Hunter I

In a vast forest where the rays of the morning sun were beginning to fall, a small figure lay sleeping in a tree.

- WARNING, CREATURES IN THE AREA ARE ACTIVE!

'I heard you, shut up!'

Pulling me out of my dream was D's voice, repeating the same thing constantly. Opening my eyes, the first thing I saw was the tree I was standing on. Remembering what had happened to me the day before, I couldn't help but feel bad; I was almost killed multiple times. A part of me didn't want to accept that I was in a fantasy world, but the other part of me was telling me to accept that this was reality, a world where strange powers are wielded. Well, I had powers too, but that didn't make me feel any better. Pulling me out of my thoughts were the roars of the beasts in the area. Without a second thought, I activated 'heart of ice'. Without that ability, I couldn't walk. If I used 'move' on my body, it would get almost the same result, but I preferred 'heart of ice' for its ability to restrict pain and increase physical capabilities.

"Come on, D, we're going to move forward without stopping today. We'll kill everything in our path."

- UNDERSTOOD.

After mentally preparing myself, I grabbed my weapon and climbed down from the tree. I started walking deeper into the forest. As I walked, the air around me grew heavy. The reason was simple: multiple beasts were unleashing their bloodlust. According to D, they were trying to scare away other beasts; in short, they were having a territorial fight. Unfortunately for those creatures, I wasn't about to back down today. I was going to get straight to the problem; I was going to look for the most dangerous thing I had seen since I came to this place, more precisely its offspring. After a 20-minute walk, I was attacked by some kind of giant lizard. Unfortunately for him, I already knew it was coming at me before it appeared.

"Die!"

I threw my weapon towards the lizard beast's head. Seconds later, the sound of something falling to the ground was heard; of course, it was the figure of the lizard. As I went closer to look at it, I noticed that it was still alive.

- CREATURE WITH HIGH REGENERATIVE CAPABILITIES!

"I see, it must have a regeneration type ability!"

Without wasting any time, I placed my hand on its body and activated amplified 'extraction'. Not only did I draw out life energy, I also took from the beast's unknown energy, since, according to D, in order to use the skills, unknown energy was necessary. I opted to wear down said energy. After 10 minutes, the creature lost its life, so I proceeded to take samples of its blood. I left the flesh untouched, since it was not at all appetizing.

- VITAL ENERGY OF THE VESSEL 100%.

- UNKNOWN ENERGY 100%.

- 'CUT' FEATURE ACTIVATION PROGRESS 16%.

- COMPLETE ANALYSIS, INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIMEN'S LINEAGE ABILITY WAS DETECTED.

- REPLICA SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED, ABILITY INFORMATION WAS STORED IN THE CONTAINER'S BRAIN.

- AWAKENING THE SKILL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MAINTAINING 2 INCOMPATIBLE SKILLS AT THE SAME TIME MAY RESULT IN DEATH.

After receiving the usual reports, I retrieved my weapon and continued on my way. The next three hours I was walking deep into the forest, I spent killing lizard-type beasts. I took down 15 of them easily; they were easy targets to kill, as they only knew how to attack head-on with their large jaws open to swallow their prey. Thanks to them, 'slash' reached 31%; I was getting closer to awakening the characteristic. According to D, each creature possesses different amounts of life energy. So far, the creature that suited me the most to hunt were those gigantic lizards. To my bad luck, they all had the same ability. After a short 30-minute rest on top of a tree, I continued deeper into the forest. That was when I finally found my target.

- THREAT DETECTED!

- UNLIMITED BLOODTHIRST!

- CREATURE WITH ENOUGH LIFE ENERGY TO ACTIVATE THE 'CUT' FEATURE!

- CHANCES OF ELIMINATING THE THREAT 0%!

- IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS CREATURE IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO UNKNOWN ENERGY. 'HEART OF ICE' IS DEACTIVATED.

