Noah Xander

The area though it wasn't as dark but trees were covering it entirely just like last time.

I suddenly heard a growl as I tried to see what was that. It was a cow sized, blue colored wild beast...with furs on it just like a wolf also known as blue horned wolf. A single horn could be seen on his head. This horn is a good material for different purposes like antidotes, weapons, formations and medicines for training purposes. This wild beast is probably at the late stages of the hollow concept meaning he is faster, has more life aka endurance and more defense too. The strength should be similar to mine though.

According to what I know, his value should be 5 points or higher. I took out my broadsword and left it inside and then took the bow and arrows and stretched it completely. 

Ping~~

A low humming sound and the next moment, the arrow had pierced through his upper right leg. It tore through the air and pierced before he could even respond. The case is different from now own though, he is highly alert and if not for his injuries he would be already running here and there to confuse me. Suddenly he started running towards me. I was literally stunned.

' how did he....know.. olfactory capabilities, his eyes, senses but this ones impossible. Did he calculate the direction but that's too much intelligence for a beast..... ' In a split second, tens of ideas came to my mind, then I saw him sniffing about just about 5 min away, I was still using " blending " and was behind the trees. And then it clicked to me that " blending " couldn't save my scent. It's just a protection from sight or its impossible for someone to locate me as long as he isn't understanding class even that with an acute sense based on eyes.

Well...I decided to take the initiative as I closed the distance with the broadsword in my hand. The wolf was much faster than I expected, he brought his upper claws as he cleaved cleanly at me. I too responded by using my broadsword for defense as a thin layer of fire was visible in a light crimson color.

Boom, a low humming sound as I got thrown back and hit myself in a short tree gasping for breath. I cursed him as threw a glass bottle on the ground breaking it and drank a bottle after that myself

I immediately rolled after that without wasting a split second. The wolf's right claw is a bit charred and he is watching me with caution.

I waved my sword towards him as I taunted him, he roared heavily. And it feels like his roar was coming from every side, it was so loud, that it was reverberating and making me feel dizzy. 

By the time I got sober he was already in front of me, and taking a huge bite, I wanted to swing my sword but it was too late, so I made a decision quickly and I took my dagger in my left hand and crouched as I stabbed in the neck. Though I survived his bite but I was too close so he took a clean sweep with his injured claw, it caught me off guard since I didn't think he was gonna use the right claw of his.

Ahhh, I grunted in pain and tried my best not to lose focus. He wasn't really that far off so I took my broad sword as I made a clean sweep from up to down, this time the amount of fire used was astounding like the entire 5 and a half feet sword was bright red.

" Explode " I muttered slowly as it landed on his side since the wolf managed to avoid a clean hit. This martial art has 3 killing moves...this is the 2nd move " explode " . It's basically accumulating and releasing, just the way of release is genius. It converges quite an area around the target as it creates a moving sphere of air first and the fire after the explosion runs in all directions but the sphere made of air current will diverge it back the same way after a revolution. And at last, it will collide to extinguish on its own which increases the original power three to four times over.

Boom, a loud sound and a lot of smoke and also my entire hand is red due to heat. Except for some blisters, everything was fine. The wolf condition was also pretty bad since it was more like a team attack, the wide range of damage is really good and it's exactly what happened, even though it didn't land on him.

Its blue colored fur was completely black from the sides as some pus and blood from wounds were flowing. We watched each other without any intent to back down, it kept happening for 10 min, and suddenly he swayed.

Dudhh, a low pitch roar0 as he finally sat down. Well, let's see what happened. It's probably his wounds, is faking for an ambush, doesn't consider me threat....no it's impossible he is more hurt that's the reason he was hesitating anyway, maybe my poison worked, yes the bottle of poison I throwed in beginning...that's it..but i too have to get out fast, the antidote will wear off soon. ( damn, it didn't give that much of an appeal I thought. I will try another thing next time. Tell me...if my fighting explanation is improving. I am a pure novice at that..)

I know he is still alive since my chip still hadn't notified me so I moved carefully as I picked up my bow and stretched it completely.

Ping~~ 

A clear cut sound as it was under his head still vibrating visibly. I waited and waited, suddenly some other beasts became visible though not as frightening as this guy but were still excluding tremendous pressure. My face turned ugly as I saw that. I started shooting them.

1..2....3.....5...7...finally they started to hesitate.

I too didn't back down as I moved forward roaring. Well, that was idiotic but I was just excited. Though it has a different effect on these beasts, they backed down completely, started running fanatically.

I was a bit taken back as I took out my bow with a grin. And i started chasing towards the biggest group

Ping~~ ping~~....

After shooting all of those arrows then I stopped. I don't know how many I killed, the thing most confusing was that the chip isn't giving me a notification. I mean they are obviously dead.

So I got near one of them, the moment I was in 3 metre radius.

Ding~~

[ 5 unit of energy has been gained ]

I came to the conclusion that it requires me to be near a body to absorb points though I have no idea what it is for now. Dreams are still not complete.

So I started going after rather near them...in the end a sum of 30 energy unit has been gained...I mean fuck yeah.

