Faith isn't hoping that good times are coming; it's trying to see that good times are here.
Dreamer was also thinking that his good times are here as he has 14 beast cores with him and he will get more as he continues to train in the forest.
And when he finishes his training and leaves the forest, he will sell these cores to the Gifted One Organization and earn some decent money from them.
But these things will only happen when Dreamer continues to hunt the beasts and get stronger.
So, right now, Dreamer is viewing the status of his recent subordinate, Altair, to know his skills in order to use him accordingly for the hunt.
[ Subordinate : Altair ]
[ Race : Griffin ]
[ Level : 1 ]
[ Soul Level : 1 ]
[ Stats ]
[ Strength : 6 ]
[ Stamina : 8 ]
[ Agility : 9 ]
[ Speed : 10 ]
[ Dexterity : 10 ]
[ Available Stat Points : 0 ]
[ Innate Skills ]
[ Soul Meld ]
[ Sleuth Sense (SS) : Helps the user to find the location of any beast of any rank. ]
"Nice! This Sleuth Sense will help us very much." said Dreamer after seeing Altair's skills.
"But he only has one skill and that too a supportive type not an offensive type. If I gave him my two skills, Fire Arrow and Leather Skin, it would be helpful but I wish I had more skills…wait!...more skills!.."
Dreamer stopped his speech midway as he remembered something that he had forgotten for all this time.
'Helix!? I must have gotten some skills from those 15 souls, right? I can absorb them, right?'
'Well, yeah. I was about to tell you this myself, but you remembered it before me telling you.
You collected 15 souls and each soul had 2 skills in them so it means 30 skills in total but you can only choose 15 at maximum.
Anyway, here are the skills that you can choose from.' answered Helix as he briefly explained and then an interface appeared before Dreamer.
[ Host has got the following skills from the souls he had absorbed ]
[ Note : Host can only choose 15 skills at maximum from this list. ]
[ Hitting Spree ]
[ Gatling Fury ]
[ Blazing Breeze ]
[ Bolt Rush ]
[.....]
[....]
Dreamer kept on reading the list. After reading some skills he nodded, for some skills he clicked his tongue and for some skills just shook his head.
And finally after one minute he sighed in relief as he finished reading all 30 skills.
'So long and also most of these skills are useless. Now I know why these beasts were so easy to kill.' said Dreamer in his mind.
'Anyway Helix, can you do me a favor and choose the skills for me? Because I got confused with all these skills. So, as an experienced entity or spirit can you choose them for me?' said Dreamer as he asked Helix to choose the skills for him.
'Huh? How dare you say that? I will ki…'
'Oh! You will! Thank you, I know I can rely on you. Choose carefully, ok!'
Dreamer interrupted Helix as he knew that Helix would refuse. So, before Helix can refuse Dreamer quickly said thank you to make Helix choose the skills no matter what.
But Helix still didn't give up. He tried to refuse Dreamer many times but every time, Dreamer didn't let Helix complete his sentence.
So, in the end, Helix finally accepted Dreamer's request as he decided to choose skills for Dreamer.
'Dammit! Why am I doing such petty work? I will make sure that this kid regrets this.' thought Helix inside his mind as he chose some skills deliberately that will make Dreamer regret this decision of his.
"Liberi! We will be leaving in five minutes to find some more beasts.
So, I want you to take out the Mythril horn from the Unicorn's body. It will surely help us in the future." ordered Dreamer as he intends to use this Mythril to make something out of it.
After hearing Dreamer's order Liberi just nodded and started acting on it.
"And as for you Altair! I want you to find the location of two early beginner rank beasts. Got it?" ordered Dreamer to Altair as now he was planning to continue hunting.
"Hunhhh!" replied Altair.
"Hmm? Is that a yes?" asked Dreamer as he still didn't know the language of the beasts.
'Yes, master!' said Altair as he answered Dreamer's question through his mind.
