Raliz don't know what to do. Her body might give up any seconds now.
She breathe in then out. She tried to think calmly. I need to be calm. You can do it. You can kill it! Raliz motivated herself in her head.
She closed her eyes, she thought of many things that could work with her problems right now. Her brain is working very hard trying to have a solution and then, she finally found one.
She remembered the [Aura Release]. She used it.
Black aura covered her whole body. She looked like a demon. Her body was in meditation form.
She had once again envision the strange colorful energies in the air. Her body slowly consumed those energies.
Raliz couldn't feel anything in her body other than the Aura. She don't know if her idea worked but she hoped it would.
Raliz was trying to gather energy in the air and make the energy replenish the expended energies inside her body. Raliz could still not feel anything.
She could only feel hurting muscles, bones and everything. She was fatigued.
But after a few minutes, she felt something in the air. Other than the colorful energies, there is one large ball of energy.
"You had seen the Mana. Absorbed the mana and make it yours." Raliz did what Alpha told her to do.
The Ball of Energy was bright and was directly absorbed by her body.
But she still couldn't feel anything in her body. As when Raliz was about to give up, she noticed something.
"Alpha, [Stat and Level]."
Alpha showed her status and saw the difference. The last time she had seen her Mana Points or MP was numbered Zero and beside it was the Maximum amount of Mana that her body could store, which is a hundred and beside it was the word empty reservoir and colored in grey. But now its gone and it was shining.
Raliz continued to absorbed those wild mana.
Her body felt a little ease. Her Vitality came back but very little.
It was enough to give a last blow on the Alligator. Raliz stopped using [Aura Release] because it takes too much time and if she wanted to recover fully, the Alligator might get recovered.
Raliz stand up.
She channeled every power into her fist. She expended every ounce of power.
She groaned.
The air around her fist swirled. Her fist glowed.
She wanted to kill the beast in one go. This might not work but its worth a try. She thought.
While she was focusing her strength to her fist, black veins covered her whole right arm. Her fist was turned from white to black.
Another feeling seeped through. She felt something in her body was releasing something thats helping the energy in her fist get stronger and stronger.
"You have learned to control your mana. You have developed a new skill. [Magical Power Punch]. It is a skill that uses mana and energy. It is incredibly powerful and could kill creatures in Rank Warrior and below. It could also severe the life of an Elite Rank Creature" Alpha announced excitedly.
Learning what is happening, she expended more.
Her fist shone like a black star now. The ground started to crack. The air was blowing the dust away.
Raliz felt the limit.
It was time...
To...
Release it.
Yaaahhhh!
Dark and White light flashed and flew towards the Blue Armored Alligator. The Alligator opened its eyes and got hit by the attack.
The Alligator flew back into the water and...
Boom!
An explosion happened in the water. A tower of water was formed like a fountain. Its height was about as tall as the trees in the forest.
And then, the lake was dyed red. It was blood. Dead bodies of Crocodiles floated in the surface of the water.
Raliz's all out attack caused to exterminate some of the Crocodiles in the lake.
A large broken body floated. It was the body of the Blue Armored Alligator. It was dead.
A smile was etched in Raliz's face.
"I did it! I killed it!"
Raliz dropped on the ground. Her head was dizzy. Her body is aching like hell.
"Congratulation! You had killed 20 Zero Rank: Blue-Scaled Mirror Crocodile, 14 Warrior Rank: Blue-Scaled Mirror Crocodile and an Elite Rank: Blue Armor Alligator. Your level have raised by 1... Your level have raised by 1 ... ." Alpha continued four times until it said," You've reached the pinnacle level of Zero Rank. For killing 14 Warrior Rank monsters, your Rank will be raised from Zero to Warrior Rank. Congratulations! You are now Warrior Rank: Level 5. All your Attributes' point levels have increased."
" For killing more than 30 monsters in one attack had resulted to Mass Killing. For performing a Mass Killing, you'll be rewarded by a Title. You've obtained a Title: Warrior of Warriors."
" For killing a monster that was two ranks higher(Elite Rank:Blue Armor Alligator) , you've obtained a Secret Skill: Automatic Looting."
