Chapter 63 - Returning 1

Jan run into a forest with me following him from behind. The forest was pretty close by the mansion so it was pretty easy for us to arrive in the forest.

Nixie was still summoned and she was sitting on my shoulder while looking at our surroundings.

After a few more minutes of running, Jan stopped and said:

"We'll stop here for a while before continuing." Jan said, and then sitting at the ground after.

"What kind of monsters we'll we face once we're in the mountain?" I asked Jan while taking a sit that was opposite from him.

"We won't face much of a danger once we're inside the mountain but as we go deeper into the mountain we'll face stronger monsters. My father said that the highest monster he faced from the mountain is a level 500 monster." Jan said while I frowned.

"Won't it be more dangerous going to the mountain then?" I asked.

"We don't have a choice." Jan shrugged.

I nodded and left the conversation pertaining the mountain. Jan then removed his mask while I did the same. I didn't realize that we were still wearing our masks.

"Oh yeah, what is this spirit's name?" Jan asked with sparkling eyes.

"This is Nixie, and Nixie this is Jan."

"Nice to meet you Jan!" Nixie said while smiling.

"Thank you, and you too." Jan said while looking at Nixie interestingly.

"I wish I also have an elemental spirit." Jan said while frowning.

I didn't reply because it was impossible for Jan to make a contract with a spirit. He won't be able to since he doesn't have mana, and having no mana means no Mana Galaxy. A spirit needs a Mana Galaxy to rest on.

We rested for a while until Jan said that we should go. I followed him while we encountered different monsters like bears, giant bees, giant spiders, and the like.

We killed those monsters easily since they were weak. We arrived at the foot of the mountain when morning came.

"Welcome to the Wu Mountain." Jan said while going up to the mountain.

I followed him while being cautious by the surroundings. I can't let my guard down since this is my first time going inside this mountain.

We walked with a steady pace until we saw a lion. The lion was different from a normal lion because it was two times bigger than the average lion. The lion was colored black making it eye catching.

It has red eyes and it was looking at us. I appraised it and saw that it was a level 200 monster. It was also a Rank 5 monster making it harder to kill.

It has the same rank as the boss from my first dungeon before. This was only the foot of the mountain and we already faced this kind of monster!?

The lion was still looking at us while I waited for Jan. After a few seconds, Jan signaled me to start the attack. I first made ice chains to restrict the lion while Jan took this chance to attack the lion.

The lion roared and destroyed my ice chains but it was then followed up by another ice chains that was made by Nixie. Me and Nixie then took turns in disabling the monster while Jan was responsible on damaging the monster.

It took us 5 minutes to finally kill the monster.

"Phew..." Jan let out a big breath after successfully killing the lion. A single monster was already hard for the three of us so if we face off two monsters at the same time, it will be are doom.

"Let's rest for a while before continuing." Jan said. I nodded and took a sit to regain some strength for the upcoming battles.

We took a 10 minute rest before continuing. The whole day we encountered different monsters. There were snake, big butterflies, giant ants, black ogres, kobolds, and more.

We sneaked passed those monsters when they are in groups or pairs but when we saw monsters that are alone, we fought it to gain some experience points.

Right now it was night time, and didn't manage to finish half of the mountain yet. While going up the mountain, we experienced a series of retreats, and rerouting. We can easily go up to the mountain if the monsters here doesn't have high levels.

The monsters are leveled between 200 to 300 and this made me nervous since we are just on the foot of the mountain. Imagine how fearsome will the monsters be on the top of the mountain.

This might be a crisis that we are facing but we also gained something from this crisis and that is levels. Right now I'm level 178 while Blite also leveled up to 175.

The good news from this level up is my title Glutton Eater evolving into Sin of Gluttony [Baron].

The title looks like this now:

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Sin of Gluttony [Baron] (Level MAX):

Can live without eating for 3 months and will still have great stamina and energy but will never feel the sense of fullness forever. You can now eat without limit and will retain the shape you have. Will grant you the skill 'Consume' and 'Overconsumption'.

The title will evolve when you eat 3 other beings who hold this title.

0/3

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It was good news for me but I can only say goodbye to the feeling of fullness. To think that others also holds this title but it was reasonable since I gained this title easily.

The downside of this is I won't know who holds the same title as me. It was not like the Ice King title were I can detect when another one that holds the same title is close. But this was also good since others won't detect me when I'm close.

Then I checked my new skill 'Overconsumption'.

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Overconsumption (Level MAX):

When you eat, some of the energies will turn into extra Mana and Health. You can only have an extra 30% of your HP and MP. This extra HP and MP will only regenerate by eating.

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This was a great skill but I can't use it yet. Jan was still with me so I can't eat large quantities of food for me to use this skill to it's full potential. It will be hard to explain when Jan sees me eating so much food.

Next would be Blite's upgrades. Blite's Dark elemental related skills have leveled up by two levels which in turn boost my strength also.

Blite also learned a new skill called 'Shape Shift' and it was currently level 2 now. I checked it up and this is what it shows:

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Shape Shift (Level 2):

Can shape shift into different kinds of animals, monsters, people, things, and the like. Will change the value of your attributes when you shape shift but will still have the same total amount of attributes.

Currently can shape shift into:

• Ant

• Butterfly

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Right now, this skill is still weak but imagine when this skill levels up into a higher level. Imagine Blite transforming into a giant dragon or a giant beast with me sitting on top of him.

This skill is great and combined with his skill Size Change he can enlarge himself. Right now, I can make Blite Shape Shift into a Butterfly and then enlarge himself, I will then let him attach himself to my body to let me fly in the sky comfortably.

That would be more convenient to use than my ice wings. I can't wait to use it but with Jan here I don't have the ability to do so.

After I was done checking my skills, I looked at my watch and it says 11:00. I was on night watch duty now with Jan sleeping on my little house made of ice.

I can't wait to sleep and rest for today. It was such a tiring day that I can't wait to let my body rest.

I let Nixie go inside my Mana Galaxy for now so she can rest. It was dangerous in this mountain but thankfully Jan came prepared for these kinds of situations. He bought 10 monster repellent that will last us for 10 days.

The monster repellent was a kind of spray that you will put in the ground and will automatically spray everywhere around it.

I didn't know that this kind of items are available and personally I kind of hate this item. It smells so bad that I can't stand it, I already sneezed several times because of this. It might be because I'm also a monster.

I also felt weak as I smell this kind of spray. I looked at my status and I can see that I was weakened by 20% because of inhaling this foul smell.

I asked Jan why we didn't try to use it as we go up the mountain to not encounter any monsters but he said we can't since we are moving the smell won't accumulate and will not be effective towards the monsters.

I can only wish that this weakened state will be gone tomorrow when I wake up. After an hour, Jan came out and switched places with me.

I happily went inside my mini house and went to sleep immediately.