Hearing D's voice, I knew what it was about without the need to ask. I immediately activated 'move' on my body so as not to fall to the ground. Regaining my composure, I approached the place where the strong presence came from, or at least that's what I tried to do.

- IT IS RECOMMENDED TO ACTIVATE THE 'HIDE' FEATURE BEFORE APPROACHING THE THREAT!

'Is it only supposed to be sensitive to unknown energy or am I wrong?'

- THE CREATURE IS IN EUPHORIA. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WILL ATTACK US AT THE SLIGHTEST CONTACT.

- WE CAN BE DETECTED BY SMELL, SOUND AND PRESENCE.

- WITH THE 'HIDE' FEATURE IT IS POSSIBLE TO HIDE ALL THOSE FACTORS.

'How much energy would be required to awaken that feature?'

- 0.01% OF THE VESSEL'S VITAL ENERGY IS REQUIRED.

'What, so little?'

- YEAH.

'Ha, do it.'

Being able to awaken another feature with so little energy put me in a good mood.

- 'HIDE' FEATURE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED.

'How fast!'

It didn't take even 5 seconds to activate the feature. Activating the feature, I proceeded to approach the place where I felt the creature's presence. After walking about 50 meters, I could see the demonic creature in its gigantic form, but it wasn't alone; it was fighting with a large white tiger with stripes. That tiger, without a doubt, was an adult version of the wounded tiger I killed; this tiger was even bigger than the previous one, had a black horn, and emitted a strong intent. Seeing both beasts fight each other, I immediately knew who had the upper hand: it was that beastly bird. Well, it looked more like a cassowary-pelican of sorts, it had characteristics of both species. The tiger was being overwhelmed with the bird beast's tremendous speed. As wounds began to appear on the tiger beast, there was a change in the atmosphere. Noticing the change, I immediately moved as fast as I could and got away from the area; He knew what he was trying to do: he was going to use his last resort, which was to produce an invisible wave of energy that left nothing in its path.

Boom!

'Shit!'

Plop!

Due to the tremendous wave released by the tiger, I was thrown far away by the explosion and again found myself with multiple wounds all over my body.

- ALL THE BONES IN THE BODY ARE SHATTERED. MULTIPLE INTERNAL HEMORRHAGES WERE DETECTED, MULTIPLE ORGANS COMPROMISED, AND THE BRAIN SEVERELY DAMAGED.

- ACTIVATING THE AMPLIFIED 'REPAIRER' FEATURE.

- EYE REPAIR 100%. REPAIR DURATION 5 SECONDS.

- 100% EAR REPAIR. REPAIR DURATION 5 SECONDS.

- BONE REPAIR 100%. REPAIR DURATION 5 SECONDS.

- REPAIR OF INTERNAL ORGANS IN 5 SECONDS.

I set foot in death territory again, although D got me out of there quickly. Well, it took him longer than usual to get me out of there.

'Ugh.'

Even though I had been healed, my head still hurt.

'D, my brain still hurts, what's wrong?'

- THE PART OF THE BRAIN WHERE THE 'REPAIR' FEATURE IS LOCATED WAS DAMAGED. THE FEATURE OVERHEATS. RECOVERY TIME: 7 DAYS.

'Tsk, that's how strong the bastard's attack was, but at least D managed to heal most of my wounds.'

- ENERGY CONSUMPTION INCREASED DUE TO USING THE 'REPAIRER' FEATURE IN POOR CONDITION. LIFE ENERGY REMAINING 3%.

'Ugh, seriously, what's wrong with those damn demon creatures?'

'Without a 'fixer' things can get ugly and to make matters worse, I lost my gun.'

'You'll pay for this, you bastard!'

Not caring about anything, I opened my eyes, stood up with a 'move', and walked towards the bastard who sent me flying. As I walked, devastation could be seen everywhere. Upon reaching the place where I had been thrown out, I was shocked: on the ground lay the lifeless figure of the tiger; its body was split into two. Without a doubt, that wound was caused by the bird beast; somehow, it managed to kill the tiger.

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