"Fuck!" The Winged Lion stomped on the Red Fox's corpse hard.
Even though he won the fight against the Red Fox, he was still annoyed because his target, Ren, managed to escape from him.
'All of this is because of this bitch! She ruined my fun!'
He kicked the Red Fox's corpse hard, causing it to fly into mid-air and crash against a big stone.
'I will go back to my territory and vent my anger there.'
As the Winged Lion was heading to his territory, Ren walked toward an abandoned house.
His face was pale and his body was covered in blood.
His condition became worse after using the Lightning Movement skill because he was heavily injured.
'White Tiger, I will look for you after breaking through to the Master rank.'
He had several beast cores in his space ring, so he believed he would break through to the Master rank soon.
After entering the abandoned house, Ren lay on the bamboo bed. He needed to sleep quickly or else he would die in the forest.
[Ding! Host is sleeping.]
[Ding! Sweet Dream Feature activated.]
As Ren was sleeping, his system healed his injuries.
His face was no longer pale and his wounds healed one by one.
The healing speed was fast.
If someone was in the bedroom, that person would be shocked because his injuries healed quickly as if someone was using high Tier healing magic on him.
[It's great that you managed to survive, Host.]
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The sun set and the moon rose.
As Ren was sleeping, Evelyn was alone in the tent.
It was already 09:30 pm, so she decided to rest.
'Ren…'
In the past six days, she always slept with Ren, so she felt something was missing when she was alone in the tent, causing her to remember him immediately.
'Ren, please be safe. I will save you tomorrow.'
She slowly shut her eyes, sleeping alone in a tent.
Time went by quickly and without realizing it, it was already 06:00 am.
At this moment, Evelyn was sitting on a folding bed.
She could use magic now because the after-effects of the antidote had worn off.
'I can use magic again.'
Right after getting out of the tent, Ren's clones smiled at her.
"Our job is done. Be careful out there." One of the clones spoke.
"Un." She stored the tent in her space ring and walked out of the cave.
As Ren's clones melted into water, a beautiful pair of ice wings formed on Evelyn's back.
Evelyn was a gorgeous lady.
Coupled with a beautiful pair of wings on her back, she looked like a goddess who walked out of a cave.
'Ren, I'm coming.'
She flew into the sky, looking for Ren.
In a short amount of time, she was already far from the cave.
When Evelyn was above the lake where Ren protected her from the Winged Lion, she suddenly stopped flying.
"Winged Lion!" she clenched her fist as she remembered the Winged Lion.
If the Winged Lion had not appeared, she would be eating breakfast with Ren happily by now.
But because of the Winged Lion, not only was she separated from him, she did not even know whether he was alive or not.
The Winged Lion had ruined their happiness, so there was no forgiveness for him.
'I will find you later.'
She stopped staring at the lake and continued looking for Ren.
'The trees in this area are completely burnt. Was this caused by the Winged Lion?'
She flew following the dead trees.
But even so, she found no trace of Ren's whereabouts.
'A magical beast's corpse?'
She saw the corpse of Red Fox.
'Was it a territorial fight and not because of the Winged Lion?'
She took one last look at the corpse before finally flying to the North.
And like before, she did not find any trace of Ren's whereabouts.
She had been looking for him in all areas, yet she still did not find him, causing the sadness in her heart to grow bigger.
'Ren, where are you?'
She made four clones.
She ordered her clones to look for Ren while she left to find the Winged Lion.
There was no clue about Ren's whereabouts, so she decided to look for the Winged Lion.
However, finding the Winged Lion was not easy either.
Of course, she did not give up because it was related to Ren's life.
No matter what happened, she had to find Ren, so she looked for the Winged Lion again after lunch.
As Evelyn was looking for him, Ren woke up.
'My body has completely recovered?'
His face broke into a smile after learning that he had fully recovered.
'System, you are indeed the best.'
He praised his system in his head.
[So, what are you going to do, Host?]
"I will absorb all the beast cores in my space ring and try to break through to the Master rank as quickly as possible." He did not return immediately because he was in the White Tiger's territory.
