Arpada went to the deeper part of the forest.
He runs while holding Gluttony in dagger form and there he felt a drastic change of atmosphere.
The forest was filled with a dark energy causing him to stop and get cautious on the his sorroundings.
"What is this pressure?"
He scans the area and saw a bush rustling, then he tighten his grip on his dagger as he getting ready for what might comes out at the bush.
Then an unknown creature jumped outside the bush and before he could see a thing, he quickly slashed it in half with his dagger.
'THUD!'
The blood of the creature spattered everywhere and its body impacted at the ground.
He looks at it only to found out that it was just a frabbit– then he sighed and relaxed his muscles causing him to low his guard.
"Dang! The dark energy on this area weakens my senses, I got cautious just for a Frabbit?" He said to himself in disappointment while scratching his head.
Then he felt a bloodlust coming from behind, his eyes suddenly widen and quickly moves his body.
The creature shouted as it swings down a large hammer that made of stone and metal.
'GRUUUAAAA!!'
He luckily dodged the attack and saw the ground cracked and crumbled. The creature lift its heavy hammer in ease.
It is so large, larger than the Goblin Commander he fought weeks ago but they have similarities in appearance. A castleton green of skin tone, its musculinity and linen color of its feathered layer hair.
Without hesitation, Arpada used [Absolute Shadow] and disappeared at its sight causing the creature to get wary.
He floats forward below the creature predicting its movement and when he saw it stopped moving, he slashed its achilles tendon and leaps away from it.
'GRAAAAAAAAA'
The creature screamed in pain. Without its knowledge it stepped forward to attack Arpada.
'THUD!'
It falls down to the ground due to its cutted tendon but it instinctively crawled to him.
Arpada saw the abnormal behaviour of the creature as if its only wanted to kill him.
'GRAAAAAA!'
Without hesitation, he sliced its throat.
"It is similar to the goblin commander, only its size is different." He said while Gluttony change to its slime appearance and devour the creature.
As Gluttony completely dissolve the creature, he spit out a tiny metal with a red gemstone to the ground.
It shines as it hits by the moonlight and a rune engraved inside it could be seen.
He picks it up to analyze it thoroughly then suddenly without his command, the system shows up.
[Foreign Object]
"A foreign object?" He confusingly asked.
Then an anomally occured to his system, it static while the context changed.
[Eliminat–ing fo–reign obj–ect]
Gluttony stretched out forming a serpent-like form and it took the metallic item on his hand.
Arpada was astonished towards Gluttony's actions.
"Gluttony what are you doing!?" He asked.
The metallic item was squeezed inside Gluttony's body until pulverized.
"Why you did not dissolves or absorbs it? You just pulverized it." Arpada asked Gluttony to its unusual actions.
'Boing?'
"What do you mean you did not know?" Arpada was troubled by thinking the sequence of anomally occuring.
'Boing-Boing!'
"You did something bizzare and you are telling me that you did not know why you did it?" Arpada irritably said.
'Boing~'
Gluttony jumps and turns into is dagger form.
"I do not know what is happening but I will let it slide, let's go deeper for now." He said.
'Boing!'
"It is not that I don't believe you, but It is what it is." He replied to Gluttony.
He ventured deeper to the forest while he used [Concealment] to avoid surprise attacks.
***
He saw a glade that emitting a concentrated dark energy travelling through in the air and the pressure of the area is suffocating.
"Just what in the world is happening here?" He asked. "That might be the source of this dark energy." He added as he saw a rock at the middle area of glade.
It radiates a dim dark purple circling arounds it as a barrier while absorbing the purified energy at the sorroundings that coming from trees, plants and even beasts.
He cautiously approached it but the pressure coming from it is much stronger and the energy is getting thicker as he moves forward.
'TWANG!'
Arpada heard a multiple shots of arrows in every directions, quickly realized that he is their target and so he quickly used [Absolute Shadow] to dodge it completely.
[Skill was cancelled]
Arpada was confused and astonished while the arrows are about to hit him.
"GLUTTONY!!!" He shouted then Gluttony rapidly wrap himself to Arpada, protecting him by acting as a soft barrier.
'Boing~'
Some arrows pierce through Gluttony's body and some got deflected. Gluttony dissolved the arrows while protecting Arpada.
'Boing?'
"Yeah, I'm completely fine. Thank you." He said.
'Boing Boing~'
Then suddenly– the ground shakes as if there is an earthquake that got him panic.
