The six chatted happily while traveling back to Forzen. They both learned something about each other.
The party was composed of Frid, Mac, Trek, Celine, and Joy. Raia had gotten closer to the group. They were very nice and they also gave him some pointers and advises while hunting.
Frid was a 5th Martial Warrior State while the others were at 4th Martial Warrior State.
Raia separated with them and went straight to Gran's shop.
"Where is your loot?" Gran asked.
"In here." Raia pointed in his spatial ring.
"Oh, you've finally got a spatial ring. So, what do you have for me?"
Raia took out all the loot he collected except the spirit crystals. Gran was shocked when he saw how much Raia hunted in just one day.
"Holy kid! You've massacred a whole pack of feral dogs with feral alpha! What a monster. Sit back there while I calculate your credits." Gran said.
A few minutes later and he came to Raia.
"Here is the list kid. The total is 34,400 silver credits."
Raia read the list and nodded. Gran sent him the credits and after the transaction, Raia went home.
He found his mother and sent to her account half of his earnings.
"This is so much Raia. What happened and you had this much money?" Rose asked.
Raia smiled. "I just hunted many feral dogs. I'll go cultivate in my room." He left and went straight to his room.
He took a shower then started to cultivate using the spirit crystals of the beasts he hunted. He started with the crystal of the feral alpha. He swallowed it and began refining the energy.
'This amount is nothing compared to what the air in the orb can offer.'
After an hour, he refined all the energy contained in the crystal. Then he moved on to the crystals of the werecats and the three-eyed python.
Three hours later and he broke through the 7th Martial Physique State.
'Good. Now I can fight a peak-rank 2 beast with ease in this world. The beasts inside is a different story. I still can't kill a mid-rank 3 spiked-green tiger.'
Raia sighed.
He wanted to go back inside the orb but the beasts were too strong for him.
After pondering for a few minutes, he decided to enter the orb.
"I should try to make clothes for myself first. Even leaves should be fine."
He then entered the world inside the orb. When Raia opened his eyes, he noticed something in his surroundings.
"So I get back to where I exited." Raia nodded.
He walked around cautiously as he looked for plants that can be used as a cover on his body.
A few minutes later and he didn't found any suitable as clothing but a beast. However, Raia was happy to see this beast.
It was a peak-rank 2 goat like beast. This goat was three meters tall and has four horns on its head. It was feeding on grass without noticing Raia.
'You will be 'four-horned goat'' He then nodded with satisfaction.
Raia charged forward and punched the goat on its body. But before his fist reach the body, the goat moved its head and used it to block the punch.
'Bang!'
Raia hit the horn of the goat.
'Aarrggh!' He groaned because he felt that his fist was broken. He cursed this four-horned goat.
He punched again and when the goat tried to block it with its head, Raia halted his attack. He held the horn with one of his hand, moved its head upward then punched the throat of the goat with all his power.
Then he punched it again and again. The goat started to vomit blood. It wanted to flee but Raia didn't let it to. He held its head with both hands and threw the goat to a nearby tree. It was slammed to the tree and staggered.
Raia charged again and attacked its neck. He punched and kicked it with all his might.
Like his life depends on it.
The goat didn't fight back until it died.
"There is no recovery pill here. Should I go out and take one? But will the body of this goat still be here when I get back?"
Raia decided to not return yet to the outside world.
"Now, I should make my clothes. A robe and pants will be nice. But how will I skin this goat?"
He asked himself. He wanted to make a robe using the four-horned goat's skin but he didn't have any knife with him to disassemble its body.
"Guess I'll just use my strong teeth."
He bit a part of the goat then started to skin it carefully.
It took him two hours to successfully get the whole skin of the goat. He was happy with the result because the skin was not broken.
He proceeded to extract its spirit crystal.
"This horn is a good material."
He rubbed the horn of the goat. These parts can be used as materials for weapons.
"I wish I could take it outside. Father, will be glad to use it."
At this moment, the goat disappeared in front of him.
Raia was flustered. Then he felt that there was a new presence inside him. He focused and found out that there is another orb beside the orb of solar system. This new orb was not emitting light unlike the first one and was just like a glass.
