Soren looked at the massacre he had created, part of him expected to be sick but he wasn't. He relished in it, he wondered if it was because he was part monster now.
Well I suppose I cannot let good things go to waste, lets see what they got.
Soren searched through each of the bandits belongings disappointed. He was unable to find much, perhaps most of their valuable things were stashed away deeper into the base but they only had five silver pieces each on them and their gear wasn't worth much. The only thing of real value he had found was a tome of ice magic which he wasn't even compatible with.
Sigh, it may be one of those types of days.
Soren thought that he may be able to turn a profit at least so he put all his findings in his dimensional storage. He crept into the cave, he thought he would have issues seeing in such a damp dark place but that was when he was human, now he was able to see decently even in the cave before his new ability, but now that he had this new ability it was a night and day difference as if he had eagle's sight. He moved as silently as he was able letting the heel of his foot hit the ground then rolling the rest of his foot onto the ground, this technique is a rather advanced technique but any true hunter would have mastered this to increase the success rates of his hunts. Soren had been providing for his brother by just himself, so using this skill to get much needed meat especially for the winter was a must. He traversed silently through the cave increasing his concentration and minimizing the noise his breathing made in preparation for any attack, he had to be ready.
Huh? Such a random time to pick up a skill, though I wont complain. This system is amazing.
Soren noticed that once his system gave him the actual skill that the little noise he was making became less. He had no idea how large the inside of this cave was but it was bigger than he originally thought. It was more of a cavern with different tunnels leading to separate alcoves. While he was exploring he found an incredibly deep crack in the wall big enough to fit a child into.
Since I'm currently no bigger than a child lets check this out.
He positioned himself sideways and shimmied his way through the crevice in the wall. Due to his poor position it took him quite a while to make his way through but after thirty minutes of working his way it started to open up into a hidden den. The den was circular and spacious and inside was a massive bear, Soren sucked in air stifling his breath immediately. In the center was a massive bear, but it did not look like a bear one would see on earth. This bear was stark white with patterns of fire red all over its body, similar to tiger stripes but instead of stripes it was swirls and slashes.
[Inspect]
Shit, shit, shit, why is my luck so bad. This is a demon bear! An adult is easily an A ranked monster it would make my whole village evacuate! This one seems to be an adolescent, but it'd still be a minimum of a C+ ranking
Before Soren could have turned around the bear started to sniff the air, its head raising higher with each sniff, it turned its head and locked eyes with Soren.
Soren's jaw dropped.
The rewards are out of this world, the penalty is harsh as hell too! That just goes to show how hard this fight will be I guess.
He punched into his hand, "Lets fucking go!" {RWAAAAAAAAAR} a battle cry was made and Soren leapt into action [Clawed Slash] he took the initiative on the bear slashing left and right dodging claws and teeth as his small stature and quick movements gave him enough openings to deal a bit of damage.
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<5 dmg>
<5 dmg>
<5 dmg>
Soren separated from the bear which stood up on two feet, its head nearly coming to the ceiling of the cave roughly twelve to fourteen feet in height. Its claws started to glow a purplish light as the bear lunged for Soren. He dodged left and right struggling to get out of the way. Being so focused on avoiding the deadly claws of the bear he missed a big loose rock on the ground and kicked it, both slowing him down and throwing him slightly off balance as the purpled bear claw slashed across his chest easily tearing the hide armor made for him.
<-20 hp>
Soren retreated several steps and quickly inspected his wound, it was fairly deep and hurt him like crazy but it didn't seem like he would bleed to death before the end of the fight.
Man I am hardly doing anything to this bear, looks like I have to start using some more mana.
[Shadow Meld] [Shadow Spike]
Soren seeped into the floor and started stabbing the bear with his shadow spikes chipping away at the bears' health while simultaneously giving him a break from all the dodging he had to do.
Man its resistant to shadow magic that sucks, this eats away at my mana too fast I'll have to change tactics.
Just as Soren was getting ready to end his shadow meld magic a red colored claw came into the shadow space forcing Soren to leap out of the space before taking serious damage.
That's a first how scary.
[Reflux] [Lightning spear] Lightning enveloped Soren as well as his spear materialized into his hands. Digging his foot slightly into the ground for more friction Soren launched from his position. Instead of going straight in he zigzagged and bounced off walls to keep the bear from striking him and forcing the bear to waste energy as the lightning spear did damage to him at every pass, and this time the damage was going through much better.
<50 dmg>
<45 dmg>
<55 dmg>
Soren was beginning to get winded, but he couldn't let up cause every pass he made at the bear, the bear was getting closer and closer to getting him with his claws. Like a patient hunter waiting to strike, and just like an apex predator it waited to use its trump card when Soren was least expecting it. Soren had gotten into a pattern, he would leap off the wall on the bears blind side before striking and being able to get away before the large creature had time to turn, but this time the bear had manipulated his blind side and listened right when Soren had leapt from the wall. It then quickly turned {RAWWWR} out of the beasts mouth came an almost invisible shockwave that caught Soren dead in the chest and launched him into the cave wall forcing him to cough up blood.
Since the bear used his trump card he must be close to being done, I have to switch things up since its caught on.
Soren opened up his spatial storage and took out the healing potion and drank it quickly.
<+20 hp>
Shaking his head at the low amount of replenished health he began the offensive again, this time he would not attack the bear coming off the walls, which was a good call because the bear was perfect in timing its attacks from there. Soren power slid underneath the bear and stabbed upwards dragging it along its belly.
The lightning spear dematerialized from Soren's hand and he got incredibly dizzy all of sudden but he could not stop his attack. He used [Spike Bombardment] all of it at once then dodged again using his [Clawed Slash] as a barrage attack not stopping even thought the bear was unmoving. Even though the ding went off some a minute ago it didn't register until he saw the bear still and bloody.
Soren smiled weakly as he swayed in place completely exhausted and the last thing he remembers as he crashed to the floor was a message from the system.
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Soren
Race: Lesser Astrabi
Level: 15/15
Health: 130/200
Str: 38
Dex:46
Def: 37
Int:28
Vitality:40
Charisma:40
Magic: 30
Luck:100
Bloodline: Royal
Blessing:???????
skill points (SP) available:23, 18 shop currency (SC), free upgrade skill box x2, free ability upgrade x1, random skill box x1, random ability box x1
abilities: [25% Magic Resistance-C] [Reciprocated Helper-C] [Charm Immunity-B] [Poison Immunity-A] [Indomitable Will-B] [Iron Hide-c] [Assassins Vision-B]
skills: [Swordsmanship lvl 2] [Polearm Mastery lvl 2] [Clawed Slash-lvl 2] [Inspect lvl 1] [Unarmed Combat lvl2] [Spike Bombardment lvl 2] [Concealment lvl 1] [Hunters Stride lvl 1] [Sonic Blast lvl 1]
Magic:
[light-D] [Radiant-B] [Holy-A] [Lightning-A] [Gravity-A] [Space/Time-B+] [Shadow- A]
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INVENTORY
-Ice magic tome