The next day, Eren was killing low-level Level 3 Slimes as usual.
He also heard the sounds of wolves from time to time today. But he didn't care too much, as Emily was going to be on this side of the village this afternoon. Also, Eren had prepared his plan. Since he didn't have any attacking skills, if a wolf got in front of him, he would probably run away with all his might.
He decided to sit and rest for a while under a tree. He took a sip from the water bag hanging from his waist. He took a deep breath and leaned back against the tree. He closed his eyes for a few seconds and muttered how disgusted he was with the sun.
But when he opened his eyes again, there were two wolves he had met before. He was proud of himself that he didn't jump with fright and smiled normally. But his heart beat extremely fast for a few seconds.
Before Eren could do anything, the talkative wolf came to him and greeted him. He looked like a huge dog with his tongue hanging out of his mouth and his tail wagging.
"Hirrr (Good to see you, Dwarf. How are you?)
"I am good. But I need to find a place to hunt. It is now impossible to level up by killing these Slimes."
After some hesitation, Eren started playing with the fur of this huge pup.
"Actually, it's our little secret, but you can come hunting with us if you want." The other wolf, quieter, came closer this time. As much as he didn't seem to care, he was close enough for Eren to love him. The silent wolf hung its head and wagged its happy tail as it was petted.
"Both of them are children in need of love. Without each other, they would be very lonely. They were abandoned by their families."
Eren knew that the wolves in this world were of the beast class and that they would actually have no problem living alone. In fact, wolves were probably the most dangerous, if not the strongest, species in this forest.
After all, the other monsters might have been very powerful, but they were few in number and they all lived in their own regions. But wolves were a breed that constantly reproduced and could fight in packs. These children said that whenever the mother of the pack wanted, the wolves in the whole forest would come together and fight.
"Let's go then."
Eren didn't know where these two little wolves were taking him. Moreover, he was going into the forest again, and he forgot to inform Emily again.
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After walking for half an hour, the group of two wolves and a human entered a small flower garden. It was a place entirely surrounded by weeds and vines and tall trees, but full of flowers.
"Hırr (I thought it would be nice to sleep here. Then we went inside. But we found a cave. There are some very tasty creatures in it.)"
"Tasteful creatures?"
The talkative wolf actually wanted very much to describe the image in his head. But he was still very young and could not explain the creature in the cave.
But thanks to the sense he gave while communicating, Eren was able to understand that the cave was not dangerous.
Let's go in then.
The trio entered the area where the flowers were most intense and entered a small alcove between a huge ivy and a tree. As he descended by the thick roots of the tree, Eren involuntarily thought that this place might not have formed naturally. The thought frightened him a little. He hoped that the creature that had dug here had already gone away or died.
Because it was a tunnel wide enough for a human and two wolves to descend at the same time. If a creature dug this place, it must have been something big and powerful, at least two meters tall.
As he descended a little further, a strange sizzling sound could be heard from afar. It was so high-pitched that Eren looked forward to seeing this animal. But as they went a little deeper, everything became dark.
Looking at the wolves still walking, Eren hastily stopped them.
"Can you see in the dark?"
"Hurrr..(Of course. Can't you see?)"
Eren was going to instinctively shake his head, but he restrained himself and said "no".
"Hurrr..(Do you want me to teach?)"
Eren couldn't quite understand what it meant because the sentence he heard was an automatic language translation created by the feelings of wolves.
He thought the wolf wanted to give him something first. But the next time the wolf asked, the part of his head that knew the Beastin Language got it right this time.
"Can he teach me anything! A skill. Can monsters do that?"
The two wolves looked at each other. Then they remembered that Eren was an orphan who was excluded from his family and other monsters. Thanks to the lies of a tragic past Eren told, it was normal for him to know so little about monsters. At least these puppies saw Eren's ignorance as something normal.
Eren waited, both delighted and excited. Because the Evon Universe saw him in theory as both a monster and a human. If he was leveling up like monsters, maybe he was allowed to do things that monsters can do.
The quieter wolf raised its head, asking Eren to touch it. Then he warned with a low howl.
"Unless you're a master at a passive skill, there are limits to sharing that skill. When both active and passive skills are shared, they pass to the learner at their lowest level."
Eren nodded and ignored it. Because logically, it would be absurd if a creature could bestow its strongest ability on fifty or five hundred of its children.
The Evon Universe, unlike the absurd stuff in movies and books, was bound by a very stable and carefully crafted chain of rules. There was no easy way to get stronger in the system.
Eren's case was a strange exception.
The black wolf waiting next to him wanted Eren to bow. Then he placed his own head on Eren's forehead and waited for a few seconds. Looking very carefully, Eren saw a strange glint in the wolf's eyes. The Panel of the same Evon System was the same blue color as when it appeared before his eyes.
Probably the wolf is selecting something on his panel right now. Maybe the system doesn't ask the wolves questions like "do you approve?" It should be simpler and in a normal way for animals. But even in the manner of monsters, the system still works for wolves.
[Warning! Wolf 961 wants to teach you a skill. Do you accept?]
For the first time, Eren learned a clue about the number of wolves in the forest. And knowing that many wolves like these two were released into the forest each week, he learned the total number.
There were at least a thousand wolves around the Elven village!
But at that moment he had more pressing concerns and he answered immediately.
"I agree."
After a few seconds, Eren felt a small tingling in his head.
Then he heard the classic word in his head and smiled.
[Congratulations! You learned the Wolf Eyes Passive Skill (No Evolution League)]
As soon as the tingling in his head subsided, the darkness began to subside for Eren. It was a feeling as if he had been in a dark environment for hours and his eyes were completely accustomed to this all-devouring black color. But not only in the dark, but in general his view range and the details he could understand increased.
Eren whispered "skills" and saw what had just been added to the skill panel.
[ Wolf Eyes Passive Skill (No Evolution League)]: Allows a wolf to see better. It makes the user see more details in any light. Make the fast-moving things in sight slower.
Side Effects: (In a low probability) The user may have trouble with his own perception of time when looking at fast-moving things.
(Evolutionary Conditions: The owner of the skill must eat the Moist-Kurz Flower, which is soaked for a day in blood obtained from wolves of Level 20 and above (Twice) ]
I was expecting a skill called Dark Vision. Having an impressive skill that developed my eyes in every sense was unexpected.
"Thank you. Let's take a look at those creatures you mentioned."
Eren followed the two innocent wolves waving their tails happily, and they finally found the source of the high-pitched sounds. Inside, there were countless bat-like creatures on the walls and ceiling of the cave.
They were black in color, just like the bats on Earth. But they were very different, except that they hung on the wall and ceiling without difficulty. They were hairier and larger. Their strange arms wrapped tightly around their bodies. But the biggest difference was that they didn't have wings.
"Can they fly?" Eren spoke to the wolves with a low growl.
"Hurrr (No.)" The wolf, who was thicker and didn't like to talk, replied.
The low-voiced wolf had hardly spoken since they had entered this cave. Seeing Eren looking at him, he lowered his head and snarled, talking about the creatures on the walls.
"If we talk too much, they wake up, and when they all wake up, everything is messed up."
For a few minutes, they waited calmly and watched the sleeping creatures.
Eren decided that the creatures in this cave had gone through a process of evolution similar to bats. Because they were very sensitive to sound. But their lack of flying ability was also a bit strange.
But he was excited as he lifted the knife in his hand and held it tightly. He barked at the wolves in an extremely low voice.
"Let's hunt."