A beam of sunlight illuminated a peaceful, chiseled face that ladies would fall for. It was Zane's face, who was laying next to the lifeless body of the Shadowbane Beast. His pale skin was visible through the hole in his linen shirt and his trouser was torn.
*Gasp*
Zane opened his eyes and raised his body. "Ouch!" His body ached all over and he couldn't move properly. "Wow!" He checked his body and found out that his wounds had all healed. When he closed his eyes, he could faintly feel that his heart had transformed into something else, it had transformed into a core.
Suddenly, his head started feeling like it was going to split. All sorts of information began appearing inside his head. By the time he was fine, he had sweat all over his face and body. "Haah Haah... Shadow... I'll have to check it once I return back to the base..." Zane stood up enduring the pain and looked at the beast's body. "Hmm... He said it could be used for something called relics... I'll take back the body too."
Zane tied the rope tighter on the legs of the beast and dragged the body out of the cave and towards the base slowly.
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*Thump Thump Thump*
The skulls and bone inside the dome trembled. A silhouette of a man slowly approached the entrance to the dome. Once he stepped inside, the moonlight revealed his features. It was a burly man wearing nothing on top, a pair of black trousers, and black boots. He had a long fuzzy black hair which reached his legs and covered his back like a turtle shell. The moonlight reflected off his almond-shaped golden eyes while he observed the blood marks on the ground. A full smile crept up his face showing off his pearly white teeth which resembled fangs.
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Zane was laying on the bed with a book with black leather cover on his hand. The room he was in was still the same when he first found it, except there was a body of a big beast on the floor in the middle of the room.
Zane was fully focused on the contents of the book.
[Congratulations!! You really are lucky~ To be able to hunt a Evolved beast by yourself when you are just a human! Shadowbanes are normally Disaster level beasts and even Transcendent Seekers find it hard to hunt them. But the one you faced was a young Shadowbane. I didn't think you'd return from your hunt hahaha!]
Zane grabbed the book tighter with a calm smile on his face, "So you're saying you sent me to my death? hahaha"
[No~ I knew you could do it owner! I never doubted you for a moment!]
*Slam* Zane threw the book hard on the ground. "Haah", he sighed and thought back to the moment he woke up. "Shadow..." Zane looked at his shadow, it had become sharper and darker than it was before he consumed the beast's core. He focused and tried to move the shadow but his face started dripping with sweat when 2% of his shadow slowly started turning liquidy. *Gasp* He lost his focus and the shadow returned to normal.
'I need to learn more about the abilities I gained.' He peeked at the book on the ground and picked it up, disgust evident on his face. "I learned that I've become an Initiate Seeker and that I can use
[How can you throw the book on the ground!? It is a book that I, the genius Szal made! How can you treat it like that!? Hmph..... Well.... I'll let it go for once. Now, you probably have a lot of questions about the abilities of Seekers. Let me educate you!]
[Seekers can basically awaken two types of abilities,
[The second type of Seekers are the ones who can use the elements of nature. For example, the Everlasting Storm Legion's Seekers commonly use
[There is also a third type of Seeker. The mixture of both
[The one advantage Seekers who follow gods have right now is the knowledge their Churches have amassed over the years. They teach spells to their Initiate Seekers which fastens their progress. You must work hard to catch up to them.]
[You can become stronger by consuming the essence of your attribute too. In your case, you must consume shadow essence. That's all I can explain to you right now, until you get stronger.]
[Now, lets talk about another topic, Relics.] That was the last sentence on the page. Zane turned the page of the diary.
[You can also get an edge by getting your hands on relics. The "Greeting Rock" that I made is a common level relic. This means that you can try creating relics yourself. Let's get started right away. Carefully extract the stomach of the Shadowbane Beast and find the "Shadow Gut Bag" recipe on the table.]
Zane looked over towards the body of the beast. "Now I have to cut up the beast too? Haah..." He walked towards the beast after grabbing his hunting knife from the table and started butchering it's body. He carefully extracted all the parts he could from the beast and put them to the side. He also brought over an empty jar from the rack and extracted it's blood. Finally, he picked up the stomach and headed towards the table.
He went through the stacks of papers and finally found the one he was looking for.
[Shadow Gut Bag
You need to be at least an Initiate Seeker to create this Relic.
Ingredients:
Shadowbane Beast's Gut (Can be procured from a Shadowbane Beast)
Shadowbane Beast Leather (Same as above)
Shadow Tear Root (The root from Shadow Tear Flowers, which can grow near the residence of Shadowbane beasts)
Lunar Wormwood Flower (Can be found the parts of the deep forest where moonlight can reach)
Instructions:
First, wash the gut and the leather, and leave them aside. Crush two of each, Shadow Tear Root and Lunar Wormwood Flower on the mortar and mix the paste. Apply this paste inside and outside of the Gut of the Shadow Beast. Be careful not to miss any spot! Leave the gut until the paste dries and creates a layer.
Now, the most important part of this is to feed the gut your essence for 30 days, at least once a day. After 30 days, Wrap the gut with the leather and stitch it. Don't forget to stitch a strap on the bag!
The level of your Relic will depend on the quality and level of essence you have fed it. Since the attribute of the beast is shadow, the core attribute will be the same but the functionality of the bag can also depend on the attribute of essence you have fed it.]
"Haah... Seems like I'll have a lot to do for a month." Zane put the paper down with a determined look.