Ravaryn Kingdom, In a place surrounded by mountains, a huge mammoth head with it's mouth wide open was carved into one of the mountain sides. People walked in and out of the mouth.
Relatively, this was the Mammoth Guild, a branch in Ravaryn Kingdom.
"Noooo!!!!" There was a loud scream followed by an explosion, which freaked out the people who were around.
In one of the rooms inside the mountain, a 7 foot bulky man, who wore a mammoth emblem on his bare chest and had a cape was gasping as faint murderous aura enveloped him. There was a broken wall, as the sunlight came in from there and reflected on the man's face. He had a slight resemblance to Gourmand except he looked younger.
Three people rushed into the room and their eyes widened at what they saw.
"Boss Wilde, what happened?" The woman asked, she wore a breastplate that only covered her bosom but left her stomach, revealing the abs she packed, she had a pair of gauntlets.
"Freya, Otis, Paz, Gourmand is dead!" The giant man said as he clenched his fists.
"Eeh, how could he die... Didn't he just go to capture the girl who had gotten the everspring flower?" Paz, the slim man with a nose mask said.
"With how arrogant he is, he might have provoked someone and got himself killed" Freya said with a snort, causing the three men to look at her.
"What?..." She frowned before she came to a realization, she quickly switched the concern to something else. "... Didn't he go with 10 of our elite warriors?"
"Yes, he did, eight 5 star Masters and two 3 star Grandmaster... And mind you, Gourmand had ascended into the Grandmaster level around 2 days ago" Wilde said solemnly causing the three people to suck in a cold breath.
"...for them to have been wiped out, doesn't it mean, the opponent was at least a 5 star grandmaster!" Otis said with a thought.
"but I checked, the girl was just a 5 star Master Beastkin... Or did she hide her strength?" Paz said.
"No, that was her true strength, I think someone must have tried playing hero... " Freya said before she looked at Wilde, "... Do you have a general location of where they were killed?"
"The Wildlands, 10km away from the Wild Ruins" Wilde said stunning the other people in the room.
"Wild Ruins... " Otis muttered.
Roman opened his eyes, what greeted him was jagged stone rocks as a ceiling, shifted his gaze sideways, he saw Salem's sleeping face, he smiled unconsciously before he looked to the other side, he saw an almost burnt out fire.
Roman sat up carefully so as not to wake Salem, seeing that she was still asleep, he sighed in relief.
"System, what time is it?" Roman asked the system.
[Host has been asleep for 20 hours, it is already midday of the next day]
"Damn, I slept for that long!" Roman exclaimed inwardly, but he knew it was because of the gauntlet skill, he suddenly felt the motivation to work out, if he successfully improves his physique, he would be able to handle the weakness from the gauntlet skill.
Pulling up the side quest, he noticed he had completed the 100km run. So he decided to complete the rest.
Half an hour later, Salem frowned as she heard the gasping of breath, when she didn't feel the weight on her thighs she snapped her eyes opened and looked at her empty laps. Roman wasn't here, she panicked. Where did he go?
The gasping of breath entered her ears, she immediately stood up and walked briskly towards the source which was outside the cave.
She shaded her eyes due to the glaring light, when she got used to the light, she saw Roman not too far from she stood, his back was facing her as he did push ups. Seeing his figure, the panic in her heart, settled down.
"... 998,... 999,... 1000" finishing his push ups, Roman stood back up as he stretched his waist. Feeling a presence, he turned around and saw Salem who was looking at him with shifty eyes.
"You're awake, sorry for troubling you in taking care of me" Roman said.
"It's what I should do, you're my master after all" Salem looked at her feet as she twirled her fingers together.
"Oh..." Roman said, he walked up to Salem.
When Salem felt his presence close to her, she shook as her heart pounded, she noticed his hands go to her neck and there was a click as ths collar was unhooked from her neck.
For some reason, with the collar no longer around her neck, she felt a sense of loss, like she had lost something valuable.
"Now you're free, you can go home" Roman patted her head as he walked past her into the cave, he took his pouch and walked out of the cave, he noticed that Salem was still standing and he frowned. Does she not have a home, anymore?
Roman shrugged as it was none of his business, he walked away without looking back. Salem looked up, her green eyes with determination, she stared at Roman's back, when he was far away, she began to walk after him, keeping the distance between them, the same.
Few minutes later, at a waterfall, a body was swimming in the water some distances away from the waterfall. Pushing his head out of the water, Roman caressed his hair backward.
"A swim after some workout is refreshing" he walked out of the water in his baby suit, he approached the rock he kept his dimensional pouch, after waiting a while for his body to naturally dry, Roman took out some clothes to wear, he also wore the gauntlets, the skills were not active so he need not worry.
He sat on the rock, he decided to go through his gains.
[Quest:Kill all enemies -Complete]
[Rewards]
- 20,000 Aux Gold
- 100,000 Aux Coins
- Bloodkiller Axe (Immortal Grade)
- Berserker Potion x5
- Skill book x3
- Map Fragment x3
[Congratulations to host for leveling up, LV 5>>LV 10]
[Due to consecutive level up, additional consecutive 5 points added to attributes]
[Random loot box obtained, due to reaching a milestone, for every level up, host will obtain a random loot box]
[Shop unlocked]
"Beautiful..." Roman's eyes twinkled as he decided to check his stats.
Name: Roman Darkwind
Race: Human
Level: 10
Talent: Supreme God Talent
Health: 100%
Stamina:100%
[Attributes]
Strength - 60
Agility - 70
Vitality - 150
Perception - 70
Intelligence - 109
[Skills]
Archdevil Descent (Passive)
Inferno Rupture LV2
Shadow Lock LV2
Dark Tendrils: LV2
[Shop]
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