At the first rays of the sunrise.
In a half-luminous cave sat Rael cross-legged. If one looked closely he would see red and dark particles appearing around him from time to time.
After the cave was fully lightened by the sun Rael opened his eyes and the red and dark particles all disappeared.
" This speed is truly addictive. It won't take that long before I can reach the master magus. after that, I can start searching for a way to reactivate the system.
Right now, I can hunt monsters to improve my techniques. In addition, although killing a monster or two is not of much use, I felt that after killing a lot of them yesterday, the enhancing effects improved. And it's not only for my recovery speed but also for the other aspects. " Rael planned in his mind.
After deciding what he will do in the future he got up and went out to start hunting.
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A few hours later.
Rael was in the middle of the forest laying against a tree and breathing heavily while the woods on his body were recovering at a rate visible to the eye
"These beasts are really something else. I didn't expect To be surrounded by so many of them. If it wasn't for my high recovering ability and my high speed and good spells I would be a dead man .
But why do I feel that their numbers increase whenever I go in this direction ? should I continue exploring in this way ? I might find a treasure that can increase my strength " Wondered Rael
From the moment he went outside he kept killing beasts of all kinds bears, wolves, tigers, lions, eagles, giant insects etc
but they all had some things in common : they all had green blood , ugly appearance , strange chaotic patterns and a mad desire to kill .
If he kills one, two will come, if he kills two, four will come, if he kills four, eight will come, and so forth . After fighting for hours he was exhausted And surrounded by tens of corpses that belongs to the beasts he killed .
But instead of scaring away the incoming beasts, it seems to have had the opposite effect, making them even more agitated . Until he had to retreat, using his spells to scatter the beasts.
As he retreated, he noticed that the deeper he went in this direction, the higher the number of beasts he would face . After a few more attempts to verify his theory in the end he verified it.
He was now considering going even deeper to find out why. But his rational side warned him of the danger of his decision . After thinking for a while he decided
"I will return to my cave and have a little rest till the nightfall then with the darkness of the night as my cover and my spells, I can go and try to figure out the reason for the high number of beasts ."
After giving the plan some seconds to think about it he thought
" Yes this seems like a great plan , I'm really a genius "
After that he went back to his cave and took a rest .
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At night
~ ~ yawn ~ ~
Rael woke up and he was yawning . Even though his physique became much stronger compared to a normal person and he didn't need to sleep very much . After more than 10 hours of continuous fighting, he was still a bit tired.
He took out a little portion of food he previously stored in his ring . He was trying to save up as he didn't how long he will stay on this plane and it was giving him a headache .
Till now he didn't find a single clue that can lead him to normal beasts and his stocks of food and blood will eventually end. But that was a problem for his future self . Now, he needed to fill his stomach with food and his recovering energy stock with blood .
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Later, deep in the forest.
Rael was wearing all black and he was using the darkness body. He was at the place he was in last time but this time he didn't kill any beasts as he will avoid them by hiding or turning around them .
With this method, he managed to get to a place that took several hours in just one hour .
" Well now I just need to continue like this and I should be able to reach my destination without any problems. " thought Rael.
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A few hours later
Rael was on the top of a tree His face was red and all sweaty and he had a look of exhaustion in his eyes . On his way here he met many beasts that he couldn't avoid Which forced him to use the shadow illusion to distract them , and then he would run with all his speed .
He did this over and over until he forgot how many times . In the end, he was very exhausted physically and spiritually . But in the end, This work paid off as he reached his destination.
He was now at the top of a tree watching an entrance to what seemed to be a series of underground caves .
The only problem was it was guarded by two giant snakes . It seemed like a couple of snakes and from their auras he estimated that they had a power equivalent to a peak apprentice.
" Now what am I supposed to do? wait for them to go to search for food ? " Mocked Rael
" Wait that's a good idea ! I can wait here and rest and when they leave I can enter . I'm a genius ! "
he took out some blood suck it and lay back on the tree closed his eyes and started recovering.
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Two hours later.
One of the snakes started to move .
Rael's eyelids twitched slightly and after a few seconds, he opened his eyes .
" Finally there is a movement , I almost fell asleep . Don't these giant cold-blooded beasts feel hunger at all ? "
After that, he looked down and saw the male snake entering the forest while the other stayed there.
"...."
" Are you serious right now? two fucking hours of waiting and this is what I get ? " thought Rael feeling frustrated.
He then remembered how he bragged about being a genius and he felt his cheeks flushed with shame.
" Luckily I'm on my own if Daniel was here he'd spend the rest of the week taunting me " thought Rael.
After that, he started observing the snake closely . It was the only obstacle on his way to enter the underground caves .
The snake was around 20 meters tall and her skin seemed to be made of rock. her fangs were half a meter long and with his enhanced vision, he could see their sharpness from where he was .
the patterns would randomly appear on her back Which gave her an air of mystery. she was laying directly in front of the entrance which made sneaking impossible. The only possible solution was to fight her .
After a few minutes of thinking and planning, Rael found an applicable plan.
He cast shadow illusion and sent his copy to drag the snake away. after many attempts, the snake only opened her eyes and hissed in his direction .
" Well at least she opens her eyes "
After that, He got a bit closer to try another plan he stood behind a big branch and throw a fireball and sent his copy in another direction and cast on himself shadow cloak.
Although the description seems long, the whole process went through in seconds . This time the snake woke up her eyes were filled with anger as it looked for a few seconds in his direction but then his copy stepped on a dry tree branch, causing a sound. The snake looked in his direction and hissed angrily, then started to chase him
" Yes, it worked I'm a genius after all " Rael celebrated in his mind.
After the snake moved away from the entrance a little . He cancelled the shadow cloak spell cast and casted darkness's body. And with a jump, he landed under the tree and went at full speed to the entrance.
When he was 3 meters away from the entrance he heard a sound behind him . He turned his head back to see what the source of the sound was, to find the other snake looking at him with a frightening look in his eye .
" fuck this shit! Don't do me dirty my luck " Rael cursed in his mind
the snake had what seemed like a hippopotamus in ut mouth. Which he throws at him . Fortunately, he missed and it hit a close tree.
The tree was uprooted and thrown several meters away . When Rael saw this he felt cold in his lower back .
He entered the cave and saw the snake following him . He throw an explosive fireball at the roof and With the help of the explosion, the rocks collapsed and closed the entrance .
" That was close. really close " Said Rael in relief.
But after that, The rocks started to shake as if something giant was crashing into them. Rael was terrified and quickly cast another explosive fireball to support the entrance .
After some more shaking, the crashing from outside stopped and everything was silent.
After waiting for a few other seconds he let out another sigh of relief.
After that, he turned around and looked at the cave in front of him .