Arin Valtor [2]

'Where... am i?'

He lifted his upper chest by force, with little, faint aches due to the teleportation magic spell by Lang.

Firstly, he noticed that Ariel wasn't around.

'Are we seperated?'

As he thought, he stood up straight, dusting off his coat, then looked around in the forest to search her.

'Gosh, ending up in this situation is exhilarating, why didn't he just teleported us in a town?'

He searched for minutes, it felt like it was an endless forest, until he saw a strand of her coat that's the same white color as hers.

"Hey!, wait up!"

But unfortunately, just to find out it was a white bear – no, not a polar bear or a panda, it was double the size as him, he stepped back silently, trying to not get spotted, heared or either smell his scent.

'Crap!, it's one of the deadliest bears in the forest!'

When he kept his guard up while backing away, he felt a crack beneath him, he broke a stick, eventually attracting the bear, making it look behind towards his gaze.

'Shoot, I'm dead!'

The bear groaned at him, he can sense a gluttonous intent to the bear, possibly ready to devour him completely, the bear circled him for a second, it's claws ready to strike, and it's teeth ready to bite, he knew he cannot keep his guard down, if he falls, it's over for him.

'Gosh, why did i even mistake her coat as this freaking bear?!'

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{Would you like to activate Sanguine Pyrokinesis?}

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The system appeared right Infront of him in a deadly situation, he can't refuse now.

"Activate!"

He gripped his right hand tightly, his fist suddenly fired up, feeling a surge of power, a sensation of {Sanguine Pyrokinesis}, it blazed crimson in color.

The bear felt aware of this, and kept it's eyes locked on him.

'Good!, i've activated this mysterious power of mine, i'll try what it does once this bear attacks!'

When the bear finally notices his weak spot, it charged with precision, directly at his kidney, which is his both vital and the most weakest part of him.

"Hah!, as if you'd try to go charge at my damn weak spot!"

He swiftly dodged the bears attack on it's sharp claws, then angled himself right Infront of the bear, the fist surging with unbelievable power.

"If i'm going to die!, atleast let me live!"

He punched, brutally straight to the bear's stomach, making it bleed on it's mouth, almost tearing a hole on the bear.

The shockwave was intense, after he landed the successful blow, the bear flew straight, until it hitted a rock, making it's bones shatter in pieces.

"Huff... Puff..."

His breath was deep, as if he had almost used his Mana too much.

"Damn!, this power is almost one shot for any low rank beasts!..."

He held his right hand tightly, there was a little pain at first when he landed that blow, but it eventually faded away afterwards.

"Did i... level up?–"

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{You have Leveled up!}

<2 → 4>

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"Ahh... this might be a little harder then i thought..."

He whimpered, but atleast he leveled up on two levels, almost forgetting that he needed to find Ariel.

"Oh right!, i forgot that i had to search her!, but first..."

He inhaled, and exhaled.

"Open system, reveal my status."

The System was opened, revealing his Status window.

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{Name- Arin Valtor}

{HP- 40/40}

{MP- 8/20 → 8/25}

{Level- 2 → 4}

{Rank- Z}

{Sp [NEW!]- 2/100}

{Occupation- None}

{SON OF SHADOWS}

• Stats •

{Strength- 30 → 33}

{Agility- 15 → 17}

{Speed- 10 → 15}

{IQ- 210}

{Defense- 20 → 22}

• Abilities/Skills •

{Sanguine Pyrokinesis - Lv. 1}

<1/1000 chance for Critical Hit>

• Current Status •

{Breathing}

{Tired}

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"What a system... breathing?, well i am tired..."

His eyes first met his main status, there was something ne, raising his questions.

"Sp?... What does that mean?, system, show what stands for Sp."

He asked the system, and it obediently responded.

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{Sp or called "Shadow Points" are only obtained when you gradually use your ability.}

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Putting a finger in his chin, with tons of questions on his head, filling him up, but now that the system can ask his questions, he knew it would be a little easier for him now.

"I see, Shadow points, which means it's only obtained when i always use my Sanguine Pyrokinesis, it's going to be difficult..."

"System, view details of Sanguine Pyrokinesis, i want to know about it."

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{Viewing... Sanguine Pyrokinesis.}

{Sanguine Pyrokinesis– An ability which if you are focusing on one task, and in one part, that part will have tremendous power, the recommended parts for the ability to use is; Fist and Foot, it can be also transferred from a weapon, if you are holding a sword while the power is still active, that power will intercept itself to that sword, making it's blade efficient and more deadly.}

"I see."

He uses his brain, since he has leveled up to 4, and his stats increased a little, he needed to get a sword that can help him gradually level up and support his journey.

"First, i needed to find a town, since we're seperated i think she can take care of herself anyways."

He dashed off without a second thought, ought to find a small village, or a town.

When he was swiftly running, dodging the trees on the forest, he stopped in his tracks when he found a black torn cloak in the ground.

He grabbed it in the ground, by the hood, then looked at his surroundings, being self-aware, then looked at the torn coat with a soft sigh.

'This might be a trap... oh well, i already picked it up anyways."

