“Beat that creature boss!”
“Beat that bastard! So, it will know its place!”
“Punch that bastard! So, it will know its place!”
“Kick that bastard! So, it will know its place!”
“HOOO!”
“LALALA! HEY! LALALA! HEY!~”
“END HIM! END HIM! END HIM!”
As I’m beating this dude, my men start chanting like in a football match and they vibing to it, which I’m not against because they are hyping me up. Now this creature is nowhere to be strong despite its physique or energy. I have a small insight that this creature is suitable for surprise attacks. Since it can form fog around its victims, when I activated my senses, I saw some traps here, so, in my mind this creature led its prey to the traps here. I think that if normal adventurers are fighting this creature they will have a rough time. Beating this dude is not satisfying as I thought it would be so I decrease my strength again. Then for around 30 mins of beating I let it go but I cripple it which doesn’t show until a few more days. I also secretly imbued my ki to its body, the technique I used to that creature can be lethal if you don’t find it as soon as you feel uncomfortable. Starting with its brain and heart, it will cause some throbbing but no pain, after that the blood vessels and nerves will start to get painful until the dantian will also break. Then if you are late to treat it, your body will be shocked and will die instantly. I don’t really feel like doing this because of how weak the creature is but when I let it go it laughs and points at me, then I catch it and perform the slow death.
“Boss! Why did you let him go?”
“Who said I let him go? I imparted my energy to that guy and if that guy failed to notice that energy, it will lead to its slow demise.”
“Are you sure you are not a villain or torturer in your past life boss? Seems more cruel than you killing him on the spot.”
“Is not cruel if your opponent mocking you openly, the best way to defeat them is to torture them until their body give up. I don’t give an honorable fight or death if they mock me, you know, but also I don’t kill that much unless the circumstances lead me to that~ also I’m still learning in this life, so I’m bound to be wrong and still be wrong even if I become wise.”
“I see! Also a question, so, you feel nothing if you kill another creature's boss?”
“I still have that feeling, no one enjoys killing honestly, but sometimes you can’t help it and deal with it. [Since I'm in this world now, if I’m in my original world I prefer not doing that. Unless apocalypse or destruction of the world, where the necessities are scattered and limited.]”
We continue to walk and whenever we go, all of the monsters are coming, these monsters consist of weird elements. On one hand we have the solo hunter creatures which are surprisingly good at their game. It’s more annoying to fight them, they will use any means to get us killed. Then the other ones are in a group, easy to defeat because you only need to kill their leader and they will run aimlessly. Monsters here also can use various kinds of magic, like the bloodsucker creature we encounter, it uses some illusion and hallucination spells and not only that it also uses ice magic. I think the ice magic is the most convenient magic to that guy, because it will make the prey more fresh. The medium size group of small ugly gremlins like creatures that can use the sounds to amplify their weapons akin to weapon aura. In that group they have three leaders, one for the mage, the general, and the last is medium size which can use a blade mana and tough magic armor. I test their power and these guys are bad omen for one country, but if they can make their population fast, they will be a threat to all species. After testing their power I one shot 3 of them using a Ki arrow.
We see a small hut and judging from its surroundings this must be the middle of the forest. I sensed a barrier on it and we entered the small hut. It gives a cool feeling.
“So this is the resting place! Since we are here can you guys demonstrate to me your sword play or other way you fight guys?”
“That is bad news boss, although we can fight with swords we are just swinging and cutting with no experience of sword skills. We only timing the opponent's attacks. But if you give us a gun or something similar, we can wage a war to an empire.”
“Ooooh.. Then learn sword skills from me, before we proceed to leave this place.”
“Huh?! For real boss!”
“Yeah, but first I will try to give you energy, I don’t know if it works though.”
I channel my ki to them and to be more precise I used magic to link with them, so it will guide me to the proper location of their energy bodies. Then of course my theory failed because their body can’t hold ki,I give up first because I need help or a certain instruction on how these guys can wield power. After that event, I proceeded to give them a wooden sword with the help of The Aura of Peak Magician, still this item is incredible, I thought only foods can be replicated. Then for the next 10 hours, I make them slash, swing , parry, and stance. Since they’re learning from the beginning their progress is slower like mine when I’m starting. Patiently teaching them like my Masters do to me. Then, after that work I let them rest even though they don’t need it that much. After that, I devise some drills and revisiting my memories to make reference for their next training. When they finished resting, we continued on our way to leave the forest.
On the way to the exit, Many groups of monsters were blocking the way, then a text message appeared in front of us.
“To be able to leave the forest, you need to fight a horde of monsters with only one finger.”
“Wow! Wow! Wow! What kind of rules is this?”
“Well, if you are already defeating monsters here with no effort, I think this kind of rule is reasonable?”
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“I don’t know, but it smells like bullshit. Anyway we need to get out of here now.”
“Aye!”
Since one finger is the requirement, I used my finger to cast a powerful magic spell which can annihilate a huge group.
“Fire Magic: Dawn of the Fallen Star! [Low tier]”
With that, the monsters are dead, leaving no one aside from the trees, which is suspicious for our part but I don’t really mind. Then a message congratulates me and confirms that I cleared the forest. When we exit the forest a large lake and a town has been spawned in our very eyes.