"If you can speak to me in my language through your mind then why are you grunting?" said Dreamer as he let out a helpless sigh.
"From now on, till you can't speak in my language you will only talk with me through your mind. Understand?" ordered Dreamer as he didn't want any confusion in the future.
'Yes, master.' replied Altair as he started to sniff the air and the ground to find the location of two Early Beginner rank beasts.
After giving work to both of his subordinates, Dreamer just stood with his hands crossed and started thinking about something.
'Helix. I have a question. Will Altair only be able to talk in my language through his mind? Will he not be able to speak in my language without using his mind?
And also, if he didn't know my language then how can he understand my words? Because I wasn't talking with him through my mind and yet he understood every word of mine. Is there a reason for all this?' asked Dreamer after thinking for a few good minutes.
'Beasts will only talk in beast language and he became your subordinate just recently, but for all this time he was a beast. So, he will only talk in beast language.
But if you use an appearance changing skill and turn him into a human then he might be able to talk in your language.
Beasts have a special ability by default, they can understand every one's language without any effort. Just like the Mythril Unicorn was understanding your every word.
And why the hell am I answering your questions? You made me choose skills! And now you also want answers.
Anyway, don't disturb me for five minutes. I am choosing some skills for you. Ha ha!' answered Helix as he laughed which didn't make Dreamer feel good.
'Why are you laughing while choosing the skills?
I hope you are taking this seriously.' said Dreamer as he got a bad feeling about Helix's laugh.
'Don't worry, I am taking this very seriously! Like very seriously. Seriously!' said Helix, which again didn't make Dreamer feel good.
'Helix! What ar..'
'Shut up!' shouted Helix as he was getting really annoyed by Dreamer's continuous remarks.
After getting scolded by Helix, Dreamer let out a heavy sigh.
'Fine! Choose what you want. After all, I was the one who gave you such a task. I'll just wait for you to finish then we will leave to hunt. Altair must be done finding the location by now.' said Dreamer as he decided to wait for Helix to finish choosing the skills for him.
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'And...I am done!' spoke Helix after 10 minutes as he was finally finished choosing the skills for Dreamer.
'Really! You took so long! Ok, show me!' said Dreamer excitedly as he was very eager to see the skills that Helix chose for him.
'Yeah, yeah. It took effort, you know. That's why I took time. I can't just choose any random skill for you, can I? Here!' replied Helix and then an interface with black background and white words written on it appeared before Dreamer.
[ Host has chosen 5 skills out of 30 skills. ]
"What!? Just 5?" exclaimed Dreamer as he was shocked after just reading the first line of the system's interface.
Liberi who was beside Dreamer and was taking out the Mythril horn from the unicorn also heard Dreamer's shocked voice but as Liberi knew that Dreamer had a system he didn't disturbed Dreamer.
'Don't be shocked just yet. There are more to read.' said Helix in a playful manner as he was enjoying all this.
[ Pleasant Breath (Passive) : Host breath will always remain pleasant. ]
"What!? What can I do with this skill? I can't even harm a fly with this skill. Helix, why did you do this?" exclaimed Dreamer again in a shocked manner and right now, he was looking like he is going to cry at any moment now.
'Hahaha!'
Helix was laughing as he was enjoying Dreamer's suffering.
And after seeing the first skill that Helix chose, Dreamer finally calms down himself and moves on to the second skill.
[ Nail Cutter (Passive) : Whenever the host nails grow to a certain extent they will be cut automatically.]
"Why? Just, why? Nail Cutter!? Helix! You basta…"
"Hahaha! Regret it kid! Making me do these petty things! Hahaha!"
This time Helix interrupted Dreamer by his laughter as he was enjoying Dreamer's suffering very much.
Dreamer also knew that Helix chose these skills just to make Dreamer regret his decision and Helix was successful in doing it.
But still, with not very high hopes he looked at the last three skills.
But when he saw the last three skills that Helix chose, he finally broke into a smile.
"Finally!"