Part 1
~[Opening Status Window]
Status Window
Name: King ?? ???? ???
Race: Royal Human
System: Orb of Avarice- Orb of Avarice fulfills one’s deepest desire and only if such desire was dreamed of
Current System Function: Beast Monster Evolution
Unlocked Beasts: None
Evolution Points: None
Absorbed Cores: None
Current Form: Royal Human (Base Form)~
[So skipping how every form you’ll be taking on is already determined, and you can’t access them at the moment because it requires you to collect unique cores that correspond to them to unlock them and use them.] Lilian said in a happy expression making heart-shaped gestures which annoyed King…
“And how would that work?” Robbing his hands eagerly King questioned Lilian happily.
[That to make your first form, the main form which will be the core of all your other alternate forms.] With a pause, Lilian stopped momentarily thinking of something but then shrugged off as she continued to say.
[You see where in your status window it says unlocked beasts and evolution points, there you need to gather evolution points to unlock the beast forms.]
“...”
Puzzled at what she just said King raised his hand but before he could ask her, the system Lilian continued…
[Further to gather the points you need to do what you do best by hunting beasts and monsters and the stronger they are the more points you’ll acquire in return using those points to make your main form.]
“Hah, now you're speaking my language!” Understanding what he needed to do he started his hunting habit which was suppressed for a long time.
King arrived at the cave entrance where the bandits stayed when they came into the cave.
Seeing the entrance blocked King readied himself in a boxing stance to throw a punch that would destroy the rocks blocking his way.
King raised his arm to shoulder height, bending his elbow to create a hook with his thumb on top of his fist.
Then for the motion he turned his whole body in the direction of his fist while also turning his foot and leg in the same direction, and letting his upper body follow as he threw the punch.
Meanwhile, as King was positioning himself and throwing the punch a smoke-like aura of a beast stood behind him following his punch like it was an extension of itself.
But King the one who was responsible for the phenomena was unaware of it throwing his punch with what he believed to be an average punch.
From outside of the cave cracks appeared at the rocks stationed to block the entrance followed by a blast of heat-like air which disintegrated the rocks to dust.
Boom
The explosive sound of the rocks being blasted away into nothing reverberated throughout the area scaring away the pack of wolves that were near there looking for the bandits.
Inside the cave, King was a little surprised but then scoffed remembering something.
“I never thought my slumber would weaken me to such a state but never mind that I got to get my hunting skills back while I exercise this body of mine.”
“Now where should I start?”
Upon exiting the cave, he immediately gazed at the dark sky illuminated by flashes of thunder.
And as the rain poured on him he thought to himself.
‘Wow, not only am I out of shape but also my hearing needs some checking how could I not hear the pouring rain?’
[??]
“Well, whatever…”
Taking in a long breather of the air he rushed to the forest in front of him with no regard to anything heading in there butt naked.
In his previous world, the humans there tapped into an unknown energy while researching ways to extend their lives and recreate the ancient humans they believed to be giants with over 1,000 life spans.
A result of that research was the birth of Royal Humans, humans with abnormal strength or proportions such as having a body that is over 10 feet tall to 30 or having bird-like wings.
King falls into that category of Royal humans but his physique is different at the same time because of the Orb of Avarice he swallowed which contained a large amount of energy.
The first thing he encountered as he entered the forest was a snake-like creature that launched at him from a tree that was 13 feet away from him.
The snake was a little over 30 feet but to that surprise attack, what it received was a one smack that momentarily stopped the rain that was falling around him as it made a shock wave sound.
Bam
[+20 Evolution Points]
‘That thing looked big but it only gave this much, hmmm I wonder how much an evolved beast would give me?’
***
Part 2
Still running to find prey large enough to satisfy his lusting hunger to throw down some punches a few moving silhouettes caught his attention.
Though he spotted only a fraction of the bull-sized wolves approaching him.
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Excitement swelled up inside him as he rushed to confront them.
Previously, while chasing the bandits, there were about four wolves though they got spooked by King's punch, but now they have regrouped with the pack and are headed towards the cave to confront him.
King with his lead foot forward, extended his arm to the back like he was about to throw a baseball but in this case, his sharp nail claws were wide open wanting to slash at the incoming pack.
When the wolves were in close distance he slashed out his extended arm creating a gust of wind slash that even split the rain.
And as if to say that wasn’t the end of it he leaped into the sky and before even his wind claws came into contact with the pack he was coming down with a devastating strike from above that shattered the ground for approximately 5 meters deep creating a crater.
All of that happened in 3 seconds which was as soon as the claws sliced through the wolves at the front his meteor punch came down on the rest from above, smashing them into a meat paste.
[+100 Evolution Points]
[+100 Evolution Points]
[+ x8]
This same message appeared eight more times showing just how much he had taken care of.
Nine dire wolf beasts that are a threat to 5000 soldiers each were just annihilated like that.
“Hehehahah! Now that was something hey, System?” Letting out an excited laughter he looked around to see the destruction he caused those poor wolves as he talked to the system.
Hrmph
[Yes my master and can you please call me Lilian and not System?] Dissatisfied with him calling her system Lilian expressed her annoyance.
“What are you mad about!? Stop trying to imitate a dead person you're ruining my memory of her…”
Hrmph
[Anyways what was it that you wanted to ask master?]
“Well about how much exactly do I need to create my main form I mean the EP?”
