Time To Hunt

Roarrrrrrr!!!!

A big bear roared in chilling frequency, shaking the entire forest. The beasts around that area fled away in panic, emptying the spots around it. The forest looked green and peaceful on the surface, but the chilling roar continued to become louder, penetrating the entire small region.

Samael's body tensed at maximum, even his muscles froze upon hearing such a roar. After some moments passed by, he stopped shaking and clenched his fists, while air poured in his nostrils with rapid speed. 

"I will have to kill the smaller beasts first, before testing my strength and absorbing the low-level, it is highly stupid to enter the inner region. Today's target will be one per cent of the outer layer of the forest, and the time limit should be a maximum of three hours."

"System set the time limit, and scan the given area." He knew that mindlessly killing or forgetting the time would cause disastrous conditions or situations. His goal was to get many basic beasts to level up first, he tried to absorb the wolves he hunted before, but he could not, because the energy transferred in his body would be too massive to absorb, and he might die due to the explosion of his body.

[Ding!]

[The map around the forest has been scanned!]

[Error, only half a per cent of the area can be scanned due to vastness]

[Half a per cent of the area has been scanned!]

[Distance: 72 KM]

[Time Limit: 3 hour ]

"Put it as a novice hunting mission, and extend the time duration to 24 hours, still 3 hr/day." Samael was bamboozled by the sheer length of the forest, he did not expect that even half a per cent of the outer region of the forest was that huge. After some moments of thinking, he extended the mission hour but still adhered to 3 hours per day of hunting. More than that, he might extend it in future if things went smoothly, but not today.

[The Mission has been created!]

[ : Novice Hunt:

Description:

Kill all the level 1 beast in the outer region of the forest

Distance to be covered today: 24 km/ 72 Km.

Time Limit: 3 hours/day ]

A small golden mission plate appeared before his eyes, showing a map, where entities were appearing in huge circles, small dots and some in very small ones. Samael looked at the map which was 24 km, and pondered.

"So in this radar, a huge circle means the bosses which exceed level one, small dots might mean ranging between Lvl 1 to Lvl 2, and very small ones are perfectly at level one or lower, right?"

[Correct!]

"Looking at my current position of mine, I should go for small dots, while leaving the very smaller ones. Lvl 1 to Lvl 2, that should be my strength, since I was able to defeat those wolves."

He knew that his strength might have exceeded a bit more than that, but taking risks without any reasoning is stupidity rather than courageousness. He gulped the entire water pouch in his hand, and let out a sigh. 

"System! Get ready and let's work together!" 

[Noted!]

"Time to hunt!"

His eyes became a bit dark, and the gentleness on his face was replaced by sternness and cruel intentions. 

Shuk!

He moved fast, advancing towards the smaller target which he marked in the system map, with the lightest footsteps. When he was close to the target, his grip tightened on the kitchen knife which he brought with him, and hid behind the rock.

A calf was huffing hot breath from its noses, while it tore apart the leg of an ordinary eagle below its foot, and was crunching in hungriness. It had black markings on its face, and four horns stood proudly on its head. 

Boom!

A heavy rock with high velocity was slammed on its mouth out of nowhere, causing the blood to be sprayed from its face, but it did not cause any major injury to it.

Bleatttt!

It let out an angry bleat, which was akin to a lamb screaming in pain while getting slaughtered, yet had more roughness to it. Before it could balance itself out to search around, another big rock collided with his head.

Boom!

The calf rolled on the ground in pain, and let out multiple whimpers. Alas! Another heavy rock hit its face, smashing its mouth to the point of sputtering. It wailed and struggled on the ground before the knife sliced its lower neck easily.

Samael used all his power and tore apart the neck of the calf, but in the process, the kitchen knife broke apart as well. Looking at the blood-soaked kitchen knife, whose shape was deformed due to sheer pressure, he sighed.

[First Kill confirmed!]

[Information on the target has been stored.]

[Beast: Four-horned Calf

Level: 1

Strength: High Defence

Weakness: Low Attack Power

Avoid: Being at close range

Disadvantage: No protection at lower neck]

After looking at the new information before his eyes, Samael nodded solemnly and let out a low whisper "Absorb!"

[Absorb function initiated!]

["Absorb" keyword has been noted]

[The process begins....3...2..1!]

Samael looked at the beast, and then the same hungriness struck his body once again, before he could lose his mind due to extreme hunger, the botched lamb began to decay in golden light and flowed towards his body. 

He felt a comforting feeling akin to a thirsty man consuming fresh water, the hungriness in his body was long gone, replaced by bursting strength. He jumped a bit and found himself even lighter so he understood that his strength had surged in comparison to before.

[Host's energy accumulation has increased]

The system's reminder confirmed his suspicion and he let out a happy growl. He looked at the ground, no blood or any touch of the four-horned calf stayed. "This is for better, it will not attract many at once when I will hunt." He nodded to himself and cracked his knuckles to relieve stress in them.

"System, find out more four-horned calves!"

[Scanning....3...2...1!]

[Five four-horned calves have been spotted! Host is advised to check the map!]

As soon the location of four-horned calves appeared before his eyes, he moved towards in their direction with the sharper and heavier rock this time. The ferociousness in his eyes increased while he moved, and struck the walking four-horned lamb without any sound.

Plop!

The four-horned calf fell directly on the ground, this time, its half mouth was gone. Such gore would have caused nausea to a normal person, but Samael's war veteran experience made him quite resistant to such a scene. 

"Absorb!"

He did not ponder about anything this time and commanded the system.

[Absorption begins....]

[Absorption completed..]

"Absorb!"

[Absorption begins...]

"Absorb!"

Samael began hunting the four-horned calves with exquisite speed, giving them no chance, with sharp and heavy rock in his hand. Due to the increase of hunter energy in his body, hunting began becoming easier for him, and the thirst for the blood of beasts took control over his head. Though while he absorbed the calves, he broke their horns to simply carve a weapon out of them.

Belloooooowww!!!

Before he could shift his target to new beasts, a crushing sound of rock garnered his head, and he jumped faster than a rabbit towards the other side.

Without any moment of relaxation, the temperature around him surged, scorching the air. The ground trembled beneath his feet, and before he could react any further, a deep, menacing roar shattered the silence.

Bellow!

"God damn it!"

Samael's breathing speed increased to maximum, before him stood a beast, no- a Monster would be a better term for this creature.

There stood a bull of size 8 ft at least, the fire burned like a furnace in its back, the surrounding temperature was raised to almost 51 degrees, and with its scarlet eyes, it let out a huff. The ground where it stepped before had already cracked, and Samael punched himself in his chest to calm down and focus on the system.

"How could it escape the map's perception?"

[The target has not reached Level 2!]

He also cracked his body slightly and prepared himself for the battle. The bull before him noticed and let out another bellow, and rubbed its face on the ground, causing the leaves to scatter due to its breaths.

One might say that he was too calm before this beast, but after looking at the information, he was rather delighted. 

[Beast: Fire furnace Bull(Not fully evolved)(Evolved form of four- horned calf)

Level: 1.9

Strength: High Attack, High Defence

Weakness: Low Ice Resistance

Avoid: Being at close range

Disadvantage: Speed]

[A high-quality material has been detected!]

[Host is advised to refine a level 2 weapon!]

"Looks like I pissed off their dad,"

His eyes were lighted up, as he made the remark.

"Still it's on peak of Level 1, but looks worth the efforts,"

He chuckled before getting into predatory stance.

"Let's fight!"

Samael swished away towards it.