Six years have passed since these events have transpired.

When the legacy was given, experts that could rock the entire world felt its passing and various lower tier experts were sent in search of whoever possessed the legacy. The true secret of the “Nature Wolves” is something only those closest to them and high tier experts know therefore they were only tasked to find Nature Wolves in return for prestige and money.

After years of searching not a single legacy carrier was found and all of the Nature Wolves seemed to have gone into hiding. But this doesn't concern our hero, the little boy, for a long time.

A desolate caved in area contained an eerie silence to it. Many beasts have gone and left this area as it was a place rich with energy yet it quickly became a no mans land as none of the king beasts wished to provoke the other in fear of being eaten by scavengers and none of the normal beasts had the strength to hold it for long before they were killed by swarms of jealous beasts.

Today was another quiet morning in this no mans land until a hand suddenly appeared coming straight out of the ground. Grasping onto the tips of the sturdy grass nearby the hand pulls the body of a figure out of the ground. Standing at six feet tall the “little” boy has now grown to the size and shape of a 16 year old.

The little boy, now named Graphus, had grass green eyes, bright green tinted wolf ears on top of his dark green colored hair. Lean muscle covered his entire body that showed his hidden strength while his aura commanded respect. The childish smile on his face and the innocence contained within his eyes despite his knowledge of this world made him seem unreal due to his king-like aura.

Looking to and fro, Graphus realized how much has changed both within, on his body, and to the forest itself. Casting his senses outwards using the energy technique he learned from his mentor, he felt how alive the forest truly felt. Graphus realized how much his powers have been amplified due to what his mentor and now that he realizes it, father, did to him and a single tear escaped his eyes. Rubbing it off quickly he sharpened his senses and began to walk towards the inner regions of the forest.

From what the imprint within his soul has taught him during his long sleep and metamorphosis his outlook on life has only changed slightly. He is still the child he usually is but he has the cold logical thinking of a predator as well as his protective instincts within him to help nature itself as much as possible. He won't stop a tiger from eating a rabbit but if someone is trying to control nature his role is to stop it to a degree depending on what the offense is. He can ignore these instincts but in return his ability to control and communicate with nature itself weakens and vice versa.

Reaching the inner regions of the forest, Graphus allows a big smile to appear on his face as he prepares himself to get stronger. In order to fully harness his powers he will practice on the inner region beasts that he should be equal to. The lower tier monsters within the inner regions can rival the king beasts of the outer regions but they do not fight them for a single reason; the inner region's quantity and quality of energy is higher. These beasts would rather be small fish in an ocean than big fish in a pond.

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After thirty minutes of traveling cautiously within the inner regions of the forest Graphus's senses pick up a presence rushing towards him from a far. Hiding in a bush nearby and smothering his aura he waits until a creature bounds out of the thickets ahead of him and looks around in confusion. The creature in question is a Black Gorilla, known for its massive strength and agility as well as its temperament to challenge anything stronger than it. They breed fast but thankfully they are stupid compared to other beasts.

As this information flowed into Graphus's mind through his soul imprint the beast started to walk away with an angry expression plastered on its face due to the lack of a fight. Just as it started to walk back it felt a whistling noise behind it and the gorilla's hand swished back to deflect the projectile only to have it caught in its wrist. Roaring in anger and pain the gorilla beat its chest with its hands letting out a powerful aura as it did so.

Lodged within his hand is a green spiked formed from grass but its might is five times stronger than the first time Graphus used his powers and his energy count is even higher than before. A smirk appeared on Graphus's face as his blood pumped with excitement as he watched the gorilla's actions slowing down and its aura dimming. Within the grass was a specially created sleeping poison that the boy knew from rummaging through the soul imprint in his forced sleep. Watching the gorilla finally fall he bounded out of his hiding spot and stared down at the gorilla.

Rearing his hand back he practiced his body's martial strength by testing it on the hardest parts of the gorilla's body and found out that his strength is much stronger than the gorilla's by at least twice. His greatest strength is still his nature affinity but his physical body is enough for most beasts in the inner regions until he starts fighting the beast kings of the inner region. Satisfied with his test of strength he quickly created a grass blade and cut the gorilla open before eating his body raw.

As the body was eaten raw he was able to turn it directly into energy within his body. The now pure energy would then clean his body of impurities within the raw food and expel it into the air which made his digestive system now redundant due to his affinity which was a plus to him since he thought it was “icky” due to his childish mind.

After the boy finished his meal he bounded off further into the forest his smile still plastered on his now bloody face.