
<The fire doesn't burn it... the darkness only does light damage on it, my claws are the only thing that does enough damage to kill it... but what I do with those rays, they could paralyze me if they hit me and that would be almost KO to me if the bear hits me with its powerful legs>
While Alex was protecting himself from the surge of power, the bear advanced on him and prepared to break the cocoon where Alex is hiding, but when it was about to tear it apart, the cocoon exploded into flames that made the bear defend itself instinctively against the attack surprise, but he felt no pain, but if another strange sensation, annoying to be deceived, the bear creates a thunderstorm bubble with it in the center.
Moving away from the bear, Alex leaves his flames to consume the mana that releases the bear in order to delete it and be able to defeat the bear, but that is not all he did, but also entered into stealth at the moment when the cocoon of darkness exploded.
But when he was about to try to attack the bear, he was taken by surprise by the thunderstorm that the bear released, the storm became wilder by hitting anything with thunder.
<!!!> Alex gathered mana inside his lungs when he remembered how the tiger broke one of his attacks and he now wants to use the same tactic against the bear right now.
<Thanks for the trick, bastard [tiger]> Alex let out a powerful roar from a distance away from the bear, the roar was completely combinated with Alex's mana and it was like a wave, it hit the Bear.
Which the bear was paralyzed for a moment because of its mana was disturbed by an external attack, which caused its defense was broken, this took it by surprise and when the bear turned to look at Alex's direction.
He found that Alex was no longer far away but was under it with his two front legs with his claws extended while looking at it with a look cold, for the first time the bear understood what it feels like to be the prey in its entire life and there will be no second time because its head had already been separated from its body at the moment it crossed glances with Alex.
*Puck!* The bear's head fell on the ground for a short time after its body also did it and raised a large curtain of earth for how heavy it was.
[You got +680 Exp] [Lvl 8 | 5,951 / 6,500]
[You got +3 Sp]
[You got +5 Mp]
<Possibly three weeks ago nothing would have lasted against this bear, but now I am becoming a great magical beast... hehe~> Alex showed a smile meanwhile he is collecting a lot of gold, iron and two magic orbs with his tail, that's the loot that the Bear released.
<But this skill spend a lot of mana like it was air! I only used it three times and I'm almost empty of mana, how crazy!... but still, it was a wise choice to get it> Alex thought to remember how demanding it is the ability to activate it while he looks at his claws or deadly weapons.
<Now I just need to kill another magical beast or eliminate a few dozen vermin to level up again, I may find one on the road, since yesterday they seem to be in heat> Alex thought to see how little he lacks to level up while his tail wiggles with excitement at the satisfactory sensation of seeing him become stronger.
Alex consumed the magic orb of the fire element while that of thunder kept it along with the others he got from the other magical beasts he has defeated.
The magic orb helped Alex recover a third of his lost mana and the little spirit began helping Alex gather mana as an apology for not being able to help him with the bear conflict, although she tried, the bear was almost as resistant to yellow flames what left her unable to do anything but watch as Alex overcame the bear with his tactics.
Alex continued advancing while playing a little with the little spirit when he did not find any enemy beast with his aura or mini-map, the exit no longer looked as far as at the beginning.
Meanwhile out of the dungeon in different capitals, the newborn heroes began to receive their training according to their classes with the best teachers who could get the kingdom they belong to while also trying to guide them on a path that benefits the kingdom with the least possible amount of lies in fear that they will have the ability to see through them, while others were already completely devoted to their kingdom, they are now receiving the best training for being the hero while giving them their first mission.
[Eliminate all demons]
That was the mission given to two of the five born heroes, while the others were simply prepared to be the symbol of peace and justice or as a weapon in case of war.
Returning out of the dungeon on one of the slopes of the infernal mountain, a small community of small humanoid beings does there barely surviving with what remains of the rest of their civilization that was hunted and enslaved.
The small humanoids have feline aspects with their whole body full of fur, but malnutrition makes their aspects all but less glorious like the drawings on the scrolls they carry very carefully as if it were a treasure.
They live on the mountain since that is where they managed to avoid the persecution of their race and also because the last person who helped them, died by placing an illusory magic that prevents them from being detected or found by those of their same race, but that happened more than 3 generations or 150 years ago that have survived there.
They continue to live there because of the fear that the writings left by their ancestors are true and suffer that fate again, although they are completely malnourished and weak, they are not because they have managed to survive the monsters that wander along that mountain slope Infernal, they have adapted for stealth and deadly combat, but their passive nature makes them more harmless until they are cornered or have to defend their family.
All that race lives praying that one day someone comes from outside and tells them that the world has changed, but they don't know that this is impossible since the magician could not tell them that they are undetectable when they are inside the barrier.
Since they always hide in their homes when someone strange happens near their town, that makes it impossible for them to interact with the outside world apart from the barrier that makes them invisible, they are very shy and that doesn't help.