As the sun shined brightly overhead, Ren and Elios moved away from the group, who were resting for lunch. Their movements were largely ignored by the group, seeing that they could protect themselves.
"Good luck, you'll need it."
Ren ignored the taunt from Elios, which further angered him. Just as he was about to explode, Ren ran off in a random direction inside the forest. Speechless at Ren's actions, Elios was fuming inside. But Elios calmed himself, he knew that beating Ren would resolve this feeling in his heart.
'Is he watching?'
Ren looked straight ahead, dashing through the forest, trying to seem as non-chalant as possible. While Ren focused on running away, King kept a close eye on Elios.
'He left in the opposite direction, he isn't watching anymore.'
As soon as Ren got the confirmation, he stopped running. Then, he dug through his bag.*Rustle Rustle* Pulling out the repair stone, Ren walked around, steadily injecting mana into the stone.
'Is this how I do it? You sure this amplifies the attraction effect?'
King nodded, then helped Ren control his mana flow. As Ren quietly walked through the forest, he enjoyed the scenery in his stroll. But before Ren could completely relax, King sensed something rapidly approaching.
'Be ready, they're coming.'
Ren nodded, heightening his senses for ambushes. Step by step, Ren felt the presence of mutants coming closer... Then, a bear sized silver horned wolf leaped out of the bushes, blazing towards Ren. *Fwip* The silver wolf's eyes widened, his target suddenly disappeared from in front of him. Before the wolf could land on the ground, Ren jumped out of the wolf's shadow, sending a punch through it's stomach.
*Squelch* *Crunch* Ren closed his eyes as his fist went through the silver wolf, blood rained down onto him. *Fwump* Throwing the wolf down onto the ground, Ren pulled out a small knife. Cutting the wolf open, Ren found a small green crystal near the wolf's heart. Reaching his hand inside, Ren pulled out the crystal.
"1 Point... And here comes the second."
*WOOOOSH* Dust and leaves danced wildly as the powerful flapping of a mutant beast drew near. Ren turned his gaze upwards, finding a mutant bird the size of a car flying towards him. Before Ren attacked the mutant bird, he sensed another presence rapidly approaching.
"Fuck, two?"
*ROOOOOOAAAARRRRR* Bursting through the trees, a giant black scaled lizard bursted through, heat emanated from the lizard, setting the grass and trees around it on fire. As the beast breathed, smoke and cinders poured out. Ren looked at the two beasts warily, one was an annoying flying type, while the other seemed to have an ability.
'Stop using the repair stone to attract monsters. We can't take more than this.'
Hearing this, Ren hurriedly stopped his mana flow, then put the repair stone away. *BOOM BOOM BOOM* The black salamander took this chance to rush forward, each of his steps burned and shook the ground. *WOOSH* At the same time, the mutant falcon dive bombed towards Ren, its razor sharp talons raised.
*Fwip* Just before the two reached Ren, he reacted to their attacks, slipping into a shadow before the salamanders flames drew near. *BOOM* Failing to control their momentum, the two mutants crashed into each other.
"Maybe they can tire each other out, then I can come in for the finish."
As Ren watched the incoming clash with great anticipation, he made sure he was hidden from the both beasts.
*SCREEEEE*
*ROOOOOAAAAARRR*
The two beasts attacked each other, screaming their battle cries. But much to Ren's disappointment, the battle didn't last long. *SCREEEEEE* The mutant bird screamed in pain, its feathers caught on fire as the salamander bit it's wing. Desperately trying to shake the salamander off, the bird scratched frantically at the salamanders face.
*SCREEEEEEE* Scratch after scratch, the Salamander didn't loosen it's bite, it's hold on the bird didn't weaken a bit. As the life of the bird drained out of its body, Ren knew who his opponent is.
"Well, How do we tackle this one?"