He wore it, feeling a little secured when he weared it.

"System, examine the cloak."

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{Examining Cloak...}

{Hunter's Cloak– A Cloak of a Hunter, mysterious and unidentified, but it has a certain buff on the strength and agility when wore by someone.}

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"Hmm, system, show my stats, only stats."

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{Showing stats...}

{Strength- 33 [+5]}

{Agility- 17 [+5]}

{Speed- 15}

{IQ- 210}

{Defense- 22}

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When the system showed his stats, looking at the buff, he conspicuously let out a sly smile, feeling more stronger then before.

"Finally, my luck is extraordinary!, bless the gods!"

An Enthusiastic tone, feeling prideful and proud of himself.

"Welp, i shouldn't let my pride high, who knows what might come?"

He lowered down his hood, the torn black cloak was refreshing to wear, the buff it gave was a huge support, he can now level up without any problems.

"Alright!, i'll get a sword first!"

He ran off, his speed more faster then an original human.

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{Normal Human Speed}

{Speed- 10}

{Arin's Current Speed}

{Speed- 15}

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4 Hours of countless running... the forest was unbelievably large, and he was tired of it, and wanted to catch a break first, breathing heavily like he was chased by a ton of beasts.

"Man!, how long is this forest going to last?, it's been forever!"

Speaking while panting.

The sun was setting, and he needed a shelter fast or he'll meet the consequences of staying late in the night, and he didn't want that to happen.

He kept running nonstop, it felt as if the forest was an endless loop – until in the distance, standing on top of a hill, he spotted lights, and it was a rural one, it was...

"A Town!, finally!, i have been searching for hours!"

He ran down from the hill, good thing he didn't gave up, or else he would've not spotted the town, thanks to his determination and persistence that kept him pushing deeper and harder.

"Alright!, system!, how close am i to the town?"

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{10 kilometers from the Town.}

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He nodded, still running consistently.

"Alright!, not bad!"

When he was halfway closer to the town – 3 beasts walkd up to him, stopping at his tracks, aching an eyebrow with a skeptical smile.

"Ah... come on, I don't have time dealing with those dammed idiots!..."

They simultaneously charged cluelessly without a plan, he focused on one single part – his fist, as it Blazed in crimson again, but this time, he was going to give it his all to Rank up to {Y}, he lighten his weight on his lower body, on a fighting stance equal that to a muay thai.

"Sanguine... Pyrokinesis!!"

Landing a deadly blow to the stomach again, piercing a hole through the chest of the beast, making it bleed continually, with a loud thud, it fell to the ground motionless.

"Good!, one down... two to go..."

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{You have Leveled up!}

<4 → 6>

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Now, he shifted his focus to his own foot, making it glow, with the natural crimson aura.

When two of the beast tried to cut him in half by their razor-sharp claws, equal to an Silvertalon, he swiftly jumped on the air to avoid it easily.

"Not bad."

When he was about to charge at them with a blow in the face, he unexpectedly got crushed in the back by a flying, large rock in the back, hitting his spine, and sending him flying towards a tree, bleeding.

It was an Fang, an Beast that's only active on the night, it's tremendous strength grabbed a large rock, and threw it precisely towards Arin, hitting his spine, almost cracking it fully, and hitting the tree brutally.

"You... A mere human... Think you can beat us?!, how foolish."

He had relatively, rather, a cold tone, echoing throughout the forest.

He broke the large rock that was crushing him with his fist, that's glowing in crimson red, and dusted his cloak with a cold gaze.

"Sorry, did i startle you?, you'll pay for that alright?"

Said casually towards the Fang, he was quite irritated, scoffing at him.

"Mocky now huh?, don't raise your pride even a little... Or else–"

He swiftly took down the two beasts that he {accidentally} didn't kill, with a stone, his Sanguine Pyrokinesis activated, laughing manically, putting a hand on his face.

"Oh sorry!, or else?, what are you going to do now?"

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{You have Leveled up!}

<6 → 10>

{You have now reached Y-Rank!}

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"Oh well, i'll end this fast anyways."

The fang flitched, feeling threatened by his attitude, charged at him with full brute strength on his claws.

"Woah!"

He easily dodged that within a second, then clawed his hands like a dragon, then charged it at his liver.

"What the?!–"

"Sanguine Pyrokinesis!, Extent!"

His mana was engulfed entirely, along with a hole in his liver, affecting his heart and lungs, he bled on the ground, a loud thud, the Fang fell to the ground.

"H... How...?"

He groaned in pain as he spoke his last word, he had a sinister smile on his face before the Fang's passing, standing there watching him die by blood loss.

"I'm just too powerful for you."

Then the Fang's vision went blank, his body dissipating slowly as he looked at his dead body with no shame.

"Oh well, I'm Y-Rank now am i?"

Looking up on the night sky, full with bright stars, the cold wind meeting with his aura, his voice gentle and soft.

"Anyways, I'm going off to that town for a sword."

He walked off... with faint footsteps heard within the forest, and someone... who was spying on him for a while.

...hiding in the bush secretly inspecting him.

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{You have Leveled up!}

<10 → 14>

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