“Holy shit! I know magic is awesome but this one takes the cake!”
“Huhuhu, another challenge has been forced on us..”
“Don’t cry boss! You can easily clear the trials.”
“I think these trials are fillers in our journey! We can easily go back to the surface and chill in the lowland!”
“Fillers? Anyway boss, I think we need to start now so that you can at least relax when you defeat the final one.”
“Ok-ok! Time to end the fillers!”
As I cast the speed and endurance spells we run towards the big lake. But within 10 minutes of running we encountered some big groups of horses and when I say big as in really big horses. We didn’t stop and continue to run until these horses started to run also. They try to catch up to us and then the book of animals rings and gives me information about these horses.
The name of the horse is Celenus, wild horse from the grasslands of Fallen kingdom Might. These horses are known to be ruthless if they see other creatures running. From their perspective they treat it as a challenge and when you beat them in a race, they will be your horse and be loyal to your bloodline. But if they beat you, they will eat your one toe or if you are an animal equivalent to that toe of a human, it is a sign that you try to challenge them and fail. The horse meat is not delicious so no one hunts them, but they’re excellent in chivalry because they can intimidate the horses of enemies. Their diet is the grass from the Kingdom Might. They only eat meat if someone challenges them, upon ingesting the parts of their rivals, this will make them sick for 1 week, but the result of these will enhance their muscles to be strong, which is ideal for chivalry.
“So, imagine the nightmare for the people who became victims.. To get the horse to become more strong.. Chills”
Then I use the marble and enhance our speed. Not dealing with them is a good choice. After about 1 hour of running we arrived at our destination.
“The Lake of Corruption, a lake which is made from the corruption of all living beings. Anybody who is weak minded will die here and will be used as ingredients to make a homunculus of corruption. If you have mental fortitude and succeed in the challenge, then you can get a homunculus of hope, which will defeat any corruption of living beings being formed. Only one can exist, are you the one who will bring peace of destruction in this world?”
“I guess you need to stay here guys. This one is dangerous.”
“What is a homunculus?”
“Making a lifeform from scratch, you can view that as making a baby but this time without intercourse of two beings but by spells or ingredients. Something that only magicians or rich people who want to be god..”
“So, they’re playing as gods? Yeah good luck with that Hahahaha! I think in our time there is one group of magicians and alchemists attempting to make a life form. The result is death because the creatures they make devour them and that creature self-destruct, according to the news but we don't know if it's true or not.”
“I see, even at your time you have crazy people.”
“Boss, crazy people are bound to appear in our world. It is just that they are making bad decisions that will result in the demise of surroundings.”
“Fair enough, I guess I’m gonna go and clear this easily, see you later folks!”
“Good luck boss!”
As I jump to the lake, I detect multiple curses, and in my very own eyes, I see myself talking to me.
“Hehe! What are you doi-”
“Shut up bitch! I know that you know that you can’t corrupt me! Am I right?”
“Wha-”
“As I said you can’t corrupt me, I know that you can’t even penetrate my mind. Wait, I will give you a handicap to penetrate my mind.”
I lower my defense and let it go to my mind.
“Here, try to conquer me bitch!”
“Hehe, you will regret this! You arrogant one!”
A couple of minutes and I still not feeling anything and around 10 minutes, the me is back.
“I am sorry, I can’t corrupt you, I am not familiar with your game..”
“Yeah! That’s right, apologize to me, anyway where is my reward?”
“Just go back to the surface, it will clear itself.”
“Ok, and one more thing. How do they get you? I mean corruption.”
“It’s not complicated to get the corruption itself, which is me. If you try to gather the evil of all, you can create me.”
“Ooooh! So, is there a chance that a lot of corruption will be formed?”
“What are you talking about? You can only summon me in this world and only me no other. Once I’m summoned to this world, many will suffer and the world will be in a dire state. For your information, I can summon myself if the world wants to move to the new era.
“Aaaah! Sorry, I assume things, anyway I will receive my reward so don’t be late.”
“Okay!”
“By the way, why are you so friendly to me?”
“What am I gonna do to a person who defeated me in my game? Hostile? No thanks!”
When I come back my men greet me.
“It’s been 3 days since you dive in that lake!”
“Oh? 3 days? I think I only go for 20 minutes or less. So, what is the news for the last 3 days?”
“You remember the wild horses right?”
“Yes, and why?”
“After you dive in that lake, they appear and give us this thing.”
“What is this? A root? It gives a magical aura.”
Then the book of plants rang and gave me information.
The root of the unknown ancient tree, a lost treasure of elves. It is said that if an elf wields this root, he/she will achieve peace of its kind and prosperity for 1 thousand years. But the true use of this root is to make an elixir of millennia, which can combat the most deadly plague or disease in the current era. You can also get this root if the unknown ancient tree takes a liking to you.
“Oooooh! I think I need to inform GG, I think he has a recipe to make the elixir of millenia! And since it’s been 3 days since I'm out, I think you guys deserve to eat delicious food today!”
“Lezgoooooooooo!”
Chapter 19 End