Chapter 40
Nick walked at a fast pace and hoped that Lynella wouldn't chase him for another hour of entertainment , while looking through the notifications.
Congratulations, you have increased the skill level of [Low Mental Resistance][Common] Lvl 56 > Lvl 59
Congratulations, you have increased the skill level of [Lesser Aura of Arcane Will][Common] Lvl 65 > Lvl 68
At this rate, I'll quickly raise my mental resistance skill to [Uncommon]. Which is of course very handy considering how vulnerable I am to her [Interest Call] [Special] skill. I think it's much stronger than she wanted to show me, after all, it should rival [Reincarnator's Madness] [Special].
Asking around the camp, Nick quickly found the prince's hut. It was no different from the one he lived in. Knocking on the wood, Nick waited for an answer and entered, lifting the skin of the beastthat served as a door. Inside, the prince was sitting in a meditative pose, apparently Nick had interrupted his mana gathering training. Thinking about it, he didn't know how the prince's meditation worked. Considering that he had the [Holy Mana Core], perhaps there were some nuances to this. Breaking out of his thoughts, Nick spoke.
"Hello Evander, I came to tell you that I want to go hunting alone." Remembering that Lynella would definitely be waiting for him at the hut, Nick continued. "In fact, I think I'll do it right now."
"Well, if you feel so good, I won't stop you. But I ask you to be careful." The prince answered with a thoughtful face.
"Of course, you don't have to worry, I'm not going to lie around like dead weight for another week."
"Okay, there's something I wanted to talk to you about, but with all the things going on at camp, I can't remember it at all. So it can wait until you get back to camp and please do it before the evening."
"Of course I'm going." Nick said waving goodbye.
"Good luck!"
After leaving the house, Nick went to look for Green to ask him about a place where he could find a large number of strong animals. It didn't take him long, Green found himself near the river growing new plants, along with Max and Kaeti. Looking around, Nick noticed that there were a large number of new plants and a new small stream that came straight from the river. The troll manipulated the plants so that they could grow faster. As interesting as it was for Nick now, he decided that hunting would be much more important.
"Hello Green, please tell me if you know of any animals around here that I can hunt and quickly level up my classes." Green turned around with a wide smile on his face, interrupting his spell casting. Max and Kaeti also turned their attention to him.
"GREEN FEEL THAT HUMAN MATED WITH WOMAN, GREEN GLAD THAT HUMAN FEEL SO GOOD." The troll said cheerfully. Max took it with a blank face, and Kaeti blushed deeply.
"Yeah, yeah, that doesn't matter. So what about the beasts, or monsters?" Nick asked without focusing on it.
"HM, THERE ARE A LOT OF GOBLINS ABOUT 70 KILOMETERS AWAY, THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY ORCS, OR A HUMAN CAN GO FURTHER DOWN THE RIVER AND HUNT IRON WOLVES AND WILD ANIMALS."
Hmm, goblins and orcs, or animals? I think I'd better go for the animals.
"Thank you Green. I'll go." Nick wanted to say goodbye but Troll stopped him.
"WAIT HUMAN. GREEN WANTS TO GIVE YOU A DRUG SO THERE WILL BE NO LITTLE HUMANS IN THE CAMP." The troll said with an even bigger smile.
Nick tried to ignore the looks he was getting from Max and Kaeti, but it was no longer working. Max was looking at him blankly and Nick was absolutely sure that Max might not like him now. Kaeti was looking at her feet with a completely red face, occasionally throwing quick glances at him when she thought he wasn't noticing. When the troll mentioned the potion, she managed to blush even more, and her gaze became detached and thoughtful.
Green stood up and led Nick to another part of the garden, where he began collecting various plants and immediately grinding them in a mortar. When he was done with this, he added a small amount of ordinary mana and created an unknown spell. Green sent the resulting powder into a small bag that he took out from a shoulder bag.
"HOLD THIS, THIS HUMAN WILL EAT BEFORE MATURATION, YOU ONLY NEED THE TIP OF YOUR LITTLE FINGER TO BE SURE OF THE ACTION."
"Thanks, but I don't think it was worth bothering with."
"GREENE DON'T THINK SO." The troll shook his head.
"Well, thanks anyway, I'm going." Nick said goodbye.
Walking further along the river in the direction of the troll's house, Nick switched to a light jog to keep his stamina at full value.
Damn, I didn't ask why Lynella agreed to let me fill her up. Oh well, I hope I get away with it.
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Stopping after 20 kilometers, Nick activated the skill [Reincarnator's Madness]. Many possible events popped into his head, among them were several dangerous ones. The first was how he got surrounded by iron wolves and was unable to escape. The wolves slowly wore him down, when he was completely exhausted, he was teleported by the ring, before his throat was torn out. The second was how he met a huge lizard. After the first strike with claws, he received a message, but was able to run a decent distance in the end, he was still teleported by the ring, since he was dying due to the poison. There were a few similar situations, but not many. Mostly, the hunt went well. Deciding that the risk was worth it, Nick ran on. After 15 minutes, he saw five iron wolves, they were drinking water from the river and did not notice him at all. After assessing them, Nick saw that they were no higher than Lvl 30. Having thought out a strategy, he approached and hid behind the tree closest to them.
Nick used the skill [Accelerated Perception] [Parallel Thinking] and [Ghost Flicker], the wolves heard him, but they were too slow. Nick approached very quickly, the wolf closest to him tried to move away, but the swing of the sword cut its neck. Nick estimated how heavy the blow was for him. He took out several knives, using the technique, began to throw them at the wolves, but it was not at all effective. The knives cut into the flesh only a quarter of the length and immediately fell out, one knife hit the wolf's head, but could not pierce the skull, and bounced off with the sound of a collision metal with metal.
