With his most important problem resolved the only thing left to do was increase his strength before he reached the city. He already had a decent advantage over the other new tamers. From Agni already about to become a rookie-level Digimon to him being lucky enough to get Gram and Aegis.
Even so, without personal strength, he would only survive so long, soon enough he would have to travel the digital world. Without sufficient strength, he might as well turn back and become a doctor. That wasn't going to happen though he had his dreams and he would achieve them no matter what.
Going back into the forest he decided to head towards where he had found the Gabumon. It was far enough away that he should run into Digimon strong enough to challenge him. But close enough so he wouldn't miss his ride back to the city. Taking a look at his digivice Cyrus didn't know if they would reach their goal.
Name-Agni (Gigimon)
Level-In training
Attribute-None
Str-3.3
Vit-3.1
Dex-3.2
Skills
Hot bite-Uses the heat from its body to coat its fangs while biting.
Heated bubbles-Shoots bubbles heated up from the heat within its body.
The stronger Digimon got the more data they would need to digivolve. Even so, he could at least get Agni on the cusp of digivolving. Putting away his digivice he looked at the Mushroomon that was walking out from behind a tree. It turned around and looked at him with a smirk on its face.
"Sorry kid but you're surrounded by my poisonous mushrooms, I was gonna kill you but-"It didn't get to finish its sentence before a blade came swinging at its face.
Rolling to the left to avoid the strike it got back up with a scowl. It was just in the middle of telling this stupid human how it would spare his life. All he had to do was give it everything he owned and his Digimon instead.
"Die," That was all it said before causing the mushrooms he had placed for the trap to explode.
Seeing the air quickly filling with poison Cyrus didn't panic, he had already known the Mushroomon was following them. He had sensed it from the moment they left the village keeping Agni in his digivice. He made sure to keep focused on its position; he wasn't worried about the poison because of Aegis.
He hoped he met Gallantmon again in the future as it had said, one to pay him back for the way he looked at him. Second to thank him for giving him the tools that would be with him till he died. Right now however he had to focus on this fight with Aegis protecting him from the poison so he could stay on the offensive.
As soon as the poison started to fill the air Cyrus didn't waste any time running to his enemy's blind spot. After getting into the position he pushed off the tree branch he was standing on and swung his weapon. The clean cut he was hoping for didn't happen, dodging at the last moment the Mushroomon narrowly missed being cleaved in half.
It didn't get away without a price though both its legs were missing. Seeing this it became hysterical not believing that it had been hurt to this extent. It had been alive for 5 years all its efforts to grow stronger were now in vain. It didn't want to be like most other Digimon waiting to digivolve naturally it wanted power now however its goals mattered not.
"I'll kill, I'll kill you I'll kill you!" It kept repeating as Cyrus walked over to it.
"Would you shut up If I didn't have the skill or the tools I would have been long dead before we even met. Do not blame your misfortune on me, you picked the wrong fight you have no one else to blame," After saying his peace he pierced his weapon through its skull.
The poison in the air had long since dissipated so Agni could come out and absorb the data. Looking at the digicore that was slowly disintegrating as Agni absorbed its data Cyrus couldn't help but think about the enemy he had just killed. He felt no remorse as those were the rules of this world but he couldn't help but have this feeling that they would meet again.
However, that feeling disappeared because Agni had finished absorbing the data. He didn't digivolve though Cyrus already expected this to happen. He would have to wait till they reached the city and gained a decent footing in this world. Plus he still had a wealth of information and tools he hadn't gained because of his misfortune.
"Wow! Kid you're something else only two days in the digital world and you're this skilled." The voice came from the sky.
Looking up Cyrus was once again filled with surprise. In the sky was Mike riding on the back of what looked to be an Aquilamon. What happened next was even more shocking. Digimon suddenly returned to its rookie form. Mike started falling from the sky and landed in front of him without a sound.
"Man I love doing that, you should try it sometime kid whenever your digimon can fly that is," Mike said as he started laughing.
"You just fell from at least 100 feet, what makes you think I would want to try that?" Cyrus asked even though inside he couldn't wait to try it.
"You can't trick me I can see it in your eyes however, that's not why I'm here your ride just came so I'm here to bring you back. I didn't expect to see a diced-up mushroom haha." Mike said laughing at his joke.
"Would you shut up? We came here for the boy not to joke around" The voice came from the Aquilamon now a Hawkmon after returning to rookie level.
"The name is Hawk sorry about my partner he's not right in the head. Your ride to the city is here, are you ready?" Hawk asked very politely.
"Yeah I'm ready thanks for coming, let's go Agni," Cyrus said as he followed the laughing Mike and Hawk back to the village.