A some kind of liquid is dropping on the soiled ground, a grunting could be heard, then the sound of sniffing. All of this belong to the Casper, who was roaming the forest like a wild animal.
After a while, it smelled a familiar scent. It was the scent of Ingrit. Smelling the scent, it didn't waste any time turning around. Then it saw Ingrit standing outside of the forest, the place where he entered the forest from.
Ingrit got to that place by flying over a route, which was at the west corner of the forest. After completing mastering his skills, he scouted the area near the tall forest. After scouting for a while, he found a pathway which lead to the other side of the forest. It was a safe path for him to get the other side of the forest without getting noticed by the Casper. And it actually worked. He was able to get to the spot where he entered the forest from safely.
The beast's lips slightly curled up. It was as though the beast was smiling seeing its prey.
Since the forest was full of trees, it would be hard for the Casper to flying through the forest. So, It opened its maw, and ran towards Ingrit at full speed on its feet.
Ingrit just stood there, calmly. For some reason he wasn't afraid this time. Instead, his face was brimming with confidence.
After a few seconds, the casper almost reached near Ingrit. Then, the moment the beast took another step towards him, its feet suddenly got stuck to something, which prevented him from going any further.
Oddly, there was blood spluttered on the soiled ground, which entrapped the Casper by twisting his legs tightly with the blood-like ropes.
It was one of the ability Ingrit inherited from the Merman monster after defeating it.
Anyway, getting stuck in the middle of the ropes made the casper unable move its feets. It was struggling to set its feets free from the crimson red ropes, but no matter how much it tried it couldn't free its feets at all.
'Perfect.'
Ingrit thought with a grin.
Seeing the beast failing to set its feets free from the ropes made one thing clear to Ingrit. It was that if the casper, which seemed to be very strong, couldn't pull its feets out from the blood ropes, then it meant he could use this against Sein, the one who betrayed him. After all, that man was very strong. And there was no telling when Ingrit might run into him--it could be tomorrow or the day after that. So, being prepare to take that traitor down was wise thing to do, even though Ingrit was still nowhere close to Sein's level in strength.
Anyway, with a smirk on Ingrit's face, he said, "You are doom."
Then, he placed his right hand above his left one, then he began to manifest his devouring sphere of dracid while keeping his eyes opened. The light of the purple color sphere illuminated Ingrit's face, which looked very mesmerizing.
After a while, he completed manifesting it, then threw it with his right hand at the casper's face. It was a precise straight to face shot. Right after connecting with the casper's face, the improved version of the sphere made a huge explosive impact, which shook the beast's brain, and made it fall on its knees.
As the sphere was gyrating at a great speed on the Casper's face, the face began to get sucked into the sphere.
It was working! Unlike last time, the sphere was now mercilessly devouring the Casper.
As it grunted, its head got sucked into the sphere, then slowly its entire body was being devoured.
Ingrit, without moving his calm and anxious eyes, kept on clenching his teeth, as he was praying for the nightmare to end.
After a while, It was over. Ingrit's nightmare finally came to an end! The beast was completely devoured. There was no trace of the Casper left, except for the gyrating big sphere, which spinned in the air for a while, before completely vanishing.
Then, a few windows appeared before him:
[Congratulations: You have slain Casper]
[Congratulations: You have unlocked a new ability called "Incineration"]
[You have extracted abilities called "The Might" "Enhanced sense of smell"]
[You have obtained 10% power of Dracid for unlocking "Incineration"]
[You have obtained additional 5% power of Dracid for improving your "Devouring Sphere of Dracid"]
Seeing those windows, Ingrit was relieve knowing that he had finally slain the monster. Now, he could finally go back to his own world.
'It's over!'
Thinking that he sprawled on the ground with a sigh of relieve, as he reached his right hand towards the place where his blood.
Slowly the blood of the ground was retreating to Ingrit's right palm.
Within a minute or so the blood completely retreated to his palm.
Ingrit made a lot of progress today. For instance, he finally managed to overcome using 2 spheres of dracid a day. He had used more than 4 spheres today including the practice time. This miracle was only possible thanks to the fatigue removal potions.
Now, he didn't have to worry about getting all drained out after using the sphere. He could simply use the potion, and survive long-term fight. Though, to do that he needed to collect blood of sea beasts or any kind of magical beasts.
But, still he can't just always rely on the potion's help. He needed to built enough stamina to manifest more than 2 spheres a day without getting much exhausted. With sufficient amount of training, he would definitely be able to built enough stamina to produce 2 spheres a day. After all, the system was doing its best by providing him with the right training to get him in shape.
If he trains regularly he will get in shape in no time. But then again it wasn't a matter of 'if'.
Because, he had to participate in training everyday no matter what, otherwise he would suffer penalty.
Ingrit was finally comfortably sprawling on the ground. He stared at the amber sky, and then closed them.
'I think I need to drink a fatigue removal potion. After using the improved version of devouring sphere of dracid, I am feeling heavily tired....Are you telling me I have to fight monsters like the casper everyday from now on?! Man, that would definitely get tiring.'
Then, a sound echoed in his head. Hearing that he opened his eyes, and saw a notification window before him.
[Notice: You don't have to fight against beasts like casper everyday. This kind of fighting will only take place every one month]
Reading that text, he sat up with an ecstatic expression. Knowing that he didn't have to fight against beasts like casper everyday put him in ease.
After that, he requested a fatigue removal potion.
[With the newly obtained blood of the Casper, your potion will be crafted]
[The crafting is in process]
[Crafting is complete. You can only produce 2 more potions with the remaining blood]
After staring at the texts, he uncapped the flask when it appeared in his right hand, then drank it.
[You have completed your first day of training]
Ingrit noticed something.
His magic energy have increased a lot compare to before. His aura was now diagonally 50 centimeters.
'Hmm. A little more and I will reach D rank!'
He thought, looking excited.
As previously mentioned before, mages or divers have three inner gates that they need to break to reach their peak.
Breaking first gate means reaching area level. Any mage can do that. While breaking second gate means becoming strong enough to solo a country. Finally, breaking third gate means reaching the continent level. Not everyone can break the third gate, though.
So, Ingrit had, indeed, a long way to go. After all, his aura hadn't even reach area level.
Anyway, after that, Ingrit got teleported to his room.
The room was dark. So, he left his bed, where he seemed to be seated, and turned the light on of his room.
'I am really back to my own world.'
He thought that as he looked at the night sky through his window.
["First training quest" arc ends]