Aether was starting to get angry at this stupid pig. He was already having a tough time fending the monsters off. The only reason he could do this was because the forest cover around the cave was thick so all the monsters couldn’t rush at him crazily from everywhere.

“Fuck you” Aether said and ran away when he saw an opening. The monsters clawed at him and left a few scratches on his body. He ran as fast as he could. The monsters chased behind him for a while but soon they lost interest and went back to the cave.

Aether turned around to make sure he wasn’t being chased. He panted hardly and sat down to take rest for a while. “Why did you leave?!” the pig asked lividly. “There is a fucking treasure there! Do you think you could be accepted into the academy with your current prowess?” he asked.

“Shut up pig we don’t know that yet. Besides first I gotta show up for the entrance test, right? Don’t kill me here.” Aether said. He took a deep breath and calmed his heart down. “I don’t think I can go in there and fight again so don’t force me.” Aether said.

“Who said anything about fighting? I know you’ll die if you go in there again. Those stupid monsters aren’t going too far away from the cave anyway. If something happens you can run away again.” The pig said.

“You think it’s that easy to run away?” Aether said. “I don’t but you do want to get into the country’s most precious Martial arts and Magic Academy , right?” the pig asked. Aether grumbled but he agreed with the pig. “So? What should I do?” Aether asked. The pig looked at Aether cunningly “You still have the beast clothing that you got in Demon continent?”. He asked. Aether felt something ominous, this pig always had the worst ideas ever.

One hour later~

They had gone back to camp and gotten the beast clothing which Aether wore currently. The beast cloth looked like it was perfectly carved out from a panther to fit Aether perfectly. They had already told the people at the caravan that they would have some fun and would be a little late, so they shouldn’t be worried about them.

The closer Aether got to the cave the more suspicious he grew. He should've thought a little before listening to a talking pig. The pig was in his body’s space currently so you couldn’t see him. They could still talk to each other mentally.

“Hey you think this is going to work?” Aether asked when they were near the cave. “I’m positive, those monsters don’t get near the cave for some reason, you just need to get there, that’s where the treasure is.” The pig replied.

“Don’t monsters have a good sense of smell? Don’t you think they’ll know it’s me?” Aether asked, still suspicious of this plan. “Look” the pig said with annoyance, “when you open one armpit it’s a different smell, when you open another one it’s another smell and when you open both it’s yet another smell, alright? Just fuckin concentrate on the plan.”

Although Aether was unwilling, he still proceeded according to plan. After all he did want the treasure too. “If there isn’t any treasure in the cave…” he said with a threatening voice “you are so dead pig.” He went into the area and crawled with his four limbs like an animal. All the monsters were alerted by his presence and looked at him sternly. Aether was scared ‘Fuck, why’re they all staring at me?’ he thought to himself.

“Gwahhhh! Gwohh… Rawwwrrrrr” he started releasing weird noises thinking he was imitating them. The pig face palmed. He wanted to act like he didn’t know him. Deathly silence remained in the forest leaving out Aether’s stupid screaming. His back was full of cold sweat.

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The monsters slowly turned their heads away and got back to doing their own thing. “I can’t believe that worked.” The pig said. He was shocked. What the heck? He didn’t know monsters even communicated like that.

Aether slowly moved towards the cave breathing a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to get near the cave, a howl came from within it. “AWOOOO!!” All the monsters turned to look toward Aether as if they had been given a command. All the monsters let out noises and rushed towards him. “SHIT! Aether they found out! Rush to the cave, quickly!” The pig shouted from inside.

“Dammit pig!” Aether cursed the pig and rushed to the cave. He dodged the few monsters stealthily but his clothes were still ripped from the sides because of some monster clawing at him. The cave was pretty near so he got to it and entered it.

As soon as he entered it his ears were raped yet again by a howl. “AWOOOO!!” all the monsters stopped outside the cave and didn’t dare to enter.