Inside this orb, Raia felt the presence of the corpse of the four-horned goat. He touched it with his spirit force and it appeared in front of him.
Raia wanted to laugh so hard but held it in.
'I should find out if I can take this outside.'
He sent all the parts of the goat to the storage orb then exited the place.
…
Raia appeared in his room.
He looked inside him and smiled. He sensed the presence of the storage orb and the parts of the four-horned goat.
"Yeah!!" He shouted.
He took out the parts of the four-horned goat and laughed like a villain.
Raia took one low-grade recovery pill to heal his fist.
At this moment, someone knocked on his door. He placed the parts back to his storage orb and opened the door.
"What happened? Why did you scream?" asked Rhea.
"Ah..nothing. I just reached 7th level so I was happy. Right, Rhea. Here use these crystals to raise your cultivation." Raia handed over Rhea over a hundred spirit crystals of feral dogs.
Rhea shook her head. "You need it more than me. The exams are near so this is important to you."
He rubbed her hair. "Don't worry about it. I still have enough for myself. Just take it, okay? I'll continue cultivating. Just call me if we're going to eat."
Raia closed the door leaving Rhea dazed and with no opportunity to refuse. She returned to her room, smiled and used the crystals.
Back to Raia's room, he still couldn't stop smiling. He gave the crystals to his sister because from now on he can have his source from the world inside. But he spared some for himself in case they get suspicious of his fast cultivation.
Raia held one of the spirit crystals from the feral dogs and tried to send it into the storage orb. He failed.
'I can't send in things from here into the world inside but I can bring out things from the inside world. This is amazing.'
'Now I can help my family's cultivation.' Raia was excited.
'But I have to be careful. If people from with ill intentions discover this, we might be endangered.'
A single man owns a solar system teeming with resources. If news got out, races will sprint towards Rhost planet to get him.
It will be worse if higher class races than humans were involved. There is no way he can protect himself from them.
'I should get some scapegoats to buy me sometimes while I am strengthening myself.' He thought to himself.
'I'll plan about it later. I should cultivate first.'
He took the four-horned goat spirit crystal and refined its energy. The energy contained inside it was several folds higher than the one from the feral alpha.
Energy flowed through his body for an hour then he opened his eyes.
Raia reached 8th Martial Physique State with just one crystal!
He almost jumped from happiness.
'I will ask father to make me a weapon using the horns. Then I will find a spiked-green tiger and fight it. I should also search for a way to make clothes using the skin.'
He didn't want others to know about the materials so he will make them on his own.
"Raia, let's eat." His mother called him.
He went down and ate dinner with his family. They were shocked when they learned about his state. He just explained that he hunted many beasts that day.
After dinner, he talked with his father in the smithy.
"Father, can you help me forge a weapon?" He asked seriously.
Hauran raised his brows. "The sword is already destroyed?"
"No, no. I still have the sword. It had some nicks on it but it's still good. I have something and I want to ask you if you can help me create a weapon from it." Raia said.
"Depends on what I will be working on. Let me see the material first."
Raia took out the bag with the horns of the four-horned goat. When Hauran saw this, he was shocked and excited.
"Where did you get this? How much did you pay for it?" Hauran asked his son.
"I..Father, I didn't buy it."
"What? You hunted this one? Is there something like this in our forest?"
"Ah..yeah, I hunted it." He really hunted it anyways.
"This is good stuff son!" Hauran exclaimed.
"So father, can you make me a weapon from it?" Raia asked his father.
"Yes. But it will take a few days at least. Do you need it as soon as possible?"
"Yes, please. And also you can't integrate any other materials into these horns. Please be careful not to contaminate them."
"I will try that but why?"
"Ah..I just want it at is pure state. Father, please don't tell anyone about this material or let anyone know about this."
"I don't know what is going on to you but I understand. I will keep this a secret."
"Thanks, Father."
Raia left and borrowed the phone of Rose then searched for a way on how to create clothes using the skin of a beast. After finding a process he can use, he went back to his room.
Raia started to process the skin of the goat.
Two hours later and he was finished. He made a robe and pants using only the different parts of the goat as materials.
'Now, I don't have to feel uncomfortable inside. I should try hunting other four-horned goats while I wait for my weapon.'
Raia then entered the inside world once more.