*Growl…
The sound of his stomach growling entered his ears.
'But it seems like I need to eat first.'
He did not eat anything last night, so he was starving.
Right after Ren entered the backyard, his eyes widened in shock.
'A cave?'
He saw a cave twenty meters to his right.
He did not notice it yesterday because his sight was blurry and he was focused on the abandoned house.
'Should I explore it later? Maybe, I will get something valuable inside that cave.'
The cave was three times bigger than his previous cave, so a desire to explore it suddenly arose within him.
'I will explore it after eating.'
Like what he had planned before, he explored the cave after having breakfast.
Not only was the cave huge, but there were also blue crystals on the walls, illuminating every inch of the cave.
'Hmm? There are also pools in this cave?'
He saw two pools inside the cave; one had light blue water while the other had green water.
'System, analyze the water. Is it safe to drink it?'
He ordered his system to use the Appraisal feature on the water.
[Host, the water is safe to drink.]
Ren wasted no time and drank it immediately.
'This water is delicious and fresh.'
The light blue water had a slightly sweet taste, while the other one tasted like regular water.
[Host, the system suggests you take a bath in the green pool because it will make you feel refreshed immediately.]
"I will take a bath later." He wanted to check the cave first because he decided to absorb beast cores in that cave.
'A skeleton?'
He saw a skeleton sitting on the ground with its back leaning against a stone tablet.
'Hmm? Handwriting?'
He began to read the handwriting on the stone tablet.
[I, Owen James, am a talented awakener. People said I would stand at the top of the hierarchy, and I also thought like that because I had never lost fighting against someone of the same rank, but it was before I met that person.]
Ren kept reading the handwriting.
[Someone who was much younger than me and someone who had just broken through to the Grandmaster rank defeated me in one move. The injuries I got from him were very severe, to the point that it ruined my bright future.]
Ren did not expect the skeleton before him to be a former talented awakener.
[For someone who read this, I want to give you a piece of advice. There is another sky above the sky, so don't ever think of yourself as the most genius or powerful person. Keep learning and keep cultivating until you officially become the strongest person in the world. Otherwise, you will end up like me, dying in a cave with regret.]
"This senior is so pitiful." Ren caught sight of a space ring on his left index finger.
'Space ring?'
He took the space ring before returning his attention to the skeleton.
"Senior, you are already dead, so I will take your space ring." He did not feel guilty because Owen was already dead.
'Let me check the items inside this space ring.'
His lips curled up into a smile after checking the space ring.
There were 200 gold coins, 400 silver coins, 2,000 copper coins, 20 1-star beast cores, and 25 2-star beast cores inside the space ring.
Even though there was no skill or spell books in the space ring, Ren was still thrilled because he had a lot of money now.
"Senior, I will use your money and the beast cores wisely." After saying that, Ren checked the cave again.
After exploring the cave, Ren sat on the ground and retrieved all the beast cores from his space ring.
"System, activate Instant Absorption card." Ren read the description of the Instant Absorption card when he was having breakfast in the backyard.
Instant Absorption card was a card that could help him absorb beast cores in a second.
No matter how many beast cores he had, he could absorb them in a second with the help of Instant Absorption card.
He had many beast cores now, so he decided to use it.
[Ding! Instant Absorption card activated.]
In one second, Ren broke through three times, causing the cave to shake violently for several seconds.
'Let me check my status now.'
He ordered his system to show him the window status.
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Host: Ren Starfall
Race: Half-Human
Age: 18
System Level: 4
System Exp: 2/1562
Class: Warrior, Mage
Warrior Rank: Master rank
Warrior Exp: 7,620/31,250
Mage Rank: 3-star
Mage Exp: 9.440/31,250
Main Attribute: Ice
Affinities: Ice, Lightning.
Talent: Grade S.
Accumulated Points: 350
Inventory: Potion Book Guide, Basic Warrior Class Book Guide, Basic Mage Class Book Guide.
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'Good. Now, my Warrior class is at Master rank, and my Mage class is at 3-star.'
He no longer needed to run away when encountering a 3-star magical beast because he had the power to kill them now.
'I will take a bath now.'