After protecting the village, Axxel realized it was timw for him to set off. He had already been staying in angela's home for over a week now. And as a man, he just didn't feel right about it. So he packed his clothes and told angela and her uncle he'd be leaving, and they waved him off.
Instead of going to another village, he instead went deep into the woods to find a beast. "I wonder if I can find another one of those shadow wolves to fight again," he said in an excited manner as he trotted through the forest. All around him, there were only trees and faint sounds of growling could be heard. While he walked through the forest, he then started seeing claw marks on trees, which excited him.
As he went deeper, he started to hear roars and growls, he was excited because there were probably all types of beasts around him. He wanted to explore deeper, so he did. After only 5 minutes, he could see shadow wolves lurking in the shaded areas, and yellow glowing tigers. There was also a flying monster that had huge wings and giant claws. He decided to sneak attack a shadow wolf as he didn't want to attract any more beasts.
[Ding!]
[You have defeated a Shadow Wolf and gained 250 XP and 25 Credits.
The system in his head spoke out to him. When he opened his status menu, he looked at his level and he was just barely breaking through to level 10. He just needed to kill 1 more shadow wolf. After walking for less then 2 minutes, he saw another one lurking in the dark.
[Ding!]
[You have defeated a Shadow Wolf and gained 250 XP and 25 Credits.
He noticed a while back that doing quests for the same action would award for rewards. Which was why the shadow wolves gave half the XP from the previous quest a week ago.
[Ding!]
[Host has reached level 10.
["The instincts of a beast engulfs your mind."
This wasn't the usual tone the system would talk in. It sounded more unusual and...ominous. While deep in thought, he got a light headache. While he also oddly craved for raw meat. Not letting whatever was messing with him annoy him, he cut a piece of skin from the body of the shadow wolf. He then held out his workshop blade, "Umm.. what do I say, equip?" he mumbled to himself before a stinging light came from the blade.
When Axxel looked down at the blade, it looked different, it had a purple aura eminating from it. Axxel re-read the description.
[Details: A blade that has been imbued with the powers of a Shadow Wolf.
Attack: 9
Skills: Shadow Slash
Details: When the skill is used, the blade will send a slash made of shadows. The more shadows near the user, the better.
Axxel was amazed at the change of details. He tried equipping the blade with more of the wolf's skin, but it didn't work. That was both good and bad because it meant he wouldn't need a lot of a beast's remains to get its power but also meant that he couldn't strengthen the power. Either way, he was satisfied with the result. Now it was time to put this newly modified blade to the test.
After walking for a few minutes, he encountered a bright yellow-skinned tiger with big fangs in its mouth. Its mane was made of what looked to be electricity. Axxel quickly got excited and used the Shadow Slash on impulse. After coming back to his senses, he then realized what he had done, and sent another one just to make sure the beast would die. The beast unfortunately didn't die but was gravely injured. 'So do shadow skills or magic have an increased effect against lightning magic or beasts?' he thought in his held as he sent another Shadow Slash towards the beast.
The beast tried to dodge, but the slash was just a little faster, thus cutting deep into its side and killing it. After it died, Axxel crawled over to the beast's body and cut a piece of skin from it. After holding the blade out, Azdel then said 'equip' in his head. A stinging light appeared again catching Axxel off guard again.
He then checked the details of the blade again, this time with more information that made his eyes shine.
[Details: A blade that has been imbued with the powers of a shadow wolf and lightning tiger.
Attack: 17
Abilities: Shadow Slash, Lightning Flash
Details: Shadow Slash: When the skill is used, the blade will send a slash made of shadows. The more shadows near the user, the better.
Details: Lightning Flash; When the skill is used, the user can move anywhere within a 10 meter radius in an instant for 15 seconds.
Axxel couldn't help but grin while reading the details of the blade. The blade also had an aura of dark purple and bright yellow. After observing the details panels, he saw something under the details.
["The clashing energies of shadow and electricity have reached a temporary equillibrium. Host's affinity with both magic has increased significantly.
It read under the details of the skills. Axxel didn't even know how this was possible but he didn't care either. Today was either a good day or a good day for him.