'Green Wood Forest'
So the name of this city came from this forest. Although this forest is not very big, neither very dangerous for junior knights but according to the city lord, this forest is very old. There is even a legend about this forest that in ancient times monsters from other worlds used to came out from this forest.
Hearing this again Gray was a little surprised because this is the second time he heard about other worlds today and thought to himself, One day I will uncover all the secrets of this world, But right now I have to become strong as soon as possible and find out a way to become a Magus.
And also to protect me in this world where strong rules. Although until now I have not encountered any life-threatening danger but that's because of my good luck, and one should never rely on luck, only with my own strength can I ensure my survivable, especially in a world where one person can have the power to suppress all.
Thinking up to this point Gray starts heading toward his room because today it is already evening. After eating his diner he again completed another season of the breathing manual but his time increase in his attribute was very little so he just went to sleep.
The next day.
After exiting the city Gray was thinking about the Greenwood forest and how to hunt those wolf, Although this jungle is considered very small but that is compared to other jungles on this continent. It takes about two months to go to the other side of this jungle on foot. From this Gray can guess that it is more than a million square kilometers. And in this area, it will not be easy to catch those wolfs. So Gray was planning to set few traps near the area where those wolfs hunt and wait for them. Although Gray never hunted big monsters like wolves, in those days when he stayed in this jungle but he met one on the first day he came to this world and he was a little afraid after seeing the size of that wolf. So he didn't even think about directly clashing with them. After entering the jungle Gray took the same root as his previous journey and found the sword he hid previously. Now Gray knows anyone can keep a weapon with them even inside the city so, he also bought a crossbow for this hunt. After hanging the sword in his waist, Gray ordered the AI chip to show the shortest root to the area where those wolves are most active. After walking through the jungle for the whole day Gray finally reached the place where the wolves are seen often.
AI chip scan this area.
"Beep Scanning complete"
Then Gray can see a 3d circular map of the 500 meters surrounding him, where he was in the middle, in front of his eye. But there is no Large beast in this area. Gray also found out from the library the Rankings of the beast in this world. There is mainly 3 kind of beast or as the normal people call them monsters. They are a normal beast, Mutated beast, and magic beast, and they are divided by low, mid, and high level. And these wolves are high-level normal beast only senior knight can kill them without facing any danger.
Although a junior knight can also kill a high-level normal monster but still I have to be careful because there are 5 wolves in that group and they are also good at group attack, thinking this to himself, Gray dug out few large holes and put some Sharp and Strong tree branch inside it and covered it with leaves and soil. Even after doing all this work, Gray was not that tired. But it took some time and it was already dark so, Gray quickly hunted a small animal with the help of the AI chip's scan, and after cooking he eat it and climb up on a large tree to spend the night.
The next day, Gray hunted a large boar and used it as the bait for his traps. But after waiting the whole day he didn't see any sign of the wolves when he thought if his plan failed he suddenly heard a prompt from the AI chip.
"Beep strong life-form detected, according to the database a high-level normal beast"
After a few seconds, Gray can see a shadow was stealthy moving toward the bait but it was not a wolf but a large leopard.AI chip scan its attributes.
"Beep Name: leopard(High level normal beast) Strength:3 Agility:5.5 Vitality + defense 5"
Seeing its speed Gray knew he can't kill it directly. Although Junior Knight has weaker stats but with their intelligence and techniques normally, it is not very hard for them to kill a stronger beast. but if there are many of them or they have high speed it is not possible.
Although I am not a Junior knight but I am very close to becoming a junior and with my sword technique and with AI chip's predictions it will not be too hard to kill this beast but if it wants to run I can't do anything.
So Gray just waited patiently for the leopard to fall for his trap. After a few more seconds when the leopard was about to reach for the boar, the groud bellow it collapsed and it was impaled by the sharp branches which was bellowing the pit but it still didn't die and actually jumped out from the pit and then tried to run but suddenly an arrow came with high speed and went straight through its head and finally it died.
Gray put the crossbow in his back and climb down from the tree and carefully approach the leopard because there were traps all around this place to prevent the wolves from escaping after the first wolf fall for the trap. After reaching the leopard Gray dug out a small black core from the heart of the leopard with the sword and moved the body near the boar as another bait.
After that, he again climbed the same tree and after sitting down he can finally inspect the beast core. AI chip Scan this core.
"Beep scanning complete, according to available data, It is a high-level normal beast core. This core is the condensed life energy of the beast. The beast core is very important for a beast with a stronger bloodline to advance to the next level, and it is full of food energy"
"Beep Food energy is an incorrect term, the host is recommended to change food energy to life force"
After hearing this Gray changed the food energy to life force and asked the AI chip-
AI chip what are the uses of this core?
"Beep host can eat it directly for a slight increase in attribute or make a pill with the help of an alchemy master for batter effect. The host can also use it after using the breathing manual to remove fatigue and maximum effect."
There no chance for me finding an alchemy master for now,
AI chip how much will it increase my attributes if I eat it after using the breathing manual?
"Beep simulation complete hosts will have an average increase of 0.2 in all his attributes.
Hearing this Gray was a little surprised because that means if he can hunt a few of these beasts, just in a few months he will become a Grand knight. Also, he wondered why other junior knights didn't hunt these beasts day and night and became Grand knight so he again asked the AI chip if
everyone will have this kind of effect.
"Beep according to available data, Knight with high-level breathing manual will have these effect, and as host's life-force increase, the host will have to take more or higher quality beast core for the same amount of increase"
Also what Gray didn't notice is for other junior knights, it not this easy to hunt high-level beast even with traps because first, they don't have as AI chip to warn them of danger and also most of them don't have high-level breathing manual so, increase in their strength is very low so they like to eat pills made with beast core but those are also very expensive. as for those who have High-level breathing manuals, they have a high position in society and can hire alchemy masters who can make pills for them.
So only the alchemy master hires a group of junior knights led by a senior knight who is good at hunting for them to hunt these beasts and gather their cores.
After knowing all these, Gray put the beast core in his mouth and started the breathing manual. after about 50 minutes Gray opened his eyes and was surprised to find out that all his attributes increased and also because this breathing season lasted for almost an hour. But what was even more surprising was that half of the beast core is still present inside his mouth.
But Gray didn't again start the breathing art because the AI chip just gave him a Warning saying he should rest for a few hours so his body can adjust with the increased strength.
So Gray kept the remaining beast core in his pocket and asked the AI chip-
AI chip shows my stats.
"Beep Name: Gray Agarwal(Junior knight) Strength:1.9 Agility:2.15 Vitality + defense:1.95"
After a few hours of rest, it was already night but Gray still practiced the breathing manual using the rest of the beast core, and after finishing he ordered the AI chip to show his stats.
Seeing all his attributes reached 2 he let out a sigh,
Finally, I have become a true Junior knight.