[If the host wishes to strengthen his strength, then the system advises the host to tame these beasts when he has the necessary strength. If this method is used, then the host will get the talent from the beast directly. If the beast has multiple talents, then the host will get whatever he wants.]
"Tame beasts?" Good idea, tell me how to do it. I said calmly, hiding the enormous excitement that was building in me.
Everyone has dreamed of fighting on the battlefield alongside a tiger, a lion or a dragon! And the system is exactly telling me that I could make this dream come true!
[The host simply has to beat whatever beast he wishes to have until it submits, however this only works on non-tribal beasts or pack leaders.]
"Tribes? Are there tribes of wild beasts? "
[Response to the host, over 99% of the beasts in this world belong to a tribe such as the timber wolf you just killed.]
"It leaves me no choice but to kill one of these bosses if I want to tame a beast…"
[Quest "Tame a Beast" is triggered]
[Condition: Kill or subdue a pack leader.]
[Reward: A million experiences. The 4th effect of the host's talent is unlocked.]
[Quest detail: A pack leader is at least of rank (C-).]
My excitement vanished instantly. It is impossible that I can defeat a beast of rank (C-) without being at least of rank (D +).
However, the risks are proportional to the benefits. No need to waste time raising a beast from childhood to adulthood for several decades, spending a lot of time training it, instilling combat experience in it, as well as investing countless resources to accelerate its growth.
I just have to beat the beast I want. If she doesn't suit me, I just have to go get another one and beat her. That way, no need to worry about her not keeping up with my strength.
In addition, there is another extremely important element. A pack without a pack leader can no longer be called a pack. That is, if I subdue a pack leader, all beasts under his command will follow me as well as long as I have enough Soul Power.
The 2nd slot should be used for this purpose. Currently I could count a total of 336 animals.
Suddenly I notice a movement in my surroundings. I react by directing my gaze to this movement.
It was at such a time that the view that my rank (D-) gave me was the most useful. It allowed me to see clearly that several tens of kilometers away, thousands of animals were approaching my position.
And not just in this direction.
I looked around to see that I was already surrounded by several thousand animals.
This really seemed to be the land of the wood wolves, for they were the only species I could see among those thousands of beasts.
But this amount didn't scare me in the least. On the contrary I was filled with excitement!
No matter what the reason these beasts were coming my way, each of them would only have one ending after meeting me:
- Increase my experience and strengthen my talent.
My excitement was increasing my own adrenaline. I no longer had the patience to wait for these wolves to come to me!
I sprinted in a random direction, only to appear almost instantly in front of a wolf. While he still couldn't react, I beheaded him all at once.
His head flew up and a small sphere of light escaped from his body, transformed into a stream and came in my direction. The same sensation arose, but with a much lower intensity.
A new change appeared in my status window: [Wind affinity (common): 1/1000]
I knew instantly what that meant. Another 999 wolves to kill and my affinity will change to [Wind Affinity (Uncommon)]
I gave a huge smile when I saw the huge amount of wolves around me.
"Let's go for a good farming session! My figure could no longer be seen at the end of my sentence.
I was moving at high speed through the forest and slaughtering anything in my way.
In just a few moments, the heads of hundreds of wolves were missing from their bodies.
The forest soon began to turn red as the smell of blood spread throughout the forest. But that fact only further spurred the wolves' bloodthirsty instincts as their auras began to spiral out of control.
The scene of several thousand wolves of rank (D-) and beyond, giving off their auras, was very impressive, but to me it was just a whimsical spectacle.
Reality proved me right as several dozen wolf heads flew up every second.
8 seconds later.
The progression could be seen with the naked eye.
[Wind affinity (common): 456/1000]
My excitement gradually increased during the fight, or rather the massacre.
Suddenly, several auras much stronger than those of rank timber wolves (D-) appeared.
Not letting my guard down, I whispered:
"Identify. "
Breed: Wolf of the woods
Rank: (D +)
HP 1800/1800
MP 1440/1440
Strength: 300
Agility: 400 (+400)
Stamina: 225
Intelligence: 270
Wisdom: 240
Talent:
Wind Affinity (Super Rare)
The analysis only took a moment. In the distance I noticed 8 rank (D +) timber wolves using their talents to each manifest several hundred blades of wind.
Before I could even react, all the blades of wind appeared in front of me and hit me.
*Boom*
A gigantic explosion sounded through the whole forest. The residual element of the wind caused several hundred wolves to fly backwards and uproot all the trees nearby.
" Too fast ! I got up with difficulty. My body was covered with thousands of cuts spread all over my body. My blood was flowing from all places.
But that only increased my excitement, because it's that kind of fight that really makes me feel like I'm alive!