Raliz felt an invisible energy seeping into her body. She felt relieve. Her fatigue wore off. She felt alive again.
Levelling up and going in another Rank helps your body have full stat again and raised your Attributes' Level points too.
Raliz stood up and looked at her body weirdly. She felt so much powerful than before.
She punched the air and an air wave appeared. But then again she heard announcements again.
" Because you had achieved Warrior Rank, you had earned a new skill... You had earned a new skill... Your skill levelled up... You've obtained 30 Attribute Points." Announcements like that rangged inside her head. There is an announcement that she had gained by a number of Attribute points. Raliz wanted to check it out but she needs to check her wounded familiar.
In Raliz's eyes, she could see Brick's status. "Due to overly expenditure of Mana and Energy, its body was overly fatigued and fell into comma." Alpha inspected.
Raliz asked Alpha how to help Brick.
Alpha said that to bring Brick to its normal state, it needs to evolve or ate a fruit that have healing effects or attributes.
"In the Great Mirror Lake, There is a herb that could help in healing injuries and fatigue. It is called [Aquatic Healing Herb]." Alpha said the name of herb that could help to heal Brick.
Raliz wanted to dive in and get it but... She believed there might be potential danger under the water other than the Crocodiles.
"Besides the Blue-Scaled Crocodiles, there are other Creatures that inhabited the lake. But none of them are dangerous than the Crocodiles. In the Great Mirror Lake, The Blue-Scaled Mirror Crocodile families are the top predators." Alpha explained easing the uneasiness of Raliz.
After hearing Alpha's explanation. Raliz build a little camp for the Bear.
She used the trees and leaves also thorns to ward off malicious and dangerous predators.
Alpha also helped her to collect
certain type of plants that helps to protect Brick while she's gone. One of the plants was called [Putrid Sage]. It can keeps monsters and Creatures away by its smelly leaves.
There are also others and such that could be seen in the forest.
Raliz also discovered something amazing.
Alpha announced that she could use a function of the Artifact: Gem of Origin after achieving Warrior Rank.
That function is called Space Storage. You can store anything and in any amount. Raliz was really amazed by the function because it'll help her of the problem of space in her bag.
Also, Perishable things could be preserve inside for the longest of times. Food or plants that are stored inside the Space Storage will look the same as when it had been stored.
Raliz managed to collect rare plants in the forest and stored them inside in the Space Storage.
Raliz stretched her body first before going into the water.
...
In the place where a comatose bear was placed.
A wolf-like creature was trying to hunt. It sniffed on the ground.
It saw a large bird with purple feathers. The bird has pink eyes. It was a beautiful bird to look at.
Anyone who see it will be mesmerized by its beauty.
The Wolf stayed in its place and waited for the bird to come to its place.
The Wolf's tail turn into pink and wiggly thing. It showed its tail outside the bush.
Then its tail wiggled like a giant, meaty worm.
The Purple Bird looked to the meaty worm and saliva was dripping on its beak.
It flew and wanted to snatch its food. Suddenly, a huge mouth descended and crunch its neck.
The Wolf was ecstatic when it knew that it caught its prey, but the bird on its mouth turned into a mist. Was it a clone? An illusion?
Squawk!
The Wolf turned around and saw a purple bird that was flapping its wings.
The Wolf's face turned sour.
It wanted to kill the purple bird. The Wolf jumped into the bushes once again.
The Purple Bird had a good eyesight and could see through the bush. It was shock that it could no longer see the Wolf.
The Purple Bird became alert.
A shadow jumped and released few air slashes. The Purple Bird countered it with its wind Elemental attack.
The Bird looked at the disappearing and appearing shadow.
And then, the bird smiled creepily.
Its talons were suddenly covered with blood.
A bloody body fell down from the tree. Its stomach had a large cut and inner organs came falling down.
It was gruesome and scary.
The body was from the wolf. The Purple Bird screech evilly and its feathers changed color.
From Purple it changed into Black. Its eyes were shining with red light. It suddenly became a black mist and went to the little camp where a comatose bear lies.
It went inside the bear's body and black aura covered the bear.