{Argus's POV}
Even if he decided not to care how he killed his enemies. Argus was unconsciously beheading each beast he saw. Both Argus and Astrea hunts until dusk and both of them returned. Argus check his quest progress.
[Hunt 87/200 Forest Bears(G)]x20
[Hunt 200/200Forest Wolves(G)]x20✅
[Hunt 118/200 Martens(G)]x20
[Hunt 124/200 Forest Monkeys(G)]x20
[Hunt 103/200 Forest Boars(G)]x20
[Hunt 107/200 Forest Deers(G)]x20
"It looks like it's right to head a bit deeper in the forest. Every beast was almost reach Level 25 and there is a very abundant of them."(Argus)
Argus also check his Status Window.
[Your Soulbound Astrea has level up by 1][Your Soulbound Astrea has level up by 1][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're «Scythe Wielder» Skill have leveled up]
[You're «Heightened Movement» Skill have leveled up]
[You're «Forest Reaper» Skill have leveled up]
[You have gained a New Title]
[You have gained a New Skill]
«Scythe Wielder Lv.7»(↑1)
•Rank: Common
•Increase 35% damage when using scythe weapons.
«Heightened Movement Lv.4»(↑2)
•Rank: Elite Passive
•Increase movement speed by 30%
«Forest Reaper Lv.3»(↑1)
•Rank:Elite
•Reduces presence by 25% when in forest areast
•Increases damage dealt by 30% when in forest areas.
Title:
«Beheader»
•Rank: Elite
Reward:
+20 Free Stats
«Beheader»
•Rank: Elite Passive
•Increase damage by 10% when targeting necks.
Some of his skills and Astrea's has upgraded.
"Sigh..."(Argus)
"Is there a problem Master?"(Astrea)
"No, I was just thinking of something."(Argus)
Argus was looking at his skill current skill set. Almost all of his skills was passive skill, it's not that he does not want it but he also wants to have an active skill.
'If I master the basics I should probably get another passive skill. Sigh...'(Argus)
Argus just sighed in resignation. He decided to find an active skill before the enrollment. After they returned Argus immediately activated the barrier and began cooking, of course it's Forest Boar Meat again.
"I'm sorry Astrea that this is the only thing I can cook. After we returned you can eat all the food that you want do not hold back. As long as it's not expensive it will be fine."(Argus)
"As long as I'm with you, anything edible is fine. Master's boar bbq is also delicious."(Astrea)
"Suit yourself. By the way Astrea, I would like you to guard me again like yesterday. Kill all the enemies that wanders near our camp. You did a very good job yesterday."(Argus)
Argus started patting Astrea who was sitting on his lap which makes her very happy. Astrea watched yesterday night for an hour and slept. However from time to time his ears and nose would twitch. She can sense enemies faster than even the Beast Alarming Device that Argus bought.
Astrea knows that her Master should not be disturbed so she decided to kill them. She lured the beast a bit far from their location and will kill them so that the smell of blood will not bring trouble to both of them.
She decided to keep it a secret from Argus but he learned it through the system killing prompts. Which Argus very much appreciated.
***
Argus began his training again. His find began to focus again his concentration started to rise.
Sovereign's Apathy
Sovereign's Intuition
For six hours straight again of nonstop swinging and concentration. Argus muscle's and mind started to ache but he continued. The physical pain is nothing to him but the mental exhaustion was a bit hard to endure but he perist. Then his Holowatch started ringing.
"Fuuu... It's already 2:00 AM, huh. Time to rest."(Argus)
After taking a bath to clean himself, he entered the tent and sleep with Astrea. Astrea of course will wake up from time to time to hunt those wandering beast near them. A secret guardian of Argus.
***
A young man with a white wolf was being surrounded by a pack of level 30 Core Forging Realm Beast wolves. The young man was facing 3 wolves while the white wolf was facing the other 4. The level 30 wolves was a 2 meter tall when standing and has almost 4 meters body length.
A pretty big enemy for both of them. The young man has a height of 1.70 meters tall with black hair and a not to handsome face. He was looking calmly with the beast in front of him using his heterochromia eyes. The white wolf on the other hand was just a wolf cub a very big contrast.
The two of course was Argus and Astrea, it's already been the the 9th day that they are in the jungle. With the hunt that both of them did in the past few days, the two was now releasing a wild aura that only some of the top predator of the forest release.
Argus and Astrea charged at their enemies without fear. Argus brandished his Scythe and beheads on lf the Wolf in one hit. Astrea on the other hand use her small paws to attack the big head of one of the wolf, smashing its brain and killing it. After that both of them attack the rest. Argus received a notification that he was waiting for the last days.
[Your Soulbound Astrea has level up by 1]
[Your level has increase by 1]
+10 Mana
+1 All Stats
+10 Free Stat
+2 SP
[Your level has reach the max level for your Realm]
[Excess Exp will be stored by the system]
[Raised your Realm to level up]
[Do you want to receive your «Realm Advancement Quest»?]
