"As expected, the sensation of my strength increasing rapidly is thoroughly wonderful; unfortunately, I do not have enough experience to wield it successfully." He sighs, thinking that he is just like a child with the strength of an adult.
Strong but weak at the same time, thinking about this, he quickly realised that just giving his task to his pet will continue to deteriorate; in the long run, this will only weaken his foundation.
"That's it! I need to hunt genetic creatures together with my pet and also feed this gluttonous beast." He states as he sees his other pet eating the dozen or so corpses of the Big Bill Ducks. It is shocking for him to see such a tiny creature capable of eating something ten times bigger than it in a matter of seconds.
Not to mention, it does not even leave any bones from its food; it starts growing in size, but according to its information, it is still in its unawakened form.
Suddenly, he is assaulted by great pain after taking a couple of steps. It feels like his body is being ripped apart, and the pain that he is feeling causes him to scream like a butchered pig.
He starts rolling. The system is trying to find what is happening, but it is also unaware of the current reason for his condition. Only after scanning his body multiple times did it find the main point.
[Your body is transforming with a sudden increase in strength without any foundation; you are experiencing a backlash of tempering; it will not harm you and would increase your strength and foundation; the downside is that the pain that comes with sudden improvement is not for the average human.]
Two hours later, Leon finally stops struggling; his voice has disappeared after half an hour of shouting; his expression changes as he throws up some sort of black blood; and his body also excretes a black blob that smells incredibly foul.
"F*cl!" He curses loudly before jumping to the river, throwing his clothes away. His pet stands there and guards him.
Just as he is scrubbing the black blob out of his body, two individuals arrive and see him butt naked; one of them screams loudly, startling him.
"Who!?" He is shocked. He immediately dives down to protect himself, peeking his head out of the window. He is surprised to see that it was the girl from earlier.
"What the heck are you doing being naked in the wild!?" She screams loudly while covering her eyes with her hands, looking extremely cute. His face is beet red because of shame.
"So you have undergone a body cleansing; it seems that you have broken through a level of your body tempering technique." States the other individual; it was a girl that seems to have similar features to the first girl.
She looks more mature and refined compared to the first girl. She smiles and looks at Cleo's clone, which was standing there silently. It seems that she is interested in it.
"What is this fellow? He seems to have the same aura as that of a blessing." Leon's heart constricts after hearing this, and without hesitation, he comes out of the water, shocking the first girl.
Unfortunately, the person that he wants to shock is just calmly looking at him, not caring about his naked body or his swinging weapon.
'Sh*t! I want to use this method to get the attention of Cleo's Clone, but it seems that she is similar to my sister.' Thinking about this, he sighs.
Taking the cloak, he let the two girls see the true appearance of his pet. The two were shocked to see such a similar appearance between the two of them.
Leon starts speaking, "Sorry, my friend is quite shy; he is both deaf and mute. With such a condition, he has developed an inferiority complex; please do not stare at him that much."
The second girl smiles, but her shining eyes give it away; she is still interested in the existence of Cleo's clone.
"Uhm, is there anything that you ladies want?" seeing that the two are not leaving and are still standing there, watching them with different expressions.
"I am here to apologise on my sister's behalf. If there is anything you want, as long as it is not complicated or difficult, I am willing to do it."
Leon's eyes light up, and he quickly says, "I want to trade my soul blessings with yours; do not worry, I am not asking for a lot; I just want the useless monster pets. My friend here does not have anyone but himself; I cannot always be there for him, so I wish to give him a pet to be his companion in his arduous journey through life."
Both girls were surprised by his request. The second girl chuckles and looks at her sister; it seems that she is stating something from her stare.
Knowing what her sister meant, she frowns but still complies. She summons a cute kitty, but it seems to be quite clumsy.
Leon is a bit disappointed, but he is still willing to take it; unfortunately, he does not have any extra soul blessings as of right now.
He bows and raises his head. "I am sorry, but currently I have no extra soul blessing. Will you grace us with the location of your stronghold?"
He can actually request the same thing from his sister, but he knows that this will only make his life easier. He wants to temper himself, which is why he is not willing to ask a favour of his new family before he is certain that he is no longer lagging behind most youths in this world.
"You can find us on Marble Stronghold." Playfully stated by the first girl, the second girl looks at her sister and shakes her head.
She cannot help but think, 'To think that three innocent souls would meet each other in such a savage and brutal world, it is quite humorous how fate works. At least I am now certain that this guy does not harbour any dangerous thoughts towards my sister.'