The cloaked individual continues to point his sticks at her, ticking her off. She decides to make a move, and with incredible speed, she destroys the two sticks with her sword. Unfortunately for her, this action seems to have triggered the cloaked individual, who quickly attacks her, not caring if the difference between them is so wide.
"What!?" The girl was startled. She then became furious. She sheathed her sword and slapped the cloaked individual away. The power behind her slap made the cloaked individual fly away, and he landed on the water.
Meanwhile, Leon is running towards the location of his pet, and suddenly, he freezes. He is in a state of disbelief because of the notification that the system has given him.
[Congratulations! Due to the soul blessing, Cleo's clone, host, has obtained a soul blessing! ]
He is pleasantly surprised. The Big Bill Ducks might just be a normal-grade genetic creature, but their soul blessings are incredible useful. According to some lucky individuals, their blessing is a shield.
"Let us see just how tough their shield blessing is." Excitedly, he checks the information on the soul blessing, but after reading it, he blanks out.
[Soul Blessing: Hungry Koi Fish]
Type: Pet
Grade: Normal
Speciality: Hungry (Gemstone of Life)—Able to use food as a means of strength. (capable of evolving naturally through consumption.)
State: Unawakened]
"What?! How did my pet manage to obtain this!? I thought that I ordered it to hunt Big Bill Ducks, not some fish!" He is dumbfounded by the situation.
He then read the information once again and finally realised that he was not hallucinating. After thinking about it, he quickly came up with an idea of how his pet managed to obtain such soul blessings.
"F*ck! He is thrown into the river!" His speed increases; he might be exhausted, but he is not willing to pay the requirement to revive his clone, especially if it's death is from normal-grade genetic creatures.
When he finally arrives there, he is stunned by the scene. A girl is trying to save his clone by giving him CPR and pumping his chest.
This is obviously useless, as his clone is not a living being. Knowing that the girl was only trying to help, he decided to help her.
Unfortunately, when he got closer, he heard the girl's cries: "Please! Please breathe! I did not know that you do not know how to swim! It was just an accident! You attacked me first!"
Leon is speechless by her incessant rambling; seeing that she is not stopping, he coughs out loud, letting her know about his presence.
Who would have thought that the girl is so focused on the monster pet that she ignores him? Realising that a subtle approach will not stop her, Leon can only loudly say, "Hello, are you alright!?"
The girl stops and looks at him; tears are threatening to fall down her eyes. Upon seeing this, he smiles bitterly. He expected everyone in this realm to be cold-hearted, but it seems that there are still some innocent humans present in the realm.
"Ahem, that is my friend that you are trying to save; do not worry, he is still alive; just get off of him; he is unable to say anything as he is mute and a little bit deaf." Hearing this, the girl was startled.
"So that is why his reaction was so strange, poor thing. To be born with such disadvantage, no wonder you risk hunting such aggressive creatures just to grow stronger." She pats the face of the clone.
"Ahem! Lady, he is not going to live if you continue to stay atop of him." Realising that his clone is starting to recover, he quickly informs the girl to get rid of it.
The girl blushes as she stands up and cleans her armour. She bows to him and says, "Please apologise to your friend on my behalf; there are still some things that I need to deal with."
Before Leon could say anything, she immediately left; it was as if she were escaping. Seeing this, the former could not help but laugh.
"As expected, not all humans in this world are scary; even if it were just a minority of them, there are kind individuals that exist."
His pet stands up and grabs one of the corpses of the Big Bill Ducks and presents it to him. He smiles and cooks it. Looking at the other corpses just scattered around, he was quickly reminded of his new soul blessing.
"System, does my new pet truly have the ability to evolve naturally just by eating?" This is something that shocked him after reading the information about his new soul blessing.
"Negative, only if it has the Gemstone of Life will its specialty undergo a great change." He was slightly disappointed by this answer.
"Can you transfer the ownership of the Gemstone of Life without harming the previous holder?" Since there is only one gem, he has to share it.
"Yes and no, if the host puts the new soul blessing into your soul slot, then the system is able to transfer the Gemstone of Life without any issue."
"If that is the case, then I want to put the new soul blessing in my slot; it might not be useful on land, but I can use it as bait and scout in the water."
Instantly, he feels some sort of connection towards a foreign item. He smiles and summons his new pet in the river next to them. A stupid looking fish appears; it is extremely small. Upon seeing this, his eyebrow cannot help but twitch.
He sighs and consoles himself, repeating the word evolution in his mind. He starts feeding it the extra corpses that he will not need after obtaining ten more normal genetic enhancements.
After finishing his meal, he once again feels the power coursing through his body. He smiles in content after experiencing such a thing, clenching his fist. He punches and can see the obvious increase in his power.