Limit Breaking Quest: Sensory Seahawk

After telling Anna everything that happened, Dave decided that he would rush and start the next Limit Breaking Quest. He had only 4 days and the rest of today left. That was a short time considering he still had to break 3 limits and rank up before he could report back to the Agency.

If he broke through another limit today, he had one day to adjust his constitution and strengthen his weak points.

'Maybe if this goes well, who knows I might break through a third limit today.' Dave was kind of cocky after successfully breaking so many limits and telling the truth, it felt to him as if each Limit Breaking Quest was easier than the last.

In the past, he could often cover his weaknesses with his strengths and that made him strongly believe in his ability to break through all 6 limits!

Something no human before him managed to achieve!

'I want to be the first!' Fulfilling the dream of achieving something no human before him managed to do was within his reach. His fighting spirit soared.

"Anna, I will start the next Limit Breaking Quest now."

Anna was shocked by hearing that. She feared, if he hastened the progress of breaking the limits without familiarizing himself with the new powers, he might fail.

"Dave are you sure? If you fail Ayano will kill me! Please at least wait until she comes back." Anna pleaded to Dave to make him understand her situation.

"Don't worry, I won't fail!" Reassured Dave her. "Besides its not as if you could stop me." He said with a smirk.

Before Anna could do anything Dave clicked the U on the map and opened the well known Limit Breaking Quest window that got smaller and smaller with each quest he solved.

[Limit Breaking Quests:

Which Limit do you want to break?

[Stamina]

[Wisdom]

[Intelligence]

costs: 10.000 Heroism]

Dave skillfully clicked the [Intelligence] button and the world around him changed.

The last thing he heard in the real world was. "If you fail, I will kill you personally!"

Then he already stood at the shore of an enormous lake. It had crystal clear water and a massive amount of fish swimming in it. Dave looked fascinated at the scenery when suddenly with a 'swooshing' sound a gigantic bird landed in front of him.

It was covered in brown and black feathers and featured a golden-colored beak. The bird was of such a size that Dave could have easily used it as mount to travel the world.

As an ex-progamer, this thought made a smirk appear around his lips. Who didn't dream of his own mount? To top it off, it would even be a flying mount!

The bird cocked its head and looked puzzled at Dave, who was mustering it as if he found the best toy in the world.

"Eh, what are you looking at? Are my feathers dirty or is something stuck on my face?" Asked the bird bewildered by Dave's strange behavior.

"No, no, no." Answered Dave quickly. "I was just daydreaming. It was always a dream of me to..." Dave didn't know how to end the sentence without offending the bird.

"Well, whatever. My name is Dave nice to meet you." Introduced Dave himself.

"Hello, my name is Jet and I am the crown prince of the Sensory Seahawk tribe." Introduced the bird himself.

Dave was flabbergasted hearing that this wasn't only a normal monster but even a crown prince of his tribe.

"I am honored to meet you, crown prince." Dave took a bow. "Can you tell me what I have to do this time?" Dave didn't want to waste any more time than necessary, so he got immediately down to business.

"We Sensory Seahawks are specialized in our sensory abilities as our name implies. The reason for this is that we eat the extremely fast Golden Bermuda. By eating the Golden Bermuda we grow and strengthen our mana pool. We aren't a big tribe BUT we are the tribe with the highest density of tribesmen, who broke at least through one limit. We are the royal family of all bird type monsters!" During his explanation Jet pompously spread his wings wide.

Dave couldn't deny that he was impressed. As the royal family of all bird type monsters, they had to have an extremely high position. The fact that the crown prince of exactly this royal family stood in front of him made him nervous.

Suddenly Dave had a bad premonition. "Jet, could you tell me how strong you are?" Dave had a lump in his throat while he waited for Jet to answer.

"Hmm, hard to answer that question. I broke through 4 limits. But that in itself is not really representing my entire strength. After all, I trained since birth the strongest abilities my tribe has to offer."

"Wait, wait." Interrupted Dave Jet. "Am I allowed to ask which limits you broke through?" Dave was horrified. This crown prince here broke as many limits as the strongest human ever had.

'By the way, who was the human to break through 4 limits? I entirely forgot to ask Ayano.' Dave did an internal facepalm for his stupidity.

"That is no secret actually. It is [Agility], [Intelligence], [Wisdom] and [Charisma]. Everyone in the monster world knows that." Explained Jet to the shocked Dave.

'That is a tricky combination if I have to fight him later on. I should probably hope that I only have to take a test.' Dave crossed his fingers.

Seeing his expression Jet added. "I am the crown prince because I am the strongest of my tribe in this generation. I never lost against anyone at my rank and today that won't change!"

A fierce glint appeared in Jet's eyes, while simultaneously Dave's heart was in his mouth.

'Shit. So I have to fight him. I shouldn't have jinxed myself by telling Anna that this quest isn't going to be a problem for me.' Dave saw the proud look in the seahawks eyes and suddenly his fighting spirit came to life.

"Well, we will see, who will win. I didn't lose against anybody of my generation as well." Shot Dave the challenge right back to Jet.

A smirk appeared around the beak of the seahawk.

"Then I probably should explain the test to you. Since you are so strong you won't mind if I don't give you an advantage as I intended before?"

Dave gulped hearing that. Nevertheless, since he got his ability he developed some proudness and backing away from an open challenge wouldn't help him grow, It would only hurt his ego.

"We should probably raise the stakes to make this a real competition." Dave had an idea, seeing the overwhelmingly self-confident seahawk.

He might, after all, get his chance to fulfill his dream.

"What exactly do you mean?" Asked Jet interested.

Dave smirked. Jet fell full force into the trap.

"If I win, I want you to become my mount for the rest of our lives!" Clarified Dave.

Anger rose in Jet.

"You dare to propose something like this. I am from the royal family, even more so I am the crown prince!" The bird flapped enraged his wings forcing Dave one step back.

"If you truly believed you could win against me, you would take the bet without batting an eye. So I guess you boasted before, is that possible?"

That was the finishing stroke. Someone with as much ego as the crown prince of one of the biggest factions in the world had no other choice than to accept after being challenged that way.

"Fine. I take that bet. But if I win you will clean for the rest of your life the royal families nest and personally serve me 5 times a day Golden Bermudas!"

Dave made a grimace. Was it really worth the risk? Should he risk his freedom on the chance to fulfill his dream of a flying mount? The answer was simple. "Yes! No problem, since I won't lose!"

Both of their fighting spirits soared to the sky.