It was large as towering trees wearing a hideously ugly face with a runic tattoo all over his dark green body shows up and it is the one who's responsible of the earthquake. It opens it mouth revealing a multiple sharp teeth while releasing a warm stinky breath.
Arpada saw its right hand holding a giant golden blade of its axe and plantinum metal from the axe's butt to all over its handle. Its left hand wielding a staff that emiting the same dark purple energy coming from the rock.
The fear suddenly travel all over his body as felt the immense pressure that vibrates the ground and trees when the creature talk and said:
WHO IS YOUR KING?
Arpada was stared at it in horror as he realized the creature in front him–
"I AM THOBEUS, THE KING OF RAKABA EMPIRE!"
Arpada was horrored by its presence and petrified.
"YOU ARE A MERE HUMAN, AM I RIGHT?" Thobeus asked. "YOU NOT LOOK SO STRONG AND YOU ARE JUST A CHILD." He added and laughed while he hits the ground with its axe.
Gluttony on the other hand, absorbing the dark energy from the rock.
"This is the Goblin King? Is there a beast that can talk?" He thought to himself.
"ARE YOU GETTING WET, BOY? YOU ARE NOT SAYING ANYTHING." Thobeus said.
"HOW ABOUT ENTERTAIN ME?" He said, then he lifts his staff casting a bright dark purple light.
Arpada suddenly transported elsewhere with Gluttony.
"This–"
He saw once again Cela.
"Cela!" He shouted but it seems like she can not hear him.
Then the scenario changes to where Gio and his party hunting together.
"I wonder what is Klein's class would be?" Gio asked Delsus.
"We don't know but he will become stronger whatever his class be." Delsus said.
"That is Klein we are talking about." Gio replied.
Then Arpada runs towards him and said "Brother Gio!! I became a tamer!" Yet no one can hear him.
He once again transported to the front of the village and saw how brutally everyone got killed by the unknown group in robe and realized something.
"How pathetic am I? They are already dead." He said to himself.
"I already know it but what am I thinking? How I wish they are still here."
"HAHAHA! SO THIS IS YOUR MEMORIES? HOW AMAZING. ENTERTAIN ME MORE!",
Gluttony continuously absorbing the energy nearby while Arpada experiencing hallucinations.
Arpada was transported again to another location.
"Cynthia?" He said while looking at Cynthia collecting some fruits.
"No, Cynthia also is already gone." He said to himself.
"What do you mean gone?" Cynthia said to him.
"Huh? You can hear me?" Arpada asked.
"Of course, have you finished your training already?" Cynthia asked.
"N-no?" He replied.
"Then what are you doing? Go now–" then Cynthia's voice suddenly change. "–AND TRAIN TO DEFEAT ME! HAHAHAHA". It was Thobeus all along.
"HOW PATHETIC IT IS, YOU'VE TRAINED ENOUGH TO DEFEAT ME? YOU THINK SO?" Thobeus said.
"HAVE YOU ALREADY FORGOTTEN? I AM THE ONE WHO PUT A CURSE ON HER." He added.
Arpada remembers Cynthia's word and his hatred.
"It's you, I know." Arpada.
[System: 80%]
"You hideous being."
"HAHAHAHA YOU ARE OVERSTIMATING YOURSELF, DON'T YOU?" Thobeus mockingly said to him.
[System: 90%]
Gluttony almost absorbed all of the dark energy on the rock while transfering it to Arpada's body and transform into dagger.
"No." Arpada said. "You are the one who understimated me."
The tremendous pressure of his bloodlust burst out and breaking the effects of hallucination.
Arpada came back to reality wrap by a charcoal aura and blowing everything with his presence, he gave a piercing gaze towards Thobeus.
"What is that aura?" Thobeus said to himself. "That aura was similar to that king." He added.
[System: 100%]
[Succesfully absorbed the dark aura initializing evolution of class]
...
[Successfully changing the class from "Tamer" to "Dark God Tamer"]
[Evolving the beast into heavenly beast]
Gluttony changed its appearance to a dark slime.
[Heavenly Slime: Gluttony]
[Successfully meeting the requirements, unlocking LUK stat]
[LUK: 999,999]
"THAT CREATURE, HOW IS THAT CREATURE IS STILL ALIVE?"
"Goblin King Thobeus" Arpada said with its aggresive voice.
Arpada pointed his Gluttony dagger to Thobeus and said:
"I came to kill you!"
To be continued...