I remembered, there were some corpses around that blue horned wolf....wait a min, fuck I forgot him too. I sighed as I got back quickly. 

All of the 8 corpses including blue horned wolf gave me 40 points all together ( AN :- Instead of alphabets, I am gonna use numerical value to make it distinguishable, say if you mind )

I made a content smile as I moved to open the chip. 

[ Martial arts status:- Misty elephant body ( initiate ) , Blending ( level 4 ) , Unnamed ( level 2 ) , Crimson broad sword art ( level 2 )

Body status :- Strength:- 15 , Endurance:- 10 , Agility :- 9 , defense:- 9 , 71 remaining points too add ]

I didn't hastily invest any points since according to what I have learned and also my theoretical knowledge suggested, that my body is gonna be affected severely if I did it. Last time, just a slight change in strength made me pass out let alone, a technique which requires such extreme conditions to even practise. So...I just increased my level in " blending " to level 5 and also increased " crimson broad sword art " to level 5.

To increase the level of blending, it required 10 points, the slight change which I have felt in my body and according to the chip in the description.

Blending ( 10 ) :- level 1 :- less heartbeat...level 2 :- less presence, slightly merging with surrounding, decreases thermal radiation.....level 3 :- create a film of spectrum on your body over the clothes to reflect light from your body in a glowing environment and to absorb it slightly during dark environment...level 5 :- Complete merging with surrounding an isolation from sight and hearing... 

' Well...still doesn't give me protection against my smell, damn this. I think I will make some improvements in the next upgrade on my own, I will just need to incorporate some of my own ideas ' well, it was a minor issue so I quickly moved on to my sword art.

About sword art, it took 33 points for it to get level 5 as 9 prints to level 3...11 to level 4...13 to level 5. I again..looked at the description.

Crimson broad sword art ( 5 ) :- level 1 :- pure flame energy converged on a weapon to increase its lethality, level 2 :- enough energy to use " explode " ..... level 3 :- enough for me to make fire cage using sword as a centre.... level 4 :- enough for me to make a attack with lava like structure on sword increasing its penetration power and everything else...at highest degree possible.....level 5 :- Flame body, increases body capability several times over, with very high repercussion even if body condition is at the peak of masters level according to the book.

Caution :- The requirements for flame body is extremely high as it would be okay to use it at grandmaster level according to my conjecture. 

[ Martial arts status:- Misty elephant body ( initiate ) , Blending ( level 5 ) , Unnamed ( level 2 ) , Crimson broad sword art ( level 5, max)

Body status :- Strength:- 15 , Endurance:- 10 , Agility :- 9 , defense:- 9 , 28 remaining points too add ]

Now the good part is that...I have got so many moves suddenly, the bad part is that I can't use anything except cage, the purity and natural fire energy is there but can my body sustain it. Let alone, level 5 flame body, the strength and amount of energy used in level 4 penetration strike blow my hands in best case scenario and blow my upper half in worst case literally with no way to survive. 

People increase the strength of their body first and then learn techniques later according to it as I know from all the talk in the inn.

Suddenly some voices could be heard, I stood still. Just after 2 to 3 min, a group of 4 people came to my view.

' Is there some sort of detection technique? I will probably learn ' I thought as I waited for them to come.

It was a group of 4, 3 girls and 1 guy. The guy was handsome, blonde and a red wine colored eyes giving a vibe of seduction, all three of them girls wear red haired girls and with their any normal moves can give a run to some seductress purposely trying to seduce you. No, I can assure, they are too good looking unlike normal people like me. 

" Did you kill all of them? " The guy looked around the area in a slightly shocked look.

" Indeed " I nodded softly as I looked at him with a questioning gaze.

" Oh...I am sorry.. i am Noah and these are my three slaves....Mary, Sofia, Paula. " That guy did an elegant bow as he introduced himself along with his companions. Now that I can observe him closely, he isn't that old, and should be around 21 or 22. The one with short height and cutest feature is Mary, the one with most height and also the one looking most sexy is Sofia and the one with a slightly detached expression is Paula.

" Umm, so ? " I again gave him a questionable look.

" I was hoping you could sell me these corpses '' He said hurriedly but still with utmost elegance. I haven't noticed this before, but these girls have a very feverish look in their eyes. They can probably give their life on his single command, it indeed shocked me a bit and made me think of many possibilities like seduction, hypnotism, brainwash, body control etc..

" I don't really mind, if you give me a good price " To be honest, I really don't mind, I can eat some of them by roasting immediately to save my packed roasted meat but using all of them is impossible. There are too many corpses, so I was thinking to leave some so yeah why not.

" On average, I could see that..that fox is special so...5 gold coins for him and for any other usable beast 50 silver. Just, it should be of value like there are 7 here excluding wolf " Other 6 aren't here so he doesn't know yet.

" There are 6 others too, " I said lightly as I looked over his reaction. I am just being careful, people here aren't the best, you see. 

" It could work..so how about you give me them in 50 silver too " well, now is the time for negotiations. According to what I have learned from books and all, the value of a blue horned wolf is about 8 golds and as for animals, according to him it's 6 gold 50 silver, the real value is around 9 golds. It is not really much, I know which animals they are and I remember their general prices.

