Mission: reach the first rank and maintain the position for a week! (Complete!)

Congratulations on completing your first mission!

Please choose one of these paths to continue to the next level!

Humanoid Path

Beast Path

Magical Path

I already expected, but did not say, that I would not get my prize that easily. Having three wishes with no limit just by fighting against common animals was far too easy.

Sigh. I wonder how long I had to fight to finally get the wishes. Didn't they say my mission was to be ranked one and keep it for a week?

did I just sleep for three days straight?

Never mind. just put it down to the back of my mind and everything will be better.

Now, it is time to go back to the wonderful, amazing, spectacular, never-wrong blue screen!

It is said that I have to choose one of three paths to continue. But I don't want to continue! What is the Path anyway?

Oh, another blue screen with an explanation!

Path :

In general terms, it means the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving.

In the battle world, Path means a direction the challenger can choose to reform itself and become stronger.

Each Path can lead to another higher Path or diverge into another parallel Path.

In simple words, I get stronger with different shapes. Yay, I am smart!

I have three choices on this. The Human Path was probably called that way because it was a Path that goes into humanoid form.

If so, that means Beast Path will let me continue as a beast. In my case, a lion. Then the Magic Path will allow me to take on a magical form. I wonder what kind of form that is.

I am tempted to take the Magic Path, as it has a feeling of wonder and awesomeness. It was just that I already had a clear choice for my life.

I want to be human. Being as close as I could get to being human was always better than anything else. With that said, I will choose the Human Path!

Mission : reach the first rank and maintain the position for a week! (Complete!)

Congratulations on completing your first mission!

You have chosen the Human Path!

Please be prepared for the transformation and relocation.

Your next mission will be given after the transformation is complete.

Just like what has already happened before, and probably what will always happen in the future, everything suddenly went dark.

I can feel my consciousness dim, and soon I will fall asleep.

Hello darkness, my old friends.

I've come to talk with you again.

Thanks, Simon and Garfunkel.

*****

I open my eyes, instinctively covering my eyes with my hand from the bright sunlight in the sky.

It feels good, for once, to sleep under the warm sun as the cool wind breezes over the prairie.

Hm! hand? Prairie?

I quickly sat up and looked around only to realize that I was sitting alone in the middle of a green grass field. All around me was tall green grass, with big, beautiful clouds above my head, and the silhouette of a village could be seen in the far distance.

I can only say wow to this place. A big heartfelt feeling of wow.

After I was done looking at the new world I was in, I looked at myself and somehow felt a sense of longing and gratitude.

I once again have hands and legs. I can stand straight on my two legs and put my hand on my hips with my head down.

Angry supervisor pose!

Oops! OK, I'll be serious, as this is a serious matter.

Now I have two legs and two hands. No more cat-like paws. My body is well-built, but not muscular. Musculars are good.

I still have my tail from when I was a lion. I have claws in all my hands and feet. I have fangs in my mouth, and I also have the wonderful brown hair of a lion. I no longer have fur on most parts of my body, but still have some on my face and tails.

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Based on what I can feel with my hand, I also have a lion face.

In simple terms, I am Lion-Man.

*****

I walk to the nearest village as a humanoid lion; calling myself Lion-Man was bad for my child-like heart, to be honest. makes me feel like rejecting the present and hoping for the past.

As I walk leisurely, enjoying the itchy grass and cool wind on my naked humanoid body, a blue screen appears in front of me.

New Mission ! :

1. Reach a village and become the protector of the village.

2. Reach Rank One on the list and maintain it for six months.

Progress : Rank 10/10

Name : Yohan

Race : Were Lion (Male)

Status : Healthy (normal)

Skills :

- Challengers Mind

- Hybrid Instincts

- Basic Civilization Knowledge

A new mission, but not all of them were new. The "reach rank one" mission was just like what I had before, but this time with a longer waiting time.

The new one was being a protector. How do you become a protector? By protecting something.

Do I need someone's recognition to become their protector? probably, who knows?

I also noticed that I finally got my name finally appeared in this blue box. took some time for it to recognize me yeah?

That is not my issue right now. My current, terrible issue was that I am naked and my 'sword' is hanging loose right now!

It doesn't mean I didn't like it; I just feel uncomfortable walking around like this. Nobody is allowed to know what my Great Handsome Sword looks like, which now has a majestic size.

so proud of you boy!

seriously, I have to find a way to cover this part of me.

Okay, now it's time to look around. I can see where the village is, so there will be no problem with directions as I can use the village as my key point.

I looked at the village for a few seconds and then started to walk in the opposite direction when I heard something weird under my feet.

Ggrrrttkkk?!

It sounds like something that is not a twig, is being crushed under my feet. I put up my feet and looked down to see the skeleton of a human being crushed under my feet.

How do I know that it was a human skeleton? Because I didn't step on the skull.

The skeleton appears to be dry as if it was left here for a long time. On the lower portion of the skeleton that is safe from my feet, there was a soiled fabric that had been torn but was still functional.

