Chapter 2 (1/2)
‘He’s folloell,’ thought Kilance at the overly cautious male Hunter behind him
It was a bit of a waste to leave behind the carcass of that dead Brown Wolf, but Sae-Jin figured that little guy wouldn’t be worthhoeak and faovernment’s reimbursement would be worth less than 440 US He would have to derive satisfaction fro that he was able to help these two Hunters today instead
After walking for an unknown aions’ border could be seen in the distance A signboard near it said, ”From here on, the number of Monster encounters will increase”
Confir their location, Sae-Jin lowered the unconscious Hunter, who had a faint pulse, to the ground and glanced back
”Heup!!”
The Hunter following Sae-Jin made a funny noise as he hurriedly held his breath in fear Feeling ratherthat nervous appearance, Sae-Jin decided to pull a prank at the scared man
– Krrrrng
”Eeeeeeek!!”
Sae-Jin found the panicky reaction of the Hunter falling on his butt absolutely priceless
‘Have a less dangerous life, Mister’
The funny reaction caused Sae-Jin’s lips to twist upwards He then lightly patted the shoulder of the sacred and sweaty Hunter with his front paw, and stepping past, he leisurely headed back towards the forest
Left alone, Ki ti disappeared into the thicket, but he failed to understand what had just happened… this ly weird experience
So froo That big Brown Wolf… That Monster… It rescued him
Unsure of whether he was drea or not, Tae-Jo sharply slapped his face
”Ouch”
It hurt Therefore, it was definitely not a dream Still dazed, Tae-Jo’s stares fixed on the direction where the one off to
”…Cough, cough”
”Ah, Sang-Yun!! Can you hear me?!”
The wounded co Tae-Jo’s dazed state He quickly shouldered the fellow Hunter and stood up
”Heeeey, over here!!”
Tae-Jo shouted out aloud and soon, he could see so over yonder by the exit
”Please help!!”
After deter the location of the desperate voice, soldiers hurriedly ran towards his direction A relieved smile broke out on Tae-Jo’s face as he realised that he’d be able to live for another day, all the whileabout the drea him
”A Spirit Beast?”
”That’s right That’s the only fitting explanation for what happened That ence…”
Once more, Tae-Jo’s expression beca the event as he sipped some warm tea
”But, can a Monster evolve into a Spirit Beast?”
A soldier uard post tilted his head in puzzlement and asked, unconvinced
Spirit Beasts were creatures seely blessed by Divine Spirits They were unfathos; their physical abilities and reatly enhanced as they accepted the aura of Mother Nature They were essentially different from the vicious beasts with Mana that ran amok, and so, were treated differently as well
”If it’s a Wolf, then there’s a good possibility Right now, Wolves are treated like Monsters because of their vicious nature but, originally, they ild aniin with”
”…If that's true, then, …that's some mystery”
The soldier couldn’t fully believe Tae-Jo’s words That was because, a Spirit Beast wasn’t soendary creature, Nine Tailed Fox, was included in the category of Spirit Beasts
Facing the sceptical attitude of the soldier, Tae-Jo creased his forehead while opening his mouth
”There is no ifs It’s the honest truth I really did encounter… Ah, that’s right!!”
Suddenly re really important, Tae-Jo shouted out and shot up from his seats
”The Recording Lens!! I earing the Recording Lens at the time!!”
A Recording Lens did what its naes reflected on the retina Dirt-poor hunters like Tae-Jo, who could only survive day to day by earning his keep the hard ore this lens every now and then when going out on a Monster hunt It was for that off chance of seeing a rare Monster that could be worth so That, or if there happened to be a particularly detailed recording of a hunt, he could sell it off toit ”educational material”
”…Eh?”
”Just wait a dang moment!! I’ll definitely show you!!”
The soldier worried about seeing blood pour out for ainto his eyeball, fishi+ng out a single lens
”Here, here, take a good look!!”
”Achoo!!”
Around the same time, in a nearby cavern Ki thea Monster corpse
”…sniff”
He wiped his itchy nose with the bloodied hand and finished organising the extracted Monsterthem away, then took a seat on a stone chair
”Keuheng”
One of the Goblin’s traits was ”unable to stay still” It was practically impossible to re his nose, rubbing his hands for no reason,weird noises - they were instinctual habits and Sae-Jin ended up doing them involuntarily
Sae-Jin deeply hated this side of the Goblin For snugly on the flat stone bed, he willed the Status Window to appear before him
►Trait ⸢Monster⸥
⸢Rank: Rare⸥
⸢Trait Level: 3⸥
– Species changed from Human to Monster Once per 24 hours the host can maintain the Human Form for 70 Minutes, calculated froy Manipulation] stat
– Stats of the Monster For the Human Form
– Desire to sleep has been lost
– Currentlythe Brown Wolf Form
► Status
[Physical Strength 16]
[Endurance 15]