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Chapter 35 - Chapter 35: Training

'She probably got this skill after that transformation. Good thing since she can hide her mark while in Demi Human form. Still, she was practically defenseless in her human form.'(Argus)

Argus looks at Astrea who was happily eating her breakfast. He also started eating.

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"Okay, Astrea my plan is for us hunt during daylight and train my Scythe wielding during evening. As for you, you will rest during evening. Is that alright with you?"(Argus)

"Yes, there is no problem Master."(Astrea)

"Good, let's go. Lead the way Astrea."(Argus)

"Yes."(Astrea)

Astrea sprints inside the forest while Argus was following her on the back. It didn't last long when Astrea find a monkey monster.

Name: Forest Monkey

Category: Elite Monster

Level: 25

HP:100%/100%

Skills:

«Tree Swing»

•Rank: Common

•Swings from tree to tree, allowing for a quick escape or surprise attack on enemies.

«Flurry»

•Rank: Common

•Rapidly attacks an enemy multiple times in quick succession.

«Barrage»

•Rank: Common

•Throws a barrage of things at enemies.

"One of the quest monsters."(Argus)

Argus has also taken a quest on the adventures guild.

Adventurer's Card

Name: Fallen

Race: Human

Level: 15

Job Class: Beast Summoner

Rank: G

Completed Mission:

Rank G: 53

Current Mission:

[Hunt 28/200 Forest Bears(G)]x20

[Hunt 76/200Forest Wolves(G)]x20

[Hunt 31/200 Martens(G)]x20

[Hunt 0/200 Forest Monkeys(G)]x20

[Hunt 0/200 Forest Boars(G)]x20

[Hunt 0/200 Forest Deers(G)]x20

All of them has a deadline of 1 week. He did not worry about the enemies but worried if they are enough monster here.

'They should have enough right? This forest is so wide after all.'(Argus)

"Ugh, its above I cannot attack it."(Astrea)

Argus saw Astrea gazing above the monkey.

"Right, it's harder to hunt monkey's than any other beast. It's troublesome to hunt them without using mana."(Argus)

"Ugh, if I can just fly. I will immediately caught that monkey."(Astrea)

When Argus heard Astrea, memories starts to flood his mind again. He immediately shooks his head.

"Anyway, I will try to catch this monkey Astrea. You should hunt other monsters, do not go too far, got it?"(Argus)

"Yes Master."(Astrea)

Astrea knows that she have no use here if she cannot use her Mana so she immediately use her senses to find another beast. Argus looking at the running silhouette focus his attention to the Forest Monkey.

"This is also a good training for me."(Argus)

Argus immediately jump from the tree, the monkey saw this begans to swing to the other tree and it was very agile. When Argus just reach the branch the monkey was now on the different tree, looking at Argus with an amused expression.

Argus ignored it and tried to jump to that tree. Argus has successfully reach and land on the branch but he got unbalanced and almost fall. Fortunately he has a fast reaction and immediately use his hands to hold onto the tree.The monkey have already escaped to another tree after he was fixing himself.

'The tree jumping those Ninja's was doing on that novel is harder than I thought.'(Argus)

Argus was thinking about the novel he finished reading a long time ago. It was about a young ninja with dreams of becoming the strongest ninja and the leader of his village.

'It's more interesting that way.'(Argus)

Argus looks at the monkey who was currently laughing at him. He tried to jump again on the next tree and this time he tried to balance himself. The monkey also escape on the next tree and immediately starts laughing at him. It looks like the monkey will not leave him for a while.

Argus continued jumping from tree to tree ignoring the monkey that he was supposed to hunt. The only thing that on his mind right now is to be able to jump from tree to tree without hindering his movements.

Sometimes he jump to strong and broke the tree branch. Sometimes he would jump short and fall down. Many trials and error happened to him. With each jump his concentration increase.

Sovereign's Apathy

Sovereign's Intuition

Argus's mind and body was fully focused on his current goal. Jump here, jump there, he keeps continuously jumps for 2 hours straight without him knowing about it. Still, his effort paid off. A notification rings that makes him woke up from his concentration.

Argus already turn of the kill prompts and level up prompts from his system. He open his status window and was happy on what he read.

"Fuuu... Didn't think I will take this much time practicing. Let's see..."(Argus)

[You have gained a New Title]

[You have gained a New Skill]

[Your Soulbound Astrea has level up by 1]

Title:

«Cliff Ascender»

•Rank: Elite

Reward:

+20 Free Stats

«Heightened Movement Lv.1»

•Rank: Elite Passive

•Increase movement speed by 15% when navigating and traversing vertical surfaces like trees, walls, or cliffs.

"Astrea leveled up again, also the skills was also good. I need to rest for a while. My head throbs from overly concentrating."(Argus)

Argus tried it's effect. He started jumping from tree to tree and he immediately notice the increase movement speed effect of his new skills. He was satisfied to spent 2 hours learning this.