I picked up the clothes and tried them on myself. It can barely cover much other than my front side, but it is better than nothing.

Not too far from the skeleton, I can find an old torn backpack filled with tools like rusty knives, molded rope, dirty water bottles, and some other things.

I take the rope and use it as a belt to put the dirty fabric in their place. I looked at myself, and I appeared like a caveman from some hidden cavern, barbaric and savage.

muscle flex pose!

I am tempted to put my hair into a messy shape to make me look savage, but somehow I don't have the heart to do that as my hair was too beautiful and glowing.

Oh, my beautiful hair.

I pick up the torn backpack and carry it with me to go to the village. Since my sword is covered, I do not need to find another cover. And if I need a better cover, I can probably find it in the village.

As I walk to the village, I find more signs of human activity. Battle scars, broken weapons, footprints, and many more.

As I got closer to the village, I started to see cultivated land filled with edible plants. I didn't recognize all of them, but at least I know it was cultivated because there were signs of activity around it.

The only weird thing that I saw from the outside was that this village was too quiet. No human presence was in sight. There was not even a single voice. How could it be?

I need to explain a bit about this village. This village is protected by a short stone wall that forms a circular shape around the village. tall enough to cover the houses and people inside, but not tall enough to block my sight. The road inside the village formed a plus (+) sign with the figure of a beast standing tall in the middle.

The houses in this village were kind of tribal. Made of dried grass and old wood. Where did they find the wood?

At the gate of the village, there was a door that was too small for me. The door was protected by a series of sharpened woods on the side and a hole for a spearman on the inner side.

I slowly approached the gate and looked over the gate. Somehow I still didn't see anyone, but I could see some footprints and tools scattered randomly around the houses. It seems like they were running away in a panic, but why?

Then an elderly male came out of a house near the gate. The elder then kneeled, his head touching the ground, and began to beg.

"Please, O Great Beast.

Please spare this village and just take this old soul away.

We have nothing else to give other than myself. "

Great beast? who is this old man talking to? Is this old man talking to me?

Anyway, this old man is quite tiny. If I have to compare, his whole body is probably equal to the length of my arm. Am I just arriving in a small people village? His body didn't look like someone who had a small body issue, though.

"Eh, why do I want to take you?

I mean, even if I wanted to take someone, I would pick someone else.

You are old and probably have nothing else in your body but bones. Right? "

The little elder body quickly shivers. He looks afraid. But what is he afraid of?

"O Great Beast.

I believe that you are very magnanimous and will grant these old bones some of his last wishes.

Please, I beg you, we no longer have our guardian. just take me and everything I have left in my house.

I will do my best to be of use and even fatten myself to satisfy your hunger. "

"And for one more time, Mr. Old.

Why do I want to take you?

And who is this Great Beast you're talking about? "

"Please forgive me, O Great Beast.

I meant to talk to you.

I offer you my utmost and lifetime loyalty, just please spare this village. "

Me? I look at my body and slap my face.

Stupid! I forgot that I am now a lion that stands on two legs! Of course, I am what he called the Great Beast!

I am a Beast, and my size was Great. Great Beast!

"Ah, I see.

Sorry, I kind of forget about my size sometimes.

Okay sir, please stand on your feet.

Instead of telling me to spare the village or take bones, you better tell me about your village and where we are. "

I am honestly beginning to wonder where I am right now. I mean, I wake up, and suddenly I am here. The following question should be something like 'Where am I' right?

On the other hand, the old man looks confused. I think what just happened didn't go as he planned in his head.

"Old man, what are you thinking?

Are you thinking about me ravaging the village and killing the man while kidnapping the woman? "

"Eh, M. Maybe, O Majestic Great Beast. "

"First, stop calling me a great beast.

My name is Yohan, and you should call me by my name. "

"But! You are a Gre-"

"Old man? "

"Ah! I'm sorry! Forgive me, O Great Beast! "

"Heeei! I ask you to call me by name! "

"Ah! Again, I am sorry, Great Yohan! "

"Drop the great! "

"Ah! I am sorry, Yohan! "

"Now drop the apology "

"Ah! Yohan! "

"Much better. Here. "

The old man has remained in his place all this time, kneeling tirelessly with his head still on the ground. Maybe it is like the local culture of welcoming guests.

I looked around and saw signs of people peeking through the gap in their homes. I can see fear and terror in their eyes. Are they afraid of me?

"Hei, old man, why are the villagers afraid of me? "

"We have to, Y. Yohan.

You are the Great Beast!

One of the World's Challengers!

You are the highest being for us, the lowly human. "

"So... you mean I am like, God? "

"Ah... yes, you are God!

Please spare us, God Yohan!

Just take my life as a tribute to my village. "

Oh man, dealing with this man will be very tiring. He reminds me of my coworkers back in the office—those who love to praise our boss.

"Well, you better tell me about everything here.

And once again, JUST CALL ME YOHAN!! "

"IIIIIEEKKK! "