Mmm, iron wolves, that was to be expected.
The wolves got their bearings and began to growl loudly and whine from their wounds. The wolf whose throat he had cut was choking falling, but was still alive. The wolves did not think long and immediately rushed towards him. Nick continued to throw daggers, the last, eighth dagger hit one wolf in the eye, he stopped and tried to get it with his paw, while the others surrounded him. Nick rushed forward towards the wolf and tried to hit him with his sword, but it missed. Nick was very surprised that the wolf was able to dodge, the next two blows hit the target, leaving light wounds. Another wolf rushed at Nick from the right. Nick jumped back and while the wolf was in flight, cut his stomach. The third wolf tried to catch him by the leg, Nick kicked him in the face and quickly regretted it. The wolf was much stronger and faster than he thought, his leg almost ended up in his mouth. Using his remaining mana, Nick jumped into the water and created a force platform to confuse the wolves and escape from the encirclement. With his next jump, he found himself behind a wolf that was trying to bite his leg. The wolf tried to jump away from him, but Nick managed to deliver two blows to the hind legs, greatly slowing the wolf.
Nick was attacked by the first wolf, he entered into a fight with it while the others were approaching him. But due to the wounds he inflicted on them, they were too slow. Nick used several sword techniques, outpacing the wolf in speed. A few seconds later, his blow was able to cut its neck. The wolf was seriously injured not only because of this wound, but also because of a bunch of others.
Stepping aside, Nick saw that the first wolf was barely breathing, but he had not yet received a notification. Among his opponents, only a wolf with one eye, a wolf with a large wound on its stomach, and a wolf with wounded legs remained. Nick tried not to notice the noise of the wounded wolves, but when the wolf with one eye howled loudly, Nick realized that he had little time. Activating the skill [Awakening of the Ghost] [Uncommon+], his physical characteristics, perception, and intelligence increased by 20%. Using the movement technique, he quickly attacked the nearest wolf. He managed to defend himself with his paw, but did not expect a sharp increase in strength and speed, the next blow almost cut off his head. Without wasting time, he finished off the rest of the wolves in a similar way and quickly left this place, starting to run back to the camp. Nick looked at his notifications and was not happy with this.
Congratulations, you have defeated [Iron Wolf][Rare] Lvl 25
Congratulations, you have increased the skill level of [Ghost Flicker][Uncommon+] Lvl 113 > Lvl 114
Congratulations, you have defeated [Iron Wolf][Rare] Lvl 30.
Congratulations, you have defeated [Iron Wolf][Rare] Lvl 26
Congratulations, you have defeated [Iron Wolf][Rare] Lvl 29
Congratulations, you have defeated [Iron Wolf][Rare] Lvl 29
Yeah, yeah, fuck me. Where's my level?! Maybe the number and quality of skills the dead have should matter too? Sounds logical enough. And the wolves were frankly weak, the only thing they were good at was durability and strength. But they still had throats and it's not like their durability mattered to my sword. Following that logic, if I go hunting goblins it might not be worth it unless they have a ton of skills. But they might have classes, so I guess I'll be happy. Hmm, now that I think about it, I was forced to fight intelligent goblins as a kid. Where did they even get those?
Nick ran further along the river, when he thought that this distance was enough, he stopped. His stamina pool dropped by 15%, which was surprisingly high for a short fight with wolves. Inspecting his body, Nick used several techniques and was sure that now the techniques that were not in his skills used more stamina.
Damn, I need to train more to do this more effectively. It's so hard!
Nick decided that he would not go into the wolf territory anymore, went and started hunting near the camp, he managed to kill several [Uncommon] boars. By evening, he dragged them back to the camp. The prince still did not remember what he wanted to talk about, so Nick went to the hut to restore his mana. On the way, he smelled himself and decided to go to the river to take a good bath there. Walking along the river, he met several classmates, choosing a deserted place, he completely undressed and entered the river. The water was very cold, his muscles contracted and he made a strange sound.
"Oh, bitch, it's so cold! I hate the damn cold!" He said, rubbing himself with his hands to warm up a little.
Nick washed himself and began to get out of the water, for some reason he felt something strange, expanding "Aura" he saw unaspected mana not far from him, he took control of it and began to examine it, trying to decipher the mana signature. He could not do this, as a snake attacked him from behind. Nick managed to notice this, because of the weak mana that it had. He jumped away from it and began to quickly get out of the river. The snake was about 2 meters long, with a strange wavy black-brown color. After the attack, Nick saw two large fangs from which yellow liquid was rolling down.
What the fuck is a poisonous snake doing here, they should be rare in water.
Раса: Hydrophis Snake [Rare] Lvl 23
Well, that's ass .
Nick used the movement technique and tried to move faster than the snake. In the water, the technique was not effective at all. The snake caught up with him and rushed at him. Nick turned on [Accelerated Perception] and prepared to grab the snake with his hands. It was surprisingly faster than he expected, but still using techniques, he managed to catch it by the head. Using much more force than necessary, Nick twisted its neck with both hands and threw it onto the shore. After climbing out of the river, he immediately took the sword and pierced its head.
Congratulations, you have defeated [Hydrophis Snake][Rare] Lv. 23
What the fuck?! Why is it so dangerous? And what made me wary? An unfamiliar mana, or a snake? To hell!
Nick quickly dressed and scanned the surrounding area for other mana. He noticed two mana signatures, an unfamiliar one and Linella's mana.
Well, I'll give you what for if you're behind this! I should think carefully about her punishment!
Nick sighed a couple of times, calmed down and went into the house to meditate. Fortunately, or not, there was no one there.