Alexia

{Jungle Prowler – Level 2}

{Jungle Prowler – Level 4}

{Jungle Prowler – Level 3}

I simply cut straight through the large tigers without even bothering to use any of my soul for a Quantum Bolt, the monsters not being worth the expenditure as I continue rushing further into the jungle. And as I expected, the further in I go, the stronger the monsters become.

At first they gradually climb to levels 10 through 20 before more rapidly growing to the thirties and forties. Then they begin growing even faster past the fifties and into the sixties.

By now though I’m starting to wonder just how large this island is, since I’ve been running for hours now.

Oh, wait. I have the timer.

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Time Left Until the Tutorial’s End

2 days, 15 hours, 30 minutes, 10 seconds

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That’s… a lot of time. Especially considering that my running speed is a lot faster now than it was before the Reset thanks to my level and stats.

Five hours of nothing but running and killing whatever monsters I run into. Not that any gave me much EXP if any at all.

I can’t help but frown at that though. Because how did I spend five hours doing nothing but running? Despite me knowing that it was a long time, it didn’t really feel like it for some reason. Like time was flowing faster in my mind when I was doing busy work, just running around.

The clone did mention that there would be other aspects of being a quantum reaper, so maybe this is one? Although all it does is basically stop me from getting bored when doing something over and over again simply by making it not feel like as long has passed.

Or… I guess it could also just be that my perception of time is different since I’m just not human anymore? That a longer amount of time just doesn’t feel as long anymore?

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An odd feeling, regardless of what is causing it.

Either way, I continue running until I finally make it to a large clearing. Sorta.

The clearing is more like a large gap in between the section of the jungle I just left and another section of jungle. Although this new section of jungle has darker and smaller trees than the first section, and it seems to be going up a hill.

So I enter the new section, only to find that the monsters are still around level seventy on average.

Just how big is this island anyways?

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It ends up taking me another hour of climbing the hill before I realize that the trees are becoming more and more sparse, and that I can see mountains in the distance. Not many, but mountains, nonetheless. Just a few.

So I continue marching onwards for two more hours, making me wonder what I’m doing with my life, the time finally starting to bother me. But who wouldn’t be bothered after walking for at least eight hours straight, even if they have some sort of magical assistance to not be affected by the time?

And it isn’t until I reach halfway up the mountains that something new happens.

A shrill sound akin to a hawk or other type of bird echoes through the mountains, bringing my attention up to the sky to find various large birds taking off of the few trees around here. The birds span nearly three meters in wingspan with a body spanning one meter and have yellow lightning running across their feathers that has me feeling a touch nervous.

{Thunder Hawk – Level 90}

{Thunder Hawk – Level 91}

{Thunder Hawk – Level 89}

{Thunder Hawk – Level 90}

Finally! Some monsters at my level!

I can’t help but grin at the sight of the hawks. Or rather, I grin at them until I notice that nearly a dozen are flying straight towards me.

Wait a second, that’s too many.

My grin turns into a grimace as I summon my polearm into my hand and immediately launch it straight towards the closest hawk, followed by a Quantum Bolt. But the hawk just calls out once and sends a large bolt of lightning straight towards my polearm. And when my polearm and the bolt collide, both cancel out the other attack, making the bolt of lightning dissipate as my polearm starts falling down towards the ground.

On the other hand, my Quantum Bolts continue flying towards the hawk, only to end up meeting the same fate as the other hawks all join up and send bolts of lightning at my own bolts. Although my bolts do manage to push a little bit past the lightning bolts whenever they collide, but it’s only a little as they dissipate soon after as well.

They’re magic focused monsters.

Great.

Can I go back into the dungeon now? I haven’t had to fight a magic focused monster yet, and I was kind of hoping I could avoid it entirely.

Even if that was an unrealistic hope.

The hawks let out that annoying cawing sound, and at the same time, storm clouds begin to build up all around us. So I grit my teeth and continue sending Quantum Bolt after Quantum Bolt up towards the monsters, soon finding them sending lightning bolts down to meet mine. And our attacks continue to clash repeatedly, leaving me gritting my teeth from the shockwaves sent through the air from them along with my drained soul.

It’s a good thing that I didn’t spend much soul on the way here, otherwise I’d probably have run out by now.

Although if I continue burning soul like this without even getting any headway on the hawks… I might just run out anyways.

So I change my attack plan. I stop sending Quantum Bolts and instead crouch for a second before jumping straight up into the air, repeatedly using Quantum Displacement to teleport higher with my momentum until I’m at level height with the hawks.

The hawks all immediately begin panicking from my sudden proximity, but it’s too late as I quickly summon my polearm and go on the offensive.

Let’s see how easy it is to cut through these birdies.