Chapter 6: Progress of The Weak: Part Three

[Report. Subject has entered the Cold Iron Mine: The Werehyenas’ den. Subject will now recieve an Immediate Quest…]

[Immediate Quest contents]

Immediate Quest: Subject must exterminate the Werehyenas in the mine within the given time duration.

Duration: 1hour

Upon Success: Subject will be able to mine the Cold Iron in the mine with no disturbance.

Upon Failure: Subject will die.

Rewards will be calculated after the Quest is completed based the Subject’s efficiency.

“Heheh, the duration is the same, it’s as if the System doesn’t view this Quest any harder than the previous one. Well whatever, I don’t think this’ll be hard either. And if I can’t cut it, I’ll just run, simple.”

A sinister smirk formed across my face. I wondered if I should use Sunset Slash but then immediately abandoned that thought. It’s a powerful attack, no doubt but if I rely on it too much, my growth might be poorly affected. The Werehyenas were still slowly closing in on me but I wasn’t about to let them have their way. The first move was mine. I jumped upward, creating about a ten metre distance between me and the ground. As gravity decided to take its course, I increased my falling momentum to launch a downward slash, it wasn’t a Special Attack, but the sheer power and force of it went beyond my expectations, enough to change the landscape of the place I had landed on. It took the lives of three Werehyenas.

“Oh? Would you look at that.”

The realisation that I was no longer a prey but the predator made my smirk even more sinister. Seriously, I’d wager I look like a total demon right now.

“I bet I look like a total demon right now.”

See?

Anyway, I shifted my focus to the other Werehyenas. They started to look wary but it wasn’t enough that they’d back down, they all started attacking immediately. As some jumped to attack me from above, the others would go for my lower body. All with their teeth and claws out for the world to see.

I expertly cut down the ones that kept attacking my upper body, some slashed in half, some decapitated. As for the ones coming from below, I sent them flying with kicks, each stronger than the last. No blood was being spilt on my body this time, I made sure to avoid it as I was slashing away. However, I didn’t like the idea of being surrounded like this, even though I was killing them off one by one, it still looked like I was some sort of prey. That hurt my pride. So I ran away and out of the circle created by them to corner me, as I did that, they all saw fit to follow behind and chase me. I increased my speed exponentially, allowing me to be able to run across the walls of the underground mine horizontally. Of course the Werehyenas couldn’t do what I was doing so they just kept running after me from the ground. I looked back while running and took down one of them with a slash of First Dawn. I then clenched my entire body, bent my knees a bit and shot myself sideways from the side of the walls then did a side flip to land safely on the ground. What was the purpose of this exaggerated acrobatic display, you ask? To create some distance between me and the Werehyenas. I had managed to kill around 80% of them so far and the ones that were left were now about 30 metres infront of me. I readied my blade, my trusty First Dawn, its light as elegant as always. It had already cut down so many Werehyenas but no blood was left on it. Tightening my grip on it, I ran full speed towards the Werehyenas, they also did the same. A full on face off. It was on. Some Werehyenas were closer than others, it must’ve been those that must’ve gotten a headstart. Five jumped at me in unison, but a single horizontal slash brought their downfall.

“Who’s next!?” I shouted.

“Yeah, that’s right, come at me bros! I’ll show y’all what’s what!” I declared.

Two more ran around me from each side to come back and attack me from behind while one jumped at me for what seemed like a tackle aimed for my mid-section. I quickly jumped upward then lightly placed my right foot on the forehead of the Werehyena infront. Basically, I used the damn mutt as a stepping stone. I then increased the momentum on the step to kick the Werehyena away, but not just anywhere. I made sure to kick it straight in the direction of one of the two that tried attacking my back. After the two clashed with one another, I used the confusion to my advantage, as I landed on the ground, I turned back then ran towards them to launch a slash that took down both of them at the same time, sparring not a single second to waste, I ran towards the other one of the two and launched a vertical strike, splitting its head in two. There were still some left though, I checked to see how many.

“Oh, wow, there’s still so many of you left. I’m way slower than I thought I’d be. Let’s see, one, two, three….eleven. Still eleven more to go, huh? Well at least now it’s way less than the ones I fought outside the caves.”

The Werehyenas that were left now looked way more scared than the ones I had fought outside the caves though. That was understandable, what I’d just done now was indeed more intense than killing an alpha.

“Well, whatever…”

I decided to close the distance between me and them, they weren’t moving before but now they started to move. It wasn’t to fight back though. No, they were running.

“Heheh, cute”

I wasn’t about to let them go that easy. They scattered across to mess with me.

“Right, see if you were any faster, that probably would’ve worked”

I chased after them then killed them all off one by one, it was then that I truly felt like I had fully taken on the role of the predator.

[Report. Immediate Quest: Werehyena Extermination The Sequel has been completed. Now calculating rewards…]

[Weapon Fanatic’s Sub-Skill Bladework has advanced from B-Rank to A-Rank. One of the Subject’s Skills, the Weapon Fanatic’s Sub Skill Bladework has entered the A-Rank realm. A-Rank Skills and above have a significant temporary effect on a Warrior’s stats. Now processing the effects of the A-Rank Bladework Sub-Skill on the Subject…]

A-Rank Bladework Sub-Skill: Effects When Active

• Strength +400

• Speed +500

• Health +300

• Intelligence +300

[Furthermore, Mana Capacity has increased by 20. Strength has increased by 35. Speed has increased by 45. Health has increased by 40 and Intelligence has increased by 30. Now redesigning overall Warrior info…]

Name: Raid

Surname: ???

