Boss is the leader of the spies that the Princess faction has on the streets to find information to help the Princess succeed the throne. He sent a letter about the location of Eric to the Princess Mansion.

"My lady this young man goes to the Black Forest. Also, your brother knows the location so he prepares the troops to go there." Matilda reads the letter to Natalie.

"Send someone from the spies that we have on the streets to inform Eric about the situation and make it fast. We must arrive there first before Eric goes inside the forest." Princess Natalie

"As you wish, Princess." Matilda

"When we alone call me Natalie." Natalie

"Ok, Natalie." Matilda

"My brother always act without thinking. He raped, killed many people of this land because he had taken fancy of the beauty or they had something he wanted. I must not let him take the throne." Natalie thought

Matilda sent the letter to the boss. The boss saw the letter so he orders one of his fastest men to inform Eric about the move of the Prince.

Inside the Prince Markus mansion, they are sitting two people.

"I have found the man that you told us, his Highness." Chief

"Where was he?" Prince Markus

"He goes towards the Black Forest." Chief

"Prepare a 30-person unit, let's depart immediately. I will lead the troops." Prince Markus

"Yes, your highness." Chief

Outside the east city gate, a figure was moving fast towards the Black Forest. He was tasked to inform Eric.

Eric has arrived in front of the forest so he takes out from behind his the nano-weapon before he goes inside. The weapon transforms into a white spear.

The birds in the forest chirping when they heard a sound that is coming from deep in the forest they start flying and leave away from here.

Eric frowns but he keeps a steady pace as he is going in the deeper region.

"What is that sound?" Eric thought

Eric sees some small animals running to the outer region of the forest and a powerful sound comes.

*ROAAAR*

Outside the forest, a figure hears the roar so without hesitation he goes deeper in the forest. He was the messenger that Natalie sent to inform Eric.

Eric goes towards the sound at a slow pace because he did not want the tiger to notice him. He hides behind the buses as he starts to observe the tiger. The fur of the tiger is black but his feet are red. His head has two horns that make it look like a devil beast. It is surrounding by a powerful killing aura.

"I find a powerful opponent, the other monsters that I fought were weak compared with this black tiger." Eric thought

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The instinct of the tiger felt the gaze of Eric, it looks at his direction after it spots Eric, it roars.

Eric leaves from his cover and points his spear to the black tiger. It felt the provocation of Eric so it runs toward him.

Before the tiger come close to him, Eric attacks him towards his head. The tiger with a fast move avoids the strike as he jumps toward Eric to push him down with his body so he can bite him with his teeth. Eric moves away before the tiger catch with the fast jump.

"I reacted fast to avoid this attack otherwise I would become a meal for this tiger." Eric thought

"Come again kitty let's see how powerful you are." Eric tries to enrage the tiger.

Eric has become more comfortable with the agility of the tiger so most of the attacks hit the body of the tiger.

The tiger has become enraged so he attacks Eric. The spear like an arrow goes towards the head of the tiger when it sees the spear come near it tries to stop the action but it was too late.  Eric's attack was faint with a fast move pull the spear back and moves sideways of the tiger, with all his power attack him. The tiger felt the danger so he tries to avoid the attack but it was too late to move the spear like a viper penetrate his neck. When Eric pulls the spear the blood gush out from his neck on the ground.

Eric with a cold look watching the tiger growling on the ground as it is looking at Eric with an unwillingness in his eyes to die. Eric pulled the spear to attack the tiger on the head. Eric looks at the lifeless body of the tiger after the death from the body emits a white smoke that goes towards Eric's AI watch. After all the white smoke disappears Eric puts the carcass inside the space storage.

The white smoke is the life energy of the tiger that the AI watch can devour to increase Eric stats. The increase in the stats depends on the type of monster life energy devour. The black tiger was strength and agility type.

A sound comes from the AI watch, Eric pushes the AI watch to open it.

*DING*

[Spear Mastery] skill added.

[+5 Agility] added.

[+5 Strength] added.

Eric pushes the button to show all the stats and skills.

Stats.

Strength: 40

Defense: 35

Agility: 45

Vitality: 30

Skills.

[Spear Mastery]

[Knife Mastery]

*Creak*

The sound pulls back Eric, he looks at the direction that the sound coming.

"Come out do not hide otherwise I will attack." Eric points the spear toward the bushes.

"Do not attack I will come out." The messenger comes out from his hiding place.

Eric looks at the young man that comes from behind the bush with his hand high.

"What do you want?" Eric

"I have information that can save your life." Messenger

"What kind of information?" Eric

"Prince Markus with his troops coming here to kill you." Messenger

"I did not offend someone in the city why will he come here for me?" Eric

"Because you did not sell him that weapon you have." Messenger

Eric remembered a man that blocked him on the door of the blacksmith door. The young man told him to sell the nano-weapon.

"I remember now. That man is the brother of Natalie." Eric

"Yes, Natalie heard all so she told me to inform you." Messenger

"How many people Prince Markus command?" Eric

"I think 30~40 people. You must leave before he arrives." Messenger

"Why will I leave when the fun comes here?" Eric

The messenger looked at the excited Eric with a strange expression.

"I must leave now." Messenger

Eric looks at the messenger that walking towards the exit of the forest as he was thinking about how to fight all the people.

Princess Natalie's mansion a young woman sitting with an anxious look, the servant Matilda tries to console the princess but it was pointless.

"I hope you come back safe." Natalie thought

Near the Black Forest, the voice of Chief of Royal Guard echoes in the area.

"All the troops will create a team of two people. Whoever finds him must inform." Chief of Royal Guards gives instruction to the guards.

Prince Markus looking at his troops before they go inside." I must find him even if I sacrifice all my troops to monsters. Whatever want I take with force or money. I did not take with money then I will use force." Prince Markus thought

All the troops enter inside the forest, the last team is Prince Markus and Chief of Royal Guard that enter the forest.

Eric starts walking toward the direction the guards went. He was watching the guards as they go inside the forest with sparkling eyes.