73 A New Reason To Live (2/2)

Moby was expecting this result as he was barraged with XP notifications all day to the point that he told Avilia to disable notifications on XP shared kills.

He just levelled up today and he is already close to another level up. He had already assigned his new stat points to mind. He now has 70 mind, only 3 level ups away from getting the new skill at 100 mind.

The fact that their team was shown in 3rd made Natalia fairly angry. But, she tried her best to keep her emotions under control. She could not accept that Jayden's team was ahead of hers.

She explained the sudden increase in points from the other groups compared to the first day as just them trying to find good hunting grounds and to set up their bases on their first day.

She wanted to Move out of the area as most of the beasts in this region of the forest were either too strong or too weak. The group was not expecting the exam to be this hard as it was supposed to be just practice. Moby included.

It was now 9 pm and the group prepared to go to sleep.

Moby wanted to go talk to Jay who seemed like he has yet to get over what happened. But as soon tried to get close to him he turned away signalling him that he didn't want to talk.

Moby volunteered to take the first shift for the night watch in order to talk to his group about what happened.

He sat on a rock outside his team's cave and called both his family members using his mind link.

They both answered instantly just like Moby expected.

He explained to them about his new evolution and about everything that happened during the day with Natalia and the death of Haley, their healer. He kept the part about assigning sins out for now as he found it unimportant and meaningless to talk about before his next evolution when it will actually be useful.

”Congratulations on your evolution and newfound strength my lord! Exactly as expected from you!” Abby exclaimed.

”Wait...Ohhh!! So that explains the random surge of energy I experienced! It's from killing the goblin queen!” Jayden realized.

”I felt the same too! My lord is indeed an incredible tactician!” Abby said in a happy tone.

”By the way Jayden, I saw you transform into Haley when we were taking care of Nathan. How do you know her?” Moby asked with curiosity.

”Oh, her family is pretty close to mine. I've talked to her a few times and I found it insufferable. She and I just could not get along no matter what. I tried to get friendly with her but she always looked down at me like I was somehow beneath her. This was around when I was 5 or 6 before I started to push everyone away. People like her are what distorted my views of the world. I only transformed into her because I heard that she was a really good healer and that's it.” Jayden explained.

”I see… Well, at least she's dead now! It was such easy XP!” Moby said with a chuckle.

”XP? Do you think this is a video game? I guess the energy we get from killing is similar to XP in games. It's a nice way of visualizing it!” Jayden said with a cute giggle.

”Anyways, how was your day Abby?” Moby asked, trying his best to change the subject.

”It was great my lord! I killed so many low-class D rank beasts! That's the best way to farm! The school's point system is really stupid! D ranks go from a power level of 2500 to 6000 and they all give the same amount of points! Same goes for all the other ranks but I feel like farming low D ranks is the fastest way of gaining points. They are quick to kill and are safe for the entire team to hunt! I found a hot spot that has many low D rank beasts and I've been farming it all day! My team absolutely loves me even though at times they get spooked out from the strategy you told me about! I believe that I am very fit for a leader role! I hope I prove worthy of becoming one of your generals in the future my lord!” Abby explained.

”Don't worry about it! I'm sure you will!” Moby said in a kind and cheerful tone.

”Jayden, how was your day as well?” Moby asked.

”Things are still not great between me and Alex but I'm sure I'll get there with him sooner or later. I've also been guiding my team over to your team's direction. They do not find anything suspicious about it so far. My team had a few close calls while hunting but no one has yet to die. Also, for nearly the entire day, I felt a weird feeling in my head. It's like there is a missing hole that I need to fill with Demon Energy. I didn't want to do anything before asking you about it. So… what should I do?” Jayden asked.

'That's her evolution indicator. If she feeds demon energy into that empty feeling in her head, she will evolve.' Avilia explained.

'Yeah, I thought as much,' Moby replied.

”Don't worry about it! All it means is that you are now also ready to evolve! If you fill that hole with demon energy, you will initiate your evolution from a lesser demon to a normal demon. Make sure you are alone when you do it as it will take at least 5 minutes to finish. Last time you evolved from a human to a lesser demon you were unconscious meaning you didn't feel the pain that goes into the evolution process. I will warn you now, the pain will be like nothing you ever experienced in your life… Abby can confirm,” Moby explained.

”Yes, indeed. My lord is right.” Abby added, confirming Moby's words.

”I see! That's great! I can now finally evolve! I can finally get a lot stronger!! I'll find a good time and place to do it! Also, don't worry about me! I'll be fine! I'm sure I can take the pain!” Jayden said with clear confidence.

”Yeah, I believe you also can!” Moby said with a smile, cheering her on.

”Anyways, I think this will be all for our discussion today! I'll call you again around the same time tomorrow! Good night!” Moby said, letting his family say their goodbyes before closing the mind link.

Moby was really tired from all the hunting and work he had done for the last 2 days. He has yet to sleep for the last 48 hours. So, he decided to lie down and relax until his guard shift is over so he can finally go to sleep.