Gifting Back to Nature

It has been 3 days since Isaac has set out with Opius to complete the hunter mission assigned to them. Along the way, whenever they would stop to camp out at the night, Opius would teach Isaac things about the magical creatures of the area, wilderness survival, and plenty of history he wasn't informed about on magic. Isaac was currently meditating by a fire that opius and him collected wood to start, and occasionally, there would be creatures similar to salamanders that would try to approach the flames, hissing at Isaac's form. Currently there was a pile of salamanders just like the one hissing at Isaac from afar. The salamanders were the length of a bike and had the height of a small computer, their skin was colored brown and their most distinguishing feature was their big, beady eyes. These creatures were called the Terra-Caudatas, and just like the salamanders on Earth, this species would try to eat its own kind. The Terra-Caudata currently hissing at Isaac, was eyeing a body of its dead brethren very closely while also watching the movements of Isaac. Its own instincts were telling it that Isaac was dangerous even if he didn't look particularly dangerous to it, and if it couldn't see that by the two dead bodies surrounding Isaac, well then it could consider its own instincts drunk and just go and die.

Though Isaac's eyes were closed, he had fine tuned his mana sense while journeying in the wild, and now his mana sense could always be active as long as he meditated within a three meter radius around him. Isaac would occasionally try to push for a farther reach, but the amount of mana it delepted and the amount of concentration it took offset the gains he could receive. Isaac was prepared to summon a knife construct to fall and strike the salamander in the head, impaling it and ending its life at any moment, but suddenly, he sensed the presence of a weaker magic source coming next to the magic source of the Salamander. Opening his eyes, he sees that there was a small Terra-Caudata next to the bigger one, and the bigger one was trying to avert Isaac's eyes from the smaller one with its body.

Isaac stared at this scene with a somewhat blank look, before standing up and going over to the dead body of one of the Terra-Caudata that he had killed, and kicks it over in the direction of the two Terra-Caudata Salamanders. He then immediately walks back to his previous spot in the fire and enters his meditation again. The bigger Terra-Caudata grabs the dead body with it tail and then quickly scurries off with the smaller Terra-Caudata. Soon after, Opius arrives in his muscular form, carrying a huge black boar with tusks that look sharp enough to cut through stone and big enough to topple an entire tree over. The awe inspiring scene is cut short and is replaced with a more comedic one as soon as he reverts back to his skinny form after tossing the huge boar magical beast near the fire.

"Is that all you caught Isaac? I don't mind sharing the meat of my grand catch since you didn't get too much yourself". He laughs as he says that, before he begins to skin the dead boar to prepare the meat to be cooked by the flame.

"I guess I just wasn't lucky this time around Master". Isaac says, not even mentioning the actions he had done prior in letting some of his gain go with the two Terra-Caudatas. He just picks up the body of the dead Terra-Caudata he still haves and starts skinning it for its meat as well alongside Opius. When both are done skinning the magical beasts, they begin to cook them, and the scent of cooked meat wafts through the air. The smell began to take on a transformation once Opius added seasonings he kept on a pouch. When the meat was ready, they both had the first bites, Isaac hadn't had eaten any meat since he had gotten to this world, most of the meals he had were vegetables, soups, and fruits. When Isaac had tasted the meat of the salamander, he truly had not tasted a meat as good as what he tasted just now, not even in his past life.

"Right, you probably haven't had the meat of a magical beast. Not only has magic made these creatures stronger, but magic has also improved the nutrients to other creatures including us humans. You will a lot of times that magical beasts tend to seek out strong magical beasts so that they can eat them and grow stronger. Magical beasts don't have the ability to meditate as we do to improve our strength, they have to follow the rule of the world, "The strong holds no challenger". Try the meat of this Iron-Tusked Boar, the meat is rich in nutrients and energy". He says, giving Isaac a small spear with a slab of the boar's meat on it that he summoned using his creation magic. Isaac takes a bite of the meat of the boar and instantly feels like he has traveled into a different world.

"This meat is so delicious master"! Isaac replies while taking multiple bites of the boar meat, filling his mouth entirely with the sweet and rich flavored meat.

"Isaac, I haven't really told you what the mission is about. In the morning, we are going to enter a cave to clear out the spiders Crystal Silk Spiders that have intruded on the place. There numbers have been growing increasingly so they needed hunters to exterminate a lot of the spiders, and provide them with the silk that there bodies can produce. The mission is considered complete when we obtain 1,000 strands of the silk".

"Seems easy enough". Isaac replies shortly, while continuing to munch heavily on the meat, taking slab after slab of meat.

"It would be easy if there wasn't a couple of tier 1 advanced stage Spider down there. You could probably take on one with your level of strength, but if any more show up at the same time, you are bound to be surrounded in there. So keep aware of your positioning and don't let yourself become trapped like a insect in their webs". Opius says very seriously.

"Understood Master, I won't disappoint". Isaac says.

"Great, now I'm off to bed. You take first watch". Opius states as his hands glow purple, and he summons a purple construct of a tent within a second of casting his magic. Opius crawls into the tent, and within 5 minutes, Isaac can already hear the snoring of Opius.

"It is ironic that the only thing similar with him and any other old man back on Earth, is that the elderly can fall asleep very quickly". Isaac thinks while slightly facepalming a bit.