I totally released my dark aura, scaring a few young wolves, as I fixed my gaze on the 8 rank (D +) wolves that stood in the air.
[Walking on the wind.]
My body could still be seen in my previous position but I was already in front of a rank wolf (D +) and I hit him with a well-placed punch, flaunting my [Martial Arts Mastery (D )].
His body 4 meters long and 3 meters high was propelled back.
I didn't stop there, the body of the wolf still in the air, I appeared several hundred meters high to gain inertia, then I instantly lowered my head forward towards the wolf.
When my fist hit him, his whole body was bent in half, before being propelled at a speed invisible to the naked eye towards the ground.
*Boom*
When the wolf touched the ground, a huge explosion occurred and a cloud of smoke spread over several tens of meters.
Ding
[Detected that a Timber Wolf (D +) has been defeated.]
[Awarded with 100,000exp (+50,000).]
[Wind affinity (common) reinforced by 100 points.]
[Wind affinity (Uncommon): 556/1000]
As I was still in the air, I saw a hundred green streams coming out of the cloud of smoke and heading towards me.
As these flows surrounded me, I felt that my understanding of the element of wind had improved slightly and my agility was increased by a few points.
"This feeling is really exhilarating. My gaze turned to the remaining 7 wolves in rank (D +). After all, from my perspective, it was 100 times more beneficial to kill them compared to rank (D-) wolves while the difficulty remained the same.
As the intent to kill emerged in my eyes and I was about to make a move, a voice reached my ears.
"Oh, I'm curious if death is also an uplifting feeling"
At the end of this sentence, I saw a wolf measuring at least 15 meters long and 10 meters high.
He totally dominated me, whether in terms of size or aura.
Before I could say a word, his paw was in front of me.
" Too fast ! "
*boom*
The next moment I was lying on the ground in a miserable state.
"What tribe do you belong to? The giant wolf called out as I could see his huge head towering over me. There was nothing I could do but look at him, for his aura was pressing me to the ground.
"Human. I replied, looking him straight in the eye.
"Human tribe? Probably a pathetic tribe hiding in a mediocre place in the forest. I know all the tribes nearby as well as all the mighty tribes, but I have never heard of which tribe you belong to. The giant wolf commented, completely disdaining the human race.
"Comparing my human race to your wood wolf tribe, then your amazing tribe can best be called an insect." Do you really think that you are all powerful with that meager power? The number of experts who can torture you to death are as numerous as the stars in the sky! "
This guy was right in row (C) and he really thought he could annihilate the human race? This is the typical example of a frog stuck at the bottom of a well.
When the wolf heard my sentence, his anger erupted completely, as his aura leveled up and crushed me completely to death.
[You were killed by the Chief Timber Wolf (C-)]
[You will be sent to the reincarnation hall.]
"What a miserable death. Strength is always the most basic rule, no matter what I say, if I don't have the strength to back them up then everything is futile. I thought, that was a painful lesson that would stick in my mind for the rest of my life.
I looked around, only to find that I couldn't see anything. I found myself once again trapped in this dark place and where I could do nothing but wait for time to pass.
2 hours later.
Strangely, I felt that over an hour had passed, but I was still here. Indeed I had the experience of my first death, so I thought I was going to spend only an hour inside.
But it would appear that this is not the case.
1 day later.
Time passed slowly, there was nothing I could do, but thanks to my strengthened will, this little lapse of time was nothing.
1 week since my death.
I felt that already that my will was starting to waver, if I was in row (E) I think I would have gone mad already.
10 days since my death
I felt like I had spent my life in this dark place. I had absolutely nothing to do, at the beginning I had started counting the seconds but after 700,000 seconds, or almost 8 days, I had given up. I realized that it was completely unnecessary and it only accelerated my despair.
Instead, I would think back to all the events in my life, big and small, and analyze each one. I wondered if I had made the best choice in this or that situation and if not, I would look for other solutions.
29 days, 23 hours and 59 minutes since my death.
I kept following and rethinking every event in my life, and when I was done, I started over. Each time I came up with new ideas, which was quite satisfying. I also thought back to each of the battles that I had lived, wondering if, when I had made such or such movement at such moment, the combat would have been shortened or not.
I repeated the process countless times without a break, because in this place I did not know the fatigue and the benefits of sleep.
Suddenly I felt something new in me. I tried something and saw my arm move. This simple action made me cry. I finally had hope. It had been a few days since I was on the verge of collapse, if I had had the opportunity to kill myself, I certainly would have done so in the next few days.
After this little experience, I knew I could get my body going again.
The space started to crack and the next moment I was in the limo in front of Victoria who was looking at the scenery outside.
She noticed a movement and turned her gaze to me.
" Back ?" She said simply.
" Back." I nodded, letting out a beaming smile.