" 15 gold no less " The real royal value is 17 gold so I gave him a discount over his original 11 gold 50 silver. So of course his face darkened. He frowned as he looked from top to bottom.

" This sir, this is too much....I could just buy these from the market. How about 11 gold 50 silver " His almost shaped red wine eyes shone in a vigorous glow. My body suddenly stiffened as I looked at him in astonishment. As it felt my body was being controlled as my neurons started transmitting signals to my mouth on my own.

" We will do that..... " My face twitched a bit as I used function 2 and went suddenly in " overdrive " form . My stiffened face relaxed naturally as it flushed red and I stopped talking and looked coldly For a second, except my brain every other organs were at high response state, including eyes, ear, heart, lungs etc... ( AN :- sorry,..I am a science student, you are free to point out )

I got up in that second under his astonished eyes as I closed the distance as I gave him a roundhouse kick

" Stop it, " He said softly while giving me an astonished look. One of the girls suddenly threw herself over me, it didn't change my expression as I increased my force even more to finish her in one move.

Krackkkk, a crack sounded as I saw her entire bone of hand get snapped in two pieces. To my astonishment, her expression changed to a flirting as she winked at me but immediately after she tried to punch me in the gut. Before she hit me, I got my right hand in front of her chest as I grinned broadly.

' explode ' I said in my mind as I did a somersault to get back on my feet.

Booom, a huge explosion happened. Even I got a bit charred in that, coughing and using my hands to remove the dust as I used the blending to get on the top of a tree.

The smoke cleared as I saw the petite girl Mary making a light blue sphere shaped shield around herself, Paula and Noah. As for the other girl, we could say half of her body has been blown away. I could see her intestines along with other organs scattering all around, none of them are in complete form, half destroyed and the other half completely burned to dark charcoal color. 

My eyes narrowed as I looked at the expression of the guy. This is the time that would decide if they are stronger or weaker than me. It's just a bit of a mind game, as I attack, if he shows a panicked expression, then generally he is scared, nonchalant or astonished is no good. Depends if you know how to read expressions, though it doesn't always work but most of the time it does.

Well, he is astonished and probably disappointed, not scared as I see which dampened my mood.

" Find him for me, " he said loudly as the two girls didn't move from their position as I saw. Suddenly, the tree I was on started shivering. My expression was precious actually at that moment, I was intrigued.

" Found you. So would you like to get down, we could have another talk and an apology from me " He said with a gentle smile planted on his face. I carefully nodded my options as I got down.

" Thank you. We will do as you said. And I am sorry about my rude behavior previously, and since you destroyed one of my precious auxiliary slaves, we should be even " I was silent at this moment as I gave a broad grin.

" Nope...it's not enough. Her death is a repercussion of her punch. Let's talk about that weird mind attack of yours...what are you doing to compensate me on that matter " its minimum considering the fact if I was weak, he would have killed me.

" Will do...please "

" How are you controlling these people? This martial art,I want it " I carefully planned my next move. Even if I had to kill him, I will still get this weird martial art book he just used.

" I have my family punching technique, it's not the best in the world but is Definitely better than most as for that mental attack. So I will give it to you since that power, It is my bloodline, I can't help you in that sense " His gentle eyes and speaking sense gave you a feeling of assurance. Though, I know the only reason he is reconciling is since we are both gonna be at risk if we fight and conditions are rather acceptable for him.

" Then I will also need a vial of your blood " In that second, a name came to my mind, the name was " Leo Xander ", one of the few people attaining true divine level in this world. Their bloodline is " command ", any element or things are under their command, a true elite tier bloodline in this world. The Xander family is also one of the top families of the empire, it's not something you wanna joke around with. With a sigh, I decreased the demand and started thinking of others ways to get the blood. 

" I will do that " After that he cut himself a bit and gave me his blood in a glass I gave him. I had already thrown the poison of that vial on the side. And he gave me a book too, I threw it in my bag without looking for now.

" I was thinking, if you wanna join me in a fight " My mind started working as I made an excuse for him to tag with me. I can't let him go as his body and blood is such a precious specimen and can't let capture him either.

" I don't mind...we could hunt together " He said with a smile.

" The name Raj, I will be here for the next 9 days. " I said flatly. 

" ok...instead of randomly searching, I have a proper idea " He said as I took out the map and pointed at a place, a red circle was marked around it, I remember it's far away and will take around 3 days or so to get there. 

" I have bought this info from Stallion about the ruin of ' Foison society '. It's one of the...'' stallions, it's the biggest and also the most widely known organization in the empire.They sell everything if you have money including info.

As for the thing, it was supposedly a ruin of a fallen society, it was one of the best of this entire markos province not just this city.They were poison experts and no doubts extremely talented in what they do...that's Assanation but they were destroyed by flower cloud sect, it's like a school where you learn how to use martial arts properly. The flower cloud authority is really high in Markos province and this anoka city since it's their parent ground so they have complete authority here even comparable to the government. They have supposedly divine levels in their sect too.

" okay...." I nodded with his suggestion, whatever. I will just humor him for a while and follow him till I think of something new.