Chapter 30: New Plan!

I continued operating the mana purifier from the time I woke up till night as decided the previous day.

To my astonishment, I did not get tired even a bit. I also did my chores, cooked food, performed mana exercise and went shopping.

Still, I did not feel any tiredness because of operating the mana purifier. Even though I did not make any improvement in mana purity I was still happy.

I was happy because I will be able to purify my mana just like the normal automatic mana purifiers.

I just have to focus a bit on the mana purifier to keep operating it and can still fight a battle against a monster of a higher tier.

I left the house early the next day by booking a normal cab and reached the city gate before dawn.

From the city gate, I booked an armoured car to go deep into the forest to hunt the monsters that are strong.

The armoured car dropped me just a little inside of the network coverage area as the deeper we go into the forest, the more the network connection will not work.

On my way to the forest, I went through the type of monsters that I can hunt with my strength and also know from which monsters I should run.

The armoured car dropped me at the location near the area I will go hunting today. I started walking into the forest with vigilance.

The area I decided to hunt today is filled with peak-level specialist stage monsters. There are also a few corporal stage monsters here, but I don't have to worry about them for now.

When I was near my destination, I heard the sound of a monster. I decided to check it and moved stealthily towards the direction of the sound.

When I was getting close to the monster, I started hearing the sound of a fight. It is clear that the monster is fighting with someone as I didn't hear the sound of a second monster.

I hid behind a tree and started watching the battle. A mid-level master sergeant stage man was fighting a water elemental steel rhino at peak level master sergeant stage.

He was holding against the steel rhino, but if the battle goes on for a while he might lose. He was wearing grade-3 armour and was wielding a grade-3 short spear with a shield of the same grade.

He is about 20 years old and must have retired from the military recently. Looking at the man, Allen felt that he knew him before.

So he decided to help the man. He immediately took his sword out and walked slowly into the field where they were fighting.

The man saw Allen coming and his face had a relief expression on it. Allen had no idea where he met this man, but he know he met him when he was still in the military.

The man kept the steel rhino's focus on him giving him an opportunity for Allen to perform a sneak attack. Allen knew what he was trying to do.

Slash ... Puchi

Allen was successful in his sneak attack. He was able to slice the neck of the steel rhino and blood started gushing out of the wound.

'The rhino can't fight for long with the amount of blood coming out' thought Allen. But the wound started to heal rapidly as the rhinos have good vitality and it would heal this wound in a few minutes.

Allen saw that and started to attack the rhino along with the man. Both of them took fifteen minutes to kill the rhino despite it having good healing power.

The man approached Allen and said "This is the second time you are saving my life. Thank you" with a smile on his face.

Allen was puzzled hearing this. He doesn't remember saving anyone in his life except for Serina.

He was about to ask the man who he was. The man spoke to him before saying "Don't you remember? I'm Kamran. You saved me while I was bitten by the giant ants. Your wolf took me to safety."

Now Allen remembered, the man was one of the soldiers whom he fought with to clear the ant hill. But, he still didn't know how he saved his life.

"If your wolf didn't take me to the city on time, I would have died for sure due to blood loss." Kamran said after seeing Allen's confused face.

"Her name is Serina. It's good to meet you here. So, you got retired from the military?" Allen asked Kamran.

"Yes. A few weeks ago. I decided to come to Central city so I could find a way to level up. I am stuck in the mid-level master sergeant stage for a year now." he said with a sad face.

"It's good to see a familiar face here." he added to which Allen nodded in agreement.

"You have good strength for the specialist stage young man." Kamran added.

"I'm currently circulating the third set of mana exercise, it has increased my power by a notch" Allen said. He didn't want to tell him about the knight-grade sword as he feared Kamran might kill him for that.

"Damn, I quit the devil's exercise as soon as I came out of the training camp. I am yet to complete my first set." Kamran said.

"It is not too late to start again. If you circulate mana exercise while fighting, it will help you to increase your power a bit and you will be able to circulate the exercise more quickly." Allen said.

"Can we partner together and hunt?" Kamran asked him.

"Sure" Allen answered after thinking for a few seconds. 'Having someone who completed the four years of mandatory service could be helpful.' Allen thought.