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The two young warriors were sitting with their feet crossed in front of him, their eyes closed, they each held an essence stone in their hands.

Cliff remained attentive to them, studying each movement, each twig of mana that made its way through specific walls or one could say "mana veins" in their bodies.

He also noticed that unlike him, absorbing essence is not something that easy, to do this they had to intermingle the essence of the stone and their own and direct it inside towards their essence stones.

And he was very careful, because in the process, a second of loss of concentration can lead to serious injuries such as cracks in their essence stones which could cause their essences to leak.

His attention focused on Rakahn, his breathing becoming more and more disordered, his entire body was already covered in sweat.

He looked like he was in pain.

Cliff wanted to help, but they told him not to interrupt the process because it posed a grave danger.

"Shit !"

Cursing in his mind, his attention was drawn to Dahlia by the grinding of her teeth.

The young warrior doing her best to resist the pain, but her expression showed the fact that it was far from bearable.

Cliff felt useless, why should he be there if he couldn't do anything to help them, as he fell into thought he felt a hand grab onto him, he would be tight, very, very tight.

Cliff furrowed his eyebrows, he saw that it was Dahlia who was holding him like that, her eyes had turned white, with her other hand she was holding his chest as if the pain was coming from there.

"That's where his Essence Stone was supposed to be, right?" Cliff wondered.

An inhuman scream echoed like a roar of thunder in the room, it was so terrifying to the point that Cliff had to reassure the passerby that everything was okay.

Rakahn, who was gnawing on the piece of wood he had put in his mouth, had released himself without the slightest restraint. And suddenly he had fallen and fainted.

"Damn, is he okay!!?"

Cliff had rushed over to him, not knowing whether to shake him awake or leave him as he was.

"Damn…Damn…Damn!!" He swore.

As he bickered with himself, the murmurs of the announcement came to him like a song of blessing.

[Your contractor, Rakahn Orleth has evolved. ]

Cliff sighed deeply.

"well done man you did it! »

"M-Master…" said a trembling voice behind him.

Cliff had turned around, he saw Dahlia, moaning on the ground, She seemed at the end of her life, he grabbed her hand, squeezing it tightly.

"Dahlia, stay with me" He shouted, his voice trembling, his whole body quivering with fear…

A few seconds passed, the pain seemed to gradually fade, and the moans and agitations of the young warrior had already stopped. his breathing quickly stabilized.

[Your contractor; Dahlia Orleth has evolved ] whispered the announcement.

"Now she sleeps soundly"

While she still had her head resting on his leg, he took the opportunity to stroke her silver hair, he took his time to appreciate this brief moment of peace.

Cliff was once again immersed in his mind, he was reviewing all the information he had acquired since his meeting with Rakahn who had now become a trusted friend, his meetings with Dahlia, Akumu, Cain and others...

Cliff wondered what his goal was, his objectives in this vast and unknown world, so many adventures, so many adversities that he would one day have to face.

So many gaps in his way of doing things, he clearly lacked organization, if he wanted to conquer the entire forest, he had to stay close and while ensuring that those around him were on the same length of wave.

The awakening of Rakahn and Dahlia was only the beginning.

It is true that the more powerful the creatures become, the more their abilities to think increase, but since they do not otherwise consider us as prey, then we too should consider them as such. they will be our prey on our path to power.

Cliff opened his eyes, Rakahn was already awake, he was sitting right in front of him, the handsome horned brunette had given him a warmer smile.

"Is something bothering you my lord?"

"Ah! Rakahn, are you awake? Congratulations on your awakening" Cliff replied, returning her smile.

"Thank you my lord, I even awakened my elemental affinity!!"

"Oh really? Does that mean you're a 'mutant monster' then?" Cliff asked him, perplexed.

"No sire, it's rare but it happens that someone awakens their elemental affinity if the essence stone of the creature they had absorbed had a high elemental affinity even before becoming a mutant."

"Oh right? What's your elemental affinity?"

"It's the earth element sire."

"earth?, wasn't that the element of the hobgoblin you killed?"

"Yes, since his elemental affinity was so strong that he could create force fields then I inherited his abilities." Rakahn replied evenly.

"Wow, I can't wait to absorb mine now!!" Cliff marveled, Like a child who couldn't wait to taste his favorite dish.

He took one of his stones from the ground, the one that had the slightly darker color, he closed his eyes and began the absorption.