Affiliation: Awakened Warrior

Class: Blacksmith

Skills:

• Craft D-Rank : Can craft high level equipment, weapons and amour from scratch as long as the necessary products to do so are present.

• Repair D-Rank: Can fix broken equipment, weapons and amour.

• Weapon Fanatic C-Rank: Possesses an expert level of understanding of how various weapons operate, including how to use them in battle.

•• Bladework A-Rank: Possesses an apex level of mastery with blades.

••• Sunset Slash: A very powerful slash with the power to bend nature to its will.

• Treasure Hunt C-Rank: Can expertly locate mines with products and minerals for crafting within a 600 kilometre radius. Tip: Mines found in dungeons have the best products.

• Mine E-Rank: Can expertly mine products and minerals for crafting.

• Item Space D-Rank: Limited space to store equipment, weapons, armoury, products, minerals, etc…

Rank: F

Level: Locked

Mana Capacity: 3491

Strength: 911

Speed: 1035

Health: 952

Intelligence: 1010

“Well damn…”

I had no idea how to react to it. The A-Rank realm was to die for among Warriors. A-Rank Skills and above are the only Skills that are capable of having a significant temporary effect on a Warrior’s Stats. Not to mention the effect doesn’t mess around too.

“As long as it’s active, won’t I be able to take on an A-Rank Warrior? Or at least not lag behind. Still though, outside of my Bladework Sub-Skill, I didn’t really gain that much, I guess, the stronger you are, the harder it gets.”

I then sheathed in my blade afterwards.

“No matter, this is still steady progress.” Yeah, steady progress. The progress of the weak.

“Now that that’s out of the way, time to do what I came here for”

There were hundreds of thousands of kilograms of Cold Iron around me, in their purest state, ready to be plundered. I took out the Great Pickaxe and Great Shovel from the Item Space then started mining the Cold Iron.

Both objects were fairly strong. Actually they were incredibly strong, I really could use them in a fight if I wanted to. Using the Great Pickaxe I masterfully removed the dirt surrounding and holding captive the chunks of Cold Iron. I then finished off the mining process with the Great Shovel by digging the chunks out from the walls and ground. The chunks weren’t equivalent to one another in both size and weight, the smallest weighed at least 300+ kilograms and the largest about 1000+ at most.

With my Strength Stat were it was, it was fairly easy to lift them. Each time I took out a chunk, I then placed it in the Item Space. I was satisfied after I collected about ten thousand kilograms worth of Cold Iron. There was still more left, a lot more actually, way more than I had but like I said, I was satisfied with what I had.

[Report. Hidden Quest: Warrior’s First Plunder has been completed. Now calculating rewards…]

[Treasure Hunt Skill has advanced from C-Rank to B-Rank. Mine Skill has advanced from E-Rank to D-Rank. Item Space Skill has advanced from D-Rank to C-Rank. Mana Capacity has increased by 10. Strength has increased by 24. Speed has increased by 15. Health has increased by 20 and Intelligence has increased by 19. Now redesigning overall Warrior info…]

Name: Raid

Surname: ???

Affiliation: Awakened Warrior

Class: Blacksmith

Skills:

• Craft D-Rank : Can craft high level equipment, weapons and amour from scratch as long as the necessary products to do so are present.

• Repair D-Rank: Can fix broken equipment, weapons and amour.

• Weapon Fanatic C-Rank: Possesses an expert level of understanding of how various weapons operate, including how to use them in battle.

•• Bladework A-Rank: Possesses an apex level of mastery with blades.

••• Sunset Slash: A very powerful slash with the power to bend nature to its will.

• Treasure Hunt B-Rank: Can expertly locate mines with products and minerals for crafting within a 1200 kilometre radius. Tip: Mines found in dungeons have the best products.

• Mine D-Rank: Can masterfully mine products and minerals for crafting.

• Item Space C-Rank: Large space to store equipment, weapons, armoury, products, minerals, etc…

Rank: F

Level: Locked

Mana Capacity: 3501

Strength: 935

Speed: 1050

Health: 972

Intelligence: 1029

“Nice, my Strength and Health Stats are close to reaching the thousand realm and three of my Skills increased in Rank. At this point, I’m stronger than the average F-Rank. Wait, but wouldn’t the ’average’ F-Rank be me since I’m the only F-Rank? Argh, whatever! Let me just not confuse myself and keep going!…”

I jumped to the edge of the tunnel I came through then went back outside the caves.

What awaited me outside made my skin crawl.

…

“Honestly, just what in the hell are you doing here?”

“Hey there lil bro. What’s this? Don’t tell me you went into a Dungeon to get yourself some nice treasures without informing your big brother. That’s not very nice now, is it? Heheh.”

~Sigh~

See now, this is why I don’t like surprises.

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