Zod did not think much about it, he executed his Martial Arts and took it as a chance to improve his understanding of the Ancient Viper Martial Arts.
Slash!
Naomi had mostly recovered from the shock and defended herself again.
Ding!
Zod knew that she would figure out the active condition for Deter sooner or later, so he wanted to finish the fight quickly,
Zod moved like a poisonous snake, his movements were erratic but in harmony at the same time, although the strength within the strikes was mediocre every strike was stronger than the last, he was improving his understanding of the Viper Martial Arts at a frightening speed.
Ding!
Fortunately, his Stone Wolf Dagger helped him gain an advantage, just after three strikes Naomi's dagger had gotten chipped and was about to break at any moment.
He stomped the ground hard and slashed with all his strength,
swoosh!
Naomi gritted her teeth and barely blocked the strike
Ding!
Crack!
After the fourth strike, Naomi's dagger couldn't handle the continuous assaults Naomi's Indifferent expression finally fell when her dagger broke.
Zod stopped attacking and spoke indifferently,
"You lost"
" I am taking the fruit, if you want to blame someone then blame yourself for being too weak"
Naomi expression turned ugly, she hated when someone called her weak
"If I wasn't-"
Zod interrupted her,
"You would have still lost"
He then plucked the fruit and left the place leaving the helpless girl alone.
...
Zod found a secluded cave and sat down, exhausted from the fight
He had been lucky that Naomi's dagger had been Inferior to his and broke otherwise with a prolonged fight his pitiful amount of Endurance would have led him to lose the battle.
Zod shook his head, he was still too weak.
He then looked at the fruit in his hand
Item Name: Nirvana Fruit
Rarity: Magic
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Type: Fruit
Description: ?
He still couldn't see any description
He did not think much of it and gobbled up the fruit in a few bites.
You have consumed a [Nirvana Fruit]
As the fruit entered his stomach, a hot stream of energy started flowing through his body, the burning sensation rapidly increased and steam started rising from his body. He suddenly regretted eating the whole fruit, he should have eaten it in parts.
But, it was too late to regret it, he grit his teeth and persevered.
After a minute, he could no longer sit still, he felt as if he was about to explode.
He got up and started practicing the Ancient Viper Martial Art, the burning energy within his body started flowing in a particular way and reached his four limbs and internal organs.
Suddenly, black viscous liquid started seeping out of his skin followed by a string of Notifications
Endurance +3...
Zod did not stop, the pain was somewhat relieved but he continued to practice.
Strength +2...
His muscles squirmed within his skin and became larger and more compact.
Agility +2...
The bones within his body made popping sounds and were readjusted to maximum efficiency
Magic +2...
His mind became clear, and he could feel the mana in his body clearly
Spirit +1...
His perception of the world changed drastically and even time seemed to slow down. It was as if the shackles the bound him all his life were released.
He had attained Nirvana!
...
After a quarter of an hour, the energy in his body was fully consumed.
Zod clenched his fist, felt the powerful strength in his body he almost felt like he could smash a rock into pieces.
He wanted to see what kind of changes he underwent,
Status:
Name: Zod Hellstride
Age: 16
Race: Human
Class: None
Level: 3
HP: 280/280
MP: 42/42
Trait: Sovereign
Stats:
Strength: 13(+2)
Agility: 14(+1)
Endurance: 14
Magic: 21
Spirit: 20
Unallocated Points: 0
Inheritance:
Viper Inheritence(E-): Your movements will mimic a deadly Viper, contains knowledge on Ancient Viper Martial Arts.
Skills:
Passive Skill:
Deter- When making eye contact, the target will earn Fear status if their Spirit stat is lower.
Fear- All stats -20%
Duration: 5 sec
Ancient Viper Martial Arts(E-): Ancient Martial Arts of the Ancient Viper Clan.
Active Skill:
Viper Stealth: Reduces your entire presence to the minimum, the effect depends on Intelligence and Spirit.
- Consumes 1 MP every 10 seconds
Cooldown: None
...
Zod was pleasantly surprised by the changes in his stats, his strength stat could now compare to a normal Lv.3 human. It is was no longer his weakness.
Zod then frowned looking at all the filth which had come out of his body, he found a stream nearby and washed himself thoroughly.
After cleaning himself, he wore his tattered clothes and continued to head towards the direction of weaker beasts.
Soon he found others coming from the opposite direction. Looking at his tattered clothes, everyone looked at him with disdain, but when they looked into his eyes, they felt intense fear and scrambled away from him.
Zod did not care about them and headed towards the village in front of him, this was his reason for him changing directions, he needed to first gather some information before he headed deeper into the mountain. What better place to gather Information than the Red Zone Beginner Village.
As Zod made his way into the Village, he did not find any guards, it was to be expected as the Beginner Village was run by guilds and they did not have the energy to spare.
The Nightkeeper clan, which had raised him was a mysterious clan and its power was unfathomable, from a young age orphans like him were taught all kinds of knowledge regarding Grim. Therefore, Zod knew a lot about the Red Zone.
The Red Zone was a huge separate Dimension within The Berserk Dimension: Grim with the beginner Village as the center, those who enter the Grim for the first time will all be scattered around the Village and be forced to face their first beast, some might face weak beasts and some might face strong beasts in which case with few exceptions most would die.
But, the first beast you kill will always drop an Inheritance and the stronger the beast killed the stronger the Inheritance. Zod could be said to have been very lucky to find a strong beast with weak defense.
...