After selecting a suitable monster to train from his map, Raizel dashed towards it. Using the map he quickly reached the place.
From a distance, he could see a black tiger like beast. Using his detection skill he confirmed that the beast was alone. It was a E ranked Mutated Tiger. He was excited for the upcoming battle.
As he slowly approached the tiger, it woke up and glanced in his direction.
"I have to learn some stealth skills."
Realizing that the tiger had found him, he quickly brought a halberd from his inventory.
"Haaaaa..."
"Roaaarrrrr..."
The two shouted at each other trying to instill fear among their opponent. Without giving Raizel a chance, the tiger jumped at him. It was fast. Quickly he brought his halberd in front of him to protect himself from the tiger's claws.
Quickly he transformed to his demon form. Black scales formed above his skin. His fingers turned in to claws and two wings sprout from his back along with a tail. He looked ferocious.
Flapping his wings he flew backward. Watching his retreating figure, the tiger didn't gave up. With a mighty howl, it swung its claws at his direction. Three claw shaped blades sped towards his direction. These claws gave him a dangerous feeling. Quickly he jumped upwards and flew to the air.
After a week of practice, he could fly for a few seconds. As soon as the blades passed, he landed on the ground.
"Haaaaa..."
Using all his force he threw his halberd at the tiger. Thankfully it was very fast and it quickly pierced the abdomen of the tiger. His strength was higher than the tiger. Along with the sharpness of his halberd, it easily came out of his back.
"Howllll.."
The tiger howled with pain. Not giving it any chance, Raizel prepared his [Lightning Chain] skill. During this time, the tiger had somehow managed to take out the halberd regaining it's mobility. But it had become weaker. It also prepared it's signature skill.
Gathering a large amount of air, the tiger roared at him. Small blades made of air began coming out of his mouth. They quickly attacked Raizel slicing his scales.
Dodging them, he didn't stop his skill. Soon his body was filled with cuts. If not for his scales, he would have turned into pieces. By the time the tiger's skill ended, Raizel's [Lightning Chain] spell was also prepared. Quickly chains of lightning formed from his hands and bound it tightly.
Not giving any chance to the tiger, he used all his strength with his claws and started ripping it's skin and organs apart. He tore it's neck and abdomen. Blood and fluids began gushing out of it's wound. Raizel was bathed with it's blood.
His appearance at this time was truly that of a demon. Black scales covered in red blood of it's enemy, crimson eyes glowing with excitement and his ice cold expression, made him look like he had just crawled from hell. It was terrifying as well as beautiful.
Slowly, the tiger died due to his wounds and blood loss. Raizel's spell also cancelled after some time. What remain was a panting Raizel and a dead tigers remain.
"Hahahaha.... This is exciting. The adrenaline, the fear of death, the feeling of tearing its skin, its truly is what I was yearning for. I am a demon lord. Peaceful life doesn't suit me. My place is in the battlefield. I am born to enjoy battles. Hahahaha...."
Raizel remained in his demonic form for some time. As his excitement diminished, what followed was pain. His body had cuts all over the place. He cancelled his form and took a bottle of healing potion.
As the potion entered his body, it quickly began it's work. Slowly his wounds began to heal. After a minute, nothing, not even a scar remained.
"This potion is really life saving. If I had to stay wounded for another minute, I might have fainted because of the pain."
This was first time he got any injury. The amount of cuts was very painful for him to tolerate. If not for the excitement that overpowered his feeling of pain, he would have fainted already.
"It seems I have to increase my pain tolerance. Oh well battles in the future will surely help me. But I have to be careful. I almost lost myself in battle addiction. It seems, demons have somewhat battle crazed personality. I have to deal with it. I don't want to become a battle maniac."
After healing all his wounds, he began searching for the crystal of the tiger. It was a mutated ranked E tiger. He might gain something if he consume it. And he could sell the tiger's body to earn some DP. Unlike dungeon monsters, other beast's body would give him good amount of DP.
He stored the body inside his inventory and searched for his next target. He was not ending his journey after one battle. This battle had showed him how much he lacked. He should have used Tier 1 attack spells, which were instantaneous, rather than Tier 2 spells. If he had not transformed, he could have died.
His strategy and spell casting needed a lot of work.
Searching for a new opponent from his map, Raizel began reviewing his battle and where he could improve. He had the raw power to overpower the tiger. But his lack of experience nearly got him killed.
After some time he found his next target. It was a at the edge of his new territory. It was on a small mountain. There was no other beast nearby.
"Oh well I will add the surrounding territory after I defeat it. Lets continue. Another exciting battle awaits."
Raizel started running towards the location with a smile on his face.