[Yes/No]
Name: Argus Orpheus♂️
Race: Human
Level: 25(???%)(↑1)
Realm: Beginner(Peak)
Name: Astrea♀️
Race: Human
Level: 23(3%)(↑1)
Realm: Beginner(Late)
"It's to early to go back. Let's get you too level 25 also before we go back."(Argus)
"I'm okay Master. You do not have to worry about me."(Astrea)
"What are you saying? I'm not worrying about you, it's just appropriate since you are my summoned beast. How can you help me if you do not become strong?"(Argus)
Argus said while patting Astrea.
"Oh, we need to collect the beast orbs of this wolves before we go back."(Argus)
Magical Beasts and Ferocious Beast do not possess cores like the Awakeners. They possessed a core like thing called Beast Orb. It is bigger than the Cores of the Awakeners but it does not mean that it was stronger. The Monster Race also possess a beast orb. The power of the Cores and Orbs that anyone has depends on the owner themselves.
The truth is the Free Attributes and Mana they receive each leveled up does not matter much. Even the class they receive does not matter much. The only thing that separates the Strong and the Weak are the Cultivation Realm.
Each Realm an Awakener or Beast cross, their strength will increase depending on the type of their Cultivation Arts, how solid their foundation, how they fight, their inheritance, and their encounters, etc. The stats they will receive every time they broke through is incomparable.
That is why many Common and Elite classes was not discourage on the class they have get. They can cross the gap of their strength with the Special and Unique Class as long as they can broke through with a solid foundations.
Every Awakaner users has another big advantage aside from the skills they will get and that is the Cultivation Art they have Awakened. They can use it if they want or they can use other Cultivation Art. It is their choice.
Of course free stats is not useless. It is free so anyone can use it as they like. If the Free Stats is like a drop in a bucket but if it accumulates it would still be helpful right? Especially in early stages. Free stats was found to be very useful. Like when the Abyssal Servant incident.
If Argus did not add his stats at that time, he may become a burden in saving the children, he might not broken the barrier with his previous stats or worst, he might not survive the core explosion.
That is why Astrea was willing to wait for a little while for her upgrade. Although they might fight again if they take Argus's quest. Argus will not know if the enemies they would face would let Astrea upgrade. He do not want to gamble on that.
[Your Soulbound Astrea has level up by 1]
Argus and Astrea hunts all day nonstop but it just increase Astrea's level by 1. It's not bad though, since they are now hunting Core Forging Realm beast the percentage of his exp was already filled almost a quarter. Argus decided to stay for one more day to hunt.
[Your Soulbound Astrea has level up by 1]
"Fuu... Finally we can now go back and take a rest. I am already a bit tired eating my bbq boar. Tsk."(Argus)
"Fufufu, I love what you cook though Master. Your bbq cooking was also improving day by day."(Astrea)
"Well the most important that improve for both of us are our levels and skills."
Argus's Free Stats accumulates again on his Status Window and just waiting for him to use it.
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Status Window
Name: Argus Orpheus♂️
Race: Human
Level: 25(???%)(↑9)
Realm: Beginner(Peak)
Class: Twilight Battle Summoner (Unawakened)
Attribute:???
Health: 100%/100%
Mana: 350(↑90)
VIT: 126(↑9+4)
STR: 155(↑9)
DEX: 125(↑9)
INT: 110(↑9)
Free Stats: 110(↑110)
Skill Points: 50(↑18)
Skill Slot: 5
Cultivation Art:
«Asura Hegemon Battle Art»
Innate Skill:
«Sovereign's Intuition»
«Sovereign's Apathy»
«Asura Hegemon Battle Physique»
Weapon Skill:
«Weaponless Specialization Lv. 5»
«Pole Weapons Specialization Lv. 10»(↑6)
•Rank: Elite
•Increase 100% damage when using any pole weapons.
«Scythe Specialization Lv.5»(New)
•Rank: Elite
•Increase 60% damage when using scythe weapons.
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.7»(↑5)
•Increase movement speed by 75%
«Forest Reaper Lv.8»(↑6)
•Reduces presence by 40% when in forest areast
•Increases damage dealt by 50% when in forest areas.
«Beheader Lv.4»(↑3)
•Rank: Elite
•Increase damage by 45% when targeting necks.
«Beast Slayer Lv.4»(New)
•Rank: Elite Passive
•Reduce 14% defense of enemy beast.
Active Skill: None
Titles:
«Mini Beast Horde Killer»
«Unique Summoner»
«Cliff Ascender»
«Forest Reaper»
«Beheader»
•Rank: Elite
«Beast Slayer»(New)
•Rank: Elite
Reward:
+20 Free Stat
«Beast Slayer»Skill
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Name: Astrea♀️
Race: Starlight Wolf Cub(True Beast Form)
Realm: Beginner
Level: 24(17%)(↑12)
Attribute: ???
HP: 100%/100%
Mana: 290(↑120)
VIT: 116(↑48)
STR: 164(↑72)
DEX: 188(↑84)
INT: 212(↑96)
Skill:
«Star Physique Lv.1»
«Enhance Bite Lv. 10»(↑10)
•Rank: Elite
•Increases damage dealt by bite attacks by 100% and applies a bleeding effect.
«Enhance Pounce Lv.10»(↑10)
•Rank: Elite
•Increases leap distance by 100%
«Enhance Claw Lv.10»(↑10)
•Rank: Elite
•Increases claw damage by 100% and has a chance to inflict a bleeding effect
«Morph Lv.10»