If anyone saw him now, they would think that Argus was born in jungle on how nimble and fast he are at jumping from tree to tree. He was even faster now than the monkey he first saw. They would also may faint if they know that he learned it in two hours by himself. He rest for another 20 minutes before getting up.

"Now, I can start hunting those monkeys."(Argus)

Argus started jumping above the trees to hunt monkeys. It didn't take long for him to find a monkey happily eating a beast meat of a marten. It is the monkey that was making fun of him.

The monkey was shocked that the human it was making fun a while ago was suddenly came near it. The monkey was about to swing on the other tree when its head starts flying.

Thud

The body of the monkey falls down afterwards then its head. Argus beheaded the monkey without looking back and hop again to find other monkeys.

Swoosh

Swoosh

Swoosh

Swoosh

Swooshing sound can be heard above the tree.

Thud

Thud

Thud

Thud

Everytime a monkey appears on his vision, Argus would hop at the monkeys to behead it. He began his next training which is beheading his enemies.

Swoosh

Swoosh

Swoosh

Swoosh

Thud

Thud

Thud

Thud

Argus's beheading skills keep improving. He was easily harvesting the life of the monkeys. Some other beast also starts appearing like the Forest Bears and Wolves. Argus also killed them if he encountered one. His hunting did not cause another Mini Beast Horde since the distance of each corpse was a bit far from each other.

For the whole day, he was almost on the top of the tree hopping. If Argus was tired, he would also rest on top of the tree. The only thing that can make him land was if he encounter a beast that was at the bottom of the tree.

[Your Soulbound Astrea has level up by 1][Your Soulbound Astrea has level up by 1]

[Your level has increase by 1]

+10 Mana

+1 All Stats

+10 Free Stat

+2 SP

[You have gained a New Title]

[You have gained a New Skill]

Title:

«Forest Reaper»

•Rank: Elite

Reward:

+20 Free Stats

«Forest Reaper Lv.1»

•Rank: Elite Passive

•Killing beast over jungle environments, combining stealth, combat prowess, and survival instincts to dominate and thrive in the wild.

•Reduces presence by 15% when in forest areas

•Increases damage dealt by 30% when in forest areas.

Argus and Astrea's hunt resulted in him leveling up. He also gets another title and skill which he accepted with an open arms.

Before the sun sets, Argus and Astrea met. He decided to return now. Carrying another Forest Boar, the two runs back to the camp. Before he starts to clean and cook, Argus activated the Barrier Formation.

Although he does not afraid of Mini Beast Horde, Argus does not want to move to another camping site. Astrea sleeps after taking a bath in the river while Argus starts preparing to cook.

"Astrea wake up, it's time to eat."(Argus)

Astrea got up and walks out from the tent. She grogily walks inside the firecamp and started munching the meat. Looks like she was also tired from hunting.

Argus parts her head which made her happy as her tail starts wagging back and forth. He smiled and also started eating. After they eat, Argus started cleaning up mainly the left over meats and some bones. He also added a wood through the fire that will last until morning.

Resting for a while, Argus takes his clothes off while looking at his Free Stats.

Free Stats: 180

Argus decided to use his free stats before he begins his Scythe Wielding Training.

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Status Window

Name: Argus Orpheus ♂️

Race: Human

Level: 16(3%)(↑1)

Realm: Beginner

Class: Twilight Battle Summoner (Unawakened)

Attribute:???

Health: 100%/100%

Mana: 260(↑10)

VIT: 83(↑1+1)

STR: 86(↑1)

DEX: 66(↑1)

INT: 36(↑1)

Free Stats: 180(↑50)

Skill Points: 32(↑2)

Skill Slot: 5

Innate Skill:

«Sovereign's Intuition»

«Sovereign's Apathy»

«Asura Hegemon Battle Physique»

Weapon Skill:

«Weaponless Specialization Lv. 5»

«Pole Weapons Specialization Lv. 3»

«Scythe Wielder Lv.3»

Cultivation Art:

«Asura Hegemon Battle Art»

Active Class Skill:

«Tame: Lv.1»

Passive Class Skill:

«Eyes of Twilight: Lv.1»

«Twilight Battle Summoner Lv.1»

«Soul Link Lv. 1»

Passive Skill:

«Swarm Slayer Lv.1»

«Unique Insight Lv.10»

«Heightened Movement Lv.1»(New)

«Forest Reaper Lv.1»(New)

Active Skill: None

Titles:

«Mini Beast Horde Killer»

«Unique Summoner»

«Cliff Ascender»

•Rank: Elite

«Forest Reaper»

•Rank: Elite

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Name: Astrea♀️

Race: Starlight Wolf Cub(True Beast Form)

Realm: Beginner

Level: 12(37%)(↑3)

Attribute: ???

HP: 100%/100%

Mana: 170(↑30)

VIT: 68(↑12)

STR: 92(↑18)

DEX: 104(↑21)

INT: 116(↑24)

Skill:

«Star Physique Lv.1»

«Enhance Bite Lv.3»

«Enhance Pounce Lv.3»

«Enhance Claw Lv.3»

«Morph Lv.10»