A new day, a new start, a new challenge.
Early in the morning, Ronald, who planned to accompany the little tiger for some time, was now preparing to hunt for both his and the cub's breakfast, as his supply has already been depleted since yesterday.
While he was doing some maintenance for his sword, Ronald looked at the cub who was sleeping on top of the stone that was put on the center of its mother's grave, a while later he sighed and asked the cub, "Would you like to come with me to hunt for food?"
The cub looked like it was sleeping, but in reality, it wasn't. It woke up earlier than Ronald, but in the end, it pretended to be asleep when Ronald woke up as it wanted to observe Ronald. Although Ronald helped it yesterday, it still remained a bit wary of him.
Most offsprings of ordinary beasts aren't that cautious, that is why they are always being protected by their parents while slowly teaching them about their way of living. But offsprings of beasts level 5 and above are different. They were born with intelligence and had some pieces of information about the world shared by their parents. Some got information and knowledge of the world from their mother through blood connection, when they are still in their mother's belly, while others came from both their parents when they were still inside the egg through a strange language only known to them.
Looking at Ronald, the cub thought for a while before it nodded.
Seeing it nod, Ronald became happy as this was his first step.
After he finished all his preparation, Ronald then stood up and started walking away from the grave, and seeing Ronald walked, the cub immediately followed him.
The two traveled for a while before they found something peculiar happening around them. They noticed that the leaves around them are shaking furiously, even though the wind wasn't that strong.
Seeing the weirdness of the situation, Ronald started looking around for clues, while the little cub raised its little nose on the air and started sniffing the air.
A moment later, after sniffing the air for a while, the cub then ran rapidly to a nearby bush, and Ronald, seeing the cub running, followed the cub.
While following the cub, the first thing that Ronald noticed in the surroundings is that little fruits are flying along the direction they are going. It was as if the little fruits are being attracted by a magnet.
A few minutes later, they came to a place full of thick vines and bushes. And the first thing they noticed when they came to this place was the rotating green sphere formed by flying leaves. The rotating sphere was like a small barrier created for protecting something/someone inside it.
Ronald and the cub observed the sphere together, then came to a conclusion. Although the sphere looks amazing, it has no threat to both of them.
After a while, the sphere stopped rotating, and the flying leaves slowly fell on the ground. As the leaves slowly fell, a fat horned rabbit with glowing red eyes came out of it, alerting both Ronald and the cub.
Upon seeing the fat horned rabbit, the cub smirk at its funny appearance before directly rushing to it.
Seeing the rushing cub, the horned rabbit was enraged and attacked the tiger cub with its horns.
Ronald, who was at the side, stayed still and was observing the two, he then used his skill
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Horned Rabbit
Lvl: 1
Hp: 1608/1608
Mp: 301/408
Total Stats: 381
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Seeing the stats of the rabbit, Ronald was relieved as it was still easy for him to defeat this rabbit, especially when its movement speed is quite slow due to its fat body.
Ronald then looked at the little tiger, although it was still a few days old, due to the knowledge imparted by its mother, it doesn't look like a newbie while fighting for the first time. Although its movements look quite clumsy, its timing was great, especially in dodging at the right time and attacking at the right time.
Ronald looked at the two beast fighting while observing the surroundings, watching for any beast that might rush in at the worst time.
A few minutes later, the battle finally came to an end, with the bloody fat rabbit lying on the ground as life escapes from its eyes.
Seeing the dead rabbit, the little tiger then stepped on its head and raised up its head, looking proud of what it had done.
Upon seeing the little tiger's action, Ronald smiled.
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Seven days later, Ronald decided to leave the forest.
Early in the morning, Ronald looked at the brightly shining sun. And then looked at the sleeping figure on top of the rock at the center of the grave.
"I'm returning to the village now," Ronald said as was waiting for the little tiger's reaction.
And upon hearing Ronald's words, the tiger's ears moved, and it then woke up and looked directly the human that stayed and taught it many things in these several days.
Remembering its experience during these days, the little tiger looked at Ronald's face with a sad expression, as if pleading to Ronald to stay.
"You can follow me," Ronald said nervously as he then waited for the tiger's answer.
Upon hearing Ronald's words, the tiger became happy and happily came to his side.
Seeing this, Ronald was filled with happiness. The hard work he did during these days had finally born fruit.
Ronald and the little tiger experienced many things during these days. And one of the most thrilling things that they both experience, is when they are chased by countless bees for stealing honey from its beehive. And these aren't the normal bees but level 1 bees. Imagining what happened at that time really caused Ronald's hair to rise up, thankfully at the time they found a small pond and hid there for a while as the bees passed by them.
Ronald was now preparing to leave and gave a last look to where he had lived with the little tiger for several days, while the tiger also gave a last look at its mother's grave.