...
In an instant, the deer's instinct kicked in. Its eyes released a momentary glow of green as its body suddenly vanished from its location.
Leaving a remnant of its aura behind and an intense ball of green containing profound energy that instantly spread toward the surrounding area, shrouding the space of 10 meters in a blink of an eye!
In the next second, after a momentary silence, the wind present within the atmosphere suddenly and crazily surged toward the location of the green light—starting to accumulate energy, causing the grasses nearby to reduce into a mess, showing various degrees of destruction.
Boom!
Not even a second passed by...
A loud sound of explosion, followed by the roaring of the wind originating from the center of the green light, reverberated to the surrounding area. Plunging the place into a state of disarray as faint blades of wind started wreaking everything around.
...
Whoosh!
This!
Although it seems like it took a long time to describe what occurred, in Araw's senses, only 3 seconds have passed by.
Caught off guard, an intense wind capable of lifting 25 pounds of weight off the ground suddenly wreaked havoc around, causing the still-approaching Araw to slow down by a notch as the faint wind blade started scrapping his skin, creating various sizes of injuries within his body.
Thick blood, containing his essence, dyed his clothes red, making him look pathetic as he stared at the subsiding wind with fear clearly written in his eyes. If he didn't react on time or if he wasn't lucky enough and happened to be in the center of the storm, Araw was sure that he would suffer severe injuries...
Making him heave a sigh of relief as his grip on the knife he was holding tightened instinctively.
With eyes containing a glint of decisiveness, Araw hurriedly stared at the deer in the far distance, taking a deep breath as he began approaching it with unhurried speed.
To his delight and relief, after closing the distance between the two, Araw immediately notices the weakened state of the deer.
The previous tint of deep green in its eyes now only carried a faint gleam as its body, clearly weakened, retreated anxiously and unsteadily toward the distance. Although it had long noticed the approaching presence of Araw, it could no longer activate its skill due to exhaustion, only allowing it to unfold fear in its eyes as it desperately summoned its remaining strength for a last-ditch effort.
"Even though its intelligence was far beyond compared to its peers, there's still a huge gap between it and a normal person.
"If it just used its skill to retreat toward the far distance earlier instead of attempting to kill me, I wouldn't be able to do anything toward it... Unfortunately, beast, even if awakened its spirituality, was still beast at the end."
Well, he, of course, thought of the possibility that it was related to the deer's young age and experience, which it clearly lacked; however, upon remembering its disdainful look earlier and the damage he received, Araw couldn't help but voice out his grievances and look down toward it— an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
"Where can you run now? That's right, be desperate; let fear eat your reasonings and succumb to the unknown.
"Hehe, weren't you tough earlier. Why not try summoning your skill and flee this place?"
Slowly approaching the clearly desperate deer, Araw couldn't help but laugh out loud with a sinister tone, waving the knife in his hand slowly within the atmosphere, further planting fear in the deer's being.
"Caught you."
After reducing the distance between him and the deer by less than a foot, Araw slowly whispered to the ears of the deer. His breath, which contained a warm temperature, slowly entered the deer's ears, similarly to a weeping demon... instantly causing the deer's eyes to widen greatly.
Although Araw had no idea if the deer could understand him, just seeing its trembling eyes and dark expression already gave him the satisfaction that he couldn't understand, making him wonder if being alone for weeks already started affecting his mind.
However, he could worry about that problem later, for now...
Slash!
Unhurriedly raising the cold knife within his hand, Araw, with a smirk pasted on his face, slashed the knife toward the neck of the deer, causing the wind to whistle dangerously as a desperate cry, reflecting agony reverberated toward the area.
Splack-
In an instant, the red blood, containing a tint of green, splashed toward the grasses nearby, dyeing their existence with a fishy and fresh scent, making them look more vibrant than usual.
Followed by that, a faint thud sound of falling echoed nearby, unfolding the corpse of the deer with the noticeable long gush of wounds on its neck—showing the red flesh and bones covered with congealed substance toward the still smirking Araw.
Cleaning the corner of the blade with his tattered clothes, Araw put the blade into his inventory before dragging the corpse toward the wooden house...
Leaving a long trail of blood on his way.
Soon, after seeing the ranch in the distance, Araw deliberately slowed down, ensuring that the beasts within the ranch would see the lifeless body of the deer, planning to intimidate them and plant a seed of fear within their consciousness.
If they showed signs of disdain and maliciousness, he would immediately kill them to avoid future problems from arising.
Although it would be a pity to waste teaching points, it was better to cut the root before it grew.
"If some of you are disobedient... Hehe, don't blame my blade."
...
Sizzle- Sizzle-
The light from the fire weakly illuminated the surrounding area, bringing heat and warmth to Araw's face as he intently stared at the sizzling red meat of the deer within the fire...
Watching it slowly, patiently as its skin began turning crispy brown, instantly exuding an enticing smell that increased his appetite to another level.
Araw, gulping the forming saliva within his mouth, slowly sprinkled the condiment that he hesitantly brought from the system with 1 teaching point, further enhancing the meat's enticing aroma, causing his willpower to decrease further in the face of the still raw food.
To divert his attention to the meat, Araw took out the incomplete fruit within his inventory... Wondering if it was the reason why the deer managed to reach the transcended grade in the shortest time possible.
Since the beasts that he purchased a month ago already started showing signs of mutation, the plants mutating weren't that far-fetched.
(Although he knew the answer long ago, in order to divert his attention, he decided to play dumb.)