-Note: EP is short for Evolution Points
[To your question if we are talking about the main form you would require 1,000 EP… But I would suggest investing more points to wait and see what surprises may come your way.]
“Surprises?” Pondering to what Lilian said King repeated the word surprise.
[Yes I believe if you continue to gather more points you might create a form that would make your dreams a reality.]
“...”
“You know I’m starting to think there is something that you’re hiding from me like, it seems you’re speaking to me in puzzles and before you said all of my forms are already determined, can you tell me what that meant?”
In one shell of what seemed like a built-up suspicion, King voiced out his thoughts that continued to pile up every time the system said something.
King is the kind of person who first punches before talking but sometimes his intuition is so high that he seems like a wise man who does not like violence.
In this situation, he figured that because of what Lilian the system said that she was hiding something important from him, and this made him think that he might be playing someone's game…
“???”
[Master your thoughts are scary, remember I’m nothing but a machine-like object that is inside you to fulfill your desires and all those times while in hibernation of course a plan was formed, but it was because you’re desire was to become a monster of many forms and powers to dominate the world.] Lilian said in a hurry seeming like she was found out but to her surprise King’s eyebrows were raised high.
[...]
[OK! And it’s because with more points you can make a form with an incredible bloodline… Hrmph happy now that you know what the surprise is?] In an unhappy manner, she sounded like a child whose fun was cut short.
“Well that was more than I expected because I was testing how deep you can read my thoughts but for you to spill that, well now I definitely know two things about you.”
[Huh say what?] To his remark, Lilian spoke in a shocked voice not understanding what just happened.
“Now that, that is out of the way let’s get back to my hunt as these guys had enough of waiting.” Finishing his thoughts and suspicion King turned his attention to the pack of wolves that surrounded the crater he was in.
The dire wolf beasts were looking at him fiercely as they growled.
“Never have I seen wolves this big even when the animals in my world were evolving what is up with these wolves?” Surprised at their huge stature King rushed with both his arms wide open like he wanted to hug them but the claw nails of his were telling another story.
[Ding]
Monster Name: Dire-Wolf Beasts
Species: Forest Hound Wolves
Threat To King: Low
Remarks: They are wolves that hunt in a big party and once one of them is killed they won’t leave the killer until he is dead or they all die.
“What?” Momentarily surprised at the sudden pop-up notification King got distracted resulting in him being jumped by a whole lot of the wolves.
Every wolf that jumped up on him was biting some part of his body and although they didn’t penetrate his skin it pissed him off.
“You damn insects!”
Roaring at them he started to get ferocious as he showed his beast side biting them and tearing their flesh apart.
A slaughter followed as King’s enraged eyes looked at everything as less than insect prey who fought back against their predator.
For the next minute, it was him going all around to capture every wolf that was a distance away from him by either crushing them with a fist or tearing them with his claws.
This time as the rain poured on him not a single drop touched his body because of the domineering aura that surrounded him.
King is a man who is not new to killing or fighting in a war in fact, once in the past when he was an uprising youngster he was known as the human beast or the Blood Beast because where he grew up was a country called Trash Fortress a country that was a dumpster for other nations as it was surrounded by a fortress. And to make things worse it was a place where many orphans were dumped like trash and King being amongst them saw the horrors of humans there soon adapting to it. He killed to survive and killed to make a living thus gaining the title of Blood Beast or the Lion Eater.
Now having been angered, his aura appeared taking a form of its own and seeming an entity of its own.
It was a creature that was as big as a giant bringing a heavy presence with it that made the atmosphere feel like a battlefield of death.
The creature was illusory being only made of the aura of King, who has experienced many battles with near-death experiences.
What was more astonishing about this creature was the fact that it had metals protruding from its ankles, neck, back, and elbows that were attached to black chains protruding from the ground.
The only thing that can be discerned about this aura creature was its eyes, one golden eye with a swirling purple circle and a blue eye with beast fangs.
Aura is presence being manifested as an extension of one's will, it can take on many forms but it represents the presence someone exudes and once mastered can be used as a weapon or strengthen one's body.
Aura can be even used to forcefully evolve a creature into what's called an aura beast that serves your will.
Those who have awakened aura are called "Kings" and only those at the top can use it.
“Roar”
King roared a battle cry oozing a bloodlust that would suffocate anyone near it.
And all of that was amplified by his aura shaking an area of about 60 km…
[+100 Evolution Points]
[+100 Evolution Points]
[+ x26]
***
Part 3
Amidst the downpour, a collection of papers formed a female figure wearing a hooded cloak with wings. She floated above the Green Desert Canyon, which was a mixture of desert and forest.
This female figure made of paper started to overlook King who was in the forest and emitting an overbearing aura roaring like a beast.
After a while of observing him the female figure made of paper lifted one of its paper arms breaking up into their paper forms followed by the rest of the body and flying down into the south of the forest into a blackened area that was dark woods.
No rain was dropping into the area and was instead covered by a black smoke-like substance going into the clouds like burning smoke, but it looked like it was inside a round glass not reaching out of it.
The papers glowed crimson red as they approached the area dissolving with something like it was melting a barrier around the black smoke.
After a few seconds, the papers melted into the area and soon afterward, the rain started to fall on the area, indicating that whatever was making the rain not drop there had melted away.
Deeper into the dark woods a tall figure with rusty knight armor and horns arose from its throne pulling a long broad sword from the ground, its eyes gleaming red and darkness oozing from its whole being.
Fin