As soon as Aether entered, he saw a fox ten time his size, sitting on the floor while giving off a faint glow. At least it looked like a fox… it's hind legs were small and were red in colour. Its front legs were long and silver in colour. Its face was half red and half silver. The red part seemed smaller and the silver part was abnormally huge. It virtually didn’t have a tail.

“Is this the treasure you were talking about? Looks like a Bear got fucked by a large wolf.” Aether said standing in guard. “You fool! Its evolving due to rapid growth and increase in strength” the pig said. “It looks to be about lvl 39. It’s going to breakthrough to lvl 40.” Normally the pig would be afraid since Aether was only lvl 22 but there was no fear in the Pig’s eyes.

The wolf growled at Aether showing them it’s big yellowish teeth which were dripping with saliva but it still didn’t move and just lay down. Its whole body was showing signs of repulsion and animosity towards him. Aether had stopped breathing due to its immense aura.

“You don’t need to be afraid. Breathe.” The pig said, reminding Aether to breathe. Aether snapped out of his fear and started puffing in air. “What was that?” he asked with shock. He had experienced a similar scene with the pirates before. “It was your bodies natural reaction to a superior being. It's like a survival instinct." The pig said. “Dammit!” Aether said with frustration. What was that feeling? That wretched feeling…. He never wanted to feel it ever again.

“You’re lucky It’s doing a rushed evolution. This is what happens when you don’t train properly and just absorb energy to become stronger. For now, it’s weakened but once it advances, you’ll be killed instantly.” The pig said.

“So, you’re saying I can kick it’s ass right now?” said Aether with a cold voice. He had gotten serious. This wretched illiterate creature had dared to make him feel pressured? He was going to fuck it up. He tore his panther mask and threw it away.

He took out his dagger and walked slowly towards the wolf. The wolf growled and stood up with difficulty. Aether looked at it with determination. He jumped towards its eyes. The wolf countered with his paw and knocked him down. Aether got up again before the wolf’s other paw could crush him and spit the mud out of his mouth. He jumped on the wolf again but this time he waited for the large paw and grabbed it.

The monster shouted loudly as Aether stabbed it’s paw repeatedly. Eventually he was shaken off and throwed to the ground again. The wolf was annoyed this time and opened it's mouth. A red colour energy ball gathered around its mouth. It released the ball towards Aether. Aether used the dagger that he had again and slashed the ball into two halves that went around him to create two gaping holes in the ground of the cave.

He had obtained the dagger from the pirates or rather stolen it from the thieves themselves when they were caught. He didn’t know what is was made of but he knew it was a premium good. That is why he didn’t use it in front of everyone. “You’re lucky you have that knife kid.” Said the pig. “It’s a dagger you pig!” Aether shouted while he ran towards the wolf. “And I’m a Titan you retard!” the pig shouted.

Aether dodged the wolf’s front paws and stuck his dagger in the wolf’s underbelly and dragged the dagger to the wolf’s tail. “AEERRRRHHHHH!!!!” the wolf wailed in misery as blood flowed out from his body from the large scar that Aether had created. He jumped on the Wolf’s back and stabbed his dagger into its ass. The wolf let out another wail of misery. It had been raped by a human! Aether continued to create large holes in it’s spinal chord with his dagger. Looks like he wanted to torture the wolf till its last breath.

The wolf fell down and fainted but Aether still continued to madly stab holes in it’s back. “Stop it , I think that thing already died!” the pig said but Aether still didn’t stop. The pig appeared before him. “Stop it! Stop it! Aether!” Aether finally stopped. “What’s gotten in to you?” the pig asked.

“It’s nothing.” Aether said quickly. “I’m sorry, I just lost control for a second.” The pig stayed silent for a while but responded soon. “Listen, I was talking to you about a treasure, right? I found it! Open up the forehead of this wolf quickly”. Aether stood up and walked to the forehead of the monster.

When he opened it's forehead, he was blinded by the sudden light from it.